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Album	You	Global	Diff
Exile In Guyville Liz Phair	5	3.02	+1.98
The Rising Bruce Springsteen	5	3.05	+1.95
Roger the Engineer The Yardbirds	5	3.11	+1.89
Time Out Of Mind Bob Dylan	5	3.21	+1.79
A Nod Is As Good As A Wink To A Blind Horse Faces	5	3.23	+1.77
Every Picture Tells A Story Rod Stewart	5	3.23	+1.77
Shake Your Money Maker The Black Crowes	5	3.29	+1.71
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot Wilco	5	3.3	+1.7
Bitches Brew Miles Davis	5	3.3	+1.7
At Fillmore East The Allman Brothers Band	5	3.38	+1.62

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector Various Artists	1	3.3	-2.3
Tical Method Man	1	2.94	-1.94
Ctrl SZA	1	2.92	-1.92
Bad Michael Jackson	2	3.8	-1.8
What's That Noise? Coldcut	1	2.78	-1.78
Hard Again Muddy Waters	2	3.61	-1.61
Sign 'O' The Times Prince	2	3.45	-1.45
Be Common	2	3.35	-1.35
Meat Is Murder The Smiths	2	3.33	-1.33
Melodrama Lorde	2	3.32	-1.32

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Artist	Albums	Average
Bob Dylan	3	5
Bruce Springsteen	3	5
David Bowie	3	4.67
The Doors	2	5
Queen	2	5

5-Star Albums (43)

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Tom Tom Club

Tom Tom Club · 1 likes

2/5

Hard to believe this band took itself seriously. Or maybe I just don't get it. Or maybe they don't take themselves seriously and this is all a silly joke. I remember hearing about the band back in the day but never really knew who they were. This app forced me to take a listen. I hadn't missed much.

Bad

Michael Jackson · 1 likes

2/5

I've never listened to this album all the way thru and this was no exception. Despite the fact that MJ was a talented artist, the album title says it all: BAD! This album is reaally bad. After the 15,000th breathy hiccup, my eyes rolled back so far in my head I couldn't see. My ears were suffering from such disappointment. MJ was trying really hard, WAY TOO hard. While there are some popular songs on this album, that doesn't mean it has any lasting value. the sound the songs, the lyrics--nothing aged well.

1-Star Albums (4)

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector

All Ratings

You Are The Quarry

Morrissey

3/5

Innervisions

Stevie Wonder

4/5

Station To Station

David Bowie

4/5

Brothers

The Black Keys

4/5

Paranoid

Black Sabbath

5/5

People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm

A Tribe Called Quest

3/5

Morrison Hotel

The Doors

5/5

On The Beach

Neil Young

5/5

Survivor

Destiny's Child

3/5

A Night At The Opera

Queen

5/5

Trans Europe Express

Kraftwerk

2/5

Cold, impartial, repetitive, soulless, relentless, endless, etc etc. Void of all human emotion.

Bayou Country

Creedence Clearwater Revival

5/5

Very

Pet Shop Boys

3/5

One PSB song (not on this album) is enough to last me my whole life.

My Aim Is True

Elvis Costello

3/5

Typical Costello.

Crocodiles

Echo And The Bunnymen

3/5

Fisherman's Blues

The Waterboys

4/5

Metallica

5/5

Roger the Engineer

The Yardbirds

5/5

What's Going On

Marvin Gaye

5/5

Perfect soundtrack for the times. Still relevant.

War

5/5

Scathing soundtrack to the violence of the time. Fear, unfairness, uncertainty and at the end, hope.

Bat Out Of Hell

Meat Loaf

5/5

Iconic operatic glimpse of love, lust, coming of age.

Californication

Red Hot Chili Peppers

5/5

Landmark album for the Peppers. Good listen all the way thru.

Tank Battles

Dagmar Krause

2/5

Very difficult to listen to. Couldn't do it.

Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea

PJ Harvey

3/5

Disintegration

The Cure

5/5

Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

Wilco

5/5

Fantastic album of collective dissonance, upbeat rock tunes and introspective songs that are diverse enough to keep you interested yet cohesive enough to present a sense of place throughout the album. A must listen all the way thru.

Songs For Swingin' Lovers!

Frank Sinatra

4/5

Classic Sinatra but gets pretty tedious by mid-album. Better arrangements of some of the songs can be found elsewhere. But, sets the mood back to the 50's and 60's for dancing, boozing, and smoking.

