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Albums you rated higher than global average

Album	You	Global	Diff
Selected Ambient Works 85-92	5	3.21	+1.79
System Of A Down	5	3.26	+1.74
Tres Hombres	5	3.42	+1.58
The Gershwin Songbook	5	3.54	+1.46
Boston	5	3.71	+1.29
Jagged Little Pill	5	3.72	+1.28
Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes	4	2.93	+1.07

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Albums you rated lower than global average

Album	You	Global	Diff
The College Dropout	1	3.32	-2.32
Me Against The World	1	3.25	-2.25
People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm	2	3.61	-1.61
Fear and Whiskey	1	2.6	-1.6
Darkdancer	1	2.58	-1.58
A Girl Called Dusty	2	3.33	-1.33
Smile	2	3.06	-1.06
Talk Talk Talk	2	3.03	-1.03

5-Star Albums (7)

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Fear and Whiskey

Mekons

1/5

Haha, that was fun, but like in a really bad way

4 likes

The College Dropout

Kanye West

1/5

no.

1 likes

1-Star Albums (4)

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Cloud Nine

The Temptations

4/5

I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You

Aretha Franklin

4/5

Let's Get It On

Marvin Gaye

3/5

Tres Hombres

ZZ Top

5/5

This will always remind me of my childhood and Dad. Just damn good music

Vol. 4

Black Sabbath

3/5

meh

Back At The Chicken Shack

Jimmy Smith

3/5

Groove

Grievous Angel

Gram Parsons

3/5

She's So Unusual

Cyndi Lauper

3/5

In Rainbows

Radiohead

4/5

I like it. Bodysnatchers was especially delightful.

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My Bloody Valentine

2/5

Brown noise that helped me cultivate 10 acres in Farming Simulator. If I need to zone out and not think much, this works

Fear and Whiskey

Mekons

1/5

Haha, that was fun, but like in a really bad way

The Gershwin Songbook

Ella Fitzgerald

5/5

I balked a bit when I saw it was a 6 CD box set, but the time flew by. This was great

People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm

A Tribe Called Quest

2/5

Hip hop, in general, is more difficult for me to get in to. I liked Tribe okay. It's definitely better than the crap I hear blared at intersections, and the absence of a constant barrage of obscenities was nice (oh lord, I'm getting old). Ham and Eggs was great though. Halfway through the track I realized they were giving me healthy dietary advice.

Me Against The World

2Pac

1/5

This being my primary exposure to rap when I was younger and in school is probably why I fought hip hop for so long.

Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes

TV On The Radio

4/5

I can't think how to articulate why at the moment, but I really liked this quite a bit.

Selected Ambient Works 85-92

Aphex Twin

5/5

Something about this type of music connects with the little struggling neurons in my brain in a way other genres of music don't seem to. I was listening to this while I worked and it was not helpful. I often found myself staring blankly at the wall, no longer working, having picked out some small individual sound, following it along its journey through the track, unable to snap out of the trance until the song ended. Which also sounds oddly like a mind-numbing tranquilizer, an agent of control constructed to lure me into a state passive submission, where Richard James' nefarious designs on the world can begin to take shape. I wouldn't put it past him.

Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs

Derek & The Dominos

4/5

A Girl Called Dusty

Dusty Springfield

2/5

At Newport 1960

Muddy Waters

3/5

I like Muddy Waters, but this particular recording didn't quite grab me. The quality felt off and....muddy. It could also have been that I was listening to it in the car on a busy highway as opposed to my usual quiet office and headphones. In fact, I don't know why I'm leaving this review instead of re-listening to it.

The Doors

3/5

It was okay. I listened twice to make sure I couldn't bump it past three stars. Would probably enjoy it more if I had the flu and was taking lots of cold medicine minus the actually having the flu part.

The Yes Album

Yes

3/5

Led Zeppelin

5/5

This is rock and roll! Everything about them is fantastic. And the drum bit on 'I Can't Quit You Baby' at minute three? So good

The College Dropout

Kanye West

1/5

no.

Boston

5/5

This was great. Many of the songs I recognized from classic rock stations growing up, but wasn't familiar with the band. Boston is fantastic

Ellington at Newport

Duke Ellington

3/5

I like it

Iron Maiden

4/5

Not as good as some of their later albums. I definitely prefer Bruce Dickinson on vocals. This is still decent metal though

Darkdancer

Les Rythmes Digitales

1/5

Reminded me of when everybody was playing around with FruityLoops back in high school.

Parachutes

Coldplay

3/5

I can see why they are so popular. Kind of a one size fits all types of people band.

Survivor

Destiny's Child

2/5

Not my jam, but I can see it being good

Smile

Brian Wilson

2/5

At times very similar to a Saturday morning preschool show. One of the terrible ones. 2 Stars since I found myself whistling one of the tunes later in the evening, which is also reminiscent of terrible Saturday morning preschool shows.

Jagged Little Pill

Alanis Morissette

5/5

This album is raw. I love it

Born In The U.S.A.

Bruce Springsteen

3/5

White Light

Gene Clark

3/5

Easy listening

Eagles

4/5

The Köln Concert

Keith Jarrett

3/5

Nice programming music

Shake Your Money Maker

The Black Crowes

3/5

Decent rock and roll

Talk Talk Talk

The Psychedelic Furs

2/5

Black Holes and Revelations

Muse

4/5

They have such a melancholic, kind of apocalyptic, sound. I like it, but there isn't much variation.

Bringing It All Back Home

Bob Dylan

3/5

Surprisingly, I had not listened to much Bob Dylan before. Now I have. Not bad.

Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde

The Pharcyde

3/5

I was head bobbin through much of it, then I started really paying attention to what they were saying. Your mom jokes and shock factor impress me less now. Still kept listening though

Fishscale

Ghostface Killah

3/5

Sometimes I'm unimpressed by the grandstanding in rap, sometimes I'm bored of the never ending womanizing and drug glorification, and sometimes I like it....I can't figure me out. I'll let you know in 200 more albums.

Debut

Björk

3/5

Interesting and enjoyable without feeling like it's being weird just to be weird

System Of A Down

5/5

The heaviest of the System albums and also my introduction to them. I can still get goosebumps listening to Spiders. This and 80's power metal is what eventually led me to my love of melodic death metal (Amon Amarth, ect) which I still shamelessly listen to today.

Superfly

Curtis Mayfield

4/5

Born To Be With You

Dion

3/5

Reminds me of something my mom would have playing while cooking. So there are some nostalgia points there. Overall a relaxing listen

Pearl

Janis Joplin

3/5

She can sing for sure. Not something I would seek out though

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