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Album	You	Global	Diff
Junkyard The Birthday Party	5	2.16	+2.84
Emperor Tomato Ketchup Stereolab	5	3.02	+1.98
Duck Stab/Buster & Glen The Residents	4	2.03	+1.97
Dust Screaming Trees	5	3.16	+1.84
Me Against The World 2Pac	5	3.25	+1.75
Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables Dead Kennedys	5	3.27	+1.73
Achtung Baby U2	5	3.3	+1.7
Juju Siouxsie And The Banshees	5	3.33	+1.67
The Downward Spiral Nine Inch Nails	5	3.35	+1.65
Music for the Masses Depeche Mode	5	3.37	+1.63

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Getz/Gilberto Stan Getz	1	3.65	-2.65
Siembra Willie Colón & Rubén Blades	1	3.29	-2.29
Ragged Glory Neil Young & Crazy Horse	1	3.15	-2.15
Searching For The Young Soul Rebels Dexys Midnight Runners	1	3	-2
What's Going On Marvin Gaye	2	3.94	-1.94
Survivor Destiny's Child	1	2.86	-1.86
Vincebus Eruptum Blue Cheer	1	2.8	-1.8
Born To Be With You Dion	1	2.62	-1.62
3 + 3 The Isley Brothers	2	3.59	-1.59
Jazz Samba Stan Getz	2	3.57	-1.57

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Me Against The World

2Pac

5/5

Absolutely loved it. Thug life, my man.

1 likes

Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots

The Flaming Lips

2/5

Like Radiohead without much variation. Probably made sense at the time it came out but it's too sad sounding.

1 likes

4-Star Albums (87)

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

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

1-Star Albums (8)

All Ratings

Led Zeppelin III

Led Zeppelin

3/5

(Pronounced 'Leh-'Nérd 'Skin-'Nérd)

Lynyrd Skynyrd

4/5

Innervisions

Stevie Wonder

3/5

Liked Higher ground and maybe too high. The rest were ok.

I Should Coco

Supergrass

3/5

Off The Wall

Michael Jackson

4/5

Never thought I'd enjoy Michael Jackson.

Tusk

Fleetwood Mac

2/5

The Real Thing

Faith No More

3/5

Good album but won't be revisiting.

Mr. Tambourine Man

The Byrds

2/5

Heaven Or Las Vegas

Cocteau Twins

2/5

Emperor Tomato Ketchup

Stereolab

5/5

This was great. Really enjoyed it. I can see it's influences in lots of bands that came after this.

The Beach Boys Today!

The Beach Boys

2/5

At Folsom Prison

Johnny Cash

4/5

A Date With The Everly Brothers

The Everly Brothers

3/5

Better than the beach boys

All Hail the Queen

Queen Latifah

3/5

The Infotainment Scan

The Fall

2/5

Rust Never Sleeps

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

3/5

Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables

Dead Kennedys

5/5

Sound Affects

The Jam

3/5

Moon Safari

Air

4/5

Illmatic

Nas

5/5

This was fucking dope.

Rumours

Fleetwood Mac

5/5

Classic

Frampton Comes Alive

Peter Frampton

4/5

The Score

Fugees

4/5

Sunshine Hit Me

The Bees

3/5

Paris 1919

John Cale

3/5

The Velvet Underground

3/5

The Man Machine

Kraftwerk

4/5

We are the robots

Closer

Joy Division

2/5

Meh

It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back

Public Enemy

3/5

Seventeen Seconds

The Cure

5/5

Not a Cure fan but this was great. Really enjoyed the album and loved how it sounded. It made me want to be a whiny moody goth.

Superfuzz Bigmuff

Mudhoney

4/5

Trio

Dolly Parton

4/5

This was very soothing

The Stranger

Billy Joel

4/5

Exile On Main Street

The Rolling Stones

3/5

The Visitors

ABBA

3/5

The Nightfly

Donald Fagen

4/5

Really liked the sound of this album. So it gets a 4. I hope this pisses off the snobs.

Jagged Little Pill

Alanis Morissette

4/5

BEYONCÉ

Beyoncé

4/5

Objectively, this is a very good album. I don't know why people have issue with it. If you want to listen to the same shit you've listened to thousand times then maybe you shouldn't go through this list.

Searching For The Young Soul Rebels

Dexys Midnight Runners

1/5

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

5/5

Had heard some Tom Petty songs. I had no clue they sounded so different to all the rock that was coming out in the 70s. Definitely a must listen.