Birth Of The Cool

Miles Davis

3/5

The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill

Lauryn Hill

4/5

Not my preferred genre of music, but I get it. I especially like the music intermissions with the classroom recordings. I hope Lauren found what she was looking for.

Shake Your Money Maker

The Black Crowes

5/5

Excellent collection of roots rock classics. elements of american blues and rock and roll. this one should be listened to over and over.

L.A. Woman

The Doors

5/5

At San Quentin

Johnny Cash

5/5

One of the finest Live Albums in Country Music. The audience was "captive" throughout the performance.

Peter Gabriel

5/5

Brilliant album start to finish.

Antichrist Superstar

Marilyn Manson

2/5

17 songs of over-dramatic screaming negativity.

Second Toughest In The Infants

Underworld

2/5

Video game music

We're Only In It For The Money

The Mothers Of Invention

2/5

WTF? Incomprehensible. Thought I had an open mind about music but I couldn't get into it.

The Atomic Mr Basie

Count Basie & His Orchestra

3/5

Swingin' music of the times.

Duck Rock

Malcolm McLaren

2/5

Meh

Vauxhall And I

Morrissey

2/5

Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)

Eurythmics

3/5

couple of great songs here, rest are forgettable. because my girlfriend in HS had this cassette and listened to it all the time. I don't remember any of the songs but 2.

Blood On The Tracks

Bob Dylan

5/5

Great album. Classic Dylan

Surfer Rosa

Pixies

5/5

Love the Pixies, love this album.

At Folsom Prison

Johnny Cash

4/5

Great live album performed by a captive audience.

Meat Is Murder

The Smiths

2/5

Sorry. Bored as hell listening to Morrissey's monotone. This album sounds like 1 song played over and over. Sorry, don't care how deep his lyrics are, if the music isn't interesting, it gets 2 stars for valiant effort.

Crooked Rain Crooked Rain

Pavement

4/5

Nice find!

Crazysexycool

TLC

2/5

Waterfalls is catchy--until the nasally rap-then falls apart quickly. A few nice harmonies, but not enough to keep it interesting. The interludes were the best part.

Exile In Guyville

Liz Phair

5/5

Glad this album was suggested. I've never explored Phair's music before. Girl power all the way. Songs are paired down to the bare minimum using only her voice and a single instrument but they could easily be paired with a full band to produce a bombast. Good job Liz.

Superunknown

Soundgarden

5/5

Solid rock album. Should be on the Top 100 of all time.

Rapture

Anita Baker

3/5

Technically beautiful but mostly forgettable. Production is late 80’s so sounds like everything else that was put out during that time. Glad to re-live it, but I’ve moved on.

Street Life

The Crusaders

3/5

Smooth jazz. Not my jam since early 90's. But they've got it going on. Just not goin on my playlist.

The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars

David Bowie

5/5

Brilliant. Ahead of its time. Wonderful start to finish. Bowie.

Playing With Fire

Spacemen 3

2/5

A steady drone of boredom. You must be way stoned to perceive any satisfaction from this album. A song starts, you expect it to build over the next 3-10 minutes, but it doesn't. Then you keep listening to see if it could get any better, but it doesn't. Then you fully expect some sonic release by the end of the song, but you finally realize you've been duped, you're left unfulfilled, and disappointed in yourself for wasting an hour of your life. Can't get it back BTW. 1 star for the fact they actually get this stuff recorded and 1 star for a few riff ideas that could be made into real songs.

Live At The Harlem Square Club

Sam Cooke

4/5

Was a dancing good there that night I bet

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

Faces

5/5

Blues rock masters

Bookends

Simon & Garfunkel

5/5

Brilliant

Hail To the Thief

Radiohead

3/5

Filled with interesting driving organic percussion beats and typical newer Radiohead vocalizations, this album is interesting at times, but exciting very seldom. It's not their best effort, not an album to listen to over and over. I love Radiohead but this one I only pulled a few track and pitched the rest.

Every Picture Tells A Story

Rod Stewart

5/5

Beach Samba

Astrud Gilberto

4/5

Casanova

The Divine Comedy

3/5

Meh

The Low End Theory

A Tribe Called Quest

4/5

Catchy. interesting lyrics

Sound Affects

The Jam

3/5

Meh

Smile

Brian Wilson

3/5

Weird. Thanks for suggesting, but I won't listen again.

Power In Numbers

Jurassic 5

4/5

not bad.

