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| Album | You | Global | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|
| At Budokan | 5 | 3.1 | +1.9 |
| Honky Tonk Heroes | 5 | 3.14 | +1.86 |
| Dub Housing | 4 | 2.35 | +1.65 |
| My Aim Is True | 5 | 3.35 | +1.65 |
| Odelay | 5 | 3.46 | +1.54 |
| Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) | 5 | 3.61 | +1.39 |
| People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm | 5 | 3.61 | +1.39 |
| Ill Communication | 5 | 3.65 | +1.35 |
| Bayou Country | 5 | 3.66 | +1.34 |
| The Joshua Tree | 5 | 3.67 | +1.33 |
You Love Less Than Most
| Album | You | Global | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ambient 1/Music For Airports | 1 | 3.07 | -2.07 |
| Now I Got Worry | 1 | 2.52 | -1.52 |
| We Are Family | 2 | 3.48 | -1.48 |
| Endtroducing..... | 2 | 3.36 | -1.36 |
| Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs | 2 | 3.33 | -1.33 |
| L'Eau Rouge | 1 | 2.32 | -1.32 |
| All Mod Cons | 2 | 3.25 | -1.25 |
| Another Green World | 2 | 3.12 | -1.12 |
| Country Life | 2 | 3.11 | -1.11 |
| OK Computer | 3 | 4.1 | -1.1 |
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| Artist | Albums | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Creedence Clearwater Revival | 2 | 5 |
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| Artist | Albums | Average |
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| Brian Eno | 3 | 2 |
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Paul Simon
4/5
Kendrick Lamar
3/5
The Dave Brubeck Quartet
5/5
4/5
Marty Robbins
2/5
Funkadelic
3/5
David Bowie
4/5
Nice and ethereal
Paul Simon
4/5
Lauryn Hill
3/5
That Thing is great, rest was okay
Tom Waits
2/5
Iggy Pop
3/5
Buzzcocks
3/5
Dire Straits
3/5
Pet Shop Boys
3/5
Started out just okay, but then really started to grow on me
Sade
3/5
Bon Jovi
4/5
The non hit tracks were better than I was expecting. Solid album
Mylo
2/5
Ok house music. A couple nice tracks, but mostly not something I will revisit.
Van Halen
3/5
Jump is great! Did not like the rest.
Small Faces
3/5
Radiohead
3/5
I mean, it's good, but it doesn't speak to me the way it seems to for other people.
Nick Drake
3/5
I prefer Pink Moon tbh
B.B. King
3/5
Pretty good!
Brian Eno
1/5
...not for me I guess.
Bert Jansch
2/5
Wasn't bad, just didn't grab me at all.
ABBA
3/5
4/5
Quite good
Led Zeppelin
4/5
Run-D.M.C.
3/5
Creedence Clearwater Revival
5/5
Soooooo good
R.E.M.
3/5
Eh
Pearl Jam
5/5
All time classic
M.I.A.
3/5
It was just okay for me
Roxy Music
2/5
Pretty forgettable, doubt I'll ever listen to this album again
Green Day
3/5
Pretty good, but a few skippable tracks.
Peter Gabriel
4/5
I liked it more than I was expecting too. Worth another listen.
The Jam
2/5
It was....fine, I guess
DJ Shadow
2/5
Forgettable
Primal Scream
3/5
Groovy. I liked it.
The Teardrop Explodes
2/5
Forgettable.
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
3/5
Really groovy, funky blues to start with and then the album just tailed off...
Aretha Franklin
4/5
Loved it! Several of her hits, but she just has such a lovely voice, I dug the whole record start to finish.
Curtis Mayfield
3/5
A mix of really nice grooves and skippable tracks. I like the Superfly soundtrack more.
The Go-Betweens
3/5
Never heard of them before now. Pleasant 80s indie rock. Worth another listen.
Taylor Swift
3/5
I'm not a swiftie but I think she has better albums.
Miles Davis
4/5
A whole vibe. Proto-Bitches Brew, a little more groovy and accessible than that one.
Bob Marley & The Wailers
3/5
I prefer other Bob Marley stuff I've heard. Also, this is probably sacrilege, but I prefer The Harder They Come as a reggae album to this as well.
Simon & Garfunkel
4/5
Quite delightful.
Elvis Presley
3/5
In retrospect this is not shocking at all, but I've heard half of these songs done better by a black artist.
