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Album	You	Global	Diff
Chocolate Starfish And The Hot Dog Flavored Water Limp Bizkit	5	2.51	+2.49
Moss Side Story Barry Adamson	5	2.52	+2.48
São Paulo Confessions Suba	5	2.85	+2.15
Street Signs Ozomatli	5	2.88	+2.12
Apocalypse Dudes Turbonegro	5	2.9	+2.1
Larks' Tongues In Aspic King Crimson	5	2.99	+2.01
Coles Corner Richard Hawley	5	3.03	+1.97
Street Life The Crusaders	5	3.09	+1.91
Virgin Suicides Air	5	3.23	+1.77
Me Against The World 2Pac	5	3.25	+1.75

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Disintegration The Cure	1	3.86	-2.86
American Idiot Green Day	1	3.77	-2.77
Ellington at Newport Duke Ellington	1	3.43	-2.43
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy Kanye West	1	3.41	-2.41
Songs Of Leonard Cohen Leonard Cohen	1	3.38	-2.38
Home Is Where The Music Is Hugh Masekela	1	3.35	-2.35
The Yes Album Yes	1	3.31	-2.31
A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector Various Artists	1	3.29	-2.29
Mr. Tambourine Man The Byrds	1	3.22	-2.22
Manassas Stephen Stills	1	3.06	-2.06

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Artist	Albums	Average
Air	2	5
Beastie Boys	2	5

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Artist	Albums	Average
Stephen Stills	2	1.5

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Leonard Cohen	1, 5
King Crimson	5, 2

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Larks' Tongues In Aspic

King Crimson · 1 likes

5/5

Thick sticky aural jam. I throughly enjoyed this album- and I don’t expect to.

Home Is Where The Music Is

Hugh Masekela · 1 likes

1/5

It’s a good album no doubt, just not my flavour.

São Paulo Confessions

Suba · 1 likes

5/5

The opening track made me immediately think of being cosy inside while outdoors, the day starts with a crisp cold rain. It’s instantly got the purity of a perfectly cooked bowl of white rice wafting through the air. Instant comfort.

1-Star Albums (18)

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector

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The Number Of The Beast

Iron Maiden

5/5

I truely believe it’s a metal masterpiece and an excellent depiction of its era. However, listening to it in 2025 I can’t help but think it’s theatre rock- it could and should be a Broadway musical. High energy and extremely animated. A good way to start the day, adds 2.5x speed to whatever you’re doing.

Amnesiac

Radiohead

3/5

Can appreciate the complexity of the arrangements but his voice just depresses me in a way that I don’t want to be.

If I Should Fall From Grace With God

The Pogues

5/5

Bringing It All Back Home

Bob Dylan

3/5

Okay

Music in Exile

Songhoy Blues

4/5

Blackstar

David Bowie

3/5

Purely rated on personal preference, it’s hard to be objective because I don’t enjoy the style of music. It’s very unique and an interesting listen.

Surrealistic Pillow

Jefferson Airplane

4/5

My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

Kanye West

1/5

Tuesday Night Music Club

Sheryl Crow

3/5

Odelay

Beck

3/5

It’s a good background album to have on maybe at work. It’s not overly enthralling nor offensive. It’s almost a blend of surf rock, groove and pop. I can see a small subset of bands sitting in this genre, non of which I’ve listened to since I was young.

Rumours

Fleetwood Mac

5/5

Time Out

The Dave Brubeck Quartet

3/5

I’m sure it’s a great album for the genre but It’s not for me

Stankonia

OutKast

5/5

And epic addition to the hip hop category, bringing an instrumental flavour relatively unheard from the south. I like it a lot

1999

Prince

5/5

I’ve honestly never listened to Prince in length, and I’m only sorry I didn’t sooner. I thought the album was an an education on how pop should be done. Untwined funk and soul- it was brilliant.

Dust

Screaming Trees

4/5

I really like this album, it reminded me of mashup between Alice in chains, audio space and a twist of country. An Easy listening album, nothing too polar about it.

