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Album	You	Global	Diff
Shadowland k.d. lang	5	2.86	+2.14
Bluesbreakers John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers	5	3.16	+1.84
Live At The Star Club, Hamburg Jerry Lee Lewis	5	3.28	+1.72
A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector Various Artists	5	3.31	+1.69
The Atomic Mr Basie Count Basie & His Orchestra	5	3.5	+1.5
Hard Again Muddy Waters	5	3.62	+1.38
Band On The Run Paul McCartney and Wings	5	3.67	+1.33
The New Tango Astor Piazzolla	4	2.88	+1.12
Physical Graffiti Led Zeppelin	5	3.91	+1.09
Cosmo's Factory Creedence Clearwater Revival	5	3.92	+1.08

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Rage Against The Machine Rage Against The Machine	1	4	-3
good kid, m.A.A.d city Kendrick Lamar	1	3.61	-2.61
Unknown Pleasures Joy Division	1	3.47	-2.47
Dirt Alice In Chains	1	3.47	-2.47
Nevermind Nirvana	2	4.37	-2.37
You Want It Darker Leonard Cohen	1	3.34	-2.34
The Chronic Dr. Dre	1	3.33	-2.33
In The Wee Small Hours Frank Sinatra	1	3.28	-2.28
Phrenology The Roots	1	3.25	-2.25
The Renaissance Q-Tip	1	3.24	-2.24

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Artist	Albums	Average
Led Zeppelin	4	4.5
Beatles	2	5

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Artist	Ratings
Leonard Cohen	1, 4

5-Star Albums (17)

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1-Star Albums (29)

D.O.A. the Third and Final Report of Throbbing Gristle

All Ratings

Black Sabbath

3/5

Adele

4/5

Amnesiac

Radiohead

3/5

Unknown Pleasures

Joy Division

1/5

At Fillmore East

The Allman Brothers Band

4/5

Metallica

2/5

...The Dandy Warhols Come Down

The Dandy Warhols

2/5

Younger Than Yesterday

The Byrds

3/5

In Utero

Nirvana

3/5

I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You

Aretha Franklin

5/5

The Pleasure Principle

Gary Numan

3/5

Metal. A couple songs decent. Same eerie sound throughout.

Double Nickels On The Dime

Minutemen

3/5

Did not like the vocals. Guitar riffs were very technical at times. Otherwise would have rated it a 1 or 2. I’m not a fan of punk rock or metal. Find these a bit noisy and angry. Very annoying to me.

Pretenders

4/5

Live At The Star Club, Hamburg

Jerry Lee Lewis

5/5

Fever Ray

4/5

Rated it 4 because I like it better than the metal and punk rock music

Selected Ambient Works 85-92

Aphex Twin

2/5

I found album a bit boring. Was making me sleepy.

Deep Purple In Rock

Deep Purple

3/5

I would rate it 3.8. Like this album better than the groups that play hard metal music.

Parachutes

Coldplay

4/5

Halcyon Digest

Deerhunter

4/5

Hot Rats

Frank Zappa

4/5

In The Court Of The Crimson King

King Crimson

3/5

Bad

Michael Jackson

4/5

A fan of Michael Jackson. I like his Thriller Album better than “Bad.”

Blue

Joni Mitchell

4/5

Timeless

Goldie

3/5

Rate it higher than 3 but not a 4. Music good for meditation.

Mothership Connection

Parliament

3/5

Some songs I’d give a 4 but not the whole album.

Live And Dangerous

Thin Lizzy

3/5

Would rate it 3.8 but Lower than a 4.

Blood On The Tracks

Bob Dylan

4/5

The Suburbs

Arcade Fire

3/5

Electric Prunes

The Electric Prunes

3/5

Stand!

Sly & The Family Stone

4/5

The Genius Of Ray Charles

Ray Charles

4/5

The Coral

3/5

Fifth Dimension

The Byrds

4/5

Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge

Mudhoney

1/5

Same constant drum beat in most songs. Screaming voice. Made me uptight. Glad to be over with this album!!!