Bruce Springsteen
3/5
I was kind of disappointed, after the title track it didn't really grab me at all. It was fine, just not as good as I guess I was expecting.
The Mamas & The Papas
3/5
Beautiful voices and harmonies, half of the tracks I loved, half of them I would skip on a relisten.
Red Hot Chili Peppers
3/5
I've always preferred BSSM and By the Way to this one. The first half I was thinking "Wow, this is better than I remember! 5 stars!" and then the second half I was just waiting for it to be over.
5/5
The ambience of this album just hits different. The effervescent guitar, the sustained slides, Bono's beautiful voice.... Deserves its reputation as one of the best albums of all time. The sound is unlike anything else I've ever heard. Makes me think of shooting stars in the desert sky.
John Martyn
4/5
I have to confess I'd never heard of John Martyn before, but that album was an unexpected treat to listen to. Every track brought a new musical idea, even the instrumental outro track was great. My ears were left feeling like they'd just eaten an excellent meal.
Mike Ladd
2/5
A couple groovy moments saved this from a worse score. It just wasn't for me, I guess.
The Temptations
4/5
I have never heard this side of the Temptations, but I liked it a lot.
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
1/5
I was into maybe the first track or two and then it just felt like noise.
The Lemonheads
4/5
I don't think I've heard any of this album other than I have a vague recollection of hearing the Mrs. Robinson cover before. What an unexpected treat! This is the reason I'm doing this, to get to experience albums I find absolutely delightful that I otherwise would never have found.
Janis Joplin
5/5
The only track I didn't like is the instrumental "Buried Alive in the Blues" but apparently Janis died before the vocals for that could be recorded, otherwise it is an amazing album.
Neil Young
3/5
It was just okay for me. None of the tracks really grabbed me.
Super Furry Animals
2/5
Too much distortion for me.
Santana
4/5
My apologies, Santana, I was unfamiliar with your game.
Real groovy Spanish funk. Music like sipping tequila on a hot summer night.
The Doors
4/5
I've never really been interested in the Doors because their biggest hits don't really stand out to me. But this album (which had none of those aforementioned hits) was fantastic, I really enjoyed it.
FKA twigs
2/5
I guess I like ethereal voices over harder beats than this, eg Massive Attack or Evanescence.
Sepultura
2/5
Guys why are we yelling
Michael Jackson
5/5
Superb from start to finish.
Caetano Veloso
2/5
I found it all kind of dull, to be honest. Except for Soy Loco Por Ti America, liked that song a lot.
Adam & The Ants
4/5
I was shocked this album was from 1980 instead of 1990. Sounded so much like early grunge from a British band. Not surprised at all that Nine Inch Nails covered a song from this album. I enjoyed it a lot.
Ramones
4/5
I know all the songs are 2 minutes, and I know they all sound the same, but damn if I don't get pumped listening to this album.
Minor Threat
4/5
I had to think about why I like this record when I dislike most hardcore albums. I think it mostly boils down to 1. liking the bass grooves and guitar licks 2. the yelling not being completely atonal and 3. the drummer being incredibly talented.
Cheap Trick
5/5
This was really good! I get why they are so highly rated as a live band.
The 13th Floor Elevators
3/5
Starts out really strong and then fades, wasn't really memorable after the first three tracks
Snoop Dogg
4/5
Would have been five stars but I'm docking one because I had to think about Donald fucking Trump and how Snoop was at his inauguration the whole time I was listening.
Talvin Singh
2/5
It was fine, but I'll probably not revisit this. Just background music to mostly ignore.
Duran Duran
4/5
Hungry Like the Wolf is one of the best songs ever, but the rest of this album is also really great 80s pop.
The Stooges
3/5
It was...fine. Maybe deserves a relisten, I wasn't in the best mood and didn't really focus on the music.
Pere Ubu
4/5
This album tickled my brain in all the right ways, every track except for one was engaging to listen to.
The exception was Thriller! I never want to hear that again. It made my skin crawl. Anti-ASMR.
Madonna
3/5
It was okay, nothing earthbreaking.
Fugazi
4/5
Pretty good! Definitely worth another listen, was bobbing my head in a very cliche manner the whole way through.
Arcade Fire
4/5
Definitely needs to go into the rotation.
Public Image Ltd.
2/5
Forgettable.
