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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Music Madonna	5	2.68	+2.32
Supa Dupa Fly Missy Elliott	5	2.92	+2.08
Foxbase Alpha Saint Etienne	5	2.94	+2.06
Psychocandy The Jesus And Mary Chain	5	2.94	+2.06
Joan Baez Joan Baez	5	2.96	+2.04
I See A Darkness Bonnie "Prince" Billy	5	2.97	+2.03
For Your Pleasure Roxy Music	5	2.98	+2.02
Nowhere Ride	5	3.02	+1.98
Tom Tom Club Tom Tom Club	5	3.03	+1.97
Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle Bill Callahan	5	3.03	+1.97

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
The Stranger Billy Joel	1	3.86	-2.86
Play Moby	1	3.46	-2.46
Parachutes Coldplay	1	3.46	-2.46
A Rush Of Blood To The Head Coldplay	1	3.44	-2.44
Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs Derek & The Dominos	1	3.39	-2.39
1989 Taylor Swift	1	3.27	-2.27
The Age Of The Understatement The Last Shadow Puppets	1	3.25	-2.25
The Seldom Seen Kid Elbow	1	3.25	-2.25
Only By The Night Kings of Leon	1	3.23	-2.23
Myths Of The Near Future Klaxons	1	3.06	-2.06

Artists

Favorites

Artist	Albums	Average
Bob Dylan	5	4.6
Blur	3	5
The Rolling Stones	4	4.5
Leonard Cohen	2	5
Neil Young	2	5
Black Sabbath	2	5
Led Zeppelin	4	4.25

Least Favorites

Artist	Albums	Average
Coldplay	2	1
Doves	2	1.5

Controversial

Artist	Ratings
Bruce Springsteen	2, 5, 4

5-Star Albums (66)

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Popular Reviews

Modern Life Is Rubbish

Blur · 2 likes

5/5

this, more than any other album i’ve gotten so far, will absolutely be in my rotation of stuff i regularly listen to. i love it

Chris

Christine and the Queens · 1 likes

3/5

2.5 stars i wish i liked this more coming from a queer trans artist like Chris. i generally struggle to enjoy 80s revival music and this is really part of that category for me. i liked listening to it in french, and 5 dols is my favorite. however, the album starts to feel redundant. there’s so much stuff that could’ve been more experimental. that’s all! it’s all right

Myths Of The Near Future

Klaxons · 1 likes

1/5

this is so 2007 - derogatory - so tired of this UK shit

Sincere

Mj Cole · 1 likes

4/5

4.5 stars suuuuch good bops on this one. such a pleasant listen and im better for it!

Music From Big Pink

The Band · 1 likes

5/5

this album is stunning front to back, and i really think The Band deserves the level of notoriety given to The Beatles. such a defining and influential band.

1-Star Albums (23)

All Ratings

The Number Of The Beast

Iron Maiden

3/5

i get why people like this. i feel like i can do anything when i listen! wouldn’t reach for it super often, but good stuff.

Brothers In Arms

Dire Straits

4/5

this album goes crazy. i love how the songs are either 2 and a half minutes or like 6 minutes. i would give this a 4.5 if i could. melds genres so well and has some really impressive geetar

Music in Exile

Songhoy Blues

4/5

so incredible so smooth so varied

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

Beatles

4/5

i have long been a “beatles are overrated” kind of guy but i loved this listen so much. it makes me understand more of it. really good songwriting and just super fun to listen to and instrumentally stellar. nice one! ya got me

Exodus

Bob Marley & The Wailers

4/5

impossible to be in a bad mood while listening to this!

Electric Warrior

T. Rex

5/5

absolute no skip album. takes me through the full range of human emotion. rip marc ❤️

Talking With the Taxman About Poetry

Billy Bragg

4/5

dunking on thatcher is lit. i respect the dedication and don’t think i’ll listen to it a ton but ive also been soooo bob dylan pilled its tough!

