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19
5-Star Albums
4
1-Star Albums
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Albums
You Love More Than Most
| Album | You | Global | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Vento De Maio
Elis Regina
|
5 | 3.01 | +1.99 |
|
Vivid
Living Colour
|
5 | 3.2 | +1.8 |
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Dance Mania
Tito Puente
|
5 | 3.27 | +1.73 |
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Slippery When Wet
Bon Jovi
|
5 | 3.29 | +1.71 |
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British Steel
Judas Priest
|
5 | 3.3 | +1.7 |
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The Man Machine
Kraftwerk
|
5 | 3.32 | +1.68 |
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Sunday At The Village Vanguard
Bill Evans Trio
|
5 | 3.32 | +1.68 |
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Ready To Die
The Notorious B.I.G.
|
5 | 3.36 | +1.64 |
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Back At The Chicken Shack
Jimmy Smith
|
5 | 3.39 | +1.61 |
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Stand!
Sly & The Family Stone
|
5 | 3.43 | +1.57 |
You Love Less Than Most
| Album | You | Global | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Hunky Dory
David Bowie
|
2 | 4 | -2 |
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Giant Steps
The Boo Radleys
|
1 | 2.88 | -1.88 |
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Kid A
Radiohead
|
2 | 3.71 | -1.71 |
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Station To Station
David Bowie
|
2 | 3.7 | -1.7 |
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White Blood Cells
The White Stripes
|
2 | 3.67 | -1.67 |
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Blood On The Tracks
Bob Dylan
|
2 | 3.67 | -1.67 |
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With The Beatles
Beatles
|
2 | 3.66 | -1.66 |
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The Queen Is Dead
The Smiths
|
2 | 3.66 | -1.66 |
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L.A. Woman
The Doors
|
2 | 3.66 | -1.66 |
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Ill Communication
Beastie Boys
|
2 | 3.64 | -1.64 |
Artists
Favorites
| Artist | Albums | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Metallica | 3 | 4.67 |
Least Favorites
| Artist | Albums | Average |
|---|---|---|
| The Mothers Of Invention | 2 | 1.5 |
| David Bowie | 5 | 2.2 |
5-Star Albums (19)
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1-Star Albums (4)
All Ratings
Talking Heads
3/5
Nice easy listening which was nice to listen to whilst I was working and would be nice to listen to in the car. Not really my "vibe" though.
Talking Heads
3/5
Low-energy rock which is nice for work/car driving but doesn't get me hyped. At least this album had Once in a Lifetime which is awesome.
4/5
I liked it a lot. I listened to lot of songs by War after this album.
The Smiths
2/5
I was excited to listen to this one. Read about the lead singer on Wikipedia and was immediately put off and therefore will find it difficult to review this album objectivally.
It's... fine I guess... I didn't like the low energy for the subject matter.
Joni Mitchell
4/5
This was a delight. Joni Mitchell has an amazing voice.
The Police
4/5
It was good. Had some bite. Liked the synthy tunes. Every Breath You Take is a classic.
Deep Purple
4/5
Portishead
4/5
Sleepy eepy tunes which are very chill and a bit haunting.
The Cult
3/5
It was alright. Nice and punchy.
The Isley Brothers
5/5
So chill! Bangers! Would buy this album probably.
The Zombies
4/5
Really great. Stuck between a 4 and a 5 rating (like War and Joni...)
Os Mutantes
4/5
Wow! Some music that isn't from America/the UK! Very exciting!
I like it's bounciness and trippiness. Some sounds are grating on the ears.
The White Stripes
3/5
Yeah it was alright. I didn't really listen to it properly, sorry :(
Penguin Cafe Orchestra
3/5
This is nice and relaxing, but not my vibe.
De La Soul
3/5
This is fun. I really admire what this album is trying to do. Songs are quirky, not especially ear-wormy but was lighthearted fun.
Santana
5/5
This is epic. Very groovy. Would buy and listen to over and over. Latin rock is not a genre I was expecting to enjoy so much. I really hope Santana isn't a weird transphobe.
Calexico
4/5
This one was great, never heard of the artist or album before. Not sure whether to give a 4 or a 5.
Hot Chip
4/5
Really great, a long of songs I liked. Reminds me a bit of some Eurovision entires. Stuck between a 4 and a 5 again...! Might buy.
