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Album	You	Global	Diff
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot Wilco	5	3.3	+1.7
Daydream Nation Sonic Youth	5	3.3	+1.7
A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector Various Artists	5	3.3	+1.7
Ready To Die The Notorious B.I.G.	5	3.36	+1.64
Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs Derek & The Dominos	5	3.39	+1.61
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy Kanye West	5	3.41	+1.59
If You Can Believe Your Eyes & Ears The Mamas & The Papas	5	3.43	+1.57
Diamond Life Sade	5	3.43	+1.57
3 Feet High and Rising De La Soul	5	3.46	+1.54
It's Blitz! Yeah Yeah Yeahs	5	3.49	+1.51

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Album	You	Global	Diff
You've Come a Long Way Baby Fatboy Slim	1	3.34	-2.34
The Seldom Seen Kid Elbow	1	3.25	-2.25
Little Earthquakes Tori Amos	1	3.23	-2.23
Central Reservation Beth Orton	1	3.05	-2.05
Ten Pearl Jam	2	3.91	-1.91
Colour By Numbers Culture Club	1	2.85	-1.85
Chris Christine and the Queens	1	2.82	-1.82
Black Sabbath Black Sabbath	2	3.82	-1.82
Southern Rock Opera Drive-By Truckers	1	2.82	-1.82
Master Of Puppets Metallica	2	3.72	-1.72

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Slipknot	2	1.5

5-Star Albums (21)

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Popular Reviews

In A Silent Way

Miles Davis · 1 likes

5/5

my goat right here

Melody A.M.

Röyksopp · 1 likes

3/5

fist norwegian album?

The Downward Spiral

Nine Inch Nails · 1 likes

3/5

hearing closer takes me back to being 7 or 8 in my dads car, stale camel blue cigarette smoke smell lining the seats, after market stereo with flashing blue lights playing a burned CD, beautiful wretched nostalgia rest of the album is pretty good though

1-Star Albums (9)

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The Man Machine

Kraftwerk

3/5

great early electronic, kinda repetitive

Music in Exile

Songhoy Blues

2/5

interesting album for sure

You've Come a Long Way Baby

Fatboy Slim

1/5

probably banged in 1999, but does not hold up

Violator

Depeche Mode

3/5

cant lie... most of the songs sound the same

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

4/5

sounds like my parents in the best way

People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm

A Tribe Called Quest

5/5

first time full listen the production truly bangs

Chris

Christine and the Queens

1/5

not my vibe

Surrealistic Pillow

Jefferson Airplane

4/5

less popular tracks are so good

Scott 2

Scott Walker

2/5

extremely okay

Back To Black

Amy Winehouse

4/5

she really has a stellar voice

Catch A Fire

Bob Marley & The Wailers

4/5

great bob marley album! hadnt heard it

It's Blitz!

Yeah Yeah Yeahs

5/5

this banged

Future Days

Can

4/5

great instrumentals, can really hear the depth

Elastica

3/5

decent post punk album, kinda one note

American Idiot

Green Day

4/5

sounds so much like 2004, great singles

Imagine

John Lennon

3/5

he's real whiney

Dirty

Sonic Youth

3/5

solid sonic youth

Street Life

The Crusaders

3/5

solid jazz

School's Out

Alice Cooper

2/5

schools out…. forever :/

It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back

Public Enemy

4/5

classic hip hop

Nixon

Lambchop

4/5

pretty good rock/weird fusion, never heard of these guys

That's The Way Of The World

Earth, Wind & Fire

4/5

funky album, i like it

At Fillmore East

The Allman Brothers Band

3/5

first concert album!

