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Album	You	Global	Diff
Two Dancers Wild Beasts	5	2.75	+2.25
The Coral The Coral	5	3.01	+1.99
This Is Hardcore Pulp	5	3.14	+1.86
The La's The La's	5	3.15	+1.85
Screamadelica Primal Scream	5	3.17	+1.83
The Specials The Specials	5	3.3	+1.7
I Should Coco Supergrass	5	3.34	+1.66
Bossanova Pixies	5	3.38	+1.62
Parklife Blur	5	3.38	+1.62
Imagine John Lennon	5	3.45	+1.55

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Album	You	Global	Diff
3 Feet High and Rising De La Soul	1	3.45	-2.45
Bat Out Of Hell Meat Loaf	1	3.45	-2.45
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy Kanye West	1	3.41	-2.41
At Mister Kelly's Sarah Vaughan	1	3.38	-2.38
Red Headed Stranger Willie Nelson	1	3.35	-2.35
Talking Timbuktu Ali Farka Touré	1	3.13	-2.13
Untitled (Black Is) SAULT	1	3.05	-2.05
Purple Rain Prince	2	4.02	-2.02
A Seat at the Table Solange	1	3.01	-2.01
Introducing The Hardline According To Terence Trent D'Arby Terence Trent D'Arby	1	2.98	-1.98

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Artist	Albums	Average
Arcade Fire	2	5
Beatles	2	5
Bob Marley & The Wailers	3	4.33

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Artist	Albums	Average
Ali Farka Touré	2	1.5

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The Who	5, 2

5-Star Albums (24)

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The La's

5/5

Absolute belter of an album

1 likes

Who's Next

The Who

5/5

I’ve never given The Who the time they clearly deserve. This is an excellent, brilliantly structured album.

1 likes

LP1

FKA twigs

1/5

Annoying distorted crap

1 likes

Purple Rain

Prince

2/5

Camp and overblown

1 likes

Time (The Revelator)

Gillian Welch

2/5

I guess they need to pander to the country music religious nut jobs and include something like this in the list

1 likes

1-Star Albums (24)

Introducing The Hardline According To Terence Trent D'Arby

All Ratings

Songs From A Room

Leonard Cohen

2/5

Few redeeming features here. Meaningless songs, uninteresting guitar. Finished the album with a flute FFS.

Madman Across The Water

Elton John

3/5

Thankfully not too much of his cheesy shit on this one

The Suburbs

Arcade Fire

5/5

Superb. Still superb.

American Idiot

Green Day

4/5

Superb. Still superb.

3 Feet High and Rising

De La Soul

1/5

Not for me this. The three famous ones are all decent but the rest is a load of rubbish.

Out Of The Blue

Electric Light Orchestra

4/5

Happy Dad memories

Histoire De Melody Nelson

Serge Gainsbourg

1/5

Absolute French art school nonsense

Surf's Up

The Beach Boys

3/5

Beatles rip off in places. Less cringe than some of their stuff but overall not too bad.

Rio

Duran Duran

3/5

CLOLassic

The Genius Of Ray Charles

Ray Charles

2/5

Too much trumpet

Vulgar Display Of Power

Pantera

2/5

A challenging listen. Not terrible

Funeral

Arcade Fire

5/5

Still great

Logical Progression

LTJ Bukem

3/5

Decent drum n bass, not too heavy, listenable

Introducing The Hardline According To Terence Trent D'Arby

Terence Trent D'Arby

1/5

Crap 80s soul

Chicago Transit Authority

Chicago

3/5

Classic 60s guitar wankery

My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

Kanye West

1/5

No no no. NO

Paranoid

Black Sabbath

5/5

Superb this. Only knew 2 songs but whole album very good

Are You Experienced

Jimi Hendrix

3/5

Quite enjoyable, a little self indulgent in places

The Yes Album

Yes

2/5

Uninteresting prog

Automatic For The People

R.E.M.