The Young Gods
1/5
I try to find something to appreciate with every album, and I'm sure it's probably my cultural ignorance, but I have no idea why this made the list.
CHIC
3/5
Bass was good, but all the songs could have been half as long.
Brian Eno
2/5
I love Bowie, Talking Heads, and U2, but Brian Eno's solo albums I guess are not for me.
Weather Report
3/5
It's pretty good, but maybe suffers a little because the first track (Birdland) stands out so much from the rest of the album.
Ladysmith Black Mambazo
4/5
I felt like I was at the most accepting and soothing religious service I have ever attended and the weight of the world was being removed from my shoulders.
Wu-Tang Clan
5/5
I was feeling pretty terrible today but this album got me off the ground and back into the fight. 4 stars for the ruckus, and 1 extra for the Chappelle's Show skits.
The Stooges
3/5
This is the third Stooges/Iggy Pop album I've listened to as part of this and none of them have really appealed to me. They're all fine, but I guess I'm not getting what makes them all must-hear albums.
Motörhead
2/5
It got tiresome quickly.
Elvis Costello
5/5
Absolutely blew me away. I've never listened to any Elvis Costello before (though obviously I've heard of him) but I had a rollicking good time listening to this one.
Elliott Smith
4/5
Really enjoyed this one. Feels like it has the potential to grow on me even more with repeated listens.
David Holmes
3/5
House music isn't really my thing, but I thought it was pretty good.
Sonic Youth
3/5
I was a bit disappointed by this one, to be honest. I haven't listened to a whole Sonic Youth album before this, and I was expecting to really like it given how much I like similar bands and their hits, but none of these tracks stood out much for me.
Buddy Holly & The Crickets
4/5
Really great early rock and roll. Easy to see why he was so popular, and why his early death was so tragic.
Thin Lizzy
3/5
Started out great but fizzled out. Took me a few tries to get through the entire album.
Aimee Mann
4/5
Solid 90s era rock. Beautiful voice, liked most of the tracks, outside of a couple of the ballads. Gonna check out more of her catalog for sure.
A Tribe Called Quest
4/5
Funky hip hop. I was in from the start.
Beck
3/5
I appreciate how well done this album is, I just didn't enjoy listening to it all that much.
Miles Davis
5/5
I'm biased, because as a jazz bassist this is one of my favorite albums of all time, and So What is one of my favorite tracks. of all time. I've transcribed Miles's trumpet solo on that and often tried to emulate Paul Chambers in my own playing.
Pantera
3/5
Sounded like Metallica. I suppose it's good if you like metal, but not really my cup of tea.
Earth, Wind & Fire
4/5
Everything I've ever heard from Earth, Wind, and Fire is groovy. It's no wonder this is one of the most sampled bands of all time.
Skepta
3/5
British rap, decent album
LCD Soundsystem
4/5
I don't much go for electronic music, but I enjoyed this one.
The Smashing Pumpkins
4/5
I've never really taken the time to listen to the Smashing Pumpkins, mostly because I don't really care for the song 1979. This album was much better than I was expecting. Solid 90s era grunge.
The Velvet Underground
3/5
Pleasant enough (probably a 3.5, really) though I prefer the banana album to this one.
The Young Rascals
3/5
It was nice enough, but nothing particularly revelatory.
Air
3/5
It was fine, I wonder if it would grow on me if I saw the movie.
Sister Sledge
2/5
I was disappointed, most of the disco albums I've listened to for the first time through this have been really fun, but this one was just kind of dull, I thought. Not enough groove and/or funk.
Missy Elliott
4/5
Soild album! Excited to listen to it again.
Peter Frampton
3/5
The guitar solos were great. And the talk box thing is cool. But there was too little of either in the two hours of this album. I would say about 30 minutes of it was great, and the rest just dragged on forever.
Bob Dylan
4/5
I hadn't heard this one from Dylan, though I've listened to several of his other albums many times. I enjoyed the first, electric half more than the second, acoustic half for whatever that's worth. Overall a solid album.
Everything But The Girl
3/5
Eh, it was fine. I liked Tracey's voice a lot, didn't much care for any tracks Ben was singing on.
Big Brother & The Holding Company
4/5
Groovy. I dug it, man.
Blondie
4/5
Pleasantly surprised by this one. Beyond the hit singles, was a nice somewhat eclectic mix of moods and musical ideas.
