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Album	You	Global	Diff
The Soft Bulletin The Flaming Lips	5	3.28	+1.72
Slippery When Wet Bon Jovi	5	3.29	+1.71
...And Justice For All Metallica	5	3.42	+1.58
Sound of Silver LCD Soundsystem	5	3.42	+1.58
Penance Soiree The Icarus Line	4	2.5	+1.5
Surrealistic Pillow Jefferson Airplane	5	3.52	+1.48
Bookends Simon & Garfunkel	5	3.55	+1.45
Moving Pictures Rush	5	3.56	+1.44
Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) Wu-Tang Clan	5	3.61	+1.39
To Pimp A Butterfly Kendrick Lamar	5	3.63	+1.37

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Tracy Chapman Tracy Chapman	2	3.79	-1.79
Brothers In Arms Dire Straits	2	3.73	-1.73
Mothership Connection Parliament	2	3.61	-1.61
Surfer Rosa Pixies	2	3.49	-1.49
Reggatta De Blanc The Police	2	3.44	-1.44
Locust Abortion Technician Butthole Surfers	1	2.39	-1.39
Rock 'N Soul Solomon Burke	2	3.37	-1.37
McCartney Paul McCartney	2	3.25	-1.25
Junkyard The Birthday Party	1	2.15	-1.15
The Trinity Session Cowboy Junkies	2	3.08	-1.08

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Radiohead	3	4.67
The Doors	2	5

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...And Justice For All

Metallica · 5 likes

5/5

I’d download this off of Napster given the chance.

1-Star Albums (2)

All Ratings

Boston

5/5

If Boston by Boston had a UPS tracking number, it would show as DELIVERED. While the album is front heavy, even its lower tier songs on the backend were still strong.

Bubble And Scrape

Sebadoh

3/5

Sebadoh inherits the post 80’s punk raw sound and energy into an ultimately polished, but directionless, album with no signature sound. Its greatest contribution is that it provides a kaleidoscopic lens into the experimental directions that rock would take in the decades to follow. Personal highlights tracks include: Soul and Fire, Emma Get Wild, and Flood.

The Clash

3/5

This was a decent album but nothing spectacular. It’s The Clash being The Clash, which was the best part of the album, otherwise it didn’t impress.

Ghosteen

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

3/5

I felt this album took me to a beautiful synth landscape. And although beautiful and mysterious, it wasn’t exactly an exciting place. Stand out track was Hollywood.

Rid Of Me

PJ Harvey

3/5

PJ Harvey’s songs on Rid of Me are a microcosm of the album itself. Each song tends to build before erupting into a fiery maelstrom, only to return back to its droning build around its acoustic caldera. The album, similarly, takes a turn half way through, only to return to its earlier roots. While I appreciated the Bob Dylan cover, this 90’s album will not be a repeat listen for me, even though it was enjoyable.

Queen II

Queen

3/5

In a vacuum, this is a great album. However, in the context of Queen’s discography, this is average at best.

Physical Graffiti

Led Zeppelin

4/5

This album is like ordering a 30” supreme pizza. At first you’re like fuck yeah, this pizza is delicious, but then 2 slices in you realize 30” is too much pizza. Physical Graffiti is, in fact, too much pizza.

Reggatta De Blanc

The Police

2/5

After the first song I was pumped. That was the only pump I got. Boring.

Music in Exile

Songhoy Blues

4/5

They should call these guys the white keys

Locust Abortion Technician

Butthole Surfers

1/5

This is just noise

Moving Pictures

Rush

5/5

Rush always delivers. While not as technical as some of their other albums, I still enjoyed all the tracks.

Nevermind

Nirvana

5/5

This album rocks so hard it makes me want to get a Kurt Cobain on the roof of my mouth.

Caetano Veloso

4/5

A staple of Brazilian music. It’s a whole vibe, and I’m down for it.

Songs Of Leonard Cohen

Leonard Cohen

4/5

Bob Dylan from a more accessible time line. But not as good. Still good though.

Gris Gris

Dr. John

3/5

If Albert Hoffman started a Vodún cult in the bayou, this would be the music that would be playing.

The Wildest!

Louis Prima

4/5

I feel like I just walked into an Olive Garden. AND I CAN EAT A LOT OF BREADSTICKS, BOY!

All Hail the Queen

Queen Latifah

3/5

I enjoyed this more than I thought I would have, but I probably won’t listen to this again.

...And Justice For All

Metallica

5/5

I’d download this off of Napster given the chance.

Illmatic

Nas

4/5

I needed a little more…oomph, but otherwise it was pretty good.

