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Album	You	Global	Diff
Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) Wu-Tang Clan	5	3.61	+1.39
good kid, m.A.A.d city Kendrick Lamar	5	3.63	+1.37
The Low End Theory A Tribe Called Quest	5	3.7	+1.3
Vulnicura Björk	4	2.79	+1.21
Merriweather Post Pavilion Animal Collective	4	2.91	+1.09

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector Various Artists	1	3.3	-2.3
Slippery When Wet Bon Jovi	1	3.29	-2.29
Tubular Bells Mike Oldfield	1	3.1	-2.1
Slayed? Slade	1	2.87	-1.87
Guitar Town Steve Earle	1	2.8	-1.8
She's So Unusual Cyndi Lauper	2	3.48	-1.48
James Brown Live At The Apollo James Brown	2	3.45	-1.45
Cupid & Psyche 85 Scritti Politti	1	2.39	-1.39
Eliminator ZZ Top	2	3.37	-1.37
Who Killed...... The Zutons? The Zutons	2	3.15	-1.15

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Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)

Wu-Tang Clan · 2 likes

5/5

Putting aside my own personal feeling that not every track on this one is a 10/10, this album is simply too important, too influential to be anything less than a 5. The rough production style pairs perfectly with the albums dark and gritty atmosphere, as well as with the humorous tounge-in-cheek bars from the various members of the Clan. A lightning in a bottle moment from rap’s most notorious supergroup. 5/5

Slippery When Wet

Bon Jovi · 1 likes

1/5

Awful, cheesy, milquetoast garbage. Even the well known anthems have become annoying instaskips at this point. 1/5

The Slim Shady LP

Eminem · 1 likes

4/5

Too funny to be anything less than a 4. Did not age badly just because you said so. 4/5

1-Star Albums (7)

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector

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Heroes

David Bowie

4/5

Starting off strong. 3.5/5

Station To Station

David Bowie

3/5

“The Thin White Duke” - pretty funny. 3/5

Live At Leeds

The Who

3/5

The Who sound pretty great live. 3.5/5

3 Feet High and Rising

De La Soul

3/5

Production: great. Skits: horrendous. 3/5

Back In Black

AC/DC

3/5

Practically a Greatest Hits for AC/DC. Fun listen. 3.5/5

Superunknown

Soundgarden

4/5

This rips. 4/5

The Wildest!

Louis Prima

3/5

This Louis is indeed King Louie from the Jungle Book. Pretty neat. 3/5

Doolittle

Pixies

4/5

Messy and memorable. 4/5

Brothers

The Black Keys

3/5

Decent, put pretty samey by the end. 3.5/5

Disraeli Gears

Cream

3/5

Utterly insane final track. 3/5

That's The Way Of The World

Earth, Wind & Fire

3/5

A feelgood album. 3.5/5

Electric Ladyland

Jimi Hendrix

3/5

A tad long and lacking cohesion. An odyssey nonetheless. 3.5/5

The Seldom Seen Kid

Elbow

3/5

Decent Britpop. 3/5

Head Hunters

Herbie Hancock

3/5

Pretty coooollll. 3.5/5

Parklife

Blur

4/5

Good britpop. Extra points for album cover going so hard. 4/5

Who Killed...... The Zutons?

The Zutons

2/5

Confused by this albums inclusion at all. Pretty forgettable. 2/5

Trio

Dolly Parton

2/5

Pretty unremarkable. 2/5

Quiet Life

Japan

3/5

Twink album cover to lure one in was a clever move. Some interesting stuff happening in here obscured by the rest of the album. 2.5/5

Beggars Banquet

The Rolling Stones

3/5

Decent. Stray Cat Blues is seriously cringe. 3.5/5

Dig Me Out

Sleater-Kinney

3/5

The shrieky vocals start to grate by the last third of this album, at least for me anyways. 3.5/5

Tubular Bells

Mike Oldfield

1/5

I was already not really in the mood to hear an album like this. But what happens around the 12th minute of the second track had me so baffled, I had to end the listening experience right then and there. Yikes. 1/5

