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Album	You	Global	Diff
Cloud Nine The Temptations	5	3.41	+1.59
Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music Ray Charles	5	3.49	+1.51
Metallica Metallica	5	3.79	+1.21
I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You Aretha Franklin	5	3.94	+1.06

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere Neil Young & Crazy Horse	2	3.54	-1.54
Violent Femmes Violent Femmes	2	3.5	-1.5
Illinois Sufjan Stevens	2	3.5	-1.5
En-Tact The Shamen	1	2.43	-1.43
Risque CHIC	2	3.27	-1.27
The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars David Bowie	3	4.26	-1.26
Architecture And Morality Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark	2	3.06	-1.06
The Good, The Bad & The Queen The Good, The Bad & The Queen	2	3.03	-1.03
Ray Of Light Madonna	2	3	-1

5-Star Albums (4)

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Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music

Ray Charles · 1 likes

5/5

Great album! I can't say I love every song on it individually, but I do love the entire album.

Cloud Nine

The Temptations · 1 likes

5/5

Just a really good album. It's probably a 4.5 because of the 9 minute sing that could've easily been 4 minutes shorter... but I'm still gonna round up. I'd buy this on vinyl.

1-Star Albums (2)

D.O.A. the Third and Final Report of Throbbing Gristle

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This Nation’s Saving Grace

The Fall

2/5

Songs just seem to have a guitar riff that repeats infinitely while a few words are spoken over it. Honestly, I was ready for it to be over by song 4, but it did get a bit better towards the second half. I guess I'd classify it as art-punk. I just can't tell if I don't like it, or if I just don't like all of it at once.

Deep Purple In Rock

Deep Purple

3/5

7 songs in 42-ish minutes... including a 10 minute song and two more over 7 minutes each. Probably more like 3.5 stars. I doubt I'll listen to the whole album again, but I wouldn't be opposed to it. Overall vibe is great.

The Velvet Underground

3/5

Definitely good songs on here, but many just went on way longer than necessary. It loses at least 1 star just for "The Murder Mystery... beatnick-style nonsense read over noise. That's nine minutes of my life I'll never get back. 😄

The Gershwin Songbook

Ella Fitzgerald

4/5

Amazing, iconic voice. I just didn't have time to get through the whole album... It's over 3 hours long. But, I could easily see just throwing it on for some atmosphere when doing stuff around the house. It deserves more than that, though.

Talking Book

Stevie Wonder

4/5

Solid album. "Maybe Your Baby" went on too long, but other than that, no complaints.

Music From Big Pink

The Band

3/5

Not bad. "The Weight" is obviously a classic, but I don't have a huge desire to listen to the entire album again.

Odelay

Beck

3/5

Interesting. Two songs I'm very familiar with and a bunch of songs that sound familiar. But, I think it's because they just sound like Beck. Another good background album... except when "Where It's At" comes on.

Violent Femmes

2/5

"Blister in the Sun" is the only one I recognized, and now I know why. Some of the songs were interesting or funny, but I wouldn't exactly can them good.

Architecture And Morality

Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark

2/5

Another one of those albums where I could appreciate the concept, and even the execution, but i was just bored.

Faith

George Michael

4/5

Hidden gems mixed among a slew of hits. I would definitely revisit this one.

Illinois

Sufjan Stevens

2/5

I like the album's cover art, but the music isn't for me.

Electric Warrior

T. Rex

3/5

Bang a gong, then move along. Nothing else really stuck out... not terrible, though.

Who Killed...... The Zutons?

The Zutons

4/5

Quirky, but in a really cool way.

Master Of Puppets

Metallica

4/5

I mean, of course I'm gonna like this one. Although, I think it's the first time I've actually listened to it in one sitting.

Halcyon Digest

Deerhunter

3/5

Pretty chill, but maybe too chill. I got bored. Not bad... just not for me.

Songs From The Big Chair

Tears For Fears

4/5

First time I've listened to the full album. I never realized there's a whole other song that leads directly into Head Over Heels. It's really the three hits that kept me into this one, but the rest is solid, too.

Vulnicura

Björk

2/5

Yeah... it's Bjork.

Sea Change

Beck

4/5

Really well done... I'd just have to be feeling some kind of way to listen to the whole thing again. I think it's probably a 3.5 for me, but it's good enough to round up.

Hot Shots II

The Beta Band

3/5

Not terrible. I don't have any desire to listen to it again, but if I were making a movie, I could see using a couple of songs on my soundtrack. "Squares" just has that kind of vibe.

Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music

Ray Charles

5/5

Great album! I can't say I love every song on it individually, but I do love the entire album.

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

David Bowie

3/5

It's not bad. I just never really got Bowie, and I still don't. But, I can definitely see how it would've been cool when it first came out in '72. It's just ok.

