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Album	You	Global	Diff
Trout Mask Replica Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band	5	2.29	+2.71
Bright Flight Silver Jews	5	2.68	+2.32
Arular M.I.A.	5	2.83	+2.17
Gris Gris Dr. John	5	2.88	+2.12
E.V.O.L. Sonic Youth	5	2.89	+2.11
I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight Richard Thompson	5	3.05	+1.95
The Modern Lovers The Modern Lovers	5	3.06	+1.94
Before And After Science Brian Eno	5	3.08	+1.92
Dig Me Out Sleater-Kinney	5	3.08	+1.92
Queen Of Denmark John Grant	5	3.13	+1.87

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Blood Sugar Sex Magik Red Hot Chili Peppers	1	3.5	-2.5
Channel Orange Frank Ocean	1	3.32	-2.32
Rum Sodomy & The Lash The Pogues	1	3.25	-2.25
Vento De Maio Elis Regina	1	3.01	-2.01
Introducing The Hardline According To Terence Trent D'Arby Terence Trent D'Arby	1	2.98	-1.98
Come Find Yourself Fun Lovin' Criminals	1	2.92	-1.92
Club Classics Vol. One Soul II Soul	1	2.82	-1.82
The Grand Tour George Jones	1	2.79	-1.79
Graceland Paul Simon	2	3.74	-1.74
Hot Fuss The Killers	2	3.74	-1.74

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Artist	Albums	Average
Bob Dylan	3	5
Black Sabbath	3	4.67
Radiohead	2	5
The Rolling Stones	2	5
The Cure	2	5
Jimi Hendrix	2	5

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Artist	Albums	Average
Barry Adamson	2	1.5

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Electric Warrior

T. Rex · 1 likes

5/5

"Is it strange to dance so soon? I danced myself into the tomb" Listened to B4? No Tracks Already Saved on Spotify: 1 - Get it On Standout Tracks: Mambo Sun, Cosmic Dancer, Jeepster, Get it On, Planet Queen, LIfe's a Gas (94/100)

OK Computer

Radiohead · 1 likes

5/5

Perfection (100/100)

Live At The Harlem Square Club

Sam Cooke · 1 likes

5/5

A perfect live album apparently exists. (100/100)

Phrenology

The Roots · 1 likes

2/5

(50/100)

1-Star Albums (17)

Chocolate Starfish And The Hot Dog Flavored Water

Spy Vs. Spy: The Music Of Ornette Coleman

Introducing The Hardline According To Terence Trent D'Arby

All Ratings

(What's The Story) Morning Glory

Oasis

3/5

"Slowly walking down the hall, faster than a cannonball" Listened to B4: Yes (30 years ago) Tracks Already Saved on Spotify: 4 - Champagne Supernova, Don't Look Back in Anger, Morning Glory, Wonderwall Standout Tracks : Champagne Supernova, Don't Look Back in Anger, Morning Glory, Wonderwall (71/100)

Electric Warrior

T. Rex

5/5

Channel Orange

Frank Ocean

1/5

"Fertilizer, I'll take bullshit if that's all you got." Listened to B4? No Tracks Already Saved on Spotify: 2 - Thinkin Bout You, Lost Standout Tracks: Thinkin Bout You, Sweet Life, Lost. (33/100)

1984

Van Halen

3/5

"Aniiiiimalll!!!......Aniiiimalllllallllll!" Listened to B4? No Tracks Already Saved on Spotify: 3 - Jump, Panama, Hot for Teacher Standout Tracks: Jump, Panama, Hot for Teacher, I'll Wait (69/100)

Bringing It All Back Home

Bob Dylan

5/5

"While one who sings with his tongue on fire, gargles in the rat race choir, bent out of shape from society's pliers, cares not to come up any higher, but rather get you down in the hole that he's in." Listened to B4? Yes Tracks Already Saved on Spotify: All of them Standout Tracks: All of them God made records from 1964 to 1966 and named himself after a Welshman. (100/100)

