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| Album | You | Global | Diff |
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A Grand Don't Come For Free
The Streets
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5 | 2.64 | +2.36 |
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Life Thru A Lens
Robbie Williams
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5 | 2.72 | +2.28 |
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Hypocrisy Is The Greatest Luxury
The Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy
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5 | 2.87 | +2.13 |
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Ragged Glory
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
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5 | 3.14 | +1.86 |
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The La's
The La's
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5 | 3.14 | +1.86 |
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The Age Of The Understatement
The Last Shadow Puppets
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5 | 3.25 | +1.75 |
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Rum Sodomy & The Lash
The Pogues
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5 | 3.25 | +1.75 |
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Shuggie Otis
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5 | 3.27 | +1.73 |
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Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
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5 | 3.31 | +1.69 |
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If I Should Fall From Grace With God
The Pogues
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5 | 3.32 | +1.68 |
You Love Less Than Most
| Album | You | Global | Diff |
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Vol. 4
Black Sabbath
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1 | 3.75 | -2.75 |
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Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols
Sex Pistols
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1 | 3.45 | -2.45 |
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Tres Hombres
ZZ Top
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1 | 3.41 | -2.41 |
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Live At Leeds
The Who
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1 | 3.31 | -2.31 |
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Low-Life
New Order
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1 | 3.29 | -2.29 |
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Fetch The Bolt Cutters
Fiona Apple
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1 | 3.2 | -2.2 |
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The Holy Bible
Manic Street Preachers
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1 | 3.15 | -2.15 |
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This Is Hardcore
Pulp
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1 | 3.14 | -2.14 |
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Live 1966 (The Royal Albert Hall Concert)
Bob Dylan
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1 | 3.14 | -2.14 |
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Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor
Lupe Fiasco
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1 | 3.14 | -2.14 |
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Favorites
| Artist | Albums | Average |
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| Beatles | 5 | 4.6 |
| The Pogues | 2 | 5 |
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| Artist | Ratings |
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| The Byrds | 1, 4 |
| Bob Dylan | 1, 4, 4 |
| Led Zeppelin | 3, 5, 2 |
| Neil Young | 5, 4, 2 |
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Beatles · 1 likes
4/5
They’re going to be big!
1-Star Albums (18)
All Ratings
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
5/5
Kanye West
3/5
Aphex Twin
4/5
Elliott Smith
5/5
Very enjoyable, slow tempo - 5 stars 🌟!
The Mamas & The Papas
4/5
Love Monday, Monday, BUT, is it too long of a song? Very short album too!
Led Zeppelin
3/5
The White Stripes
4/5
Doorbell is a firm favourite
Fugazi
3/5
Pretty noisy!! 🗣️
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
5/5
Love Neil, a big influence on a lot of people
Neil Young
5/5
Doves
3/5
Catch The Sun is one of my favourite songs of that era, but I think album is a little weak overall.
Maxwell
4/5
Funky!
Ray Charles
3/5
I do like Ray Charles, don’t know anyone who doesn’t!
Primal Scream
3/5
DJ Shadow
3/5
Massively regarded, but why??
Stevie Wonder
3/5
Love a bit of Stevie
Bruce Springsteen
3/5
A few classics but kinda weak overall.
Beck
2/5
Familiar with one or two. Doesn’t stand out.
Pixies
5/5
Would love to see this one live - @Tom!
Garbage
4/5
Classic 90’s with great hits, a little patchy though.
Beatles
4/5
They’re going to be big!
Tom Waits
2/5
Not a big fan and if I like an album it’s Closing Time.
Morrissey
3/5
A few good songs
The White Stripes
4/5
Love the White Stripes- solid album.
The Monkees
3/5
Good pop music but they’re not The Beatles.
1/5
Not my cup of tea.
Paul McCartney and Wings
3/5
Great stuff - but not The Beatles.
The Rolling Stones
4/5
I LIKE it, a lot of drug references!
Arcade Fire
4/5
Some really great songs, strong album.
Linkin Park
3/5
Some really cracking hits, but some misses too.