Dire Straits

4/5

I never listened to Dire Straits but I enjoyed this album.

White Ladder

David Gray

3/5

Ok but it all sounded the ssme

Rust Never Sleeps

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

4/5

If Neil Young actually had a Crazy Horse this would be a 5 Star for sure.

Rock 'N Soul

Solomon Burke

2/5

It was ok, but I wasn’t feeling it as much as I’d hoped.

Cupid & Psyche 85

Scritti Politti

2/5

This is too 80’s for me.

Crossing the Red Sea With the Adverts

The Adverts

3/5

I found it hard to believe this album was from 1978. While neat, it felt too one note. I dug it, but I won’t be seeking out this relevant album in the future. The music it inspired is better than this original sound.

Purple Rain

Prince

5/5

I have never liked the “80’s” sound, and this album is packed with that 80’s sound. Astonishingly, that didn’t matter as this album is a masterpiece. Prince cleansed my ears with the waters of lake Minnetonka, and transcended what I normally would have considered 80’s trash. It makes me wonder what Prince would have sounded like if he debuted now without having to start in the context of the 80’s.

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

Elton John

5/5

There are generational talents out there, and Elton John is one of them. This album displays that.

Mothership Connection

Parliament

2/5

I wanted to like this but I really didn’t.

Strange Cargo III

William Orbit

2/5

This just seems like early electronic music. Not horrible, but also nothing special.

Born In The U.S.A.

Bruce Springsteen

4/5

The boss brings a good Americana album here. I’ve never been a Springfield fan, but I can’t deny this is good stuff. I say this as a non-fan, which means my opinion carries significantly more weight than all others.

Chore of Enchantment

Giant Sand

3/5

Add Lou Reed, Pavement, The Eels, subtract what makes them great, and you’re left with a mediocre but interesting album. More like the Al Gore of Disenchanment. Additional notes: On Spotify, the album has additional tracks. Some of these are alternate versions of the originals and remixes. They are much better than the originals. Standout track: Shiver

The Stranger

Billy Joel

4/5

This album is quintessential Billy Joel.

Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols

Sex Pistols

3/5

Not a fan of punk but this album was acceptable.

Born To Run

Bruce Springsteen

4/5

The Boss is back! A little more experimental, possibly rawer, than Made in the USA, this Album I feel panders a bit less towards Americana, but is still solidly a working class album.

Cafe Bleu

The Style Council

4/5

This album was a trip, and not like the one the one that Mia is on. This album was an unexpected gem, that combined various genres, with a strong Jazz Pop presence. It reminded me of a 2000's band called the Kings of Convenience, and maybe a little bit of Belle & Sebastian.

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

Arctic Monkeys

5/5

This album is the best for its genre. I enjoyed this album when it was released, and I enjoy it probably even more now. Every song is a banger, and no song feels out of order on this album. Amazingly, the concise 41 minutes of music never overstays its welcome. A perfect 5 out of 7.

Ill Communication

Beastie Boys

4/5

Totally vibing to this. Even liked the non vocal tracks.

808 State

3/5

I enjoyed this album, but I can tell it’s not for everyone.

Surfer Rosa

Pixies

2/5

The Pixies used to be better than this.

I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You

Aretha Franklin

5/5

Aretha’s got that dawg in her!

Here, My Dear

Marvin Gaye

3/5

I was excited to listen to Marvin Gaye, but I found this album boring. I know he has a lot more to bring to the table, but this one is a miss.

Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes

TV On The Radio

4/5

I would give it a 3.75. I love tv on the radio.

In The Wee Small Hours

Frank Sinatra

3/5

This album is not what I expected from Frank. This subdued album, which is aptly named, feels like an intimate moment or conversation in the hours between night and morning. It’s not exciting, but it is sincere and introspective.

Metallica

4/5

This album felt long, but there’s plenty of crucial Metallica in there.

Live At Leeds

The Who

3/5

I didn’t like how it started, but I enjoyed the rest. It’s got that Who energy, but I do feel some of the production value is missing. The talent is still there though.

Yeezus

Kanye West

2/5

This album seems like a tribute to Kanye, by Kanye. I didn’t care much for it, but then I got to Blood on the Leaves, which I immediately recognized the sampling and the title’s reference to Nina Simone’s Strange Fruit. Strange Fruit is a beautiful, dark, hard to digest, haunting song full of imagery and meaning. In this album, it’s cheapened into an easily digestible sampling devoid of any true meaning or soul, and thus, is an accurate depiction of this album as a whole. Kanye is talented, but much like I don’t care to talk to people that just talk endlessly about themselves, I don’t care to listen to an album like that either.

