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Album	You	Global	Diff
My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts Brian Eno	5	2.79	+2.21
Reign In Blood Slayer	5	2.96	+2.04
Tom Tom Club Tom Tom Club	5	3.03	+1.97
american dream LCD Soundsystem	5	3.17	+1.83
Close To The Edge Yes	5	3.19	+1.81
Protection Massive Attack	5	3.25	+1.75
Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables Dead Kennedys	5	3.27	+1.73
Low-Life New Order	5	3.3	+1.7
Music in Exile Songhoy Blues	5	3.33	+1.67
Be Common	5	3.34	+1.66

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Document R.E.M.	1	3.56	-2.56
Slippery When Wet Bon Jovi	1	3.29	-2.29
Signing Off UB40	1	2.97	-1.97
Bringing It All Back Home Bob Dylan	2	3.64	-1.64
Ramones Ramones	2	3.58	-1.58
Low David Bowie	2	3.55	-1.55
Elvis Presley Elvis Presley	2	3.38	-1.38
Repeater Fugazi	2	3.12	-1.12
Your Arsenal Morrissey	2	3.05	-1.05
Heartbreaker Ryan Adams	2	3.02	-1.02

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Artist	Albums	Average
Black Sabbath	3	4.67
Beatles	2	5
Queen	2	5

5-Star Albums (42)

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

People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm

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Pacific Ocean Blue

Dennis Wilson

4/5

This one was a 3 last time and started as a 3 on first relisten. I listened to it a few more times today and it grew on me and really there is some great stuff from the solo outing. Some of it reminded me of Pink Floyd's work. One I could easily see myself coming back to again in the future. Not sure why this one didnt really strike me on the first attempt but there is some really strong songwriting here

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Music in Exile

Songhoy Blues

5/5

Great music is great music.

1 likes

Document

R.E.M.

1/5

I dont know why, but I have always found R.E.M. annoying. If you like them rock on but they are not for me.

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1-Star Albums (3)

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The Gilded Palace Of Sin

The Flying Burrito Brothers

3/5

A fun little country record. Some enjoyable vocals and like the final track although I probably would have liked this more if it was just a straight psych album

Elvis Presley

2/5

I think I would enjoy these songs more if they where song by the actual people who inspired Elvis. I get why this is here but beyond that not much excitement here.

Off The Wall

Michael Jackson

5/5

Non-stop bangers. I rated this 5 the first time and rating it a 5 again.

Low

David Bowie

2/5

Bowie - stick with rock and roll man. You are not to write ambient stuff. The first half is OK but then you get into that ambient back half and while ambient music can be enjoyable it seems Bowie doesn't really know how to make it interesting in any way. If half stars where an option this would be a 2.5. Since I gave this a 3 the first time around I'll average it out by giving it a 2 this time. Give me Byrne and Eno over Bowie and Eno any day.

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

The Kinks

5/5

I gave this a 4 the first time around. But damn I enjoyed it even more this time. I found myself listening to it all weekend and singing along by Sunday. For that reason, I am giving it a 5 this time. These songs are very enjoyable right from jump. 1969 was a great year for music it seems.

Rage Against The Machine

5/5

Politically charged, and just as relevant today as it was in 1992, this debut record by Rage Against the Machine pulls no punches and isn't afraid to really make a statement right from rip.

B-52's

The B-52's

3/5

Its interesting listening to this again. I remember the first time around I really liked it and it inspired me to listen to the rest of the B-52s discography. Coming back to this after that it seems that while this is a great record and you can tell they already found their sound they didn't really perfect this weird oddball sound until their next record which came out almost less than a year after this. With that perspective in mind I am dropping my rating a bit from my first playthrough. This is a great introduction to this band and their sound however so it does what it needs to do being on this list.

Crossing the Red Sea With the Adverts

The Adverts

2/5

I barely remember listening to this the first time, and I barely remember listening to it this time. It blends in with all the other 70s punk

Pacific Ocean Blue

Dennis Wilson

4/5

Odelay

Beck

4/5

Good stuff. Not quite sure why it doesn't quite feel like a 5 to me, but here we are.

Gorillaz

4/5

Enjoyable record. Another situation where for whatever reason debut albums seem to have more weight than later records even if the later records are better. With that being said, still a great start to this band. Loved them since day 1.

Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim

Frank Sinatra

3/5

Looking at my past reviews for Sinatra records I have this one the highest rating. This does not bode well for the remaining albums. Sinatra really shines at being flat here. I am more interested in what Antonio has to offer at this point.

My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts

Brian Eno

5/5

Exhibit A on why Eno and Byrne are one of the best pairings in music. Sure you could say its just all weird sounds but man I could listen to this on repeat and enjoy it every time. Some great rhythm and samples. It just sounds so cool.

The Sounds Of India

Ravi Shankar

4/5

Very enjoyable! Could listen to this for a while and it is very relaxing.

Ramones

2/5

This is fine. Luckily its short lived and some of the songs are catchy but that's about it.

Imagine

John Lennon

3/5

I dont know. How to you rate this? Last time I gave it a 4 but knowing more about Lennon this time and honestly it just didnt grab me as much as it did on the orginal run. Knocking it down a star.

