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5-Star Albums
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1-Star Albums
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You Love More Than Most
| Album | You | Global | Diff |
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Lost Souls
Doves
|
5 | 3.16 | +1.84 |
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A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector
Various Artists
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5 | 3.31 | +1.69 |
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From Elvis In Memphis
Elvis Presley
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5 | 3.36 | +1.64 |
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Adele
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5 | 3.37 | +1.63 |
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Fleet Foxes
Fleet Foxes
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5 | 3.44 | +1.56 |
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Logical Progression
LTJ Bukem
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4 | 2.52 | +1.48 |
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Maggot Brain
Funkadelic
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5 | 3.6 | +1.4 |
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Blood On The Tracks
Bob Dylan
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5 | 3.67 | +1.33 |
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Honky Tonk Masquerade
Joe Ely
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4 | 2.68 | +1.32 |
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Yank Crime
Drive Like Jehu
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4 | 2.7 | +1.3 |
You Love Less Than Most
| Album | You | Global | Diff |
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Faust IV
Faust
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1 | 2.78 | -1.78 |
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Yeezus
Kanye West
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1 | 2.77 | -1.77 |
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Remain In Light
Talking Heads
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2 | 3.67 | -1.67 |
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Sex Packets
Digital Underground
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1 | 2.67 | -1.67 |
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The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
Lauryn Hill
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2 | 3.64 | -1.64 |
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Low
David Bowie
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2 | 3.55 | -1.55 |
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Licensed To Ill
Beastie Boys
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2 | 3.55 | -1.55 |
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Electric Warrior
T. Rex
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2 | 3.54 | -1.54 |
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So
Peter Gabriel
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2 | 3.54 | -1.54 |
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Unknown Pleasures
Joy Division
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2 | 3.47 | -1.47 |
5-Star Albums (14)
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Popular Reviews
KISS
3/5
Detroit Rock City is a classic, but otherwise, everything was pretty forgettable. The slower songs also felt off, which didn’t help things. There really isn’t anything explicitly wrong with it, but there also isn’t anything that stands out
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1-Star Albums (4)
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Kendrick Lamar
4/5
I’m not a rap fan, but I thought this was good. The overall ambiance was okay well set and what I could follow of the story I liked, but there wasn’t anything that resonated with me and made me want to listen to it again
The Avalanches
4/5
This felt like art, not music. The soundscape was fascinating and really well put together. The mix of sounds they put together was extremely impressive as well. But all its intricacies made it hard to engage with and I generally felt lost while listening (which I think the artists would take as a compliment).
Album to hear before you die? No question. But is this something I’ll come back to often? Probably not
Fleet Foxes
5/5
This was the most joy I’ve felt listening to an album in a long time. It might not be the most complex, experimental, or heady album I’ve ever listened to, but the band executed on the concept amazingly. I’ll definitely be coming back to this one
Funkadelic
5/5
This was all over the place in the best way. The band clearly had a lot of fun writing this and that transferred to the songs on the album. So glad to have found this
Bob Dylan
5/5
This was amazing - excellent storytelling set to great music. I somehow never heard this before and now get why he is so revered
Radiohead
4/5
Mekons
3/5
Nothing wrong with it and it was interesting to listen to, but it just didn’t do it for me
David Bowie
4/5
I’ve tried Bowie in the past and always found him a bit too eccentric. This was definitely the right entry point for me. His unique style showed but in a way that felt approachable. Very glad I gave this a spin
The Jam
3/5
This was pretty clearly a good album. Good production, fittingly meaningful lyrics for the genre, and good musicianship (especially the bass). But it just didn’t click with me
Traffic
4/5
Nirvana
4/5
I hate to say this, but I spent most of the album wishing I were listening to Nevermind. Which is a shame because this album has its own unique and interesting sound, and is very engaging. But I just couldn’t get that thought out of my head
Adele
5/5
Definitely get the hype. It conveyed a great mood, and her voice expressed it beautifully.
