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Album	You	Global	Diff
A Grand Don't Come For Free The Streets	5	2.67	+2.33
Kick Out The Jams (Live) MC5	5	2.91	+2.09
Infected The The	5	2.92	+2.08
Shaft Isaac Hayes	5	3.24	+1.76
First Band On The Moon The Cardigans	5	3.29	+1.71
Surf's Up The Beach Boys	5	3.31	+1.69
The College Dropout Kanye West	5	3.31	+1.69
The Chronic Dr. Dre	5	3.33	+1.67
A Girl Called Dusty Dusty Springfield	5	3.33	+1.67
Be Common	5	3.35	+1.65

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Hounds Of Love Kate Bush	1	3.61	-2.61
Illinois Sufjan Stevens	1	3.49	-2.49
Rumours Fleetwood Mac	2	4.46	-2.46
Sea Change Beck	1	3.33	-2.33
Horses Patti Smith	1	3.31	-2.31
Songs Of Love And Hate Leonard Cohen	1	3.21	-2.21
Live 1966 (The Royal Albert Hall Concert) Bob Dylan	1	3.15	-2.15
Hejira Joni Mitchell	1	3.13	-2.13
The Who Sell Out The Who	1	3	-2
Cosmo's Factory Creedence Clearwater Revival	2	3.93	-1.93

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Artist	Albums	Average
Bob Marley & The Wailers	2	5
The Beach Boys	2	5

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Artist	Ratings
Bob Dylan	4, 1
Leonard Cohen	4, 1
Beck	1, 4

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Ready To Die

The Notorious B.I.G.

5/5

super classic, some really weird moments (blowjob sound)

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1-Star Albums (13)

Live 1966 (The Royal Albert Hall Concert)

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The Wall

Pink Floyd

3/5

very long and too much ambient. Definitely really strong high points and needs to be listened to very loud

Ten

Pearl Jam

2/5

Solidly mid, not really my type of music

Common

5/5

great album, liked the melody and young kanye features

Wish You Were Here

Pink Floyd

4/5

More intentionally ambient than the wall, and more cohesive and shorter (even though I suppose shine on is like 15 minutes lol)

1999

Prince

2/5

too funky? too sexual? too repetitive?

Illinois

Sufjan Stevens

1/5

terrible, as if beck got soft and joined a singalong cult

Unhalfbricking

Fairport Convention

2/5

not all bad but not really my type of music

Hounds Of Love

Kate Bush

1/5

get yourself a room, kate

(Pronounced 'Leh-'Nérd 'Skin-'Nérd)

Lynyrd Skynyrd

4/5

solid album, simple man is a highlight they really know how to handle steel strings and a harmonica

Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)

Eurythmics

3/5

Not bad, but nothing to write home about and maybe the classics on this one are overplayed

Shadowland

k.d. lang

3/5

not my favorite, not terrible

Brothers

The Black Keys

5/5

now this is a solid banger

Rumours

Fleetwood Mac

2/5

meh, overplayed

Definitely Maybe

Oasis

2/5

pretty basic, a bit too emo rock

Our Aim Is To Satisfy

Red Snapper

2/5

kinda fun but whats even going on here?

Electric Warrior

T. Rex

5/5

very groovy, had a lot of fun listening to this one

Done By The Forces Of Nature

Jungle Brothers

4/5

quite good, fun to hear songs I've only heard sampled or referenced

The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan

4/5

good but maybe too much harmonica and a bit repetitive

Tidal

Fiona Apple

2/5

big meh

Tapestry

Carole King

5/5

Quite good, especially towards the end with Smackwater Jack and You Make Me Feel

Tago Mago

Can

1/5

psychobabble but not in the fun to listen to way

Lost In The Dream

The War On Drugs

3/5

OK, a bit depressive and too neil young vocals but the melodies were pretty good and catchy overall

Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)

Wu-Tang Clan

5/5

very solid, lotsa bangers

Back In Black

AC/DC

3/5

some fun songs, some really whiny and repetitive vibes

Broken English

Marianne Faithfull

1/5

scratchy voice is not for me

Ramones

5/5

some garbage rock in here but the majority are anthems and get the frisson going

Machine Head

Deep Purple

5/5

super cool

Green River

Creedence Clearwater Revival

2/5

big meh. one good song with bad moon rising

Kid A

Radiohead

2/5

highly mid

Low-Life

New Order

2/5

Only Elegia was really cool and maybe its really because I don't like the vocals on this band?