Television
3/5
Good, not great
Burning Spear
3/5
Running out of ways to say "eh, this was fine."
Kate Bush
4/5
Really quite interesting, I'd only ever heard Running Up that Hill, but very good album from beginning to end.
A Tribe Called Quest
5/5
I'm kind of embarrassed that I wasn't more familiar with ATCQ before starting this, both albums I've listened to so far have been absolutely fantastic, and if they pop up on the list again I'm going to be excited to listen to more.
Elton John
4/5
I honestly didn't expect much from this one; Elton John has never really drawn my interest. Funeral for a Friend was a solid start, and then three very good hits I've heard before, okay, then I figured the album would start to drag. But I have to say it was great from beginning to end. Some tracks I liked more than others, but after listening to this album I guess I finally get the hype.
Ray Price
2/5
Machito
3/5
Stevie Wonder
3/5
I really wanted to like this more, and it was good, but a little too mellow and not funky enough for me to be as great as everyone else seems to think. A solid album though, and I have hopes that there are more Stevie Wonder albums on this list that I like more.
The Flying Burrito Brothers
4/5
Finally a decent country album on this list. Sounded to me like early Beatles doing a country album.
Lou Reed
3/5
I like most of the songs except for Lou Reed's singing. I guess it's not a huge surprise I liked the underlying music given I'm a huge David Bowie fan. Still, other than maybe Walk on the Wild Side, I just didn't much care for Reed's singing on this one.
Van Halen
3/5
It was fine, I guess
The Psychedelic Furs
3/5
Pretty in Pink was great, and the next couple of tracks made me think this was going to be a 4 or 5 star album, but then it immediately tailed off into mediocrity.
The Slits
2/5
It might be because I grew up south of Seattle during the riot grrrl era, so I've been listening to punk girl bands for a very long time, but I wasn't particularly impressed by anything on this album.
Steely Dan
3/5
It was fine, but honestly I was kind of hoping for better. I hadn't listened to Steely Dan much before, and they are so hyped up that I thought this would be one of the entries on the list I would enjoy and add to the rotation. Sadly, it's a one and done for me.
Joni Mitchell
4/5
Joni Mitchell's voice is incredible, I really enjoyed listening to this one. The cover of Twisted felt a little stapled on to the end rather than a cohesive part of the album but it was still a pleasant surprise for me.
Pink Floyd
4/5
Jazzy Pink Floyd. I liked it quite a bit.
Mj Cole
3/5
Eh, it was pretty good at first, got tired of listening by the end. The remixes on the deluxe version were god awful though, I couldn't get through them.
Jefferson Airplane
3/5
Nightmares On Wax
2/5
It was kind of dull. It did make me wonder why there were so many British DJs on this list and then I discovered the person who wrote this book is English so that all makes sense now.
David Bowie
5/5
This is one of my favorite albums of all time, and David Bowie is one of my favorite artists of all time. I genuinely love every track on here. On any given listen I am randomly grabbed by a harmony in the background from one of the instruments; every song is so well constructed musically. This has reminded me I don't have this album on vinyl yet so I'm going to go order it right now.
Merle Haggard
2/5
I liked "I'm a Lonesome Fugitive" and "Skid Row", but every other just sounded the same to me.
Van Morrison
5/5
Really great mix of folk rock, blues, jazz, and gospel. Almost every track was exceptional, and every song goes a new and different direction. Even so, the album feels very cohesive. Enjoyed this one immensely.
Pink Floyd
4/5
The title track is the best one on the album. Enjoyed this a lot, but for me it fell just a bit short of the transcendent experience of Dark Side of the Moon.
Beastie Boys
5/5
Head bopper all the way through. I have to confess I've never heard any of these tracks outside of Sabotage before, though I've listened extensively to other BB albums (mostly License to Ill and Paul's Boutique). I loved the jazz elements, seemed a lot like Kendrick Lamar's To Pimp a Butterfly in that aspect.
The Verve
3/5
It wasn't bad, but it was maybe five tracks too many for me. Bittersweet Symphony is still an all-time banger, though.
Mudhoney
4/5
I'm a lifelong Seattle native so I'm probably biased, but I really enjoy this album as a progenitor of the grunge movement and 90s alternative rock.
808 State
3/5
I didn't hate listening to it, like most of the British DJs I've encountered on this list so far.
