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Album	You	Global	Diff
Music From Big Pink The Band	5	3.35	+1.65
Stardust Willie Nelson	5	3.39	+1.61
Parklife Blur	5	3.39	+1.61
Crosby, Stills & Nash Crosby, Stills & Nash	5	3.48	+1.52
Beggars Banquet The Rolling Stones	5	3.62	+1.38
Catch A Fire Bob Marley & The Wailers	5	3.63	+1.37
Dire Straits Dire Straits	5	3.72	+1.28
(What's The Story) Morning Glory Oasis	5	3.85	+1.15
Sticky Fingers The Rolling Stones	5	3.86	+1.14
Superfuzz Bigmuff Mudhoney	4	2.93	+1.07

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
good kid, m.A.A.d city Kendrick Lamar	1	3.63	-2.63
The College Dropout Kanye West	1	3.31	-2.31
Since I Left You The Avalanches	1	3.28	-2.28
Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim Frank Sinatra	1	3.27	-2.27
Thriller Michael Jackson	2	4.22	-2.22
Queen Of Denmark John Grant	1	3.13	-2.13
Drunk Thundercat	1	3.11	-2.11
Ghosteen Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds	1	2.97	-1.97
A Night At The Opera Queen	2	3.96	-1.96
Pet Sounds The Beach Boys	2	3.93	-1.93

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Artist	Albums	Average
Led Zeppelin	3	4.67
The Rolling Stones	2	5
Beatles	2	5

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Madonna	3	2

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Alien Lanes

Guided By Voices · 2 likes

2/5

Music for people with short attention spans

Lady Soul

Aretha Franklin · 1 likes

5/5

Excellent album from the Queen of Soul. I got to see her perform at the Opening Ceremony of the 1996 Atlanta Paralympic Games and she put on a great show

Joanna Newsom · 1 likes

1/5

was the woman on the cover forced to listen to this and is now about to slit her own throat with the scythe?

Medúlla

Björk · 1 likes

1/5

this is the soundtrack playing in the waiting room at the Gates of Hell

Nilsson Schmilsson

Harry Nilsson · 1 likes

3/5

A couple of good songs but I wasn't overly impressed with the album. Two or 3 of these songs were hits in the 70s but I didn't realize this artist did them.

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Crazysexycool

TLC

2/5

can't wait for this album to finish

Unhalfbricking

Fairport Convention

4/5

album is quite listenable and has some good cover songs. Nice guitar work too.

Music From Big Pink

The Band

5/5

a great debut album with a nice mix of songs including the classic "The Weight." I recently visited Levon Helm's boyhood home in Marvell, Arkansas

Stardust

Willie Nelson

5/5

a nice album with Willie's interpretations of classic songs

Surfer Rosa

Pixies

4/5

how have I never heard this before?

Crosby, Stills & Nash

5/5

I had forgotten what a classic this was!

Tommy

The Who

4/5

a groundbreaking concept album with several notable songs that made it onto the radio. I have seen the movie "Tommy" several times but had never listened to the entire soundtrack. Quite good!

Something/Anything?

Todd Rundgren

2/5

Thankfully, YouTube only had half of this long double album so I was spared the pain of listening to the whole thing. A couple of the songs were OK, most were garbage. The 2 radio "hits" are mediocre at best. I always thought one of them was by Carole King. Sorry to disparage you Ms. King!

Phrenology

The Roots

3/5

good album. Nothing really stands out about it

There's No Place Like America Today

Curtis Mayfield

3/5

definitely 70's soul but nothing stands out about it

After The Gold Rush

Neil Young

3/5

a brilliant songwriter and good guitarist. A few classics and some not so great tracks. His rendition of Hank Williams' "Oh Lonesome Me" was terrible.

