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Album	You	Global	Diff
I Against I Bad Brains	5	2.93	+2.07
Make Yourself Incubus	5	3.08	+1.92
Kenya Machito	5	3.27	+1.73
Live Through This Hole	5	3.3	+1.7
Live And Dangerous Thin Lizzy	5	3.32	+1.68
Foo Fighters Foo Fighters	5	3.48	+1.52
Stankonia OutKast	5	3.55	+1.45
3 + 3 The Isley Brothers	5	3.59	+1.41
Superunknown Soundgarden	5	3.65	+1.35
The Queen Is Dead The Smiths	5	3.66	+1.34

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Highway 61 Revisited Bob Dylan	1	3.75	-2.75
Closer Joy Division	1	3.22	-2.22
Actually Pet Shop Boys	1	3.18	-2.18
Architecture And Morality Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark	1	3.06	-2.06
Pills 'n' Thrills And Bellyaches Happy Mondays	1	2.99	-1.99
Bone Machine Tom Waits	1	2.84	-1.84
Harvest Neil Young	2	3.81	-1.81
The Infotainment Scan The Fall	1	2.71	-1.71
Electric Warrior T. Rex	2	3.53	-1.53
Paul Simon Paul Simon	2	3.5	-1.5

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Nirvana	2	5

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The Infotainment Scan

The Fall · 3 likes

1/5

I have never wanted to tell a lead singer to shut the fuck up more than I have listening to this album.

MTV Unplugged In New York

Nirvana · 2 likes

5/5

Absolutely incredible. One of my favorite live albums of all time.

1-Star Albums (8)

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The Queen Is Dead

The Smiths

5/5

Some songs were a little silly, but they were all very catchy and I find myself humming them even after listening.

Odelay

Beck

2/5

Lots of noise without saying anything. I just don't get it.

Melodrama

Lorde

4/5

Guero

Beck

3/5

Plenty of fun ideas, a bit more stuck with me compared to other Beck albums.

Hunky Dory

David Bowie

4/5

Quirky without losing depth.

Buena Vista Social Club

3/5

I appreciate the musicianship, but its not for me.

Paul Simon

2/5

The instrumentation is interesting, but the singing and songwriting isn't for me.

The Message

Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five

3/5

Flows aged poorly, lyrics aged alright, production aged wonderfully.

I Against I

Bad Brains

5/5

A new favorite. Packed with aggressive vocals and interesting instrumentation. Will definitely be listening again and checking out more of their discography.

Bug

Dinosaur Jr.

4/5

It just freaking rips.

Straight Outta Compton

N.W.A.

3/5

Production is excellent, flows are decent but lyrics haven't aged great.

Blood On The Tracks

Bob Dylan

3/5

The instrumentation was nice.

Melody A.M.

Röyksopp

3/5

Interesting but some tracks made me sleepy.

Rapture

Anita Baker

3/5

Not usually a fan of this style, but it won't me over by the end.

Virgin Suicides

Air

2/5

Not my bag

Songs From The Big Chair

Tears For Fears

5/5

No skips. Excellent album.

Highway 61 Revisited

Bob Dylan

1/5

I just don't get it.

Make Yourself

Incubus

5/5

Kind of everything I want from a rock album.

The Gilded Palace Of Sin

The Flying Burrito Brothers

3/5

Eh. There's other country rock I'd listen to if given the chance but this is fine.

La Revancha Del Tango

Gotan Project

3/5

Interesting but not my thing.

American Idiot

Green Day

5/5

A fucking masterpiece.

Live At The Harlem Square Club

Sam Cooke

4/5

Fun album. The crowd really showed the energy.

Buenas Noches From A Lonely Room

Dwight Yoakam

2/5

Instrumentation is very nice but the lyrics were so bad. Just whiny revenge fantasy after whiny revenge fantasy. Then it ends with a Christian tune? It's bordering on parody.

Germs

3/5

Glad I listened, but probably won't be revisiting it much outside of Lexicon Devil.

Chemtrails Over The Country Club

Lana Del Rey

3/5

Nice in the background and foreground. Chill enough not to be distracting the complex enough for critical listening.

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

4/5

Solid rock album.

The Cars

3/5

Excellent first three songs. The rest are meh.

