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Album	You	Global	Diff
Ambient 1/Music For Airports	5	3.07	+1.93
Before And After Science	5	3.09	+1.91
Selected Ambient Works 85-92	5	3.21	+1.79
Fear Of Music	5	3.47	+1.53
Surfer Rosa	5	3.51	+1.49
The Cars	5	3.67	+1.33
Snivilisation	4	2.71	+1.29
All Hail the Queen	4	2.86	+1.14
Millions Now Living Will Never Die	4	2.88	+1.12
Destroy Rock & Roll	4	2.89	+1.11

You Love Less Than Most

Albums you rated lower than global average

Album	You	Global	Diff
Murder Ballads	1	3.08	-2.08
Make Yourself	1	3.07	-2.07
Electric Ladyland	2	3.95	-1.95
Gris Gris	1	2.88	-1.88
Southern Rock Opera	1	2.82	-1.82
Grace	2	3.71	-1.71
Beggars Banquet	2	3.63	-1.63
Hard Again	2	3.62	-1.62
Exile On Main Street	2	3.61	-1.61
Tragic Songs of Life	1	2.58	-1.58

Artist Analysis

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Artist	Albums	Average
Brian Eno	2	5

Least Favorite Artists

Artists with 2+ albums

Artist	Albums	Average
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds	2	1.5

5-Star Albums (8)

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Straight Outta Compton

N.W.A.

3/5

this has nothing to do with how i feel about the album but it is objectively funny to go from this to "are we there yet"

2 likes

Before And After Science

Brian Eno

5/5

broke: bach, brahms, beethoven // bespoke: byrne, bowie, brianeno

2 likes

My Generation

The Who

2/5

there isn't even one song about pinball

2 likes

Gris Gris

Dr. John

1/5

gumbo mumbo jumbo

1 likes

Mama Said Knock You Out

LL Cool J

3/5

(reviewed but still jingling)

1 likes

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People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm

1-Star Albums (5)

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The White Album

Beatles

3/5

it turns out the beatles made pretty good music? is anyone talking about this? though I don't know if it's gotta be 90 minutes long

My Generation

The Who

2/5

there isn't even one song about pinball

Morrison Hotel

The Doors

3/5

that little "gunk gunk duuuhnk guh duh dunk" riff in "waiting for the sun" makes me gotta beep a gunk a chucha honk konh konh kadanta

1999

Prince

4/5

went into a fugue state and now my dick is purple??

Exile On Main Street

The Rolling Stones

2/5

i was told i would be gathering no moss, but here we are

OK Computer

Radiohead

4/5

b̶l̶a̶c̶k̶ m̶i̶r̶r̶o̶r̶ OK computer is written by one stoned british dude who just mutters shit like wot if ya mum ran on batteries

Gris Gris

Dr. John

1/5

gumbo mumbo jumbo

Beggars Banquet

The Rolling Stones

2/5

jick magger

Mama Said Knock You Out

LL Cool J

3/5

(reviewed but still jingling)

British Steel

Judas Priest

4/5

transition from rapid fire to metal gods pounded me like a battering ram

american dream

LCD Soundsystem

3/5

this is not quite as happening

This Year's Model

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

3/5

this was released almost exactly at the midpoint between the death of Buddy Holly and the release of "Buddy Holly"... coincidence??

The Cars

5/5

i don't drive but one time i was hit by a car while riding my bike. overall this was a much more positive experience

Make Yourself

Incubus

1/5

prince would've never written "1999" if he knew this was what was coming

Behaviour

Pet Shop Boys

4/5

depeche mode light mode

Tuesday Night Music Club

Sheryl Crow

3/5

unfortunately was assigned this one on a thursday night

Bookends

Simon & Garfunkel

3/5

i was not prepared for the moog

Before And After Science

Brian Eno

5/5

broke: bach, brahms, beethoven // bespoke: byrne, bowie, brianeno

Parachutes

Coldplay

3/5

it was definitely all yellow

Pink Flag

Wire

3/5

honey you're leaving already? you've barely touched your bowl of cigarette ash

Grace

Jeff Buckley

2/5

beff juckley

Power In Numbers

Jurassic 5

4/5

i really thought "this sounds something off the soundtrack for 'jet set radio' or a 'tony hawk' game" and it turns out it's actually both. brilliant

Space Ritual

Hawkwind

2/5

look man i do dig what you're doing here but this acid trip only lasts six hours and i got some trees i gotta look at

Frank

Amy Winehouse

2/5

i think my relationship is too stable for this one

The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway

Genesis

2/5

geter pabriel

Straight Outta Compton

N.W.A.

