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Album	You	Global	Diff
Vincebus Eruptum Blue Cheer	5	2.8	+2.2
Guitar Town Steve Earle	5	2.81	+2.19
Bert Jansch Bert Jansch	5	3	+2
Halcyon Digest Deerhunter	5	3.05	+1.95
Dare! The Human League	5	3.06	+1.94
Tigermilk Belle & Sebastian	5	3.23	+1.77
There's A Riot Goin' On Sly & The Family Stone	5	3.29	+1.71
Siembra Willie Colón & Rubén Blades	5	3.29	+1.71
Ready To Die The Notorious B.I.G.	5	3.36	+1.64
More Songs About Buildings And Food Talking Heads	5	3.42	+1.58

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
If I Should Fall From Grace With God The Pogues	1	3.33	-2.33
MTV Unplugged In New York Nirvana	2	4.21	-2.21
Tuesday Night Music Club Sheryl Crow	1	3.06	-2.06
Car Wheels On A Gravel Road Lucinda Williams	1	3	-2
Better Living Through Chemistry Fatboy Slim	1	2.99	-1.99
Vulgar Display Of Power Pantera	1	2.97	-1.97
Elephant The White Stripes	2	3.85	-1.85
Siamese Dream The Smashing Pumpkins	2	3.83	-1.83
Third/Sister Lovers Big Star	1	2.79	-1.79
Metallica Metallica	2	3.79	-1.79

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Artist	Albums	Average
Marvin Gaye	2	5
Radiohead	3	4.33

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Miriam Makeba

4/5

I love world music Sucks that we are so racist

1 likes

Guitar Town

Steve Earle

5/5

I mean this is just kinda my shit

1 likes

4-Star Albums (31)

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Bad

Michael Jackson

4/5

The heheing can get to much sometimes but the basslines are phat the grooves are undeniable

The Cars

3/5

If the whole album was only, Just What I Needed, it would be a 6/5 Unfortunately it’s not Moving in Stereo is gas tho

I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You

Aretha Franklin

5/5

What do you want me to say. It pure, raw, unadulterated, soul. It’s what music should be. And while she’s not as raw as other artists that’s just not her sound and that’s okay. if you were to strip away all the innovation in music over the last 100 years this would still remain because its beyond music as an art form It’s a 5, it was always going to be a 5, Aretha fucked me up and down with this one

Buena Vista Social Club

3/5

its perfect for what it is, to listen to while sitting in a club in Cuba having a wonderful conversation with someone you love and then fuck up the dance floor for a little bit. but it lacks some intrigue to be the main event. A wonderful chill listen but needs some more umph to capture my full attention.

Rust Never Sleeps

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

3/5

Oh how I wish I was born during the great harmonica boom of the 70s and 80s Starts as great folk rock but becomes meh rock towards the end and it’s a bit repetitive, Neil young also says some crazy shit unprompted on this album

There's A Riot Goin' On

Sly & The Family Stone

5/5

Right in the face of Marvin Gaye

Live At The Harlem Square Club

Sam Cooke

4/5

Oh what I’d pay to attend this concert

Music in Exile

Songhoy Blues

4/5

I’m usually not a huge fan of electric blues but the language difference brings more intrigue and when it breaks down into acoustic blues the songs a great and the groves are unique even if repetitive

Electric

The Cult

2/5

Meh I’ve never loved maximalist electric guitar

Hot Fuss

The Killers

3/5

An interesting mix of generic indie rock stuff and some interesting experimentation Mr Brightside somehow never gets old which should really happen

Vincebus Eruptum

Blue Cheer

5/5

For how raw and industrial the production and instrumentation is in this album the song still have such a groove This feels like the best concert anyone has ever seen in the bare basement of a factory This maybe be a considerable work of genius I worry about its replay-ability but right now it works

Amnesiac

Radiohead

4/5

I think I’m starting to get it

Juju

Siouxsie And The Banshees

3/5

They had me for the first couple songs but the instrumentals gotta worse as the album went on

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

Elton John

4/5

Some amazing songs mixed in with so really bad tracks (dirty girl and Jamaica jerk off)

Bert Jansch

5/5

Holy shit the guitar playing on this is fire, I love it. And Nick drake clearly took so much inspiration from Bert so I love it even more

Cross

Justice

2/5

Background video game music core. Some of them had a good grove but largely too repetitive for my taste

Led Zeppelin II

Led Zeppelin

3/5

I like parts of this album, like the drum solo is moby dick, but most of the time the songs are too long for their own good and Robert plant is definitely not my favorite vocalist

