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Album	You	Global	Diff
KEAH** (Psalm 69) Ministry	5	2.69	+2.31
Who Killed...... The Zutons? The Zutons	5	3.14	+1.86
1989 Taylor Swift	5	3.27	+1.73
A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector Various Artists	5	3.31	+1.69
Van Halen Van Halen	5	3.63	+1.37
21 Adele	5	3.69	+1.31
Master Of Puppets Metallica	5	3.73	+1.27
Live At The Harlem Square Club Sam Cooke	5	3.77	+1.23
Dookie Green Day	5	3.79	+1.21
Metallica Metallica	5	3.79	+1.21

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
The Joshua Tree U2	1	3.67	-2.67
Bringing It All Back Home Bob Dylan	1	3.64	-2.64
The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan Bob Dylan	1	3.62	-2.62
Time Out Of Mind Bob Dylan	1	3.22	-2.22
Solid Air John Martyn	1	3.16	-2.16
Live 1966 (The Royal Albert Hall Concert) Bob Dylan	1	3.15	-2.15
Henry's Dream Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds	1	3.11	-2.11
Murder Ballads Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds	1	3.08	-2.08
All That You Can't Leave Behind U2	1	2.98	-1.98
Grievous Angel Gram Parsons	1	2.86	-1.86

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Artist	Albums	Average
Metallica	2	5
Beatles	3	4.33

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Artist	Albums	Average
Bob Dylan	4	1
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds	2	1
U2	2	1

5-Star Albums (15)

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Good Old Boys

Randy Newman

2/5

I'm not sure I like spicy Toy Story...

5 likes

Live / Dead

Grateful Dead

1/5

Live / Dead is such a slog, I can't even get through a single song in the entirety of my commute... twice over. This is torture, not entertainment.

1 likes

At Folsom Prison

Johnny Cash

5/5

An enjoyable listen with a strong social (prison) reform message.

1 likes

All That You Can't Leave Behind

1/5

I'll be honest, I've possessed a deep-seated hatred for U2 since 2014. I hold the band personally responsible for their Songs of Innocence album being force downloaded onto my iPod Touch. Imagine my young horror as shuffle brings up 'The Troubles' after listening to 'Timber' by Pitbull feat. Kesha. Jarring to say the least. I go to remove the album, as surely this must just be a mistake, right? WRONG. The album is unremovable. I spend the day dodging generic U2 song after generic U2 song in my attempts to listen to my own swill until I can access a computer to hide the album from my device. Truly a nightmare tale. Were we reviewing the Songs of Innocence album? No. Have I reviewed the All That You Can't Leave Behind album? No, not really. Am I still giving this a one star simply because it is U2. Yes. Yes I am.

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1-Star Albums (11)

Live 1966 (The Royal Albert Hall Concert)

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Live!

Fela Kuti

3/5

Easy jam to have on in the background.

In The Court Of The Crimson King

King Crimson

4/5

Paranoid

Black Sabbath

4/5

Open to close, this album is *solid*.

Fear Of A Black Planet

Public Enemy

3/5

1989

Taylor Swift

5/5

Rum Sodomy & The Lash

The Pogues

2/5

The novelty of this album got me through the first few songs. However, the longer I listened, the more I felt trapped at a renaissance fair on pirate weekend.

Live / Dead

Grateful Dead

1/5

Live / Dead is such a slog, I can't even get through a single song in the entirety of my commute... twice over. This is torture, not entertainment.

At Fillmore East

The Allman Brothers Band

2/5

Giant Steps

The Boo Radleys

3/5

Gives me later-Beatles vibes. Not bad to listen to, but not something I'm adding to my rotation.

Adele

5/5

Oedipus Schmoedipus

Barry Adamson

3/5

A little too creepy at times. Overall, interesting to listen through once.

Haut de gamme / Koweït, rive gauche

Koffi Olomide

3/5

Giving strong 'vacation montage in a 90's movie' vibes.

Bubble And Scrape

Sebadoh

2/5

Revolver

Beatles

5/5

A classic that brought us the absolutely bangers Eleanor Rigby, Yellow Submarine, Good Day Sunshine, and Got To Get You Into My Life. An easy 5 for me.

Good Old Boys

Randy Newman

2/5

I'm not sure I like spicy Toy Story...

Fuzzy

Grant Lee Buffalo

2/5

London Calling

The Clash

3/5

This album was not what I expected based off of the two songs I know from it. It was an enjoyable listen through, but I won't be adding it to my normal rotation.

The Bends

Radiohead

4/5

Wonderful Rainbow

Lightning Bolt

2/5

Literal noise.

Rock Bottom

Robert Wyatt

2/5

Bad

Michael Jackson

4/5

Fear Of Music

Talking Heads

4/5

This is not something that would be on my playlist, but an album I can respect, nonetheless.