Low

David Bowie

2/5

too ambient? like I didn't even notice this on in the background? So much bowie on this list and this is the first one I get?

I'm Your Man

Leonard Cohen

4/5

pretty fun, a bit creepy vocals at times but overall good

A Love Supreme

John Coltrane

3/5

fine but too freewheeling for an album imo. this would be great live I'm sure but has very little structure

Eliminator

ZZ Top

3/5

pretty ridiculous, fun sometimes with the steel strings

Only Built 4 Cuban Linx

Raekwon

4/5

very wu tang, forever

Heroes

David Bowie

3/5

obvi a classic, but the one song is far better than the sum of the album

Imagine

John Lennon

4/5

better than a lot of the beatles stuff but still kinda whiny. title track is obvi a classic

Sticky Fingers

The Rolling Stones

3/5

kind of a sad album, lots of rough topics. good music overall, but not my favorite of their albums

One Nation Under A Groove

Funkadelic

4/5

bangers

Pretenders

4/5

very fun, sometimes got a bit too kate bush but most of it was better than expected

Ogden's Nut Gone Flake

Small Faces

2/5

This was weird, but somehow I recognized some songs?

Destroyer

KISS

3/5

I want to know the real story behind beth! but ya this was fun but really few songs I would listen to again

1984

Van Halen

5/5

obvi a solid album, if not a bit full of itself

Out Of The Blue

Electric Light Orchestra

5/5

very fun! almost all of it I would listen to again

Ready To Die

The Notorious B.I.G.

5/5

super classic, some really weird moments (blowjob sound)

Paris 1919

John Cale

3/5

a bit too folksy for my taste but there were good times here, and wtf happened at the end there?

Songs Of Love And Hate

Leonard Cohen

1/5

fukin weird

Purple Rain

Prince

4/5

fun, funky, and a bit weird

White Blood Cells

The White Stripes

5/5

lots of good ones, a classic

Franz Ferdinand

2/5

only "take me out" is worth a listen, the rest is indy landfill

Isn't Anything

My Bloody Valentine

1/5

this was super boring imo

Time (The Revelator)

Gillian Welch

2/5

really note my vibe but there was some beauty in some of this

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

Beatles

5/5

one of their better albums, I had forgotten that so many good songs are on this one!

Blood Sugar Sex Magik

Red Hot Chili Peppers

5/5

very fun, lots of funky bass, some really solid songs. Excellent in the IEMs

Sea Change

Beck

1/5

really boring and not super good imo

Hot Rats

Frank Zappa

4/5

truly a movie for the ears! not my favorite jazz, but very fun to listen to

Stardust

Willie Nelson

4/5

bluegrass covers of classics by a pro, no complaints

Beyond Skin

Nitin Sawhney

2/5

this was pretty weird and not what I wanted to listen to at the time

Bitte Orca

Dirty Projectors

1/5

not my type of rock, this is indie swill

Live At The Harlem Square Club

Sam Cooke

5/5

very fun show to listen to

If I Should Fall From Grace With God

The Pogues

4/5

well executed but not something I would jam to on my own accord

Actually

Pet Shop Boys

2/5

meh

Sincere

Mj Cole

2/5

kinda boring ambient early edm

On The Beach

Neil Young

3/5

revolution and vampire blues were notable but this is generally kinda whiny

Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots

The Flaming Lips

3/5

this was fine, a bit like the parts of tame impala that I don't love though

Parallel Lines

Blondie

5/5

absolutely a great album

KE*A*H** (Psalm 69)

Ministry

2/5

ehhhh pretty weird album, never really got into the groove. Didn't hear much musicality in the noise

Brothers In Arms

Dire Straits

4/5

very good musically, some off-color lyrics that put me off, and I definitely recognize this as smth that's been heavily sampled which is always fun

Aha Shake Heartbreak

Kings of Leon

2/5

wet blanket

The Chronic

Dr. Dre

5/5

excellent, back when snoop was not a shill

Can't Buy A Thrill

Steely Dan

3/5

musically very listenable but not super duper my vibe

Cut

The Slits

1/5

ummm not sure how to describe my feelings other than yikes?