Surf's Up

The Beach Boys

2/5

At Newport 1960

Muddy Waters

5/5

Not many things better than blues is there?

She's So Unusual

Cyndi Lauper

2/5

At San Quentin

Johnny Cash

4/5

Electric

The Cult

2/5

It didn’t blow my mind. It was a nice album to listen to but it didn’t evoke anything from within me

Moon Safari

Air

5/5

Licensed To Ill

Beastie Boys

5/5

Amazing album

Coles Corner

Richard Hawley

5/5

Was pretty nice actually.

Peter Gabriel 3

Peter Gabriel

3/5

A bit too scratchy and high for me personally but a wonderful album, not listened to anything similar- super unique

Savane

Ali Farka Touré

2/5

Not for me.

Meat Puppets II

Meat Puppets

2/5

Rust Never Sleeps

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

2/5

Black Sabbath

5/5

Blunderbuss

Jack White

3/5

The Next Day

David Bowie

2/5

I’m realising pretty quick that I’m not a Bowie fan, I know that’s a criminal offense- so I do apologise. Thankyou for the opportunity to listen however.

Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

Wilco

3/5

Street Signs

Ozomatli

5/5

Play

Moby

5/5

It really was a great pleasure to listen to this album, I enjoyed it alot. Peak 90s

London Calling

The Clash

3/5

Fun album, excellent for the 70s too

The Stone Roses

3/5

A Rush Of Blood To The Head

Coldplay

2/5

It wasn’t as outstanding as some of the other albums I’ve listened to, not to say it wasn’t good, just by comparison- was lacking a bit

Violent Femmes

5/5

Chirping Crickets

Buddy Holly & The Crickets

2/5

Ten

Pearl Jam

3/5

It was nice but it didn’t blow my mind in the way that other albums did.

Shake Your Money Maker

The Black Crowes

2/5

Green

R.E.M.

5/5

good kid, m.A.A.d city

Kendrick Lamar

5/5

Chelsea Girl

Nico

1/5

Really makes me feel better about my karaoke game. Really not for me this one, hard for my ears to swallow.

The Undertones

3/5

Was pretty good but not as iconic (for me) as something like the Ramones. Different styles I know but can’t give everyone high marks

The Genius Of Ray Charles

Ray Charles

4/5

Led Zeppelin

5/5

Thriller

Michael Jackson

5/5

Even if you don’t like him, the album was significant wasn’t it.

Psychocandy

The Jesus And Mary Chain

2/5

Can't Buy A Thrill

Steely Dan

5/5

What a great album! I didn’t realise how many songs I (first) knew, and (second) liked! It had an excellent range of tracks and tempos and thoroughly enjoyed it! Thankyou so much!

The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan

5/5

Pretty good. Can’t argue

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

Elton John

4/5

Chocolate Starfish And The Hot Dog Flavored Water

Limp Bizkit

5/5

You want to hate it but it’s almost a guilty pleaser. Outside of linking park, they’re the peak of nu metal- a mash of hip hop, scratching, metal by angry young men rejected by too many women. A Peak 2000s album that crossed from a sub-genre to mainstream.

Hot Fuss

The Killers

3/5

It was a pleasant listen, a good album for a spectrum of ages I’d say. Wasn’t as genre defining as some of the albums I’ve listened to

Nebraska

Bruce Springsteen

2/5

It didn’t blow me away. Johnny cash had more of a profound impact on me.

Back In Black

AC/DC

5/5

Pretty iconic. Raspy voice, instantly know who it is and what they’re about.

Traffic

2/5

Personal preference, nothing to do with the greatness of the album

Larks' Tongues In Aspic

King Crimson

5/5

Thick sticky aural jam. I throughly enjoyed this album- and I don’t expect to.

Done By The Forces Of Nature

Jungle Brothers

2/5

Rock 'N Soul

Solomon Burke

5/5

I feel bad for all the 5 stars I’ve given now, because this was 100% deserving. A great album

Born In The U.S.A.

