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Album	You	Global	Diff
Dig Me Out Sleater-Kinney	5	3.08	+1.92
It's Too Late to Stop Now Van Morrison	5	3.25	+1.75
A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector Various Artists	5	3.3	+1.7
The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady Charles Mingus	5	3.32	+1.68
Hot Rats Frank Zappa	5	3.36	+1.64
Different Class Pulp	5	3.42	+1.58
Dusty In Memphis Dusty Springfield	5	3.47	+1.53
It's Blitz! Yeah Yeah Yeahs	5	3.49	+1.51
The Atomic Mr Basie Count Basie & His Orchestra	5	3.5	+1.5
Ramones Ramones	5	3.58	+1.42

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Five Leaves Left Nick Drake	1	3.46	-2.46
Doggystyle Snoop Dogg	1	3.37	-2.37
Nebraska Bruce Springsteen	1	3.31	-2.31
Inspiration Information Shuggie Otis	1	3.27	-2.27
Bongo Rock Incredible Bongo Band	1	3.26	-2.26
I'm Your Man Leonard Cohen	1	3.09	-2.09
Fishscale Ghostface Killah	1	3.05	-2.05
Tical Method Man	1	2.94	-1.94
Leftism Leftfield	1	2.9	-1.9
Millions Now Living Will Never Die Tortoise	1	2.88	-1.88

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Favorites

Artist	Albums	Average
Beatles	3	5
David Bowie	3	4.67
Johnny Cash	2	5

Least Favorites

Artist	Albums	Average
Leonard Cohen	3	1.67
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band	2	1.5

Controversial

Artist	Ratings
Miles Davis	5, 2

5-Star Albums (26)

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Popular Reviews

Ramones

Ramones · 1 likes

5/5

Pop bangers. Superb

Back In Black

AC/DC · 1 likes

4/5

Great rock 4

Goo

Sonic Youth · 1 likes

3/5

Good stuff

1-Star Albums (22)

All Ratings

Halcyon Digest

Deerhunter

4/5

Had never heard if it but excellent album, hauntingly good lyrics and a wide range of musical styles. Will definately listen again

Bongo Rock

Incredible Bongo Band

1/5

Never heard. Won't listen again. It's pretty much just noise.

The Next Day

David Bowie

4/5

It's Bowie, it's excellent, a really good listen

Vol. 4

Black Sabbath

3/5

Good album. Enjoyed.

Kid A

Radiohead

3/5

First album I'd heard before. Not radiohead's best, but a solid album.

Abbey Road

Beatles

5/5

Superb album. One of my all time favourites.

White Blood Cells

The White Stripes

3/5

Solid indie rock. So excited excellent vocals.

My Aim Is True

Elvis Costello

3/5

Good stuff.

Music in Exile

Songhoy Blues

3/5

Weirdly enjoyable.

Inspiration Information

Shuggie Otis

1/5

Didn't enjoy this one.

Doggystyle

Snoop Dogg

1/5

Nah

Back to Basics

Christina Aguilera

1/5

Didn't like this at all.

Siembra

Willie Colón & Rubén Blades

2/5

Not my type of music but not awful.

Trout Mask Replica

Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band

1/5

I've heard so much about this artist and was really disappointed with this album.

The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady

Charles Mingus

5/5

Absolutely superb

Adele

2/5

Great vocals but depressing without the feeling that alanis Morissette for example gets.

New Forms

Roni Size

1/5

I always thought drum and bass wasn't for me, now I Know it. Awful stuff.

C'est Chic

CHIC

3/5

Pop classic

Medúlla

Björk

2/5

Not my cup of tea at all

Queen Of Denmark

John Grant

4/5

Excellent listen.

The Age Of The Understatement

The Last Shadow Puppets

3/5

Good album.

In Utero

Nirvana

5/5

Suberb album. Slightly below never-ending but a solid 5 star album.

Floodland

Sisters Of Mercy

3/5

Good solid heavy rock

Don't Stand Me Down

Dexys Midnight Runners

2/5

One hit wonders for a reason.

Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs

Derek & The Dominos

3/5

Good, enjoyed

Chore of Enchantment

Giant Sand

2/5

Bit melancholy for me

No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith (Live)

Motörhead

4/5

Great heavy metal album

Welcome to the Afterfuture

Mike Ladd

1/5

Not for me sorry.

Highway 61 Revisited

Bob Dylan

4/5

Good album

Little Earthquakes

Tori Amos

4/5

Really enjoyed. Excellent vocals.

Gasoline Alley

Rod Stewart

2/5

Rod stewart burgh!!!!

3 Feet High and Rising

De La Soul

3/5

Hip hop but poppy and fun.

Vanishing Point

Primal Scream

4/5

Very good album

The Real Thing

Faith No More

4/5

Really good rock album

I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got

Sinead O'Connor

2/5

Very blurghh

Seventeen Seconds

The Cure

4/5

Early cure stuff is great

Risque

CHIC

4/5

Disco classic

Peter Gabriel

3/5

Always preferred phil Collins, but solid.

The Atomic Mr Basie

Count Basie & His Orchestra

5/5

Superb.

At San Quentin

Johnny Cash

5/5

Brilliant album. I know it gets knocked as not as good as folsom, but I love it.

The Trinity Session

Cowboy Junkies

4/5

I really enjoyed this album

Faust IV

Faust

2/5

Not for me

Raising Hell

Run-D.M.C.

2/5

Walk this way is a banger, but the rest is disappointing tat.

En-Tact

The Shamen

3/5

Really mixed quality album that makes it difficult to enjoy

I'm Your Man

Leonard Cohen

1/5

A trudge of melancholy awfulness

Illinois

Sufjan Stevens

2/5

Not for me at all

Songs Of Love And Hate

Leonard Cohen

2/5

So miserable

Real Life

Magazine

3/5

Some solid tunes but mostly very average.

Tical

Method Man

1/5

Just awful

At Folsom Prison

Johnny Cash

5/5

Superb album

Street Signs

Ozomatli

2/5

Not for me

A Night At The Opera

Queen

4/5

A really solid album. Enjoyed it

Are You Experienced

Jimi Hendrix

4/5

The man's a genius and it shows

Pictures At An Exhibition

Emerson, Lake & Palmer

4/5

I enjoyed this a lot more than I thought I would.

(What's The Story) Morning Glory

Oasis

5/5

Love this album. Proper britpop

Only Built 4 Cuban Linx

Raekwon

1/5

Just awful. I dont like this type of music so am biased. But it's just unimaginative dross.

Fleet Foxes

4/5

Really enjoyable. Lovely melodies and lyrically strong.

Kilimanjaro

The Teardrop Explodes

3/5

Good solid rock. A bit of a pop vibe that I enjoyed.

Get Behind Me Satan

The White Stripes

4/5

Cracking album with some real bangers on it

What's Going On

Marvin Gaye

3/5

Vocally superb, but not my cup of tea.

Happy Trails

Quicksilver Messenger Service

2/5

Meh, just meh

Getz/Gilberto

Stan Getz

4/5

Lovely stuff

School's Out

Alice Cooper

4/5

Really enjoyed. Variety of music, but all gelled together nicely.

Lady Soul

Aretha Franklin

5/5

What an incredible voice

Ten

Pearl Jam

5/5

One if my favourite albums and arguably the greatest debut album ever.

Greetings From L.A.

Tim Buckley

2/5

Very average. Its ok musically in parts, but lyrically it's like a teenager who's just discovered sex.

In Rainbows

Radiohead

4/5

There are better radiohead albums. This one lacks something but still has all the qualities you expect. Excellent lyrically, a great narrative throughout and some superb music.

You Want It Darker

Leonard Cohen

2/5

Second of his albums and I just dont get the appeal. Moody but with no reason that I can fathom.

Hot Rats

Frank Zappa

5/5

Superb, just superb.

Rattlesnakes

Lloyd Cole And The Commotions

3/5

Fine, but nothing more than that

Dusty In Memphis

Dusty Springfield

5/5

Excellent album. Vocals are exceptional.

Black Monk Time

The Monks

3/5

You can see why it was influential. But it very average.

