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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Hms Fable Shack	5	2.76	+2.24
Strange Cargo III William Orbit	5	2.77	+2.23
Ingenue k.d. lang	5	2.94	+2.06
Steve McQueen Prefab Sprout	5	2.99	+2.01
Bert Jansch Bert Jansch	5	3	+2
The Man Who Travis	5	3.01	+1.99
The Nightfly Donald Fagen	5	3.03	+1.97
If I Could Only Remember My Name David Crosby	5	3.06	+1.94
Bluesbreakers John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers	5	3.16	+1.84
Little Earthquakes Tori Amos	5	3.22	+1.78

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Back In Black AC/DC	1	3.84	-2.84
Let It Bleed The Rolling Stones	1	3.81	-2.81
Harvest Neil Young	1	3.81	-2.81
Is This It The Strokes	1	3.81	-2.81
Highway 61 Revisited Bob Dylan	1	3.75	-2.75
Dummy Portishead	1	3.71	-2.71
The Low End Theory A Tribe Called Quest	1	3.7	-2.7
Superfly Curtis Mayfield	1	3.7	-2.7
The Queen Is Dead The Smiths	1	3.67	-2.67
White Blood Cells The White Stripes	1	3.66	-2.66

Artists

Favorites

Artist	Albums	Average
Bob Marley & The Wailers	2	5

Least Favorites

Artist	Albums	Average
Neil Young	3	1.33
Tom Waits	2	1
Fatboy Slim	2	1
The Pogues	2	1
OutKast	2	1
The Beach Boys	3	1.67
Beastie Boys	2	1.5
Pixies	2	1.5
Radiohead	2	1.5
The Clash	2	1.5

Controversial

Artist	Ratings
The Verve	5, 1
Bruce Springsteen	5, 3, 1, 1
The Smiths	4, 1
New Order	1, 4
Coldplay	5, 2

5-Star Albums (48)

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Sunday At The Village Vanguard

Bill Evans Trio · 1 likes

1/5

Don't like jazz

Oracular Spectacular

MGMT · 1 likes

1/5

Not for me, really thin sound. Just not interesting.

Bad

Michael Jackson · 1 likes

2/5

Great music for the masses. Would have been great if he had done a version without all the weird noises, sort of unplugged version.

Only Built 4 Cuban Linx

Raekwon · 1 likes

1/5

Was unsure about listening to this, but have made a commitment to do an album a day. Unfortunately my preformed opinion of this genre was confirmed, it was awful. Music should inspire you to make changes for the better, but this is full of references to violent crime, drug use and physical harm to others. And personally I can't stand overuse of swearing as it becomes stale very quickly. And the N word is horrible.

The Man Who

Travis · 1 likes

5/5

Truly great album, something to chill too.

1-Star Albums (115)

All Ratings

Buena Vista Social Club

3/5

Pleasant, nice background music.

The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady

Charles Mingus

1/5

If jazz is your thing, you'll like it.

Station To Station

David Bowie

4/5

Very good production. Need to listen a few more times.

Channel Orange

Frank Ocean

2/5

Not my thing, but it was ok.

Debut

Björk

4/5

Great album, vibrant, exciting.

The Message

Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five

2/5

Was looking forward to listening this, but was disappointed. Found it a bit child like. The message was the best track.

Fetch The Bolt Cutters

Fiona Apple

2/5

Started off well, but unfortunately constant swearing although this may be thought to be edgy by some. It became boring after a while

Catch A Fire

Bob Marley & The Wailers

5/5

Really enjoyed this, first time I've listened to bob marley album. Absolutely amazed, really relaxed.

Copper Blue

Sugar

3/5

Really enjoyed this, is a typical early 90's grunge sound.

Bandwagonesque

Teenage Fanclub

4/5

Very good

Teenage Head

Flamin' Groovies

3/5

First half good, second half covers not so good.

Licensed To Ill

Beastie Boys

2/5

Musicly good, just couldn't bear the shouting. I can see why they made an impact but not for me.

Live Through This

Hole

2/5

It's grunge throughout, what more can I say!

Rock Bottom

Robert Wyatt

3/5

Very different and his influence on other musicians amazed me. Wiki page interesting. May give it another go.

Bat Out Of Hell

Meat Loaf

5/5

First time listening to this album. Always associated meat loaf with one song, as it was overplayed and I just switched off when I heard his name. But have to say after listening to this album all the way through I am now a meat loaf convert. Top marks from me.

