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Albums you rated higher than global average
| Album | You | Global | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shake Your Money Maker | 5 | 3.29 | +1.71 |
| Yankee Hotel Foxtrot | 5 | 3.3 | +1.7 |
| Pretenders | 5 | 3.35 | +1.65 |
| Lost In The Dream | 5 | 3.38 | +1.62 |
| Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots | 5 | 3.58 | +1.42 |
| Van Halen | 5 | 3.64 | +1.36 |
| Catch A Fire | 5 | 3.64 | +1.36 |
| After The Gold Rush | 5 | 3.64 | +1.36 |
| Sheer Heart Attack | 5 | 3.65 | +1.35 |
| Remain In Light | 5 | 3.67 | +1.33 |
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Albums you rated lower than global average
| Album | You | Global | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Pleasure Principle | 1 | 3.14 | -2.14 |
| Rid Of Me | 1 | 3.11 | -2.11 |
| OK Computer | 2 | 4.1 | -2.1 |
| Hunky Dory | 2 | 4 | -2 |
| Grace | 2 | 3.71 | -1.71 |
| Violator | 2 | 3.7 | -1.7 |
| Scott 2 | 1 | 2.64 | -1.64 |
| Stankonia | 2 | 3.55 | -1.55 |
| The Gershwin Songbook | 2 | 3.54 | -1.54 |
| Songs For Swingin' Lovers! | 2 | 3.52 | -1.52 |
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| Artist | Albums | Avg | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| Led Zeppelin | 3 | 5 | 4 |
| Bob Marley & The Wailers | 2 | 5 | 3.8 |
| The Rolling Stones | 3 | 4.33 | 3.67 |
5-Star Albums (20)
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Sufjan Stevens
4/5
First time hearing this album. Very unique and hard to categorize. Kind of have to be in the mood to listen to it, but then it really works. Definitely better as an end-to-end album that something you'd shuffle into your playlist. Don't really need a song detailing the life and times of John Wayne Gacy popping up just any random time.
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David Bowie
2/5
First (first time listening to whole album). 2x (listened twice through).
Changes is an all-time favorite single, but the rest of the album didn't appeal to me all that much.
Rush
2/5
Probably listened through about 5 times before. 2x this time. Good album, but not great. Somewhere between 2 and 3 stars, but I'm leaning toward 2.
Talking Heads
4/5
Listened many times before. 2x. Great album.
Billy Joel
4/5
Heard all the hits before, but first time listening to the full album. 2x.
Massive Attack
3/5
First time all the way through. 2x.
Bob Dylan
2/5
First time through. 1.5x.
A Tribe Called Quest
3/5
First time. 1.5x.
LTJ Bukem
3/5
Many times. 0.5x.
Faith No More
2/5
First time listening. 1x.
Dizzee Rascal
2/5
First time hearing. 1.5x.
Depeche Mode
2/5
Some great moments, but not quite a 3.
The Police
4/5
One of my favorites back when it was released. Still like it!
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
3/5
First time listening through. Ended up listening several times and it went from a 2 to a 3, but no higher.
4/5
Great album! I never heard it before. I've heard Wonderwall of course, but it didn't do much for me and I never gave the rest of the album a chance. The rest of the album is really solid.
Gary Numan
1/5
Everything sounded like a remix of Cars. By the time Cars came on, I was tired of it. I’m sure it was revolutionary at the time, but electronic music has come so so far since then.
Creedence Clearwater Revival
4/5
Bruce Springsteen
4/5
Cypress Hill
3/5
Little Richard
3/5
Fun songs from another era. Not really something I'd listen to today, but I enjoyed the short trip back in time. Rip It Up was a nice lost gem I don't think I'd heard before.
Marianne Faithfull
2/5
Meh.
Sufjan Stevens
4/5
First time hearing this album. Very unique and hard to categorize. Kind of have to be in the mood to listen to it, but then it really works. Definitely better as an end-to-end album that something you'd shuffle into your playlist. Don't really need a song detailing the life and times of John Wayne Gacy popping up just any random time.
Paul Simon
4/5
Great collection of songs. I'd only heard some of them before, but the whole album is solid.
Jane Weaver
2/5
It's fine. Enjoyable enough. But I'm not sure why it's considered a Must Hear album.
PJ Harvey
1/5
Intrigued by the glowing reviews. I had high hopes. Seriously?
Can
2/5
Some good stuff on here, but the more extreme advant-garde experimental stuff got a little to far out for me and brought the over all rating down.
Aretha Franklin
4/5
Classic that still holds up well.
Cyndi Lauper
2/5
I appreciate Cyndi Lauper, but just not that into the album over all.
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
3/5
Yeah!
Girls Against Boys
2/5
John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers
3/5
Common
3/5
Outside my usual wheelhouse but I enjoyed it. A strong 3.
