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Album	You	Global	Diff
Meat Puppets II Meat Puppets	5	3.02	+1.98
I'm Your Man Leonard Cohen	5	3.1	+1.9
The Holy Bible Manic Street Preachers	5	3.15	+1.85
Closer Joy Division	5	3.22	+1.78
Rum Sodomy & The Lash The Pogues	5	3.25	+1.75
Let It Be The Replacements	5	3.26	+1.74
Achtung Baby U2	5	3.3	+1.7
The Band The Band	5	3.34	+1.66
Pretenders Pretenders	5	3.35	+1.65
Music From Big Pink The Band	5	3.35	+1.65

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Be Common	1	3.35	-2.35
Hysteria Def Leppard	1	3.2	-2.2
Tracy Chapman Tracy Chapman	2	3.79	-1.79
Back to Basics Christina Aguilera	1	2.75	-1.75
Phaedra Tangerine Dream	1	2.73	-1.73
G. Love And Special Sauce G. Love & Special Sauce	1	2.73	-1.73
Palo Congo Sabu	1	2.7	-1.7
Highway to Hell AC/DC	2	3.64	-1.64
To Pimp A Butterfly Kendrick Lamar	2	3.63	-1.63
Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) Wu-Tang Clan	2	3.61	-1.61

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Artist	Albums	Average
Bob Dylan	4	4.75
Nirvana	3	5
U2	3	4.67
Stevie Wonder	2	5
Neil Young & Crazy Horse	2	5
The Band	2	5
Beatles	3	4.33

5-Star Albums (34)

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

Popular Reviews

Meat Puppets II

Meat Puppets · 3 likes

5/5

If someone gave this a one star I would totally get it but i thought it was great

One Nation Under A Groove

Funkadelic · 1 likes

3/5

Not sure I listened to the correct album but was alright

With The Beatles

Beatles · 1 likes

3/5

Dont really listen to that much early Beatles. Perfectly decent pop music but not in the same league as their later stuff

The Holy Bible

Manic Street Preachers · 1 likes

5/5

Still love it as much as ever

Moondance

Van Morrison · 1 likes

3/5

Enjoyed it but rounding down today

1-Star Albums (11)

All Ratings

Germs

4/5

Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul

Otis Redding

5/5

Let's Stay Together

Al Green

4/5

Either Or

Elliott Smith

3/5

Speakerboxxx/The Love Below

OutKast

3/5

Aladdin Sane

David Bowie

3/5

Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme

Simon & Garfunkel

3/5

Nevermind

Nirvana

5/5

The Gilded Palace Of Sin

The Flying Burrito Brothers

3/5

Homework

Daft Punk

2/5

Punishing Kiss

Ute Lemper

3/5

High Violet

The National

2/5

Who's Next

The Who

4/5

Court And Spark

Joni Mitchell

4/5

Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs

Derek & The Dominos

4/5

Pearl

Janis Joplin

3/5

Scott 2

Scott Walker

3/5

Graceland

Paul Simon

3/5

Third

Soft Machine

1/5

To Pimp A Butterfly

Kendrick Lamar

2/5

Raw Power

The Stooges

4/5

A Seat at the Table

Solange

2/5

Paranoid

Black Sabbath

4/5

Guitar Town

Steve Earle

3/5

Rumours

Fleetwood Mac

5/5

Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots

The Flaming Lips

3/5

Bert Jansch

3/5

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

The Kinks

5/5

Synchronicity

The Police

2/5

I always presumed that the police were a bit shit without ever making the effort to find out for sure. I was doubting myself 30 seconds into the first song but then Sting started singing and thankfully my instincts proved correct. I prefer the puff daddy version.

Daydream Nation

Sonic Youth

3/5

Feel like I should like it more than I did. Pretty similar to lots of stuff that I listen to but found it hard going at times. The first song is great but when the album is 70 minutes long need a few more like that

Killing Joke

3/5

The Genius Of Ray Charles

Ray Charles

3/5

No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith (Live)

Motörhead

3/5

Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde

The Pharcyde

4/5

The key to enjoying life is low expectations

OK Computer

Radiohead

5/5

Still probably my favourite album

Kind Of Blue

Miles Davis

3/5

Highly Evolved

The Vines

2/5

Not the worst album so far but arguably the least deserving of a place on this list. I still really like get free but other than that it's all just completely unremarkable.

Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not

Arctic Monkeys

4/5

Would have been a 5 at some point. Much like myself don't think it's aged particularly well. More filler than I remember. Worth 4 stars for nostalgia

Back In Black

AC/DC

3/5

Nick Of Time

Bonnie Raitt

2/5

Hysteria

Def Leppard

1/5

Listened to half thought it was worth 2 stars. Listened to the 2nd half, went to the trouble of getting an email to allow me to edit my score. 1 star

At San Quentin

Johnny Cash

3/5

Slightly generous rating. A fan of his music generally but a lot of these songs have better versions elsewhere and not many of the extra songs with the other musicians on it were particularly memorable

The Holy Bible

Manic Street Preachers

5/5

Still love it as much as ever

Apple Venus Volume 1

XTC

3/5

Didn't really know what to expect. For the most past a pleasant surprise

Peter Gabriel 3

Peter Gabriel

2/5

Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music

Ray Charles

3/5

Fell asleep to on a plane. Seemed perfectly fine. The last song hang your head in shame felt apt

Roger the Engineer

The Yardbirds

3/5

Parallel Lines

Blondie

5/5

Abbey Road

Beatles

5/5

I'm not 100% sure it's my favourite Beatles album but it's very close

Moss Side Story

Barry Adamson

2/5

Considered 1 star as I will never listen to it again. Next to soft machine it's a no contest is pick this every time

3 Feet High and Rising

De La Soul

4/5

Soul Mining

The The

3/5

This is the day is a great song, a couple of other decent tracks and some other stuff I didn't like as much

Disraeli Gears

Cream

3/5

Young Americans

David Bowie

3/5

Not in his top 5 albums but still a couple of classics on there

A Girl Called Dusty

Dusty Springfield

4/5

The thing about today's popstars is they're not Dusty Springfield.

Blur

3/5

Highway to Hell

AC/DC

2/5

Is this the same album as back in black

Morrison Hotel

The Doors

2/5

Jim Morrison? He's a drunken buffoon posing as a poet

Mothership Connection

Parliament

4/5

Back to Basics

Christina Aguilera

1/5

Why is this on here

Good Old Boys

Randy Newman

4/5

Tracy Chapman

2/5

With The Beatles

Beatles

3/5

Dont really listen to that much early Beatles. Perfectly decent pop music but not in the same league as their later stuff

Ramones

3/5

I wanted everything, especially the guitars to be louder

The Village Green Preservation Society

The Kinks

4/5

Considered a 5. Not as good as Arthur but still really enjoyed it

Chemtrails Over The Country Club

Lana Del Rey

2/5

Pretty dull. I forgot I was listening to it at one point

Common

1/5

Imagine

John Lennon

4/5

Harvest

Neil Young

5/5

A 10/10 album for me

Licensed To Ill

Beastie Boys

3/5

A real mixed bag. Really liked a few songs, some were borderline terrible

The Slim Shady LP

Eminem

3/5

Deserter's Songs

Mercury Rev

4/5

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness

The Smashing Pumpkins

4/5

Definitely a 5 star album in here. Put 1979 on disc one and you're not far off

Five Leaves Left

Nick Drake

3/5

Station To Station

David Bowie

4/5

The best one of his so far with better things still to come

Bubble And Scrape

Sebadoh

4/5

A pleasant surprise this is on here. Very much in my wheelhouse

Talking Book

Stevie Wonder

5/5

Ending on I believe. Got to be 5 stars

Parklife

Blur

4/5

Close to a 5. Quite a few classics just a couple too many tracks I would want to skip

Ten

Pearl Jam

4/5

Melodrama

Lorde

2/5

Actually enjoyed it more than I thought I would but still rounding down

L'Eau Rouge

The Young Gods

1/5

In Italy for thirty years under the Borgias, they had warfare, terror, murder, and bloodshed, but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, and the Renaissance. In Switzerland, they had brotherly love, they had five hundred years of democracy and peace, and what did that produce? The Young Gods

Black Sabbath

3/5

Liked the overall sound just missing a few classics from paranoid

Birth Of The Cool

Miles Davis

3/5

Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea

PJ Harvey

4/5

Heavy Weather

Weather Report

3/5

Was enjoying it at the start, thought a 4 could be possible. It became a bit annoying by the end and just about clung onto a 3