Come Away With Me

Norah Jones

2/5

Listened to B4? No Tracks Already Saved on Spotify: 0 Standout Tracks: Don't Know Why Come Away With Me, I've Got to See You Again (51/100)

Before And After Science

Brian Eno

5/5

"Here we are, stuck by this river, you and I, underneath the sky that's ever falling down... down... down.... ever falling down..." Listened to B4? Yes Tracks Already Saved on Spotify: 2 - King's Lead Hat, By This River Standout Tracks: No One Receiving, King's Lead Hat, By This River, Julie With..., Spider and I Ambient musician Brian (3 letters) (97/100)

O.G. Original Gangster

Ice T

3/5

"Is this a nightmare or the American dream?" Listened to B4? No Tracks Already Saved on Spotify: 2 - O.G. Original Gangster, New Jack Hustler (Nino's Theme) Standout Tracks: O.G. Original Gangster, New Jack Hustler (Nino's Theme), Lifestyles of the Rich and Infamous, Body Count, The Tower (74/100)

American IV: The Man Comes Around

Johnny Cash

4/5

"You crazy for this one, Rick!" Listened to B4? Yes Tracks Already Saved on Spotify: 5 - The Man Comes Around, Hurt, I Hung My Head, Personal Jesus, In My Life Standout Tracks: The Man Comes Around, Hurt, Give My Love to Rose, I Hung My Head, Sam Hall, We'll Meet Again (85/100)

Wild Is The Wind

Nina Simone

5/5

"My name is..... PEACHES!!!!!!" Listened to B4? No Tracks Already Saved on Spotify: 0 Standout Tracks: I Love Your Lovin' Ways, Four Women, What More Can I Say?, Lilac Wine, Why You Keep Breaking My Heart, Wild is the Wind (92/100)

Tusk

Fleetwood Mac

3/5

"Cocaine is a helluva drug" Listened to B4? No Tracks Already Saved on Spotify: 1: Sara Standout Tracks: Sara, Sisters of the Moon, Brown Eyes (62/100)

Clube Da Esquina

Milton Nascimento

4/5

"(Portuguese)" Listened to B4? No Tracks Already Saved on Spotify: None Standout Tracks: Tudo Que Você Podia Ser, O Trem Azul, Trem de Doido, Nada Será Como Antes Wow. What a gem. I had no idea this even existed. An amazing amalgam of Beatles and Beach Boys psychadelia with Brazilian pop, samba, and jazz. I have no idea what they are saying, but it didn't matter one bit. Such a unique and beautiful record. (84/100)

At Folsom Prison

Johnny Cash

5/5

"I shot a man in Reno, just to watch him die" "Woooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!" Listened to B4? Yes Tracks Already Saved on Spotify: 2 - Folsom Prison Blues, Cocaine Blues Standout Tracks: Folsom Prison Blues, Cocaine Blues, 25 Minutes to Go, Jackson (90/100)

Make Yourself

Incubus

3/5

"An ominous landscape of never-ending calamity" Listened to B4? No Tracks Already Saved on Spotify: 3 - Pardon Me, Drive, Stellar Standout Tracks: Pardon Me, Drive, Stellar, Make Yourself It's fine. The 3 hit singles plus Make Yourself make for great radio rock. The rest of the album is fine. I'll likely never listen to it as a whole again, but the standout tracks are great. (61/100)

Goodbye And Hello

Tim Buckley

4/5

"All the stony people, walking 'round in Christian-licorice clothes" Listened to B4? No Tracks Already Saved on Spotify: None Standout Tracks: Pleasant Street, I Never Asked to Be Your Mountain, Goodbye and Hello, Once I Was, Phantasmagoria in Two (83/100)

Paranoid

Black Sabbath

5/5

"Can you help me occupy my brain?" Listened to B4? Yes Tracks Already Saved on Spotify: All Standout Tracks: All (98/100)

Let It Be

The Replacements

4/5

"Can you help me occupy my brain?" Listened to B4? Yes Tracks Already Saved on Spotify: 1 - Androgynous Standout Tracks: I Will Dare, Favorite Thing, We're Coming Out, Androgynous (84/100)