Vivid

Living Colour

2/5

mid unfortunately

Songs The Lord Taught Us

The Cramps

3/5

solid punk album, hadn't heard of these guys

Destroy Rock & Roll

Mylo

3/5

cool electronic album, timeless in a way

In A Silent Way

Miles Davis

5/5

my goat right here

Dirt

Alice In Chains

2/5

all sounds the same

Paranoid

Black Sabbath

4/5

classic rip ozzy

Haut de gamme / Koweït, rive gauche

Koffi Olomide

3/5

first congalese album

Let's Get It On

Marvin Gaye

4/5

romantical marvin gaye

Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs

Derek & The Dominos

5/5

holy shit eric clapton

The Stone Roses

5/5

truly great album from top to bottom

Talking Book

Stevie Wonder

4/5

classic stevie <3

Me Against The World

2Pac

4/5

hadn't done a full listen, very complete album

Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

Wilco

5/5

no skips this was great

All Hope Is Gone

Slipknot

2/5

its fine

The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan

5/5

favorite bob album

My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

Kanye West

5/5

just so unfortunate man

Innervisions

Stevie Wonder

4/5

pretty good, not my favorite stevie

Surfer Rosa

Pixies

4/5

so raw, great energy

Remedy

Basement Jaxx

2/5

its fine

Hunky Dory

David Bowie

4/5

excited for more bowie

Playing With Fire

Spacemen 3

4/5

way better than i would have ever anticipated

Fulfillingness' First Finale

Stevie Wonder

3/5

pretty good

Cross

Justice

2/5

cool electronic fusion type music

Colour By Numbers

Culture Club

1/5

tough listen

Cheap Thrills

Big Brother & The Holding Company

3/5

janis joplin has such a unique voice

Daydream Nation

Sonic Youth

5/5

teenage riot!

Merriweather Post Pavilion

Animal Collective

4/5

had only listened to my girl before, rest of the album was honestly better why is that single so popular

The Genius Of Ray Charles

Ray Charles

4/5

he really was goated

Hotel California

Eagles

2/5

the rest of the album is so forgettable i cant lie

Henry's Dream

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

2/5

sounds like millennial folk from 1992

Devotional Songs

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

2/5

did not do a full listen, its a vibe though

Physical Graffiti

Led Zeppelin

4/5

really dynamic stuff in this album, what a band

Public Image: First Issue

Public Image Ltd.

3/5

solid post punk album

Follow The Leader

Korn

3/5

interesting, so 2000's

Rising Above Bedlam

Jah Wobble's Invaders Of The Heart

3/5

fascinating album, just absolutely no frame of reference for this one

Fleet Foxes

3/5

very 2000-2010s, its alright

C'est Chic

CHIC

3/5

funky album, has that freak song but also some bangers

With The Beatles

Beatles

4/5

classic beatles

Let's Stay Together

Al Green

4/5

great al green album

If You Can Believe Your Eyes & Ears

The Mamas & The Papas

5/5

i <3 mamas and papas

E.V.O.L.

Sonic Youth

4/5

really underrated it seems

NEU! 75

Neu!

4/5

i like it i like it

A Girl Called Dusty

Dusty Springfield

2/5

kinda forgettable, listened to in the uhaul to nyc

Shadowland

k.d. lang

2/5

its alright

Suzanne Vega

2/5

meh

Adele

2/5

mehhhhhh

Blue Lines

Massive Attack

2/5

hadn't really heard of these guys, cool stuff

Music From The Penguin Cafe

Penguin Cafe Orchestra

4/5

great instrumentals

Bryter Layter

Nick Drake

4/5

pretty good, sounds like jack johnson kinda or the other way around

Bad Company

3/5

bout as cookie cutter classic rock as it gets

MTV Unplugged In New York

Nirvana

4/5

classic

Coles Corner

Richard Hawley

3/5

kinda one note but an okay one note

Microshift

Hookworms

3/5

better than anticipated

Disintegration

The Cure

3/5

so badly want to like this but it puts me to sleep

Urban Hymns

The Verve

2/5

kinda great value oasis

Chore of Enchantment

Giant Sand

2/5

some good instrumentals but his vocals are boring

Common

4/5

so well made, i miss the old kanye

(Pronounced 'Leh-'Nérd 'Skin-'Nérd)

Lynyrd Skynyrd

4/5

whole lot of classics

Superfuzz Bigmuff

Mudhoney

2/5

not my thing, not listening to all that

Master Of Puppets

Metallica

2/5

i respect metallica just never going to be my thing tbh

The Queen Is Dead

The Smiths

4/5

definitely one of if not their best

Winter In America

Gil Scott-Heron

4/5

great stuff on here. i yearn for a modern revolutionary spirit that can hang with mr scott-heron’s work.

