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Album	You	Global	Diff
Playing With Fire Spacemen 3	5	2.55	+2.45
My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts Brian Eno	5	2.79	+2.21
Club Classics Vol. One Soul II Soul	5	2.82	+2.18
Damaged Black Flag	5	2.86	+2.14
Leftism Leftfield	5	2.91	+2.09
Spiderland Slint	5	2.97	+2.03
Deserter's Songs Mercury Rev	5	3.03	+1.97
The Notorious Byrd Brothers The Byrds	5	3.04	+1.96
Pacific Ocean Blue Dennis Wilson	5	3.07	+1.93
Here Come The Warm Jets Brian Eno	5	3.08	+1.92

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
461 Ocean Boulevard Eric Clapton	1	3.11	-2.11
Highly Evolved The Vines	1	3.03	-2.03
Ten Pearl Jam	2	3.91	-1.91
Siamese Dream The Smashing Pumpkins	2	3.82	-1.82
Boston Boston	2	3.71	-1.71
All Hope Is Gone Slipknot	1	2.7	-1.7
Black Holes and Revelations Muse	2	3.59	-1.59
Hotel California Eagles	2	3.59	-1.59
Moving Pictures Rush	2	3.57	-1.57
Tusk Fleetwood Mac	2	3.47	-1.47

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Artist	Albums	Average
Brian Eno	3	4.67
Joni Mitchell	2	5
Bruce Springsteen	2	5
Stevie Wonder	2	5
Sonic Youth	2	5
David Bowie	3	4.33
Neil Young	3	4.33
R.E.M.	3	4.33

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First Band On The Moon

The Cardigans · 1 likes

4/5

Perfect scandi pop.

1-Star Albums (3)

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Peggy Suicide

Julian Cope

3/5

Ten

Pearl Jam

2/5

Can't Buy A Thrill

Steely Dan

3/5

Tidal

Fiona Apple

3/5

Such a talented artist, good starting point but for me Fetch The Bolt Cutters is her magnum opus.

The Genius Of Ray Charles

Ray Charles

3/5

In Our Heads

Hot Chip

4/5

Cant believe i overlooked this album at the time.

Deja Vu

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

4/5

A bona fide classic, those harmonies are killer. Kudos to whomever was wrangling the egos on display.

Rio

Duran Duran

3/5

Enjoyed tos a lot more than I thought I would, as an 80s indie kid i dodged duran duran, bu this was apleasant surprise. Loved the Kraftwerk influences on the likes of the chauffeur.

Welcome to the Afterfuture

Mike Ladd

4/5

My kind of hip hop, conscious, avant garde and a cameo from company flow. Excellent.

Master Of Puppets

Metallica

3/5

Who Killed...... The Zutons?

The Zutons

3/5

I had forgotten all about the zutons, this is a decent enough album, but is one of only 1001 you should listen to. Probably not.

Blunderbuss

Jack White

4/5

Sheer Heart Attack

Queen

4/5

One of queens best, worth it for Brighton Rock alone.

Homework

Daft Punk

4/5

Landmark album and still sounds as fresh as it did whennit came out.

Iron Maiden

3/5

As much as Paul was good, Bruce just took Maiden to another level, but the conglomeration of punk and prog to come up with the new wave of british heavy metal is here for all to see.

Hot Fuss

The Killers

4/5

Still sounds great. Wears its influences on its sleeve and sounds fantastic.

Songs Of Leonard Cohen

Leonard Cohen

4/5

The Beach Boys Today!

The Beach Boys

3/5

Electric Warrior

T. Rex

3/5

Getz/Gilberto

Stan Getz

4/5

So hot, it's cool.

The La's

5/5

Absolute classic, one of the great british debut albums. My first 5 stars.

Illmatic

Nas

5/5

Another 5 from me. Gamechanger of an album

Bitches Brew

Miles Davis

3/5

1989

Taylor Swift

4/5

Perfect poptimism, Taylors lyrics, Antonoffs production. Tay Tay at the top of her game.

Court And Spark

Joni Mitchell

5/5

I feel this album gets overlooked, but it's definitely up there with Blue for me.

Siamese Dream

The Smashing Pumpkins

2/5

Always found the pumpkins overrated. Liked gish and theres a few good songs on this and melon collie. But overall not a fan.

Here's Little Richard

Little Richard

4/5

Where it all begins. The nonsensical scream heard around the world.

Hms Fable

Shack

4/5

Seriously underrated band, noel wishes he had michael heads songwriting prowess.

Surrealistic Pillow

Jefferson Airplane

3/5

Wild Is The Wind

Nina Simone

4/5

Treasure

Cocteau Twins

4/5

Sublime. Liz Frazers voice and Robin Guthrie's guitar are a match made in heaven.

