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Album	You	Global	Diff
Shadowland k.d. lang	5	2.87	+2.13
The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway Genesis	5	3.07	+1.93
Surf's Up The Beach Boys	5	3.3	+1.7
A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector Various Artists	5	3.3	+1.7
The Yes Album Yes	5	3.31	+1.69
Live At Leeds The Who	5	3.32	+1.68
Music From Big Pink The Band	5	3.36	+1.64
Elvis Presley Elvis Presley	5	3.38	+1.62
Reggatta De Blanc The Police	5	3.44	+1.56
Tidal Fiona Apple	5	3.45	+1.55

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Moondance Van Morrison	1	3.7	-2.7
Closer Joy Division	1	3.22	-2.22
In Rainbows Radiohead	2	3.85	-1.85
Grace Jeff Buckley	2	3.73	-1.73
Bubble And Scrape Sebadoh	1	2.65	-1.65
Black Holes and Revelations Muse	2	3.59	-1.59
Deep Purple In Rock Deep Purple	2	3.32	-1.32
Repeater Fugazi	2	3.13	-1.13
Dirty Sonic Youth	2	3.11	-1.11
I'm Your Man Leonard Cohen	2	3.09	-1.09

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Artist	Albums	Average
Stevie Wonder	3	5
The Beach Boys	3	4.67
Bob Dylan	2	5
The Who	2	5

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Artist	Ratings
Deep Purple	2, 5

5-Star Albums (41)

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Songs For Swingin' Lovers!

Frank Sinatra · 1 likes

5/5

So smooth! Nice and easy Chairman Frank. Soothing.

Van Halen

Van Halen · 1 likes

5/5

VH at their best!

Hysteria

Def Leppard · 1 likes

4/5

C - C - C Classic R - R - R - Raaaaawwwwk!

1-Star Albums (3)

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Introducing The Hardline According To Terence Trent D'Arby

Terence Trent D'Arby

2/5

Not a fan of 1980s compressed pop. Last 2 songs in other genres are good.

Tidal

Fiona Apple

5/5

Great album, great voice and arrangements. I like the jazz feeling.

Are You Experienced

Jimi Hendrix

5/5

Awesome! One of the greatest guitarist's greatest albums. What a creative force that reinvented rock and roll guitar. Jimi!

Bringing It All Back Home

Bob Dylan

5/5

Forgot the top 1001 albums, this has to be one of the top 10 albums of all time.

Songs For Swingin' Lovers!

Frank Sinatra

5/5

So smooth! Nice and easy Chairman Frank. Soothing.

Time Out

The Dave Brubeck Quartet

4/5

Cool jazz, a little repetative.

Abbey Road

Beatles

5/5

Been listening to this one since I as 10 or something. Absolutely the best.

At San Quentin

Johnny Cash

3/5

I like the great songs and Johnny's banter, but prob. prefer the Folsom prison album.

Rum Sodomy & The Lash

The Pogues

3/5

I've heard the Pogues before but never the whole album. Wasn't sure at first but it grew on me!

Surf's Up

The Beach Boys

5/5

Brilliant! I have a BB greatest hits album with all the surf tunes, but this one has added Grateful Dead and Stones influence (or vice versa?).

Tusk

Fleetwood Mac

3/5

Has heard a few songs before but the whole thing. I know mostly the hits. Interesting, moody.

Doggystyle

Snoop Dogg

3/5

Great music, lyrics are sketchy, haven't aged well. Or maybe weren't appropriate ever? But I will listen to this one again.

Fulfillingness' First Finale

Stevie Wonder

5/5

Not a Stevie album I've heard before but from his prime era. Very cool.

m b v

My Bloody Valentine

2/5

I can understand how it could appeal to some but it's not for me.

Zombie

Fela Kuti

5/5

So great! Never heard this before. Talking Heads ripped him off!

Black Holes and Revelations

Muse

2/5

Not my favorite.

3 + 3

The Isley Brothers

4/5

Wow, they wrote so many songs I was not aware of.

Closer

Joy Division

1/5

Not my cup of tea. Boring and droning. Makes me depressed. Is that the point?

The Number Of The Beast

Iron Maiden

4/5

I totally appreciate Iron Maiden. Lyrics are a little goofy, but fun, killer (haha) tunes.

Survivor

Destiny's Child

4/5

awesome

Crime Of The Century

Supertramp

3/5

OK, not a huge fan but not a hater either. More musicality than I would have guessed for what I otherwise recall as a pop band.

Crosby, Stills & Nash

5/5

An all timer, no doubt. Easy 5 star rating.

Dire Straits

5/5

Such a great debut album. I used to listen to it all the time, glad to hear it again.

