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Album	You	Global	Diff
LP1 FKA twigs	5	2.8	+2.2
Rip It Up Orange Juice	5	2.9	+2.1
Eli And The Thirteenth Confession Laura Nyro	5	2.94	+2.06
Foxbase Alpha Saint Etienne	5	2.94	+2.06
Duck Stab/Buster & Glen The Residents	4	2.03	+1.97
Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo Devo	5	3.13	+1.87
Fragile Yes	5	3.31	+1.69
Africa Brasil Jorge Ben Jor	5	3.37	+1.63
Sincere Mj Cole	4	2.38	+1.62
Power In Numbers Jurassic 5	5	3.48	+1.52

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
The Modern Lovers The Modern Lovers	1	3.06	-2.06
The Velvet Underground & Nico The Velvet Underground	2	3.62	-1.62
In A Silent Way Miles Davis	2	3.61	-1.61
Songs For Swingin' Lovers! Frank Sinatra	2	3.52	-1.52
Smash The Offspring	2	3.37	-1.37
Ágætis Byrjun Sigur Rós	2	3.37	-1.37
Fear Of A Black Planet Public Enemy	2	3.34	-1.34
Figure 8 Elliott Smith	2	3.33	-1.33
The Slider T. Rex	2	3.28	-1.28
You're Living All Over Me Dinosaur Jr.	2	3.08	-1.08

5-Star Albums (9)

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Popular Reviews

Figure 8

Elliott Smith

2/5

I thought this was pretty boring

2 likes

Africa Brasil

Jorge Ben Jor

5/5

I FUCKING LOVE CUÍCA

1 likes

1-Star Albums (1)

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Gorillaz

4/5

Moving Pictures

Rush

4/5

Graceland

Paul Simon

3/5

The Dark Side Of The Moon

Pink Floyd

4/5

Surfer Rosa

Pixies

3/5

Oh, this album has THAT song I wasn't sure about the first few songs, then around Gigantic I started getting into it. After Cactus it went back to just being okay, but I liked the last song

Home Is Where The Music Is

Hugh Masekela

4/5

Smash

The Offspring

2/5

idk

Heaven Or Las Vegas

Cocteau Twins

4/5

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Melodrama

Lorde

4/5

Rip It Up

Orange Juice

5/5

wowie

Illinois

Sufjan Stevens

3/5

Not my thing. I liked some songs, but didn't really care for Sufjan's vocals. I don't see myself coming back to this album

Illmatic

Nas

4/5

The La's

3/5

It's no Orange Juice, but it's not bad. I found it a little boring though

Cross

Justice

4/5

Hotel California

Eagles

3/5

I expected to not like this that much, but I mostly enjoyed it. Probably will listen again sometime

I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight

Richard Thompson

3/5

I actually liked this quite a bit. Not all the songs are bangers, but I really liked When I Get to the Border, The Title Track, We Sing Hallelujah, The Little Beggar Girl, and The Great Valerio. I thought it was a little funny that Richard and Linda each sang a song about how much the world sucks, but the End Of The Rainbow is a little ridiculous; quit telling that newborn baby its life is going to be miserable, Richard, read the room.

The Velvet Underground & Nico

The Velvet Underground

2/5

I don't know, this just didn't do it for me. I didn't like most of the album, but the songs that I thought were pretty good were Heroin, The Black Angel's Death Song, Tomorrow's Parties, and I'll Be Your Mirror. I might listen to more Nico, I liked her singing.

Figure 8

Elliott Smith

2/5

I thought this was pretty boring

LP1

FKA twigs

5/5

For Your Pleasure

Roxy Music

3/5

I was hoping this was the album with "Love Is the Drug" on it. Either way, I mostly liked what I heard.

