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Album	You	Global	Diff
Tragic Songs of Life The Louvin Brothers	5	2.58	+2.42
Your Arsenal Morrissey	5	3.04	+1.96
Who Killed...... The Zutons? The Zutons	5	3.14	+1.86
Close To The Edge Yes	5	3.19	+1.81
Lady In Satin Billie Holiday	5	3.23	+1.77
The Age Of The Understatement The Last Shadow Puppets	5	3.25	+1.75
In The Wee Small Hours Frank Sinatra	5	3.27	+1.73
L'Eau Rouge The Young Gods	4	2.32	+1.68
Channel Orange Frank Ocean	5	3.33	+1.67
C'est Chic CHIC	5	3.34	+1.66

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Doolittle Pixies	1	3.74	-2.74
Pelican West Haircut 100	1	2.97	-1.97
Ghosteen Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds	1	2.97	-1.97
Born In The U.S.A. Bruce Springsteen	2	3.7	-1.7
She's So Unusual Cyndi Lauper	2	3.48	-1.48
Wish You Were Here Pink Floyd	3	4.3	-1.3
Protection Massive Attack	2	3.24	-1.24
Hejira Joni Mitchell	2	3.14	-1.14
Floodland Sisters Of Mercy	2	3.05	-1.05

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Artist	Albums	Average
Willie Nelson	2	5

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Tragic Songs of Life

The Louvin Brothers · 1 likes

5/5

Now this hits.

Time Out

The Dave Brubeck Quartet · 1 likes

4/5

Good background music jazz

Doolittle

Pixies · 1 likes

1/5

I just couldn’t get into it.

Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul

Otis Redding · 1 likes

5/5

I wish I could sing like this, man is belting

1-Star Albums (4)

D.O.A. the Third and Final Report of Throbbing Gristle

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Led Zeppelin II

Led Zeppelin

4/5

My friend’s favorite Zep album. Starts with Whole Lotta Love, straight slaps. Moby Dick is so good.

Blackstar

David Bowie

3/5

C'est Chic

CHIC

5/5

C’est bops

Pornography

The Cure

4/5

Channel Orange

Frank Ocean

5/5

Frank Ocean will never not put out top tier albums.

James Brown Live At The Apollo

James Brown

5/5

You can feel this man’s energy as soon as he hits the stage. Gives me the chills with how much soul he puts into his singing. Bops top to bottom.

Your Arsenal

Morrissey

5/5

Dummy

Portishead

4/5

Not exactly my type of music but the production on it is great. A quality made album.

Dirt

Alice In Chains

4/5

Blonde On Blonde

Bob Dylan

5/5

Bob Dylan doin Bob Dylan things. It’s got a certain, as the French would say, I don’t what.

Heroes

David Bowie

4/5

Can David Bowie sing? Yes Is this album produced well? Yes Is this album experimental ah? Yes

Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

Wilco

4/5

Always made fun of my mom for listening to Wilco. Now I listen to Wilco. Oh how the mighty have fallen.

Strangeways, Here We Come

The Smiths

4/5

Ill Communication

Beastie Boys

5/5

I already know this is a top tier album, always happy to listen to da bois

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector

Various Artists

3/5

It’s Christmas music, well made, good production, good vocals, Christmas music.

People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm

A Tribe Called Quest

4/5

A capsule of hip hop at the time, groovy and good lyricism.

Repeater

Fugazi

3/5

Honestly solid album, just sonically not for me. Powerful guitar and vocals.

Who Killed...... The Zutons?

The Zutons

5/5

Bop and a half. Never heard of this group before but they’re added to the rotation.

Bitches Brew

Miles Davis

3/5

Good background music but not something I’d put on to intentionally listen to it.

Wish You Were Here

Pink Floyd

3/5

Hail To the Thief

Radiohead

3/5

Not terrible but nothing really stuck out to me.

Tragic Songs of Life

The Louvin Brothers

5/5

Now this hits.

