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Album	You	Global	Diff
Damaged Black Flag	5	2.87	+2.13
I See A Darkness Bonnie "Prince" Billy	5	2.97	+2.03
Steve McQueen Prefab Sprout	5	2.98	+2.02
A Seat at the Table Solange	5	3.01	+1.99
Oxygène Jean-Michel Jarre	5	3.07	+1.93
Here Come The Warm Jets Brian Eno	5	3.07	+1.93
Solid Air John Martyn	5	3.16	+1.84
american dream LCD Soundsystem	5	3.17	+1.83
Soul Mining The The	5	3.17	+1.83
Screamadelica Primal Scream	5	3.17	+1.83

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
The Wildest! Louis Prima	1	3.53	-2.53
All Directions The Temptations	1	3.45	-2.45
This Is Fats Domino Fats Domino	1	3.37	-2.37
Tommy The Who	1	3.34	-2.34
Who's Next The Who	2	3.91	-1.91
Ill Communication Beastie Boys	2	3.64	-1.64
Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme Simon & Garfunkel	2	3.62	-1.62
Hotel California Eagles	2	3.6	-1.6
Tragic Songs of Life The Louvin Brothers	1	2.58	-1.58
Licensed To Ill Beastie Boys	2	3.55	-1.55

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Artist	Albums	Average
Radiohead	5	4.8
David Bowie	5	4.6
Beatles	4	4.5
Nirvana	2	5
Prince	2	5
Talking Heads	2	5
Black Sabbath	2	5
Led Zeppelin	3	4.33

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Artist	Albums	Average
The Who	3	2

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Popular Reviews

Tommy

The Who · 1 likes

1/5

Dog shit

Unknown Pleasures

Joy Division · 1 likes

4/5

fantastic, love the sound palette they use across this album. Often unsettling. Disorder one of the GOATS

It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back

Public Enemy · 1 likes

5/5

I mean, one of the best lyrical hip hop albums of all time, surely

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Axis: Bold As Love

Jimi Hendrix

5/5

title track absolutely slaps

The Velvet Underground

4/5

Oxygène

Jean-Michel Jarre

5/5

v easy to listen to always and forever

Led Zeppelin III

Led Zeppelin

5/5

kind of underrated and overrated at the same time

Golden Hour

Kacey Musgraves

3/5

always a pleasure to listen to this record. Think it falls off a bit in the 2nd half but lots of fun

Seventeen Seconds

The Cure

3/5

Not the strongest Cure record for me but has A Forest on it, which is a worldie

Mr. Tambourine Man

The Byrds

2/5

didn't grip me

MTV Unplugged In New York

Nirvana

5/5

fascinating record. So different from their usual sound but still fantastic. Shows their songwriting strengths

Siamese Dream

The Smashing Pumpkins

5/5

back to back worldies

Boston

3/5

Didn't do a lot for me

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

Beatles

5/5

easy 5

Repeater

Fugazi

4/5

Can see myself really getting into Fugazi

Back In Black

AC/DC

5/5

not every song is a 10/10 but the album is a 10/10, if that can be possible?!?!? they nail the vibes

On The Beach

Neil Young

5/5

top tier Neil for me

Hail To the Thief

Radiohead

4/5

some of their best on here, but more of their worst

Tigermilk

Belle & Sebastian

3/5

would def come back to this

Aftermath

The Rolling Stones

2/5

Purple Rain

Prince

5/5

whoppers top to bottom

Heavy Weather

Weather Report

2/5

reminds me of Steely Dan, but doesn't hit those highs. Not necessarily my sort of jazz

Djam Leelii

Baaba Maal

3/5

some really great ideas and melodies, but too long me thinks

All Directions

The Temptations

1/5

Five Leaves Left

Nick Drake

5/5

Idlewild

Everything But The Girl

2/5

Was really ready to love this (especially as they are Uni of Hull alumni, represent!) but all kind of blended together for me

Real Life

Magazine

3/5

Really wanted to click with this more, given the huge praise this gets from Johnny Greenwood and how influential they are on Radiohead. Maybe it will after a few more listens. 5 stars for the artwork though

Melodrama

Lorde

4/5

Bookends

Simon & Garfunkel

3/5

Skylarking

XTC

3/5

The Stranger

Billy Joel

3/5

very consistent

Fishscale

Ghostface Killah

4/5

Wasn't a big fan of the slots but some really great Dilla production. Slightly too long, if it was 10-12 tracks I would see myself coming back to this a lot

