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Album	You	Global	Diff
Tragic Songs of Life The Louvin Brothers	5	2.58	+2.42
Darkdancer Les Rythmes Digitales	5	2.59	+2.41
Penthouse And Pavement Heaven 17	5	2.61	+2.39
Follow The Leader Korn	5	2.65	+2.35
Back to Basics Christina Aguilera	5	2.75	+2.25
What's That Noise? Coldcut	5	2.77	+2.23
Djam Leelii Baaba Maal	5	2.78	+2.22
The Grand Tour George Jones	5	2.79	+2.21
So Much For The City The Thrills	5	2.81	+2.19
I’ve Got a Tiger By the Tail Buck Owens	5	2.81	+2.19

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady Charles Mingus	1	3.32	-2.32
Since I Left You The Avalanches	1	3.28	-2.28
Vespertine Björk	1	3.18	-2.18
Life's Too Good The Sugarcubes	1	3.08	-2.08
The Scream Siouxsie And The Banshees	1	3.05	-2.05
Kick Out The Jams (Live) MC5	1	2.91	-1.91
Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret Soft Cell	1	2.87	-1.87
Ys Joanna Newsom	1	2.8	-1.8
The Queen Is Dead The Smiths	2	3.67	-1.67
The Velvet Underground & Nico The Velvet Underground	2	3.61	-1.61

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Artist	Albums	Average
Johnny Cash	3	5
Miles Davis	3	5
Nick Drake	3	4.67
Metallica	2	5
Stevie Wonder	2	5
Ryan Adams	2	5
Beatles	4	4.25
Leonard Cohen	3	4.33

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People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm

Popular Reviews

Vespertine

Björk · 1 likes

1/5

I really dislike anything Bjork

We Are Family

Sister Sledge · 1 likes

5/5

Incredible album

The Yes Album

Yes · 1 likes

5/5

Yes

Penthouse And Pavement

Heaven 17 · 1 likes

5/5

Great for dancing in the morning

Who's Next

The Who · 1 likes

5/5

Great album

1-Star Albums (9)

All Ratings

LP1

FKA twigs

3/5

Not a fan, too uniform, didn't like her voice but I did like the electronic effects

(Pronounced 'Leh-'Nérd 'Skin-'Nérd)

Lynyrd Skynyrd

4/5

Great album all around, music is wonderful, lyrics great, voice excellent, like the guitar and harmonica

Deja Vu

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

4/5

Songs Of Leonard Cohen

Leonard Cohen

4/5

Great Leonard Cohen

The Number Of The Beast

Iron Maiden

5/5

Completely delighted and surprised by this album. I hated track 1, and LOVED the rest of the album.

To Pimp A Butterfly

Kendrick Lamar

3/5

I enjoy this album and know it well without loving it

Faith

George Michael

4/5

Probably everyone know this, but this album would be great for erotic endeavors

Songs From A Room

Leonard Cohen

4/5

Leonard Cohen is always great, but it's a mood

Disraeli Gears

Cream

3/5

Really not my cup of tea

American Pie

Don McLean

4/5

Very good album, perfect for easy morning

Like A Prayer

Madonna

3/5

Fun album overall but nothing to write home about

Smile

Brian Wilson

2/5

Honestly, I'm not a fan, not of the beach boys either

Aftermath

The Rolling Stones

4/5

I quite enjoyed it

Illmatic

Nas

3/5

I know it's an absolute classic, I'm just not a fan of the beat Mas uses on most songs. I know it's by design. It makes for a retro fun experience once in a while, do I like it? No.

Let's Get It On

Marvin Gaye

3/5

Already know this one

Live At The Regal

B.B. King

5/5

Absolutely wonderful album, what I imagine when I think of a perfect blues album

Rubber Soul

Beatles

3/5

Good album, but not what I would listen to every day

Quiet Life

Japan

3/5

Honestly not a fan

White Denim

3/5

I wasn't sure at first but ended up enjoying it quite a bit

Born In The U.S.A.

