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Album	You	Global	Diff
Slipknot Slipknot	5	2.67	+2.33
American Beauty Grateful Dead	5	3.24	+1.76
Rust In Peace Megadeth	5	3.24	+1.76
Toys In The Attic Aerosmith	5	3.26	+1.74
Smash The Offspring	5	3.37	+1.63
Hybrid Theory Linkin Park	5	3.39	+1.61
Cheap Thrills Big Brother & The Holding Company	5	3.42	+1.58
Straight Outta Compton N.W.A.	5	3.51	+1.49
Stankonia OutKast	5	3.55	+1.45
Maggot Brain Funkadelic	5	3.6	+1.4

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Songs Of Leonard Cohen Leonard Cohen	1	3.38	-2.38
Blue Lines Massive Attack	1	3.38	-2.38
Pornography The Cure	1	3.32	-2.32
Channel Orange Frank Ocean	1	3.31	-2.31
Trio Dolly Parton	1	3.13	-2.13
Time (The Revelator) Gillian Welch	1	3.05	-2.05
La Revancha Del Tango Gotan Project	1	3.04	-2.04
Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle Bill Callahan	1	3.02	-2.02
Better Living Through Chemistry Fatboy Slim	1	2.99	-1.99
Led Zeppelin III Led Zeppelin	2	3.96	-1.96

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Calenture

The Triffids

1/5

I believe the appropriate response after the first 10 seconds of every song is, “ugh”.

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1-Star Albums (15)

Chocolate Starfish And The Hot Dog Flavored Water

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That's The Way Of The World

Earth, Wind & Fire

2/5

It was ok but too many duds for me. I need more funk.

Disintegration

The Cure

2/5

I remembered why I don’t listen to full The Cure Albums. Too much whining more me. Needs mood changes. The radio plays are still good songs.

Channel Orange

Frank Ocean

1/5

I figured I’d listen to this when I was in the mood to hear Get Out of My Dreams and Into my Car. Then, I realized it was a different and forgot until the text chain yesterday. I am now listening to Billy Ocean then Gwar cover Billy Ocean to rid of this trash. One positive was Crack Pipe.

3 + 3

The Isley Brothers

3/5

I got sent to a double album that was super long where songs repeated. I realized it when I felt like I was hearing the same instrumentals. Overall, it was alright.

Live And Dangerous

Thin Lizzy

4/5

Some good stuff. Great guitars. Long for a live show. Could’ve cut Jimmy the Weed.

New York Dolls

2/5

There are just so many better albums in this genre. Nothing stood out to me, but probably fun live.

Rock 'N Soul

Solomon Burke

4/5

I loved the first song and everything upbeat. Surprisingly, the slower songs were my least favorite.

Parklife

Blur

3/5

Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

4/5

Liked it more than I thought I would.

Stankonia

OutKast

5/5

I really enjoyed this. I’m only rating the songs and not the skits/dialogue.

The Genius Of Ray Charles

Ray Charles

4/5

Closest I came to giving a 5. Really good but the slow ones were a little short of 5 territory for me.

The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan

2/5

Might have been good if I lived in a small town and never heard rebellious music before. Jacob Dylan is the superior songwriter.

A Night At The Opera

Queen

5/5

I loved it. It took chances on a bunch of different songs. Everything followed a theme but didn’t seem like the same 1 or 2 songs. Also, I forgot how much I love ‘39. Great album!

My Generation

The Who

3/5

This is one of my least favorite The Who albums. I think it is so so. I really wish it was another one.

Headquarters

The Monkees

2/5

Listened to trash and didn’t even get I’m a Believer!?!? I would’ve rather listened to Smash Mouth. It only got a 2 because I liked the last song

Led Zeppelin III

Led Zeppelin

2/5

It is a bland Zeppelin album. Immigrant Song is such a good opener then falls flat. Not for me.

Hail To the Thief

Radiohead

2/5

Radiohead full albums just never do it for me. It is like a lesser newer King Crimson with a whinny voice. I do think they would be interesting live.

I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight

Richard Thompson

3/5

The Calvary Cross was a good tune. I didn’t care for the girl ballads. If you swapped those for more upbeat stuff, I would’ve liked it more.

Trio

Dolly Parton

1/5

I didn’t even finish it. After Wildflowers, I had hope then it was too much of singing in harmony. Not for me.

If You Can Believe Your Eyes & Ears

The Mamas & The Papas

4/5

I can’t give any record with California Dreaming less than 3 stars. I did like this a lot. You can tell stereo was a newer thing because they used the shit out of it.

