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Album	You	Global	Diff
Trout Mask Replica Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band	5	2.29	+2.71
Rock Bottom Robert Wyatt	5	2.39	+2.61
Moss Side Story Barry Adamson	5	2.52	+2.48
A Grand Don't Come For Free The Streets	5	2.67	+2.33
Histoire De Melody Nelson Serge Gainsbourg	5	2.74	+2.26
Planet Rock: The Album Afrika Bambaataa	5	2.8	+2.2
Rejoicing In The Hands Devendra Banhart	5	2.82	+2.18
Only Built 4 Cuban Linx Raekwon	5	2.86	+2.14
Kala M.I.A.	5	2.91	+2.09
Tical Method Man	5	2.94	+2.06

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Achtung Baby U2	1	3.3	-2.3
The La's The La's	1	3.14	-2.14
Second Toughest In The Infants Underworld	1	2.86	-1.86
Pink Moon Nick Drake	2	3.65	-1.65
Penthouse And Pavement Heaven 17	1	2.61	-1.61
The Marshall Mathers LP Eminem	2	3.48	-1.48
En-Tact The Shamen	1	2.43	-1.43
Blue Lines Massive Attack	2	3.38	-1.38
Haunted Dancehall The Sabres Of Paradise	1	2.37	-1.37
xx The xx	2	3.37	-1.37

Artists

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Artist	Albums	Average
Bob Dylan	4	5
Beatles	3	5
Arcade Fire	3	5
Talking Heads	3	4.67
Michael Jackson	2	5
Radiohead	2	5
OutKast	2	5
Elvis Presley	2	5
Lou Reed	2	5
The White Stripes	2	5
Black Sabbath	2	5
Neil Young	2	5
Bob Marley & The Wailers	2	5

5-Star Albums (121)

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Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space

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

Live 1966 (The Royal Albert Hall Concert)

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector

Popular Reviews

Violent Femmes

Violent Femmes · 2 likes

5/5

Had always assumed this was early to mid 90s. Way ahead of its time

The Bones Of What You Believe

CHVRCHES · 1 likes

5/5

takes me back to summer 2012

3 Feet High and Rising

De La Soul · 1 likes

5/5

Phenomenal samples and what a groundbreaking album

1-Star Albums (6)

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Rubber Soul

Beatles

5/5

The turning point in The Beatles discography, and I believe the introduction of the sitar and fuzzy bass. From the second track to the end you get a feel for the new direction the Beatles would head down until their end, and away from the poppy songs of the past, though some of that still remains. In My Life is an all time masterpiece of a song, 5/5 though more on the 4.5/5 lines.

Bringing It All Back Home

Bob Dylan

5/5

Dylan’s first foray into electric and an absolute masterpiece. It’s alright, ma (I’m only bleeding) remains one of my favorite songs of all time.

Let's Get It On

Marvin Gaye

4/5

Marvin’s sexual prowess on full display, a full half hour album dedicated to fucking, basically. The funk pops right off the page with this one, and Marvin’s vocal range is incredible. The backing band are on point for the entire album, and it’s a true joy. I wouldn’t say my favorite album of his, but a classic indeed.

Arrival

ABBA

3/5

Really poppy but super fun. Enjoyed it far more than I expected to, honestly. Not the type of music I have ever gotten into but it’s still worth a listen.

Thriller

Michael Jackson

5/5

A genre defining masterpiece. A true evolution of wha music was capable of and the biggest pop artist of possibly all time displaying it. Quincy Jones cements his legacy here as well.

1984

Van Halen

5/5

I did not expect banger after banger of classic rock god music to all be from the same album. This has to be one of the most impressive albums of the entire 1980s.

Rocks

Aerosmith

2/5

I don’t really like Aerosmith so I was annoyed when I saw this album come out. I still don’t like them, I find their sound to not be as original as their fans think, but Rats in the cellar and nobody’s fault are pretty good songs.

Swordfishtrombones

Tom Waits

3/5

Interesting, always wanted to try to get into Tom Waits, but I just don’t love his voice.

A Hard Day's Night

Beatles

5/5

Lennon’s masterpiece.

Kid A

Radiohead

5/5

One of my favorite albums of all time that came to me at a moment of incredible growth as a young lad. Radiohead will constantly remind me of the best friend I lost in 2006, and it will never change. This album was Radiohead’s reprieve from the “norm” and marked a new path for them going forward. Mine too. I miss you, Gerard.

She's So Unusual

Cyndi Lauper

4/5

One helluva debut album that basically epitomizes the sound of the 80s. The two big hits from here you’ve heard countless times, but Lauper’s vocal range takes over on the rest of the album.

The White Album

Beatles

5/5

The Beatles’ magnum opus, arguably. One of the best and most influential albums of all time. I’ve listened to the Beatles all my life but even I forgot just how damn good they are.