Bruce Springsteen

3/5

I know well and like this album

Live At The Witch Trials

The Fall

2/5

I wasn't fan enough to try to listen to the whole album

A Night At The Opera

Queen

4/5

Loved it but wouldn't listen to it over and over - the car song didn't bother me as much as I expected, but it still clashes with the rest of the album

Figure 8

Elliott Smith

3/5

I liked this album far more than I expected, it's a fun time, but still not epic proportions to me 3.5

Hms Fable

Shack

3/5

Alright not incredible (to me)

Double Nickels On The Dime

Minutemen

2/5

I confess I am not a fan

Brilliant Corners

Thelonious Monk

5/5

Incredible

The Gershwin Songbook

Ella Fitzgerald

5/5

It's Ella Fitzgerald

The Notorious Byrd Brothers

The Byrds

3/5

Good album

The Madcap Laughs

Syd Barrett

4/5

Master Of Puppets

Metallica

5/5

A Northern Soul

The Verve

3/5

Nixon

Lambchop

3/5

Pretty good

Since I Left You

The Avalanches

1/5

Did not like at all

It's Blitz!

Yeah Yeah Yeahs

4/5

Loved it

Bookends

Simon & Garfunkel

4/5

Some very surprising songs

Close To You

Carpenters

3/5

I recognize it's great but it's not my cup of tea

Fulfillingness' First Finale

Stevie Wonder

5/5

Incredible album

Let It Be

The Replacements

3/5

I liked it more than I expected, but not my normal jam

The Idiot

Iggy Pop

3/5

It was ok, I didn't enjoy it that much

You Are The Quarry

Morrissey

4/5

Very funny album

Diamond Life

Sade

4/5

Great album, great voice

Gold

Ryan Adams

5/5

Excellent album great voice

Ghosteen

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

3/5

Generally I'm not the biggest fan of Nick Cave. Yet, there's some good sound on there

American Idiot

Green Day

5/5

Foundational, I remember watching the videos on MTV as a kid. This album is legendary

System Of A Down

3/5

I like System of a down on occasion, it's a great album certainly, but I wouldn't listen to it every day

Shleep

Robert Wyatt

3/5

Tragic Songs of Life

The Louvin Brothers

5/5

This is exactly what I can listen to over and over

Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs

Derek & The Dominos

3/5

Did not stick in memory

White Light

Gene Clark

4/5

Black Metal

Venom

2/5

Am not a fan

Come Away With Me

Norah Jones

4/5

1999

Prince

5/5

The amazing and only

Paranoid

Black Sabbath

5/5

Amazing album

Pelican West

Haircut 100

3/5

Good, not bad, not my cup of tea

Zombie

Fela Kuti

5/5

Stardust

Willie Nelson

4/5

Classic Willie Nelson, pairs well with whiskey... Or tea

Stephen Stills

3/5

Good sound except for when you have two sleeping babies in the back, it gets just a little too rousing.

Either Or

Elliott Smith

3/5

Honestly not a fan, I can see the appeal, but not for me

Talking Heads 77

Talking Heads

3/5

Lust For Life

Iggy Pop

4/5

The Trinity Session

Cowboy Junkies

3/5

Good in the background

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

Beatles

4/5

Not my favorite Beatles album, but great nonetheless

Paris 1919

John Cale

2/5

Ritual De Lo Habitual

Jane's Addiction

3/5

Not an ultra fan of it, but some good sound, Mainly the lyrics are incomprehensible

Tres Hombres

ZZ Top

4/5

Great album all around

Doggystyle

Snoop Dogg

3/5

I hear how classic it is, I just don't like it enough, Yet I find interesting how we can hear major hits like the Chronic piercing through

Post Orgasmic Chill

Skunk Anansie

3/5

Liked but not loved

Come Find Yourself

Fun Lovin' Criminals

3/5

Didn't like the first few songs

Moving Pictures

Rush

4/5

Loved this album

Virgin Suicides

Air

3/5

I enjoyed the atmospherics but my partner could not stand it. She kept shutting the radio off