Hot Fuss

The Killers

3/5

first half renaissance painting of a stallion, second half child's drawing of a horse

In It For The Money

Supergrass

2/5

The Downward Spiral

Nine Inch Nails

4/5

Pornography

The Cure

3/5

not the best album of theirs, but very consistent and atmospheric

Another Green World

Brian Eno

4/5

You Want It Darker

Leonard Cohen

4/5

Phenomenal return to form final album. 4.5 if I could

Central Reservation

Beth Orton

2/5

loved a few tracks, but felt a bit too long and didn't connect with much of the middle section

Fuzzy

Grant Lee Buffalo

2/5

didn't do a lot for me, clear to hear the influence on later REM records but the song-writing didn't pull me in

Paul's Boutique

Beastie Boys

3/5

Landmark hip hip record for it's production and use of samples but can't help but feel it's not dated well

Young Americans

David Bowie

3/5

Ray Of Light

Madonna

2/5

some absolute belters in here (wrong vibe for 9am Monday morning in the office) but was about 30 minutes too long and a lot of the tracks didn't click with me. Would return to some of the singles

Unhalfbricking

Fairport Convention

3/5

Highs were really high, lows were quite forgettable. 3.5 if I could, just didn't grasp me enough to get to 4. A Sailor's Life & Who Know's Where the Time Goes both so so good

Tommy

The Who

1/5

Dog shit

Sound Affects

The Jam

3/5

Fun album. Love short, precise records like this. Would come back to this

Safe As Milk

Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band

4/5

Born To Run

Bruce Springsteen

3/5

great fun but a lot of the tracks were forgettable

Remain In Light

Talking Heads

5/5

Masterpiece

White Blood Cells

The White Stripes

4/5

god bless Jack White

Time Out

The Dave Brubeck Quartet

3/5

What's Going On

Marvin Gaye

5/5

Amazing, cohesive, powerful record

Our Aim Is To Satisfy

Red Snapper

2/5

Nice ideas throughout but overall quite forgettable

Transformer

Lou Reed

5/5

Tracy Chapman

4/5

Fantastic start to finish. Few songs that didn't grip me as much to warrant a 5 but great record!

Ill Communication

Beastie Boys

2/5

ashamed to say I just don't get beastie boys. They've released some phenomenal tracks but their albums are such a slog to get through

Back At The Chicken Shack

Jimmy Smith

3/5

some lovely ideas but some song structures felt dated.

Pieces Of The Sky

Emmylou Harris

3/5

Rio

Duran Duran

5/5

This album is so good! Every track feels necessary, what a banger start to finish

Common

4/5

loved this, had only heard Go before diving into this record! Dilla & K*nye production is no joke.

Tragic Songs of Life

The Louvin Brothers

1/5

interesting as a historical piece, but would never choose to listen to this

Graceland

Paul Simon

4/5

quality slightly dips near the end of the record for me, but this is so close to being 5 stars. a big whopping 4.5. 'I Know What I Know' one of the greatest songs of all time

Blunderbuss

Jack White

3/5

first half is so strong, second half stalls a bit. The highs are so good though, some of his best solo tracks. The first four tracks are a heavenly run

Darkness on the Edge of Town

Bruce Springsteen

3/5

really great album, 3.5 stars. Despite not knowing many of these songs, it felt like a really consistent album

I See A Darkness

Bonnie "Prince" Billy

5/5

blew my head off. Absolutely loved this, and had never heard it before. Big 5 fat ones

Behaviour

Pet Shop Boys

3/5

Guero

Beck

4/5

sounds quite dated, but some serious bangers

Red Headed Stranger

Willie Nelson

3/5

Cafe Bleu

The Style Council

2/5

not that into. Some tracks sounded like Mark Hollis singing Elton John covers

Dummy

Portishead

4/5

Unknown Pleasures

Joy Division

4/5

fantastic, love the sound palette they use across this album. Often unsettling. Disorder one of the GOATS

Hounds Of Love

Kate Bush

5/5

one of the greats

Clandestino

Manu Chao

3/5

Cheap Thrills

Big Brother & The Holding Company

4/5

love Janis Joplins vocals across this album, so much energy and early grunge stylings in the playing. Into it!

Led Zeppelin II

Led Zeppelin

4/5

Really enjoyed this, have heard it a few times over the years. It's a crime that Moby Dick has the least listens on Spotify, that riff is killer.

