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Album	You	Global	Diff
Eli And The Thirteenth Confession Laura Nyro	5	2.94	+2.06
The Pleasure Principle Gary Numan	5	3.15	+1.85
Countdown To Ecstasy Steely Dan	5	3.28	+1.72
Dance Mania Tito Puente	5	3.29	+1.71
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot Wilco	5	3.31	+1.69
Brilliant Corners Thelonious Monk	5	3.33	+1.67
A Girl Called Dusty Dusty Springfield	5	3.33	+1.67
Lost In The Dream The War On Drugs	5	3.38	+1.62
Beauty And The Beat The Go-Go's	5	3.39	+1.61
Sound of Silver LCD Soundsystem	5	3.42	+1.58

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Grace Jeff Buckley	1	3.74	-2.74
Toys In The Attic Aerosmith	1	3.25	-2.25
American IV: The Man Comes Around Johnny Cash	2	3.88	-1.88
L.A. Woman The Doors	2	3.65	-1.65
Unknown Pleasures Joy Division	2	3.48	-1.48
Stand! Sly & The Family Stone	2	3.43	-1.43
Heaven Or Las Vegas Cocteau Twins	2	3.41	-1.41
Stardust Willie Nelson	2	3.39	-1.39
Come Away With Me Norah Jones	2	3.38	-1.38
Achtung Baby U2	2	3.3	-1.3

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Steely Dan	2	5
The White Stripes	2	5

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

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Aja

Steely Dan · 1 likes

5/5

Absolute masterpiece. The coolest vibes. Dad core. But like… why does he want to be called Deacon Blues?

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Eli And The Thirteenth Confession

Laura Nyro

5/5

In A Silent Way

Miles Davis

4/5

Darkness on the Edge of Town

Bruce Springsteen

3/5

Not for me. Very Bruce Springsteeny.

Red Headed Stranger

Willie Nelson

4/5

Emo country. Lovely. Sad.

Come Away With Me

Norah Jones

2/5

This whole album sounds the same and should be the soundtrack to 12 Nancy Meyers movies.

Pornography

The Cure

3/5

Robert Smith has a great voice. Very repetitive album. Drums

Brilliant Corners

Thelonious Monk

5/5

This is what I think about when I think about Jazz. "Dinner music" in the best possible way. Like if "Dinner" was cocktails in a smokey lounge.

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

David Bowie

5/5

Ziggy definitely played guitar. Guitar heavy classic for a reason. A pleasure to listen to.

Venus Luxure No. 1 Baby

Girls Against Boys

3/5

Technique

New Order

4/5

Upbeat, catchy. Lots of hi-hats. Enjoyed!

Stardust

Willie Nelson

2/5

Meh.

Odessey And Oracle

The Zombies

4/5

Fun happy upbeat

At Mister Kelly's

Sarah Vaughan

4/5

Killer voice. Fun and Jazzy. Also amusing that they left in the flubs.... "I don't know the words to this song - doobie doobie doo."

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

Beatles

5/5

Fun happy upbeat

Melody A.M.

Röyksopp

3/5

Beeps and boops. Can’t help but think of Geico commercials

Achtung Baby

2/5

Lots of singles. Lame singles.

Forever Changes

Love

4/5

Classic summer of love hippie rock. Lute music done well.

Beauty And The Beat

The Go-Go's

5/5

Great album. Lots of fun. Is it me or are there a lot of signs that this band influenced the 90s/00s punk scene in Chicago?

Orbital 2

Orbital

4/5

Fun club music. “I would put this on while I work.”

Tres Hombres

ZZ Top

3/5

Better than I was expecting. Exactly what I was expecting. Guitar driven, bluesy, not too bad.

Green Onions

Booker T. & The MG's

4/5

Funky. Catchy. Put this on and bop around the house.

Countdown To Ecstasy

Steely Dan

5/5

Smooth sounds of steely Dan.

Stand!

Sly & The Family Stone

2/5

Long in the middle. Not for me.

Sail Away

Randy Newman

3/5

A fine album. Nothing too catchy.

The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady

Charles Mingus

4/5

Cocaine jazz

...Baby One More Time

Britney Spears

2/5

Mediocre pop album. A few catchy songs; lots of schlock.

People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm

A Tribe Called Quest

4/5

Boy In Da Corner

Dizzee Rascal

2/5

Brit rap

3 Years, 5 Months And 2 Days In The Life Of...

Arrested Development

3/5

Document

R.E.M.

4/5

Actually quite good. Some hits. Some fun songs. is that a sitar?

Dance Mania

Tito Puente

5/5

Awesome. Enormous. Fun. Can’t help but dance.

Groovin'

The Young Rascals

3/5

American Pie

Don McLean

2/5

If you like those 2 songs, you’ll like this album (because it all sounds like those 2 songs).

Is This It

The Strokes

5/5

Pinnacle indie sleaze. No notes. So good.

The Slim Shady LP

Eminem

2/5

He hasn’t hit his peak. A very angry album with some really weird creepy songs. It’s interesting to listen to given what he has become.

