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Album	You	Global	Diff
Faust IV Faust	5	2.78	+2.22
Tarkus Emerson, Lake & Palmer	5	2.79	+2.21
Pelican West Haircut 100	5	2.97	+2.03
Devil Without A Cause Kid Rock	4	2.03	+1.97
The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn Pink Floyd	5	3.11	+1.89
Frampton Comes Alive Peter Frampton	5	3.19	+1.81
Melodrama Lorde	5	3.31	+1.69
Music in Exile Songhoy Blues	5	3.33	+1.67
2112 Rush	5	3.37	+1.63
Ágætis Byrjun Sigur Rós	5	3.37	+1.63

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Album	You	Global	Diff
Let's Stay Together Al Green	1	3.76	-2.76
It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back Public Enemy	1	3.36	-2.36
Endtroducing..... DJ Shadow	1	3.35	-2.35
British Steel Judas Priest	1	3.29	-2.29
Risque CHIC	1	3.28	-2.28
Heartattack And Vine Tom Waits	1	3.07	-2.07
Lady Soul Aretha Franklin	2	4.05	-2.05
Nighthawks At The Diner Tom Waits	1	3	-2
Truth And Soul Fishbone	1	2.97	-1.97
Konnichiwa Skepta	1	2.74	-1.74

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Pink Floyd	2	5
Led Zeppelin	2	5
Rush	2	5
Michael Jackson	2	5

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Artist	Albums	Average
Tom Waits	3	1.67

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Daft Punk · 1 likes

4/5

Daft Punk is undoubtedly an amazing duo in the history of electronic music but geez their debut really drags. I love parts of this album but as a whole it’s difficult to go from start to finish without needing a breather midway through. My love for Discovery, Random Access Memories, and Alive 2007 probably bump this album from a 3 to a 4 for me.

1-Star Albums (18)

It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back

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I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight

Richard Thompson

3/5

Fulfillingness' First Finale

Stevie Wonder

4/5

I really quite enjoyed this album. Every song up until “They Won’t Go When I Go” has been really good however I am not a big fan of this one. I particularly enjoyed “Heaven is 10 Zillion Light Years Away” and “Boogie on a Reggae Woman”. “Bird of Beauty” is quite funky and really highlights the interesting sounds that Stevie is known for. “Please Don’t Go” is a relatively strong album closer in my opinion and overall the album is solid and enjoyable! 7.5/10 rounded up to 4 stars.

The Next Day

David Bowie

3/5

Bringing It All Back Home

Bob Dylan

3/5

I enjoyed the first half of this album more than the second half. Thankfully I enjoy the sound of blues music, otherwise this album may have been a drag. This isn’t one of Dylan’s strongest albums but overall fairly enjoyable. 5.5/10 rounded up to three stars.

Heroes

David Bowie

3/5

I’m not the biggest Bowie fan but I can enjoy this album from time to time.

Music in Exile

Songhoy Blues

5/5

Okay I already knew going into this album that I would enjoy it but I did not realize how much I would. Every single song on the album finds its place and the story behind the music can be felt even though I could not understand the lyrics. Luckily I am already accustomed to non-English music so I did not find it challenging. Instead, the language barrier created a beautiful feeling in my soul knowing that I was able to connect with men I have never met, who I do not understand verbally. I felt their suffering but I also felt their fighting spirit. 9/10 rounded up to 5 stars.

Reggatta De Blanc

The Police

3/5

Very fun album. I love the sound of “The Police”. The album as a whole does not feel sonically cohesive but there are so many hits that it feels like a “best of” compilation. Well done especially for a sophomore album.

Femi Kuti

3/5

Great album! I didn’t even know that Fela Kuti had children, much less the fact that they made music. I love longer songs and almost every song in this album is over 8 minutes. Really great listen, glad I found it.

Highway to Hell

AC/DC

2/5

What can I say that hasn’t already been said? It’s AC/DC or as the aussies say, accadacca. Really great rock and roll especially for the time. Not exactly my personal style of music but it has its place (dad rock playing in the background at a barbecue). I personally give this album a 5/10. Rounded down for personal reasons.

Happy Trails

Quicksilver Messenger Service

3/5

I was actually aware of this album from previous deep dives into psychedelic rock. I can understand the hate that this album gets. It’s not exactly ground breaking and really just feels like a long drawn out droning guitar solo. The second half of the album becomes a series of uninteresting covers without much innovation. I am personally a fan of some jam music like “The Grateful Dead” and “King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard” but I find their jams to be more sonically interesting and evolving. If I did not enjoy psychedelic, progressive, or experimental rock music then this album would get a 1/5 stars. However for me, this album gets a 5/10.