Among The Living

Anthrax

4/5

slapped

Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme

Simon & Garfunkel

2/5

quite forgettable. Preferred Bookends

Berlin

Lou Reed

3/5

didn't grip me like his other work but was an enjoyable listen

Songs The Lord Taught Us

The Cramps

3/5

Liked a lot of it but most of the album didn't grip me. Garbage man slaps

Station To Station

David Bowie

5/5

up there as one of his best

If You Can Believe Your Eyes & Ears

The Mamas & The Papas

3/5

some all-timers on here, some duds. The highs are so much better than the lows though

L'Eau Rouge

The Young Gods

2/5

some interesting ideas, and covered a lot of genres. Production on the drums led this to feel quite lackluster to me

Metallica

4/5

adore this record, need to listen to it more and let it stick

Get Behind Me Satan

The White Stripes

4/5

underrated and understated White Stripes album. First 6 tracks are fantastic, falters slightly in the second half

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

David Bowie

5/5

top tier

Cosmo's Factory

Creedence Clearwater Revival

4/5

Slaps

Live At The Witch Trials

The Fall

3/5

very rough and raw, not my favourite fall album but did enjoy it!

Fragile

Yes

4/5

Almost a 5 just for Roundabout. Absolute slapper

The xx

4/5

a lovely, unique, genre-defining album. Never reached these heights again but is a very fitting record for this list

Talking With the Taxman About Poetry

Billy Bragg

2/5

didn't like this as much as I thought I would. Especially as a fan of Richard Dawson. Maybe I wasn't in the right headspace

Bat Out Of Hell

Meat Loaf

2/5

Shite

Apocalypse Dudes

Turbonegro

3/5

Fun record. Will come back to this!

Rage Against The Machine

5/5

adore this album, unlike a lot of what I grew up with this has absolutely stood the test of time

Will The Circle Be Unbroken

Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

2/5

not for me donkey, also too long

Coat Of Many Colors

Dolly Parton

2/5

self titled track is a banger, rest blended together for me on first listen

Fleet Foxes

4/5

a worthy, underrated record for this list

Exodus

Bob Marley & The Wailers

3/5

a lot of great tracks on here

Queen II

Queen

2/5

Didn't grip me, but nice to hear something completely different from a band as famous as Queen

Black Metal

Venom

3/5

good fun! Leave Me in Hell reminded me of Master of Puppets so much, uncanny

Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs

Marty Robbins

2/5

Marty BOBBINS more like!! (wasn't actually that bad)

California

American Music Club

3/5

Oar

Alexander 'Skip' Spence

3/5

Debut

Björk

4/5

Great stuff

Astral Weeks

Van Morrison

3/5

Think I'd really like this but wasn't in the headspace

Peggy Suicide

Julian Cope

2/5

really didn't connect with this

Done By The Forces Of Nature

Jungle Brothers

2/5

really just not into this era of hip hop and lyrical rhyming schemes

Disintegration

The Cure

5/5

can't be anything else can it

No Other

Gene Clark

4/5

This is the sort of album I want to hear on this list. Not listened to this artist before but added a few of these into rotation. Great record

The Stone Roses

4/5

WHOPPER

Licensed To Ill

Beastie Boys

2/5

just can't do it in album format. Few fantastic bangers on this, surrounded by out-dated, boring duds. No Sleep Til Brooklyn slaps though

The Grand Tour

George Jones

2/5

Was alright, didn't stick with me

Live At The Regal

B.B. King

3/5

BB being BB

Steve McQueen

Prefab Sprout

5/5

phenomenal

Odelay

Beck

4/5

Lost In The Dream

The War On Drugs

5/5

f the haters, I love this record

Faust IV

Faust

4/5

Really enjoyed this, excited to dive into their back catalogue!

Who's Next

The Who

2/5

I don't like this band

Close To You

Carpenters

3/5

think they're a bit over-hated, I thought it was an enjoyable listen.

Suede

3/5

Machine Head

Deep Purple

4/5

Highway Star absolutely slaps

Pet Sounds

The Beach Boys

4/5

Faith

George Michael

2/5

Wasn't a huge fan. First three songs are great though

OK Computer

Radiohead

5/5

masterp

The Beach Boys Today!

The Beach Boys

4/5

They created Psych rock

good kid, m.A.A.d city

Kendrick Lamar

5/5

one of the greats

Crooked Rain Crooked Rain

Pavement

5/5

one of the greats

Raw Power

The Stooges

4/5

loved it

Iron Maiden

4/5

really enjoyed this!