Purple Rain

Prince

5/5

it really is that good

The Modern Dance

Pere Ubu

4/5

thank god for weird guys from ohio

A Rush Of Blood To The Head

Coldplay

1/5

this is what happens when you tell men repeatedly that they’re interesting. incredibly uninspired, no song had any business being 5+ minutes

At Newport 1960

Muddy Waters

4/5

good ol blues music!!!! so musically impressive. go off

Led Zeppelin II

Led Zeppelin

5/5

genuinely no skip! a classic for a reason! juicy, skillfully done bass lines in every song. really found myself relishing those. these guys just know how to write a catchy, timeless tune

I See A Darkness

Bonnie "Prince" Billy

5/5

i love his voice so much…wow! such strong songwriting. this whole thing is a delight to listen to. i wish it was easier to find but i respect it! one of my favorite finds so far. i’m definitely going to explore his discography.

Crooked Rain Crooked Rain

Pavement

4/5

4.5 stars if i could! feels like a sunny day it’s a triumph to be able to enjoy this again

You've Come a Long Way Baby

Fatboy Slim

4/5

lucy said that a lot of this sounds like the part of a 90s family movie where the chimp/dog/animal they’ve met starts doing a bunch of crazy tricks on the ski slope/court/skate ramp/computer

The Soft Bulletin

The Flaming Lips

4/5

so, so fun to listen to. these guys know how to do a theme. i love the instrumentals in this and noticed them more than i had in previous albums of theirs

We Are Family

Sister Sledge

4/5

4.5 stars! JUST GOOD STUFF!

Something/Anything?

Todd Rundgren

4/5

4.5 stars! god this guy has a good voice. smoooooth rock but can also shred and isn’t afraid to get goofy

Speakerboxxx/The Love Below

OutKast

3/5

i’m gonna be so honest that i didn’t listen to all of it but hope to at some point. it’s just such a long album and feels not particularly inspired like so much of their other stuff does

Sincere

Mj Cole

4/5

4.5 stars suuuuch good bops on this one. such a pleasant listen and im better for it!

Garbage

2/5

i really wanted to like this, and i do somewhat, but there’s so many other 90s bands i prefer: Helium, Kelly Deal 6000, Swirlies being my favorites. this just doesn’t scratch the same itch for me, but i get its merit and i love to see a cool girl singing

Modern Life Is Rubbish

Blur

5/5

this, more than any other album i’ve gotten so far, will absolutely be in my rotation of stuff i regularly listen to. i love it

Station To Station

David Bowie

5/5

truly no skip, absolutely masterful, really fun to listen to. never gets boring

The Stranger

Billy Joel

1/5

i have heard this so many times against my will. this is what happens, in my opinion, when an annoying theater guy becomes too famous. i just really find his style of music so grating, i don’t care for his voice, i don’t like his storytelling. it is just decisively not for me

Since I Left You

The Avalanches

3/5

3.5 stars i like the banger tracks the best by far!

It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back

Public Enemy

4/5

so significant and well done and awesome 4.5

Graceland

Paul Simon

4/5

i love this album. it has such strong songs, and it’s such a good first half. the last part gets a little like yeah we get it. but i love it!

That's The Way Of The World

Earth, Wind & Fire

3/5

some really fun bops! honestly so soured for me by working retail at a place that played this incessantly, but i still have love and respect for it!

Moving Pictures

Rush

4/5

dudes absolutely rock. this is awesome

The Next Day

David Bowie

2/5

sounds like a U2 album, unfortunately. a flop from a musician i really do admire. not musically interesting and the lyrics felt so redundant and vaguely empty.

The White Album

Beatles

3/5

this contains so many of the beatles songs i’ve clowned on before. i really did enjoy sgt pepper’s, but this one just sounds like the result of what it was: a bunch of adult men arguing. some good songs, for sure. while my guitar gently weeps is a certified timeless banger, and i understand why it wowed people. the entirety of the album is not for me and it’s too long. sorry!

Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes

TV On The Radio

1/5

i did not need to hear this before i die! the grating vocals, backed by a 4-octaves higher shriek, followed by the same 3 guitar chords, are so boring to me. i do not understand the appeal.

Moby Grape

4/5

a really fun album! definitely psychedelic leaning. i really appreciated that each song sounded distinctly different.

