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Album	You	Global	Diff
Dry PJ Harvey	5	3.23	+1.77
Public Image: First Issue Public Image Ltd.	4	2.42	+1.58
On The Beach Neil Young	5	3.46	+1.54
Blue Joni Mitchell	5	3.49	+1.51
In The Court Of The Crimson King King Crimson	5	3.61	+1.39
Sheer Heart Attack Queen	5	3.64	+1.36
The Queen Is Dead The Smiths	5	3.66	+1.34
The Score Fugees	5	3.69	+1.31
Scott 4 Scott Walker	4	2.8	+1.2
American IV: The Man Comes Around Johnny Cash	5	3.89	+1.11

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Metallica Metallica	1	3.77	-2.77
Head Hunters Herbie Hancock	1	3.54	-2.54
Frank Amy Winehouse	1	3.46	-2.46
Thriller Michael Jackson	2	4.22	-2.22
Pyromania Def Leppard	1	3.13	-2.13
So Much For The City The Thrills	1	2.81	-1.81
Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not Arctic Monkeys	2	3.73	-1.73
Orbital 2 Orbital	1	2.69	-1.69
Getz/Gilberto Stan Getz	2	3.66	-1.66
A Love Supreme John Coltrane	2	3.63	-1.63

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Connected

Stereo MC's · 1 likes

3/5

some nice enjoyable funk but not anything life changing

Head Hunters

Herbie Hancock · 1 likes

1/5

I’m sure this is technically some very impressive jazz but I just can’t find it in me to care

1-Star Albums (6)

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The Stone Roses

3/5

highlight: i wanna be adored. lame and obvious answer but what did you expect. i also liked elizabeth my dear despite being very short :( and shoot me down. back half was better than front half but maybe i was just getting more into it as it went on. lowlight: this was a solid album nothing too bad but nothing like life changing i don’t think. possibly a grower, would listen again. made of stone was my least favourite but again it was still alright i just didn’t like the instrument it was a bit eurovision-y i think. fool’s gold was also not great it drags on. but overall good stuff

In The Court Of The Crimson King

King Crimson

5/5

historic for a reason ngl

It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back

Public Enemy

4/5

excellent beat throughout

After The Gold Rush

Neil Young

2/5

good yes but maybe not for me i love neil young but he’s extra whiney in this one and i can’t get past that rip

Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

Wilco

3/5

Not bad but too 2010s hipster indie folk for me despite being from 2001

What's Going On

Marvin Gaye

4/5

i like the jazzy bits

Ágætis Byrjun

Sigur Rós

4/5

very nice and calming. helped me chill out on the train to scotland. i loved the drums

Sheer Heart Attack

Queen

5/5

it’s classic queen what can i say

American IV: The Man Comes Around

Johnny Cash

5/5

EXCELLENT album i cried johnny cash my goat

Live At Leeds

The Who

3/5

unfortunately the who will always be just a little bit boring to me 💔💔 but i do love substitute of course

Foo Fighters

2/5

foo fighters my nemeses… gets two stars because one of the songs was ok but i am not willing to relisten to find out what song it is

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector

Various Artists

3/5

if i liked christmas music this would be an all time great but alas.

Ready To Die

The Notorious B.I.G.

3/5

i had fun but it’s not my favourite

Connected

Stereo MC's

3/5

some nice enjoyable funk but not anything life changing

Orbital 2

Orbital

1/5

DNF. the only bits that didn’t bore me annoyed me and the majority made me feel a mix of both emotions. not great

The Bends

Radiohead

4/5

i love radiohead but not quite a 5/5 i think

On The Beach

Neil Young

5/5

BIG step up from after the gold rush, no whininess and good sound this is what i was looking for ty neil young i knew you could do it

Buffalo Springfield Again

Buffalo Springfield

4/5

this was very enjoyable actually i didn’t know it was more neil young crazy

Frank

Amy Winehouse

1/5

just really not my genre i love amy winehouse in theory but i got like three songs into this i couldn’t be arsed anymore. also the blatantly homophobic opener brought the mood down a little bit

Rubber Soul

Beatles

4/5

obviously i adore the beatles but im unfortunately a michelle and drive my car hater… in my life and im looking through you and norwegian wood and nowhere man are such highs though it can’t be any lower