Femi Kuti

3/5

I'd like it way more if the songs were a little shorter.

Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

3/5

Never been a Neil Young fan, but some of these where his voice isn't so warbly are pretty good.

The Slider

T. Rex

2/5

Meh.

Appetite For Destruction

Guns N' Roses

4/5

Phenomenal guitar work.

Garbage

4/5

Solid album. A few highlights.

Back In Black

AC/DC

5/5

Rock excellence.

The Colour Of Spring

Talk Talk

2/5

I just can't get over the vocals.

Miriam Makeba

4/5

I like this way more than I thought I would.

Sticky Fingers

The Rolling Stones

3/5

Pretty good.

Hot Fuss

The Killers

5/5

Be still, my millennial heart.

Forever Changes

Love

4/5

I'd never heard of this band, but I really liked this record.

1977

Ash

4/5

Pretty good 90s rock.

The Boatman's Call

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

3/5

I honestly dont know how to feel about this.

Hot Rats

Frank Zappa

3/5

I honestly dont know how to feel about this.

Different Class

Pulp

4/5

It definitely peaked early, but I still enjoyed it.

Actually

Pet Shop Boys

1/5

Bloopy 80s cheese. I don't like it.

Superfly

Curtis Mayfield

5/5

Easiest 5/5 I've ever given. This album is phenomenal.

Younger Than Yesterday

The Byrds

3/5

Fine.

Deep Purple In Rock

Deep Purple

2/5

Get organs out of rock.

1984

Van Halen

4/5

Excellent energetic rock.

Rust In Peace

Megadeth

2/5

Kinda hard to listen to, but the instrumentation is fun.

New Wave

The Auteurs

2/5

Instrumentation was not nearly good enough to make up for the lyrics and vocals.

Moondance

Van Morrison

4/5

Greater than the sum of its parts (which is saying something for an album with Moondance and Crazy Love on it)

The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan

3/5

This is the third Dylan album I've had during this project. I couldn't stand the first two, but this one wasn't too bad.

Tea for the Tillerman

Cat Stevens

4/5

Absolutely wonderful

Heaven Or Las Vegas

Cocteau Twins

3/5

Nothing stood out, but the album as a whole was a nice ride

Only By The Night

Kings of Leon

3/5

Starts and ends weak, but there's a solid run of songs in the middle.

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector

Various Artists

4/5

Theres a reason theyre classics

If You Can Believe Your Eyes & Ears

The Mamas & The Papas

2/5

Some of the melodies feel purposefully grating. I can appreciate the skill it takes to make them but I didn't care for it much.

Dusty In Memphis

Dusty Springfield

2/5

Not for me

Sunshine Hit Me

The Bees

2/5

I feel like I would've liked this more when it first came out, but this style has been done much better by others in the years since its release.

The Infotainment Scan

The Fall

1/5

I have never wanted to tell a lead singer to shut the fuck up more than I have listening to this album.

Hot Shots II

The Beta Band

2/5

Really not for me.

Home Is Where The Music Is

Hugh Masekela

3/5

A nice jazz album

The Clash

4/5

Continually changing and staying interesting without losing its punk edge.

Rattus Norvegicus

The Stranglers

3/5

Didn't leave much of an impact, but it was fine.

Music in Exile

Songhoy Blues

4/5

Surprisingly good.

John Prine

4/5

A truly gifted songwriter.

The ArchAndroid

Janelle Monáe

4/5

This album did not feel nearly as long as it was. Excellently crafted and extremely catchy.

At Folsom Prison

Johnny Cash

4/5

Songs were quick and fun. I enjoyed hearing the crowd banter as well.

Harvest

Neil Young

2/5

I just don't get Neil Young as a solo artist. Old Man is a nice song but I feel like I only really click with his music when he's part of a larger group.

(Pronounced 'Leh-'Nérd 'Skin-'Nérd)

Lynyrd Skynyrd

5/5

Way better than I remembered.

Liquid Swords

GZA

4/5

Incredibly good listen. Aged really well.

Doggystyle

Snoop Dogg

3/5

Beats are fun but the lyrics did not age well.

The Specials

2/5

The bass was doing some fun stuff but overall I didn't care for it.

