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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Fisherman's Blues The Waterboys	5	3.2	+1.8
Astral Weeks Van Morrison	5	3.26	+1.74
Surf's Up The Beach Boys	5	3.3	+1.7
Sign 'O' The Times Prince	5	3.45	+1.55
Hard Again Muddy Waters	5	3.6	+1.4
The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan Bob Dylan	5	3.62	+1.38
The Stone Roses The Stone Roses	5	3.65	+1.35
Time Out The Dave Brubeck Quartet	5	3.83	+1.17
Good Old Boys Randy Newman	4	2.85	+1.15
The Stranger Billy Joel	5	3.86	+1.14

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Songs The Lord Taught Us The Cramps	1	2.84	-1.84
People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm A Tribe Called Quest	2	3.61	-1.61
Fetch The Bolt Cutters Fiona Apple	2	3.2	-1.2
They Were Wrong, So We Drowned Liars	1	2.12	-1.12
Teenager Of The Year Frank Black	2	3	-1

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James Brown Live At The Apollo

James Brown · 1 likes

4/5

Great performance, tight musicianship, great atmosphere, and great singing and band leading by the Godfather of Soul himself. Only complaint is that I wish that the bass was placed in the centre of the mix instead of being hard-panned to the left!

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector

Various Artists · 1 likes

3/5

Dear Phil Spector, Thanks for the Christmas gift, you creepy bastard. We will never forgive you for murdering Lana Clarkson, but here’s three stars for making a Christmas album that I actually wouldn’t mind listening to.

4-Star Albums (23)

Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music

Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim

1-Star Albums (2)

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Moon Safari

Air

3/5

This was my first album, and I had never heard of this group before. There was much to like about this album. I dug a few of the instrumentals with French titles particularly.

Dusty In Memphis

Dusty Springfield

4/5

Classic album that gets the job done in a little over 30 minutes.

People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm

A Tribe Called Quest

2/5

Rap isn't one of my favourite genres of music, and this album didn't do much for me. There were parts I liked, such as the little fragment that sorta repeats itself throughout the album, but some of the songs felt a bit disconnected structurally, and some of the samples didn't seem to make sense in their respective songs. It's not for me, though I can understand why many people like it.

Back In Black

AC/DC

4/5

AC/DC rock! Maybe their music is sometimes a bit samey, but who cares, it still makes me wanna run a marathon and get laid.

The Stone Roses

5/5

I’ve never heard this before, but this might be one of the best debuts I have heard. Originally gave it a four, but decided to bump it up to a five.

Seventeen Seconds

The Cure

3/5

Imagine if The Cure actually released an album that only went for seventeen seconds… This album was okay, but a bit depressing and samey at times. The Cure have done much better.

At Budokan

Cheap Trick

3/5

Funny to think that these guys were once considered to be the next Beatles.

John Barleycorn Must Die

Traffic

4/5

I don’t know why John Barleycorn deserves to die, but I liked this album anyway. One of the tracks near the end of the album convinced me to bump my score up to a four.

Teenager Of The Year

Frank Black

2/5

Has more songs than London Calling, just to name one classic double album, yet very few songs on this would be worthy of being on that masterpiece.

Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs

Marty Robbins

4/5

Back when country music was not about beer and booty, but when it was about shooting bad guys and getting hanged. Oh, how I miss the old times.

The Good, The Bad & The Queen

3/5

Dunno why this album was on the list, but it was a pretty decent listen.

2112

Rush

4/5

Very good prog album. I will not make this review longer than the first track.

Songs The Lord Taught Us

The Cramps

1/5

Oh, how I wish the lord had taught them some songs that are actually any good, instead of this lame punk nonsense…

On The Beach

Neil Young

4/5

Back when I was in college I used to go to a bar and.....oh wait, wrong Neil Young album.

Let Love Rule

Lenny Kravitz

4/5

This is probably an album that music nerds wouldn't care for, but I enjoyed the hell outta it for some reason. I would make for a terrible music critic, but that doesn't worry me.

Fetch The Bolt Cutters

Fiona Apple

2/5

Sorry Pitchfork, but I didn’t care for this. Which is strange, because Fiona Apple has done some good stuff.

The Stranger

Billy Joel

5/5

Banger after banger. Can't believe that there is only one album by Billy Joel on this list yet many bands I've never heard of before have two albums. I shouldn't question it too much.

Shake Your Money Maker

The Black Crowes

3/5

Okay, I’ll shake my money maker, though not when anyone is watching. I’m a really bad dancer

Kid A

Radiohead

3/5

Because I never really listened to Radiohead before, I had mixed feelings about this album. There were some great songs, but also some that I did not care for. Maybe I should relisten to it one day.

Low-Life

New Order

3/5

Hot take, but New Order is basically '80s music with the campiness removed to make it palatable for music nerds. The album was alright, but it peaks with the first two or three tracks and doesn't quite reach the same heights again.

