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Album	You	Global	Diff
Darkdancer Les Rythmes Digitales	5	2.59	+2.41
Penthouse And Pavement Heaven 17	5	2.62	+2.38
A Grand Don't Come For Free The Streets	5	2.67	+2.33
Dr. Octagonecologyst Dr. Octagon	5	2.7	+2.3
Movies Holger Czukay	5	2.71	+2.29
Yeezus Kanye West	5	2.77	+2.23
I Against I Bad Brains	5	2.93	+2.07
Smile Brian Wilson	5	3.06	+1.94
Murder Ballads Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds	5	3.08	+1.92
Tank Battles Dagmar Krause	4	2.12	+1.88

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Sea Change Beck	1	3.33	-2.33
Bookends Simon & Garfunkel	2	3.56	-1.56
Scum Napalm Death	1	2.07	-1.07
The Trinity Session Cowboy Junkies	2	3.07	-1.07

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Artist	Albums	Average
The Doors	3	5
Bruce Springsteen	3	4.67
Pink Floyd	2	5
Johnny Cash	2	5
David Bowie	2	5
Beatles	3	4.33

5-Star Albums (63)

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Popular Reviews

Licensed To Ill

Beastie Boys

5/5

Amazing album that probably couldn't be made today with all the samples. Especially love the reversed 808 beats on Paul Revere.

2 likes

Kid A

Radiohead

3/5

Didn't like this one nearly as much as OK Computer

1 likes

1-Star Albums (2)

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Licensed To Ill

Beastie Boys

5/5

Amazing album that probably couldn't be made today with all the samples. Especially love the reversed 808 beats on Paul Revere.

Catch A Fire

Bob Marley & The Wailers

5/5

The Number Of The Beast

Iron Maiden

4/5

First half of album didn't overly impressed me but the final 4 songs make it great, especially Hallowed be Thy Name as an incredible finale.

Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul

Otis Redding

5/5

Very cool album with versions of songs that are very different

The Atomic Mr Basie

Count Basie & His Orchestra

4/5

Talking Book

Stevie Wonder

5/5

Iconic

Highway 61 Revisited

Bob Dylan

4/5

Very good but a lot of it is not really my kind of music

Rubber Soul

Beatles

5/5

Undeniable classic and incredibly influential

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness

The Smashing Pumpkins

3/5

Some great songs but it's too long and I think has some filler in it

GREY Area

Little Simz

3/5

Haven't listened to much british rap, was interesting.

KIWANUKA

Michael Kiwanuka

5/5

Really cool sound

Garbage

5/5

Fantastic from beginning to end. I've heard most of the songs before but as heaven is wide was new to me and might be my favorite garbage song now.

Dry

PJ Harvey

3/5

Not my favorite

Underwater Moonlight

The Soft Boys

3/5

Want One

Rufus Wainwright

4/5

Interesting sound, solid album

If I Should Fall From Grace With God

The Pogues

5/5

Loved it

Back To Black

Amy Winehouse

5/5

I liked almost every other song more than Rehab, which is saying something.

Rattus Norvegicus

The Stranglers

4/5

The Doors

5/5

Phenomenal album

Signing Off

UB40

4/5

Aftermath

The Rolling Stones

5/5

Darkness on the Edge of Town

Bruce Springsteen

5/5

Tank Battles

Dagmar Krause

4/5

Different sound and unique vocals.

Casanova

The Divine Comedy

4/5

Half of it was great, the other half just okay so 4 stars.

The Visitors

ABBA

5/5

Bookends

Simon & Garfunkel

2/5

Mrs. Robinson is a classic but I found the rest forgettable

Brothers In Arms

Dire Straits

5/5

Halcyon Digest

Deerhunter

3/5

It was good but I didn't find it special

Dig Your Own Hole

The Chemical Brothers

4/5

Music

Madonna

3/5

The Low End Theory

A Tribe Called Quest

4/5

Sea Change

Beck

1/5

Didn't care for this one at all.

Time (The Revelator)

Gillian Welch

4/5

I don't like country but I actually enjoyed this!