Black Sabbath

5/5

"Big black shape with eyes of fire, tellin' people their desire. Satan's sittin' there, he's smilin', watches those flames get higher and higher. Oh, no, no, please, God, help me." USA 2025 Listened to B4? Yes Tracks Already Saved on Spotify: All Standout Tracks: Black Sabbath, The Wizard, N.I.B. (91/100)

Vento De Maio

Elis Regina

1/5

"(Portuguese)" Listened to B4? No Tracks Already Saved on Spotify: None Standout Tracks: Vento de Maio, Tiro Ao Alvaro, A very disjointed record. Distant. And just not my thing. (44/100)

Highway 61 Revisited

Bob Dylan

5/5

"Oh God said to Abraham, “Kill me a son.” Abe says, “Man, you must be puttin’ me on.” God say, “No.” Abe say, “What?” God say, “You can do what you want, Abe, but the next time you see me comin’ you better run.” Well Abe says, “Where do you want this killin’ done?” God says, “Out on Highway 61.”" Listened to B4? Yes Tracks Already Saved on Spotify: All of them Standout Tracks: All of them God made records from 1964 to 1966 and named himself after a Welshman. (97/100)

Oedipus Schmoedipus

Barry Adamson

2/5

"She announced: "I've just seen my therapist, who's convinced I have a borderline personality disorder with narcissistic traits, which means I'll be unhappy all my life as nobody will be able to measure up to the fantastically high standards that I just can't help but impose on them."" Listened to B4? No Tracks Already Saved on Spotify: None Standout Tracks: Set the Controls for the Heart of the Pelvis, The Vibes Ain't Nothin' But the Vibes, Something Wicked This Way Comes Pretentious to a fault. Most of the record sounds like Adamson is trying way too hard. (51/100)

Winter In America

Gil Scott-Heron

4/5

"All of your children and all of my children are gonna have to pay for our pay for our mistakes someday" Listened to B4? No Tracks Already Saved on Spotify: None Standout Tracks: Peace Go With You Brother (As-Salaam-Alaikum), The Bottle, Song for Bobby Smith (81/100)

Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul

Otis Redding

5/5

Perfection. (100/100)

The Grand Tour

George Jones

1/5

Oof. (9/100)

Foxbase Alpha

Saint Etienne

4/5

Listened to B4? No Tracks Already Saved on Spotify: 1 - Only Love Can Break Your Heart Standout Tracks: Only Love Can Break Your Heart, Carnt Sleep, Stoned to Say the Least, Nothing Can Stop Us (80/100)

One Nation Under A Groove

Funkadelic

2/5

"Givin' you more of what you're funkin' for..." Listened to B4? No Tracks Already Saved on Spotify: None Standout Tracks: One Nation Under a Groove Title track is a banger. The other 5 tracks are mid to oof. Big let down. (56/100)

Moondance

Van Morrison

4/5

"And when that foghorn blows I will be coming home. And when the foghorn blows, I want to hear it. I don't have to fear it." Listened to B4? Yes Tracks Already Saved on Spotify: 6 - And It Stones Me, Moondance, Into the Mystic, Brand New Day, Everyone Standout Tracks: And It Stoned Me, Moondance, Into the Mystic, Brand New Day, Everyone (85/100)

The Idiot

Iggy Pop

5/5

(93/100)

Pretzel Logic

Steely Dan

4/5

(82/100)

Moon Safari

Air

5/5

"You make it easy to watch the world with love." Listened to B4? Yes Tracks Already Saved on Spotify: 4 - La femme d'argent, Sexy Boy, All I Need, You Make It Easy Standout Tracks: La femme d'argent, Sexy Boy, All I Need, You Make It Easy (91/100)

Walking Wounded

Everything But The Girl

4/5

"Tonight I feel above the law, I'm coming into land." Listened to B4? No Tracks Already Saved on Spotify: None Standout Tracks: Before Today, Wrong, Walking Wounded (80/100)