Nebraska

Bruce Springsteen

5/5

Went into hearing this not as a Bruce Springsteen fan and to be honest was not expecting to enjoy it. But I was surprised, this is probably one of the best albums I have ever listened to. The songs, the sound, the low quality finish all make this unique. Can't say I will ever be a fan of the big loud Springsteen rock sound but this is truly something special and one album everyone should hear. Amazing

Doolittle

Pixies

2/5

Sounded good musically. But not for me, screaming got on my nerves.

Call of the Valley

Shivkumar Sharma

3/5

This was very pleasant. Put my headphones on laid down and chilled out for an hour.

Band On The Run

Paul McCartney and Wings

2/5

Not his best, 2 good tracks at beginning. Rest mediocre.

The Last Of The True Believers

Nanci Griffith

3/5

Very pleasant, good album to relax to

Femi Kuti

2/5

Couldn't get into it, not my thing.

The Genius Of Ray Charles

Ray Charles

4/5

Easy listening to a tee.

In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida

Iron Butterfly

3/5

Real 60's psychedelic sound

Only Built 4 Cuban Linx

Raekwon

1/5

Sweet Baby James

James Taylor

5/5

Strangeways, Here We Come

The Smiths

4/5

Like the smiths, so enjoyed.

Shadowland

k.d. lang

4/5

Very good album, country but with a twist

Strange Cargo III

William Orbit

5/5

This was brilliant. Best chill out I've had in ages.

Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs

Marty Robbins

3/5

All Mod Cons

The Jam

3/5

Overall a good album, but unfortunately there is something about the Jam I don't like. Maybe it's there sound or paul sellers arrogance.

Elephant Mountain

The Youngbloods

4/5

Really good album, New band to discover.

Marcus Garvey

Burning Spear

4/5

Really thought there were genres of music I would never like, but since starting this album a day have been surprised at how much I am enjoying reggae.

Power In Numbers

Jurassic 5

2/5

Better than I expected, but not my thing

Wonderful Rainbow

Lightning Bolt

1/5

Noise

B-52's

The B-52's

2/5

Have only listened to love shock prior to hearing this, and yes the whole album sounds exactly the same to that. Couldn't deal with the shrieking and weird vocals. Not for me.

Parklife

Blur

3/5

It's OK, can see why there was the hype. But a bit samey throughout.

The ArchAndroid

Janelle Monáe

4/5

Really enjoyed this which surprised me. Only criticism it was a bit too long, take 20 minutes off it and would have been perfect.

Like A Prayer

Madonna

4/5

Amazing how some one with a very average singing voice can make such a great album.

Beach Samba

Astrud Gilberto

3/5

Nice background music.

Electric Warrior

T. Rex

5/5

Truly unique, their sound, Mark Bolans voice and writing make T-Rex totally a stand out band.

All Hail the Queen

Queen Latifah

2/5

Better than I expected, but not my thing.

Moss Side Story

Barry Adamson

3/5

Concept a bit strange, but not a bad listen.

In Rainbows

Radiohead

2/5

Bit dreary, fairly forgettable

Get Rich Or Die Tryin'

50 Cent

1/5

If your life is this bad, surely you don't want others following you down this path. I really do not get this entire genre of music and why record companies continue to release it.

Whatever

Aimee Mann

4/5

Really enjoyed this

Destroyer

KISS

2/5

It was ok, but did not do much for me. Sounded unpolished.

At San Quentin

Johnny Cash

4/5

Great live album, atmospheric. Feels like you are there.

Qui sème le vent récolte le tempo

MC Solaar

4/5

Musically really good, no idea what he was going on about. Really enjoyed

Nick Of Time

Bonnie Raitt

3/5

Middle of the road, very pleasant

Led Zeppelin III

Led Zeppelin

4/5

Great album, shows the evolution of the band.

Bluesbreakers

John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers

5/5

One of the best albums I have heard.

Nixon

Lambchop

2/5

Very samey throughout, not for me.

Talvin Singh

2/5

If this is you're thing I would imagine it's great, but not for me.

Pretzel Logic

Steely Dan

4/5

Nice easy listening album.

Repeater

Fugazi

1/5

Don't get punk, shouting over reasonable good music is not my thing. Very poor recording.

