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Get Behind Me Satan

The White Stripes • 5/5

Have listened to this album many times. Excellent. They don’t make good albums like this anymore.

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Album	You	Global	Diff
Get Behind Me Satan The White Stripes	5	3.39	+1.61
Marquee Moon Television	5	3.5	+1.5
Band On The Run Paul McCartney and Wings	5	3.66	+1.34
Peggy Suicide Julian Cope	4	2.77	+1.23
All Things Must Pass George Harrison	5	3.81	+1.19
Want One Rufus Wainwright	4	2.9	+1.1
Dog Man Star Suede	4	3	+1

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Hard Again Muddy Waters	1	3.61	-2.61
1984 Van Halen	1	3.5	-2.5
Hybrid Theory Linkin Park	1	3.39	-2.39
Songs Of Leonard Cohen Leonard Cohen	1	3.38	-2.38
At Fillmore East The Allman Brothers Band	1	3.37	-2.37
Ray Of Light Madonna	1	3	-2
Vulgar Display Of Power Pantera	1	2.97	-1.97
Spiderland Slint	1	2.97	-1.97
Survivor Destiny's Child	1	2.86	-1.86
Electric Music For The Mind And Body Country Joe & The Fish	1	2.85	-1.85

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Live And Dangerous

Thin Lizzy · 1 likes

4/5

Liked it way more than I expected. Thought it was going to be generic arena rock and it wasn’t. Usually don’t like live albums either. Dug it.

Tapestry

Carole King · 1 likes

3/5

Delightful for the most part

It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back

Public Enemy · 1 likes

3/5

Like it more than modern rap but still gets very old after a few songs. Every song is roughly the same, random noise increasing in pitch for 5 seconds and then repeat with drums behind it, some record scratches mixed in, Chuck D rapping the same way every song, then 10-20 seconds interludes in between the verses for Flava Flav to scream yeah boy

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Opus Dei

Laibach

1/5

No.

Bringing It All Back Home

Bob Dylan

3/5

Bluesier then the typical Dylan that I like. Seems to be the start of his transition out of folk. Not surprisingly, I like the second half more which includes Its All Over Now, Baby Blue.

Get Behind Me Satan

The White Stripes

5/5

Have listened to this album many times. Excellent. They don’t make good albums like this anymore.

More Songs About Buildings And Food

Talking Heads

2/5

A little funky for my tastes. I prefer some of their other albums. Only liked last two songs.

Hard Again

Muddy Waters

1/5

Pre thoughts: don’t like blues, it’s the same couple of riffs over and over in every song. Hank’s song in the Office ruins blues like Dewey Cox ruins biopics. Half way thoughts: I really don’t like blues. No structure like jazz or jam bands. Just not for me. Final thoughts: Before this exercise, I definitely wouldn’t have guessed that I like Romanian Death Metal more than blues. Hated it more than I expected to.

Aladdin Sane

David Bowie

4/5

Knew most of the songs already. One of my top Bowie albums. Not usually a fan of covers unless they are drastically changed. Why is lets spend the night together here.

Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire)

The Kinks

3/5

Knew most of the songs already. One of my top Bowie albums. Not usually a fan of covers unless they are drastically changed. Why is lets spend the night together here.

Heaux Tales

Jazmine Sullivan

3/5

Went in thinking it’d be a 1 star. Still felt that way after first half as every song just seemed the same (only so much you can do with drums which is why I don’t really like modern hip hop). Second half kind of clicked and I enjoyed the last 3 songs or so. Probably closer to a 2.5 for me which is saying something but I’ll round up to 3.

At Folsom Prison

Johnny Cash

3/5

It’s pretty much one song - and it’s a good song - sung over and over with some slight change to the tempo and some different chords. I like it, but there’s only so much you can do with one acoustic guitar and drums.

Songs Of Love And Hate

Leonard Cohen

3/5

Started off great and thought it was going to be a hidden gem for me as I didn’t know of the songs from this album, but fizzled out a bit. Suzanne is one of my favorite songs of all time but this album didn’t quite do it for me.

Electric Music For The Mind And Body

Country Joe & The Fish

1/5

Not really into that whole San Francisco sound. I’m hippie-ish but not this hippie-ish. This album generator experience is really telling me that I like structured music. Give me verses and choruses. This album doesn’t have many.

Parachutes

Coldplay

4/5

I forgot how good their first two albums are before they really leaned into the pop side. This is pop too, but it has enough verve and feeling to keep it interesting. Kind of reminded me of Pablo Honey, and while Radiohead went on to be incredibly inventive and groundbreaking, Coldplay did the opposite. 3.5 up to 4.

Hybrid Theory

Linkin Park

1/5

Laughed out loud 5 seconds into the first song. What a time capsule. Definitely listened to this on my discman when I was in 8th grade. 1.5 stars.