Johnny Cash
5/5
What can you say that hasn't already been said. This and San Quentin are two of the best live albums of all time.
The Go-Go's
4/5
Much better than I thought it was gonna be! More punk and less pop than I expected. I enjoyed it and unlike some other albums on this list it didn't drag on forever.
Tori Amos
4/5
Hauntingly beautiful.
Paul McCartney
4/5
Loved the sound of that Rickenbacker bass on this one throughout the album. I especially liked Every Night, which I don't think I've ever heard before.
The Clash
5/5
Embarrassed to say I've never listened to this one before, because I don't actually care for the title song. But this album is worth all the hype. My favorite tracks were Rudie Can't Fail, Spanish Bombs, and Train in Vain.
Robert Wyatt
2/5
I didn't hate the songs, but I hated the sound mixing. Everything sounded grating to me, none of the instrumentation blended together at all and the levels for just about everything seemed off to me.
Brian Eno
3/5
I liked it a little better than other Eno albums I've listened to from this list, but he's just not really for me I guess.
Killing Joke
2/5
Utterly forgettable, like too many of the UK based albums on this list.
Violent Femmes
4/5
Lives up to the hype. Proto grunge punk dudes making their garage the coolest place on the block.
TLC
3/5
Hard to rate. 3 great tracks (Creep, Waterfalls, Kick Your Game) but a lot of the rest I thought was just forgettable or filler.
Fiona Apple
3/5
Sleep to Dream and Criminal are great, the rest didn't really land with me.
Depeche Mode
4/5
Got better as it went along, or maybe I just started to get into it more after a while.
Sonic Youth
3/5
Some good tracks (especially liked 100%, Sugar Kane, Purr) but I feel like they needed to cull about 1/3 of the tracks. It was just way, way too long for me.
Red Hot Chili Peppers
4/5
I was not into Kledis's vocals on most of these tracks, but Frusciante, Flea, and Will Ferrell are so groovy it doesn't matter.
Lucinda Williams
4/5
Nothing here quite as good as "Fruits of My Labor." Still, a solid album. I liked the ballads more than the upbeat stuff.
Air
4/5
Nice vibing with a glass of bourbon in a dark room kind of album. Unlike a lot of albums on this list, at 41 minutes long it didn't overstay its welcome.
U2
4/5
A good album, but suffers in comparison to Joshua Tree.
White Denim
3/5
Nothing particularly wrong with this one, but I'm good with just the one listen.
Beatles
5/5
I tried to listen to this without any preconcieved positive biases based on the fact that it's the Beatles, but it really is very very good.
Ride
3/5
It was...fine, I guess. I don't feel the need to relisten.
The The
4/5
I liked it, it was a vibe. Weird mid-80s bridge between punk and grunge. Will listen again.
Waylon Jennings
5/5
If country music was like this album instead of the absolute trash they produce in Nashville the world would be a better place. Loved it from start to finish, excited to listen again.
Creedence Clearwater Revival
5/5
Creedence just makes me so happy. My dad's favorite band, and for good reason.
Beck
5/5
I'm a little embarrassed I've never given Beck a listen before, this album is really good and feels fresh to me even thirty years later.
Lupe Fiasco
4/5
I was unfamiliar with Lupe Fiasco before this, but this album is a really good rap album. Might rise to 5 stars after multiple listens.
De La Soul
3/5
Wasn't bad, just didn't grab me the way other hip hop albums on this list have.
Echo And The Bunnymen
3/5
I just found everything kind of dull, unfortunately. It wasn't bad, but I didn't hear any standout tracks. At least it was short.
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
3/5
I feel like I owe this one another listen. The first and last tracks (No Action, Radio Radio) I thought were great, but it just dragged in the middle for me, at least on first listening. Still, I can recognize some real creative ingenuity here (can't believe it is a 1978 album, seems well ahead of its time).
Nas
4/5
Quite a pleasant listening experience from start to finish. I can see why it's a classic.
Rod Stewart
3/5
Maggie May is great, the rest is...fine I guess? Apart from the "That's All Right" cover anyway, which I thought was not very good.
The Police
3/5
I expected I would like this a lot more than I actually did considering I dig a lot of The Police's hits, like Message in a Bottle, Don't Stand So Close to Me, Every Breath You Take, etc. Bass lines were great, as you might expect, but the rest just sounded kind of bland to me.