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Album	You	Global	Diff
Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds	5	3.32	+1.68
Hounds Of Love Kate Bush	5	3.62	+1.38
Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness The Smashing Pumpkins	5	3.68	+1.32
Disintegration The Cure	5	3.86	+1.14
London Calling The Clash	5	3.97	+1.03
Imperial Bedroom Elvis Costello & The Attractions	4	3	+1

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Machine Head Deep Purple	1	3.58	-2.58
Moving Pictures Rush	1	3.57	-2.57
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy Kanye West	1	3.4	-2.4
Doggystyle Snoop Dogg	1	3.37	-2.37
The College Dropout Kanye West	1	3.31	-2.31
A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector Various Artists	1	3.3	-2.3
The Renaissance Q-Tip	1	3.24	-2.24
Kind Of Blue Miles Davis	2	4.05	-2.05
The Last Broadcast Doves	1	3.05	-2.05
All That You Can't Leave Behind U2	1	2.98	-1.98

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My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

Kanye West · 1 likes

1/5

Refuse to listen to fascists.

american dream

LCD Soundsystem · 1 likes

4/5

Loved this. Such a rich tapestry of genres, all done to perfection

1-Star Albums (12)

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector

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Daydream Nation

Sonic Youth

4/5

Really like the raw noise-rock sound. Can see it's roots spreading to both grunge and shoegaze. Reminds me our early Hole and Smashing Pumpkins, but also Sin-é era Jeff Buckley.

Cloud Nine

The Temptations

4/5

Really well rounded and accomplished for this style of music. Perhaps not as catchy as some soul hits, but more substance too them.

Gorillaz

3/5

Really varied album. Every song is different to the last. Prefer the slow Trip Hop tracks.

Heroes

David Bowie

4/5

Half rock album, half art project. All excellent

Ten

Pearl Jam

2/5

One of those albums I always start of enjoying but it gets very samey and by the time I get to the end of the ironically named 9 minute 'Release' I'm begging for exactly that. Favourite track: Evenflow

Kind Of Blue

Miles Davis

2/5

Not my cup of tea but you can recognise it is a masterpiece of it's genre.

Lust For Life

Iggy Pop

4/5

Another triumph of the Berlin era. You can very much hear the Bowie influences but it is lifted up by Iggy's unique vocals.

All That You Can't Leave Behind

1/5

What is this doing in the list? By this point it was clear U2 had lost their unique voice and this is bog standard fayer.

Music From The Penguin Cafe

Penguin Cafe Orchestra

3/5

Really surprising. Like a well performed score from an obscure soviet cartoon.

Sound of Silver

LCD Soundsystem

3/5

1984

Van Halen

2/5

Not bad for hair metal. Stupid childish lyrics but the addition of synths makes the music interesting.

In Utero

Nirvana

4/5

Classic. Grunge's high water mark.

Billion Dollar Babies

Alice Cooper

3/5

Not his most recognisable hits but proves there is a lot more to his art than the loud public persona.

Vol. 4

Black Sabbath

2/5

Very good. The one metal band I actually enjoy consistently.

Inspiration Information

Shuggie Otis

3/5

A real find. Had never heard of the album or artist but really enjoyed it.

The College Dropout

Kanye West

1/5

Fascist scum. Refuse to play it.

The Slim Shady LP

Eminem

2/5

Musically good and I get that a lot of the lyrics are from a character, not a person. But the misogyny and homophobia is still a challenge.

Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle

Bill Callahan

4/5

Really great. Never heard of this but will be buying it now. Best album on my list so far.

Pet Sounds

The Beach Boys

4/5

Absolute classic. Would be on my 101 list, never mind 1001.

Moving Pictures

Rush

1/5

I'm sure it is a great example of this style of prog rock but I just don't get it.

Raising Hell

Run-D.M.C.

4/5

Brilliant. Probably the best Hip Hop album I've listened to.

Van Halen

3/5

Not bad. Better than the other Van Halen album on the list simply because it isn't so childish.

The Score

Fugees

3/5

Ah this takes me back. Great in most places but is guilty of some filler. The songs that follow the style of rap with sung choruses seem to be the best.

Red Dirt Girl

Emmylou Harris

1/5

Don't get how an album with only mild acclaim makes this list. It has a little more musical depth than a lot of country music, but is otherwise typical country fayre.

At Budokan

Cheap Trick

3/5

Great live rock performance, let down by a poor quality recording. The Beatlemania type screaming from the crowd is weird.