Graceland

Paul Simon

4/5

I'd never listened to the entire album. A few songs saw heavy rotation on MTV and the radio back in the 80s. Very good mix of music and musicians

Sunshine Hit Me

The Bees

2/5

not sure why this was on the list. Not offensive but nothing really stands out either

Moondance

Van Morrison

3/5

The song "Moondance" has one of the best bass lines ever. The rest of the album is fair

Alien Lanes

Guided By Voices

2/5

Music for people with short attention spans

The Blueprint

JAY Z

3/5

ok album. YouTube has a "deluxe" version that is nearly 3 hours long. No thanks. He should be smoking a blunt on the cover :-)

The Wildest!

Louis Prima

3/5

a good listen

Trafalgar

Bee Gees

1/5

why did I need to listen to this pos before I die? Some of the music is ok, but Barry Gibb's voice is grating and the songs get worse as you go. This is what would be playing non-stop in Beelzebub's domain

The World is a Ghetto

War

4/5

good early 70s funk

Raw Like Sushi

Neneh Cherry

3/5

good debut album

Who Killed...... The Zutons?

The Zutons

3/5

a nice mix of tunes

Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

3/5

Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs

Marty Robbins

4/5

Many classics

Bringing It All Back Home

Bob Dylan

4/5

Great album

Metallica

4/5

Pretty good album. It was pretty popular when it came out. Hadn't heard some of these in ages.

Sticky Fingers

The Rolling Stones

5/5

Great album I listened to many times as a teen. I have it on vinyl with the working zipper album cover. Awesome to listen to through headphones. Lyrics to Brown Sugar are terrible but the music rocks. Love the blues numbers and the country twang in Dead Flowers. A classic!

Music For The Jilted Generation

The Prodigy

3/5

makes good background music

Leftism

Leftfield

2/5

ok album. Not sure why it made the list of "must hear" music though

In Rainbows

Radiohead

2/5

another turd that I definitely didn't need to hear before I die

Scum

Napalm Death

1/5

an amphetamine fueled piece of garbage from some Dead Kennedy wannabes. The lyrics are completely unintelligible. It's fitting that this shite was released on Earache Records. The guitarist is ok and the drummer is well, fast. At least most of the 28 tracks are short (the album is just over 30 minutes long)

Odelay

Beck

3/5

mid 90s flashback

Led Zeppelin II

Led Zeppelin

5/5

I listened to this many times growing up. It was a great album to listen to through headphones after burning one. John Paul Jones doesn't get the recognition he deserves. Jimmy Page is one of the best guitarists ever. John Bonham was a wildman on the drums and percussion. I could do without Robert Plant's wank session vocalizations

Dire Straits

5/5

an amazing debut album. I had forgotten what a classic this was

Only Built 4 Cuban Linx

Raekwon

2/5

not stellar. They could have edited out a bunch of random noises and people talking but not saying shit

Microshift

Hookworms

2/5

electronic noise with largely unintelligible lyrics, possibly created by parasitic nematodes on acid. The "musicians" wouldn't even put their names on this piece of shit

Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols

Sex Pistols

4/5

groundbreaking punk. i didn't realize they only put out one album. Amazing impact for a short lived band

Drunk

Thundercat

1/5

I thought this may be good with a name like "Thundercat." How wrong I was!! I don't even know how to describe it. It's not even decent background noise as the music sucks and that castrato voice is like fingernails on a chalkboard. Couldn't wait for this piece of shit to end

The Modern Dance

Pere Ubu

2/5

strange instruments add unnecessary noise to otherwise ok songs. At least the album was short

In A Silent Way

Miles Davis

3/5

not a fan a jazz but Mr. Davis is a talented trumpet player. Music was ok. Keyboard/synthesizer detracted from the sound.

Morrison Hotel

The Doors

3/5

a few good songs

Dust

Screaming Trees

3/5

Not bad. Nothing particularly stands out except for the ripoff of Hank Williams Jr's "A Country Boy Can Survive" in their song "Dying Days". I had to have heard this while I at university, but I don't remember. I can hear Beavis and Butthead ripping on this "this sounds like college music hehehe"

Jazz Samba

Stan Getz

3/5

ok for background music. Album is nice and short

Tracy Chapman

3/5

some good songs. "Fast Car" was really overplayed when it came out.

