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Album	You	Global	Diff
Wild Gift X	5	3	+2
Germfree Adolescents X-Ray Spex	5	3.04	+1.96
The Holy Bible Manic Street Preachers	5	3.14	+1.86
The Rolling Stones The Rolling Stones	5	3.25	+1.75
Me Against The World 2Pac	5	3.25	+1.75
This Is Fats Domino Fats Domino	5	3.38	+1.62
The Village Green Preservation Society The Kinks	5	3.4	+1.6
The Wildest! Louis Prima	5	3.54	+1.46
At Newport 1960 Muddy Waters	5	3.55	+1.45
Parallel Lines Blondie	5	3.76	+1.24

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Album	You	Global	Diff
Led Zeppelin II Led Zeppelin	2	4.12	-2.12
OK Computer Radiohead	2	4.1	-2.1
Psychocandy The Jesus And Mary Chain	1	2.94	-1.94
Pet Sounds The Beach Boys	2	3.93	-1.93
Good Old Boys Randy Newman	1	2.86	-1.86
Talking Book Stevie Wonder	2	3.72	-1.72
Scott 2 Scott Walker	1	2.64	-1.64
In A Silent Way Miles Davis	2	3.61	-1.61
Gorillaz Gorillaz	2	3.53	-1.53
Bryter Layter Nick Drake	2	3.51	-1.51

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The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars

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At San Quentin

Johnny Cash

5/5

It's a Johnny Cash album. Nothing more to be said.

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1-Star Albums (4)

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A Rush Of Blood To The Head

Coldplay

3/5

Not a big Coldplay fan but this album was better than I thought it would be. There were a couple of songs I recognised but most were new to me. None saved to listen to again.

Fragile

Yes

3/5

The songs were all so so long. Heart of the sunrise was my standout, loved the last minute or so. Already had Roundabout saved, no new songs saved.

The Bends

Radiohead

3/5

I don't really like Radiohead. I just don't like the singer and some of the songs on this album made me feel almost a bit tense. No songs saved to listen to later.

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

Beatles

5/5

Starts really strong and manages to keep up the pace all through the album. Absolutism love it. Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds is definitely my favourite, with When I'm Sixty-four coming in second. Three songs saved to listen to again.

Strangeways, Here We Come

The Smiths

4/5

Really liked it. Saved three songs.

Led Zeppelin II

Led Zeppelin

2/5

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector

Various Artists

3/5

Pretty good Christmas album. I was a little late in getting to it (and I'm also in Australia so I think it was a day late) so I'm a bit over it, but there are some good classic Christmas songs on there.

Bryter Layter

Nick Drake

2/5

Not really my thing. Felt a bit too old for my tastes. None saved to listen to again.

Murmur

R.E.M.

3/5

Abraxas

Santana

3/5

Didn't mind this one. Not too much singing, just vibes.

Scott 2

Scott Walker

1/5

I think I gave this a fair chance, I didn't listen to the last couple of songs but judging by how much I hated the rest of the songs on this album I really can't imagine they would've saved it for me. I just hated this album so much.

Before And After Science

Brian Eno

4/5

Some songs i liked, some i didn't. Saved one to listen to in future.

Songs From A Room

Leonard Cohen

3/5

Electric Warrior

T. Rex

3/5

Not my favourite but I didn't hate this. I do wish the entire album was more like the b sides. So many of the other's were just so one note and boring.

Purple Rain

Prince

3/5

Yeah I just really don't enjoy Prince.

Cypress Hill

3/5

I didn't mind some of the songs but probably wouldn't listen to it again.

I See You

The xx

3/5

I didn't hate this, it's just boring. On Hold was already in my rotation, no additional songs to listen to later.

Yeezus

Kanye West

2/5

Don't mind a couple of the songs (Black Skinhead) but some of the lyrics made me so uncomfortable (I'm In It was so gross). There's also much autotune and i wasn't a huge fan of some of the experimental elements or sampling.

The College Dropout

Kanye West

3/5

I actually found myself kind of enjoying this album. I like it a lot better than Yeezus. I enjoyed All Falls Down, Spaceship, Jesus Walks, and Never Let Me Down. Kanye really does make some very interesting music. It's not 100% my thing but I can appreciate it. It's a shame he's such an awful person.

Cosmo's Factory

Creedence Clearwater Revival

4/5

John Prine

2/5

I'm not sure how I feel about this album. I didn't hate it but it's a bit too old man rock for my tastes.

Wonderful Rainbow

Lightning Bolt

1/5

40 minutes of noise. Made me anxious. Hated it.

Ogden's Nut Gone Flake

Small Faces

2/5

Hot Rats

Frank Zappa

3/5

Either a 2 or a 3. The music is good, I just really prefer songs with lyrics. I also prefer shorter songs. 12 minutes really is too long for one song.