I Should Coco

Supergrass

5/5

Great album, really underated at the time.

Superunknown

Soundgarden

4/5

Best early 90s grunge type album I've heard. Black hole sun and spoon man especially good.

Feast of Wire

Calexico

5/5

A really great album, just a unique sound mixing different styles and genres perfectly.

Dire Straits

4/5

A far better album than brothers in arms. But personally I find Dire straights a bit of an English Eagles (not musically) they please nearly everyone in their style.

The Doors

5/5

Always thought jim morrison was a bit of a cock so never really listened to the doors. But WOW this was amazing.

It's Blitz!

Yeah Yeah Yeahs

2/5

It was ok, noting amazing

The Poet

Bobby Womack

4/5

Really nice chillout.

The Colour Of Spring

Talk Talk

1/5

Very dreary

Let's Get It On

Marvin Gaye

4/5

Really good

Funeral

Arcade Fire

3/5

Not bad, just very over the top.

Red Headed Stranger

Willie Nelson

1/5

Twang twang twang not my thing twang

Lady Soul

Aretha Franklin

4/5

Great album

Rust Never Sleeps

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

4/5

A live album without background noise and an incredible sound.

Face to Face

The Kinks

2/5

Kinks concept album or vanity project, not there best

Tonight's The Night

Neil Young

1/5

Very forgettable

Exodus

Bob Marley & The Wailers

5/5

Never listen to bob marley before, but this is amazing guy was a genius.

Vento De Maio

Elis Regina

3/5

Very nice, not my thing but good as background music

Future Days

Can

3/5

Really did not know what to expect, did not sound as if made in 70's more like 80's. Nice album to listen to.

Aqualung

Jethro Tull

4/5

True definition of concept album.

Bringing It All Back Home

Bob Dylan

3/5

Not a fan of bob Dylan and cannot understand the fascination. But this is a pretty good album.

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

Arctic Monkeys

4/5

Very good

Sunshine Hit Me

The Bees

1/5

Absolutely terrible, sounds like primary school music lesson.

Brilliant Corners

Thelonious Monk

1/5

Not into jazz

Thriller

Michael Jackson

5/5

Almost perfect

Merriweather Post Pavilion

Animal Collective

1/5

Did not get this at all

Exile In Guyville

Liz Phair

1/5

Musically really good, but unfortunately it was ruined by liz chair inability to sing.

The Joshua Tree

5/5

Wow. Very few albums reach near perfection, this is one of them. Everything about this is great.

Technique

New Order

1/5

Tedium set in by track 4, very samey throughout. Probably sounded great back in the eighties, but really dull now.

Yank Crime

Drive Like Jehu

1/5

How does anyone like this genre is beyond me, just scratchy noise and shouting. And why do I need to listen to it?

The Fat Of The Land

The Prodigy

2/5

Not my thing, but ok.

Selected Ambient Works 85-92

Aphex Twin

1/5

Sounded like a kid with a casio keyboard.

m b v

My Bloody Valentine

1/5

First 3 tracks sounded like a badly tuned am radio, did not get much better after that. Pretty terrible

Liege And Lief

Fairport Convention

4/5

Lovely album, chilled out in the garden with a cold beer

Let It Bleed

The Rolling Stones

1/5

I have no idea why the rolling stones are considered to be so great. Jagger can't sing.

3 Years, 5 Months And 2 Days In The Life Of...

Arrested Development

3/5

Not my thing, but overall not a bad album.

Germs

1/5

This is terrible, every track sounded pretty much the same.

Lust For Life

Iggy Pop

3/5

Good album, but sounded like it was being played next door. Poor production

Shaft

Isaac Hayes

4/5

Film scores can be a bit weird, as no context. But this is great with a 70s vibe.

Brothers

The Black Keys

4/5

Really good sound great album

Phaedra

Tangerine Dream

3/5

One of those bands I kept meaning to listen to, have finally done it. It was ok.

Green Onions

Booker T. & The MG's

2/5

Although groundbreaking at the time and a very unique style. Has become dated and fairly repatative.

The Low End Theory

A Tribe Called Quest

1/5

No opinion, don't like hip hop etc

Chemtrails Over The Country Club

Lana Del Rey

1/5

Sounded like one continuous track throughout, extremely boring and forgettable.

Birth Of The Cool

Miles Davis

5/5

Was going to pass on this, as not a fan of jazz. Glad I didn't this was amazing.