Nick Of Time

Bonnie Raitt

4/5

her voice is perfect. a beautiful late 80s time capsule

The Downward Spiral

Nine Inch Nails

5/5

Surrealistic Pillow

Jefferson Airplane

5/5

this is such a good album and i’m so glad i heard it before i die! so lush and varied and good

Searching For The Young Soul Rebels

Dexys Midnight Runners

3/5

3.5 stars — this is a fun one, not one i think i’ll reach for a ton but glad to have listened to it

Live At The Regal

B.B. King

3/5

rating this as what it is for me — i know this is historically, musically so important and it’s good! i just don’t think i’ll listen again

Blue

Joni Mitchell

4/5

Little Green is a downright perfect song and always moves me to tears. 💚 i love the first half of this album, and the last song is so powerful. it starts to all blend together at some points, but this is definitely my favorite Joni album. 4.35 if i could 💙

KIWANUKA

Michael Kiwanuka

4/5

incredible voice and musically interesting. the bangers were my favorites, a few too many ballads for my taste but man is he good!

Stephen Stills

2/5

2.5 stars rounding down on my official review because i want to send a message that WHY the hell would i need to listen to this before i die? this is such a spectacularly mid album. Stills is a great guitarist, and when that gets to shine the songs are good, but the vocals, the inexplicable choir, the songwriting, it’s all just meh to me. not something i needed to listen to.

Music From Big Pink

The Band

5/5

this album is stunning front to back, and i really think The Band deserves the level of notoriety given to The Beatles. such a defining and influential band.

A Date With The Everly Brothers

The Everly Brothers

3/5

Among The Living

Anthrax

3/5

Sea Change

Beck

2/5

im sorry but i think this is a snooze fest. he’s done so much more interesting, fun stuff. a few good songs but mostly just no thanks

Chris

Christine and the Queens

3/5

Songs From A Room

Leonard Cohen

5/5

masterful, perfect, gorgeous, life affirming to listen to. i love him so much

Third/Sister Lovers

Big Star

4/5

really solid album and enjoyable and varied to listen to. the greatest thing you’ll ever learn / is just to love and be loved in return ❤️

Beauty And The Beat

The Go-Go's

4/5

so fun!!!!!! beach beach beach

Os Mutantes

4/5

this is absolutely scrumptious 60s psych rock it’s awesome

Shalimar

Rahul Dev Burman

4/5

this is such a good film score and also just so fun to listen to in the car

Songs Of Leonard Cohen

Leonard Cohen

5/5

unparalleled, imitable, stunning

Here Are the Sonics

The Sonics

3/5

very fun! i love how wacky the mix is, how loud and fuzzy

Strange Cargo III

William Orbit

4/5

people were hating on this, but i personally really enjoyed the departure from the entirely predictable stuff that mostly is on this list. this was an awesome album to listen to as i navigated a snowstorm, and it’s a fun prelude to some of my favorite ambient artists to follow. i’m glad i listened to it

Band On The Run

Paul McCartney and Wings

5/5

this actually rocked so much, and i’m saying that as someone who does not really care for the beatles but i think this really has the sauce. i will absolutely listen to it again

The Score

Fugees

3/5

the parts with her were awesome. needed more of that and less of the rest

Reign In Blood

Slayer

3/5

Nixon

Lambchop

1/5

boring british sludge like too much stuff on here

Ill Communication

Beastie Boys

5/5

this is so awesome. every song is great, i love the hardcore sprinkles throughout, interludes, all of it

Myths Of The Near Future

Klaxons

1/5

this is so 2007 - derogatory - so tired of this UK shit

What's Going On

Marvin Gaye

4/5

Cafe Bleu

The Style Council

1/5

Urban Hymns

The Verve

2/5

All Hope Is Gone

Slipknot

1/5

Funeral

Arcade Fire

2/5

sooooo of its time…does not hold up as well…

Gorillaz

4/5

such a playful, strong album. so much interesting stuff happening stylistically and definitely expanded the horizons for its time. a really fun listen

Nowhere

Ride

5/5

i love shoegaze!!!! this is such a good album. absolutely lush guitar and really interesting songwriting

Peace Sells...But Who's Buying

Megadeth

3/5

shred it

Physical Graffiti

Led Zeppelin

4/5

these guys get it

Madman Across The Water

Elton John

3/5

The Band

4/5

I See You

The xx

2/5

retail music

Buena Vista Social Club

5/5

i’m always thrilled to see anything not UK/USA on here and this is so superb. perfect for cooking, eating outside, driving. loved it so much