My Generation

The Who

3/5

A step forward for rock but still heavily influenced by 60s harmonised guitar pop in places.

Blur

3/5

Much better than I remember as a teen. Very multilayered.

The Slider

T. Rex

4/5

Excellent. A band at the peak of their powers.

The Real Thing

Faith No More

3/5

Very good. Variety in style from Funk Rock to Heavy Metal.

Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1

George Michael

2/5

A new side, quite far from his pop roots. A more cynical artist.

OK Computer

Radiohead

5/5

One of my all time top 10. Still an absolute classic.

Rumours

Fleetwood Mac

5/5

One of the greatest albums of all time.

Machine Head

Deep Purple

1/5

Meh

Me Against The World

2Pac

2/5

Imperial Bedroom

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

4/5

Gorgeous album. Poetic lyrics and an ambitious sound scape.

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

Beatles

5/5

Unquestioned classic. Such an impressive soundscape.

Ellington at Newport

Duke Ellington

2/5

Great as far as jazz goes, but not for me.

Golden Hour

Kacey Musgraves

3/5

Pretty good. Very chillded

Killing Joke

3/5

Not perfect in its own right, but you can trace so many genres back to this sound. Goth Rock, industrial Rock, Grunge and Shoegaze.

The Sun Rises In The East

Jeru The Damaja

2/5

Pretty good. Catchy hooks and performance.

Live At Leeds

The Who

4/5

Exceptional live album and they'd only get better.

Diamond Life

Sade

4/5

Really good. Very smooth both musically and as a vocal performance.

Amnesiac

Radiohead

3/5

Much better than I thought it was when released.

Music for the Masses

Depeche Mode

3/5

A bit front ended. But classic broody synth pop.

Blood Sugar Sex Magik

Red Hot Chili Peppers

3/5

Genre defining classic. Runs on a little long but still a great.

Blood On The Tracks

Bob Dylan

3/5

In a body of work that I'm not usually fusses about, this is a great exception.

Purple Rain

Prince

4/5

Surely the best title track of all time.

Arular

M.I.A.

2/5

Great elements but not sure I enjoy the whole.

Paranoid

Black Sabbath

4/5

Classic. Three huge hits but there is so much more beyond it.

Tidal

Fiona Apple

3/5

Great find. Bits of Tori Amos, PJ Harvey and Alanis Morrisette but quite clearly her own amalgamated style.

Darkness on the Edge of Town

Bruce Springsteen

3/5

Very good. His act is fully formed even at this early stage.

Californication

Red Hot Chili Peppers

3/5

Haven't heard this in years but it quickly came flooding back. Great album.

Clandestino

Manu Chao

2/5

Don't Come Home A Drinkin' (With Lovin' On Your Mind)

Loretta Lynn

2/5

Surprisingly good for country music. She actually has something to say and there is just enough musical variety to make it through

Fuzzy Logic

Super Furry Animals

2/5

Decent but nothing special.

The World is a Ghetto

War

2/5

Music in Exile

Songhoy Blues

3/5

Can't understand the singing in their native Songhai but musically alone it is great

Triangle

The Beau Brummels

2/5

Innovative psychedelic album.

Remedy

Basement Jaxx

2/5

In Our Heads

Hot Chip

4/5

Catch electronica. Well written songs.

Electric Warrior

T. Rex

4/5

Meat Is Murder

The Smiths

3/5

Doesn't hit the heights of Queen is Dead but still very good.

Green River

Creedence Clearwater Revival

2/5

Foxbase Alpha

Saint Etienne

3/5

Decent mix of indie dance and fresh pop.

Headquarters

The Monkees

2/5

Much more mature and dark than I expected. Not just kiddy pop.

Head Hunters

Herbie Hancock

2/5

Super funky

Franz Ferdinand

3/5

A very consistent style. Well delivered

Feast of Wire

Calexico

2/5

Appetite For Destruction

Guns N' Roses

3/5

Three absolute classics is impressive for a debut album

Talk Talk Talk

The Psychedelic Furs

3/5

Decent post punk effort

Back In Black

AC/DC

4/5

Classic. I'm not always into hard work rock but love this.

In A Silent Way

Miles Davis

2/5

The Renaissance

Q-Tip

1/5

All right but doesn't seem worthy of this list.

Mothership Connection

Parliament

3/5

Very smoooooooth funk

New Wave

The Auteurs

3/5

Doggystyle

Snoop Dogg

1/5

Seventeen Seconds

The Cure

4/5

Such a step forward in one year from their debut it is incredible. Much more musical depth and their signature sound, at least for this early era, shines though.

