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Average Rating
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2010
Favorite Decade
Soul
Favorite Genre
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35
5-Star Albums
6
1-Star Albums
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By Genre
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Albums
You Love More Than Most
| Album | You | Global | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|
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Yeezus
Kanye West
|
5 | 2.76 | +2.24 |
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Heartattack And Vine
Tom Waits
|
5 | 3.07 | +1.93 |
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Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor
Lupe Fiasco
|
5 | 3.13 | +1.87 |
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Time Out Of Mind
Bob Dylan
|
5 | 3.21 | +1.79 |
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Little Earthquakes
Tori Amos
|
5 | 3.22 | +1.78 |
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The College Dropout
Kanye West
|
5 | 3.31 | +1.69 |
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You Want It Darker
Leonard Cohen
|
5 | 3.32 | +1.68 |
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If I Should Fall From Grace With God
The Pogues
|
5 | 3.33 | +1.67 |
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Ágætis Byrjun
Sigur Rós
|
5 | 3.37 | +1.63 |
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Come Away With Me
Norah Jones
|
5 | 3.38 | +1.62 |
You Love Less Than Most
| Album | You | Global | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|
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Here Are the Sonics
The Sonics
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1 | 3.15 | -2.15 |
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Deserter's Songs
Mercury Rev
|
1 | 3.03 | -2.03 |
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In Rainbows
Radiohead
|
2 | 3.85 | -1.85 |
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Tago Mago
Can
|
1 | 2.79 | -1.79 |
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Queen II
Queen
|
2 | 3.49 | -1.49 |
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The Modern Dance
Pere Ubu
|
1 | 2.48 | -1.48 |
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Amnesiac
Radiohead
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2 | 3.41 | -1.41 |
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McCartney
Paul McCartney
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2 | 3.25 | -1.25 |
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Protection
Massive Attack
|
2 | 3.24 | -1.24 |
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Clandestino
Manu Chao
|
2 | 3.23 | -1.23 |
Artists
Favorites
| Artist | Albums | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Bob Dylan | 3 | 5 |
| R.E.M. | 2 | 5 |
| Kanye West | 2 | 5 |
| Pink Floyd | 2 | 5 |
| Beatles | 3 | 4.33 |
5-Star Albums (35)
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Red Snapper · 2 likes
3/5
Interesting but somewhat repetitive. Lots of funky drummer with electronic dance vibes. I was grooving, but not earth shattering
Wilco · 1 likes
4/5
It was much more alternative and experimental than I expected, but I only had a passing familiarity with Wilco. I think I liked it
1-Star Albums (6)
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Queen
4/5
Really interesting. Especially the vocals that weren't Freddy
Aretha Franklin
5/5
So great! Solid vocal performance plus great backup vocals
Ray Charles
3/5
I didn't love this. Most of the songs were kind of gutless. I like the edgy vocals of Ray Charles but most of these were early 60s easy-listening style
Carole King
5/5
Incredible album.
Creedence Clearwater Revival
4/5
Really good album! I had heard the classics from the Greatest Hit comp, but there was more really good stuff on here.
Louis Prima
4/5
Oooh! So fun! very talented musicians and I enjoyed the swing vibe
The Doors
3/5
Not super exciting. Roadhouse Blues is the best but I didn't get into the rest
Destiny's Child
3/5
Pretty incoherent as to theme. Are those girls nasty or are they independent?
Sebadoh
4/5
This album was a bunch of fun. It was mostly right up my alley for grungy 90s rock
David Bowie
4/5
Radiohead
2/5
I want to like Radiohead but I can't. It just all feels so pretentious
Steely Dan
3/5
Lots of good competent jazz-tinged pop rock. No real excitement
The Offspring
4/5
Fun 90s punk
Dusty Springfield
3/5
Good Bacharach standards, well sung. It just goes on a bit too long
R.E.M.
5/5
I love this album so much. I thought it was just nostalgia but a fresh listen confirms it.
Tori Amos
5/5
Wonderful!
Red Hot Chili Peppers
3/5
Phenomenal players, but the lyrics in most of the songs are just so stupid.
The Clash
5/5
Classic!
Queen
4/5
It's got Bohemian Rhapsody and my wedding song.