LP1

FKA twigs

1/5

I just didn't get this

Back To Black

Amy Winehouse

5/5

Exceptional album. Superb.

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

The Kinks

4/5

Excellent. Really enjoyable

At Budokan

Cheap Trick

4/5

Excellent. Solid classic rock

Done By The Forces Of Nature

Jungle Brothers

2/5

I dont normally like hip hop, but this isn't awful. You can listen and the rhythm and lyrics are at times enjoyable.

That's The Way Of The World

Earth, Wind & Fire

3/5

This is good? I've no doubt that if this type of music is to your taste you'll love it. Enjoyed

Countdown To Ecstasy

Steely Dan

3/5

Its enjoyable stuff. No more than enjoyable but not bad.

Rio

Duran Duran

4/5

Bit if a nostalgia trip this one, enjoyed it.

Pornography

The Cure

4/5

My god does robert smith have a great voice. Really enjoyed.

Tonight's The Night

Neil Young

3/5

Its ok. Just ok.

Live At The Harlem Square Club

Sam Cooke

4/5

Really enjoyed this. Excellent party vibe.

The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter

The Incredible String Band

1/5

Im sure if you like it then it's groundbreaking and fascinating. I didn't like it, it's just noise.

Exile On Main Street

The Rolling Stones

4/5

Not a huge stones fan but this us a really good album.

Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle

Bill Callahan

3/5

This one really depends on mood. Very melancholy, but lyrically solid and music is OK.

Deja Vu

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

4/5

A few bangers and some other good stuff.

The White Album

Beatles

5/5

Its one of the greatest albums ever. So experimental while still having a theme running through it. Outstanding

Tidal

Fiona Apple

3/5

Dark and moody, but enjoyable enough.

Rubber Soul

Beatles

5/5

This album doesn't get the credit it deserves. Plenty of great songs

Moby Grape

4/5

This was fun, haven't heard them before and really enjoyed.

The Queen Is Dead

The Smiths

5/5

Great album.

Bone Machine

Tom Waits

1/5

Not fir me. Dreary rubbish

The Suburbs

Arcade Fire

3/5

Good indie stuff

Can't Buy A Thrill

Steely Dan

4/5

Good solid rock. Enjoyed

Maverick A Strike

Finley Quaye

1/5

Not for me.

Aja

Steely Dan

3/5

Bit of a mixed bag. Some really good stuff.

It's Too Late to Stop Now

Van Morrison

5/5

Simply superb

Machine Head

Deep Purple

4/5

Great album .

Architecture And Morality

Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark

3/5

This was ok

Safe As Milk

Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band

2/5

Funky stuff. Its just about ok.

Aftermath

The Rolling Stones

4/5

Great album

Hypnotised

The Undertones

4/5

Fun old school rock

Fishscale

Ghostface Killah

1/5

Its just appalling in every possible way.

The Sensual World

Kate Bush

3/5

The music is average, but man what a voice

1984

Van Halen

4/5

Fun rock. Sound like an american genesis post 1985

Aladdin Sane

David Bowie

5/5

Superb

Unknown Pleasures

Joy Division

3/5

Enjoyed. More downbeat than I expected but deliberately so.

Kind Of Blue

Miles Davis

5/5

Suberb. So classy.

Wild Is The Wind

Nina Simone

2/5

Very dreary.

Blunderbuss

Jack White

4/5

Enjoyed. More blues than rock but good.

Back At The Chicken Shack

Jimmy Smith

4/5

Really good. A bit repetitive but enjoyed.

Green River

Creedence Clearwater Revival

3/5

Ok, but just ok.

The Modern Dance

Pere Ubu

1/5

Absolutely not for me.

Pills 'n' Thrills And Bellyaches

Happy Mondays

3/5

Enjoyable funky pop rock

Tracy Chapman

4/5

Enjoyed. Fantastic voice.

Illmatic

Nas

3/5

I dont like rap, however lyrically (slurs aside) and rhythmically its good

There's No Place Like America Today

Curtis Mayfield

2/5

Nah 2 stars

Eli And The Thirteenth Confession

Laura Nyro

3/5

Enjoyable but very basic

It's Blitz!