Fear Of Music

Talking Heads

4/5

A lovely album. Fun bops. A few bangers.

Basket of Light

Pentangle

3/5

Hippie folk music.

A Girl Called Dusty

Dusty Springfield

5/5

Great album. Wide range. Lots of energy. No skips.

Endtroducing.....

DJ Shadow

3/5

Reminds me of college. Lots of samples.

Adele

4/5

Lots of feelings and so obviously, an amazing vocal performance

Let It Bleed

The Rolling Stones

3/5

3 great songs. Very Americana

Music in Exile

Songhoy Blues

3/5

Good beats. Put it on for dinner

Yank Crime

Drive Like Jehu

3/5

A lot going on with this album. Solid post-hardcore.

Sound of Silver

LCD Soundsystem

5/5

I love this album.

You Want It Darker

Leonard Cohen

3/5

Groovy Leonard cohen. Not my personal favorite Leonard cohen.

Are You Experienced

Jimi Hendrix

3/5

Unknown Pleasures

Joy Division

2/5

Honestly, a little boring. It's fine though.

Fleet Foxes

4/5

Wonderful vibey album. Winter. Mornings. Coziness.

The Contino Sessions

Death In Vegas

3/5

Happy Trails

Quicksilver Messenger Service

2/5

Weird.

Surf's Up

The Beach Boys

3/5

Sad beach boys.

Nowhere

Ride

3/5

I liked it. It's fine. A slightly harder version of Shoegaze

Joan Baez

4/5

L.A. Woman

The Doors

2/5

I'm not a fan. I can't ever imagine a situation where I would put on a The Doors album, not even this one. They're not "unlistenable," I just don't care about any of these songs.

Time Out Of Mind

Bob Dylan

3/5

Elephant

The White Stripes

5/5

This album rips.

Heroes

David Bowie

3/5

It's Bowie, so it has a high floor. But, this album didn't really keep my attention too much. It's good, but I don't think many of the songs will stick with me.

In Utero

Nirvana

3/5

Physical Graffiti

Led Zeppelin

4/5

the guitar work on this album is noticeable and awesome. Music to be blasted loud in a trans-am. This is a long one. A couple of hits, and not many skips.

All Hail the Queen

Queen Latifah

3/5

When hip hop was to dancing in the club. When emcees were MCs. Lots of tropes, but I’m going to assume many were started or popularized by her.

Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

Wilco

5/5

Great album. So many fantastic songs that they build and destroy. It's almost like they didn't want this played on the radio. Brings me right back to college. This album is a mood.

Heavy Weather

Weather Report

2/5

This seemed totally fine. I don't know why I need to listen to this before I die. This would be at home in any fancy hotel lobby bar.

Untitled (Black Is)

SAULT

3/5

War

3/5

I'm just not a U2 fan. Oddly, some of the songs on this album seem very influenced by Fleetwood Mac. This may just be because I've been listening to so much Fleetwood Mac lately. Lots of singles, as usual with these guys.

If I Should Fall From Grace With God

The Pogues

4/5

This was fun. Pub music. This album needs drinking to go with it. If you're looking for a soundtrack to your Irish Pub Night themed dinner party, well, you've found it.

Transformer

Lou Reed

4/5

This is a really good album. You can feel the David Bowie influence. A lot more tuba than I was expecting. But to be fair, I wasn't really expecting any tuba.

Too Rye Ay

Dexys Midnight Runners

3/5

Acceptable. Not sure I NEEDED to listen to this before I die.

Rock 'N Soul

Solomon Burke

3/5

Solid Sam Cooke styles

Fisherman's Blues

The Waterboys

4/5

I enjoyed this quite a bit. Reminded me of Ryan Adams with more strings and horns. Long album, but a good listen.

Surfer Rosa

Pixies

4/5

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness

The Smashing Pumpkins

5/5

Absolute masterpiece. The coolest vibes. Dad core. But like… why does he want to be called Deacon Blues?

Aja

Steely Dan

5/5

Absolute masterpiece. The coolest vibes. Dad core. But like… why does he want to be called Deacon Blues?

Dust

Screaming Trees

2/5

Classic alternative. Had no idea they sang "All I Know." Not sure I needed to listen to this album before I died though.

Woodface

Crowded House

2/5

Pretty up and down. Boring/fun. But hey, "Everywhere You Go, Always Take the Weather with You..."

Hotel California

Eagles

4/5

This is perfectly fine. Hotel California itself is a great song, but the Gypsy Kings cover is better, so how high can I rate this? This is a great album to listen to when you don't need to pay too much attention to it. It's good.

Under Construction

Missy Elliott

2/5

Nostalgic and pretty fun. I guess I like it more now than I did then. I'm still not sure why it's so well regarded.

Colour By Numbers

Culture Club

4/5

It's a bop.

3 Feet High and Rising

De La Soul

3/5

Old school.

Frank

Amy Winehouse

3/5

Vibey. Enjoyable. I think I like Back to Black a bit more, but a really impressive debut.

