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Album	You	Global	Diff
Freak Out! The Mothers Of Invention	5	2.84	+2.16
Apple Venus Volume 1 XTC	5	2.85	+2.15
Shake Your Money Maker The Black Crowes	5	3.29	+1.71
The Number Of The Beast Iron Maiden	5	3.59	+1.41
Graceland Paul Simon	5	3.74	+1.26
Appetite For Destruction Guns N' Roses	5	3.74	+1.26
Broken English Marianne Faithfull	4	2.88	+1.12

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
A Love Supreme John Coltrane	1	3.63	-2.63
Parklife Blur	1	3.38	-2.38
The Gershwin Songbook Ella Fitzgerald	2	3.53	-1.53
Raising Hell Run-D.M.C.	2	3.51	-1.51
...And Justice For All Metallica	2	3.43	-1.43
Either Or Elliott Smith	2	3.38	-1.38
At Mister Kelly's Sarah Vaughan	2	3.38	-1.38
Elvis Presley Elvis Presley	2	3.38	-1.38
Doggystyle Snoop Dogg	2	3.37	-1.37
Fear Of A Black Planet Public Enemy	2	3.34	-1.34

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Artist	Albums	Average
Pink Floyd	2	5

5-Star Albums (11)

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Everything Must Go

Manic Street Preachers

4/5

Never heard of these guys, but based on the reviews they had a fantastic earlier album that I'm now looking forward to. Strong start with Elvis Impersonator, and I really liked Everything Must Go. 4*, close to 5.

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Siamese Dream

The Smashing Pumpkins

3/5

Better than expected. An interesting combination of grunge and softer, more orchestral rock.

Nevermind

Nirvana

4/5

Haven't listened to the "b-side" of this album in years, but it was still a good listen.

Live And Dangerous

Thin Lizzy

3/5

I've never been a big Thin Lizzy fan, and so I've never listened to a full album. This was pretty good. Not great, but not really any bad songs.

Either Or

Elliott Smith

2/5

This was the first artist I've never listened to before on this list. It's not my normal type of music, but it's not bad, and I feel like I enjoyed the last few tracks more than the others, so maybe I gradually got into the mood for it or maybe I just prefer the later tracks.

Odessey And Oracle

The Zombies

4/5

A great album I've never listened to before. The story behind it makes it even more wild that it's held up for more than 50 years.

Hunky Dory

David Bowie

4/5

Great album! Several of the songs I've never listened to before were jams.

Achtung Baby

4/5

Good album. A few songs I haven't heard that were all pretty good.

The Bones Of What You Believe

CHVRCHES

3/5

I've been a big fan of The Mother We Share since it came out, but don't think I ever listened to the whole album. Nothing else was really stand-out, but it was good enough that, with the jam it starts out with, it earned 3*, but it was close to 2.

...And Justice For All

Metallica

2/5

I don't know why I dislike this album when I like similar genres, but even One was just ok, and it went downhill from there.

Hot Fuss

The Killers

4/5

I grew up with the singles, althought I haven't listened to the whole album in years. Looking at the track list, I was worried that it would taper off after All These Things That I've Done and I was right. It was okay after that, but it brought it from a possible 5* to a low 4*.

Smash

The Offspring

4/5

I'm a fan of slightly later Offspring, but this album is still a solid listen with mostly good songs and few greats. 4*

Band On The Run

Paul McCartney and Wings

3/5

I was a bit underwhelmed by this album. It was alright, but outside of the title song there weren't any songs that really grabbed me. 3*

Tuesday Night Music Club

Sheryl Crow

3/5

Started off strong, had a couple of iffy songs in the middle, All I Wanna Do brought it back and then it had a disappointing ending (which is pretty common). If the middle or ending hadn't tapered off I would've called this 4*, but it's a high 3.

Led Zeppelin III

Led Zeppelin

4/5

Growing up I always preferred I and IV, and I think I stand by that opinion. But this is a great album, despite how weird Hats Off to (Roy) Harper is. I'm tempted to give this 5*, but I think I'm going to leave it at a high 4*.

Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea

PJ Harvey

3/5

Never heard of her before, so I went in with no expectations. I feel like I should have liked the album more than I did, so I'll have to come back to it at some point in the future. 3*

The Score

Fugees

3/5

I'm not much of hip hop person, but this was pretty good. 3*

My Generation

The Who

3/5

I kind of expected more from this album. It was good, but not great. 3*

Something/Anything?

