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Album	You	Global	Diff
Get Rich Or Die Tryin' 50 Cent	5	3.06	+1.94
Nebraska Bruce Springsteen	5	3.31	+1.69
Iron Maiden Iron Maiden	5	3.4	+1.6
...And Justice For All Metallica	5	3.42	+1.58
Stand! Sly & The Family Stone	5	3.43	+1.57
Fear Of Music Talking Heads	5	3.47	+1.53
Crosby, Stills & Nash Crosby, Stills & Nash	5	3.48	+1.52
Violent Femmes Violent Femmes	5	3.49	+1.51
Straight Outta Compton N.W.A.	5	3.51	+1.49
Talking Heads 77 Talking Heads	5	3.56	+1.44

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Kind Of Blue Miles Davis	1	4.05	-3.05
Dummy Portishead	1	3.71	-2.71
Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots The Flaming Lips	1	3.57	-2.57
Blue Joni Mitchell	1	3.49	-2.49
Tidal Fiona Apple	1	3.46	-2.46
Strangeways, Here We Come The Smiths	1	3.44	-2.44
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy Kanye West	1	3.41	-2.41
Ágætis Byrjun Sigur Rós	1	3.37	-2.37
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot Wilco	1	3.31	-2.31
Vespertine Björk	1	3.16	-2.16

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Artist	Albums	Average
Talking Heads	3	4.67
Metallica	2	5

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Artist	Albums	Average
Joni Mitchell	2	1.5
Björk	2	1.5

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Artist	Ratings
The Smiths	4, 1
Miles Davis	1, 4

5-Star Albums (19)

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Roxy Music · 1 likes

4/5

4 out of 5. Very cool, groovy, trippy, funky, not sure what that was! Upbeat, fast tempo that makes you want to move. New to me!

Vespertine

Björk · 1 likes

1/5

1 out of 5 The second Bjork album? I liked this one less than the first. Too slow and just out there. Waaaaayyyyy out there.

1-Star Albums (18)

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Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs

Derek & The Dominos

3/5

Not bad - 3.5 out of 5 Eric Clapton is always a legend, depsite how ignorant he is (we didn't back then what an a-hole he was). TIL Duane Allman was a huge contributor which makes sense. This sounds like Southern Rock and has the Allman Brothers sound. Little bluesy, some southern rock, and little bit of folk rock. Not too bad. Good background music while working.

Iron Maiden

5/5

5 stars. Their iconic second album. Missing a little something without Dickinson, but still one of the classic heavy metal albums. Great sound and dark riffs.

1999

Prince

5/5

5 out of 5 One of the all-time best. Funky, groovy, party beats. Almost everything on the A Side is a #1 hit. The B Side has some absolute crunchy bangers. Great music to party or focus. Prince and the Revolution just make me happy!

Blue

Joni Mitchell

1/5

1 out of 5 for me. No offense, I know she's a legend but Joni Mitchell is not my kind of music. Too folksy. Smelly cat, smelly cat. What are they feeding you?

Music in Exile

Songhoy Blues

4/5

4 out of 5. This is why I signed up for this service! So happy to listen to new music not from the USA. Great blues and head-bopping beats. The first two tracks are ending up on my Favorites List.

From Elvis In Memphis

Elvis Presley

3/5

3 of 5 He is the King but I’ve always been more of a Beatles man. Some of the classics are on this album and some other decent ones. It’s ok!

Gorillaz

4/5

4 out of 5. That is a classic album. Some songs are just ok. There are some great ones in addition to Clint Eastwood.

Beach Samba

Astrud Gilberto

1/5

1 out of 5 Just not my bag, baby. Sounds like something from Mad Men (zubie, zubie, zoo). But I made it through the whole album if that counts for something.

For Your Pleasure

Roxy Music

4/5

4 out of 5. Very cool, groovy, trippy, funky, not sure what that was! Upbeat, fast tempo that makes you want to move. New to me!

Red Headed Stranger

Willie Nelson

3/5

3 out of 5 WILLIE! I am not a country fan but he is legend. Fire one up, and kick back to some outlaw country. Few songs were really slow but was pretty good overall.

Fragile

Yes

3/5

3 out of 5 Lot of slow songs. I’m a big fan of Yes but not all their songs.

Buena Vista Social Club

2/5

2 out of 5 I was transported to Miami. My wife came down the stairs dancing. That was well worth it! Great Cuban music to set the tone.

Ctrl

SZA

4/5

4 out of 5 Not too bad. Some slower songs but I liked the collaborations. Pretty good R&B.

Doolittle

Pixies

5/5

5 out of 5 One of the best of the 80s. Alternative meets grunge.

Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots

The Flaming Lips

1/5

Stand!

Sly & The Family Stone

5/5

5 out of 5 The best soul funk of the 70s. Heard some new songs. Almost everything on this one is a banger.