(Pronounced 'Leh-'Nérd 'Skin-'Nérd)

Lynyrd Skynyrd

5/5

Just perfect

Bone Machine

Tom Waits

1/5

Felt like I was around a mates house and his dad got his guitar out and sang badly.

Arc Of A Diver

Steve Winwood

1/5

Very dull

Parachutes

Coldplay

5/5

Incredibly pleasant album, noting negative to say.

Jazz Samba

Stan Getz

4/5

Super chill out jazz

The Man Machine

Kraftwerk

3/5

This must have been mind blowing in 1978, like the future had arrived.

Cosmo's Factory

Creedence Clearwater Revival

5/5

Great album, groundbreaking unique sound.

The Gershwin Songbook

Ella Fitzgerald

3/5

Didn't have 3 hours to spare, listened to a few tracks. Sounded good.

School's Out

Alice Cooper

3/5

It was ok, noting amazing.

The Suburbs

Arcade Fire

1/5

Not for me, very forgettable.

A Girl Called Dusty

Dusty Springfield

5/5

Just amazing

Ill Communication

Beastie Boys

1/5

Did not listen to

Siamese Dream

The Smashing Pumpkins

4/5

Just a really good rock album.

Led Zeppelin II

Led Zeppelin

3/5

Could have been a great album if they had trimmed songs lenght. Some go on far to long

Urban Hymns

The Verve

5/5

This Is an incredible album, got tobe one of the best I've heard.

The Clash

1/5

It's punk and sounds the same as all punk, terrible.

Surfer Rosa

Pixies

1/5

Terrible

Home Is Where The Music Is

Hugh Masekela

4/5

Jazz falls into two categories for terrible or brilliant, this is definitely brilliant.

Underwater Moonlight

The Soft Boys

4/5

Really good, very early 80s. Although I prefer their other album, A can of beans.

Talking Book

Stevie Wonder

2/5

Fairly pleasant, with a couple of stans out tracks. But I do feel that stevie wonder is very overrated.

Document

R.E.M.

3/5

A really solid album but the thing I find with R.E.M is it all sounds the same

The Köln Concert

Keith Jarrett

1/5

Steve McQueen

Prefab Sprout

5/5

Really solid album, musically great and vocals outstanding.

Highway 61 Revisited

Bob Dylan

1/5

Don't get it, he can't sing songs to long.

Adele

2/5

Never listened to this, as all the media hype at the time switched me off. But have finally listened to it and although I do not hate it, I don't think I will ever play it again. Overrated.

You've Come a Long Way Baby

Fatboy Slim

1/5

Terrible. Each song need only be 30 seconds long as they constant loop for the rest. Sounded like a toddler who's drunk to much orange squash, very repetitive and annoying

Come Away With Me

Norah Jones

5/5

Just lovely

From Elvis In Memphis

Elvis Presley

4/5

Arrival

ABBA

3/5

As good as the album is, I do feel this a must listen as it is basically a 'best of' album.

Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

2/5

Really not my thing, but I can see why people would like it.

Surf's Up

The Beach Boys

2/5

Never understood why they so popular, I just find it very mediocre.

Live And Dangerous

Thin Lizzy

4/5

One of the best live albums

Scum

Napalm Death

1/5

Terrible

Rum Sodomy & The Lash

The Pogues

1/5

Irish folk music with swearing.

Garbage

4/5

Good album

NEU! 75

Neu!

2/5

Nothing special

Sulk

The Associates

1/5

Very dreary early 80's pop

The Sun Rises In The East

Jeru The Damaja

1/5

Not my thing

The Specials

4/5

Really good, took me back to the early 80s

Here, My Dear

Marvin Gaye

4/5

Really surprised. Went into this not expecting much as heard his heart wasn't really into this project, but enjoyed it.

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

David Bowie

3/5

Could not get into it, no way as good as Hunky Dory. Average

Blur

2/5

If you like blur it's a five, i don't.

Violent Femmes

3/5

Tidal

Fiona Apple

3/5

OK but tracks and album a bit to long

Pink Moon

Nick Drake

3/5

Not my thing, but ok and a lot better than bob Dylan

Disraeli Gears

Cream

5/5

Concept band makes Concept album. Brilliant.

Smash

The Offspring

1/5

Typical punk, sounds like a monkey banging the drums incessantly and lots of shouting.