Bruce Springsteen

3/5

This

You've Come a Long Way Baby

Fatboy Slim

4/5

Iconic album. Completion nostalgic for me. I remember when this came out on cassette and my mum dropped me at a friends house. My friend and I listened to it with one headphone each ontop of a stack of hay bails on a really sunny evening- that was way before the world went to shit. Fun album!

GREY Area

Little Simz

3/5

Really great album.

En-Tact

The Shamen

3/5

It’s like the 80s and 90s conceived an album in space.

The Wall

Pink Floyd

4/5

Blur

2/5

I thought I’d like it more to be honest. Some very impressive tracks on it though.

Being There

Wilco

2/5

Henry's Dream

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

2/5

Bug

Dinosaur Jr.

2/5

Channel Orange

Frank Ocean

2/5

MTV Unplugged In New York

Nirvana

3/5

Without knowing the band and lead singers history- it’s essentially listening to a raspy pained voice for a while.

I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got

Sinead O'Connor

2/5

I can see how influential this was, and what artists were inspired by this. It wasn’t something I’d listen to again but glad I listening to it- pretty good tracks on it but didn’t enjoy the entire album

Mr. Tambourine Man

The Byrds

1/5

Siembra

Willie Colón & Rubén Blades

4/5

Pretty good, uplifting and make you want to move your body

Mothership Connection

Parliament

2/5

The Queen Is Dead

The Smiths

5/5

Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1

George Michael

3/5

This Is Hardcore

Pulp

3/5

Zombie

Fela Kuti

3/5

Back At The Chicken Shack

Jimmy Smith

2/5

The Downward Spiral

Nine Inch Nails

4/5

Me Against The World

2Pac

5/5

Fetch The Bolt Cutters

Fiona Apple

2/5

Who's Next

The Who

4/5

Pretty long though

The ArchAndroid

Janelle Monáe

5/5

Absoluty stunning album

Cloud Nine

The Temptations

5/5

Great album

Goodbye And Hello

Tim Buckley

4/5

I actually really like the album personally, it feels like a big 60s edging experience. Like Jefferson aeroplane are about to bust-out on stage directly after.

No Other

Gene Clark

3/5

Was a good listen

Street Life

The Crusaders

5/5

Sensational. This is by far the best album I’ve listened to, objectively. Top 1%

The Cars

3/5

In The Court Of The Crimson King

King Crimson

2/5

Germs

3/5

Medium well done punk, at its finest.

Merriweather Post Pavilion

Animal Collective

4/5

I liked the long builds and the first half of the album was great. There were a few tracks that were industrially scratchy/repetitive- so you have to be in the right mood for it. But a great album, very interesting

New Boots And Panties

Ian Dury

1/5

Can’t say i appreciated this album in any way. Not my jam at all.

OK Computer

Radiohead

4/5

Eliminator

ZZ Top

5/5

Fun album

(What's The Story) Morning Glory

Oasis

5/5

Quite legendary, so many global bangers

Exit Planet Dust

The Chemical Brothers

4/5

Bongo Rock

Incredible Bongo Band

4/5

Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music

Ray Charles

3/5

Bridge Over Troubled Water

Simon & Garfunkel

2/5

Lady In Satin

Billie Holiday

4/5

Vincebus Eruptum

Blue Cheer

2/5

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector

Various Artists

1/5

Frank

Amy Winehouse

3/5

The Yes Album

Yes

1/5

Not for me Clive

Rattus Norvegicus

The Stranglers

2/5

(Pronounced 'Leh-'Nérd 'Skin-'Nérd)

Lynyrd Skynyrd

2/5

Home Is Where The Music Is

Hugh Masekela

1/5

It’s a good album no doubt, just not my flavour.

Lost In The Dream

The War On Drugs

2/5

It didn’t blow me away

Tea for the Tillerman

Cat Stevens

3/5

Songs Of Leonard Cohen

Leonard Cohen

1/5

Millions Now Living Will Never Die

Tortoise

2/5

Rapture

Anita Baker

3/5

Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs

Marty Robbins

2/5

Jagged Little Pill

Alanis Morissette

5/5

A little screechy at points but I thoroughly enjoyed this!

