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Album	You	Global	Diff
Suicide Suicide	5	2.46	+2.54
Logical Progression LTJ Bukem	5	2.52	+2.48
Phaedra Tangerine Dream	5	2.74	+2.26
Only Built 4 Cuban Linx Raekwon	5	2.86	+2.14
Psychocandy The Jesus And Mary Chain	5	2.94	+2.06
O.G. Original Gangster Ice T	5	2.97	+2.03
S.F. Sorrow The Pretty Things	5	3	+2
Nowhere Ride	5	3.01	+1.99
Fuzzy Grant Lee Buffalo	5	3.01	+1.99
Maxinquaye Tricky	5	3.04	+1.96

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Back In Black AC/DC	2	3.86	-1.86
Definitely Maybe Oasis	2	3.52	-1.52
Murmur R.E.M.	2	3.42	-1.42
Your New Favourite Band The Hives	2	3.12	-1.12
Led Zeppelin II Led Zeppelin	3	4.11	-1.11

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Artist	Albums	Average
David Bowie	6	5
Nirvana	3	4.67
Beatles	3	4.67
Neil Young & Crazy Horse	2	5
Metallica	2	5
Michael Jackson	2	5
Public Enemy	2	5
Bruce Springsteen	2	5
Bob Dylan	4	4.25
The Rolling Stones	3	4.33
Radiohead	3	4.33

5-Star Albums (62)

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The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars

It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back

David Bowie

5/5

An outstanding classic which builds a beautifully designed narrative of the protagonist, despite not being a ‘proper’ concept album, through a variety of song types, all of them singularly excellent. Marvellous!

1 likes

Your New Favourite Band

The Hives

2/5

I enjoyed a couple of songs on it, but didn’t really listen to much of it again.

1 likes

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Blackstar

David Bowie

5/5

This is an incredible work, and I do believe it will join the list of best Bowie albums. Moving, experimental, haunting, even familiar in places. What a swan song!

Blood Sugar Sex Magik

Red Hot Chili Peppers

3/5

I remember enjoying this mixture of Funk, Rock and Rap when it first came out—now, having not listened to it for decades, it does sound quite ‘samey’ so it could do with trimming a bit. As it stands, it feels too long to maintain peak interest over its entire runtime.

Highway 61 Revisited

Bob Dylan

5/5

Absolute perfection. I don’t have the lyrical ability to describe this, so let me (probably mis)quote someone else I once heard long ago: Dylan sings like a dog with its leg caught in barbed wire. If that isn’t recommendation enough, I don’t know what is!

Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols

Sex Pistols

4/5

Immense, life-changing, and weirdly a little bit polished too. The best-known Punk album, though not the best. Time has tamed its sound and reputation somewhat, but it’s still excellent. Highly recommended.

AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted

Ice Cube

4/5

Magnificent. A powerful debut album from Ice Cube after he split with NWA, this is filled with banger after banger, with production by Public Enemy’s Bomb Squad. Continuing the inner city themes but taking them to a whole new level, it’s a terrific original statement.

Gorillaz

4/5

Great album. Clint Eastwood is, of course, a certified classic.

Synchronicity

The Police

5/5

Glorious, and contains so many hit songs.

Fulfillingness' First Finale

Stevie Wonder

4/5

Getz/Gilberto

Stan Getz

3/5

It’s… pleasant to listen to, but not overly exciting. Perhaps it sounded wider in the early ’60s?

John Barleycorn Must Die

Traffic

4/5

This is actually the first the Traffic album I heard, and I loved it.

Come Away With Me

Norah Jones

3/5

All very pleasant and inoffensive. It’s simply… OK. I’ll listen to it if it’s on and I can’t switch radio channels, but I wouldn’t buy it or put it on, myself.

Led Zeppelin III

Led Zeppelin

4/5

Magnificent!

Bringing It All Back Home

Bob Dylan

4/5

Terrific album!

Songs From A Room

Leonard Cohen

4/5

Rust Never Sleeps

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

5/5

This is a bona fide classic, with rocking numbers, and more sensitive songs too, like Sail Away. Of course, there are the (in)famous My My Hey Hey Blue…Black songs—one acoustic, the other electric—and my favourite: Powderfinger. The album is filled with great performances, lyrics and music. I can’t recommend it enough.

Time Out Of Mind

Bob Dylan

4/5

Dylan returned like an Old Testament prophet to reveal incredible music and poetry like ‘Not Dark Yet,’ ‘Tryin' to Get to Heaven’ and ‘Highlands’. Essential.