Back In Black

AC/DC

4/5

Another all timer! 4 stars. because the lyrics range from sketchy to dated.

All Directions

The Temptations

4/5

Great band, great album. Will listen again!

Raw Power

The Stooges

3/5

Cool stuff, not that familiar. Raw power indeed.

Moving Pictures

Rush

5/5

One of my favorite albums of all time.

Songs From A Room

Leonard Cohen

4/5

I listened twice. I think this is music that grows on you.

Arrival

ABBA

3/5

Syrup sweet pop. OK.

I Should Coco

Supergrass

4/5

Cool! Never heard of them. Will listen again.

Pet Sounds

The Beach Boys

5/5

Another all timer.

Californication

Red Hot Chili Peppers

3/5

I like the red hots, but never have been all in. Some songs good, some meh.

Music From Big Pink

The Band

5/5

Great album! Excellent song writing and musical composition!

Blonde On Blonde

Bob Dylan

5/5

Another all timer.

Different Class

Pulp

4/5

Interesting! 80s new wave pop meets David Bowie.

If I Should Fall From Grace With God

The Pogues

4/5

Hmmm 2nd Pogues album on the list. I like this one better.

Seventeen Seconds

The Cure

4/5

Cool early Cure!

American IV: The Man Comes Around

Johnny Cash

4/5

Cool later Cash.

Vol. 4

Black Sabbath

4/5

Heavy but also catchy. Some classic OG Heavy Metal here.

461 Ocean Boulevard

Eric Clapton

3/5

Cool album, interesting variety.

Iron Maiden

3/5

Iron Maiden, I apricate them, but never got hooked in.

Abraxas

Santana

4/5

Nice!

Pyromania

Def Leppard

4/5

Great album if you grew up in the 80s!

Superunknown

Soundgarden

4/5

Great album! Grunge but not Nirvana. Will listen again.

Here's Little Richard

Little Richard

4/5

Tutti Frutti, OK! Classic, fun to hear again.

Channel Orange

Frank Ocean

3/5

New to me, sounded cool.

Songs Of Leonard Cohen

Leonard Cohen

4/5

Nice album! Dylan-esque.

Wild Is The Wind

Nina Simone

5/5

Brilliant, I love it. I've heard of her but never listened knowingly. Very cool.

Remain In Light

Talking Heads

4/5

Love the Talking Heads!

I'm Your Man

Leonard Cohen

2/5

OK, I like Cohen, but the 80s production/sound is killing me. No bueno.

Mothership Connection

Parliament

5/5

Killer funk! Yes!

Deep Purple In Rock

Deep Purple

2/5

A bit dramatic.

The White Room

The KLF

3/5

White Light / White Heat

The Velvet Underground

4/5

I love Lou Reed!

Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea

PJ Harvey

3/5

Cool album, I’ve not heard this before, and although I am not a big Thom Yorke fan I like her, so I'll listen again.

Moondance

Van Morrison

1/5

Great album! But VM is a jerk. Was a total A-hole to a dear friend of mine.

Orbital 2

Orbital

3/5

I don't typically care for repetitive EDM music. But this is better than OK while I'm working and not needing to pay full attention. Was this some OG EDM?

Fun House

The Stooges

3/5

Calenture

The Triffids

2/5

Poor man's INXS?

Five Leaves Left

Nick Drake

5/5

Really great album!

The Next Day

David Bowie

4/5

Nice late Bowie album!

Shadowland

k.d. lang

5/5

I love kd lang!! Great album!

Harvest

Neil Young

5/5

Probably a top 50 all timer album.

Music From The Penguin Cafe

Penguin Cafe Orchestra

4/5

Interesting, never head of them, but I like it!

Electric Ladyland

Jimi Hendrix

4/5

Rust Never Sleeps

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

4/5

Classic Neil Young sticking it to the disco era.

A Rush Of Blood To The Head

Coldplay

4/5

Nice little Cold Play album. The one that started their success?

Crocodiles

Echo And The Bunnymen

3/5

I've heard of them but thought they were more synth based. This one sounds like there are sonic connections to punk, REM, Talking Heads, New Wave, which all makes sense given 1980.

Tanto Tempo

Bebel Gilberto

4/5

Super relaxing! Lovely!

Talking Book

Stevie Wonder

5/5

Superstition!

A Night At The Opera

Queen

4/5

Sounds like they recorded in a studio: perfect harmonies, solos, etc. Amazing live performance.

Djam Leelii

Baaba Maal

3/5

Interesting! Sometimes soothing, sometime not. A little repetitive.

War

5/5

Such great raw energy! Great stuff.

Youth And Young Manhood

Kings of Leon

3/5

Good album, not great. Cudos for retro punk vibes. I wanted to like this album but never quite got it.

Grace

Jeff Buckley

2/5

OK, kind of 90s, not my fave era

Machine Head

Deep Purple

5/5

Classic ROCK!

Future Days

Can

4/5

Cool stuff! Love it. Seems like they influenced a lot of future bands with this sound.

Real Life

Magazine

3/5

Post punk, Bowie-esque.

Aja

Steely Dan

5/5

Excellent through and through, all great songs.

Highway to Hell

AC/DC

5/5

AC/DC with Bon Scott! Just the best.

Cloud Nine

The Temptations

4/5

Good album, Motown!

Metallica

3/5

Good album, seemed larger than life back when it came out, less so now.

Stankonia

OutKast

4/5

Great album! Really inventive music with great grooves.

The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway

Genesis

5/5

Great stuff!! Never heard this one.

Document

R.E.M.

3/5

Sometimes I enjoy REM, but not today. Kind of a grating winy sound.

Appetite For Destruction

Guns N' Roses

4/5

Rock N Roll! Nothing like a little glam rock hair band metal.

Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots

The Flaming Lips

3/5

Meh. A little OK, a little boring, a little moody, a little sappy.

Let Love Rule

Lenny Kravitz

4/5

Retro Lenny! Still, good stuff. Well done.

Want One

Rufus Wainwright

4/5

Very cool, nice production, like a movie score maybe.

Reggatta De Blanc

The Police

5/5

I mean, one of my favorites all time!

Ready To Die

The Notorious B.I.G.

3/5

Great beats and rapping. Not loving the gansta/misogyny stuff.

Sea Change

Beck

3/5

OK, relaxing.

Tres Hombres

ZZ Top

4/5

Very nice, Texas blues!

In A Silent Way

Miles Davis

5/5

So good, a master of mood.

The Yes Album

Yes

5/5

I love Yes!

Who's Next

The Who

5/5

All timer!

Bitte Orca

Dirty Projectors

4/5

I like this and want to listen again.

The Lexicon Of Love

ABC

3/5

Was NOT my thing back in the day, but listening again, it's better than I remember.

The Contino Sessions

Death In Vegas

3/5

Interesting album, pretty cool DJ type music.

Nebraska

Bruce Springsteen

4/5

Great raw album. Movie coming out Friday!

Van Halen

5/5

VH at their best!

Tragic Songs of Life

The Louvin Brothers

4/5

Love the harmonies and bluegrass/country!

Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme

Simon & Garfunkel

5/5

Really great work. Snapshot in time.

Repeater

Fugazi

2/5

90s neo punk. OK.

What's Going On

Marvin Gaye

5/5

The big hits on this album alone are enough for 5 stars.

Fleet Foxes

4/5

Very nice, listened twice, atmospheric and soothing.

The Boatman's Call

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

3/5

Moody Tom Waits-ish

Songs In The Key Of Life

Stevie Wonder

5/5

Absolute Classic.

Want Two

Rufus Wainwright

2/5

Ugh, boring, not fun.

Joan Armatrading

3/5

Well crafted, some nice songs, easy lisetening.

In Utero

Nirvana

3/5

Gruuuunge! Rocking, annoying, raw, impressive, lot's of varied thoughts. Go Nirvana!

Emergency On Planet Earth

Jamiroquai

3/5

Pretty good groovy background music.

NEU! 75

Neu!

3/5

Interesting, I can see the influence on the 80s era sound.

Joan Baez

4/5

1960, she was so young. Very cool. I Know You Rider!

After The Gold Rush

Neil Young

4/5

Love Neil Young!

Live At The Harlem Square Club

Sam Cooke

5/5

Fabulous early soul/rock n roll. I can hear how Sam's music influenced many others.

In It For The Money

Supergrass

4/5

Nice album! 90s brit pop I guess.

Rain Dogs

Tom Waits

4/5

I know Tom Waits' music, never been a huge fan, but I liked this one!

Swordfishtrombones

Tom Waits

4/5

OK, two Tom Waits in a row! Same comments as the other one.

In Rainbows

Radiohead

2/5

I think Radiohead are very winy sounding, thin. I get the new sound alt/rock push but not my cup of tea.

Lust For Life

Iggy Pop

4/5

Classic Iggy album, some great tunes.

Tracy Chapman

4/5

Fantastic album, great songs, heartfelt.

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

The Kinks

4/5

I do not know the Kinks well but I really liked this album!

Teenager Of The Year

Frank Black

4/5

Cool stuff! Punky, rickin', energy!

Back To Black

Amy Winehouse

4/5

Great album!

Rumours

Fleetwood Mac

5/5

An all timer!

John Barleycorn Must Die

Traffic

4/5

Nice album, I like Steve Windwood.

In Our Heads

Hot Chip

3/5

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

4/5

Green

R.E.M.

3/5

OK, REM not my favorite, too winy.

The Downward Spiral

Nine Inch Nails

3/5

Clang! Industrial, reminds me of Tool with a punk flair.

The Grand Tour

George Jones

4/5

Suuuuper smoooooth! Very nice!

Hysteria

Def Leppard

4/5

C - C - C Classic R - R - R - Raaaaawwwwk!

With The Beatles

Beatles

4/5

Great early (the 1st?) Beatles.

Master Of Puppets

Metallica

4/5

Imperial Bedroom

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

4/5

I don't know Elvis' music beyond the big hits so it was really nice to hear this great album from an era that seemed drenched in New Wave crap and bad pop hits.

Reign In Blood

Slayer

3/5

Just little tiny bit ... HEAVY.

Bubble And Scrape

Sebadoh

1/5

Not my cup of tea.

Red Headed Stranger

Willie Nelson

4/5

Great songwriter!

Horses

Patti Smith

3/5

On one hand I get it, on the other, I don't.

Kick Out The Jams (Live)

MC5

4/5

I really like the raw energy of this one. IDK the original songs but these live versions sound like they're bringing it.

Django Django

4/5

I really liked this, the mix of sounds and genres is nicely composed, reminds me of Gomez.

One World

John Martyn

4/5

I've heard Martyn's more acoustic based music (older?). This adds some funk/disco/horn sounds. Good ole smooth 70s stuff. Pretty nice.

Odessey And Oracle

The Zombies

4/5

Very cool music. I know only their hit at the end of this album.

Buena Vista Social Club

5/5

I love the BV Social Club! Such a great group and such a great album. Loved the movie too.

Liege And Lief

Fairport Convention

3/5

Wow, Brit psychedelic folk + Grace Slick sounding singer.

Melodrama

Lorde

3/5

Interesting, I like her voice but not sucked in by the muisic.

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector

Various Artists

5/5

What a golden era for Xmas music!

The Wall

Pink Floyd

5/5

Live And Dangerous

Thin Lizzy

4/5

I love the rocking energy of this one. Great stuff!

Pills 'n' Thrills And Bellyaches

Happy Mondays

4/5

Dirty

Sonic Youth

2/5

Some ok, some annoying. I think this was their goal?

Purple Rain

Prince

3/5

I appreciate Prince more now that I am older. This album has 4 big hits and the rest are meh. Still, the 4 were huge.

The Dreaming

Kate Bush

2/5

I get that she's iconic and probably influenced others with her work but this album didn't do it for me. Too abstract I guess.

The Beach Boys Today!

The Beach Boys

4/5

Fun Beach Boys Album! Love the harmonies!

The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill

Lauryn Hill

4/5

Play

Moby

3/5

Some nice grooves but kind of repetitive after a while.

It's Blitz!

Yeah Yeah Yeahs

3/5

Not bad but nothing grabbed me and pulled me in. Kind of monotonous 80s redux synth and not much modulation/change/drama.

Endtroducing.....

DJ Shadow

4/5

I like this! Not my normal cup of tea, but some groovy beats, and a range of sounds that keep it interesting.

Elvis Presley

5/5

I mean, c'mon, the king. OK, he borrowed/stole from black musicians heavily, as did so many white musicians. But he did add his own flare, charisma and style, and he poked 'Merica in the face and said, "THIS!".

Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs

Marty Robbins

4/5

Great American country tunes! I know El Paso from the Grateful Dead / Bobby versions (RIP Bobby!).

Natty Dread

Bob Marley & The Wailers

3/5

Some classic tunes, Lively Up, No Woman, etc.

Live At Leeds

The Who

5/5

The raw power of the Who on this performance is stunning. Probably not for everyone given how heavy and loud it is, but man they were good live!!

The Köln Concert

Keith Jarrett

3/5

Interesting, like a piano stream of consciousness rolling jam. Maybe influenced later electronic drone type music?

Transformer

Lou Reed

5/5

Biased review here ... 5 stars absolutely no doubt. I LOVE Lou Reed. Simple, powerful, cutting edge for 1972, perhaps cutting edge even for 2026 given the current American "situation".

Odelay

Beck

4/5

Iconic album from the 90s, good to hear it again.

Cosmo's Factory

Creedence Clearwater Revival

4/5

Some all American classics from the swamp blues band from Berkeley, CA. Great song writing and simple but powerful delivery.

Infected

The The

2/5

Meh, when the 80s brought us the compressed sounds of banging pots and pans a la depeche mode, I ran the other way. Not saying this is bad music, just not my cup of tea.

Time (The Revelator)

Gillian Welch

3/5

Nice folk music.