16 Lovers Lane

The Go-Betweens

2/5

Sounded a bit like a soundtrack to every late 80s summer camp movie ever made. That or a homes and gardens theme track

Clandestino

Manu Chao

2/5

Movies

Holger Czukay

4/5

Sounds like Shaft and Les Claypools daddy took acid then had an orgy whilst on a yoga retreat. It’s Good, but you have to be in the mood for it.

Doolittle

Pixies

2/5

A Love Supreme

John Coltrane

2/5

Machine Gun Etiquette

The Damned

2/5

The Velvet Underground

2/5

Ill Communication

Beastie Boys

5/5

Sampling, industrial, slight punk influence- was really good

American Idiot

Green Day

1/5

Abhorrent

Tapestry

Carole King

4/5

Great album

The Chronic

Dr. Dre

2/5

There is no doubt that this album is one of the most influential albums in the genre. Dre took a price of chalk, drew a wall on some bricks and walked right in through- like a scene from beetlejuice- making no apologies. Speaking of apologies, I’m unsure if he ever actually made one to the woman he beat up on camera, later laughed about then eventually profited off. Not sure Dre qualifies for the “seperate the art from the artist” card- maybe there were no fucks given- so in my rating there are no fucks to be had..

Manassas

Stephen Stills

1/5

Didn’t blow my mind. I had no affection for it

There's No Place Like America Today

Curtis Mayfield

3/5

The Score

Fugees

5/5

Cutting. Lauren stepped into the room with something to say and as she left, mopped the floor with the collection of bottoms jaws.

Natty Dread

Bob Marley & The Wailers

4/5

KE*A*H** (Psalm 69)

Ministry

1/5

Devil Without A Cause

Kid Rock

1/5

Pretty difficult to get into an album celebrating statutory rape and racial slurs. I see it’s unique in the sense of it’s genre as cowboy nu metal / trash-hop. Very depicting of an era of influence over of American pie loving Gen X men. It’s not a guilty pleasure- it’s just guilty and ears want to press charges.

Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes

TV On The Radio

4/5

I like it

The Velvet Underground & Nico

The Velvet Underground

4/5

Arrival

ABBA

5/5

Calenture

The Triffids

2/5

Axis: Bold As Love

Jimi Hendrix

5/5

Pump

Aerosmith

3/5

Talking Heads 77

Talking Heads

2/5

The Gershwin Songbook

Ella Fitzgerald

4/5

Beautiful

Everything Must Go

Manic Street Preachers

2/5

Hardly life changing is it. Sounds like the generic backing track to literally any high school surf movie, really not sure how it’s made it on the list tbh.

Berlin

Lou Reed

2/5

Hot Rats

Frank Zappa

2/5

Darkness on the Edge of Town

Bruce Springsteen

3/5

Urban Hymns

The Verve

5/5

If I could describe this album it would be like telling your friends about a surreal evening you had in the 90s without video phones. Summary; finding yourself at a mulholland drive after party where the walls are textured and the furniture is furry. Robbie Williams decides to muster up the courage to leave the couch he’d sat in without moving for two hours, to start jamming with the band, who you later found out was Radiohead (before they’d dropped acid). It’s good. I’d say worthy of the list :)

Untitled (Black Is)

SAULT

3/5

Pretty good.

You Are The Quarry

Morrissey

2/5

Fuzzy

Grant Lee Buffalo

2/5

Live!

Fela Kuti

2/5

Tres Hombres

ZZ Top

3/5

One of the better white guy+ guitar combinations out there. Pairs well with smoked brisket dining but isn’t life changing

Pictures At An Exhibition

Emerson, Lake & Palmer

1/5

Call of the Valley

Shivkumar Sharma

4/5

A very good album. No matter where I am in the world this would likely transport me to a healing place. Perfect for those walking amongst us who like to appropriate breathwork or yoga from South Asian culture. Probably a good soundtrack to have on if someone was having a bad trip.