Elastica

4/5

great mid 90s Britpop. A favorite album of mine for many years

Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim

Frank Sinatra

1/5

I've never liked Frank Sinatra and this album did nothing to change my opinion of this over-rated hack. Five versions of "The Girl from Ipanema" is beyond excessive. Absolute shite!

The Yes Album

Yes

2/5

Yes?...uh no

Live At The Witch Trials

The Fall

3/5

Eli And The Thirteenth Confession

Laura Nyro

2/5

I don't know who Eli is but if this album was playing in the interrogation room, I would confess to stealing the Hope diamond, kidnapping the Lindbergh baby, setting the Reichstag fire or any other heinous accusation to make it stop.

Cloud Nine

The Temptations

3/5

Good psychedelic soul on side A with a more standard sound on side B

Lady Soul

Aretha Franklin

5/5

Excellent album from the Queen of Soul. I got to see her perform at the Opening Ceremony of the 1996 Atlanta Paralympic Games and she put on a great show

Rejoicing In The Hands

Devendra Banhart

2/5

Another "why the hell is this album on the list?" selection. Decent guitar but this was tedious

Rubber Soul

Beatles

5/5

Many classics on this album.

Low

David Bowie

2/5

A couple of decent songs and some good guitar work. "Low" is an apt title for this album as I felt lower than a snake's belly in a ditch after listening to the second half of it.

Since I Left You

The Avalanches

1/5

Noise with repetitive "lyrics"; absolute shite.

Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo

Devo

3/5

Moving Pictures

Rush

2/5

I've never cared for Rush and listening to this album solidified my opinion. Geddy Lee's voice sounds like sheet metal being crammed into a woodchipper. Synthesizers were annoying as well.

Sulk

The Associates

2/5

The title of track 2 pretty much sums up my reaction to this album: "No"

(What's The Story) Morning Glory

Oasis

5/5

Flashback to my university days. Love this album!

16 Lovers Lane

The Go-Betweens

3/5

Pleasant enough but nothing really stands out

Rust Never Sleeps

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

2/5

Not stellar

Made In Japan

Deep Purple

2/5

Most of the cuts were way too long. Extended solos were tedious

Inspiration Information

Shuggie Otis

2/5

not my cup of tea

Wild Is The Wind

Nina Simone

2/5

First track was not bad but the album got progressively less enjoyable after that. Sounds like the house band in the cocktail lounge at the Holiday Inn Hoboken circa 1960.

Kings Of The Wild Frontier

Adam & The Ants

2/5

Some of the music is ok but it's not a great sign when the drums are the most notable part of many tracks. Lyrics are shite and the vocalist manages to make them even worse. Title track is awful.

Superfuzz Bigmuff

Mudhoney

4/5

Pioneers of the Seattle sound from the 80s and 90s. Hard, guitar driven rock

Funeral

Arcade Fire

2/5

Another turd where my favorite song was the final track because the assault on my ears would soon be over. The strange noise coming from my refrigerator is equally as pleasurable to listen to

Nilsson Schmilsson

Harry Nilsson

3/5

A couple of good songs but I wasn't overly impressed with the album. Two or 3 of these songs were hits in the 70s but I didn't realize this artist did them.

The New Tango

Astor Piazzolla

2/5

Sounds like the score of a Bugs Bunny cartoon

Darklands

The Jesus And Mary Chain

3/5

Was ok. I expected it to rock harder though

The Score

Fugees

4/5

Ragged Glory

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

2/5

Ragged? Yes. Glory? None. Neil Young is a good guitarist but someone should have told him to leave the vocals to someone else loooong ago. His raggedy ass voice prompted me to fast forward through most of the songs

Time (The Revelator)