Eurythmics
3/5
Pretty good, but mostly forgettable (maybe I need to listen to it more). Titular album is legendary but I also liked This Is The house and This City Never Sleeps. 3.5/5
Dusty Springfield
3/5
Lovely voice, very relaxing and beautiful. I could see myself getting more into this album with more listens. 3.5/5
Paul Simon
3/5
I recognised You Can Call Me Al. The rest I don't remember well, but this album was nice and relaxing.
Prince
4/5
First listen was pretty iconic. I just like a good ol' punchy guitar.
Creedence Clearwater Revival
3/5
I'm catching up with a backlog of albums so I'm only listening to these through the one time.
This was okay, I'm not a huge fan of this country/Americana style. I did like Proud Mary. 2.5/5
Funkadelic
3/5
Maggot Brain (the song) is intense. The rest I didn't remember much of, it was very tonally different.
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
3/5
It's alright. Has those sorts of American/country vibes that isn't really my vibe but it was nice enough.
Beastie Boys
3/5
It's okay. I can see how it's influential. I liked Fight For Your Right. I like their "Rap Rock" songs more than their "Hip Hop". The lyrics just didn't speak to me like most other rap artists do.
Buck Owens
4/5
Maybe I need to reconsider whether I like country music or not. I liked this one a lot. Maybe there's something about that Bakersfield sound. Or hillbilly music, perhaps. I like the shorter songs (just over 2 minutes long for most of them), nothing overstays its welcome. The album progresses quickly and it stays engaging throughout because of this.
The Boo Radleys
1/5
Some songs ok but forgettable. This would have probably been another 3/5 if it hadn't been for the absolutely ear-grating sections in many of their songs. It's so unpleasant to listen to so it instead gets a 1/5 because I would ask someone to not play this album if I saw them get out the CD.
Fairport Convention
4/5
I liked it actually. Very chill. I think I have a soft spot for folk music with fiddles. 3.5/5
Kraftwerk
5/5
This is so epic. The Robots is the best, reminds me of Daft Punk (or I should say, Daft Punk reminds me of Kraftwerk! It blows my mind this is from 1978, I can see how it influences songs today. That said, I've seen synth/vocoding tech used in more high-energy songs in general whilst Kraftwerk is a lot more low-key, so it manages to be a unique experience nonetheless.
5/5
The Band
4/5
Chill! I liked Chest Fever the most. Never heard of The Weight despite it being the most listened to song by far.
Oasis
4/5
Hard not to rate this a 5 when it's an album I recognise with 3-4 songs that I really like but... the album isn't as strong as other Oasis albums and the filler isn't super thrilling so 4 seems fair.
Yes
3/5
Roundabout starts out so strong but the rest of the album is only okay. There's only four songs on this album and the rest is filler, really. For the actual songs, I prefer their 3-4 minute long "radio" versions.
OutKast
2/5
They really put a 2 hour album on the 1001 albums you must listen to before you die list and it's only okay. I'm pissed man. If you're gonna make me listen to a 2 hour long album it better be the best fucking thing I've ever listened to.
If this was a shorter album I may have given it a 3, but I'm so mad at the sheer length of this album. Nearly gave this a 1.
The Wikipedia article for this album is interesting. I can see the influence and history. It doesn't change the fact it was a slog for me to listen to it all the way through.
The second half of the album (The Love Below) was more my vibe, and Hey Ya! is excellent.
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
3/5
Pretty chill. 3.5/5
Bob Dylan
3/5
Pretty chill. 3.5/5
a-ha
4/5
Same issue with Fragile by Yes. Starts out extremely strong with Take on Me and then the rest of the album doesn't live up to it. Broadly I liked it more, though, there are more actual songs and the vibe is nice. 3.5/5
Nirvana
3/5
Had high expectations for this one. It was okay. I don't think I'm a fan of this kind of grunge/rock. Normally I hate it but this was decent and didn't offend my ears but it certainly didn't turn me into a grunge/nirvana fan.
Album imagery and song names together give me uncomfortable/weird vibes.
2.5/5
Joni Mitchell
4/5
This is like 1970s Taylor Swift in that this album is about relationship woes and is also sang beautifully.
It's a sad and melancholy album. I think I preferred Court and Spark, personally.
4.5/5
The Doors
3/5
I'm already burned out from 1970s rock bands called The [Insert Noun Here]. Here we go again.