Walking Wounded

Everything But The Girl

3/5

Treasure

Cocteau Twins

4/5

4.5

Rings Around The World

Super Furry Animals

2/5

i’m good on that thanks though

All Directions

The Temptations

4/5

In Utero

Nirvana

4/5

Ten

Pearl Jam

3/5

Kid A

Radiohead

4/5

To Pimp A Butterfly

Kendrick Lamar

4/5

The Blueprint

JAY Z

2/5

The Message

Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five

3/5

Led Zeppelin

4/5

War

2/5

1.5 this is angry dad music

Live Through This

Hole

4/5

this album has such a special place in my heart. i think the first half is strongest. some really good songwriting and so much of what it feels like to grow up in the world a girl. this album helped me learn how to be pissed off. i’m so grateful for that

The Genius Of Ray Charles

Ray Charles

3/5

Qui sème le vent récolte le tempo

MC Solaar

3/5

Parallel Lines

Blondie

4/5

Five Leaves Left

Nick Drake

4/5

(Pronounced 'Leh-'Nérd 'Skin-'Nérd)

Lynyrd Skynyrd

4/5

Water From An Ancient Well

Abdullah Ibrahim

2/5

for sure musically impressive but just not for me

Odessa

Bee Gees

2/5

okaaaaay not what i was expecting from these kings. nice easy listening, a few bangers and some less inspiring stuff

Frank

Amy Winehouse

2/5

not my favorite amy but impressive for being so young

Teenager Of The Year

Frank Black

3/5

some fun stuff! i will admit that by the second half i was getting pretty tired of it. there’s some fun tongue in cheek stuff, and then there’s some things that could’ve stayed in the drafts. some good geeeetar though

The World is a Ghetto

War

4/5

go off kings

1989

Taylor Swift

1/5

Straight Outta Compton

N.W.A.

5/5

Warehouse: Songs And Stories

Hüsker Dü

4/5

sounds and feels like being in a cool older cousin’s car

Supa Dupa Fly

Missy Elliott

5/5

she’s a genius, always has been and always will be

Blonde On Blonde

Bob Dylan

5/5

he really is that good of a songwriter

Calenture

The Triffids

2/5

started off being like, why does everyone hate this? it’s fun 80s stuff, some fun synth. then it definitely is too long and starts to get so derivative. but still waaaay better than some of the british crap on this list, respectfully

Peggy Suicide

Julian Cope

4/5

i thought this was fun and original and i love his voice. it’s inventive and impressive and it bums me out that taylor swift has a higher rating than this

New York Dolls

3/5

Electric Ladyland

Jimi Hendrix

4/5

I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You

Aretha Franklin

4/5

Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music

Ray Charles

3/5

Hot Fuss

The Killers

2/5

Highway 61 Revisited

Bob Dylan

5/5

some of my favorite dylan

Konnichiwa

Skepta

1/5

The Stooges

4/5

iggy pop is michigan excellence

Home Is Where The Music Is

Hugh Masekela

3/5

The Age Of The Understatement

The Last Shadow Puppets

1/5

Protection

Massive Attack

3/5

The xx

2/5

diabolical that there’s two albums by them on this list? i said it before and i’ll say it again: retail music. i feel like im in a tjmaxx. it’s by no means the worst thing ive ever heard but i also do not care for it

Lost Souls

Doves

2/5

Third

Soft Machine

2/5

Songs In The Key Of Life

Stevie Wonder

4/5

Odessey And Oracle

The Zombies

4/5

4.5 stars! i’m shocked that the only song i really knew was Time of the Season, and i like every other song better. a really great album

Leftism

Leftfield

4/5

awesome

The Last Broadcast

Doves

1/5

ENOUGH!!!!!!

With The Beatles

Beatles

3/5

A Girl Called Dusty

Dusty Springfield

5/5

lesbian excellence

Let's Get Killed

David Holmes

3/5

Bug

Dinosaur Jr.