Get Rich Or Die Tryin'

50 Cent

5/5

5 out of 5 Early 2000s rap classic. All bangers this is great.

Madman Across The Water

Elton John

4/5

4 out of 5 Good album. Elton's songs are timeless. Nice to hear some lesser-played songs.

Felt Mountain

Goldfrapp

1/5

0 of 5 I tried. It hurt my ears so bad. I could not make it through sorry.

Pretzel Logic

Steely Dan

3/5

3 out of 5 Quintessential yet background classic rock. I know their music well but would not seek it out.

Fear Of Music

Talking Heads

5/5

5 of 5 Love every single song. Talking Heads is a phenomenonal band

People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm

A Tribe Called Quest

5/5

5 out of 5 One of the best. Every song is incredible.

Dire Straits

3/5

3 out of 5 Few good songs but slower.

Fuzzy Logic

Super Furry Animals

1/5

1 out of 5 The first song was ok, and a few were enjoyable. The rest was, to say the least, difficult. Not my genre unfortunately.

Hunky Dory

David Bowie

2/5

2 out of 5 Star Man was out there lol. Not all of these are hits!

Fear Of A Black Planet

Public Enemy

4/5

4 out of 5 From the early days of rap. Chuck D and Flavor Flav had great beats and powerful lyrics. Not related to this album, but I really, really needed this music after they gave me "Super Fuzzy Logic" yesterday. That shit was painful.

No Other

Gene Clark

2/5

2 out of 5. Something new, little slow but not bad for backfround music. Crazy backstory in the Wikipedia article!

Siamese Dream

The Smashing Pumpkins

4/5

4 out of 5 This was epic when it came out. Pumpkins were so different from all the grunge that was out there. Edgier and sharper - classic 90s angst captured well.

Punishing Kiss

Ute Lemper

1/5

1 out of 5 This was not for me.

Deja Vu

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

4/5

4 out of 5 Take me back to Woodstock. Essential classic rock from the flower child era.

My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

Kanye West

1/5

0 of 5 No stars. I won't listen to an anti-semite.

Bandwagonesque

Teenage Fanclub

3/5

3 out of 5 I liked this new music. Lot of good songs.

The La's

3/5

3 of 5 God I hate that There She Goes song. It is so so bad, but the rest of this album has some great songs I have never heard of! For that reason, 3 stars.

In Rainbows

Radiohead

2/5

2 out of 5 I like Radiohead because I am a creep, but the majority of the songs on this later album were not so great.

Diamond Life

Sade

2/5

2 out of 5. I have been pondering how LA to Chicago is considered coast to coast for 40 years.

Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

Wilco

1/5

1 out of 5 This was too slow for me.

A Northern Soul

The Verve

2/5

2 out of 5 Not my vibe

Immigrés

Youssou N'Dour

4/5

4 out of 5 Great music, upbeat, and makes you want to get up and move. Has elements of Cuban or Samba. Will definitely listen to more of Youssou

Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret

Soft Cell

1/5

1 out of 5 One hit wonders of the 80s! Now I know why lmao.

Crosby, Stills & Nash

5/5

5 out of 5 Classic rock at its finest.

The Queen Is Dead

The Smiths

4/5

4 out of 5 One of their best. Great alternative 80s

Odelay

Beck

4/5

4 out of 5 One of the best. Almost all bangers and should be 5 stars except for some of the screechy loud noise songs

Born To Be With You

Dion

2/5

2 out of 5 I was expecting nothing, and I was surprised to be wrong. More 70s alternative than slow rock.

The Stranger

Billy Joel

4/5

4 out of 5 One of the great ones from The Piano Man. Almost all songs are bangers. More Billy Joel

More Songs About Buildings And Food

Talking Heads

4/5

4 out of 5 Lot of songs I have never heard before. Another great Talking Heads album. Great vibes

Can't Buy A Thrill

Steely Dan

2/5

2 out of 5 Some good well known tunes. Decent yacht rock.

Apocalypse Dudes

Turbonegro

2/5

2 out of 5 That was different! Cannot believe this is the first time I have heard of these guys from Norway. Not the kind of metal I listen to but it was ok.

Live And Dangerous

Thin Lizzy

3/5

3 out of 5 This is your standard Classic Rock but they sounded really great on this live album. Surprised me! And there were some awesome songs that you never hear on the radio. TIL that this band is Irish!

Raw Power

The Stooges

2/5

2 out of 5 Some of the Stooge's songs are iconic. Some are painful to my ears.

Live At The Harlem Square Club

Sam Cooke

4/5

4 out of 5 So many classic songs

Violent Femmes

5/5

5 out of 5 So many great songs and great memories of high school parties. Every song rocks. I'd give it an 8 if I could but I forgot what 8 was for.