This one was pretty good. It has a twinge of psychadelic which works really well. A good mix of instruments and sounds with nice ear-wormy riffs.
3.5/5
Queen
4/5
Really good. 4.5/5
Taylor Swift
4/5
I like it, it's excellent. It's pretty melancholy and low-energy, not completely my vibe. 4/5
Elvis Costello
4/5
Yeah it's good. Doesn't sound like punk music. I like the easy-listening upbeat tunes for what is quite an angry album. 4/5
The Zutons
4/5
Seems like a weird album to include on a list like this. That said, it is good.
4/5
I now have a chance to re-rate this after I was stuck between giving it a 4 and a 5 last time. There is part of me that felt guilty for not giving this a 5. But upon relisten I think 4 really is the rating I want to give this. It's still close though. 4.5/5
Jefferson Airplane
3/5
An important album in psychadelic rock. My interest is piqued.
The songs were chill, but not as trippy as my preferred psychadelic songs. It mostly just gave low-energy rock vibes which I am already burned out on, and this album is quite long and drags somewhat.
Broadly, I would say it's pretty good.
New Order
4/5
This is one I may regret not rating 5 later. It's really good.
Living Colour
5/5
I loved this album within 30 seconds of the first song. Maybe this is more deserving of a 4 and I'm just high on the excitement at getting a metal album. I'm sure I'll be listening to these guys more so time will tell.
Johnny Cash
4/5
This is a great live album. The crowd are loving it, I love hearing their cheering throughout the songs.
There's something pretty weird and offputting about Cash singing about commiting crimes to a bunch of prisoners who are cheering along. Like, when he's singing about killing his wife and everyone is cheering? Ick.
That said, there should be more prison concerts.
Soundgarden
5/5
More metal! Very cool. Pretty undecided about rating this one a 4 or a 5, but I'm in a good mood after 2 days of metal.
De La Soul
3/5
Second opportunity for me to review this and adjust my rating. Before I rated it 3/5.
After listening again, I'm happy with this rating. I still like what this album is doing, but I'm just not a fan of the music itself. There isn't much ear-worminess for me. The tunes aren't very interesting or varied which makes this long album a slog for me to listen through. It's not for me.
The song lyrics are funny. I like the topics that they sing about. I like that the album is upbeat. On second listen through I liked Eye Know and Tread Water.
The Sonics
4/5
A short and snappy album. I like it. This is way more interesting than a lot of the rock music from the 60/70s I've listened to. These feel like songs I could dance to! I like the grungey sounds, the original un-remastered album has a gritty sound that I like.
Have Love Will Travel is a classic advert song but it's great.
4/5
Peter Gabriel
4/5
I like this one a lot. Lead A Normal Life/Biko at the end punched me in the gut.
Sly & The Family Stone
5/5
This was really fun! I needed this album today. I like that it was very upbeat.
4/5
Start of the album is legendary but I forgot the second half from the first listen. I may regret this rating later.
Beatles
4/5
This is excellent. But honestly, most of the songs aren't ones I'll be listening to often because they're funny little 1-2 minute long things. It was great background music to listen to whilst cooking breakfast.
It works better as a whole album rather than being a bunch of songs which I love. Come Together and Here Comes The Sun are highlights.
This is a 4.5/5 but I'm giving it a 4 (which I might regret like the last U2 album). And it's really only because I prefer listening to other genres to relax to over rock.
Brian Eno
3/5
Unusual and experimental. It's more like background/soundtrack music, so it's nice to listen to at work, but it feels like a strange one to include on this list. Most of the songs don't have lyrics. Not really my vibe. Could possibly be a rated a 2 but it was alright really so I'll give it a 3.
Christine and the Queens
3/5
This was good. This feels to me like a strange choice to select from the 2010s because I've never heard of this artist before (or maybe I live under a rock).
I was somewhat excited for this since I was hoping for something more high-energy, but this album was more subdued.
I liked that there were both English and French versions of these songs (similar to Kraftwerk).
3.5/5
The Mothers Of Invention
2/5
There's some good stuff on here. But overall I really don't rate this. The singing reminds me of karaoke, or talk-rap. There aren't any tunes which wiggle into my ear (or many tunes at all really).
It's certainly interesting, but broadly speaking it's just too strange and experimental for me to want to listen to this more than once. Something something this album is really historically important but it hasn't aged well, I'm not sure why I'd listen to this over what came after.
