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Album	You	Global	Diff
The Renaissance Q-Tip	5	3.24	+1.76
Straight Outta Compton N.W.A.	5	3.51	+1.49
Arrival ABBA	5	3.52	+1.48
Illmatic Nas	5	3.6	+1.4
Mothership Connection Parliament	5	3.61	+1.39
Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not Arctic Monkeys	5	3.73	+1.27
Night Life Ray Price	4	2.8	+1.2
Arular M.I.A.	4	2.84	+1.16
Innervisions Stevie Wonder	5	3.87	+1.13
I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You Aretha Franklin	5	3.93	+1.07

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Nevermind Nirvana	2	4.37	-2.37
Melodrama Lorde	1	3.31	-2.31
The Man Machine Kraftwerk	1	3.31	-2.31
Chemtrails Over The Country Club Lana Del Rey	1	3.05	-2.05
Nowhere Ride	1	3.02	-2.02
London Calling The Clash	2	3.96	-1.96
Swordfishtrombones Tom Waits	1	2.94	-1.94
Arc Of A Diver Steve Winwood	1	2.87	-1.87
Songs The Lord Taught Us The Cramps	1	2.83	-1.83
Dookie Green Day	2	3.79	-1.79

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Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not

The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars

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Arc Of A Diver

Steve Winwood · 1 likes

1/5

This couldn't be further from a win, and I wood like never to listen again

1-Star Albums (13)

Spy Vs. Spy: The Music Of Ornette Coleman

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Ellington at Newport

Duke Ellington

3/5

Enjoyed the album, can imagine this playing on a record player as I read a book on a wet afternoon. Definitely something I would be happy to play again.

Franz Ferdinand

2/5

Couple of really great songs but too much meh.

Foxbase Alpha

Saint Etienne

2/5

Not for me at all, found it kinda dull

Infected

The The

3/5

Really enjoying this, back half of the album is great.

Cafe Bleu

The Style Council

3/5

I thought some of these songs were a lot of fun, some were a bit wank, like that it tried something.

Triangle

The Beau Brummels

3/5

I feel like this album, listening to the first two songs I thought this is definitely 1 star, but now I'm on my second listen and it's go me questioning things. As I was writing this old Kentucky home came on and it's just so ridiculous it made me smile.Aahhhh

Tuesday Night Music Club

Sheryl Crow

3/5

This album gave me a lot of nostalgia. A very high 3 but just a few too many songs I wasn't too big a fan of.

Dire Straits

4/5

Cool guitar 🎸

They Were Wrong, So We Drowned

Liars

1/5

Too hungover, no.

S&M

Metallica

4/5

My most unexpected 4 stars yet

Melodrama

Lorde

1/5

Found it really dull

Talking With the Taxman About Poetry

Billy Bragg

3/5

Love the message and some absolutely great songs on here, I'm off to join a union.

Songs The Lord Taught Us

The Cramps

1/5

Nope

Too Rye Ay

Dexys Midnight Runners

3/5

Enjoyed

Chirping Crickets

Buddy Holly & The Crickets

3/5

Fun not grwat

At Mister Kelly's

Sarah Vaughan

4/5

Perfect accompaniment to my rainy train ride home

Nevermind

Nirvana

2/5

Couple of great songs but really did not enjoy the rest, don't shout at me.

Car Wheels On A Gravel Road

Lucinda Williams

3/5

Made me feel things, second half of the album especially. Made me create a new Spotify playlist for albums that made me feel, but can't say I enjoy every song so probably the harshest 3 stars yet

All Hope Is Gone

Slipknot

1/5

ÀAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!! SCREAMING

Aja

Steely Dan

3/5

Very enjoyable listen.

BEYONCÉ

Beyoncé

3/5

Not my favourite album of hers

Dookie

Green Day

2/5

Not for me.

Nixon

Lambchop

2/5

Boring

Nowhere

Ride

1/5

Being There

Wilco

2/5

Superunknown

Soundgarden

2/5

Heaven Or Las Vegas

Cocteau Twins

3/5

Boston

4/5

What a song to open the album and did not disappoint after

Station To Station

David Bowie

3/5

Please give us the best of Bowie.

Disraeli Gears

Cream

2/5

Very cliché, very dull and somehow one of the shortest albums felt the longest

Physical Graffiti

Led Zeppelin

4/5

Darklands

The Jesus And Mary Chain

4/5

Jesus this is good.

