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Album	You	Global	Diff
All That You Can't Leave Behind U2	5	2.98	+2.02
Miriam Makeba Miriam Makeba	5	3.19	+1.81
Spy Vs. Spy: The Music Of Ornette Coleman John Zorn	4	2.23	+1.77
High Violet The National	5	3.24	+1.76
The Seldom Seen Kid Elbow	5	3.25	+1.75
The Slider T. Rex	5	3.28	+1.72
You Want It Darker Leonard Cohen	5	3.32	+1.68
Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds	5	3.32	+1.68
Hot Rats Frank Zappa	5	3.36	+1.64
Bossanova Pixies	5	3.38	+1.62

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Thriller Michael Jackson	1	4.22	-3.22
(What's The Story) Morning Glory Oasis	1	3.84	-2.84
Definitely Maybe Oasis	1	3.53	-2.53
The Marshall Mathers LP Eminem	1	3.48	-2.48
Disraeli Gears Cream	1	3.47	-2.47
Aqualung Jethro Tull	1	3.44	-2.44
The College Dropout Kanye West	1	3.31	-2.31
Wish You Were Here Pink Floyd	2	4.3	-2.3
Live Through This Hole	1	3.29	-2.29
Clandestino Manu Chao	1	3.22	-2.22

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Artist	Albums	Average
U2	3	5
Radiohead	3	4.67
Pixies	2	5
Fleetwood Mac	2	5
T. Rex	2	5
The Smiths	3	4.33

Least Favorites

Artist	Albums	Average
Oasis	2	1

Controversial

Artist	Ratings
David Bowie	4, 5, 2

5-Star Albums (37)

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The Joshua Tree

U2 · 2 likes

5/5

My favorite album of all time. Every note is a memory deeply cherished. It's perfect.

Doolittle

Pixies · 1 likes

5/5

Every nanosecond of Doolittle is sacred and it should only be spoken of in awed whispers or shouted in throat-thrashing screams.

Back To Black

Amy Winehouse · 1 likes

2/5

Just sad. Interesting voice. Horribly gimmicky production. What a tragedy of missed opportunity.

Parklife

Blur · 1 likes

2/5

What a mess. Corny. Ugh.

The Dark Side Of The Moon

Pink Floyd · 1 likes

3/5

I wish I could like it. I've tried but this doesn't speak to me. Did like a couple songs... But just seems dated.

4-Star Albums (96)

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

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

Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space

Spy Vs. Spy: The Music Of Ornette Coleman

1-Star Albums (18)

All Ratings

Birth Of The Cool

Miles Davis

4/5

Loved this. Complex yet accessible. Exciting.

Low-Life

New Order

3/5

Enjoyed this. I tended to like the rock aspects rather than the synth, which, sometimes veers into the corny. Liked the vibe. Sunrise is awesome. Vocals sometimes seem a little uneven, which could take me out of the song, but enjoyed the passionate delivery. Will listen to this again. Has potential to be something that grows on me.

Melodrama

Lorde

3/5

Brilliant production and some really interesting songs. I did get tired of the breathless, overly affected vocals. Really good in small doses but overall not for me. I do see why people like her. Wish her the absolute best.

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

David Bowie

4/5

A great album.

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

The Kinks

4/5

Brilliant. Oh, and the horns!

The Atomic Mr Basie

Count Basie & His Orchestra

4/5

Excellent. Roars with lively energy and simmers in cool.

Wish You Were Here

Pink Floyd

2/5

I have never listened to Pink Floyd before. I now know why. This is not for me. No part of this connected with me in any way. Just endless noodling guitar parts and meh vocals.ugh.

Crocodiles

Echo And The Bunnymen

3/5

Enjoyed this. I can't say there are whole songs I loved but pieces of them all were impressive and definitely in the genre I enjoy. Sounds like they were finding their way. Glad we are along for the ride!

