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Album	You	Global	Diff
Wonderful Rainbow Lightning Bolt	5	2.29	+2.71
Ys Joanna Newsom	5	2.79	+2.21
Live 1966 (The Royal Albert Hall Concert) Bob Dylan	5	3.14	+1.86
Pink Flag Wire	5	3.21	+1.79
You've Come a Long Way Baby Fatboy Slim	5	3.34	+1.66
Heaven Or Las Vegas Cocteau Twins	5	3.39	+1.61
Sound of Silver LCD Soundsystem	5	3.42	+1.58
Queen II Queen	5	3.49	+1.51
Bryter Layter Nick Drake	5	3.52	+1.48
Blood On The Tracks Bob Dylan	5	3.67	+1.33

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Lost In The Dream The War On Drugs	1	3.39	-2.39
Bubble And Scrape Sebadoh	1	2.65	-1.65
Hail To the Thief Radiohead	2	3.44	-1.44
Iron Maiden Iron Maiden	2	3.4	-1.4
Hybrid Theory Linkin Park	2	3.39	-1.39
Bossanova Pixies	2	3.38	-1.38
In Our Heads Hot Chip	2	3.1	-1.1

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Bob Dylan	3	4.33

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Wish You Were Here

Pink Floyd · 2 likes

5/5

Yeah yeah it's Wish You Were Here, of course it's a 5. What do you want from me? Every song on this album is perfect. Well I mean, Welcome To The Machine is kinda weak—it's the least perfect song on the album—but the music video saves it. I love the part in the title track where there's like 5 acoustic guitar dubs strumming with different patterns and then they all land on the main lick together.

Hail To the Thief

Radiohead · 1 likes

2/5

You would think that Radiohead at their worst is still better than most bands at their best, but actually no, this album sucks. It's just so boring, it's all stuff they've done before and done better on previous albums. All the preachy political lyrics about authoritarian dictators doesn't mean shit when most of the band is still in love with Israel. I'm usually down for Radiohead, but this just isn't an exciting listen at all.

Queen II

Queen · 1 likes

5/5

I love Queen's hits, but I hadn't sat through an album of theirs before this. This is actually so fucking good, I was expecting some duds, but every track is some of the best work they've ever done. Ogre Battle rules.

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The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan

3/5

If you like a white boy speaking truth & playing guitar, then this is literally the peak of the genre. But if we're talking strictly Bob Dylan, he did better. Not really any bops on this one. Although it's gotta be said, A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall is breathtaking.

Pornography

The Cure

4/5

I'm not really familiar with The Cure apart from their greatest hits and Disintegration, so this was a treat! I really liked it! Really great songwriting, some probably experimental ambient sounds going on. Can't wait to listen to it again.

Bryter Layter

Nick Drake

5/5

Is this a Christmas adjacent album??? Sure! First time listening to Nick Drake, absolutely blown away by this. The incredible guitar work, the lush baroque arrangements, it all just comes together brilliantly. This has gotta be my first 5/5. Not a single bad song on it.

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector

Various Artists

3/5

This is the only time you should accept a gift from Phil Spector!

Iron Maiden

2/5

It's alright, but not really for me.

The Number Of The Beast

Iron Maiden

3/5

Okay I changed my mind, Iron Maiden fuckin slaps. Huge improvement from their debut album in every way. The only problem is—and this might be the 2015 remaster—the mixing is absolute dog roll. It's so tinny. I had to bass boost the shit out of the EQ just to get any low-end happening here. Other than that, this is a pretty good album. I don't think I'll listen to the whole thing again, but some of the tracks are definitely going in my workout playlist.

Happy Trails

Quicksilver Messenger Service

4/5

This is like a 6/10 San Fran hippie jam album but then "Cavalry" hits and for one track it becomes a Godspeed You! Black Emperor album 30 years too early. The musicianship on this is special in a way I find difficult to describe. It's obviously not Zappa or Hendrix, but it's something so creative and charming. I usually hate hippie jam bands, but I've really fallen for this kitschy fuckin album.

Lost In The Dream

The War On Drugs

1/5

The majority of rock music during the 2010s was awful and this is no exception.

