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Album	You	Global	Diff
Synchronicity The Police	5	3.42	+1.58
The Velvet Underground The Velvet Underground	5	3.53	+1.47
Document R.E.M.	5	3.56	+1.44
Machine Head Deep Purple	5	3.59	+1.41
Nick Of Time Bonnie Raitt	4	2.83	+1.17
Electric Ladyland Jimi Hendrix	5	3.95	+1.05

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Rage Against The Machine Rage Against The Machine	1	4	-3
The Score Fugees	1	3.69	-2.69
Strangeways, Here We Come The Smiths	1	3.44	-2.44
Different Class Pulp	1	3.42	-2.42
Hybrid Theory Linkin Park	1	3.39	-2.39
Neon Bible Arcade Fire	1	3.35	-2.35
Horses Patti Smith	1	3.31	-2.31
Surf's Up The Beach Boys	1	3.31	-2.31
Who Killed...... The Zutons? The Zutons	1	3.14	-2.14
Qui sème le vent récolte le tempo MC Solaar	1	3.09	-2.09

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Led Zeppelin II

Led Zeppelin

5/5

Another of my all time favorite albums. Spent a long time on my record player during the early '70s. What is and what should Never Be, Thank You, Living Loving Maid and of course, Whole Lotta Love.

1 likes

Blonde On Blonde

Bob Dylan

2/5

I know some people consider this his finest album, but not me. Includes a couple I really like -- Just Like A Woman and I Want you -- but I never have an urge to listen to this album.

1 likes

1-Star Albums (18)

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Superfuzz Bigmuff

Mudhoney

2/5

Hardcore grunge without melody. Give me Soundgarden and Alice In Chains. But "Need" is pretty good.

Reggatta De Blanc

The Police

3/5

I've heard Message In A Bottle and Walking On the Moon a million times, but I've never listened to the whole album. New discovery: Deathwish. The rest of the album is meh.

Synchronicity

The Police

5/5

Synchronicity, Every Breath You Take, Wrapped Around Your Finger and King of Pain are all classics. Great album. Probably their best.

The Velvet Underground

5/5

A classic album: My favorites: What Goes On, Pale Blue Eyes, Jesus, Beginning To See the Light and After Hours.

Strangeways, Here We Come

The Smiths

1/5

Not a big Smiths fan. Familiar of course with Girlfriend In A Coma, but not really crazy about it and nothing else stands out.

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My Bloody Valentine

1/5

There are My Bloody Valentine songs I like, but not on this album.

Qui sème le vent récolte le tempo

MC Solaar

1/5

French hip hop? No thank you.

A Night At The Opera

Queen

3/5

Just not a big Queen fan. Contains two classics, but two good songs does not a classic album make. I give it a C+.

Different Class

Pulp

1/5

Pulp was well under my radar through the 80s and 90s. Although I became something of a Jarvis Cocker fan from his solo work in the early 2000s, I can't say I'm impressed by this album. Familiar with Common People, but that's it.

Space Ritual

Hawkwind

1/5

Apparently a live album. Lots of long boring songs and several short throw aways. Sounds very dated. Just not feeling it. Maybe if I had some drugs ...

Manassas

Stephen Stills

4/5

Now we're in my wheelhouse. Bought this double album shortly after it came out. If I'm honest, there's some filler spread across four sides and it would have been a stronger album if the "best" (i.e. my favorite) songs were consolidated. But the album still contains some of my favorite Stephan Stills songs including Both of Us (Bound To Lose), Colorado, So Begins the Task, It Doesn't Matter and Johnny's Garden. Definitely a classic.

Horses

Patti Smith

1/5

Just don't have the ear for Patti Smith. Not a fan of her voice and her live version of My Generation is just annoying. No thank you.

The xx

2/5

Never heard of these guys. When I saw the name, I immediately thought they were some punk rock group I knew I would hate. Definitely not punk rock and can't say that I hate them. To be honest, they are very listenable. But they lack that unknown quality that sparks my interest. Most of the songs are slow and soft, same tempo and kind to run together. If they're going to do that, I need some interesting melodies and lyrics, like Nick Drake.

Electric Ladyland

Jimi Hendrix

5/5

A lot of chaff on this album, originally released as a double vinyl and IMHO would have been stronger as a single. But hard to quibble with an album that includes Crosstown Traffic, Voodoo Child, Burning of the Midnight Lamp, the quintessential version of Dylan's All Along the Watchtower and Noel Redding's Little Miss Strange. One of my favorite Jimi Hendrix albums.

Smile

Brian Wilson

1/5

Just happened to have watched the Brian Wilson bioptic Love & Mercy, so I know the history behind this album. I think I listened to it a couple times back when it first came out, but didn't spend a lot of time on it. For good reason. I can hear Brian Wilson's ambition to push the boundaries, but folks, this album sucks. Some of the songs are cringe-worthy, others are simply meh. You get an early version of Good Vibrations, but that's about it. Not an album I'm going to revisit.

The Modern Lovers

1/5

Nope,

16 Lovers Lane

The Go-Betweens

3/5

Never heard of this group. Easy to listen to, but not much leaps out at me. I like Love Is A Sign and I really like Streets of Your Town. Solid album.

Debut

Björk

2/5

Familiar with Human Behavior and Big Time Sensuality, but nothing else really appeals to me. Not painful to listen to, just ... not music I'd seek out. Also wsasn't a Sugarcubes fan.

Purple Rain

Prince

4/5

Classic album

Surf's Up

The Beach Boys

1/5

Not much here. You can tell Brian Wilson didn't have much involvement in this album. Only decent song is Surf's Up, and it doesn't rank up there with the Beach Boy classics.

