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Album	You	Global	Diff
Skylarking XTC	5	3.03	+1.97
We're Only In It For The Money The Mothers Of Invention	4	2.46	+1.54
Bayou Country Creedence Clearwater Revival	5	3.64	+1.36
The Cars The Cars	5	3.66	+1.34
Green River Creedence Clearwater Revival	5	3.76	+1.24
A Short Album About Love The Divine Comedy	4	2.77	+1.23
Apple Venus Volume 1 XTC	4	2.84	+1.16
Destroy Rock & Roll Mylo	4	2.88	+1.12
Pet Sounds The Beach Boys	5	3.93	+1.07
Sunshine Hit Me The Bees	4	2.97	+1.03

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
American IV: The Man Comes Around Johnny Cash	1	3.87	-2.87
21 Adele	1	3.69	-2.69
In The Court Of The Crimson King King Crimson	1	3.6	-2.6
Violent Femmes Violent Femmes	1	3.5	-2.5
Music in Exile Songhoy Blues	1	3.33	-2.33
Pornography The Cure	1	3.32	-2.32
Here Are the Sonics The Sonics	1	3.15	-2.15
La Revancha Del Tango Gotan Project	1	3.04	-2.04
Joan Baez Joan Baez	1	2.97	-1.97
London Calling The Clash	2	3.96	-1.96

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Beatles	2	5
Creedence Clearwater Revival	2	5

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Exile On Main Street

The Rolling Stones · 1 likes

4/5

Tight!

#1 Record

Big Star · 1 likes

3/5

Solid - The back half lags like shit

1-Star Albums (14)

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Blood, Sweat & Tears

4/5

Really balanced album I should reach for more often.

Highway to Hell

AC/DC

4/5

Sounds great, still. New favorite ‘Beatin’ Around the Bush’

Bossanova

Pixies

3/5

This isn’t why the Pixies are great. It’s a fine album but it sounds like ‘Doolittle’ B-sides. After the third song it starts to sound same-y.

Nebraska

Bruce Springsteen

3/5

Bummer of an album but that's the way it's supposed to be.

Green Onions

Booker T. & The MG's

3/5

Fun!

British Steel

Judas Priest

3/5

Perfect for 1980! Songs are nice and focused.

Apocalypse 91… The Enemy Strikes Black

Public Enemy

3/5

Good. The Bomb Squad was toned down and groovy!

At Fillmore East

The Allman Brothers Band

4/5

They move as a band like a cat. Couldn’t find a pitchy note.

Transformer

Lou Reed

4/5

There’s a little fat. Not a ton. Most songs don’t grab me.

Apple Venus Volume 1

XTC

4/5

Mostly good songs mostly elaborately appointed.

White Blood Cells

The White Stripes

3/5

There are a lot of hits on this one.

Catch A Fire

Bob Marley & The Wailers

3/5

I’m sure it’s fantastic but reggae ain’t my jam -

Faith

George Michael

4/5

The hits are great and still sound good. Everything else is standard issue dance pop.

3 Years, 5 Months And 2 Days In The Life Of...

Arrested Development

3/5

Sounds of it’s time but still sounds good.

The White Album

Beatles

5/5

Great songs! Some clunkers. Still sounds great.

Bubble And Scrape

Sebadoh

2/5

I don’t know why this album is on this list. It’s dull, thick and drowsy.

Smash

The Offspring

2/5

Man, this record is dumb, shrill and in a hurry. F!

Hybrid Theory

Linkin Park

3/5

Better than I thought but not my jam.

The Stooges

3/5

Pretty good but I thought the Stooges were more aggressive -

Black Sabbath

3/5

Good. I’m always surprised at Black Sabbath’s musicality. The drums sound like they’re the ones used on the Flintstones theme.

We're Only In It For The Money

The Mothers Of Invention

4/5

Good songs. Some horsing around that gets thin.

