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Album	You	Global	Diff
Boy In Da Corner Dizzee Rascal	5	2.56	+2.44
Sex Packets Digital Underground	5	2.66	+2.34
Yank Crime Drive Like Jehu	5	2.72	+2.28
The Dreaming Kate Bush	5	2.98	+2.02
Felt Mountain Goldfrapp	5	3	+2
Savane Ali Farka Touré	5	3.03	+1.97
Chemtrails Over The Country Club Lana Del Rey	5	3.05	+1.95
Make Yourself Incubus	5	3.08	+1.92
Le Tigre Le Tigre	5	3.14	+1.86
Step In The Arena Gang Starr	5	3.17	+1.83

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Abbey Road Beatles	2	4.46	-2.46
Good Old Boys Randy Newman	1	2.85	-1.85
Freak Out! The Mothers Of Invention	1	2.82	-1.82
Dire Straits Dire Straits	2	3.72	-1.72
Transformer Lou Reed	2	3.67	-1.67
The Velvet Underground The Velvet Underground	2	3.53	-1.53
Electric Warrior T. Rex	2	3.53	-1.53
Imagine John Lennon	2	3.45	-1.45
Sunday At The Village Vanguard Bill Evans Trio	2	3.31	-1.31
The Rolling Stones The Rolling Stones	2	3.24	-1.24

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Artist	Albums	Average
Nirvana	3	5
Curtis Mayfield	2	5
Black Sabbath	2	5
Radiohead	3	4.33

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Beauty And The Beat

The Go-Go's · 1 likes

5/5

i get it

1-Star Albums (2)

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Natty Dread

Bob Marley & The Wailers

4/5

nice music to have on while driving. everyone else on the road is mad af and I'm just here vibing

Beauty And The Beat

The Go-Go's

5/5

i get it

Figure 8

Elliott Smith

4/5

Lady Soul

Aretha Franklin

5/5

Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

3/5

MTV Unplugged In New York

Nirvana

5/5

Pink Moon

Nick Drake

3/5

Hunky Dory

David Bowie

4/5

Physical Graffiti

Led Zeppelin

4/5

There's No Place Like America Today

Curtis Mayfield

5/5

Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space

Spiritualized

3/5

very interesting but i feel like in the wrong mood to enjoy it. and that tells me i don't like it as much as i want to. i can see why others would though

Surf's Up

The Beach Boys

5/5

what an interesting album! my perception of the beach boys has always been summer fun and not much else, so even just from the cover I was surprised at how dark it seemed. i never knew that the beach boys had such political songs. this is a great little album, surprisingly short but very poignant. makes me sad that it's still so relevant - these songs could have been written and recorded yesterday and that would make perfect sense. maybe one day humanity will get it together but not today. Great album

Transformer

Lou Reed

2/5

Bad

Michael Jackson

5/5

Group Sex

Circle Jerks

3/5

Stand!

Sly & The Family Stone

3/5

A Walk Across The Rooftops

The Blue Nile

4/5

All Directions

The Temptations

4/5

Abbey Road

Beatles

2/5

Different Class

Pulp

3/5

Strange Cargo III

William Orbit

3/5

Nevermind

Nirvana

5/5

Let's Get It On

Marvin Gaye

4/5

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

Elton John

3/5

Fromohio

fIREHOSE

3/5

Axis: Bold As Love

Jimi Hendrix

4/5

Nowhere

Ride

3/5

1984

Van Halen

4/5

Abraxas

Santana

5/5

Murmur

R.E.M.

3/5

Automatic For The People

R.E.M.

3/5

Chemtrails Over The Country Club

Lana Del Rey

5/5

Go Girl Crazy

The Dictators

3/5

The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway

Genesis

2/5

Green

R.E.M.