Master Of Puppets

Metallica

5/5

5 out of 5 Essential classic metal. MofP and Justice for All were like no other. Close to perfection.

Melodrama

Lorde

3/5

3 out of 5 Not as bad as I expected lol

At San Quentin

Johnny Cash

4/5

4 out of 5 Such a great collection of live songs. Love this album. Getting those prisoners all riled up.

Guero

Beck

3/5

3 out of 5 Some awesome classic Beck songs. But some songs were too screechy for me!

Straight Outta Compton

N.W.A.

5/5

5 out of 5 The GOAT of 80's rap albums. Every song is a banger.

Astral Weeks

Van Morrison

4/5

4 out of 5 Never heard half these songs but I enjoyed all of them. Great classic rock catalogue.

John Barleycorn Must Die

Traffic

3/5

3 out of 5 Tons of great songs but some are so so. Still a great band

Dookie

Green Day

2/5

2 out of 5 I mean it's ok and we all liked Green Day when they came out. But they were heavily over-played and sound the same after awhile.

Rock 'N Soul

Solomon Burke

3/5

3 out of 5 Some nice blues/jazz/soul oldies. Not too bad.

Infected

The The

4/5

4 out of 5 Classic 80's album. So many good hits.

Hejira

Joni Mitchell

2/5

2 out of 5 70 folk rock. Nice slow pace songe

A Love Supreme

John Coltrane

4/5

4 out of 5 Great jazz and I cannot even really appreciate Jazz. Sounds awesome and made me want to move.

Talking Heads 77

Talking Heads

5/5

5 out of 5 Enough said. Talking Heads.

Exodus

Bob Marley & The Wailers

5/5

5 out of 5

Ghosteen

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

1/5

0 out of 5 What the fuck was that?!? I have no words.

Emergency On Planet Earth

Jamiroquai

4/5

4 out of 5 Lot of great tunes. Good vibes and fun beats. Go Napoleon!!

Triangle

The Beau Brummels

2/5

2 out of 5 That was silly. But not terrible. Not quite sure how to describe this.

Debut

Björk

2/5

2 out of 5 Ahh, Bjork. The 90s were Bjork. A few songs were ok, but the rest were really way out there.

On The Beach

Neil Young

2/5

2 out of 5 Pretty slow.

Locust Abortion Technician

Butthole Surfers

2/5

2 out of 5 Too loud and too screechy. This was not good.

Tidal

Fiona Apple

1/5

1 out of 5 Way too slow. Not good

Casanova

The Divine Comedy

3/5

3 out of 5 Mellow and chill. Not too bad for background music.

Dummy

Portishead

1/5

1 out of 5 So slow and sad

Abraxas

Santana

4/5

4 out of 5 Great singles, santana rocks

Ágætis Byrjun

Sigur Rós

1/5

1 out of 5 Could not make it through this album. Weird instrumental

Back To Black

Amy Winehouse

3/5

3 out of 5 Not too bad. She had such a great voice, deep and soulful. Some really good songs,

Strangeways, Here We Come

The Smiths

1/5

1 out of 5 Just...no

KIWANUKA

Michael Kiwanuka

4/5

4 out of 5 Surprisingly great. Deep soulful rock

Sound of Silver

LCD Soundsystem

2/5

2 out of 5 Not all that bad. Some songs were pretty good.

Surfer Rosa

Pixies

4/5

4 out of 5 More Pixies. Great album.

Imperial Bedroom

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

4/5

Tellin’ Stories

The Charlatans

1/5

1 out of 5 Like Oasis but with no talent and much worse.

OK Computer

Radiohead

3/5

2.5 out of 5 (if that is possible) I love Radiohead but some songs are too slow. Overall a good album.

In Utero

Nirvana

4/5

Live Through This

Hole

2/5

2 out of 5 A couple of really great song shows Courtney Love's talent, but the majority of the songs are just screeching and hard to listen to

Home Is Where The Music Is

Hugh Masekela

3/5

3 out of 5 Smooth jazz. Not a genre I normally listen to, but I enjoyed this album. Very chill and relaxing.

Maggot Brain

Funkadelic

5/5

5 out of 5 Big George Clinton fan. This was amazing. Funk, rock and roll, soul. Amazing guitar solos.

Out of Step

Minor Threat

3/5

3 out of 5 Bringing back that 80s punk. Reminds me of the skateboard days

3 + 3

The Isley Brothers

3/5

3 out of 5 Classic R&B

I Should Coco

Supergrass

2/5

2 out of 5 These are the "we are young" guys. Mid-90s commercial punk very similar to Green Day. Felt kind of repetitive.

Live At The Star Club, Hamburg

Jerry Lee Lewis

4/5

4 out of 5 It is so unfortunate this pedo cousin-fucker made such great music. Upbeat, toe-tapping, put you in a good mood rock and roll. Terrible human being; amazing music.