Savane

Ali Farka Touré

5/5

2112

Rush

5/5

I'm realizing I love Rush

1984

Van Halen

4/5

I liked the songs I didn't know particularly, great album

Juju

Siouxsie And The Banshees

3/5

Not to my particular liking ( liked some of it, sounds and voice, but the assonance of some songs was just not to my taste)

Buenas Noches From A Lonely Room

Dwight Yoakam

4/5

Honestly perfect for country ambiance

...And Justice For All

Metallica

5/5

Amazing, enough said

Ten

Pearl Jam

5/5

Great overall

Penthouse And Pavement

Heaven 17

5/5

Great for dancing in the morning

At Mister Kelly's

Sarah Vaughan

4/5

Very enjoyable jazz

I’m a Lonesome Fugitive

Merle Haggard

5/5

Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde

The Pharcyde

3/5

Noty favorite

Signing Off

UB40

3/5

Good listen while cooking

Can't Buy A Thrill

Steely Dan

3/5

Exile On Main Street

The Rolling Stones

4/5

Walking Wounded

Everything But The Girl

3/5

Not memorable to me

Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols

Sex Pistols

3/5

The Scream

Siouxsie And The Banshees

1/5

Really not something I enjoy

Exit Planet Dust

The Chemical Brothers

3/5

Was alright, but not something I would listen to every day

The Coral

4/5

Quite liked it!

Wild Wood

Paul Weller

4/5

Really liked it

Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not

Arctic Monkeys

4/5

Really good

Nebraska

Bruce Springsteen

4/5

Great album

Hysteria

Def Leppard

3/5

I enjoyed it

Cloud Nine

The Temptations

5/5

Fantastic album

In Utero

Nirvana

3/5

A few songs I liked but not a fan of the album iself

Oracular Spectacular

MGMT

3/5

Not my cup of coffee

Illinois

Sufjan Stevens

3/5

Great album but more my partner's taste than mine

Viva Hate

Morrissey

3/5

Ramones

3/5

Great but won't listen to every day

Buffalo Springfield Again

Buffalo Springfield

3/5

Good album, nice to Listen to while working

Countdown To Ecstasy

Steely Dan

3/5

Moon Safari

Air

4/5

Not bad, but the extra star is 100% because of the other reviews

Bringing It All Back Home

Bob Dylan

3/5

Not a fan

Tarkus

Emerson, Lake & Palmer

3/5

The White Album

Beatles

5/5

With The Beatles

Beatles

5/5

Green River

Creedence Clearwater Revival

5/5

Talking With the Taxman About Poetry

Billy Bragg

3/5

Ok, enjoyable

Different Class

Pulp

3/5

Blackstar

David Bowie

4/5

Very interesting yet dark album

Haut de gamme / Koweït, rive gauche

Koffi Olomide

4/5

No Other

Gene Clark

4/5

Great to sleep to, good music too

Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music

Ray Charles

5/5

Apocalypse Dudes

Turbonegro

3/5

Parachutes

Coldplay

4/5

Maxinquaye

Tricky

2/5

Not a fan

C'est Chic

CHIC

5/5

Excellent album

The Colour Of Spring

Talk Talk

3/5

Not my type of album

Coles Corner

Richard Hawley

4/5

Pretty good!

Home Is Where The Music Is

Hugh Masekela

4/5

Great album

Groovin'

The Young Rascals

3/5

The Village Green Preservation Society

The Kinks

3/5

The Slim Shady LP

Eminem

4/5

Melodrama

Lorde

2/5

American Beauty

Grateful Dead

3/5

Good to listen to, but did not strike me as exceptional

Phaedra

Tangerine Dream

3/5

Ok for what others have described, not what I wanted when I listened to it

3 + 3

The Isley Brothers

3/5

Good

I See You

The xx

4/5

Liked this album more than most

Urban Hymns

The Verve

5/5

Loved it

Astral Weeks

Van Morrison

4/5

Blue Lines

Massive Attack

3/5

Tubular Bells

Mike Oldfield

3/5

Heavy Weather

Weather Report

5/5

Joan Armatrading

4/5

My partner loved it

Kenya

Machito

5/5

Incredibile jazz album

Catch A Fire

Bob Marley & The Wailers

5/5

Even my 3 years old loved it

The Rolling Stones

5/5

Hard to not understand why this album put them on the map, purely incredible

The Yes Album

Yes

5/5

Yes

Surf's Up

The Beach Boys

5/5

Great album

Third

Soft Machine

1/5

Couldn't stand it from the first minute, If I wanted to listen to a meat grinder and a car crash at the same time, I'd listen to this. Not for me.