3/5

Urban Hymns

The Verve

4/5

The Velvet Underground

2/5

Paranoid

Black Sabbath

5/5

Illmatic

Nas

4/5

The xx

5/5

Pretzel Logic

Steely Dan

4/5

Lazer Guided Melodies

Spiritualized

2/5

Celebrity Skin

Hole

4/5

Who's Next

The Who

4/5

At San Quentin

Johnny Cash

4/5

Hot Buttered Soul

Isaac Hayes

4/5

Heartattack And Vine

Tom Waits

4/5

John Prine

3/5

Rapture

Anita Baker

4/5

Home Is Where The Music Is

Hugh Masekela

4/5

The Slim Shady LP

Eminem

3/5

Never did I think I would be debating between 3 and 4 stars for Eminem in 2025 but here we are. I've actually never seriously listened to Eminem before so outside of the couple of classic songs I know, I didn't really know what to expect. On one level, of course, it's aged very badly. There's extreme violence against women, homophobia, slurs and similar content that we would label "problematic" today. I think there were many kids in the 00s who were attracted to this because of its edginess, which today is viewed as cringe and distasteful. But on another level, I was surprised to feel that it's actually rather satirical. It doesn't feel glamorizing. The continual theme throughout is: "you don't want to end up like me, kid." Underlying the exagerrations is the very real frustration and malaise of living in poverty, stuck in the same old thing and never being able to escape it. This paired with the theatrics throughout makes me understand more how Eminem became so popular. I still wouldn't call myself a fan necessarily, but I did like it far more than I would have thought and despite some of the content.

Throwing Muses

4/5

This Year's Model

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

3/5

I was wondering how many albums it would take before I got an Elvis Costello album through the generator (52, apparently). I've only ever heard the name, I've never consciously listened before so I wasn't sure what to expect. This is....fine. it's okay. There are some interesting riffs in a few of the songs. His voice is alright but does get grating over time and I can see some people really disliking it. I don't hate it but I'm not sure if I feel that the other 5 or so albums of his on the list is really warranted.

Here Come The Warm Jets

Brian Eno

2/5

Heroes

David Bowie

4/5

Quite good - I feel like smarter people than me have probably written loads on Bowie's orientalism and while I have some thoughts and feelings I'll let it slide given the time frame and the technical skill in his music.

My Aim Is True

Elvis Costello

4/5

Yank Crime

Drive Like Jehu

5/5

Closer

Joy Division

4/5

The Poet

Bobby Womack

4/5

Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music

Ray Charles

3/5

Parklife

Blur

4/5

The Dreaming

Kate Bush

5/5

Step In The Arena

Gang Starr

5/5

Bright Flight

Silver Jews

2/5

Here's Little Richard

Little Richard

3/5

Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme

Simon & Garfunkel

3/5

Tanto Tempo

Bebel Gilberto

3/5

Can't Buy A Thrill

Steely Dan

4/5

Sister

Sonic Youth

4/5

Sunday At The Village Vanguard

Bill Evans Trio

2/5

Aja

Steely Dan

3/5

Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle

Bill Callahan

4/5

Good Old Boys

Randy Newman

1/5

Peter Gabriel

4/5

Pornography

The Cure

5/5

Aqualung

Jethro Tull

4/5

Crossing the Red Sea With the Adverts

The Adverts

4/5

m b v

My Bloody Valentine

2/5

Dub Housing

Pere Ubu

2/5

Blur

4/5

Heaven Or Las Vegas

Cocteau Twins

4/5

Antichrist Superstar

Marilyn Manson

2/5

hearing the first track and realizing that he was saying the n-word was wild work lmao. in all honesty I hate that I do like the general sound of it but I feel like that is more due to Reznor than anything else. Much like Eminem, Manson relies so heavily on being edgy for attention because there's not much else to him.

Mermaid Avenue

Billy Bragg

4/5

Ellington at Newport

Duke Ellington

3/5

The Village Green Preservation Society

The Kinks

4/5

A Rush Of Blood To The Head

Coldplay

4/5

This Is Fats Domino

Fats Domino

4/5

Since I Left You

The Avalanches

5/5

The Sensational Alex Harvey Band

4/5

Melodrama

Lorde

5/5

In Utero

Nirvana

5/5

Superfly

Curtis Mayfield

5/5

Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

Wilco

3/5

Moby Grape

3/5

Common

4/5

Hot Fuss

The Killers

5/5

The Man Who

Travis

4/5

Songs For Swingin' Lovers!