3/5

this has nothing to do with how i feel about the album but it is objectively funny to go from this to "are we there yet"

Tragic Songs of Life

The Louvin Brothers

1/5

not even one song about drinking from a red solo cup

Arrival

ABBA

4/5

ABBA is a 5-star band, but ABBA Gold Greatest Hits is fully the 5-star album

KE*A*H** (Psalm 69)

Ministry

3/5

fun but i wouldn't wake up early on sunday for it

Meat Is Murder

The Smiths

3/5

the smiths are at their best when morrissey isn't around

1989

Taylor Swift

3/5

much prefer "synth taylor" to "guitar taylor" so there's a lot to appreciate here even if it gets a little slow for me in the third act. style remains a top 5 pop song of the decade

Larks' Tongues In Aspic

King Crimson

3/5

apparently it's said that this is "impossible to dance to" which means it's one of very few albums that i personally understand how to dance to

Dire Straits

3/5

top tier option in the "my dad" oeuvre

Surfer Rosa

Pixies

5/5

i'm realizing every college basement show i ever went to in boston was just trying to be this

Goodbye And Hello

Tim Buckley

2/5

bim tuckley

The Bends

Radiohead

3/5

nitrogen in my bones

Blackstar

David Bowie

3/5

everyone says this is a swan song about mortality but i think it actually deconstructs the concept of looking for your ass

Antichrist Superstar

Marilyn Manson

2/5

didn't hate this as much as i wanted to but it's still pretty exhausting

In The Court Of The Crimson King

King Crimson

3/5

is this a jojo reference????

Deja Vu

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

4/5

music for sipping coffee on the porch as the seasons change

Neon Bible

Arcade Fire

3/5

canada is just indie america so this tracks

Our Aim Is To Satisfy

Red Snapper

3/5

pretty fun and funky but no reason to revisit; is this the album with the least robust wikipedia page?

My Aim Is True

Elvis Costello

3/5

i'm tired of this guy

Millions Now Living Will Never Die

Tortoise

4/5

honestly rocks. what i'd want to hear in a glass museum

Chore of Enchantment

Giant Sand

2/5

ahead of its time in that it sounds just like the albums i didn't want to listen to in 2008

Bryter Layter

Nick Drake

3/5

folky, flutey, feels like a blanket

Let It Be

The Replacements

3/5

replaceable

Armed Forces

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

3/5

46 million listens on oliver's army, and 23 million are people rewinding after a double take

A Hard Day's Night

Beatles

3/5

30 minutes long was respectful so at least I appreciate that

Getz/Gilberto

Stan Getz

4/5

[wii shop channel update day sketch voice] turn that up, i love that groovin' — what kind of music is that? like a bossa nova beat?

Ghosteen

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

2/5

Pacific Ocean Blue

Dennis Wilson

3/5

a reasonably beachy boy

Pet Sounds

The Beach Boys

4/5

bark bark meow meow

Queens of the Stone Age

4/5

good timing to be sullen and stoned

System Of A Down

3/5

great timing on this one

B-52's

The B-52's

4/5

great! if you like this you should listen to Live! 8-24-1979, the energy is so fun and a lo-fi touch really works well, probably my 5 star B-52s album. it's as big as a whale

At Folsom Prison

Johnny Cash

4/5

pretty good but there aren't any songs about applebees so i'm not sure if it counts as country music

Channel Orange

Frank Ocean

4/5

a potato flew around my room before you came

Destroy Rock & Roll

Mylo

4/5

more songs should sample angry christians accidentally recommending great music acts

Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme

Simon & Garfunkel

3/5

best song is the one that just makes fun of bob dylan

In Utero

Nirvana

3/5

given the name its crazy that this isn't the one with the naked baby on the cover

Palo Congo

Sabu

2/5

my kingdom for a guitar

Slanted And Enchanted

Pavement

3/5

good sidewalk music. music for sidewalks

The Joshua Tree

3/5

i'm going to guess that every bit i liked has way more to do with brian eno than bono

Rain Dogs

Tom Waits

2/5

what is this, the peaky blinders theme song?