The Joshua Tree

5/5

Hounds Of Love

Kate Bush

5/5

An incredible album. Groundbreaking, even. It showcases her wonderful vocal range and experimental songwriting, blending elements of Pop, Rock, and Art-Rock. I love it, and recommend it highly.

In A Silent Way

Miles Davis

4/5

Based album.

Bat Out Of Hell

Meat Loaf

4/5

Classic album that deserves the accolades it’s received over its lifetime.

A Love Supreme

John Coltrane

5/5

Classic. Supreme, like the title says.

Superunknown

Soundgarden

4/5

S.F. Sorrow

The Pretty Things

5/5

MTV Unplugged In New York

Nirvana

5/5

Phenomenal album that reworks old classics and adds some new ones in the form of cover versions. Top tier album.

Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs

Derek & The Dominos

4/5

Believe it or not, this was a flop on its release! A critical and commercial failure, with only the passing of time making critics and consumers see sense. That’s just nuts!

John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band

John Lennon

4/5

The Number Of The Beast

Iron Maiden

4/5

The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars

David Bowie

5/5

Ragged Glory

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

5/5

Why do I keep fucking up?

Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)

Wu-Tang Clan

5/5

Excellent production, terrific lyrics and flow. Each member has his own style, and the album, while a little messy, is a thrill from start to finish. Shadowboxing, martial arts classic!

Phaedra

Tangerine Dream

5/5

Incredible. Exciting, important, cosmic, futuristic… Highly recommended.

The Chronic

Dr. Dre

5/5

This was an absolute game-changer, with its new sound that influenced so many Rappers going forward. Snoop Dogg sounded so fresh and innovative on this. The sound of my mid-teens. Magnificent.

New Forms

Roni Size

4/5

This is a jazz classic; heady Drum and Bass. I can understand that people nowadays may not get the hype behind it, but at the time it took things to a whole other level.

808 State

4/5

Classic!

Selected Ambient Works 85-92

Aphex Twin

5/5

An absolute classic, and an electronic music album for the ages.

Pet Sounds

The Beach Boys

5/5

I have no words, except to say it’s an utter classic. People have worded it more expertly me than I could, but this album is a top tier essential. Get it, spend time with it, cherish it.

Station To Station

David Bowie

5/5

Perfection, and the title track is my favourite Bowie song ever.

Slippery When Wet

Bon Jovi

4/5

Metallica

5/5

Big change in sound, but oh what a classic!

Suicide

5/5

Absolutely incredible, and still influential. Plus Alan Vega sings like Elvis Presley!

Bryter Layter

Nick Drake

4/5

Straight Outta Compton

N.W.A.

5/5

Stone cold classic with incredible raps and inventive production featuring nifty samples. Bags of humour too. Mandatory listening.

Thriller

Michael Jackson

5/5

Classic, with some magnificent songs on it. Buy it now and revel in it!

Atomizer

Big Black

4/5

Band On The Run

Paul McCartney and Wings

3/5

Nowhere

Ride

5/5

Phenomenal work with beautiful, distorted, but ultimately transcendent, songs. The original ended with ‘Vapour Trail’ which was so poignant it hurt. Magnificent album. A Shoegaze classic.

Time Out

The Dave Brubeck Quartet

4/5

The Healer

John Lee Hooker

4/5

The Man Machine

Kraftwerk

5/5

Catchy, danceable, machinic, but also oddly human too. Terrific album well worth your time.

The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn

Pink Floyd

4/5

Logical Progression

LTJ Bukem

5/5

Face to Face

The Kinks

4/5

Ellington at Newport

Duke Ellington

4/5

Fear Of A Black Planet

Public Enemy

5/5

Thick, dissonant layers of samples, often pulled from Funk, Soul, and Rock, combined with sirens, scratches, and breaks. Production team the Bomb Squad’s approach here is to layer sounds in a way that mirror the social tension and complexity in the lyrics—tracks like “Fight the Power” exemplify this with its stacked samples and driving rhythm, creating a sense of urgency. The production choices on songs like “911 Is a Joke” and “Burn Hollywood Burn” keep the listener off balance, as sounds collide and voices weave in and out, reinforcing the messages in the lyrics. Lyrically, Chuck D’s verses are relentless, addressing systemic racism, media manipulation, and cultural appropriation with sharp precision. “Welcome to the Terrordome” confronts criticism of the group head-on, turning controversy into a rallying cry, while “Fear of a Black Planet” examines racial paranoia and social power dynamics. Flava Flav’s interjections add a level of satire and comic relief but also underscore the serious themes. All in all, this is a top-tier album and you need to listen to it now !

