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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes TV On The Radio	5	2.94	+2.06
Swordfishtrombones Tom Waits	5	2.95	+2.05
Joan Baez Joan Baez	5	2.96	+2.04
Tom Tom Club Tom Tom Club	5	3.03	+1.97
Heartattack And Vine Tom Waits	5	3.07	+1.93
Shaka Zulu Ladysmith Black Mambazo	5	3.09	+1.91
Solid Air John Martyn	5	3.16	+1.84
Rain Dogs Tom Waits	5	3.2	+1.8
Little Earthquakes Tori Amos	5	3.23	+1.77
Horses Patti Smith	5	3.31	+1.69

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Thriller Michael Jackson	1	4.22	-3.22
Siamese Dream The Smashing Pumpkins	1	3.83	-2.83
Automatic For The People R.E.M.	1	3.82	-2.82
Bad Michael Jackson	1	3.81	-2.81
Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness The Smashing Pumpkins	1	3.68	-2.68
Document R.E.M.	1	3.56	-2.56
Surfer Rosa Pixies	1	3.5	-2.5
Green R.E.M.	1	3.48	-2.48
Strangeways, Here We Come The Smiths	1	3.44	-2.44
Sound of Silver LCD Soundsystem	1	3.42	-2.42

Artists

Favorites

Artist	Albums	Average
Tom Waits	3	5
Jimi Hendrix	3	4.67
Radiohead	2	5
The Velvet Underground	2	5
Fela Kuti	2	5
Led Zeppelin	2	5
Pink Floyd	4	4.25

Least Favorites

Artist	Albums	Average
R.E.M.	3	1
Morrissey	3	1.33
Bee Gees	2	1
The xx	2	1
LCD Soundsystem	2	1
Michael Jackson	2	1
The Smashing Pumpkins	2	1
The Smiths	2	1
New Order	2	1.5

Controversial

Artist	Ratings
Elton John	2, 5
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band	4, 1
Isaac Hayes	2, 5
Pink Floyd	5, 2, 5, 5
Bruce Springsteen	2, 3, 5

5-Star Albums (60)

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Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes

TV On The Radio

5/5

Delightfully weird, just what I didn’t know I was looking for

1 likes

Jagged Little Pill

Alanis Morissette

5/5

A perfectly classic mid 90s album. I could even say iconic.

1 likes

Talking With the Taxman About Poetry

Billy Bragg

4/5

Folk punk. Who knew? This is another of those surprise albums. I started off not really into it, but it grew on me. By the time I got to the Union song I realized that I really kind of like it.

1 likes

1-Star Albums (75)

Spy Vs. Spy: The Music Of Ornette Coleman

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Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)

Wu-Tang Clan

4/5

This took me back, what an interesting first day using this service.

Moondance

Van Morrison

5/5

Debut

Björk

4/5

Court And Spark

Joni Mitchell

3/5

This was completely new to me. I had heard of her but had actually never really listened to her. I absolutely love her voice. The type of music isn’t my favorite. Still glad to have discovered her this way.

Electric Ladyland

Jimi Hendrix

5/5

Bayou Country

Creedence Clearwater Revival

4/5

Crocodiles

Echo And The Bunnymen

1/5

This was new for me, never heard of them before. It was alright, but clearly not my style of music.

The Grand Tour

George Jones

3/5

This surprised me as I usually dislike country, but it was so classic that I just really found myself enjoying this style of music for once.

Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea

PJ Harvey

3/5

Odessa

Bee Gees

1/5

Not my cup of tea. First album that I didn’t finish. Just couldn’t.

Eagles

1/5

not m style.

Stripped

Christina Aguilera

3/5

A surprise, I wouldn’t have chosen to listen to early 2000s pop. I like her voice and kind of enjoyed it, even if I don’t know how often I will return to it.

The xx

1/5

Hot Rats

Frank Zappa

5/5

Shalimar

Rahul Dev Burman

4/5

What a surprise.