Live At The Regal

B.B. King

5/5

Legendary. Pure Blues bubbling away in a hot cauldron poured ontop of you washing away any bad music taste you’ve ever had, first tightly grasping your heart and purifying you from the inside out.

Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

2/5

The Bones Of What You Believe

CHVRCHES

4/5

I liked this album. Like a 10% influential derivative of ‘the knife’ made be a very young Scottish twang band.

Pieces Of The Sky

Emmylou Harris

2/5

Virgin Suicides

Air

5/5

Eerie album, like something playing at the rescue centre after bushfires have ravaged your town. You’ve just wrestled shock and disbelief and know you’re sat on the mat being like ‘what just happened here’

Dummy

Portishead

5/5

Really amazing album, pretty unique

Surfer Rosa

Pixies

4/5

Got some pretty epic tracks on this album.

Justified

Justin Timberlake

3/5

Post boy band era. 2002. All the ‘talented ones’ start breaking out of the shell of synchronised danced moves and soft harmonies. Some jump from the nest and fall flat on their face and become a one hit wonder and thus begins the slow decent and their mental health and conservative press-proof façade. JT did well, we got a few good years out of him before his crash landing. Timberland offered a safety parachute and this album was one of the better ones- surprisingly religious which made me like it less.

Architecture And Morality

Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark

2/5

Abbey Road

Beatles

4/5

Live At Leeds

The Who

3/5

Doggystyle

Snoop Dogg

4/5

Bitches & hoes, sex and weed. Yeah yeah we get it, it’s “of its time”.. can’t help but feel for an entire generation of women- the platform fuels misogyny whether he meant it or not. That being said, snoop inserted a style to hip hop that was completely unique- soft spoken lyrics without the ferocity. Art seperated from the artist and all.

The Low End Theory

A Tribe Called Quest

5/5

This is an album that I would probably give to someone who wants to get into hip hop. It’s got a great funk undertone and great lyrics. However, when trying to address the seriousness of date r-pe/sexual assault- maybe they should have had a few more women involved in production. A good concept but the execution is dated- and feels like it’s been handled with the same grace as juggling a giant bag of flaming dog poo.

The White Room

The KLF

4/5

If you’re putting only one song on the album, it’s better be mind blowing. My mind is on holiday in the mid 90’s but remains flaccid on this occasion.

Rip It Up

Orange Juice

3/5

Fun and boppy. Fun romcom album.

Automatic For The People

R.E.M.

4/5

I’ve got a real soft spot for REM. There’s so many great tracks on this album- it reminds me of a time in the era of excellent an weird movies that came out just before we found out the truth about weinstein.

The Doors

5/5

Absolutely stunning album.

Bossanova

Pixies

2/5

Golden Hour

Kacey Musgraves

2/5

Sounds like a super modern country album by a young pretty lady. After reading up on the artist it’s clear that there are things going on in the world that I know nothing about. So many monthly listeners- probably from Texas. It’s pleasant background noise but not something I have any enthusiasm about.

Moss Side Story

Barry Adamson

5/5

Outstanding album. Imagine: late 1950s, having an affair with Pink Panther, while bar-hopping the seedy back street dive bars and casinos of the old Las Vegas strip. It’s got the creep, energy and build of being caught by the sexy women of O-town. Edgy, passionate, mysterious, 10/10. I loved it.

Ellington at Newport

Duke Ellington

1/5

I’m sure it’s great, stellar outfit but I just can’t get into jazz

Pretenders

3/5

The distinctive voice of Chrissie Hynde! I feel like if you listened to the pretenders before the age of 8 (and loved it) it would set you up for a very much cooler life. You can tell she’s got a lot more music and lyrics bottled up inside of her and this is just a commercial segment of that tantalising musical orange. A pleasant album, decent soft rock and not so aggressive that you could get away with playing it to a wide spectrum of people when you’re up next on “pass the aux”.