Pet Sounds

The Beach Boys

5/5

Still sparkly!

Survivor

Destiny's Child

2/5

Most 17 tracks sounded the same.

Run-D.M.C.

4/5

Good! You can hear it echoed down through the years.

At Mister Kelly's

Sarah Vaughan

3/5

Pretty standard jazz …

Goo

Sonic Youth

4/5

Back In Black

AC/DC

4/5

Same as it ever was, which is fantastic!

Master Of Puppets

Metallica

3/5

I see how people went apeshit but it's seriously same-y

Funeral

Arcade Fire

2/5

Been there, heard that

Come Away With Me

Norah Jones

3/5

Goes down easy!

Hotel California

Eagles

4/5

Second half is a snooze

Jazz Samba

Stan Getz

4/5

Really good! Charlie Bird is tasty!

Immigrés

Youssou N'Dour

2/5

Nothing for me here

The Notorious Byrd Brothers

The Byrds

3/5

This is a soft pop record. They don’t have flutes and glocks and crap but they do sing ‘La la la la’

Alien Lanes

Guided By Voices

3/5

1995 first for Matador records!

Adele

1/5

Soundtrack for your fainting couch! Couldn’t finish it. Dramatic, samey, screechy.

New Gold Dream (81/82/83/84)

Simple Minds

3/5

Almost there, just need the songs

Welcome To The Pleasuredome

Frankie Goes To Hollywood

4/5

WTPD is a prog song. The longer it goes it the more it drags.

Blackstar

David Bowie

3/5

Weird, good. Funny. “Where the fuck did Monday go?” and “I can’t give away everything!” are two good choruses

Joan Baez

1/5

Nothing for me here. Not listening.

Selected Ambient Works 85-92

Aphex Twin

3/5

I can see why it’s lauded. Doing this in the late 80s was only recently legal.

The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill

Lauryn Hill

3/5

Better than I thought. More diverse in terms of grooves and arrangements

Marquee Moon

Television

3/5

I wsnt to listen again.

Who Killed...... The Zutons?

The Zutons

3/5

Good songs!

The Genius Of Ray Charles

Ray Charles

4/5

Genius is right!

Fuzzy Logic

Super Furry Animals

3/5

Fun, poppy, kitchen sink-ish production. A good time. I'd listen again but I wouldn't likely reach for it.

Armed Forces

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

3/5

The hits were good

The Wall

Pink Floyd

3/5

Shoulda been a single and left out all of that Broadway Bob Ezrin crap.

Lady Soul

Aretha Franklin

3/5

Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme

Simon & Garfunkel

3/5

More upbeat than I anticipated.

Sunshine Superman

Donovan

2/5

Man, one hit and a bunch of other boring stuff.

Abraxas

Santana

4/5

Classic and still quite an ass kicker

Channel Orange

Frank Ocean

3/5

Interesting but very of it's time

James Brown Live At The Apollo

James Brown

3/5

Decent

Licensed To Ill

Beastie Boys

3/5

Better than I remember

So Much For The City

The Thrills

2/5

kinda samey over all -

Fire Of Love

The Gun Club

2/5

Bo-ring!

Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

4/5

Pretty feral

Songs From The Big Chair

Tears For Fears

2/5

Good hits and then some really under done shit

In The Court Of The Crimson King

King Crimson

1/5

Sucked!

Purple Rain

Prince

4/5

Still good - Short too

There's No Place Like America Today

Curtis Mayfield

3/5

Mellow

Olympia 64

Jacques Brel

3/5

Really energetic!

A Night At The Opera

Queen

3/5

Yeah, still good -

Repeater

Fugazi

2/5

Same

Miriam Makeba

2/5

Fine

The Cars

5/5

Flawless

Morrison Hotel

The Doors

2/5

Good effort, the songs weren't there

Walking Wounded

Everything But The Girl

2/5

Fine but boring

Elephant Mountain

The Youngbloods

3/5

Decent - Not earth shattering

Superunknown

Soundgarden

4/5

Good but effin' long

Treasure

Cocteau Twins

2/5

Half good / Half wtf?