Pink Floyd
3/5
Lenny Kravitz
3/5
Creedence Clearwater Revival
4/5
Some real classics
David Bowie
4/5
Love a bit of Bowie.
Marianne Faithfull
1/5
Did not enjoy.
Prince
3/5
Purple Rain 5*
Album 3*
Christine and the Queens
2/5
Prefer his first album, very good live!
Neil Young
4/5
Classic Young.
Dire Straits
3/5
Go guitar 🎸!
Sade
4/5
Very smooth, I like it.
Bee Gees
3/5
Like it. Didn’t know a single song 🤷🏻♂️
Nine Inch Nails
2/5
Heavier than I remember- like the o.g. Hurt.
Wilco
3/5
Never really gave Wilco much attention.
Pearl Jam
5/5
Best of the 1001 albums! (In my opinion)
Robbie Williams
5/5
Angels AND Let Me Entertain You- on ONE album!
Fleetwood Mac
2/5
Poor (by Fleetwood Mac standards!)
Aretha Franklin
4/5
Love a bit of Aretha
Talking Heads
3/5
I really like The Heads, but not familiar with this album.
Kings of Leon
4/5
Before they turned to 💩
Jack White
4/5
He can do no wrong
Spiritualized
2/5
Not really my jam.
Pixies
3/5
Not their best, but good.
Björk
2/5
Not a fan, but maybe I should listen more
Leonard Cohen
3/5
A little sad and dreary 😞- but good.
New York Dolls
3/5
Moby
3/5
Beatles
5/5
Go! Beatles!
Iggy Pop
5/5
G’wan Iggy! ‘He’s not dead, Tommy saw him last year’ - classic line in Trainspotting!
The Crusaders
3/5
Streetlife is a quarter of the album. Very instrumental.
Fela Kuti
4/5
Great beats, must listen again
Public Enemy
4/5
Fight the Power a strong closer.
4/5
Still haven’t seen them live 😔
Beck
3/5
Okay
U2
3/5
I really only listened to U2 greatest hits, don’t know the albums but this is a strong album, big opener.
The Stone Roses
5/5
Is it possible to give SIX stars??
Blur
4/5
Song 2 AND Beetlebum 👌
Stevie Wonder
3/5
Like a bit of Stevie
Beatles
5/5
Nice guys 😊
The Streets
5/5
Mike Skinner is a genius!! I love this and the debut.
The The
2/5
I did not like this, not my cup of tea, it’s like Barry’s and I prefer Lyons
Van Halen
2/5
Not great
Red Hot Chili Peppers
5/5
Absolute belter.
Air
5/5
Kanye West
2/5
Very highly regarded? I don’t get it.
Metallica
3/5
I’m weird, I don’t really like heavy Metallica, I prefer the later years, but I do LOVE One
Pulp
1/5
There are better Pulp albums- not for me
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
4/5
More classic Young
Lou Reed
4/5
Love Lou.
N.W.A.
4/5
Didn’t listen to the album pre-movie but LOVE it! 1988?? Sounds fresh
Talking Heads
4/5
Great stuff. LOVE Talkin’ Heads
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
3/5
Not his best.
Keith Jarrett
3/5
Not my normal jam, but pretty good
Pavement
2/5
Never really liked Pavement
Drive-By Truckers
4/5
Love these guys, great music
Dusty Springfield
3/5
Love this. Son of a Preacherman - OVERplayed
Depeche Mode
3/5
The Cure
5/5
Ramblin' Jack Elliott
3/5
Boll Weevil? They don’t make them like this anymore
The Afghan Whigs
3/5
Need to listen to more of them.
Eminem
5/5
Holy Jesus! The rudeness!
Led Zeppelin
5/5
Yep 🫡 - love it.
Bad Company
3/5
Okay I suppose
The Pogues
5/5
5 Stars for best Christmas song, ever
Tears For Fears
4/5
Love ❤️
Jimi Hendrix
3/5
Okay, he’s amazing, but I don’t really like him / love him 🤷🏻♂️
The Zutons
4/5
Need to listen to them more
Gene Clark
2/5
Meh 🫤
John Grant
4/5
Neil Young
2/5
He has much better albums.