Time Out

The Dave Brubeck Quartet

4/5

Good background music jazz

New Forms

Roni Size

2/5

Sounds like most 90s/00s DnB and Jungle. Not terrible but nothing standout. Would make a great soundtrack for a PS2 game.

Done By The Forces Of Nature

Jungle Brothers

3/5

It is very much a product of its time and for me it doesn’t hold up well.

Fear Of Music

Talking Heads

3/5

Songs were hit or miss, fairly middle of the road album for me.

Low-Life

New Order

4/5

Overall very good, only a few songs where the instrumentation just didn’t sit right with me. But definitely will listen to again.

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

The Kinks

3/5

Mid for me. Good music but doesn’t move me.

Born In The U.S.A.

Bruce Springsteen

2/5

I’ve never really been a big Bruce fan and this album did not change my mind. Plus some of the lyrics are a little sketch.

Music in Exile

Songhoy Blues

4/5

I don’t know what the fuck is going on but these boys are spittin. Very good musicality on this album.

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

Beatles

4/5

I didn’t want to like it because I think the Beatles are so absurdly overrated but I can’t deny that this is a genuinely good album. Good songs and fun music throughout.

I Should Coco

Supergrass

3/5

Not bad, not great. Not for me.

Imagine

John Lennon

3/5

I don’t think John has the right vocal sound for the blues songs. Other songs are fine.

The Downward Spiral

Nine Inch Nails

4/5

I don’t know if Trent was the first to do it but he’s one of the best to.

Giant Steps

The Boo Radleys

2/5

Not my favorite listen. Some songs were okay but for me just a little to noisy and chaotic throughout.

The Real Thing

Faith No More

3/5

Bangs but then falls off in the latter half of the album.

3 + 3

The Isley Brothers

4/5

Grooves af

Freak Out!

The Mothers Of Invention

3/5

Frank Zappa as a person, 5/5. This Frank Zappa album, 3/5.

1989

Taylor Swift

4/5

Somehow there are songs on this album that I have managed to have not heard before. It’s what you would expect from a Taylor album. High quality production, mid lyrical content, pop music. Very few songs I would intentionally listen to, a couple more songs I wouldn’t skip if they came on. It’s tough to rate this one, personally I don’t like pop music but objectively it’s a well made album.

Crosby, Stills & Nash

5/5

Lady In Satin

Billie Holiday

5/5

Beautiful music with soul touching vocs

Close To The Edge

Yes

5/5

These guys are legally allowed to make a three track album of absolute bangers.

...And Justice For All

Metallica

4/5

Hits just the same as when I found this album in the basement as a child.

Ready To Die

The Notorious B.I.G.

5/5

I’ve listened to this many times throughout my life. Slaps the same every time. There is a reason why Biggie is still in conversations about GOAT rappers even with such a short career. This album will touch you, no Diddy.

Third/Sister Lovers

Big Star

3/5

It was good. Nothing really stand out for me. Some misses but some good ones as well.

Permission to Land

The Darkness

4/5

Some good some rough, a few bangers.

The Velvet Underground & Nico

The Velvet Underground

3/5

Some good some not so good, kinda rough around the edges. Some are fairly polished and pleasing. I at one time thought Apple Music decided to put on Bob Dylan in the middle of my listening session. Just feels like inconsistent from beginning to end. Shout out to Andy Warhol for the cover, love that guy.

Buenas Noches From A Lonely Room

Dwight Yoakam

3/5

Mix of older country and modern pop country. Some songs I really enjoyed and some were a little too modern for me.

Hejira

Joni Mitchell

2/5

Not for me. I think the music saves this from being a one but not digging her singing style.

Sunshine Hit Me

The Bees

2/5

Is this the British bias everyone complains about??? Album is fine, nothing super standout. I don’t see myself coming back to this one.

Lust For Life

Iggy Pop

3/5

Some hits some misses

Our Aim Is To Satisfy

Red Snapper

2/5

If You Can Believe Your Eyes & Ears

The Mamas & The Papas

4/5

War

4/5

Being born in the 90s, this is much better than the U2 music released during my youth.