Melodrama

Lorde

5/5

This was actually my first time listening to this album all the way through. I was pleasantly surprised and enjoyed myself more than I thought I would. I was actually surprised when it finished because I felt like it should have been longer. I have listened to “Pure Heroine” and really enjoyed that album. I think “Melodrama” could potentially surpass “Pure Heroine” but I’ll need more time to listen to it. 9/10

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Simple Minds

2/5

Not really my thing. Some songs were good but overall I didn’t find any song as a standout or one that I would come back to.

The Wall

Pink Floyd

5/5

Theres not much to say about this epic masterpiece. Truly one of the greatest albums ever made.

My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

Kanye West

4/5

One of my favorite Kanye West albums.

The Libertines

3/5

Sound of Silver

LCD Soundsystem

5/5

Dry

PJ Harvey

3/5

Crosby, Stills & Nash

4/5

Really happy to get this album! Such a fun listen.

Rip It Up

Orange Juice

3/5

Here, My Dear

Marvin Gaye

3/5

At Folsom Prison

Johnny Cash

4/5

Not my favorite style of music but I can appreciate how legendary this live album is.

The Sensational Alex Harvey Band

2/5

In Utero

Nirvana

4/5

In The Wee Small Hours

Frank Sinatra

3/5

The Atomic Mr Basie

Count Basie & His Orchestra

4/5

Teenage Head

Flamin' Groovies

3/5

Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

4/5

Love down by the river!

Cloud Nine

The Temptations

3/5

Fun album. Not completely my style but enjoyable and upbeat

Vol. 4

Black Sabbath

4/5

RIP Ozzy. Thank you the music!

The Rise & Fall

Madness

3/5

I’d only heard “our house” so this was fun. Sounds like Ska music. Fun to dance to.

London Calling

The Clash

4/5

Can’t beat the clash!

Two Dancers

Wild Beasts

2/5

Weird and unenjoyable. First song was good but it was all downhill from there.

To Pimp A Butterfly

Kendrick Lamar

4/5

Not a hig hip hop or rap fan but this is fire.

Amnesiac

Radiohead

5/5

I was going to give it 4 stars but I was comparing it to other radio head albums. As a stand-alone it’s definitely a 5 star.

Punishing Kiss

Ute Lemper

1/5

The first album I had to turn off. The first two songs were alright but it went downhill extremely quickly.

Bone Machine

Tom Waits

3/5

I still have no idea if I loved or hated this album. His voice is super challenging to listen to yet somehow I’m intrigued. I don’t think I will be listening to this album again any time soon but I can appreciate what the artist was going for and what he achieved. I wanted to give 4 stars but since I really actually did not enjoy listening to the album I have to give it 3/5.

Liege And Lief

Fairport Convention

4/5

Such a fun listen. I’m really happy o got this album. I was leaning towards 5 stars but I haven’t spent enough time with it. I enjoyed nearly every track though so this could have either gone 4 or 5 stars!

Tres Hombres

ZZ Top

3/5

I enjoy ZZ Top but eventually each song starts to sound same same. There is a time and a place though.

Dookie

Green Day

4/5

I didn’t realize how much I would enjoy this album. I’ve actually seen Green Day live but I was too young to appreciate it. This album rocks!

Catch A Fire

Bob Marley & The Wailers

3/5

On The Beach

Neil Young

5/5

Really fantastic!

Germfree Adolescents

X-Ray Spex

2/5

The Gershwin Songbook

Ella Fitzgerald

4/5

Third/Sister Lovers

Big Star

3/5

Tusk

Fleetwood Mac

3/5

The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter

The Incredible String Band

1/5

I really thought that I’d enjoy this… I did not.

Follow The Leader

Korn

1/5

I really thought that I’d enjoy this… I did not.

The Wildest!

Louis Prima

4/5

I love this style!

Doolittle

Pixies

4/5

Fire Of Love

The Gun Club

4/5

Lust For Life

Iggy Pop

4/5

I’d heard “The Passenger” from Breaking Bad and loved it. Really great album.

Physical Graffiti

Led Zeppelin

5/5

Whatever

Aimee Mann

3/5

Hard Again

Muddy Waters

3/5

We Are Family

Sister Sledge

3/5

Konnichiwa

Skepta

1/5

2112

Rush

5/5

Something/Anything?

Todd Rundgren

4/5

Let's Stay Together

Al Green

1/5

Master Of Puppets

Metallica

3/5

Brothers In Arms

Dire Straits

4/5

Bookends

Simon & Garfunkel

4/5

Dare!

The Human League

2/5

Sheet Music

10cc

3/5

Heartattack And Vine

Tom Waits

1/5

Achtung Baby

3/5

Cee-Lo Green... Is The Soul Machine

Cee Lo Green

2/5

Celebrity Skin

Hole

2/5

Generic 2000’s sounding album. I suppose it gets points for being first as it’s a 90’s album but it did not age well.