The Pleasure Principle

Gary Numan

5/5

This is the kind of music robots should be making in 2026. I just assume Gary Numan was a robot who somehow transformed into a person. Synth pop. Get me to an dance club in 1981.

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

Arctic Monkeys

4/5

A love letter to vocal distortion. Catchy pop tunes. Its no wonder these dudes got huge for a bit.

Fred Neil

4/5

"Everybody's talkin' at me...." Pretty good album! Fred Neil kinda rules. Definitely see his influence in Bill Callahan.

Lost In The Dream

The War On Drugs

5/5

Some bands have "a sound" and some bands have songs that all sound the same. This album rides that line perfectly. Something I almost never say: "I wish this album were longer." Its great to sit and focus on, it's great in the background.

Kings Of The Wild Frontier

Adam & The Ants

4/5

I love New Wave and this is good New Wave.

It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back

Public Enemy

3/5

Solid Public Enemy. Exactly what you expect. Upbeat. Kept my attention.

Imagine

John Lennon

3/5

Fine. Nothing really struck with me (besides Imagine, but I've heard that song so many times I just skipped it).

We're Only In It For The Money

The Mothers Of Invention

2/5

Weird as hell.

Abraxas

Santana

4/5

I thought this wouldn't be "my thing," but I think it might be "my thing."

Blue Lines

Massive Attack

3/5

A few covers. So 90s chill.

Want Two

Rufus Wainwright

3/5

Not what I was expecting. He sounds like Thom Yorke. Like if Radiohead weren't experimental at all.

Zombie

Fela Kuti

4/5

Dirt

Alice In Chains

4/5

Solid grunge album. They definitely had their own sound. Super guitar/bass driven. A very solid album.

Modern Life Is Rubbish

Blur

2/5

Will other Blur albums be on this list? This was a decent album, but there are other Blur albums I prefer. I don't think I recognized any songs on here. And maybe because I just listened to Dirt, but Pressure on Julian sounds like an Alice In Chains song...

The Man Machine

Kraftwerk

4/5

Like being in a video game. Good ambient music to get some work done to.

The Score

Fugees

4/5

Love this album. College. Doesn’t need the silly little skits.

Faith

George Michael

4/5

Solid album. Lots of David S Pumpkins vibes.

Vivid

Living Colour

3/5

i enjoyed it.

Coat Of Many Colors

Dolly Parton

4/5

Very enjoyable.

Rocks

Aerosmith

3/5

I’m not that into Aerosmith, but this is better than most of their albums.

Underwater Moonlight

The Soft Boys

2/5

I have already forgotten this.

Purple Rain

Prince

5/5

Madman Across The Water

Elton John

4/5

It’s good!

Connected

Stereo MC's

2/5

Born To Be With You

Dion

4/5

Cool discovery. I will be listening to this more. Proto-yacht rock? Pretty solid top to bottom.

White Blood Cells

The White Stripes

5/5

Ultimate garage rock. Love so many of these songs.

Astral Weeks

Van Morrison

4/5

Good album. Over before you know it.

American Idiot

Green Day

4/5

You know, it's a really good album. I get why it got so freaking popular.

3 + 3

The Isley Brothers

3/5

This is a fun album that sounds like the soundtrack to an awesome movie.

Straight Outta Compton

N.W.A.

3/5

I guess it's a fun album to listen to, as long as nobody else is around. Definitely shifted hiphop to gangsta rap. Some of these lyrics are pretty rough to listen to. But, 1 extra star because Fuck The Police.

Let's Get Killed

David Holmes

2/5

snoooooooze

Heaven Or Las Vegas

Cocteau Twins

2/5

This one didn't really hold my attention.

Grace

Jeff Buckley

1/5

BORING (as hell).

New York Dolls

3/5

Peace Sells...But Who's Buying

Megadeth

3/5

Heavy metal archetype. Not really for me. Interesting and entertaining though. Gothic, over the top, they know their game. Can definitely see these guys as a huge influence for Angine de Poitrine.

Led Zeppelin IV

Led Zeppelin

4/5

Black Holes and Revelations

Muse

3/5

It's fun rock and roll. Most of this album sounds like that one Guitar Hero song that I know (which is not necessarily a bad thing).

Marquee Moon

Television

3/5

Quite enjoyed this one. Rock n roll?

Back To Black

Amy Winehouse

4/5

She’s great. Her voice has depth. The songs feel genuine.

The Dreaming

Kate Bush

4/5

Wow. This whole album was way weirder than I was expecting. In the best way. Some songs sound like 4 genres in one. Also, those drums that kick off track one...

Blue

Joni Mitchell

4/5

Emotional, sad, genuine. Some of these songs made me sad. I’m not super into how she sings, but some of the songs (River, California, Blue) will stick with me.

Who's Next

The Who

3/5

Solid. The singles are great. The rest... fine.

The Grand Tour

George Jones

4/5

Old school country kinda rips. Sad. Outlaw. Orville Peck.

Pieces Of The Sky

Emmylou Harris

4/5

Very enjoyable. Fun to listen to this so soon after Coat of Many Colors by Dolly, as this has a cover. Would listen again.