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Album	You	Global	Diff
Slayed? Slade	5	2.89	+2.11
Nighthawks At The Diner Tom Waits	5	3.01	+1.99
Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds	5	3.32	+1.68
Hot Rats Frank Zappa	5	3.36	+1.64
Iron Maiden Iron Maiden	5	3.41	+1.59
Paul Simon Paul Simon	5	3.51	+1.49
Definitely Maybe Oasis	5	3.52	+1.48
The Wildest! Louis Prima	5	3.53	+1.47
The Number Of The Beast Iron Maiden	5	3.59	+1.41
3 + 3 The Isley Brothers	5	3.59	+1.41

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars David Bowie	1	4.26	-3.26
Let's Get It On Marvin Gaye	1	3.78	-2.78
With The Beatles Beatles	1	3.66	-2.66
Blackstar David Bowie	1	3.48	-2.48
Reggatta De Blanc The Police	1	3.45	-2.45
Get Behind Me Satan The White Stripes	1	3.41	-2.41
Endtroducing..... DJ Shadow	1	3.36	-2.36
Felt Mountain Goldfrapp	1	3	-2
Killing Joke Killing Joke	1	2.99	-1.99
Sheet Music 10cc	1	2.96	-1.96

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Artist	Albums	Average
Iron Maiden	2	5

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Artist	Albums	Average
David Bowie	3	2

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Artist	Ratings
Beatles	5, 5, 1
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds	5, 2, 2
David Bowie	1, 4, 1

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Are You Experienced

Jimi Hendrix

5/5

Unreal. Never been imitated and still stands out as fresh and original amongst the 50 years of music that’s come after it (to only give away is the production quality). Shout out to the drummer too.

1 likes

Ramones

2/5

“Have the Rolling Stones killed” “But sir, those aren’t…” “Do as I say!”

1 likes

1-Star Albums (11)

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

All Ratings

The Joshua Tree

3/5

First three are great. Goes into a dark country blues vibe which was cool, but lacking any hooks. Last two songs exit and mothers of the disappeared had an interesting cool vibe but again lacked that finishing melodic punch for me.

Let's Get It On

Marvin Gaye

1/5

Disappointed. Meandering without rhythm or melody. ‘Keep gettin it on’ made me think the whole album was conjured up to support the only good track on the album.

Revolver

Beatles

5/5

“All pop music is just a series of footnotes to the Beatles”.

3 Feet High and Rising

De La Soul

4/5

So much fun and groove. Impossible to not smile or walk with a limp whilst listening.

Are You Experienced

Jimi Hendrix

5/5

m b v

My Bloody Valentine

2/5

I did not know my bloody valentine sounded like that. Not my thing usually, and think other bands do the same kind of thing better.

I’ve Got a Tiger By the Tail

Buck Owens

2/5

I’m sure to someone it’s the perfect album. Does one thing for 17 songs. Only song of note for me was Memphis. Reminded me of GTA San Andreas country music station.

Reign In Blood

Slayer

3/5

Actually got into the head banging after a while. Last song was the best.

KIWANUKA

Michael Kiwanuka

3/5

Enjoyed it. Really liked Piano room.

Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

5/5

Loads of novelty and weirdness without losing anything from the pop/rock/blues vibe

Ramones

2/5

“Have the Rolling Stones killed” “But sir, those aren’t…” “Do as I say!”

The Wildest!

Louis Prima

5/5

Pure joy.

Odessey And Oracle

The Zombies

2/5

Mostly quite boring.

Ghosteen

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

2/5

Parallel Lines

Blondie

2/5

Got a bonus star for the rudy can’t fail rip off

Automatic For The People

R.E.M.

3/5

I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You

Aretha Franklin

5/5

Sheet Music

10cc

1/5

Didn’t get it. Liked the first song but thought the rest was pretty rubbish,

Dummy

Portishead

2/5

Think I would have enjoyed it more in the right context. Glad the only Portishead song I know finally came in at the end. Best track too.

Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols

Sex Pistols

3/5

Better than I thought it would be.

The White Album

Beatles

5/5

You could cut 25% of it and still have two 5 star albums. USSR, helter Skelter, yer blues, me and my monkey, birthday - all monsters. While my guitar, mother natures son, blackbird, cry baby cry. Even all the silly McCartney story songs are enjoyable interludes. Didn’t wanna just blindly give the Beatles 5 stars every time, but…

You Are The Quarry

Morrissey

1/5

The best I can say is that the music was so bland, I could focus entirely on the god awful lyrics.

Music For The Jilted Generation

The Prodigy

4/5

Never been to a rave and probably wouldn’t enjoy it. But I enjoyed this.