Disraeli Gears

Cream

1/5

Hail To the Thief

Radiohead

5/5

Masterpiece. One of several for Radiohead.

Exile In Guyville

Liz Phair

4/5

I bought this back in the day...but it never became a favorite. Couple bangers but didn't resonate, and I left it on the shelf. Today it really does resonate. This is incredible. Fantastic! This gets back in the rotation! What was I thinking back then?

Being There

Wilco

4/5

Great album. Every song is good.

Led Zeppelin

3/5

Elvis Presley

2/5

Just not a fan of that voice. Respect it but didn't like it.

American Idiot

Green Day

2/5

Not for me. Something about the vocals.

Tuesday Night Music Club

Sheryl Crow

4/5

Enjoyed this back in the day. Holds up. So many really good pop-rock songs.

Band On The Run

Paul McCartney and Wings

3/5

1977

Ash

2/5

Not for me

Only Built 4 Cuban Linx

Raekwon

2/5

Respect, but this is not for me.

Africa Brasil

Jorge Ben Jor

4/5

Loved this

(What's The Story) Morning Glory

Oasis

1/5

Just boring. Musical beige. I absolutely do not understand the fuss. Not for me.

Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs

Marty Robbins

2/5

Crooked Rain Crooked Rain

Pavement

3/5

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

3/5

Guitar Town

Steve Earle

3/5

Back In Black

AC/DC

4/5

Greetings From L.A.

Tim Buckley

3/5

Maggot Brain

Funkadelic

4/5

Wild Gift

2/5

Tragic Songs of Life

The Louvin Brothers

3/5

I was going to rate this album two stars, but then I re-listened to In The Pines. That song is so good it lifts this album to three stars. I understand that this is an historically significant duo and album, however... it's all just so dated in perspective, sound, and lyrics. Not for me.

Morrison Hotel

The Doors

4/5

Liked this more than I thought I would. Solid 3.5 for me. Since I can't do half stars...Peace Frog lifts this to four stars.

Da Capo

Love

3/5

Darklands

The Jesus And Mary Chain

3/5

Very nice. All sounded like different versions of "Head On".

Germfree Adolescents

X-Ray Spex

3/5

The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill

Lauryn Hill

4/5

Heaux Tales

Jazmine Sullivan

1/5

Ish. Not for me.

Bookends

Simon & Garfunkel

4/5

More misses than hits... But the hits are soooooo good.

The Village Green Preservation Society

The Kinks

3/5

Underwater Moonlight

The Soft Boys

4/5

Truth

Jeff Beck

3/5

Exceptional guitar and great vocals but something in this is not for me.

Aqualung

Jethro Tull

1/5

There is no song on this album I ever want to hear again. Not for me.

The Marshall Mathers LP

Eminem

1/5

What a waste of talent and production on this pile of hot garbage lyrics. Not for me.

Double Nickels On The Dime

Minutemen

4/5

The drums. Wow

The Visitors

ABBA

4/5

Superior crafted pop. Ear candy.

Beggars Banquet

The Rolling Stones

3/5

Arrival

ABBA

4/5

Honky Tonk Masquerade

Joe Ely

4/5

Not typically my jam, but this is full-on good-natured West Texas sound. I know this recording is decades old... but it feels like a breath of fresh air compared to modern Country/Western. This has humor and humility while still focusing on having a good time. This is a low-key gem I didn't expect.

You Want It Darker

Leonard Cohen

5/5

This is a fucking masterpiece. Devastating and beautiful.

Queen II

Queen

4/5

It's Queen. Magnificent guitar magnificent drums magnificent vocals magnificent songwriting.

American Beauty

Grateful Dead

3/5

I See You

The xx

3/5

This Is Fats Domino

Fats Domino

3/5

Enjoyed this.

Rum Sodomy & The Lash

The Pogues

4/5

Daydream Nation

Sonic Youth

3/5

This has all the musical ingredients I typically love but for some reason I don't. It's just an ok for me.