Rust Never Sleeps

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

5/5

Excellent examples of NY from acoustic to hard rock. An important listen.

White Light

Gene Clark

3/5

Pleasant enough, but I don't feel like sleeping right now.

Manassas

Stephen Stills

4/5

Nice one. Didn't know this existed.

Common

2/5

Is this supposed to be some groundbreaking R&B album? I must be ignorant.

Ctrl

SZA

1/5

Sorry, couldn't listen to this even part of the way through.

Sign 'O' The Times

Prince

2/5

I like Prince. I do not like this album. Awful.

Moondance

Van Morrison

5/5

Top 100 albums of all time. Classic.

The Poet

Bobby Womack

3/5

Not for me, but thanks

Remain In Light

Talking Heads

4/5

For an album listed as a top 100 of all time, i'm not sure. Yes, some fantastic grooves and interesting tracks, but as a whole it would be down on my list. I'll listen again and maybe I can find that collective album spark.

Time Out Of Mind

Bob Dylan

5/5

Never listened to this album all the way through. Blew my mind!

Songs Of Leonard Cohen

Leonard Cohen

4/5

Deep, man, deep.

At Fillmore East

The Allman Brothers Band

5/5

Masterpiece of a live concert by one of rock’s greatest bands.

Stankonia

OutKast

3/5

Love the "Break!"

Bryter Layter

Nick Drake

4/5

Brilliant guitar work, dark and brooding lyrics. An interesting listen but not something that needs to be on my playlist.

Your New Favourite Band

The Hives

4/5

I want to scream and smash things. I guess I like it.

What's That Noise?

Coldcut

1/5

Couldn’t find this album

Bitches Brew

Miles Davis

5/5

Different from other MD recordings. Brilliant grooves that ebb and flow bring the listener along on an interesting journey. While most MD recordings leave me bored, this album kept me waiting to hear “what’s next!”

Pornography

The Cure

4/5

The Cure. Nothing different. But, The Cure.

Bert Jansch

3/5

Midnight Ride

Paul Revere & The Raiders

3/5

Yeah, OK.

In The Wee Small Hours

Frank Sinatra

4/5

Beautiful voice.

Teenager Of The Year

Frank Black

3/5

Glad to give this a listen. Some old Pixies in there, but otherwise a basic alternative/garage band album. A few cuts were worthy of downloading but the rest were average an forgetable.

Hard Again

Muddy Waters

2/5

Using all stellar artists for a backup band, it was hard to tell who was in control of this album. Most cuts were messy instrumentalists vs intramentalists vying for attention. In one song, it sounded like 3 guitar solos going on at once while pitted against the harmonica. A bit of a mess. I don't think this is the Muddy Waters that I want to be associated with.

Double Nickels On The Dime

Minutemen

3/5

Interesting.

Music

Madonna

2/5

Madonna is talented. This record doesn't reflect that. It's basically an autotune irritation. But, as I was quickly dismissing track after track, I came upon "I Deserve It" which is an acoustic guitar backed track featuring her voice. Nice. Why doesn't she do a whole album like this instead of that crappy electronic poppy bullshit? Couple of other tunes that bear mentioning: "Paradise (Not for Me)" has a dark and brooding vibe with a really cool backbeat groove and the ending tune "Gone" is a quiet, self-reflection that closes out a 3 song album. The rest is noise.

The Man Machine

Kraftwerk

2/5

This may have been a groundbreaking electronic album when it came out 47 years ago, but it didn't age well. Sounds silly and juvenile. Probably a must listen if you're really into electronica but there's so much better stuff out there.

Tical

Method Man

1/5

Girl don't waste that, swallow it all! Terrible and disgusting.

Sunshine Superman

Donovan

2/5

Couple of stellar tracks here, the rest gets tossed into the "old music no one listens to anymore" bucket.

Gorillaz

5/5

Odessey And Oracle

The Zombies

3/5

classic 60's pop. haven't really explored their dark side yet.

Tom Tom Club

2/5

Graceland

Paul Simon

5/5

Brilliant masterpiece by one of the greatest singer/songwriters of all time.

Hunky Dory

David Bowie

5/5

Wow

Born To Run

Bruce Springsteen

5/5

This album is a gem. A museum piece of Americana. Stories of youth, love, desperation and hope. Superb musicianship and storytelling, this should be in your top 100.

Scream, Dracula, Scream

Rocket From The Crypt

2/5

Signing Off

UB40

4/5

Love this! Can just put this on and you've got a groovy reggae beat and soulful tunes that just glide across the air. Good suggestion!

