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Album	You	Global	Diff
Django Django Django Django	5	3.21	+1.79
Moving Pictures Rush	5	3.58	+1.42
Master Of Puppets Metallica	5	3.72	+1.28
Time Out The Dave Brubeck Quartet	5	3.83	+1.17

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) Wu-Tang Clan	1	3.61	-2.61
Ready To Die The Notorious B.I.G.	1	3.36	-2.36
The Last Broadcast Doves	1	3.05	-2.05
Live At The Harlem Square Club Sam Cooke	2	3.76	-1.76
Orbital 2 Orbital	1	2.69	-1.69
Transformer Lou Reed	2	3.67	-1.67
Duck Rock Malcolm McLaren	1	2.65	-1.65
Shalimar Rahul Dev Burman	1	2.64	-1.64
Bookends Simon & Garfunkel	2	3.56	-1.56
Imagine John Lennon	2	3.45	-1.45

5-Star Albums (6)

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Time Out

The Dave Brubeck Quartet · 1 likes

5/5

Take five stars.

1-Star Albums (6)

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Make Yourself

Incubus

3/5

Sounds like Radiohead had a kid with Arctic Monkeys. Most songs are very similar to each other.

Transformer

Lou Reed

2/5

It's alright, kinda sounds like that era of David Bowie, for a reason. I'd give it 2.5 if I could.

Reggatta De Blanc

The Police

4/5

Wasn't familiar with the non-hit tracks, but they're quirky in a good way.

Brothers

The Black Keys

4/5

Dirty blues done right. Sometimes sounds over-polished but it feels like an egg in a well buttered pan.

Live At The Harlem Square Club

Sam Cooke

2/5

Not a fan of live albums. The sax solos are pretty tasty which saves it from a 1.

Bookends

Simon & Garfunkel

2/5

The hits are great of course, but the rest of the tracks are not amazing. Also quite the wtf moment with old men talking in the middle of the album.

The Last Broadcast

Doves

1/5

Very much Coldplay at home.

Master Of Puppets

Metallica

5/5

Every track is a banger, no fillers. Only Rust In Peace comes close in terms of trash greatness.

At Folsom Prison

Johnny Cash

3/5

Not a fan of live albums, but Cash has a way to deliver that makes this at least listenable.

Crime Of The Century

Supertramp

3/5

Decent album, not my favorite Supertramp.

Are You Experienced

Jimi Hendrix

5/5

It's Hendrix, is there more to be said? Even the "filler" tracks are filled with tasty guitar sounds.

Mott

Mott The Hoople

3/5

Aggressively average mid 70's rock. If this album was a color, it would be beige.

Country Life

Roxy Music

3/5

Never judge a book by its cover, they say. It's the case here, this is a surprising album, toeing between vanilla rock and proggy bits.

Ray Of Light

Madonna

3/5

Did not expect that at all from a Madonna album. I expected Taylor Swift-esque stuff but instead got Bjork-esque. Not my usual cup of tea, but not bad overall.

Led Zeppelin

4/5

It's a classic for a reason, again. I feel like I say this often but it's true.

Songs For Swingin' Lovers!

Frank Sinatra

3/5

All the songs sound very similar but not of them are bad. Makes me feel like I'm in a smoky club in the 50's.

McCartney

Paul McCartney

2/5

Sounds like an unfinished Beatles album.

If You Can Believe Your Eyes & Ears

The Mamas & The Papas

2/5

It's alright? Even the hits I had never heard. It sounds like a softer version of Jefferson Airplane.

Oar

Alexander 'Skip' Spence

2/5

Album went by without me noticing much of it.

It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back

Public Enemy

3/5

Not a fan of hip hop but the lyrics of this album are great.

I’m a Lonesome Fugitive

Merle Haggard

3/5

Actually listenable country. I wouldn't put this on every day but this was a fun discovery.

The Bends

Radiohead

4/5

My favorite Radiohead.