Mothership Connection

Parliament

5/5

One type of music i have discovered on this journey is funky, I think it's great

Hail To the Thief

Radiohead

1/5

Dullest album I've ever heard

Punishing Kiss

Ute Lemper

1/5

Listen to this a few years ago, don't intend to again. Terrible

Winter In America

Gil Scott-Heron

1/5

Culturally not connected to this, so didn't get the message or struggle. Not a fan of performance art, spoken word or rap etc. So a 1

Gris Gris

Dr. John

1/5

Err

Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs

Derek & The Dominos

5/5

Absolutely perfect

Damaged

Black Flag

1/5

Don't like punk, didn't bother

Beggars Banquet

The Rolling Stones

3/5

Pretty good,

Hotel California

Eagles

5/5

Absolute perfection

Fromohio

fIREHOSE

3/5

Average

Step In The Arena

Gang Starr

1/5

Sounds the same as all hip hop, very generic.

Leftism

Leftfield

1/5

Repetative

Tea for the Tillerman

Cat Stevens

5/5

Perfect album written by a musical genius

Better Living Through Chemistry

Fatboy Slim

1/5

It's repetitive like all his stuff.

Trio

Dolly Parton

2/5

Was ok but totally forgettable

Young Americans

David Bowie

4/5

Great album, a complete change from previous albums and sounds grwat

Hunky Dory

David Bowie

5/5

One of my top 5 albums.

The Renaissance

Q-Tip

1/5

Do not understand this genre at all.

Hysteria

Def Leppard

1/5

All sounds the same

Live At The Harlem Square Club

Sam Cooke

3/5

The Nightfly

Donald Fagen

5/5

Truly lovely album, even if this is not your thing can't see how you cannot like it

Emperor Tomato Ketchup

Stereolab

1/5

Not for me

Bad

Michael Jackson

2/5

Great music for the masses. Would have been great if he had done a version without all the weird noises, sort of unplugged version.

Venus Luxure No. 1 Baby

Girls Against Boys

1/5

They need a new singer, ruined

Vol. 4

Black Sabbath

2/5

Very ground breaking for its time and type of music. But I found boring as it progressed and the hype surrounding it and ozzy very undeserved.

Daydream Nation

Sonic Youth

3/5

Transformer

Lou Reed

4/5

A great album, really sums up its genre

Mr. Tambourine Man

The Byrds

3/5

Great sound, but a bit samey throughout.

Hms Fable

Shack

5/5

This was really good.

C'est Chic

CHIC

3/5

Pretty good, standard nice rodgers

When I Was Born For The 7th Time

Cornershop

1/5

Not for me

Kind Of Blue

Miles Davis

3/5

No surprises, exactly what I expected pleasant but not amazing

Pet Sounds

The Beach Boys

2/5

Personally can't see how this is so highly rated.

Rumours

Fleetwood Mac

5/5

Perfection

Fishscale

Ghostface Killah

1/5

Sounds the same as all others albums I heard of the type, terrible.

E.V.O.L.

Sonic Youth

4/5

Really enjoyed this, sounded very 80s with lots of influences mixed in.

Eliminator

ZZ Top

3/5

It was ok, but found it a bit samey towards the end

Kilimanjaro

The Teardrop Explodes

1/5

Very dreary

Peter Gabriel

5/5

Easy one, think peter Gabriel is great

Pump

Aerosmith

4/5

Cool 80s rock

Back To Black

Amy Winehouse

2/5

Never bought into the hype, so this was new to me. Production was great, singer became a bit meh as it went on. Have no need to hear it again.

My Generation

The Who

4/5

Turn the volume up and enjoy

Let England Shake

PJ Harvey

4/5

Very different and I like it.

If You Can Believe Your Eyes & Ears

The Mamas & The Papas

2/5

It was ok, won't listen again

Lazer Guided Melodies

Spiritualized

1/5

Sounded like a soundtrack, to what I don't know.

The Sensational Alex Harvey Band

2/5

Good sound until he opened his mouth.

Elvis Presley

5/5

Brilliant

Superfly

Curtis Mayfield

1/5

Not for me.

Rejoicing In The Hands

Devendra Banhart

4/5

Definitely different and incredible sound. Really enjoyed it.

Ritual De Lo Habitual

Jane's Addiction

1/5

Never got going, the same throughout.