3/5

Back To Black

Amy Winehouse

4/5

Abraxas

Santana

3/5

Mothership Connection

Parliament

4/5

Triangle

The Beau Brummels

2/5

very derivative — mainly i’m giving it a lower rating because i absolutely didn’t need to hear it before i die and it really rips off so many other better albums. not the worst on this list by a long shot, but very uninspired

The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter

The Incredible String Band

3/5

Tracy Chapman

5/5

lesbian excellence. such strong songwriting and a voice unlike any other

Aftermath

The Rolling Stones

4/5

they really are that good

Harvest

Neil Young

5/5

insane that he was only 24 when he released this album

Surf's Up

The Beach Boys

5/5

such a good, strong album. it’s really special for a band to be able to make a pivot like this and have it work so well

Rumours

Fleetwood Mac

3/5

Smash

The Offspring

2/5

Connected

Stereo MC's

3/5

For Your Pleasure

Roxy Music

5/5

i love his weird freakin voice and i think this is worthy of this list for how genuinely unique it is

Tidal

Fiona Apple

3/5

New Gold Dream (81/82/83/84)

Simple Minds

4/5

i love when this endeavor makes me listen to bands i’ve only heard one hit song from. i like every song on this so much better than what i had heard. Glittering Prize! so good! so 80s so awesome i loved it

Beggars Banquet

The Rolling Stones

5/5

i had only ever heard sympathy for the devil, and the rest of this album is my favorite of the stones i’ve heard so far. i love it!!!!

Heroes

David Bowie

4/5

i liked the ambient part best i’ll say it. thank you brian eno

Young Americans

David Bowie

3/5

the amount of his albums on this list makes me dislike them more unfortunately

Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim

Frank Sinatra

3/5

Go Girl Crazy

The Dictators

3/5

Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme

Simon & Garfunkel

4/5

Heaven Or Las Vegas

Cocteau Twins

5/5

an absolute pleasure to get this album on a beautiful june day! dreamy summer light linen shirt of an album

Bridge Over Troubled Water

Simon & Garfunkel

4/5

Odelay

Beck

4/5

3.5, but rounding up because this is the only beck i’ve ever enjoyed

McCartney

Paul McCartney

4/5

Only By The Night

Kings of Leon

1/5

DID NOT NEED TO HEAR BEFORE I DIE

The Beach Boys Today!

The Beach Boys

3/5

...And Justice For All

Metallica

3/5

Younger Than Yesterday

The Byrds

4/5

Third

Portishead

2/5

Appetite For Destruction

Guns N' Roses

2/5

Talvin Singh

2/5

Here, My Dear

Marvin Gaye

3/5

Fisherman's Blues

The Waterboys

2/5

the first few tracks are really strong, but this album long overstays its welcome and becomes derivative

Head Hunters

Herbie Hancock

5/5

this is so fantastic and good and makes me feel awesome

Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul

Otis Redding

4/5

Street Life

The Crusaders

2/5

I Should Coco

Supergrass

4/5

i’m rounding up on my review for this because it’s so surprisingly refreshingly better than a lot of the other britpop on here. fun album

The Rolling Stones

4/5

Zombie

Fela Kuti

5/5

this is the kind of album that should be on here

Imagine

John Lennon

3/5

i do not really care for his voice or his vibe but this is pretty good. some duds and some good ones

Blur

5/5

4.5 stars, rounding up because i love blur and this album is so good

Fever Ray

3/5

Blue Lines

Massive Attack

3/5

Nevermind

Nirvana

4/5

Tom Tom Club

5/5

this album is so fun, so original, so much more interesting to listen to than so much of the slop on this list. i loved it even more than i thought i would!

1999

Prince

4/5

From Elvis In Memphis

Elvis Presley

3/5

Innervisions

Stevie Wonder

4/5

Tuesday Night Music Club

Sheryl Crow

3/5

kind of mystified that this sheryl album is on this list. not my favorite of hers musically, lyrically, or thematically but i will always have a soft spot for her voice. toooooo many ballads, though

Eagles

5/5

honestly this is a no skip album for me and i love it so much. awesome music to listen to on a july day with the windows down

Songs For Swingin' Lovers!

Frank Sinatra

3/5

this is pleasant enough to listen to. there’s other jazz i like more, and every song sounds the same, but it’s very easy listening and i can see why it appeals to the masses.