Stankonia

OutKast

5/5

A tour de force of hip hop. One of the greatest of all time, timeless.

Brilliant Corners

Thelonious Monk

3/5

Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space

Spiritualized

5/5

B-52's

The B-52's

5/5

Incredible and unique sound that is unmatched to this day. Planet Claire is an absolute treat.

Hounds Of Love

Kate Bush

4/5

Ramones

5/5

Top 3 punk album of all time.

Tracy Chapman

5/5

Whoa this was so good

A Grand Don't Come For Free

The Streets

5/5

I was captivated by how awful it was but then really enjoyed it. The birth of grime.

Fear Of A Black Planet

Public Enemy

5/5

The La's

1/5

Tusk

Fleetwood Mac

4/5

Borderline 3, not sure how to feel about this will have to listen again.

The Band

5/5

Classic rock at its finest. Tapers off near the end but still an impressive work.

Elvis Presley

5/5

The perfect pop rock album of the 50s.

Debut

Björk

5/5

Absolute perfection for a debut album. Bjork brings her unique style and begins her slow domination of the avant garde and eclectic. Opening the album with human behavior is the ultimate chef’s kiss. 6 out of 5 stars.

More Songs About Buildings And Food

Talking Heads

5/5

Kilimanjaro

The Teardrop Explodes

2/5

Shitty brit pop where every vocal sounds the same

Deja Vu

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

5/5

A Nod Is As Good As A Wink To A Blind Horse

Faces

4/5

The Velvet Underground

5/5

The murder mystery is one of the best songs of all time

From Elvis In Memphis

Elvis Presley

5/5

The murder mystery is one of the best songs of all time

Station To Station

David Bowie

5/5

Violator

Depeche Mode

3/5

Tical

Method Man

5/5

First solo album from the Wu, this goes so incredibly hard.

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

Arctic Monkeys

5/5

Neon Bible

Arcade Fire

5/5

Saw them live on this tour with LCD Soundsystem as an opener. Tremendous display

Transformer

Lou Reed

5/5

Perfect day is one of the best songs of all time

Strangeways, Here We Come

The Smiths

5/5

A fitting farewell to The Smiths.

The Specials

5/5

Made for a really enjoyable bike ride.

Birth Of The Cool

Miles Davis

3/5

I enjoy jazz I just don’t get it.

Low-Life

New Order

3/5

Elegia is such an incredible instrumental. Didn’t vibe too much with the rest of the album, nothing stand out for me.

I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You

Aretha Franklin

5/5

Immaculate voice

Surf's Up

The Beach Boys

3/5

Bad

Michael Jackson

5/5

The king don’t miss.

Music in Exile

Songhoy Blues

5/5

What is this absolute perfection? Have never heard of these guys and immediate referred them to several friends. What an album.

Armed Forces

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

4/5

I love Elvis Costello, but I can’t tell the difference from most songs if I’m not paying close enough attention.

Grace

Jeff Buckley

3/5

I know I’m supposed to love this album but I didn’t.

Fetch The Bolt Cutters

Fiona Apple

5/5

Had no idea this came out but I’m better off because it did.

Traffic

5/5

Stevie Winwood

Mr. Tambourine Man

The Byrds

3/5

Dylan did it all better

Remain In Light

Talking Heads

5/5

Dylan did it all better

Elastica

5/5

Superfly

Curtis Mayfield

5/5

Incredible funk

The Bones Of What You Believe

CHVRCHES

5/5

takes me back to summer 2012

Planet Rock: The Album

Afrika Bambaataa

5/5

Groundbreaking

Stephen Stills

4/5

Incredible funk

Nebraska

Bruce Springsteen

3/5

Incredible funk

Chemtrails Over The Country Club

Lana Del Rey

5/5

Incredible funk

Rattlesnakes

Lloyd Cole And The Commotions

3/5

Incredible funk

The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan

5/5

Incredible funk

Femi Kuti

5/5

Like father like son

Pills 'n' Thrills And Bellyaches

Happy Mondays

5/5

Never heard of this group but they’re fantastic. Loved this album

Queen Of Denmark

John Grant

5/5

Who's Next

The Who

5/5

Incredible funk

The Hissing Of Summer Lawns

Joni Mitchell

4/5

Incredible funk

Rock Bottom

Robert Wyatt

5/5

Absolutely mad album

The Number Of The Beast

Iron Maiden

4/5

Ragged Glory

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

5/5

Another Green World

Brian Eno

5/5

Blunderbuss

Jack White

3/5

I love Jack white, but this was a pretty average album to me.

Among The Living

Anthrax

3/5

Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)

Eurythmics

3/5

Ágætis Byrjun

Sigur Rós

5/5

I love Sigur Ros, no idea what they’re talking about or what anyone’s name really is but they’re so good at the unique sound the produce.