Live At The Harlem Square Club

Sam Cooke

5/5

I absolutely loved this

B-52's

The B-52's

1/5

I didn’t like this, but I’m glad I listened to the album. I can see how someone else could just love this. I think this is just not my preferred type of music.

Amnesiac

Radiohead

5/5

In Utero

Nirvana

2/5

A few songs that are really good, bit even though I lived this band when I was a teen I have to admit I did not really enjoy listening to this whole album from start to finish.

Purple Rain

Prince

5/5

I Against I

Bad Brains

3/5

Another surprise for me. Not my style of music, I don’t listen to any hard rock, but I found this band to be quite simply fun. I don’t know that they will be a regular listen for me but glad to have stumbled upon this.

Elvis Presley

2/5

Peter Gabriel

5/5

Faith

George Michael

4/5

I grew up in the 80s, and hadn’t heard nor even thought of George Michaels. And let’s admit, the 80s were a weird decade. But I really enjoyed this, there are quite a few really good songs on here.

american dream

LCD Soundsystem

1/5

I like electronic music, and this was the first album of electronic music from this generator, and I just couldn’t finish the album. Not for me.

Maxinquaye

Tricky

4/5

Heroes

David Bowie

4/5

I listened to it and wasn’t quite sure about this one, so I gave it a second listen, and then started to get it and appreciate it. By the third time through I really liked it.

American Gothic

David Ackles

1/5

I was not the audience for this one.

Catch A Fire

Bob Marley & The Wailers

5/5

What can I say, I do love Bob Marley.

Blood Sugar Sex Magik

Red Hot Chili Peppers

2/5

A few catchy songs, but the album as a whole doesn’t hold up, too juvenile. I’ve outgrown much of what I listened to as a teenager including this.

What's Going On

Marvin Gaye

5/5

I experienced this album as flowing from one end to the other. A great voice. And some great songs. Lived it.

Kilimanjaro

The Teardrop Explodes

1/5

It was alright I guess, just clearly not my style of music.

Clube Da Esquina

Milton Nascimento

3/5

Lust For Life

Iggy Pop

4/5

This was a surprise. First time listening to Iggy Pop, and so glad I gave this a chance, since I haven’t liked any other album so far categorized as punk or post punk. This album is, in a word, fun. Also, The Passenger is a great song.

Shleep

Robert Wyatt

1/5

Yesterday I was inclined to give this a 2 or even 3 for it’s weirdness and how funny it was to listen to it, once. But being real, I didn’t enjoy it, didn’t think it was good, I don’t even think track 2 can be called music, and I will never listen to this again, not even by accident. But he does get a point for doing his own thing, that’s for sure. I’m just not the audience for this one.

BEYONCÉ

Beyoncé

3/5

The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill

Lauryn Hill

4/5

Kind Of Blue

Miles Davis

4/5

The Stone Roses

4/5

A Short Album About Love

The Divine Comedy

2/5

It wasn’t that bad. He’s a crooner for sure. Listening with this on in the background was alright, until any lyrics caught my attention. Trite, weird, not good lyrics.

Superunknown

Soundgarden

5/5

Takes me back. One of the greatest rock singers of all time. This was a CD I listened to on repeat when it came out, and it holds up.

Madman Across The Water

Elton John

2/5

Reign In Blood

Slayer

1/5

Head Hunters

Herbie Hancock

5/5

I absolutely loved this, I listened to the album on repeat all day.

The Cars

5/5

Classic fun. So many catchy songs. Loved it.

Machine Gun Etiquette

The Damned

3/5

Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes

TV On The Radio

5/5

Delightfully weird, just what I didn’t know I was looking for

It's Blitz!

Yeah Yeah Yeahs

3/5

Some good songs. Uneven as an album

At Mister Kelly's

Sarah Vaughan

4/5

Love this jazz singer

Drunk

Thundercat

1/5

More Songs About Buildings And Food

Talking Heads

2/5

Live And Dangerous

Thin Lizzy

2/5

Parallel Lines

Blondie

3/5

Vulnicura

Björk

3/5

I love her debut album. I still like this one, it just doesn’t compare. But it is still her, so a 3.