I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight

Richard Thompson

5/5

"There's crazy people running all over town..." Listened to B4? No Tracks Already Saved on Spotify: None Standout Tracks: When I Get to the Border, The Calvary Cross, I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight, The End of the Rainbow, The Great Valerio (90/100)

Sunshine Superman

Donovan

2/5

"They're strange....so strange..." Listened to B4? No Tracks Already Saved on Spotify: 2 - Sunshine Superman, Season of the Witch Standout Tracks: Sunshine Superman, Season of the Witch, Celeste (50/100)

Cosmo's Factory

Creedence Clearwater Revival

5/5

"Two hundred million guns are loaded, Satan cries, "Take aim."" Listened to B4? No Tracks Already Saved on Spotify: 7 - Travelin' Band, Lookin' Out My Back Door, Run Through the Jungle, Up Around the Bend, Who'll Stop the Rain, I Heard It Through the Grapevine, Long as I Can See the Light Standout Tracks: Ramble Tamble, Travelin' Band, Lookin' Out My Back Door, Run Through the Jungle, Up Around the Bend, Who'll Stop the Rain, I Heard It Through the Grapevine, Long as I Can See the Light (96/100)

Rum Sodomy & The Lash

The Pogues

1/5

Oof. (26/100)

Natty Dread

Bob Marley & The Wailers

4/5

(83/100)

Home Is Where The Music Is

Hugh Masekela

4/5

(75/100)

461 Ocean Boulevard

Eric Clapton

2/5

(51/100)

Off The Wall

Michael Jackson

3/5

(62/100)

Something Else By The Kinks

The Kinks

4/5

(83/100)

OK Computer

Radiohead

5/5

Perfection (100/100)

Dig Me Out

Sleater-Kinney

5/5

Perfection. (100/100)

A Nod Is As Good As A Wink To A Blind Horse

Faces

3/5

(63/100)

The Wildest!

Louis Prima

3/5

(72/100)

Chocolate Starfish And The Hot Dog Flavored Water

Limp Bizkit

1/5

00f. (1/100)

Songs Of Leonard Cohen

Leonard Cohen

5/5

(98/100)

Technique

New Order

4/5

(83/100)

Dummy

Portishead

5/5

Perfection (100/100)

The Stranger

Billy Joel

3/5

(66/100)

Calenture

The Triffids

1/5

(8/100)

Nevermind

Nirvana

5/5

(100/100)

At San Quentin

Johnny Cash

3/5

(65/100)

Pink Flag

Wire

5/5

(92/100)

Fear Of A Black Planet

Public Enemy

5/5

(90/100)

The Atomic Mr Basie

Count Basie & His Orchestra

3/5

(64/100)

My Generation

The Who

3/5

(58/100)

My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

Kanye West

5/5

(95/100)

Synchronicity

The Police

2/5

(46/100)

John Barleycorn Must Die

Traffic

5/5

(94/100)

Crime Of The Century

Supertramp

2/5

(38/100)

Let It Bleed

The Rolling Stones

5/5

(92/100)

She's So Unusual

Cyndi Lauper

4/5

(76/100)

AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted

Ice Cube

3/5

(75/100)

Elephant Mountain

The Youngbloods

3/5

(56/100)

The Band

4/5

(85/100)

Machine Head

Deep Purple

4/5

(83/100)

I'm Your Man

Leonard Cohen

4/5

(87/100)

Tubular Bells

Mike Oldfield

2/5

(37/100)

A Rush Of Blood To The Head

Coldplay

5/5

(91/100)

Club Classics Vol. One

Soul II Soul

1/5

(26/100)

The Renaissance

Q-Tip

3/5

(68/100)

Mothership Connection

Parliament

3/5

(70/100)

Bright Flight

Silver Jews

5/5

(94/100)

Groovin'

The Young Rascals

3/5

(60/100)

Bug

Dinosaur Jr.