The Chronic

Dr. Dre

1/5

Why anyone would want or need to listen to this before they die, is beyond me. Terrible.

Sincere

Mj Cole

1/5

Not my thing

Cross

Justice

1/5

Not my thing

Killing Joke

4/5

Wasn't expecting much from this. But was really surprised at how good it was.

London Calling

The Clash

2/5

Never understood why everyone rates this, find it very average

Casanova

The Divine Comedy

3/5

Very pleasant and inoffensive

Play

Moby

2/5

Very repetitive

Bert Jansch

5/5

Great album, why isn't this guy known more.

Youth And Young Manhood

Kings of Leon

1/5

Annoying vocals and the same throughout

Screamadelica

Primal Scream

1/5

First track good, rest of it sounded like piped music in a bowling alley

Stand!

Sly & The Family Stone

5/5

Funk is a genre I've got into since starting this. So found this to be great.

Movies

Holger Czukay

4/5

Would not be a first choice to listen to, but was completely different. Will listen to more of his stuff just out of curiosity.

The Stone Roses

3/5

Not bad, sounds the same throughout

If I Should Fall From Grace With God

The Pogues

1/5

Walk in heard these were playing walked out

The Man Who

Travis

5/5

Truly great album, something to chill too.

O.G. Original Gangster

Ice T

1/5

No surprise here, sounded like every other album of its type. Plenty of swearing and n word. Very boring and terrible.

Speakerboxxx/The Love Below

OutKast

1/5

Not my thing

We Are Family

Sister Sledge

3/5

Good album, but sounds like everything else nice Rodgers has been involved in.

Franz Ferdinand

3/5

It's ok, bit samey throughout

The World is a Ghetto

War

4/5

Nice album to chill to

Paul Simon

2/5

Bit dull

Blue

Joni Mitchell

2/5

Very average

Vulgar Display Of Power

Pantera

1/5

Not my thing

Peace Sells...But Who's Buying

Megadeth

1/5

Not my thing

Automatic For The People

R.E.M.

5/5

Absolutely amazing

Low-Life

New Order

4/5

Really good

Beyond Skin

Nitin Sawhney

3/5

Not into really vanity products. But this was very enjoyable, although not sure will listen to it again.

Illmatic

Nas

1/5

When I saw the parental advisory label on the front I somehow knew what expect and it didn't fail to deliver. Lots of swearing and use of the dreaded 'n' word which only a certain demographic can use. Sounded exactly like every album of its genre. Would have given it a zero but will have to settle for a one.

Sea Change

Beck

3/5

Nice album

Imagine

John Lennon

1/5

What a terrible album

Headquarters

The Monkees

2/5

It was ok, nothing special

White Blood Cells

The White Stripes

1/5

Not for me

A Rush Of Blood To The Head

Coldplay

2/5

It's ok, but will never listen to it again

The Stooges

1/5

Not for me

Darkdancer

Les Rythmes Digitales

1/5

Not my thing

Californication

Red Hot Chili Peppers

2/5

Meh

Parallel Lines

Blondie

5/5

Brilliant

Out Of The Blue

Electric Light Orchestra

4/5

Excellent but maybe just a little too long.

Justified

Justin Timberlake

1/5

You are not michael jackson, lightweight early 2000's pop. Not my thing

Os Mutantes

1/5

Maybe back in the 60's it was good, not now.

Joanna Newsom

1/5

3 + 3

The Isley Brothers

5/5

Absolutely brilliant.

Oxygène

Jean-Michel Jarre

2/5

Probably great when it came out, sounds very dated now. And overplayed as tv backing music.

White Light

Gene Clark

1/5

A bit dreary

São Paulo Confessions

Suba

1/5

Not for me

Born In The U.S.A.

Bruce Springsteen

3/5

Better than I remember, still can't bear the title track.

Rip It Up

Orange Juice

1/5

Not my thing

Coles Corner

Richard Hawley

4/5

Really good album, just short of a 5 for me.

After The Gold Rush

Neil Young

2/5

Pleasant enough, just don't like his voice.

This Year's Model

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

4/5

Unique sound and voice

Beauty And The Beat

The Go-Go's

4/5

Good album, fun sound

Only By The Night

Kings of Leon

4/5

Really good,

Raising Hell

Run-D.M.C.

