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Album	You	Global	Diff
Tragic Songs of Life The Louvin Brothers	5	2.58	+2.42
Reign In Blood Slayer	5	2.97	+2.03
Your Arsenal Morrissey	5	3.05	+1.95
Close To You Carpenters	5	3.13	+1.87
Who Killed...... The Zutons? The Zutons	5	3.14	+1.86
Close To The Edge Yes	5	3.2	+1.8
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
System Of A Down System Of A Down	5	3.27	+1.73

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	2.95	-1.95
Born In The U.S.A. Bruce Springsteen	2	3.69	-1.69
She's So Unusual Cyndi Lauper	2	3.48	-1.48
Blur Blur	2	3.33	-1.33
Wish You Were Here Pink Floyd	3	4.3	-1.3
Protection Massive Attack	2	3.24	-1.24
Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) Eurythmics	2	3.24	-1.24
Hejira Joni Mitchell	2	3.14	-1.14

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Artist	Albums	Average
Willie Nelson	2	5
Beatles	3	4.33

5-Star Albums (27)

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Doolittle

Pixies · 2 likes

1/5

I just couldn’t get into it.

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

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

All Ratings

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.

Haut de gamme / Koweït, rive gauche

Koffi Olomide

2/5

Dance music in a language I don’t know, it’s alright.

Stardust

Willie Nelson

5/5

Bangs.

Fire Of Love

The Gun Club

2/5

Not punk that moves me

The Age Of The Understatement

The Last Shadow Puppets

5/5

Short but enjoyable.

Hot Buttered Soul

Isaac Hayes

3/5

Tasty, but not sure I’ll come back to.

Fishscale

Ghostface Killah

4/5

A kilo is 1000 grams, it’s easy to remember.

When I Was Born For The 7th Time

Cornershop

2/5

Nothing standout, some good mid-90s sound but also some just noise.

Broken English

Marianne Faithfull

2/5

Master Of Puppets

Metallica

4/5

The Lexicon Of Love

ABC

3/5

Pretty funky

Autobahn

Kraftwerk

3/5

FUN FUN FUN ON THE AUTOBAHN Good for the time but age has dampened the technological mastery it was in the 70s.

The Joshua Tree

3/5

Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)

Eurythmics

2/5

I do not see myself coming back to this album besides the title track.

69 Love Songs

The Magnetic Fields

3/5

Songs are fine, nothing standout, but they weren’t bad. It is legitimately 69 songs long, almost three hours.

The Velvet Underground

4/5

Pretty good

Fly Or Die

N.E.R.D

3/5

Fine, nothing standout. Good production but nothing revolutionary to me.

New York Dolls

3/5

Swordfishtrombones

Tom Waits

2/5

Not my tempo.

It's Blitz!

Yeah Yeah Yeahs

4/5

A good palette cleanser on this list.

Whatever

Aimee Mann

3/5

I don’t think this album is whatever but I don’t see myself coming back to it.

Play

Moby

3/5

Enjoyed it. Good background music, nothing extremely mind blowing but production quality was definitely there.

Home Is Where The Music Is

Hugh Masekela

4/5

Bops Bigly

Faust IV

Faust

2/5

Lot of noise and not great vocals. Vocals were also mixed very softly so you couldn’t quiet hear the lyrical content.

Melody A.M.

Röyksopp

3/5

Not bad, not exception. Pretty M I D

Vol. 4

Black Sabbath

5/5

Not a bad song on it.

Natty Dread

Bob Marley & The Wailers

4/5

Good album, musically well done.

The Bones Of What You Believe

CHVRCHES

3/5

It’s very mid, I am not really sure how it made it here honestly. It’s not bad but it’s nothing astounding. Just a very middle of the road album. The typa shit my wife would listen to, and not in a good way.

A Short Album About Love

The Divine Comedy

3/5

The title is no lie. Decent songs.

Slayed?

Slade

4/5

Solid 70s rock album.

Dusty In Memphis

Dusty Springfield

3/5

Clandestino

Manu Chao

3/5

Mid

Underwater Moonlight

The Soft Boys

4/5

Enjoyable, would listen again.

Gorillaz

3/5

I remember this being better when I was in middle school.

Inspiration Information

Shuggie Otis

3/5

Started of strong and then it lost me in the second half.

Bongo Rock

Incredible Bongo Band

3/5

So many songs sampled this it’s crazy.

Remain In Light

Talking Heads

4/5

Never really listened to the talking heads before but it’s pretty good

Madman Across The Water

Elton John

3/5

He can sing but the music isn’t quite it for me.

Bummed

Happy Mondays

3/5

Mid

Strange Cargo III

William Orbit

2/5

Not bad but doesn’t do much for me..

Surrealistic Pillow

Jefferson Airplane

4/5

Bops

Steve McQueen

Prefab Sprout

4/5

Pree good

Elastica

3/5

Pree good

Reign In Blood

Slayer

5/5

💯 Speed Zoom Aaaahhhhhh

Lady Soul

Aretha Franklin

4/5

She got pipes

The Hissing Of Summer Lawns

Joni Mitchell

3/5

Toys In The Attic

Aerosmith

3/5

American IV: The Man Comes Around

Johnny Cash

5/5

I love me some Johnny Cash. This album is done very well, and the song selection is very good.

2112

Rush

4/5

Rock

Rattus Norvegicus

The Stranglers

4/5

Pretty boppin

Snivilisation

Orbital

3/5

It’s electronic

System Of A Down

5/5

I’ve been listening to this album for at least the last 20 years of my life, if not a little longer. This is a quintessential album for me. The lyrical content is very powerful (for the most part, sometimes a little silly. Serj can be a little goofster.) But these guys were so formative for my outlook from such a young age. The guitars, bass, and drums just hit so right, just so good. I will never not listen to SOAD.

808 State

3/5

Mid

Close To You

Carpenters

5/5

Loved it, very nice music to do office work to

Harvest

Neil Young

5/5

Such a good album

Blur

2/5

I honestly expected better coming into this with how hyped Blur is, but it was kind of a let down, and maybe that’s on me. Just a bunch of noise with a few good sections thrown in.

Live At The Harlem Square Club

Sam Cooke

5/5

This is what I need in life, man can sing and the songs pull you in immediately

With The Beatles

Beatles

4/5

Honestly pretty good

Another Green World

Brian Eno

3/5

Not bad but doesn’t do anything for me personally.