London Calling

The Clash

4/5

Really enjoyed this one. Dont think it was quite perfect but a very enjoyable experience nonetheless. 4 songs saved to listen to again + London Calling which was already on my list.

Definitely Maybe

Oasis

4/5

Crossing the Red Sea With the Adverts

The Adverts

3/5

I listened to this yesterday and I really can't remember a single song on it. Didn't love it, didn't hate it. It gets a 2.5.

Horses

Patti Smith

2/5

Really not a fan of the vocals or the intense, dour music

Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music

Ray Charles

4/5

A little over the top at times but I'd listen to this one again.

If You Can Believe Your Eyes & Ears

The Mamas & The Papas

4/5

Technique

New Order

3/5

Didn't mind this but not quite my thing

Kollaps

Einstürzende Neubauten

2/5

After reading the other reviews I was expecting something pretty terrible, but Kollaps actually wasn't that bad. Would I listen to it again? No, probably not. Was it a completely joyless experience? No, not really. Most of it is just noise. Some of it was quite unpleasant. I'm sure one of the songs straight up sampled a drill. Sometimes I flinched. But the album really wasnt the worst thing I've ever heard.

Heartbreaker

Ryan Adams

2/5

Really didn't like this. It was too slow and whiny for me. Best song was Shakedown on 9th Street but it sounds like it's from a totally different album.

Pretenders

3/5

I didn't mind this. It's a bit too much for my tastes sometimes but when it's good, it's good.

Psychocandy

The Jesus And Mary Chain

1/5

I did not like this at all

Brutal Youth

Elvis Costello

2/5

OK Computer

Radiohead

2/5

I was bored. Karma Police is a good song, I wouldn't listen to the rest of the album again.

Bad

Michael Jackson

3/5

There are some good songs on here but they're all like 30 seconds too long.

The Atomic Mr Basie

Count Basie & His Orchestra

2/5

Just instrumentals

Timeless

Goldie

2/5

Siamese Dream

The Smashing Pumpkins

3/5

I just don't like Billy Corgan's voice. I think I'd love this of someone else sang it.

Only By The Night

Kings of Leon

4/5

Hot Fuss

The Killers

4/5

Ellington at Newport

Duke Ellington

3/5

It's Blitz!

Yeah Yeah Yeahs

4/5

Dookie

Green Day

4/5

Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs

Derek & The Dominos

2/5

Quiet Life

Japan

3/5

Stand outs: Life in Tokyo, Quiet Life.

Our Aim Is To Satisfy

Red Snapper

2/5

Music for the Masses

Depeche Mode

3/5

I enjoyed the first 9 songs, but after that I was pretty keen for it to be over. I don't enjoy instrumentals too much and they also got a bit too intense and moody.

Gorillaz

2/5

Fear and Whiskey

Mekons

2/5

Vol. 4

Black Sabbath

3/5

Connected

Stereo MC's

2/5

Guero

Beck

2/5

The Queen Is Dead

The Smiths

4/5

My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

Kanye West

3/5

I think I liked this more than Yeezus and less than the College Dropout. So many long songs and the language once again bothered me, "Yeezy reupholstered my pussy." How can anyone listen to that line without embarassment?

Elephant

The White Stripes

4/5

Hypnotised

The Undertones

4/5

Steve McQueen

Prefab Sprout

2/5

Pretty generic 80s songs.

808 State

2/5

Live At The Harlem Square Club

Sam Cooke

4/5

Usually don't like live albums, but this one really had me wishing I was there watching it live.

Funeral

Arcade Fire

3/5

I half enjoyed this. Some of the songs were a bit grating.

Car Wheels On A Gravel Road

Lucinda Williams

2/5

Blunderbuss

Jack White

4/5

The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway

Genesis

3/5

I really like Invisible Touch (the song, haven't listened to the whole album), so i thought I'd really like Genesis. I am now realising it was stupid to think I'd enjoy a band Street hearing one song. I didn't really enjoy this album. There were a few songs that i liked, but I didn't enjoy most of them. I have also generally struggled with longer albums and this is definitely a long one at 1.5hrs. I was enjoying disc 2 more than disc 1 but then it just became instrumentals.

Nebraska

Bruce Springsteen

3/5

This was a bit all over the place for me. Hated Nebraska, liked Atlantic City, disliked Mansion on the hill, rinse and repeat...

The World is a Ghetto

War

3/5

Really not into instrumentals but this is pretty solid background music.

Transformer

Lou Reed

3/5

This didn't sit quite right with me. It feels really depressing but also sweet at the same time?

This Is Fats Domino

Fats Domino

5/5

So good I listened to it twice in a row. Loved Blueberry Hill, Going Home and Mardi Gras in New Orleans.

