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Album	You	Global	Diff
Deloused in the Comatorium The Mars Volta	5	3.19	+1.81
The Downward Spiral Nine Inch Nails	5	3.34	+1.66
Endtroducing..... DJ Shadow	5	3.35	+1.65
Odelay Beck	5	3.45	+1.55
Parachutes Coldplay	5	3.46	+1.54
Five Leaves Left Nick Drake	5	3.46	+1.54
Rio Duran Duran	5	3.5	+1.5
Funeral Arcade Fire	5	3.55	+1.45
A Grand Don't Come For Free The Streets	4	2.64	+1.36
Remain In Light Talking Heads	5	3.67	+1.33

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Album	You	Global	Diff
American IV: The Man Comes Around Johnny Cash	1	3.87	-2.87
Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs Marty Robbins	1	3.33	-2.33
You Want It Darker Leonard Cohen	1	3.32	-2.32
Buffalo Springfield Again Buffalo Springfield	1	3.19	-2.19
Close To You Carpenters	1	3.13	-2.13
Pieces Of The Sky Emmylou Harris	1	3.11	-2.11
Modern Kosmology Jane Weaver	1	3.08	-2.08
Music From The Penguin Cafe Penguin Cafe Orchestra	1	3.02	-2.02
What's Going On Marvin Gaye	2	3.95	-1.95
Infected The The	1	2.93	-1.93

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Radiohead	3	4.33
Nirvana	3	4.33

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Fleetwood Mac	5, 2

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Pieces Of The Sky

Emmylou Harris · 2 likes

1/5

Country. Hate it. I tried, but had to give up at track 6.

You Want It Darker

Leonard Cohen · 1 likes

1/5

The most boring voice ever. Hated it, except for the first track

The Pleasure Principle

Gary Numan · 1 likes

2/5

Every song, I think "I heard this before", just to realize it sounds exactly the same as the previous track

1-Star Albums (17)

All Ratings

Kid A

Radiohead

4/5

Court And Spark

Joni Mitchell

3/5

Was allright. Not really my cup of tea. "Help me" is a good song. The others all sound alike to me, tbh.

Songs In The Key Of Life

Stevie Wonder

4/5

Only a few tracks bothered me (lengthy, boring, ...), so in general a very good album. Apart from the singles, take notice of "Black man", an excellent funky soul track.

Harvest

Neil Young

3/5

I really don't like Neil Young's voice. But there are some great tracks on this record. Listened 3 times, got better with every listen. Might have to make this 4 stars in the future.

MTV Unplugged In New York

Nirvana

4/5

Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols

Sex Pistols

4/5

Loved it :) Johnny Rotten can't sing, but that doesn't matter.

Happy Trails

Quicksilver Messenger Service

2/5

Not my cup of tea. I don't think psychodelic rock is my kind of thing. All those tracks sounds the same...

Odelay

Beck

5/5

Awesome!

Rejoicing In The Hands

Devendra Banhart

3/5

The Slim Shady LP

Eminem

3/5

Great, the first time I listened. The second time I listened, it was a bit tiresome. I got fed up with his nasal voice after a while. 7/10

Crooked Rain Crooked Rain

Pavement

2/5

Boring. A lot of the same stuff. Love "Cut your hair". Everything else sounds the same.

Violent Femmes

4/5

Excellent. Loved it

Fear and Whiskey

Mekons

1/5

Recording the drunk uncle at an Irish family fest.

First Band On The Moon

The Cardigans

4/5

Great albums. Feel-good tunes, dark lyrics, some metal influences, loved it.

Madman Across The Water

Elton John

2/5

Heroes to Zeros

The Beta Band

2/5

Mweh

Night Life

Ray Price

2/5

Tragic Songs of Life

The Louvin Brothers

1/5

God, I hate country.

Deep Purple In Rock

Deep Purple

4/5

Pretzel Logic

Steely Dan

2/5

Generic rock. Won't listen again

Bat Out Of Hell

Meat Loaf

3/5

Like it, but won't listen to it again probably. 5/10

The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill

Lauryn Hill

3/5

Rumours

Fleetwood Mac

5/5

The Band

3/5

Good start, not that good middle. Got boring, but I probably need to listen to it a few more times.

Rum Sodomy & The Lash

The Pogues

2/5

Pearl

Janis Joplin

4/5

Didn't expect this, but I genuinely loved this.

Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim

Frank Sinatra

4/5

Copper Blue

Sugar

4/5

Great album. Energetic, poppy rock. 9/10.