Mercury Rev
1/5
Couldn't listen to this. Not enjoyable
Yes
4/5
Blood, Sweat & Tears
4/5
Incredible vocals
Orbital
3/5
Once you get past the annoying synching/unsynching opening and closing tracks, the rest of the album is really solid. Good beats. Halcyon is a standout
The Cure
3/5
Spiritualized
2/5
Some of the tracks are quite good, but this drags in places
Sigur Rós
5/5
Richard Hawley
4/5
I knew nothing about this album, but I was pleasantly surprised. It was a cool stripped down vibe. Easy going heartbreak
Cat Stevens
3/5
Not really for me
A Tribe Called Quest
4/5
Stevie Wonder
3/5
It's fine, but it's not a great album overall. Superstition is super, but lots of fluff
Deep Purple
4/5
Herbie Hancock
3/5
I appreciate what this album is trying to do, but the style is not for me
Can
1/5
I just can't
The Last Shadow Puppets
4/5
Such a good vibe. I came into this cold with no expectations, and was bopping and dancing within the first couple of songs. It's an early 60s movie vibe, redone for the modern ear. More like Kingsman The Secret Service than James Bond. Groovy baby
Van Halen
4/5
I was surprised how much of this is just hard rock blues. It's great!
Pere Ubu
1/5
Unlistenable. I tried
Fats Domino
3/5
It's a fine album but not my taste
Johnny Cash
4/5
A classic! It has its flaws as a performance, but captures an event
Wilco
4/5
It was much more alternative and experimental than I expected, but I only had a passing familiarity with Wilco. I think I liked it
Miles Davis
5/5
Perhaps the literal best
Red Snapper
3/5
Interesting but somewhat repetitive. Lots of funky drummer with electronic dance vibes. I was grooving, but not earth shattering
Lauryn Hill
5/5
Amazing!
The Rolling Stones
3/5
Public Enemy
4/5
Beatles
4/5
Iggy Pop
3/5
Nick Drake
4/5
Foo Fighters
3/5
ZZ Top
3/5
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
2/5
Ella Fitzgerald
3/5
I appreciate this for what it is, but it was not for me
The Smashing Pumpkins
4/5
Soft Machine
2/5
There were moments when the jazz was working for me, but the unlistenable opening track, plus the vocals ruined it. Since I managed to enjoy some of it I will grant it 2 stars
Kanye West
5/5
I was conflicted until I found a way to listen to this that wouldn't put any money in Kanye's pocket. This was my first listen and, although I have enjoyed individual works by Kanye, I hadn't experienced this as an album.
It was like very little I had listened to before. I didn't expect the humour, the skits, the contrast between self-deprecation and self-aggrandizing. The rhymes are so good, the beats are amazing. I listened to every word of the 1 hour, 20 minute album and at the end I just felt sad. This album made me laugh and gasp and dance, but I felt sad for what the man is today. I don't know if Kanye in 2005 had the same opinions and beliefs that he has today and was just good at masking them, or has untreated mental illness and 20 years of fame changed him into what he is now.
Since I'm rating the album and not the man, this is 5 stars. A 5 star album for me has to be something that I genuinely enjoy, but also appreciate for a unique approach, or a groundbreaking effort, or a contribution to music that deserves recognition. 5 stars doesn't require perfection but it does require innovation or creativity or generational talent. I see no reason not to recognize that here while boycotting the man in 2025.
Leonard Cohen
4/5
Air
3/5
5/5
Probably my favorite album of all time
Devendra Banhart
2/5
David Bowie
3/5
I expected to like this more
John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers
3/5
The Jesus And Mary Chain
4/5
I realize I've never listened to this group before. I enjoyed it a whole lot
The Specials
2/5
I just can't do it. It feels like a novelty act
The White Stripes
4/5
Joan Baez
4/5
Unapologetic folk album with the power and vibrato of Joan Baez's voice to carry it through
The Undertones
4/5
So fun! Kind of dumb but I'm loving it. Pop punk rhyming couplets without much of a point beyond the songs itself
The Who
3/5
This feels like The Who trying to figure out who they are. I didn't expect the blues tracks. The stand-out standards are by far the best songs (My Generation, The Kids Are Alright) where you really see the direction they will eventually go. The rest is fine and you can hear Keith playing those drums which is what I need. Not my favourite though.