Private Dancer

Tina Turner

4/5

Better than Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome

Parachutes

Coldplay

3/5

I've always associated Coldplay with U2 for some reason, I don't know, they just remind me of each other. I also got Snow Patrol and Coldplay confused sometimes when I was young. Anyway, I prefer Coldplay to U2, and thought this was an okay album; the first half was pretty good, but then I kind of zoned out in the middle before it picked up a bit at the end.

Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo

Devo

5/5

This album is Ohio rizz /pos (I'm so sorry) A super fun album from start to finish. I need to listen to more Devo. My favorite song on this is Shrivel-Up

Getz/Gilberto

Stan Getz

3/5

When I started listening to this, it sounded kind of familiar. That was because The Girl From Ipanema and most of the other songs on this album were written by Antônio Carlos Jobim (with piano played by him). I listened to one of his albums, Matita Perê, a few years ago, because I really liked the song Águas de Março. However, while I do love The Girl From Ipanema and Águas de Março, I feel like they are both songs that outshine the rest of the album they're part of. The other songs are still pretty good, but didn't stand out to me as much. Maybe that will change if I listen to this more, which I'll happily do because this music is very pleasant. P.S. go to the Wikipedia article for this album and read the fourth paragraph under the Recording and Composition section

In A Silent Way

Miles Davis

2/5

I feel bad giving this a low score, but it just didn't do much for me. It's About That Time gets a 4 though

Heaux Tales

Jazmine Sullivan

3/5

I thought this was alright. My favorite tracks were Put It Down and Price Tags. I also listened to the bonus tracks from the deluxe edition. I didn't like them as much as the standard edition tracks, but I'm not considering the deluxe tracks in my rating.

Merriweather Post Pavilion

Animal Collective

3/5

Violent Femmes

4/5

Bossanova

Pixies

4/5

I liked this more than Surfer Rosa

The Modern Lovers

1/5

Germs

2/5

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

Elton John

4/5

Pretty solid album. Would probably be a 5 for me if not for side three and a couple songs in the first half

Straight Outta Compton

N.W.A.

3/5

The New Tango

Astor Piazzolla

3/5

Signing Off

UB40

3/5

I like how it sounds, but I think it's too long

Licensed To Ill

Beastie Boys

3/5

Songs For Swingin' Lovers!

Frank Sinatra

2/5

When I started this I thought "oh, this isn't as boring as I expected", but then it went on, and on, and on with the same shit, feeling much longer than its 44 minute runtime. Most songs were just okay, but the mediocre cover of Pennies From Heaven was disappointing, and I really didn't like Makin' Whoopee.

The Marshall Mathers LP

Eminem

4/5

Pretty impressive for a hip hop album made by a second century warlord

Highway 61 Revisited

Bob Dylan

3/5

From Elvis In Memphis

Elvis Presley

4/5

My favourite moment in this album happens around 3:22 on I'll Hold You In My Heart

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

David Bowie

5/5

Veckatimest

Grizzly Bear

4/5

Eli And The Thirteenth Confession

Laura Nyro

5/5

The Last Broadcast

Doves

4/5

When I looked at the tracklist, I thought the song title There Goes the Fear seemed familiar, and then I instantly recognized the song when it started. Friday's Dust was also pretty cool. I really liked this album, I'll definitely listen to it again

Live!

Fela Kuti

3/5

Van Halen

3/5

I don't know, this just wasn't very captivating to me 5/10

Foxbase Alpha

Saint Etienne

5/5

I really enjoyed this! The part in Girl VII where it says a whole bunch of place names was a highlight, and Nothing Can Stop Us was my favourite track

You're Living All Over Me

Dinosaur Jr.

2/5

Grace

Jeff Buckley

4/5

Dig Your Own Hole

The Chemical Brothers

4/5

I was really getting into this at the beginning, but that feeling died down as it went on. That was probably just me getting sleepy though. Pretty good overall

Elvis Presley

3/5

Sure does sound older than From Elvis in Memphis

Channel Orange

Frank Ocean

3/5

In Utero

Nirvana

3/5

Jagged Little Pill

Alanis Morissette

4/5

I think the way she sings is kinda funny, especially in the first track, but that doesn't detract from this album at all, it just makes it more interesting.