James Brown Live At The Apollo

James Brown

4/5

The godfather of soul truly brings the energy in this live performance. While I didn’t really know any of the songs, I couldn’t help but feel the excitement as he did his thing.

Under Construction

Missy Elliott

3/5

Solid album, but not something I’m itching to listen to again. I enjoyed hearing Missy talk about her album and her philosophy of hip hop though.

Infected

The The

3/5

This album is very 80’s, very strange, but also enjoyable.

Treasure

Cocteau Twins

3/5

I don't know what this was, but I liked it. Reminded me of Phantogram.

Dummy

Portishead

3/5

I got a 007 vibe from most of these songs. I’m super torn between 3 and 4 stars, and I’m feeling generous, so 4 stars it is.

Pet Sounds

The Beach Boys

5/5

It was the sight of Brasky's naked body that drove Brian Wilson insane If you drop a phonograph needle on Brasky's nipple, it plays the Beach Boys' 'Pet Sounds’ Easy classic, a perfect 5 out of 7 stars

Goodbye And Hello

Tim Buckley

3/5

I had never heard of Tim Buckley, but he was solid. That being said, it was just ok.

The Velvet Underground

3/5

Every time I listen to the Velvet Underground I feel like I’m not cool enough to listen to the Velvet Underground. This was solid.

Beauty And The Beat

The Go-Go's

4/5

I loved this. Clearly influenced bands like Best Coast, and could have been made 10 years ago.

Parklife

Blur

3/5

There’s a few hits in here, but much like other Blur or Gorilla albums, I can’t fully get into them. Specially Blur.

McCartney

Paul McCartney

2/5

The blues guitar riffs were the highlight of this album, as lyrically it was awful.

Bitches Brew

Miles Davis

3/5

An acoustic maelstrom that burns imprints on the periphery of the psychosphere, creating a discordant pounding of brass that cultivates its own existence.

In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida

Iron Butterfly

3/5

The same song repackaged throughout the album. But I liked the song so I was ok with this.

Rio

Duran Duran

4/5

When I saw this come up, I was like, “great, another 80’s album :(“ but once I started listening to it, I realized that while still a very 80’s album, it is probably amongst the best of what I would categorize as “80’s sound”.

L.A. Woman

The Doors

5/5

5 stars, get good.

Rejoicing In The Hands

Devendra Banhart

3/5

I love Devandra Banhart, and while I like this album, pretty much all his other albums are better.

Headquarters

The Monkees

2/5

Too long

Gorillaz

4/5

I remember listening to this when it came out, and it holds up. Great album.

Another Music In A Different Kitchen

Buzzcocks

3/5

Typical punk

Rocks

Aerosmith

3/5

“I never really understood what was so great about Aerosmith until now”, is not something I said after this album. Ok at best.

Tracy Chapman

2/5

Lyricially talented, but straight forward without much depth beyond the surface level. Not something I would listen to on the regular.

Dub Housing

Pere Ubu

2/5

This was a trip. This experimental rock from the 70’s that clearly influenced many others after, but it itself seemed undefined, and not in a good way.

The Modern Lovers

3/5

I enjoyed this album more than I expected. It’s like punk meets the doors, but it works.

Kenza

Khaled

3/5

I want some hummus.

The Man Machine

Kraftwerk

4/5

This seems ahead of its time, and I can hear the influence it had in bands like LCD Soundsystem and Daft Punk.

What's That Noise?

Coldcut

3/5

This started like an 80’s workout video and evolved into some neat sampling beats and hip hop. Pretty cool stuff.

The Good, The Bad & The Queen

3/5

Imagine

John Lennon

3/5

This is a good album, but I probably will only seek to listen to the song Imagine from it again.

In Rainbows

Radiohead

5/5

Amongst the best of the albums Radiohead has to offer

Blue Lines

Massive Attack

3/5

Good for what it is, but I’m not thrilled about any of it.

Penance Soiree

The Icarus Line

4/5

I always felt that this was the music the 2 kids from High Fidelity created. I like it, but it’s incredibly niche.

Iron Maiden

4/5

Hell yeah

Blood On The Tracks

Bob Dylan

4/5

Great album, but I prefer a few other Bob Dylan albums more than this one.

Kings Of The Wild Frontier

Adam & The Ants

3/5

I didn’t know what this was but I liked it.

Jagged Little Pill

Alanis Morissette

3/5

That one song was supposed to be about the full house guy

Peace Sells...But Who's Buying

Megadeth

3/5

I liked this, but I did feel like each track sounded the same.

