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Album	You	Global	Diff
A Little Deeper Ms. Dynamite	5	2.81	+2.19
The Poet Bobby Womack	5	3.22	+1.78
Rum Sodomy & The Lash The Pogues	5	3.25	+1.75
Red Headed Stranger Willie Nelson	5	3.35	+1.65
Aftermath The Rolling Stones	5	3.37	+1.63
Hot Buttered Soul Isaac Hayes	5	3.43	+1.57
En-Tact The Shamen	4	2.43	+1.57
Imagine John Lennon	5	3.45	+1.55
All Directions The Temptations	5	3.45	+1.55
Diamond Life Sade	5	3.45	+1.55

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Endtroducing..... DJ Shadow	1	3.35	-2.35
Wish You Were Here Pink Floyd	2	4.3	-2.3
Something/Anything? Todd Rundgren	1	3.03	-2.03
Out of Step Minor Threat	1	2.93	-1.93
White Light / White Heat The Velvet Underground	1	2.89	-1.89
Damaged Black Flag	1	2.86	-1.86
In Utero Nirvana	2	3.82	-1.82
Roots Sepultura	1	2.79	-1.79
Faust IV Faust	1	2.78	-1.78
Isn't Anything My Bloody Valentine	1	2.75	-1.75

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Artist	Albums	Average
Michael Jackson	2	5
Beatles	2	5

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Artist	Albums	Average
Sepultura	2	1.5

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Van Morrison	5, 2
Metallica	5, 2

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A Northern Soul

The Verve · 2 likes

2/5

Maybe the band was angry at each other and the world, but that doesn’t mean I have to find the music interesting.

Dookie

Green Day · 1 likes

5/5

Green Day got me through grad school and I will forever be grateful to them. This album is great.

Meat Puppets II

Meat Puppets · 1 likes

3/5

The first song did not set me up to like this album, but it improved as it went along. Not sure that “Nirvana covered 3 songs” is a good reason to include it on the list.

Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul

Otis Redding · 1 likes

5/5

All hits, no whammies. Such a soulful voice.

Ten

Pearl Jam · 1 likes

3/5

Who needs intelligible lyrics? Overrated.

1-Star Albums (13)

All Ratings

Vol. 4

Black Sabbath

3/5

Enjoyed Changes, can take or leave the rest of the album. RIP Ozzy, but this was mostly forgettable to me.

Remain In Light

Talking Heads

3/5

I’m not destined to be a Talking Heads fan. Whatever it is, it doesn’t do it for me.

Endtroducing.....

DJ Shadow

1/5

I only like this in the context of background noise for when I’m working. Otherwise what is this? Not for me.

The Wildest!

Louis Prima

5/5

Italian crooner meets rock and roll.

You Want It Darker

Leonard Cohen

2/5

Eliminator

ZZ Top

4/5

Damaged

Black Flag

1/5

Why am I only getting punk albums 😩

Dr. Octagonecologyst

Dr. Octagon

2/5

Not for me.

Larks' Tongues In Aspic

King Crimson

3/5

Weird, but I don’t hate it.

Imagine

John Lennon

5/5

No notes. 👩‍🍳😘

Is This It

The Strokes

4/5

Solid album. Knew 2 songs

Blood On The Tracks

Bob Dylan

4/5

All Directions

The Temptations

5/5

Solid funk album

Marquee Moon

Television

3/5

Generic 70s Brit rock

C'est Chic

CHIC

3/5

Disco let’s gooooo 🪩

Dust

Screaming Trees

4/5

Thought I didn’t like grunge. Glad this album proved me wrong.

Moondance

Van Morrison

5/5

Banger

Different Class

Pulp

2/5

More Brit rock. Maybe some elvis Costello influence. Forgettable.

In The Court Of The Crimson King

King Crimson

4/5

I like this album a lot more than the first king Crimson.

