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1980
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27
5-Star Albums
16
1-Star Albums
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You Love More Than Most
| Album | You | Global | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|
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Solid Air
John Martyn
|
5 | 3.17 | +1.83 |
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A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector
Various Artists
|
5 | 3.29 | +1.71 |
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Endtroducing.....
DJ Shadow
|
5 | 3.35 | +1.65 |
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Blue Lines
Massive Attack
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5 | 3.39 | +1.61 |
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Murmur
R.E.M.
|
5 | 3.42 | +1.58 |
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A Rush Of Blood To The Head
Coldplay
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5 | 3.43 | +1.57 |
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Sign 'O' The Times
Prince
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5 | 3.45 | +1.55 |
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The ArchAndroid
Janelle Monáe
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5 | 3.45 | +1.55 |
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War
U2
|
5 | 3.46 | +1.54 |
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Paul's Boutique
Beastie Boys
|
5 | 3.46 | +1.54 |
You Love Less Than Most
| Album | You | Global | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|
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Tusk
Fleetwood Mac
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1 | 3.47 | -2.47 |
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Tommy
The Who
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1 | 3.32 | -2.32 |
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Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
Wilco
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1 | 3.31 | -2.31 |
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The Seldom Seen Kid
Elbow
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1 | 3.24 | -2.24 |
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Loveless
My Bloody Valentine
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1 | 3.19 | -2.19 |
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...The Dandy Warhols Come Down
The Dandy Warhols
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1 | 3.13 | -2.13 |
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Roxy Music
Roxy Music
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1 | 3.09 | -2.09 |
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Want One
Rufus Wainwright
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1 | 2.91 | -1.91 |
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A Wizard, A True Star
Todd Rundgren
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1 | 2.85 | -1.85 |
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One World
John Martyn
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1 | 2.81 | -1.81 |
Artists
Favorites
| Artist | Albums | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Beatles | 3 | 4.67 |
| Beastie Boys | 3 | 4.33 |
| Radiohead | 3 | 4.33 |
| Stevie Wonder | 3 | 4.33 |
| Bruce Springsteen | 3 | 4.33 |
| The Rolling Stones | 3 | 4.33 |
Controversial
| Artist | Ratings |
|---|---|
| Fleetwood Mac | 5, 1 |
| John Martyn | 1, 5 |
5-Star Albums (27)
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Paul Simon · 1 likes
4/5
This is really good, a middle ground between Simon and Garfunkel and the Paul Simon of Graceland I grew up with.
Coldplay · 1 likes
5/5
I like my version of X&Y more, but this is a better album. So much promise of what they could be vs. what they became.
1-Star Albums (16)
All Ratings
Curtis Mayfield
3/5
An OK listen, not bad but not a lot grabbed me.
Beastie Boys
4/5
Led Zeppelin
4/5
More sophisticated zep, needs another listen.
Radiohead
4/5
Paul Simon
4/5
This is really good, a middle ground between Simon and Garfunkel and the Paul Simon of Graceland I grew up with.
The Cure
3/5
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
3/5
Very seashantish; not bad, but that is what is most memorable.
The Dandy Warhols
1/5
Not a good sign when, listening to the first track, you think to yourself: this just goes on and on...
Stevie Wonder
4/5
What an album! 70s Soul is a gap in my music library and this is a good addition- I wish I could add half stars because this album is almost perfect.
Elvis Costello
3/5
A solid album that falters in the latter half of side 2.
Primal Scream
3/5
Its age is showing, if I'd heard this in the 90s, I probably would've loved it dearly.
Earth, Wind & Fire
4/5
Grateful Dead
4/5
Not a Dead fan, but this was good. Their reputation as a jam band isn't really on display here- for the better. Just a nice set of good tunes.
Talk Talk
3/5
The Jam
3/5
FKA twigs
3/5
Probably 3.5 stars, but a solid album.
Happy Mondays
3/5
Really captures the music at the end of the 80s/start of the 90s. May sound dated now, but I can hear the inspiration many artists pulled from this band.
The Beach Boys
4/5
endless harmonies
Frank Ocean
4/5
The Byrds
3/5
Eagles
2/5
I just can't with this band- either I like it or immediately tune it out.
