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Album	You	Global	Diff
This Is Hardcore Pulp	5	3.14	+1.86
Bossanova Pixies	5	3.38	+1.62
Come Away With Me Norah Jones	5	3.39	+1.61
Hail To the Thief Radiohead	5	3.44	+1.56
Sign 'O' The Times Prince	5	3.45	+1.55
The Clash The Clash	5	3.54	+1.46
90 808 State	4	2.69	+1.31
Phaedra Tangerine Dream	4	2.73	+1.27
American Idiot Green Day	5	3.76	+1.24
London Calling The Clash	5	3.98	+1.02

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Can't Buy A Thrill Steely Dan	1	3.72	-2.72
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot Wilco	1	3.3	-2.3
Nighthawks At The Diner Tom Waits	1	3.01	-2.01
Roots Sepultura	1	2.78	-1.78
Movies Holger Czukay	1	2.71	-1.71
Bright Flight Silver Jews	1	2.68	-1.68
After The Gold Rush Neil Young	2	3.63	-1.63
Illinois Sufjan Stevens	2	3.49	-1.49
Odelay Beck	2	3.46	-1.46
Stand! Sly & The Family Stone	2	3.43	-1.43

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Artist	Albums	Average
The Clash	2	5

5-Star Albums (9)

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This Is Hardcore

Pulp

5/5

Loved it from start to finish.

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1-Star Albums (6)

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People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm

A Tribe Called Quest

4/5

Bridge Over Troubled Water

Simon & Garfunkel

3/5

I enjoyed hearing some of the songs that I never heard before.

Stand!

Sly & The Family Stone

2/5

Eh, just wasn't that into it.

Sign 'O' The Times

Prince

5/5

Loved it. Awkwardly danced around the office whilst listening. Glad I work alone.

The Specials

3/5

Listening to this brought me back to the '80's when I frequently saw ska bands at Bunratty's. I enjoyed the album, very fun, but it got a tad repetetive.

The Doors

4/5

Bright Flight

Silver Jews

1/5

After The Gold Rush

Neil Young

2/5

Ten

Pearl Jam

3/5

I felt a bit lukewarm about this, I think because so many songs were overplayed on the radio.

You Want It Darker

Leonard Cohen

4/5

Guero

Beck

3/5

First, if you haven't seen the video to Girl, you have to check it out. Think Mad Magazine fold-in. I admit I never really "got" Beck and his oddball (to me) lyrics. For me, lyrics might be the most important part of the song. I did like this album but it didn't change my life or anything and I prefer Mixed Bizness if I had to pick a Beck album.

Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

Wilco

1/5

I don't know if I was in a bad mood or what, but I just found this album to be very boring.

Movies

Holger Czukay

1/5

Well that was weird. Just wasn't for me.

This Is Hardcore

Pulp

5/5

Loved it from start to finish.

Hail To the Thief

Radiohead

5/5

Enjoyed quite a bit

C'est Chic

CHIC

3/5

Back to Basics

Christina Aguilera

2/5

Liked it more than expected

Can't Buy A Thrill

Steely Dan

1/5

No thanks

1984

Van Halen

3/5

I've never been a fan of this type of music. Never listened to this group, except what I was subjected to it. Yada yada yada the guitar playing is incredible but the whole package just wasn't my thing. So I was surprised to discover I enjoyed this! What struck me was the innocence! I know that sounds odd but the way the subject matter was addressed seemed pretty tame compared to now. I expected it to be more hedonistic, I guess. I could be completely off base, but that was my first impression.

American Idiot

Green Day

5/5

I still love it. Particularly like Boulevard and Wake Me Up, they always give me that sort of introspective, bittersweet feeling where you think about how time is passing so quickly and you dwell on mistakes you have made.

Kenya

Machito

3/5

Did not expect to like this, since I have never liked jazz (though I always thought that maybe I didn't like it because I wasn't exposed to the right kind). Anyhow, I liked this! Reminded me a bit of cumbia, which I enjoy listening to on occasion. I particularly liked Congo Mulence and Tin Tin Deo.

Remedy

Basement Jaxx

2/5

Come Away With Me

Norah Jones

5/5

Loved it. Her voice is soothing like maple syrup.

The Score

Fugees

3/5

Loved Fu-Gee-La, The Score, and Ready or Not.

Roots

Sepultura

1/5

No no no. I tried, I really did. Listened to 4 songs, couldn't take it. They all sounded like the first one to me (ROOTS! BLOODY ROOTS! ROOTS! BLOODY ROOTS!) Ugh. Now, I like some good screaming and anger in music. My problem with this album(thesongs I listened to) was that it was ALL screaming and anger. When it is all the sane "level", it has no impact and is boring, IMO.

Siamese Dream

The Smashing Pumpkins

4/5

Would've been 5 stars but Billy Corgan's whiny voice gets on my nerves.

Bossanova

Pixies

5/5

Oracular Spectacular

MGMT

4/5

Nice palette cleanser from Megadeth.

Rust In Peace

Megadeth

2/5

Meh. I enjoyed the Tornadoes song but the rest of it seemed sort of juvenile to me.

Nighthawks At The Diner

Tom Waits

1/5

I just can't.

good kid, m.A.A.d city

Kendrick Lamar

3/5

I find it hard to get into this genre, probably because I never got much exposure to it. That being said, I liked this and in particular, the song "Good Kid".

Machine Head

Deep Purple

4/5

I was surprised that I loved this! "Lazy" was a stand out for me.

Phaedra

Tangerine Dream

4/5

I kinda liked this. It reminded me of that point in a space movie where the hero goes outside the space ship to repair it so the rest of the crew can get back home, even though he knows he can't get back in and will just float around until he dies. It felt lonely.

Odelay

Beck

2/5

For me, the deeper cuts on this album didn't sonically cover any new ground from the singles off of it. It was a little ho hum for me.

Sweetheart Of The Rodeo

The Byrds

2/5

Queen II

Queen

4/5

What an interesting album, loved it. It was, I dunno, grandiose. But in a good way. The Side White and Side Black was intriguing. The way the band members switch around roles, wow.

Odessey And Oracle

The Zombies

4/5

Loved it. Weird that they were already broken up when it was released. I love the oddly happy sound of Cell 44 as opposed to the subject matter. Weirdly, Time of the Season always had an ominous vibe to me. I read that this album is a favorite of Paul Weller, I can understand why.

Hunky Dory

David Bowie

5/5

Phenomenal. Favorites are Kooks and Queen Bitch.

London Calling

The Clash

5/5

Such a great album from start to finish. Not a weak song on it.

In The Wee Small Hours

Frank Sinatra

4/5

I do love some Frank when I am chilling out doing artistic-type things.

Pills 'n' Thrills And Bellyaches

Happy Mondays

3/5

The Message

Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five

4/5

Great album, only down spot for me was "Scorpio", it got a little tedious. Maybe I just wasn't in the right mood for it. Loved all the other songs, though.

Illinois

Sufjan Stevens

2/5

I wasn't feeling the love.

A Rush Of Blood To The Head

Coldplay

4/5

Most of the album was a little "meh" for me, but the incredible piano from Clocks carries it.

808 State

4/5

Pleasantly surprised, I had never heard of these guys. Quite enjoyed this. Particularly loved "808080808".

If I Should Fall From Grace With God

The Pogues

3/5

I liked this more than I expected. Fair disclosure, I am not a fan of this genre of music because it is part of my heritage and part of my family is VERY musical so I heard it so often in my youth that it seems a bit tedious to me. That being said, I was pleasantly surprised.

The Clash

5/5