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Album	You	Global	Diff
Live 1966 (The Royal Albert Hall Concert) Bob Dylan	5	3.15	+1.85
Tigermilk Belle & Sebastian	5	3.23	+1.77
The Soft Bulletin The Flaming Lips	5	3.29	+1.71
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot Wilco	5	3.3	+1.7
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy Kanye West	5	3.41	+1.59
Surfer Rosa Pixies	5	3.5	+1.5
Maggot Brain Funkadelic	5	3.6	+1.4
After The Gold Rush Neil Young	5	3.63	+1.37
Bringing It All Back Home Bob Dylan	5	3.64	+1.36
Remain In Light Talking Heads	5	3.67	+1.33

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Live! Fela Kuti	1	3.44	-2.44
Bitches Brew Miles Davis	1	3.3	-2.3
Every Picture Tells A Story Rod Stewart	1	3.24	-2.24
Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin	2	4.09	-2.09
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road Elton John	2	3.93	-1.93
Slayed? Slade	1	2.88	-1.88
Let's Get It On Marvin Gaye	2	3.78	-1.78
Live At The Harlem Square Club Sam Cooke	2	3.77	-1.77
American Idiot Green Day	2	3.76	-1.76
Can't Buy A Thrill Steely Dan	2	3.72	-1.72

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Artist	Albums	Average
Bob Dylan	4	4.75
Radiohead	3	4.33

5-Star Albums (15)

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Live 1966 (The Royal Albert Hall Concert)

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Nilsson Schmilsson

Harry Nilsson

2/5

Borrrrrrrring

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1-Star Albums (7)

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Live!

Fela Kuti

1/5

Repetitive and generally not appealing. Made me irritated and could not finish.

Murmur

R.E.M.

2/5

Ok for REM.

Blood Sugar Sex Magik

Red Hot Chili Peppers

2/5

Other than breaking the girl and under the bridge - I hated this album.

MTV Unplugged In New York

Nirvana

5/5

Classic. Love the B sides and covers.

Surfer Rosa

Pixies

5/5

My favorite pixies album

Home Is Where The Music Is

Hugh Masekela

2/5

I always want to like jazz, but rarely do. This was ok.

Virgin Suicides

Air

4/5

Had not head this before. Really enjoyed it. Made me want to rewatch the movie.

The Idiot

Iggy Pop

3/5

Stardust

Willie Nelson

3/5

Shalimar

Rahul Dev Burman

3/5

Better than expected.

Can't Buy A Thrill

Steely Dan

2/5

I always want to like Steely Dan, but never do. I can see how they influenced the greatest musical act of all time (Ween) - so they at least got that going for them. Dirty Work is a dirty one for sure.

The Velvet Underground

3/5

Generally like The Velvet Underground and Lue Reeds voice is a dream. Murder Mystery is an interesting noise rock song that was unexpected.

Seventeen Seconds

The Cure

3/5

It was ok, I like the mid career Cure music where it is more complex and moody.

Nilsson Schmilsson

Harry Nilsson

2/5

Borrrrrrrring

Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge

Mudhoney

4/5

Early grunge, sounds great - I never got into mudhoney - I think I was a little too young for pre Nirvana grunge. I will definitely be checking them out now.

Kind Of Blue

Miles Davis

3/5

Man, I always want to love this album and I do - when the horn is blasting my ears into oblivion. If he switched up the annoying horn for the keys or something softer it would be so good. I feel like it is a joke that everyone else is in on but me.

American Idiot

Green Day

2/5

Some decent pop punk songs, but too long. It’s no Dookie - that’s

Tarkus

Emerson, Lake & Palmer

2/5

This was close to a 1 for me. The music structure is awkward and made me have the feeling that I was at an uncomfortable social event that I desperately wanted to leave.

The Dark Side Of The Moon

Pink Floyd

5/5

Easy 5

Get Behind Me Satan

The White Stripes

4/5

I loved this when it came out - I think I might still have the CD stashed away somewhere. It mostly holds up for me.

The Sun Rises In The East

Jeru The Damaja

4/5

Heavy nostalgia here. In the summer of 94 or 95 we kept this CD playing on repeat in my best friends car for the entire summer. We loved this so much that we nicknamed a friend Briru the Damaja. DJ Premier’s style is one of my favorites. This was the golden age of rap for me.