En-Tact

The Shamen

2/5

All individual tracks are great, but due to its length and all the remixes, it gets repetitive in the end.

Disintegration

The Cure

5/5

Greatest. Album. Of. All. Time

3 Years, 5 Months And 2 Days In The Life Of...

Arrested Development

3/5

Enjoyed this. Good to have some 90s hip hop with a positive message. Does get a but religious in places, but not enough to spoil it.

Nevermind

Nirvana

5/5

An all time classic. Grunge's high point.

Harvest

Neil Young

4/5

Really good.

Hot Buttered Soul

Isaac Hayes

3/5

Cheesy as hell but still really good

The Last Broadcast

Doves

1/5

Terrible Coldplay imitation. Terrible immigration of a terrible band.

Deep Purple In Rock

Deep Purple

2/5

Achtung Baby

4/5

The last great U2 album.

The White Album

Beatles

3/5

Leftism

Leftfield

2/5

In The Court Of The Crimson King

King Crimson

4/5

Exile In Guyville

Liz Phair

3/5

Decent find

Power In Numbers

Jurassic 5

2/5

Songs In The Key Of Life

Stevie Wonder

4/5

Classic. So many styles in one album.

Ill Communication

Beastie Boys

3/5

Great multi genre upbeat album.

Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

3/5

Tea for the Tillerman

Cat Stevens

3/5

At Mister Kelly's

Sarah Vaughan

3/5

Rio

Duran Duran

4/5

The Last Of The True Believers

Nanci Griffith

3/5

Cafe Bleu

The Style Council

1/5

Aja

Steely Dan

2/5

I Should Coco

Supergrass

4/5

Siamese Dream

The Smashing Pumpkins

4/5

Classic album that contains my favourite ever song, Disarm.

L'Eau Rouge

The Young Gods

2/5

Surprisingly good for a french language industrial rock record.

Gentlemen

The Afghan Whigs

3/5

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector

Various Artists

1/5

Joan Armatrading

4/5

My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

Kanye West

1/5

Refuse to listen to fascists.

John Prine

3/5

Album of two halves. First half great protest songs, second half country slop.

Low-Life

New Order

3/5

Great midpoint album in the band's career. The synth dance is clearer than ever but still driven by Hooky's brilliant atmospheric bass lines.

Bandwagonesque

Teenage Fanclub

3/5

Iron Maiden

3/5

Sticky Fingers

The Rolling Stones

4/5

Peak stones. Hard to believe this is 55 years old.

Beggars Banquet

The Rolling Stones

3/5

Cupid & Psyche 85

Scritti Politti

2/5

Locust Abortion Technician

Butthole Surfers

1/5

Jazz Samba

Stan Getz

2/5

Let's Get It On

Marvin Gaye

4/5

LP1

FKA twigs

3/5

Who Killed...... The Zutons?

The Zutons

3/5

Bad Company

2/5

Songs Of Leonard Cohen

Leonard Cohen

3/5

Violent Femmes

4/5

There's A Riot Goin' On

Sly & The Family Stone

2/5

Yank Crime

Drive Like Jehu

3/5

Ritual De Lo Habitual

Jane's Addiction

2/5

Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

5/5

A masterpiece from an undoubted genius.

I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You

Aretha Franklin

4/5

american dream

LCD Soundsystem

4/5

Loved this. Such a rich tapestry of genres, all done to perfection

Behaviour

Pet Shop Boys

3/5

Supa Dupa Fly

Missy Elliott

2/5

Arrival

ABBA

3/5

Not a big Abba fan but you can't argue with the number of big hits on this album.

Odelay

Beck

4/5

Classic of the vaguely-folkish-alterna-rock genre.

Talking Book

Stevie Wonder

3/5

The Rise & Fall

Madness

3/5

Murmur

R.E.M.

4/5

One of the greatest debut albums of all time.

Elvis Presley

2/5

John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band

John Lennon

3/5

The Sensual World

Kate Bush

4/5

Hounds Of Love

Kate Bush

5/5

Absolute classic

Sheer Heart Attack

Queen

3/5

London Calling

The Clash

5/5

Take Me Apart

Kelela

3/5

Throwing Muses

3/5

Berlin

Lou Reed

4/5

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness

The Smashing Pumpkins

5/5

On of my all time favourites.

Bayou Country

Creedence Clearwater Revival

2/5