The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan

3/5

I don't like his voice, but this was pretty good

Infected

The The

1/5

Sounds all the same to me...

Bongo Rock

Incredible Bongo Band

3/5

Apocalypse 91… The Enemy Strikes Black

Public Enemy

4/5

Automatic For The People

R.E.M.

4/5

American Pie

Don McLean

3/5

Better than expected. Nice for a Sunday morning

Blackstar

David Bowie

2/5

Love Bowie. Didn't like this though.

Off The Wall

Michael Jackson

4/5

Very good in the beginning, corny in the middle. Probably his second best album.

Chemtrails Over The Country Club

Lana Del Rey

3/5

Great album, but a but too much of the same thing. Something for a quiet evening...

Felt Mountain

Goldfrapp

4/5

Eerie, sometimes freaking weird, very cinematic. Grew on me after 2 listening sessions. Love it

Car Wheels On A Gravel Road

Lucinda Williams

3/5

I was dreading this album. The name and the cover implied some country-style rock that I don't really like. But it was actually pretty good. 3.5/5

In Rainbows

Radiohead

4/5

The Boatman's Call

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

3/5

Phaedra

Tangerine Dream

1/5

Sauna music. I can appreciate it, but that's about it.

Axis: Bold As Love

Jimi Hendrix

3/5

There are some great songs on this. And then there are some forgetful songs on it as well. Unfortunately, more forgettable songs...

Sign 'O' The Times

Prince

2/5

I really wanted to like this. The singles on here are great: Sign o the times, Starfish and coffee, If I was your girlfriend are all excellent songs. Everything else kinda sounds easy-to-forget/all the same.

Crocodiles

Echo And The Bunnymen

3/5

Bookends

Simon & Garfunkel

2/5

Yawn. Side B (everything after second Bookends theme) was alright though

Speakerboxxx/The Love Below

OutKast

4/5

Always loved the Andre 3000 part more. Although GhettoMusick on Big Bois album is defintely the best track. 4/5

Slayed?

Slade

3/5

Something Else By The Kinks

The Kinks

2/5

American IV: The Man Comes Around

Johnny Cash

1/5

Boring. Only hurt stands out.

Ramones

3/5

I think I only heard 1 song. At least it was a good song :)

White Denim

4/5

This was a hidden gem

Vincebus Eruptum

Blue Cheer

1/5

This annoyed the crap out of me.

Power In Numbers

Jurassic 5

4/5

Rattlesnakes

Lloyd Cole And The Commotions

3/5

Standard 80s rock. Had some catchy tunes on it, Rattelsnakes for example.

Walking Wounded

Everything But The Girl

4/5

Great trip-hop album.

The Coral

3/5

Zombie

Fela Kuti

4/5

Brutal Youth

Elvis Costello

2/5

Didn't like it. All sounded the same. I do like his voice, but after a while you start to notice how bad a singer he is.

Slipknot

4/5

Love it :)

Born To Run

Bruce Springsteen

3/5

Lots of streets, road, neighbourhoods, ... Don't care for it that much, although I know it's good. Born to run is one of the best songs ever, though. And The Boss remains one of the best live acts. 3/5

Gentlemen

The Afghan Whigs

3/5

Little Earthquakes

Tori Amos

4/5

Metal Box

Public Image Ltd.

1/5

The Doors

4/5

Toys In The Attic

Aerosmith

3/5

Dirt

Alice In Chains

4/5

Bright Flight

Silver Jews

2/5

So freaking boring. And "Water don't give a damn" is the cheapest play on words I heard in a long time. It's not all bad though. After the second listen I enjoyed it more. Either way: 2/5 max.

Odessa

Bee Gees

1/5

Not for me

Closer

Joy Division

2/5

Reggatta De Blanc

The Police

4/5

AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted

Ice Cube

4/5

I realize that this album is filed with misogynist bullshit, but it's very clear this is "his thing". The beats are great. And although I understand most people find them repetitive and "always" the same, I think it's big fun. Loved listening to this album.

