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Album	You	Global	Diff
A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector Various Artists	5	3.31	+1.69
Hybrid Theory Linkin Park	5	3.39	+1.61
The Gershwin Songbook Ella Fitzgerald	5	3.53	+1.47
The Clash The Clash	5	3.54	+1.46

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
KIWANUKA Michael Kiwanuka	1	3.74	-2.74
The Stone Roses The Stone Roses	1	3.64	-2.64
Illinois Sufjan Stevens	1	3.5	-2.5
Paul's Boutique Beastie Boys	1	3.47	-2.47
Nebraska Bruce Springsteen	1	3.32	-2.32
Winter In America Gil Scott-Heron	1	3.25	-2.25
Phrenology The Roots	1	3.25	-2.25
Immigrés Youssou N'Dour	1	3.08	-2.08
The Man Who Travis	1	3.01	-2.01
Fuzzy Grant Lee Buffalo	1	3.01	-2.01

5-Star Albums (5)

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A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector

Popular Reviews

Led Zeppelin IV

Led Zeppelin

5/5

Obviously.

2 likes

Wild Is The Wind

Nina Simone

2/5

Objectively good but not my style. She has a strange voice, but is very good on the piano.

1 likes

1-Star Albums (20)

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The Clash

5/5

Wild. Did not expect to be impressed. I thought it was just another in a long line of punk bands. The themes weren't overwhelming, and I can see why this is a core punk album. The reggae inspired track "Police & Thieves" was unexpectedly decent. "Career Opportunities" and "Garageland" were my favorite tracks.

The Suburbs

Arcade Fire

2/5

Not a huge fan. Rococo is when the album got less bad. The whole nostalgic sad-boy themes didn't do it for me. Sprawl II was decent, but that's about it. The best songs featured the female vocals. Not sure what else to say. Not the worst, but not great either. Anyways, that's my review!

Revolver

Beatles

3/5

It's the Beatles. Obviously they are fantastic. This is in the "later Beatles" side of the Beatles, which I prefer. Someone discovered psychedelics before writing and recording this. Probably Dr. Robert. Not my favorite album, but a good one nonetheless. Yellow Submarine is an absolute classic and is hands down the best song on the album. Eleanor Rigby is good too, but for different reasons. There are some great songs here, but the best stuff is the first half of the album. It sort of falls off on the second half, once Yellow Submarine ends. Definitely worth a listen.

3 + 3

The Isley Brothers

3/5

Darn good. I've heard almost all of these songs without ever knowing the band. Easy listening. I was rather impressed, although I didn't bother listening to the multiple versions of the songs.

The Gershwin Songbook

Ella Fitzgerald

5/5

Wow. Now this is music. She's like the female version of Nat King Cole. Smooth jazz. Cozy 50s vibes. Big mood. I could listen to this all day. Thankfully, it's over 3 hours long, so I can do exactly that.

Wild Is The Wind

Nina Simone

2/5

Objectively good but not my style. She has a strange voice, but is very good on the piano.

Immigrés

Youssou N'Dour

1/5

Not a fan.

We Are Family

Sister Sledge

2/5

Not bad. Still not convinced I like disco.

Cosmo's Factory

Creedence Clearwater Revival

4/5

Fantastic. An absolute classic. I didn't use to love CCR, but I definitely do now.

Dub Housing

Pere Ubu

1/5

Not good. Maybe just ok. Too much edgy vocals ruining an otherwise fun vibe. Talking Heads was a clear inspiration here. Post-punk may have some good albums, but this isn't on my list of recommendations.

Joan Armatrading

2/5

Not bad. Some good songs, mostly mediocre songs. Not my favorite, not anything I'd seek out, but not anything I'd skip if it was on someone else's radio.

Bug

Dinosaur Jr.

3/5

Sounds like a rough Smashing Pumpkins. I like it.

Paul's Boutique

Beastie Boys

1/5

Today I learned I really dislike the Beastie Boys. They've got 3 good songs (none of which are on this album), and the lead singer is incredibly annoying. The lyrics are foul, but if there was a purely-instrumental version of this album, I'd probably like it.

Abraxas

Santana

4/5

Classic

Tidal

Fiona Apple

2/5

Not bad, but not really.my jam. I see the appeal, but she doesn't stand out that much, and calling her "the best" seems a bit overblown. Very 90s.

Live At Leeds

The Who

3/5

Classic. Minus one star for being a live album.

Crocodiles

Echo And The Bunnymen

3/5

not bad, feels a bit dated

Hybrid Theory

Linkin Park

5/5

Duh.

Pretzel Logic

Steely Dan

3/5

Easy listening. I've heard these songs before, and I've heard of Steely Dan, but I never knew to put the two together.