The Last Broadcast

Doves

4/5

Seriously underrated band.

Led Zeppelin II

Led Zeppelin

3/5

The Band

5/5

A simply stunning album from 5 musicians at the top of their game.

The Köln Concert

Keith Jarrett

4/5

Cant believe i've go to this age and never heard this. Fantastic piece of beautiful music. Wow.

Zombie

Fela Kuti

5/5

Trailblazer. Just thankful his music lives on.

Loveless

My Bloody Valentine

4/5

KE*A*H** (Psalm 69)

Ministry

2/5

I can appreciate it, but not for me.

Jagged Little Pill

Alanis Morissette

3/5

The Velvet Underground & Nico

The Velvet Underground

5/5

One of the bulwarks of modern music.

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

Arctic Monkeys

5/5

A land mark debut, an accurate representation of a moment in time.

Is This It

The Strokes

5/5

35m49s of sheer unadulterated joy.

Revolver

Beatles

5/5

Probably my favourite beatles album, even ringos song is good.

Here Are the Sonics

The Sonics

4/5

Punk as fuck.

Black Monk Time

The Monks

3/5

Im a sucker for this sort of garage rock.

The Only Ones

3/5

Boston

2/5

Aladdin Sane

David Bowie

4/5

Roots

Sepultura

2/5

2 stars for roots bloody roots.

Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme

Simon & Garfunkel

4/5

4 for the album. 5 for, For Emily. One of the greatest love songs.

Tonight's The Night

Neil Young

4/5

Eli And The Thirteenth Confession

Laura Nyro

4/5

I tried years ago to get into Laura Nyro on the recommendation of a musician whose taste allayed with mine and it just didn't click, this time however hit me right between the ears. I get it, i really get it.

Orbital 2

Orbital

4/5

They really reached the pinnacle of their genre. Fantastic record.

Blue Lines

Massive Attack

5/5

An absolute classic. Easiest 5 stars ive given so far.

Joanna Newsom

3/5

Live Through This

Hole

4/5

Courtney and Hole dont get anywhere near the respect they deserve.

Led Zeppelin III

Led Zeppelin

3/5

Chemtrails Over The Country Club

Lana Del Rey

4/5

Ive loved watching her progression, the addition of Jack Antonoffs production skills took her to another level.

Black Sabbath

4/5

Imagine

John Lennon

2/5

Meh

On The Beach

Neil Young

5/5

Probably my favourite Neil album. It's just so cracked and vulnerable as if the whole thing could collapse at any moment.

Southern Rock Opera

Drive-By Truckers

3/5

The Wildest!

Louis Prima

3/5

Garbage

3/5

Unknown Pleasures

Joy Division

4/5

Hopefully closer is in the list as well. Thats the real masterpiece.

Fever Ray

4/5

The Age Of The Understatement

The Last Shadow Puppets

3/5

British Steel

Judas Priest

3/5

Spiderland

Slint

5/5

I absolutely love this album.

Warehouse: Songs And Stories

Hüsker Dü

3/5

An album that had it been pared back from being a double album could have been perfect, but theres too much filler in my opinion.

Time Out

The Dave Brubeck Quartet

4/5

I Against I

Bad Brains

3/5

The Low End Theory

A Tribe Called Quest

5/5

All killer no filler, brilliant samples. Cool verses.

Smile

Brian Wilson

4/5

More Songs About Buildings And Food

Talking Heads

4/5

Cracking album, brilliant cover version of Al Green's 'Take Me To The River'.

C'est Chic

CHIC

3/5

Tracy Chapman

4/5

Forgot how much i loved this album.

Document

R.E.M.

3/5

First Band On The Moon

The Cardigans

4/5

Perfect scandi pop.

Tusk

Fleetwood Mac

2/5

Very hit and miss.

Pornography

The Cure

4/5

Moondance

Van Morrison

3/5

Rattus Norvegicus

The Stranglers

3/5

Sweetheart Of The Rodeo

The Byrds

4/5

My favourite byrds album, the addition of Gram Parsons was a stroke of genius.

Kid A

Radiohead

4/5

Immigrés

Youssou N'Dour

3/5

One World

John Martyn

3/5

Risque

CHIC

3/5

The Downward Spiral

Nine Inch Nails

3/5

My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts

Brian Eno

5/5

At Newport 1960

Muddy Waters

3/5

Murmur

R.E.M.

5/5

The Rolling Stones

3/5

At Budokan

Cheap Trick

4/5

Stand!