Bad

Michael Jackson

5/5

I mean…

Gasoline Alley

Rod Stewart

2/5

Fine, kind of boring. But I was back after a long day of travel and it would’ve taken a lot more than rock ballads to peak my interest.

The Predator

Ice Cube

4/5

Solid. Ice Cube has great flow.

Violator

Depeche Mode

5/5

Only miss was Enjoy the Silence. I get what they were doing, but I didn’t like it.

Diamond Life

Sade

5/5

Very smooth. Gorgeous vocals.

You're Living All Over Me

Dinosaur Jr.

2/5

Proto alt-rock. Don’t really like this, but it isn’t bad bad as straight punk.

Chris

Christine and the Queens

3/5

Despite coming out in 2018, this music sounds like the background of a Starbucks in 2008.

James Brown Live At The Apollo

James Brown

3/5

Good god yall! It’s James Brown. This was fine.

Palo Congo

Sabu

1/5

Not for me

Hms Fable

Shack

3/5

Every song sounds like the backing track to a filler scene in Dawson’s Creek where the camera pans around to the characters in their various past times, separately.

The Man Who

Travis

2/5

Spotify recommended Oasis. This is like low rent Oasis.

Kind Of Blue

Miles Davis

4/5

Founding father of jazz for a reason. Infinitely listenable.

The Rising

Bruce Springsteen

3/5

Bruce’s response to 9/11. That fact puts these songs into context and I suppose justifies picking this later album and not one of his seminal works. The Boss doesn’t miss here, I enjoyed these songs.

Bringing It All Back Home

Bob Dylan

3/5

It’s Bob Dylan. Idk, it’s fine.

Odelay

Beck

4/5

Banger, would listen to this again.

Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret

Soft Cell

3/5

An album all about the sexy, seedy underbelly of London and the rejection of the uptight suburbs. A lot of synths. Idk, some of the songs are catchy and some are too new wave for me.

Common

4/5

Great flow, love the horns. Common’s an OG for a reason. The lyrics are poetic and will improve upon another listen when I can really focus on them.

Fear Of Music

Talking Heads

2/5

I find the talking heads to be boring.

Thriller

Michael Jackson

5/5

The man was a hit factory.

Something/Anything?

Todd Rundgren

1/5

Long and boring. No memorable songs.

Playing With Fire

Spacemen 3

1/5

Why? This was so boring I couldn’t get thru a single song without skipping to the next one. This might appeal as background music but I can sit around and pay attention to these songs.

Red Headed Stranger

Willie Nelson

5/5

Damn you Willie Nelson, you made me cry on a plane.

The Idiot

Iggy Pop

4/5

Very groovy.

Black Holes and Revelations

Muse

5/5

Ah yes, the Twilight soundtrack. This is a very good album.

Abraxas

Santana

3/5

I had one Santana album growing up and it wasn’t this one. I liked that one a lot. This one is just as groovy.

From Elvis In Memphis

Elvis Presley

4/5

Out of Step

Minor Threat

1/5

Maybe they invented the hardcore punk scene in DC but that doesn’t mean I have to like it.

...The Dandy Warhols Come Down

The Dandy Warhols

3/5

Based on the first track, I thought I would hate this. But, I ended up liking it.

Get Behind Me Satan

The White Stripes

3/5

Pink Flag

Wire

3/5

Another punk album, you say? What percent of this list is punk bands? The revolutionary aspect of this album is that they give up on songs when they run out of lyrics or get tired of a riff. What mavericks.

The Chronic

Dr. Dre

3/5

Can’t say I follow rap beef, but there were some good songs on here.

Appetite For Destruction

Guns N' Roses

4/5

YEEEEEEOWWW!! Middle school me is rejoicing.

Hail To the Thief

Radiohead

2/5

Got bored half way thru and didn’t finish.

At Folsom Prison

Johnny Cash

4/5

He spent so much time asking for and then drinking a glass of water. Get to the songs already! When he was singing, it was good.

