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Album	You	Global	Diff
Hms Fable Shack	5	2.76	+2.24
A Date With The Everly Brothers The Everly Brothers	5	2.96	+2.04
Midnight Ride Paul Revere & The Raiders	5	3	+2
Real Life Magazine	5	3.06	+1.94
Heartattack And Vine Tom Waits	5	3.07	+1.93
Street Life The Crusaders	5	3.09	+1.91
Roger the Engineer The Yardbirds	5	3.11	+1.89
Chicago Transit Authority Chicago	5	3.2	+1.8
Only By The Night Kings of Leon	5	3.24	+1.76
Every Picture Tells A Story Rod Stewart	5	3.24	+1.76

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Rage Against The Machine Rage Against The Machine	1	3.99	-2.99
Pet Sounds The Beach Boys	1	3.93	-2.93
KIWANUKA Michael Kiwanuka	1	3.74	-2.74
Dummy Portishead	1	3.71	-2.71
The Score Fugees	1	3.69	-2.69
The Velvet Underground & Nico The Velvet Underground	1	3.61	-2.61
1999 Prince	1	3.6	-2.6
In The Court Of The Crimson King King Crimson	1	3.6	-2.6
Funeral Arcade Fire	1	3.56	-2.56
Stankonia OutKast	1	3.55	-2.55

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Artist	Albums	Average
AC/DC	2	5
Steely Dan	2	5
Simon & Garfunkel	2	5
Beatles	3	4.33

Least Favorites

Artist	Albums	Average
Prince	2	1
The Beach Boys	2	1
Public Enemy	2	1
Joni Mitchell	2	1.5
Morrissey	2	1.5
The Velvet Underground	2	1.5
David Bowie	3	2

Controversial

Artist	Ratings
The Who	5, 1
Johnny Cash	5, 2
Curtis Mayfield	5, 2
David Bowie	4, 1, 1

5-Star Albums (56)

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Blackstar

David Bowie · 1 likes

1/5

Well That sucked

Crossing the Red Sea With the Adverts

The Adverts · 1 likes

1/5

English punk. Its all the same. None has held up to the test of time.

Closer

Joy Division · 1 likes

1/5

Shit

Figure 8

Elliott Smith · 1 likes

1/5

Slow uninspired

It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back

Public Enemy · 1 likes

1/5

Couldn't bring myself to waste time listening to this garbage. It was horrible the first time i listened when it was released and I can't imagine it age very well. Less then .0000001 stars

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It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back

Spy Vs. Spy: The Music Of Ornette Coleman

All Ratings

Blue

Joni Mitchell

1/5

Never understand why joni mitchell is considered a great singer. After listening to this, still don't understand.

One Nation Under A Groove

Funkadelic

1/5

Sucks

Tusk

Fleetwood Mac

4/5

Two great songs that I would call iconic, Sara and Tusk. If I didn't know who fleetwood mac was I would have never listened past the first song.

Black Sabbath

4/5

Good albim

Station To Station

David Bowie

4/5

Good album. I have always been a bowie fan

Cosmo's Factory

Creedence Clearwater Revival

5/5

CCR is the best. I have never found any recording that is not worth listening to

Music in Exile

Songhoy Blues

1/5

Bad bad bad. Direct rip off of american blues. When the brit bands of the 60's were influenced by the blues at lest they changed them and made them thier own. Not being in a language I speak made it all that much worse. This sould not be on any list. I give it a .001

Who's Next

The Who

5/5

The Who. That's all that needs to be said.

Buena Vista Social Club

5/5

Excellent. This is a great example of the music the influenced many artists of the 60s and 70s

Get Rich Or Die Tryin'

50 Cent

1/5

This has not aged well at all. It was bad when released and is worse now. The words rap and music soild never be used in the same sentence.