Architecture And Morality

Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark

1/5

Very not for me

Fear Of Music

Talking Heads

4/5

I think I really really liked it, but I'll need a few more listens to know for sure

McCartney

Paul McCartney

3/5

Definitely an interesting listen. Some songs sound half-finished but I kinda liked that. It felt like a glimpse into Paul McCartney songwriting process.

Disraeli Gears

Cream

3/5

Very front loaded, but mostly enjoyable all throughout.

MTV Unplugged In New York

Nirvana

5/5

Absolutely incredible. One of my favorite live albums of all time.

Pills 'n' Thrills And Bellyaches

Happy Mondays

1/5

Entirely forgettable except for Bob's Yer Uncle but that's memorable for the wrong reasons.

Reign In Blood

Slayer

4/5

It made me want to punch a wall in the best possible way.

Boston

4/5

Great classic rock album.

Oracular Spectacular

MGMT

4/5

Just about every song is decently catchy, but only a few were memorable. I liked it overall but I'll probably only ever return to a handful of these tracks.

3 + 3

The Isley Brothers

5/5

Wonderful record. Infinitely listenable and grooveable.

Pretzel Logic

Steely Dan

3/5

It was fine. I appreciate the musicianship but most of it wasn't for me.

Live Through This

Hole

5/5

I can't believe this album flew under my radar for so long. No skips, excellent songs with enough angst, grit, catchiness, incisiveness, and energy to keep me coming back.

Copper Blue

Sugar

4/5

The heavy guitars are really well done. I enjoyed it.

Songs In The Key Of Life

Stevie Wonder

5/5

Genuinely incredible

Crosby, Stills & Nash

2/5

A little disappointing since I know these guys are capable of much more.

En-Tact

The Shamen

1/5

It just did nothing for me. I've been to a rave and I tried imagining dancing to this there and it felt depressing. The music is kinda interestingly layered every once in a while, but the album as a whole made me bounce back and forth between feeling annoyed and apathetic.

Infected

The The

2/5

Not the most boring album, but it definitely thinks it's more interesting than it is.

Kenya

Machito

5/5

I was dancing from the first song and didn't stop until the end. Absolutely fantastic and fun record that will be going into my rotation.

Nevermind

Nirvana

5/5

It's an influential album for a reason.

Rubber Soul

Beatles

4/5

Not my favorite of theirs, but still packed with excellent songs.

Peace Sells...But Who's Buying

Megadeth

3/5

It was fine.

Superunknown

Soundgarden

5/5

Stellar grunge record.

Hot Buttered Soul

Isaac Hayes

4/5

The song lengths make this difficult to put into casual rotation, but I did really enjoy it.

Rock 'N Soul

Solomon Burke

3/5

Started out meh, but the guitar work in some of the later songs won me over.

War

4/5

It was good. I dont remember most of the songs the next day but I enjoyed it while I listened.

Bone Machine

Tom Waits

1/5

I just don't like it.

Grievous Angel

Gram Parsons

3/5

I can see myself listening to this again if I'm ever in the mood.

Gorillaz

3/5

It was good. Definitely different for early 2000s.

The Village Green Preservation Society

The Kinks

3/5

Not super memorable to me.

Live And Dangerous

Thin Lizzy

5/5

It was almost 80 minutes long and I still didn't want it to end. The catchy songs and charisma left me wanting to play it again and again.

Mask

Bauhaus

4/5

Moments were grating, but in a way I weirdly didn't mind.

Highway to Hell

AC/DC

4/5

Nothing will ever touch Back in Black, but this was still pretty good.

Autobahn

Kraftwerk

2/5

All vibes. I didn't really care for it.

Dirt

Alice In Chains

4/5

I overlooked this band for way too long.

Tracy Chapman

4/5

Very gifted songwriting on display here.

The Stooges

2/5

Some of the instrumentals were fun, but I really didn't like the vocals or lyrics.

On The Beach

Neil Young

2/5

Not for me.

Songs For Swingin' Lovers!

Frank Sinatra

4/5

It made me want to walk around New York around Christmastime.

Foo Fighters

5/5

I love it.

Electric Warrior

T. Rex

2/5

I can't really figure out why, but I just find this music annoying.