The Good, The Bad & The Queen
4/5
Good oul Damon
Neu!
3/5
Solid
Black Sabbath
3/5
Bit rocky for me. Like track one
Run-D.M.C.
3/5
I like them but they have better tracks
The Kinks
3/5
They have better
Curtis Mayfield
2/5
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
4/5
Yep 👍 like it
David Bowie
3/5
Like Bowie, but he’s got better
Songhoy Blues
4/5
Underworld
4/5
Love Underworld, but a little slow tempo and prefer their debut.
Led Zeppelin
2/5
Not their best
The Rolling Stones
4/5
What an opening song!!
Hüsker Dü
3/5
Ooookaaay
Laibach
1/5
Nein, nein, nein
Fela Kuti
4/5
Like it, pretty different
New Order
1/5
Paul Simon
3/5
Good, but not fully my jam
The Rolling Stones
4/5
Go Stones!! 🤘
Blur
5/5
Wow, what an album, I did prefer Oasis in the 90’s. 5 star
ZZ Top
1/5
No!
Suede
3/5
Good. But not amazing
Fiona Apple
1/5
Not for me
George Michael
3/5
Love George but a couple of slow ones there
Alanis Morissette
5/5
YES! A classic
Jerry Lee Lewis
2/5
Michael Jackson
5/5
Absolute belter. 🕺
1/5
Not for me 👎
Kendrick Lamar
2/5
Nope. Too spitfire lyrics
The Byrds
1/5
Nope, 👎 too country and too much god
The Smashing Pumpkins
5/5
I came to this many years later but LOVE it.
Brian Eno
4/5
Nico
3/5
Good, but not great
Elvis Presley
4/5
Long live The King!
Christina Aguilera
4/5
Bangin’ pop.
Eagles
3/5
Overplayed. Not my favs. But they were good at their time.
Brian Wilson
4/5
He’s great RIP
David Bowie
4/5
Really good but there’s better Bowie.
Joni Mitchell
5/5
Love this album.
Earth, Wind & Fire
2/5
Graaand.
James Brown
4/5
Genesis
2/5
Don’t know any of their albums 🤷🏻♂️
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
3/5
Not really bluesy!
Talking Heads
5/5
Once in a Lifetime!! 🙌
Grant Lee Buffalo
4/5
Need to listen to more
Elliott Smith
4/5
I like this guy.
Miles Davis
5/5
Fleetwood Mac
3/5
Banger, but too overplayed
Bob Dylan
4/5
G’wan Bob!
The Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy
5/5
Downloaded!
Klaxons
3/5
Grand.
Kelela
1/5
Shit pop
Prince
5/5
Love Prince. He’s so SEXUAL!
Creedence Clearwater Revival
3/5
Like the hits
Björk
2/5
Never really liked, or understood Björk.
Amy Winehouse
3/5
Like the hits
Manic Street Preachers
1/5
Don’t like early Manics
The Jam
4/5
Love Paul Weller, early stuff is great.
Nick Drake
4/5
Fats Domino
4/5
Mike Oldfield
4/5
A solid. A classic. Yes, Tom 4 stars!
Leonard Cohen
2/5
Fierce dreary 🙁
David Ackles
4/5
Quite gothic, slow, like it
3/5
Not their best, but good.
John Prine
4/5
Fierce dreary - 4 stars for me, 5 for my dad!
Miles Davis
3/5
Chilled.
Butthole Surfers
1/5
Butthole 💩 is correct
Black Sabbath
1/5
Not for me
Sam Cooke
3/5
Paul Simon
3/5
Easy, easy listening
Joy Division
3/5
I know it’s a classic, BUT don’t know why?
Justice
3/5
Poor man’s Daft Punk, it’s heavier than I remember
The Who
1/5
Don’t like them
Jane Weaver
2/5
Nope.
Gang Of Four
3/5
Grand.
The Go-Go's
5/5
Love it!! Great pop music
The xx
4/5
Amazing, beautiful beginning to the album but it declines towards the end.
Super Furry Animals
3/5
Good, strong 90’s vibe.
Dire Straits
3/5
A little uneven but some great tracks.