Vento De Maio

Elis Regina

4/5

Smooth, gorgeous vocals.

My Aim Is True

Elvis Costello

3/5

All of Elvis Costello’s music sounds the same to me. I enjoyed it, though.

Southern Rock Opera

Drive-By Truckers

2/5

I really didn’t connect with this album.

Teen Dream

Beach House

3/5

Vibey. Good background music while I work.

L'Eau Rouge

The Young Gods

1/5

An assault on my ears, but make it French

Natty Dread

Bob Marley & The Wailers

5/5

Album so good I didn’t even realize it was over and Spotify was playing random Bob Marley music.

Little Earthquakes

Tori Amos

3/5

Leather is a vibe. Tori Amos provided the soundtrack to the 90s.

Live At The Witch Trials

The Fall

2/5

Spotify; if you like Bob Dylan, you’ll like this album. Me: ok. Bob Dylan’s good. Proceeds to listen to yet another punk album. Of the 60 albums I’ve listened to, I think 25 have been punk. Pretty tired of it.

Wish You Were Here

Pink Floyd

2/5

Long songs. Whatever.

Fever Ray

2/5

Weird and every song sounded essentially the same. Maybe in a different mood I would like this but as it is, I can tolerate it.

Sail Away

Randy Newman

4/5

Randy Newman is his own thing and I can get down with it.

Shaft

Isaac Hayes

3/5

I think this is the final sign that I need to sit down and watch this movie.

Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul

Otis Redding

5/5

All hits, no whammies. Such a soulful voice.

Blonde On Blonde

Bob Dylan

4/5

Peak Bob Dylan. Some really fun songs on this album.

More Specials

The Specials

3/5

Ska is ska is ska. Idk it’s fine and not bad to listen to.

Synchronicity

The Police

3/5

Faust IV

Faust

1/5

Krautrock should stay in its jar at the back of the fridge to be forgotten about.

Meat Is Murder

The Smiths

4/5

The singer’s voice is a vibe. Every song sounds the same and he sounds like he’s falling asleep on every track, but I still liked it and would listen again.

Automatic For The People

R.E.M.

3/5

Hot Fuss

The Killers

3/5

I got an album by the Smiths 2 days ago and I think I prefer that to this, but some classics on here.

Exile In Guyville

Liz Phair

3/5

I feel transported into one of the better Dawson’s Creek episodes.

Let It Bleed

The Rolling Stones

4/5

Lotta hits. Can’t go too wrong with the Stones.

Live At The Regal

B.B. King

5/5

No notes.

Trafalgar

Bee Gees

3/5

The 1001 albums book didn’t seem to know why it was recommending this album. It was fine, but it didn’t make me a Bee Gees fanatic.

Horses

Patti Smith

2/5

Hot Rats

Frank Zappa

2/5

I can’t do this.

Songs Of Leonard Cohen

Leonard Cohen

4/5

He’s going to bring you lyrics every time.

Locust Abortion Technician

Butthole Surfers

3/5

I…I didn’t hate this. What’s happening to me??? *melts*

A Northern Soul

The Verve

2/5

Maybe the band was angry at each other and the world, but that doesn’t mean I have to find the music interesting.

Hounds Of Love

Kate Bush

3/5

I’m more of a Wuthering Heights gal.

Whatever

Aimee Mann

3/5

“Whatever” sums up my feelings toward this album.

Myths Of The Near Future

Klaxons

4/5

Groovy

Aftermath

The Rolling Stones

5/5

Finished the album and immediately had to restart and listen again.

Hot Buttered Soul

Isaac Hayes

5/5

So groovy I had to stop what I was doing so I could dance.

Moving Pictures

Rush

3/5

En-Tact

The Shamen

4/5

A little repetitive, but the songs are infectious and a great backdrop to keep me pumped during a sewing project.

