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Albums you rated higher than global average

Album	You	Global	Diff
The Colour Of Spring	5	3.07	+1.93
The World is a Ghetto	5	3.35	+1.65
Songs Of Leonard Cohen	5	3.37	+1.63
Come Away With Me	5	3.39	+1.61
Blue	5	3.49	+1.51
Franz Ferdinand	5	3.57	+1.43
Illmatic	5	3.61	+1.39
The Cars	5	3.67	+1.33
Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not	5	3.73	+1.27
Goodbye And Hello	4	2.83	+1.17

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Albums you rated lower than global average

Album	You	Global	Diff
Come Find Yourself	1	2.92	-1.92
Songs From The Big Chair	2	3.74	-1.74
The Joshua Tree	2	3.67	-1.67
Elvis Presley	2	3.38	-1.38
Lost In The Dream	2	3.38	-1.38

5-Star Albums (11)

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Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not

1-Star Albums (1)

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American IV: The Man Comes Around

Johnny Cash

4/5

Really good. I liked it.

Music in Exile

Songhoy Blues

3/5

Solid. Really enjoyable vibe. Nothing super new about this other than that there is a nice Mali feel to an old genre. 3/5, would bop again.

(What's The Story) Morning Glory

Oasis

3/5

I recognize the importance of this record, but I find the songs annoying.

Channel Orange

Frank Ocean

4/5

Enjoyable. Really liked the 'Pyramids' track. 4/5.

Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

4/5

It's Blitz!

Yeah Yeah Yeahs

4/5

Doolittle

Pixies

4/5

Good. I liked it. Definitely ahead of its time, but I don't know much it is my vibe. 4/5 would probably listen again, but not in a hurry to.

Master Of Puppets

Metallica

4/5

Classic thrash record. RIP Cliff.

Exile In Guyville

Liz Phair

4/5

I like this album. It's got a punk vibe, but a calm sing song-y presentation. Borderline spoken word verses suits the music well and definitely feels very 1993 which it is. 4/5. Stratford-On-Guy stands out to me, great song.

Come Find Yourself

Fun Lovin' Criminals

1/5

Don’t love this. Gonna bring in rock and blues elements to your rap album? 4 years after RATM made it pointless for anyone else to try?? I don't think so. I mean, it's fine, I guess. Won't ever listen again.

The Doors

5/5

5/5 about as good as a debut can be. No skips.

Illmatic

Nas

5/5

Obvious 5/5. Legendary record.

Catch A Fire

Bob Marley & The Wailers

3/5

Not into reggae. Clearly an important record with an important message, but I find the songs repetitive. Not for me.

The Cars

5/5

I love The Cars. I love this album. Every song is catchy, fun, and a hit. No notes.

Home Is Where The Music Is

Hugh Masekela

4/5

Good melodies, lot of fun. Not my favorite of 70s jazz, but I enjoyed the afrobeat elements, and I'll likely explore more of his catalogue.

Seventeen Seconds

The Cure

4/5

I've tried to get into the Cure a few times, and it's not usually my jam. I really like this album, though. Very atmospheric without being tedious. I enjoyed A Forest, At Night, and the title track in particular.

Definitely Maybe

Oasis

4/5

A lot more enjoyable than What's the Story. Just fun, digestible britpop. They're still kind of annoying, though.

Elvis Presley

2/5

Rating is how much I enjoy it, not its influence or relevance.

The Colour Of Spring

Talk Talk

5/5

Really dig this! The only thing I don't love is how "80s" the production sounds, but such as it it, I still love this.

Come Away With Me

Norah Jones

5/5

Extremely poppy jazz. The production quality is insane. Not the kind of thing I bop to, but this is an undeniably good record. 5/5

I Against I

Bad Brains

4/5

It's good. Enjoyable, some of the vocal work was a bit annoying, same with some of the cheesier guitar bits. Creative project, though, I like it. 4/5

The Joshua Tree

2/5

This fucking sucks

Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not

Arctic Monkeys

5/5

Songs Of Leonard Cohen

Leonard Cohen

5/5

Maybe not the most exciting music, but a masterpiece of poetry and mood.

Lost In The Dream

The War On Drugs

2/5

Man, this is tedious. I don't care for it. Lot of skilled musicianship and production, but it is clearly drawing from a lot of 80s pop rock sound. I don't know, this is some Free Willy soundtrack type stuff I can't get behind. 2/5 listen, 3/5 for the hard work and skill that went into making this.

Safe As Milk

Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band

4/5

I don't know why it shows me the previous album's comments after I've saved comments for this album. So annoying.

The Number Of The Beast

Iron Maiden

4/5

Obviously hugely influential, and there's a lot to like. Catchy melodies, fun riffs, really great. A bit cheesy for me.

Synchronicity

The Police

4/5

Never listen to Police outside of the hits. Most of the album feels like Thin Lizzy and Bowie influences with some english proggy elements. It's pretty good.

Blue

Joni Mitchell

5/5

Really pleasant listen and very evocative of that counterculture movement. Just good folky pop music, idk what to even call it. It's obvious why its so revered.

Mermaid Avenue

Billy Bragg

4/5

Lots going on here. Irish folk elements, bob dylan emulation. It's folksy, catchy, borderline annoyed me. There was one song that made me want to turn it off, but I vibed with the rest. 3.5/5, but I'll give it a 4, feeling nice.

All Things Must Pass

George Harrison

4/5

One of the better post beatles projects. All good stuff in here, still could have been edited down.

The World is a Ghetto

War

5/5

Slaps.

Hunky Dory

David Bowie

5/5

Legendary.

Adele

4/5

5/5 performance, 3/5 originality, 4/5 listen.

Goodbye And Hello

Tim Buckley

4/5

A lot to like about this album. The falsetto wasn't among them. Love the kind of medieval vibe to some of the songs, fiercely anti-war message, and the instrument accompaniments. Kind of tedious in the end. 3.5/5. Rounding up to 4 because I'm in a good mood.

Ctrl

SZA

2/5

Great musicianship, production, sound, but the lyrics were such hot garbage I had to turn it off. I love angry music, but make it angry about oppression and injustice, not petty dramas. I don't know. Giving it a 2 because it genuinely sounds fantastic, but just unlistenable. Weird combo.

Electric Warrior

T. Rex

3/5

Songs From The Big Chair

Tears For Fears

2/5

Man, I don't care for this. I get why it was popular, but I find it silly. It's very 80s, but not in the fun new wave way that I like. Too poppy/cheesy.

Franz Ferdinand

5/5

One of my favorite albums of my teen years. Still so great.