Highly Evolved

The Vines

1/5

did not need to hear this before i die and don’t you dare compare it to nirvana…yawn

When I Was Born For The 7th Time

Cornershop

3/5

you know what? everyone does need a bosom for a pillow

Tommy

The Who

3/5

my goodwill for this reeeeally was stretched thin by the last track

Bayou Country

Creedence Clearwater Revival

5/5

the only thing my extended family is right about is this album rocking

O.G. Original Gangster

Ice T

4/5

i’d never heard an Ice T album before and i was so pleasantly surprised. fiercely political, experimental, lots of fun.

Coles Corner

Richard Hawley

2/5

immensely boring. this is fine enough to hear in the grocery store or something, but i’m truly tired of seeing stuff like this on this list that’s supposed to have some magnitude

3 Feet High and Rising

De La Soul

4/5

Djam Leelii

Baaba Maal

2/5

this is the kind of stuff my friend’s scary mom would have playing on NPR while she made buckwheat pancakes. very talented musician, not up my alley

Inspiration Information

Shuggie Otis

5/5

this is this list at its best, when the music is so worthwhile and original. i thoroughly enjoyed it

Justified

Justin Timberlake

2/5

i’ve just had enough of him

The Man Machine

Kraftwerk

5/5

so awesome, so interesting, so fun

Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots

The Flaming Lips

3/5

American Pie

Don McLean

2/5

Lust For Life

Iggy Pop

4/5

michigan excellence

Exit Planet Dust

The Chemical Brothers

5/5

THIS ROCKS

Paranoid

Black Sabbath

5/5

getting this album on the day Ozzy left this mortal realm was really something. it felt like communion. this album is really, truly perfect. timeless. i’m 29 and i love this like i was alive for it

Your Arsenal

Morrissey

2/5

so boring and musically uninspired. morrissey has a great voice, aside from being the most fuckin annoying guy ever. but like many have pointed out in their reviews, his solo stuff makes it painfully obvious that the heart of the smiths and the talent of the smiths largely belonged to his less annoying, more humble band mates.

Lady Soul

Aretha Franklin

5/5

she absolutely bodied this!!!!!

Isn't Anything

My Bloody Valentine

4/5

it’s super nice to see them developing their sound here

Black Holes and Revelations

Muse

2/5

these aren’t all bad, but it’s such retail music. nothing to really hold onto

L.A. Woman

The Doors

3/5

so much more lethargic and downtrodden than a lot of the earlier stuff i love. still an inherent magic to what these guys get up to, but more of a slog.

Happy Sad

Tim Buckley

2/5

unfortunately boring! i like some of his other stuff and the xylophone was cool but only for so long

Ready To Die

The Notorious B.I.G.

3/5

Ragged Glory

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

4/5

is this sort of a bunch of songs that sound the same? absolutely. but i gobble it up because i love that sound

Dire Straits

4/5

smooth, awesome, fun to listen to

Rhythm Nation 1814

Janet Jackson

4/5

justice for janet…she has always deserved so much more recognition and this is such a fun album

The Rising

Bruce Springsteen

2/5

i love Bruce Springsteen, and no one was immune to the banal, trying so hard to be deep soft rock of the immediacy of 9/11. it genuinely feels like Bruce picks a few words: blood, lips, seed, sky, and then just tries to weave them into every song even if it’s super contrived. lyrically tired, musically uninspired, and i have to agree with another review that said why not pick an artist at their prime in 2002? there certainly were some. i love The Boss SO much, and this is not his finest by a long shot.

Crosby, Stills & Nash

5/5

truly a remarkable album

Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

5/5

truly a remarkable album

Halcyon Digest

Deerhunter

3/5

solid indie album that’s aged better than many others. didn’t grab me super tight, but it’s a pleasant listen

Led Zeppelin III

Led Zeppelin

4/5

really cool departures from their sound in this while still being so distinctly them. Tangerine is one of my favorites

Blood Sugar Sex Magik

Red Hot Chili Peppers

3/5

i love these guys, i cannot explain why, but i do, and even then there’s still a limit where i think they could reel it in perhaps. the good songs on this album go so hard, and there’s also a lot that are a little toooooo quirked up

Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)

Wu-Tang Clan

5/5

Make Yourself

Incubus

3/5

music that a really cool older cousin would have playing in their sedan in the 2000s

The Köln Concert

Keith Jarrett

2/5

he’s very good at piano i just do not like this kind of thing

Histoire De Melody Nelson

Serge Gainsbourg

1/5

Selected Ambient Works 85-92

Aphex Twin

4/5

This Is Fats Domino

Fats Domino

3/5

Sheer Heart Attack

Queen

3/5

Damaged

Black Flag

4/5

Fear Of A Black Planet

Public Enemy

3/5

Marquee Moon

Television

5/5

this album knocked my socks off! i love it!