Space Ritual

Hawkwind

3/5

I thought I was going to hate this, but it was actually pretty good. 2+ hours is a little much especially since the encore is alternate versions of songs already on the album.

Hotel California

Eagles

2/5

I hate the Eagles and this album deepened the hate.

The Dreaming

Kate Bush

3/5

First time listening to an entire Kate Bush album. Not sure where I am at with it, will need another listen for sure.

Strangeways, Here We Come

The Smiths

4/5

This surprised me.

After The Gold Rush

Neil Young

5/5

Easy 5

Play

Moby

2/5

2 hours of Moby is too much for me. I remember liking this when it came out, but I hate it now.

Orbital 2

Orbital

1/5

I hate this type of electronic music.

Odessey And Oracle

The Zombies

2/5

Mid.

Fleet Foxes

3/5

Whatever

Aimee Mann

2/5

This sounds too formulaic to me.

Being There

Wilco

3/5

Hit and miss album for me. Wilco has better like Summerteeth and YHF

Myths Of The Near Future

Klaxons

3/5

I had never heard of this band. It was pretty ok. Somewhere between a 3-4 for me. I’ll probably look into some more of their work.

It's Blitz!

Yeah Yeah Yeahs

4/5

I love Yeah Yeah Yeahs.

Legalize It

Peter Tosh

2/5

Reggae is one of my least enjoyed genres.

Ágætis Byrjun

Sigur Rós

3/5

Pretty good, didn’t love it.

Songs From A Room

Leonard Cohen

4/5

Love Leonard Cohens voice.

My Aim Is True

Elvis Costello

2/5

Sounds like all the bands my friends were in during high school.

The Genius Of Ray Charles

Ray Charles

3/5

I had never listened to a Ray Charles album all the way through before. This was enjoyable.

The Slim Shady LP

Eminem

4/5

The cultural impact of this album when it came out cannot be understated. The homophobia didn’t age well.

Live At Leeds

The Who

2/5

I don’t like many live recordings. The Who have some good songs, but this live performance is not for me. As Zack says, this might have been one of those had to be there kinda shows.

Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme

Simon & Garfunkel

3/5

Love the classic Simon and Garfunkel sound, that Bob Dylan knock off was terrible. 7 o’clock news is a banger.

Highway 61 Revisited

Bob Dylan

5/5

Arrival

ABBA

2/5

Not a fan of

The Soft Bulletin

The Flaming Lips

5/5

This is peak Flaming Lips.

Smile

Brian Wilson

2/5

RIP Brian Wilson.

good kid, m.A.A.d city

Kendrick Lamar

3/5

Hit ad miss for me.

More Specials

The Specials

2/5

Nothin special about this album

Duck Stab/Buster & Glen

The Residents

3/5

That is a brown album. I’ve never listened to the residents before, it is interesting for sure.

Machine Head

Deep Purple

2/5

Not sure what the appeal is with this one

Music From Big Pink

The Band

2/5

This is one of those bands I never got.

New Boots And Panties

Ian Dury

1/5

Nope

I See A Darkness

Bonnie "Prince" Billy

4/5

I’m a fan of the lofi sound Bonnie “Prince” puts out.

The Queen Is Dead

The Smiths

4/5

I hate that I love The Smiths

Liege And Lief

Fairport Convention

2/5

Zzzzzzzz……

At Folsom Prison

Johnny Cash

5/5

Love it!! One of my few favorite live albums.

Maggot Brain

Funkadelic

5/5

The track “Maggot Brain” itself was good enough for the album to get a 5 from me. Check out the Ween song “A tear for Eddie” which is a tribute to Eddie Hazel.

Remain In Light

Talking Heads

5/5

Big fan

Cross

Justice

3/5

I was surprised that I did not hate this.

Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables

Dead Kennedys

4/5

According to these lyrics, not much has changed in society.

Catch A Fire

Bob Marley & The Wailers

3/5

Tigermilk

Belle & Sebastian

5/5

This is one my favorite albums of all time.