4/5

A classic but a little cheesier than I remembered

Mermaid Avenue

Billy Bragg

3/5

Trying a bit hard with the folky sing alongs. Ok in places

A Seat at the Table

Solange

1/5

Awful bland soul

Bringing It All Back Home

Bob Dylan

4/5

Some weird rambling stories but generally very good

At Folsom Prison

Johnny Cash

2/5

Over rated. Boring songs, very samey, annoying crowd interaction

m b v

My Bloody Valentine

2/5

Wall of noise. Not very tuneful

Heartattack And Vine

Tom Waits

4/5

Classic blues

Getz/Gilberto

Stan Getz

4/5

Nice!

The Specials

5/5

First listen to a full Specials album - outstanding. Great fun.

Band On The Run

Paul McCartney and Wings

3/5

Trying so hard to recreate Beatles magic. Fails

Born To Run

Bruce Springsteen

3/5

Average and samey

Deja Vu

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

4/5

A real surprise. Very influential

The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators

The 13th Floor Elevators

2/5

Never heard of the band or any of these songs. Very average 60s guitar

The Man Machine

Kraftwerk

4/5

Knew more than I expected. Genre busting

Hard Again

Muddy Waters

3/5

Probably a classic of the blues genre but not really my bag

Live At The Harlem Square Club

Sam Cooke

4/5

Would have liked to be there

Get Behind Me Satan

The White Stripes

3/5

Still a bit annoying

Bookends

Simon & Garfunkel

4/5

Some classics on here

Electric Ladyland

Jimi Hendrix

3/5

Some classics on here but album ruined by self indulgent no sense

A Wizard, A True Star

Todd Rundgren

2/5

Overly weird for the sake of it. Ok when he sings like a norm

The Stooges

3/5

Great apart from the random 10 minute chanting track

Better Living Through Chemistry

Fatboy Slim

4/5

Much better than I expected

Black Sabbath

4/5

Didn’t know any of these songs, but very decent album

Want One

Rufus Wainwright

3/5

Very very flamingo

I Against I

Bad Brains

3/5

Never heard of this lot. Vocals a bit FNM. Guitars more hair metal

Heaven Or Las Vegas

Cocteau Twins

2/5

Annoying vocals. Bit bland. A couple of tunes stand out though

Idlewild

Everything But The Girl

3/5

Very laid back and mellow, a little dull in places

Let's Stay Together

Al Green

2/5

First half repetitive trumpet. Second half repetitive miserable ballads

Talking Timbuktu

Ali Farka Touré

1/5

Repetitive chanting nonsense

Sea Change

Beck

3/5

Not even in Beck’s top 1001 albums

Peggy Suicide

Julian Cope

2/5

Surprised this made the cut. Nothing memorable here

Imperial Bedroom

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

3/5

Very non offensive

Jazz Samba

Stan Getz

3/5

Nice!

Zombie

Fela Kuti

2/5

Surprised this was controversial. Just afrobeat jazz

Purple Rain

Prince

2/5

Camp and overblown

Morrison Hotel

The Doors

3/5

Didn’t recognise much of this but very decent

War

3/5

Definitely U2 at their most credible

The Wildest!

Louis Prima

2/5

One of the weaker jazz albums on here. Quirky vocals, derivative music

Debut

Björk

2/5

Yeah still as annoying as I remember

The Band

3/5

A bit bland and generic

Natty Dread

Bob Marley & The Wailers

4/5

Classic

Revolver

Beatles

5/5

Would be best album of all time if Yellow Submarine wasn’t on there

Playing With Fire

Spacemen 3

1/5

Very disappointing. Just ambient noise in places

Songs From The Big Chair

Tears For Fears

4/5

80s tastic

A Walk Across The Rooftops

The Blue Nile

4/5

Don’t know any of these songs but really like it. Can see where Gang of Youths got their inspiration

Now I Got Worry

The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion

3/5

A mixed bag. Would listen again (and need to)

One Nation Under A Groove

Funkadelic

2/5

Good guitarist but the funk puns are beyond tiring

Screamadelica

Primal Scream

5/5

Superb, their best output by a long way

Colour By Numbers

Culture Club

1/5

Rubbish

Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret

Soft Cell

3/5

Absolute filth

Blonde On Blonde

Bob Dylan

3/5

His voice grates on me across a full album. Also some of the tunes way too whimsy. Having said that, have to recognise him as a pioneer of the style and there are a couple of amazing tracks on this one

Cut

The Slits

3/5

Patchy. In no way a classic. Bad singer

This Is Hardcore

Pulp

5/5

One of my favourites. Works together seamlessly, part seedy part uplifting.

At Newport 1960

Muddy Waters

3/5

Classic blues

Palo Congo

Sabu

1/5

Awful tuneless nonsense

Brown Sugar

D'Angelo

1/5

Not good. Generic slimy RnB

Exodus

Bob Marley & The Wailers

5/5

Really great, much more mature sound than earlier stuff, lots of classics on here

Catch A Fire

Bob Marley & The Wailers

4/5

All good

LP1

FKA twigs

1/5

Annoying distorted crap

Behaviour

Pet Shop Boys

3/5

A bit bland by their standards

Blackstar

David Bowie

3/5

This is more highly thought of than it should be purely down to timing

Rapture

Anita Baker

2/5

Dull generic soul/pop

Pyromania

Def Leppard

3/5

Hair

The Joshua Tree

3/5

Some classic big hit pop singles. And some less classic filler

Juju

Siouxsie And The Banshees

3/5

Decent. Voice can get a bit annoying

Copper Blue

Sugar

4/5

Never heard of band or album. Quite good in a very early 90s way

...And Justice For All

Metallica

3/5

I’m sure it was innovative at the time but just sounds a bit repetitive to me - the same heavy guitar riff and drums for an hour

Violator

Depeche Mode

4/5

80s classic. A bit weird outside of the well known ones

Green River

Creedence Clearwater Revival

4/5

Great mix of rock, blues and country

Sister

Sonic Youth

4/5

First time I’ve heard this - unsure how/why because it’s right up my street

(Pronounced 'Leh-'Nérd 'Skin-'Nérd)

Lynyrd Skynyrd

4/5

Very good! Had no idea they were a credible rock band, I assumed it was parody

Bossanova

Pixies

5/5

Brilliant

Hunky Dory

David Bowie

4/5

A classic, albeit with a couple of weak ones which stop it being a 5

Nevermind

Nirvana

5/5

Amazing, created a whole genre

Welcome to the Afterfuture

Mike Ladd

1/5

Random collection of noises and some shouty rap

Brilliant Corners

Thelonious Monk

2/5

Jazz. Didn’t strike me as particularly special or groundbreaking

Remain In Light

Talking Heads

3/5

A bit weirder than I remember

Pictures At An Exhibition

Emerson, Lake & Palmer

3/5

Some sort of classical/prog crossover. Bit weird. Not sure why the crowd goes so bananas

John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band

John Lennon

4/5

Difficult listen in many ways but still genius

Odessey And Oracle

The Zombies

4/5

Less high profile than Beach Boys but a very similar sound. Very catchy in places

Damaged

Black Flag

3/5

Not really my thing but gets a 3 for being the original thrashy punk album that has been copied thousands of times through four decades

Time (The Revelator)

Gillian Welch

2/5

I guess they need to pander to the country music religious nut jobs and include something like this in the list

Heaux Tales

Jazmine Sullivan

1/5

Actually painful to listen to. The worst kind of R&B/soul. Awful

Red Headed Stranger

Willie Nelson

1/5

Pandering to the country music weirdos

Two Dancers

Wild Beasts

5/5

So pleased this on here. An under rated gem

Lam Toro

Baaba Maal

1/5

I don’t get it. African chanting, he doesn’t have a good voice and there is no musical ability demonstrated. A real slog

1984

Van Halen

2/5

Unsure how this made the cut. Fine but hardly ground breaking

Music in Exile

Songhoy Blues

3/5

Quite enjoyable though does get a bit repetitive

All Things Must Pass

George Harrison

3/5

A bit unnecessary in places but some moments of genius

G. Love And Special Sauce

G. Love & Special Sauce

3/5

Never heard of them but quite like it. Shades of Jurassic 5 and FLC

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

David Bowie

4/5

Good listen. He’s less of a weirdo on full albums than I expected

Kenza

Khaled

1/5

Background music in a Middle Eastern restaurant. Rubbish.

Sweet Baby James

James Taylor

2/5

Boooooooooooring. But inoffensive

Pretzel Logic

Steely Dan

3/5

Solid 70s guitar.

Parklife

Blur

5/5

Think the 90s might be taking the lead

Green

R.E.M.

5/5

Less well known and less obvious than some of their others. A great listen

Paul's Boutique

Beastie Boys

2/5

One trick ponies. Every song sounds the same. Disappointing

The La's

5/5

Absolute belter of an album

The Clash

5/5

One of at least 3 five star albums by The Clash

Young Americans

David Bowie

3/5

Way too many sax solos and overblown gospel choruses. Not one of his best

Ctrl

SZA

1/5

Knowing this shit headlined Glasto makes me very sad

Synchronicity

The Police

4/5

A couple of odd tracks but generally pretty good

Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)

Eurythmics

3/5

Decent 80s electro

Fulfillingness' First Finale

Stevie Wonder

3/5

Fine, nothing really stands out but quite pleasant

Ocean Rain

Echo And The Bunnymen

4/5

Almost a 5/5 but nothing else on here is as amazing as the killing moon

Pet Sounds

The Beach Boys

4/5

Very good, worthy of a place on the list although it’s not a 5 star in my eyes

C'est Chic

CHIC

2/5

Cheesy naff disco. Not for me

Off The Wall

Michael Jackson

2/5

Never seen the appeal. Annoying voice, bland pop tunes

Tellin’ Stories

The Charlatans

4/5

Decent late stage Britpop

Peter Gabriel

3/5

Bit of a mixed bag. Some pop naff in there. Sledge Hammer holds the whole thing up

Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme

Simon & Garfunkel

4/5

Lovely. Just lovely.

Talking Heads 77

Talking Heads

3/5

Decent, less batshit than I expected. Psycho Killer easily the standout

3 + 3

The Isley Brothers

3/5

Pleasant 70s soul. Summer breeze obvs a fine tune

I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You

Aretha Franklin

3/5

1967! Wow. A good listen. Had no idea this was nearly 60 years old

Diamond Life

Sade

2/5

Perfectly pleasant. A must-listen? Absolutely not.

OK Computer

Radiohead

5/5

Absolute classic, never gets tried

Justified

Justin Timberlake

1/5

Pop garbage

Station To Station

David Bowie

3/5

Pretty average by his very high standards

Like Water For Chocolate

Common

2/5

Better than the usual wannabe gangster shit from Wu-Tang but having said that I’m never going to play this again.

Axis: Bold As Love

Jimi Hendrix

2/5

Pretty generic guitar wibbling. No standouts on this album

At Mister Kelly's

Sarah Vaughan

1/5

Awful lounge easy listening jazz rubbish

White Light

Gene Clark

3/5

Reasonably pleasant if forgettable

The Hour Of Bewilderbeast

Badly Drawn Boy

4/5

Better than I remember. Should have got into this more at the time

Hot Buttered Soul

Isaac Hayes

3/5

Should have include Chocolate Salty Balls on this one

Unhalfbricking

Fairport Convention

3/5

Hard to categorise this. A bit folky a bit rocky a bit bluesy. Nicely different

Penance Soiree

The Icarus Line

3/5

No idea how this band passed me by at the time. It is fairly forgettable I guess so maybe they just disappeared from my memory

Odelay

Beck

4/5

Some classics on here. Goes a bit experimental and almost improv sounding with the beastie boys rip offs

Untitled (Black Is)

SAULT

1/5

The way to get on this list is clearly to be wildly eclectic and a little batshit

The Velvet Underground

4/5

Very good, a little experimental at the end but enjoyed the listen

Savane

Ali Farka Touré

2/5

Not unpleasant. Bit samey

Hounds Of Love

Kate Bush

3/5

Prefer the Futureheads

Legalize It

Peter Tosh

2/5

Really repetitive and simple reggae. Bob Marley this is not.

The Beach Boys Today!

The Beach Boys

3/5

Definitely at the cheesier end of the beach boys spectrum.

Who's Next

The Who

5/5

I’ve never given The Who the time they clearly deserve. This is an excellent, brilliantly structured album.