Synchronicity

The Police

5/5

First Band On The Moon

The Cardigans

4/5

Sound Affects

The Jam

4/5

Bug

Dinosaur Jr.

3/5

Siamese Dream

The Smashing Pumpkins

5/5

You've Come a Long Way Baby

Fatboy Slim

3/5

Physical Graffiti

Led Zeppelin

3/5

Adele

5/5

Behaviour

Pet Shop Boys

3/5

Ágætis Byrjun

Sigur Rós

3/5

Pretzel Logic

Steely Dan

5/5

Horses

Patti Smith

4/5

Teenager Of The Year

Frank Black

2/5

Mott

Mott The Hoople

3/5

Document

R.E.M.

4/5

Solid album

Licensed To Ill

Beastie Boys

2/5

Music in Exile

Songhoy Blues

5/5

Excellent listen

Nighthawks At The Diner

Tom Waits

5/5

Aja

Steely Dan

4/5

In It For The Money

Supergrass

4/5

Follow The Leader

Korn

5/5

Excellent album

The Queen Is Dead

The Smiths

2/5

Not a fan of the Smiths

Giant Steps

The Boo Radleys

3/5

Heartbreaker

Ryan Adams

5/5

Fantastic album

Caetano Veloso

5/5

Great listen

Gorillaz

3/5

I really don't like gorillaz

Beauty And The Beat

The Go-Go's

5/5

Fun to dance to with the kids

Myths Of The Near Future

Klaxons

3/5

Adele

4/5

Clandestino

Manu Chao

3/5

Not the biggest fan of Many Chao

Fisherman's Blues

The Waterboys

4/5

American IV: The Man Comes Around

Johnny Cash

5/5

Parklife

Blur

5/5

Innervisions

Stevie Wonder

5/5

Psychocandy

The Jesus And Mary Chain

2/5

I was not a fan

Hunky Dory

David Bowie

3/5

I'm in general not a Bowie fan. This album didn't do it for me

Gris Gris

Dr. John

3/5

Bongo Rock

Incredible Bongo Band

5/5

Felt Mountain

Goldfrapp

3/5

Not a fan

Bryter Layter

Nick Drake

4/5

Quite enjoyed it

At Fillmore East

The Allman Brothers Band

3/5

The Grand Tour

George Jones

5/5

Loved it

The Velvet Underground & Nico

The Velvet Underground

2/5

Not a fan

Club Classics Vol. One

Soul II Soul

3/5

Fun listen but not extraordinary, good to move in the morning

I'm Your Man

Leonard Cohen

5/5

Dub Housing

Pere Ubu

2/5

Everyone found it a bit disturbing

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

David Bowie

5/5

Venus Luxure No. 1 Baby

Girls Against Boys

2/5

More Songs About Buildings And Food

Talking Heads

3/5

Who's Next

The Who

5/5

Great album

Djam Leelii

Baaba Maal

5/5

Autobahn

Kraftwerk

4/5

Stand!