Let It Be

The Replacements

5/5

One of my favourite bands. Probably their best album, perfect combination of their punk roots and more melodic side

Lust For Life

Iggy Pop

4/5

The best Bowie album yet. Really enjoyed it it, will definitely listen to it again and it could go up to a 5

If You Can Believe Your Eyes & Ears

The Mamas & The Papas

3/5

California Dreamin is an all time classic but the rest was just ok

Home Is Where The Music Is

Hugh Masekela

2/5

Didnt mind some of it

Bug

Dinosaur Jr.

3/5

Honky Tonk Heroes

Waylon Jennings

3/5

War

4/5

Probably a 3.5 but these plucky underdogs need all the help they can get

Heroes

David Bowie

4/5

Having the song of the same name pretty much guaranteed it 3. Just about enough other stuff I liked to make it a 4

Born In The U.S.A.

Bruce Springsteen

5/5

Better than I remember. A classic

Protection

Massive Attack

2/5

I think the massive attack albums before and after this one have songs I both know and like. This has neither

Django Django

2/5

Another strange selection. Didn't hate it, enjoyed moments but became a bit annoying

Feast of Wire

Calexico

3/5

Vol. 4

Black Sabbath

4/5

Yep, pretty consistently good again

Moondance

Van Morrison

3/5

Enjoyed it but rounding down today

Electric Prunes

The Electric Prunes

2/5

I was quite optimistic about this even though I'd never heard of them. I was wrong

Juju

Siouxsie And The Banshees

4/5

Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1

George Michael

3/5

Red Headed Stranger

Willie Nelson

4/5

Pretty good and nice and short

Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols

Sex Pistols

4/5

Fear Of A Black Planet

Public Enemy

3/5

Rum Sodomy & The Lash

The Pogues

5/5

With the extended version this isn't far off the best of the pogues and I love the pogues

Phaedra

Tangerine Dream

1/5

There was the odd fleeting moment where it didn't annoy me

Funeral

Arcade Fire

5/5

Tidal

Fiona Apple

3/5

I wouldn't be against listening to it again. Started off well and faded

Meat Puppets II

Meat Puppets

5/5

If someone gave this a one star I would totally get it but i thought it was great

Your Arsenal

Morrissey

3/5

Appetite For Destruction

Guns N' Roses

4/5

I do think think it's a bit overrated generally but can't deny there's a few classics

Garbage

3/5

Blue

Joni Mitchell

4/5

Purple Rain

Prince

3/5

Never really got Prince. Didn't really change my mind

Rising Above Bedlam

Jah Wobble's Invaders Of The Heart

2/5

Songs In The Key Of Life

Stevie Wonder

5/5

It's not perfect but not enough to give less than 5

Ready To Die

The Notorious B.I.G.

3/5

The Sensual World

Kate Bush

3/5

This was closer to 3.5, yesterday's more of a 2.5 but same score.

Astral Weeks

Van Morrison

4/5

I See A Darkness

Bonnie "Prince" Billy

3/5

Pretenders

5/5

You've Come a Long Way Baby

Fatboy Slim

2/5

Eliminator

ZZ Top

3/5

Enjoyable but forgettable

Logical Progression

LTJ Bukem

1/5

Listened to half an hour which I think is a great effort. Gutted I didn't get to listen to the 67 minute last "track" but who has the time

A Rush Of Blood To The Head

Coldplay

3/5

It's alright. Better than everything else they've done since

Stardust

Willie Nelson

3/5

Hybrid Theory

Linkin Park

2/5

I didn't get into linkin park when I was 15 I'm not about to start now

Midnight Ride

Paul Revere & The Raiders

3/5

Grew on me by the end

1977

Ash

4/5

Almost worth 4 stars for girl from mars alone

Out Of The Blue

Electric Light Orchestra

4/5

Too long but enjoyed a lot of it

Foo Fighters

4/5

A bit of filler but pretty good. A bit more edgy than most of their stuff

Tres Hombres

ZZ Top

4/5

Found it more interesting than the other zz top album

A Walk Across The Rooftops

The Blue Nile

2/5

I didn't hate it just can't really give it more than 2 stars

Dear Science

TV On The Radio

3/5

Rain Dogs

Tom Waits

4/5

I've tried to get into him before. The early stuff clicked immediately, this takes a bit longer. Listened to it twice and it's getting there