Yeah Yeah Yeahs

5/5

Hadn't heard of them, will definitely listen to more of their stuff

Leftism

Leftfield

1/5

Its just not for me

Solid Air

John Martyn

3/5

Good but just good.

Frank

Amy Winehouse

4/5

The Rise & Fall

Madness

4/5

Really enjoyed

The White Room

The KLF

4/5

Such a reminder of my youth

Live Through This

Hole

4/5

Really enjoyed. Solid rock

Five Leaves Left

Nick Drake

1/5

Very dreary. Not for me.

Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim

Frank Sinatra

4/5

Crowning classics

Truth And Soul

Fishbone

2/5

It's ok, nothing more

Dire Straits

4/5

Solid album

Rejoicing In The Hands

Devendra Banhart

2/5

Goid

Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables

Dead Kennedys

2/5

If this is your thing probably great. But not for me.

The Fat Of The Land

The Prodigy

3/5

Nostalgic but not a lot else

More Songs About Buildings And Food

Talking Heads

3/5

Chocolate Starfish And The Hot Dog Flavored Water

Limp Bizkit

2/5

It was poor when it came out and hasn't aged well

Ramones

5/5

Pop bangers. Superb

Rumours

Fleetwood Mac

5/5

It's a stonewall classic.

This Year's Model

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

3/5

This was good 3 stars

They Were Wrong, So We Drowned

Liars

1/5

It's just mindless dross

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector

Various Artists

5/5

At Christmas a definite 5

Jack Takes the Floor

Ramblin' Jack Elliott

1/5

Not for me

Fuzzy Logic

Super Furry Animals

4/5

Great britpop album

Time Out

The Dave Brubeck Quartet

4/5

Survivor

Destiny's Child

2/5

A few bangers but lots of rubbish

Harvest

Neil Young

2/5

Nah

Like A Prayer

Madonna

4/5

Like all early Madonna albums it's great singles and the filler. But the singles are superb

Deep Purple In Rock

Deep Purple

3/5

Solid rock 3.

Maxinquaye

Tricky

2/5

Not awful but certainly not good.

Infected

The The

3/5

It was fine

Bitches Brew

Miles Davis

2/5

Not for me

Scissor Sisters

3/5

Cheesy pop but OK cheesy pop

Dig Me Out

Sleater-Kinney

5/5

Really enjoyed. Will listen to the rest of their stuff. 5

Elastica

3/5

Good britpop

Back In Black

AC/DC

4/5

Great rock 4

Fuzzy

Grant Lee Buffalo

2/5

Ok but wouldn't listen again. 2

1977

Ash

4/5

One of my favourite britpop albums

Nebraska

Bruce Springsteen

1/5

Dreary

Life Thru A Lens

Robbie Williams

3/5

Fun pop 3

Live At Leeds

The Who

4/5

Great rock music. The live element lacks a bit of atmospheric

All Directions

The Temptations

4/5

Superb vocals, some really good songs. Some filler. 4

The Clash

4/5

Excellent punk

Cafe Bleu

The Style Council

2/5

Pretty boring pop 2

Every Picture Tells A Story

Rod Stewart

2/5

Maggie may drags this up to a 2. But he is such a pratt I can't go higher.

Reggatta De Blanc

The Police

3/5

Solid rock 3

Sheet Music

10cc

3/5

Ok rock

Bridge Over Troubled Water

Simon & Garfunkel

5/5

Classic album

Millions Now Living Will Never Die

Tortoise

1/5

Not for me

At Newport 1960

Muddy Waters

3/5

Good stuff

Different Class

Pulp

5/5

One of my favourite albums. Easy 5.

Led Zeppelin

4/5

Solid classic rock

Tapestry

Carole King

4/5

Fantastic voice, nice lyrics simple music. 4

High Violet

The National

2/5

Not for me

The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway

Genesis

3/5

Not a fan of prog rock but this was ok

Goo

Sonic Youth

3/5

Good stuff

If I Should Fall From Grace With God

The Pogues

2/5

Not for me

Hunky Dory

David Bowie

5/5

More than a few bangers. Brilliant pop. 5