“I’m back like a chiroprac’”
The Rolling Stones
5/5
I never owned this one and probably haven't listened all the way through very many times, but it's so good!
Sebadoh
2/5
Music for ADHD?
Living Colour
2/5
Never was a big fan of Cult of Personality and the rest of the album wasn't really better.
Lenny Kravitz
3/5
Pretty good.
Simon & Garfunkel
3/5
Strong 3. Love the big singles from this album.
3/5
Only heard Cisco Kid before but enjoyed the rest of the album too. I'm surprised/impressed it was Billboard's top album of the year! Seems like it wouldn't have broad enough appeal for that, but it's cool that it sold so well.
Primal Scream
3/5
Never really checked out Primal Scream because I assumed it would be full of, you know, primal screaming and caterwauling and such (cough... PJ Harvey... cough). Wasn't what I expected and generally enjoyed it.
Tom Waits
4/5
Enjoyed this one a lot. Never heard this album before, but I used to have his follow-up (Small Change) on vinyl back in the day. I think Nighthawks is better.
Johnny Cash
4/5
American I through IV are all great. Very impressive that Johnny recorded these near the end of his life.
Really liked I Hung My Head and went back and listened to the Sting version. The Cash version is SO much better. Great lyrics by Sting though.
Beastie Boys
3/5
Some days I think this album deserves 4 stars, but other times I think 2.
Norah Jones
3/5
LL Cool J
2/5
AC/DC
4/5
Frank Sinatra
2/5
I thought this one would be better. The songs and arrangements just seemed mediocre to me. Pennies From Heaven and I’ve Got You Under My Skin were stronger, but not enough to give this higher than a 2.
ZZ Top
3/5
Probably would have given this a 4 back in the day, but it hasn’t held up so well. Still love the older ZZ Top catalog though!
The Rolling Stones
4/5
The Flaming Lips
5/5
Miles Davis
3/5
Pink Floyd
2/5
Interesting, but kind of uneven and sounding pretty dated. I like Astronomy Domine and Interstellar Overdrive which still get played fairly regularly. Mathilda Mother was a good one I've ever heard before.
Stan Getz
3/5
Amy Winehouse
4/5
I haven't listened to much Amy Winehouse but I really liked this one.
John Martyn
2/5
Not bad, but didn’t really connect with me.
Astor Piazzolla
2/5
Very easy-listening and quickly fades into background music for me.
The Magnetic Fields
3/5
Whew, that's a lot of love songs! It's a lot and all over the place but none of the tracks are really bad. I didn't catch anything really great either. Maybe something would grow on me on the 2nd or 3rd listen, but I'm not really going to invest the time to find out now. A ten-song edit of this collection would be nice to have.
Sarah Vaughan
2/5
Steely Dan
4/5
Pulp
3/5
Never listened to this before. I liked the second half better than the first.
Skunk Anansie
2/5
Roxy Music
3/5
Ramones
4/5
Not in the mood for this all that often, but when I am, it scratches the itch.
Fiona Apple
3/5
Heard of Fiona Apple but never listened to this album before. I thought the first half was stronger than the second.
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
3/5
Not one of my favorite Neil Young albums. Kind of an interesting choice to include in the list.
Minor Threat
3/5
Never listened before. Better than I thought it would be.
Kings of Leon
3/5
Sex Pistols
3/5
Bob Dylan
3/5
Had this on vinyl years ago. Some tracks were better than I remembered (like Desolation Row) but others seemed to drag a bit.
Jazmine Sullivan
2/5
It’s nota bad album, but gonna have to go with a 2 for me personally mainly because of the genre and not really hearing anything that would raise it above similar albums.
Björk
2/5
Never listed to this (or any Bjork album) before. It sounds like there's a lot of depth here but it's hard to get into with on the first listen. Bjork's vocal style isn't really for me either, which makes it challenging.
Peter Tosh
4/5
Ketchy Ketchy Shuby Shuby Tonight
Jefferson Airplane
4/5
Heard the hits so many times over the years but never really checked out the whole album. The album is a real time capsule back to 60s San Francisco and is a great look back, but not something I would listen to often.
Ella Fitzgerald
2/5
Didn’t make it through all 4 discs here, but now I know where to go if I want to do a deep dive into Ella/Gershwin tunes.
New Order
2/5
Was hoping to find some lost gems or nostalgic treats, but it mostly sounded dated and a bit boring.
Jimi Hendrix
4/5
Michael Jackson
4/5
First half is 5 stars, but then it kind of falls off.
Marvin Gaye
3/5
Never heard the whole album before. Title track is great and Keep Gettin' It On was a nice surprise for me.
The Dictators
2/5
Surprised I've never heard of this band before. Surprised it's critically acclaimed. Didn't really stand out to me.
Dr. John
4/5
Rufus Wainwright
2/5
Want Two? Got Two.