Graceland

Paul Simon

3/5

A pleasant listening experience, certainly. I had no idea of the controversy surrounding this albums creation until now. Has ‘You Can Call Me Al” on it too. Much to consider. 3/5

Slippery When Wet

Bon Jovi

1/5

Awful, cheesy, milquetoast garbage. Even the well known anthems have become annoying instaskips at this point. 1/5

Before And After Science

Brian Eno

3/5

Was expecting a bit more. 3.5/5

Back to Basics

Christina Aguilera

3/5

Was not expecting to enjoy this at all but was pleasantly surprised. A bit long and samey. 3/5

Brilliant Corners

Thelonious Monk

3/5

Acceptable jazz. 2.5/5

Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle

Bill Callahan

2/5

Meh. Solid first track. 2/5

Violator

Depeche Mode

4/5

This has the sauce. 4/5

Eliminator

ZZ Top

2/5

I really didn’t need to listen to a whole album of ZZ Top - that much is certain. 1.5/5

Pictures At An Exhibition

Emerson, Lake & Palmer

3/5

Live prog rock stuff. 3/5

Cupid & Psyche 85

Scritti Politti

1/5

Dreadful. Praying that this the worst inclusion in the list. 0.5/5

...The Dandy Warhols Come Down

The Dandy Warhols

4/5

Better than the global average would have you believe. 3.5/5

Smash

The Offspring

3/5

Hell yeah. 3.5/5

Modern Life Is Rubbish

Blur

3/5

Solid. 3/5

Slayed?

Slade

1/5

Rubbish. 1/5

Young Americans

David Bowie

3/5

More Bowie. 3.5/5

The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn

Pink Floyd

3/5

Pink Floyd’s first album is a bit of a blueprint of what was yet to come. A couple of outright nonsense tracks bring the score down a tad. 3.5/5

Stand!

Sly & The Family Stone

3/5

I Want To Take You Higher a clear standout. 2.5/3

Signing Off

UB40

3/5

Good vibes. 3/5

Rust Never Sleeps

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

3/5

Couldn’t help but enjoy this quite a bit. 3.5/5

Myths Of The Near Future

Klaxons

2/5

Why is This Album on the List - part #8. 2/5

Shadowland

k.d. lang

2/5

Passable. Don’t know why it’s on the list. 2.5/5

Abraxas

Santana

4/5

I always thought Santana was the guitarist, not the band. Turns out it’s both. Great album, definitely worth a revisit. 4/5

Merriweather Post Pavilion

Animal Collective

4/5

Stoked this made the list. 10/10 album cover. 4/5

Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite

Maxwell

3/5

Smooth. 3.5/5

The Slim Shady LP

Eminem

4/5

Too funny to be anything less than a 4. Did not age badly just because you said so. 4/5

Ágætis Byrjun

Sigur Rós

4/5

Close to being the elusive first 5. 4.5/5

Sheer Heart Attack

Queen

3/5

Decent album offering from a band I thought was more of a Greatest Hits specialist. 3.5/5

James Brown Live At The Apollo

James Brown

2/5

21 minutes long. A bad recording that is 90% weighted to one speaker/headphone. Definitely not required listening by any metric. 2/5

Talking Heads 77

Talking Heads

4/5

Yep. 4/5

White Ladder

David Gray

3/5

Being a childhood car trip staple counts for something I guess. 3.5/5

Marquee Moon

Television

4/5

Hard not to draw a parallel between Television and The Strokes. Not complaining. 4/5

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector

Various Artists

1/5

Killer arrangements. Get this off the list. 0/5

Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

Wilco

4/5

Feeling a strong 7 to a light 8 on this one. 4/5

Meat Puppets II

Meat Puppets

2/5

Idk. 2.5/5

Paul Simon

3/5

Pleasant enough. 3/5

1984

Van Halen

3/5

Sure. 3/5

A Walk Across The Rooftops

The Blue Nile

3/5

Heatwave. 3/5

Hot Fuss

The Killers

4/5

So much more here than just one, ridiculously overplayed song. Sam’s Town better though, sorry not sorry. 4/5