Ute Lemper
3/5
This one really confused me. It was well produced and the storytelling was well done, but I had no idea how to approach the cabaret style of music. I definitely found myself warming up to it by the end, and I am very glad to have listened to this because I never would have otherwise, but at the end of the day, it’s just not for me
The Temptations
4/5
This is one of those cases where this is an absolutely foundational album for its genre, but to the modern ear can sound dated, as it did to me. Very happy to have heard it, but it personally didn’t resonate with me.
King Crimson
4/5
I should have liked this album more than I did. There was a lot of well played, varied music on there and they explored a bunch of interesting ideas, but the quiet parts were too long and too quiet for me - I lost interest and it was hard to pick it back up. Still a very interesting album though
Janelle Monáe
4/5
If I could give this 4.5, I would. I had never heard of janelle monae before, and am glad to have fixed that. The album has something for everyone with each song having its own unique feel, and that is a testament to her versatility. It didn’t hit me quite right to be a 5, but this was still very, very good
The Cult
2/5
This was the first one where “need to hear before I die” felt like a stretch. It was perfectly fine, but generic. I felt like I’ve heard plenty of other versions of this album in my life that were very similar. All in all good, but not really special
Scott Walker
3/5
Green Day
4/5
Boards of Canada
2/5
I get what they were trying to do here, and it was an impressively ambitious undertaking, but it was a swing and a miss for me. I didn’t feel like I was listening to music - more like a string of noise, and I just couldn’t get into it. Fascinating to hear though
Linkin Park
4/5
So much angst. I love this band, and in the end shows the promise they had, but it’s definitely still raw and unfinished. Definitely fun to listen to, but far from being great.
Little Richard
4/5
Drive Like Jehu
4/5
Took a bit to grow on me, but it really did. Fun, chaotic energy and very interesting writing. Very glad to have found this band, definitely will be coming back to them
KISS
3/5
Detroit Rock City is a classic, but otherwise, everything was pretty forgettable. The slower songs also felt off, which didn’t help things. There really isn’t anything explicitly wrong with it, but there also isn’t anything that stands out
Love
3/5
Good classic rock, but it felt forgettable overall
N.W.A.
4/5
Normally, good albums can be described by words like “beautiful”, “fun”, or even “pleasant”. This album is none of those, but is still fascinating as a snapshot of life for those in Compton at that time, which makes the harshness and brutality of it an integral part. I’m not usually into rap, but this I was able to enjoy much more than usual. Still not a favorite of mine musically, but as a piece of protest art, this is extremely compelling
Scissor Sisters
2/5
There were some great things about this album. The songs themselves where irreverent and funny, and the instrumentation and songwriting was great and created the moods they were going for. But I just found the album annoying. The high vocals were painfully grating, and a lot of the time, it seemed like the band thought they were funnier than they were and beat a few jokes to death. Overall, there’s good stuff in there, but it’s held back by some serious flaws
Grizzly Bear
3/5
Nice, but forgettable
3/5
Good, but not terribly memorable
3/5
I really wanted to like this more, but it was just okay to me.
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
3/5
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
3/5
This was really interesting. It was more storytelling than anything, but his voice was perfect for it. Not something that particularly grabbed me, but very good to have found
The Young Rascals
3/5
There were some good things in there, but i couldn’t shake the thought that I’d rather be listening to the beatles
The Isley Brothers
4/5
Fela Kuti
2/5
Finley Quaye
3/5
Kanye West
2/5
My thoughts on this album clicked on that one song that sampled Avril 14th by Aphex Twin. It was great musically and set a great atmosphere, and then Kanye put just enough self-aggrandizement on top of that to make it not unpalatable. At the end of the song, my takeaway was that the original Avril 14th was better. Granted, I don’t listen to rap, and there might be something to his lyrics that might be more meaningful to someone who does, but it didn’t resonate with me.
This might be controversial, but I feel like this album succeeded in spite of Kanye West, not because of him. It struck me as a series of slightly worse versions of great songs that are still very good. I struggled writing this because I did enjoy listening to this album, but at the end of the day, my takeaway is that a rap album was good, but would be better without the rapper, which is pretty damning praise.
