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Album	You	Global	Diff
Highly Evolved The Vines	5	3.03	+1.97
Ágætis Byrjun Sigur Rós	5	3.37	+1.63
Back At The Chicken Shack Jimmy Smith	5	3.38	+1.62
Iron Maiden Iron Maiden	5	3.4	+1.6
Arrival ABBA	5	3.51	+1.49
KIWANUKA Michael Kiwanuka	5	3.74	+1.26
Scream, Dracula, Scream Rocket From The Crypt	4	2.77	+1.23
American Idiot Green Day	5	3.77	+1.23
Very Pet Shop Boys	4	2.94	+1.06
Ogden's Nut Gone Flake Small Faces	4	2.94	+1.06

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
After The Gold Rush Neil Young	1	3.63	-2.63
Ramones Ramones	1	3.58	-2.58
Hunky Dory David Bowie	2	4	-2
Gris Gris Dr. John	1	2.89	-1.89
Bookends Simon & Garfunkel	2	3.56	-1.56
The Marshall Mathers LP Eminem	2	3.48	-1.48
Disraeli Gears Cream	2	3.47	-1.47
Odessey And Oracle The Zombies	2	3.42	-1.42
Murmur R.E.M.	2	3.42	-1.42
2112 Rush	2	3.38	-1.38

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My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

Kanye West · 1 likes

4/5

Some of Ye’s best. Sad to see where he’s at now

All Things Must Pass

George Harrison · 1 likes

4/5

Musically, this is undeniably a good album, but the gall Harrison had to make this OVER TWO HOURS LONG is crazy, especially when the last three tracks are all instrumental with an average length of 8 minutes each, and several tracks are different versions of songs already on the record. All that prevents me from giving it a 5 out of self-respect.

4-Star Albums (23)

Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols

1-Star Albums (5)

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Gris Gris

Dr. John

1/5

My first album and we’re off to a great start. The only reason I remember any of it is from how weird it is. Maybe it’s one of those things that only appeals if you’ve done some hard drugs

Dummy

Portishead

3/5

Funky vibe, easy listening but very repetitive often. I don’t feel like the songs distinguish themselves much from each other, but not bad

2112

Rush

2/5

Some decent hard rock but just kinda meh all around, none of the songs really stood out to me except for the stupid chant about the priests in the TWENTY MINUTE opening track. Never understood why bands would mash multiple songs into one track

The World is a Ghetto

War

2/5

Very forgettable

Bookends

Simon & Garfunkel

2/5

Come Away With Me

Norah Jones

3/5

A mix of songs you’d hear in a coffee shop or played live in a fancy restaurant. Easy listening, just nothing all that remarkable

Can't Buy A Thrill

Steely Dan

4/5

I’ve already come back to this one a few times after listening to it. Reelin in the Years is an earworm for sure

Fulfillingness' First Finale

Stevie Wonder

4/5

This project has made me a big Stevie Wonder fan! Ashamed to say I hadn’t listened to his stuff before this. This was another great record, but I’d say that Songs in the Key of Life is better, hence the 4/5

Synchronicity

The Police

3/5

Solid 80s rock, I just feel very neutral about it overall. King of pain and every breath you take were the only two tracks that really stood out to me

Bubble And Scrape

Sebadoh

2/5

Album was cheeks. I felt more and more vaguely pissed off the more I listened. Why is this on the list?

Treasure

Cocteau Twins

2/5

This album is a treasure in the same way that a pile of dung is delicious

Are You Experienced

Jimi Hendrix

4/5

It’s Hendrix, of course it’s great

Songs In The Key Of Life

Stevie Wonder

5/5

Great album. The second disc drags on a little bit but it’s a great one all around

Tres Hombres

ZZ Top

3/5

Ágætis Byrjun

Sigur Rós

5/5

Wow this was great! Feels like a clear winter night where the stars and moon are super bright. Wonderful album

Wish You Were Here

Pink Floyd

4/5

Ramones

1/5

I wanna sniff some glue to forget that I listened to this. Fortunately, there’s a song for that.

Back At The Chicken Shack

Jimmy Smith

5/5

Lovely jazz with a forever memorable album name

Fleet Foxes

4/5

Justified

Justin Timberlake

3/5

A respectable pop album that made me understand why Timberlake is popular, even if it’s not my thing

C'est Chic

CHIC

2/5

This is like elevator music. I can’t wait to reach my floor and get off.