The Man Who

Travis

4/5

Good

Doggystyle

Snoop Dogg

4/5

Good but too many skits on it for my tastes.

Ocean Rain

Echo And The Bunnymen

4/5

The Cure without the depression

Urban Hymns

The Verve

3/5

Started off with their most popular song, the rest was pretty mid.

Murmur

R.E.M.

3/5

Fine, nothing revolutionary

Birth Of The Cool

Miles Davis

4/5

Songs From The Big Chair

Tears For Fears

4/5

Pet Sounds

The Beach Boys

3/5

It’s good but not quite for me

Rattlesnakes

Lloyd Cole And The Commotions

4/5

Solid, I’ll come back to this one

Tago Mago

Can

3/5

Had me in the first half and then crashed out hard

Parallel Lines

Blondie

3/5

No Other

Gene Clark

4/5

Pink Moon

Nick Drake

5/5

Drake lost the battle with Kendrick.

Lost In The Dream

The War On Drugs

3/5

Fine, easy listening, nothing standout. A little too much washed out guitar interludes for my tastes.

The Band

3/5

Cafe Bleu

The Style Council

3/5

Floodland

Sisters Of Mercy

2/5

It was fine but it all felt like one really long song, nothing of note stood out.

Africa Brasil

Jorge Ben Jor

3/5

Wild Is The Wind

Nina Simone

4/5

Nina cookin

Pelican West

Haircut 100

1/5

I do my best to finish every album but I just could t do it.

Red Headed Stranger

Willie Nelson

5/5

I too am a red headed stranger

Doolittle

Pixies

1/5

I just couldn’t get into it.

In The Wee Small Hours

Frank Sinatra

5/5

This dude laid pipe

Ghosteen

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

1/5

I don’t get it. Mainly a dude talking over sound. Songwriting feels pretty lackluster to me.

My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

Kanye West

5/5

Listened to this too much, I already know my rating.

Led Zeppelin III

Led Zeppelin

4/5

Scream, Dracula, Scream

Rocket From The Crypt

3/5

Young Americans

David Bowie

3/5

After multiple Bowie albums on here, I can officially say I am not a Bowie boy. His music isn’t bad it just doesn’t do anything for me.

Either Or

Elliott Smith

4/5

Protection

Massive Attack

2/5

If I was rolling Molly or some shi, this would be fire. But alas, I’m sitting at work sober listening to this at 9AM and it is not hitting

Liquid Swords

GZA

4/5

Dated, but bops, good lyricism, beats are definitely a product of 90s New York.

Violent Femmes

4/5

Some hit or miss, good music, very relatable lyrics.

D.O.A. the Third and Final Report of Throbbing Gristle

Throbbing Gristle

1/5

Yeah, it’s pretty bad bad not good

Achtung Baby

3/5

Very far from real achtung

Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul

Otis Redding

5/5

I wish I could sing like this, man is belting

Truth And Soul

Fishbone

3/5

The music is super good and tasty bass riffs but the singing brought it down for me. Lyrical content was good, I’ll come back to a few songs.

Emergency On Planet Earth

Jamiroquai

3/5

Funky

L'Eau Rouge

The Young Gods

4/5

Nobody know what it means, but it’s provocative, it gets the people going.

A Girl Called Dusty

Dusty Springfield

4/5

Moss Side Story

Barry Adamson

3/5

It was fine, I enjoyed the musical undertones but the singing killed it :(

Run-D.M.C.

4/5

Lyrics are a positive message but just not the exact hard hitting rap that I perosnally like. The interplay between Run and DMC is very pleasant in the ears, fun hearing them go back and forth. The beats are simple but they make you wanna dance, very fun music to listen to.

She's So Unusual

Cyndi Lauper

2/5

Not my tempo

Rubber Soul

Beatles

5/5

Always been my favorite Beatles album. Norwegian Wood being my favorite song of theirs. I also have to shoutout Michelle as that’s my wife.

Nebraska

Bruce Springsteen

4/5

So much better than the last Bruce album. More acoustic solo music, I can get with it.