Brothers In Arms

Dire Straits

4/5

Brilliant Corners

Thelonious Monk

3/5

Not a fan of this genre but they are talented musicians.

Call of the Valley

Shivkumar Sharma

2/5

Too much of the same thing throughout the album.

Shalimar

Rahul Dev Burman

3/5

Not really a fan, but they had a good cha cha beat with certain songs.

You Want It Darker

Leonard Cohen

1/5

Depressingly boring. Same type of tune in every song.

Back In Black

AC/DC

3/5

Led Zeppelin III

Led Zeppelin

3/5

Not my favorite album by them.

Sulk

The Associates

2/5

Exodus

Bob Marley & The Wailers

4/5

The Sensational Alex Harvey Band

3/5

Bayou Country

Creedence Clearwater Revival

3/5

MTV Unplugged In New York

Nirvana

4/5

Common

2/5

I’m not into rap

The Gilded Palace Of Sin

The Flying Burrito Brothers

3/5

Not into this genre. Music ok not terrible.

My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts

Brian Eno

3/5

The ArchAndroid

Janelle Monáe

3/5

Songs For Swingin' Lovers!

Frank Sinatra

3/5

Thriller

Michael Jackson

5/5

Back To Black

Amy Winehouse

3/5

Dub Housing

Pere Ubu

1/5

It was painful for me to listen to this album. Found it depressing!

The Atomic Mr Basie

Count Basie & His Orchestra

5/5

Joan Armatrading

4/5

I would like to explore some of her other albums…Me myself I

Neon Bible

Arcade Fire

3/5

You Are The Quarry

Morrissey

2/5

Not really my style of music. Same type of expression throughout album.

In Rainbows

Radiohead

3/5

I. Might rate it higher than 3. 31/2 would be more like it.

Station To Station

David Bowie

3/5

Hard Again

Muddy Waters

5/5

Loved the Blues and Jazz mix instruments piano, harmonica stand outs!

Purple Rain

Prince

4/5

Here Come The Warm Jets

Brian Eno

3/5

The Cars

4/5

Nevermind

Nirvana

2/5

Too much screaming in songs. I like his softer songs. Sounds a lot like cars crashing especially in the last song, endless nameless.

Supa Dupa Fly

Missy Elliott

3/5

The Marshall Mathers LP

Eminem

2/5

Not into rap. Didn’t like the consistent use of profanity. Depressing music.

Feast of Wire

Calexico

4/5

I Liked the variety of beats and instrumental arrangements.

Stephen Stills

3/5

Not my favorite Stills album.

Nixon

Lambchop

3/5

Miriam Makeba

3/5

Highway 61 Revisited

Bob Dylan

3/5

The Doors

4/5

Abbey Road

Beatles

5/5

Moondance

Van Morrison

4/5

G. Love And Special Sauce

G. Love & Special Sauce

3/5

Ready To Die

The Notorious B.I.G.

2/5

Depressing album. Even though I did not like it, made me appreciate my life a bit more. Very emotional for the artist who had a difficult upbringing.

The Score

Fugees

2/5

Did not like the lyrics. Too many F and N words.

No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith (Live)

Motörhead

2/5

Did not like the vocal. Sounded like he was screaming. Guitarist was good, but repetitive. Not a lot of diversity.

Post Orgasmic Chill

Skunk Anansie

2/5

Rocks

Aerosmith

3/5

Not my favorite Aerosmith album.

Rage Against The Machine

1/5

Vocal. Too much screaming. Made me feel anxious! Same throughout album.

American IV: The Man Comes Around

Johnny Cash

4/5

His vocal is not the greatest but unusual. Like how he makes great songs to his own version.