A Wizard, A True Star

Todd Rundgren

3/5

Red Headed Stranger

Willie Nelson

4/5

I'm not a country music person but I enjoyed this album. It's also quite short (only ~34 minutes).

The Message

Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five

4/5

Deja Vu

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

3/5

If I Could Only Remember My Name

David Crosby

3/5

The xx

4/5

Blur

3/5

Time Out Of Mind

Bob Dylan

1/5

Look, Bob Dylan is not a good singer. However, he is a decent songwriter. That said, this album is slow and boring as hell.

Movies

Holger Czukay

3/5

Ellington at Newport

Duke Ellington

3/5

Wish this wasn't a live album. Or at least that they cut down or (or out completely) the talking/introductions, etc.

The Beach Boys Today!

The Beach Boys

4/5

I'm probably rating this album a star higher than it really should be because I'm nostalgic for 60's music. I will say, though, I do not like the remastered version of Help Me, Rhonda. The original is way better. Overall, an album that makes me want to drive to the beach with the windows rolled down.

Who Killed...... The Zutons?

The Zutons

5/5

Superfly

Curtis Mayfield

4/5

Enjoyably infectious funk.

Make Yourself

Incubus

4/5

The Next Day

David Bowie

3/5

Chirping Crickets

Buddy Holly & The Crickets

4/5

Simply, a classic. It's hard not to appreciate a building block of music to come.

Teenager Of The Year

Frank Black

3/5

Van Halen

5/5

Odessey And Oracle

The Zombies

3/5

Junkyard

The Birthday Party

2/5

Solid Air

John Martyn

1/5

Channel Orange

Frank Ocean

3/5

Hot Rats

Frank Zappa

4/5

This Is Fats Domino

Fats Domino

4/5

Paul's Boutique

Beastie Boys

4/5

The Wall

Pink Floyd

4/5

Confession: I am not a Pink Floyd fan, nor a Prog Rock fan. However, I do really appreciate the flow and composition of this album. While I'm not going to throw this on for a listen, I'll give respect where respect is due.

Django Django

3/5

Music Has The Right To Children

Boards of Canada

3/5

Germs

2/5

Homework

Daft Punk

4/5

Blood Sugar Sex Magik

Red Hot Chili Peppers

3/5

Leftism

Leftfield

3/5

There were a few songs I enjoyed, but overall, the album fell flat for me.

Pictures At An Exhibition

Emerson, Lake & Palmer

2/5

Oracular Spectacular

MGMT

3/5

I think I would give this a 3.5 if possible, but I can't, so 3 it is. I was really excited to see this album on the list, seeing as I love thesingles from it. Time to Pretend, Kids, and Electric Feel absolutely slap, and, in my opinion, they carry the rest of the album. The second half of the album is unremarkable. Not terrible, but quite forgettable. TLDR; the singles will forever be in my rotation, but I'm skipping on the remainder of the album.

Blue Lines

Massive Attack

2/5

Dookie

Green Day

5/5

Such an easy 5. Probably Green Day's best album- a winner all the way through.

Rattlesnakes

Lloyd Cole And The Commotions

2/5

The Suburbs

Arcade Fire

3/5

In Our Heads

Hot Chip

4/5

There is one specific song on this album that has triggered a deeply buried memory of a different song I used to listen to a bunch in college. I have literally spent hours of my time attempting to find that other song. I am uncertain whether this helps or hurts my rating of In Our Heads.

Live At The Harlem Square Club

Sam Cooke

5/5

At first I was bummed because it's another live album, but I didn't find that to be a detractor at all. A fantastic album- great pacing and the live recording is near indistinguishable from the studio recording. Cupid is one of my favorite songs ever; I was chuffed to see it included.

Funeral

Arcade Fire

3/5

Close To The Edge

Yes

3/5

Real Life

Magazine

2/5

Os Mutantes

4/5

At Folsom Prison

Johnny Cash

5/5

An enjoyable listen with a strong social (prison) reform message.

Lust For Life

Iggy Pop

3/5

Master Of Puppets

Metallica

5/5

Perhaps one of the best metal albums of all time. Banger after banger after banger. The easiest 5 I've given yet.

Electric Music For The Mind And Body

Country Joe & The Fish

2/5

Arular

M.I.A.

4/5

Not an album I ever would have picked up outside of it appearing here. I enjoyed it enough that I let it loop multiple times, back-to-back. Impressive that this was her debut album.

Murder Ballads

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

1/5

Madman Across The Water

Elton John

4/5

Out Of The Blue

Electric Light Orchestra

4/5

Fun and catchy. I found this album to be just a touch longer than I think it needed to be though.

Raising Hell

Run-D.M.C.