Natty Dread

Bob Marley & The Wailers

4/5

great songs on here and some less recognized, well made

AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted

Ice Cube

4/5

really solid, i think there’s a diss track on here but i can’t remember who

A Rush Of Blood To The Head

Coldplay

3/5

classic coldplay songs on here

Selling England By The Pound

Genesis

4/5

fascinating album, prog rock is so weird

Jazz Samba

Stan Getz

5/5

fantastic little bossa nova jazz album

More Songs About Buildings And Food

Talking Heads

4/5

i <3 talking heada

Abbey Road

Beatles

5/5

maybe not my favorite beatles but cmon… it’s abbey road

Meat Is Murder

The Smiths

3/5

good but often 1 note and the vegetarian anthem is kinda corny frankly

Sex Packets

Digital Underground

2/5

there’s a beautiful piece of piano randomly on this album. other then that, definitely showing its age. what’s a sex packet?

Joan Armatrading

2/5

decent folky album

The Idiot

Iggy Pop

3/5

great debut album from iggy pop

3 Feet High and Rising

De La Soul

5/5

holy shit

Ten

Pearl Jam

2/5

underwhelming

Fun House

The Stooges

3/5

pretty fun punk album

Make Yourself

Incubus

2/5

cool album cover

Skylarking

XTC

3/5

very interesting flavor of british pop from this era, i see the potential

All Things Must Pass

George Harrison

4/5

probably the best solo work of all the beetles post break up

G. Love And Special Sauce

G. Love & Special Sauce

2/5

i don’t know how to feel about this - kind of like sublime but doesn’t hit the same

Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor

Lupe Fiasco

4/5

great stuff, it’s a shame he peaked with this album

Off The Wall

Michael Jackson

4/5

i gotta hand it to him, it’s funky

The Clash

4/5

so dynamic on this

In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida

Iron Butterfly

3/5

interesting rock fusion thing

The Chronic

Dr. Dre

4/5

feels like a snoop dog album too honestly

Black Sabbath

2/5

i just don’t care for metal sorry ozzy

Pink Flag

Wire

3/5

great to hear another punk album

Iron Maiden

2/5

fantastic thematic unity between their sound and visual style but not very interesting music

Graceland

Paul Simon

4/5

going to graceland, graceland, i’m going to graceland, graceland, we’re going to graceland, graceland

Superfly

Curtis Mayfield

3/5

miss when movie soundtrack albums used to be special and artistically motivated

S.F. Sorrow

The Pretty Things

3/5

like a decent but leaving more to be desired sequel of magical mystery tour

Alien Lanes

Guided By Voices

3/5

feels like an album made for the streaming age with all these short 1 minute songs

Talking Heads 77

Talking Heads

3/5

love how unpolished they sound on this

Joan Baez

4/5

gosh she has a crazy voice

Pornography

The Cure

2/5

kinda drags sorry robert smith

Bossanova

Pixies

4/5

great stuff man

Melody A.M.

Röyksopp

3/5

fist norwegian album?

Scott 4

Scott Walker

2/5

mid

Among The Living

Anthrax

2/5

honestly….a little more entertaining than metallica, still don’t like metal

Songs In The Key Of Life

Stevie Wonder

5/5

timeless album fr, crazy how many songs on this have been readapted or remixed

Ogden's Nut Gone Flake

Small Faces

3/5

very interesting psychedelic rock album, has a weird storyline

Coat Of Many Colors

Dolly Parton

4/5

first dolly parton album, she is impressive

She's So Unusual

Cyndi Lauper

3/5

the quintessential 80s sound

Shalimar

Rahul Dev Burman

3/5

very niche low budget bollywood movie soundtrack that’s surprisingly good, well rounded

A Love Supreme

John Coltrane

5/5

a spiritual awakening in 4 acts

Duck Stab/Buster & Glen

The Residents

1/5

i respect its weirdness but i could never relisten to this

Superunknown

Soundgarden

2/5

hard rock, metal, whatever, it’s fine. black hole sun

L.A. Woman

The Doors

4/5

LA WOMAN! LA WOMAN!!!

Lam Toro

Baaba Maal

2/5

didn’t listen to all of it but it was interesting, distinctly 90’s sound

Ready To Die

The Notorious B.I.G.

5/5

such a complete album

The Real Thing

Faith No More

2/5

cool album art

This Is Hardcore

Pulp

3/5

not as good as their other albums but it’s cool to hear pulp on here

Here, My Dear

Marvin Gaye

3/5

the album art is fantastic. mr. gaye getting romantical on this one.