D.O.A. the Third and Final Report of Throbbing Gristle

Throbbing Gristle

2/5

I was certain this would be a one but it kind of grew on me. I even mostly enjoyed AB/7A. I'd recommend reading up a little on the band and band members, they're interesting people and some are still making music today in theirs 70s.

Elvis Presley

4/5

I know Elvis Presley already so I knew I'd enjoy this album. I don't love his covers though. Ray Charles and Little Richard do I've Got a Woman and Tutti Frutti a million times better than Elvis does.

Paul's Boutique

Beastie Boys

3/5

This really grew on me. The samples are great. The lyrics are sometimes cringeworthy but fun. But I don't think I'd listen to this again.

Blood And Chocolate

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

2/5

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness

The Smashing Pumpkins

3/5

Automatic For The People

R.E.M.

4/5

Peter Gabriel

3/5

People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm

A Tribe Called Quest

3/5

Generally not a fan of hip hop music but the rhythms on this one are fun, would be good background music if I'm ever in the right mood.

Now I Got Worry

The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion

2/5

Gasoline Alley

Rod Stewart

3/5

Didn't think I'd enjoy this as much as I did.

The La's

3/5

Talking Heads 77

Talking Heads

3/5

Tres Hombres

ZZ Top

3/5

Green River

Creedence Clearwater Revival

4/5

Os Mutantes

2/5

Good Old Boys

Randy Newman

1/5

I like Toy Story, I did not like this.

Licensed To Ill

Beastie Boys

3/5

...And Justice For All

Metallica

3/5

Ctrl

SZA

4/5

Safe As Milk

Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band

3/5

Nothing's Shocking

Jane's Addiction

3/5

The Cars

4/5

Hybrid Theory

Linkin Park

4/5

Never been a Linkin Park fan but I really enjoyed this album.

The Holy Bible

Manic Street Preachers

5/5

Shaka Zulu

Ladysmith Black Mambazo

3/5

Sunshine Superman

Donovan

3/5

A Night At The Opera

Queen

3/5

There are some fantastic songs on this album (You're my Best Friend, Bohemian Rhapsody!!), but it's just gets dragged down by the bad songs. What even is I'm In Love With My Car??

Parallel Lines

Blondie

5/5

Love love love the album art and love the songs.

Let It Bleed

The Rolling Stones

3/5

New York Dolls

3/5

Channel Orange

Frank Ocean

3/5

A Love Supreme

John Coltrane

4/5

Tapestry

Carole King

4/5

Truth And Soul

Fishbone

3/5

Hysteria

Def Leppard

4/5

Deloused in the Comatorium

The Mars Volta

2/5

Too much for me. Too loud and jarring.

Deep Purple In Rock

Deep Purple

4/5

Natty Dread

Bob Marley & The Wailers

3/5

Bridge Over Troubled Water

Simon & Garfunkel

4/5

Buffalo Springfield Again

Buffalo Springfield

3/5

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

The Kinks

3/5

The Wildest!

Louis Prima

5/5

Ocean Rain

Echo And The Bunnymen

2/5

The Village Green Preservation Society

The Kinks

5/5

Rattlesnakes

Lloyd Cole And The Commotions

3/5

Another fairly mediocre 80s album.

American Idiot

Green Day

5/5

Talking Book

Stevie Wonder

2/5

Superstition and I Believe are great songs but they just can't save this album. There rest of the tracks are just so boring.

The Rolling Stones

5/5

Ray Of Light

Madonna

4/5

Frampton Comes Alive

Peter Frampton

4/5

Imagine

John Lennon

3/5

KIWANUKA

Michael Kiwanuka

3/5

Triangle

The Beau Brummels

3/5

I don't know about this one. I can't decide if I liked it, I can't really see myself listening to it very often. Painter of Women was pretty weird.

Follow The Leader

Korn

3/5

Paranoid

Black Sabbath

5/5

Meat Is Murder

The Smiths

4/5

Disraeli Gears

Cream

3/5

Deja Vu

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

3/5

Black Monk Time

The Monks

4/5

Mermaid Avenue

Billy Bragg

3/5

Hard to rate this one. I loved some of the songs and hated some others. My stand outs were Birds and Ships and Hoodoo Voodoo.

The Köln Concert

Keith Jarrett

3/5

Aftermath

The Rolling Stones

3/5

Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

4/5

Black Sabbath

4/5

The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan

4/5

At Newport 1960

Muddy Waters

5/5

Superfly

Curtis Mayfield

3/5

Heroes

David Bowie

3/5

Let's Stay Together

Al Green

3/5

Tidal

Fiona Apple

3/5

Face to Face

The Kinks

4/5

Solid Air

John Martyn

3/5

Not a fan of this. It just felt a bit too Dave Matthews Band for me. Only song I liked was Over the Hill.

Bayou Country

Creedence Clearwater Revival

4/5

Sign 'O' The Times

Prince

3/5

Illmatic

Nas

4/5

Fun House

The Stooges

4/5

All Things Must Pass

George Harrison

4/5

Wild Gift

5/5

This was great, very fun punky album.