Strange Cargo III

William Orbit

2/5

not into it sorry

Electric Prunes

The Electric Prunes

2/5

Low

David Bowie

5/5

Ambient 1/Music For Airports

Brian Eno

3/5

hard to rate an album that serves a different purpose to usual 'music'. No hits, singles, live essence. But serves a purpose (reading, unwinding, landscapy)

Moondance

Van Morrison

3/5

The White Album

Beatles

5/5

I mean it's one of the greats isn't it. Rocky Raccoon top 5 Beatle song

Dig Your Own Hole

The Chemical Brothers

4/5

nice to listen to some early Chems

Live Through This

Hole

4/5

v cool

Tical

Method Man

2/5

Kind of blended together. Didn't stand up to Fishscales or Wu Tang classic records for me

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

Elton John

4/5

some of his best, and some forgettable tracks. Not sure I've heard an Elton John album that floors me start to finish yet

Opus Dei

Laibach

2/5

nice noises but bit garageband for me

Now I Got Worry

The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion

3/5

some fun ideas and sounds, will return to a couple of these

The Wildest!

Louis Prima

1/5

just not my thing

american dream

LCD Soundsystem

5/5

I think this is LCD's second best album. For the life of me, I do not get the hate at all. I think it's pretty flawless start to finish. The only negative I have is the artwork, but that doesn't stop this being a 5 star record

One Nation Under A Groove

Funkadelic

4/5

a real treat start to finish

Hunting High And Low

a-ha

4/5

enjoyed it more than I thought I would from only knowing Take on Me! Very unique voice

With The Beatles

Beatles

3/5

more of an late-stage Beatles fan personally

Kimono My House

Sparks

4/5

great early record from a quality, unique duo

Talking Timbuktu

Ali Farka Touré

3/5

lovely record

The Dark Side Of The Moon

Pink Floyd

5/5

a goat

S.F. Sorrow

The Pretty Things

3/5

Some lovely experimentation in here

Elvis Presley

3/5

Live At Leeds

The Who

3/5

better than most of their studio albums

Van Halen

4/5

dismissed this before I heard it, almost a big mistake

Peter Gabriel

3/5

Interesting. Nothing stuck with me but interested to dive in again

Innervisions

Stevie Wonder

5/5

3 + 3

The Isley Brothers

3/5

3 for a 3 + 3

Elephant Mountain

The Youngbloods

2/5

nothingburger

Rumours

Fleetwood Mac

5/5

good

Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music

Ray Charles

3/5

fun! quite samey, which I think is common for albums of this era

3 Feet High and Rising

De La Soul

3/5

Great album, probably the De La Soul record I enjoy the most

Alien Lanes

Guided By Voices

4/5

think I would really like this record and band, need to give it a few more listens. A 3.5, but leaning towards a 4

Mothership Connection

Parliament

5/5

funky AND fresh!

Soul Mining

The The

5/5

Black Sabbath

5/5

RIP to the prince. Interesting choice if this is the only Sabbath on here

Liquid Swords

GZA

3/5

loved some tracks, didn't enjoy others

This Is Fats Domino

Fats Domino

1/5

dated

Siembra

Willie Colón & Rubén Blades

3/5

Really enjoyed this! A fan of this genre but get lost in the names and albums. This was a lot of fun

Highly Evolved

The Vines

2/5

bit of nothing, can't all be bangers!

Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

5/5

phenomenal

Nick Of Time

Bonnie Raitt

3/5

Really liked the first track, lost was a bit lost on me

Channel Orange

Frank Ocean

5/5

Modern classic

Damaged

Black Flag

5/5

Early punk classic

Blood On The Tracks

Bob Dylan

4/5

Doesn't hit the highs of his other records but I do love this album

Devil Without A Cause

Kid Rock

1/5

Horse shit

White Ladder

David Gray

2/5

Boring

Celebrity Skin

Hole

4/5

1999

Prince

5/5

not his best but still an absolute classic

Group Sex

Circle Jerks

3/5

big bangers

Band On The Run

Paul McCartney and Wings

4/5

love it

Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)

Wu-Tang Clan

5/5

slaps

Aladdin Sane

David Bowie

5/5

Bowies GOAT era

The Bends

Radiohead

5/5

biased as it's radiohead, but man what a record

Achtung Baby

2/5

just couldn't click with it at all, but clearly something good in there

Jagged Little Pill

Alanis Morissette

4/5

really loved this, only knowing the singles I was surprised by how many songs I was into

Here Come The Warm Jets

Brian Eno

5/5

really love this record, especially the title track. Whopper

Emergency On Planet Earth

Jamiroquai

5/5

this guy was my next door neighbor in the Highlands of Scotland while I was growing up. Therefore, instant 5 stars

Hot Rats

Frank Zappa

5/5

love this album

Only Built 4 Cuban Linx

Raekwon

4/5

another slammer

Lost Souls

Doves

4/5

originally wrote Doves off, I think I assumed they were a bit wet. However, this record was great! Reminded me of The Bends a bit, enjoyed this.