The Man Who

Travis

3/5

Done By The Forces Of Nature

Jungle Brothers

3/5

The New Tango

Astor Piazzolla

4/5

Cosmo's Factory

Creedence Clearwater Revival

5/5

Transformer

Lou Reed

3/5

Shadowland

k.d. lang

5/5

Finally an album I really like that I haven’t heard of. Lang has a beautiful voice and a good mix of songs and instrumental arrangements!

At Budokan

Cheap Trick

3/5

Frank

Amy Winehouse

3/5

Exile On Main Street

The Rolling Stones

4/5

Not all my favorite songs on this album.

AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted

Ice Cube

1/5

I did not like the lyrics. Too many MF,N, and B words. Some songs disrespectful to women. I was thankful when the album ended.

Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs

Marty Robbins

4/5

Corny but upbeat. Fun listening especially while doing chores. Helped me to move faster. 😆

Led Zeppelin II

Led Zeppelin

5/5

Love the instrumental mix and guitar riffs from brought the album.

Exile In Guyville

Liz Phair

3/5

Risque

CHIC

3/5

The Notorious Byrd Brothers

The Byrds

3/5

I like the Byrds but this was not my favorite album.

Blonde On Blonde

Bob Dylan

3/5

I’m a fan of Bob Dylan but not his best album.

L.A. Woman

The Doors

4/5

The Healer

John Lee Hooker

4/5

Never heard of him but I like his music. Good Blues to listen too.

Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo

Devo

2/5

Lyrics were weird. Not a fan.

Bug

Dinosaur Jr.

1/5

Vocal is terrible. Sounds flat. Songs are like a constant run on sentence. Glad when I finished listening to this album! “Don’t”. …. Seriously, is this music or just a lot of screaming. Sounds like a child having a temper tantrum or an adult with serious mental issues.

Beggars Banquet

The Rolling Stones

4/5

Sunday At The Village Vanguard

Bill Evans Trio

3/5

McCartney

Paul McCartney

4/5

Pictures At An Exhibition

Emerson, Lake & Palmer

3/5

A Date With The Everly Brothers

The Everly Brothers

4/5

More Songs About Buildings And Food

Talking Heads

2/5

Modern Kosmology

Jane Weaver

3/5

High Violet

The National

3/5

Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

Wilco

2/5

Wasn’t a big fan of this album. Somewhat boring for me.

Get Rich Or Die Tryin'

50 Cent

1/5

Didn’t like all the F and N words! Just a downer listening to this album.

2112

Rush

3/5

Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots

The Flaming Lips

3/5

Make Yourself

Incubus

3/5

#1 Record

Big Star

3/5

The Lexicon Of Love

ABC

3/5

Stankonia

OutKast

3/5

Smash

The Offspring

2/5

Automatic For The People

R.E.M.

4/5

Pyromania

Def Leppard

3/5

Penthouse And Pavement

Heaven 17

2/5

Kind Of Blue

Miles Davis

3/5

Cheap Thrills

Big Brother & The Holding Company

4/5

Autobahn

Kraftwerk

2/5

Crocodiles

Echo And The Bunnymen

2/5

A bit boring. Packed variety.

Trout Mask Replica

Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band

2/5

Vol. 4

Black Sabbath

2/5

There's A Riot Goin' On

Sly & The Family Stone

2/5

Oxygène

Jean-Michel Jarre

2/5

The Dark Side Of The Moon

Pink Floyd

5/5

This Is Fats Domino

Fats Domino

3/5

The Chronic

Dr. Dre

1/5

Did not like lyrics! Too many N, F, B words. Painful to listen to!!!!

Chicago Transit Authority

Chicago

3/5

Like only 5 songs from this album. Did not like the added guitar songs. Didn’t recognize these being Chicago songs.

Phaedra

Tangerine Dream

2/5

Bridge Over Troubled Water

Simon & Garfunkel

4/5

Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not

Arctic Monkeys

2/5

Happy Trails

Quicksilver Messenger Service

1/5

Boring. Every song sounded the same. Hardly any lyrics which was fine because the lyrics they did add was meaningless. Couldn’t wait for this album to end!

