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Album	You	Global	Diff
KEAH** (Psalm 69) Ministry	5	2.69	+2.31
The Clash The Clash	5	3.54	+1.46
Chelsea Girl Nico	4	2.63	+1.37
The Cars The Cars	5	3.67	+1.33
Blood On The Tracks Bob Dylan	5	3.68	+1.32
Highway 61 Revisited Bob Dylan	5	3.77	+1.23
Sticky Fingers The Rolling Stones	5	3.87	+1.13
Teenager Of The Year Frank Black	4	3	+1

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
21 Adele	1	3.69	-2.69
The Score Fugees	1	3.69	-2.69
Ill Communication Beastie Boys	1	3.65	-2.65
Maggot Brain Funkadelic	1	3.6	-2.6
Black Holes and Revelations Muse	1	3.59	-2.59
Machine Head Deep Purple	1	3.59	-2.59
Bryter Layter Nick Drake	1	3.51	-2.51
The ArchAndroid Janelle Monáe	1	3.45	-2.45
Reggatta De Blanc The Police	1	3.45	-2.45
A Rush Of Blood To The Head Coldplay	1	3.44	-2.44

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Bob Dylan	2	5

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Beastie Boys	2	1.5

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KE*A*H** (Psalm 69)

Ministry

5/5

Very fun and infectious. Does not overstay its welcome. I feel like a lot of times electronic styles of music go on way too long and get boring. But this has a thoughtful song structure. Lyrically interesting and engaging, with a sense of humor. Ahead of its time I feel like.

2 likes

Bongo Rock

Incredible Bongo Band

1/5

Pretty boring!

1 likes

1-Star Albums (53)

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Cupid & Psyche 85

Scritti Politti

3/5

A Rush Of Blood To The Head

Coldplay

1/5

Warning sign stood out. Not a big fan of this album.

Vol. 4

Black Sabbath

3/5

Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul

Otis Redding

2/5

Change gonna come, I’ve been loving you too long, You don’t miss your water. Good soulful love songs, nothing warranting a skip but also not something I’d be driven to put on.

The Clash

5/5

Classic, great album front to back

Fisherman's Blues

The Waterboys

1/5

One really good song. Not much I haven’t heard done better on other folk records.

Fifth Dimension

The Byrds

1/5

Eight miles high and what’s happening stand out.

Tommy

The Who

1/5

Lots of meandering and forgettable chord progressions with few memorable melodies or hooks. Bloated and repetitive. Maybe it was culturally exciting for being a new way to present rock and roll music, but it doesn’t make it something I’d want to put on my turntable.

Trio

Dolly Parton

1/5

Pretty standard country and folk stuff. Great vocals and production, but nothing seems to be standing out. It would have been cool if these three wrote the songs together instead of doing mostly cover songs. I’ve Had Enough is the standout song here. After reading a review and getting some context for this project I have a better appreciation for it. Still not a huge fan.

Blood On The Tracks

Bob Dylan

5/5

Loveless

My Bloody Valentine

2/5

This album is not as amazing as critics say it is. There’s maybe 3 great songs but it gets old fast. All the songs have the same vibe and rarely do they stand out from each other.

The Downward Spiral

Nine Inch Nails

4/5

Sign 'O' The Times

Prince

3/5

Sister

Sonic Youth

2/5

There are some really cool songs on here. The Gordon songs are the standouts.

Sticky Fingers

The Rolling Stones

5/5

There are no skips on this album.

Second Toughest In The Infants

Underworld

2/5

First two songs way too long. The second half of this had some great songs.

Black Sabbath

4/5

Some of the best Sabbath songs ever on here.

KE*A*H** (Psalm 69)

Ministry

5/5

Surrealistic Pillow

Jefferson Airplane

4/5

System Of A Down

1/5

War is the best song on here. The vibe is something that I can’t imagine ever being in the mood to want to hear. It’s like boring metal circus music. I guess I just don’t get it.

Legalize It

Peter Tosh

2/5

Burial stands out. Legalize it and Let Jah Be Praised are songs I remember my dad playing a lot, but I don’t find them to be very moving to me personally.

Fleet Foxes

1/5

First song was reminiscent of CS&N. Second one is giving a Beach Boys vibe. I’m hoping to hear something beyond the obvious influences. The whole folk “stomp clap yeah” genre is admittedly not my favorite. There’s not a lot to sink your teeth into, it’s blandly mellow. I suppose it’s a good thing to put on if you wanna take a nap. Background music.