Pavement
4/5
Lana Del Rey
4/5
I've been typically lukewarm on Lana Del Rey, although sometimes the big sweeping songs like "Ride" have swept me up. So I've never listened to a full album of hers until now. This was very impressive. Her voice was interesting as she moved from the highs to the lows. I'm still not convinced she's a good singer, but many of my favourite singers aren't technically good singers.
The music and the production of some of the songs is nuanced and subtle, but still engaging. And the inclusion of "For Free", not exactly the best-known Joni Mitchell song, made me emotional. A fantastic conclusion to the album, tying together the themes and subjects of the songs that came before.
The Cars
4/5
A classic! The one miss is "I'm in Touch With Your World" which sounds like an elementary school band trying to write a Talking Heads song. The rest of it is just a delight. Nearly every track is a classic rock radio hit, and the few new-to-me songs were great as well.
Prince
3/5
Tim Buckley
2/5
Tough one today because I was moving and grooving to the rhythm, and then I started listening to the lyrics. Oh no. Between the casual racism, the misogyny, the sex stuff and then the weird sex stuff, it's hard to find something to love. Still, I was grooving so I can't say I hated all of it
The Who
4/5
It's a great live album
Elvis Presley
3/5
Kendrick Lamar
5/5
The Temptations
4/5
John Cale
2/5
I just could not get into this
Rush
4/5
Snoop Dogg
3/5
I'm not the audience here.
Happy Mondays
3/5
Sly & The Family Stone
3/5
Sugar
4/5
Hits me in my 90s grungy heart.
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
2/5
I just do not have the space for this in my life
Massive Attack
2/5
Really boring and overly mellow
Nina Simone
4/5
Bill Callahan
3/5
I disliked this, but that seems like a failing of mine
Leonard Cohen
5/5
Jeff Buckley
4/5
Burning Spear
4/5
Eric Clapton
3/5
Leonard Cohen
3/5
Simon & Garfunkel
3/5
Tina Turner
4/5
U2
4/5
The Stooges
4/5
Ananda Shankar
3/5
Fugees
4/5
Rufus Wainwright
4/5
Curtis Mayfield
3/5
The Sensational Alex Harvey Band
3/5
Goofy fun
The Mothers Of Invention
2/5
I hate this so much. I despise the insincerity and utter contempt for the audience shown here. It feels like an entire album of "Screw you for listening to this." Feeling that contempt, I've decided to stop listening to it.
Norah Jones
5/5
Purely subjective, but this was the vibe I needed today. Ask me tomorrow and you might get a different answer. This album is beautiful and cool.
Dr. Octagon
2/5
Rahul Dev Burman
3/5
Spacemen 3
2/5
Pink Floyd
5/5
Shivkumar Sharma
3/5
Kacey Musgraves
4/5
The xx
4/5
The 13th Floor Elevators
2/5
OutKast
3/5
The Doors
4/5
Joan Armatrading
3/5
The Triffids
2/5
Jimi Hendrix
5/5
Joni Mitchell
4/5
Manu Chao
2/5
Dr. Dre
3/5
Madness
2/5
Common
4/5
Dinosaur Jr.
4/5
Cornershop
4/5
Simon & Garfunkel
4/5
Joy Division
3/5
Metallica
4/5
Holger Czukay
3/5
Michael Kiwanuka
5/5
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
4/5
Pentangle
3/5
Radiohead
4/5
Jean-Michel Jarre
3/5
Paul Simon
5/5
Jimmy Smith
3/5
Willie Nelson
3/5
The Roots
4/5
Stephen Stills
2/5
4/5
Echo And The Bunnymen
4/5
Slade
3/5
Straight ahead rock but the songwriting is really not good. The one standout is a Janis Joplin cover "Move Over"
The Coral
4/5
Radiohead
2/5
The Crusaders
4/5
Smooth jazz disco R&B. The title track was a nasty bait and switch with some excellent vocals and I was looking forward to the singing, but the rest of the record was instrumental. It all worked out fine, and this album gets the "made me dance" bonus, so 4 stars
Sex Pistols
4/5
Classic album but it begins to flag after Anarchy. I'm not crazy about New York with the homophobic slur, although it's an interesting song in context.
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
4/5
Bob Dylan
5/5
The Temptations
4/5
Mudhoney
4/5
This does my grungy little heart good
Joni Mitchell
3/5
The Beach Boys
3/5
Pink Floyd
5/5
The Rolling Stones
4/5
Earth, Wind & Fire
4/5
Kate Bush
4/5
The Darkness
3/5
Cypress Hill
3/5
Tom Tom Club
3/5
Stevie Wonder
5/5
Run-D.M.C.