If I Should Fall From Grace With God

The Pogues

4/5

Frampton Comes Alive

Peter Frampton

3/5

Document

R.E.M.

1/5

After The Gold Rush

Neil Young

3/5

The Coral

1/5

Sheet Music

10cc

1/5

The Village Green Preservation Society

The Kinks

3/5

Diamond Life

Sade

3/5

Loved the sax, and a couple good songs.

Blonde On Blonde

Bob Dylan

5/5

That’s one helleva harmonica, Bob. Plus some classic songs.

Foxbase Alpha

Saint Etienne

4/5

Nice discovery, a downtempo electronic album that I will listen to again.

KIWANUKA

Michael Kiwanuka

4/5

Love his music. Love and Hate is my favorite. Hadn’t listened to this one yet so glad to be prompted to do so.

Homework

Daft Punk

3/5

A couple good electronic jams that are so catchy, but a lot that are super repetitive and forgettable.

Hybrid Theory

Linkin Park

2/5

The Trinity Session

Cowboy Junkies

3/5

The negative reviews of albums here can be quite funny, and this one got some great ones. But I didn’t have the same negative reaction. Not one that I loved, but in the mood for something really slow and mellow, this fits. Country, folk, blues towards the end. Pretty chill the whole way through.

Raw Power

The Stooges

3/5

If in the mood for punk rock, this is pretty good.

Steve McQueen

Prefab Sprout

1/5

The Rising

Bruce Springsteen

2/5

The Score

Fugees

4/5

Some good songs on here, I liked it.

The Sounds Of India

Ravi Shankar

3/5

Fun, an educational bit, and then music I never would have listened to otherwise.

Supa Dupa Fly

Missy Elliott

2/5

Spy Vs. Spy: The Music Of Ornette Coleman

John Zorn

1/5

The Fat Of The Land

The Prodigy

1/5

Group Sex

Circle Jerks

1/5

I think I just don’t like punk rock. At least this was a short album.

Little Earthquakes

Tori Amos

5/5

I hadn’t listened to this in so long. There is just something about her that I love. Powerful stuff here.

The Köln Concert

Keith Jarrett

5/5

I don’t know what it is about jazz. I either really love it, or I really don’t want to listen to it at all. This I loved, this was great, a pleasure to listen to.

Songs Of Love And Hate

Leonard Cohen

4/5

This isn’t my favorite album of his, but I love him. You really have to listen to the lyrics with him, and doing so rewards the attention.

The Nightfly

Donald Fagen

1/5

1977

Ash

1/5

Paranoid

Black Sabbath

4/5

Triangle

The Beau Brummels

1/5

The United States Of America

4/5

I had to give this a second chance, listening to a few songs again. At first I didn’t like it. But I came to enjoy the playfulness, and the vocals as well. Interesting for sure.

(Pronounced 'Leh-'Nérd 'Skin-'Nérd)

Lynyrd Skynyrd

3/5

A couple classic rock songs here. Not my favorite band though

Greetings From L.A.

Tim Buckley

2/5

White Blood Cells

The White Stripes

3/5

Scream, Dracula, Scream

Rocket From The Crypt

1/5

2112

Rush

1/5

Trafalgar

Bee Gees

1/5

Live Through This

Hole

4/5

Grunge rock takes me back to my college days, and this is a great representative of that time for me.

Aladdin Sane

David Bowie

3/5

The Libertines

1/5

Axis: Bold As Love

Jimi Hendrix

4/5

The Undertones

1/5

Sticky Fingers

The Rolling Stones

4/5

A couple classic rock songs - gotta love Wild Horses - and some bluesy rock song I hadn’t heard before. Plus, I just like the Rolling Stones.

Lady Soul

Aretha Franklin

5/5

So great. Few singers deserve 5 stars like she does.