A Wizard, A True Star

Todd Rundgren

4/5

Weird in the best way.

Ananda Shankar

4/5

Pretty interesting stuff. I could definitely listen to this over and over again.

Movies

Holger Czukay

2/5

Overblown. Songs would be better sampled and not listened to in their entirety.

Stankonia

OutKast

5/5

Banger after banger.

Blonde On Blonde

Bob Dylan

3/5

My third Dylan record on this project and by far the best. Still not really my thing though.

...And Justice For All

Metallica

4/5

One of only a few albums that can justify 7+ minute songs.

Kala

M.I.A.

4/5

I really enjoyed it. Some of it was rough, but a lot of it sounds surprisingly modern. Hard to believe its almost 20 years old.

Your New Favourite Band

The Hives

3/5

Not the best garage rock revival album, but the sound definitely took me back to the late 90s early 2000s.

Is This It

The Strokes

4/5

Excellent guitar work.

Bringing It All Back Home

Bob Dylan

3/5

I started this project a certified Bob Dylan hater. Five albums in, I still don't like it, but I think I kinda get it. Maybe. I don't know. I enjoyed parts of this more than the other albums I've had so far.

Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle

Bill Callahan

4/5

It may be unfair to review an album in my current state, but fuck it. This is my review. I listened to about a third of this album, then received some entirely unexpected news about a family member in the hospital. I've had a really difficult time with the news, and admittedly I'm still processing it as I write this, but I relistened to the album and it didn't make me feel better, but maybe not so upset at myself for how I'm feeling. The vocals, while rough on the first listen, complement the lyrics exceptionally well. The push and pull of beautiful instrumentation and sometimes-subtle-sometimes-overt darker moments really hit me. I left the album feeling not so alone with my own complicated feelings.

Power In Numbers

Jurassic 5

2/5

Starts strong but tapers off pretty quickly. Also -1 for the homophobia in One Of Them.

Rattlesnakes

Lloyd Cole And The Commotions

2/5

I just really didn't care for it. The vocals were also grating to me.

Live At The Regal

B.B. King

4/5

Excellent musicianship, but some of the crowd banter felt off.

Pearl

Janis Joplin

4/5

Good stuff.

Maxinquaye

Tricky

3/5

A chill listen and I enjoyed it, but nothing really stuck out and some songs felt overly long.

Venus Luxure No. 1 Baby

Girls Against Boys

4/5

I enjoyed it quite a bit.

This Nation’s Saving Grace

The Fall

2/5

Time Out

The Dave Brubeck Quartet

5/5

One of the easiest 5s I've given so far. Extremely fun to listen to and pick apart.

Get Behind Me Satan

The White Stripes

2/5

I've been a casual Jack White fan for a while, but this just didn't click with me.

The Trinity Session

Cowboy Junkies

2/5

I was meh on the album until I realized the mix made the singers "ess" sounds all squeeky/whistly. Really grated on me by the end of the record.

The Gershwin Songbook

Ella Fitzgerald

3/5

I did it. I listened to the whole thing. I completed the Ella Fitzger-athon. And I have some thoughts. This album fundamentally breaks this project. Most of the 130ish albums I've had so far are somewhat analogous to movies - discrete experiences with at least some thought put into the beginning, middle, and end. Not every one is a concept album, but they at least have some kind of flow to them. If these other albums are movies, this one is a sitcom, specifically an early sitcom with no overarching narrative. That's not to say it's worse, it just needs to be enjoyed differently. Independently, most of these songs are pretty great. Ella Fitzgerald's voice is incredible, and the jazz accompaniments suite the songs well. If I heard one of these at a snazzy cocktail bar, I'd probably really enjoy it. Binging all these songs together is a mistake. The cutesy lyrics and jazzy bombast can only get you so far. I was mentally done halfway through the second volume/disc, but I was less than halfway through this thing. If you have the opportunity, maybe try listening to this over a long weekend of cleaning the house or something. I think I would have definitely liked it a lot more if I had given each volume a little more room to breathe.

Vulnicura

Björk

3/5

I liked it?

Led Zeppelin IV

Led Zeppelin

5/5

Somehow better than I remember

Achtung Baby

4/5

I was lukewarm to it at first, but it kinda grew on me by the end.

Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge