314
Albums Rated
3.04
Average Rating
29%
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1990
Favorite Decade
Punk
Favorite Genre
US
Top Origin
Tough Crowd
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42
5-Star Albums
31
1-Star Albums
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By Genre
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By Decade
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Albums
You Love More Than Most
| Album | You | Global | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|
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Damaged
Black Flag
|
5 | 2.85 | +2.15 |
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Truth And Soul
Fishbone
|
5 | 2.97 | +2.03 |
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Pink Flag
Wire
|
5 | 3.21 | +1.79 |
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Dry
PJ Harvey
|
5 | 3.23 | +1.77 |
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Raw Power
The Stooges
|
5 | 3.31 | +1.69 |
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The Downward Spiral
Nine Inch Nails
|
5 | 3.34 | +1.66 |
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Blue Lines
Massive Attack
|
5 | 3.39 | +1.61 |
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Stand!
Sly & The Family Stone
|
5 | 3.43 | +1.57 |
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3 Feet High and Rising
De La Soul
|
5 | 3.45 | +1.55 |
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Dirt
Alice In Chains
|
5 | 3.46 | +1.54 |
You Love Less Than Most
| Album | You | Global | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|
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Hotel California
Eagles
|
1 | 3.59 | -2.59 |
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Aja
Steely Dan
|
1 | 3.47 | -2.47 |
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Tusk
Fleetwood Mac
|
1 | 3.47 | -2.47 |
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Bat Out Of Hell
Meat Loaf
|
1 | 3.43 | -2.43 |
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Urban Hymns
The Verve
|
1 | 3.36 | -2.36 |
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From Elvis In Memphis
Elvis Presley
|
1 | 3.34 | -2.34 |
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Sunday At The Village Vanguard
Bill Evans Trio
|
1 | 3.31 | -2.31 |
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#1 Record
Big Star
|
1 | 3.26 | -2.26 |
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Something Else By The Kinks
The Kinks
|
1 | 3.24 | -2.24 |
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Close To You
Carpenters
|
1 | 3.12 | -2.12 |
Artists
Favorites
| Artist | Albums | Average |
|---|---|---|
| A Tribe Called Quest | 2 | 5 |
| Black Sabbath | 2 | 5 |
| Nirvana | 2 | 5 |
Least Favorites
| Artist | Albums | Average |
|---|---|---|
| The Verve | 2 | 1 |
| Steely Dan | 3 | 1.67 |
| Elvis Presley | 2 | 1.5 |
| The Byrds | 2 | 1.5 |
Controversial
| Artist | Ratings |
|---|---|
| Stevie Wonder | 2, 5 |
| Michael Jackson | 5, 2 |
| Metallica | 2, 5 |
| Tom Waits | 1, 4 |
| Bruce Springsteen | 5, 2, 4 |
5-Star Albums (42)
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Okay, stay with me for this one.
Is this Metallica's best album? No.
Is this a great thrash metal album? No.
Is this one of the best metal albums? No.
Is this one of the most important albums ever? Yes.
The Black Album is forever the gateway album to other things. This was the album everyone got into (thank you Enter Sandman and The Unforgiven). It was the album everyone owned and everyone had to own. For some, maybe it was the heaviest thing they'd ever own. For many, many others though from The Black Album we learned about Master of Puppets. And from Master of Puppets we learned about the Big 3 (though truth be told, it was probably just Slayer because Megadeth was just as big with Symphony of Destruction) . And from the Big 3, we learned about Flotsam and Jetsam, Anthrax, Testament, Sepultura, Overkill.
This isn't Abbey Road, or The Wall, or Kind of Blue. It's musicality will surely be in question by many. But it's importance in the culture of 1991 and the metal world in general can not be understated in the ability to bond wayward youth together into something larger.
And for that it earns every one of its five stars.
One night in college I was up studying, or barely studying, and watching old SNL reruns. Why? Who knows. But there are two strong musical memories I have from watching TV late at night while barely studying during that period of my life. One was seeing Poe perform Angry Johnny on 120 Minutes. The other was that night.
That night SNL announced this band called Fishbone. And then the TV was taken over by this band. This band of guys sprawling across the floor, running around like mad men, chrome canes and drumsets wrapped in caution tape. Keyboards flying and the sound. The sound! It was loud and funky and soaring vocals and it was amazing. It was stop whatever you're doing and pay attention amazing.
Is Sunless Saturday on this album? No, no it's not. Was that performance related to this album? No, no it wasn't. But that was my introduction to Fishbone.
I don't understand the low ranking for this album. It's an absolute banger of a classic. Funky, fast, slow, loud, angry, soft, fun, and topical. It's everything. And it doesn't get enough credit, just like the band itself.
Ma and Pa, Ghetto Soundwave, Freddie's Dead - this album is on point from beginning to end (and to go out on Change). Not a bad song in the bunch.
1-Star Albums (31)