Unknown Pleasures

Joy Division

3/5

I get the appeal of this type of music, but it's a bit too dark and depressing for me.

Fisherman's Blues

The Waterboys

5/5

I'm surprised to see so many reviewers complaining about this album's length. This is because the only version of this album available on streaming is the "Collector's Edition" of the album, with a whole other disc of bonus tracks and stuff that regular people wouldn't be interested in. You only have to listen to the first thirteen tracks on the album (up to "This Land Is Your Land), and what an enjoyable thirteen tracks they are! This is definitely my kind of music, and it makes me want to check out more stuff from The Waterboys. (Originally gave this album four stars, but screw it, I'm giving this a five).

Goodbye And Hello

Tim Buckley

3/5

There's a lot of superior music to be found from the sixties, but this is harmless enough. Dunno why he has three albums on the list though.

Sign 'O' The Times

Prince

5/5

Excellent double album that stays consistent throughout all four sides. I even liked the stuff with the sped up vocals.

Surrealistic Pillow

Jefferson Airplane

4/5

A totally solid album, though there are some songs with extremely strange titles.

The White Album

Beatles

5/5

“Wild Honey Pie” is awful, but this still deserves 5 stars.

Psychocandy

The Jesus And Mary Chain

3/5

A little over-the-top with distortion, but some good melodies, so three stars.

Little Earthquakes

Tori Amos

3/5

After a two month break from the generator, I’m back with this album. A decent suite of piano driven songs.

Elvis Presley

4/5

Ah, an Elvis Presley album. I really enjoyed this one. A splendid 30 minute collection of rockers and ballads. This is my 29th album overall and the 13th album that I gave four or five stars to. Interestingly, none of those 13 albums were released after 1989. That makes me feel older than I actually am………..

Crossing the Red Sea With the Adverts

The Adverts

3/5

Better than I expected it to be. Has quite a good sound quality for a punk record, which is nice. I’d also like to point out that every track on the album is tagged as explicit on Apple Music, despite the fact that the only potentially offensive language is a single use of “bitching” (Note that I’m not counting the lyrics of the dozen bonus tracks, I didn’t listen to them). How strange.

Third/Sister Lovers

Big Star

3/5

An interesting, but flawed album, that has no definitive version (just look at the number of alternative tracklists on Wikipedia). I enjoyed it, but it felt a bit…..disconnected. I don’t know.

James Brown Live At The Apollo

James Brown

4/5

Justified

Justin Timberlake

3/5

It was certainly listenable, but not the type of music I’d want to listen to often. I wasn’t the biggest fan of the Timbaland-produced tracks, but the rest was okay for 2000s pop music, I guess. I’m not the best judge of pop music from this century, though I will admit that “Rock Your Body” Is a banger.

Bad

Michael Jackson

3/5

Dude tried really hard to make an album bigger and better than Thriller, but I don’t think he succeeded. Not bad though (pun intended).

Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music

Ray Charles

4/5

Very good reworkings of classic country songs. Nice job, Ray.

Astral Weeks

Van Morrison

5/5

Stunning and influential album by a very grumpy dude from Northern Ireland.

Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not

Arctic Monkeys

3/5

Pretty average rock album that is a bit overrated on here. It’s alright, but I don’t see why it has a higher score on here then say, any Bruce Springsteen album.

Being There

Wilco

3/5

It’s good, but a little too long. A good double album that would’ve made a great single disc.

Phaedra

Tangerine Dream

3/5

I’m not sure what to rate this album because I’m not a connoisseur of ambient music, so I’ll give this a three. Nice and mellow, good for playing while you are having a nap.

Music in Exile

Songhoy Blues

4/5

This is one of my favourite albums so far that I hadn’t heard before in this project and hands down the best album I have gotten that was released in the last thirty years (at least of the albums I have gotten so far).

Destroyer

KISS

3/5

Yes, I know it’s a bit stupid, and KISS are very unpopular with music nerds, but I though that this was alright.

They Were Wrong, So We Drowned

Liars

1/5

This is one of the lowest rated albums on this website, and I can certainly see why. I’m not sure how anyone could consider this ‘music’ to be good. It’s about as enjoyable as a colonoscopy.

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector

Various Artists

3/5

Who's Next

The Who

5/5

Damn, Keith Moon may have been the greatest drummer ever. This is a legendary album that doesn’t lag in the middle, contrary to what the most popular review of this album claims. Now I gotta go piss on a monolith.

Chelsea Girl

Nico

3/5

Not much on this album was up to the level of the tracks that Nico sang on The Velvet Underground and Nico, but I thought that this was okay. Maybe the reason why this has such a low average rating on this site is because some people can’t stand listening to a woman with a thick German accent for 45 minutes?

Moby Grape

4/5

Groovy psychedelic blues from 1967. Funny to see that the most popular keyword for this album is ‘Spotify’, because the complete album is not on streaming for some reason.

Five Leaves Left

Nick Drake

4/5

Well, I suppose there are worse musicians named Drake, that’s for sure.

At San Quentin

Johnny Cash

4/5

It must have been a great day to be a serial killer in San Quentin that day. I mean, Johnny friggin’ Cash played a concert for them. Those lucky undeserving (BLEEP).

Made In Japan

Deep Purple

3/5

Not even 50 albums in and I have already gotten both live albums recorded in Japan on this list (the other one being Cheap Trick’s At Budokan). Out of those two albums, I prefer this one because it is more technically impressive and exciting, although some of the songs outstay their welcome (which is kind of expected, because this is a 77 minute album with a mere seven tracks).

Blur

3/5

Overall this was a pretty good album. Some of the production was a bit too bizarre for my tastes, but this album had several enjoyable songs.

Bitches Brew

Miles Davis

4/5

This record has a real bitchin’ vibe.

Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim

Frank Sinatra

4/5

Hands down the greatest elevator music album of all time! All jokes aside, this is a nice album. Beautiful arrangements and great vocals from the Chairman of the Board. I’ll basically give almost anything from the sixties a good score.

Good Old Boys

Randy Newman

4/5

Although it is hard to overlook Randy Newman using the n-word multiple times in the first track, one can’t deny that this is a well made album by the Toy Story dude. There’s something comforting about Randy Newman’s music, even if he tackles controversial subjects in the lyrics.

The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan

5/5

Only a legend like Bob Dylan in the sixties could end an album with a silly song about catching dinosaurs and making love to Elizabeth Taylor without the album losing any integrity. What a dude!

Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs

Derek & The Dominos

4/5

A classic from Clapton. Maybe it should’ve been cut down to one LP, but I shouldn’t complain. It’s still makes for a very good two disc set. Also, how funny would it be if instead of stealing George Harrison’s wife, Eric Clapton fell in love with a different Beatle’s wife: Yoko Ono! That would have been weird.

Solid Air

John Martyn

4/5

This generator has recently been giving me a lot of good albums from the late sixties and early seventies. “Solid Air” is a solid album. Nice listen.

Dr. Octagonecologyst

Dr. Octagon

2/5

What the hell was this? I was expecting to really hate this album, I mean, it’s a rap album about a gynaecologist from Jupiter, and I’m not much of a rap guy, but for some reason, I didn’t hate it. I don’t think I will return to it though. The production was pretty good, but the lyrics were way too off-putting.

To Pimp A Butterfly

Kendrick Lamar

3/5

You can tell that Kendrick Lamar put a lot of thought and care into this album, and he draws from a wide range of musical influences. I like this album, but I’m not crazy about it like most music nerds seem to be.

Bug

Dinosaur Jr.

3/5

Was thinking of giving this a four but then “Don’t” came on. Jeez. That song should replace “Mother” by The Police as the quintessential example of an abrasive, out-of-place song, sung by a member who is not the lead singer, on an otherwise classic album by an 80s trio (that’s overly specific of me). Other than that misstep, this album was good.

We Are Family

Sister Sledge

4/5

A bunch of fun. Makes me want to watch “The Birdcage” again.

Hard Again

Muddy Waters

5/5

It’s very impressive that Muddy Waters was still making kickass albums into his sixties. A true blues legend.

Rum Sodomy & The Lash

The Pogues

4/5

Makes this sober Australian feel like a drunk Irishman.

Damaged

Black Flag

3/5

The singing is awful, a lot of the songs sound the same, and a lot of the songs are extremely dark and depressing. I enjoyed it!

Chore of Enchantment

Giant Sand

3/5

This is a good album, nothing more, nothing less. I wouldn’t say that you have to listen to it before you die, but there are certainly worse albums on the list.

Surf's Up

The Beach Boys

5/5

I bet a lot of people saw the title of this album and thought it was going to be a collection of happy, cheesy surf-rock songs, but instead, this album is something else entirely. This may possibly be my favourite Beach Boys album, but it is deeply flawed compared to Pet Sounds. I mean, this album has “Student Demonstration Time” in the middle of it. But there are many beautiful moments to be found on the record and I love nearly every minute of it. Also, it has the only great song sung from the perspective of a fucking tree.

Femi Kuti

4/5

Excellent stuff from the son of the guy who had 27 wives (Femi even mentions this in the intro of one of the album's songs). An enjoyable way to spend 74 minutes.

Time Out

The Dave Brubeck Quartet

5/5

My friend Laurence says that this is the greatest jazz album ever, and I think I would have to agree with him. It's amazing how it goes through many weird chord changes and key signatures while still being quite accessible to nearly all audiences. I could listen to this stuff all day. Also, as a bonus, this album was released on December 14, my birthday. I like it even more because of that.