Nothing's Shocking

Jane's Addiction

3/5

not bad i liked the harder instrumentals but it was a bit samey plus the cover in the context of them all being men is a bit grim…

Bringing It All Back Home

Bob Dylan

3/5

ok but his later stuff is better i think

A Rush Of Blood To The Head

Coldplay

2/5

2 stars ugh it’s fine i guess i just find coldplay so incessantly bland boring and annoying i don’t get why they’re so popular it’s all the same piano and guitar chords with nonsense lyrics it’s so inoffensive i have nothing else to say

Every Picture Tells A Story

Rod Stewart

3/5

do ya think i’m sexy? no i don’t. my unresolved hatred of rod stewart may be negatively affecting this review but it negatively affected my experience of this album. it’s fine. three stars.

Violator

Depeche Mode

4/5

this is really 4.5 but this platform hates me (i love a ten point scale) i love this album but loses half a star for being a bit samey it sounds so good though very enjoyable

A Short Album About Love

The Divine Comedy

3/5

they really put the orchestral in orchestral rock i liked a lot of the riffs but then the singing i was not as much of a fan of

1999

Prince

4/5

it’s such a classic but also the songs are too long they’re good but i’ll look up and it’s still going 💔💔 but ofc prince is prince

Like Water For Chocolate

Common

4/5

i enjoyed this actually i really liked common’s rapping style and the themes in especially a song for assata were super interesting. reminding me to brush up on my black american communist history actually. but probably not something i’d keep going back to.

Figure 8

Elliott Smith

4/5

elliott smith my goat

Maggot Brain

Funkadelic

4/5

super fun the long instrumental was a bit like pink floyd actually

Eagles

3/5

Quite inoffensive but I'm not excited by it

Public Image: First Issue

Public Image Ltd.

4/5

this was fun i didnt know johnny rotten was in this band omg but yes the title track and theme were my faves the end track was a bit odd but overall good

Head Hunters

Herbie Hancock

1/5

I’m sure this is technically some very impressive jazz but I just can’t find it in me to care

A Love Supreme

John Coltrane

2/5

this was ok i just have instrumental jazz fatigue

Low

David Bowie

4/5

so fun and funky

Pyromania

Def Leppard

1/5

i hate def leppard. they’re so fucking boring and cringe and lame and they can’t sing. what is the point in making metal when you have nothing of substance to say. ‘ooh sex and rock and roll’ not even drugs you might as well make pop music at least then it’d sound better

To Pimp A Butterfly

Kendrick Lamar

4/5

this was very good. i love how smooth his rapping style is

John Prine

3/5

not bad but could’ve been better just standard country

Sincere

Mj Cole

2/5

mid dance music nothing i particularly want to listen to

Dry

PJ Harvey

5/5

this was excellent

3 + 3

The Isley Brothers

4/5

this was pretty good

En-Tact

The Shamen

3/5

this was ok but i would not revisit

Let Love Rule

Lenny Kravitz

4/5

i had a great time it was some nice generic rock but not generic in a bad way

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

3/5

this was uust ok

Toys In The Attic

Aerosmith

3/5

this was fine sweet emotion is the only song i’d relisten to though

Broken English

Marianne Faithfull

4/5

this was very good actually my favourite was the title track the last track was a bit weird and ‘cock’ heavy but overall enjoyable

The White Room

The KLF

3/5

some ok dance music i suppose

In Rainbows

Radiohead

4/5

i love radiohead

The Score

Fugees

5/5

this was perfect actually

Heartattack And Vine

Tom Waits

2/5

it’s time to put the cigarettes DOWN tom

Blue

Joni Mitchell

5/5

This is so obviously her best work the writing is perfect the guitar is excellent its so emotional and nostalgic

I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You

Aretha Franklin

4/5

The best soul album I’ve listened to which is not a super high bar but I still did enjoy it very much

Under Construction

Missy Elliott

3/5

This was pretty good I enjoyed the themes of grief and loss but I can’t really see myself revisiting it

Peter Gabriel

2/5

This was fine I don’t get the appeal of Peter Gabriel but whatever one song was decent but otherwise just uninteresting

Deep Purple In Rock

Deep Purple

4/5

pretty good i have no strong feelings about it but the instruments sounded good didn’t really leave an impression though

Billion Dollar Babies

Alice Cooper

3/5

this was ok

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

Arctic Monkeys

2/5

i don’t like i bet that you look good on the dance floor as much as i remember

Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols

Sex Pistols

4/5

They are the original punk band which i respect but unfortunately they are not the best punk band

So Much For The City

The Thrills

1/5

this was terrible!