In It For The Money

Supergrass

2/5

This group was under my radar until last decade or so. Never heard this album, but really like Going Out.

Arular

M.I.A.

1/5

Nope.

Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul

Otis Redding

3/5

Interesting that they put a white woman on the cover of this album. Very listenable early soul from one of the masters, who died way too soon. Just not an album I need to hear more than once.

Crime Of The Century

Supertramp

3/5

Interesting that Rick Davies' death was announced today (9/8). Of course everyone my age has heard Bloody Well Right and it takes me back to '74. And of course there's Dreamer, probably my favorite Supertramp song. Two classics, but nothing else really grabs me. I need a minimum of four good/great songs to call the whole album a classic. Good, but not a classic.

Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes

TV On The Radio

2/5

Familiar with Staring At the Sun, and I like a few of their songs (like Killer Crane from 2011), but just not a big fan.

Document

R.E.M.

5/5

Classic album, one of my favorites by REM.

Kind Of Blue

Miles Davis

4/5

Not a big fan of free form jazz, although I do like jazz piano virtuoso Vince Guaraldi. Have to admit So What is pretty amazing. I like the piano/trumpet interplay. Also like Blue in Green. I could own this album.

Hybrid Theory

Linkin Park

1/5

Maybe if I'd grown up with it, I might have been a fan. But ... nope.

The Score

Fugees

1/5

Nope.

Black Holes and Revelations

Muse

2/5

Kind of ambivalent about Muse. Sounds okay, just nothing that stands out.

Who Killed...... The Zutons?

The Zutons

1/5

Not in my wheelhouse.

Cheap Thrills

Big Brother & The Holding Company

2/5

Not a big Janis Joplin fan so, nyet.

Either Or

Elliott Smith

4/5

Songs to kill yourself by. When it comes to tortured artists I prefer Nick Drake, but you can't deny the power of his music.

Machine Head

Deep Purple

5/5

My favorite Deep Purple album. Listened to the cassette many times in my car when it came out in '72, my senior year of high school. Highway Star, Smoke On the Water, Space Truckin' ... A classic.

Led Zeppelin II

Led Zeppelin

5/5

Another of my all time favorite albums. Spent a long time on my record player during the early '70s. What is and what should Never Be, Thank You, Living Loving Maid and of course, Whole Lotta Love.

Blunderbuss

Jack White

3/5

Not a bad album, but it kind of convinced me that Jack's best days were behind him. The title song is the only one that I really liked. Big fan of the White Stripes.

Blue

Joni Mitchell

3/5

My love affair with Joni Mitchell only lasted only one album - Court and Spark from 1974. I like some of her other songs - River, Both Sides Now, Amelia - but nothing album-wise. Not a bad album, just not in my wheelhouse.

Penance Soiree

The Icarus Line

1/5

Too hardcore for my tastes. Pass.

Whatever

Aimee Mann

3/5

Decent album. Probably nothing I'll revisit.

Rip It Up

Orange Juice

1/5

Never heard of these guys before today. The title track is catchy, but not life changing. Gave the album a cursory listening, nothing else really stood out.

American IV: The Man Comes Around

Johnny Cash

4/5

Great album of covers by the Man. Favorites are Hurt, The Man Comes Around and Personal Jesus.

Paul's Boutique

Beastie Boys

3/5

Always partial to this white boy rap. Not my favorite album by the Boys, but still listenable.

Heaven Or Las Vegas

Cocteau Twins

2/5

This group was never on my radar although I am familiar with Pearly-Dewdrops Drops (not sure where I first heard it). Not an album I'd seek out again.

Dog Man Star

Suede

2/5

Apparently they're now known as The London Suede. I don't really hear anything interesting ...

Rage Against The Machine

1/5

Yeah just not my thing ...

Blonde On Blonde

Bob Dylan

2/5

I know some people consider this his finest album, but not me. Includes a couple I really like -- Just Like A Woman and I Want you -- but I never have an urge to listen to this album.

Django Django

4/5

I've been listening to Django Django for a while. Solid album. Best songs are Default, Waveforms, WOR and Hand of Man.

Nick Of Time

Bonnie Raitt

4/5

Listened to this velvet-voiced singer quite a bit in the '80s and early '90s, especially her Luck of the Draw album in '91. This was her break out album. Includes singles Nick of Time and Thing Called Love.

Unhalfbricking

Fairport Convention

4/5

Not my favorite Fairport Convention album, but it does include one of my all-time favorite songs - A Sailor's Life.

Something/Anything?

Todd Rundgren

4/5

It would have been stronger as a single rather than a double album, but a classic nonetheless. Favorite tracks: It Wouldn't Have Made Any Difference, Hello It's Me, Couldn't I Just Tell You.

New Gold Dream (81/82/83/84)

Simple Minds

2/5

Familiar with their US singles - Alive and Kicking and Don't You (Forget About Me) - but this album was completely under my radar. All the singles from this album were released in the UK and I don't hear anything exciting.

Neon Bible

Arcade Fire

1/5

Not in my wheelhouse.

Achtung Baby

3/5

Not my favorite U2 album, but it does have one of my favorite U2 songs - Mysterious Ways.

Maverick A Strike

Finley Quaye

1/5

Familiar with Sunday Shining, but not really my thing.

Red Headed Stranger

Willie Nelson

3/5

Vintage Willie.

Time Out

The Dave Brubeck Quartet

4/5

Not really into jazz, but Dave Brubeck is both extremely listenable and familiar, especially Take Five and Blue Rondo.