Dust

Screaming Trees

2/5

Not bad. Feels like just another album, and I don't understand why it's so special.

Whatever

Aimee Mann

2/5

See the album title.

Winter In America

Gil Scott-Heron

1/5

Eh. Not my preferred style.

More Songs About Buildings And Food

Talking Heads

2/5

If it weren't for the lead singer this would just be an ok band. His vocals are what defines the band.

A Girl Called Dusty

Dusty Springfield

3/5

Not bad. Very doo-wop. I've heard a lot of these songs before, and I guess now I know where they all came from.

Olympia 64

Jacques Brel

2/5

Eh.

Want One

Rufus Wainwright

1/5

Pornography

The Cure

3/5

Not terrible.

Led Zeppelin IV

Led Zeppelin

5/5

Obviously.

Parallel Lines

Blondie

4/5

Pretty good

Pink Flag

Wire

2/5

Live Through This

Hole

3/5

Not terrible

Fragile

Yes

2/5

Now I know where the meme comes from

Pearl

Janis Joplin

3/5

She's pretty good

Adele

2/5

Listened to this every day in college because my sad white girl roommate blasted it through the walls.

The Man Who

Travis

1/5

Meh

Odessa

Bee Gees

2/5

Knockoff Beatles, but from the pre-psychadelic era.

Pretenders

2/5

Just okay

Dookie

Green Day

4/5

Good album

Madman Across The Water

Elton John

2/5

It's a vibe. Just not mine exactly.

Vulnicura

Björk

1/5

God awful.

m b v

My Bloody Valentine

2/5

Not good

Heaven Or Las Vegas

Cocteau Twins

2/5

It's just...there

Sign 'O' The Times

Prince

2/5

It's ok

You Want It Darker

Leonard Cohen

3/5

Not bad

Close To The Edge

Yes

2/5

Mediocre band.

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector

Various Artists

5/5

Christmas!

Devotional Songs

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

1/5

Garbage.

The Specials

2/5

Ska is ok

At Fillmore East

The Allman Brothers Band

2/5

Eh. I dislike live albums. The band is ok, though.

Crossing the Red Sea With the Adverts

The Adverts

3/5

Ok. Not my first pick.

Survivor

Destiny's Child

2/5

Eh.

3 Years, 5 Months And 2 Days In The Life Of...

Arrested Development

2/5

Not terrible, but not great either.

Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots

The Flaming Lips

3/5

Pretty good

With The Beatles

Beatles

2/5

Starts ok, ends weakly. This is my least favorite Beatles era

Hot Buttered Soul

Isaac Hayes

3/5

A decent album.

Tanto Tempo

Bebel Gilberto

3/5

Pretty good

Teen Dream

Beach House

3/5

Decent.

If You Can Believe Your Eyes & Ears

The Mamas & The Papas

3/5

Surpassingly good, but not my preferred genre

Queen II

Queen

3/5

Great, but not their best album

The Age Of The Understatement

The Last Shadow Puppets

3/5

Decent

The Good, The Bad & The Queen

4/5

Actually good.

Nebraska

Bruce Springsteen

1/5

Meh

Crosby, Stills & Nash

2/5

Just ok.

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

Elton John

3/5

Decent album.

London Calling

The Clash

3/5

I preferred their first album.

Phrenology

The Roots

1/5

Garbage

Fuzzy

Grant Lee Buffalo

1/5

This is the most stereotypical background music. It's just forgettable lite rock

Frank

Amy Winehouse

2/5

Eh.

Arrival

ABBA

2/5

Not bad. Not my style, but they are a good band with good songs. It fell off a bit towards the end.

Cut

The Slits

1/5

Awful.

Night Life

Ray Price

1/5

Eh. Feels like I'm wading through bad music recommendations.

Junkyard

The Birthday Party

1/5

Not good.

Fever To Tell

Yeah Yeah Yeahs

2/5

Only good in comparison to the other awful albums on this list.

The Stone Roses

1/5

Discount Kurt Cobain with clean socks

Illinois

Sufjan Stevens

1/5

This album sucks.

What's That Noise?

Coldcut

1/5

Pompous. Artistic. Garbage. I get to listen to some random dude's idea of good music. It's not good music though. It's just mediocre.

Yeezus

Kanye West

1/5

No.

Boston

3/5

Not bad

Smash

The Offspring

2/5

not terrible

KIWANUKA

Michael Kiwanuka

1/5

Emperor Tomato Ketchup

Stereolab

2/5

Meh

Pacific Ocean Blue

Dennis Wilson

2/5

Lost In The Dream

The War On Drugs

2/5

Meh

Station To Station

David Bowie

3/5

It's David Bowie

The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter

The Incredible String Band

1/5

Hippie garbage