Pet Sounds

The Beach Boys

5/5

An excellent album all the way around. It really sounds like they captured something different and I like it.

Cheap Thrills

Big Brother & The Holding Company

5/5

My brother used to date a girl who thought she was Janis Joplin reincarnated. She was born the same day Janis died. I didn’t like her but did always like this album. Rocking good time.

Highway 61 Revisited

Bob Dylan

5/5

For how much I hated the last Bob Dylan album, I really like this one. Like a Rolling Stone is one of my favorite songs so it just gets the whole thing kicking. Great album!

At San Quentin

Johnny Cash

5/5

I liked this a lot. He really controlled the crowd. The banter was great. He sounded great too. I think if this was a studio album, I would’ve given it 4 stars. I enjoyed the feel so much, I bumped it up to 5.

Paranoid

Black Sabbath

5/5

Easy 5 stars. Great album that still holds up. Brutality’s cover of Electric Funeral and Pantera’s cover of Planet Caravan are both worth a listen.

Hybrid Theory

Linkin Park

5/5

This has so many good songs that I went to a 5. Overall, I would go a little heavier but the whole thing is just too solid for me to go to a 4. I’d be about 4.6.

evermore

Taylor Swift

2/5

It’s ok. It was too slow overall. She has better stuff than this

Frank

Amy Winehouse

3/5

I wish I liked this Jazz stuff more. I think I would’ve of enjoyed a live show. I’d love a live show now with Zombie Amy Winehouse but I really need the setting to like this.

Slipknot

5/5

Still love this album. Good trip down memory lane. If you didn’t know, one did a backflip onto me off the speakers at one of the shows.

Violator

Depeche Mode

2/5

Not for me. I only gave it a 2 due to one good song. Otherwise, it was a dud.

Pornography

The Cure

1/5

The Cure just isn’t for me. Before this whole thing started, I felt like I liked them more than this but these albums are a struggle to get through.

The Atomic Mr Basie

Count Basie & His Orchestra

2/5

It was perfectly fine background music. It would go well in a Vegas show. I would never put it on though.

Songs Of Leonard Cohen

Leonard Cohen

1/5

Today I learned that I never need to listen to Leonard Cohen again.

Cupid & Psyche 85

Scritti Politti

1/5

Shortest album ever because I only listened to each song for about 20 seconds. Hated it.

Rumours

Fleetwood Mac

5/5

This is a great album. It isn’t something that I’d put on. However, it is always good on the radio or in a movie.

Heavy Weather

Weather Report

2/5

Perfectly fine in an elevator or lobby.

Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle

Bill Callahan

1/5

This is what I imagine Mormons listen to to be edgy. Awful!

Off The Wall

Michael Jackson

5/5

This is was a good disco feel.

Henry's Dream

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

3/5

After I finished, I Googled, “is Nick Cave a magician.” Here is the answer, “No, the Nick Cave you're likely thinking of, the musician and frontman of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, is not a magician, but rather an Australian musician, writer, and actor. The other Nick Cave, an American sculptor, dancer, and performance artist, is known for his "Soundsuit" creations. “ Every song started and I thought, this is going to suck. The ones that picked up were a pleasant surprise. I’m not sure if I would’ve rated it under 3 stars but he hypnotized me to round up.

If I Should Fall From Grace With God

The Pogues

4/5

Really good time. Throw on Irish folk music and everyone is in a good mood. I thought it was a tad long and slower to the end so I rounded down.

Garbage

3/5

It was fine. Nothing special.

New Forms

Roni Size

1/5

Listened to it with my dad. At song 3, he asked when is this over. We were both done by then.

Green Onions

Booker T. & The MG's

4/5

This was a step up on the blues album charts.

Abbey Road

Beatles

4/5

Every Beatles album is good. This one always has skips for me. I just don’t get I Want You (She’s so Heavy). There are other parts I don’t care for.

Tubular Bells

Mike Oldfield

3/5

I sort of liked it. Then sort of hated it. Then sort of liked it. Etc…that happened every 1 minute so I guess it is 3 stars.

We Are Family

Sister Sledge

2/5

If I was 60 and about to tear up a wedding dance floor or roller-skate backwards, I would’ve liked it more.

Youth And Young Manhood

Kings of Leon

4/5

The Stranger

Billy Joel

4/5

I’ve

Crazysexycool

TLC

2/5

The big 3 are still alright songs. Maybe 14 year old me should’ve listened to this to this. It could’ve of given me a better understanding of the importance of “game”. However, those days have long past.

Time (The Revelator)

Gillian Welch

1/5

If I was walking by someone playing this in the park, I’d think something like “that doesn’t sound terrible.” Put that same person next to me while driving, and I’d want to crack their skull open. I listened to this while driving.