Station To Station

David Bowie

4/5

very solid bowie album!

Tusk

Fleetwood Mac

4/5

very chill, distinct sound on this album compared to some of their biggest hits. feels very influential of modern folky pop

Heaven Or Las Vegas

Cocteau Twins

4/5

so excited to get this, the english-gibberish mix does wear on you in a full listen but instrumentally such an interesting project.

The Downward Spiral

Nine Inch Nails

3/5

Low

David Bowie

3/5

cool instrumentals mr bowie

Double Nickels On The Dime

Minutemen

3/5

very bloated but always interesting, classic punk sound

Butterfly

Mariah Carey

2/5

kinda interesting just not my type of music, she has a great voice

Rage Against The Machine

4/5

Sheet Music

10cc

3/5

jdilla sampled this??? wtf

Bringing It All Back Home

Bob Dylan

5/5

favorite bob album, definitely hits the high notes of his folk era here in my frank and honest opinion

Screamadelica

Primal Scream

3/5

i really thought this was gonna be a thrash metal album, pleasantly surprised

Little Earthquakes

Tori Amos

1/5

mid, sorry

Bummed

Happy Mondays

3/5

hey that’s pretty good

The Gershwin Songbook

Ella Fitzgerald

4/5

did not listen to the full 3 hours but gosh she had a wonderful voice, what a treat

Whatever

Aimee Mann

2/5

no comments, meh

The Specials

3/5

fascinating album given its timeframe. i feel like you could draw a direct line from this to sublime, seems like it’s very influential

Aftermath

The Rolling Stones

4/5

love how the uk and us versions differ so dramatically, was cool to hear the UK

Blunderbuss

Jack White

2/5

not bad

Introducing The Hardline According To Terence Trent D'Arby

Terence Trent D'Arby

2/5

sounds very 80’s, a little dated

The White Room

The KLF

2/5

fairly basic electronica but that might be a naive take given its age. assuming it’s a very influential group?

Live And Dangerous

Thin Lizzy

2/5

the boys are back in town the boys are back in town the boys are back in tooooooown

Now I Got Worry

The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion

2/5

mid

All Mod Cons

The Jam

3/5

i liked this, great vibes. nice 70’s british pop.

Pet Sounds

The Beach Boys

5/5

my fucking goat right here

A Seat at the Table

Solange

3/5

very pleasant listen

Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)

Eurythmics

2/5

interesting era of british pop this is

Spiderland

Slint

2/5

i really want to like this more, i respect its influence, but man is it just boring for most of the album. some high highs but mostly slow and not very exciting

Head Hunters

Herbie Hancock

4/5

good, funky, jazzy. lots of instruments and such a diversity of sound

Talk Talk Talk

The Psychedelic Furs

2/5

sometimes interesting instrumentals but often one note

Slipknot

1/5

certifiably not interested in metal

Live At The Harlem Square Club

Sam Cooke

4/5

one of the best live albums i’ve listened to

Central Reservation

Beth Orton

1/5

boring as hell

American Beauty

Grateful Dead

3/5

never understood the grateful dead hype beyond good branding but this album is decent

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector

Various Artists

5/5

merry christmas! fuck yeah

Time Out

The Dave Brubeck Quartet

4/5

great stuff, thank you all holy 1001 list for introducing me to new jazz

Violent Femmes

3/5

i want to love the violent femmes but i really just like them, the album drags a little sometimes in being repetitive. hopefully future albums will be different.

The Hissing Of Summer Lawns

Joni Mitchell

4/5

love this album, joni popped off with this one

Tommy

The Who

3/5

a little too long, solid album though. i like the pinball song

Here Come The Warm Jets

Brian Eno

4/5

4 stars for needles in the camels eye and on some faraway beach. not a very coherent project for brian compared to his other stuff but that is sometimes a good thing

Two Dancers

Wild Beasts

2/5

forerunners of the mid 2010s indie alternative movement, definitely not timeless

My Generation

The Who

3/5

like the early boy bandy background vocals, christ these albums are too long

Power In Numbers

Jurassic 5

4/5

i totally judged a book by its cover (the art on this sucks), this was much better than expected