Bone Machine

Tom Waits

4/5

Mesmerizing. Brilliant.

The Wall

Pink Floyd

3/5

Big ideas. Interesting. I didn't need to hear this again but I'm not angry I did In the first place. I can kind of see what all the fuss is about but it just doesn't hit for me.

Larks' Tongues In Aspic

King Crimson

3/5

Music

Madonna

1/5

This was a struggle. Awful.

Harvest

Neil Young

5/5

Timeless masterpiece. 5 stars!

Machine Gun Etiquette

The Damned

3/5

Five Leaves Left

Nick Drake

4/5

Beautiful. 4.5

The Gershwin Songbook

Ella Fitzgerald

5/5

KIWANUKA

Michael Kiwanuka

4/5

This was really good.

Green River

Creedence Clearwater Revival

4/5

Familiar classic.

Surrealistic Pillow

Jefferson Airplane

3/5

3.5 if that was possible.

Time Out

The Dave Brubeck Quartet

4/5

Pornography

The Cure

4/5

Dark.

Lost Souls

Doves

2/5

This just didn't do anything for me. Seemed safe and cliche. No song stood out. 2 stars.

Homework

Daft Punk

3/5

...And Justice For All

Metallica

3/5

And I thought The Cure was dark. 3 stars.

Colour By Numbers

Culture Club

2/5

Not for me

Suzanne Vega

3/5

Thriller

Michael Jackson

1/5

Iconic music ruined.

Hunting High And Low

a-ha

4/5

Quintessential 80s. Light, poppy, a little quirky, fun. Also, the recording sounds full and crisp. An easy like.

The Healer

John Lee Hooker

2/5

Love John Lee Hooker, but not this album. Feels like a money grab.

Modern Kosmology

Jane Weaver

4/5

Really enjoyed this. Was not familiar with this artist. I will listen to this again. Layered and mesmerizing.

War

5/5

Masterpiece

Night Life

Ray Price

3/5

Enjoyed this even though not really my jam.

Rubber Soul

Beatles

3/5

I get it but I just can't conjure any connection with it.

The Doors

3/5

Good

Millions Now Living Will Never Die

Tortoise

3/5

John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band

John Lennon

3/5

I didn't expect to like this but it was pretty good.

Modern Life Is Rubbish

Blur

3/5

Not my favorite Blur album. Just ok. Kinda vanilla to me.

Abraxas

Santana

3/5

I guess I'm not in to guitar heroes. Doesn't appeal. Love the rhythm section though. They were outstanding.

Tubular Bells

Mike Oldfield

3/5

Ingenue

k.d. lang

3/5

Natty Dread

Bob Marley & The Wailers

4/5

The Sensational Alex Harvey Band

3/5

Not that great. Still better than Oasis.

Fuzzy Logic

Super Furry Animals

3/5

Ritual De Lo Habitual

Jane's Addiction

3/5

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness

The Smashing Pumpkins

4/5

The Real Thing

Faith No More

2/5

Traffic

3/5

Parallel Lines

Blondie

4/5

Made In Japan

Deep Purple

3/5

I liked it more than I thought I would but those long solos killed the vibe for me. Three stars.

Countdown To Ecstasy

Steely Dan

3/5

Nothing stands out on this for me. Great musicians but rather emotionless. When I was listening the album ended but Tidal continued directly into Little Feat. I didn't even notice for a few songs.

Killing Joke

3/5

Enjoyed this. Can't quite give it four stars but still quite good. Could have used some editing.

This Year's Model

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

2/5

I like everything about this but the keyboards... Which ruin it for me. The keyboards in every song are grating and render this album unlistenable. This is a shame because everything else is really solid.

Punishing Kiss

Ute Lemper

3/5

Van Halen

4/5

Great album.

The Genius Of Ray Charles

Ray Charles

3/5

That orchestration is tight but it just doesn't seem to fit. Love Ray but this one doesn't work for me.