1/5

Terrible, all hip hop sounds the same

Little Earthquakes

Tori Amos

5/5

Wow, went into this with very low expectations. But this is amazing.

...The Dandy Warhols Come Down

The Dandy Warhols

1/5

Not my thing

Songs Of Leonard Cohen

Leonard Cohen

1/5

Incredibly dull

Tres Hombres

ZZ Top

2/5

Was ok, but a bit boring toward the end

Madman Across The Water

Elton John

2/5

Just sounds the same as everything else he's done

If You're Feeling Sinister

Belle & Sebastian

1/5

Bit of a childish sound

Sunday At The Village Vanguard

Bill Evans Trio

1/5

Don't like jazz

Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea

PJ Harvey

2/5

It was ok, nothing special

Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots

The Flaming Lips

1/5

Fell asleep

It's Too Late to Stop Now

Van Morrison

5/5

What a great album, really enjoyed.

Made In Japan

Deep Purple

2/5

It's ok. But for all the air guitar masters it must be great.

Foo Fighters

1/5

Did not like, just noise

This Is Fats Domino

Fats Domino

2/5

After a couple of tracks became a bit boring

Colour By Numbers

Culture Club

3/5

Three good tracks, rest was pretty average

Darkness on the Edge of Town

Bruce Springsteen

1/5

Really do not understand the hype, sounds like a drunk singing.

Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

2/5

Incredibly average

Out of Step

Minor Threat

1/5

20 minutes was too much, gave up after 10 and listened to the roadworks outside their musical ability was much better. Absolute rubbish.

Fleet Foxes

2/5

Good to start with, but as it went on it sounded more and more like the beach boys. This is not my cup of tea.

Cheap Thrills

Big Brother & The Holding Company

5/5

This was amazing, not sure what made it so good but a truly amazing album.

Bayou Country

Creedence Clearwater Revival

3/5

Not their best

Olympia 64

Jacques Brel

1/5

No idea why this is on here. May be very culturally important to the French but as I am not French or do I understand the language, it's a 1 from me

Tical

Method Man

1/5

Expectations were not high when I saw the parental advisory on the cover, they were confirmed when I listened to it. Overuse of the n word and swearing makes it boring. Terrible

Violator

Depeche Mode

2/5

May have been great in the 80s but sounds very dated now

Fisherman's Blues

The Waterboys

4/5

This was a real surprise, really liked it.

They Were Wrong, So We Drowned

Liars

1/5

No idea why this is here, terrible

Bright Flight

Silver Jews

3/5

It was ok, but not sure I'll listen to it again.

Songs For Swingin' Lovers!

Frank Sinatra

4/5

How can you not like this.

The Stranger

Billy Joel

4/5

Was it exactly what I expected it to be, brilliant.

Oracular Spectacular

MGMT

1/5

Not for me, really thin sound. Just not interesting.

Born To Run

Bruce Springsteen

1/5

Another Springsteen album which sounds like all the rest (expect nebraska, which was good). Not for me.

That's The Way Of The World

Earth, Wind & Fire

5/5

Never really listened to EWF before as never took them seriously, but this was brilliant just chilled out and grateful.

Cafe Bleu

The Style Council

2/5

First half was great, second half not so great.

The Downward Spiral

Nine Inch Nails

1/5

Not for me

Marquee Moon

Television

1/5

The more this went the more I disliked it.

Hounds Of Love

Kate Bush

2/5

First half really good, second half not so good

A Northern Soul

The Verve

1/5

Terrible, sounded like they were all playing in different rooms then just mashed together

Dummy

Portishead

1/5

All sounds the same, very dreary

Physical Graffiti

Led Zeppelin

3/5

Overall not a bad album, but like a lot of their stuff some of it is just to long and very self indulgent.

Crossing the Red Sea With the Adverts

The Adverts

1/5

It's punk so sounds the all tracks sound the same

Since I Left You

The Avalanches

1/5

Standard electronically, each track need only be 30 seconds long

Metallica

2/5

Very typical of its time and genre, band members having a battle to see who is the loudest.

Figure 8

Elliott Smith

2/5

Fairly pleasant, but don't think I'll listen again

Your New Favourite Band

The Hives

1/5

Could not find

Hard Again

Muddy Waters

2/5

Sounded like one continuous track.