Fromohio

fIREHOSE

3/5

i mean it does sound like they're from ohio

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

Beatles

4/5

been a rough couple weeks and "with a little help from my friends" did a lot for me. so there you go, four stars

G. Love And Special Sauce

G. Love & Special Sauce

3/5

g. love and special sauce is the name of a college radio duo who got stuck with the 4AM timeslot, which is probably where this belongs

Cypress Hill

4/5

good beats, good bars, good vibes

I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight

Richard Thompson

2/5

i have found folk music that speaks to me but this just doesn't do anything for me

Axis: Bold As Love

Jimi Hendrix

4/5

groovy funky smokey tokey

Oxygène

Jean-Michel Jarre

4/5

bathing in a bubble bath of bits and bytes. feels like taking a power washer to my brain

The Yes Album

Yes

2/5

doesn't even have a jojo reference

Electric Ladyland

Jimi Hendrix

2/5

just longer than it needs to be

Will The Circle Be Unbroken

Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

2/5

i will not be listening to the entirety of this one before i die

Get Rich Or Die Tryin'

50 Cent

2/5

i think i'd rather die tryin

Snivilisation

Orbital

4/5

beep boop a lot of this rocked. my cat lied down on the desk while this was on, i think he was feeling it

S&M

Metallica

2/5

I'm sure this would be fun if I at all liked Metallica

The Village Green Preservation Society

The Kinks

2/5

i at least support saving donald duck

Thriller

Michael Jackson

4/5

shocking proportion of bangers, but with a few biiiig stinkers i'm not convinced that there's much reason to visit this as an actual album over a greatest hits compilation

The Rising

Bruce Springsteen

2/5

sounds like what you'd think a bruce springsteen 9/11 album sounds like

Buena Vista Social Club

3/5

now that's a pretty solid vista

(What's The Story) Morning Glory

Oasis

3/5

i gotta give em credit, starting with a wonderwall fakeout is very funny

Dry

PJ Harvey

3/5

yeah, dry

Dirt

Alice In Chains

3/5

1 or 2 songs really scratch an itch, but an hour's worth gets me in the grave

The Wall

Pink Floyd

3/5

mr. president, a second brick just hit the wall

Entertainment

Gang Of Four

4/5

Raw Like Sushi

Neneh Cherry

2/5

buffalo stance is a lot of fun but not finding reason to revisit this one after track 1

Talking Heads 77

Talking Heads

4/5

early talking heads is still excellent talking heads

Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

Wilco

2/5

aggressively sleepy

The Hour Of Bewilderbeast

Badly Drawn Boy

4/5

i tend to underrate early-2000s indie folk stuff but something about this works for me. absolutely devastating album art though

Djam Leelii

Baaba Maal

2/5

excellent if repetitive melodies, though vocals is tough for me to get past. cool stuff

Urban Hymns

The Verve

3/5

not feeling a lot of verve for this one

Let's Stay Together

Al Green

3/5

look man i was already convinced to stay together from the first song

Funeral

Arcade Fire

3/5

2000s indie music for 2000s indie films

Tonight's The Night

Neil Young

2/5

Shalimar

Rahul Dev Burman

3/5

bollywood bond with a strong helping of morricone. fun

The Stranger

Billy Joel

3/5

good stuff before becoming a total hack-ack-ack-ack-ack-ack

Fuzzy Logic

Super Furry Animals

3/5

we have britpop at home

Exodus

Bob Marley & The Wailers

3/5

yep, it's reggae

Duck Rock

Malcolm McLaren

3/5

worldy, hip-hoppy, interesting

The Queen Is Dead

The Smiths

4/5

if only it didn't have morrissey

m b v

My Bloody Valentine

3/5

my shoes have never looked so good

Private Dancer

Tina Turner

3/5

tina turner the clocks back

Court And Spark

Joni Mitchell

4/5

lovely

Hunky Dory

David Bowie

5/5

need to remind myself that a 4-star bowie album is just a 5-star album

Night Life

Ray Price

2/5

nice enough for what it is

Bitte Orca

Dirty Projectors

3/5

The Doors

4/5

Blood Sugar Sex Magik

Red Hot Chili Peppers

2/5

one red hot chili peppers song can be a jam, but an album is exhausting

Document

R.E.M.