The War On Drugs
5/5
Love it, can’t believe over 10 years old
Run-D.M.C.
4/5
great tracks.
Merle Haggard
4/5
Like it, very country!!
Patti Smith
3/5
I do like it, but I don’t love it
Cream
4/5
I like cream and I like Cream!
Snoop Dogg
4/5
The Flaming Lips
3/5
Like Flaming Lips but they have better albums
4/5
Really love this album, some belters, but not quite 5/5.
Boston
3/5
Possibly most cheesy Track One, ever??
The 13th Floor Elevators
3/5
Yeah- decent
Michael Jackson
4/5
Loses a star for his unsavoury conduct
Portishead
3/5
Glory Box is sublime, rest not so much.
OutKast
3/5
Hmm, long, bit spotty
Christina Aguilera
3/5
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
4/5
Grown so ugly….
Goldfrapp
2/5
Good pop artist, but not her best work.
The Temptations
5/5
Temp-ta-tion
Brian Eno
2/5
Hmm, bit strange.
Dolly Parton
4/5
Like a bit of Dolly
Roxy Music
3/5
Okay, they have better
Norah Jones
2/5
Grand. Not my cup of tea
Slint
3/5
Orange Juice
3/5
Strong opener, rest not so good
Joan Armatrading
5/5
Love it.
The Sonics
4/5
Jeru The Damaja
1/5
Not for me.
Stan Getz
4/5
Solid. Nice vibe music.
Beatles
4/5
What does Tomek think?? 5 ⭐️??
Charles Mingus
4/5
Nice jaaaaaz music
Madonna
3/5
Not her best
MGMT
5/5
For the memories!
Duran Duran
4/5
Great stuff.
Pet Shop Boys
3/5
The Coral
4/5
He has a better voice than I remember
Dusty Springfield
4/5
Loads of classics!! Mock-ing Bird!
The Smiths
2/5
Not a fan.
The Modern Lovers
2/5
Not really my jam
Suede
4/5
I do like.
Soft Cell
3/5
Fine.
Muddy Waters
4/5
Um hmm
The Cure
3/5
Good, they have better
Elbow
4/5
Always a goodie
The Rolling Stones
4/5
Great stuff.
Jimi Hendrix
5/5
Love a bit of Jimi 🎸
The Libertines
3/5
Good. Not great.
Willie Nelson
3/5
Better than I expected
Red Snapper
3/5
Yeeeah, grand.
Janet Jackson
3/5
Strong pop album
Deep Purple
4/5
Rock on 🤘
Coldplay
4/5
Brings back a lot of memories
The Verve
5/5
One (or five!) for the memorie!
Janelle Monáe
4/5
Great pop
Anita Baker
3/5
Good, but not totally my vibe.
Jane's Addiction
3/5
The Doors
4/5
Classic
Cat Stevens
5/5
Great album all round
Steely Dan
3/5
Some good stuff here
Meat Puppets
3/5
Parliament
4/5
I like it!!
Kraftwerk
2/5
Hmm, not really my jam
Beck
3/5
Hmm, not so many songs I know
The Byrds
4/5
Go Birds 🦅
Muddy Waters
3/5
Good, have LP
Wilco
2/5
Shit 💩
R.E.M.
3/5
Steely Dan
4/5
Like a bit of Dan
Echo And The Bunnymen
4/5
Yeah…will listen to more
Small Faces
4/5
Really like this 👍
Green Day
5/5
5 for the memories
Pretenders
3/5
Not my favourites
Fleet Foxes
4/5
Good, but not as good as the critics thought
Incubus
4/5
Great tracks. Have cd 💿
LCD Soundsystem
5/5
Brill album, they were great live!
Morrissey
3/5
Don’t really love Morrissey but better than I expected.
The Cars
3/5
Van Halen
2/5
2/5
Willie Colón & Rubén Blades
4/5
Latiño vibes- like it
ABBA
4/5
A-ha!!
Hookworms
3/5
Grand, not familiar before
GZA
3/5
Rap, not so much my groove.
Kate Bush
5/5
Banger.
Elvis Presley
5/5
Love it.