Murder Ballads

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

5/5

I had heard of nick cave before but never listened to his music. This album was awesome and a hilarious take on some very dark material.

Talking Timbuktu

Ali Farka Touré

4/5

Moondance

Van Morrison

4/5

Wish You Were Here

Pink Floyd

5/5

Darkdancer

Les Rythmes Digitales

5/5

Time Out

The Dave Brubeck Quartet

5/5

Played some of these songs in high school band class. Very cool album

American IV: The Man Comes Around

Johnny Cash

5/5

Phenomenal work by a man near the end of his life. Especially the hurt and in my life covers.

Hotel California

Eagles

5/5

Lust For Life

Iggy Pop

5/5

Scum

Napalm Death

1/5

The story behind the album is cool but this is not my kinda thing.

At Newport 1960

Muddy Waters

4/5

Franz Ferdinand

3/5

Imagine

John Lennon

3/5

Little bit of the Beatles sound still here but most of it was just okay in my opinion

A Wizard, A True Star

Todd Rundgren

4/5

The World is a Ghetto

War

4/5

Sheer Heart Attack

Queen

5/5

On The Beach

Neil Young

5/5

Rage Against The Machine

4/5

Yeezus

Kanye West

5/5

Hate the guy these days but the man is talented.

Dr. Octagonecologyst

Dr. Octagon

5/5

Wasnt sure what to expect but this was great

I Against I

Bad Brains

5/5

Heard of them before but never heard their music. This was great!

Rust Never Sleeps

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

5/5

The Score

Fugees

4/5

Some classics but the rest is hit or miss

The Sun Rises In The East

Jeru The Damaja

4/5

Purple Rain

Prince

5/5

An all-time classic and one of my favorite albums of all time!

The Rolling Stones

4/5

Morrison Hotel

The Doors

5/5

The Village Green Preservation Society

The Kinks

3/5

I like The Kinks a lot but this album didn't do a whole lot for me.

Young Americans

David Bowie

5/5

Buffalo Springfield Again

Buffalo Springfield

3/5

Tanto Tempo

Bebel Gilberto

4/5

Wild Is The Wind

Nina Simone

5/5

If You Can Believe Your Eyes & Ears

The Mamas & The Papas

5/5

Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols

Sex Pistols

3/5

Medúlla

Björk

2/5

Almost entirely a capella, this album is certainly a listening experience. Just not one i think id ever subject myself to again.

Caetano Veloso

3/5

At Folsom Prison

Johnny Cash

5/5

I'm not a country fan but I always have time for Johnny Cash

Revolver

Beatles

4/5

We Are Family

Sister Sledge

4/5

Fuzzy

Grant Lee Buffalo

4/5

Never heard of them, but this album was really good!

Locust Abortion Technician

Butthole Surfers

2/5

Did not care for this one much at all. Kuntz was the best song among a bunch of duds

Metallica

4/5

Not a Metallica fan but can't deny this album has some classics

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

4/5

Smokers Delight

Nightmares On Wax

2/5

It was mostly pretty boring in my opinion

Common

5/5

This was fantastic. It was produced by college dropout era Kanye so this makes sense. He is an awful person but he was a master of the craft for a time.

This Year's Model

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

5/5

Live!

Fela Kuti

4/5

Only Built 4 Cuban Linx

Raekwon

4/5

Bitches Brew

Miles Davis

4/5

Homework

Daft Punk

5/5

Might not be as good as Discovery or RAM but it's still fantastic!

Kid A

Radiohead

3/5

Didn't like this one nearly as much as OK Computer

Tapestry

Carole King

5/5

A lot of classics on here!

A Grand Don't Come For Free

The Streets

5/5

I had low expectations but this was actually great!

Venus Luxure No. 1 Baby

Girls Against Boys

3/5

This was just okay to me.

Penance Soiree

The Icarus Line

3/5

Countdown To Ecstasy

Steely Dan

4/5

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

David Bowie

5/5

I dont think much explanation is needed here.