Figure 8

Elliott Smith

1/5

Slow uninspired

Led Zeppelin III

Led Zeppelin

2/5

I have never been a zeppelin fan. I tried again by listening to this album. I still don't see the appeal. It is slightly better than expected but I won't waste my time listening to it again

american dream

LCD Soundsystem

2/5

Ok listen. Not a fan of electronic music

Group Sex

Circle Jerks

3/5

Great example of early punk.

Sign 'O' The Times

Prince

1/5

80s electronic music was bad then and worse now. This is a 2 at best. Prince has sme great songs but none here.

Floodland

Sisters Of Mercy

3/5

American IV: The Man Comes Around

Johnny Cash

5/5

Ya gotta love johnny

Yank Crime

Drive Like Jehu

1/5

I'm beginning to think this site is all about trying to find out how many bad albums they can make me listen to. This one is real bad

The Stone Roses

5/5

I joined this site to find some g[d music I have not heard before. This album finally made that come true.

Closer

Joy Division

1/5

Shit

A Little Deeper

Ms. Dynamite

1/5

More hip hop shit.

Hot Fuss

The Killers

5/5

The killers.are.a great band. Finally some good music

Wonderful Rainbow

Lightning Bolt

1/5

If this was performed by a grade school garage band, ot would still be shit.

Sticky Fingers

The Rolling Stones

5/5

One of the stones best

Exile In Guyville

Liz Phair

1/5

The music started good. Then she started to sing and things went south. She sings off key and out of tone.

Raw Power

The Stooges

2/5

Very

Pet Shop Boys

3/5

Your Arsenal

Morrissey

2/5

Paul's Boutique

Beastie Boys

1/5

Chelsea Girl

Nico

1/5

I think a woke up in a bad midevil fair. But the music is worse.

Back In Black

AC/DC

5/5

10.

Power In Numbers

Jurassic 5

1/5

Rap is bad. Slow rap is just as bad

Stankonia

OutKast

1/5

Again rip is bad. I know it has a place in the world, just not my world.

Viva Hate

Morrissey

1/5

Morrissey sucks

Remain In Light

Talking Heads

5/5

Great change from the main stream.

Tracy Chapman

5/5

Great

Highway to Hell

AC/DC

5/5

Top shelf stuff

The Libertines

2/5

Music was ok. Vocals were hard to understand

Band On The Run

Paul McCartney and Wings

4/5

There are some gtreat songs here. But the lYrr tracks are just filler and seem to be played that way

Van Halen

5/5

Still great. I listened to this when it came out. It was great then and still is

Disraeli Gears

Cream

5/5

Cream is a fantastic musical group

Gentlemen

The Afghan Whigs

4/5

This is why I started doing this list. Finally someone i never heard before that is worth the time to listen.

Rage Against The Machine

1/5

To much rage.

Don't Stand Me Down

Dexys Midnight Runners

4/5

Much better then I thought it would be.

The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter

The Incredible String Band

1/5

I don't have the words to describe this shit.

Snivilisation

Orbital

1/5

I have a Casio keyboard and a talented 5 5 year old. I think we could match this stuff.

Black Holes and Revelations

Muse

5/5

Wow. A great example of good music

Out Of The Blue

Electric Light Orchestra

5/5

Classic. Top of the line.

The Contino Sessions

Death In Vegas

1/5

1 that all

Aja

Steely Dan

5/5

Excellent. Love the the sound of that era.

A Date With The Everly Brothers

The Everly Brothers

5/5

Great classic music. Fabulous harmony

Bryter Layter

Nick Drake

5/5

This is why I started this. Good music that I have never heard before. This is great example of what folk music can be.

Mothership Connection

Parliament

5/5

That's a big chunk o funk. But I liked it. Nit normally a fan of electric music, this somehow works.

3 Feet High and Rising

De La Soul

1/5

Wow so much rap. And it all is bad

Real Life

Magazine

5/5

Great example of 70s punk.

Sweet Baby James

James Taylor

3/5

Good but in my opinion not he's best.