Electric Warrior

T. Rex

5/5

Marc Bolan and T. rex.

New Forms

Roni Size

2/5

Sounds like a 1990s action movie’s dvd menu music.

The Real Thing

Faith No More

4/5

The Marshall Mathers LP

Eminem

2/5

Bandwagonesque

Teenage Fanclub

4/5

Some parts I really liked and some parts I forgot was even listening.

Dog Man Star

Suede

5/5

What an album

White Blood Cells

The White Stripes

5/5

What an incredible album by an incredible group.

Histoire De Melody Nelson

Serge Gainsbourg

5/5

Vol. 4

Black Sabbath

5/5

Murmur

R.E.M.

5/5

This Year's Model

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

5/5

Lipstick vogue is an all time track

Penthouse And Pavement

Heaven 17

1/5

Wtf is this

Back to Mystery City

Hanoi Rocks

3/5

Wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be!

Young Americans

David Bowie

4/5

Not my favorite Bowie album, but still good.

The Pleasure Principle

Gary Numan

5/5

Beyond futuristic how is this from the 70s? What a masterpiece

Want One

Rufus Wainwright

3/5

Idlewild

Everything But The Girl

4/5

The Suburbs

Arcade Fire

5/5

One of my favorite albums of all time

Sunshine Superman

Donovan

3/5

Besides the two hits meh

At San Quentin

Johnny Cash

4/5

Emperor Tomato Ketchup

Stereolab

4/5

Led Zeppelin II

Led Zeppelin

5/5

Yes

Imagine

John Lennon

5/5

Absolute masterpiece

In A Silent Way

Miles Davis

4/5

Moss Side Story

Barry Adamson

5/5

Genius

Achtung Baby

1/5

U2 sucks

If You Can Believe Your Eyes & Ears

The Mamas & The Papas

4/5

Such a good debut album.

Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols

Sex Pistols

4/5

Machine Gun Etiquette

The Damned

3/5

Mothership Connection

Parliament

5/5

A funk masterpiece

Franz Ferdinand

3/5

Songs Of Love And Hate

Leonard Cohen

4/5

In Rainbows

Radiohead

5/5

Africa Brasil

Jorge Ben Jor

5/5

Red Headed Stranger

Willie Nelson

5/5

Eli And The Thirteenth Confession

Laura Nyro

4/5

Get Behind Me Satan

The White Stripes

5/5

The Soft Bulletin

The Flaming Lips

5/5

One of my two favorite flaming lips albums

Meat Puppets II

Meat Puppets

4/5

Odelay

Beck

4/5

Power In Numbers

Jurassic 5

5/5

Live At The Star Club, Hamburg

Jerry Lee Lewis

3/5

Psychocandy

The Jesus And Mary Chain

4/5

If You're Feeling Sinister

Belle & Sebastian

5/5

One of my favorite albums

Pink Moon

Nick Drake

2/5

Haunted Dancehall

The Sabres Of Paradise

1/5

Utter dross

Fred Neil

4/5

Rejoicing In The Hands

Devendra Banhart

5/5

Love defenders, one of my favorite artists of his era

Back At The Chicken Shack

Jimmy Smith

3/5

3 Feet High and Rising

De La Soul

5/5

Phenomenal samples and what a groundbreaking album

Superunknown

Soundgarden

5/5

Grunge classic

One Nation Under A Groove

Funkadelic

5/5

Sticky Fingers

The Rolling Stones

5/5

Berlin

Lou Reed

5/5

Nevermind

Nirvana

5/5

I had forgotten how complete this album is, from first track to last it’s an absolute masterpiece.

The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill

Lauryn Hill

5/5

I had forgotten how complete this album is, from first track to last it’s an absolute masterpiece.

Permission to Land

The Darkness

3/5

Music From Big Pink

The Band

3/5

Sound Affects

The Jam

3/5

Casanova

The Divine Comedy

2/5

Vanishing Point

Primal Scream

4/5

Rock 'N Soul

Solomon Burke

5/5

Blue Lines

Massive Attack

2/5

Talking Heads 77

Talking Heads

4/5

Peter Gabriel

3/5

Sister

Sonic Youth

4/5

Music for the Masses

Depeche Mode

3/5

Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs

Marty Robbins

4/5

Green

R.E.M.

4/5

Live At Leeds

The Who

4/5

Electric Ladyland

Jimi Hendrix

4/5

Younger Than Yesterday

The Byrds

5/5

The Gershwin Songbook

Ella Fitzgerald

4/5

The Seldom Seen Kid

Elbow

3/5

Nilsson Schmilsson

Harry Nilsson

4/5

Born To Run

Bruce Springsteen

4/5

Inspiration Information

Shuggie Otis

4/5

On The Beach

Neil Young

5/5

Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul

Otis Redding

5/5

En-Tact

The Shamen

1/5

Songs The Lord Taught Us

The Cramps

4/5

You Want It Darker

Leonard Cohen

4/5

White Denim

5/5

What is this? This is so good!