Private Dancer

Tina Turner

3/5

Better than I expected. I mean, you can't deny What's Love Got to Do with It and Better Be Good to Me... but there were some other good songs, too. I dug her cover of I Can't Stand the Rain. Probably a 3.5, but I'm rounding down because I know I'll never listen to most of these again.

Talvin Singh

2/5

Production quality was great... everything sounded nice. But, musically it's not for me. I can appreciate it, especially the percussion, but it was just different versions of the same thing for an hour.

Forever Changes

Love

3/5

Started off pretty strong. About halfway through, the lyrics got kinda cheesy... like if there was a stereotypical 60s hippy band in a sitcom kind of cheesy. But, I didn't hate his vocals... or the music. There's some songs in here that is revisit, but I'm not sure about the entire album. I think it's another 3.5 rounded down.

Is This It

The Strokes

4/5

First time listening to the entire album, and it's damn good. It's higher than a 4, but not quite a 5.

I’ve Got a Tiger By the Tail

Buck Owens

3/5

It's filled with songs my grandma would walk around the house singing. For that nostalgia alone, it gets 3 stars. The fact that there all classics gets it a 4th... but the fact that I'll never listen to the entire album again loses it.

The Good, The Bad & The Queen

2/5

I was gonna say it sounds like Gorillaz, only boring. Then, I read it's actually a supergroup fronted by David Albarn of Blur... and Gorillaz. He describes it as a project... not a band. And, that kinda makes everything on the album make more sense. But, it's still not great. "Nature Springs" and "Three Changes" were the only real standouts.

En-Tact

The Shamen

1/5

Nah. I know it has it's place, but the only way I could ever see myself listening to it again is if someone slipped me some acid.

Pornography

The Cure

3/5

Not my favorite Cure album. Probably won't give it another full listen, but not bad.

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

The Kinks

3/5

Pretty good. I'm not dying to hear it from start to finish again, but I could give it another listen.

The Village Green Preservation Society

The Kinks

3/5

Copy/ paste notes from previous Kinks album.

Honky Tonk Masquerade

Joe Ely

2/5

70s Country... just ok.

Ray Of Light

Madonna

2/5

I guess this is when she started down the electronic path of music. Not great.

D.O.A. the Third and Final Report of Throbbing Gristle

Throbbing Gristle

1/5

WTF was that? It's only music in the sense that random noises played simultaneously can technically be considered music. But no... absolutely not. 0 stars

I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You

Aretha Franklin

5/5

Great album. Respect probably gets the most attention, but the title track is outstanding... and then A Change is Gonna Come wraps it all up beautifully. Not a bad song in the bunch.

Let's Stay Together

Al Green

3/5

First song is an undeniable classic. The rest of the album just didn't grab me the same way. Not bad... just nothing else that really stood out.

Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

2/5

Not for me. I guess it's technically fine... I was just bored.

Ritual De Lo Habitual

Jane's Addiction

3/5

Two really good songs and the other 7 are mid at best. I don't need to hear the whole thing again.

London Calling

The Clash

4/5

This album has it all... in both style and quality. There's punk influence.. reggae... blues... rock, etc. There's classics... hidden gems... and time wasters. Overall, I know I'm coming back to the full album at some point, but I may skip a track here and there.

Suede

3/5

I didn't think I was going to like this at all, but it's not bad. In fact, it's good for what it is... it's just that what it is isn't my favorite. But, there's definitely good songs on here that I'll revisit... just not the whole album.

Calenture

The Triffids

3/5

Not bad. I won't lie, I sped through most of the songs because I thought it was 2 full disc's of songs... but the second was just demo versions of the first. Anyway... what i heard was pretty good. Again, it's not something I'm going to go back and listen to all the way through, but I also wouldn't rush to skip any of the songs if they popped up on a playlist.

Cloud Nine

The Temptations

5/5

Just a really good album. It's probably a 4.5 because of the 9 minute sing that could've easily been 4 minutes shorter... but I'm still gonna round up. I'd buy this on vinyl.

A Walk Across The Rooftops

The Blue Nile

3/5

Musically, it's good... I'm just not interested. Tinseltown in the Rain is with another listen, but nothing else really stood out. I'm gonna ring up my 2.5.

Metallica

5/5

I'm not the biggest Metallica fan in the world, but I've always appreciated them. And this album is just full of bangers. I'd probably give it a 4.5, but it's gotta be rounded up.

Gasoline Alley

Rod Stewart

3/5

The songs are solid, and I dig Rod Stewart. But nothing really jumped out at me until the the last song... the bass tone and funky line was cool. But overall, I don't really see choosing to revisit the entire album. But, if somebody else put it on, I wouldn't have a problem with it. 3.5... rounded down.

Risque

CHIC

2/5

There's only 7 tracks that total 36 minutes... but the first 3 are over 20 of those minutes. There's no need for Good Times to be 8 minutes long... and that's the best track on the album.