Doggystyle

Snoop Dogg

4/5

4 out of 5 Amazing hip-hop rap to bust out of the early 90s. Classic album. Would get 5 stars if it weren't for all the annoying dialogue,

Tea for the Tillerman

Cat Stevens

5/5

5 out of 5 Cat fucking Stevens. So soulful and sad; cannot help but crying. This whole album rocks.

Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea

PJ Harvey

3/5

3 out of 5 Chill, mellow 90s coffee house vibes. Some were a wee bit too slow but overall good album.

Time Out Of Mind

Bob Dylan

2/5

2 out of 5 I really like a few Bob dylan songs but the majority are no for me.

Nebraska

Bruce Springsteen

5/5

5 out of 5 So many new Bruce songs that I never heard before. So soulful and sad; very western feel, which was perfect after just completing reading Buffalo Hunter Hunter.

If You Can Believe Your Eyes & Ears

The Mamas & The Papas

3/5

3 out of 5 The epitome of the flower child hippie era. Some great tunes.

Country Life

Roxy Music

2/5

2 out of 5 Some songs were chill but got very repetitive after awhile. Not a big fan of this.

Physical Graffiti

Led Zeppelin

5/5

5 out of 5 1 hour and 20 minutes double Led Zeppelin album? And the one released 3 weeks after my birth on 2/24/75? I couldn't ask for more! Incredible album.

Vespertine

Björk

1/5

1 out of 5 The second Bjork album? I liked this one less than the first. Too slow and just out there. Waaaaayyyyy out there.

Highway 61 Revisited

Bob Dylan

3/5

3 out of 5 Much better! Classic Dylan; his 6th album in the 60s. Some great rock and roll with little soul and blues

Lust For Life

Iggy Pop

3/5

3 out of 5 Great music and energy

Wild Is The Wind

Nina Simone

2/5

2 out of 5 This was hard for me to rate a 2. I understand she is a legend but this music is not for me. I really tried. Man her voice is DEEP.

Illmatic

Nas

5/5

5 out of 5 One of the all-time classic hip-hop albums of the 90s. This wasn't just in my Library, it was in my Downloaded Albums. Every song is a banger.

Risque

CHIC

2/5

2 out of 5 GOOD TIMES! I don't think I have heard any other Chic songs. It was ok but not fast enough for me.

...And Justice For All

Metallica

5/5

5 out of 5 Been rocking out to this one for over 35 years!

Kind Of Blue

Miles Davis

1/5

1 out of 5 I am not cultured or something because this was not for me. It is too bad because I understand he is the greatest but this music did not do it for me.

69 Love Songs

The Magnetic Fields

1/5

1 out of 5 Some songs weren't even too bad. I enjoyed it for a little while. But 1 star because this was 3 fucking albums. Holy hell I could not sit through 3.5 hours of this. Not cool.

Frampton Comes Alive

Peter Frampton

4/5

4 out of 5 Everybody had this album in their house as a kid. It was great; just Peter and his guitar, which he can make talk—enough said.

Grace

Jeff Buckley

3/5

3 out of 5 Back in 1994, I would have definitely made fun of someone for listening to Jeff Buckley. I now understand it was wrong to make fun of someone for liking different music. I also now understand Jeff Buckley is pretty fucking good! Very chill and mellow, but a nice undertone of rock and roll. This was great as background music while working. I turned up the volume for a few songs. This was fun.

Birth Of The Cool

Miles Davis

4/5

4 out of 5 Very cool, loved most of this. Some songs made you want to dance and others were much more serious.

Band On The Run

Paul McCartney and Wings

3/5

2 out of 4 A couple of good songs, but I was not the biggest Wings fan. Sorry, SIr Paul.

Fuzzy

Grant Lee Buffalo

3/5

3 out of 5 Not bad at all. Classic 90s sound; shocking that I have never ever heard of them. Pretty good jams.

The Coral

4/5

4 out of 5 This is going in my regular rotation. Great jams.

Picture Book

Simply Red

2/5

2 out of 5 Better than I thought. I never listened to Simply Red in the 80s, but I am now liking some of their songs in this season of my life. Not too bad, but too long an album.

Disraeli Gears

Cream

3/5

3 out of 5 Great classic rock album. Clapton!

Songs Of Leonard Cohen

Leonard Cohen

2/5

2 out of 5 Couple of decent songs, rest were too folky for me

Bongo Rock

Incredible Bongo Band

2/5

2 out of 5 There were so many funny covers and others that made you wanted to get up and dance around the big fire. But there were a lot and it got very repitive.

Pet Sounds

The Beach Boys

3/5

3 out of 5 Awesome album but not all songs were winners.