Todd Rundgren

2/5

Not really my cup of tea, but wouldn't be bad as background music. Wolfman Jack was pretty good, but the rest wasn't for me. 2*

Melody A.M.

Röyksopp

2/5

Not bad vibing music, but not something I'd go out of my way to listen to. I debated between 2 and 3* for this one, because it was actually pretty good for what it was, but as I doubt I'll ever listen to it again I'm going to go with 2*.

Doggystyle

Snoop Dogg

2/5

Not bad, but not something I'd really want to listen to again.

Getz/Gilberto

Stan Getz

3/5

Good album, but not great. Relaxing. 3*

Green Onions

Booker T. & The MG's

3/5

Started off strong. Pretty good album for instrumental music, which I'm not typically into. Solid 3*.

The White Room

The KLF

3/5

The original was unavailable, so I listened to the "Director's Cut." I went in with pretty low expectations, and honestly this album was kind of interesting. It seemed to almost alternate between songs that I thought were really solid and songs that I wanted to turn off. I was debating what to give this, and honestly I think there are enough good songs to merit 3*.

Let It Bleed

The Rolling Stones

4/5

Starts off and ends with fantastic songs, but I was hoping for more from the middle of the album. The country version of Honky Tonk Woman was quite interesting, especially as that's how the song was originally written and the rest was fine, but not great. Debated between high 3 and low 4, but going to go with 4*.

Blood On The Tracks

Bob Dylan

3/5

A solid album, and worth listening to, but not many great songs.

Brilliant Corners

Thelonious Monk

2/5

Not a bad album, but it's just not for me.

Led Zeppelin II

Led Zeppelin

5/5

Fantastic album. Worth my first 5* rating

Nowhere

Ride

2/5

I felt like I should have liked this album more than I did. Maybe I just wasn't in the right mood for it.

Mothership Connection

Parliament

3/5

Not bad, was jamming until the last song. 3*

Raising Hell

Run-D.M.C.

2/5

Better than I expected, but still probably 2*.

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

Elton John

4/5

The Stooges

2/5

Talk Talk Talk

The Psychedelic Furs

2/5

Not bad, but got old after a few songs.

Freak Out!

The Mothers Of Invention

5/5

I went into this expecting weird nonsense, and I definitely got that, but I also got a lot more really solid music that I didn't expect. The satire and the zaniness were peak, and the music was just behind.

The Slim Shady LP

Eminem

3/5

Green River

Creedence Clearwater Revival

4/5

Great album. 4*

Heroes

David Bowie

3/5

Started off and ended strong, but got kind of weird in the middle. 3*

The Idiot

Iggy Pop

2/5

Good, but no great songs. I didn't realize how tight he and Bowie were, but it's very obvious by this album.

The Gershwin Songbook

Ella Fitzgerald

2/5

Just too long to listen to. A handful of pretty good songs, but by the end I just wanted it to be over. 2*

Highway to Hell

AC/DC

4/5

Moving Pictures

Rush

4/5

Apple Venus Volume 1

XTC

5/5

Never heard of this band, and almost skipped it because I don't like listening on YouTube. But I'm glad I listened, because this was fantastic.

The Pleasure Principle

Gary Numan

2/5

Pet Sounds

The Beach Boys

4/5

Darkness on the Edge of Town

Bruce Springsteen

4/5

The Dark Side Of The Moon

Pink Floyd

5/5

Another Music In A Different Kitchen

Buzzcocks

3/5

At Budokan

Cheap Trick

3/5

3*. The first album I've gotten where the B side has done all of the heavy lifting.

The Village Green Preservation Society

The Kinks

3/5

Bayou Country

Creedence Clearwater Revival

4/5

White Blood Cells

The White Stripes

3/5

Sound Affects

The Jam

3/5

It was alright. It might have been great in 1980 when it came out, but now to me it's slightly better than generic punk.

The Notorious Byrd Brothers

The Byrds

3/5

Not bad, but not great.

Roxy Music

3/5

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

4/5

Graceland

Paul Simon

5/5

There's a lot of hate for this album, but I was surprisingly blown away by it. Fantastic all around. Graceland is probably the 5th best track, which is wild to me.

Fragile

Yes

3/5

Appetite For Destruction

Guns N' Roses

5/5

Hard not to rate this a 5 when it has this many well-deserved hits.

