269
Albums Rated
3.04
Average Rating
25%
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1990
Favorite Decade
Grunge
Favorite Genre
US
Top Origin
Tough Crowd
Rater Style ?
37
5-Star Albums
27
1-Star Albums
Breakdown
By Genre
By Decade
By Origin
Albums
You Love More Than Most
| Album | You | Global | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Damaged
Black Flag
|
5 | 2.86 | +2.14 |
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Pink Flag
Wire
|
5 | 3.21 | +1.79 |
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Dry
PJ Harvey
|
5 | 3.24 | +1.76 |
|
Raw Power
The Stooges
|
5 | 3.32 | +1.68 |
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The Downward Spiral
Nine Inch Nails
|
5 | 3.34 | +1.66 |
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Blue Lines
Massive Attack
|
5 | 3.38 | +1.62 |
|
Stand!
Sly & The Family Stone
|
5 | 3.43 | +1.57 |
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Dirt
Alice In Chains
|
5 | 3.47 | +1.53 |
|
Paul's Boutique
Beastie Boys
|
5 | 3.47 | +1.53 |
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Surfer Rosa
Pixies
|
5 | 3.5 | +1.5 |
You Love Less Than Most
| Album | You | Global | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Hotel California
Eagles
|
1 | 3.6 | -2.6 |
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Aja
Steely Dan
|
1 | 3.46 | -2.46 |
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Urban Hymns
The Verve
|
1 | 3.36 | -2.36 |
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From Elvis In Memphis
Elvis Presley
|
1 | 3.35 | -2.35 |
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Sunday At The Village Vanguard
Bill Evans Trio
|
1 | 3.31 | -2.31 |
|
#1 Record
Big Star
|
1 | 3.26 | -2.26 |
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Something Else By The Kinks
The Kinks
|
1 | 3.25 | -2.25 |
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Close To You
Carpenters
|
1 | 3.12 | -2.12 |
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Tubular Bells
Mike Oldfield
|
1 | 3.1 | -2.1 |
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The Trinity Session
Cowboy Junkies
|
1 | 3.08 | -2.08 |
Artists
Favorites
| Artist | Albums | Average |
|---|---|---|
| A Tribe Called Quest | 2 | 5 |
| Nirvana | 2 | 5 |
Least Favorites
| Artist | Albums | Average |
|---|---|---|
| The Verve | 2 | 1 |
| Elvis Presley | 2 | 1.5 |
| Steely Dan | 2 | 1.5 |
Controversial
| Artist | Ratings |
|---|---|
| Stevie Wonder | 2, 5 |
| Michael Jackson | 5, 2 |
| Metallica | 2, 5 |
| Bruce Springsteen | 5, 2, 4 |
5-Star Albums (37)
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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.
1-Star Albums (27)