Alien Lanes

Guided By Voices

1/5

The Gershwin Songbook

Ella Fitzgerald

3/5

I can only give it three stars because I heard this was 3 hours long so I cut corners and only listened to a Best Of version. Which I liked.

Meat Puppets II

Meat Puppets

1/5

Billion Dollar Babies

Alice Cooper

2/5

a couple classic rock songs, otherwise not that great

Copper Blue

Sugar

2/5

Urban Hymns

The Verve

3/5

Smile

Brian Wilson

4/5

This was a surprise, I didn’t guess I would like this, but I found myself enjoying it. It was fun, and it really held together, almost like one long song. Plus, Good Vibrations.

War

4/5

Heaven Or Las Vegas

Cocteau Twins

4/5

Lovely lush chill

Konnichiwa

Skepta

3/5

Rain Dogs

Tom Waits

5/5

Love this, good ol’ Tom Waits. Vaudeville, carnivalesque, weird and wonderful. Voice like a leather belt soaked in rye whisky for a year then thrown onto a gravel road and run over by a line of big rig trucks. This is great, with some really great songs.

Rio

Duran Duran

2/5

A couple classic 80s pop songs, but otherwise not my thing

Is This It

The Strokes

3/5

A couple good songs

Selling England By The Pound

Genesis

3/5

Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

4/5

Hounds Of Love

Kate Bush

4/5

Hunky Dory

David Bowie

4/5

Black Holes and Revelations

Muse

3/5

In Rainbows

Radiohead

5/5

Bryter Layter

Nick Drake

2/5

Third

Soft Machine

2/5

I’ve now listened to a few examples of this style of music, prog rock, which I had never heard of before. It’s fine, even kind of interesting, but none of it grabs me as anything I will choose to listen to again.

Time (The Revelator)

Gillian Welch

3/5

I don’t listen to a lot of country so I was glad to be exposed to this. I enjoyed it.

The Wall

Pink Floyd

5/5

Clandestino

Manu Chao

4/5

Just a fun album to listen to, simple and playful.

I’ve Got a Tiger By the Tail

Buck Owens

1/5

I could not listen to this album. I hit play and then I was like, nope, honky tonk is exactly the kind of country music I can’t stand.

Surf's Up

The Beach Boys

2/5

Not for me.

Thriller

Michael Jackson

1/5

Can you separate the artist and his life from the art to evaluate it? No. I listened to the album. Billie Jean is a great song. Jackson was a monster. Ours is a society that gives celebrities access to whatever they want as if they were gods. This rating is for the whole picture, not an album in isolation.

Nowhere

Ride

2/5

Woodface

Crowded House

3/5

Pretzel Logic

Steely Dan

3/5

You Are The Quarry

Morrissey

2/5

Private Dancer

Tina Turner

3/5

A few good songs, plus Tina Turner just brings pure energy.

Ace of Spades

Motörhead

1/5

Rubber Soul

Beatles

5/5

Definitely Maybe

Oasis

3/5

Some good songs, takes me back to the 90s

Screamadelica

Primal Scream

4/5

This was another pleasant surprise of a discovery. It was not what I expected from a name like primal scream and I quite liked it.

Darkness on the Edge of Town

Bruce Springsteen

3/5

Viva Hate

Morrissey

1/5

People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm

A Tribe Called Quest

4/5

Sweetheart Of The Rodeo

The Byrds

1/5

No to this style of country, plain and simple.

Bridge Over Troubled Water

Simon & Garfunkel

5/5

Another great surprise. I did not guess I would even like this, much less love it. Some great songs on here.

Live At The Regal

B.B. King

5/5

BB King, simply the best, and a delight to hear this live show. This will be added to my short list of albums to return to and listen to as a whole album.

Vivid

Living Colour

4/5

Really good rock music from the late 80s. Looking back, most of the rock music I listened to back then doesn’t hold up. But this was really enjoyable.

The Specials

3/5

A cool discovery, pretty fun to listen to. Ska is new to me, and doesn’t grab me as a favorite new genre. But still, a cool enough summertime listen.