It's Too Late to Stop Now

Van Morrison

3/5

I have no idea why I listened to the whole thing - but I did. And I’m not really sure why I enjoyed it - but I kind of did. 3.5/5

Gorillaz

4/5

Underrated start to an elite discography. 19-2000 remix might be one of my favourite remixes of all time. 4.5/5

Bossanova

Pixies

3/5

Doolittle better. 3/5

Crazysexycool

TLC

3/5

Cool. 3/5

Licensed To Ill

Beastie Boys

3/5

It’s rock rap so yeah. Idk. 3/5

Guitar Town

Steve Earle

1/5

Awwww shucks. 1/5

Stardust

Willie Nelson

4/5

Had zero expectations going into this but was pleasantly surprised. A strong 3.5. 3.5/5

Fulfillingness' First Finale

Stevie Wonder

3/5

Was expecting a little more. 3.5/5

The Band

3/5

The Band (The Band) made some Music (Music). 2.5/5

Rain Dogs

Tom Waits

4/5

Do I recognise that I enjoyed this album because it’s considered the creative peak in a long and storied career? Or do I recognise that this album is considered the creative peak in a long and storied career because I enjoyed it? 4/5

Safe As Milk

Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band

4/5

Delightfully weird. 3.5/5

good kid, m.A.A.d city

Kendrick Lamar

5/5

My first 5, and it couldn’t be any simpler. One of the greatest rap records ever made, from one of the greatest rappers of all time. A perfect mix of hip-hop bangers and thought-provoking storytelling. And Sing About Me is one of the greatest songs ever made. What more is there to say. 5/5

Vauxhall And I

Morrissey

3/5

Weird man, weird views, weird tracks with weird lyrics. 2.5/5

John Barleycorn Must Die

Traffic

3/5

I have no thoughts. 2.5/5

What's That Noise?

Coldcut

3/5

All I know is that Nas did a NASty freestyle over Not Paid Enough. Adding a point for that I guess. 3/5

Blonde On Blonde

Bob Dylan

4/5

Harmonica On Harmonica. Death Grips reference. 3.5/5

Phrenology

The Roots

4/5

Such a solid hip-hop album. Black Thought is a top 5 MC all-time. Hoping Things Fall Apart makes the list, that shit is probably getting a 5. 4/5

The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady

Charles Mingus

3/5

There is better jazz. I’m sorry. 3/5

The Number Of The Beast

Iron Maiden

4/5

Guitar solos. 3.5/5

Transformer

Lou Reed

4/5

Considered a classic, and for good reason. 4/5

Achtung Baby

3/5

Orright. 3/5

Kollaps

Einstürzende Neubauten

2/5

Random ah noises. 2/5

Doggystyle

Snoop Dogg

3/5

What the dawg doin? 3.5/5

L'Eau Rouge

The Young Gods

2/5

Can’t take this one seriously, because: 1. Vocals sounds ridiculous 2. French 🤮 1.5/5

The Fat Of The Land

The Prodigy

4/5

🦀🦀🦀🦀 / 🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀 4/5

Bringing It All Back Home

Bob Dylan

3/5

It’s the kind of album where Dylan’s voice and the harmonica wear a bit thin by the end. 3/5

Darkness on the Edge of Town

Bruce Springsteen

3/5

Solid effort here from Bruce. 3.5/5

At Mister Kelly's

Sarah Vaughan

4/5

Comforting. 3.5/5

Duck Stab/Buster & Glen

The Residents

1/5

Has to be heard to be believed - completely baffled by this album’s inclusion. Utter nonsense. 1/5

Sunday At The Village Vanguard

Bill Evans Trio

3/5

Smooth lounge jazz. 3.5/5

Ace of Spades

Motörhead

3/5

Drags on too long. And it’s not even a long album. 2.5/5

Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)

Wu-Tang Clan

5/5

On The Beach

Neil Young

3/5

I fw some Neil Young. 3.5/5

Rubber Soul

Beatles

4/5

Feel like I’ve underrated this one a tad until now. A very solid offering from the Beatles - but the best was yet to come. 4.5/5