Strange Cargo III

William Orbit

2/5

Brilliant Corners

Thelonious Monk

2/5

Germfree Adolescents

X-Ray Spex

3/5

Wonderful Rainbow

Lightning Bolt

2/5

Wow, that was intense. Need to listen to some Norah Jones now

Abbey Road

Beatles

3/5

This is probably blasphemous, but I found this a really messy album. There are some really good poppy, some less interesting experimental stuff (might've been interesting in the 60s, but I've heard better since), and also some boring intermezzos. If this weren't the Beatles, I'd give it 2/5. But it is the Beatles, so it's a 3

Southern Rock Opera

Drive-By Truckers

3/5

I liked a lot of the tracks, but the same amount of tracks is forgetful. 2.5/5

Elephant

The White Stripes

4/5

Ace of Spades

Motörhead

3/5

The Man Who

Travis

2/5

Yawn

I’m a Lonesome Fugitive

Merle Haggard

2/5

Fuck, it's country. Whatever. It was OK. Listened twice and didn't want to rip off my ears. 2/5

Midnight Ride

Paul Revere & The Raiders

3/5

I liked this. Reminded me of the Doors.

Elvis Presley

3/5

What a schizophrenic album. A bunch of different sounding tunes. Some good tunes, some less good.

Mothership Connection

Parliament

4/5

You Want It Darker

Leonard Cohen

1/5

The most boring voice ever. Hated it, except for the first track

Yeezus

Kanye West

3/5

Hate the man, but love his music :/ Started really good, middle kinda stunk, ends well. 3/5

The Beach Boys Today!

The Beach Boys

2/5

Mwah, it was OK.5/10

Live At The Regal

B.B. King

4/5

Fetch The Bolt Cutters

Fiona Apple

2/5

Back At The Chicken Shack

Jimmy Smith

3/5

Very snooth jazz. I like it, as background music.

Hard Again

Muddy Waters

4/5

Really good album. Did not expect that

Live 1966 (The Royal Albert Hall Concert)

Bob Dylan

4/5

When people ask me what I think of Bob Dylan, I say he's a whining nag with a cold. But truth be told, I was really impressed with this album. More up tempo than I expected. Excellent lyrics, not to whiny. Un expected 4/5

Garbage

4/5

I remember this album from when I was 15. Loved it then, still love it now.

The Cars

3/5

Master Of Puppets

Metallica

4/5

Beautiful Freak

Eels

4/5

Slippery When Wet

Bon Jovi

4/5

There are some stinkers on here, but still, I managed to see the fun in it all. Perfect sing-a-long album.

Appetite For Destruction

Guns N' Roses

4/5

Close To You

Carpenters

1/5

Rainbows, unicorns, high tall green grass, flowers, so many flowers! How corny can an album be? And why the hell cover "help!"? Whatever, not my cup of tea.

Electric Warrior

T. Rex

2/5

A lot more boring than I expected.

Roger the Engineer

The Yardbirds

2/5

Another boring 60s album. Nothing new

Straight Outta Compton

N.W.A.

3/5

Gets a little tiring after a while. But still, great fun

Lust For Life

Iggy Pop

3/5

Street Signs

Ozomatli

4/5

Happy, good times. Genuinely enjoyed it. 4/5

Untitled (Black Is)

SAULT

3/5

I expected more from this album. Love the singles of Sault. This album as a whole, I think I get it, but it just do anything for me.

Talking Book

Stevie Wonder

3/5

american dream

LCD Soundsystem

2/5

There's No Place Like America Today

Curtis Mayfield

4/5

The more I listen to it, the better it gets. What a smooth, sexy, but intelligent album.

Hot Fuss

The Killers

4/5

Aaaah... nostalgia. 2 boring tracks, everything else is awesome

The Atomic Mr Basie

Count Basie & His Orchestra

3/5

Odessey And Oracle

The Zombies

2/5

Boring generic 60s album. 1/5 + time of the season = 2/5

Murder Ballads

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

4/5

Lyrics: 5/5. Music 3/5

Remain In Light

Talking Heads

5/5

Deloused in the Comatorium

The Mars Volta

5/5

Boring generic 60s album. 1/5 + time of the season = 2/5

Suzanne Vega

4/5

A Girl Called Dusty

Dusty Springfield

2/5

808 State

4/5

Led Zeppelin

4/5

Did not blow me away, which I kind of expected it would. The first 2 tracks are incredible, what an opening. But I got bored by the slow bluesy "You shook me". And it goes on like that: 1 or 2 great songs, then a boring one. Even so, I will listen to it again. 4/5

Rio

Duran Duran

5/5

Tracy Chapman

4/5

Guero

Beck

4/5

Truth And Soul

Fishbone

3/5

Interesting. Genres all over the place. Not sure if I will listen again, but did enjoy the album

Le Tigre

4/5

Deceptacon is the shit!