4/5

(77/100)

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

The Kinks

4/5

(85/100)

The Score

Fugees

4/5

(79/100)

Ready To Die

The Notorious B.I.G.

4/5

(89/100)

Ellington at Newport

Duke Ellington

4/5

(76/100)

Jazz Samba

Stan Getz

3/5

(60/100)

American Idiot

Green Day

4/5

(89/100)

Cut

The Slits

4/5

(70/100)

Fulfillingness' First Finale

Stevie Wonder

4/5

(78/100)

Entertainment

Gang Of Four

5/5

(100/100)

Figure 8

Elliott Smith

4/5

(83/100)

At Newport 1960

Muddy Waters

4/5

(86/100)

Buena Vista Social Club

4/5

(79/100)

Public Image: First Issue

Public Image Ltd.

4/5

(85/100)

Blood Sugar Sex Magik

Red Hot Chili Peppers

1/5

(28/100)

L.A. Woman

The Doors

3/5

(71/100)

Hot Buttered Soul

Isaac Hayes

4/5

(86/100)

Trafalgar

Bee Gees

1/5

(16/100)

Graceland

Paul Simon

2/5

(47/100)

Darkdancer

Les Rythmes Digitales

1/5

Big oof. (0/100)

Damaged

Black Flag

4/5

(83/100)

The ArchAndroid

Janelle Monáe

4/5

(86/100)

Aqualung

Jethro Tull

5/5

(90/100)

Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables

Dead Kennedys

5/5

(100/100)

Reggatta De Blanc

The Police

2/5

acab (47/100)

Seventeen Seconds

The Cure

5/5

(92/100)

Siembra

Willie Colón & Rubén Blades

3/5

(65/100)

The United States Of America

3/5

(68/100)

Songs The Lord Taught Us

The Cramps

4/5

(83/100)

A Love Supreme

John Coltrane

5/5

(100/100)

Pills 'n' Thrills And Bellyaches

Happy Mondays

3/5

(65/100)

...The Dandy Warhols Come Down

The Dandy Warhols

4/5

(87/100)

Ramones

5/5

(100/100)

Vulgar Display Of Power

Pantera

4/5

(79/100)

Among The Living

Anthrax

3/5

(72/100)

Zombie

Fela Kuti

5/5

(93/100)

Disintegration

The Cure

5/5

Perfection (100/100)

Unhalfbricking

Fairport Convention

3/5

(61/100)

Follow The Leader

Korn

1/5

(7/100)

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

Beatles

3/5

(73/100)

The Downward Spiral

Nine Inch Nails

5/5

(98/100)

Spy Vs. Spy: The Music Of Ornette Coleman

John Zorn

1/5

(20/100)

The Specials

3/5

(65/100)

I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You

Aretha Franklin

4/5

(80/100)

The Modern Lovers

5/5

(96/100)

Arular

M.I.A.

5/5

(92/100)

Brilliant Corners

Thelonious Monk

4/5

(81/100)

Beggars Banquet

The Rolling Stones

5/5

(93/100)

Hot Fuss

The Killers

2/5

First few songs were good. Then it was as if they fed The Strokes through a late-stage-capitalism-Karen filter (44/100)

Crosby, Stills & Nash

5/5

(90/100)

C'est Chic

CHIC

2/5

(40/100)

Peter Gabriel 3

Peter Gabriel

5/5

(96/100)

The Sensual World

Kate Bush

3/5

(67/100)

Ill Communication

Beastie Boys

4/5

(87/100)

The Gershwin Songbook

Ella Fitzgerald

2/5

(50/100)

The Slider

T. Rex

4/5

(84/100)

Tracy Chapman

3/5

(72/100)

Abraxas

Santana

4/5

(83/100)

Woodface

Crowded House

4/5

(86/100)

Roger the Engineer

The Yardbirds

3/5

(66/100)

Juju

Siouxsie And The Banshees

5/5

(91/100)

Remain In Light

Talking Heads

5/5

(100/100)

New Boots And Panties

Ian Dury

3/5

I can't tell if this is really bad or absolutely brilliant. (62/100)

