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Album	You	Global	Diff
Illinois Sufjan Stevens	5	3.5	+1.5
Funeral Arcade Fire	5	3.56	+1.44
Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots The Flaming Lips	5	3.57	+1.43
Illmatic Nas	5	3.6	+1.4
The Velvet Underground & Nico The Velvet Underground	5	3.61	+1.39
To Pimp A Butterfly Kendrick Lamar	5	3.63	+1.37
Follow The Leader Korn	4	2.65	+1.35
Slipknot Slipknot	4	2.67	+1.33
Dummy Portishead	5	3.71	+1.29
Arise Sepultura	4	2.73	+1.27

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy Kanye West	1	3.4	-2.4
So Peter Gabriel	2	3.53	-1.53
Fear Of Music Talking Heads	2	3.47	-1.47
Bat Out Of Hell Meat Loaf	2	3.43	-1.43
Rock Bottom Robert Wyatt	1	2.39	-1.39
Horses Patti Smith	2	3.31	-1.31
Life's Too Good The Sugarcubes	2	3.08	-1.08
La Revancha Del Tango Gotan Project	2	3.04	-1.04
Talk Talk Talk The Psychedelic Furs	2	3.03	-1.03
Felt Mountain Goldfrapp	2	3	-1

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Artist	Albums	Average
Pink Floyd	3	5
Radiohead	2	5

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Kanye West	4, 1

5-Star Albums (22)

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Rock Bottom

Robert Wyatt · 1 likes

1/5

Maybe I'm not smart enough to get this album. But that was a brutal listen, checked off the list and will never revisit it.

1-Star Albums (2)

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Murder Ballads

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

3/5

Atmospheric and haunting tracks. Grim lyrics and sharp piano. Very cinematic.

Hotel California

Eagles

4/5

Iconic.

Wish You Were Here

Pink Floyd

5/5

One of the best albums of all time.

Sheer Heart Attack

Queen

4/5

Great early rock album. Excellent guitar riffs. A touch of punk on Stone Cold Crazy.

Risque

CHIC

3/5

Solid discount album. Smooth as butter and great baselines.

The Man Machine

Kraftwerk

3/5

Live!

Fela Kuti

3/5

Common

3/5

KIWANUKA

Michael Kiwanuka

3/5

Smooth vocal. Solid funk/jazz backing music and guitar.

You Are The Quarry

Morrissey

3/5

Good early 2000's alternative album.

One Nation Under A Groove

Funkadelic

3/5

Graceland

Paul Simon

3/5

Blood Sugar Sex Magik

Red Hot Chili Peppers

4/5

Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots

The Flaming Lips

5/5

Eliminator

ZZ Top

4/5

Solid classic rock album. Almost a greatest hits album.

Pearl

Janis Joplin

3/5

Destroy Rock & Roll

Mylo

3/5

Violent Femmes

4/5

Ahead of its time.

Clandestino

Manu Chao

3/5

Scott 4

Scott Walker

2/5

The Clash

4/5

Movies

Holger Czukay

2/5

Vol. 4

Black Sabbath

4/5

Crossing the Red Sea With the Adverts

The Adverts

2/5

Rio

Duran Duran

3/5

Veckatimest

Grizzly Bear

4/5

Licensed To Ill

Beastie Boys

4/5

The Number Of The Beast

Iron Maiden

3/5

Horses

Patti Smith

2/5

Steve McQueen

Prefab Sprout

3/5

Only By The Night

Kings of Leon

4/5

American Idiot

Green Day

3/5

In The Wee Small Hours

Frank Sinatra

3/5

Achtung Baby

3/5

Rubber Soul

Beatles

4/5

The Stranger

Billy Joel

4/5

Speakerboxxx/The Love Below

OutKast

3/5

The Sensational Alex Harvey Band

2/5

Talking Heads 77

Talking Heads

3/5

The Coral

3/5

Duck Rock

Malcolm McLaren

3/5

Not sure what warrants this being on a list like this. Might be one of the "had to be there" type albums. Overall not terrible, some fun reggae/African jams but probably something I won't come back to.

Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music

Ray Charles

4/5

Make Yourself

Incubus

4/5

Kind of surprised but pleased to see this album on the list. Objectively this album probably doesn't deserve a 4/5, but its nostalgic and I love Incubus.

Slippery When Wet

Bon Jovi

3/5

Got some popular tracks but as a complete album its so so.

Mama's Gun

Erykah Badu

3/5

Out Of The Blue

Electric Light Orchestra

4/5

Sunday At The Village Vanguard

Bill Evans Trio

3/5

Blood, Sweat & Tears

3/5

Green

R.E.M.