...And Justice For All

Metallica

5/5

Despite Lars deliberately killing Jason Newsted’s bass, this is one terrific album. Their songs grew longer, more technical, yet still with memorable riffs. Everything about this album is exquisite. They moved beyond simple Thrash with this one. Probably their best.

Only Built 4 Cuban Linx

Raekwon

5/5

Top tier. Up there with Illmatic by Nas, which should let you know how great it is !

Rust In Peace

Megadeth

5/5

Still their best. Complex yet accessible, incredible riffs, drumming and lyrics, with brilliant song structures. Contains the classic ‘Hangar 18’ too. I still listen to this album avidly. Mandatory !

Too Rye Ay

Dexys Midnight Runners

4/5

Good.

Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme

Simon & Garfunkel

4/5

British Steel

Judas Priest

5/5

Kings Of The Wild Frontier

Adam & The Ants

4/5

Something Else By The Kinks

The Kinks

4/5

Acoustic, music-hall, R＆B… It’s all very serene and elegant, though there are some rocking portions on here too. Great melodies and lyrics. Well worth your time.

Nevermind

Nirvana

5/5

Affirmed classic, the face of Grunge, and top tier production values. Not my favourite by them, but it still merits 5 stars!

Talking Heads 77

Talking Heads

5/5

Superb !

Graceland

Paul Simon

5/5

Cet album est génial ! Clairement un classique, et il est aussi bon que tout le monde le dit. Écoute-le tout de suite et tu vas en tomber amoureux !

Deja Vu

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

4/5

Disraeli Gears

Cream

4/5

This is great, with some terrific songs on it. My favourite is ‘Tales of Brave Ulysses’.

L.A. Woman

The Doors

4/5

Magnifique !

Strangeways, Here We Come

The Smiths

4/5

Bad

Michael Jackson

5/5

One of the best albums of all time, and definitely MJ’s greatest work. Every single song is a hit. This is glorious. Get it, listen, love it forever.

Sunshine Superman

Donovan

4/5

Glorious !

Endtroducing.....

DJ Shadow

5/5

Astounding. This is one hell of a trip !

Da Capo

Love

4/5

Young Americans

David Bowie

5/5

One of his best… but he has so many of those !

Born To Run

Bruce Springsteen

5/5

Rocking… a massive sound, heartfelt lyrics where the ordinary and mundane becomes fantastic and romantic. This is an utter classic and still sounds amazing. Top tier.

Morrison Hotel

The Doors

4/5

Aladdin Sane

David Bowie

5/5

I actually prefer this to the Ziggy Stardust that came before it. Incredible songs, some even camp (Time, which is my favourite on the album), or melodramatic (Lady Grinning Soul). This is glorious.

Songs From The Big Chair

Tears For Fears

4/5

Monumental !

Bossanova

Pixies

4/5

Incredible.

Legalize It

Peter Tosh

4/5

Storming album with a great message. Can’t go wrong with Peter Tosh!

Homework

Daft Punk

4/5

Terrific, supremely inventive, and catchy af. Doesn’t quite rise to the heights of its successor album Discovery, but wonderful all the same.

Odessey And Oracle

The Zombies

5/5

One of the best albums ever ! Takes you on a proper journey from start to finish. My favourite is A Butcher’s Tale, which adds deep gravitas in the form of imagined narratives from ordinary soldiers in the First World War.

Innervisions

Stevie Wonder

5/5

Stunning classic. Holds up to this day.

It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back

Public Enemy

5/5

This is a certified classic. Mindbender. Innovative production as is always the case with the Bomb Squad. Lyrics are intelligent yet accessible too. Early Public Enemy is top tier.

Liquid Swords

GZA

4/5

Incredible !

E.V.O.L.

Sonic Youth

4/5

A glorious racket !

Vulgar Display Of Power

Pantera

3/5

A bit of blasphemous of me to say so, but I think this ambit would have worked better as an E.P. with the best songs collated on it, instead of a lacklustre album that initially fooled us with its harder sound.

Tubular Bells

Mike Oldfield

4/5

A mind-bending classic !

Live At Leeds

The Who

4/5

Good stuff !

War

4/5

Follow The Leader

Korn

4/5

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Black Holes and Revelations

Muse

5/5

This is one terrific album, probably my favourite by Muse. Twists and turns, terrific electronic sounds amongst the Rock guitars, thoughtful lyrics. It’s an all-round blinder. Seeing them perform this live with all the visuals was an astounding experience too. Get the album! Get it!

