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Album	You	Global	Diff
Brown Sugar	5	2.91	+2.09
Sheet Music	5	2.96	+2.04
Reggatta De Blanc	5	3.45	+1.55
Five Leaves Left	5	3.47	+1.53
Jazz Samba	5	3.56	+1.44
People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm	5	3.61	+1.39
The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill	5	3.63	+1.37
Grace	5	3.71	+1.29
The Stranger	5	3.86	+1.14
Larks' Tongues In Aspic	4	2.99	+1.01

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Albums you rated lower than global average

Album	You	Global	Diff
Seventeen Seconds	1	3.38	-2.38
Raw Power	1	3.32	-2.32
Pornography	1	3.32	-2.32
Deserter's Songs	1	3.02	-2.02
Kick Out The Jams (Live)	1	2.91	-1.91
Cut	1	2.71	-1.71
Rust Never Sleeps	2	3.53	-1.53
Darkness on the Edge of Town	2	3.42	-1.42
Sincere	1	2.38	-1.38
Smash	2	3.38	-1.38

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Seventeen Seconds

The Cure

1/5

Opening song is a bit tame "Play For Today": cool bassline, fun guitar playing, upbeat drumming. Nothing really happens in the song Ugh, this album just isn't for me it's a bit boring, and the vocalist is a bit whiney "A Forest" is fine, more dynamic song, understandable that this is the most popular song Will likely never listen to this album again 🤷

Crime Of The Century

Supertramp

3/5

The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill

Lauryn Hill

5/5

back-to-back bangers, amazing album

Nevermind

Nirvana

4/5

Great album, though i prefer In Utero

Jagged Little Pill

Alanis Morissette

4/5

Great Album, vocal performance is really good.

Ramones

4/5

Great Album, fun and bouncy. Listened with headphones, which was a little annoying with the hard panning of rhythm instruments on the left channel, melodic in the right, and vocals in center. Switching to Mono made it sound a bit weak. But this is not a criticism on the album, only a minor annoyance

Rust Never Sleeps

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

2/5

Not for me

Blue Lines

Massive Attack

3/5

Quite chill Didn't really move me in any way The duo vocals got stale quickly It was okay, won't be adding it to my library, but it was a pleasant enough listen I give it a 3 Score chart: 5 - Adding it, and will listen to it several more times 4 - I liked it, might listen to it again a few times 3 - It was okay, worthwhile listen, not opposed to listening to it again 2 - Not my style, or just didn't hit for me, probably won't listen to it again 1 - I did not like it, unwilling to hear it again

Vol. 4

Black Sabbath

4/5

hadn't heard this song before, but thought Black Sabbath was not my kind of music at all. I was positively surprised, the album has a lot of different sounding songs, with very different vibes to them. 4

O.G. Original Gangster

Ice T

3/5

a funny album, not quite my style but I can see the appeal

Brown Sugar

D'Angelo

5/5

Hell yeah! Incredible album

Five Leaves Left

Nick Drake

5/5

amazing album, love it I do believe Pink Moon is a stronger album, but this is still a masterpiece

The Stranger

Billy Joel

5/5

such an iconic album, just classic song back-to-back easy 5

You're Living All Over Me

Dinosaur Jr.

2/5

I mean its fine the guitar sound is very harsh, which is cool vocals are a bit weak

At San Quentin

Johnny Cash

4/5

Johhny Cash is really funny 4

Ellington at Newport

Duke Ellington

3/5

It was very long only had time to listen to about half of it, but what i did listen to was very good! wayyy to much talking between songs, was that normal in the 50s?

Exodus

Bob Marley & The Wailers

4/5

Yes !!

Endtroducing.....

DJ Shadow

4/5

i like the vibes, really good to work to

Strangeways, Here We Come

The Smiths

4/5

I liked it

John Barleycorn Must Die

Traffic

2/5

Glad: really fun and energetic. The saxophone and piano sound amazing, Freedom Rider: Not as fun as the previous, flute sounds really good, vocals are weak. all the instruments feel detached from each other somehow. Weakest song on the record IMO Empty Pages: Great bass line, and the vocals are much better here. I like a good organ shredding as much as the next person, but I think the organist at a few points drags it out a bit long, so it lost its coolness. Other than that, the organ is really really cool. Stranger To Himself: Its fine, a bit much "guitar virtuoso"-ing for my taste John Barleycorn: weak vocals again, but the acoustic guitar sounds great, and the flute is great again. The duet makes the vocals worse in my opinion. A vocalist with a stronger voice would make this song alot better, and drop the duet Every Mother's Son: Vocals almost do it for me, the song is okay i guess i am torn between a 2 and a 3

Crazysexycool

TLC

3/5

Its good, a bit weird to listen to it while working due to the moaning in some tracks. but overall a solid album

A Rush Of Blood To The Head

Coldplay

4/5

Classic Coldplay. I consider Parachutes a better album, but this is a solid album in its own right.

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

The Kinks

3/5

A lot of really songs. Some misses. Vocals can be a bit weak at times. I liked it, but not enough to listen to it more

Funeral

Arcade Fire

3/5

I mean I see the appeal, if i was an angsty teen when this was released, I would probably be all over this. There are a lot of solid songs in this album. The vocals are a little whiney at times, which is the point i guess 🤷 In the Backseat is probably my favorite song on the record.