Scissor Sisters

3/5

Fun enough. 3/5

The Low End Theory

A Tribe Called Quest

5/5

Some 12 years ago, for reasons I cant quite remember, I decided I wanted to listen to the best rap albums of all time. After entering that prompt into Google, this album was the first result. I downloaded it before a trip to Europe, and ended up listening to it front to back at least 20 times. So it’s not just one of the greatest jazz rap albums of all time - to me, it’s the album that made me completely reevaluate how I listen to music. 5/5

Deja Vu

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

4/5

Very palatable country rock. 4/5

Wild Wood

Paul Weller

3/5

Thought it was fine. 3.5/5

My Aim Is True

Elvis Costello

3/5

Eh. 3/5

Adele

3/5

I never really quite got the hype around Adele. Send My Love really took me out because a) I didn’t even realise it was an Adele song and b) it’s inclusion in this album, as second track no less, is honestly baffling. Having said all that, there are some very poignant, emotional moments to be found throughout the album. 3.5/5

Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols

Sex Pistols

4/5

Yeah nah this is fucking awesome. 4/5

The xx

3/5

A pleasant inclusion. 3/5

16 Lovers Lane

The Go-Betweens

3/5

Kind of enjoyed this one, more than expected. 3.5/5

The Cars

3/5

Some decent new wave bangers here imo. 3/5

Vulnicura

Björk

4/5

Absolutely baffling how underrated this album is (at least on this site). Are people listening to albums on this list in a complete vacuum? That being said, pretty cool hearing the vocal parts that would ultimately be sampled on Death Grips - The Powers That B. I don’t think Vulnicura had even been released yet, meaning they technically sampled an album from the future. Something in that. 4/5

Sea Change

Beck

3/5

Didn’t need to hear this right now, Jesus wept. 3.5/5

Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music

Ray Charles

4/5

Pretty cool concept. 4/5

She's So Unusual

Cyndi Lauper

2/5

Time After Time still a classic if a bit cheesy. Unfortunately that cheesiness is pretty prevalent across the rest of this album. 2/5

Gentlemen

The Afghan Whigs

3/5

It’s always quite exciting when you come across an Artist and Album you’ve never heard of. Then you listen to it and you sort of realise why. 2.5/5

Mama's Gun

Erykah Badu

4/5

Beautiful. 4/5

Siembra

Willie Colón & Rubén Blades

3/5

Some essential salsa. 3.5/5

Boston

3/5

This is pretty fine, the hits hit and it doesn’t overstay its welcome. 3.5/5

Slanted And Enchanted

Pavement

3/5

Just finished, maybe one to return to. 3/5

We Are Family

Sister Sledge

3/5

A few chic bops. 3.5/5

Brothers In Arms

Dire Straits

4/5

Pretty amusing to come across not 1, but 2 all time classic tracks and realise you never actually knew who the artist was of said tracks. And then the rest of the album is great as well. 4/5

Another Green World

Brian Eno

3/5

Ethereal and minimalistic. 3.5/5

Two Dancers

Wild Beasts

2/5

Bang average with some annoying vocals. 2.5/5

OK Computer

Radiohead

5/5

When he was asked how it felt to have predicted the future on Ok Computer, Thom Yorke pretty nonchalantly remarked that they “just looked at what was happening at the time”. There are many reasons I would consider this album a masterpiece - the fact that it has aged so well being one of them. It’s an album that holds the rare distinction of somehow living up to all of the praise it has received over the years. To me, it’s an album that has a great deal of personal significance, and it’s an album I’ll aways keep coming back to. In an album constructed exclusively of top tier tracks, I’ll just call out Let Down, for its ability to emotionally devastate every single time. What a special album. 5/5

White Light / White Heat

The Velvet Underground

2/5

Is it ground-breaking and brilliant - or is it abysmal dogshit? Somewhere in the middle of Sister Ray, I figured out which one it’s closer to. 2/5