Scum

Napalm Death

1/5

I gave it a shot

Born To Be With You

Dion

3/5

Pleasant -

Stand!

Sly & The Family Stone

4/5

Classic!

Street Life

The Crusaders

2/5

Eh, I didn't hate it

Exile On Main Street

The Rolling Stones

4/5

Tight!

Talking Heads 77

Talking Heads

3/5

I didn't hate it

Dire Straits

3/5

Kinda snoozy, one hit

Buenas Noches From A Lonely Room

Dwight Yoakam

3/5

Pretty good, worth sitting through

Aladdin Sane

David Bowie

3/5

Maybe three good songs and some meandering

Garbage

3/5

Good amount of hits and it sort of meandered otherwise

A Grand Don't Come For Free

The Streets

1/5

Politely, not my thing.

Siamese Dream

The Smashing Pumpkins

4/5

Good as it ever was - Not a ton of fat!

The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady

Charles Mingus

2/5

Not my thing but is probably shit hot to jazzers

Green River

Creedence Clearwater Revival

5/5

C'mon, it's CCR

A Short Album About Love

The Divine Comedy

4/5

Lotta fun! Scratchin' that Schlager itch!

S.F. Sorrow

The Pretty Things

3/5

Read about this record for years. Better than I thought. I'd listen again.

Play

Moby

3/5

It wasn't all tinkly tinkly like I thought it would be. There were some tough grooves in there.

This Is Hardcore

Pulp

3/5

They got their Bowie on! Good songs was long but not boring

Sincere

Mj Cole

1/5

Boring UK 90's disco

Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)

Wu-Tang Clan

2/5

Not bad, short

The Hour Of Bewilderbeast

Badly Drawn Boy

3/5

Nice, varied, I'll listen again -

Document

R.E.M.

3/5

Good for the time, kinda dull now

The Trinity Session

Cowboy Junkies

2/5

Bo-Ring!

Raw Power

The Stooges

2/5

Nice snot rock 'n' all. There was one tough groove. That was it.

The Undertones

3/5

Fine

Damaged

Black Flag

2/5

Whatever -

Live At The Regal

B.B. King

3/5

Great!

Junkyard

The Birthday Party

2/5

Sucked! Listened to a cut and a half. Got angry, turned it off.

Get Behind Me Satan

The White Stripes

3/5

Pretty good - They were stretching

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector

Various Artists

2/5

Fine

Boston

4/5

Songs are still good although a little cartoonish. This is the book of late '70s classic rock.

Club Classics Vol. One

Soul II Soul

3/5

I got some distance from it and it's not bad - Occasionally boring ... But good overall

We Are Family

Sister Sledge

3/5

Good, Chic 'n' all

Music in Exile

Songhoy Blues

1/5

I listened to it but didn't hear it. Not my bag.

Graceland

Paul Simon

4/5

It's Graceland isn't it?

Skylarking

XTC

5/5

Sterling work!

Maggot Brain

Funkadelic

4/5

Classic!

#1 Record

Big Star

3/5

Solid - The back half lags like shit

Don't Come Home A Drinkin' (With Lovin' On Your Mind)

Loretta Lynn

2/5

One hit. Couple good songs. Some filler.

Eagles

2/5

Whatever. Couple hits. Glenn Frey sounded ridiculous.

Beach Samba

Astrud Gilberto

2/5

Good. A bit weird. I just don't have tropicalia ears -

Brothers In Arms

Dire Straits

3/5

Songs are good and all but some of it just is too smooth for me and it infected everything in music for about 7 years.

The Gershwin Songbook

Ella Fitzgerald

4/5

Long, good songs, good singin', good playin'

Illinois

Sufjan Stevens

4/5

Most of it was good. Some of it was reaching for something that wasn't there.

A Walk Across The Rooftops

The Blue Nile

3/5

Some good parts, some out there parts and in-between parts

Surfer Rosa

Pixies

2/5

It had a couple hits - After that the whole damn album was the same shitty song

Smokers Delight

Nightmares On Wax

1/5

Bo-Ring!

Something/Anything?

Todd Rundgren

4/5

Good, wide, varied, LONG!

At Budokan

Cheap Trick

4/5

Straight up classic!

Led Zeppelin

3/5

Great for it's time and later, just kinda clunky now

Queen Of Denmark

John Grant

3/5

Better than I thought, I'll listen again.

Electric Prunes

The Electric Prunes

2/5

About 1/3 the 'In YOUR MIND!' psych, 1/3 cutesy psych and 1/3 Ucky Ducky psych

Bringing It All Back Home

Bob Dylan

3/5

It was fine

Pacific Ocean Blue

Dennis Wilson

3/5

Interesting - I'd listen again

New Boots And Panties

Ian Dury

3/5

I thought it was a little boring but fun. Stephanie hated it.

Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots

The Flaming Lips

3/5

Better than I thought. Not all of the songs are 'there' but the texture was nice.

Dirty

Sonic Youth

2/5

I know they're super influential but I didn't get it

Paris 1919

John Cale

3/5

NOT what I thought it was going to be. Very enjoyable sort of orch-pop.

Pornography

The Cure

1/5

My god the caterwauling. That album had no point.

Blonde On Blonde

Bob Dylan

4/5

Well, it's Bob isn't it?

Groovin'

The Young Rascals

3/5

Pretty good, pretty varied

Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

2/5

Couple hits, overall kinda samey and boring

American IV: The Man Comes Around

Johnny Cash

1/5

Sucked! The 'we're recording this almost dead guy' schtick is kinda ... shitty

Imagine

John Lennon

3/5

Better than I remember - Interesting vibes

Darkness on the Edge of Town

Bruce Springsteen

3/5

Lotta carterwauling, no joy

Floodland

Sisters Of Mercy

2/5

There were three songs on this album that somehow became twelve songs ....

It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back

Public Enemy

3/5

Still good, that sax though -

Fifth Dimension

The Byrds

2/5

Sort of a hodge podge, mostly good songs but kinda schizophrenic

In Utero

Nirvana

4/5

This thing still sounds freakin' great - Songs are good too - A couple sounded very alike -

Private Dancer

Tina Turner

3/5

Nice and varied, not all of the songs were there. The production was sometimes conspicuous

Millions Now Living Will Never Die

Tortoise

2/5

Man, that was a hard listen

Fear Of Music

Talking Heads

3/5

Pretty good - Songs were nicely varied - Got that Fela funk

It's Blitz!

Yeah Yeah Yeahs

3/5

It was fine, didn't seem to have a point sometimes. Missing Persons vibes amongst a LOT of other things.

People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm

A Tribe Called Quest

3/5

Long, but a nice change - Fun and smart

This Is Fats Domino

Fats Domino

3/5

Liked it! What a groove!

Colour By Numbers

Culture Club

3/5

I couldn't listen to this when I was younger. It's good though.

The Sensational Alex Harvey Band

3/5

Bawdy, raunchy, what's not to love? It was Rocky Horror-licious!

Bayou Country

Creedence Clearwater Revival

5/5

Well, it's CCR isn't it?

La Revancha Del Tango

Gotan Project

1/5

Bo-ring!

Time Out Of Mind

Bob Dylan

3/5

Interesting bag. I'll listen again.

Hard Again

Muddy Waters

4/5

Good record! Groovy -

Fear Of A Black Planet

Public Enemy

3/5

It was long and loud and went on a bit - Still good

I Against I

Bad Brains

2/5

Average

Rubber Soul

Beatles

5/5

Near perfect, isn't it?