3/5

Life Thru A Lens

Robbie Williams

3/5

This was a fun last 90s pop record. Not really sure it deserves a spot on a 1001 list, but its something I would never have picked up on my own.

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness

The Smashing Pumpkins

4/5

Getz/Gilberto

Stan Getz

3/5

Raising Hell

Run-D.M.C.

3/5

Harvest

Neil Young

4/5

Stephen Stills

4/5

A Girl Called Dusty

Dusty Springfield

3/5

Band On The Run

Paul McCartney and Wings

3/5

Metallica

5/5

Microshift

Hookworms

4/5

I really enjoyed this record. Had some Kraftwerk vibes, but in a more modern pop setting.

Let's Get It On

Marvin Gaye

4/5

Channel Orange

Frank Ocean

4/5

Hot Shots II

The Beta Band

3/5

OK Computer

Radiohead

5/5

Rock Bottom

Robert Wyatt

1/5

Maybe I'm not smart enough to get this album. But that was a brutal listen, checked off the list and will never revisit it.

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Lynyrd Skynyrd

4/5

Illinois

Sufjan Stevens

5/5

Hounds Of Love

Kate Bush

4/5

Heartbreaker

Ryan Adams

3/5

In Our Heads

Hot Chip

3/5

Solid electro pop record. Got some 80s vibes on a few tracks.

Bat Out Of Hell

Meat Loaf

2/5

No my cup of tea. Not sure if meatloaf is parody or earnest and that's not great.

Debut

Björk

3/5

#1 Record

Big Star

4/5

#1 Record by Big Star (terrible names) I really enjoyed this record. This is a band that has completely evaded me my entire life. Strong Led Zeppelin and Beatles influences on this record. Nevertheless I really enjoyed the tracks on this record.

Palo Congo

Sabu

3/5

(What's The Story) Morning Glory

Oasis

4/5

Closer

Joy Division

4/5

Every Picture Tells A Story

Rod Stewart

4/5

On The Beach

Neil Young

4/5

I enjoyed this album. Good mix of funk and folk.

Nighthawks At The Diner

Tom Waits

3/5

I've known about Tom Waits for years but hadn't gotten around to listening to him. I can see why people like him, I just dont love the spoken word set to jazz in a raspy voice thing.

We Are Family

Sister Sledge

3/5

I'm not a huge disco fan but was to have this pop up today. Was a very fun album for today.

Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs

Marty Robbins

4/5

There's No Place Like America Today

Curtis Mayfield

4/5

Wild Is The Wind

Nina Simone

4/5

Frampton Comes Alive

Peter Frampton

4/5

One of the best live albums of all time. Love framptons guitar style.

Peter Gabriel

2/5

I'm not really a fan of 80s pop and drum machines. This is no exception.

The Velvet Underground

4/5

London Calling

The Clash

5/5

Incredible album. Quintessential punk rock record with no wasted motion.

Rumours

Fleetwood Mac

5/5

Nearly flawless album. Doesn't wear out its welcome. Easy 5/5

Surfer Rosa

Pixies

3/5

Solid punk rock album, nothing absolutely blew me away.

Being There

Wilco

4/5

Incredible album. Wilco's blend of alternative, indie, country styles flow seamlessly through this album. 4/5

Paranoid

Black Sabbath

4/5

Great early metal album. Some.huge hits as well as some deeper cuts. 4/5

Reggatta De Blanc

The Police

3/5

Kings Of The Wild Frontier

Adam & The Ants

3/5

Some enjoyable tracks, but ultimately forgetable for me.

The Last Broadcast

Doves

4/5

Never heard of this band before but really enjoyed them. To my ear had a Coldplay mixed with RHCP vibes.

Life's Too Good

The Sugarcubes

2/5

Court And Spark

Joni Mitchell

4/5

It's A Shame About Ray

The Lemonheads

3/5

This is a fun pop rock record.

Black Holes and Revelations

Muse

4/5

I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You

Aretha Franklin

3/5

Soul classic

At Mister Kelly's

Sarah Vaughan

3/5

Morrison Hotel

The Doors

4/5

This is the type of album that deserves a spot on the list. Really enjoyable listen. Great mix of blues and funk. 4/5

Remain In Light

Talking Heads

3/5

This is the Talking Heads at their best. Some really fun and upbeat songs. With that being said I find their style very repetitive and uninteresting. 3/5

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

3/5

Power In Numbers

Jurassic 5

4/5

Tom Tom Club

3/5

Some really infectious beats. Really fun album. It started off very strong but kind of dragged a bit through the middle.