Blood And Chocolate

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

3/5

It was fine, but nothing worth listening to again

Junkyard

The Birthday Party

1/5

You know what belongs in the Junkyard? Garbage.

Pornography

The Cure

3/5

This was ok.

This Is Hardcore

Pulp

3/5

I liked this, but probably won’t revisit this.

The Village Green Preservation Society

The Kinks

3/5

Enjoyable but not repetable

Brothers In Arms

Dire Straits

2/5

Too much sax

Stand!

Sly & The Family Stone

4/5

I felt that funky goodness

Aladdin Sane

David Bowie

4/5

Never heard of any of the songs on the album but I enjoyed them all.

Bongo Rock

Incredible Bongo Band

4/5

This album was a delightful surprise. You can banco on that!

From Elvis In Memphis

Elvis Presley

4/5

This sounds like Elvis

Moondance

Van Morrison

4/5

Good!

Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

3/5

Nick Cave and the better seeds

Definitely Maybe

Oasis

4/5

Not filled with guts bit very very solid album

Meat Is Murder

The Smiths

4/5

Smiiiiiths

Bone Machine

Tom Waits

3/5

Tom should have kept waiting. RIP

Dig Me Out

Sleater-Kinney

3/5

What's Going On

Marvin Gaye

4/5

This album is a 3.5, but because of the title song, it gets the nudge.

Os Mutantes

4/5

Brazilian Psychadelic 60s rock? What’s not to like?

Whatever

Aimee Mann

3/5

Solid songwriting and voice, but at a 3.5, I’m swinging this down to a 3.

Nilsson Schmilsson

Harry Nilsson

4/5

Four Star Boar Star

69 Love Songs

The Magnetic Fields

4/5

This is the Magnetic Fields signature album

Shaft

Isaac Hayes

3/5

I was expecting more, but cool sound.

The Bends

Radiohead

4/5

Fantastic Album. Uniquely Radiohead, and their first very good album.

The Trinity Session

Cowboy Junkies

2/5

Snoozefest

Bandwagonesque

Teenage Fanclub

4/5

It’s like pavement but not

Surrealistic Pillow

Jefferson Airplane

5/5

this album had a bit of blues, a bit of folk, a bit of psychedelic, and it sounded unique and fantastic.

Ctrl

SZA

2/5

Great voice, great production, but the songwriting is typical garbage for the masses to consume. A real shame.

Metal Box

Public Image Ltd.

3/5

I liked the music hated the vocals

Billion Dollar Babies

Alice Cooper

3/5

Ehhh

Sound of Silver

LCD Soundsystem

5/5

The best LCD Soundsystem album

Strangeways, Here We Come

The Smiths

4/5

This is more smiths, and I like the smiths

Let's Get Killed

David Holmes

4/5

It was electronic!

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness

The Smashing Pumpkins

4/5

Super great songs here, but also too many just ok songs.

I’ve Got a Tiger By the Tail

Buck Owens

3/5

Strong album, good songs, but not something I would revisit soon

Lost Souls

Doves

4/5

I dug the sound, the instrumentality mainly.

Happy Sad

Tim Buckley

3/5

Heroes

David Bowie

4/5

David Bowie is named David Bowie.

Let's Get It On

Marvin Gaye

4/5

So far the best Marvin Gaye album

Tom Tom Club

4/5

Green Onions

Booker T. & The MG's

4/5

Mo Onions Mo Problems - BigE

Survivor

Destiny's Child

3/5

Independence Day meets Pretty Woman

The Real Thing

Faith No More

4/5

This album earned a reluctant 4.0 from me, dammit. Metal, rock, 80s, 90’s, hip hop, what?

Play

Moby

4/5

3.8

Elvis Presley

4/5

Forest Gump taught Elvis how to Elvis

Green

R.E.M.

3/5

I Am a Bird Now

Antony and the Johnsons

3/5

To Pimp A Butterfly

Kendrick Lamar

5/5

Low-Life

New Order

3/5

3.3/3.4 it was good but eh

Maverick A Strike

Finley Quaye

3/5

Not bad but nothing special

Mermaid Avenue

Billy Bragg

3/5

3.5

Who's Next

The Who

4/5

4.4

Oar

Alexander 'Skip' Spence

3/5

Hard Again

Muddy Waters

4/5

Very good, but all the songs sounded the same

All Directions

The Temptations

3/5

Wild Is The Wind

Nina Simone

4/5

Back At The Chicken Shack

Jimmy Smith

4/5

The Age Of The Understatement

The Last Shadow Puppets

4/5

Talking Book

Stevie Wonder

3/5

Superstition is a 5, the rest less so.