Elvis Presley

3/5

RCA sides, s'alright

Remedy

Basement Jaxx

1/5

Made it a minute - Not my thing

Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1

George Michael

3/5

BO-RING! It was a ton of mellow and one hit -

The Man Machine

Kraftwerk

3/5

Got a little monotonous - Overall good

Station To Station

David Bowie

4/5

That's some good Bowie!

Dookie

Green Day

3/5

Really good! Better than you'd think -

OK Computer

Radiohead

4/5

Still really good -

The Low End Theory

A Tribe Called Quest

3/5

Decent. After a few more listens I'd probably 'see the light'

Blur

3/5

Kinda aimless. Not a lot of choruses.

Eliminator

ZZ Top

2/5

It's ZZ Top, but not how I like them

Figure 8

Elliott Smith

3/5

Really good, if a little samey

The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway

Genesis

3/5

Still haven't 'got' Genesis but this was pleasant

Wish You Were Here

Pink Floyd

4/5

Still good!

Ten

Pearl Jam

3/5

The hits were good, it got samey

Dub Housing

Pere Ubu

2/5

I don't need to listen to that again -

Here Are the Sonics

The Sonics

1/5

Won't listen to that again -

To Pimp A Butterfly

Kendrick Lamar

3/5

Uuuuuh, dunno what the fuss is. It was decent

Tapestry

Carole King

4/5

It was a hit for a reason -

War

3/5

Decent. Nice hits.

Is This It

The Strokes

3/5

Not bad - Got kinda same

Crooked Rain Crooked Rain

Pavement

4/5

Classic! Not everyone would like it but I sure do.

Violent Femmes

1/5

It was terrible but not complete dogshit -

Emperor Tomato Ketchup

Stereolab

3/5

Not bad, it got ponderous

Led Zeppelin III

Led Zeppelin

3/5

Not my fave Zep but still good -

Nothing's Shocking

Jane's Addiction

3/5

Okay, not a big album for me -

The Next Day

David Bowie

3/5

Good, better than I expected

Rio

Duran Duran

4/5

Still really good - They had the songs

Dear Science

TV On The Radio

3/5

Decent - I'd listen again

The Doors

4/5

Nothing else like it in '67. Nothing like it still -

3 Feet High and Rising

De La Soul

4/5

Little unhinged and fun!

If You Can Believe Your Eyes & Ears

The Mamas & The Papas

3/5

Hokey but enjoyable -

Queens of the Stone Age

Queens Of The Stone Age

2/5

These guys are unique - They may go somewhere

London Calling

The Clash

2/5

I expected more from 'the only band that matters'

Live!

Fela Kuti

3/5

Good but LONG!

Phrenology

The Roots

3/5

Long, kinda boring, a few good grooves

Destroy Rock & Roll

Mylo

4/5

Fantastic! Never heard it before -

Dusty In Memphis

Dusty Springfield

4/5

Better than expected - I'll listen again

Odessey And Oracle

The Zombies

3/5

English, cute, decent

Ready To Die

The Notorious B.I.G.

3/5

It was alright, this record can really drag though

Screamadelica

Primal Scream

3/5

It wore me down. There were some great moments -

Can't Buy A Thrill

Steely Dan

4/5

Well, yeah, it's REALLY good!

Sunshine Hit Me

The Bees

4/5

This was GOOD. Clunky, funky and weird!

Vol. 4

Black Sabbath

3/5

Not impressed. Slow, plodding, emo Sabbath

Highway 61 Revisited

Bob Dylan

3/5

Swagger!

Let's Get It On

Marvin Gaye

3/5

This is where Marvin got the reputation. Marvin dealt in vibes -

2112

Rush

3/5

Still haven't caught the magic yet -

The Wildest!

Louis Prima

2/5

Kind of a trick pony

The Chronic

Dr. Dre

3/5

There's a thirty minute album In here but it was 1992. It didn't wear as well as you'd think.