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Album	You	Global	Diff
Live 1966 (The Royal Albert Hall Concert) Bob Dylan	5	3.15	+1.85
Casanova The Divine Comedy	4	2.67	+1.33
69 Love Songs The Magnetic Fields	4	2.85	+1.15
Ten Pearl Jam	5	3.92	+1.08
Fever Ray Fever Ray	4	2.99	+1.01

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Aftermath The Rolling Stones	1	3.38	-2.38
The Chronic Dr. Dre	1	3.33	-2.33
Emergency On Planet Earth Jamiroquai	1	3.27	-2.27
Led Zeppelin II Led Zeppelin	2	4.12	-2.12
Legalize It Peter Tosh	1	3.07	-2.07
Da Capo Love	1	2.81	-1.81
Bad Michael Jackson	2	3.8	-1.8
Franz Ferdinand Franz Ferdinand	2	3.57	-1.57
Head Hunters Herbie Hancock	2	3.56	-1.56
Gorillaz Gorillaz	2	3.53	-1.53

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Live 1966 (The Royal Albert Hall Concert)

Popular Reviews

Aftermath

The Rolling Stones

1/5

Lyrics shady af

1 likes

Emergency On Planet Earth

Jamiroquai

1/5

Stressed me out

1 likes

1-Star Albums (5)

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Fuzzy Logic

Super Furry Animals

2/5

Fuzzy and weird. Does justice to its title, the fuzz pedals are omnipresent and turned up to eleven. Bookended by solid tracks, did not care much for the burger though.

Songs Of Leonard Cohen

Leonard Cohen

2/5

A dark and mellow atmospheric ride. A bit too much similarity between the songs do cause it to be a bit monotonous (is that a real word?) for a whole album stretch. It has it's time and place, but I'll stick to Dylan for my 60's folky stuff for now. Enjoy the lyrics though. Favorite track: The Stranger Song

1999

Prince

3/5

I think Prince likes sex. Favorite Track: Little Red Corvette

Bad

Michael Jackson

2/5

Really slick production, particulalry juicy basslines. But quite uneven, and lyrically dodgy overall. Favorite track: Smooth Criminal

Foo Fighters

2/5

Stable debut from post-nirvana Grohl, historically and culturally significant but not much replay value. Favorite track: I'll Stick Around

Aftermath

The Rolling Stones

1/5

Lyrics shady af

Gorillaz

2/5

Through the years I have sometimes wondered what the rest of the album sounds like, having only heard Clint Eastwood on the radio while in grammar school. Now I know. Feels more like a collection of rough song sketches than a coherent album. A hard listen for me. Still bopping along to Clint Eastwood tho. Favorite track: Clint Eastwood

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

Elton John

3/5

Opening track left me pleasantly surprised, did not expect that sound. Did not get the hype around Bettie and the jets, one of the lower points of the album for me. Favorite track: Funeral For A Friend / Love Lies Bleeding

Grace

Jeff Buckley

3/5

One of those albums that I have always been aware of, but never played. As a guitar player, it's an inspiring listen. Dreamy, etheral and drenched in reverb. The sometimes almost proglike compositions are quite enjoyable, the constant (ab)use of falsetto starts to grate after a while however.

Da Capo

Love

1/5

Listened to the wrong album by accident, the covers were quite similar. Was about to land them a solid 3, until the reviews mentioned songs that were not on that album. After listening to the actual album, I had a Revelation and dropped two stars. Checking the artist, their third album is considered one of the greatest rock albums of all time, so why are we not listening to that one instead?

Germfree Adolescents

X-Ray Spex

2/5

Not a huge punk fan, but will always give an extra star for saxophones.

Diamond Life

Sade

3/5

Smooth indeed. Easy listening but does not hold my attention enough for a lasting impression. As always torn between giving reviews for good workmanship vs personal preference. Favorite track: Smooth Operator

American IV: The Man Comes Around

Johnny Cash

4/5

Reason I got into music

Back To Black

Amy Winehouse

3/5

Decided that I did not like Amy Winehouse when this came out while I was a teenager. Can't remember why. Even though I'm tired to death of the singing style this album created, it deserves credit for it's place in time.

What's Going On

Marvin Gaye

3/5

As I read in another review on here: I can recognize a nicely made cup of tea, but I still prefer coffee.

Power In Numbers

Jurassic 5

3/5

Album is a bit to long, got a stale neck from bopping along.

The Wall

Pink Floyd

3/5

Vera, tear down this wall

Smash

The Offspring

2/5

The older I get, the less I like The Offspring. Young me and middle age me do not agree on the value of this album. Guess I gotta keep em separated.

Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots

The Flaming Lips

3/5

Starts of real strong but drops off a bit towards the end.

Guero

Beck

2/5

Led Zeppelin II

Led Zeppelin

2/5

I want to like it. But I don't.

3 + 3

The Isley Brothers

3/5

3 + 3 = sex

Rip It Up

Orange Juice

2/5

The glove did not fit

69 Love Songs

The Magnetic Fields

4/5

nice

Live 1966 (The Royal Albert Hall Concert)

Bob Dylan

5/5

It's Bob

Low

David Bowie

3/5

I have a feeling this album will grow on me with more listens. Always extra stars for sax.

Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

Wilco

2/5

Jesus etc

Playing With Fire

Spacemen 3

2/5

Good background noise when working. If I listened to it actively I might have gone bananas.

Rising Above Bedlam

Jah Wobble's Invaders Of The Heart

2/5

Falling Below Average

Slanted And Enchanted

Pavement

2/5

Can trace some influences on naughties bands to this album. Cool, but not for me.

Moondance

Van Morrison

3/5

Easy listening

Pornography

The Cure

3/5

Sad songs for sad bois. I am a sad boi

Legalize It

Peter Tosh

1/5

Reggea. It's just not for me. And that's okay.

Emergency On Planet Earth

Jamiroquai

1/5

Stressed me out

Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space

Spiritualized

3/5

Pleasantly surprised

Five Leaves Left

Nick Drake

4/5

Inspiring guitar work. Lot of the songs sounds the same during first listen however.

My Generation

The Who

2/5

Hodgepodge

Red Headed Stranger

Willie Nelson

4/5

Concept country. I'm here for it.

Lam Toro

Baaba Maal

3/5

Sounds like a Ridley Scott movie

Hms Fable

Shack

2/5

"Look, 1000 albums is, like, a lot man. We have to fill it out with something."

Songs From The Big Chair

Tears For Fears

3/5

Well done, but not for me

The Genius Of Ray Charles

Ray Charles

3/5

Second half smoothed me over.

Let's Get It On

Marvin Gaye

3/5

I see where Prince is coming from.

Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim

Frank Sinatra

2/5

Vackra varelse, ge mig en bossa!

Hard Again

Muddy Waters

3/5

Hoochie coochie blues

Hot Fuss

The Killers

3/5

JEALOUSY

Harvest

Neil Young

4/5

Getting by quite fine without a maid.

Marcus Garvey

Burning Spear

2/5

Not made for me. And that is OK.

Dr. Octagonecologyst

Dr. Octagon

2/5

Five stars for delicious weirdness and production. Minus points for lyrical content.

Buena Vista Social Club

4/5

Ayayay

A Love Supreme

John Coltrane

4/5

Ah, so this what Whiplash was about.

Ten

Pearl Jam

5/5

Ten stars

Disraeli Gears

Cream

3/5

Classic riffs, limited replay value.

L.A. Woman

The Doors

3/5

3.6

Live At Leeds

The Who

3/5

Not my favorite band, but one can not deny the raw raw energy of this recording.

Let It Bleed

The Rolling Stones

3/5

Classic hamburger album. Amazing buns, but the patty is so undercooked a skilled vet might still save it.

Franz Ferdinand

2/5

Props to the bass player, but the lyrical repetition in all the choruses grows tedious real fast.

In The Court Of The Crimson King

King Crimson

3/5

So that is where all the LSD went.

Casanova

The Divine Comedy

4/5

It slaps and tickles.

Moon Safari

Air

4/5

Easiest listening of my whole year thus far.

Songs For Swingin' Lovers!

Frank Sinatra

3/5

I'm sure it was popular back in the day. More or less wallpaper music for me personally though.

MTV Unplugged In New York

Nirvana

4/5

The world would be poorer without it.

Fever Ray

4/5

Dark, moody and ominous.

If You Can Believe Your Eyes & Ears

The Mamas & The Papas

2/5

Four stars for the mamas - two stars for the papas

Brilliant Corners

Thelonious Monk

3/5

I fear Jazz. I fear the lack of boundaries.

Microshift

Hookworms

4/5

Really good music.

Walking Wounded

Everything But The Girl

3/5

Chilling out

We Are Family

Sister Sledge

3/5

Slick production, but not for me.

Sunday At The Village Vanguard

Bill Evans Trio

3/5

I fear jazz. I fear the lack of boundaries.

Sheer Heart Attack

Queen

4/5

Yas kween

Common

3/5

I don't listen to hiphop

Lost In The Dream

The War On Drugs

4/5

Nice soundscapes, but lack of varition grates after a while.

Let's Stay Together

Al Green

3/5

Supergreen

Head Hunters

Herbie Hancock

2/5

São Paulo Confessions

Suba

2/5

Funky and all. But all the 6 minute repeating rythm section makes me long for prog.

Pink Flag

Wire

2/5

Sounds like the boys had a good time. I did not. Can definately hear the influence on later bands though.

Talking Timbuktu

Ali Farka Touré

3/5

Easy listening, will return to this.

It's Blitz!

Yeah Yeah Yeahs

3/5

Music from a simpler time

The Chronic

Dr. Dre

1/5

beeaatch

Being There

Wilco

3/5

Absolutely listenable

Introducing The Hardline According To Terence Trent D'Arby

Terence Trent D'Arby

2/5

Sounds like the 80's

No Other

Gene Clark

4/5

This album is why I am doing this project, would likely never have stumbeled upon this otherwise.