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Album	You	Global	Diff
Opus Dei Laibach	5	2.39	+2.61
Welcome to the Afterfuture Mike Ladd	5	2.56	+2.44
Duck Rock Malcolm McLaren	5	2.65	+2.35
Ys Joanna Newsom	5	2.8	+2.2
Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge Mudhoney	5	2.84	+2.16
You Are The Quarry Morrissey	5	2.86	+2.14
Django Django Django Django	5	3.21	+1.79
Private Dancer Tina Turner	5	3.29	+1.71
Meat Is Murder The Smiths	5	3.32	+1.68
Figure 8 Elliott Smith	5	3.33	+1.67

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Californication Red Hot Chili Peppers	1	3.7	-2.7
Sunday At The Village Vanguard Bill Evans Trio	1	3.32	-2.32
Bitches Brew Miles Davis	1	3.3	-2.3
Slippery When Wet Bon Jovi	1	3.29	-2.29
Lady In Satin Billie Holiday	1	3.23	-2.23
Screamadelica Primal Scream	1	3.17	-2.17
American IV: The Man Comes Around Johnny Cash	2	3.9	-1.9
Sweetheart Of The Rodeo The Byrds	1	2.83	-1.83
A Wizard, A True Star Todd Rundgren	1	2.83	-1.83
American Idiot Green Day	2	3.77	-1.77

Artists

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Artist	Albums	Average
David Bowie	4	4.75
Simon & Garfunkel	2	5
Pink Floyd	2	5
Elliott Smith	2	5
Prince	2	5
Black Sabbath	2	5
Bob Dylan	4	4.25

Least Favorites

Artist	Albums	Average
Todd Rundgren	2	1.5
The Byrds	2	1.5

5-Star Albums (49)

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Popular Reviews

Slippery When Wet

Bon Jovi

1/5

Yeah, no, I'm not listening to this, thanks though

1 likes

Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)

Wu-Tang Clan

5/5

Charlie Kirk tried fucking with Wu Tang, but he should have been protecting his neck

1 likes

1-Star Albums (9)

All Ratings

Abraxas

Santana

5/5

This album fucking owns, I love it.

Aqualung

Jethro Tull

3/5

Jazz Samba

Stan Getz

2/5

This was definitely not my taste

Disintegration

The Cure

5/5

Heard a million times, one of the greatest albums ever, frankly

Songs For Swingin' Lovers!

Frank Sinatra

2/5

not for me

Boston

4/5

Something/Anything?

Todd Rundgren

2/5

dadcore

Music in Exile

Songhoy Blues

4/5

This album rules hard, love it. This is why I signed up for this, because I would have never listened otherwise

There's No Place Like America Today

Curtis Mayfield

4/5

Pretty good but didnt exactly click

Nevermind

Nirvana

3/5

Nirvana was my favorite band as a child. They write music for children.

Club Classics Vol. One

Soul II Soul

3/5

Good, not great

Rapture

Anita Baker

3/5

To make a classic album, you cannot please everyone. I was not pleased. My tastes are for up-tempo stuff like metal and punk; this album simply was not made with me in mind and that's OK.

Diamond Life

Sade

2/5

Not for me

Heroes

David Bowie

5/5

Classic, let's go

Welcome to the Afterfuture

Mike Ladd

5/5

I had really low expectations and was blown away

Mama Said Knock You Out

LL Cool J

2/5

I'm sure this was great for the golden age of hip hop, but even by 1990, Public Enemy and NWA made this stuff look corny as hell. The eponymous track is dope though

Slippery When Wet

Bon Jovi

1/5

Yeah, no, I'm not listening to this, thanks though

Blonde On Blonde

Bob Dylan

4/5

After decades of listening, I always think I'm going to get bored by Bob Dylan and he always surprises me. Good stuff.

Coat Of Many Colors

Dolly Parton

4/5

Liked it, didn't love it

Emergency On Planet Earth

Jamiroquai

4/5

I was very pleasantly surprised. I thought Jamiroquai was a one-hit wonder, but was proven otherwise

Hearts And Bones

Paul Simon

4/5

Simon and Garfunkel is one of my favorite groups, this wasn't quite at that level, but I enjoyed it

It's A Shame About Ray

The Lemonheads

4/5

this was awesome

Metallica

5/5

Ellington at Newport

Duke Ellington

3/5

Not for me

Third

Portishead

3/5

The Genius Of Ray Charles

Ray Charles

4/5

Django Django

5/5

Sound of Silver

LCD Soundsystem

2/5

I liked LCD Soundsystem. Then the kid who recommended them nonstop turned out to be a pedophile. I can't really listen to them anymore. Sorry, LCD Soundsystem; it's not your fault.

Bookends

Simon & Garfunkel

5/5

I literally have lyrics from this album tattooed on my chest

Nixon

Lambchop

2/5

I hated this, so boring, so mid

The Renaissance

Q-Tip

4/5

Not my favorite thing qtips done but its still qtip

Mama's Gun

Erykah Badu

3/5

Liked, didnt love. Some parts stood out a lot though. I prefer baduizm

Bossanova

Pixies

5/5

Love this album. The happening is an all time favorite of mine.

Urban Hymns

The Verve

5/5

More than a one-hit wonder, this album has so many great songs.

Cafe Bleu

The Style Council

2/5

I like the Jam a lot, so this was pretty disappointing

Elephant

The White Stripes

5/5

Giant Steps

The Boo Radleys

3/5

Pretty pretty pretty good

At Fillmore East

The Allman Brothers Band

5/5

Loved this, was surprised

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

The Kinks

4/5

Enjoyed this a lot

...The Dandy Warhols Come Down

The Dandy Warhols

4/5

Joanna Newsom

5/5

Qui sème le vent récolte le tempo

MC Solaar

4/5

The Wall

Pink Floyd

5/5

One of the best ever made

American Idiot

Green Day

2/5

I do not like this album

Lust For Life

Iggy Pop

4/5

The Slim Shady LP

Eminem

4/5

Holds up all right but theres filler for sure

Hotel California

Eagles

2/5

milquetoast to the nth degree

A Love Supreme

John Coltrane

3/5

Not for me

Is This It

The Strokes

3/5

It was good, but not good enough to be like an album I need to hear

Sweetheart Of The Rodeo

The Byrds

1/5

Thank god this wasn't the first time I heard the Byrds, otherwise I woulda thought that they sucked hard

Ogden's Nut Gone Flake

Small Faces

4/5

Thought this would suck but it was all right

Surf's Up

The Beach Boys

3/5

I did not like the song where they said protesting is dumb and inconvenient

Figure 8

Elliott Smith

5/5

Classic

Dirt

Alice In Chains

5/5

one of my favorite all time albums

Come Away With Me

Norah Jones

3/5

Starbucks music

Pet Sounds

The Beach Boys

5/5

classic

O.G. Original Gangster

Ice T

3/5

It was good.

Different Class

Pulp

4/5

Above average, well-executed, witty, but not groundbreaking

Unknown Pleasures

Joy Division

5/5

one of my formative albums

The Last Of The True Believers

Nanci Griffith

4/5

I don't usually like country all that much, but this was good

Elephant Mountain

The Youngbloods

3/5

not bad but unremarkable

Meat Is Murder

The Smiths

5/5

Hunky Dory

David Bowie

5/5

One of the greatest albums ever made, I love it so much

1999

Prince

5/5

Led Zeppelin III

Led Zeppelin

4/5

Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)

Eurythmics

4/5

A Wizard, A True Star

Todd Rundgren

1/5

Rumours

Fleetwood Mac

5/5

Aftermath

The Rolling Stones

5/5

Abbey Road

Beatles

4/5

The Colour Of Spring

Talk Talk

4/5

Enjoyed it

Duck Rock

Malcolm McLaren

5/5

Three buffalo gals go round the outside

On The Beach

Neil Young

4/5

Green

R.E.M.

4/5

I dug it

Live At The Regal

B.B. King

3/5

the oddest part is when he tells people not to beat their wives

Imperial Bedroom

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

3/5

Fine. I have a feeling itll grow on me

Le Tigre

4/5

A bit self-indulgent, but artsy fartsy pop punk will always get me

Paranoid

Black Sabbath

5/5

Joan Armatrading

3/5

good, not great

Rum Sodomy & The Lash

The Pogues

3/5

Black Sabbath

5/5

Darklands

The Jesus And Mary Chain

4/5

Who's Next

The Who

5/5

Back At The Chicken Shack

Jimmy Smith

2/5

Not for me

Red Headed Stranger

Willie Nelson

2/5

Not for me

The Suburbs

Arcade Fire

3/5

This is when I started to get bored with the Arcade Fire

Larks' Tongues In Aspic

King Crimson

3/5

You Want It Darker

Leonard Cohen

4/5

Either Or

Elliott Smith

5/5

Pink Flag

Wire

3/5

The Wildest!

Louis Prima

2/5

Southern Rock Opera

Drive-By Truckers

3/5

Kind of boring for me

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness

The Smashing Pumpkins

5/5

Deep Purple In Rock

Deep Purple

3/5

Fetch The Bolt Cutters

Fiona Apple

4/5

Screamadelica

Primal Scream

1/5

I hate this album lol

Whatever

Aimee Mann

2/5

War

2/5

Debut

Björk

3/5

Dire Straits

2/5

Central Reservation

Beth Orton

4/5

Bandwagonesque

Teenage Fanclub

3/5

The Dark Side Of The Moon

Pink Floyd

5/5

Definitely Maybe

Oasis

3/5

Faith

George Michael

4/5

I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got

Sinead O'Connor

4/5

The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill

Lauryn Hill

4/5

The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan

4/5

Odessey And Oracle

The Zombies

5/5

The Notorious Byrd Brothers

The Byrds

2/5

Time (The Revelator)

Gillian Welch

2/5

Hated this

Mermaid Avenue

Billy Bragg

4/5

Morrison Hotel

The Doors

4/5

Led Zeppelin

5/5

Didn't think I could underrate Zeppelin, given their place in history, but this ruled

Third

Soft Machine

1/5

Hated this

Fred Neil

2/5

Not for me. I liked Everybody's Talking though, but the Nillson version is better in my opinion

Californication

Red Hot Chili Peppers

1/5

Sunday At The Village Vanguard

Bill Evans Trio

1/5

I'm not into jazz

Bitches Brew

Miles Davis

1/5

I do not like jazz

Kenya

Machito

2/5

I don't like Jazz

Solid Air

John Martyn

2/5

...Baby One More Time

Britney Spears

3/5

a welcome reprieve from jazz. email my heart baby

Aladdin Sane

David Bowie

5/5

Tracy Chapman

4/5

Gorillaz

4/5

Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul

Otis Redding

3/5

Dusty In Memphis

Dusty Springfield

4/5

Parklife

Blur

4/5

Surrealistic Pillow

Jefferson Airplane

4/5

Tarkus

Emerson, Lake & Palmer

3/5

I generally like ELP, this was just OK in my opinion

Melody A.M.

Röyksopp

3/5

One time, in the days before smartphones, Youtube, and shazam, a song showed up on a Geico caveman commercial during an Eagles game. My annoying uncle heard it and loved it and made me look it up based on a small snippet of misheard lyrics. It was this song, and I will never forgive them for that. 3/5

Let Love Rule

Lenny Kravitz

3/5

One of the albums of all time

Tea for the Tillerman

Cat Stevens

5/5

AHHHHH Father & Son always hits me hard since I lost my dad :(

Paul's Boutique

Beastie Boys

3/5

not as good as later beastie albums but I get why it's historically important

Opus Dei

Laibach

5/5

HELL FUCKING YEAH

Only By The Night

Kings of Leon

3/5

Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge

Mudhoney

5/5

Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme

Simon & Garfunkel

5/5

Reggatta De Blanc

The Police

2/5

Hated this, really dumb stuff

Lost In The Dream

The War On Drugs

2/5

I finished listening 39 seconds ago and have already forgotten everything. I don't understand why this is on the list; it just doesn't stand out in any way shape or form. Not catchy enough to be great poppy, not edgy enough to be great rock, not experimental enough to be great avant garde or alternative. It's definitely a well-executed album, like don't get me wrong, it's not bad and I can see it really appealing to hardcore fans of indie rock, in the same tier as other greats like Arcade Fire and The National, but it shouldn't be in the canon of albums you need to hear before you die and those latter bands have much more interesting albums than this, in my opinion.

The Low End Theory

A Tribe Called Quest

5/5

Can I kick it?

Run-D.M.C.

3/5

aged better than LL cool j, but worse than public enemy or the beastie boys. Not a bad album, and without it I think music in 2025 is drastically different, but it's not something I'm going to want to listen to frequently

Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)

Wu-Tang Clan

5/5

Charlie Kirk tried fucking with Wu Tang, but he should have been protecting his neck

Ten

Pearl Jam

5/5

Lady In Satin

Billie Holiday

1/5

I'm sorry, I just really do not get the appeal of jazz

This Year's Model

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

4/5

Second Toughest In The Infants

Underworld

2/5

Didn't really understand why this made the list.

Out Of The Blue

Electric Light Orchestra

4/5

Tons of classics

KIWANUKA

Michael Kiwanuka

3/5

First listen didn't sink in at all but I was impressed on the second one.

Low

David Bowie

4/5

Not my favorite Bowie album, but still a classic

Fear and Whiskey

Mekons

2/5

one of the albums of all time

After The Gold Rush

Neil Young

5/5

From Elvis In Memphis

Elvis Presley

2/5

Elvis was a hero to most but he never meant shit to me he's straight up racist that sucka was simple and plain motherfuck him and John Wayne

Hot Fuss

The Killers

4/5

Sincere

Mj Cole

2/5

are you having a laugh? are you taking the piss? this and other britishisms to explain my incredulity at why this album was selected for this list. It's not even like terrible, but this is very generic. It reminds me a lot of listening to our local radio station in 1999 when they would have the house DJ remix a couple of the contemporary hits at the time by adding air horns, shout outs to the radio station, and little noises here and there.

Headquarters

The Monkees

2/5

very much what I expected, they kinda suck though

Blood On The Tracks

Bob Dylan

4/5

All Directions

The Temptations

5/5

This was incredible from start to finish. Not a dull track and many excellent tracks

Private Dancer

Tina Turner

5/5

Liquid Swords

GZA

4/5

Movies

Holger Czukay

4/5

This was nuts and i loved it

Skylarking

XTC

2/5

It ok

Smash

The Offspring

4/5

With The Beatles

Beatles

3/5

Mid beatles album

Stankonia

OutKast

5/5

The Fat Of The Land

The Prodigy

5/5

always loved this album

In The Court Of The Crimson King

King Crimson

5/5

one of my all time favorites

Eliminator

ZZ Top

2/5

fine

American IV: The Man Comes Around

Johnny Cash

2/5

Broken English

Marianne Faithfull

2/5

Straight Outta Compton

N.W.A.

4/5

a bit lopsided, but obviously one of the most influential albums of all time. The first three tracks hold up so much. And Dr. Dre is probably my favorite rap artist of all time (less so as a rapper than as a producer, though)

Highway 61 Revisited

Bob Dylan

5/5

Bob Dylan is not exactly my favorite artist, but this album is undeniable

Kid A

Radiohead

5/5

Crime Of The Century

Supertramp

3/5

Some great bops, but a bit inconsistent

A Short Album About Love