Odessey And Oracle

The Zombies

2/5

Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret

Soft Cell

2/5

Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots

The Flaming Lips

4/5

A weirdly unique concept album that I really liked. A crazy album name like that gets me imagining a story throughout the record, which I think was the goal

The Yes Album

Yes

3/5

The White Room

The KLF

3/5

In The Wee Small Hours

Frank Sinatra

4/5

There’s a reason they called Sinatra “the voice” back in the day, his vocals are truly unmatched. However, the song quality on this album is pretty mediocre other than that. The heartbreak theme would be interesting if there was a progression throughout the record of healing and moving on, but as it is, this just feels like the same sad song sung several different ways

Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

3/5

I don’t really get the Nick Cave fanboying. Some of this was good, other bits were meh. I don’t understand the need for the double-album here, both are fairly different and combining them doesn’t feel warranted

Exit Planet Dust

The Chemical Brothers

2/5

Very

Pet Shop Boys

4/5

Kinda sounds like the Undertale soundtrack with lyrics. I was bopping

Behaviour

Pet Shop Boys

3/5

A little more forgettable than “Very,” which I had yesterday, but still solid

Dusty In Memphis

Dusty Springfield

4/5

Beautiful singing and a timeless sound for 60s music

Manassas

Stephen Stills

3/5

A very safe album. Nothing unappealing about it, but it doesn’t bring anything new to the table. It could also be about 20 minutes shorter and that would be a big improvement

Destroy Rock & Roll

Mylo

2/5

(Pronounced 'Leh-'Nérd 'Skin-'Nérd)

Lynyrd Skynyrd

4/5

Great stuff, Free Bird hits even harder when you listen to it as the conclusion of an epic album

GREY Area

Little Simz

3/5

Generally not a rap fan, but honestly a pretty solid album. Simz brings a unique perspective to the genre that I enjoyed. I also just listened to Kiwanuka’s album before this so it was fun hearing him again on the last track

After The Gold Rush

Neil Young

1/5

Music for boomers who wish the South won. Can’t stand his voice.

A Date With The Everly Brothers

The Everly Brothers

2/5

This date was hardly worth the free meal. Also, I’m not into threesomes

The Stooges

2/5

I feel actively dumber having listened to this

Raw Power

The Stooges

3/5

Wow, both Stooges albums back to back for me. This one is more tolerable than the last one, but still not all that great

The Marshall Mathers LP

Eminem

2/5

I understand that Mathers is a rap god, but I just cant divorce the bangers in this album from the absolutely disgusting and disturbing content interwoven in all the other lyrics. Genuinely some of the most vile and sophomoric stuff I’ve ever heard.

Scream, Dracula, Scream

Rocket From The Crypt

4/5

Some solid rock. I really don’t see why this is on here though. Present-day they hardly have 35K listeners on spotify

Let Love Rule

Lenny Kravitz

3/5

My friends are pretty into Kravitz, but I’m not terribly impressed by this album. Solid melodies but it just failed to keep my attention beyond the first half

KIWANUKA

Michael Kiwanuka

5/5

Sweet, relaxing instrumentals, and Kiwanuka’s voice is nothing but incredible. Really a surprise album for me, never had heard of this one before, but man was it good

Highly Evolved

The Vines

5/5

Really enjoyed this one! Solid album from a group I’ve never heard before. I kind of agree with the general consensus that it doesn’t belong on this list, but I enjoyed listening nonetheless

Licensed To Ill

Beastie Boys

3/5

A fun record. Took me a minute to get into it but after I did, I enjoyed it! It does feel quite dated, though. The record scratching and lyric rhythms scream 80s rap

My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

Kanye West

4/5

Some of Ye’s best. Sad to see where he’s at now

The Trinity Session

Cowboy Junkies

3/5

Enjoyable music, just nothing that stood out to me about the album

Deja Vu

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

3/5

Great vibes, always fun to get surprised by a song you know already. That was “Our House,” on this one for me

Eagles

3/5

Rock Bottom

Robert Wyatt

1/5

Mmmm yes just what I wanted. Random noises for an extended period of time. There’s something funny about one of the lowest rated albums on here being called “Rock Bottom”

Iron Maiden

5/5

As a rock/metal fan, I’m ashamed to admit I had never listened to Iron Maiden before. This was a great album

Femi Kuti

4/5

Did not know Nigerian nationalist music could hit so hard

Hunky Dory

David Bowie

2/5

The melodies on this album are great for the most part, but I’ve never liked Bowie’s voice

Live At The Regal

B.B. King

3/5

Solid blues music, it was fun listening to all the concert dialogue with the audience.

Disraeli Gears

Cream

2/5

Got a good chuckle out of Mothers Lament, but the rest of the songs blurred together. I actually listened to the album twice because I forgot where I left off and didn’t realize I was two songs from the end.

The Number Of The Beast

Iron Maiden

4/5

A solid album all around, but I liked their self-titled album more than this one

At San Quentin

Johnny Cash

4/5

Not my usual style of music, but I have to say I enjoyed this quite a lot!

Tidal

Fiona Apple

3/5

If I were to rate this album by the instrumentals, I would give it a 4 or 5. If I were to rate it by the vocals, I would give it a 1 or 2. Overall, it’s fine. Would be some great background music in a Starbucks.