Qui sème le vent récolte le tempo

MC Solaar

2/5

I’m not a fan of rap music, but this was better than most.

Odelay

Beck

2/5

Marquee Moon

Television

3/5

Dig Your Own Hole

The Chemical Brothers

1/5

Terrible! Gave me a headache! Glad when it ended!

Apocalypse Dudes

Turbonegro

1/5

Terrible! Lately not getting any albums I like. Not a fan of punk rock and rap.

Revolver

Beatles

5/5

Bringing It All Back Home

Bob Dylan

4/5

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector

Various Artists

5/5

Young Americans

David Bowie

2/5

Even though I’m a fan of David Bowie, I didn’t like this album.

American Idiot

Green Day

2/5

Innervisions

Stevie Wonder

4/5

Tidal

Fiona Apple

3/5

Bluesbreakers

John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers

5/5

Parklife

Blur

3/5

The Blueprint

JAY Z

1/5

Did not like lyrics or his music. I’m not a fan of Jay Z.

In The Wee Small Hours

Frank Sinatra

1/5

Very boring. 1 or 2 songs like this ok but a whole album… not so. I couldn’t wait for it to be over. A lot of wining about some a loved one.

Wish You Were Here

Pink Floyd

4/5

Dirt

Alice In Chains

1/5

Night Life

Ray Price

3/5

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

Elton John

4/5

Queen Of Denmark

John Grant

4/5

Fear Of Music

Talking Heads

2/5

London Calling

The Clash

4/5

I normally am not a fan of punk rock, but this is one of the better ones I’ve listened to. I appreciate the diverse musical arrangements in each song and good lyrics. Thank goodness no screaming.

Can't Buy A Thrill

Steely Dan

4/5

Enjoyed this soft pop Rick album. Favorite songs are… Do It Again, Reelin’ In The Years, Fire In The Hole.

Rum Sodomy & The Lash

The Pogues

3/5

Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde

The Pharcyde

2/5

Are You Experienced

Jimi Hendrix

5/5

Paranoid

Black Sabbath

3/5

1984

Van Halen

3/5

Great guitarist, but I don’t like this type of music. Rated 3 because of talented guitarist.

Yank Crime

Drive Like Jehu

1/5

Too much banging and screaming. Not my kind of music.

Harvest

Neil Young

3/5

Old Man and Heart of Gold classics. The rest of the album OK. Down beat and a bit depressing.

The Village Green Preservation Society

The Kinks

3/5

Foo Fighters

2/5

Roots

Sepultura

1/5

I don’t like death metal music. All the vocalist did was a lot of screaming. Sounded like a deranged toddler having a temper tantrum. Instrumentals had the banging beat throughout the album. If i listen to something like this for too long, it would seriously put me in a bad mood!

Golden Hour

Kacey Musgraves

3/5

The album was ok. Not my favorite album of hers.

461 Ocean Boulevard

Eric Clapton

4/5

Five Leaves Left

Nick Drake

3/5

My 3 rating is due to N. Drake’s monotone voice. I would given the instrumentals a 4. I think I would have enjoyed this album more without his sad voice. Loved the mix of all the other instruments! (Violins, guitar, piano, cello, drums, bongos, xylophone) Each instrument featured in different tracks. My favorites were Man In A Shed, Saturday Sun, Cello Song.

Parallel Lines

Blondie

3/5

Bubble And Scrape

Sebadoh

2/5

Many of the tracks sounded out of tune. Musically not all that great.

Mama Said Knock You Out

LL Cool J

3/5

Let's Stay Together

Al Green

3/5

Deja Vu

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

4/5

Duck Rock

Malcolm McLaren

1/5

Terrible. Painful to listen to! A lot of non musical crap worked into this album!

Broken English

Marianne Faithfull

3/5

Who's Next

The Who

2/5

Album is way too long.2 + hours? After a while, I found it boring and I really only like a few of the songs.