Steely Dan
3/5
The Zutons
3/5
I’m not sure why this album of theirs was picked. It’s not bad, and it shows potential, but it feels rough around the edges. I accidentally listened to some of their later work, and that sounded much more refined, but as is, this was just okay
Sonic Youth
4/5
All over the place, but very unique and compelling
Johnny Cash
4/5
This might not have clicked with me the most musically, but it was the closest I’ve ever been to understanding what prison life is like, so from that perspective, it’s an extremely interesting album
3/5
Tale of two halves. The first one was more a poetry session, which is great for some but not me, and things picked up a lot in the second half when the band came in. Averages out to average
Stevie Wonder
3/5
Otis Redding
3/5
Fred Neil
3/5
Pearl Jam
4/5
Faith No More
3/5
I wanted to like this - interesting mix of styles and great musicianship, but it just didn’t click with me. Still very cool to hear though
Paul Simon
4/5
Guns N' Roses
4/5
Pulp
4/5
Nick Drake
3/5
Jane's Addiction
2/5
Radiohead
3/5
Portishead
3/5
They had a vision and they executed it uncomfortably well, but it didn’t click with me
Joan Armatrading
3/5
Radiohead
4/5
The Replacements
3/5
Janis Joplin
3/5
Arcade Fire
3/5
The Verve
3/5
The Boo Radleys
4/5
The Smashing Pumpkins
3/5
Buffalo Springfield
2/5
The Mars Volta
4/5
Nirvana
3/5
Beck
3/5
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
3/5
The Sugarcubes
3/5
Al Green
3/5
Shack
4/5
4/5
I wish I was at that concert
Holger Czukay
2/5
Jethro Tull
4/5
Leonard Cohen
3/5
The Libertines
3/5
Billy Joel
4/5
Marianne Faithfull
2/5
Christina Aguilera
3/5
Cyndi Lauper
3/5
Jimmy Smith
2/5
Astor Piazzolla
4/5
Aerosmith
3/5
The Stooges
3/5
Björk
3/5
U2
4/5
The Kinks
3/5
Joni Mitchell
3/5
Nirvana
5/5
Simple Minds
3/5
Keith Jarrett
3/5
Neil Young
4/5
Elbow
3/5
Janet Jackson
4/5
Big Brother & The Holding Company
3/5
Manic Street Preachers
4/5
The Flying Burrito Brothers
3/5
Talking Heads
2/5
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
3/5
Muddy Waters
3/5
James Brown
2/5
ZZ Top
3/5
Stephen Stills
3/5
Christine and the Queens
4/5
The Clash
4/5
The Stooges
3/5
Cypress Hill
4/5
Randy Newman
2/5
Lou Reed
3/5
Alexander 'Skip' Spence
2/5
The Divine Comedy
3/5
Van Morrison
3/5
Destiny's Child
3/5
Spiritualized
4/5
Aphex Twin
3/5
ABBA
4/5
John Prine
3/5
Stan Getz
3/5
Jimi Hendrix
3/5
Laibach
1/5
The Prodigy
3/5
Radiohead
3/5
Elton John
4/5
Nitin Sawhney
3/5
Pavement
4/5
Bob Marley & The Wailers
4/5
Run-D.M.C.