Low

David Bowie

1/5

For being aan icon of music he can sure put out some bad albums.

This Year's Model

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

3/5

When i was younger I never saw the appeal of Elvis Costello. I listened to this with an open mind. It is much better then expected. But it is still unclear his appeal.

The Modern Dance

Pere Ubu

1/5

I started when I thought it can't get worse this came along.

Surf's Up

The Beach Boys

1/5

I worked at a concert venue years ago. I was never star struck so I worked the green room most of the time. The beach boys played there and were not good to work with. This album reconfirmed wy bad taste for them.

Superfly

Curtis Mayfield

5/5

Loved the movie. Love the music. SUPERFLY

Paris 1919

John Cale

1/5

Not good.

Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

5/5

I was very surprised when I listened to this. I could hear definite influence from the stars of 70s. I liked this alot

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

The Kinks

2/5

Just ok. I am a fan of the kinks. But this was just ok

Birth Of The Cool

Miles Davis

3/5

I do appreciate the talent and work that goes into the music. Im still not into jazz.

Like A Prayer

Madonna

2/5

2 ok songs

Bridge Over Troubled Water

Simon & Garfunkel

5/5

This takes me back to childhood. I remember when my sister brought this album home and first put it on. It is one of my first musical memories. Still love the harmony. Now that I understand music, I still love this.

At Newport 1960

Muddy Waters

5/5

Love me some blues

Live / Dead

Grateful Dead

3/5

Not one of thier est

If I Should Fall From Grace With God

The Pogues

3/5

Good. I can here Mumford and son's in it.and the vocals reminded me of Rulf the dog from the Muppets

Dummy

Portishead

1/5

I hate electronic music

More Specials

The Specials

1/5

Nothing special with the specials

Os Mutantes

1/5

Wow more techno shit.

Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)

Eurythmics

4/5

Good. Haven't listened to that in a long time. Some lasted the test of time, of it aged poorly.

Stardust

Willie Nelson

5/5

I love this one. I bought it when it first came out. Over the years I've had it on cassette, disc, and have it downloaded. It just gets better with time.

Getz/Gilberto

Stan Getz

5/5

Love the ez listening,

Bitches Brew

Miles Davis

2/5

Jazz is not my taste.

1999

Prince

1/5

Picture this: 1982 I'm a senior in high school. Prince 1999 is on the charts. With enthusiasm i listen to it. Blank. So I listened again. Some emotions. So I listened again. Ahhh there it is : this shit sucks. 40plus years later. Still sucks

Winter In America

Gil Scott-Heron

3/5

Good

We're Only In It For The Money

The Mothers Of Invention

1/5

Tg sex pistols, the velvet underground, And the mother's of invention. Are all the most overrated untalented waste of time bands out there. This album is nothing but nonsense and noise.

Moby Grape

3/5

Not much excitement here. The music was good. But I found myself turning down the volume because it was slow and simple.

Graceland

Paul Simon

5/5

Great music. I have listened to this for years.

It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back

Public Enemy

1/5

Couldn't bring myself to waste time listening to this garbage. It was horrible the first time i listened when it was released and I can't imagine it age very well. Less then .0000001 stars

Mama Said Knock You Out

LL Cool J

1/5

More rap crap not worth a listen

Back At The Chicken Shack

Jimmy Smith

5/5

I do like smooth jazz. The sax and organ work great together.

New Wave

The Auteurs

3/5

Music is good but the songs get repetitive. They all sound similar, by the last one they all sound the same.

Black Metal

Venom

2/5

To much devil. Had the potential to be an ok metal album but missed the mark

Only By The Night

Kings of Leon

5/5

Great recording. I have this on my Playlist.

Fear Of A Black Planet

Public Enemy

1/5

Faust IV

Faust

3/5

Double Nickels On The Dime

Minutemen

2/5

Raising Hell

Run-D.M.C.

1/5

More rap crap. Please stop

Peggy Suicide

Julian Cope

1/5

Slow repetitive and bad lyrics. Good combination for a bad album.