The Stranger

Billy Joel

4/5

I basically ignored Billy Joel which I regret. I blame Westlife and Uptown Girl for putting me off him. Some good stuff on here

Achtung Baby

5/5

It's probably a 4 star album but rating it up to balance out Joe Gs 1 star review in a month's time

Headquarters

The Monkees

2/5

It's ok, passable Beatles impression

Heaven Or Las Vegas

Cocteau Twins

4/5

I think I will listen to this again

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector

Various Artists

4/5

Well it is Christmas

Stankonia

OutKast

3/5

Franz Ferdinand

4/5

Document

R.E.M.

5/5

Any REM album on this list I will be giving 5 stars

In The Wee Small Hours

Frank Sinatra

3/5

Fine but was thinking there'd be a few more of his well known songs

Immigrés

Youssou N'Dour

3/5

Didn't mind it at all

Are You Experienced

Jimi Hendrix

4/5

Fleet Foxes

4/5

Listened to it twice. Enjoyed it

1989

Taylor Swift

2/5

After the first song I thought I would hate it but ended up merely indifferent

Broken English

Marianne Faithfull

4/5

A nice contrast to the blandness of Taylor Swift

Ágætis Byrjun

Sigur Rós

2/5

Probably would enjoy it more on repeated listens but no chance of that

Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

5/5

The start of his golden period

Queen II

Queen

3/5

Was expecting more hits but was alright

Let Love Rule

Lenny Kravitz

4/5

Enough stand out tracks for a 4

Welcome To The Pleasuredome

Frankie Goes To Hollywood

2/5

I Should Coco

Supergrass

4/5

Better than alright

Bringing It All Back Home

Bob Dylan

5/5

On The Beach

Neil Young

4/5

Music From Big Pink

The Band

5/5

Junkyard

The Birthday Party

3/5

I like Nick Cave but thought this was gonna be hard work. Actually enjoyed it, considered a 4

Seventh Tree

Goldfrapp

3/5

Fine

One Nation Under A Groove

Funkadelic

3/5

Not sure I listened to the correct album but was alright

Transformer

Lou Reed

5/5

Crazysexycool

TLC

3/5

Superfly

Curtis Mayfield

3/5

What's That Noise?

Coldcut

3/5

Was getting into it by the end

Led Zeppelin III

Led Zeppelin

3/5

I think even a 3 is generous. Very unremarkable. I'm sure they did better albums than this though

My Aim Is True

Elvis Costello

4/5

En-Tact

The Shamen

2/5

Was ok. Never in danger of a 1

Third

Portishead

4/5

Potential for a 5

The Rolling Stones

2/5

Very little sign of what they would become

The Köln Concert

Keith Jarrett

2/5

Definitely Maybe

Oasis

4/5

Penance Soiree

The Icarus Line

2/5

Was pretty sick of it by the end

The Next Day

David Bowie

3/5

Fetch The Bolt Cutters

Fiona Apple

3/5

Exile On Main Street

The Rolling Stones

4/5

Not quite enough for a 5

Moving Pictures

Rush

2/5

Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle

Bill Callahan

2/5

The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan

4/5

Palo Congo

Sabu

1/5

The Fat Of The Land

The Prodigy

4/5

Elvis Presley

3/5

Sounds a bit dated. Round up for being short

Henry's Dream

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

4/5

Southern Rock Opera

Drive-By Truckers

2/5

Wonderful Rainbow

Lightning Bolt

1/5

The Band

5/5

Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

Wilco

3/5

Fine/moderately enjoyable

Life's Too Good

The Sugarcubes

4/5

Enjoyed it. 3.5 rounded up

Bright Flight

Silver Jews

3/5

Probably something I could get in to if I had the time

Blonde On Blonde

Bob Dylan

5/5

I didnt enjoy it quite as much as bringing it all back home but still has to be a 5 I think

Tommy

The Who

4/5

Music in Exile

Songhoy Blues

2/5

Talking Timbuktu

Ali Farka Touré

2/5

Isn't Anything

My Bloody Valentine

3/5

Dire Straits

3/5

Rust Never Sleeps

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

5/5

Loved it. Right up there with Harvest and after the gold rush

Brothers

The Black Keys

2/5

Barring a couple of tracks pretty disappointing

London Calling

The Clash

5/5

Don't know why it's been so long since I listened to this

Highway 61 Revisited

Bob Dylan

5/5

The black keys are ruining a lovely streak

Roots

Sepultura

2/5

Blackstar

David Bowie

2/5

I just didn't really enjoy it

Straight Outta Compton

N.W.A.