Dookie

Green Day

4/5

Reggatta De Blanc

The Police

4/5

Message In A Bottle should have had two minutes more of sending out an SOS

Sincere

Mj Cole

4/5

Better Living Through Chemistry

Fatboy Slim

2/5

If this album was just the clown-y sounding bits of The Sound of Milwaukee extrapolated into about 30 or 40 minutes, I think it could have been a masterpiece

Africa Brasil

Jorge Ben Jor

5/5

I FUCKING LOVE CUÍCA

Debut

Björk

4/5

This was my first time actually Björkin' it. I had listened to Birthday by The Sugarcubes and The Powers That B, but I never took the time to listen to any Björk albums or songs. I liked what I heard on this album, and enjoyed it even more on my second listen.

Shalimar

Rahul Dev Burman

3/5

Dirty

Sonic Youth

3/5

We Are Family

Sister Sledge

3/5

Diamond Life

Sade

4/5

Bitte Orca

Dirty Projectors

4/5

Talking Book

Stevie Wonder

4/5

Headquarters

The Monkees

3/5

Heartbreaker

Ryan Adams

2/5

Don't try to recreate the album cover. Almost choked on my Popeye candy stick

System Of A Down

4/5

At Folsom Prison

Johnny Cash

4/5

I really liked this, but I couldn't tell when the cheering was real or added in post. I swear I heard the same whistling cheer used multiple times, which was pretty distracting.

Highway to Hell

AC/DC

3/5

AC/DC was my favorite band when I was about 9. I listened to a few of their albums, but this wasn't one of them. It's alright

Jack Takes the Floor

Ramblin' Jack Elliott

3/5

yodelayEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE... 5/10

Back At The Chicken Shack

Jimmy Smith

3/5

The United States Of America

4/5

Adele

3/5

The non-singles didn't impress me, except I'll Be Waiting, I thought that was pretty good. The singles are mostly alright. I didn't realize Turning Tables was a single until I looked at the Wikipedia page for the album; probably my least favorite of the singles, maybe tied with Someone like You.

Pet Sounds

The Beach Boys

4/5

I did not care for Pet Sounds. It insists upon itself. Just kidding, it's really good, but it's nowhere near my favorite album ever. Fun fact: you could cut out Mike Love from the album cover and nobody would bat an eye, they'd just say "yep, that's Pet Sounds" Anyway, uhhh... my favorite tracks are Trombone Dixie, Good Vibrations, Hang On To Your Ego, and Pancreas

Fear Of A Black Planet

Public Enemy

2/5

Destroy Rock & Roll

Mylo

3/5

Ágætis Byrjun

Sigur Rós

2/5

Power In Numbers

Jurassic 5

5/5

Abraxas

Santana

4/5

GÁBOR SZABÓ MENTIONED

Blur

4/5

Green

R.E.M.

3/5

A Hard Day's Night

Beatles

3/5

New Boots And Panties

Ian Dury

4/5

Joanna Newsom

4/5

Sometimes it sounds like Dexter from Dexter's Laboratory is singing (this is not a bad thing)

Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul

Otis Redding

3/5

The cover of (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction is better than the Rolling Stones version (and so is Devo's cover)

Fragile

Yes

5/5

Pictures At An Exhibition

Emerson, Lake & Palmer

3/5

Grievous Angel

Gram Parsons

3/5

Hard Again

Muddy Waters

4/5

Really good stuff. A couple tracks I thought were just alright, but they were still nice to listen to. I Can't Be Satisfied and Crosseyed Cat are incredible

The Slider

T. Rex

2/5

Five Leaves Left

Nick Drake

3/5

Kenza

Khaled

4/5

Halcyon Digest

Deerhunter

3/5