James Brown Live At The Apollo

James Brown

1/5

Live albums are mostly a waste. The sound is bad the songs arnt as good

You Want It Darker

Leonard Cohen

4/5

He wrote one the greatest songs ever. And his lyrics and poetry wonderful. That said. His music and voice are slow and depressing. But I still like it

Odelay

Beck

2/5

Not my cup of tea.

The Hissing Of Summer Lawns

Joni Mitchell

2/5

Second joni mitchell album. Still not a fan.

Ten

Pearl Jam

3/5

Music for the Masses

Depeche Mode

2/5

Slow electronic music is still electronic. Not g[d but not terrible.

Garbage

5/5

I like it

Paranoid

Black Sabbath

5/5

Great album. Everyone's got to love ironman.

BEYONCÉ

Beyoncé

2/5

I don't like hip hop. But this was better then most

There's No Place Like America Today

Curtis Mayfield

2/5

Slow and all the songs sounded the same. Did not finish listening to this.

The United States Of America

1/5

Bad acid trip involving killer clowns and homicidal acrobatic weirdos.

Oxygène

Jean-Michel Jarre

1/5

When i listened to this i felt like I was in a 70s vidio game. Not good.

Franz Ferdinand

3/5

First song was great then down hill from there.

Central Reservation

Beth Orton

3/5

Itsok

Can't Buy A Thrill

Steely Dan

5/5

Steely dan at thier best

The Score

Fugees

1/5

More bad rap. I was under the impression this was for music. So far I have had alot of stuff that is so bad no one with taste would waste time on. That being said. This is bad

Abbey Road

Beatles

5/5

Best of the Beatles

I Against I

Bad Brains

4/5

Decent metal. Not over the top. Not main stream.

Swordfishtrombones

Tom Waits

3/5

It want as bad as people I talked to made it sound.

Disintegration

The Cure

3/5

Good but not my speed

Little Earthquakes

Tori Amos

3/5

Not bad.

Too Rye Ay

Dexys Midnight Runners

3/5

Not the best from the midnight runners.

Pearl

Janis Joplin

5/5

I have not been a fan of Janis Joplin. I will admit I listened to and was influenced by other people's opinions. But I listened to this with an open mind and was surprised by how much I liked it. Janis you have a new fan.

The Wall

Pink Floyd

5/5

Great classic

Casanova

The Divine Comedy

2/5

All song are the same. Norhing new or innovative here

The Hour Of Bewilderbeast

Badly Drawn Boy

1/5

I normally put on the daily album when I get home and do my nightly jobs to keep the home going. Today I mowed the lawn. Listening to this made the the 1hour job seem like 3 hours. I would not listen to this again

White Blood Cells

The White Stripes

2/5

The white stripes have one good song. Its not on this album.

Loveless

My Bloody Valentine

1/5

Bad

Midnight Ride

Paul Revere & The Raiders

5/5

Another great album that takes me back to my youth.

The White Room

The KLF

1/5

The Chronic

Dr. Dre

1/5

KIWANUKA

Michael Kiwanuka

1/5

Diamond Life

Sade

2/5

Ellington at Newport

Duke Ellington

2/5

Don't like live recordings

Slipknot

2/5

Pink Flag

Wire

1/5

Punk. Not my favorite.

The Scream

Siouxsie And The Banshees

1/5

Hot Buttered Soul

Isaac Hayes

5/5

Great stuff. Anyone who can take a glen Campbell song a stretch it time 18 minutes and make it work is amazing.

Rejoicing In The Hands

Devendra Banhart

3/5

No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith (Live)

Motörhead

2/5

I don't like live albums. Motorhead is not my favorite. That equals 2

What's Going On

Marvin Gaye

5/5

The songs on this are great.

Blackstar

David Bowie

1/5

Well That sucked

All That You Can't Leave Behind

3/5

Much better then I thought it would be. I don't like the whining quality of the vocals.