The Nightfly

Donald Fagen

3/5

love his vibe but this did not need to be on this list

Close To The Edge

Yes

4/5

Dust

Screaming Trees

3/5

totally fine, but perplexing to be on this list

Sticky Fingers

The Rolling Stones

5/5

a masterpiece. moonlight mile, wild horses, can’t you hear me knocking…amazing

Pink Flag

Wire

5/5

Stripped

Christina Aguilera

2/5

The Slim Shady LP

Eminem

2/5

Master Of Puppets

Metallica

4/5

If I Could Only Remember My Name

David Crosby

3/5

respectfully, he doesn’t have the sauce of a solo artist. the guest spots on this make it shine at moments, but it’s weirdly lethargic

Boston

4/5

Play

Moby

1/5

Music

Madonna

5/5

this woman knows how to make an album

Time Out Of Mind

Bob Dylan

4/5

a breath of fresh air after some baaaaad 90s albums from bob

Dummy

Portishead

4/5

Who's Next

The Who

3/5

The Sensual World

Kate Bush

4/5

Casanova

The Divine Comedy

1/5

come on man

Off The Wall

Michael Jackson

4/5

New Forms

Roni Size

1/5

Coat Of Many Colors

Dolly Parton

3/5

Dookie

Green Day

3/5

The Specials

4/5

Parachutes

Coldplay

1/5

Oar

Alexander 'Skip' Spence

3/5

far too long but lovely lovely voice

Nebraska

Bruce Springsteen

5/5

Tusk

Fleetwood Mac

3/5

Foxbase Alpha

Saint Etienne

5/5

Paul Simon

4/5

Talking Book

Stevie Wonder

4/5

Bongo Rock

Incredible Bongo Band

4/5

this made me feel like i was in oceans 11 and it was awesome

What's That Noise?

Coldcut

2/5

Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

3/5

Queens of the Stone Age

4/5

honestly i love this and its awesome butt rock to listen to with the windows down

The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan

4/5

Channel Orange

Frank Ocean

3/5

Revolver

Beatles

3/5

ok we get it

Duck Stab/Buster & Glen

The Residents

2/5

Fleet Foxes

2/5

Doggystyle

Snoop Dogg

4/5

If I Should Fall From Grace With God

The Pogues

3/5

feels like i should be trashed listening to this

Tres Hombres

ZZ Top

3/5

Deserter's Songs

Mercury Rev

2/5

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

Elton John

4/5

The Yes Album

Yes

4/5

Rage Against The Machine

4/5

The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill

Lauryn Hill

3/5

The Stone Roses

5/5

this is the best album i’ve heard on here yet. sooooo up my alley, so well balanced, does so much and does all of it right

Illmatic

Nas

5/5

A Love Supreme

John Coltrane

5/5

Live At The Witch Trials

The Fall

3/5

Tubular Bells

Mike Oldfield

2/5

i love the exorcist song of course…then when the oboe really starts making an appearance in the latter songs it’s quite different for me

Get Behind Me Satan

The White Stripes

2/5

never been my thing but go off

En-Tact

The Shamen

3/5

ridiculous lyrics but very fun beats and sounds and a lot more fun than some of the shite on here

Elastica

3/5

Getz/Gilberto

Stan Getz

4/5

lovely!

Gasoline Alley

Rod Stewart

2/5

The ArchAndroid

Janelle Monáe

4/5

The Renaissance

Q-Tip

3/5

Let's Stay Together

Al Green

4/5

Oracular Spectacular

MGMT

4/5

Live / Dead

Grateful Dead

3/5

unfortunately this is them at their most stereotypically annoying and it’s not their best live album

Stand!