The Dark Side Of The Moon

Pink Floyd

4/5

Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme

Simon & Garfunkel

3/5

Trio

Dolly Parton

2/5

I enjoyed imagining the fat, redneck layabout she might have been singing about. Otherwise, apart from those memories of you, found it dull.

Make Yourself

Incubus

2/5

Only song I really liked was the one with no singing.

Cross

Justice

2/5

We Are Family

Sister Sledge

4/5

Bring back disco for the bass players

After The Gold Rush

Neil Young

3/5

Tea for the Tillerman

Cat Stevens

4/5

Since I Left You

The Avalanches

4/5

Reggatta De Blanc

The Police

1/5

Honestly hated it. Every element of every song felt disjointed. A band with only one good song and it’s not even on their best album 🤦‍♂️

Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea

PJ Harvey

3/5

Quite liked it. 3/5

Logical Progression

LTJ Bukem

3/5

Let's Stay Together

Al Green

3/5

Deloused in the Comatorium

The Mars Volta

4/5

Endtroducing.....

DJ Shadow

1/5

Exile On Main Street

The Rolling Stones

4/5

Paul Simon

5/5

Can see myself as an old man, sitting in my chair listening to this straight through

Cloud Nine

The Temptations

4/5

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

David Bowie

1/5

The opening bar to moonage daydream and all of suffragette city were enjoyable. The rest I have already forgotten.

Something Else By The Kinks

The Kinks

3/5

A Love Supreme

John Coltrane

3/5

Joan Armatrading

3/5

So many good bits at first, but petered out and never really hooked me

Green

R.E.M.

4/5

Kilimanjaro

The Teardrop Explodes

2/5

Basket of Light

Pentangle

3/5

In my uni days trying to present myself as some philosophy studying hippy, could well see myself pretending to dig this to impress girls. Did quite like it.

Fulfillingness' First Finale

Stevie Wonder

3/5

Wish You Were Here

Pink Floyd

4/5

Very good

Stardust

Willie Nelson

2/5

Got half way before turning off.

Suede

3/5

Hunky Dory

David Bowie

4/5

3 felt harsh and 4 felt generous but by virtue of having at least 3 songs I would happily listen to again, i went for 4.

Either Or

Elliott Smith

4/5

My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

Kanye West

3/5

Interesting

Doggystyle

Snoop Dogg

4/5

Absolute vibe

Traffic

4/5

Sounds like all the other American ‘Nam music of the time. And that’s a good thing.

(Pronounced 'Leh-'Nérd 'Skin-'Nérd)

Lynyrd Skynyrd

5/5

Kind Of Blue

Miles Davis

3/5

Back At The Chicken Shack

Jimmy Smith

4/5

The Boatman's Call

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

2/5

Zzzzzzzzzzz

Superfly

Curtis Mayfield

4/5

Very pleasant

Nighthawks At The Diner

Tom Waits

5/5

What a lovely evening this would be

Elvis Presley

2/5

Good greatest hits but this album is pretty meh

Adele

3/5

Really good but not. Only hello really hits hard.

The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators

The 13th Floor Elevators

2/5

Mmm. Not for me.

Water From An Ancient Well

Abdullah Ibrahim

4/5

A treat. Lovely stuff.

Hybrid Theory

Linkin Park

2/5

Pants

Black Sabbath

3/5

Surrealistic Pillow

Jefferson Airplane

3/5

Woodface

Crowded House

3/5

Out Of The Blue

Electric Light Orchestra

2/5

Wanted to like it.

Aja

Steely Dan

4/5

Rich creamery butter

Pearl

Janis Joplin

4/5

Live At The Regal

B.B. King

4/5

Genre defining music

Fly Or Die

N.E.R.D

2/5

Wtf was that drill sergeant song?

Life's Too Good

The Sugarcubes

3/5

Easily my favourite sugarcanes album

The Visitors

ABBA

2/5

Boring.

The Köln Concert

Keith Jarrett

3/5

Man plays piano. He’s good.

Blackstar

David Bowie

1/5

I suppose once you reach a level of virtuosity in any creative pursuit, you begin to push out into creative realms yet unexplored by the masses like me. As a result I found this listening experience impenetrably rubbish. 0/5

Venus Luxure No. 1 Baby

Girls Against Boys

2/5

Time Out Of Mind

Bob Dylan

3/5

No Other

Gene Clark

2/5

Led Zeppelin II

Led Zeppelin

5/5

Need louder headphones

Back In Black

AC/DC

5/5

I would like to see some science on testosterone production whilst listening to AC/DC. Only soy boy wet wipes don’t like.