Queen Of Denmark

John Grant

5/5

(90/100)

Rumours

Fleetwood Mac

5/5

(100/100)

American Pie

Don McLean

3/5

(60/100)

American Beauty

Grateful Dead

2/5

(53/100)

Speakerboxxx/The Love Below

OutKast

4/5

(80/100) --- (75/86)

Live At The Harlem Square Club

Sam Cooke

5/5

A perfect live album apparently exists. (100/100)

Are You Experienced

Jimi Hendrix

5/5

(100/100) 👉👉👂👂👈👈

Ray Of Light

Madonna

3/5

(69/100)

Wish You Were Here

Pink Floyd

5/5

(100/🤪💎💎💎💎💎💎)

Seventh Tree

Goldfrapp

4/5

(86/100)

Being There

Wilco

3/5

(74/100)

Siamese Dream

The Smashing Pumpkins

5/5

(98/100)

The Fat Of The Land

The Prodigy

3/5

(64/100)

There's No Place Like America Today

Curtis Mayfield

3/5

(72/100)

Kid A

Radiohead

5/5

(100/100)

Vol. 4

Black Sabbath

4/5

(84/100)

Gris Gris

Dr. John

5/5

(90/100)

Live At The Star Club, Hamburg

Jerry Lee Lewis

3/5

(73/100)

Superunknown

Soundgarden

4/5

(82/100)

Don't Stand Me Down

Dexys Midnight Runners

1/5

(24/100)

Axis: Bold As Love

Jimi Hendrix

5/5

(90/100)

Moss Side Story

Barry Adamson

1/5

(7/100)

Eliminator

ZZ Top

3/5

(61/100)

Phrenology

The Roots

2/5

(50/100)

Vanishing Point

Primal Scream

2/5

(31/100)

The Velvet Underground

5/5

(97/100)

Stand!

Sly & The Family Stone

5/5

(92/100)

Step In The Arena

Gang Starr

3/5

(63/100)

Manassas

Stephen Stills

2/5

(45/100)

Violent Femmes

5/5

(96/100)

Trout Mask Replica

Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band

5/5

(100/100)

Fly Or Die

N.E.R.D

2/5

(40/100)

Surfer Rosa

Pixies

5/5

(100/100)

E.V.O.L.

Sonic Youth

5/5

❤️ 🫁🦵 (98/100)

Young Americans

David Bowie

4/5

(78/100)

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector

Various Artists

5/5

(100/100)

Can't Buy A Thrill

Steely Dan

4/5

(83/100)

Blonde On Blonde

Bob Dylan

5/5

(100/100)

Life Thru A Lens

Robbie Williams

1/5

Rubbish. (I'm an American, so this is witty) (14/100)

Green

R.E.M.

3/5

(66/100)

Introducing The Hardline According To Terence Trent D'Arby

Terence Trent D'Arby

1/5

(25/100)

Blood, Sweat & Tears

2/5

(43/100)

The Age Of The Understatement

The Last Shadow Puppets

3/5

(72/100)

Tres Hombres

ZZ Top

3/5

(74/100)

NEU! 75

Neu!

4/5

(88/100)

Come Find Yourself

Fun Lovin' Criminals

1/5

(22/100)

Aja

Steely Dan

3/5

(61/100)

If You're Feeling Sinister

Belle & Sebastian

5/5

(93/100)

Midnight Ride

Paul Revere & The Raiders

3/5

(61/100)

The Last Broadcast

Doves

2/5

(39/100)

Back At The Chicken Shack

Jimmy Smith

4/5

(81/100)

Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs

Derek & The Dominos

3/5

(61/100)

Appetite For Destruction

Guns N' Roses

3/5

(69/100)

Is This It

The Strokes

5/5

(100/100)

1977

Ash

3/5

(63/100)

The Low End Theory

A Tribe Called Quest

5/5

(100/100)

Deep Purple In Rock

Deep Purple

5/5

(95/100)

Virgin Suicides

Air

3/5

(75/100)