Buffalo Springfield Again

Buffalo Springfield

4/5

Kala

M.I.A.

5/5

Man, this album takes me back. Just a phenomenal album start to finish.

Zombie

Fela Kuti

5/5

Third/Sister Lovers

Big Star

3/5

Only Built 4 Cuban Linx

Raekwon

5/5

Wu tang is for the children

In The Court Of The Crimson King

King Crimson

5/5

Top 3 albums of all time

Gentlemen

The Afghan Whigs

3/5

Speakerboxxx/The Love Below

OutKast

5/5

One of the finest hip hop albums ever. Changes the game

Ace of Spades

Motörhead

4/5

Black Sabbath

5/5

Hell of a debut

Scott 4

Scott Walker

4/5

Fantastic voice

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

The Kinks

4/5

London Calling

The Clash

5/5

Second Toughest In The Infants

Underworld

1/5

No thanks

Natty Dread

Bob Marley & The Wailers

5/5

Is this Marley’s best work? Sure seems that way.

The Dark Side Of The Moon

Pink Floyd

5/5

The Stooges

4/5

Violent Femmes

5/5

Had always assumed this was early to mid 90s. Way ahead of its time

The Clash

4/5

Trout Mask Replica

Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band

5/5

One of the greatest ever

Slanted And Enchanted

Pavement

3/5

I Should Coco

Supergrass

5/5

Surprisingly fantastic album

Highly Evolved

The Vines

4/5

Queen II

Queen

4/5

Kind Of Blue

Miles Davis

5/5

All Directions

The Temptations

5/5

Fulfillingness' First Finale

Stevie Wonder

5/5

Fantastic album

Twelve Dreams Of Dr. Sardonicus

Spirit

5/5

Roxy Music

5/5

Beggars Banquet

The Rolling Stones

4/5

Duck Rock

Malcolm McLaren

2/5

I’ve Got a Tiger By the Tail

Buck Owens

2/5

The Man Who

Travis

3/5

Really good 3/5 album probably the most 3/5 out there

Blur

5/5

Blur goes American, Blur goes global.

Exit Planet Dust

The Chemical Brothers

5/5

This is so good!

Machine Head

Deep Purple

5/5

One of the best classic rock albums out there, Deep Purple are an extremely underrated group in the history of rock.

The xx

2/5

Tres Hombres

ZZ Top

5/5

461 Ocean Boulevard

Eric Clapton

3/5

Funeral

Arcade Fire

5/5

Masterpiece

Clube Da Esquina

Milton Nascimento

5/5

Ellington at Newport

Duke Ellington

4/5

White Light

Gene Clark

2/5

Pretty nothing of an album

It's Blitz!

Yeah Yeah Yeahs

5/5

Boy In Da Corner

Dizzee Rascal

4/5

Seventeen Seconds

The Cure

5/5

The Message

Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five

4/5

Catch A Fire

Bob Marley & The Wailers

5/5

Live 1966 (The Royal Albert Hall Concert)

Bob Dylan

5/5

Parachutes

Coldplay

5/5

Whoa Coldplay are amazing

Harvest

Neil Young

5/5

John Prine

5/5

Honestly maybe the best country album I’ve ever heard

Play

Moby

4/5

Who Killed...... The Zutons?

The Zutons

5/5

Surprisingly Good. Shoutout to the song from MVP 05

Elephant Mountain

The Youngbloods

5/5

Who are these guys? What a fantastic album I’d never heard of before

Blonde On Blonde

Bob Dylan

5/5

Water From An Ancient Well

Abdullah Ibrahim

5/5

I enjoy jazz, I don't really understand what I'm getting into but sometimes its thoroughly enjoyable. This is one of those times.

Aja

Steely Dan

5/5

One of my favorite albums of all time

New Gold Dream (81/82/83/84)

Simple Minds

4/5

Surprisingly enjoyed this

Trans Europe Express

Kraftwerk

5/5

Fantastic album

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector

Various Artists

5/5

The seminal Christmas album

Hot Rats

Frank Zappa

5/5

Absolutely stupendous album start to finish

There's No Place Like America Today

Curtis Mayfield

4/5

Super funky

A Short Album About Love

The Divine Comedy

2/5

Melodrama

Lorde

2/5

Lorde is clearly very talented but I just don’t enjoy this type of music all that much.

Fleet Foxes

5/5

This is so unbelievably good, especially for a debut. I’d always heard of them but sad I never gave them a look in before.

Time Out

The Dave Brubeck Quartet

5/5

One of the few jazz albums I have on vinyl and spin regularly. I know I like jazz, I know I know fuck all about it but I know enough to know this is phenomenal.