Roxy Music

1/5

I listened to the monstrosity of Roxy music. It has bad vocals singing horrible songs,each sounding worse than the last.

Endtroducing.....

DJ Shadow

1/5

This is someone playing someone else and calling it thier own

Foo Fighters

4/5

Never have been a foo fighter fan. My brothers say I should listen to them with an open mind,so I did. The talent is definitely there. And it was much better then I expected.

Country Life

Roxy Music

3/5

This is the second album by roxy music that I have had on my list. The first was I was almost unable to listen to. This set my expectations low. I was surprised when I made it through all of this without wanting to shut it off. The vocals were much better then on roxy music. The song on this one have focus and made sence. But the album is still not good.

With The Beatles

Beatles

3/5

Not bad.

Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme

Simon & Garfunkel

5/5

Love this album. Full of great songs

Timeless

Goldie

1/5

I tried. I just don't like tecno. The first song was 22 minutes of the same thing over and over and over and over... I high school music nurd with a keyboard could make this. The other songs were different titles, but the same thing in a faster or slower tempo.

Achtung Baby

1/5

Oh ya now I remember, U2 is way over rated. The one song that was good enough to listen to did not make up for the rest on the album.

Transformer

Lou Reed

3/5

Out oof all the velvet underground rejects lou reed is the only one with talent. At that this has one iconic song. The rest are tolerable.

Spy Vs. Spy: The Music Of Ornette Coleman

John Zorn

1/5

Bad. I don't get the attention of this kind of jazz. And before any hip cats who think they are in the know say, " if I have to explain it you won't get it". Everyone living in the real world know you have no clue eather.

Kenya

Machito

5/5

Great recording. I felt like I was in a night club from a great Hollywood movie of the 40s.

The Fat Of The Land

The Prodigy

1/5

Wow that was bad

White Light / White Heat

The Velvet Underground

2/5

Velvet underground is an interesting and influential band. But this is still weird by today's standards

Smash

The Offspring

4/5

The offspring have some good music. Theis album is good but the songs sound the same

Fear and Whiskey

Mekons

1/5

Whole moly that is bad.

Marquee Moon

Television

4/5

Much better then expected. I knew of the history of television and cbgbs. So o. Was expecting more punk sound.

Pet Sounds

The Beach Boys

1/5

Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music

Ray Charles

5/5

Top notch. Love the style and song choices.

At San Quentin

Johnny Cash

2/5

Why to much talking. Im not a fan of live recordings.

The Coral

2/5

Not for me.

Heartattack And Vine

Tom Waits

5/5

This made me rethink my opinion of tom waits. I was never a fan. Now I find myself listening to this more thin once. The deep rough vocals and slow songs were great

Funeral

Arcade Fire

1/5

If you want to listen to the talking heads, this is a good album for you.

The Queen Is Dead

The Smiths

3/5

This was better then I thought it would be. After listening to other smiths recordings I had low expectations. I was pleasantly surprised.

Immigrés

Youssou N'Dour

4/5

Not to bad. This would be great background music for a dinner with friends or a game night

Venus Luxure No. 1 Baby

Girls Against Boys

1/5

Wow I was able to skip and fast forward through this in about 30 seconds and didn't miss a thing.

Live And Dangerous

Thin Lizzy

5/5

Good stuff

Private Dancer

Tina Turner

4/5

There are a few great songs here. Over all good music

Talvin Singh

1/5

It sounds like a high school music student laying down his jams on his Casio keyboard at the food court of the local mall

Deja Vu

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

5/5

All great songs.

I Should Coco

Supergrass

3/5

Nothing on here that cought my ear. It was ok but not special.

Ready To Die

The Notorious B.I.G.