Rubber Soul

Beatles

5/5

This is my favorite Beatles album. An amazing mix of their original rock stuff and their more experimental instrumentation and holy shit does it slap

Raw Like Sushi

Neneh Cherry

2/5

Idk just not into it, felt a little repetitive

Better Living Through Chemistry

Fatboy Slim

1/5

geometry dash ahh music

The Doors

3/5

An interesting soundscape but I don’t really like Jim Morrisons vocals Also listen to Jose Felicianos cover of “Light My Fire”

All Hail the Queen

Queen Latifah

2/5

I don’t hate it Good 90s production with a Sly Stone sample in the first song But I lowkey don’t like any of the verses

John Prine

3/5

It just makes we want to listen to Bob Dylan Angel from Montgomery is fire tho

Blur

3/5

This does like 8 genres and usually worse than an actual artist in the genre But lowkey this probably should have a higher rating I just hate music this morning

Picture Book

Simply Red

3/5

A pretty good listen with a sneaky Talking Heads cover that is the highlight Bobby Caldwell meets Tears For Fears. Unfortunately not as good at either side as the original but still worth the listen

Playing With Fire

Spacemen 3

2/5

Too ambient for me right now, kinda background music GY!BE does it better

Honky Tonk Masquerade

Joe Ely

3/5

I just don’t love country styling more than folk and many of these could be great folk songs which would just be better Nonetheless the honky tonk honks and tonks

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness

The Smashing Pumpkins

4/5

Insanely consistent for a double album and consistently good at that

Two Dancers

Wild Beasts

4/5

This album is so fucking weird I love it

Bryter Layter

Nick Drake

5/5

My least favorite album of his

Mothership Connection

Parliament

5/5

It’s funkiest funk to ever funking funk George Clinton is a genius

Beautiful Freak

Eels

4/5

A collection of fantastic guitar hooks with pretty good songs attached

Modern Kosmology

Jane Weaver

3/5

Some good pop songs but more repetitive than I wanted them to be

Lost In The Dream

The War On Drugs

4/5

It’s just good rock music If only we had latched on to this and not arctic monkey

Birth Of The Cool

Miles Davis

4/5

He is cool and there’s no other words to describe it

Moon Safari

Air

3/5

really good background music

Central Reservation

Beth Orton

2/5

Meh just not my style, weird vibes

Seventeen Seconds

The Cure

2/5

I hate to say it I think but kinda boring

Lost Souls

Doves

3/5

There was so much pretty decent rock in the 2000 what happened

Tigermilk

Belle & Sebastian

5/5

I don’t even know how to really describe this is just so good

american dream

LCD Soundsystem

3/5

I just don’t think this caught me at the right time. The songs are too many songs in one and I only want to listen to like one song from each. Probably deserves a relisten when I’m more in the mood

Home Is Where The Music Is

Hugh Masekela

4/5

Surprisingly accessible jazz turning slowly into some truer more experimental stuff

Groovin'

The Young Rascals

3/5

Groovin is a great song but the rest a kinda of middling for me

Vespertine

Björk

3/5

Capital E experimental but it works so well, it also has way higher replay ability than one would expect

Deja Vu

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

5/5

Oh I should have bought that fucking Vinyl. Damn I didn’t know what I was missing

You're Living All Over Me

Dinosaur Jr.

3/5

A fun album but not a large amount of stand out tracks

Berlin

Lou Reed

3/5

Bruce Springsteen if he were less gruff and more self important

All Hope Is Gone

Slipknot

3/5

I liked this a lot more than I expected but it did get a bit stale by the second half

Ready To Die

The Notorious B.I.G.

5/5

A classic among classics

Isn't Anything

My Bloody Valentine

3/5

I wish it was on streaming and in better audio quality

Hms Fable

Shack

2/5

I was tricked by the first two songs

A Hard Day's Night

Beatles

4/5

I means it the Beatles, I’ll admit early Beatles can get a little repetitive but repeating the best rock ever can’t be that bad

Arc Of A Diver

Steve Winwood

2/5

huh

C'est Chic

CHIC

4/5

A vibe that could be a 5 but Le Freak unfortunately feels cheesy and there are some weird mixing choice that I don’t love

It's Blitz!