Pretenders
5/5
One of my all time favorite albums.
Ray Charles
3/5
I particularly enjoyed the arrangements for the tunes I knew from Hank Williams and the Everly Brothers and such. Probably would enjoy it even more if I knew more of the original recordings.
Shivkumar Sharma
2/5
Cool but not really my thing.
Ryan Adams
3/5
First listen. More variety and wider range than I expected.
Lucinda Williams
4/5
Played this a ton when it first came out. Still holds up IMHO.
Derek & The Dominos
4/5
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
3/5
Thought this was a pretty clever line:
Cause meanwhile up in heaven they are waiting at the gate
Saying, "We always knew you'd make it, didn't think you'd come this late"
Ray Charles
3/5
Green Day
4/5
Motörhead
3/5
Motörhead and Lemmy always struck me as the real deal.
Carole King
3/5
Simon & Garfunkel
3/5
This one was a little disappointing. America is a really great song but the rest of side 1 didn’t grab me. Mrs. Robinson is also great, but wasn’t really composed for this album.
Scott Walker
1/5
Next.
Randy Newman
3/5
Iron Maiden
3/5
Crosby, Stills & Nash
4/5
Suite: Judy Blue Eyes is just brilliant.
Do-do-do-do-do, do, do, do-do-do-do
Do-do-do-do-do, do, do, do-do
Oasis
3/5
Kid Rock
1/5
I could have rated it higher if I was feeling generous, but come on, it’s Kid Rock.
Donovan
3/5
T. Rex
3/5
The Smashing Pumpkins
3/5
U2
4/5
Motörhead
2/5
Curtis Mayfield
3/5
The Cardigans
3/5
MGMT
4/5
Kanye West
3/5
Missy Elliott
3/5
Slipknot
2/5
Radiohead
3/5
Frank Zappa
3/5
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
4/5
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
4/5
50 Cent
2/5
John Grant
3/5
Deep Purple
4/5
The Prodigy
3/5
Megadeth
3/5
Aphex Twin
3/5
Coldplay
3/5
Sister Sledge
4/5
Wu-Tang Clan
3/5
4/5
Burning Spear
3/5
Beck
3/5
Joy Division
3/5
David Bowie
3/5
The Go-Go's
4/5
D'Angelo
3/5
The Band
4/5
T. Rex
3/5
Ravi Shankar
2/5
The Cure
2/5
Beatles
3/5
Taylor Swift
3/5
Tears For Fears
3/5
Giant Sand
3/5
Blur
3/5
Nitin Sawhney
2/5
Nick Drake
2/5
The Doors
4/5
The Vines
2/5
10cc
2/5
Portishead
2/5
Prince
4/5
5/5
Leonard Cohen
2/5
Pink Floyd
5/5
Creedence Clearwater Revival
3/5
Alanis Morissette
3/5
Paul McCartney and Wings
4/5
Solomon Burke
3/5
Khaled
2/5
Mike Ladd
2/5
Michael Jackson
4/5
The War On Drugs
5/5
Stevie Wonder
3/5
Judas Priest
4/5
Iron Maiden
3/5
Prince
3/5
The Stooges
2/5
The Associates
1/5
The Verve
3/5
Dr. Dre
3/5
Miles Davis
3/5
Rush
4/5
The Modern Lovers
2/5
Michael Jackson
3/5
The Gun Club
3/5
Jeff Buckley
2/5
OutKast
2/5
Elvis Costello
3/5
The Charlatans
3/5
Lauryn Hill
3/5
Beck
4/5
Ramblin' Jack Elliott
3/5
Joni Mitchell
3/5
Bill Evans Trio
3/5
Frank Ocean
2/5
LCD Soundsystem
4/5
The Beach Boys
3/5
The Adverts
3/5
The Strokes
4/5
Van Morrison
5/5
Gorillaz
3/5
Alexander 'Skip' Spence
2/5
Coldcut
3/5
Van Halen
5/5
Eagles
4/5
Jimi Hendrix
4/5
Devendra Banhart
3/5
Radiohead
2/5
Paul Revere & The Raiders
3/5
The Doors
4/5
ZZ Top
4/5
Gang Of Four
2/5
Solange
3/5
Drive Like Jehu
2/5
John Coltrane
3/5
Yes
3/5
The Crusaders
4/5
Elbow
4/5
Ash
3/5
Can't believe this was 1977. Way ahead of its time!