3/5

Started out strong but faded

Dub Housing

Pere Ubu

3/5

A bit ridiculous but for some reason made me smile

Tapestry

Carole King

4/5

Parachutes

Coldplay

2/5

Made a rush of blood to the head seem like a masterpiece. What's worse is it's still probably their 2nd best album

At Fillmore East

The Allman Brothers Band

3/5

Without the weekend gap probably would have been a 4. Enjoyed it though

B-52's

The B-52's

4/5

It was fun. 3.5 rounded up because the end of track 3 goes well with the Garth Crooks GIF

Blood And Chocolate

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

3/5

An Elvis Costello album without any hits was inevitably going to be 3 stars

In Utero

Nirvana

5/5

At least on a par with nevermind for me

Jazz Samba

Stan Getz

2/5

Iron Maiden

3/5

Not really a fan but was alright

Aqualung

Jethro Tull

4/5

I really enjoyed it. Will revisit

Unhalfbricking

Fairport Convention

3/5

Want Two

Rufus Wainwright

2/5

Was mostly ok

I'm Your Man

Leonard Cohen

5/5

Other than one track it was a delight

Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

4/5

More solid stuff from Mr Cave

Smash

The Offspring

3/5

Hit and miss

Metallica

4/5

G. Love And Special Sauce

G. Love & Special Sauce

1/5

Truly truly awful

MTV Unplugged In New York

Nirvana

5/5

All the better for not just doing a greatest hits and instead zoning in on Meat Puppets 2. Hopefully that David Bowie gets an album on here too

Blue Lines

Massive Attack

3/5

Better than their last one but still didn't really grab me

Songs For Swingin' Lovers!

Frank Sinatra

2/5

It's ok

Crossing the Red Sea With the Adverts

The Adverts

3/5

My Generation

The Who

2/5

Much like the stones first album and to an extent the Beatles it really wasnt clear they were any good at this point

Only By The Night

Kings of Leon

3/5

It was on track for a 4 but the last few tracks weren't so good

We Are Family

Sister Sledge

3/5

Mostly enjoyable. A strong 3

KIWANUKA

Michael Kiwanuka

3/5

Closer

Joy Division

5/5

Meat Is Murder

The Smiths

4/5

Not their best but can't be less than a 4

Blood Sugar Sex Magik

Red Hot Chili Peppers

3/5

A lot of this isn't every good, a couple of classics salvage a low 3

The Joshua Tree

5/5

It's better than achtung baby which I (incorrectly) gave 5 stars

James Brown Live At The Apollo

James Brown

3/5

Medúlla

Björk

2/5

It was just too much, flirted with a one for bits near the end

Brilliant Corners

Thelonious Monk

2/5

Talvin Singh

1/5

It wasn't absolutely awful all the time but this feels like what one stars should be used for

Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)

Wu-Tang Clan

2/5

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

Beatles

5/5

Countdown To Ecstasy

Steely Dan

4/5

Enjoyed that. 3.5 rounded up

Metal Box

Public Image Ltd.

3/5

A real rollercoaster, some of it sounded intentionally awful but I really liked some of it so I guess 3 is fair

Modern Kosmology

Jane Weaver

2/5

It was ok nearly a 3 but is this the best Widnes has to offer?

Guero

Beck

3/5

Hotel California

Eagles

3/5

Slightly underwhelming

Suede

4/5

A low 4

Sign 'O' The Times

Prince

2/5

I still don't get it. This was twice as long as the last one as well which means it's getting rounded down

When I Was Born For The 7th Time

Cornershop

3/5

It shouldn't be on here but was alright

Urban Hymns

The Verve

3/5

Most of it is pretty average

(What's The Story) Morning Glory

Oasis

4/5

It's about as good as the first one