In The Court Of The Crimson King

King Crimson

3/5

Prog rock is new for me and not my favorite newly discovered genre. This was actually pretty good though. Almost a 4.

Californication

Red Hot Chili Peppers

2/5

Bug

Dinosaur Jr.

3/5

Different Class

Pulp

4/5

This one grew on me as the album went on. Some catchy songs, and an album I will listen to again. A nice discovery.

Chelsea Girl

Nico

1/5

Not a very compelling singer. I did not listen to much of this album.

Infected

The The

2/5

2-3 stars, on the fence. The music was not bad, at times kind of catchy. Whenever I would notice the lyrics they were not good.

Funeral

Arcade Fire

4/5

Pet Sounds

The Beach Boys

4/5

Me Against The World

2Pac

1/5

This is exactly the rap I do not like.

The Velvet Underground

5/5

This works great as a whole album for me. Another nice discovery for me. Hadn’t heard this before.

Parachutes

Coldplay

2/5

Safe As Milk

Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band

4/5

Just a fun blues rock album to listen to, one I am sure I will return to.

Slanted And Enchanted

Pavement

3/5

Queen II

Queen

3/5

Good classic rock I hadn’t heard before

Only By The Night

Kings of Leon

1/5

I just don’t like this

Picture Book

Simply Red

3/5

The reviews for this are mostly terrible. I don’t get that. While I didn’t love it, I thought it was okay for the time it represents, 80s pop.

Back to Mystery City

Hanoi Rocks

1/5

That's The Way Of The World

Earth, Wind & Fire

4/5

Classic soul music, I loved it

A Seat at the Table

Solange

3/5

Nice soul, great vocals, a solid album overall.

I See A Darkness

Bonnie "Prince" Billy

1/5

Not terrible, but I just could not get into it.

The Genius Of Ray Charles

Ray Charles

4/5

Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde

The Pharcyde

4/5

This was a fun listen. Often lighthearted 90s hip hop.

Vol. 4

Black Sabbath

5/5

5 stars in honor of Ozzy, who just passed away, July 2025

Like Water For Chocolate

Common

3/5

Hip hop isn’t always my favorite, but this was pretty cool, good beats on a lot of the songs.

Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

Wilco

1/5

Shaft

Isaac Hayes

2/5

Hearts And Bones

Paul Simon

2/5

He can write some catchy pop songs, but kind of boring. And the other reviewers are right about how stupid the lyrics can be. Cars are Cars is simply the dumbest.

Fear Of A Black Planet

Public Enemy

3/5

Solid Air

John Martyn

5/5

This was a surprise. I found this simply enjoyable and interesting. Folsy and jazzy, chill but not boring. I enjoyed how he used his vocals. 5 stars for the surprise.

...The Dandy Warhols Come Down

The Dandy Warhols

4/5

Swordfishtrombones

Tom Waits

5/5

Some hate Tom Waits, some love him. I just get a kick out of this music and his totally unique creations.

London Calling

The Clash

5/5

Yeah, this is just great to listen to all the way through

Bookends

Simon & Garfunkel

3/5

A couple classic songs, but not so much overall

Low-Life

New Order

2/5

...And Justice For All

Metallica

2/5

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

Elton John

5/5

I am not a fan of Elton John per se, not my preferred style of music. Even so, this gets 5 stars, it is clearly his masterpiece. Very creative.

The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn

Pink Floyd

2/5

I like Pink Floyd, bit I did not really like this. It was interesting as I can hear the beginning of their sound. But this one just didn’t do it for me.

You Want It Darker

Leonard Cohen

5/5

Leonard Cohen is my guru.

A Hard Day's Night

Beatles

4/5

Crossing the Red Sea With the Adverts

The Adverts

2/5

I’m still not sure how much I like punk. This was alright, actually, but I didn’t find myself loving it and likely I won’t re-listen, so it’s a 2, even though it’s probably better than a 2 for others.

Aftermath

The Rolling Stones

4/5

They really are great songs on this one, a couple I just didn’t like. Glad to add this to my collection.