Marcus Garvey

Burning Spear

1/5

It’s not bad but it’s also very repetitive. Not much catchiness or hooks. I probably won’t remember any of the songs. I’ve listened to most of the album twice now. I can’t imagine ever wanting to put this on my turntable.

Sulk

The Associates

1/5

This album truly sucks. Pretentious garbage.

The Low End Theory

A Tribe Called Quest

3/5

Rated each song on a scale of 1-3, meaning the highest score possible would be 42. Ended up with a score of 33 which is a ratio of 78.5%. So that’s a C, or a 3 star rating. It’s ironically apt that the album is called The Low End Theory because the latter half of the album is way more interesting than the songs higher up on the track list.

Come Away With Me

Norah Jones

1/5

Milquetoast? Lonestar is the best song so far. Painter Song had such a great vibe and potential until that pump organ/accordion solo came in and made it extremely trite.

Nixon

Lambchop

2/5

Hot Fuss

The Killers

2/5

Highway 61 Revisited

Bob Dylan

5/5

Giant Steps

The Boo Radleys

1/5

This album is pretty boring. It flirts with interesting chord progressions and melodies and then either gets predictable or too disjointed to be enjoyable. First song was the best.

The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn

Pink Floyd

1/5

Ingenue

k.d. lang

1/5

The Velvet Underground & Nico

The Velvet Underground

4/5

Document

R.E.M.

2/5

Slayed?

Slade

3/5

8/24/25 Some really good straight forward driving rock and roll. Can definitely see this being an influence for Quiet Riot, especially in the vocal style. 70%. Two cover songs which is a little much for me. The Joplin one is more enjoyable than the Shirley & Lee medley.

Doggystyle

Snoop Dogg

1/5

Overrated! I don’t feel like this has aged very well. Even in the context of its time, Tribe was putting out way more enjoyable hip hop albums years prior. The production is great but is often wasted on really base lyrical content. Some of the most impressive lines on this are delivered by the features.

Talk Talk Talk

The Psychedelic Furs

1/5

These songs have no teeth and are immediately forgettable. There’s a feeling of energy that never reaches it’s potential

Vento De Maio

Elis Regina

2/5

Urban Hymns

The Verve

1/5

Very boring tbh. An album over an hour better be super engaging and interesting and this was not. It felt like work getting through it.

Licensed To Ill

Beastie Boys

2/5

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

1/5

American Girl is not enough to rescue the blandness of the remaining songs. Breakdown could have been more enjoyable if Tom wasn’t putting on some kind of try hard suave accent.

Bongo Rock

Incredible Bongo Band

1/5

Pretty boring!

Back To Black

Amy Winehouse

3/5

Real Life

Magazine

1/5

I don’t get it. It seems very bland and boring. The highlights are the parts Steve Shelley was involved with, but even that makes me wish I was listening to the Buzzcocks instead. Not my thing. Slow, meandering, pretentious, forgettable. 37%

Calenture

The Triffids

1/5

Stardust

Willie Nelson

1/5

Black Holes and Revelations

Muse

1/5

Damn this album is boring and bland. The songs are so slow and meandering. What is this music for? Background? Anyone paying attention is in for some boredom. 50 mins never felt so long.

Screamadelica

Primal Scream

1/5

Nothing that I’d be compelled to return to. A lot of the UK albums that UK publications and critics seem to think are groundbreaking and artistically impressive are some of the most boring pretentious crap I’ve ever heard.

Slipknot

1/5

Eyeless is the standout on this album. It would be vastly improved without Corey’s attempts at rapping. I feel like a lot of this record’s popularity was due to hype and marketing. A lot of the actual music is not particularly intriguing or unique within the genre, especially lyrically. After listening to this album twice I checked out some of their other releases and can say it’s a relief they got away from overt hip hop influence and went into groove metal. I can see why this is on here since it’s the album that they blew up with, but they have much better records. I’d rate this higher if it were shorter; would have been better as an EP.

Beauty And The Beat

The Go-Go's

3/5

There are actual songs on here. Doesn’t overstay its welcome at 35 minutes. 72% (24/33)

Iron Maiden

4/5

So much good stuff on here. 5/8, 87%

The Stranger

Billy Joel

3/5

Two really great songs, no bad songs. Definitely like side one more than side two.

Want One

Rufus Wainwright

1/5

There are moments when it feels like the song is on the verge of going somewhere unexpected or exciting, but then pulls back and stays the course, leaving me feeling disappointed. It stays predictably on pace and never bends to be different; like the complacency of settling for what you know. His voice comes across like a bland Thom Yorke impression. Good to put on in you’re about to take a nap maybe. Sorry Rufus, but when it comes to a chance to hear to this album again, I do not want one.