Beatles
5/5
It doesn't have the flow of Rubber Soul, but it signals growth in their songwriting and studio experimentation.
Derek & The Dominos
2/5
Psychedelica and long guitar solos still elude me- some quality songs, but I could not finish this.
Ray Charles
3/5
Good, but nothing really grabbed me.
Michael Jackson
3/5
The hits good, some are great! But the rest is forgettable.
Coldplay
5/5
I like my version of X&Y more, but this is a better album. So much promise of what they could be vs. what they became.
Frank Sinatra
3/5
David Bowie
3/5
Leonard Cohen
3/5
His baritone was not yet there.
Simon & Garfunkel
3/5
The hits are great, the misses...
The Specials
2/5
Joni Mitchell
3/5
Not bad, but nothing grabbed me.
The Velvet Underground
4/5
The context is important here- the roots of indie and emo are here.
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
4/5
Quite good
The Crusaders
3/5
Good light jazz, very 80s.
Dolly Parton
3/5
Quite good and soothing
Beastie Boys
4/5
Despite its short length, there are a few songs that just seem to go on too long. The misogyny is also glaring, it is easy to see why they rarely played many of these songs.
Mercury Rev
4/5
George Jones
4/5
This is what a broken heart sounds like.
4/5
Should be 4.5! A great album, but Within You Without You is borderline unlistenable.
Nick Drake
3/5
The Afghan Whigs
4/5
Missed out on this when it came out, need to relisten to this.
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
3/5
Ray Charles
4/5
A great take on classic songs.
Creedence Clearwater Revival
4/5
ZZ Top
3/5
Led Zeppelin
4/5
Fats Domino
3/5
Deep Purple
4/5
3.5- just the right amount of excess.
The Residents
1/5
I tried...
Stan Getz
2/5
Foo Fighters
4/5
Mudhoney
3/5
Queen
3/5
Q-Tip
3/5
Green Day
5/5
A masterpiece that captures the turn of the century post 9/11 discontent.
The Beach Boys
3/5
The Smashing Pumpkins
3/5
Good but very long and bloated
Fugazi
3/5
Hüsker Dü
3/5
Jeff Buckley
3/5
A mixed bag of really good to great songs, and some not-so-good material. I know this album has a strong cult following, but I wonder how his early death contributed to his borderline canonization as an iconic artist. Are people reacting to his work, or to what they think he might have become based on a small sample size?
Isaac Hayes
4/5
Really good! The rambling in front of By the time I get to Phoenix is the only blemish.
Neil Young
3/5
Dr. Dre
4/5
Aretha Franklin
4/5
Radiohead
4/5
Very good but flawed album.
Barry Adamson
3/5
Buck Owens
3/5
A good album, but not my thing.
Electric Light Orchestra
3/5
Keith Jarrett
4/5
Bruce Springsteen
5/5
Michael Kiwanuka
3/5
Fatboy Slim
3/5
De La Soul
4/5
Dwight Yoakam
3/5
The Smashing Pumpkins
3/5
Joan Baez
2/5
Her high pitched singing relly gets in the way and distracts from the music.
Kate Bush
3/5
Herbie Hancock
4/5
Van Morrison
3/5
Steely Dan
2/5
Should be 2.5 - some are really good, while others are instantly forgettable.
Violent Femmes
4/5
Joan Armatrading
4/5
The Who
1/5
I just can't with The Who- either it's some of the best music I have ever heard, or the worst dreck ever to befoul my ears.
Tom Tom Club
3/5
DJ Shadow
5/5
Dusty Springfield
4/5
The Dictators
3/5
Not as "punk" as I was expecting, but you can hear the roots.
The Rolling Stones
4/5
Have to listen to Midnight Rambler again, seemed to just go on and on
Joe Ely
3/5
Yes
3/5
Heaven 17
2/5
Astrud Gilberto
2/5
PJ Harvey
4/5
May have to come back and rerate this a 5- what a great album!
Kendrick Lamar
4/5
It's very good, at times great, but an editor was needed- a flawed masterpiece.
Shivkumar Sharma
3/5
Jerry Lee Lewis
4/5
Bill Evans Trio
4/5
Ladysmith Black Mambazo
3/5
The Go-Betweens
3/5
David Bowie
4/5
Adele
3/5
Public Image Ltd.