Music From The Penguin Cafe

Penguin Cafe Orchestra

1/5

Yawn. And sigh

Bad

Michael Jackson

4/5

Every Picture Tells A Story

Rod Stewart

3/5

I did not expect to like this. Some good songs on this album. Some less good as well

Pieces Of The Sky

Emmylou Harris

1/5

Country. Hate it. I tried, but had to give up at track 6.

Unknown Pleasures

Joy Division

3/5

Bit underwhelmed. The cultural importance and iconography of this album outweighs the music IMO.

Smash

The Offspring

4/5

Highway 61 Revisited

Bob Dylan

5/5

This way excellent, from start to finish. I generally don't like Bob Dylan, but this was something else. 5/5

Talvin Singh

2/5

While riding on my bike, I continuously thought "I need a lot more acid for this". I listened again while working and that was better... Except the start of track 5 "Decca". That voice-intro-thingy is horrible. At that point I thought "I need drugs. Any kind of drugs". Track 6 "Eclipse" has some good DnB in it. In summary: I get why people like it. Some day, I might even like it with right amount of chemicals pumping through my veins. But not today. Today it's a 2/5.

Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs

Marty Robbins

1/5

Nope

OK Computer

Radiohead

5/5

Awesome from start to finish. 10/10 without a doubt

Lam Toro

Baaba Maal

1/5

Not my cup of tea

Blunderbuss

Jack White

4/5

Out of Step

Minor Threat

2/5

At Mister Kelly's

Sarah Vaughan

3/5

What's not to like? Jazzy, well sung. Not mind-blowing, but solid album

In The Court Of The Crimson King

King Crimson

2/5

Pretenders

3/5

Listened 6 times and didn't really stick. Not bad, not really great. 2.5/5

Dry

PJ Harvey

3/5

Brothers

The Black Keys

3/5

Good. But not that good.

Pictures At An Exhibition

Emerson, Lake & Palmer

1/5

That sucked soooo hard

Funeral

Arcade Fire

5/5

Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes

TV On The Radio

3/5

I listened to this a lot twenty years ago. I loved it then, but it feels a bit too arty-farty for me now. Great tracks on this: Staring At The Sun and Ambulance.

Buena Vista Social Club

3/5

Liked it. Jazzy, sunny, excellent musicians. But I can't help to think that are a lot more Cuban artists that can do the same (if not better). I don't know.... 3/5, but will definitely listen to it again

The Stooges

3/5

A lot more psychedelic than I thought it would be. I only know "No Fun" and "I wanna be your dog", so this was a surprise. 3/5

Oxygène

Jean-Michel Jarre

2/5

Nebraska

Bruce Springsteen

3/5

Excellent album for cold winter days.

Tusk

Fleetwood Mac

2/5

This has some really boring tracks on it.

Ragged Glory

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

2/5

C'est Chic

CHIC

4/5

Some tracks are repetitive. But overall a very good disco album

Buffalo Springfield Again

Buffalo Springfield

1/5

Don't care for this at all

Led Zeppelin II

Led Zeppelin

5/5

Purple Rain

Prince

4/5

Bayou Country

Creedence Clearwater Revival

4/5

The Pleasure Principle

Gary Numan

2/5

Every song, I think "I heard this before", just to realize it sounds exactly the same as the previous track

Illmatic

Nas

4/5

Moving Pictures

Rush

3/5

Innervisions

Stevie Wonder

5/5

Excellent album. Not a single thing I can comment on

Modern Life Is Rubbish

Blur

3/5

Endtroducing.....

DJ Shadow

5/5

Queen II

Queen

2/5

I don't "get" this album. I should probably sit down somewhere, preferably in a forest, and listen hard to understand it. Personal note: listen to it again. Right now, a 2/5

In A Silent Way

Miles Davis

4/5

Vulgar Display Of Power

Pantera

3/5

Crosby, Stills & Nash

4/5

I did not expect to like this. This record is a warm blanket. I see myself sitting in front of a crackling fireplace, reading a book, drinking a cup of coffee, ... <<enter cliche here>>. 4/5

Back to Basics

Christina Aguilera

3/5

After reading some comments: I don't know what the fuss is about. There are some good tracks on this album. There are some cheesy tracks on it as well. Overall, I liked it. Personal favourite: Back in the day

Bandwagonesque

Teenage Fanclub

3/5

Moondance

Van Morrison

3/5

Pretty good

Nevermind

Nirvana

5/5

The Infotainment Scan

The Fall

2/5

Mama Said Knock You Out

LL Cool J

3/5

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

2/5

Youth And Young Manhood

Kings of Leon

3/5

The Hour Of Bewilderbeast

Badly Drawn Boy

4/5

It's Too Late to Stop Now

Van Morrison

2/5

Boring.