4/5
Missy Elliott
3/5
Bob Marley & The Wailers
3/5
Doves
3/5
The Police
3/5
Cyndi Lauper
4/5
Minutemen
4/5
Black Sabbath
5/5
Metallica
3/5
The Pogues
5/5
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
2/5
The Birthday Party
1/5
Paul Simon
4/5
John Grant
4/5
Pretenders
4/5
Björk
4/5
The Residents
1/5
Nick Drake
3/5
The xx
4/5
David Bowie
4/5
Cee Lo Green
2/5
Never before has anyone been so confident in so little.
Funkadelic
4/5
The Velvet Underground
4/5
Led Zeppelin
4/5
Linkin Park
3/5
Dexys Midnight Runners
2/5
Elton John
4/5
Bert Jansch
3/5
Tom Waits
5/5
Julian Cope
3/5
Solomon Burke
3/5
Brian Eno
3/5
Joy Division
4/5
Pixies
4/5
The Pogues
4/5
Bob Dylan
5/5
Neil Young
4/5
Aerosmith
4/5
Beck
4/5
Massive Attack
3/5
Simon & Garfunkel
4/5
Leftfield
4/5
Alanis Morissette
5/5
Richard Thompson
3/5
The War On Drugs
4/5
New York Dolls
3/5
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
4/5
The Waterboys
3/5
The Saints
4/5
Suicide
2/5
Marty Robbins
4/5
The Pretty Things
4/5
Ray Charles
4/5
Sonic Youth
4/5
Harry Nilsson
4/5
Emmylou Harris
3/5
Country Joe & The Fish
3/5
Baaba Maal
2/5
Fleetwood Mac
5/5
Duran Duran
4/5
Lupe Fiasco
5/5
Lucinda Williams
4/5
Amy Winehouse
4/5
Kate Bush
4/5
Sam Cooke
5/5
Charles Mingus
4/5
Stan Getz
4/5
Neu!
4/5
The Killers
4/5
Soundgarden
4/5
Elvis Presley
3/5
The Beta Band
3/5
Rocket From The Crypt
3/5
MGMT
3/5
Kids, and 9 songs not as good as Kids
Public Enemy
3/5
Beastie Boys
4/5
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
4/5
Les Rythmes Digitales
3/5
The Byrds
3/5
Fela Kuti
4/5
The Doors
4/5
Dwight Yoakam
3/5
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
4/5
Bruce Springsteen
4/5
R.E.M.
5/5
B.B. King
5/5
Various Artists
4/5
Deep Purple
3/5
James Brown
4/5
Incredible Bongo Band
4/5
The Clash
4/5
Violent Femmes
4/5
Circle Jerks
3/5
Bonnie "Prince" Billy
3/5
Cocteau Twins
3/5
The Libertines
4/5
Kanye West
5/5
Lou Reed
4/5
Nico
2/5
Frank Ocean
3/5
Bruce Springsteen
4/5
Fatboy Slim
2/5
Queen
2/5
Ramones
3/5
The Thrills
3/5
The Avalanches
4/5
Mariah Carey
2/5
Little Richard
4/5
Baaba Maal
3/5
Traffic
3/5
Sade
4/5
David Bowie
4/5
X-Ray Spex
3/5
Jefferson Airplane
4/5
Neil Young
3/5
Jane's Addiction
3/5
The Young Rascals
2/5
Green Day
5/5
The Sonics
1/5
The Blue Nile
3/5
Morrissey
2/5
Doves
4/5
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
4/5
Frank Sinatra
4/5
The Modern Lovers
4/5
Taylor Swift
4/5
Joni Mitchell
5/5
Sonic Youth
4/5
Björk
2/5
Dire Straits
4/5
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
3/5
Aphex Twin
4/5
American Music Club
4/5
Electric Light Orchestra
3/5
Neneh Cherry
3/5
Led Zeppelin
5/5
Bob Dylan
5/5
Malcolm McLaren
2/5
The Malcolm McLaren who recorded this mess is the kind of guy who would come back from a Jamaican holiday wearing cornrows
Paul McCartney
2/5
The Beach Boys
4/5
Ray Price
3/5
Beatles
4/5