Ramones

3/5

British Steel

Judas Priest

4/5

Incredible vocals

Oar

Alexander 'Skip' Spence

3/5

Ok, so this guy tried to attack his band mates with an axe, was locked up for 6 months, then made this album. Honestly, I don’t know what to think. The tone of the album certainly reflects his state of mind.

16 Lovers Lane

The Go-Betweens

3/5

Abbey Road

Beatles

5/5

Ten

Pearl Jam

3/5

Who needs intelligible lyrics? Overrated.

I’m a Lonesome Fugitive

Merle Haggard

4/5

Wow, this was depressing in a way that only country music can be.

At Newport 1960

Muddy Waters

5/5

One Nation Under A Groove

Funkadelic

4/5

If we really were one nation under a groove, a lot of our problems would be solved.

Leftism

Leftfield

4/5

Great dance music.

John Barleycorn Must Die

Traffic

3/5

This is like the dictionary definition of 70s rock.

The Village Green Preservation Society

The Kinks

4/5

Cheeky

Neon Bible

Arcade Fire

3/5

Isn't Anything

My Bloody Valentine

1/5

The music would be good, but it’s undercut by dissonance and noise.

In Utero

Nirvana

2/5

Drunk

Thundercat

4/5

Smooth but also kind of weird. Easy to lie down and chill with this album.

Africa Brasil

Jorge Ben Jor

4/5

Rubber Soul

Beatles

5/5

1999

Prince

4/5

Post Orgasmic Chill

Skunk Anansie

4/5

The Köln Concert

Keith Jarrett

3/5

This guy is clearly really talented, but the album was lost on me.

Surfer Rosa

Pixies

3/5

Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes

TV On The Radio

3/5

Enjoyed Ambulance but this album was forgettable.

Car Wheels On A Gravel Road

Lucinda Williams

2/5

90s female singer songwriter but make it vaguely country. This was fine. The titular song was maybe the worst. Repetitive and boring.

Porcupine

Echo And The Bunnymen

3/5

Metallica

5/5

Banger

Electric Prunes

The Electric Prunes

4/5

Wild Gift

3/5

Dookie

Green Day

5/5

Green Day got me through grad school and I will forever be grateful to them. This album is great.

Funeral

Arcade Fire

3/5

According to 1001 albums you should listen to, this album single handedly showed up emo music for the “emotionally illiterate, self indulgent, angst ridden garbage” it is. Strong words about an entire genre of music. The blurb also mentions that Arcade Fire dabbled in Krautrock before landing on indie rock and boy am I glad they didn’t stick with their original plan.

Being There

Wilco

3/5

The Poet

Bobby Womack

5/5

Amazing soul album. Never heard of this guy, but isn’t that the point of this endeavor? He’s gained a fan in me.

Brothers

The Black Keys

4/5

This album had such a chokehold on the top 40 radio stations.

Born To Be With You

Dion

4/5

Solid addition to the 70s folk rock canon.

Duck Stab/Buster & Glen

The Residents

1/5

W in T actual F was this? There’s a genre of music I like to call “microwave music” because it sounds like a microwave made it. This sounds like all the kitchen appliances came together to form a band.

Ellington at Newport

Duke Ellington

3/5

This is good, but I kept thinking of the Now You Has Jazz song from High Society every time Duke introduced a number.

Among The Living

Anthrax

2/5

Thrash is not for me.

A Little Deeper

Ms. Dynamite

5/5

Drum and bass 👎 Drum and bass with gorgeous vocals 👍

Cypress Hill

3/5

Led Zeppelin

3/5

Blues rock meets psychedelic rock.

Another Green World

Brian Eno

2/5

This sounded like he heard cars driving by honking their horns and he sampled the Doppler effect.

Public Image: First Issue

Public Image Ltd.

1/5

My God that was unpleasant

Ready To Die

The Notorious B.I.G.

3/5

The songs alternate between powerful lyrics about his struggles and his prowess in bed. So. Much. Detail. (I’m looking at you One More Chance)

1989

Taylor Swift

4/5

The first Taylor album I ever actually liked! Ah, summers on Cape Cod. Gotta love those Starbucks lovers.

Step In The Arena

Gang Starr

3/5

Sounds like 90s rap. Solid flow, good beats.

A Walk Across The Rooftops

The Blue Nile

2/5

New wave idk. Hurts my head

Coles Corner

Richard Hawley

3/5

This was easy to listen to

Dire Straits

3/5

Live!

Fela Kuti

3/5

Third/Sister Lovers

Big Star

3/5

It’s a vibe. Very mellow.

Germfree Adolescents

X-Ray Spex

2/5

Oracular Spectacular

MGMT

4/5

Going to see the movie 21 was the first time I stayed out past midnight in high school and what a wild time that was. I almost fell asleep in the movie.

Suede

2/5

Rid Of Me

PJ Harvey

2/5

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector

Various Artists

4/5

I hesitate to give a Christmas album five stars just because it’s holiday music and I’m a curmudgeon. Also it’s Phil Spector. That being said, this album is Christmas classic after classic and it was very nice to listen to on a Christmas morning.

Disraeli Gears

Cream

5/5

This is one of my favorite albums of all time. I would give it 6 stars if I could.

Rust Never Sleeps

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

3/5

Tidal

Fiona Apple

3/5

Highway 61 Revisited

Bob Dylan

3/5

Bob Dylan doing his thing.

Master Of Puppets

Metallica

2/5

Thrash metal isn’t it for me. Sorry if I’m a poser, but I prefer Nu metal.

Darklands

The Jesus And Mary Chain

3/5

Chore of Enchantment

Giant Sand

3/5

Heroes

David Bowie

3/5

David Bowie is hit or miss for me and this was more of a miss.

Rings Around The World

Super Furry Animals

3/5

This was fine but I’m not sure I’d ever revisit it.

Eternally Yours

The Saints

2/5

Forgettable

The Suburbs

Arcade Fire

3/5

Arcade Fire is so uninteresting. I don’t know why they merit more than one spot on this list.

#1 Record

Big Star

3/5

After the first song I thought it would be like Black Sabbath and I was excited, but then it turned into generic 70s rock.

The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan

3/5

Every time I see a Bob Dylan album I think of Kevin Kline in French Kiss pronouncing his name as Bub Deelahn. Otherwise, all of his music sounds the same to me.

Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

4/5

This was weird but I was into it

Tapestry

Carole King

4/5

Seminal album. Loved it

Inspiration Information

Shuggie Otis

3/5

Out Of The Blue

Electric Light Orchestra

4/5

Bookends

Simon & Garfunkel

4/5

Fromohio

fIREHOSE

3/5

Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space

Spiritualized

2/5

Too many of the songs devolved into dissonant noise

Club Classics Vol. One

Soul II Soul

3/5

Bat Out Of Hell

Meat Loaf

4/5

Rum Sodomy & The Lash

The Pogues

5/5

I love Irish folk music and basically any fusion of folk music with another genre works for me.

Rattus Norvegicus

The Stranglers

4/5

Peaches is a clear standout but the rest of the album is good considering it is yet another punk band.

Can't Buy A Thrill

Steely Dan

4/5

Raising Hell

Run-D.M.C.

4/5

Astral Weeks

Van Morrison

2/5

Sorry to my man Van Morrison but this don’t work for me

Pacific Ocean Blue

Dennis Wilson

2/5

This was too long. After a promising start the songs petered out and I lost interest

What's Going On

Marvin Gaye

4/5

Yes, of course, obviously.

Meat Puppets II

Meat Puppets

3/5

The first song did not set me up to like this album, but it improved as it went along. Not sure that “Nirvana covered 3 songs” is a good reason to include it on the list.

Connected

Stereo MC's

3/5

Garbage

3/5

Inoffensive but generic

In A Silent Way

Miles Davis

3/5

I Am a Bird Now

Antony and the Johnsons

3/5

A Grand Don't Come For Free

The Streets

3/5

Is this a joke? This is like the progenitor of Kyle Mooney’s album The Real Me. And yet, it worked for me.

Graceland

Paul Simon

5/5

I went to Graceland and it was fine. But this album is great!

The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators

The 13th Floor Elevators

3/5

I like psychedelic rock but this feels like the kind of album I’d pick up out of the $1 bin at a record shop. It begs the question, as so many of these do: why is it two volumes? Does it need to be this long when each song sounds basically like the one before it? It’s not bad, it’s just leaving me uninspired.

Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde

The Pharcyde

4/5

Give me weird 90s rap all day long.

Ill Communication

Beastie Boys

3/5

Tigermilk

Belle & Sebastian

3/5

Haut de gamme / Koweït, rive gauche

Koffi Olomide

3/5

Like A Prayer

Madonna

4/5

Look, I like bongo drum based albums as much as the next girl, but sometimes you need Madonna in the morning.

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

The Kinks

2/5

Kings Of The Wild Frontier

Adam & The Ants

2/5

Architecture And Morality

Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark

2/5

When it wasn’t ambient drums this was quite pleasant. Unfortunately, it was ambient drums a lot of the time.

Time Out

The Dave Brubeck Quartet

5/5

Love Dave Brubeck.

Throwing Muses

2/5

Had to listen on YouTube. Meh

Arise

Sepultura

2/5

Thrash metal is angry. Groundbreaking as florals for spring.

Mothership Connection

Parliament

5/5

I let the vibes flow through and I was healed!! Praise Parliament! 🙌🙌

Superunknown

Soundgarden

3/5

Crooked Rain Crooked Rain

Pavement

2/5

I completely lost interest in this.

The Wall

Pink Floyd

3/5

2112

Rush

3/5

I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You

Aretha Franklin

5/5

Can’t be anything less

Who Killed...... The Zutons?

The Zutons

4/5

I like a band that isn’t afraid to rhyme home with home or sing about killing your friend’s girlfriend because he isn’t spending time with you anymore.

Roger the Engineer

The Yardbirds

4/5

The Joshua Tree

3/5

Sweetheart Of The Rodeo

The Byrds

3/5

More country than expected

Figure 8

Elliott Smith

4/5

If I Should Fall From Grace With God

The Pogues

4/5

Rage Against The Machine

4/5

I’m mad at my husband right now, this is the energy I need.

Roots

Sepultura

1/5

Nope no way nuh uh

Nixon

Lambchop

2/5

Boring music, repetitive sounds

Five Leaves Left

Nick Drake

4/5

Atmospheric and mellow. A lovely listen.

White Light / White Heat

The Velvet Underground

1/5

If there’s something to get, I didn’t. Too busy sucking on that ding dong.

Black Metal

Venom

2/5

This isn’t the worst thing I’ve ever heard and I typically hate black metal.

After The Gold Rush

Neil Young

4/5

Ghosteen

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

2/5

Third

Soft Machine

3/5

Yup, it’s jazz.

Ananda Shankar

3/5

Refreshingly different entry for this list.

Are You Experienced

Jimi Hendrix

4/5

Scott 2

Scott Walker

4/5

After a difficult weekend, I turned on my album of the day and this masterpiece was exactly what I needed. The powerful vocals, the unhinged lyrics, the lush string arrangements. I listened to it twice in a row. The song Next in particular had me wondering what this man was on when he made the album. Would I go back to this album? I don’t know, but it was just what I needed to offset a stressful couple of days and for that I can’t hate it.

Music in Exile

Songhoy Blues

4/5

My dad used to listen to this kind of music so I have a degree of fondness for it. That said, every song sounded basically the same.

Born In The U.S.A.

Bruce Springsteen

4/5

Iconic

Back to Mystery City

Hanoi Rocks

4/5

they invented 80s hair metal. This is enjoyable.