Scum

Napalm Death

3/5

I'd rather hear this on a loop than have to listen to Oasis.

To Pimp A Butterfly

Kendrick Lamar

2/5

This is not for me. Two stars but still better than anything by Oasis.

The Beach Boys Today!

The Beach Boys

2/5

I know people like them...I don't get it.

The Dark Side Of The Moon

Pink Floyd

3/5

I wish I could like it. I've tried but this doesn't speak to me. Did like a couple songs... But just seems dated.

Deep Purple In Rock

Deep Purple

3/5

High Violet

The National

5/5

Speakerboxxx/The Love Below

OutKast

4/5

Bug

Dinosaur Jr.

4/5

I like the noise palette. Active tempo throughout. A bit of attitude. Really like this.

Buffalo Springfield Again

Buffalo Springfield

3/5

Some really good sounds in this.

Bitte Orca

Dirty Projectors

2/5

At Newport 1960

Muddy Waters

5/5

Wow. I watched this on YouTube right after listening to the LP. Magnificent. 5 out of 5.

Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)

Eurythmics

4/5

Enjoyed this.

Slayed?

Slade

4/5

Surprised me on the second listen.

Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

5/5

Masterpiece. Every song is magnificent.

The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter

The Incredible String Band

1/5

Amusing? Definitely bizarre. Made it through. This to me is awful. Still better than Oasis.

Ellington at Newport

Duke Ellington

5/5

Love this.

Ill Communication

Beastie Boys

5/5

Horses

Patti Smith

3/5

Odelay

Beck

4/5

Kings Of The Wild Frontier

Adam & The Ants

2/5

Bossanova

Pixies

5/5

At Fillmore East

The Allman Brothers Band

3/5

Better than I anticipated. It does have energy.

Hot Rats

Frank Zappa

5/5

Leftism

Leftfield

3/5

Ágætis Byrjun

Sigur Rós

4/5

Come Find Yourself

Fun Lovin' Criminals

1/5

Stripped

Christina Aguilera

3/5

Ready To Die

The Notorious B.I.G.

2/5

Bluesbreakers

John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers

2/5

I mean they sound great but wow does this seem wrong.

Beach Samba

Astrud Gilberto

2/5

Young Americans

David Bowie

5/5

I've been Bowie agnostic for a long time but this removed all barriers. I love this. Now I see.

Parklife

Blur

2/5

What a mess. Corny. Ugh.

In The Court Of The Crimson King

King Crimson

2/5

OK Computer

Radiohead

5/5

Perfect.

Tommy

The Who

4/5

Way better than I anticipated. Enjoyed this.

Blood And Chocolate

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

4/5

More intense than I anticipated. Really liked this.

School's Out

Alice Cooper

3/5

Surprised by this. It was not bad.

Iron Maiden

3/5

Paul's Boutique

Beastie Boys

4/5

Apple Venus Volume 1

XTC

3/5

Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space

Spiritualized

4/5

Enjoyed this.

C'est Chic

CHIC

3/5

Enjoyable. Funky.

Surf's Up

The Beach Boys

3/5

A couple good songs but really kinda cringey or corny.

Black Sabbath

3/5

You're Living All Over Me

Dinosaur Jr.

3/5

When I Was Born For The 7th Time

Cornershop

4/5

Truth And Soul

Fishbone

3/5

Straight Outta Compton

N.W.A.

2/5

Important album but not for me.

The Soft Bulletin

The Flaming Lips

4/5

The United States Of America

3/5

The really abstract circus-like sound collages were too much for me and the tracks featuring this were an exercise in patience and really drug this album down. Otherwise, enjoyed this very sixties eclectic mix of styles.

Another Green World

Brian Eno

3/5

Who Killed...... The Zutons?

The Zutons

2/5

I like Pressure Point. That's it.