1/5

I turned it on. Skipped through it. Its as bad now as before. Turned it off

Smokers Delight

Nightmares On Wax

1/5

Tecno should have one, two maybe three albums on this list just to acknowledge it is a kind of music. But I think I have had at least 10. Way to much bad stuff

Exodus

Bob Marley & The Wailers

5/5

Classic

Bug

Dinosaur Jr.

3/5

Started great. But as the songs progress they are each not as good as the last

The Modern Lovers

2/5

Great for a punk sounding band.

Djam Leelii

Baaba Maal

2/5

Again things like this have a nitch market, Hipster coffee shop trust fund winers. The other 99 percent of us listing to stuff like this and say nay. Its not bad just not good and should never be on any album listen to list.

In Utero

Nirvana

2/5

All nirvana songs sound the same. Slow start, same beat, load finish. Same is boring

Blood Sugar Sex Magik

Red Hot Chili Peppers

5/5

Always good to listen to a good album

Hms Fable

Shack

5/5

Music is great.

The Velvet Underground & Nico

The Velvet Underground

1/5

Still not a fan.

Locust Abortion Technician

Butthole Surfers

2/5

These guys have some great music. But not on this album

Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite

Maxwell

4/5

Good r and b .

Pelican West

Haircut 100

3/5

Good music.

Bossanova

Pixies

3/5

This ok

Scum

Napalm Death

1/5

Bad

You've Come a Long Way Baby

Fatboy Slim

1/5

More tecno shit. Wow this shit sucks

Sunshine Hit Me

The Bees

1/5

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

Elton John

5/5

Great music by a great musician and lyricist.

Twelve Dreams Of Dr. Sardonicus

Spirit

3/5

It has hints of the Ozark mountain daredevil. But not as good

Kick Out The Jams (Live)

MC5

1/5

Today was not a good day for this type of noise. Live recordings sound bad and the music was cheep at best

New Boots And Panties

Ian Dury

1/5

Physical Graffiti

Led Zeppelin

2/5

One of the better albums from led zeppelin. Still one of the most overrated bands ever.

Everything Must Go

Manic Street Preachers

1/5

Bad 90s alt shit

Zombie

Fela Kuti

5/5

Good stuff

Joan Armatrading

5/5

Now this why I started this list. Some i never was exposed to before and is worth listening. Great music great songs great vocals.

Adele

1/5

The vocals were fantastic, then song 2 same vocals. Song 3 more of the same. Song 4 the same. The same. Same.

The Cars

5/5

Great music from a great band

Street Life

The Crusaders

5/5

Good stuff.

In The Court Of The Crimson King

King Crimson

1/5

I couldn't take enough drugs to make this good.

Among The Living

Anthrax

1/5

Not a fan

Being There

Wilco

3/5

Slow

A Hard Day's Night

Beatles

5/5

Chicago Transit Authority

Chicago

5/5

Great

Halcyon Digest

Deerhunter

1/5

Good thing I wasn't driving with this shit on. I would have fallen asleep and hurt someone.

Gris Gris

Dr. John

2/5

Not the best on the list.

Off The Wall

Michael Jackson

2/5

This is a good album by a talented men. But I will never listen again.

Roger the Engineer

The Yardbirds

5/5

I liked it.

Broken English

Marianne Faithfull

1/5

This a reason the wish for a quick death. With a quick death i would not have had to listen to more then one of these slow feel shitty songs

Daydream Nation

Sonic Youth

3/5

Not bad for punk

Heaven Or Las Vegas

Cocteau Twins

1/5

It is a shame that of all the music in the world that could have made the list I keep having to listen to crap.

Crossing the Red Sea With the Adverts

The Adverts

1/5

English punk. Its all the same. None has held up to the test of time.

Bitte Orca

Dirty Projectors

1/5

Bad

The Man Machine

Kraftwerk

1/5

More bad stuff on the list that is s'pose to be music.

The Who Sell Out

The Who

1/5

I like the who. But this is shit

Every Picture Tells A Story

Rod Stewart

5/5

One of rods best

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness

The Smashing Pumpkins

4/5