There's No Place Like America Today

Curtis Mayfield

4/5

Nice album, chilled

Eagles

4/5

Very good, very eagles

Want One

Rufus Wainwright

1/5

Not my thing

Smile

Brian Wilson

1/5

Definitely should have remained in the past unfinished. Terrible

Back In Black

AC/DC

1/5

Operated album by operated band

Hybrid Theory

Linkin Park

1/5

Will not listen to again

Lam Toro

Baaba Maal

3/5

No opinion on this as would never chose to listen to it

Sister

Sonic Youth

1/5

Doesn't do anything for me

The Next Day

David Bowie

2/5

David bowie produced a few excellent albums in his time, but also some decidedly average ones this is one of the latter.

Harvest

Neil Young

1/5

Dreary

1984

Van Halen

2/5

Jump was ok, rest of the album sounded like any hair rock album.

The Queen Is Dead

The Smiths

1/5

Never got the whole morrisey thing, so not for me

The La's

3/5

Nice album

Car Wheels On A Gravel Road

Lucinda Williams

4/5

Good

Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite

Maxwell

4/5

Never heard of him but what an album.

Siembra

Willie Colón & Rubén Blades

1/5

No idea if this is good or not as am not from south America.

Roger the Engineer

The Yardbirds

2/5

Incredibly mediocre album. One track stood, Jeff's boogie as there was no singing.

So Much For The City

The Thrills

1/5

Not for me, sounded really thin

Sheer Heart Attack

Queen

5/5

Queen at their peak.

Teen Dream

Beach House

1/5

Not my thing

Talking Heads 77

Talking Heads

2/5

It was ok, probably won't listen to again

Surrealistic Pillow

Jefferson Airplane

5/5

This was great, grace clock voice was amazing.

Smokers Delight

Nightmares On Wax

1/5

Fell asleep whilst listening, dreamt I was stuck in a lift.

Dear Science

TV On The Radio

3/5

Fairly good, but do not feel I'll listen to it again

Billion Dollar Babies

Alice Cooper

4/5

Really good album, last track was a real disappointment though

Is This It

The Strokes

1/5

Terrible

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

Elton John

2/5

Album is far to long, except for a few good tracks most of it is pretty boring.

Autobahn

Kraftwerk

4/5

Really nice relaxing album.

Dirt

Alice In Chains

1/5

Not my thing

Rapture

Anita Baker

2/5

Remember this from the eighties when this type of stuff was popular, not heard it since then.

Live / Dead

Grateful Dead

3/5

So many bad reviews, just chill and listen

New Wave

The Auteurs

1/5

Not for me

KIWANUKA

Michael Kiwanuka

4/5

Much better than I expected, good album

The Beach Boys Today!

The Beach Boys

1/5

How can a band make a career out of sounding the same on every song?

Water From An Ancient Well

Abdullah Ibrahim

2/5

As jazz goes not bad, good background music. Not my thing though

Dusty In Memphis

Dusty Springfield

4/5

Nearly a 5, but still great

Stankonia

OutKast

1/5

Not for me

American IV: The Man Comes Around

Johnny Cash

5/5

Just great, done brilliantly

Logical Progression

LTJ Bukem

1/5

Why anyone would need to listen to this is beyond me

Devotional Songs

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

1/5

No idea why this is on the list

Off The Wall

Michael Jackson

5/5

Great

Slippery When Wet

Bon Jovi

2/5

Standard for it's time and genre

The Only Ones

2/5

Had potential, also a really bad singer.

Rio

Duran Duran

2/5

Did not grab me, probably sounded good in the early 80's

Disintegration

The Cure

2/5

Dreary

Talking With the Taxman About Poetry

Billy Bragg

4/5

Not to interested in what he was singing about just like it

Different Class

Pulp

2/5

Not very memorable

Tago Mago

Can

2/5

Tried to get into it but couldn't. Too long.

Maverick A Strike

Finley Quaye

2/5

Did not get going

Blunderbuss

Jack White

1/5

Same as everything else he does, just noise

Ingenue

k.d. lang

5/5

A really lovely album, very enjoyable.

Nighthawks At The Diner

Tom Waits

1/5

Guess you need to be a fan, terrible

Morrison Hotel

The Doors

4/5

Very good

Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables

Dead Kennedys

1/5

Just remove all punk and replace with a best of album, as all sounds the same

If I Could Only Remember My Name

David Crosby

5/5

Absolutely mind blowing, and all star masterpiece