Mothership Connection

Parliament

4/5

It was a nice funk listen. There is a lot going on. They probably get sampled all the time.

Out Of The Blue

Electric Light Orchestra

5/5

It may have dragged a little at the end but I’m rounding up because ELO just puts me in a good mood.

Guero

Beck

2/5

Bored. Pretty much forgot it.

Drunk

Thundercat

4/5

Man, I really have a good time with Thundercat. I wish Frank Zappa was around to collab. He feels like a less weird modern day version.

Your New Favourite Band

The Hives

3/5

They really overestimated how much I’d like this album. It was fun though. I was close to giving it a 4.

Siamese Dream

The Smashing Pumpkins

3/5

To me, this is a 90s version of The Cure. I just don’t like them that much. I thought about giving it a 2 but gave it a 3 on nostalgia alone.

Dusty In Memphis

Dusty Springfield

2/5

Son of a preacher man got me going. Otherwise it was fine to boring.

British Steel

Judas Priest

4/5

Fun album. I’m biased to anything metal. Judas Priest always has a lot of skips for me, but the good ones rock.

good kid, m.A.A.d city

Kendrick Lamar

2/5

This just isn’t for me. I feel super old know I’m even less cool.

On The Beach

Neil Young

4/5

I’m not sure I’ve listened to an entire Neil Young album before. I enjoyed it more than expected. See the sky about to rain was my favorite.

Duck Rock

Malcolm McLaren

1/5

Turns out ducks listen to shit music.

Better Living Through Chemistry

Fatboy Slim

1/5

Made it about 10 minutes.

Murmur

R.E.M.

3/5

I super indifferent about this whole album. It really just felt like background music the whole time. Didn’t hate it but never need to listen to it again.

Tea for the Tillerman

Cat Stevens

3/5

This was on the higher end of folk for me which is still a 3. I could have this in the background and be fine with it.

Smash

The Offspring

5/5

On a punk or even pseudo punk scale, it is like a 7. On this list, it was awesome. They still have great individual songs.

Toys In The Attic

Aerosmith

5/5

I forgot how bluezy they were. It is more like a 4.5 but I rounded up. I did have a good time listening to it.

Surf's Up

The Beach Boys

3/5

Weird feel for a Beach Boys album. A lot of drugs going around back then.

Led Zeppelin

3/5

Liked it more than I remember, but Zepplelin has never been my favorite. 3.5 stars rounded down. It is weird to pick up on all the blues in the old music. Also, didn’t care for the weird news article song.

Deja Vu

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

3/5

Good folk is only 2.5 - 3. This was fine.

Aladdin Sane

David Bowie

4/5

I like Bowie. He just takes a lot of different ideas so the albums don’t feel stale. I really liked The Prettiest Star.

I’ve Got a Tiger By the Tail

Buck Owens

2/5

They were songs.

Second Toughest In The Infants

Underworld

1/5

My hair isn’t enough different colors to enjoy this.

Heroes

David Bowie

2/5

I hate to do it, but I couldn’t get into this one. I don’t like the cut up version of Heroes either. The long play is so much better. This version feels like a cd is skipping. Not for me.

A Rush Of Blood To The Head

Coldplay

3/5

It was fine. I consider it far more of background music than something I’d put on.

Chocolate Starfish And The Hot Dog Flavored Water

Limp Bizkit

1/5

Holy shit did I hate this. The intro was terrible. This sounds like an old man writing for teenagers. If I had to write lyrics for kids now I’d say a bunch of cuss words, cap and bet. It would be just as shitty as this.

Close To You

Carpenters

2/5

Not for me. This feels like the music you grow up on then later in life become a questionable camp counselor.

Pearl

Janis Joplin

4/5

Straight Outta Compton

N.W.A.

5/5

Thumping good time.

American Beauty

Grateful Dead

5/5

It’s been a long time since I listened to this album. I pretty much listen to Dead shows. American Beauty will forever remind me of my brother partying in our basement. For that alone, it gets 5 stars.

Imagine

John Lennon

3/5

Beatles solo stuff is basically a hit or dud for me. This could be played with a lot of skips. I’d rather have their greatest hits than individual albums.

Sunday At The Village Vanguard

Bill Evans Trio

2/5

If I’m getting an Old Fashioned, this is just fine. While I’m pressure washing my deck, it isn’t the best choice.

Penthouse And Pavement

Heaven 17

2/5

Anyone want to go to the Rollerdome?

Music From Big Pink

The Band

4/5

Songs In The Key Of Life