Van Halen

4/5

At Fillmore East

The Allman Brothers Band

3/5

I was enjoying it at first but it was just too long and it all felt too similar.

Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim

Frank Sinatra

3/5

Elevator music. Glad this one was short.

Tommy

The Who

4/5

Good album, some of the songs were quite strange though. Better listened to in one go, rather than listening to the songs separately.

Music For The Jilted Generation

The Prodigy

4/5

Led Zeppelin

4/5

If I Should Fall From Grace With God

The Pogues

4/5

Melody A.M.

Röyksopp

4/5

Me Against The World

2Pac

5/5

Raw Like Sushi

Neneh Cherry

3/5

Incredibly lame. "You're a outré risqué locomotive, driving me crazy."

Sunday At The Village Vanguard

Bill Evans Trio

2/5

The Low End Theory

A Tribe Called Quest

4/5

Night Life

Ray Price

3/5

Fred Neil

3/5

Franz Ferdinand

3/5

Didn't like this as much as I thought i would. Take Me Out is great but overall the album felt quite dated and not very interesting.

Hail To the Thief

Radiohead

3/5

Dire Straits

3/5

The Chronic

Dr. Dre

4/5

I enjoyed the vibe of the album but a lot of the lyrics were quite juvenile. It also does feel a lot like a Snoop Dogg album, he's featured so heavily.

The Scream

Siouxsie And The Banshees

3/5

At San Quentin

Johnny Cash

5/5

It's a Johnny Cash album. Nothing more to be said.

Common

3/5

Pornography

The Cure

3/5

Music From Big Pink

The Band

2/5

You Are The Quarry

Morrissey

2/5

Tigermilk

Belle & Sebastian

2/5

Rio

Duran Duran

2/5

Joan Armatrading

3/5

Fleet Foxes

4/5

The Sensational Alex Harvey Band

2/5

Yeah this was pretty crude.

Stand!

Sly & The Family Stone

4/5

Odessey And Oracle

The Zombies

3/5

On The Beach

Neil Young

2/5

Hate his voice.

Can't Buy A Thrill

Steely Dan

3/5

Very

Pet Shop Boys

2/5

New Boots And Panties

Ian Dury

2/5

Bitches Brew

Miles Davis

2/5

Playing With Fire

Spacemen 3

3/5

More Songs About Buildings And Food

Talking Heads

2/5

Harvest

Neil Young

3/5

A Girl Called Dusty

Dusty Springfield

3/5

Guitar Town

Steve Earle

3/5

Closer

Joy Division

4/5

Tragic Songs of Life

The Louvin Brothers

2/5

Frank

Amy Winehouse

2/5

Thought I would like this but it's just too much. Too over the top and a little annoying.

Pet Sounds

The Beach Boys

2/5

Too corny for me.

Let England Shake

PJ Harvey

4/5

Honky Tonk Heroes

Waylon Jennings

2/5

Darkdancer

Les Rythmes Digitales

2/5

The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars

David Bowie

5/5

Who's Next

The Who

3/5

Doolittle

Pixies

3/5

Legalize It

Peter Tosh

3/5

Germfree Adolescents

X-Ray Spex

5/5

Liked this so much i finished listening and then started the album up from the beginning again.

Lost In The Dream

The War On Drugs

2/5

This was pretty boring to me.

AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted

Ice Cube

2/5

Palo Congo

Sabu

2/5

Definitely would've enjoyed this more without the vocals

Idlewild

Everything But The Girl

2/5

Literally so boring.

Speakerboxxx/The Love Below

OutKast

2/5

This would've been improved with some ruthless editing.

Aqualung

Jethro Tull

2/5

Berlin

Lou Reed

3/5

Hypocrisy Is The Greatest Luxury

The Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy

2/5

I think this is the worst rap album I've listened to so far as part of this project. It felt like I was at a poetry reading or something. Overly pretentious and wordy.

Station To Station

David Bowie

4/5

In A Silent Way

Miles Davis

2/5

No Other

Gene Clark

2/5

Morrison Hotel

The Doors

3/5

The Lexicon Of Love

ABC

3/5

Rock 'N Soul

Solomon Burke

3/5

I thought I'd really enjoy this album based on how much i love Cry to Me, but the other reviews are correct, the other songs on this album are just a bit lacking. My two standouts were Cry to Me and Someone to Love Me, i don't think I'd listen to this album again.

Born To Run

Bruce Springsteen

3/5

I wish he'd stop mumbling, its driving me crazy. Another album i thought I'd like more than I actually did.

Remedy

Basement Jaxx

2/5

I knew I remembered Basement Jaxx from somewhere and it took until I listened to Red Alert for me to place them. It was also the only song I really enjoyed on the album.