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Album	You	Global	Diff
NEU! 75 Neu!	5	3.09	+1.91
Songs From A Room Leonard Cohen	5	3.16	+1.84
Ready To Die The Notorious B.I.G.	5	3.36	+1.64
Amnesiac Radiohead	5	3.41	+1.59
Five Leaves Left Nick Drake	5	3.46	+1.54
In A Silent Way Miles Davis	5	3.61	+1.39
Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge Mudhoney	4	2.84	+1.16
I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You Aretha Franklin	5	3.93	+1.07
Better Living Through Chemistry Fatboy Slim	4	2.99	+1.01
Hunky Dory David Bowie	5	4	+1

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
The Stranger Billy Joel	1	3.86	-2.86
The Number Of The Beast Iron Maiden	1	3.59	-2.59
Parachutes Coldplay	1	3.46	-2.46
My Aim Is True Elvis Costello	1	3.35	-2.35
This Year's Model Elvis Costello & The Attractions	1	3.32	-2.32
The Rolling Stones The Rolling Stones	1	3.25	-2.25
Rust In Peace Megadeth	1	3.24	-2.24
Golden Hour Kacey Musgraves	1	3.09	-2.09
I See You The xx	1	2.99	-1.99
Will The Circle Be Unbroken Nitty Gritty Dirt Band	1	2.98	-1.98

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Artist	Albums	Average
Aretha Franklin	2	5

5-Star Albums (11)

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NEU! 75

Neu!

5/5

The reason I have started this challenge was to find new music. Well I'm happy I have found Neu! because I was really looking forward to hearing something new.

6 likes

Amnesiac

Radiohead

5/5

Radiohead helps me romanticize dissociation 🩷

1 likes

1-Star Albums (12)

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Parachutes

Coldplay

1/5

The tracks are indistinguishable from one another. It is impossible to tell when a song ends and the next one starts. It is just bland and Chris Martin's howling on top.

Deja Vu

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

3/5

If I were a middle-aged man with long hair blasting this album in my convertible on a highway as the wind licks my receding hairline, I would love it. But I am me and this is not for me. Turns out the only tracks I liked are the ones written by Neil Young. I think they really stand out.

Zombie

Fela Kuti

4/5

Felt the rhythm in my bones

Tapestry

Carole King

2/5

This is what I imagine retired Disney princesses listen to.

Court And Spark

Joni Mitchell

3/5

I need a break from folk music

Superfly

Curtis Mayfield

4/5

Groooooooovy

Ramones

3/5

Either teenage angst has completely left my body or it is not easy to listen to this album uninterrupted. I might need to sniff some glue and give it another go.

Reggatta De Blanc

The Police

3/5

Nothing exciting

Shleep

Robert Wyatt

1/5

Music for pretentious assholes.

Exile On Main Street

The Rolling Stones

3/5

Pretty average and very American.

Will The Circle Be Unbroken

Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

1/5

Music to line dance with alligators.

American IV: The Man Comes Around

Johnny Cash

4/5

In A Silent Way

Miles Davis

5/5

Triangle

The Beau Brummels

2/5

Boring and repetitive. An extra star because it was short.

The College Dropout

Kanye West

2/5

I was looking forward to listen to this and to catch a well-deserved break from folk music but I was disappointed. I hated all the skits and the talking. Felt like I was listening to a podcast recorded by men at times.

Forever Changes

Love

4/5

The Doors for dorks

Songs From A Room

Leonard Cohen

5/5

I accept Cohen as my Lord and Savior.

The Stranger

Billy Joel

1/5

I'm bored out of my mind.

Master Of Puppets

Metallica

4/5

Master of Puppets (the song) is an absolute masterpiece. There are also couple of bangers. But as a album it's kinda boring.

Boston

2/5

What makes this album an album that I need to listen to before I die is beyond me. It is neither good nor bad. It was just popular at its time I guess.

Amnesiac

Radiohead

5/5

Radiohead helps me romanticize dissociation 🩷

I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You

Aretha Franklin

5/5

Soulful greatness

The Modern Lovers

4/5

Already had 3 songs from this album in a playlist with The Velvet Underground and Talking Heads. Pretty good recipe.

Golden Hour

Kacey Musgraves

1/5

Music for horse girls.

Better Living Through Chemistry

Fatboy Slim

4/5

This is a controversial rating but I actually had a good time listening to this album so here we go.

This Year's Model

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

1/5

Wow I hate this. Feels like getting hit on by an ugly guy at the bar.

Darkness on the Edge of Town

Bruce Springsteen

2/5

I'm bored out of my mind.

I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight

Richard Thompson

2/5

I'm so sick of folk music at this point.

Fear Of A Black Planet

Public Enemy

3/5

I started listening to this on my morning commute on a Monday and felt like I was filled with enough energy for the whole week. But when I came back to it in the evening I honestly just couldn't listen to it.

The Band

3/5

This is not good or bad. It is simply mediocre and I am growing tired of this kind of music and the idea that I should listen to this before I die. Why should I? What I would be missing if I didn't?