Queens of the Stone Age

Queens Of The Stone Age

2/5

Not my favorite type of music but can respect it. Couple songs that I liked. Thought I’d like it more than I did. Last couple songs almost dropped it to 1 star.

Kenya

Machito

2/5

Could be decent background music but nothing I would listen to just to listen to it.

Bryter Layter

Nick Drake

4/5

Liked it a lot, some great unique guitar playing. Of all the albums I’ve listened to for this project, this has the most new songs that I’ve found that I like.

Strange Cargo III

William Orbit

1/5

Second album skip after two songs. No way I’m listening to an hour of this.

All Things Must Pass

George Harrison

5/5

5 or 6 incredible songs and the rest is so so. A double album, it means a lot of songs I was very nonchalant about. 4.5 up to 5.

Pump

Aerosmith

2/5

Kind of like it more than I was expecting but would probably never listen again. Janie’s got a gun is good. 2.5 down to 2..

Low

David Bowie

3/5

Couple of gems but jamming, ambient Bowie isn’t my favorite Bowie.

Damaged

Black Flag

2/5

Ooph these guys are angry.

Let Love Rule

Lenny Kravitz

3/5

Very solid. No real stand out songs but everything pretty good. Very impressive for first album since it sounds like he wrote, produced, and played every instrument

Vol. 4

Black Sabbath

3/5

Was shocked when a cover of Changes came on. Dug it.

Let England Shake

PJ Harvey

2/5

Started it and loved it and quickly went downhill. I bet boomers love this.

The Sounds Of India

Ravi Shankar

2/5

60 minutes of any one instrument is a bit much.

If You Can Believe Your Eyes & Ears

The Mamas & The Papas

3/5

California Dreamin is a classic and I Call Your Name is great but nothing else really grabbed me. How do you rate an album with an all-time classic and not much else? Has to be at least 3 stars right?

1984

Van Halen

1/5

It’s definitely a lot of noise.

Africa Brasil

Jorge Ben Jor

2/5

Enjoyed it. Started running together at the end but I liked it

This Is Hardcore

Pulp

4/5

If this has razzmatazz or common people, it’s probably a 5 star.

Live And Dangerous

Thin Lizzy

4/5

Liked it way more than I expected. Thought it was going to be generic arena rock and it wasn’t. Usually don’t like live albums either. Dug it.

Moving Pictures

Rush

4/5

Two absolute classics in Tom Sawyer and limelight. Everything else was fine. 3.5/5 but where does it round to?

Dog Man Star

Suede

4/5

Solid, kind of a mix of Pulp, Oasis, and early Radiohead.

At Mister Kelly's

Sarah Vaughan

2/5

Music From Big Pink

The Band

3/5

Hard to give any album that has The Weight under 3 stars but nothing else here. Only version of I shall be released that I don’t like.

American IV: The Man Comes Around

Johnny Cash

3/5

Not a huge fan of cover albums, sing your own songs. At least he does it well. Needs some range, gets old after 5 or 6 songs.

Solid Air

John Martyn

2/5

Not much there for me.

Ramones

4/5

Just some boys having some fun. Delightful.

The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter

The Incredible String Band

1/5

Unlistenable. Maybe least favorite album so far. Giving this a 1 makes me want to revise the albums to make them a 2 so that this one is worse.

Supa Dupa Fly

Missy Elliott

2/5

Can definitely see how this is good for people that like rap. Just doesn’t click for me.

Suede

3/5

I liked the other Suede album much more.

Tapestry

Carole King

3/5

Delightful for the most part

Happy Trails

Quicksilver Messenger Service

2/5

Just don’t like jam bands

Graceland

Paul Simon

2/5

I guess I like early Paul Simon

Violator

Depeche Mode

4/5

Great album. Listening this makes the Johnny Cash’s Personal Jesus seem a lot worse.

Arc Of A Diver

Steve Winwood

2/5

I’ve never felt more like Dennis Reynolds.

At Fillmore East

The Allman Brothers Band

1/5

Couldn’t get through it. Just hate jam bands.

Germfree Adolescents

X-Ray Spex

4/5

So much damn fun. Would be a blast to play guitar in a band like this.

It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back

Public Enemy

3/5

Eliminator

ZZ Top

2/5

Felt like I was in a movie from 1990.

The Atomic Mr Basie

Count Basie & His Orchestra

2/5

Just not for me but I can respect the skill.

Music in Exile

Songhoy Blues

3/5

Peggy Suicide

Julian Cope

4/5

Dudes definitely going for it but I dig it.

Dust

Screaming Trees

3/5

Truth

Jeff Beck

2/5

Beck definitely shreds but some generic blues songs and one-dimensional singing style.

Sea Change

Beck

3/5

Guys sad.

Superfuzz Bigmuff

Mudhoney

2/5

Appreciate that they paved the way for nirvana to make good grunge music.