Scott 4

Scott Walker

4/5

McCartney

Paul McCartney

4/5

The Beatles are better

Channel Orange

Frank Ocean

4/5

this was really good i missed my indie rock

Electric Prunes

The Electric Prunes

3/5

the first half was actually really good but it got a bit creepy and rapey by the end

The Clash

4/5

this is their best album

Tea for the Tillerman

Cat Stevens

4/5

this was very nice and peaceful father and son always makes me cry

Virgin Suicides

Air

3/5

this was pretty good i liked the instrumentals i recognised a lot of them actually but i do think listening to a soundtrack without seeing the film makes it a little lacking

Bat Out Of Hell

Meat Loaf

3/5

this was surprisingly decent but a bit overly theatrical especially the last couple of tracks

Mothership Connection

Parliament

3/5

this was fine but forgettable

Sheet Music

10cc

4/5

this was really fun

Hunky Dory

David Bowie

5/5

ch ch ch ch changes

3 Feet High and Rising

De La Soul

3/5

this was really good but there was definitely too much filler and idk how to feel about the orgy song i won’t lie

Among The Living

Anthrax

3/5

this was ok just some vaguely boring metal

Getz/Gilberto

Stan Getz

2/5

im not a jazz man

The Seldom Seen Kid

Elbow

2/5

Weather to fly was surprisingly decent but the majority of this truly was just Coldplay who I hate. It’s like they’re doing a bad Radiohead impression the whole way through.

The Queen Is Dead

The Smiths

5/5

this is literally perfect idk what else to say

Are You Experienced

Jimi Hendrix

5/5

jimi hendrix my guitar goat

Morrison Hotel

The Doors

3/5

This was good but not their best work idk why it’s on here instead of their self titled

Murmur

R.E.M.

3/5

this was decent

The Holy Bible

Manic Street Preachers

2/5

i find this band lightly annoying

Live 1966 (The Royal Albert Hall Concert)

Bob Dylan

2/5

he’s so fucking annoying and making all of his songs ten minutes long makes them significantly worse

Talking Timbuktu

Ali Farka Touré

2/5

this was fine but im not sure malian guitar really does it for me

Fleet Foxes

2/5

this style of music is to folk what metal is to punk. it sounds kind of similar but it’s a bit baseless and the lyrics are nonsense. it’s fine but it lacks substance

Metallica

1/5

this is like a funny joke after my last review lol. i feel the same about metallica as i do about def leppard although to a lesser extent. it’s just commercial noise with no meaning or substance. metal is just apolitical punk. it’s shit.

Pink Moon

Nick Drake

3/5

This is a classic and it is good but a little bit samey. Also anything under thirty minutes should not count as an album

Synchronicity

The Police

4/5

this was surprisingly good i had a great time

Daydream Nation

Sonic Youth

4/5

Sonic Youth my goats…

Slanted And Enchanted

Pavement

3/5

decent stuff but not particularly memorable. pavement is certainly ahead of their time though i always assume they’re 2010s not 90s

Let England Shake

PJ Harvey

4/5

this was pretty good pj harvey is consistently great

Blur

4/5

this was good in the way where you know something is good but it doesn’t fully click. the back end bumped it up to four instead of three though.

Station To Station

David Bowie

3/5

this was pretty good but doesn’t live up to the more famous stuff. also as far as i can tell the white supremacy wasn’t reflected in the album itself but the knowledge of the thin white duke persona did have a slight effect on my enjoyment

I Should Coco

Supergrass

3/5

This was decent but nothing special, again I liked the back half a lot more. Front half was a bit generic but the last few tracks were nice and calm

Thriller

Michael Jackson

2/5

This was fine, it’s another one of those albums where I’m well aware it was groundbreaking at the time and is probably very good objectively but it just has no appeal to me for whatever reason