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Album	You	Global	Diff
The Modern Dance Pere Ubu	5	2.48	+2.52
Kollaps Einstürzende Neubauten	4	1.91	+2.09
The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators The 13th Floor Elevators	5	2.96	+2.04
The Dreaming Kate Bush	5	2.97	+2.03
Emperor Tomato Ketchup Stereolab	5	3.02	+1.98
Heartattack And Vine Tom Waits	5	3.07	+1.93
I'm Your Man Leonard Cohen	5	3.09	+1.91
The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn Pink Floyd	5	3.11	+1.89
Songs From A Room Leonard Cohen	5	3.16	+1.84
Rain Dogs Tom Waits	5	3.2	+1.8

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
A Girl Called Dusty Dusty Springfield	2	3.33	-1.33
Something/Anything? Todd Rundgren	2	3.03	-1.03
Coles Corner Richard Hawley	2	3.03	-1.03

Artists

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Artist	Albums	Average
Beatles	4	5
Leonard Cohen	3	4.67
Bruce Springsteen	3	4.67
Metallica	3	4.67
Pink Floyd	2	5
Public Enemy	2	5
Tom Waits	2	5
Radiohead	2	5
David Bowie	5	4.2
The Who	3	4.33

5-Star Albums (55)

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Popular Reviews

James Brown Live At The Apollo

James Brown · 1 likes

4/5

This was a great album.Not as familiar with Browns material other than the obvious songs

Who's Next

The Who · 1 likes

5/5

Classic album.Feels like a greatest hits .

All Ratings

Get Behind Me Satan

The White Stripes

4/5

I have listened to this before but not for a long time .Only a few tracks stand out in comparison to other earlier albums but it is still a solid listen .

Innervisions

Stevie Wonder

4/5

Great classic album.I was less familiar with it than some of his others but it is definitely a must listen

Channel Orange

Frank Ocean

4/5

This is a great album that I think I will have to give repeated listens to as there is a lot to unpack

You Want It Darker

Leonard Cohen

4/5

Very good.There is no such thing as a bad Leonard cohen album in my opinion.Fave songs are the title track and Travelling Light .

Adele

4/5

Classic pop record.All songs are great .Listened to this many times when it originally came out

James Brown Live At The Apollo

James Brown

4/5

This was a great album.Not as familiar with Browns material other than the obvious songs

Horses

Patti Smith

4/5

Patti smith is a legend and this is an example of her words being put to music in a powerful way .

Brutal Youth

Elvis Costello

3/5

Not as many songs grabbed my attention as other records of his I have heard .Still ok .

Goo

Sonic Youth

4/5

Transformer

Lou Reed

4/5

Nebraska

Bruce Springsteen

5/5

Absolute classic .This is the album that opened the world of Springsteen up to me .

Morrison Hotel

The Doors

3/5

Not as good as I remembered .Not as strong as earlier records.

Nilsson Schmilsson

Harry Nilsson

3/5

A few songs were surprises like Without You but otherwise it was just ok .

Trans Europe Express

Kraftwerk

4/5

Great album.Look forward to hearing more

Dry

PJ Harvey

4/5

Classic debut .The start of an amazing career.

At Newport 1960

Muddy Waters

4/5

Tusk

Fleetwood Mac

4/5

Tom Tom Club

4/5

They Were Wrong, So We Drowned

Liars

3/5

Smile

Brian Wilson

3/5

Parachutes

Coldplay

4/5

The Soft Bulletin

The Flaming Lips

5/5

Casanova

The Divine Comedy

3/5

Armed Forces

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

4/5

Great album.Some classic songs

Moondance

Van Morrison

4/5

Moby Grape

4/5

A Night At The Opera

Queen

3/5

Punishing Kiss

Ute Lemper

3/5

Band On The Run

Paul McCartney and Wings

3/5

The Renaissance

Q-Tip

3/5

Selling England By The Pound

Genesis

4/5

Classic album.

Crime Of The Century

Supertramp

4/5

Pelican West

Haircut 100

3/5

Dummy

Portishead

4/5

Something/Anything?

Todd Rundgren

2/5

The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan

5/5

A Love Supreme

John Coltrane

5/5

Heaux Tales

Jazmine Sullivan

3/5

I Should Coco

Supergrass

4/5

Heroes

David Bowie

4/5

Sheet Music

10cc

3/5

It was okay

69 Love Songs

The Magnetic Fields

4/5

Figure 8

Elliott Smith

4/5

Your New Favourite Band

The Hives

3/5

Talk Talk Talk

The Psychedelic Furs

3/5

Superfly

Curtis Mayfield

5/5

The ArchAndroid

Janelle Monáe

3/5

Odelay

Beck

5/5

Here Are the Sonics

The Sonics

4/5

The Low End Theory

A Tribe Called Quest

5/5

Speakerboxxx/The Love Below

OutKast

3/5

Suede

4/5

The Queen Is Dead

The Smiths

5/5

Coles Corner

Richard Hawley

2/5

A Hard Day's Night

Beatles

5/5

Close To You

Carpenters

4/5

Rubber Soul

Beatles

5/5

american dream

LCD Soundsystem

4/5

Born In The U.S.A.

