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Album	You	Global	Diff
Ghosteen Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds	5	2.97	+2.03
Tubular Bells Mike Oldfield	5	3.1	+1.9
Ocean Rain Echo And The Bunnymen	5	3.22	+1.78
Meat Is Murder The Smiths	5	3.32	+1.68
Sea Change Beck	5	3.33	+1.67
Unknown Pleasures Joy Division	5	3.47	+1.53
Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme Simon & Garfunkel	5	3.62	+1.38
Ten Pearl Jam	5	3.92	+1.08
At Folsom Prison Johnny Cash	5	3.98	+1.02

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Slippery When Wet Bon Jovi	1	3.29	-2.29
Dookie Green Day	2	3.79	-1.79
Maverick A Strike Finley Quaye	1	2.75	-1.75
Ramones Ramones	2	3.58	-1.58
Selected Ambient Works 85-92 Aphex Twin	2	3.21	-1.21
Manassas Stephen Stills	2	3.07	-1.07

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Artist	Albums	Average
Beatles	2	5

5-Star Albums (11)

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Ten

Pearl Jam

5/5

Even Flow, Black and Alive were standouts on first listen, so I'm not surprised they're the most popular on Spotify right now. I really liked Deep too. Great Album.

1 likes

Slippery When Wet

Bon Jovi

1/5

I think this is the kind of 80's music I dislike the most...

1 likes

Tubular Bells

Mike Oldfield

5/5

Finally one that I have in my (tiny) physical collection and that I didn't borrow or stream! It's kind of overkill that Mike Oldfield has published 2 million versions of Tubular Bells, but this is a great prog-rock album; very original and very special. As most people, I've heard way more the first half than the second. Best song: Tubular Bells

1 likes

1-Star Albums (2)

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Eternally Yours

The Saints

3/5

Mis favoritas en primera escucha son Untitled, Memories Are Made Of This, A Minor Aversion, Know Your Product

Green Onions

Booker T. & The MG's

3/5

The Gershwin Songbook

Ella Fitzgerald

4/5

Appetite For Destruction

Guns N' Roses

4/5

Ramones

2/5

I like it. I understand the cultural significance and I'd probably have fun playing these songs on the guitar. Simple songs can be great and these might be, but the record feels too repetitive for me.

Unknown Pleasures

Joy Division

5/5

I was definitely excited in the morning when I got this as today's album. Knowing how critically acclaimed it is, I had went into this with high expectations, which were definitely met. I feel like listening to this album was long overdue for me.

At Folsom Prison

Johnny Cash

5/5

I'm not a big fan of country music and I've barely listened to Johnny Cash's music before, but this was so fun. The idea of singing this particular selection of songs in a prison; the stage banter, the engagement of the audience especially during funny moments... this is a very special live album.

The Band

3/5

I wasn't sure whether to rate it 3 or 4. Might edit it in the future. I didn't know any of the songs before. My favorites on first listen were King Harvest (Has Surely Come), The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down, The Unfaithful Servant and Across The Great Divide

Selected Ambient Works 85-92

Aphex Twin

2/5

I acknowledge that it can be a bit unfair to rate an ambient album when it's up against the other genres in this list. I don't think it's necessarily a bad album and it probably has its place in the ambient music genre. That said, I didn't really care about it.

People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm

A Tribe Called Quest

3/5

Maybe I need more exposure to hip hop to really enjoy this.

Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme

Simon & Garfunkel

5/5

Had to go listen more Simon & Garfunkel to decide if I wanted to rate this a 4 or a 5, so I guess I spoiled their next albums on this list. I really liked this but they've made even better music in my opinion. Edit: after a couple more listens I changed it to a 5.

Underwater Moonlight

The Soft Boys

3/5

Elastica

3/5

My favourite was Car Song

Forever Changes

Love

4/5

In my opinion the guitars were the best component in this album. The string and brass arrangements, and of course the vocals were great too. I don't like the stereo mix (or at least the one on Spotify), but I guess back then they were mostly focused on mono. I loved this folk rock sound. Live and Let Live was my favourite.

Ten

Pearl Jam

5/5

Even Flow, Black and Alive were standouts on first listen, so I'm not surprised they're the most popular on Spotify right now. I really liked Deep too. Great Album.

Triangle

The Beau Brummels

3/5

My favourite on first listen was Magic Hollow. Also The Wolf of Velvet Fortune and Only Dreaming Now. I'm not sure why the ratings on this web page are so low. There are probably many better albums on the list, but this is not bad at all. I'd probably rate it a 3.5

You Are The Quarry

Morrissey

3/5

3.5 I liked it. However, he can shove his fish and chips

Bayou Country

Creedence Clearwater Revival

3/5

Cafe Bleu

The Style Council

3/5

The Healer

John Lee Hooker

3/5

#1 Record

Big Star

3/5

Sea Change

Beck

5/5

Highlights: Lonesome Tears, The Golden Age, Round The Bend

The Score

Fugees

4/5

Ctrl

SZA

3/5

Brilliant Corners

Thelonious Monk

3/5

Maverick A Strike

Finley Quaye

1/5

I don't think there's anything inherently wrong with this album. It just doesn't work for me, for some reason. This is still one of my first albums, so I know that this page is going to say that I hate reggae for a long time (which is not true). But this is the first on the list that I actively disliked.

Beauty And The Beat

The Go-Go's

4/5

Meat Is Murder

The Smiths

5/5

Definitely Maybe

Oasis

4/5

Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

4/5

4.5

Come Find Yourself

Fun Lovin' Criminals

2/5

Surf's Up

The Beach Boys

3/5

Rattus Norvegicus

The Stranglers

3/5

3.5

Slippery When Wet

Bon Jovi

1/5

I think this is the kind of 80's music I dislike the most...

Django Django

4/5

I'd never heard about this band before, but this album was definitely a pleasant surprise; especially the production, which is remarkable. The mix of acoustic instruments, electronic textures and layered vocals is impeccable. Wor and Default were standout tracks for me.

Stankonia

OutKast

4/5

This is my fourth Hip Hop album on the list, and I'm someone who knows basically nothing about the genre. Although two of the other three have high ratings on this page (and I didn't give them bad ratings), I feel like Stankonia was the introduction I needed to Hip Hop. Ms. Jackson is amazing, no wonder it was such a huge success. As a side note, this morning I bought a different album and I also randomly picked up a free music magazine in the store. There was a whole section dedicated to this album, celebrating its 25th anniversary. I didn't know Stankonia or OutKast previously, so it was a nice coincidence.

The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators

The 13th Floor Elevators

3/5

Don't Stand Me Down

Dexys Midnight Runners

2/5

The Yes Album

Yes

3/5

Maxinquaye

Tricky

4/5

Something Else By The Kinks

The Kinks

3/5

Nebraska

Bruce Springsteen

3/5

3.5

Iron Maiden

4/5

I can't say I'm a big fan of metal, but this was good. I enjoyed it more than I expected.

Take Me Apart

Kelela

3/5

The production is great. However, this was very hard to rate, as what really caught my attention was the very interesting electronic production, but not the songs by themselves. My favourites on first listen: Frontlines, Enough, LMK

Ghosteen

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

5/5

My second Nick Cave album on this list, just two weeks after the first. This album sounds like grief, it's devastating. The songwriting is exceptional, especially in the closing song, Hollywood. Sonically it's mostly ambient music, but emotionally, it is very, very heavy. It's ironic that, for being ambient music, it kept drawing my attention whenever I tried to do anything else while listening.

Revolver

Beatles

5/5

My first Beatles album on the list. A classic.

Dookie

Green Day

2/5

I haven't heard it before, but I know it's very popular. I don't know, most of the songs sound kind of the same to me. Maybe punk is not really my thing. It is fun, though, and maybe I'll like the album better if I listen more to it. I liked Welcome To Paradise

Smile

Brian Wilson

3/5

Bandwagonesque

Teenage Fanclub

4/5

After the first listen, I read a review that said "God bless the second listen", so I decided to give it another chance. I'm glad I did.

Sound of Silver

LCD Soundsystem

4/5

Ocean Rain

Echo And The Bunnymen

5/5

First Listen: 4.5 I already knew The Killing Moon quite well, so I was excited to hear the whole album. It could likely become a 5 with a few more listens. On second listen: yeah, this is a 5. I'd say this is more of a night album

Manassas

Stephen Stills

2/5

2.5 Nothing wrong with it, but it did not catch my attention either. I liked the guitar parts towards the end, especially in The Treasure. I might raise the rating up to three someday if I'm feeling less harsh.

The World is a Ghetto

War

4/5

A pleasant surprise.

Adele

4/5

A good modern pop album, containing some of Adele's biggest hits. She demonstrates her exceptional voice here. I have to admit I'm sick of Someone Like You, which is not a bad song, but it's overplayed. Rolling In The Deep definetly deserves the hype. My favourite songs that I didn't previously know were One And Only and Lovesong.

Tubular Bells

Mike Oldfield

5/5

Aha Shake Heartbreak

Kings of Leon

3/5

It's Blitz!

Yeah Yeah Yeahs

4/5

Odessa

Bee Gees

3/5

Club Classics Vol. One

Soul II Soul

2/5

2.5 I wasn't particularly entertained, but I do think that I should give this album another chance someday, so there's a possibility I will bump the rating up in the future. The vocalists are great, for sure.

Band On The Run

Paul McCartney and Wings

4/5

I haven't listened to Paul McCartney solo in a while! This really takes me back (even if it hasn't been that long, but I'm young), as McCartney was my first ever concert as a kid. I remember I took my binoculars to the show, as I was seated in the nosebleeds. Great show, and a few of the songs on this album were in the setlist, which were Band On The Run, Let Me Roll It, Nineteen Hundred And Eighty Five. We recorded the latter and I've watched so many times over the years, which might be half the reason that it was the song I found most enjoyable while listening to the album this time. I do think it's the best song on the album regardless of the memories. The title track is not far behind. Not a perfect album, but there are some amazing songs in here.

En-Tact

The Shamen

2/5

Surprisingly good as background music for studying, as it is pleasant although extremely repetitive. Other than for that use, I have no desire to listen to it again, even if I don't actively dislike it.

Abbey Road

Beatles

5/5

"And in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make". Always a masterpiece. What a great way to end a career as a band (well, ignoring the fact that Let It Be was released later). This is a rare perfect album, no wonder it is at the very top in the global highest rated albums in this page, tied with Rumours. Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight/The End is such a perfect ending, with Her Majesty as a nice little epilogue. I'm so glad to have heard the mash up of the three songs live as a closing for the Paul McCartney show I attended as a kid. But really, every song on here is perfect. I also love George Harrison's contributions to this record, both as a songwriter and guitar player. Been getting a lot of Beatles recently here. Revolver a couple weeks ago; McCartney's Band On The Run two days ago.