Diamond Life

Sade

3/5

Frampton Comes Alive

Peter Frampton

5/5

The Soft Bulletin

The Flaming Lips

3/5

Legalize It

Peter Tosh

3/5

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

David Bowie

5/5

Live At The Harlem Square Club

Sam Cooke

3/5

Nighthawks At The Diner

Tom Waits

1/5

Moondance

Van Morrison

3/5

Youth And Young Manhood

Kings of Leon

3/5

Smile

Brian Wilson

3/5

Technique

New Order

3/5

Guero

Beck

4/5

The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn

Pink Floyd

5/5

Bossanova

Pixies

3/5

Lost In The Dream

The War On Drugs

4/5

Violator

Depeche Mode

3/5

Suicide

1/5

Fuck you.

Drunk

Thundercat

2/5

Bad.

Electric Warrior

T. Rex

3/5

Meh

Emergency On Planet Earth

Jamiroquai

2/5

Not good.

Live!

Fela Kuti

3/5

From Elvis In Memphis

Elvis Presley

4/5

The Man Machine

Kraftwerk

4/5

Endtroducing.....

DJ Shadow

1/5

Raw Like Sushi

Neneh Cherry

2/5

It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back

Public Enemy

1/5

Aftermath

The Rolling Stones

3/5

Chelsea Girl

Nico

4/5

Appetite For Destruction

Guns N' Roses

3/5

Young Americans

David Bowie

4/5

A Grand Don't Come For Free

The Streets

1/5

I See You

The xx

3/5

Odelay

Beck

3/5

Tarkus

Emerson, Lake & Palmer

5/5

Opus Dei

Laibach

3/5

Debut

Björk

4/5

Risque

CHIC

1/5

The most boring repetitive album I have ever had the displeasure to listen to.

Pelican West

Haircut 100

5/5

Another banger discovery that I might not have found without this project! It makes the mediocre and bad albums worth it!

First Band On The Moon

The Cardigans

4/5

I actually feel like Lovefool doesn’t fit well on the album. I really enjoyed all of the other songs. Maybe it’s just because I was familiar with Lovefool but it felt super jarring in the middle of an otherwise fun and unique album.

Station To Station

David Bowie

3/5

Aja

Steely Dan

5/5

Off The Wall

Michael Jackson

5/5

Lady Soul

Aretha Franklin

2/5

What's That Noise?

Coldcut

4/5

Stardust

Willie Nelson

5/5

Black Monk Time

The Monks

4/5

Brothers

The Black Keys

4/5

Bridge Over Troubled Water

Simon & Garfunkel

4/5

Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme

Simon & Garfunkel

4/5

After The Gold Rush

Neil Young

3/5

Live / Dead

Grateful Dead

4/5

Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor

Lupe Fiasco

2/5

Songs From The Big Chair

Tears For Fears

5/5

The Genius Of Ray Charles

Ray Charles

4/5

Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols

Sex Pistols

3/5

Odessey And Oracle

The Zombies

4/5

She's So Unusual

Cyndi Lauper

3/5

Maxinquaye

Tricky

4/5

Your New Favourite Band

The Hives

3/5

16 Lovers Lane

The Go-Betweens

3/5

The Velvet Underground

4/5

Moon Safari

Air

4/5

Exile On Main Street

The Rolling Stones

3/5

Revolver

Beatles

5/5

Peter Gabriel 3

Peter Gabriel

4/5

You're Living All Over Me

Dinosaur Jr.

3/5

Violent Femmes

3/5

Document

R.E.M.

3/5

Hounds Of Love

Kate Bush

3/5

Fear Of Music

Talking Heads

4/5

Bert Jansch

4/5

Ellington at Newport

Duke Ellington

3/5

Tubular Bells

Mike Oldfield

4/5

The Suburbs

Arcade Fire

4/5

Kick Out The Jams (Live)

MC5

2/5

The Chronic

Dr. Dre

2/5

Beach Samba

Astrud Gilberto

4/5

Let It Bleed

The Rolling Stones

3/5

Shake Your Money Maker

The Black Crowes

3/5

Abraxas

Santana

4/5

Faust IV

Faust

5/5

Dusty In Memphis

Dusty Springfield

2/5

Shadowland

k.d. lang

3/5

Born In The U.S.A.

Bruce Springsteen

4/5

Vanishing Point

Primal Scream

4/5

Buena Vista Social Club

5/5

Led Zeppelin II

Led Zeppelin

5/5

Bryter Layter

Nick Drake

4/5

Peter Gabriel

3/5

This Year's Model

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

3/5

En-Tact

The Shamen

3/5

I actually didn’t find this album as bad as some of the reviews make it out to be but I guess I was in a pretty good mood when I listened to it. Overall not my favorite but I can see the vision. It did t exactly age well though.