Bitches Brew

Miles Davis

1/5

Yikes

Gorillaz

3/5

I remember this being better. I like the songs with Del and 1 or two of the others.

Beggars Banquet

The Rolling Stones

2/5

Meh

Clandestino

Manu Chao

2/5

Stankonia

OutKast

2/5

I thought this was overrated back in the day and I was correct.

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

Elton John

2/5

Couple of good tracks, the rest is yuck

Guitar Town

Steve Earle

2/5

Almost like some of it. Had a very Bruce Springsteen vibe to several songs.

Teen Dream

Beach House

4/5

The Stone Roses

3/5

From Elvis In Memphis

Elvis Presley

4/5

I’m a sucker for the king

The Boatman's Call

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

3/5

Live At The Harlem Square Club

Sam Cooke

2/5

Scott 4

Scott Walker

3/5

E.V.O.L.

Sonic Youth

3/5

Sonic Youth is always hit and miss for me. Some good tracks and some not so good tracks. Almost a 4.

Every Picture Tells A Story

Rod Stewart

1/5

Moondance

Van Morrison

3/5

Black Holes and Revelations

Muse

4/5

Better than I remember. Liked it more than I thought I would.

Swordfishtrombones

Tom Waits

2/5

Queen II

Queen

2/5

The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan

4/5

Vol. 4

Black Sabbath

4/5

RIP Ozzy

The Predator

Ice Cube

2/5

Let's Get It On

Marvin Gaye

2/5

Basket of Light

Pentangle

2/5

Iron Maiden

2/5

Marquee Moon

Television

3/5

Brothers

The Black Keys

3/5

I burned myself out on these guys, at one point I would have given it a 4. It’s like a 2.75 for me now.

Miriam Makeba

2/5

The Score

Fugees

2/5

Parachutes

Coldplay

3/5

This is on the list of 1001 albums I’ve heard too many times. Also, never take a coworker to a Coldplay concert.

Wild Wood

Paul Weller

2/5

Low

David Bowie

4/5

I love Bowie. I forgot how good the B side tracks are on this one.

Led Zeppelin

2/5

Vanishing Point

Primal Scream

2/5

1999

Prince

3/5

Live 1966 (The Royal Albert Hall Concert)

Bob Dylan

5/5

Bryter Layter

Nick Drake

2/5

Appetite For Destruction

Guns N' Roses

4/5

This was my first “favorite album” when I was a youngster. Still enjoy it.

Chelsea Girl

Nico

2/5

Slayed?

Slade

1/5

Kimono My House

Sparks

3/5

Amnesiac

Radiohead

4/5

Goo

Sonic Youth

4/5

Rio

Duran Duran

2/5

Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite

Maxwell

2/5

Mothership Connection

Parliament

3/5

Juju

Siouxsie And The Banshees

3/5

Dirt

Alice In Chains

3/5

Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

Wilco

5/5

You're Living All Over Me

Dinosaur Jr.

4/5

The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady

Charles Mingus

2/5

In Rainbows

Radiohead

5/5

The Gilded Palace Of Sin

The Flying Burrito Brothers

3/5

Franz Ferdinand

2/5

Logical Progression

LTJ Bukem

1/5

The Low End Theory

A Tribe Called Quest

4/5

The Village Green Preservation Society

The Kinks

2/5

It's A Shame About Ray

The Lemonheads

2/5

Take Me Apart

Kelela

2/5

My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

Kanye West

5/5

Didn’t listen cuz I don’t want any of my money going to Kanye, but this album is an absolute banger

A Northern Soul

The Verve

2/5

Aja

Steely Dan

2/5

Brothers In Arms

Dire Straits

3/5

Something/Anything?

Todd Rundgren

2/5

Grace

Jeff Buckley

3/5

First Band On The Moon

The Cardigans

3/5

The White Album

Beatles

4/5

...The Dandy Warhols Come Down

The Dandy Warhols

4/5

Bringing It All Back Home

Bob Dylan

5/5

G. Love And Special Sauce

G. Love & Special Sauce

2/5

In The Court Of The Crimson King

King Crimson

4/5

Hail To the Thief

Radiohead

4/5

Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde

The Pharcyde

2/5