Selected Ambient Works 85-92

Aphex Twin

3/5

I saw a review that said, "Sounds like its from the future and ancient at the same time" and that pretty much sums it up. This is pretty good as background music, but that's about it.

At Mister Kelly's

Sarah Vaughan

2/5

Somewhat relaxing, to the point that the music couldn't hold my focus.

Power In Numbers

Jurassic 5

4/5

Rumours

Fleetwood Mac

5/5

Revolver

Beatles

5/5

Hysteria

Def Leppard

4/5

Wish You Were Here

Pink Floyd

5/5

Black Sabbath

4/5

Fifth Dimension

The Byrds

3/5

Superunknown

Soundgarden

3/5

Marquee Moon

Television

4/5

A fantastic album from a band I've never heard of.

Car Wheels On A Gravel Road

Lucinda Williams

2/5

Not bad, considering I don't really like country. 2*, since I'm never going to listen to this again.

Parklife

Blur

1/5

Absolutely awful. Parklife was okay, and that's as good as it got. I couldn't even finish it and gave up after To the End.

The Man Who

Travis

3/5

War

3/5

Suprised by the large number of people calling this one of the best albums of all time. It was okay,, but that's about it. Achtung Baby was much better.

Don't Stand Me Down

Dexys Midnight Runners

2/5

A Dexys Midnight Runners' album *without* Come On Eileen? All in all, not bad, but not great.

Illinois

Sufjan Stevens

4/5

Relaxing, pretty nice music.

Exile On Main Street

The Rolling Stones

3/5

No real bangers, but pretty solid all the way through.

Broken English

Marianne Faithfull

4/5

I didn't really like Broken English, but the rest of the album was solid.

The Number Of The Beast

Iron Maiden

5/5

I kind of thought I'd have to slog through this but was pleasantly surprised. I've heard a handful of Iron Maiden songs in the past, including two of these, but they never seemed that great. But put them in the middle of a solid album and everything comes together. 5*

Peter Gabriel

3/5

E.V.O.L.

Sonic Youth

3/5

The lyrics seemed a bit half-assed, but I guess that's what you get in noise rock. Much better overall than I expected.

Station To Station

David Bowie

4/5

Nice to listen to, but without any great songs.

Fear Of A Black Planet

Public Enemy

2/5

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Big Star

4/5

Elvis Is Back

Elvis Presley

3/5

Much more "Elvis" than his first album, earning this an extra star, even without the big hits.

Neon Bible

Arcade Fire

4/5

Only knew one of their songs before this, but this is a solid album.

Elvis Presley

2/5

From an impact perspective, this is undoubtedly 5 stars. But from the perspective of how much I enjoyed listening, it's a two.

A Love Supreme

John Coltrane

1/5

People have said that this is the best jazz album that will ever exist. If that's true, then I clearly don't like jazz.

Everything Must Go

Manic Street Preachers

4/5

Home Is Where The Music Is

Hugh Masekela

3/5

Part of A Whole was good, but it was too long to regularly listen to. It was pretty solid from there up to the drum solo in Blues for Huey. I did quite like Nomali, although like with Part of a Whole it was too long.

I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You

Aretha Franklin

3/5

Arrival

ABBA

4/5

I am somewhat shocked that every single track has a Wikipedia article about it. I guess that shows both how lasting the impression from this album has lasted. I can understand new albums by Taylor Swift being populated by her fanbase as the album is released, but something from the 70s? Wild. The first track was a bit weird, but I'll give it the old "it was a different time" pass. I like that they split out the hits instead of Side A being all the bangers and Side B being boring. Worth listening to, and reasonably fun, but I probably won't listen to it straight through again.

Shake Your Money Maker

The Black Crowes

5/5

Came in with low expectations and left with a new album that'll get listened to regularly.

Who Killed...... The Zutons?

The Zutons

4/5

A solid album from a band I've never heard of before. Will definitely be listening to again.

Blackstar

David Bowie

3/5

The Fat Of The Land

The Prodigy

3/5

Most of the time with electronic music I find it hard to focus on the music and kind of zone out. The first track was good, and Breathe was also pretty good, and distinct enough that you can actually tell the difference (another issue I tend to have with electronic music). It didn't really get better though, and never got as good as the first song. But that crab cover is sweet, so I'm giving it an extra star for that.