Stephen Stills

2/5

Good amount of musical instruments being played. Probably the Softest white man rock and roll out there- was probably big in the 70s but I’ll happily say it’s so middle ground for me that it’s ended up being unremarkable. Sorry

Trout Mask Replica

Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band

1/5

One track made me feel like someone slipped a huge bout of mdma into my drink- the wave of anxiety was so palpable, suffice to say I didn’t not complete the listen. Not my jam, excellent fucking name however lol

A Seat at the Table

Solange

1/5

Let It Bleed

The Rolling Stones

3/5

Big hair, tight pants. There’s a few pretty good tracks on here but it ultimately feels like young white guys being cool- lacks the deep soul and heartache of TRUE rock and roll. That being said it smells like a turning point of a musical evolution- on the cusp of a new wave.

Debut

Björk

4/5

Whimsical and mysterious but not sinister and originating from the shadows- more created and elongated by a wonderfully weird art student that’s about to fine tune her work.

Bryter Layter

Nick Drake

2/5

Music From Big Pink

The Band

2/5

Medúlla

Björk

4/5

Disintegration

The Cure

1/5

Ramones

5/5

Apocalypse Dudes

Turbonegro

5/5

You Want It Darker

Leonard Cohen

5/5

I really liked it. He should have an audio book!

Teenager Of The Year

Frank Black

3/5

A pleasant listen

1984

Van Halen

5/5

Excellent album. Super fun. Think glitter, big hair, shaved pecks and vests.

At Fillmore East

The Allman Brothers Band

5/5

Quality. Sounds like the drummer has 8 arms. Excellent guitar work and I really love the slow building jams that they’ve crammed onto the album. Good road trip music- you can tell their feelings are expressed with instruments

São Paulo Confessions

Suba

5/5

Stardust

Willie Nelson

2/5

John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band

John Lennon

3/5

3 Feet High and Rising

De La Soul

5/5

Phenomenal

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

Arctic Monkeys

2/5

British indie

Go Girl Crazy

The Dictators

1/5

Oracular Spectacular

MGMT

4/5

Good album. Reminiscent of ‘that’ era, when you’ve finished high school, driving alone in your car on a hot summers day or making your way to a festival where everyone is still making their own costumes. The precious time of pure young adulthood, before the social-media societal decay stopped people from having fun in public. (Summer for the southern hemisphere homies anyway)

Hybrid Theory

Linkin Park

5/5

I truely believe this is one of the best albums ever made. If you had to pin point a time where metal and alternative rock got together, birthed a baby- whom identified completely different from all their other siblings- it would be the year 2000 and the baby is new metal and appropriately named, Hybrid Theory. Linkin park are the biggest player in development of Nu Metal. This album is the reason a genre of music had the chance to continually evolve rather than die out with the boomer and GenX demographics. Hybrid theory is emotional, vocal, hard yet melodic. It offers a more than acceptable glance into the pool of alternative music but through a commercially acceptable lense. It’s not a fuck the world album created because a woman forgot to smile at Fred Durst. Not is it the subtle aggression and extended breathiness of the Deftones. It sounds like a perfect collision of deep feelings from clever nerds that liked rap and were well trained- but didn’t quite fit in socially at a prestigious music school. RIP Chester. Kudos to the rest of the crew for picking themselves up and continuing to produce music after such a heavy blow.

Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs

Derek & The Dominos

4/5

It’s giving old school jovial dad vibes. Listens like a fun uncle who is a hoot to be around, loves blues & karaoke, always wants to join in, is never seedy or inappropriate- he’s brilliant but just can’t quite get his life together. It’s like if Tom Jones had Eric Claptons hands but traded the glitz and glamour for heartache and soul. Feels like he’s experienced great sadness but would never allow the mood of any room dip because of it- instantly neutralising negative space. A fab album with exemplary guitar work.

Bat Out Of Hell

Meat Loaf

4/5

Elton John and iron maiden’s love child, but if he was at a piano doing a puppet goth-rock concert. Vibey, I like.

Appetite For Destruction

Guns N' Roses

3/5

Banging tracks really.

Achtung Baby

3/5

I feel indifferent.

Roots

Sepultura

3/5

Deep riffs, excellent percussion. At points it’s a bit too choppy and intense but overall a good throaty album.