Common
3/5
Going to try and ignore the fact this album was produced by Kanye West (I will fail).
It is good. I liked the Corner and GO!
But yeah I cannot ignore that this album is produced by Kanye West. I'm reading into the lyrics and I'm like... is this some anti-choice shit? Am I misunderstanding something? Yeah... I can't just ignore it.
"Through death through conception, new breath and resurrection
For moms, new steps in her direction in the right way
Told inside is where the fight lay"
What does this mean? Huh? I hate my life.
3/5
Metallica
5/5
Now this one is definitely epic.
Easiest 5/5 so far. Listened to this on repeat for my entire workday.
The Human League
4/5
This is awesome. I swear this is an album my parents own/used to own with how familiar the first 5 songs are.
I could rate this a 4 or a 5. I think this will get a 4 just because the album is pretty subdued and I prefer albums that make me wanna bounce off of the walls.
Portishead
3/5
Relaxing, trippy, and melancholy. Not really my vibe, I'd have to be in a particular mood to really enjoy this.
Franz Ferdinand
3/5
Pretty good. This is a one-hit wonder album for me with Take Me Out, the rest of the songs didn't particularly inspire me. I liked the first half of the album more than the second half.
3.5/5
Eminem
4/5
4.5/5
Dire Straits
4/5
4.5/5
Beatles
4/5
Brian Wilson
4/5
3.5/5
The Stranglers
3/5
James Brown
3/5
Jimi Hendrix
3/5
Can
2/5
2/5
The Byrds
3/5
Teenage Fanclub
3/5
Stan Getz
5/5
The Rolling Stones
2/5
The White Stripes
3/5
Moby
4/5
Bon Jovi
5/5
Fela Kuti
4/5
Portishead
4/5
Run-D.M.C.
3/5
The Gun Club
3/5
The Sugarcubes
3/5
Curtis Mayfield
4/5
The Rolling Stones
3/5
Judas Priest
5/5
Jazmine Sullivan
4/5
The Temptations
4/5
Funkadelic
4/5
The White Stripes
3/5
Pink Floyd
4/5
John Prine
4/5
Kate Bush
4/5
Marvin Gaye
4/5
Bob Marley & The Wailers
4/5
Chicago
2/5
Was liking it until Free Form Guitar happened.
Bob Dylan
3/5
Talking Heads
3/5
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
3/5
Beck
4/5
Elliott Smith
3/5
Solomon Burke
4/5
Wire
3/5
Siouxsie And The Banshees
4/5
Nick Drake
4/5
Kendrick Lamar
3/5
The Fall
3/5
Elis Regina
5/5
Stevie Wonder
5/5
Lou Reed
3/5
Nas
4/5
Depeche Mode
4/5
Big Star
3/5
Goldfrapp
3/5
Steely Dan
4/5
The Temptations
4/5
Miles Davis
5/5
Motörhead
3/5
The Fall
2/5
Beastie Boys
2/5
Radiohead
3/5
Norah Jones
3/5
George Michael
2/5
Dusty Springfield
3/5
U2
3/5
Bob Marley & The Wailers
4/5
Dexys Midnight Runners
2/5
Hookworms
4/5
The The
4/5
Fleetwood Mac
3/5
The Beach Boys
3/5
Frank Sinatra
4/5
R.E.M.
3/5
The Flaming Lips
3/5
Ray Charles
3/5
Supertramp
3/5
Dwight Yoakam
2/5
Pink Floyd
2/5
Michael Jackson
4/5
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
2/5
LL Cool J
3/5
10cc
2/5
1/5
A Tribe Called Quest
4/5
Elton John
4/5
Jimmy Smith
5/5
Mudhoney
3/5
The Strokes
4/5
Stevie Wonder
3/5
Red Hot Chili Peppers
4/5
Lou Reed
3/5
Stevie Wonder
4/5
The Rolling Stones
3/5
The Cardigans
3/5
Bruce Springsteen
3/5
Tom Waits
3/5
Blondie
4/5
Hugh Masekela
4/5
Ice Cube
3/5
The Sabres Of Paradise
3/5
Deep Purple
4/5
The Cars
4/5
Talking Heads
3/5
Nirvana
4/5
System Of A Down
4/5
Eurythmics
3/5
Songhoy Blues
4/5
U2
4/5
Gram Parsons
3/5
UB40
4/5
Sepultura
4/5
Lauryn Hill
4/5
Dusty Springfield
4/5
Ryan Adams
3/5
Elton John
4/5
Screaming Trees
3/5
Isaac Hayes
3/5
Wilco
3/5
Arcade Fire
4/5
Country Joe & The Fish
3/5
Bad Company
3/5
Metallica
5/5
Iron Maiden
4/5
3/5
Britney Spears
4/5
Faust
2/5
Jack White
3/5
Bill Evans Trio
5/5
The United States Of America
2/5
My Bloody Valentine
2/5
Tom Waits
3/5
Sister Sledge
4/5
Beatles
2/5
Sinead O'Connor
3/5
Def Leppard
4/5
Metallica
4/5
Yes
4/5
Herbie Hancock
4/5
KISS
4/5
Madonna
3/5
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
3/5
5/5
R.E.M.