4/5

The College Dropout

Kanye West

2/5

Cupid & Psyche 85

Scritti Politti

2/5

i am a new wave defender but this one makes it hard

Cosmo's Factory

Creedence Clearwater Revival

3/5

first track is an absolute banger and i'm thrilled to add it to my rotation. the rest of it is normal CCR

Wish You Were Here

Pink Floyd

5/5

now this is podracing

Sticky Fingers

The Rolling Stones

3/5

Cloud Nine

The Temptations

3/5

come for the funky title track, mostly stay for the funky title track

Eliminator

ZZ Top

2/5

C'est Chic

CHIC

3/5

Triangle

The Beau Brummels

2/5

Kind Of Blue

Miles Davis

4/5

American Pie

Don McLean

2/5

The Clash

3/5

Feast of Wire

Calexico

3/5

Black Sabbath

4/5

Murmur

R.E.M.

4/5

Cheap Thrills

Big Brother & The Holding Company

2/5

I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You

Aretha Franklin

3/5

Achtung Baby

2/5

Queen Of Denmark

John Grant

2/5

Here, My Dear

Marvin Gaye

2/5

Live And Dangerous

Thin Lizzy

2/5

Songs From The Big Chair

Tears For Fears

4/5

Coles Corner

Richard Hawley

2/5

Murder Ballads

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

1/5

All Hail the Queen

Queen Latifah

4/5

Hard Again

Muddy Waters

2/5

The Infotainment Scan

The Fall

3/5

Pornography

The Cure

4/5

Selected Ambient Works 85-92

Aphex Twin

5/5

Dog Man Star

Suede

3/5

Peter Gabriel

2/5

E.V.O.L.

Sonic Youth

3/5

Supa Dupa Fly

Missy Elliott

2/5

The Number Of The Beast

Iron Maiden

4/5

Melodrama

Lorde

3/5

Play

Moby

3/5

Tommy

The Who

3/5

Dub Housing

Pere Ubu

3/5

War

3/5

Fear Of Music

Talking Heads

5/5

The Blueprint

JAY Z

3/5

Tres Hombres

ZZ Top

3/5

The Beach Boys Today!

The Beach Boys

4/5

Songs Of Leonard Cohen

Leonard Cohen

3/5

Emergency On Planet Earth

Jamiroquai

4/5

Heaux Tales

Jazmine Sullivan

3/5

I Should Coco

Supergrass

3/5

Slayed?

Slade

2/5

Music

Madonna

2/5

Head Hunters

Herbie Hancock

4/5

Imagine

John Lennon

3/5

Superunknown

Soundgarden

3/5

Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music

Ray Charles

3/5

Ramones

3/5

Queen II

Queen

4/5

Black Monk Time

The Monks

4/5

A Seat at the Table

Solange

3/5

Joan Armatrading

3/5

Southern Rock Opera

Drive-By Truckers

1/5

Stardust

Willie Nelson

4/5

Crocodiles

Echo And The Bunnymen

4/5

Chirping Crickets

Buddy Holly & The Crickets

2/5

Wild Is The Wind

Nina Simone

4/5

The Fat Of The Land

The Prodigy

4/5

With The Beatles

Beatles

3/5

Apocalypse 91… The Enemy Strikes Black

Public Enemy

4/5

People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm

A Tribe Called Quest

4/5

Oar

Alexander 'Skip' Spence

3/5

Automatic For The People

R.E.M.

4/5

At Mister Kelly's

Sarah Vaughan

2/5

American Gothic

David Ackles

2/5

The Downward Spiral

Nine Inch Nails

2/5

A Girl Called Dusty

Dusty Springfield

2/5

Physical Graffiti

Led Zeppelin

4/5

A Rush Of Blood To The Head

Coldplay

2/5

On The Beach

Neil Young

3/5

The Visitors

ABBA

4/5

The Libertines

4/5

Illmatic

Nas

4/5

Ambient 1/Music For Airports

Brian Eno

5/5

In Our Heads

Hot Chip

4/5

Sunshine Hit Me

The Bees

4/5

Sea Change

Beck

3/5