Signing Off

UB40

1/5

Very repetitive. I was generous the first time around, but not so much this time.

Protection

Massive Attack

5/5

Something about this grows on you. I didnt think I would like it at first and when I looked at my rating from last time I thought I was being generous but it actually is a 4 maybe even a 5. Fuck it - its a 5

Get Behind Me Satan

The White Stripes

4/5

Enjoyable record. Worth noting though that this ended the first edition of the book but was removed in later editions

Music in Exile

Songhoy Blues

5/5

Great music is great music.

Strangeways, Here We Come

The Smiths

3/5

Not horrible, and I get The Smiths inspire a lot of music, but a lot of it seems reptitive. I do like the singles though and I gave it a 3 last time, going to stay the same this time!

Document

R.E.M.

1/5

I dont know why, but I have always found R.E.M. annoying. If you like them rock on but they are not for me.

Black Sabbath

5/5

Fantastic stuff.

The Modern Dance

Pere Ubu

4/5

It starts out rough but man does it grow on you. I can see why it would be polarizing but I am in the camp of this rocks.

The Atomic Mr Basie

Count Basie & His Orchestra

5/5

Some real fun and catchy swing. If you like this genre this stuff is fire.

Bridge Over Troubled Water

Simon & Garfunkel

5/5

An amazing final record from two greats. Also made me want to rewatch Baby Driver.

Heartbreaker

Ryan Adams

2/5

Gave it a 3 the first time around. I like someone of the harmonies but since Ryan Adams sucks dropping it down to a 2 this time around.

Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables

Dead Kennedys

5/5

Man I must have been in a bad mood to give this a 3 back in 2022. This rocks. Blasting it going 90 on the freeway on the way to work is the way to listen.

Slippery When Wet

Bon Jovi

1/5

Really can't stand this guy and his music. I wish all of Buffalo would have stayed a Bon Jovi free zone. Even if him moving the Buffalo Bills was just a rumor started by Donald Trump he still sucks.

Blur

4/5

The more I listened to this the more it grew on me.

Live And Dangerous

Thin Lizzy

3/5

Suffers from some of the common complaints of live albums but I enjoyed it more than I thought I would.

Medúlla

Björk

4/5

Love how she is able to make these sounds.

Jagged Little Pill

Alanis Morissette

5/5

So 90s, but its to its benefit!

Haut de gamme / Koweït, rive gauche

Koffi Olomide

2/5

Not all of this music is terrible but this guy is 100% terrible.

Ten

Pearl Jam

3/5

You know, I never could quite get into pearl jam. Something about Eddie Vadders voice always seemed to urk me. But the group I am listening to the albums with brought up some good points so maybe I dont hate it as much as I thought I did.

Harvest

Neil Young

4/5

Some great songwriting here.

In A Silent Way

Miles Davis

5/5

Miles Davis going into a new Jazz sound. Wild this was recorded the way it was.

Tom Tom Club

5/5

Amazing album. Tina Weymouth and Chris Frantz without Byrne are still a great act.

Architecture And Morality

Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark

4/5

Enjoyable for the most part. Seems like the start of synthpop.

L.A. Woman

The Doors

4/5

Some really enjoyable tunes here

Illinois

Sufjan Stevens

5/5

I've listened to this album so many times in the last 20 years and still to this day when I have a moment to listen to it I enjoy ever second of it. Sufjan Stevens was a huge influence on the band I was in during my college days.

Bad Company

4/5

I might be the only one from my group to rate this one this high but its not my fault my first live concert was Bad Company and Styx.

american dream

LCD Soundsystem

5/5

It's like they took influence from every band I like and made this album.

Close To The Edge

Yes

5/5

Can't go wrong with some prog rock

Green Onions

Booker T. & The MG's

4/5

Really love this sound

Common

5/5

Gave this a 3 the first time. Gotta wonder what I was thinking. The production on this is flawless. Also, pre crazy kanye was fantastic. What a fall from grace Kanye has become. I dont think its fair to knock this though because even though you can feel kanyes DNA on it it is absolutely Commons album. Also worth mentioning I am glad I am an idiot who only has a bachelor's degree in Music Business so I can enjoy hip hop!

Elastica

4/5

Decent. Enjoyed it for what it was.

Legalize It

Peter Tosh

4/5

For some reason I have this a 2 the first time. Probably because my dislike for reggae bias was strong that day. Glad I got to revisit this because this was much more enjoyable this time around. Maybe someday marajuana will be as legal as Peter Tosh had hoped.

The Doors

4/5

Cant go wrong with The Doors

Songs For Swingin' Lovers!

Frank Sinatra

3/5

I hate that I kinda like the orchestra on this. Why does this have to be a Frank Sinatra record?

People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm

A Tribe Called Quest

5/5

Amazing early hip-hop record.

Opus Dei

Laibach

3/5

Gave this a 2 last time. Maybe enjoyed it a bit more this time.

A Love Supreme

John Coltrane

5/5

Amazing

Among The Living

Anthrax

4/5

Listening to this while driving is a dangerous passtime

Bryter Layter

Nick Drake

5/5

Some wonderful songwriting here.