Gillian Welch

4/5

Enjoyable. I didn't even mind the 10 minute long final track

Midnight Ride

Paul Revere & The Raiders

3/5

A couple of classic songs, a few turds, and a weird spoken track in the middle

Tres Hombres

ZZ Top

4/5

Something good that came out of Texas. ZZ Top rocks! Some classics on this album

Palo Congo

Sabu

2/5

This quickly became tedious. Guitar is interesting though

Beggars Banquet

The Rolling Stones

5/5

I've loved The Stones since I was a wee lad

Low-Life

New Order

3/5

On The Beach

Neil Young

2/5

Another Neil Young album...meh. The final track is terrible and drones on for nearly 9 minutes. Thank goodness it's over

Your Arsenal

Morrissey

3/5

Buena Vista Social Club

4/5

Aja

Steely Dan

2/5

Californication

Red Hot Chili Peppers

3/5

The Fat Of The Land

The Prodigy

3/5

Meat Is Murder

The Smiths

3/5

Selling England By The Pound

Genesis

2/5

a prog rock slog

Debut

Björk

3/5

Meat Puppets II

Meat Puppets

3/5

Led Zeppelin IV

Led Zeppelin

4/5

E.V.O.L.

Sonic Youth

2/5

White Blood Cells

The White Stripes

4/5

Ray Of Light

Madonna

2/5

American IV: The Man Comes Around

Johnny Cash

4/5

That's The Way Of The World

Earth, Wind & Fire

3/5

Doolittle

Pixies

4/5

Rings Around The World

Super Furry Animals

2/5

At Fillmore East

The Allman Brothers Band

4/5

Welcome To The Pleasuredome

Frankie Goes To Hollywood

3/5

Exit Planet Dust

The Chemical Brothers

3/5

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

Beatles

5/5

Master Of Puppets

Metallica

2/5

Back To Black

Amy Winehouse

4/5

Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots

The Flaming Lips

2/5

This was terrible. I utilized the "skip track" button several times. The drummer isn't too bad but the electronic noise is shite.

Thriller

Michael Jackson

2/5

This gets my vote for most overrated album of all time. Most of the songs are absolute garbage and his castrato voice is cringe.

C'est Chic

CHIC

3/5

Get Behind Me Satan

The White Stripes

3/5

At Mister Kelly's

Sarah Vaughan

3/5

All Directions

The Temptations

4/5

Back to Mystery City

Hanoi Rocks

3/5

Get Rich Or Die Tryin'

50 Cent

2/5

Bitches Brew

Miles Davis

2/5

Noise

Come Find Yourself

Fun Lovin' Criminals

3/5

Smoke 'em if you got 'em

Queen Of Denmark

John Grant

1/5

Unlistenable garbage, kind of like an eighth grader's diary read over shitty music

Green

R.E.M.

4/5

From Elvis In Memphis

Elvis Presley

2/5

Elvis had definitely discovered pharmaceuticals by the time this album was recorded. He's slurring and mumbling on some of the songs. Cover of "I'm Movin' On" is mighty tired compared to the original by Hank Snow

Close To You

Carpenters

2/5

Sounds like the house band at the Holiday Inn - East Peoria

Sweet Baby James

James Taylor

3/5

A couple of classics and a few other suprisingly good songs

Paul's Boutique

Beastie Boys

3/5

Not their best work

Pretzel Logic

Steely Dan

2/5

a couple of decent songs and a bunch of filler

Atomizer

Big Black

2/5

never heard of this noise creation collective and I'm ok with that

Talking Heads 77

Talking Heads

3/5

Crime Of The Century

Supertramp

2/5

White Ladder

David Gray

2/5

music to battle insomnia

The Queen Is Dead

The Smiths

4/5

The College Dropout

Kanye West

1/5

Ghosteen

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

1/5

couldn't make it through this sad, mopey pile of shite

Black Monk Time

The Monks

4/5

an interesting mid 60s time capsule

A Night At The Opera

Queen

2/5

two overplayed hits and a bunch of filler

Tubular Bells

Mike Oldfield

2/5

Armed Forces

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

4/5

Sea Change

Beck

2/5

Boring and mopey

Automatic For The People

R.E.M.