Peter Gabriel 3

Peter Gabriel

3/5

Peter Gabriel 3 gets 3

I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You

Aretha Franklin

5/5

I mean let's put some respect on this album, fucking great.

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector

Various Artists

4/5

Christmas!

Grace

Jeff Buckley

2/5

Feel like I should feel something from these songs but I just don't really feel anything.

Red Headed Stranger

Willie Nelson

4/5

The vibes are really bobbing exactly what you want a Willie Nelson album to be like.

Devil Without A Cause

Kid Rock

1/5

Nope

With The Beatles

Beatles

3/5

More of a Colorado potato beetle than a stag beetle. Not the best but still a beetle.

Disintegration

The Cure

3/5

Will someone give me the cure to this sadness

The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady

Charles Mingus

3/5

Very technically impressive but I felt nothing. Almost felt too much like showing off.

Pearl

Janis Joplin

3/5

Like a delicious biscuit, very digestible but not much nutrition.

Black Holes and Revelations

Muse

4/5

A lot of tunes here that remind me of being younger which is always nice.

Fishscale

Ghostface Killah

3/5

I did enjoy and I am really stuck between 3-4 stars, didn't get time for a second listen so I think I might have to stick with a very high 3.

The ArchAndroid

Janelle Monáe

3/5

Kind of like listening to 12 albums in one, so a bit messy but a lot of fun.

Heaux Tales

Jazmine Sullivan

3/5

Nice to something a little more modern. A little samey for me.

Parklife

Blur

3/5

Couple of great, lots of okay.

Chemtrails Over The Country Club

Lana Del Rey

1/5

My least favourite album so far, bad song writing and terrible singing.

Boy In Da Corner

Dizzee Rascal

3/5

Really enjoy a lot of this album but some songs are a very uncomfortable listen.

Logical Progression

LTJ Bukem

1/5

Pretzel Logic

Steely Dan

4/5

Listened to this 3 times now, so good, love the vocals but the solos are also outstanding!! Dan is the man.

Faust IV

Faust

2/5

Just not for me.

The Genius Of Ray Charles

Ray Charles

4/5

Some toe tapping tunes!

Cosmo's Factory

Creedence Clearwater Revival

4/5

This is just what I needed!!!

Spy Vs. Spy: The Music Of Ornette Coleman

John Zorn

1/5

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHtrumpetAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHsaxaphoneAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHjazz.

Debut

Björk

3/5

B: Bloody hell this is pretty good J: Just kidding this is not for me O: Oh actually I'm loving this R: Right this is driving me insane K: kinda questioning everything

Chore of Enchantment

Giant Sand

2/5

Feel like I'm so close to enjoying a lot of these songs, it's like I have an itch to scratch and these songs are almost doing the job but not quite, very unsatisfying.

Moon Safari

Air

4/5

Takes me on such a journey, just really immerses me in the album.

Go Girl Crazy

The Dictators

3/5

This album made me smile and laugh which was very refreshing. Very pleased I listened to it but not scrapping to go back to it.

Highly Evolved

The Vines

2/5

Just not that good.

Live At Leeds

The Who

2/5

The who? What? Where? Found this disappointingly boring. Never listened to much who and won't be in the future

Illinois

Sufjan Stevens

4/5

Great listen, a lot of fun with some really moving tracks thrown in.

Moss Side Story

Barry Adamson

2/5

Just didn't gel with the album. Like an awkward first date, the chemistry isn't there, and without the chemistry nothing sexy is going to happen.

Swordfishtrombones

Tom Waits

1/5

It's just a lot and absolutely nothing all at once.

Mothership Connection

Parliament

5/5

FUNky with a capital FUN, this album is so enjoyable, listened to it twice through dancing around doing my chores. Perfect for a Friday morning.

GREY Area

Little Simz

4/5

Great album, really great to have something modern on here. No grey area for me, it's clear this is a great album.

Catch A Fire

Bob Marley & The Wailers

4/5

Like the sun came out today just for this album. Honestly so lovely listening to this sun coming through my window cooking some scrambled eggs.

Arc Of A Diver

Steve Winwood

1/5

This couldn't be further from a win, and I wood like never to listen again

Wish You Were Here

Pink Floyd

5/5

Enjoying more than I thought, especially since ever song is approximately 7 hours long. Can see why people love pink Floyd! Kinda crazy that I've slept on pink Floyd for so long.

London Calling

The Clash

2/5

London calling what a song but I really did get bored of the rest of the album pretty quick.