Hot Buttered Soul

Isaac Hayes

3/5

3.5 Isaac Hayes souled out

Sound Affects

The Jam

3/5

3.4?

Blood Sugar Sex Magik

Red Hot Chili Peppers

4/5

4.4!

They Were Wrong, So We Drowned

Liars

3/5

3 Years, 5 Months And 2 Days In The Life Of...

Arrested Development

3/5

2.6/2.7 cheesy

Doggystyle

Snoop Dogg

4/5

3.7 ok

Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music

Ray Charles

4/5

Jamie Foxworthy of a 4.0

Back To Black

Amy Winehouse

4/5

3.7 never really listened to Amy Winehouse, but she aaaight

Darkness on the Edge of Town

Bruce Springsteen

4/5

4.3

Pacific Ocean Blue

Dennis Wilson

3/5

Nighthawks At The Diner

Tom Waits

3/5

3.5

Coles Corner

Richard Hawley

4/5

3.8

Automatic For The People

R.E.M.

4/5

3.8

Fred Neil

4/5

Solid

Hot Rats

Frank Zappa

4/5

Pretty cool

Ready To Die

The Notorious B.I.G.

4/5

4.1

Gentlemen

The Afghan Whigs

4/5

4.0

Live At The Star Club, Hamburg

Jerry Lee Lewis

4/5

Electric Music For The Mind And Body

Country Joe & The Fish

3/5

3.5

Raising Hell

Run-D.M.C.

3/5

3.5

My Aim Is True

Elvis Costello

4/5

4.2

The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill

Lauryn Hill

4/5

Sheet Music

10cc

4/5

The Joshua Tree

4/5

Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

4/5

Either Or

Elliott Smith

4/5

Very

Pet Shop Boys

4/5

Remedy

Basement Jaxx

4/5

Paranoid

Black Sabbath

5/5

Kala

M.I.A.

4/5

3.6

Welcome To The Pleasuredome

Frankie Goes To Hollywood

4/5

Damaged

Black Flag

2/5

The Doors

5/5

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

Beatles

5/5

Slipknot

3/5

Bookends

Simon & Garfunkel

5/5

4.5

Buenas Noches From A Lonely Room

Dwight Yoakam

3/5

The Slider

T. Rex

4/5

Crocodiles

Echo And The Bunnymen

3/5

2.7

Beggars Banquet

The Rolling Stones

4/5

Sweetheart Of The Rodeo

The Byrds

4/5

Straight Outta Compton

N.W.A.

4/5

I Should Coco

Supergrass

4/5

Dr. Octagonecologyst

Dr. Octagon

4/5

1984

Van Halen

4/5

Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)

Wu-Tang Clan

5/5

Thriller

Michael Jackson

4/5

A Wizard, A True Star

Todd Rundgren

3/5

Zombie

Fela Kuti

4/5

Technique

New Order

4/5

Fuzzy Logic

Super Furry Animals

3/5

Come Away With Me

Norah Jones

3/5

Talk Talk Talk

The Psychedelic Furs

2/5

Dust

Screaming Trees

3/5

Apocalypse Dudes

Turbonegro

4/5

At Folsom Prison

Johnny Cash

5/5

Lady In Satin

Billie Holiday

4/5

Madman Across The Water

Elton John

3/5

Sea Change

Beck

4/5

In The Court Of The Crimson King

King Crimson

4/5

Sign 'O' The Times

Prince

4/5

Parallel Lines

Blondie

4/5

Let It Bleed

The Rolling Stones

4/5

Only because the hits otherwise eh

War

4/5

Eghh

Diamond Life

Sade

3/5

Happy Trails

Quicksilver Messenger Service

4/5

Celebrity Skin

Hole

4/5

Slippery When Wet

Bon Jovi

5/5

The Soft Bulletin

The Flaming Lips

5/5

Tres Hombres

ZZ Top

4/5

Surf's Up

The Beach Boys

3/5

m b v

My Bloody Valentine

4/5

Tea for the Tillerman

Cat Stevens

3/5

Siembra

Willie Colón & Rubén Blades

3/5

Fun House

The Stooges

3/5

Nick Of Time

Bonnie Raitt

3/5

Odelay

Beck

4/5

Fever Ray

4/5

Logical Progression

LTJ Bukem

3/5

Tragic Songs of Life

The Louvin Brothers

3/5

OK Computer

Radiohead

5/5

Foo Fighters

3/5

3.6