Sly & The Family Stone

3/5

Transformer

Lou Reed

3/5

Red Headed Stranger

Willie Nelson

5/5

Electric Prunes

The Electric Prunes

3/5

Ok didn't stick particularly but I was distracted when listening to it

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

Elton John

5/5

Veckatimest

Grizzly Bear

5/5

Excellent album, great in the morning to have breakfast with the kids

Imagine

John Lennon

5/5

Come on

Guero

Beck

3/5

Superunknown

Soundgarden

3/5

Birth Of The Cool

Miles Davis

5/5

Bluesbreakers

John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers

5/5

Excellent album

After The Gold Rush

Neil Young

3/5

3 Years, 5 Months And 2 Days In The Life Of...

Arrested Development

3/5

The Stooges

4/5

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector

Various Artists

5/5

Paul Simon

5/5

So Much For The City

The Thrills

5/5

Pink Moon

Nick Drake

5/5

Californication

Red Hot Chili Peppers

5/5

Sweet Baby James

James Taylor

5/5

Loved it

Vespertine

Björk

1/5

I really dislike anything Bjork

Aladdin Sane

David Bowie

2/5

Five Leaves Left

Nick Drake

5/5

Qui sème le vent récolte le tempo

MC Solaar

5/5

Young Americans

David Bowie

3/5

I'm honestly not that big a fan of Bowie

What's That Noise?

Coldcut

5/5

Loved it

Technique

New Order

4/5

School's Out

Alice Cooper

4/5

Graceland

Paul Simon

4/5

Funeral

Arcade Fire

3/5

I recognize it's great, I'm not a fan nonetheless

The Doors

4/5

People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm

A Tribe Called Quest

5/5

Live / Dead

Grateful Dead

4/5

Overall great, some bits I didn't like as much as others

Back to Basics

Christina Aguilera

5/5

This is the best album I've heard in weeks. Exceptionally sttong

It's Too Late to Stop Now

Van Morrison

3/5

Good for background while cooking

Channel Orange

Frank Ocean

5/5

Tago Mago

Can

2/5

Loveless

My Bloody Valentine

3/5

My Aim Is True

Elvis Costello

4/5

O.G. Original Gangster

Ice T

2/5

Not a fan

Life Thru A Lens

Robbie Williams

4/5

Enjoyable but not one I'd listen to over and over

Darkdancer

Les Rythmes Digitales

5/5

Loved it

The Wildest!

Louis Prima

5/5

Excellent, all of it

At San Quentin

Johnny Cash

5/5

The Clash

5/5

Excellent album

Straight Outta Compton

N.W.A.

5/5

Survivor

Destiny's Child

5/5

Endtroducing.....

DJ Shadow

5/5

Loved it

The Stone Roses

3/5

What's Going On

Marvin Gaye

3/5

Leftism

Leftfield

5/5

Incredible

Van Halen

4/5

Black Sabbath

3/5

Tommy

The Who

3/5

Scott 2

Scott Walker

2/5

Meh

The Dark Side Of The Moon

Pink Floyd

5/5

Elvis Presley

4/5

Manassas

Stephen Stills

4/5

Hotel California

Eagles

5/5

Doolittle

Pixies

3/5

Hot Fuss

The Killers

5/5

Nothing's Shocking

Jane's Addiction

3/5

Not for me

The Low End Theory

A Tribe Called Quest

3/5

Great text but I never was a fan of this type of beat

Made In Japan

Deep Purple

4/5

I remembered where smoke on the water is from today, great album for a lazy Saturday morning to get the kids to move

The Lexicon Of Love

ABC

3/5

Enjoyable

Nilsson Schmilsson

Harry Nilsson

3/5

Seems like a cluster of great songs I've heard in many different contexts without a clue they formed a whole called an album. The whole works though when listened to in sequence.

Grace

Jeff Buckley

3/5

Great album and I recognize it's greatness but it's not my personal jam

The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady

Charles Mingus

1/5

Not a fan

Stankonia

OutKast

3/5

I'm always a little nonplussed with OutKast, he deserves a spot on the list but I can't say how high

The Joshua Tree

5/5

Kind Of Blue

Miles Davis

5/5

This album is a go to for me, if I need ambiance, I put it on

Let England Shake

PJ Harvey

3/5

Fun album!