Too Rye Ay

Dexys Midnight Runners

3/5

Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols

Sex Pistols

5/5

Someone said in their review that Lydon is a bell end. Ha! Aren't we all.

Urban Hymns

The Verve

4/5

The Yes Album

Yes

4/5

I usually hate prog rock. This time I didn't. This sounds amazing to me. I blame this list.

The Stone Roses

5/5

For me this is iconic.

White Light

Gene Clark

3/5

In A Silent Way

Miles Davis

3/5

The Sun Rises In The East

Jeru The Damaja

1/5

Another rapper talking about stuffing dead bodies in the trunk of a car. Is this a sub genre? This is not for me at all.

Brilliant Corners

Thelonious Monk

4/5

Enjoyed this tremendously. I could see this being a five with more time listening. Brilliant.

Amnesiac

Radiohead

4/5

Heroes to Zeros

The Beta Band

4/5

Really enjoyed this.

Dog Man Star

Suede

3/5

Roots

Sepultura

3/5

I somehow sorta enjoyed this. I am so surprised.

Aftermath

The Rolling Stones

4/5

Idlewild

Everything But The Girl

3/5

Enjoyed the vibe.

Nixon

Lambchop

3/5

Some really spoke to me while most did not. Reminded me of Mac DeMarco.

Highway to Hell

AC/DC

3/5

The Seldom Seen Kid

Elbow

5/5

Me Against The World

2Pac

2/5

Eliminator

ZZ Top

2/5

When listening to this all I could think of was The Black Keys. It's not a bad thing...not a great thing.

Paul Simon

4/5

Pet Sounds

The Beach Boys

4/5

Jack Takes the Floor

Ramblin' Jack Elliott

3/5

Rio

Duran Duran

2/5

At Folsom Prison

Johnny Cash

5/5

Pink Moon

Nick Drake

5/5

Just beautiful.

Disintegration

The Cure

3/5

Blur

4/5

Tusk

Fleetwood Mac

5/5

John Prine

4/5

Appetite For Destruction

Guns N' Roses

5/5

Deserter's Songs

Mercury Rev

3/5

The Boatman's Call

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

4/5

Mothership Connection

Parliament

3/5

Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music

Ray Charles

3/5

Head Hunters

Herbie Hancock

3/5

Atomizer

Big Black

3/5

Here's Little Richard

Little Richard

3/5

Spy Vs. Spy: The Music Of Ornette Coleman

John Zorn

4/5

Like being in the eye of a ferocious jazz tornado.

Miriam Makeba

5/5

This was a revelation. Loved every second of this.

Coles Corner

Richard Hawley

4/5

This surprised me. Gentle and lush. Lovely.

Moon Safari

Air

4/5

Bitches Brew

Miles Davis

3/5

I Am a Bird Now

Antony and the Johnsons

3/5

Synchronicity

The Police

4/5

The White Room

The KLF

2/5

The College Dropout

Kanye West

1/5

Is negative 1,000 stars an option?

Close To You

Carpenters

3/5

The Velvet Underground & Nico

The Velvet Underground

4/5

Unknown Pleasures

Joy Division

3/5

Let's Stay Together

Al Green

4/5

Orbital 2

Orbital

2/5

Supa Dupa Fly

Missy Elliott

3/5

Ok. We get it.

The Scream

Siouxsie And The Banshees

2/5

This just felt put-on to me.

Physical Graffiti

Led Zeppelin

4/5

This felt all over the place theme-wise, but I don't care, I really enjoyed this. I wasn't familiar with this album (outside of Kashmir) but I enjoyed every song. Just incredibly high quality everything... Drums, bass, guitar, vocals, production. The sound is amazing...I'm a fan!

Is This It

The Strokes

4/5

Live At Leeds

The Who

3/5

Aladdin Sane

David Bowie

2/5

Not enjoying this one from Bowie. Iconic I know... But this feels forced. Something's just...off.