Bruce Springsteen

5/5

Hot Buttered Soul

Isaac Hayes

4/5

Sound of Silver

LCD Soundsystem

5/5

Black Sabbath

4/5

...And Justice For All

Metallica

5/5

Elephant

The White Stripes

4/5

Truth

Jeff Beck

3/5

Billion Dollar Babies

Alice Cooper

4/5

Grace

Jeff Buckley

4/5

The Yes Album

Yes

3/5

It's Blitz!

Yeah Yeah Yeahs

3/5

The Dark Side Of The Moon

Pink Floyd

5/5

Paranoid

Black Sabbath

4/5

Unhalfbricking

Fairport Convention

3/5

Our Aim Is To Satisfy

Red Snapper

3/5

Imagine

John Lennon

4/5

Toys In The Attic

Aerosmith

3/5

Tubular Bells

Mike Oldfield

3/5

The Score

Fugees

4/5

Appetite For Destruction

Guns N' Roses

4/5

Music

Madonna

3/5

The Dreaming

Kate Bush

5/5

MTV Unplugged In New York

Nirvana

4/5

Shaka Zulu

Ladysmith Black Mambazo

3/5

Oracular Spectacular

MGMT

3/5

I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight

Richard Thompson

4/5

Jazz Samba

Stan Getz

5/5

Rising Above Bedlam

Jah Wobble's Invaders Of The Heart

4/5

Fishscale

Ghostface Killah

4/5

Blur

3/5

The Sensual World

Kate Bush

3/5

Hms Fable

Shack

3/5

Talvin Singh

2/5

Revolver

Beatles

5/5

Pretzel Logic

Steely Dan

4/5

When I Was Born For The 7th Time

Cornershop

4/5

Power In Numbers

Jurassic 5

5/5

Blackstar

David Bowie

4/5

The College Dropout

Kanye West

4/5

Liquid Swords

GZA

5/5

Tommy

The Who

4/5

Elastica

4/5

Heavy Weather

Weather Report

3/5

Fear Of A Black Planet

Public Enemy

5/5

The Nightfly

Donald Fagen

4/5

Palo Congo

Sabu

2/5

Sister

Sonic Youth

4/5

Fragile

Yes

4/5

Emperor Tomato Ketchup

Stereolab

5/5

Rhythm Nation 1814

Janet Jackson

3/5

Dusty In Memphis

Dusty Springfield

3/5

Illinois

Sufjan Stevens

5/5

Red Headed Stranger

Willie Nelson

5/5

American IV: The Man Comes Around

Johnny Cash

4/5

The Next Day

David Bowie

4/5

This was a slow burn album for me .The early tracks didn’t do much but it seemed to get better and the second half has some favorite songs for me now in his discography.

Bongo Rock

Incredible Bongo Band

4/5

Slayed?

Slade

3/5

Beauty And The Beat

The Go-Go's

4/5

Let It Be

The Replacements

4/5

It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back

Public Enemy

5/5

Hounds Of Love

Kate Bush

4/5

The Village Green Preservation Society

The Kinks

4/5

Chelsea Girl

Nico

4/5

Out Of The Blue

Electric Light Orchestra

4/5

Fleet Foxes

4/5

Back At The Chicken Shack

Jimmy Smith

4/5

Did not know what to expect but I really liked it .Seems very jazzy .

On The Beach

Neil Young

5/5

Green River

Creedence Clearwater Revival

4/5

A Girl Called Dusty

Dusty Springfield

2/5

Gris Gris

Dr. John

3/5

Under Construction

Missy Elliott

4/5

Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea

PJ Harvey

4/5

The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn

Pink Floyd

5/5

Iron Maiden

4/5

Live At Leeds

The Who

4/5

Surf's Up

The Beach Boys

3/5

Architecture And Morality

Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark

4/5

The White Album

Beatles

5/5

Murmur

R.E.M.

5/5

One of the greatest debut albums of all time .

Odessa

Bee Gees

3/5

Vanishing Point

Primal Scream

4/5

Heartattack And Vine

Tom Waits

5/5

A classic album.Great songwriting as usual

The xx

4/5

Kollaps

Einstürzende Neubauten

4/5

Haven’t really listened much to this band but this was interesting .Experimental for sure but good .

Kala

M.I.A.

4/5

Classic album from MIA with some great singles .

Home Is Where The Music Is

Hugh Masekela

4/5

Never heard before.Very impressive .

Welcome To The Pleasuredome

Frankie Goes To Hollywood

4/5

Classic 80’s album.

No Other

Gene Clark

3/5

The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators

The 13th Floor Elevators

5/5

Classic 60’s album .

Ramones

5/5

Classic punk album

Kimono My House

Sparks

4/5

This is a great record and I need to hear more.

Smash

The Offspring

3/5

I liked it better when it came out than now .Didn’t age as well as some other punk stuff if that era .

Songs From A Room

Leonard Cohen

5/5

Another classic from the master poet

Stripped

Christina Aguilera

4/5

Pretty good .Solid overall pop record

Another Green World

Brian Eno

4/5

More classic eno

Hot Fuss

The Killers

4/5

Solid album of great songs .