4/5
Sonic Youth
2/5
Ananda Shankar
4/5
Elbow
3/5
The Doors
3/5
Al Green
4/5
Iron Butterfly
3/5
Aerosmith
3/5
The Clash
3/5
3/5
Simon & Garfunkel
3/5
Tim Buckley
3/5
Pixies
3/5
Spiritualized
3/5
Public Enemy
3/5
Little Richard
4/5
Amy Winehouse
3/5
3/5
Bee Gees
3/5
Beck
3/5
Nina Simone
4/5
The Good, The Bad & The Queen
3/5
Simply Red
3/5
OutKast
3/5
Janis Joplin
4/5
Santana
4/5
Frank Ocean
4/5
Amy Winehouse
4/5
Creedence Clearwater Revival
3/5
Violent Femmes
3/5
Beastie Boys
2/5
Dion
2/5
The Icarus Line
1/5
Ghostface Killah
4/5
The Killers
4/5
Aretha Franklin
4/5
Tito Puente
5/5
Anita Baker
4/5
Turbonegro
3/5
David Bowie
2/5
The Cure
3/5
John Lennon
3/5
The White Stripes
2/5
Jeff Beck
2/5
B.B. King
4/5
The Smiths
2/5
MGMT
4/5
Shuggie Otis
3/5
The Beach Boys
2/5
Neil Young
3/5
David Bowie
2/5
Beth Orton
3/5
The Auteurs
2/5
Missy Elliott
3/5
Prince
2/5
Waylon Jennings
4/5
Robbie Williams
2/5
Jethro Tull
4/5
Meat Loaf
2/5
Talking Heads
2/5
Carpenters
3/5
Michael Jackson
4/5
Minor Threat
3/5
David Bowie
2/5
Cyndi Lauper
3/5
Alice Cooper
2/5
Scissor Sisters
3/5
Alice Cooper
2/5
Rage Against The Machine
3/5
David Bowie
2/5
The Mothers Of Invention
1/5
Manu Chao
4/5
Thelonious Monk
3/5
Patti Smith
2/5
Van Morrison
4/5
Pixies
2/5
Black Sabbath
4/5
Dr. John
2/5
Nick Drake
4/5
The Notorious B.I.G.
5/5
Leonard Cohen
3/5
The The
2/5
The Doors
2/5
Dire Straits
4/5
Ian Dury
2/5
Cat Stevens
4/5
Boston
4/5
ZZ Top
3/5
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
4/5
Sugar
2/5
Talking Heads
2/5
Prince
2/5
Ryan Adams
2/5
Miles Davis
3/5
Tears For Fears
4/5
Bob Dylan
2/5
Curtis Mayfield
4/5
The Replacements
2/5
ABBA
4/5
Ramones
3/5
Fleet Foxes
4/5
Coldplay
3/5
Van Halen
3/5
Television
3/5
The Velvet Underground
2/5
Dr. Dre
3/5
Steve Earle
2/5
Cream
3/5
The Who
2/5
Madonna
2/5
Haircut 100
2/5
Rahul Dev Burman
3/5
Radiohead
2/5
Dolly Parton
4/5
Slipknot
4/5
Bauhaus
2/5
Massive Attack
3/5
Kendrick Lamar
2/5
Joy Division
3/5
Paul Weller
2/5
John Martyn
2/5
Sufjan Stevens
4/5
Run-D.M.C.
3/5
The Cure
4/5
Sade
3/5
Green Day
3/5
Led Zeppelin
3/5