Hot Buttered Soul

Isaac Hayes

5/5

Loved this! Added this one to my collection of favorite discoveries from this generator.

Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme

Simon & Garfunkel

3/5

Some good, catchy songs. Trivial lyrics. Pop music from before I was born.

My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

Kanye West

3/5

Band On The Run

Paul McCartney and Wings

4/5

What a songwriter.

The ArchAndroid

Janelle Monáe

5/5

This is amazing, I absolutely loved this.

I See You

The xx

1/5

Joan Baez

5/5

Love it, I just love her glorious voice through all these lovely folk songs.

The Doors

5/5

One of the greatest debut rock albums of all time.

Don't Come Home A Drinkin' (With Lovin' On Your Mind)

Loretta Lynn

2/5

I really don’t enjoy this type of music, but I can appreciate that fir those who love country, this would be a 5. Her vocals are distinct and lovely for sure.

So Much For The City

The Thrills

1/5

Hms Fable

Shack

1/5

Adele

5/5

Incredible singing voice, good songwriting, several really good songs.

Ragged Glory

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

1/5

Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables

Dead Kennedys

4/5

This is good for punk rock, which I am learning to appreciate

Bad

Michael Jackson

1/5

Larks' Tongues In Aspic

King Crimson

3/5

I still don’t know what to make of prog rock as a genre. This is the second album I’ve heard by King Crimson. Pretty good, kinda weird, sometimes interesting, sometimes forgettable. So, three stars. I am reserving judgment for now.

The La's

1/5

Way too many Brit pop albums on this thing.

Yank Crime

Drive Like Jehu

4/5

Pretty darn good punk rock music, some good tunes on this one.

Straight Outta Compton

N.W.A.

2/5

I get why this is an important album, and I remember the influence of this, and what was going on in that time period, when I was a teenager. It’s not my favorite music to listen to though.

Mask

Bauhaus

4/5

Another surprise. Based on the description I didn’t guess I would like this, bit I really did. Weird, kind of, and not all of the song, but some I did enjoy. I can see myself listening to this album again.

Calenture

The Triffids

2/5

Abraxas

Santana

5/5

Great artistry, a deserved classic.

Maggot Brain

Funkadelic

5/5

Country Life

Roxy Music

1/5

Honky Tonk Heroes

Waylon Jennings

3/5

I can’t believe I’m rating this album this high. This is a type of music I specifically dislike. Yet I found myself enjoying this, finding some of the songs catchy, and even laughing while listening to ridiculous country lyrics.

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

Beatles

3/5

The Beatles are great. Not every album is a 5 though. This one has a few great songs but altogether is not a favorite and I probably won’t listen to it again in its entirety.

McCartney

Paul McCartney

4/5

He’s really good, you know? He can write some catchy tunes. Maybe I’m Amazed is an all time great song.

Something Else By The Kinks

The Kinks

2/5

Siamese Dream

The Smashing Pumpkins

1/5

Peter Gabriel

3/5

Solsbury Hill is a great song. The album overall is pretty good.

Black Metal

Venom

1/5

Astral Weeks

Van Morrison

3/5

I like him, and this is good, just nowhere near as good as Moondance

Music From Big Pink

The Band

3/5

It was okay. I did kind of like it, but it didn’t stand out as one I will listen to again.

Rattlesnakes

Lloyd Cole And The Commotions

1/5

Untitled (Black Is)

SAULT

4/5

Really good new music, so glad this made it on the list.

Jagged Little Pill

Alanis Morissette

5/5

A perfectly classic mid 90s album. I could even say iconic.

Exile On Main Street

The Rolling Stones

5/5

I love this. This is my favorite by them, the one album I will regularly listen to from start to finish.

Call of the Valley

Shivkumar Sharma

3/5

Strangeways, Here We Come

The Smiths

1/5

Ellington at Newport

Duke Ellington

4/5

1984

Van Halen

2/5

I think the 80s were a weird decade for rock, certainly not my favorite. On the positive side, some real good guitar playing, and Jump is a classic rock song from my childhood.