Roger the Engineer

The Yardbirds

3/5

Our Aim Is To Satisfy

Red Snapper

2/5

Oracular Spectacular

MGMT

5/5

I don't know if it's great but I love every song.

Brothers

The Black Keys

3/5

Fred Neil

3/5

Live Through This

Hole

1/5

Doolittle

Pixies

5/5

Every nanosecond of Doolittle is sacred and it should only be spoken of in awed whispers or shouted in throat-thrashing screams.

1999

Prince

5/5

Murmur

R.E.M.

5/5

Sweetheart Of The Rodeo

The Byrds

3/5

Electric Warrior

T. Rex

5/5

Face to Face

The Kinks

3/5

The Libertines

2/5

Black Holes and Revelations

Muse

4/5

Ok. This may be a merlot to you pinot noirers...but this is just fun and dramatic and nostalgic for me.

Kenza

Khaled

4/5

Tarkus

Emerson, Lake & Palmer

2/5

Hypocrisy Is The Greatest Luxury

The Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy

2/5

Fulfillingness' First Finale

Stevie Wonder

4/5

Want One

Rufus Wainwright

4/5

Reign In Blood

Slayer

1/5

Born In The U.S.A.

Bruce Springsteen

2/5

Oh, what could've been. Ruined by the E-Street Band, garish production, and too many creepy "little girl" references (and yes...ANY is too many).

Apocalypse 91… The Enemy Strikes Black

Public Enemy

4/5

Coat Of Many Colors

Dolly Parton

4/5

Queens of the Stone Age

3/5

Violent Femmes

5/5

Top five all-time for me.

Repeater

Fugazi

3/5

Microshift

Hookworms

2/5

A Rush Of Blood To The Head

Coldplay

4/5

Machine Head

Deep Purple

4/5

Surprised me.

G. Love And Special Sauce

G. Love & Special Sauce

3/5

The Queen Is Dead

The Smiths

5/5

The music is still great. Not a Morrisey fan. Wish he'd figure his shit out.

Rage Against The Machine

4/5

Fierce

Sunday At The Village Vanguard

Bill Evans Trio

4/5

Heartattack And Vine

Tom Waits

4/5

Back To Black

Amy Winehouse

2/5

Just sad. Interesting voice. Horribly gimmicky production. What a tragedy of missed opportunity.

Kala

M.I.A.

3/5

Like the music but not the artist. Sad.

All That You Can't Leave Behind

5/5

This is fun and beautiful.

If You Can Believe Your Eyes & Ears

The Mamas & The Papas

2/5

Sounds great, but I can't get past the horrific abuse allegations.

Fear Of A Black Planet

Public Enemy

4/5

Born To Be With You

Dion

2/5

Ten

Pearl Jam

5/5

Sticky Fingers

The Rolling Stones

4/5

The Slider

T. Rex

5/5

This surprised me in the best way. It felt instantly familiar. It's weird, glammy, and rocking. It has attitude. It's funky, sometimes melancholy, and it all just works for me. I felt pure joy listening to this.

Talvin Singh

3/5

The vocals were horribly cheesy but the music was ok. No way this belongs on this list. But to each their own.

New Gold Dream (81/82/83/84)

Simple Minds

3/5

The Joshua Tree

5/5

My favorite album of all time. Every note is a memory deeply cherished. It's perfect.

Bubble And Scrape

Sebadoh

4/5

Opus Dei

Laibach

4/5

Bizarre. Interesting. Completely different.

With The Beatles

Beatles

2/5

I understand the love for the Beatles stuff that comes after this... But not for this. Just haven't found their footing yet.

Madman Across The Water

Elton John

3/5

I've never given Elton John the time of day, however, I thought every song on this album was pretty good. I probably won't go back and listen again but it was well worth my time.

Fragile

Yes

3/5

Melody A.M.

Röyksopp

4/5

Can't Buy A Thrill

Steely Dan

3/5

Chris

Christine and the Queens

3/5