Bad

Michael Jackson

2/5

Bringing It All Back Home

Bob Dylan

5/5

Brilliant! A giant eff you to the establishment saying I've got your attention now, so listen to what I've got to say. No more boxed into a corner, Dylan just lets his mind go where it wants to go. Brilliant!

Before And After Science

Brian Eno

3/5

Not terrible, just not my thing.

Speakerboxxx/The Love Below

OutKast

3/5

I hear some hints of old time R&B/Soul and nice use of horns.

Black Holes and Revelations

Muse

5/5

Monster of an concept album. Exciting from start to finish, this is a must listen.

Os Mutantes

3/5

All of psychedelia all wrapped up into 1 album. It's all in there. Groovy.

Sulk

The Associates

2/5

Influence for New Wave? I don't know, but lots of bands did this style much better.

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector

Various Artists

1/5

It's a collection of annoying Christmas songs that I never want to listen to again.

Nilsson Schmilsson

Harry Nilsson

3/5

2 hits on the record, both classics. A mostly upbeat, positive album. Won't likely hit my "listen again" list though.

Ambient 1/Music For Airports

Brian Eno

3/5

Well, as elevator music goes this is pretty good. Fell asleep about halfway thru the first tune but I'm sure the rest was good too.

Unknown Pleasures

Joy Division

4/5

In the vein of The Cure and Depeche Mode. Dark and brooding, heavy bass and droning vocals.

Born In The U.S.A.

Bruce Springsteen

5/5

Classic Springsteen. Americana at its best while also protesting America. Brilliant.

The Rising

Bruce Springsteen

5/5

Another classic by Springsteen. A cathartic collection of songs dealing with grief, anger, hope.

Sheer Heart Attack

Queen

5/5

Early Queen was quite special. Rock opera specialists. Love this.

My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts

Brian Eno

3/5

I hear this was groundbreaking at the time it was released. OK for some background noise, interesting in parts, relaxing in others, exciting sometimes.

Let's Get It On

Marvin Gaye

4/5

Soulful tunes from the R&B master

Imagine

John Lennon

3/5

Hard to be negative about John Lennon, but this album doesn't grab me like one would if he were part of the Beatles. Sure, Imagine is a meaningful, classic song, but the rest of the album just doesn't give me anything but partial vibes, fuzzy musical landscapes, and OK lyrics. I may be off the mark--haven't read what everyone else posted here, just my take.

Disraeli Gears

Cream

5/5

Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul

Otis Redding

3/5

Tigermilk

Belle & Sebastian

2/5

A Northern Soul

The Verve

3/5

Sappy

Eternally Yours

The Saints

2/5

Punk/rock/garage, not sure. Dudes hopefully learned a few more chords later in their career.

Melodrama

Lorde

2/5

The name "Melodrama" basically sums up this album. It's exactly what I would expect a 14 year old girl would want to listen to while she cries about her girlfriends being mean while her boyfriend won't keep asking her for a handjob in the car, then quietly cutting her wrists just so she can feel something.

Porcupine

Echo And The Bunnymen

2/5

If you want to listen to an album that is basically the same song for 11 songs. I just couldn't.

Heaux Tales

Jazmine Sullivan

2/5

this is some awful bitch-ass shit. Can't listen to much of it with all the autotune whale cries but the message I got was "girl power." That got her a second star.

Eagles

3/5

3 major classics here, the rest is filler. Not their best album but it was a preview of the greatness to come.

Come Away With Me

Norah Jones

5/5

Brilliant album from a Texas treasure. She blew us all away with this album!

Shleep

Robert Wyatt

3/5

Some cool stuff in there, just got to wade through it to find it.

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

Arctic Monkeys

3/5

Not terrible, not great.

Sticky Fingers

The Rolling Stones

5/5

Classic, must listen.

Led Zeppelin III

Led Zeppelin

5/5

Apple Venus Volume 1

XTC

2/5

WTF is this? XTC wasn't listenable in their heyday and they're still difficult. Very odd. They get an extra star for the multilayered sounds using strings and horns and everything.

The Contino Sessions

Death In Vegas

4/5

Fun and unique.

Joan Baez

3/5

The most annoying and beautiful voice at the same time. Incredibly talented but her style and vocalizations did not stand up to the test of time.

John Prine

4/5

Solid songwriting.

The Specials

3/5