4/5

Femi Kuti

4/5

Fear Of A Black Planet

Public Enemy

4/5

a classic

Moss Side Story

Barry Adamson

3/5

Myths Of The Near Future

Klaxons

3/5

Arrival

ABBA

2/5

even the "hits" suck on this album

One World

John Martyn

3/5

Movies

Holger Czukay

2/5

Live At Leeds

The Who

4/5

Kick Out The Jams (Live)

MC5

2/5

Play

Moby

4/5

Live!

Fela Kuti

4/5

Live And Dangerous

Thin Lizzy

3/5

american dream

LCD Soundsystem

2/5

noise

Vivid

Living Colour

3/5

Music in Exile

Songhoy Blues

4/5

Joanna Newsom

1/5

was the woman on the cover forced to listen to this and is now about to slit her own throat with the scythe?

Run-D.M.C.

3/5

good kid, m.A.A.d city

Kendrick Lamar

1/5

bitch killed my vibe with this garbage

Like A Prayer

Madonna

2/5

shit-pop

Pacific Ocean Blue

Dennis Wilson

2/5

a couple of good songs and a bunch of filler

Take Me Apart

Kelela

2/5

The Stone Roses

3/5

Suicide

2/5

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

Elton John

4/5

Disintegration

The Cure

4/5

Berlin

Lou Reed

2/5

What's Going On

Marvin Gaye

3/5

1977

Ash

3/5

Pet Sounds

The Beach Boys

2/5

would rather have listened to the goats for 38 minutes. highly over rated imo

Central Reservation

Beth Orton

3/5

Fever To Tell

Yeah Yeah Yeahs

3/5

In Utero

Nirvana

3/5

Music

Madonna

2/5

this cover of the classic song "American Pie" should be a crime

Born In The U.S.A.

Bruce Springsteen

3/5

O.G. Original Gangster

Ice T

3/5

American Gothic

David Ackles

1/5

Deep Purple In Rock

Deep Purple

3/5

Medúlla

Björk

1/5

this is the soundtrack playing in the waiting room at the Gates of Hell

Life's Too Good

The Sugarcubes

2/5

New Wave

The Auteurs

3/5

Nebraska

Bruce Springsteen

2/5

Heroes to Zeros

The Beta Band

3/5

Shadowland

k.d. lang

3/5

Parklife

Blur

5/5

The Renaissance

Q-Tip

3/5

Crooked Rain Crooked Rain

Pavement

3/5

Time Out

The Dave Brubeck Quartet

2/5

Nevermind

Nirvana

5/5

Catch A Fire

Bob Marley & The Wailers

5/5

Viva Hate

Morrissey

2/5

Bossanova

Pixies

3/5

Wild Gift

4/5

Superunknown

Soundgarden

3/5

Pink Moon

Nick Drake

4/5

Like Water For Chocolate

Common

3/5

A Girl Called Dusty

Dusty Springfield

3/5

A Grand Don't Come For Free

The Streets

1/5

sounds like a teenager's journal read over a beat from a 1990's era drum machine. Shite!

Led Zeppelin

5/5

a classic!

If You Can Believe Your Eyes & Ears

The Mamas & The Papas

3/5

Juju

Siouxsie And The Banshees

3/5

The ArchAndroid

Janelle Monáe

4/5

Fear Of Music

Talking Heads

3/5

Rust In Peace

Megadeth

2/5

amphetamine fueled noise

Brilliant Corners

Thelonious Monk

2/5

I can hear Monk's influence on Terry Adams of NRBQ, but still don't care much for jazz

The Undertones

3/5

Moon Safari

Air

3/5

Songs Of Love And Hate

Leonard Cohen

2/5

a tedious slog through a dreary, dank dirt alley in a rainstorm

Electric Ladyland

Jimi Hendrix

4/5