Sly & The Family Stone

5/5

The Grand Tour

George Jones

4/5

The Man Who

Travis

1/5

STOP IT

Made In Japan

Deep Purple

2/5

we get it, guys

Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols

Sex Pistols

4/5

Maxinquaye

Tricky

2/5

i like the beats a lot but unfortunately i hated the vocalists’ voice and it made it rather hard to really get into…

Very

Pet Shop Boys

4/5

Machine Head

Deep Purple

3/5

In The Court Of The Crimson King

King Crimson

4/5

Machine Gun Etiquette

The Damned

3/5

Lost In The Dream

The War On Drugs

2/5

Vespertine

Björk

4/5

Moon Safari

Air

5/5

The Velvet Underground & Nico

The Velvet Underground

4/5

Jazz Samba

Stan Getz

4/5

Opus Dei

Laibach

2/5

Power In Numbers

Jurassic 5

3/5

American Beauty

Grateful Dead

5/5

Tonight's The Night

Neil Young

5/5

Endtroducing.....

DJ Shadow

4/5

Sound Affects

The Jam

3/5

Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs

Derek & The Dominos

1/5

fuck you eric clapton

Pictures At An Exhibition

Emerson, Lake & Palmer

3/5

music to play runescape to. i mean this politely

Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite

Maxwell

2/5

Ramones

4/5

Out Of The Blue

Electric Light Orchestra

4/5

The United States Of America

3/5

Psychocandy

The Jesus And Mary Chain

5/5

Hybrid Theory

Linkin Park

3/5

Automatic For The People

R.E.M.

5/5

this was honestly a masterpiece and i’m so glad i listened to it

Joan Baez

5/5

The Velvet Underground

4/5

Suzanne Vega

2/5

i did not care for this

Future Days

Can

3/5

The Last Of The True Believers

Nanci Griffith

4/5

this album is beautiful

Pretzel Logic

Steely Dan

3/5

not my favorite steely dan but still fun

#1 Record

Big Star

5/5

Trio

Dolly Parton

3/5

Parklife

Blur

5/5

so musically fun and interesting and awesome

So Much For The City

The Thrills

2/5

G. Love And Special Sauce

G. Love & Special Sauce

1/5

unfortunately i hate this guys voice…….

People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm

A Tribe Called Quest

5/5

Violator

Depeche Mode

5/5

this is a genuine no-skip, perfect, utterly original feeling album. wow

At Mister Kelly's

Sarah Vaughan

3/5

The Lexicon Of Love

ABC

4/5

i think some of you don’t like to have fun

Pornography

The Cure

4/5

Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle

Bill Callahan

5/5

one of my all time favorite songwriters

Homework

Daft Punk

5/5

The Visitors

ABBA

4/5

The Doors

4/5

Vento De Maio

Elis Regina

4/5

Signing Off

UB40

3/5

Tea for the Tillerman

Cat Stevens

4/5

so many of these songs make me tear up like a pavlovian response

The Undertones

3/5

Everything Must Go

Manic Street Preachers

2/5

Tical

Method Man

4/5

Blackstar

David Bowie

3/5

Private Dancer

Tina Turner

4/5

Scissor Sisters

2/5

Bryter Layter

Nick Drake

3/5

Frampton Comes Alive

Peter Frampton

3/5

Brutal Youth

Elvis Costello

2/5

unfortunately i do not care for his voice

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector

Various Artists

2/5

Blood On The Tracks

Bob Dylan

5/5

bangers all the way

Germs

3/5

Live!

Fela Kuti

4/5

Bookends

Simon & Garfunkel

3/5

Cheap Thrills

Big Brother & The Holding Company

4/5

Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea

PJ Harvey

4/5

The Seldom Seen Kid

Elbow

1/5

Debut

Björk

5/5

Alien Lanes

Guided By Voices

4/5

Street Signs

Ozomatli

2/5

Black Sabbath

5/5

The Healer

John Lee Hooker

2/5

Talk Talk Talk

The Psychedelic Furs

3/5

Cut

The Slits

4/5

Darkness on the Edge of Town

Bruce Springsteen

4/5

it doesn’t hit with me the same way Born to Run and Nebraska both do, but it’s still full of bangers. this man can make me mourn lifetimes i’ve never lived

Destroyer

KISS

2/5

Haut de gamme / Koweït, rive gauche

Koffi Olomide

1/5

Kind Of Blue

Miles Davis

4/5

Sunday At The Village Vanguard

Bill Evans Trio

4/5