Shake Your Money Maker

The Black Crowes

3/5

Forgot about this band, though I did like them back in the day. So on the negative side, they didn’t hold up as memorable for me. But a few good songs I still like, and a big improvement over the preceding decade of 80s rock. I enjoyed listening after all these years but probably won’t play it again.

Pearl

Janis Joplin

5/5

The cry at the start of Cry Baby… Janis Joplin, the one and only, 5 of 5 stars

Talking With the Taxman About Poetry

Billy Bragg

4/5

Folk punk. Who knew? This is another of those surprise albums. I started off not really into it, but it grew on me. By the time I got to the Union song I realized that I really kind of like it.

Zombie

Fela Kuti

5/5

Heartattack And Vine

Tom Waits

5/5

I love this. It is now one of my favorite albums. And what a surprise: I didn’t know Jersey Girl was originally by Tom Waits! What a great song.

Disintegration

The Cure

5/5

I just love this, plain and simple.

Vento De Maio

Elis Regina

3/5

At Fillmore East

The Allman Brothers Band

5/5

Sound of Silver

LCD Soundsystem

1/5

Surfer Rosa

Pixies

1/5

One great song, but did not like the album at all.

Music for the Masses

Depeche Mode

4/5

Takes me back.

In Our Heads

Hot Chip

2/5

Harvest

Neil Young

3/5

I am not a fan of his and do not love this album, but there are two true classic songs on this album, got to give him that.

Strange Cargo III

William Orbit

4/5

Spiderland

Slint

1/5

Green

R.E.M.

1/5

Ingenue

k.d. lang

1/5

Marquee Moon

Television

4/5

All right. This is a really good band I had never heard before. I will definitely listen to this again.

Graceland

Paul Simon

4/5

Tommy

The Who

3/5

E.V.O.L.

Sonic Youth

3/5

G. Love And Special Sauce

G. Love & Special Sauce

1/5

To Pimp A Butterfly

Kendrick Lamar

4/5

Shaka Zulu

Ladysmith Black Mambazo

5/5

Automatic For The People

R.E.M.

1/5

Illinois

Sufjan Stevens

4/5

Nice, chill, and at times interesting.

Fragile

Yes

3/5

Still not sure what to make of this prog rock genre. Some of it is interesting, some of it makes me wonder what made them record it. This album is like that. The whole is not greater than the sum of its parts, bit there were some interesting parts.

Arular

M.I.A.

4/5

Fun, interesting and cool.

Trio

Dolly Parton

2/5

Are You Experienced

Jimi Hendrix

5/5

Don't Stand Me Down

Dexys Midnight Runners

1/5

En-Tact

The Shamen

1/5

Lady In Satin

Billie Holiday

4/5

The Dark Side Of The Moon

Pink Floyd

5/5

5, of course. Their best album.

Physical Graffiti

Led Zeppelin

5/5

The Velvet Underground & Nico

The Velvet Underground

5/5

In A Silent Way

Miles Davis

4/5

Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs

Derek & The Dominos

1/5

All Hail the Queen

Queen Latifah

2/5

What a time capsule from 1989. In that respect it is perfect. But how does it hold up as something I want to listen to now? Not too well.

The Chronic

Dr. Dre

1/5

Don’t like gangsta rap

Violator

Depeche Mode

5/5

Reach out and touch faith!

Pacific Ocean Blue

Dennis Wilson

4/5

I haven’t liked the Beach Boys, but this guy is a good songwriter. Several really catchy tunes in here.

Vauxhall And I

Morrissey

1/5

All Directions

The Temptations

3/5

The Suburbs

Arcade Fire

5/5

The Low End Theory

A Tribe Called Quest

3/5

Fun, good beats, takes me back.

Bongo Rock

Incredible Bongo Band

4/5

Bongos, a horn section, very, very 1970s, and quite fun. A nice discovery.

Rock 'N Soul

Solomon Burke

5/5

This is lovely, I just love that soul.

The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators

The 13th Floor Elevators

4/5

Unexpected, a novel discovery, with some good songs in there.

There's No Place Like America Today

Curtis Mayfield

4/5

Soul!

Let It Bleed

The Rolling Stones

3/5

Fantastic bookends to this album, but not my favorite by them. Still pretty darn good though.

Back to Basics

Christina Aguilera

3/5

I really like her voice.

Modern Kosmology

Jane Weaver

3/5

Cool.

No Other

Gene Clark

3/5

Not my favorite genre, but I kind of liked several of the songs.

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness

The Smashing Pumpkins

1/5

I just never liked them ot thought they were good. Time hasn’t been an improvement on my opinion.

Since I Left You

The Avalanches

4/5

I enjoyed this, chill electronic. A lot of sampling for sure, bit they made it work.

Born To Run

Bruce Springsteen

5/5

Adele

3/5

Great singer. Not as many good songs as on 19.

Underwater Moonlight

The Soft Boys

1/5

Just too many of these British bands of this time and genre, not my favorite, and I still can’t tell them apart.

Run-D.M.C.

3/5

Tom Tom Club

5/5

I can’t believe this gets a 5, but it was such a delightful surprise. Cool, fun, unique sound. So glad for this randomly generated recommendation.

Meat Is Murder

The Smiths

1/5

S&M

Metallica

2/5

The Last Of The True Believers

Nanci Griffith

3/5

Despite country not being my favorite, this is another of those enjoyable exceptions. I liked her singing, twang and all.

(What's The Story) Morning Glory

Oasis

3/5

A couple songs here take me back. Though I don’t love this band overall.

The Slim Shady LP

Eminem

2/5

He is recognizably talented, but given the lyrics I am not the audience for this album.

Dub Housing

Pere Ubu

1/5

Among The Living

Anthrax

1/5

Horses

Patti Smith

5/5

This is one of those discoveries. What a revelation. Fucking amazing, I just love this album. And it belongs on a short list of fantastic debuts.

Better Living Through Chemistry

Fatboy Slim

1/5

Devil Without A Cause

Kid Rock

1/5

Wish You Were Here

Pink Floyd

5/5

Skylarking

XTC

2/5

More Specials

The Specials

1/5

Trout Mask Replica

Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band

1/5

Violent Femmes

5/5

So many good songs. Singing along to the whole album, twice. Add this to the list of great debut albums I’ve discovered here.

Fever To Tell

Yeah Yeah Yeahs

4/5

Hell Yeah, fun and upbeat, really enjoyed it. The best song is Maps.

Back To Black

Amy Winehouse

4/5

Mothership Connection

Parliament

5/5

Super fun funk

Close To The Edge

Yes

4/5

Unique, playful, I enjoyed it.

Deloused in the Comatorium

The Mars Volta

4/5

A great discovery, very interesting rock music, listened to it twice, and added it to my library.

Electric

The Cult

1/5

Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire)

The Kinks

3/5

Beauty And The Beat

The Go-Go's

4/5

Another to go on my list for great debuts. Fun, high energy, well done all the way from start to finish. All good songs.

The Beach Boys Today!

The Beach Boys

1/5

Led Zeppelin III

Led Zeppelin

5/5

Since I’ve Been Loving You is my favorite Led Zeppelin song.

The Colour Of Spring

Talk Talk

3/5

Punishing Kiss

Ute Lemper

1/5

Live!

Fela Kuti

5/5

I may like this live album even better than his Zombie album.

Lost In The Dream

The War On Drugs

4/5

In It For The Money

Supergrass

3/5

Technique

New Order

1/5

The World is a Ghetto

War

4/5

Really chill soul R&B type music.

Talking Timbuktu

Ali Farka Touré

4/5

Cool, chill guitar playing

John Barleycorn Must Die

Traffic

3/5

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector

Various Artists

3/5

Young Americans

David Bowie

4/5

Fuzzy Logic

Super Furry Animals

2/5