If I Should Fall From Grace With God

The Pogues

2/5

Wanted to enjoy this one more

Here's Little Richard

Little Richard

3/5

This album is just a lot of fun, don't think it will stay with me for ages but definitely happy to listen to multiple times

Manassas

Stephen Stills

3/5

Hot Fuss

The Killers

2/5

Kills me to say this but I really did not enjoy the album.

The Man Machine

Kraftwerk

1/5

Beep boop, it's crap

The White Album

Beatles

4/5

Some of my favourite songs of all time on this album, but I think it's just slightly too long, a few songs that I didn't get along with. But mostly an amazing listen.

Adele

3/5

You know what I do love Adele but this is not my favourite album.

Among The Living

Anthrax

2/5

I won't lie only listened to a couple of songs and then turned off.

Bandwagonesque

Teenage Fanclub

2/5

This album completely drifted into the background for me, nothing particularly special about it. I'm not part of the fanclub and I refuse to jump on the bandwagon.

Pink Moon

Nick Drake

3/5

Night Life

Ray Price

4/5

Great little album, really matched a laid back Saturday vibe, I was hungover. But this worked nicely for my walk in the rain.

Shadowland

k.d. lang

2/5

It's a fine listen, just slightly forgettable.

Channel Orange

Frank Ocean

2/5

Look just think this album is very dull

Dust

Screaming Trees

2/5

Like dust this album just kind of sits there not really doing much. Will say screaming trees feels like the wrong name for this band.

Arular

M.I.A.

4/5

Maybe.Its.Amazing

Foo Fighters

2/5

One of these albums where I know I am wrong but I just did not enjoy.

Common

4/5

Just really love this album, great vibes.

Can't Buy A Thrill

Steely Dan

3/5

Peggy Suicide

Julian Cope

2/5

Meh

The Renaissance

Q-Tip

5/5

Can't imagine anything better to listen to in the sunshine, just like a real life q-tip deeply satisfying.

Crossing the Red Sea With the Adverts

The Adverts

3/5

Did I enjoy this? Yes Shall it be remembered? Shall what be remembered?

Purple Rain

Prince

4/5

What a sexy album

Germfree Adolescents

X-Ray Spex

3/5

Rum Sodomy & The Lash

The Pogues

4/5

Great album, perfect for hiking the Highlands.

Hotel California

Eagles

4/5

Graceland

Paul Simon

2/5

Really wanted to enjoy this more.

Arrival

ABBA

5/5

Yes! Yes! Yes!

Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not

Arctic Monkeys

5/5

Nostalgia central, makes me think of the first gig I went to with my dad, kfc on the way, great memories

Dub Housing

Pere Ubu

2/5

Not the right vibe

Vincebus Eruptum

Blue Cheer

2/5

No thank you

The Last Of The True Believers

Nanci Griffith

3/5

Rust Never Sleeps

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

3/5

There are parts I like and parts I found pretty dull, never crazy and never sending me to sleep, false advertising.

A Date With The Everly Brothers

The Everly Brothers

2/5

This album is so generic 60s.

Fever To Tell

Yeah Yeah Yeahs

2/5

No no no, just not my kinda music and it all just blended into one for me.

Beautiful Freak

Eels

2/5

I feel like I'm trying to concentrate on this album but keep drifting away. Also the cover is kinda terrifying.

Hot Rats

Frank Zappa

3/5

Just like a hot rat its 3 stars from me.

Soul Mining

The The

3/5

Better than being down the mines and not as good as other soul albums.

Imagine

John Lennon

2/5

Imagine one of the Beatles made a solo album, it's easy if you try, but with no talent and nothing to say, imagine all the songs, and just how shit they'd be, you may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one, this albums really shit. Also makes me think of all those celebrities singing it and that annoys me

Odessa

Bee Gees

2/5

Well that was disappointing, really wanted some songs I could dance to

Your Arsenal

Morrissey

2/5

Sad and depressing, unsurprisingly

Straight Outta Compton

N.W.A.

5/5

Oh boy am I excited!! What an album, what a collection of talent as well.

Ramones

3/5

Just last month I was working at the AO arena in Manchester as you can imagine we played this song a lot (blitzkrieg bop), the highlight was blasting it in the van as we entered the arena. Okay though a lot of these songs are nearly exactly the same.

The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars

David Bowie

5/5

Bridge Over Troubled Water

Simon & Garfunkel

3/5

Wonderful Rainbow

Lightning Bolt

1/5

Oh no

It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back

Public Enemy