Superfly

Curtis Mayfield

3/5

An enjoyable listen, but didn’t particularly move me in any way.

Central Reservation

Beth Orton

3/5

Just kinda mid, all of the songs blended together after the first track, which was the best one

Arrival

ABBA

5/5

Beautiful. ABBA’s melodies never fail to take me to another place. There’s a reason they have so many classics that you still hear played

Murmur

R.E.M.

2/5

Enjoyed the melodies and instrumentals on this one. Lyrically, the album is trash. The main chorus of most songs consists of repeating the song title 2-5 times, and the verses and bridges aren’t much more interesting. I would have given this a 3, but after seeing all the glazing 5 star reviews, I decided to downgrade to a 2 for justice

Scum

Napalm Death

1/5

I’m normally a metal fan, but good grief this is an atrocious album. I felt like I was listening to my goth neighbor’s band play demos for their songs through our shared apartment wall while her toddler-mauling pit-bull with Down syndrome occasionally barked in the background. Where to begin? It’s poorly mixed, 90% of what you can hear are the drums (especially the cymbals, which they like to beat relentlessly). The lyrics are unintelligible for most songs - even with the lyrics next to me I couldn’t make some of them out. The lyrics were also misspelled a couple of times, which I think is indicative of the average IQ of someone who cares enough to listen to this slop. And yeah, they sound like a dog with Down syndrome. Even though this album is only 30 minutes long, the number of songs (and how bad they are) makes it feel like it’s 3 hours.

Pink Moon

Nick Drake

4/5

A calm, peaceful album that was very relaxing to listen to. It does a great job of being subdued without compromising on melody or vocal quality, which is often my issue with artists who try to capture a similar vibe.

All Things Must Pass

George Harrison

4/5

Here's Little Richard

Little Richard

4/5

A fun little blues album. Reminds me of something you’d hear on a jukebox in a classy 60s pub.

Beautiful Freak

Eels

2/5

Was kinda vibing with this at the start, but it really wore on me as the album went on. It’s not atrocious, just nothing remarkable.

Zombie

Fela Kuti

4/5

I was completely unaware of the Kuti family before starting this project. Even though I’ve never heard of them, I completely understand why their albums made the list. This four-track, fifty-minute album is a great listen

Foxbase Alpha

Saint Etienne

3/5

A good chunk of the songs on this album sounds like the mother of modern lo-fi music. I’m from the United States of kiss my ass

The Age Of The Understatement

The Last Shadow Puppets

3/5

An acceptable rock album, nothing that crazy here

Vulnicura

Björk

3/5

A funky album with some great melodies and raw lyrics

Green River

Creedence Clearwater Revival

3/5

Not a bad album, just nothing special stood out to me about it

Ogden's Nut Gone Flake

Small Faces

4/5

This album is about as odd as the cover art and name suggest. The interludes are silly goofy and very very very British. Musically, nothing to hate though, lots of solid melodies and lyrics

Crooked Rain Crooked Rain

Pavement

3/5

This is kind of like a Weezer album without the traits of Weezer music that make it endearing

Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols

Sex Pistols

4/5

I have a really hard time taking Brits who call themselves anarchists seriously. Your accent is far too goofy.

Nilsson Schmilsson

Harry Nilsson

4/5

Thought I knew what I was getting from this one after the first song. Boy was I wrong- Nilsson takes things all over the place in terms of genre and style, making it a very interesting listen

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

Simple Minds

3/5

I’ve heard better synth albums

Kilimanjaro

The Teardrop Explodes

2/5

The inflated sense of self-importance that these Brits have needs to be studied. This album sucked. So repetitive, so boring, and SO LONG. Even the shortest songs feel like they’re twice as long with how much they repeat their melodies. The most interesting song is Kilimanjaro, because it’s the only one that breaks this mold in any fashion

Back To Black

Amy Winehouse

4/5

Wow, this was great! Based on the reviewers, it sounds like I’ve just been living under a rock, but I signed up for this challenge to expose myself to new artists like this. Beautiful stuff

We're Only In It For The Money

The Mothers Of Invention

2/5

A mix of tolerable melodies, lyrics straight from an acid trip, and random noises. It was interesting to listen to mostly because I had no idea what nonsense was coming next, but you’re out of your mind if you think I’ll ever listen to this again

Document

R.E.M.

3/5

Man this is about a hundred times better than Murmur, but I’m still not an REM fan. Even when the melodies are bangers, the lyrics are soooooooo repetitive and that spoils it for me. Also, REM has FOUR albums on this list??? That is a crime

American Idiot

Green Day

5/5

It’s a huge day to be a white boy

São Paulo Confessions

Suba

3/5

Pretty alright I guess. I’m sure I’d enjoy it more if I knew some Portuguese or whatever