A Northern Soul

The Verve

4/5

Synchronicity

The Police

3/5

Some really good songs and others that I simply did not enjoy. Overall I like The Police but I won’t scale my score up just because of their name.

Caetano Veloso

2/5

Shaft

Isaac Hayes

2/5

Floodland

Sisters Of Mercy

3/5

Grace

Jeff Buckley

4/5

Arc Of A Diver

Steve Winwood

4/5

The Lexicon Of Love

ABC

3/5

Deja Vu

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

4/5

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector

Various Artists

4/5

The Bends

Radiohead

4/5

Bug

Dinosaur Jr.

2/5

Sea Change

Beck

4/5

A Night At The Opera

Queen

3/5

Only 1 good song on this album which is why it gets 3 stars. Never realized how boring the rest of this album was until now.

Neon Bible

Arcade Fire

3/5

Public Image: First Issue

Public Image Ltd.

1/5

3 + 3

The Isley Brothers

3/5

Joan Armatrading

4/5

Dust

Screaming Trees

3/5

Back At The Chicken Shack

Jimmy Smith

4/5

If You Can Believe Your Eyes & Ears

The Mamas & The Papas

4/5

Play

Moby

4/5

Meat Puppets II

Meat Puppets

3/5

Innervisions

Stevie Wonder

4/5

Harvest

Neil Young

4/5

The Trinity Session

Cowboy Junkies

3/5

Here Are the Sonics

The Sonics

3/5

Truth And Soul

Fishbone

1/5

The Doors

4/5

Talking With the Taxman About Poetry

Billy Bragg

2/5

Here Come The Warm Jets

Brian Eno

2/5

Straight Outta Compton

N.W.A.

2/5

White Ladder

David Gray

3/5

Another Green World

Brian Eno

2/5

Blue

Joni Mitchell

4/5

Ágætis Byrjun

Sigur Rós

5/5

Honky Tonk Masquerade

Joe Ely

1/5

Is This It

The Strokes

4/5

Hot Fuss

The Killers

3/5

Music for the Masses

Depeche Mode

2/5

Rising Above Bedlam

Jah Wobble's Invaders Of The Heart

3/5

The Colour Of Spring

Talk Talk

2/5

Live At Leeds

The Who

2/5

British Steel

Judas Priest

1/5

Bubble And Scrape

Sebadoh

1/5

Parachutes

Coldplay

4/5

Dear Science

TV On The Radio

3/5

Electric Music For The Mind And Body

Country Joe & The Fish

3/5

Devil Without A Cause

Kid Rock

4/5

Rubber Soul

Beatles

4/5

The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway

Genesis

3/5

Want One

Rufus Wainwright

3/5

Low

David Bowie

2/5

This Nation’s Saving Grace

The Fall

2/5

Buffalo Springfield Again

Buffalo Springfield

3/5

Buenas Noches From A Lonely Room

Dwight Yoakam

1/5

Blood Sugar Sex Magik

Red Hot Chili Peppers

2/5

Killing Joke

2/5

Darklands

The Jesus And Mary Chain

4/5

Rio

Duran Duran

4/5

Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes

TV On The Radio

2/5

Green Onions

Booker T. & The MG's

4/5

Band On The Run

Paul McCartney and Wings

4/5

At Mister Kelly's

Sarah Vaughan

3/5

Head Hunters

Herbie Hancock

4/5

All Things Must Pass

George Harrison

4/5

Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1

George Michael

2/5

Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

Wilco

2/5

La Revancha Del Tango

Gotan Project

3/5

Pretty great background music. I really enjoyed the first couple songs but it got a bit flat after that. Average album in my opinion.

At Newport 1960

Muddy Waters

2/5

The Real Thing

Faith No More

2/5

I struggled with this one. I would probably give it 1 star if not for the “War Pigs” cover which is actually pretty good.

In The Court Of The Crimson King

King Crimson

4/5

Would be a 5 if not for Moonchild sadly.

Moving Pictures

Rush

5/5

Millions Now Living Will Never Die

Tortoise

4/5

The Velvet Underground & Nico

The Velvet Underground

4/5

Homework

Daft Punk

4/5

Crime Of The Century

Supertramp

5/5

It's Too Late to Stop Now

Van Morrison

3/5

Like Water For Chocolate

Common

3/5

Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)

Wu-Tang Clan

4/5

Spiderland

Slint

2/5

Foxbase Alpha

Saint Etienne

2/5

Thriller

Michael Jackson

5/5

Anyone who gives this 1 star is actually trolling. This is one of the greatest records ever. Not every song is a perfect 5/5 but the album as a whole is so legendary.

Fleet Foxes

4/5

Da Capo

Love

3/5

Pink Moon

Nick Drake

4/5

Talking Book

Stevie Wonder

3/5

Come Away With Me