Fleet Foxes

3/5

Hounds Of Love

Kate Bush

5/5

Ellington at Newport

Duke Ellington

4/5

The Trinity Session

Cowboy Junkies

2/5

Not my kinda thing

When I Was Born For The 7th Time

Cornershop

3/5

Rock 'N Soul

Solomon Burke

5/5

Machine Head

Deep Purple

5/5

A Hard Day's Night

Beatles

4/5

Gentlemen

The Afghan Whigs

4/5

Smile

Brian Wilson

5/5

Not sure if they gave this one to everyone yesterday but it was great from beginning to end and a wonderful listen as we celebrate his life.

Debut

Björk

3/5

The Healer

John Lee Hooker

5/5

Buena Vista Social Club

4/5

After The Gold Rush

Neil Young

4/5

There's No Place Like America Today

Curtis Mayfield

4/5

Have never heard his work before. Donald Glover certainly took inspiration from him on some of his Childish Gambino work! Very cool album

Tellin’ Stories

The Charlatans

3/5

Welcome To The Pleasuredome

Frankie Goes To Hollywood

4/5

Movies

Holger Czukay

5/5

I was introduced to Can within the last couple of years and loved their music. This is more great stuff!

Cloud Nine

The Temptations

4/5

Strangeways, Here We Come

The Smiths

4/5

Savane

Ali Farka Touré

4/5

Probably not something I'd go back to but I can appreciate the talent here.

Queen II

Queen

4/5

Funeral

Arcade Fire

3/5

Selling England By The Pound

Genesis

4/5

Suede

3/5

Music From The Penguin Cafe

Penguin Cafe Orchestra

4/5

The Velvet Underground

4/5

Ágætis Byrjun

Sigur Rós

4/5

Definitely strange. But entertaining.

Wild Gift

3/5

I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You

Aretha Franklin

5/5

The Rising

Bruce Springsteen

4/5

Here's Little Richard

Little Richard

5/5

Birth Of The Cool

Miles Davis

4/5

Led Zeppelin II

Led Zeppelin

5/5

Undeniably fantastic

Vol. 4

Black Sabbath

5/5

RIP Ozzy

Welcome to the Afterfuture

Mike Ladd

4/5

Electric Warrior

T. Rex

4/5

Run-D.M.C.

4/5

Peter Gabriel 3

Peter Gabriel

5/5

Born To Run

Bruce Springsteen

5/5

L.A. Woman

The Doors

5/5

Selected Ambient Works 85-92

Aphex Twin

5/5

Fear Of A Black Planet

Public Enemy

3/5

Bringing It All Back Home

Bob Dylan

4/5

Hot Buttered Soul

Isaac Hayes

4/5

Bryter Layter

Nick Drake

3/5

Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)

Wu-Tang Clan

5/5

Illinois

Sufjan Stevens

4/5

Rio

Duran Duran

3/5

The Dark Side Of The Moon

Pink Floyd

5/5

What's Going On

Marvin Gaye

3/5

This was okay

Illmatic

Nas

5/5

Made In Japan

Deep Purple

4/5

Sweet Baby James

James Taylor

5/5

Marquee Moon

Television

5/5

Penthouse And Pavement

Heaven 17

5/5

Legalize It

Peter Tosh

4/5

Let Love Rule

Lenny Kravitz

4/5

Stankonia

OutKast

4/5

Band On The Run

Paul McCartney and Wings

4/5

In Utero

Nirvana

5/5

The Libertines

4/5

Rumours

Fleetwood Mac

5/5

Obviously

Speakerboxxx/The Love Below

OutKast

5/5

Iron Maiden

4/5

Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1

George Michael

3/5

Not really my cup of tea but I understand George Michael was very talented

Groovin'

The Young Rascals

4/5

Endtroducing.....

DJ Shadow

3/5

2112

Rush

5/5

One of my favorite albums of all time, glad they didnt cave to their record label and just made the album they wanted to.

Arrival

ABBA

3/5

Home Is Where The Music Is

Hugh Masekela

3/5

I enjoyed this but it's not something I would choose to listen to in my day to day

Want Two

Rufus Wainwright

4/5

Court And Spark

Joni Mitchell

4/5

The Genius Of Ray Charles

Ray Charles

4/5

In It For The Money

Supergrass

4/5