Transformer

Lou Reed

4/5

I love it.

Let It Bleed

The Rolling Stones

3/5

Good stuff, albeit not as much as Exile… or …Fingers.

Hunting High And Low

a-ha

4/5

Magnificent album with classic songs on it.

Abbey Road

Beatles

5/5

It’s one of my favourite Beatles albums (though not my top, which would be either Rubber Soul, or Revolver), especially for the medley of songs on the B-side. The way ‘Golden Slumbers’ segues into ‘Carry That Weight’ never fails to send shivers up and down my spine. Glorious.

Your New Favourite Band

The Hives

2/5

I enjoyed a couple of songs on it, but didn’t really listen to much of it again.

Trout Mask Replica

Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band

4/5

They look like accountants or thereabouts, but sound like voodoo or something. Incredible, brilliant, bonkers album.

Swordfishtrombones

Tom Waits

4/5

Pink Flag

Wire

3/5

Hybrid Theory

Linkin Park

3/5

Back In Black

AC/DC

2/5

Just not my sort of thing at all. Only OK. Very same-sounding.

Vol. 4

Black Sabbath

4/5

Sign 'O' The Times

Prince

5/5

Astoundingly good.

Sticky Fingers

The Rolling Stones

5/5

Raising Hell

Run-D.M.C.

3/5

Black Sabbath

4/5

Awesome.

Dookie

Green Day

3/5

’s all right.

Everything Must Go

Manic Street Preachers

4/5

Excellent and mature album with brilliant songs, though different to their earlier material.

The Downward Spiral

Nine Inch Nails

5/5

I remember being blown away by this when it first came out. It made suicidal depression seem like the most exhilarating experience known to mankind. Intricate, complex, deceptively simple, magnificent songs and sounds, turbosynthed guitars, terrific lyrics. Just absolute perfection.

Murmur

R.E.M.

2/5

I liked some of it.

The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan

4/5

Stupendous album. Iconic.

Dirt

Alice In Chains

5/5

Weirdly classed as Grunge upon release because of Nirvana taking Grunge into the spotlight, this magnificent album was way darker (it’s all about Layne’s heroin addiction), with brutally honest lyrics. A masterpiece that everyone needs to hear.

Pills 'n' Thrills And Bellyaches

Happy Mondays

4/5

Magnificent.

Grace

Jeff Buckley

5/5

Perfection. Beautiful songs and instrumentals, but the real highlights are the covers of Leonard Cohen’s ‘Hallelujah’ and, especially, Benjamin Britton’s ‘Corpus Christi Carol’. The latter ranks as one of my favourite songs and song versions of all time.

A Hard Day's Night

Beatles

4/5

Third album, so still early days. The Pop songs of yesteryear, all extremely short: I don’t think a single one of them even hits the 3-minute mark! Yet these are perfectly crafted gems. A terrific album.

Public Image: First Issue

Public Image Ltd.

4/5

OK Computer

Radiohead

5/5

One of the best albums they have done. The Bends, arguably, might have (some) better songs, but that album feels simply like a collection of songs. This one coheres as an actual long-form album, and the songs are terrific. Airbag and Karma Police have some great delay FX on them, and Paranoid Android is a blast from start to finish. More delights await you.

The Stone Roses

5/5

À phénoménal début with terrific songs.

Actually

Pet Shop Boys

4/5

Raw Power

The Stooges

3/5

The Idiot

Iggy Pop

3/5

Run-D.M.C.

3/5

It’s Tricky to rate this album.

Parallel Lines

Blondie

4/5

Absolute classic.

Parklife

Blur

3/5

The Bends

Radiohead

4/5

Near perfect. Superb collection of songs.

Moondance

Van Morrison

4/5

Stunningly beautiful album. In some ways I prefer this to Astral Weeks. Favourite song: ‘Into the Mystic’.

After The Gold Rush

Neil Young

4/5

Definitely Maybe

Oasis

2/5

Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables

Dead Kennedys

5/5

Forget the Sex Pistols. For me, THIS is the golden standard as far as Punk is concerned. Terrific music and fiercely biting, intelligent, political lyrics. Best thing they’ve done.

The Boatman's Call

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

4/5

Incredible.

Tommy

The Who

4/5

Brilliant.

Grievous Angel

Gram Parsons

4/5

Franz Ferdinand

3/5

Blur

3/5

Maxinquaye

Tricky

5/5

Absolutely top-tier.