Sly & The Family Stone

4/5

Bridge Over Troubled Water

Simon & Garfunkel

4/5

John Barleycorn Must Die

Traffic

3/5

All Hope Is Gone

Slipknot

1/5

Dookie

Green Day

3/5

evermore

Taylor Swift

3/5

Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes

TV On The Radio

4/5

Ritual De Lo Habitual

Jane's Addiction

3/5

If I Should Fall From Grace With God

The Pogues

4/5

From Elvis In Memphis

Elvis Presley

4/5

Savane

Ali Farka Touré

3/5

Blue

Joni Mitchell

5/5

A supreme peak in a career of many.

Moss Side Story

Barry Adamson

3/5

The Coral

4/5

Sign 'O' The Times

Prince

5/5

Automatic For The People

R.E.M.

5/5

Another Green World

Brian Eno

4/5

Permission to Land

The Darkness

4/5

Black Holes and Revelations

Muse

2/5

Electric

The Cult

3/5

Hard Again

Muddy Waters

3/5

Shaft

Isaac Hayes

3/5

The World is a Ghetto

War

4/5

Signing Off

UB40

2/5

Forever Changes

Love

5/5

Let It Bleed

The Rolling Stones

5/5

Paranoid

Black Sabbath

4/5

Group Sex

Circle Jerks

4/5

Suzanne Vega

3/5

Coat Of Many Colors

Dolly Parton

4/5

Astral Weeks

Van Morrison

5/5

Every Picture Tells A Story

Rod Stewart

4/5

Brothers

The Black Keys

3/5

Germfree Adolescents

X-Ray Spex

4/5

American Beauty

Grateful Dead

5/5

Bryter Layter

Nick Drake

4/5

Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols

Sex Pistols

3/5

The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn

Pink Floyd

3/5

The Message

Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five

3/5

In Utero

Nirvana

5/5

Hotel California

Eagles

2/5

Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs

Derek & The Dominos

3/5

The Rise & Fall

Madness

3/5

Lust For Life

Iggy Pop

4/5

Honky Tonk Masquerade

Joe Ely

4/5

Appetite For Destruction

Guns N' Roses

4/5

Out Of The Blue

Electric Light Orchestra

4/5

Country Life

Roxy Music

4/5

Tanto Tempo

Bebel Gilberto

4/5

Talk Talk Talk

The Psychedelic Furs

3/5

Bookends

Simon & Garfunkel

4/5

Moving Pictures

Rush

2/5

Frampton Comes Alive

Peter Frampton

2/5

KIWANUKA

Michael Kiwanuka

4/5

Live And Dangerous

Thin Lizzy

4/5

Bug

Dinosaur Jr.

4/5

461 Ocean Boulevard

Eric Clapton

1/5

Fragile

Yes

2/5

Wonderful Rainbow

Lightning Bolt

3/5

Leftism

Leftfield

5/5

Sea Change

Beck

4/5

Joan Armatrading

3/5

Kilimanjaro

The Teardrop Explodes

4/5

The Sounds Of India

Ravi Shankar

2/5

At Folsom Prison

Johnny Cash

4/5

Entertainment

Gang Of Four

5/5

Common

3/5

Seventeen Seconds

The Cure

4/5

Arrival

ABBA

4/5

Shalimar

Rahul Dev Burman

3/5

Manassas

Stephen Stills

3/5

Diamond Life

Sade

4/5

Amnesiac

Radiohead

3/5

The Village Green Preservation Society

The Kinks

5/5

The Queen Is Dead

The Smiths

5/5

Rum Sodomy & The Lash

The Pogues

4/5

Different Class

Pulp

5/5

Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle

Bill Callahan

3/5

The ArchAndroid

Janelle Monáe

4/5

The Slim Shady LP

Eminem

3/5

Licensed To Ill

Beastie Boys

4/5

OK Computer

Radiohead

4/5

The United States Of America

4/5

What's That Noise?

Coldcut

4/5

Frank

Amy Winehouse

4/5

London Calling

The Clash

5/5

Music in Exile

Songhoy Blues

4/5

School's Out

Alice Cooper

4/5

Neon Bible

Arcade Fire

4/5

Playing With Fire

Spacemen 3

5/5

Punishing Kiss

Ute Lemper

3/5

At Mister Kelly's

Sarah Vaughan

4/5

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness

The Smashing Pumpkins

3/5

Made In Japan

Deep Purple

4/5

Groovin'

The Young Rascals

3/5

Electric Ladyland

Jimi Hendrix

3/5

Deserter's Songs

Mercury Rev

5/5

The Dreaming

Kate Bush

4/5

Led Zeppelin

3/5

Parallel Lines

Blondie

3/5

Kenya

Machito

3/5

Pacific Ocean Blue

Dennis Wilson

5/5

Back To Black

Amy Winehouse

4/5

Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1

George Michael

4/5

BEYONCÉ

Beyoncé

4/5

Highly Evolved

The Vines

1/5

Dusty In Memphis

Dusty Springfield

4/5

Dry

PJ Harvey

4/5

Greetings From L.A.