Kate Bush
3/5
Not her best
The Only Ones
2/5
Nope.
Foo Fighters
5/5
Yes, yes , yes 🙌
The Beach Boys
3/5
Always thought overrated
Prince
4/5
Such a strong start to the album.
Fever Ray
3/5
I will listen again.
Sly & The Family Stone
2/5
He has better
Frank Sinatra
4/5
Saucy for the 50’s!
Hole
3/5
Good, not great
White Denim
2/5
Not for me
Jorge Ben Jor
4/5
Good world music.
Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
3/5
Good.
Oasis
5/5
Classic 90’s, great debut album
Radiohead
5/5
Sex Pistols
1/5
Not for me. Never understood the hype.
Deerhunter
2/5
No. Too slow
Wild Beasts
3/5
Need to listen more
The Divine Comedy
4/5
One of their best
Tom Waits
3/5
Like Tom Waits , but not sure about this
Aerosmith
4/5
The La's
5/5
4 stars for There She Goes, best song about drug addiction!
Dinosaur Jr.
4/5
Mariah Carey
3/5
Good pop music
Tim Buckley
3/5
Good, but his son is better.
Portishead
3/5
Like it
Nirvana
5/5
Goldfrapp
4/5
Drive Like Jehu
1/5
Nope! Too shouty / screams.
Adele
3/5
First album better?
The Divine Comedy
4/5
Kings of Leon
4/5
Solid start.
Lupe Fiasco
1/5
Lupe = fiasco
The Black Keys
5/5
G’wan the two boyz
The Band
3/5
Love, love, love The Weight but not a great album overall
Blue Cheer
3/5
Will listen again
Ananda Shankar
3/5
Interesting version but not for me.
The Cure
4/5
Like The Cure, not familiar with this album but will listen again
Tom Waits
3/5
Shuggie Otis
5/5
I LIKE IT
Chicago
2/5
Nope
Method Man
3/5
Good listen
Sonic Youth
3/5
I like it - over to you Tomek 😉
The Kinks
4/5
I do like The Kinks
The Lemonheads
3/5
Good but not amazing
Belle & Sebastian
3/5
I like it but prefer other albums
Paul Simon
2/5
Nah
Fiona Apple
3/5
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
4/5
Really like this Elvis 🕺
Iron Butterfly
4/5
Garden of Eden…..
D'Angelo
4/5
Yep. I like
The Pretty Things
4/5
Never heard of these guys, like The Beatles
Guided By Voices
2/5
Nope.
Incredible Bongo Band
3/5
Like it
Bob Dylan
4/5
Like it. Good Bob.
The Isley Brothers
4/5
Great stuff.
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
2/5
Not a fan 🪭
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
3/5
Good, not fantastic
Steely Dan
3/5
A lot of Steely Dan? Who knew??
Air
3/5
Love Air, but not mad about this one.
The Last Shadow Puppets
5/5
Banger.
CHVRCHES
4/5
Saw them on this album tour! Listened twice!
PJ Harvey
4/5
Yep 👍
OutKast
4/5
Sorry Mrs. Jackson, not quite 5 ⭐️
Grateful Dead
2/5
I’m not a Dead Head
John Lennon
5/5
Yes! 🙌 Jealous Guy!
TLC
4/5
4 not 5
Rocket From The Crypt
4/5
3 + 1 star for ‘On A Rope’!!
The Pogues
5/5
G’wan - even if only half-Irish!
Ministry
2/5
Nope
The Who
3/5
The Killers
5/5
4+1 for Mr. Brightside! So many weddings!
PJ Harvey
3/5
Okaay PJ
Milton Nascimento
3/5
Too many tracks ! Like it though
James Taylor
3/5
Couple of good ones, not totally my Barry’s.
Hanoi Rocks
2/5
Nah.
Sufjan Stevens
5/5
SIX stars 🌟! Love it
John Lennon
4/5
Great album.
Public Image Ltd.
3/5
Skunk Anansie
4/5
Not as good as Paranoid and Sunburnt
Cornershop
3/5
Brimful !
The Stooges
4/5
Like Iggy
Beatles
5/5
C’mon?? It’s The Beatles!