Lost Souls

Doves

4/5

Licensed To Ill

Beastie Boys

3/5

Very 80s sounding. Some interesting things going on. Paul Revere was a cool song.

Sticky Fingers

The Rolling Stones

3/5

Play

Moby

5/5

Buffalo Springfield Again

Buffalo Springfield

4/5

Was going to give it a 3 but it sounds good and has enough experimentations to get a 4.

Street Signs

Ozomatli

3/5

The Wall

Pink Floyd

4/5

Bringing It All Back Home

Bob Dylan

4/5

Nick Of Time

Bonnie Raitt

3/5

Vincebus Eruptum

Blue Cheer

1/5

Definitely a must listen but not a great album.

The Chronic

Dr. Dre

4/5

Tuesday Night Music Club

Sheryl Crow

4/5

Junkyard

The Birthday Party

5/5

Batshit crazy. Love it.

Fleet Foxes

3/5

Sheet Music

10cc

4/5

They had a song about stock market LOL. 'nuff said.

Little Earthquakes

Tori Amos

3/5

Untitled (Black Is)

SAULT

4/5

This was an interesting listen. I am glad I have now heard it. A bit preachy and dramatic. It was definitely lacking some RAGE. It felt like a protest music you could make love to.

At Newport 1960

Muddy Waters

4/5

Hot Rats

Frank Zappa

3/5

Elvis Is Back

Elvis Presley

4/5

First time listening to Elvis. Enjoyed it.

Purple Rain

Prince

4/5

Hearts And Bones

Paul Simon

3/5

Toys In The Attic

Aerosmith

3/5

Surf's Up

The Beach Boys

3/5

This was better than the other album.

Elvis Presley

3/5

Survivor

Destiny's Child

1/5

Back In Black

AC/DC

5/5

Great party album. This simpleton loves it.

The Low End Theory

A Tribe Called Quest

5/5

Another dope 90s boom bap.

The Holy Bible

Manic Street Preachers

3/5

Like Water For Chocolate

Common

3/5

Deja Vu

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

4/5

Born To Run

Bruce Springsteen

4/5

Head Hunters

Herbie Hancock

4/5

Whatever

Aimee Mann

3/5

Synchronicity

The Police

4/5

Interesting album. Definitely belongs in the list.

Electric

The Cult

3/5

British Steel

Judas Priest

4/5

3 Years, 5 Months And 2 Days In The Life Of...

Arrested Development

3/5

Dookie

Green Day

5/5

Grandaddy of pop punk albums 🫶🏼

Hot Fuss

The Killers

4/5

Never really listened to 2000s indie rock. Thanks to this project I got to check out this album and it is very good. Nothing groundbreaking but this album is full of well composed and catchy songs. Mixing on the other hand - not so great.

Tres Hombres

ZZ Top

4/5

Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)

Wu-Tang Clan

5/5

Opus Dei

Laibach

4/5

It sounds like a soundtrack to a final fantasy game. Not my cup of team but enjoyed it.

I’ve Got a Tiger By the Tail

Buck Owens

2/5

Dust

Screaming Trees

5/5

Bridge Over Troubled Water

Simon & Garfunkel

3/5

Scissor Sisters

4/5

Music Has The Right To Children

Boards of Canada

3/5

Enjoyed listening to this album but won't be revising it.

Red Headed Stranger

Willie Nelson

2/5

Hunky Dory

David Bowie

3/5

Nothing stood out for me but it was a pleasant listen.

Document

R.E.M.

4/5

The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady

Charles Mingus

3/5

All Directions

The Temptations

3/5

I See A Darkness

Bonnie "Prince" Billy

4/5

A Grand Don't Come For Free

The Streets

3/5

As someone living in the UK I neither get it nor understand it. It does sound decent though and it didn't bore me to death. Dry your eyes is a good song and I remember hearing it when it first came out. So it gets a solid 3.

Hotel California

Eagles

4/5

Good album with 2 great songs and couple of good songs.

The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill

Lauryn Hill

3/5

Live At The Witch Trials

The Fall

4/5

Heartattack And Vine

Tom Waits

3/5

A Rush Of Blood To The Head

Coldplay

4/5

Water From An Ancient Well

Abdullah Ibrahim

4/5

This was very relaxing and pleasant to listen to. Really enjoyed it. It's definitely made me want to check out his discography.