Ambient 1/Music For Airports

Brian Eno

3/5

the good part about ambient music is you'll never know when the album ends!

Dirt

Alice In Chains

2/5

not the best of alice in chains

Horses

Patti Smith

1/5

awful

Peter Gabriel

3/5

better than I expected but a lot of it was too much like paul simon

All Hope Is Gone

Slipknot

4/5

very good but not my favorite of their music

Nothing's Shocking

Jane's Addiction

4/5

this was fun, good ol rock n roll

First Band On The Moon

The Cardigans

5/5

excellent album, some weird themes, lovefool is a classic

The Number Of The Beast

Iron Maiden

5/5

rockin!

Tusk

Fleetwood Mac

2/5

Pretty meh. Not a big fan of fleetwood mac and it was very easy listening but nothing notably exciting

Foo Fighters

3/5

good in the background, not an album I'd put on to really listen to tho

Crocodiles

Echo And The Bunnymen

3/5

not bad, nothing special

The Renaissance

Q-Tip

4/5

very fun, but kinda bummed a couple of the songs were unavailable on streaming in the us and I think those were the most-hyped singles releases? More nerdy-rap than the machismo rap I thought it would be

Catch A Fire

Bob Marley & The Wailers

5/5

excellent, but not my fave album of his (a bit too slow?)

Is This It

The Strokes

5/5

Titular track is the best on the album and it kinda fades from there but overall good album

Timeless

Goldie

4/5

cool but holy smokes this is long, and I kinda prefer more modern dnb but timeless is... timeless

Bitches Brew

Miles Davis

4/5

excellent jazz if you're into that

Mermaid Avenue

Billy Bragg

2/5

not in love with folk music still

All Things Must Pass

George Harrison

2/5

pretty boring, sorry george

Arrival

ABBA

4/5

lots of fun tracks

Very

Pet Shop Boys

3/5

fun themes but overall a bit dreary (too brit?)

A Girl Called Dusty

Dusty Springfield

5/5

excellent album that really deserves its place on this list!

Crime Of The Century

Supertramp

5/5

superfun!

Pet Sounds

The Beach Boys

5/5

excellent album, so many good ones. RIP Brian Wilson

Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space

Spiritualized

3/5

kinda wish it had more space sounds, but this was chill

Music for the Masses

Depeche Mode

4/5

not my favorite, but because its pop for everyone of course its catchy

Music From Big Pink

The Band

4/5

pretty good for the background, jazzy fun vibes

Surf's Up

The Beach Boys

5/5

excellent, and quite different from what I remember listening to at 13

Hejira

Joni Mitchell

1/5

not my thing, kinda whiny

Dookie

Green Day

5/5

absolute banger of an album

At Mister Kelly's

Sarah Vaughan

5/5

excellent, fun live recording

Morrison Hotel

The Doors

3/5

not my taste but not bad

The Scream

Siouxsie And The Banshees

2/5

I want to like this way more than I do (bass-led rhythm? bongo percussion? sign me up!) but the vocals really kill it for me

Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge

Mudhoney

2/5

some fine stuff but nothing notable

The Last Broadcast

Doves

2/5

meh

Led Zeppelin IV

Led Zeppelin

4/5

good songs on here for sure, but some of these are pretty boring and the good ones are kinda overplayed

Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs

Derek & The Dominos

3/5

not super sure why this list has so many albums that are only known for one song, and not the cohesion of the album? Layla clearly stands far above the rest, and there are some better and some worse songs but the rest of these love songs really blend together

