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Albums you rated higher than global average

Album	You	Global	Diff
Wonderful Rainbow	5	2.28	+2.72
Repeater	5	3.12	+1.88
Live Through This	5	3.28	+1.72
B-52's	5	3.3	+1.7
Figure 8	5	3.32	+1.68
Grace	5	3.71	+1.29
In Rainbows	5	3.84	+1.16
Apple Venus Volume 1	4	2.85	+1.15
Blood And Chocolate	4	2.92	+1.08
Like Water For Chocolate	4	2.96	+1.04

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Albums you rated lower than global average

Album	You	Global	Diff
Bluesbreakers	1	3.16	-2.16
Let It Bleed	2	3.83	-1.83
Highway to Hell	2	3.66	-1.66
The Velvet Underground	2	3.54	-1.54
Frank	2	3.45	-1.45
Synchronicity	2	3.42	-1.42
2112	2	3.39	-1.39
The Message	2	3.28	-1.28
Bongo Rock	2	3.26	-1.26
Songs Of Love And Hate	2	3.21	-1.21

5-Star Albums (8)

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Tracy Chapman

3/5

platitudinous, but charming. very pleasant voice and soft instrumentation.

1 likes

Figure 8

Elliott Smith

5/5

all my love for elliot smith always........... somebody that i used to know is regularly just randomly playing in my head out of nowhere

1 likes

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Rage Against The Machine

5/5

classic

Young Americans

David Bowie

3/5

i def wanna listen again sometime

Fleet Foxes

3/5

that unmistakable life is strange 2000s teen indie vibe

Harvest

Neil Young

3/5

it's nice, but I'm not in love with anything. and not in the mood for this country americana vibe at almost any point

Let It Bleed

The Rolling Stones

2/5

dr gregory house

Crime Of The Century

Supertramp

3/5

i was impressed at the beginning - first track fucks, second track fucks... then crash. has some other highlights throughout though.

Like Water For Chocolate

Common

4/5

bops on bops

Psychocandy

The Jesus And Mary Chain

3/5

yeah i knew this one, it's fine, but doesn't sweep me off my feet

The Velvet Underground

2/5

it's fine 🤷‍♂️

Frank

Amy Winehouse

2/5

are you gay?

2112

Rush

2/5

goofy. alright musically. ayn rand space opera is probably the dumbest idea I've ever heard.

Songs Of Love And Hate

Leonard Cohen

2/5

i liked it, but realistically won't be coming back

In Rainbows

Radiohead

5/5

some of my all time radiohead favourites on this one. feeling cliche giving out a five to them, like a typical rateyourmusic dweller - I'm not the biggest thom yorke stan out there... but there's no denying this is an amazing album

In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida

Iron Butterfly

2/5

I'm guessing this is mostly here as some important historical moment or the influence on later artists. It was pleasant, there's stuff to appreciate, but I found it mostly unremarkable. Everything before the title track just feels like fluff.

Violator

Depeche Mode

4/5

in the policy of truth, tududu tududududu

Apple Venus Volume 1

XTC

4/5

maybe I'm generous but this is the first album on 1001ag that was a complete unknown to me that i really liked. great layers, great melodies, fun instrumentation.

Grace

Jeff Buckley

5/5

yeah no this is going in the rotation

Blood And Chocolate

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

4/5

I was immediately skeptical at the first track but it ended up being great

The ArchAndroid

Janelle Monáe

3/5

has really really great moments, love the eclecticism, the soul. but it also has incredibly boring or cheesy moments. and overstays its welcome.

Music in Exile

Songhoy Blues

3/5

very nice, i will definitely spend more time with it. haven't heard them or of them before, those are the best parts of the list. i do think the general idea will stay with me longer than any particular track though

What's Going On

Marvin Gaye

3/5

great but not the best

Among The Living

Anthrax

2/5

not for me... never was much of a thrash fan

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

David Bowie

4/5

our second bowie

Californication

Red Hot Chili Peppers

4/5

come on reviewers loosen up

Pump

Aerosmith

2/5

some dumb fun here and there, nothing much, but I expected to like it less so I guess there's that

Protection

Massive Attack

4/5

like massive attack, first time checking out this release. still like the others more, but it was a very good listen

Foo Fighters

3/5

very nostalgic

Hearts And Bones

Paul Simon

3/5

it's nothing special. cars are cars is surprisingly dumb but even more surprisingly catchy

Butterfly

Mariah Carey

2/5

she can obviously sing but is it really that much of a must-hear? idk

Wonderful Rainbow

Lightning Bolt

5/5

ah fuck it i'll give it a five, I'm definitely putting in the rotation

1999

Prince

3/5

funky

Let England Shake

PJ Harvey

3/5

i don't feel like this is the best work from pj harvey... the highlights are strong but I just didn't enjoy the lyricism here on a lot of the songs.

Since I Left You

The Avalanches

3/5

should be up my alley... but it was a little too repetitive. still nice

She's So Unusual

Cyndi Lauper

3/5

don't get me wrong, I love it, but it def won't get as many plays as some other ones - aside from the biggest hits

Go Girl Crazy

The Dictators

2/5

it has its moments. dumb fun.but I think I will forget about it in a week.

You've Come a Long Way Baby

Fatboy Slim

3/5

very entertaining, loving all the breaks. 3 or 4?

Celebrity Skin

Hole

4/5

already returning to this frequently, just as with some other Hole albums. very nice release

Head Hunters

Herbie Hancock

3/5

i like chameleon

Dookie

Green Day

3/5

actually kinda disappointed on revisiting it. my memory was coloured by the tracks i remembered well, but the rest was, well... forgettable

The Message

Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five

2/5

not for me

Jazz Samba

Stan Getz

3/5

I feel like my mind has been poisoned by the usage of music in public. I like this, but can't help categorizing it as simply "restaurant background music".

Let Love Rule

Lenny Kravitz

2/5

soulless, but easy to listen to

John Barleycorn Must Die

Traffic

2/5

competent and pleasant but thoroughly unremarkable

Bluesbreakers

John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers

1/5

i thought the worst crime of this would be a generic take on the blues, but then also come the vocals that get grating sometimes, and the lyrics about "little girls". I'm having a bad day today, so this gets my first 1.

Highway to Hell

AC/DC

2/5

i expected to dislike it, the title track is so overplayed, and I'm usually not big on the cheesy hard rock with questionable horny lyrics. I'll be the first to admit, though - some of the tracks are kinda fun if you don't take them seriously. still, don't think I will ever go back to this.

Bongo Rock

Incredible Bongo Band

2/5

historical curiosity, given the later sampling. amount of bongos sufficient for a lifetime.

Tracy Chapman

3/5

platitudinous, but charming. very pleasant voice and soft instrumentation.

American Idiot

Green Day

4/5

fun and nostalgia. if the ratings reflect how likely i am to listen again, I am obligated to give a four

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