A Girl Called Dusty

Dusty Springfield

3/5

There's A Riot Goin' On

Sly & The Family Stone

3/5

Hot Rats

Frank Zappa

5/5

Unexpectedly vibed with it. I felt like it was the soundtrack to an old crank hoarder as he went about his scruffy life, being cantankerous.

Pretzel Logic

Steely Dan

3/5

Might grow on me next time round

Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

4/5

The previous two NY albums were so boring, that I was surprised to enjoy this one. First few songs hooked me into the right listening space.

Selling England By The Pound

Genesis

3/5

Didn’t realise so much prog sounded the same. Still good.

Casanova

The Divine Comedy

2/5

Simultaneously weird and boring.

Transformer

Lou Reed

3/5

The Number Of The Beast

Iron Maiden

5/5

A great album, with two of the best metal songs of all time.

The Marshall Mathers LP

Eminem

3/5

Killing Joke

1/5

Oracular Spectacular

MGMT

2/5

Bowie-esque. I’m glad it came out after Uni. Remember them being everywhere. Glad they’re not anymore.

Pet Sounds

The Beach Boys

4/5

Probs would have been a 3/5, but was reminded what a masterpiece ‘god only knows’ is.

L.A. Woman

The Doors

4/5

Nilsson Schmilsson

Harry Nilsson

4/5

Good vibe. Would listen again.

Haut de gamme / Koweït, rive gauche

Koffi Olomide

3/5

Not really my thing. Nice background music at a bar in Benidorm or something though I reckon. Thst boosts it to 3/5

Rattus Norvegicus

The Stranglers

2/5

So much rubbish

Damaged

Black Flag

3/5

3 + 3

The Isley Brothers

5/5

Incredible. Possibly favourite album so far.

Parachutes

Coldplay

4/5

Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)

Wu-Tang Clan

2/5

Broken English

Marianne Faithfull

2/5

Pyromania

Def Leppard

3/5

Not as good as I was hoping. Ok though.

American Idiot

Green Day

4/5

It is the definitive album of the entire ‘emo’ subculture. And probably the best album that can be considered ‘emo’. A bit too ‘emo’ for my tastes (compared to Dookie, for example), but I rate them higher than blink 182, and a lot of other rubbish American teen punk.

The Band

3/5

Dr. Octagonecologyst

Dr. Octagon

2/5

Post Orgasmic Chill

Skunk Anansie

4/5

Obviously of its era, but really liked it.

At San Quentin

Johnny Cash

4/5

Felt like a piece of American cultural history more than an album.

If You Can Believe Your Eyes & Ears

The Mamas & The Papas

3/5

Nice.

Armed Forces

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

2/5

Boring

In Our Heads

Hot Chip

3/5

Not my bag but better than a two.

Music From Big Pink

The Band

2/5

Apart from the weight, really bland.

Iron Maiden

5/5

Happy Trails

Quicksilver Messenger Service

2/5

It's Too Late to Stop Now

Van Morrison

3/5

His voice just gets to me. Good music, but can’t love it.

Rumours

Fleetwood Mac

5/5

The Bends

Radiohead

5/5

Makes me wish I was 18 back at uni listening to this and all other music for the first time again. Top, maybe 20, album for me I think. Nostalgic yet still fresh.

Horses

Patti Smith

4/5

Think I’d really really like it after a few listens.

Paranoid

Black Sabbath

4/5

I wonder what would have happened if all these satan-worshipping goths never got the catharsis this music gives them(/us)?

Channel Orange

Frank Ocean

2/5

Mazy rubbish masquerading as jazz influence. Early weeknd albums much better in the same vein.

More Songs About Buildings And Food

Talking Heads

3/5

The Clash

3/5

Felt Mountain

Goldfrapp

1/5

Pink Flag

Wire

3/5

Bit punked out now. Still ok though

Stankonia

OutKast

2/5

Did not vibe

Stand!

Sly & The Family Stone

3/5

Everyday people is an all time great.

Slayed?

Slade

5/5

Minor chords are for sad wets who wanna cry in the corner about the girl who dumped them. Cheer up, you’re alive ain’t ya?!? Listen to Slade. Like AC/DC but happier.

The Libertines

2/5

Definitely Maybe

Oasis

5/5

Easy

Get Behind Me Satan

The White Stripes

1/5

How is this album on here?!?

The Velvet Underground & Nico

The Velvet Underground

3/5

More interesting than good.

With The Beatles

Beatles

1/5

George Harrison doing please mr postman… please. It’s like they’ve been brought out in chains to perform for an Eastern European dictator who wants to listen to ‘western music’.

Sticky Fingers

The Rolling Stones

5/5

Franz Ferdinand

3/5

Sea Change

Beck

3/5

Cool. But didnt quite grip me.

At Folsom Prison

Johnny Cash

4/5