My Aim Is True

Elvis Costello

1/5

I hate it. I hate him. I sometimes also hate this list.

NEU! 75

Neu!

5/5

The reason I have started this challenge was to find new music. Well I'm happy I have found Neu! because I was really looking forward to hearing something new.

Crime Of The Century

Supertramp

3/5

Some of the albums on this list are just so boring I am actually fascinated. This is one of them.

The White Album

Beatles

5/5

I haven't listened this album before this challenge but I knew most of the songs. I guess that's normal when listening to one of the best bands in the world. I'm not a Beatles fan but I can definitely understand the hype.

Hunting High And Low

a-ha

2/5

Nothing against a-ha but this was boring. I'm fine by blasting "Take on Me" occasionally and never hearing anything from this album again.

Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

4/5

Time Out Of Mind

Bob Dylan

4/5

Bored out of my mind. Well not really. Just didn't want to miss the pun opportunity. Bob Dylan is iconic as always. I don't listen to Bob Dylan really. Maybe I should. But I don't think I would go for this album. Quite moody and dark than his usual.

Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire)

The Kinks

3/5

I would be just fine without listening to this album before I die.

Reign In Blood

Slayer

3/5

Made my morning commute more energetic.

Joan Armatrading

3/5

Tracy Chapman without class consciousness.

The Number Of The Beast

Iron Maiden

1/5

Nope.

Bryter Layter

Nick Drake

4/5

I have decided to give in to melancholy and become a Nick Drake stan.

It's Blitz!

Yeah Yeah Yeahs

3/5

I would definitely rock my side swept bangs to some of the tunes on this album in 2000s. But it gets kind of repetitive. Also, I found the acoustic versions simply unbearable.

Green

R.E.M.

3/5

This could be easily a 4 but Michael Stipe's vocals have always made it difficult for me to truly enjoy R.E.M.

Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge

Mudhoney

4/5

I like grunge. I liked this.

The Rolling Stones

1/5

Boring and unoriginal. I guess you really need hard drugs to rock and roll.

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector

Various Artists

3/5

Very Christmasy.

Whatever

Aimee Mann

1/5

Awfully generic.

Nevermind

Nirvana

5/5

Maybe not their best but it will be always special for me. Nevertheless it is a pretty good album.

Rust In Peace

Megadeth

1/5

Nope. No trash for me thanks.

Fifth Dimension

The Byrds

4/5

As i was listening this album I thought if asked to generate a 60s psychedelic rock album the AI would come up something like that. It is fine but also quite generic. I enjoyed it though.

The Yes Album

Yes

4/5

I actually listened to this a few times because I can't decide on it. I enjoyed it but nothing really stands out. It is a hesitant 4/5.

Five Leaves Left

Nick Drake

5/5

I'm incredibly moody today and couldn't think of a better background music.

Led Zeppelin III

Led Zeppelin

4/5

I like Led Zeppelin but I must admit it is difficult to listened to Robert Plant's high-pitched scream for half an hour.

Stripped

Christina Aguilera

3/5

I never cared for Christina Aguilera's R&B stuff really and cringed at some of the tracks on this album. However, "Can't hold us down" is a feminist anthem. "Fighter" and "Dirrty" are absolute bangers.

Lady Soul

Aretha Franklin

5/5

No notes.

Tracy Chapman

3/5

I appreciate the cultural significance of Tracy Chapman but do I enjoy her music? Not really.

First Band On The Moon

The Cardigans

3/5

I suspect corruption and bribery in making of this list.

Risque

CHIC

3/5

Straight Outta Compton

N.W.A.

2/5

Ooof. The misogyny combined record scratching in this album probably prevented me from truly enjoy it but I didn't find it exceptional in any sense. Nevertheless, it is also this album that gave us "Fuck tha Police", a (sadly) timeless anthem coming straight from the underground.

Speakerboxxx/The Love Below

OutKast

4/5

Hunky Dory

David Bowie

5/5

Quirky and upbeat. Just the way I like my Bowie.

Elvis Presley

4/5

I See You

The xx

1/5

I hated this and couldn't be bothered to find out why.

Ready To Die

The Notorious B.I.G.

5/5

Heroes

David Bowie

3/5

I tried so hard to like this album but I failed. I love the title track though.

C'est Chic

CHIC

3/5

It sounds generic and outdated to me.

Parklife

Blur

3/5

I have a massive crush on Damon Albarn. However, it doesn't prevent me from admitting that this album has no place on this list.

Tigermilk

Belle & Sebastian

4/5

Nice and easy.

Green River

Creedence Clearwater Revival

3/5

I found this quite boring actually. Sounds generic.

Justified

Justin Timberlake

3/5

Señorita, Like I love you, Cry me a river and Rock your body are great songs. Rest of the album is bland. Except for the second track. That one is so bad it made me cringe. I would easily give this a 4 but I can't forgive him for what he did to Britney.

Metallica

3/5

Starts off strong with Enter Sandman and from there it is a downward hill. I fucking love that song though. I remember liking the Nothing else matters as a moody kid a lot too. I guess I'm healed.