Ray Of Light

Madonna

1/5

Some of the songs are fine I guess but I really don’t understand why this album is on this list. I’d have to assume true blue and like a prayer are on here and this isn’t the only Madonna album.

3 + 3

The Isley Brothers

3/5

Not a big funk fan but have to respect the guitar and joy.

Live At The Witch Trials

The Fall

1/5

Some rough stuff here.

Pretzel Logic

Steely Dan

2/5

Became a dad last year so thought I would like this more.

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector

Various Artists

4/5

Best Christmas album there is

Music for the Masses

Depeche Mode

2/5

Funeral

Arcade Fire

4/5

There’s several studies about how nostalgia is what you watched/listened to/read in your most formative years and how those are always comforting (I guess as long as your formative years are comforting). Anyway this came out when I was a senior in high school.

Arrival

ABBA

3/5

Dancing Queen and Fernando give it 3 stars but not much else there

Marquee Moon

Television

5/5

One of the greatest albums ever and one that I've listened to 100’s of times. Some of the funnest guitar to play.

The Stone Roses

4/5

Can’t believe how much I like this. I knew I Wanna Be Adored but the rest of the album is pretty different from it. 4.5 stars, couldn’t go to 5 as there are albums in another tier.

Pretenders

4/5

Way more punk than I was expecting. Probably a 3.5 but Brass in Pocket gets it to a 4.

Talk Talk Talk

The Psychedelic Furs

3/5

It’s fine but not much sticking out

Led Zeppelin IV

Led Zeppelin

5/5

Geez Louise.

Either Or

Elliott Smith

4/5

Couldn’t imagine how listening to this would’ve felt walking home from bars in NYC at 5 AM in the winter after having a fun but disappointing night.

To Pimp A Butterfly

Kendrick Lamar

2/5

The Genius Of Ray Charles

Ray Charles

2/5

Little Earthquakes

Tori Amos

2/5

Don’t think I’m the target demo for this one.

Casanova

The Divine Comedy

1/5

Is this an April fools joke in January? This makes me think I can make an influential album.

Songs From A Room

Leonard Cohen

2/5

I don’t I was in a depressed enough mood to enjoy this.

The Low End Theory

A Tribe Called Quest

3/5

Fuzzy

Grant Lee Buffalo

3/5

The Suburbs

Arcade Fire

3/5

Machine Head

Deep Purple

2/5

I can smell the Coors Banquet and Marlboro Reds from this album.

Take Me Apart

Kelela

1/5

Exactly what I expected it to sound like. Sounds like all the others to me.

Hot Rats

Frank Zappa

3/5

Wish I listened to this back when I still did drugs. Willie the Pimp drops this album down by a full point. I like this more then the other loose structured albums.

Sunshine Superman

Donovan

2/5

A little too many lutes for my liking. Season of the Witch is an all timer though.

Songs Of Leonard Cohen

Leonard Cohen

1/5

Couldn’t get through it. 3rd Leonard Cohen album is all lot considering all songs are very, very similar. I love ‘Suzanne’ but the Nina Simone version.

Sister

Sonic Youth

2/5

Heard the chord progression on the first song and thought I was going to love this. The rest disappointed me.

Survivor

Destiny's Child

1/5

Songs For Swingin' Lovers!

Frank Sinatra

3/5

I don’t care if he is the Big Poppa, can he croon?

Vulgar Display Of Power

Pantera

1/5

I really doing understand the appeal of this genre.

Want One

Rufus Wainwright

4/5

Spiderland

Slint

1/5

Hey guys. The early 90’s called, they want their mood back.

A Night At The Opera

Queen

3/5

Back To Black

Amy Winehouse

5/5

Technique

New Order

4/5

Band On The Run

Paul McCartney and Wings

5/5

Talvin Singh

1/5

Ill Communication

Beastie Boys

2/5

Stankonia

OutKast

2/5

Mothership Connection

Parliament

3/5

We're Only In It For The Money

The Mothers Of Invention

1/5

Just because it’s a satirical joke album doesn’t mean the songs can’t be good.

The Velvet Underground

4/5

Not my favorite VU album which means I like it instead of loving it.

Venus Luxure No. 1 Baby

Girls Against Boys

1/5

Really don’t understand why this is on this list. Nothing original or memorable about it.

Teenage Head

Flamin' Groovies

3/5

War

3/5

Pink Moon

Nick Drake

4/5

Not sure we need multiple Nick Drake albums on here but it’s solid. Definitely darker than the other but as original as can be considering it’s just him and an acoustic.

Cee-Lo Green... Is The Soul Machine

Cee Lo Green

2/5

Was not expecting to see this album in here. A couple solid songs but man is his voice grating.

Everything Must Go

Manic Street Preachers

3/5

Perfectly cromulent.

From Elvis In Memphis

Elvis Presley

4/5

The Specials