4/5
Ghostface Killah
3/5
Tom Waits
4/5
The Velvet Underground
3/5
Buck Owens
4/5
TV On The Radio
2/5
Taylor Swift
3/5
Booker T. & The MG's
3/5
Nico
2/5
Terence Trent D'Arby
4/5
Amy Winehouse
3/5
Björk
3/5
Neil Young
3/5
Sade
3/5
My Bloody Valentine
3/5
My Bloody Valentine
3/5
Stevie Wonder
4/5
Queen
4/5
The Kinks
4/5
Iron Maiden
3/5
The xx
3/5
Brian Wilson
2/5
Jimi Hendrix
3/5
The Stooges
3/5
Cocteau Twins
3/5
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
2/5
Buena Vista Social Club
4/5
Liz Phair
4/5
X-Ray Spex
4/5
OutKast
3/5
Led Zeppelin
4/5
Throwing Muses
3/5
Caetano Veloso
3/5
David Bowie
3/5
The Byrds
3/5
Rod Stewart
3/5
Q-Tip
3/5
Lynyrd Skynyrd
4/5
Lambchop
2/5
King Crimson
4/5
Moby
3/5
Milton Nascimento
3/5
Blue Cheer
3/5
Mercury Rev
4/5
Willie Nelson
3/5
Supergrass
4/5
Simon & Garfunkel
4/5
Prince
4/5
Elliott Smith
3/5
Various Artists
5/5
Tito Puente
3/5
Prince
3/5
Metallica
3/5
Cream
3/5
DJ Shadow
4/5
Don McLean
3/5
Paul McCartney and Wings
4/5
Public Enemy
3/5
The Charlatans
3/5
Thelonious Monk
3/5
Def Leppard
3/5
Cheap Trick
3/5
Jimi Hendrix
3/5
Soundgarden
4/5
Mike Ladd
3/5
Nina Simone
3/5
Deep Purple
3/5
Daft Punk
2/5
Todd Rundgren
4/5
The Slits
2/5
The Smiths
3/5
The Jesus And Mary Chain
3/5
Butthole Surfers
2/5
Charles Mingus
4/5
The Specials
3/5
The Band
2/5
Alanis Morissette
5/5
T. Rex
2/5
4/5
Dion
2/5
2Pac
4/5
TLC
2/5
Count Basie & His Orchestra
4/5
The Pretty Things
3/5
Gil Scott-Heron
3/5
Marty Robbins
3/5
David Holmes
3/5
Soft Machine
3/5
Stevie Wonder
4/5
Leonard Cohen
3/5
Mott The Hoople
3/5
Miles Davis
3/5
Television
3/5
Miriam Makeba
3/5
Kate Bush
3/5
Raekwon
3/5
Steely Dan
3/5
Ella Fitzgerald
3/5
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
2/5
Depeche Mode
3/5
Lauryn Hill
2/5
Sabu
3/5
Herbie Hancock
3/5
The Rolling Stones
4/5
Morrissey
3/5
Sonic Youth
4/5
Dolly Parton
4/5
The Coral
3/5
Klaxons
3/5
Joe Ely
4/5
The Mamas & The Papas
2/5
Led Zeppelin
4/5
The Everly Brothers
3/5
Yes
4/5
Abdullah Ibrahim
3/5
The Zombies
3/5
The Beach Boys
4/5
Curtis Mayfield
4/5
Killing Joke
3/5
The Shamen
3/5
The Black Keys
3/5
Black Flag
3/5
Sonic Youth
3/5
Simon & Garfunkel
4/5
Beatles
3/5
Jungle Brothers
3/5
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
2/5
Joy Division
2/5
The xx
3/5
Kate Bush
3/5
Syd Barrett
3/5
Beastie Boys
3/5
Ramones
4/5
Muddy Waters
3/5
Miles Davis
3/5
Suicide
3/5
Brian Eno
4/5
Pet Shop Boys
3/5
Eminem
3/5
Paul Weller
3/5
The Doors
3/5
B.B. King
4/5
Joan Baez
4/5
Louis Prima
3/5
Def Leppard
3/5
Nick Drake
4/5
David Gray
3/5
The Cure
3/5
Arcade Fire
4/5
Shuggie Otis
3/5
UB40
3/5
Fela Kuti
3/5
Joni Mitchell
3/5
Suede
3/5
Small Faces
3/5
The Beach Boys
3/5
Scott Walker
4/5
Black Sabbath
5/5
Afrika Bambaataa
4/5
Led Zeppelin
3/5
Hawkwind
2/5
The Rolling Stones
4/5
The Notorious B.I.G.
4/5
The Who
4/5
Grateful Dead
4/5
LCD Soundsystem
3/5
George Harrison
4/5
The Temptations
3/5
The Offspring
3/5
Rush
3/5
The Rolling Stones
3/5
Dinosaur Jr.
