289
Albums Rated
3.16
Average Rating
27%
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1970s
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19
5-Star Albums
5
1-Star Albums
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You Love More Than Most
Albums you rated higher than global average
| Album | You | Global | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|
| Repeater | 5 | 3.12 | +1.88 |
| If You're Feeling Sinister | 5 | 3.18 | +1.82 |
| The Boatman's Call | 5 | 3.2 | +1.8 |
| Figure 8 | 5 | 3.32 | +1.68 |
| The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady | 5 | 3.32 | +1.68 |
| Either Or | 5 | 3.38 | +1.62 |
| 2112 | 5 | 3.39 | +1.61 |
| Blunderbuss | 5 | 3.4 | +1.6 |
| Illinois | 5 | 3.49 | +1.51 |
| Marquee Moon | 5 | 3.5 | +1.5 |
You Love Less Than Most
Albums you rated lower than global average
| Album | You | Global | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hybrid Theory | 1 | 3.38 | -2.38 |
| The Slim Shady LP | 1 | 3.29 | -2.29 |
| Shake Your Money Maker | 1 | 3.29 | -2.29 |
| Let It Bleed | 2 | 3.83 | -1.83 |
| American Idiot | 2 | 3.77 | -1.77 |
| Hot Fuss | 2 | 3.74 | -1.74 |
| Brothers | 2 | 3.58 | -1.58 |
| Foo Fighters | 2 | 3.5 | -1.5 |
| The Marshall Mathers LP | 2 | 3.49 | -1.49 |
| Chocolate Starfish And The Hot Dog Flavored Water | 1 | 2.47 | -1.47 |
Artist Analysis
Favorite Artists
Artists with 2+ albums
| Artist | Albums | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Johnny Cash | 2 | 5 |
| Elliott Smith | 2 | 5 |
| Black Sabbath | 3 | 4.33 |
Least Favorite Artists
Artists with 2+ albums
| Artist | Albums | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Eminem | 2 | 1.5 |
5-Star Albums (19)
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1-Star Albums (5)
All Ratings
Queen
3/5
Linkin Park
1/5
Marvin Gaye
3/5
Eminem
1/5
Creedence Clearwater Revival
3/5
The Prodigy
4/5
Metallica
4/5
Red Hot Chili Peppers
4/5
Wire
4/5
The Monkees
3/5
Ray Charles
3/5
The Cure
5/5
Alexander 'Skip' Spence
2/5
Foo Fighters
2/5
Crowded House
3/5
Jimmy Smith
3/5
Liz Phair
2/5
The Police
3/5
Sam Cooke
3/5
fIREHOSE
2/5
The Smiths
4/5
The Flying Burrito Brothers
3/5
Coldplay
3/5
Nitin Sawhney
3/5
Creedence Clearwater Revival
4/5
Billy Joel
4/5
Megadeth
3/5
Johnny Cash
5/5
The Smashing Pumpkins
4/5
Simply Red
3/5
Blue Cheer
3/5
Sufjan Stevens
5/5
Sonic Youth
4/5
CHIC
2/5
A Tribe Called Quest
3/5
Bert Jansch
4/5
Dion
2/5
Coldplay
3/5
Michael Kiwanuka
3/5
Morrissey
3/5
The Rolling Stones
3/5
Jurassic 5
4/5
D'Angelo
2/5
John Coltrane
4/5
Grateful Dead
3/5
Soundgarden
5/5
Louis Prima
3/5
Killing Joke
4/5
Neil Young
5/5
Earth, Wind & Fire
3/5
Paul McCartney
2/5
Röyksopp
2/5
Johnny Cash
5/5
The Black Crowes
1/5
Isaac Hayes
3/5
Frank Sinatra
3/5
Creedence Clearwater Revival
3/5
3/5
KISS
3/5
Jethro Tull
3/5
Brian Eno
4/5
Iggy Pop
3/5
OutKast
4/5
Pentangle
3/5
Cat Stevens
4/5
Brian Eno
4/5
Talking Heads
3/5
3/5
Iron Butterfly
3/5
Black Sabbath
5/5
The Fall
2/5
The xx
2/5
Rufus Wainwright
3/5
Big Brother & The Holding Company
3/5
Gorillaz
3/5
R.E.M.
4/5
Jimi Hendrix
4/5
Silver Jews
4/5
Adam & The Ants
2/5
Tracy Chapman
4/5
Electric Light Orchestra
3/5
The Boo Radleys
3/5
Al Green
3/5
Aretha Franklin
3/5
Fleetwood Mac
5/5
Tom Tom Club
3/5
Elton John
4/5
The Zombies
3/5
The Offspring
2/5
Gary Numan
3/5
Neil Young
4/5
CHIC
2/5
Def Leppard
3/5
Queen Latifah
2/5
4/5
Fela Kuti
4/5
The The
2/5
The Rolling Stones
3/5
Megadeth
4/5
Prince
3/5
3/5
Booker T. & The MG's
3/5
Sepultura
4/5
The Zutons
3/5
Van Halen
3/5
My Bloody Valentine
4/5
Ministry
3/5
Moby
3/5
Dire Straits
3/5
The Chemical Brothers
3/5
Beatles
3/5
The Pogues
3/5
Heaven 17
2/5
Bill Callahan
3/5
The Beach Boys
3/5
Cocteau Twins
3/5
Dizzee Rascal
2/5
Steely Dan
3/5
Red Hot Chili Peppers
4/5
Raekwon
4/5
Pavement
4/5
The Fall
3/5
Alanis Morissette
3/5
Spiritualized
3/5
Everything But The Girl
2/5
Dolly Parton
4/5
Lloyd Cole And The Commotions
3/5
Gang Starr
2/5
Todd Rundgren
3/5
Curtis Mayfield
3/5
Yes
3/5
T. Rex
3/5
Black Sabbath
4/5
Ali Farka Touré
3/5
Jazmine Sullivan
2/5
Leonard Cohen
3/5
Beatles
3/5
Coldcut
2/5
Supergrass
3/5
Sarah Vaughan
3/5
Grateful Dead
3/5
Elliott Smith
5/5
Missy Elliott
2/5
The Smiths
3/5
808 State
2/5
The Birthday Party
3/5
Depeche Mode
3/5
Roxy Music
2/5
Can
3/5
Big Black
4/5
David Bowie
3/5
Stevie Wonder
3/5
Judas Priest
4/5
Queen
3/5
Fleetwood Mac
3/5
Black Sabbath
4/5
Common
3/5
Joni Mitchell
3/5
Van Morrison
4/5
Gil Scott-Heron
3/5
The Mamas & The Papas
3/5
The Teardrop Explodes
2/5
Sleater-Kinney
4/5
The Adverts
3/5
OutKast
4/5
Anthrax
3/5
Bad Brains
3/5
The xx
2/5
Genesis
3/5
3/5
Dwight Yoakam
2/5
Steely Dan
2/5
Lightning Bolt
2/5
Wu-Tang Clan
4/5
The Band
3/5
Bee Gees
2/5
Saint Etienne
2/5
Penguin Cafe Orchestra
3/5
Lorde
2/5
Peter Frampton
3/5
Jean-Michel Jarre
3/5
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
3/5
Scott Walker
3/5
1/5
Eminem
2/5
Joan Armatrading
3/5
Happy Mondays
3/5
Pet Shop Boys
3/5
The Doors
4/5
Buck Owens
3/5
Milton Nascimento
4/5
Radiohead
3/5
The Strokes
3/5
Napalm Death
2/5
Bonnie Raitt
2/5
Television
5/5
Jeff Beck
2/5
The Notorious B.I.G.
3/5
LTJ Bukem
2/5
Rush
5/5
Wild Beasts
3/5
Stevie Wonder
3/5
The Rolling Stones
2/5
Kacey Musgraves
4/5
Sonic Youth
3/5
Ramones
5/5
Van Halen
4/5
The Associates
1/5
The Clash
3/5
Nick Drake
4/5
Deep Purple
4/5
Dolly Parton
4/5
Muddy Waters
3/5
Public Enemy
3/5
The War On Drugs
3/5
Paul Simon
3/5
Elvis Costello
4/5
David Gray
2/5
Jane's Addiction
4/5
Gang Of Four
4/5
Solomon Burke
3/5
Nico
3/5
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
2/5
Bruce Springsteen
4/5
Tom Waits
4/5
The best thing about Tom Waits is that he'll either take you to grotesque places to meet strange characters in full theatrics mode, or serve a wonderfully heartfelt ballad. It's lovely when an artist puts their weirdness on full display. It doesn't necessarily mean I'll like it, but... As per usual, I'm fully on board with Tom. He's my kind of weird.
The Streets
2/5
Metallica
4/5
Bob Marley & The Wailers
3/5
Tears For Fears
3/5
Beyoncé
2/5
Lou Reed
4/5
Miles Davis
3/5
Belle & Sebastian
5/5
Fairport Convention
4/5
Thelonious Monk
3/5
David Bowie
3/5
Pavement
4/5
The Black Keys
2/5
Pixies
4/5
The Killers
2/5
Joni Mitchell
3/5
The stories are interesting to listen to, but the music is so monotonous it's hard to get through the entire album in one go without getting bored. It lacks the dynamics and melodies that make Blue great.
The Who
4/5
Fugazi
5/5
Fugazi was a love at first listen back when I was a teenager and they've been one of my favorite bands ever since. Engaging and interesting with all of its layers, twists and turns, Repeater never gets boring or dull. Mashing up beautiful instrumentation with brash shouting and occasional jabs of screeching guitars is exactly the kind of noise that suits my ears, even though I get why some folks might dislike it.
Parliament
3/5
Stevie Wonder
4/5
Jane's Addiction
3/5
Death In Vegas
3/5
Charles Mingus
5/5
This is what should be played to people who say they dislike jazz. If they still say they dislike jazz after hearing this, they're a hopeless case.
Santana
3/5
Pretty music, all elegant and well played, but feels like something is missing. Seems to me it would benefit from more excitement, more passion, more life. It fails to really pull me in.
Bob Dylan
3/5
Prince
3/5
Dusty Springfield
3/5
The Flaming Lips
4/5
Nine Inch Nails
4/5
The Byrds
3/5
Elliott Smith
5/5
Elliott wrote all of the music on this album himself. Wrote all the lyrics. Sang everything all by himself. Played all the instruments. The only thing missing from a total DIY experience is for him to help build the studio it was recorded in. He did that for the next album. The point is, Elliott was massively talented and hard working and it really shows on Either/Or. I've loved this album for many years, listened to it many times and it never gets old. The melodies are mesmerising, the lyrics a treasure trove where you discover something new in the words during each listening. The way he used mundane words to express complex situations and emotions, jamming three meaningful ideas into three words, building worlds within his music with so much empathy and expressiveness... He was so quiet but so, so loud.
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
4/5
T. Rex
4/5
The Who
3/5
The Smashing Pumpkins
4/5
Shuggie Otis
2/5
Miles Davis
4/5
There is a mood that hits me every now and then, and when it does, I crave hearing In A SIlent Way. Sometimes it needs to be played on repeat. Most of the time though, it's hard to get through it in one go. A truly special album.
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
4/5
DJ Shadow
3/5
Ride
3/5
Marvin Gaye
4/5
Jungle Brothers
3/5
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
5/5
3/5
Stan Getz
3/5
Talk Talk
3/5
Nick Drake
3/5
Nick Drake has all the qualities I appreciate in a singer songwriter, yet I find it hard to truly connect to his music. It might click someday, as I seem to feel closer to it with each listen. Five Leaves seems to be my favorite album of his at the moment and I'll most definitely revisit it soon.
Michael Jackson
4/5
About half of the songs on Thriller are of great timeless quality, the other half is good as far as pop is considered and the album would be better off without the sappy catastrophe that is The Girl Is Mine (sorry Paul).
Green Day
2/5
If Green Day were trying to convey some deeper message here, it got buried under the commercial pop sound and perfect production. The album reminds me of my mother's closet, everything neatly pressed, folded into perfect rectangles and arranged by color. Unlike my mom's ROYGBIV clothes collection, Green Day have a wordrobe full of black band shirts they ordered from a catalogue and brand new shiny Dr Martens lined up in neat rows. I'd classify American Idiot as a success on every front since it's very catchy, unoffensive, safe and an enjoyable listen for a very wide audience (if that's what the band was going for). As a pop album, it merits 4 stars. As a punk/rock album, it merits 1.
The Residents
2/5
Fun for a one time listen, but I never intend to hear it again.
Cee Lo Green
2/5
Simon & Garfunkel
4/5
The Doors
4/5
Kate Bush
3/5
Led Zeppelin
5/5
When I was younger, I used to say I didn't trust anyone who said they didn't like Led Zeppelin. I might have been right.
Turbonegro
2/5
I'd like this a lot better if I were a teenage boy. The combination of glam and lyrics that were made using a random swear word generator gets old real fast.
Black Flag
3/5
LCD Soundsystem
4/5
Jack White
5/5
The Specials
2/5
3/5
Willie Colón & Rubén Blades
3/5
The Triffids
2/5
The Beta Band
2/5