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Album	You	Global	Diff
The Holy Bible Manic Street Preachers	5	3.14	+1.86
Blur Blur	5	3.33	+1.67
You've Come a Long Way Baby Fatboy Slim	5	3.34	+1.66
Born In The U.S.A. Bruce Springsteen	5	3.7	+1.3
Pearl Janis Joplin	5	3.72	+1.28
Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not Arctic Monkeys	5	3.73	+1.27
Appetite For Destruction Guns N' Roses	5	3.73	+1.27
Graceland Paul Simon	5	3.74	+1.26
Parallel Lines Blondie	5	3.76	+1.24
Black Sabbath Black Sabbath	5	3.82	+1.18

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Young Americans David Bowie	1	3.62	-2.62
Heroes David Bowie	1	3.61	-2.61
War U2	1	3.47	-2.47
Ágætis Byrjun Sigur Rós	1	3.37	-2.37
Melodrama Lorde	1	3.32	-2.32
Achtung Baby U2	1	3.3	-2.3
Let It Be The Replacements	1	3.26	-2.26
Soul Mining The The	1	3.17	-2.17
Kind Of Blue Miles Davis	2	4.05	-2.05
Chemtrails Over The Country Club Lana Del Rey	1	3.05	-2.05

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Artist	Albums	Average
Black Sabbath	3	4.67

Least Favorites

Artist	Albums	Average
U2	2	1
David Bowie	4	2

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Artist	Ratings
David Bowie	4, 1, 2, 1

5-Star Albums (18)

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Popular Reviews

The Holy Bible

Manic Street Preachers · 1 likes

5/5

Bleak, grey, industrial, aggressive, numinous, prescient - one of my all time favourites. As good as ever

1-Star Albums (22)

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Let's Stay Together

Al Green

4/5

Either Or

Elliott Smith

2/5

Speakerboxxx/The Love Below

OutKast

2/5

Aladdin Sane

David Bowie

4/5

Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme

Simon & Garfunkel

4/5

Nevermind

Nirvana

5/5

The Gilded Palace Of Sin

The Flying Burrito Brothers

3/5

Homework

Daft Punk

2/5

There are a couple of iconic melodies buried in here somewhere. But honestly? It’s mostly just a drum machine looping for what feels like six hours. At times it’s less “groundbreaking electronic album” and more “two teenage boys pissing about with a Casio keyboard they got for Christmas.” It’s so relentlessly repetitive and vacuous that at one point I started to wonder if the album was just stuck. Probably tolerable as background noise while mashed and playing Pro Evo, provided you don’t focus too hard and you just let it slip quietly into the wallpaper of your brain. I’d enjoy a solid minute or two. Rounded up to two stars for the influence and a couple of good moments, but I’m not doing any more "homework" on this.

Punishing Kiss

Ute Lemper

1/5

Weird theatrical existentialism. Just too arty and weird for me. It felt more like someone shouting at me than singing and I think it opened up emotional wounds that Steve MacManaman first inflicted. Also googled her and she's not even fit, looks like a stereotypical grunty Wimbledon finalist.

The Gershwin Songbook

Ella Fitzgerald

3/5

High Violet

The National

2/5

Who's Next

The Who

4/5

Court And Spark

Joni Mitchell

3/5

Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs

Derek & The Dominos

4/5

Pearl

Janis Joplin

5/5

I've never listened to this album before and I didn't think I would give a 5 to anything on first listen but it's just brilliant. I feel like every other female rock singer before and after is trying to sound like this. There's also a kind of whiskey/motorbike coolness to it. Plus she died of heroin overdose making it, so it's only respectful to round it up to 5.

Scott 2

Scott Walker

1/5

This guy just seems arrogant to me. And without the genius to make it acceptable. He thinks he's Zlatan when he's is actually Bendtner. I think it's the album title. Scott is such a generic name as well, like sorry mate you're always going to need the second name before someone know who you're talking about. I can only imagine Scott 1 and Scott 3 are more of the same irritating baritone swagger over a harpsichord. "Scott 2 be a 1 star"

Graceland

Paul Simon

5/5

If somebody said they were going to combine Simon and Garfunkel with Ladysmith Black Mambazo I would have said that sounds horrific. And yet somehow it's one of the best things i've ever heard. Very happy to listen to it in full again. This is a genuine 5 rather than a 4.5 rounded up

Third

Soft Machine

1/5

Someone tell them to stop

To Pimp A Butterfly

Kendrick Lamar

2/5

No idea what he's on about

Raw Power

The Stooges

3/5

The music is great but the production is so poor, I struggled to get past it

A Seat at the Table

Solange

2/5

Pretty shit but not quite as shit as I expected

Paranoid

Black Sabbath

5/5

An absolute classic and never get bored of hearing it. 4.5 but rounding up in honour of the great man RIP

Guitar Town

Steve Earle

2/5

Country music is so boring. I don't mind if there's great singing or guitar but this has neither. This is just so bland. I bet Elliot Smith likes it

Rumours

Fleetwood Mac

5/5

So many great songs covering so many styles. And like the "Stevo knows best..." whatsapp group it's only improved by all the members hating each other. A comfortable 5 stars and a perfectly acceptable answer to the "greatest album of all time" question (although wouldn't be my answer)

Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots

The Flaming Lips

3/5

I really like 1 flaming lips song but it wasn't on this album. The first song is a rip off of Cat Stevens. But it was still alright

Bert Jansch

3/5

This is like what Eddie Clein *thinks* he sounds like when he plays guitar and sings. If it is some parallel universe version of Ed then it explains the odd lyrics about "your father will not know" etc.

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

The Kinks

4/5

I love The Kinks, but their catalogue can feel a bit scattered. Many of their prime-era albums have one or two huge songs each, which makes a lot of them feel like solid 4-star records rather than all-time classics. That said, their singles catalogue is world class - their greatest hits easily outshine those of many bands who do have a clear 5-star album. If there are other kinks albums on here, I might upgrade one to 5 stars in a "Al Pacino Oscar for Scent of a Woman" kind of situation. Probably for whichever album it is that has waterloo sunset at the end.

Synchronicity

The Police

2/5

By far the worst Police album. Sting had fully disappeared up his own arse by this point. Drums are still great but that's about it. If this made it in then I presume the other 4 police albums also did because they're way better - at least one if them is 4 stars

Daydream Nation

Sonic Youth

2/5

Noise

Killing Joke

2/5

Noise

The Genius Of Ray Charles

Ray Charles

3/5

Brilliant musician, but the constant rain and sun metaphors make the lyrical skies feel a bit overcast.

No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith (Live)

Motörhead

3/5

Should be 4 stars but a live album is cheating when greatest hits aren't allowed. Sting & The Police will be fuming.

Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde

The Pharcyde

3/5

Bit of a rollercoaster for me. Assumed it would be dated and annoying but then loved it to start with and was thinking 4, then got bored and thought 3, then a "your mama" song made me contemplate a 4 again but quickly got bored again

OK Computer

Radiohead

5/5

Obviously 5

Kind Of Blue

Miles Davis

2/5

Not for me

Highly Evolved

The Vines

3/5

I remember liking this when it first came out but quickly forgot it. It's fine, surprised it's on here

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

Arctic Monkeys

5/5

It's not quite as good as I remember. I think it's partly because of how annoying he is now. But can't seriously contemplate anything than a 5

Back In Black

AC/DC

4/5

I really enjoy this, catchy songs and riffs and some fun guitar solos. His voice does start to grate after a while though

Nick Of Time

Bonnie Raitt

2/5

I think this might be AI generated

Hysteria

Def Leppard

2/5

What's great about this process is listening to artists you suspected were shite and finding out that they are indeed shite

At San Quentin

Johnny Cash

3/5

Brilliant but live albums are cheating

The Holy Bible

Manic Street Preachers

5/5

Bleak, grey, industrial, aggressive, numinous, prescient - one of my all time favourites. As good as ever

Apple Venus Volume 1

XTC

2/5

Not looking forward to Volume 2

Peter Gabriel 3

Peter Gabriel

3/5

I like his voice and style but this one doesn't have any of the hits and probably only 1 song I'd choose to listen to again

Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music

Ray Charles

3/5

I felt like I should like it more

Roger the Engineer

The Yardbirds

4/5

Roger ya ma... and enjoyed it

Parallel Lines

Blondie

5/5

Decided it was a 5 in the first 10 seconds and then just sat back and enjoyed myself

Abbey Road

Beatles

5/5

Not in my top 3 Beatles albums but still a comfortable 5

Moss Side Story

Barry Adamson

1/5

Listening to Parallel Lines, Abbey Road and then this felt like watching the Godfather trilogy all over again

3 Feet High and Rising

De La Soul

3/5

It's a magic number 3

Soul Mining

The The

1/5

sounds like a flight of the conchords piss take of new wave, without the humour. Had to turn it off

Disraeli Gears

Cream

2/5

Maybe I'm in a harsh mood but I don't think I'd ever choose to listen to any of this. Even sunshine of your love is just meh to me.

Young Americans

David Bowie

1/5

Hated it

A Girl Called Dusty

Dusty Springfield

2/5

I saw 20 tracks and thought urgh ffs this is getting a max 3 stars. But then I read that 8 are bonus reissue tracks and it's really only 12 and thought okay maybe it can be a 4 star. Then I realised those 12 tracks don't include I only want to be with you and I thought ah well in that case it's 2 stars

Blur

5/5

This is my favourite blur album, haven't heard it for years - very nostalgic and a bit emotional tbh

Highway to Hell

AC/DC

4/5

Consistent

Morrison Hotel

The Doors

3/5

Pretty good but there's other Doors albums I prefer

Mothership Connection

Parliament

2/5

Back to Basics

Christina Aguilera

1/5

Think she had one album I'd listen to. The one in between being an inane popstar and a nauseating pompous diva. This is not it.

Good Old Boys

Randy Newman

3/5

I quite enjoyed it, probably won't listen to again - maybe one song.

Tracy Chapman

3/5

Is that John Obi Mikel?

With The Beatles

Beatles

4/5

Think it's probably the worst Beatles album. Still great though

Ramones

2/5

Musically just so basic, nothing I can enjoy about it

The Village Green Preservation Society

The Kinks

4/5

Chemtrails Over The Country Club

Lana Del Rey

1/5

Don't think I've ever heard music that sounded more like fingernails being scraped down a blackboard. Had to turn it off

Common

2/5

It's ok but not my bag

Imagine

John Lennon

4/5

Mostly a 3 star album but Imagine and Jealous Guy are such classics, think it deserves a 4

Harvest

Neil Young

3/5

Overrated

Licensed To Ill

Beastie Boys

2/5

The Slim Shady LP

Eminem

3/5

Not as good as I remembered. Prefer the 2nd album

Deserter's Songs

Mercury Rev

3/5

I really like a couple of songs but a whole album got very annoying

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness

The Smashing Pumpkins

4/5

2nd best pumpkins album. Could've still been 5 without the double album gayness

Five Leaves Left

Nick Drake

3/5

Haven't heard this for years. It's good but too depressing to listen to a whole album

Station To Station

David Bowie

2/5

Love the sound of this album. Unfortunately there's no good songs on it

Bubble And Scrape

Sebadoh

2/5

Not a massive fan of lo fi

Talking Book

Stevie Wonder

4/5

Great stuff. Close to a 5 but not

Parklife

Blur

4/5

Good clean fun

Ten

Pearl Jam

5/5

I always wondered why this album was called 10 when it has 11 songs. Maybe they were rating the quality, in an Usher-esque display of self-importance. Much like Usher, their arrogance was justified. Absolutely one of my favourite albums and a genuine 10.

Melodrama

Lorde

1/5

Another teenage girl's diary entry with a drum machine, synth noises and masses of reverb. What happened to musical instruments?

L'Eau Rouge

The Young Gods

1/5

I think I was too harsh on Lorde. At least the synth noises she chose didn't sound like a lawnmower or train derailment.

Black Sabbath

5/5

Birth Of The Cool

Miles Davis

2/5

Boring

Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea

PJ Harvey

4/5

A whore and a hustler

Heavy Weather

Weather Report

2/5

Today's forecast is bland & pretentious with a chance of hotel lobby.

Let It Be

The Replacements

1/5

I've realised I really struggle to enjoy music when the singer can't sing

Lust For Life

Iggy Pop

4/5

Great stuff

If You Can Believe Your Eyes & Ears

The Mamas & The Papas

3/5

1 great song and some tolerable background noise

Home Is Where The Music Is

Hugh Masekela

2/5

With instrumental jazz, my approach is now to listen to a song and decide whether it's a 1 (annoying) or 2 (boring). Congratulations to Hugh on his well-earned 2 stars

Bug

Dinosaur Jr.

3/5

Noise rock. Started better than it finished.

Honky Tonk Heroes

Waylon Jennings

3/5

Don't mind it

War

1/5

The world's biggest crap

Heroes

David Bowie

1/5

5 star tracks x 1 1 star tracks x 9 Average track rating = 1.4 (rounded to 1) So so disappointing

Born In The U.S.A.

Bruce Springsteen

5/5

My favourite Springsteen album.

Protection

Massive Attack

2/5

Nice sound, don't know or like any of these songs though

Django Django

3/5

A level of musical repetitiveness that you have to expect from a band who named themselves and their album using the same word 4 times. Didn't actually mind it though

Feast of Wire

Calexico

3/5

Vol. 4

Black Sabbath

4/5

Marking down to a 4 because of Changes

Moondance

Van Morrison

4/5

Great voice, I really enjoyed it. Looked up his discography and this is the 3rd of 47 studio albums. Think I'll just stick with greatest hits in future

Electric Prunes

The Electric Prunes

3/5

Juju

Siouxsie And The Banshees

3/5

Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1

George Michael

2/5

Cloying

Red Headed Stranger

Willie Nelson