4/5

The Band

3/5

Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)

Eurythmics

4/5

1) Before listening to this album, I'd only heard Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This). I was surprised how consistent the rest of the album is to Sweet Dreams. 2) This feels incredibly obtuse, but I never knew Eurythmics was 50% Annie Lennox. 3) If this isn't an 80's time capsule, I don't know what is.

The Cars

4/5

We Are Family

Sister Sledge

4/5

Henry's Dream

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

1/5

Repeater

Fugazi

3/5

Bringing It All Back Home

Bob Dylan

1/5

Talking Book

Stevie Wonder

3/5

Live At The Witch Trials

The Fall

2/5

For a brief second I thought I had accidently started playing Escape (The Piña Colada Song). Alas, no.

Black Holes and Revelations

Muse

4/5

Live And Dangerous

Thin Lizzy

4/5

There were a few songs I could have done without but, overall, I really enjoyed this album. The bridge from Cowboy Song to The Boys Are Back in Town was just *chef's kiss*.

KE*A*H** (Psalm 69)

Ministry

5/5

This album is a 4.7 to me, but since I can't do 4.7 and 4 seems criminally low, I'm rating it a 5. There were a few misses for me, but overall, I really enjoyed it. Just One Fix is infectiously good. I listened to that song no less than 7 times yesterday (and an additional 3 today). I would not be surprised if J.O.F. was the inspiration for Rammstein's Du Hast. This album is going in my rotation, and I'll for sure be checking out more Ministry.

Dance Mania

Tito Puente

3/5

Is This It

The Strokes

4/5

Pretzel Logic

Steely Dan

3/5

Back In Black

AC/DC

5/5

I Should Coco

Supergrass

4/5

Led Zeppelin

3/5

Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret

Soft Cell

2/5

The 2 singles were the only redeeming part of this album. 2 stars for those, 0 stars for everything else.

Africa Brasil

Jorge Ben Jor

3/5

Liege And Lief

Fairport Convention

2/5

Bad Company

4/5

A solid, though very short, album. I'll never not be amused saying 'the song Bad Company, by Bad Company, on the album Bad Company.'

From Elvis In Memphis

Elvis Presley

4/5

The Slim Shady LP

Eminem

4/5

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector

Various Artists

5/5

With The Beatles

Beatles

4/5

Do I like this album? Absolutely. However, I struggle to rate this album as high as other Beatles albums because there are *6* covers on this album: Till There Was You - Sue Raney Please Mr. Postman - The Marvelettes Roll Over Beethoven - Chuck Berry You Really Got a Hold on Me - The Miracles Devil in Her Heart - The Donays Money (That's What I Want) - Barrett Strong That makes 43% of this album covers. That said, it is a bop. "It Won't be Long" and "All My Loving" are highlights for me.

White Ladder

David Gray

2/5

I Against I

Bad Brains

3/5

Like A Prayer

Madonna

3/5

This album was fine. I was honestly expecting to enjoy it more but outside of the singles, it all kind of blurred together.

Let's Stay Together

Al Green

4/5

The Man Machine

Kraftwerk

4/5

In Utero

Nirvana

5/5

Billion Dollar Babies

Alice Cooper

3/5

Don't think I've ever gone out of my way to listen to Alice Cooper, despite him being rather well known. That being said, this album is fine.

Appetite For Destruction

Guns N' Roses

4/5

Here's Little Richard

Little Richard

4/5

I believe Little Richard would have been as popular as Elvis but for racial prejudice and homophobia in the conservative 1950's landscape. Despite this, his influence on music and culture in general is undeniable.

(Pronounced 'Leh-'Nérd 'Skin-'Nérd)

Lynyrd Skynyrd

3/5

Southern rock is really just the worst kind of rock, isn't it? Freebird is good when you have 10 minutes to spare, though.

Boston

4/5

Over half of the songs on this album still get regular radio play. If that's not a sign, I don't know what is.

Basket of Light

Pentangle

2/5

All That You Can't Leave Behind

1/5

Gentlemen

The Afghan Whigs

3/5

My Aim Is True

Elvis Costello

3/5

The music was fine, but the album art is an atrocity against eyeballs everywhere.

Live 1966 (The Royal Albert Hall Concert)

Bob Dylan

1/5

Modern Life Is Rubbish

Blur

2/5

Bridge Over Troubled Water

Simon & Garfunkel

4/5

The Joshua Tree

1/5

Live At The Regal

B.B. King

4/5

Rumours

Fleetwood Mac

5/5

I will argue that this is actually the best album ever produced. I think there's only 3 or 4 songs on it that don't currently get regular radio play. This is the gold (dust woman) standard for albums.

A Hard Day's Night

Beatles

4/5

1984

Van Halen

4/5

Very solid 4 for me. I don't think it's as good as their first album, however.

Arrival

ABBA

3/5

The singles off of this album are great, but the rest of the songs fall flat for me.

Grievous Angel