Bad

Michael Jackson

5/5

obvi a great one, but kinda freaky lyrics if you're paying attention

The Who Sell Out

The Who

1/5

this is the musical equivalent of the 'Scratch' chapter at the end of The State of the Art, not really any fully fleshed out songs just a bunch of thoughts mixed with capitalist psychobabble

Heavy Weather

Weather Report

3/5

not bad, but this kind of jazz isn't my favorite listening

Moving Pictures

Rush

5/5

this is a great one! a bit dated (or maybe I just listened to this too much in middle school) but excellent tracklist

Cosmo's Factory

Creedence Clearwater Revival

2/5

big meh. religious songs also? not for me. Not hard to listen to, so I'll give it 2 stars

I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You

Aretha Franklin

5/5

totally a great album, lots of good songs and super solid start with Respect

In The Wee Small Hours

Frank Sinatra

3/5

Sinatra is obviously a great singer, but this album wasn't my favorite as a project and I'd rather listen to a compilation of his than an album as it doesn't hold a lot as a project to me

A Little Deeper

Ms. Dynamite

3/5

more soulful than I expected, and some notable songs, but a bit preachy at times

System Of A Down

3/5

this is insane music, and I used to love it way more than I do today! Some fun songs, but holy smokes this energy is too angry for me just right now

Exodus

Bob Marley & The Wailers

5/5

excellent, super chill, the office loved it, and jesse pulled out t he incense for the vibe

The Stranger

Billy Joel

4/5

actually quite good as I don't typically vibe with ol BJ

A Grand Don't Come For Free

The Streets

5/5

this was very cool, why am I just learning that I love the operatic subgenres of my favorite media?

Live 1966 (The Royal Albert Hall Concert)

Bob Dylan

1/5

can't stand bob dylan, sorry

Legalize It

Peter Tosh

3/5

titular track is a classic but the rest could be forgotten, nothing too inspirational

Graceland

Paul Simon

4/5

this is a fun album, not what I'd listen to on the daily but interesting sound

Urban Hymns

The Verve

3/5

big meh, except the obvious winner with 1.5B views

Beach Samba

Astrud Gilberto

4/5

super chill, nice and fun and good vibes. Didn't love the last song with the kid but overall very good

The College Dropout

Kanye West

5/5

excellent album, truly some golden days for kanye

Architecture And Morality

Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark

3/5

chill, kind of gave 80s rock meets crystal castles at some points, but crystal castles obviously learned from them

Guero

Beck

4/5

i guess this is the best beck album

In Rainbows

Radiohead

2/5

pretty mid

Heroes to Zeros

The Beta Band

2/5

kinda boring, didn't make it to the end but i don't plan to finish

Infected

The The

5/5

This was super cool and very a propos on halloween weekend!

Paul's Boutique

Beastie Boys

4/5

fun, a bit dated with the material (a lot of hip hop is not PC, but this was so in kind of a cringey way) and the B-boy bouillabaisse at the end was probably the best set of songs

Station To Station

David Bowie

2/5

not every bowie album belongs on this list...

Synchronicity

The Police

3/5

goodish album, a bit creepy today

Superunknown

Soundgarden

3/5

some good ones but mostly too noisy

Queens of the Stone Age

4/5

cool album and impressive this is mostly just the one guy, but not my favorite QOTSA album

Shaft

Isaac Hayes

5/5

very cool, great music for working

Doggystyle

Snoop Dogg

2/5

the chronic is way better than this, and snoop has since entirely sold out so I wasn't super into this album. Gin & Juice is cool but otherwise nothing much to write about

Elephant

The White Stripes

4/5

a lot of good songs on this album, but as usual the white stripes exhibit a weird energy of "sibling or lover? we'll never know!" and the last song really nails that even harder

Ocean Rain

Echo And The Bunnymen

4/5

not too bad, pretty chill and fun

Cheap Thrills

Big Brother & The Holding Company

5/5

excellent music, janis can really sing

Grievous Angel

Gram Parsons

4/5

sad album, but it is very americana and interesting if not my type of daily jam