Time Out

The Dave Brubeck Quartet

5/5

Joanna Newsom

1/5

I couldn't stand more than a few minutes of her voice, not for me

The Dreaming

Kate Bush

3/5

Idlewild

Everything But The Girl

4/5

I really enjoyed this album, one song in particular really struck me, great listen

Brothers In Arms

Dire Straits

3/5

I love the music on this album

Harvest

Neil Young

4/5

Great album, surprised me

I’ve Got a Tiger By the Tail

Buck Owens

5/5

Moondance

Van Morrison

3/5

GREY Area

Little Simz

4/5

Great album

Life's Too Good

The Sugarcubes

1/5

Did I enjoy this? No. Will I try to listen again to revise my opinion? Also no.

Modern Life Is Rubbish

Blur

3/5

There's No Place Like America Today

Curtis Mayfield

5/5

Excellent in the morning to have a calm moment with great sound

Surfer Rosa

Pixies

3/5

Killing Joke

3/5

Rust Never Sleeps

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

4/5

Liked it more than I thought I would

A Short Album About Love

The Divine Comedy

3/5

Enjoyed

A Girl Called Dusty

Dusty Springfield

3/5

In A Silent Way

Miles Davis

5/5

Dire Straits

5/5

Sheet Music

10cc

2/5

Didn't like that much

At Folsom Prison

Johnny Cash

5/5

Hot Buttered Soul

Isaac Hayes

5/5

Incredible album, I'm glad I listened to it once in my life, will probably listen to again

Woodface

Crowded House

3/5

British Steel

Judas Priest

4/5

The first song worried me but the whole album is great

Fleet Foxes

3/5

Really enjoyable

Queen II

Queen

4/5

Only Built 4 Cuban Linx

Raekwon

3/5

I was never a fan of the repetitive beat no matter how great the text, I did not listen to the whole album. I stopped early on. This vote should not matter to anyone who likes this musical style

Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret

Soft Cell

1/5

Didn't like what I heard at first, or at the end

Sheer Heart Attack

Queen

3/5

Deloused in the Comatorium

The Mars Volta

3/5

Better than I expected

Berlin

Lou Reed

3/5

Some good stuff on there

Guitar Town

Steve Earle

4/5

Loved this album

Beggars Banquet

The Rolling Stones

3/5

The Marshall Mathers LP

Eminem

5/5

It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back

Public Enemy

3/5

I recognize the greatness, but it's not for me

Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire)

The Kinks

4/5

I like this album, but not enough to listen to it every day

That's The Way Of The World

Earth, Wind & Fire

3/5

Fear Of A Black Planet

Public Enemy

3/5

Better than It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back, less crowded

(What's The Story) Morning Glory

Oasis

3/5

Ellington at Newport

Duke Ellington

5/5

Incredible jazz, even my four year old could tell

Fuzzy Logic

Super Furry Animals

2/5

Mermaid Avenue

Billy Bragg

4/5

Arrival

ABBA

3/5

Roots

Sepultura

4/5

The first three songs in themselves justify a high rating, Great album

Chelsea Girl

Nico

3/5

Vauxhall And I

Morrissey

3/5

Better than I thought

The Atomic Mr Basie

Count Basie & His Orchestra

5/5

Could play this every day

Cut

The Slits

3/5

Honestly its nice for the first ten minutes, then it just became annoying

My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts

Brian Eno

3/5

All Directions

The Temptations

4/5

Peter Gabriel

3/5

White Blood Cells

The White Stripes

3/5

We Are Family

Sister Sledge

5/5

Incredible album

Blue

Joni Mitchell

3/5

Fishscale

Ghostface Killah

4/5

Was pleasantly surprised!

Born To Run

Bruce Springsteen

3/5

Franz Ferdinand

5/5

Loved this album

Goo

Sonic Youth

3/5

Mix bag

Floodland

Sisters Of Mercy

3/5

Better than I expected but not my cuppa

Electric Warrior

T. Rex

3/5

I know Listened to it but I wasn't sure for a moment, it appears to not have been extremely memorable. Albeit, I did enjoy it when I really do my best to remember

L.A. Woman

The Doors

3/5

The Man Machine

Kraftwerk

5/5

Kick Out The Jams (Live)

MC5

1/5

Disliked

Maggot Brain

Funkadelic