3/5
Bon Jovi
4/5
Stevie Wonder
3/5
Skunk Anansie
4/5
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
4/5
R.E.M.
3/5
Red Hot Chili Peppers
4/5
Soul II Soul
3/5
U2
3/5
The Cardigans
3/5
Morrissey
3/5
Rage Against The Machine
4/5
Bill Evans Trio
4/5
Faust
1/5
AC/DC
3/5
Roxy Music
4/5
Ray Price
4/5
Anthrax
4/5
Peter Gabriel
2/5
Ananda Shankar
3/5
3/5
The Dave Brubeck Quartet
3/5
Ryan Adams
3/5
2/5
The Fall
3/5
Bob Dylan
4/5
The Who
5/5
Yes
3/5
Tears For Fears
3/5
LTJ Bukem
4/5
Patti Smith
3/5
Jeff Buckley
4/5
Santana
3/5
Fleetwood Mac
4/5
Elvis Costello
2/5
Aretha Franklin
4/5
Common
3/5
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
3/5
Sepultura
2/5
Jorge Ben Jor
3/5
Wilco
3/5
The Prodigy
2/5
Blur
3/5
James Taylor
3/5
Pixies
3/5
The Doors
3/5
Elvis Presley
5/5
Kings of Leon
3/5
OutKast
3/5
R.E.M.
3/5
The Pogues
2/5
808 State
3/5
Radiohead
3/5
David Bowie
2/5
fIREHOSE
3/5
Wu-Tang Clan
3/5
The Stone Roses
3/5
The Waterboys
4/5
Johnny Cash
4/5
Queen Latifah
3/5
R.E.M.
3/5
Van Morrison
2/5
Slade
2/5
Alice In Chains
3/5
Blood, Sweat & Tears
3/5
Rahul Dev Burman
3/5
Ash
4/5
Jack White
3/5
Sepultura
4/5
G. Love & Special Sauce
3/5
Adele
4/5
Amy Winehouse
3/5
Bert Jansch
4/5
The Louvin Brothers
3/5
Sigur Rós
4/5
Eurythmics
2/5
The B-52's
3/5
The Who
3/5
Miles Davis
3/5
Dire Straits
3/5
Tina Turner
4/5
Gorillaz
3/5
Little Simz
3/5
The Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy
2/5
Sufjan Stevens
4/5
Beastie Boys
2/5
Beyoncé
3/5
Dennis Wilson
3/5
Tracy Chapman
3/5
Deee-Lite
2/5
Depeche Mode
3/5
Bruce Springsteen
4/5
The Strokes
3/5
Sonic Youth
3/5
Billy Bragg
3/5
John Lennon
3/5
Meat Loaf
3/5
Miles Davis
5/5
3/5
Dwight Yoakam
3/5
Dr. Dre
3/5
Living Colour
3/5
Franz Ferdinand
4/5
Fleetwood Mac
2/5
Kanye West
1/5
Goldie
3/5
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
3/5
Bob Dylan
3/5
Frank Black
3/5
Aimee Mann
3/5
Lightning Bolt
2/5
Fiona Apple
3/5
The Triffids
2/5
Joanna Newsom
2/5
Boston
5/5
Baaba Maal
3/5
John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers
3/5
Ryan Adams
3/5
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
3/5
Jerry Lee Lewis
4/5
Digital Underground
1/5
Supertramp
3/5
Incubus
3/5
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
2/5
Goldfrapp
3/5
Sarah Vaughan
3/5
Steely Dan
3/5
Michael Jackson
4/5
The Last Shadow Puppets
3/5
Manic Street Preachers
3/5
Haircut 100
3/5
Elastica
3/5
Madonna
3/5
Leonard Cohen
2/5
Robert Wyatt
2/5
The Soft Boys
3/5
Doves
5/5
The Smashing Pumpkins
3/5
Carole King
5/5
Stephen Stills
3/5
Echo And The Bunnymen
3/5
Sex Pistols
3/5
Fairport Convention
4/5
Gang Of Four
4/5
Black Sabbath
3/5
The Kinks
3/5