Hypocrisy Is The Greatest Luxury

The Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy

2/5

I thought this came out in the 80s based on what it sounded. There are better sounding hip hop albums that came out before and around the same time. Rapping was a bit dry. It was a decent album but I didn't find it very interesting. The only song that stood out was - Music and Politics.

The Village Green Preservation Society

The Kinks

3/5

Guitar Town

Steve Earle

3/5

Sounded like a rock music with a country singer.

Vol. 4

Black Sabbath

3/5

A good album with 4 great songs and the rest are just fillers. Yes it is an experimental album but it doesn't sound fully fleshed out. Vol 4 feels like a stepping stone to Sabbath Bloody Sabbath. Out of the first 6 Sabbath albums this is definitely one of the weakest ones.

Close To The Edge

Yes

3/5

It's Blitz!

Yeah Yeah Yeahs

3/5

War

3/5

Illinois

Sufjan Stevens

4/5

I wasn't blown away by this but it was very interesting to listen to. It might not be my kind of music but I can appreciate the work that was put into it. It was an interesting mix of folk, indie and orchestral shit.

Cloud Nine

The Temptations

4/5

Digging the Motown sound

John Barleycorn Must Die

Traffic

2/5

I am not sure if this is a must listen album. It might be the product of its time that I just don't understand. I just couldn't see it's impact or how influential it was. It sounds decent though.

Time Out

The Dave Brubeck Quartet

5/5

I think my IQ level just went up.

Justified

Justin Timberlake

3/5

Turned out to be quite good. Solid 3.

Californication

Red Hot Chili Peppers

4/5

Jazz Samba

Stan Getz

2/5

Morrison Hotel

The Doors

4/5

The Doors are one of those bands that I'm not into but somehow I end up enjoying their shit.

Catch A Fire

Bob Marley & The Wailers

3/5

It's Too Late to Stop Now

Van Morrison

3/5

Not sure how influential this was but it sounds good and fun.

Born To Be With You

Dion

1/5

I don't remember anything about this album.

Greetings From L.A.

Tim Buckley

2/5

Achtung Baby

5/5

The Cars

5/5

Vespertine

Björk

4/5

So weird. So good.

Reggatta De Blanc

The Police

3/5

One of those albums that started as a 5 but ended up getting 3 after repeat listen.

Vivid

Living Colour

3/5

3 Feet High and Rising

De La Soul

3/5

Third

Soft Machine

2/5

There are quite a few albums from 60s and 70s in this book that could be dropped. I think this is one of those albums. I don't know if this a must listen. Sounds alright and nothing to write home about.

London Calling

The Clash

4/5

Definitely a very influential album.

Blood, Sweat & Tears

3/5

Surprisingly good.

Timeless

Goldie

3/5

Reading the reviews on here I thought I was in for a bad ride. This is actually pretty good. Not sure what these people are smoking. It may not be Dark side of the moon or the Abbey road but its definitely a must listen.

On The Beach

Neil Young

3/5

Let's Get It On

Marvin Gaye

4/5

Music for making babies

Something Else By The Kinks

The Kinks

3/5

Bummed

Happy Mondays

3/5

2112

Rush

3/5

Maybe 2112 was a career defining moment for the band but I did not find anything special about this album.

Planet Rock: The Album

Afrika Bambaataa

3/5

Sounds outdated but fun

Murder Ballads

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

3/5

Electric Warrior

T. Rex

4/5

G. Love And Special Sauce

G. Love & Special Sauce

3/5

It was enjoyable. The last five songs were a bit of a dud.

Snivilisation

Orbital

4/5

This was interesting.

#1 Record

Big Star

3/5

My Generation

The Who

3/5

KIWANUKA

Michael Kiwanuka

5/5

Hot damn. This was fucking amazing.

Back to Basics

Christina Aguilera

3/5

C'est Chic

CHIC

2/5

Birth Of The Cool

Miles Davis

3/5

Felt Mountain

Goldfrapp

3/5

Unique but got uninteresting pretty fast.