Fear Of A Black Planet

Public Enemy

4/5

great listen

The Village Green Preservation Society

The Kinks

4/5

a lot of mac demarco influence on here. Picture Book walked so Salad Days could run

Psychocandy

The Jesus And Mary Chain

4/5

lots of lovely and not lovely, but contexually lovely, noises

Screamadelica

Primal Scream

5/5

Iconic

Sheet Music

10cc

2/5

didn't really enjoy. Although, as a Dilla - Donuts stan it was very weird hearing The Worst Band In the World for the first time. Gains a star for that alone

Odessey And Oracle

The Zombies

3/5

few really big, strong moments. Has aged better than a lot of records from this era

Pearl

Janis Joplin

4/5

Wharra voice, loved this

Brothers In Arms

Dire Straits

3/5

good record! Some really classic songs, mostly a bit duddy but enjoyed it

Hot Buttered Soul

Isaac Hayes

4/5

Introducing The Hardline According To Terence Trent D'Arby

Terence Trent D'Arby

2/5

Liked a few tracks but wasn't that into it. Wishing Well slaps

Blue Lines

Massive Attack

3/5

Didn't grip me but a lot of bits that I liked

Cut

The Slits

3/5

Great little punk record

Synchronicity

The Police

2/5

mmm police don't do it for me

Imagine

John Lennon

4/5

love it. I prefer John Lennon / Plastic Ono Band but this is still a timeless, fantastic record

Untitled (Black Is)

SAULT

4/5

I love Sault and they deserve to have a record on his list, me thinks

Hotel California

Eagles

2/5

not for me chief

Entertainment

Gang Of Four

4/5

Fantastic

Either Or

Elliott Smith

5/5

love this sad dude and his songs

Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots

The Flaming Lips

3/5

Love a few of the tracks, think I need to give this a couple more listens. Always very fun live

Illinois

Sufjan Stevens

4/5

Great stuff, my second favourite Suffy record

Double Nickels On The Dime

Minutemen

4/5

Jackass jump scare halfway through. Really fun album

A Seat at the Table

Solange

5/5

my preferred Knowles sister

It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back

Public Enemy

5/5

I mean, one of the best lyrical hip hop albums of all time, surely

Exile In Guyville

Liz Phair

4/5

Really surprised by this record, have come back to it a lot since my first spin

Physical Graffiti

Led Zeppelin

4/5

Great record. Not top tier Zep for me imo but a fun, albeit too long, listen

This Year's Model

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

3/5

Enjoyed this, not super memorable but was a fun listen

Reggatta De Blanc

The Police

2/5

Don't ever really enjoy or remember a Police album after I've listened to it

Nevermind

Nirvana

5/5

One of the GOATS

Can't Buy A Thrill

Steely Dan

4/5

Not their best but absolutely phenomenal

Solid Air

John Martyn

5/5

Adore this too, have for many years. Glad it's on the list

Tapestry

Carole King

5/5

Love this too, one of the all timers for song writing

Kid A

Radiohead

5/5

Love the stuff

In Rainbows

Radiohead

5/5

one of the goat's, boring opinion but imo true

Doggystyle

Snoop Dogg

4/5

guy is a helmet but no denying it's an iconic record

Endtroducing.....

DJ Shadow

3/5

lots of great ideas but never quite sticks with me like it should

Abbey Road

Beatles

5/5

mastyp

GREY Area

Little Simz

5/5

so happy this record is on this list

Shadowland

k.d. lang

2/5

Jack Takes the Floor

Ramblin' Jack Elliott

2/5

glad records like this make it onto these lists for historical context, but it can be quite a drag to get through. At least this one was only 40 minutes long and not an entire 6 disk anthology

Something/Anything?

Todd Rundgren

4/5

Bright Flight

Silver Jews

2/5

didn't get much out of this

The Dreaming

Kate Bush

4/5

Tusk

Fleetwood Mac