The Fat Of The Land

The Prodigy

4/5

Quiet Life

Japan

2/5

Not quite sure why this is on the list.

Punishing Kiss

Ute Lemper

3/5

Some serious song writing talent on this album. Very solid listen.

Boston

4/5

Arguably the greatest debut album of all time. Just hit after hit. Great album. 4/5

Van Halen

4/5

...Baby One More Time

Britney Spears

3/5

Timeless

Goldie

2/5

Kind of dull and repeating. A 2 hour edm album that doesn't go to interesting places was a herculean task.

Who's Next

The Who

5/5

Incredible album. Excellent production and sound. Easy 5/5.

Freak Out!

The Mothers Of Invention

2/5

I get this is supposed to be quirky and silly but I just found it annoying. 2/5

Buena Vista Social Club

3/5

The College Dropout

Kanye West

4/5

This was the most challenging album on the list so far. This album is objectively really good, however Kanye in recent years is an admitted nazi. In an attempt to separate the art from the artist. 4/5

Dummy

Portishead

5/5

Beautifully composed and produced album. Excellent vibe 5/5

Bitte Orca

Dirty Projectors

3/5

A solid alt/indie/pop album. I have no idea why its taking up space on this list. Infinitely forgettable but not the worst I've heard. 3/5

Talk Talk Talk

The Psychedelic Furs

2/5

Completely forgettable 80's pop. 2/5

Unknown Pleasures

Joy Division

4/5

Aftermath

The Rolling Stones

4/5

A Wizard, A True Star

Todd Rundgren

3/5

This album had some tracks i really liked. Some others not so much, overall a solid experience. 3/5

To Pimp A Butterfly

Kendrick Lamar

5/5

Visionary. Arguably the greatest hip-hop record of all time.

2112

Rush

4/5

Superunknown

Soundgarden

4/5

Fantastic grunge album. Some of their best hits and the album is consistently good. 4/5

NEU! 75

Neu!

3/5

Having never heard of this band before I was impressed. This album had a very atmospheric vibe. 3/5

Tres Hombres

ZZ Top

3/5

La Grange gets this album a 3/5. The rest of the album is pretty generic to be honest. I like ZZ Top, just wondering why there are multiple albums by them on this list.

Follow The Leader

Korn

4/5

Quintessential nu-metal album. Slap bass, trashy snare and unintelligible grunting. Great album 4/5.

Paris 1919

John Cale

3/5

Arise

Sepultura

4/5

Exodus

Bob Marley & The Wailers

5/5

Love getting this on a Friday. Great vibes, production and instrumentation. 5/5

Peace Sells...But Who's Buying

Megadeth

3/5

Lazer Guided Melodies

Spiritualized

2/5

This just wasn't very interesting to me.

Straight Outta Compton

N.W.A.

4/5

Let's Stay Together

Al Green

4/5

Songs From The Big Chair

Tears For Fears

4/5

S.F. Sorrow

The Pretty Things

3/5

Either Or

Elliott Smith

4/5

Insanely depressing especially for a Friday. However, great album 4/5

Mr. Tambourine Man

The Byrds

3/5

School's Out

Alice Cooper

3/5

All Things Must Pass

George Harrison

4/5

This album has some high highs, but overall seemed pretty bloated. With that said, I still enjoyed it and love George's weepy guitar tones.

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

The Kinks

3/5

Disintegration

The Cure

5/5

Street Signs

Ozomatli

3/5

Marquee Moon

Television

3/5

Slipknot

4/5

Angsty white boy metal does not hold up to the modern day. With that said its nostalgic to me and its fun to rage out sometimes. 4/5

Pet Sounds

The Beach Boys

4/5

My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

Kanye West

1/5

Trout Mask Replica

Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band

2/5

Killing Joke

2/5

This is very generic and not interesting to me. 2/5

No Other

Gene Clark

4/5

Strangeways, Here We Come

The Smiths

4/5

Tubular Bells

Mike Oldfield

4/5

This is a great album to put on a good pair of headphones and sink into a chair to enjoy. 4/5

Damaged

Black Flag

3/5

Solid punk rock album. All the songs sound the same though. 3/5

Neon Bible

Arcade Fire

4/5

This isn't my favorite arcade fire album. However their influence on early 00's indie music can't be denied. This is a really strong album. 4/5