1/5
Miles Davis
5/5
Fela Kuti
4/5
4/5
Belle & Sebastian
2/5
Tito Puente
3/5
Badly Drawn Boy
2/5
Fela Kuti
3/5
Jimi Hendrix
3/5
Should be 3.5- cannot believe they do not allow half stars.
Sister Sledge
3/5
The Kinks
3/5
Interesting, but feels crammed- like a few songs could be removed
Dinosaur Jr.
3/5
Buena Vista Social Club
5/5
The Young Gods
3/5
Billy Joel
4/5
Bob Dylan
4/5
Hot Chip
3/5
TLC
3/5
Roxy Music
1/5
Could not finish. Maybe have to try again.
Ramones
4/5
Living Colour
4/5
4/5
4.5- still a wonderful album but 1-2 songs are hit or miss: Red Hill Town and Trip Through Your Wires
Khaled
2/5
DNF- will have to try again, not in the mood for this type today.
Elbow
1/5
The singer's voice really turned me off.
Orbital
2/5
The constant dialogue clips are often distracting from the music- should try this one again.
R.E.M.
5/5
Bob Marley & The Wailers
4/5
Aretha Franklin
4/5
Air
4/5
Fleetwood Mac
5/5
Nas
4/5
Neil Young
3/5
Kelela
3/5
Supergrass
3/5
Songhoy Blues
4/5
The Pharcyde
4/5
Lynyrd Skynyrd
3/5
Love
3/5
Common
4/5
David Bowie
3/5
David Bowie
2/5
Hard listen- have to give it a relisten
Thelonious Monk
3/5
Jean-Michel Jarre
3/5
JAY Z
4/5
Metallica
4/5
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
4/5
Rush
3/5
Marvin Gaye
3/5
GZA
3/5
Scott Walker
3/5
Jimi Hendrix
3/5
David Bowie
4/5
Dion
3/5
Paul Simon
3/5
Robert Wyatt
1/5
Queen
3/5
Johnny Cash
3/5
Radiohead
5/5
Nina Simone
4/5
Santana
4/5
Aphex Twin
4/5
Moby Grape
3/5
Beatles
5/5
Bruce Springsteen
4/5
Steve Earle
4/5
Cornershop
3/5
The Clash
4/5
Portishead
4/5
Pink Floyd
5/5
3/5
Nirvana
3/5
I can only listen to so much feedback and screaming before I hit skip
U2
5/5
T. Rex
3/5
MGMT
3/5
Nirvana
4/5
Van Morrison
5/5
Rod Stewart
3/5
Roxy Music
3/5
Man, side two really shits the bed
Boston
5/5
Big Star
3/5
The Isley Brothers
4/5
Jimmy Smith
3/5
Norah Jones
3/5
Eminem
3/5
David Bowie
3/5
Guns N' Roses
4/5
Nine Inch Nails
4/5
Stevie Wonder
5/5
Elis Regina
3/5
Bob Dylan
4/5
Miriam Makeba
4/5
Fleetwood Mac
1/5
Could not finish- just an odd collection that did not seem to flow from one song into another.
The Undertones
3/5
Jefferson Airplane
4/5
The Rolling Stones
5/5
CHIC
4/5
The Who
3/5
The Lemonheads
4/5
King Crimson
3/5
Ride
3/5
Not sure what is going on during the first two songs, but the album takes on a very different tone starting with the third song and gets significantly better.
Pixies
4/5
Various Artists
5/5
Charles Mingus
4/5
The Only Ones
3/5
The Rolling Stones
4/5
Beastie Boys
5/5
An absolute masterpiece that marks the beginning of a stellar 4-album run for the Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique, Check Your Head, Ill Communication, Hello Nasty. While there is still some misogyny from License to Ill present here, it is not nearly as rampant.
The Dust Brothers provide the music, and it is awe-inspiring; this album and De La Soul's Three Feet High and Rising set impossibly high standards for sampling that few albums have matched.
Leonard Cohen
3/5
Wilco
1/5
I just can't with Wilco
Simon & Garfunkel
4/5
Eclectic mix of songs, not the folksy tunes I was expecting... the last track is quite startling, to the point where I had to Google it to find out about it.
The Stooges
3/5
Johnny Cash
4/5
My Bloody Valentine
1/5
Could not finish
Fleet Foxes
3/5
Tears For Fears
4/5
Erykah Badu
3/5
Good, but just too long. I wonder if it would be better if a few songs were cut out.
Blur
3/5
Elvis Presley
3/5
Willie Nelson
3/5
Iron Maiden
4/5
Tame by today's standards, just look at the Billboard 100 for 1982- this would be shocking for the time for those who are trying to "protect" the youth.
Drive Like Jehu
1/5
The Cars
4/5
The Kinks
3/5
The Kinks have always felt like they are following the popular trends of the time, trying to fit in but never really believing in what they were doing. Their music isn't bad, but it is bland.
Dr. Octagon
4/5
Led Zeppelin
4/5
Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
4/5
Spacemen 3
3/5
Leonard Cohen
3/5
Metallica
3/5
Orange Juice
3/5
Miles Davis
4/5
Michael Jackson
4/5
Should be 4.5 because, let's face it, The Girl is Mine and Lady in My Life are not good songs.
Sufjan Stevens
4/5
Public Enemy
4/5
Pere Ubu
3/5
Quite interesting, the lead singer's voice is unique and not for everyone.
Liz Phair
4/5
It is very good, but also extremely easy to ignore.
I've had this album since it came out and every listen I have to force myself to focus on it; I enjoy it when I do, but it often just becomes musical wallpaper.
Pink Floyd
4/5
The Jesus And Mary Chain
3/5
Tom Waits
3/5
Bob Marley & The Wailers
4/5
Burning Spear
4/5
The 13th Floor Elevators
3/5
It feels like they found one sound and used it on almost every track.
Prince
5/5
Deerhunter
4/5
Willie Colón & Rubén Blades
4/5
The Waterboys
3/5
The Psychedelic Furs
3/5
The Temptations
4/5
Todd Rundgren
3/5
Talking Heads
3/5
Janelle Monáe
5/5
Brian Wilson
3/5
John Martyn
1/5
Sounds like someone trying to sound like Steely Dan, and failign badly
Muddy Waters
4/5
The Coral
3/5
Little Richard
3/5
Holger Czukay
1/5
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
4/5
Pearl Jam
5/5
Bob Marley & The Wailers
4/5
Nirvana
4/5
Green Day
4/5
The Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy
3/5
The Damned
2/5
Arctic Monkeys
2/5
Pixies
4/5
Traffic
4/5
Grateful Dead
3/5
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
4/5
The Incredible String Band
2/5
Grizzly Bear
2/5
Alanis Morissette
4/5
Bruce Springsteen
4/5
The Police
4/5
Sleater-Kinney
3/5
The Slits
2/5
Rage Against The Machine
4/5
The Adverts
3/5
Queen
3/5
Penguin Cafe Orchestra
3/5
Beth Orton
4/5
Todd Rundgren
1/5
Could not finish this, too weird and just noise.
Nick Drake
4/5
John Martyn
5/5
Instant purchase, what a great album!
Many songs grabbed me and pulled me away from what I was doing, in a good way.
Paul McCartney and Wings
4/5
Bob Dylan
4/5
Gram Parsons
4/5
Sade
4/5
Cream
4/5
Rufus Wainwright
1/5
Stevie Wonder
4/5
Dusty Springfield
4/5
Animal Collective
3/5
Arrested Development
3/5
Talking Heads
3/5
The Cure
5/5
Brian Eno
3/5
UB40
4/5
Roni Size
1/5
John Coltrane
5/5
Joni Mitchell
3/5
TV On The Radio
3/5
Should be 3.5 (still ridiculous we can't rate 1/2 stars).
Screaming Trees
3/5
The Avalanches
2/5
"Is this song not done yet?" is a thought I had many times while listening to this album.
Buffalo Springfield
3/5
Dire Straits
4/5
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
3/5
Bob Dylan
3/5
Stereo MC's
3/5
Frank Zappa
3/5
Marvin Gaye
5/5
Complete masterpiece.
Public Enemy
4/5
Hugh Masekela
3/5
Neneh Cherry
3/5
Christine and the Queens
3/5
Massive Attack
5/5
The La's
4/5
Frank Sinatra
4/5
The Gun Club
3/5