Yeah Yeah Yeahs

3/5

I was to harsh last time, but I still don’t love the singing

More Songs About Buildings And Food

Talking Heads

5/5

Talking heads had something a white man hasn’t had since, Groove

Third/Sister Lovers

Big Star

1/5

A no from me

The Holy Bible

Manic Street Preachers

2/5

Nah I’m good

Bossanova

Pixies

3/5

some bops but mostly meh

Vulgar Display Of Power

Pantera

1/5

who knew they could make a boring metal album

This Is Fats Domino

Fats Domino

3/5

It’s good doowap can get a little repetitive for me

Group Sex

Circle Jerks

2/5

It’s like kinda awesome but it’s not really an album Would be a cool concert tho

Kid A

Radiohead

4/5

If it was cold and dark and wintery it might hit like it did the first time but

Only By The Night

Kings of Leon

3/5

I enjoyed it more than I expected but it’s a little one noted

The Last Of The True Believers

Nanci Griffith

3/5

A little hit and miss but enjoyable

Fulfillingness' First Finale

Stevie Wonder

4/5

Classic Stevie

Modern Life Is Rubbish

Blur

2/5

Too British

Dare!

The Human League

5/5

I am robot

Wish You Were Here

Pink Floyd

3/5

I’ve never loved Pink Floyd it somehow feels too pretentious for me

Elephant

The White Stripes

2/5

Maybe I just don’t really like rock music

Physical Graffiti

Led Zeppelin

4/5

Now this is rock music

1977

Ash

3/5

Completely and utterly pretty okay

Let's Get It On

Marvin Gaye

5/5

sorry tac this is better than what’s going on

Space Ritual

Hawkwind

2/5

The first disc was better than the second

Bitches Brew

Miles Davis

4/5

I mean it’s miles, it’s a little crazy, a little wild, revolutionary

Maxinquaye

Tricky

2/5

some grooves but really repetitive and her voice can get annoying

Metallica

2/5

My favorite Metallica album so far

Violent Femmes

3/5

Could be a genuinely fantastic album if they stopped singing more

Car Wheels On A Gravel Road

Lucinda Williams

1/5

This feels so fake to me

Doggystyle

Snoop Dogg

2/5

I like most of the features but kinda one noted

Femi Kuti

3/5

Your favorite musician’s musician type stuff

Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

4/5

Better than that never sleep, more groovy

Tuesday Night Music Club

Sheryl Crow

1/5

This music is for someone but that someone is not me

What's Going On

Marvin Gaye

5/5

It is the most perfect production and orchestration and vocals and lyrics and timing and vibes of any album It’s like a movie score And it gave us “there’s a riot going on” in response

Before And After Science

Brian Eno

3/5

A fun listen with a cool vibe but nothing really struck me

S&M

Metallica

2/5

I wasn’t relistening to this so here’s my old review First, I don’t really like Metallica’s whole thing, second I don’t think the facts it’s a live album help my enjoyment any, third it was probably awesome to see live but over two hours of Metallica just in the ears is too much

Electric Warrior

T. Rex

4/5

I was much too hard on this the first time it’s fire

The Colour Of Spring

Talk Talk

2/5

I don’t like the singing

Destroyer

KISS

3/5

Actually kinda really fun

John Barleycorn Must Die

Traffic

3/5

Kinda fun but a little repetitive and I still don’t like Steve winwoods guitar playing

The Queen Is Dead

The Smiths

4/5

I like the smiths. I don’t love the smiths. But this is a great Halloween listen

Halcyon Digest

Deerhunter

5/5

I mean it’s such perfect shoegaze dream pop stuff but with a little more indie rock in there to make it hit even harder

MTV Unplugged In New York

Nirvana

2/5

Nirvana always gives me bad vibes

Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

2/5

For this to work Nick Cave needs to have aura and this just insane aura to me O Children is gas tho

Fred Neil

4/5

You can definitely tell he was making music around the time of Bob Dylan just with more rock elements

Movies

Holger Czukay

3/5

Weird I think it’s grow on me if I listen to it again

Siamese Dream

The Smashing Pumpkins

2/5

Maybe I don’t like the smashing pumpkins

The Genius Of Ray Charles

Ray Charles

4/5

Oh fuck me up ray

Aha Shake Heartbreak

Kings of Leon

2/5

Literally didn’t even notice it starting or it ending

Mott

Mott The Hoople

2/5

Glam rock: the musical

Ellington at Newport

Duke Ellington

3/5

It’s fun just not my favorite type of jazz

McCartney

Paul McCartney

3/5

This is a bunch of ideas Paul McCartney had so he put them in an album Some of them are good

New Forms

Roni Size

1/5

This is bad, okay it is pretty bad, but more than that it’s just lame #musicansshouldntbeallowedtomakelamemusic

Siembra

Willie Colón & Rubén Blades

5/5

Maybe cause I listened to this night after New Form but what else do you even need out of music other than this