The ArchAndroid

Janelle Monáe

3/5

Led Zeppelin

4/5

Darkdancer

Les Rythmes Digitales

3/5

Funeral

Arcade Fire

5/5

Felt Mountain

Goldfrapp

2/5

No clue why this is on the list. 2/5

The Stone Roses

3/5

Solid brit pop album 3/5

Lady Soul

Aretha Franklin

4/5

Queen Of Denmark

John Grant

4/5

The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators

The 13th Floor Elevators

3/5

The Rolling Stones

3/5

Rock 'N Soul

Solomon Burke

4/5

Electric Ladyland

Jimi Hendrix

5/5

Songs In The Key Of Life

Stevie Wonder

5/5

Bryter Layter

Nick Drake

4/5

Had heard a lot about Nick Drake and was pleasantly surprised he lived up to the hype. Really enjoyed the vibe of this album. 4/5

It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back

Public Enemy

3/5

Colour By Numbers

Culture Club

2/5

This cheesy 80s pop isn't it. Its the musical equivalent to your teeth hurting from biting an ice cream cone. 2/5

The Chronic

Dr. Dre

4/5

Deja Vu

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

3/5

Pretzel Logic

Steely Dan

3/5

Fear and Whiskey

Mekons

3/5

Ten

Pearl Jam

5/5

The Slim Shady LP

Eminem

4/5

The Dark Side Of The Moon

Pink Floyd

5/5

One of the greatest albums of all time. Iconic. 5/5

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector

Various Artists

3/5

Aja

Steely Dan

3/5

The Wall

Pink Floyd

5/5

Like A Prayer

Madonna

3/5

Aqualung

Jethro Tull

3/5

Drunk

Thundercat

4/5

Funny, chaotic and weird. Absolutely loved this album. The themes range from poignant to funny. 4/5

Rocks

Aerosmith

3/5

Whatever

Aimee Mann

3/5

Surf's Up

The Beach Boys

4/5

Transformer

Lou Reed

3/5

Music for the Masses

Depeche Mode

4/5

This is how 80s synth should be done. Great atmospheric album. 4/5

Songs For Swingin' Lovers!

Frank Sinatra

3/5

The Bends

Radiohead

5/5

Unhalfbricking

Fairport Convention

3/5

Axis: Bold As Love

Jimi Hendrix

4/5

Endtroducing.....

DJ Shadow

3/5

American Gothic

David Ackles

2/5

The Velvet Underground & Nico

The Velvet Underground

5/5

...And Justice For All

Metallica

4/5

You're Living All Over Me

Dinosaur Jr.

3/5

A Love Supreme

John Coltrane

3/5

Fear Of Music

Talking Heads

2/5

This is my 3rd and hopefully final Talking Heads album. Genuinely don't get the hype and acclaim with this band.

Bad Company

3/5

Emergency On Planet Earth

Jamiroquai

3/5

Funky and fun album. Easy listen. Nothing earth shattering to me though. 3/5

Vanishing Point

Primal Scream

3/5

Low

David Bowie

4/5

Elephant Mountain

The Youngbloods

3/5

The Beach Boys Today!

The Beach Boys

3/5

Pornography

The Cure

3/5

I Am a Bird Now

Antony and the Johnsons

2/5

Tapestry

Carole King

4/5

The Slider

T. Rex

3/5

After The Gold Rush

Neil Young

3/5

Hot Rats

Frank Zappa

3/5

Close To You

Carpenters

3/5

Bookends

Simon & Garfunkel

4/5

Take Me Apart

Kelela

3/5

La Revancha Del Tango

Gotan Project

2/5

Why is this 90 minute generic Latin dance album on this list? 2/5

Fulfillingness' First Finale

Stevie Wonder

3/5

3 + 3

The Isley Brothers

4/5

Meat Puppets II

Meat Puppets

3/5

Revolver

Beatles

5/5

Joan Armatrading

4/5

Moby Grape

4/5

Never heard of this band, but was pleasantly surprised. Really enjoyed their sound. 4/5

Moondance

Van Morrison

3/5

Beggars Banquet

The Rolling Stones

4/5

Illmatic

Nas

5/5

69 Love Songs

The Magnetic Fields

4/5

Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite

Maxwell

3/5

This was a funky and fun listen. However all the songs sound just about the same so it tended to drag. 3/5

Sign 'O' The Times

Prince

3/5

Crazysexycool

TLC

3/5

Locust Abortion Technician

Butthole Surfers

3/5

If I Should Fall From Grace With God

The Pogues

4/5

Rapture

Anita Baker

3/5

Young Americans

David Bowie

4/5