Second Toughest In The Infants

Underworld

4/5

Quite excellent

Amnesiac

Radiohead

5/5

Classic album in a great 3 album cycle .

The Köln Concert

Keith Jarrett

4/5

Great jazz record

We Are Family

Sister Sledge

4/5

Electric Warrior

T. Rex

3/5

Rock Bottom

Robert Wyatt

3/5

The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill

Lauryn Hill

5/5

Classic album .

Raising Hell

Run-D.M.C.

5/5

Classic hip hop .Absolutely awesome

Young Americans

David Bowie

4/5

Good album but not my favourite

Lady Soul

Aretha Franklin

4/5

Classic songs by a classic artist

Throwing Muses

3/5

It’s okay but they had better albums later on

Kenza

Khaled

4/5

I had never heard of this but really enjoyed it .Great music .

Talking Heads 77

Talking Heads

4/5

Great debut from a classic band

Maggot Brain

Funkadelic

5/5

Perfect album

Tical

Method Man

4/5

Some classic hip hop .

Darkness on the Edge of Town

Bruce Springsteen

4/5

Not new to me but classic all the same

Elvis Presley

3/5

Not new to me but classic all the same

I’ve Got a Tiger By the Tail

Buck Owens

3/5

Good not great album

System Of A Down

4/5

Only have heard limited amount of this band but I like this one . Cant wait to dive in to more .

Queen II

Queen

4/5

This was pretty good .Didn’t

Illmatic

Nas

5/5

Classic album.Easy 5 star rating

Central Reservation

Beth Orton

4/5

A great solid album.Have had this cd for years and always enjoyed her voice .The title track is a highlight .

Deserter's Songs

Mercury Rev

4/5

A great record from mercury rev.Part of a great run of albums they had at the time .

The Band

4/5

Wonderful Rainbow

Lightning Bolt

4/5

Never heard this .A pleasant surprise .

Killing Joke

4/5

Great album.I have yet to hear a killing joke album I don’t like .

Destroyer

KISS

4/5

Classic kiss record .Probably their best

Low

David Bowie

5/5

Great great album

A Northern Soul

The Verve

3/5

It was okay but seemed to lack focus.

Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs

Marty Robbins

5/5

A classic country album .

Mama's Gun

Erykah Badu

5/5

Classic album .Top of the heap

Who's Next

The Who

5/5

Classic album.Feels like a greatest hits .

Remedy

Basement Jaxx

4/5

Solid electronic dance album .

Joan Armatrading

3/5

It was decent

The Suburbs

Arcade Fire

5/5

Great album .My favourite album by Arcade Fire .

Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge

Mudhoney

4/5

Kings of grunge.Seattle legends.Amazing record

Younger Than Yesterday

The Byrds

3/5

It's Too Late to Stop Now

Van Morrison

3/5

It’s ok but not essential

Idlewild

Everything But The Girl

4/5

A great EBTG record .Lots of amazing tunes on here.Probably a little underrated if anything .

Strangeways, Here We Come

The Smiths

4/5

All four smiths records are great although this one i would rank 4th out of all of them .

At Fillmore East

The Allman Brothers Band

3/5

It was fine.Not sure that all these live albums are essential

At Folsom Prison

Johnny Cash

5/5

Rain Dogs

Tom Waits

5/5

Another classic from Mr Waits

The Stooges

5/5

Songs In The Key Of Life

Stevie Wonder

5/5

Classic

Are You Experienced

Jimi Hendrix

5/5

A total classic

Coat Of Many Colors

Dolly Parton

4/5

Straight Outta Compton

N.W.A.

5/5

Classic hip hop

Da Capo

Love

4/5

Different than what I expected .More bluesy and jammy

Bossanova

Pixies

5/5

One of many great pixies albums

Skylarking

XTC

4/5

Solid record .One of many for this band

Debut

Björk

4/5

Music From The Penguin Cafe

Penguin Cafe Orchestra

4/5

I had not heard of this before but I enjoyed it. Very interesting

Heaven Or Las Vegas

Cocteau Twins

5/5

It's A Shame About Ray

The Lemonheads

4/5

Definitely Maybe

Oasis

4/5

Great debut

All Hope Is Gone

Slipknot

3/5

You've Come a Long Way Baby

Fatboy Slim

4/5

I'm Your Man

Leonard Cohen

5/5

The Colour Of Spring

Talk Talk

4/5

Sign 'O' The Times

Prince

4/5

Fisherman's Blues

The Waterboys

4/5

Lust For Life

Iggy Pop

4/5

Stankonia

OutKast

5/5

Classic hip hop .One of many 5 star albums they made

Stand!

Sly & The Family Stone

4/5

Great classic album .

In Rainbows

Radiohead

5/5

The Modern Dance

Pere Ubu

5/5

Master Of Puppets

Metallica

5/5

A perfect metal record .One of the few albums on here that I would call perfect

Arc Of A Diver

Steve Winwood

3/5

It’s ok

Black Metal

Venom

4/5

The Lexicon Of Love

ABC

3/5

Metallica

4/5