The Coral

5/5

Unfairly lumped in with landfill indie. This is a great album

Honky Tonk Heroes

Waylon Jennings

2/5

Predictable and basic country music for idiots

2112

Rush

2/5

Lyrics written by a small child. Sounds like a parody of wigout guitar music. Almost spinal tap in places

Rubber Soul

Beatles

5/5

Absolute classic, not a bad song on here.

Fear and Whiskey

Mekons

3/5

Don’t like the singers voice. Weird musical mix of country and punk. Different

It's Blitz!

Yeah Yeah Yeahs

4/5

The two singles still brilliant but let down by the rest of the album

Hot Fuss

The Killers

5/5

A bit overplayed but no denying it’s a classic

Raw Like Sushi

Neneh Cherry

3/5

One of a kind. Very original and never been copied.

Stephen Stills

4/5

Never heard any of this before but really rate it. Great guitar as well as the obvious songwriting and singing talent

Safe As Milk

Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band

3/5

Decent in places but generally a bit bizarre and experimental for me

Brothers In Arms

Dire Straits

3/5

Don’t get the hype. Fine easy listening fare

Beauty And The Beat

The Go-Go's

4/5

Never heard any of this before but very good and clearly very influential as I could hear lots of others bands in this.

Californication

Red Hot Chili Peppers

5/5

Probably their finest moment

A Love Supreme

John Coltrane

2/5

Slightly tedious jazz

Phaedra

Tangerine Dream

1/5

Boring trippy ambient nonsense

Crocodiles

Echo And The Bunnymen

3/5

Never heard any of these before but solid album

Chris

Christine and the Queens

1/5

Bland predictable French pop

You've Come a Long Way Baby

Fatboy Slim

3/5

Maybe it’s just too overplayed but this felt very repetitive

Os Mutantes

4/5

Bizarre, so bizarre. But enjoyable throughout and discovering a Minha Menina is the highlight of this whole exercise

The Atomic Mr Basie

Count Basie & His Orchestra

3/5

Every song was either Barry Norman or The Naked Gun. Pleasant

Highway to Hell

AC/DC

3/5

Always have been a one-trick parody band.

The Message

Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five

3/5

I guess it’s more positive than gangster shit. Catchy in places, downright cringey in others

Remedy

Basement Jaxx

2/5

Red alert is still a tune but the rest of the album is largely random noises

The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn

Pink Floyd

3/5

Quirky and very strange in places, like a lot of this list! Decent but I do prefer their later stuff

Superfly

Curtis Mayfield

3/5

Pretty basic soul

Bat Out Of Hell

Meat Loaf

1/5

Wow, worse than I ever imagined. A real slog to get through this cheesy overblown nonsense

The Who Sell Out

The Who

2/5

Trying to be funny/clever but it’s just annoying. No decent tunes on this one either to make up for it

Sticky Fingers

The Rolling Stones

4/5

Never played this in full before - yet overly familiar. Very good

Amnesiac

Radiohead

4/5

Certainly more of an acquired taste than their other albums but still a classic

Let England Shake

PJ Harvey

2/5

Hated this at the time. It’s better with hindsight but still a bit annoying, the concept is shit and so is her voice.

KE*A*H** (Psalm 69)

Ministry

1/5

Intense death metal. Won’t be listening again

Imagine

John Lennon

5/5

Nearly gave it a 4 because of “Oh Yoko” but I’m feeling generous as he got shot

Crossing the Red Sea With the Adverts

The Adverts

2/5

Pretty bland generic punk

The Healer

John Lee Hooker

3/5

Classic blues. Decent listen but can’t believe it blows anyone away

Lust For Life

Iggy Pop

4/5

Better than expectations, enjoyed this

I Should Coco

Supergrass

5/5

Love it. Entertaining, silly, and musically brilliant in places

Leftism

Leftfield

3/5

Good housey dance

Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul

Otis Redding

4/5

Need to be in the right mood for this. Which I was. Perfect Boxing Day morning music

Superunknown

Soundgarden

5/5

Have loved this album for over 30 years now

Aja

Steely Dan

3/5

Didn’t enjoy as much as Pretzel Logic. The only one I recognised was because it was sampled by De La Soul!