Maggot Brain

Funkadelic

1/5

The iconic Maggot Brain solo. I get the cultural significance and the whole mythology behind it, but try as I might I couldn’t really get into this album. There are undeniably good rhythms and grooves. I don’t see ever feeling a strong drive to return to this record though. Cosmic Slop is more enjoyable to me

Time Out

The Dave Brubeck Quartet

3/5

Public Image: First Issue

Public Image Ltd.

1/5

Annalisa stood out

Adele

1/5

The Sun Rises In The East

Jeru The Damaja

2/5

1977

Ash

1/5

The Seldom Seen Kid

Elbow

1/5

Good lyrics, boring music.

Getz/Gilberto

Stan Getz

3/5

Disintegration

The Cure

3/5

Teenager Of The Year

Frank Black

4/5

The first half of this record is damn near perfect. I don’t know why it needed to be so jam packed with songs though. This could have been broken up into two albums. The latter half is not as impressive, but it’s by no means bad.

Grace

Jeff Buckley

2/5

Run-D.M.C.

4/5

Planet Rock: The Album

Afrika Bambaataa

1/5

I hear the influence this obviously had on subsequent hip hop music, but overall it’s not something I would be very likely to put on and listen to. 12/21. 57%

At Fillmore East

The Allman Brothers Band

1/5

The Cars

5/5

Picture Book

Simply Red

1/5

Very boring and bland. Even the “hits” on this baffled me; I can almost always tell why a song is a hit, even if I don’t care for the song personally. No clue what anyone saw in this album.

Dust

Screaming Trees

1/5

Rubber Soul

Beatles

4/5

Tragic Songs of Life

The Louvin Brothers

3/5

Deserter's Songs

Mercury Rev

1/5

Not as experimental or interesting as it wants to be. The song structures are pretty standard and predictable. I can hear a big Flaming Lips influence, and you’re better off just listening to the Lips if you want this sort of spacey rock done in a compelling way.

Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge

Mudhoney

1/5

Superfly

Curtis Mayfield

3/5

Only Built 4 Cuban Linx

Raekwon

1/5

Chelsea Girl

Nico

4/5

The ArchAndroid

Janelle Monáe

1/5

I don’t know, futuristic quirky? Sonically it’s vibrant, but the actual songs underneath of the production aren’t all that interesting.

Crime Of The Century

Supertramp

1/5

The World is a Ghetto

War

2/5

Bryter Layter

Nick Drake

1/5

This album is pretty boring. There are very few catchy hooks to grab your ears, but it would be good for a nap. Snoozer.

With The Beatles

Beatles

4/5

White Denim

1/5

Live!

Fela Kuti

2/5

It’s something I could definitely put on while working on a project or cleaning and not get sick of it. If I wanted to be engaged by the music, which is what I usually want from music, I couldn’t see this keeping my attention all the way through. It’s not something I’d put on in the car. It’s perfectly good for background music though.

At Mister Kelly's

Sarah Vaughan

1/5

Queen Of Denmark

John Grant

1/5

Title track is great, along with Sigourney Weaver.

The Pleasure Principle

Gary Numan

3/5

Eagles

2/5

British Steel

Judas Priest

3/5

The White Room

The KLF

1/5

Wild Wood

Paul Weller

1/5

Ill Communication

Beastie Boys

1/5

Little Earthquakes

Tori Amos

2/5

Reggatta De Blanc

The Police

1/5

White reggae huh. Yeah not for me. Not a fan of the feigned accent Sting puts on, not a fan of the lukewarm droning rhythms, not a fan of this album. There are so many mediocre British artists on this list it’s wild. I’m inspired to make my own list that isn’t so biased.

Blood And Chocolate

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

3/5

Hey, an actual good songwriter!

The Fat Of The Land

The Prodigy

4/5

Pictures At An Exhibition

Emerson, Lake & Palmer

1/5

Ellington at Newport

Duke Ellington

2/5

Channel Orange

Frank Ocean

1/5

Machine Head

Deep Purple

1/5

Gotta be honest it’s just blues rock that goes on too long. I find it dull and not very exciting. Thankfully it’s only 37 minutes long.

Djam Leelii

Baaba Maal

1/5

Repetitive and very long. So many albums on this list are an hour long for no reason. This could have been 30 mins shorter. I guess it would be good for background music while doing some house chores, but it’s not exactly engaging enough to sit with and pay attention to.

Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret

Soft Cell

1/5

The Score

Fugees

1/5

Group Sex

Circle Jerks

2/5

Paranoid

Black Sabbath

5/5