Raw Power

The Stooges

1/5

Oof The first song is a real struggle to listen through. It sounds like the shitty unmastered demo a friend of yours sends to you to see if you like it. Some of the other songs pick up, but never to the point of me liking it.

British Steel

Judas Priest

2/5

Just not my style,

My Aim Is True

Elvis Costello

3/5

its alright

Green River

Creedence Clearwater Revival

4/5

I had never really heard alot of Creedence Clearwarer, other than the obvious songs. But i really like this album, not my usual style, but i really enjoyed it.

Dookie

Green Day

4/5

Weird rating an album i have listened to plenty before, when i was younger and angrier. It is still a solid album, classic green day. I won't be re-adding it to my rotation, so that makes it a 4

Sincere

Mj Cole

1/5

Way too long, didn't get through it. Feels weird that this is on the list at all? Checked the score, and it places the bottom 20 of albums reviewed on this site, which makes sense. It does sound like some cool PS2 era main menu music for a racing game or something, but 2 hours of that is pushing it

Raw Like Sushi

Neneh Cherry

2/5

Not my style, a bit cheesy

Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

Wilco

3/5

It's relaxing to listen to. a bit on the boring side, but nothing bad to say about it either.

Tusk

Fleetwood Mac

4/5

Heard very little fleetwood mac before, other than the most popular songs. This seems more folky. I like it

L.A. Woman

The Doors

3/5

This kind of rock isn't exactly my vibe. Some of the songs are fun, but damn do rock bands like guitar solos 🙃

Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)

Wu-Tang Clan

4/5

Never really heard any Wu-tang songs. Makes me really want to play a skateboard game.

The Village Green Preservation Society

The Kinks

4/5

Very fun

The Clash

4/5

This is a fun album

Hybrid Theory

Linkin Park

3/5

There are some iconic songs on this album, and i recognise that Linkin Park is a popular and highly influential band. Their music is just not for me 🤷 3

Kick Out The Jams (Live)

MC5

1/5

This was exhausting to listen to.

Dry

PJ Harvey

3/5

It was fine

Darkness on the Edge of Town

Bruce Springsteen

2/5

Previously, i'd barely heard any of Bruce Springsteen's songs, besides the most famous ones. I struggle to appreciate Bruce Springsteen's songs. This album, even more. There is nothing wrong with any of the songs, I am struggling with coming with any meaningful critique, but I am still not enjoying it. I am just not feeling anything when listening to it.

Violator

Depeche Mode

4/5

Very well produced! Enjoying this. Had only heard of Depeche Mode by name The songs do seem a bit too similar to each other for my tastes. 3 or 4

Rock 'N Soul

Solomon Burke

4/5

very nice

Club Classics Vol. One

Soul II Soul

2/5

a few good songs. alot of mid songs. a few terrible ones

Grace

Jeff Buckley

5/5

Very very nice!

Honky Tonk Heroes

Waylon Jennings

3/5

A good listen 3 or 4

The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady

Charles Mingus

4/5

I read that this was an avant-garde jazz album before listning to it, which helped me set my expectations. This is not an easy album to listen to. It goes everywhere, and switches up the genres at the drop of a hat. I usually listen to my 1001-album of the day, at work. This is not a good album to listen to while working. But consider all that, i really like it. I doubt i'll listen to it, again though

Jazz Samba

Stan Getz

5/5

This is an amazingly good bossa nova album.

Here Come The Warm Jets

Brian Eno

4/5

Really cool sound, very entertaining to listen to

Zombie

Fela Kuti

4/5

Very cool!

Larks' Tongues In Aspic

King Crimson

4/5

Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots

The Flaming Lips

4/5

Really fun album

Thriller

Michael Jackson

5/5

Highway 61 Revisited

Bob Dylan

4/5

Red Headed Stranger

Willie Nelson

3/5

Sheet Music

10cc

5/5

I'd neither heard of the album, nor the band. But this was really good. Stylistically it is all over the place, switching up the feel of a song mid-track, but it works. Some songs sound a bit like Queen, some like the Beach Boys, then suddenly the bongo drums are brought out, or a sudden samba bossa nova break. I love it. This band sounds like they have a lot of fun creating music. Easily a 5

Physical Graffiti

Led Zeppelin

3/5

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

Beatles

4/5

Live At The Harlem Square Club

Sam Cooke

4/5

Broken English

Marianne Faithfull

2/5

A bit boring really 2

Deserter's Songs

Mercury Rev

1/5

Ugh, just no. 1

People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm

A Tribe Called Quest

5/5

Absolute banger! 5

3 Feet High and Rising

De La Soul

3/5

really weird, but super funny 3

Superunknown

Soundgarden

3/5

Moon Safari

Air

4/5

Cut

The Slits

1/5

I did not like it.

Reggatta De Blanc

The Police

5/5

The classic 5

Harvest

Neil Young

3/5

From Elvis In Memphis

Elvis Presley

4/5

All Hope Is Gone

Slipknot

3/5

I mean its slipknot 🤷 I usually listen to my daily album at work, and Slipknot isn't my first choice for working music exactly 😅 I had a metal phase when i was 18, and i can enjoy some metal, but i rarely seek it out on my own volition.

They Were Wrong, So We Drowned

Liars

2/5

At Mister Kelly's

Sarah Vaughan

4/5

Blue

Joni Mitchell

3/5

Hypocrisy Is The Greatest Luxury

The Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy

3/5