Fun House

The Stooges

3/5

Physical Graffiti

Led Zeppelin

4/5

System Of A Down

4/5

...Baby One More Time

Britney Spears

4/5

Aftermath

The Rolling Stones

3/5

Bossanova

Pixies

3/5

Palo Congo

Sabu

2/5

Too Rye Ay

Dexys Midnight Runners

3/5

Music From Big Pink

The Band

2/5

The Queen Is Dead

The Smiths

3/5

Are You Experienced

Jimi Hendrix

4/5

What's Going On

Marvin Gaye

2/5

Another Music In A Different Kitchen

Buzzcocks

2/5

Come Away With Me

Norah Jones

4/5

Very relaxing 😌

Happy Sad

Tim Buckley

2/5

Elephant

The White Stripes

3/5

Selling England By The Pound

Genesis

3/5

Slayed?

Slade

4/5

Wolverhampton's own. It was fun. Enjoyed it.

Hounds Of Love

Kate Bush

4/5

The Healer

John Lee Hooker

3/5

Having listened to old John Lee Hooker, this album is different. The Santana collaboration was a bit meh. Apart from that it's decent album. I guess its a good introductory album to JLH and probably the reason why it is on this list.

Welcome To The Pleasuredome

Frankie Goes To Hollywood

3/5

I had heard 3-4 songs in the past without knowing it was them. Kinda surprised.

Pet Sounds

The Beach Boys

4/5

OK Computer

Radiohead

5/5

Me Against The World

2Pac

5/5

Absolutely loved it. Thug life, my man.

Juju

Siouxsie And The Banshees

5/5

The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan

4/5

Fragile

Yes

3/5

Ragged Glory

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

1/5

Not sure if this is essential and also too long.

Pearl

Janis Joplin

4/5

What a voice

3 + 3

The Isley Brothers

2/5

It didn't blow my mind

The Who Sell Out

The Who

2/5

Why is this an essential? Maybe the concept was cool at the time. Maybe it was influential at the time. I just didn't find it special.

american dream

LCD Soundsystem

3/5

I think this is a pretty decent album. But, why are the songs so long?

Brothers In Arms

Dire Straits

3/5

Let's Stay Together

Al Green

4/5

Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs

Marty Robbins

4/5

Pelican West

Haircut 100

4/5

Paranoid

Black Sabbath

5/5

One of the greatest. Riffs galore

Getz/Gilberto

Stan Getz

1/5

Music for the Masses

Depeche Mode

5/5

This album sounds pretty dark. Can't decide if it's a 4 or 5 for me. I think I'm going to give it a 5.

Guero

Beck

5/5

...The Dandy Warhols Come Down

The Dandy Warhols

2/5

In Our Heads

Hot Chip

3/5

1984

Van Halen

5/5

Panama and Hot for teacher alone is worth 4 stars. The rest of the album is not just good, it's fucking good. So it's a 5.

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness

The Smashing Pumpkins

5/5

This is a long album. But, there are way too many songs in here that are 4s and 5s. So this album is a 5 for me. Definitely a must listen.

Hybrid Theory

Linkin Park

4/5

First time listening to this album. I didn't expect it to be so heavy. Linkin Park definitely has a unique sound that has to be appreciated. Including this album in the list definitely helps one understand the early 2000 era. I totally agree with this album being here. ⭐⭐⭐⭐

808 State

2/5

Graceland

Paul Simon

3/5

Pills 'n' Thrills And Bellyaches

Happy Mondays

3/5

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

David Bowie

4/5

Architecture And Morality

Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark

3/5

Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul

Otis Redding

3/5

Antichrist Superstar

Marilyn Manson

3/5

Sheer Heart Attack

Queen

4/5

Never knew Queen went so hard.

Five Leaves Left

Nick Drake

3/5

The Rise & Fall

Madness

2/5

Since I Left You

The Avalanches

3/5

Get Behind Me Satan

The White Stripes

4/5

Out Of The Blue

Electric Light Orchestra

4/5

Electric Prunes

The Electric Prunes

2/5

Zombie

Fela Kuti

3/5

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

Arctic Monkeys

4/5

It's full of energy

Le Tigre

4/5

I don't know how influential it was but it was fun

Tubular Bells

Mike Oldfield

2/5

Lady In Satin

Billie Holiday

2/5

Lady Soul

Aretha Franklin

5/5

Deloused in the Comatorium

The Mars Volta

3/5

A Seat at the Table

Solange

3/5

It was pretty good but got a bit boring

Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music

Ray Charles

3/5

Enjoyed it but nothing too special

You Are The Quarry

Morrissey

3/5

Kilimanjaro

The Teardrop Explodes

2/5

This Is Hardcore

Pulp

3/5

Nilsson Schmilsson

Harry Nilsson

2/5

Electric Music For The Mind And Body

Country Joe & The Fish

3/5

Apocalypse 91… The Enemy Strikes Black

Public Enemy

4/5

Surrealistic Pillow

Jefferson Airplane

3/5

Here's Little Richard

Little Richard

4/5

The Downward Spiral

Nine Inch Nails

5/5

Man's a genius in a fucked up kind of way

Slippery When Wet

Bon Jovi

4/5

This was fun. Two massive songs and the rest were pretty fun to listen to.