Kid A

Radiohead

4/5

Terrific album. Lots of Warp Records influence. My favourites are How to Disappear Completely, and Idioteque.

Club Classics Vol. One

Soul II Soul

4/5

Hypocrisy Is The Greatest Luxury

The Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy

4/5

Powerful and inventive stuff !

Psychocandy

The Jesus And Mary Chain

5/5

Mesmerising!

O.G. Original Gangster

Ice T

5/5

Stone cold classic. I was absolutely obsessed with this album when it came out. Also the first introduction of Body Count.

Surfer Rosa

Pixies

5/5

Amazing.

Exodus

Bob Marley & The Wailers

4/5

A terrific album, although not my all-time favourite by Marley (that would be Uprising). Beautiful songs, a combination of political, religious, and spiritual vibes. Amazing, and spawned hit singles like ‘Three Little Birds’.

Mr. Tambourine Man

The Byrds

4/5

The Atomic Mr Basie

Count Basie & His Orchestra

4/5

Incredible album !

Oracular Spectacular

MGMT

4/5

Superb songs with an exciting sound and some surprisingly poetic lyrics bête and there.

Green

R.E.M.

4/5

Great stuff.

Darkness on the Edge of Town

Bruce Springsteen

5/5

The Fat Of The Land

The Prodigy

4/5

Absolute banger of an album. Enough new and old styles to keep longstanding and neophyte fans happy. ‘Mindfields’ is a killer of a track, as is ‘Climbatize’.

Californication

Red Hot Chili Peppers

3/5

It’s all right.

If You're Feeling Sinister

Belle & Sebastian

4/5

Fox in the Snow is absolutely breathtaking.

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

3/5

Very Rolling Stones sounding ’70s Rock music. Decent.

Low

David Bowie

5/5

Top tier genius.

Paranoid

Black Sabbath

4/5

This is still a magnificent album with some terrific songs on it. The lyrics to Paranoid itself are not about paranoia but more like melancholy. RIP Ozzy.

Led Zeppelin II

Led Zeppelin

3/5

All four of the numbered albums are top class, but this is third best. Well worth your time though.

Elvis Is Back

Elvis Presley

4/5

A Night At The Opera

Queen

4/5

Killer songs, killer album, killer Queen!

The Queen Is Dead

The Smiths

5/5

Glorious, witty, musically perfect. Top tier album.

The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill

Lauryn Hill

5/5

Beautiful.

Fuzzy

Grant Lee Buffalo

5/5

This was a beautiful album.

Exile On Main Street

The Rolling Stones

5/5

Terrific Rock’n’Roll music. At first the songs sounded samey to me. Then I put some of them on different compilation tapes and realised the sheer brilliance of them. This is up there with Sticky Fingers and Let It Bleed.

Arise

Sepultura

4/5

Stupendous album with terrific riffs on it. Dead Embryonic Cells is a favourite.

Juju

Siouxsie And The Banshees

4/5

Elephant Mountain

The Youngbloods

3/5

Yeah, it’s all right. I probably need more time with it. At the moment I’d rate it 2½, but since that’s not an option, and 2 seems too stingy, I’ll go for 3. Quicksand is a great song, by the way.

In Utero

Nirvana

4/5

Top tier album; almost as good as Bleach.

Dummy

Portishead

4/5

Terrific album, and innovative for its time.

American Idiot

Green Day

4/5

Terrific.

Violator

Depeche Mode

4/5

Amazing.

Electric Ladyland

Jimi Hendrix

5/5

This isn’t the original album cover. This is an absolute powerhouse of an album, with masterful Blues, jamming, Rock, and that incredible cover of Bob Dylan’s ‘All Along the Watchtower’. Mandatory listening!

The Velvet Underground

4/5

Monster of an album!

Horses

Patti Smith

4/5

Stupendous album with some beautiful songs on it.

The Real Thing

Faith No More

4/5

Cypress Hill

3/5

The Low End Theory

A Tribe Called Quest

3/5

Arc Of A Diver

Steve Winwood

2/5

This is held up as a classic, and yes, I can hear it has some good songs—but I simply can’t get over that awful, quintessentially ’80s sound.

Rubber Soul

Beatles

5/5

Literally my favourite album by the Beatles. Even though it’s surpassed in some ways by « Revolver » the difference is there is no filler here. Yes, even the song sung by Ringo. And ‘In My Life’ has to rank as one of the all-time greatest songs ever. Top-tier.

For Your Pleasure

Roxy Music

3/5

Yeah, it’s good, innit.

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