The Rise & Fall

Madness

3/5

Synchronicity

The Police

4/5

Classic Police, love it. The fillers are also listenable, for once.

Hounds Of Love

Kate Bush

3/5

It's ok, I guess. Don't have much to say about it. The change of style mid-way was pretty cool.

Appetite For Destruction

Guns N' Roses

4/5

It's incredibly full of hits, what else can I say? Maybe avoid the sex song next time?

Dare!

The Human League

3/5

So cheesy I could have made a fondue out of it.

Broken English

Marianne Faithfull

2/5

It's alright? It kind of passed without me noticing it did.

Disraeli Gears

Cream

4/5

Great blues rock, even if the drummer and Clapton became known to be shitheads.

Can't Buy A Thrill

Steely Dan

3/5

It's alright. I feel I write this a lot but it is what it is.

Van Halen

4/5

The bad songs on this album are the ones that don't feature shredding wankery. This is why we listen to Van Halen, folks.

Debut

Björk

4/5

I'm not convinced Bjork is from Earth. Incredible debut album.

Duck Rock

Malcolm McLaren

1/5

My garbage can makes sounds more pleasing than this record.

Rumours

Fleetwood Mac

4/5

I don't get the hype for this album. Is it good? Sure. Does it deserve the top spot? Absolutely not?

Bossanova

Pixies

3/5

Pretty neat. I wasn't familiar with the Pixies non-hits, but this felt right at home.

Vol. 4

Black Sabbath

4/5

What coke does to a mf.

Rejoicing In The Hands

Devendra Banhart

2/5

Eh? Kinda went by without me noticing.

Close To The Edge

Yes

4/5

Solid no bullshit prog rock.

Urban Hymns

The Verve

2/5

Britpop/10

Central Reservation

Beth Orton

2/5

Great album to fall asleep to.

Pet Sounds

The Beach Boys

3/5

It's alright?

Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

Wilco

3/5

Starts boring as paint, but ends up in a surprising experimental place.

The Atomic Mr Basie

Count Basie & His Orchestra

3/5

Good swing jazz done right, Some of those sax solos are absolutely filthy, love it!

Ambient 1/Music For Airports

Brian Eno

4/5

Okay for ambient it does exactly what it says on the tin, the album happened without me noticing. Usually I'd give a 2 or a 1 for that, but here it's the whole point of it.

Strangeways, Here We Come

The Smiths

3/5

Not The Queen is Dead, but good enough. I get that Morissey's voice can be annoying but I personally think it gives the band its distinct sound.

Aladdin Sane

David Bowie

3/5

Feels good to have the original Bowie instead of the dozens copycats in this list.

Eli And The Thirteenth Confession

Laura Nyro

3/5

It's a cute mix of jazz and soul. Not much to say about it.

Merriweather Post Pavilion

Animal Collective

2/5

I don't think I want high enough to enjoy this album.

Shalimar

Rahul Dev Burman

1/5

I hesitated to give 1 star to this album because style wise it's out there, far from the dozens of britpop albums. But also, I have no interest in a Bollywood movie OST.

Hybrid Theory

Linkin Park

3/5

3 stars for nostalgia. It's not that amazing besides that.

British Steel

Judas Priest

3/5

I'm more familiar with Painkiller. However this album is full of hits for a reason.

Funeral

Arcade Fire

3/5

I knew of Arcade Fire simply because they're from my hometown. However the album didn't leave a strong impression on me. It's very typical mid-2000s indie.

Nevermind

Nirvana

5/5

10/10 no notes. It goes weird towards the end and I'm here for it.

Django Django

5/5

This was a hidden gem. It's quirky, weird, out there, can't find the right words. But damn it's catchy. My only complaint is that it stays for a little too long. But A+ for effort.

Music

Madonna

2/5

Generic ass-pop. Madonna has great stuff, this album isn't it.

Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)

Wu-Tang Clan

1/5

I'm aware Wu-Tang Clan is meant to be extremely influential in the rap world, but this album was a complete miss for me.

Follow The Leader

Korn

3/5

Not as good as I thought it would be. I guess I like Korn's hits but not much otherwise.

Groovin'

The Young Rascals

3/5

Didn't pay super close attention to this one, seemed like book-standard psychedelic rock from the era.

The Clash

4/5

I was only familiar with London Calling. In comparison, this feels much closer to the punk "ideal", dirty, gritty, angry, not over-produced.

Nothing's Shocking

Jane's Addiction

2/5

I don't get this album. It should be within my taste profile but it was sour.

The xx

3/5

Indiest album that ever indied.

The Good, The Bad & The Queen

2/5

Giga supergroup of supergroups. Music wise however this is very unremarkable.

Automatic For The People

R.E.M.

4/5

Their singer might not be as technically gifted as others, but boy does he know how to deliver a song.

Time Out

The Dave Brubeck Quartet

5/5

Take five stars.

Orbital 2

Orbital

1/5

Techno to put people to sleep. Honorable mention to the Star Trek TNG reference, but not enough to get this one out of the sewers.

Raw Power

The Stooges

4/5

Good raw punk. I wasn't aware this had a billion different mixes, but judging from one song (raw power), I prefer Iggy's mix to Bowie's.

Billion Dollar Babies

Alice Cooper

3/5

It's hard rock from the 70s that stood the test of time, what more do you want?

Boston

4/5

Dad rock made album. Kinda neat, actually. Maybe I'm spiritually a dad.

Scream, Dracula, Scream

Rocket From The Crypt

3/5

It goes to 11 from the first second and doesn't let go. Gets a bit tiring after a while.

Californication

Red Hot Chili Peppers

3/5

The album you've heard a thousand times and still hits hard. I just wish the mix wasn't horrible.

White Denim

3/5

Kind of a modern take on psychedelic rock. Pretty cool but not extraordinary.

This Is Hardcore

Pulp

3/5

This wasn't very hardcore. The album should've been called "This is more britpop"

Sign 'O' The Times

Prince

3/5

Not purple rain tier, but good anyways.

Bad Company

2/5

Blandest vanilla rock ever produced.

Ready To Die

The Notorious B.I.G.

1/5

Awful gangsta rap

Highway 61 Revisited

Bob Dylan

4/5

Don't know what to say, this album slaps. Dylan doesn't have the prettiest voice but he carries his songs hard.

Dire Straits

4/5

This is almost a 5-star just because of Sultans of Swing. Yes, it carries the album that hard.

Fetch The Bolt Cutters

Fiona Apple

3/5

This was a weird one. It perfectly nailed the "lockdowns started and we're doomed" vibe. Still a bit too poppy for my tastes but a refreshing take on it.

Imagine

John Lennon

2/5

Lennon is only good with McCartney. The opposite is also true.

Horses

Patti Smith

2/5

This is meant to be punk? I don't know, sounded like pretty generic rock to me.

Different Class

Pulp

3/5

Alright vanilla rock. I got their other album a few weeks ago and this one was better. Not sure why this band has two albums on the list.

Led Zeppelin III

Led Zeppelin

4/5

Not my favorite Led Zep, but still a classic.

Blur

2/5

One hit wonder band. Unclear why they have *3* albums on the list.

Moving Pictures

Rush

5/5

Absolute masterpiece. Smooth like hot butter in a pan. No fillers, all bangers. This is the album to show someone who wants to know what prog rock is.

Young Americans

David Bowie

3/5

One of the 5 million Bowie albums out there on the list. It's not bad but it's also not amazing. The across the universe cover was a nice discovery.

Shleep

Robert Wyatt

2/5

boring ass-album.

Blackstar

David Bowie

4/5

Hard to be objective about this one. It's great, not amazing, but the circumstances of its release gives it that extra feels edge.