At Mister Kelly's

Sarah Vaughan

4/5

Siembra

Willie Colón & Rubén Blades

1/5

Ok I've been through few salsa and samba albums now. I listened to every one of them all the way through. And I've concluded that - yeah this shit is not for me.

Lam Toro

Baaba Maal

4/5

Enjoyed it more than all the salsa and samba albums I had been getting. In my book, this album is a 4.

Nevermind

Nirvana

5/5

What can I say - this album is the GOAT

The Colour Of Spring

Talk Talk

2/5

Rings Around The World

Super Furry Animals

4/5

Surprisingly good 😊

Your Arsenal

Morrissey

2/5

I don't get Morrissey.

Blood On The Tracks

Bob Dylan

3/5

At San Quentin

Johnny Cash

3/5

The Specials

4/5

ay-ay-ay, ay-ay-ay them a tell me you huggin' up a big monkey man

Iron Maiden

4/5

Colour By Numbers

Culture Club

3/5

Chirping Crickets

Buddy Holly & The Crickets

3/5

She's So Unusual

Cyndi Lauper

4/5

Yes, this was fun.

Horses

Patti Smith

3/5

Take Me Apart

Kelela

3/5

Interesting production. Few good songs but it didn't seem too groundbreaking.

L.A. Woman

The Doors

4/5

Automatic For The People

R.E.M.

3/5

It's a good album but a slog to listen to.

Chemtrails Over The Country Club

Lana Del Rey

3/5

I'm not mad about this album being included in this list. But it's slow as hell. Sounds nice and good but just too damn slow and sad.

Appetite For Destruction

Guns N' Roses

4/5

Dusty In Memphis

Dusty Springfield

4/5

Talking Heads 77

Talking Heads

3/5

Dry

PJ Harvey

3/5

Started great then it was just meh

Abbey Road

Beatles

4/5

Listening to Abbey Road for the first time and I can see why it is considered one of the greatest albums of all time.

Cosmo's Factory

Creedence Clearwater Revival

3/5

Duck Stab/Buster & Glen

The Residents

4/5

Definitely a must listen for sure. Now that I've heard it I won't be listening to it again. 😂 Regardless it was interesting listen. It didn't feel pretentious and was kind of playful. So I think it's a 4 in my book.

The Only Ones

3/5

It wasn't that bad.

We're Only In It For The Money

The Mothers Of Invention

1/5

It was a bit pointless

Violent Femmes

2/5

Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots

The Flaming Lips

2/5

Like Radiohead without much variation. Probably made sense at the time it came out but it's too sad sounding.

Roxy Music

2/5

Stardust

Willie Nelson

5/5

I wasn't expecting to enjoy this album at all. This is a fantastic album. Absolutely loved it.

Teen Dream

Beach House

3/5

Amnesiac

Radiohead

3/5

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector

Various Artists

2/5

Surfer Rosa

Pixies

4/5

A lot more fun than Bossanova

Ace of Spades

Motörhead

4/5

Pure badassery

Rubber Soul

Beatles

3/5

Back To Black

Amy Winehouse

4/5

Live And Dangerous

Thin Lizzy

3/5

The Sounds Of India

Ravi Shankar

2/5

Not for me

Led Zeppelin IV

Led Zeppelin

5/5

Nebraska

Bruce Springsteen

2/5

Not a fan of the sound. Appreciate Bruce singing about the struggles of the common people and the album definitely sets the mood. But I just found it a bit boring.

American Pie

Don McLean

4/5

Very mellow and nice sounding album. Compared to Bruce Springsteen's acoustic album I got the day before this sounds way better produced. Enjoyed it.

Sister

Sonic Youth

4/5

Unique sound which has to be appreciated.

Funeral

Arcade Fire

3/5