Aladdin Sane

David Bowie

2/5

The Fat Of The Land

The Prodigy

4/5

You're Living All Over Me

Dinosaur Jr.

2/5

Murmur

R.E.M.

4/5

The Undertones

3/5

Songs Of Leonard Cohen

Leonard Cohen

3/5

A lot better than I expected from "the most boring voice ever". 3/5

Actually

Pet Shop Boys

2/5

Parachutes

Coldplay

5/5

Truth is I don't like Coldplay. But this album is excellent. It would be pretentious of me not to give it 5 starts.

A Grand Don't Come For Free

The Streets

4/5

Ananda Shankar

2/5

Africa Brasil

Jorge Ben Jor

3/5

Virgin Suicides

Air

2/5

In my memory, this was a great album. Now, 25 years later, I have a different opinion. It got boring pretty quickly. I even got annoyed at some point: it just always kinda the seem thing. Maybe I am just having a bad day. 2/5

Guitar Town

Steve Earle

2/5

As far as country goes, this is allright.

Survivor

Destiny's Child

2/5

There is some serious shite on this album! And some good tracks. Bootylicious rules! So does Independent Women pt1. Nasty Girl might have some dumb anti-female lyrics, but it's a good tune. Everything else is generic R&B crap. Way too long as well. 2/5

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

Arctic Monkeys

5/5

That's The Way Of The World

Earth, Wind & Fire

3/5

Some stinkers on here. All the slow tracks are too smooth, too slick. I don't like those. But the other tracks (Shing Star, Happy Feelin, Africano) are so good. Because of those tracks: 3/5

Dub Housing

Pere Ubu

2/5

The Next Day

David Bowie

3/5

Treasure

Cocteau Twins

3/5

5/5 for 'Lorelei', a bit less for others. On average, good album, but I'm not overwhelmed. The whining singing get tiring after a while.

Vol. 4

Black Sabbath

4/5

Not the typical Black Sabbath I expected to hear. Had to listen 3 times, but really enjoyed it

Deserter's Songs

Mercury Rev

2/5

Nope. Not for me. Goddess on a highway is great. But that voice gets annoying after 5 songs. And the pseudo classical arty-farty soundscapes aren't for me. 2/5

In Utero

Nirvana

4/5

Birth Of The Cool

Miles Davis

4/5

Physical Graffiti

Led Zeppelin

3/5

Did not like this as much as I expected I would. Too many different experiments and not all that succesfull imo

Quiet Life

Japan

2/5

Surrealistic Pillow

Jefferson Airplane

4/5

Modern Kosmology

Jane Weaver

1/5

Boring. A day later I can't remember any of it

Run-D.M.C.

2/5

Did not age well. 2/5

Five Leaves Left

Nick Drake

5/5

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness

The Smashing Pumpkins

3/5

Natty Dread

Bob Marley & The Wailers

3/5

It's OK. Al lot of the same old, same old

Ogden's Nut Gone Flake

Small Faces

2/5

It's OK. Al lot of the same old, same old

Permission to Land

The Darkness

3/5

A bit underwhelmed.

Back to Mystery City

Hanoi Rocks

2/5

Black Sabbath

2/5

The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators

The 13th Floor Elevators

2/5

Very cool for about 15 minutes. The mouth/jug sounds (bop bop bop bop) got so exhausting after that.

Mermaid Avenue

Billy Bragg

2/5

Rubber Soul

Beatles

5/5

With The Beatles

Beatles

3/5

Meh

The Blueprint

JAY Z

4/5

This was fun :) Happy beats, nice flow

What's Going On

Marvin Gaye

2/5

This album could be half as long if he didn't repeat every sentence sung. 2/5.

Exodus

Bob Marley & The Wailers

4/5

I did not expect to like this, because I found the previous BM album I heard here extremely boring. But this was great. Liked it, will definitely listen again

Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor

Lupe Fiasco

2/5

It has some great tunes on it. Kick/push and daydreamin are great. The rest of the album sounds alike. Did not age well

Paul's Boutique

Beastie Boys

3/5

The Gershwin Songbook

Ella Fitzgerald

2/5

I might have liked this on a Saturday night, smoking a cigar and drinking a large glass of whiskey... Not now though. It's a gloomy Thursday :( 2/5

Bridge Over Troubled Water