OK Computer

Radiohead

5/5

This is their opus It’s perfect

Bright Flight

Silver Jews

4/5

I’m a sucker for anything with those guitar

Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde

The Pharcyde

3/5

Great flows over great beats, Just not my favorite verse of all time

The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill

Lauryn Hill

4/5

It’s really good rnb like really really good rnb but my mind isn’t a blown as I was kind of expecting

Miriam Makeba

4/5

I love world music Sucks that we are so racist

Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim

Frank Sinatra

3/5

I didn’t love this as much as I wanted to. I think I just don’t love Sinatra completely Jobim > Sinatra

Wild Is The Wind

Nina Simone

4/5

Now how is this the only Nina record on this thing. It good but it should be put a spell on you

Blonde On Blonde

Bob Dylan

3/5

Unpopular opinion I don’t love this album it sometimes feels like self parody but that’s okay Bob it’s still a jam

Deserter's Songs

Mercury Rev

3/5

I’m not sure what to think about this album it’s doing so much stuff

If I Should Fall From Grace With God

The Pogues

1/5

I really don’t like the singing on this. The whole album feels like a joke that I don’t find funny. As close to a DNF as I’ve ever gotten

American IV: The Man Comes Around

Johnny Cash

4/5

A great collections of covers and originals (?)(they may all be covers) that is given all the gravitates and important of a great man looking back on his life

Surrealistic Pillow

Jefferson Airplane

3/5

Amazing early psych rock sound but a bit too long of an album for me. I wish it was super quick and hit a little harder

Elvis Is Back

Elvis Presley

3/5

It’s Elvis. It’s fun but nothing revolutionary anymore

Hot Shots II

The Beta Band

2/5

This was a nothing album. Only cool thing was the daydream sample

The Köln Concert

Keith Jarrett

4/5

Only great piano can make you moan that much

Strangeways, Here We Come

The Smiths

3/5

It’s good but a swear all their songs sound the same

Django Django

3/5

It’s fun but feels too long and I’m probably not revisiting

Aftermath

The Rolling Stones

3/5

It’s good, it’s better than their earlier stuff and you can sort of see where they are headed into the peak of their career

Abraxas

Santana

3/5

I was too harsh on it the first time I listened but still just don’t low this type of rock that much

Walking Wounded

Everything But The Girl

2/5

A bit too lowkey for me

Haunted Dancehall

The Sabres Of Paradise

2/5

Like it’s just bad but it’s also just kinda nothing

Tres Hombres

ZZ Top

2/5

It’s just such boring rock music

Guitar Town

Steve Earle

5/5

I mean this is just kinda my shit

Psychocandy

The Jesus And Mary Chain

3/5

It’s good, reminiscent of mbv just not as perfectly put together

Songs Of Leonard Cohen

Leonard Cohen

3/5

I wish I liked Leonard cohen more but I just can’t get it

Kollaps

Einstürzende Neubauten

2/5

I like raw punk metal stuff like this but they never lend well it an album, sits in the same place as that circle jerks album

Life Thru A Lens

Robbie Williams

3/5

Just makes me want to listen to Oasis

Hysteria

Def Leppard

2/5

Hard rock is a misnomer

Boston

2/5

Royalty free rock music

Ragged Glory

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

3/5

Bring back folk Neil young I want folk Neil young

Harvest

Neil Young

4/5

Neil at his best

Raw Power

The Stooges

3/5

I mean the name kinda says it all, it’s raw vibe power throwing shit in a concrete basement but with some actually nice guitar playing

Scream, Dracula, Scream

Rocket From The Crypt

1/5

heh heh that sucked

Behaviour

Pet Shop Boys

2/5

Too British for my little American brain

At Budokan

Cheap Trick

2/5

Seems like not the right introduction to cheap trick And the mixing is bad

Hybrid Theory

Linkin Park

3/5

Vocals are fire, instrumentation is epic, the rapping is bad

Adele

4/5

One of if not the most important pop record of the 21th century

Paul's Boutique

Beastie Boys

2/5

Sample game is fire but I just don’t like their rapping tone

Born To Run

Bruce Springsteen

3/5

Some great rock music but not better than born in the USA

Time Out Of Mind

Bob Dylan

3/5

Good blues rock just not what I go to Bob Dylan for

After The Gold Rush

Neil Young

4/5

Some more peak Neil young

Marquee Moon

Television

5/5

CBGB’s was really just pumping out heat in the late 70s

Can't Buy A Thrill

Steely Dan

5/5

Only steely Dan can have the first lyric of a song be felonious and it still be a banger

Heaven Or Las Vegas

Cocteau Twins

3/5

While CCF is an all timer I found myself not enjoying this as much as I wanted to