Tim Buckley

4/5

Live At The Harlem Square Club

Sam Cooke

4/5

Green River

Creedence Clearwater Revival

4/5

That's The Way Of The World

Earth, Wind & Fire

3/5

A Little Deeper

Ms. Dynamite

3/5

The Marshall Mathers LP

Eminem

3/5

Born To Run

Bruce Springsteen

5/5

Illinois

Sufjan Stevens

5/5

At Fillmore East

The Allman Brothers Band

4/5

Born In The U.S.A.

Bruce Springsteen

5/5

(Pronounced 'Leh-'Nérd 'Skin-'Nérd)

Lynyrd Skynyrd

3/5

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector

Various Artists

4/5

(What's The Story) Morning Glory

Oasis

3/5

Hot Rats

Frank Zappa

2/5

A Wizard, A True Star

Todd Rundgren

4/5

The Joshua Tree

4/5

Teen Dream

Beach House

3/5

Movies

Holger Czukay

4/5

Berlin

Lou Reed

4/5

Red Headed Stranger

Willie Nelson

5/5

All That You Can't Leave Behind

2/5

Stardust

Willie Nelson

3/5

Innervisions

Stevie Wonder

5/5

Cafe Bleu

The Style Council

3/5

Dirty

Sonic Youth

5/5

After The Gold Rush

Neil Young

4/5

Juju

Siouxsie And The Banshees

3/5

Shleep

Robert Wyatt

2/5

Mermaid Avenue

Billy Bragg

5/5

Daydream Nation

Sonic Youth

5/5

Definitely Maybe

Oasis

4/5

Dear Science

TV On The Radio

4/5

My Aim Is True

Elvis Costello

4/5

The Stone Roses

5/5

Hail To the Thief

Radiohead

3/5

The Real Thing

Faith No More

2/5

There's No Place Like America Today

Curtis Mayfield

4/5

The Stooges

4/5

Planet Rock: The Album

Afrika Bambaataa

3/5

Two Dancers

Wild Beasts

3/5

James Brown Live At The Apollo

James Brown

5/5

Post Orgasmic Chill

Skunk Anansie

2/5

Underwater Moonlight

The Soft Boys

4/5

White Blood Cells

The White Stripes

4/5

Swordfishtrombones

Tom Waits

4/5

Young Americans

David Bowie

5/5

Truth And Soul

Fishbone

2/5

Beauty And The Beat

The Go-Go's

3/5

Club Classics Vol. One

Soul II Soul

5/5

Violator

Depeche Mode

4/5

Talking Book

Stevie Wonder

5/5

The Bends

Radiohead

5/5

Led Zeppelin IV

Led Zeppelin

4/5

Third

Portishead

4/5

The Next Day

David Bowie

4/5

Guitar Town

Steve Earle

4/5

Ágætis Byrjun

Sigur Rós

4/5

Sunday At The Village Vanguard

Bill Evans Trio

3/5

Apocalypse 91… The Enemy Strikes Black

Public Enemy

3/5

Kimono My House

Sparks

4/5

Head Hunters

Herbie Hancock

5/5

I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You

Aretha Franklin

4/5

Larks' Tongues In Aspic

King Crimson

2/5

Bone Machine

Tom Waits

4/5

A Night At The Opera

Queen

4/5

Step In The Arena

Gang Starr

3/5

With The Beatles

Beatles

3/5

The Doors

3/5

Paul's Boutique

Beastie Boys

5/5

808 State

3/5

Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

Wilco

5/5

Home Is Where The Music Is

Hugh Masekela

3/5

D.O.A. the Third and Final Report of Throbbing Gristle

Throbbing Gristle

3/5

The Sun Rises In The East

Jeru The Damaja

4/5

The Notorious Byrd Brothers

The Byrds

5/5

Fear Of A Black Planet

Public Enemy

4/5

Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots

The Flaming Lips

4/5

Damaged

Black Flag

5/5

Transformer

Lou Reed

4/5

Chore of Enchantment

Giant Sand

3/5

Africa Brasil

Jorge Ben Jor

4/5

Whatever

Aimee Mann

3/5

Surf's Up

The Beach Boys

5/5

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

Simple Minds

4/5

Here Come The Warm Jets

Brian Eno

5/5

Get Behind Me Satan

The White Stripes

3/5

The Idiot

Iggy Pop

3/5