Pearl Jam
3/5
Led Zeppelin
5/5
Jacques Brel
2/5
Lana Del Rey
3/5
Fleetwood Mac
4/5
Charles Mingus
2/5
The Velvet Underground
3/5
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
3/5
Animal Collective
4/5
Adam & The Ants
2/5
The Smiths
3/5
Nick Drake
3/5
Kraftwerk
3/5
Magazine
3/5
Marilyn Manson
2/5
Cocteau Twins
2/5
Wilco
5/5
Ian Dury
2/5
Goldie
3/5
The Slits
3/5
4/5
Stevie Wonder
4/5
The Yardbirds
2/5
Peter Gabriel
3/5
David Ackles
2/5
Bob Dylan
4/5
The Black Keys
3/5
White Denim
3/5
Prefab Sprout
3/5
The Bees
3/5
Simon & Garfunkel
3/5
N.W.A.
3/5
Mekons
2/5
Throwing Muses
3/5
Gene Clark
2/5
Moby
4/5
Alice In Chains
2/5
Genesis
3/5
The Incredible String Band
2/5
The Velvet Underground
3/5
Cream
3/5
Elton John
4/5
The xx
3/5
Machito
3/5
Joni Mitchell
3/5
Michael Kiwanuka
3/5
Public Enemy
4/5
Youssou N'Dour
3/5
Super Furry Animals
2/5
Ice T
2/5
Dusty Springfield
3/5
Eminem
3/5
Spacemen 3
3/5
Guided By Voices
3/5
DJ Shadow
3/5
Creedence Clearwater Revival
4/5
Gene Clark
3/5
The Verve
4/5
The Triffids
2/5
Thin Lizzy
3/5
Buddy Holly & The Crickets
3/5
The Clash
3/5
The Black Crowes
5/5
Kate Bush
2/5
Curtis Mayfield
4/5
Nick Drake
3/5
LCD Soundsystem
3/5
Nine Inch Nails
3/5
Coldplay
3/5
King Crimson
3/5
Tom Waits
3/5
Beatles
4/5
Sleater-Kinney
2/5
The Rolling Stones
4/5
Orbital
3/5
Bob Marley & The Wailers
5/5
Justice
4/5
Janis Joplin
4/5
Snoop Dogg
4/5
Adele
3/5
The Fall
3/5
The Clash
4/5
Willie Nelson
2/5
The Doors
4/5
The Beach Boys
3/5
Electric Light Orchestra
4/5
David Bowie
3/5
Eagles
4/5
The Icarus Line
2/5
Guns N' Roses
4/5
Arctic Monkeys
3/5
Marvin Gaye
3/5
Dinosaur Jr.
2/5
Minutemen
3/5
Isaac Hayes
4/5
Talking Heads
5/5
Hanoi Rocks
2/5
Ali Farka Touré
4/5
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
3/5
David Bowie
3/5
Big Black
2/5
David Holmes
4/5
Air
3/5
Steely Dan
4/5
Venom
2/5
Pink Floyd
5/5
Liz Phair
4/5
Talking Heads
3/5
The Kinks
3/5
Kings of Leon
2/5
Black Sabbath
4/5
Isaac Hayes
3/5
Eminem
3/5
Foo Fighters
3/5
Deee-Lite
2/5
Tim Buckley
2/5
Yes
3/5
Small Faces
2/5
Tito Puente
3/5
Arcade Fire
3/5
The Dave Brubeck Quartet
4/5
Milton Nascimento
2/5
Led Zeppelin
5/5
Boards of Canada
3/5
Jimi Hendrix
4/5
Dire Straits
5/5
Klaxons
2/5
The Human League
3/5
The Who
2/5
Santana
4/5
Neil Young
3/5
Bob Dylan
2/5
Mylo
4/5
Syd Barrett
2/5
Nirvana
3/5
Willie Nelson
3/5
John Martyn
3/5
The Young Rascals
3/5
The Soft Boys
3/5
The Cars
4/5
Miles Davis
3/5
The Damned
3/5
Ute Lemper
2/5
Keith Jarrett
3/5
Songhoy Blues
3/5
Linkin Park
2/5
Bob Marley & The Wailers
5/5
Aerosmith
3/5
Alice Cooper
3/5
AC/DC
4/5
The Who
3/5
Method Man
3/5
Public Image Ltd.
2/5
Muddy Waters
4/5
Fugees
4/5
Pink Floyd
4/5
Neil Young
5/5
Beck
4/5
The Police
4/5
Sam Cooke
3/5
The Cult
4/5
Queen
5/5
Tangerine Dream
3/5
Sly & The Family Stone
3/5
New Order
3/5
The Boo Radleys
2/5
Stephen Stills
3/5
GZA
3/5
Nirvana
3/5
The Cure
3/5
4/5
Nas
3/5
The Temptations
3/5
Fela Kuti
4/5
Led Zeppelin
5/5
The Mothers Of Invention
2/5
Booker T. & The MG's
4/5
Big Brother & The Holding Company
3/5
Johnny Cash
3/5
Bill Callahan
2/5
The Chemical Brothers
3/5
Mudhoney
2/5
Napalm Death
2/5
The Saints
2/5
Jethro Tull
4/5
The Birthday Party
2/5
Metallica
4/5