Frank Sinatra

5/5

Rings Around The World

Super Furry Animals

4/5

Disraeli Gears

Cream

4/5

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness

The Smashing Pumpkins

5/5

If I Could Only Remember My Name

David Crosby

3/5

Meat Is Murder

The Smiths

3/5

Dr. Octagonecologyst

Dr. Octagon

2/5

i like the concept but not the execution. i'm not a fan of the rap style or actual content. but i think this shows that horror rap needs to be way more of a genre than it is because i need this but good lmfao

Imagine

John Lennon

2/5

oh he wanted to be elton john so bad

Kid A

Radiohead

4/5

More Specials

The Specials

3/5

Sex Packets

Digital Underground

5/5

i was already loving it but when that donna summer sample hit? biggest yeah boy dot jpeg

Make Yourself

Incubus

5/5

Pet Sounds

The Beach Boys

4/5

Tres Hombres

ZZ Top

3/5

Drunk

Thundercat

4/5

Amnesiac

Radiohead

5/5

Isn't Anything

My Bloody Valentine

3/5

i'm steadily learning that i am not a huge fan of shoegaze, but sometimes it is imbued with just enough punk, emo, hard rock etc elements that i can at least have an enjoyable listen.

Guero

Beck

5/5

The Yes Album

Yes

3/5

Boy In Da Corner

Dizzee Rascal

5/5

surprising how modern this still sounds for a 22 year old album. good stuff

The Good, The Bad & The Queen

3/5

I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got

Sinead O'Connor

5/5

Definitely Maybe

Oasis

4/5

The Genius Of Ray Charles

Ray Charles

4/5

The Score

Fugees

5/5

Bad Company

3/5

If You Can Believe Your Eyes & Ears

The Mamas & The Papas

5/5

Buena Vista Social Club

5/5

The Fat Of The Land

The Prodigy

4/5

Funeral

Arcade Fire

5/5

Hearts And Bones

Paul Simon

3/5

Fuzzy Logic

Super Furry Animals

3/5

New Wave

The Auteurs

3/5

Bryter Layter

Nick Drake

4/5

People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm

A Tribe Called Quest

5/5

Blue Lines

Massive Attack

5/5

Le Tigre

5/5

The Stone Roses

4/5

Innervisions

Stevie Wonder

5/5

Joan Armatrading

4/5

Music From Big Pink

The Band

4/5

The Rolling Stones

2/5

Coat Of Many Colors

Dolly Parton

5/5

London Calling

The Clash

3/5

Morrison Hotel

The Doors

4/5

Machine Head

Deep Purple

3/5

My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts

Brian Eno

2/5

Fisherman's Blues

The Waterboys

3/5

i listened to the original 13 tracks, not the full expanded version. while i quite liked the first half, it still felt overly long and meandering. i feel like the songs didn't mesh well to feel like a cohesive album, but more like a greatest hits compilation or similar

Tapestry

Carole King

4/5

Dire Straits

2/5

it's fine but I'm just so bored

Ten

Pearl Jam

4/5

and suddenly I'm 5 years old again in the backseat of my mom's daewoo hatchback....how quickly things change

Justified

Justin Timberlake

3/5

definitely a nostalgic album. the singles go hard but it really does feel overly long. i feel like a few of these songs should have been shelved for a future b-sides album.

Another Green World

Brian Eno

3/5

surprisingly listenable

Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

5/5

Felt Mountain

Goldfrapp

5/5

American Idiot

Green Day

5/5

One of the all time bests.

Bookends

Simon & Garfunkel

3/5

a hazy shade of winter did not have to go that hard, one whole star is for that masterpiece alone

Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge

Mudhoney

4/5

Deja Vu

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

4/5

Private Dancer

Tina Turner

5/5

C'est Chic

CHIC

5/5

Close To The Edge

Yes

2/5

I'm not the biggest fan of loooong tracks. musically it's fine but i do wish it had been broken up into some shorter songs. the organ music bit goes pretty hard though.

Post Orgasmic Chill

Skunk Anansie

4/5

Electric Warrior

T. Rex

2/5

Low

David Bowie

4/5

Mama Said Knock You Out

LL Cool J

3/5