Oracular Spectacular

MGMT

3/5

The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter

The Incredible String Band

2/5

Slanted And Enchanted

Pavement

2/5

Aftermath

The Rolling Stones

4/5

Slipknot

1/5

Terrible! Very loud and not musical!

Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle

Bill Callahan

2/5

Monotonous and boring.

Haut de gamme / Koweït, rive gauche

Koffi Olomide

2/5

A bit monotonous. Tired of listening to this album after awhile.

Rumours

Fleetwood Mac

4/5

Tapestry

Carole King

4/5

The Renaissance

Q-Tip

1/5

It an interesting album. Music boring and monotonous.

Ill Communication

Beastie Boys

2/5

Songs Of Leonard Cohen

Leonard Cohen

4/5

The White Room

The KLF

2/5

Better Living Through Chemistry

Fatboy Slim

1/5

Vulgar Display Of Power

Pantera

1/5

Appetite For Destruction

Guns N' Roses

2/5

The Stone Roses

3/5

Midnight Ride

Paul Revere & The Raiders

3/5

Larks' Tongues In Aspic

King Crimson

1/5

It's Blitz!

Yeah Yeah Yeahs

3/5

good kid, m.A.A.d city

Kendrick Lamar

1/5

Not for me!

3 + 3

The Isley Brothers

3/5

This album was ok. Didn’t like the songs with interviews. Enjoy some of their other albums better.

Orbital 2

Orbital

1/5

Psychocandy

The Jesus And Mary Chain

1/5

Did not like lyrics and music a downer.

Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul

Otis Redding

4/5

Fulfillingness' First Finale

Stevie Wonder

4/5

Don't Stand Me Down

Dexys Midnight Runners

2/5

Scream, Dracula, Scream

Rocket From The Crypt

1/5

Boring album. Terrible lyrics and vocal. Musically not good either!

The Hissing Of Summer Lawns

Joni Mitchell

3/5

Led Zeppelin

5/5

Os Mutantes

3/5

Raw Like Sushi

Neneh Cherry

3/5

A Wizard, A True Star

Todd Rundgren

2/5

Endtroducing.....

DJ Shadow

3/5

Fleet Foxes

3/5

Wild Wood

Paul Weller

3/5

Rain Dogs

Tom Waits

3/5

War

3/5

Definitely Maybe

Oasis

3/5

(What's The Story) Morning Glory

Oasis

3/5

D.O.A. the Third and Final Report of Throbbing Gristle

Throbbing Gristle

1/5

I hated this album. Seems like it would be appropriate for a horror movie!

White Light

Gene Clark

3/5

Ragged Glory

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

2/5

I like Neil Young, but I did not like this album. Music seemed repetitive and not interesting.

Physical Graffiti

Led Zeppelin

5/5

Great mix of diverse musical arrangements and instruments!

Crime Of The Century

Supertramp

3/5

Hail To the Thief

Radiohead

2/5

Better than the last album I heard on here by them, but not a fan of this artist. Their lyrics are disturbing. I’m thinking the person who wrote them has some psychological issues.

The Slider

T. Rex

3/5

Imperial Bedroom

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

3/5

Bryter Layter

Nick Drake

3/5

Phrenology

The Roots

1/5

Surfer Rosa

Pixies

2/5

Sea Change

Beck

3/5

Horses

Patti Smith

3/5

Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)

Eurythmics

3/5

The Joshua Tree

3/5

At Mister Kelly's

Sarah Vaughan

3/5

Floodland

Sisters Of Mercy

3/5

...Baby One More Time

Britney Spears

3/5

The Beach Boys Today!

The Beach Boys

2/5

I did not like this album. Songs sounded repetitive. I was excited to get this album because I haven’t listened to them since my younger days. Disappointed!

Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme

Simon & Garfunkel

4/5

Low

David Bowie

3/5

Band On The Run

Paul McCartney and Wings

5/5

Great mix of music arrangements and lyrics!

Country Life

Roxy Music