Rust Never Sleeps

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

3/5

It's fine. I'm sure fans of Neil Young love it. Gave it a 4 last time but for some reason this time didn't grab me as much.

Trio

Dolly Parton

4/5

Wonderful harmonies

MTV Unplugged In New York

Nirvana

5/5

Amazing live album maybe one of the best!

Meat Is Murder

The Smiths

4/5

Dont have much to say I liked it enough I guess. Keeping it the same rating as last time.

My Generation

The Who

4/5

Enjoyed this.

Rubber Soul

Beatles

5/5

The Beatles are one of the greats for a reason!

The Who Sell Out

The Who

4/5

The fact that they go and write tommy next is wild. I liked this one a little better this time around mostly realizing this is making fun of the radio of the 60s.

Bone Machine

Tom Waits

4/5

I never quite understand Tom Waits. It feels like his stuff shouldn't work, but for some reason it does?

Mott

Mott The Hoople

3/5

Fine

Fragile

Yes

4/5

Solid prog rock. Never really hits the high of the first track but still solid all around.

Odessey And Oracle

The Zombies

3/5

A standard rock record with some high moments

You're Living All Over Me

Dinosaur Jr.

4/5

Some good noise

Rapture

Anita Baker

3/5

I enjoyed

I'm Your Man

Leonard Cohen

4/5

There's something about this I like.

Dire Straits

3/5

Aftermath

The Rolling Stones

3/5

Not bad

The Downward Spiral

Nine Inch Nails

5/5

Such a classic for a reason

Boston

5/5

Is this the best of this kind of rock?

The United States Of America

3/5

Some interesting sounds here

To Pimp A Butterfly

Kendrick Lamar

5/5

Amazing album and the fact that this lost to 1989 is still one of life's biggest failures.

Bringing It All Back Home

Bob Dylan

2/5

I never quite cared for Dylan

The Trinity Session

Cowboy Junkies

3/5

I saw cowboy junkies live once and I enjoyed them. Some well written music here.

Street Signs

Ozomatli

4/5

Not bad!

Shadowland

k.d. lang

2/5

Was not in the mood for this at all.

Music From Big Pink

The Band

3/5

Nothing about this really stood out this time but still enjoyable

Hard Again

Muddy Waters

4/5

Some great stuff here with a lot of heart and soul.

Reign In Blood

Slayer

5/5

The best part of waking up is slayer blaring in your cup.

Snivilisation

Orbital

4/5

Really enjoyed this. Orbital seems to really make some sounds that work for me.

Rumours

Fleetwood Mac

5/5

GOATed for a reason

Aja

Steely Dan

5/5

I could listen to this album every day for the rest of my life and still enjoy it!

Smash

The Offspring

5/5

Amazingly 90s. Bias 5 from be for being one of two CDs that where given to me by my sister when I was a child to chape my musical tastes today.

Bookends

Simon & Garfunkel

3/5

Its interesting I gave this a 5 last time - it did not hit as well with me this time. Not sure what's changed in a few years but here we are.

Eternally Yours

The Saints

3/5

This is fine

Suicide

3/5

Surrealistic Pillow

Jefferson Airplane

3/5

Music for the Masses

Depeche Mode

4/5

Born To Be With You

Dion

3/5

Joanna Newsom

4/5

Paranoid

Black Sabbath

5/5

A Night At The Opera

Queen

5/5

A personal favorite

Electric Ladyland

Jimi Hendrix

5/5

Jimi is a legend for a reason

Sweetheart Of The Rodeo

The Byrds

3/5

S.F. Sorrow

The Pretty Things

4/5

Larks' Tongues In Aspic

King Crimson

4/5

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

Beatles

5/5

Low-Life

New Order

5/5

The World is a Ghetto

War

4/5

Your Arsenal

Morrissey

2/5

American Pie

Don McLean

3/5

At Folsom Prison

Johnny Cash

5/5

I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You

Aretha Franklin

5/5

All Directions

The Temptations

5/5

The Suburbs

Arcade Fire

4/5

Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols

Sex Pistols

4/5

The Queen Is Dead

The Smiths

3/5

Guero

Beck

5/5

I See You

The xx

3/5

Future Days

Can

4/5

Songs From A Room

Leonard Cohen

3/5

Maggot Brain

Funkadelic

5/5

Blood Sugar Sex Magik

Red Hot Chili Peppers

4/5

Madman Across The Water

Elton John

3/5

Venus Luxure No. 1 Baby

Girls Against Boys

2/5

Mr. Tambourine Man

The Byrds

3/5

Cloud Nine

The Temptations

4/5

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness

The Smashing Pumpkins

4/5

LP1

FKA twigs

3/5

Throwing Muses

3/5

Queen II

Queen

5/5

(What's The Story) Morning Glory

Oasis

3/5

Violator

Depeche Mode

5/5

Repeater

Fugazi

2/5

Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes

TV On The Radio

3/5

Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

3/5

Remain In Light

Talking Heads

5/5

It's Blitz!

Yeah Yeah Yeahs

4/5

Vol. 4

Black Sabbath

4/5

Live At The Witch Trials

The Fall

3/5