You've Come a Long Way Baby

Fatboy Slim

5/5

This is the album for guys who like bouncing. woo yeh baby just groove woo groovin non-stop all day yeh 24/7 don't stop woo they groovin you groovin yeah dats what I'm talkin bout good shit mmhmm just groove

Back At The Chicken Shack

Jimmy Smith

3/5

The Chicken Shack is a little old place where we can get together

At Newport 1960

Muddy Waters

4/5

Oh my god, Muddy Waters voice is incredible. The band is amazing. My one problem with this, and it's a biggun, is that I can't hear his fucking guitar. Why is it mixed in the far right channel so quietly? The other instruments are so loud by comparison it's like the guitar solos just don't exist. I didn't even notice the second guitar until Got My Mojo Workin'. Other than that, this is a perfect live album, and in my opinion this comes close to being the gold standard for blues.

Brothers In Arms

Dire Straits

4/5

I always assumed the hype for Dire Straits was just 80s nostalgia with a handful of hits and albums full of filler. I apologise. I was not familiar with their game. This album has exactly one skip, Ride Across The River. Other than that, incredible record. Some real nifty guitar work and slick production across the entire album.

Grace

Jeff Buckley

5/5

A life where I don't give this five stars wouldn't be worth living.

Wish You Were Here

Pink Floyd

5/5

Bossanova

Pixies

2/5

This is my first time listening to a Pixies album, and I'm very confused. I only have a passing knowledge of them with Where Is My Mind and Cactus, but I thought there was a woman that sang on their songs? Why is this just a guy? Did she leave the band? I thought they would sound more rough & tumble, but this album sounds so polished. I don't know. I like how creative this album is, but I still feel let down by this.

Home Is Where The Music Is

Hugh Masekela

3/5

The pianist and the drummer are both so crazy. I have no idea how this is so obscure

Are You Experienced

Jimi Hendrix

5/5

I've always loved how tough & borderline garage this album sounds compared to the psychedelic Axis and the jazzy Electric Ladyland. It doesn't have super textured production like those two; this album really sounds like he got in the studio and beat the sound out the amp.

Our Aim Is To Satisfy

Red Snapper

3/5

Perfectly fine. This is like if the soundtrack to Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines if it took place in Brighton.

Hail To the Thief

Radiohead

2/5

Blood On The Tracks

Bob Dylan

5/5

Yooooooooooo this slaps never heard it before but this shit goes hard af

Van Halen

4/5

I lost weight the first time I heard Eruption. This has some of the best guitar work ever recorded, also the rest of the band is pretty good. Mostly boomer cock rock fluff, but this album was certified platinum in my playlists when I was 19 so I'm a little sentimental for it.

In Rainbows

Radiohead

4/5

I never really got the hype for this one, but it's still a damn fine album with some of their best songs and a huge step forward from Hail to the Thief. Also Bangers + Mash on Disk 2 is a fuckin tune.

Lady Soul

Aretha Franklin

5/5

She straight up freaked it

Heaven Or Las Vegas

Cocteau Twins

5/5

This is gonna sound brain-dead, but Heaven or Las Vegas is like if you took the spirit of My Neighbour Totoro and put it into an album. It's just so chill and nice. First time listening to it too, so I'm definitely gonna listen again with some nicer headphones.

Django Django

3/5

This is one of those boom stomp clap albums but if it was actually good

Exodus

Bob Marley & The Wailers

4/5

Accidentally listened to this on shuffle, but it still slaps. Not really a reggae guy, but I still found myself singing along and grooving to some of the songs on this. I can't see myself listening to the full album again but for sure some of the songs like Exodus and Heathen are going in my playlists.

Come Away With Me

Norah Jones

3/5

The earliest edition of the book is showing its age here. At the time, this kind of piano singer-songwriter stuff like Alicia Keys and Ben Folds was the primo-deluxe shit, but now it's very much just a trend of the early 00s that came and went. The songs on this are nice and relaxing, but not really anything all that good. I think it's more interesting how this album won 5 Grammys, yet now it seems to almost be forgotten.

Hybrid Theory

Linkin Park

2/5

I like Korn, I like SOAD, I even like a little Limp, but I just don't fuck with Linkin Park. Collision Course is cool though.

Aqualung

Jethro Tull

3/5

y'all mind if the coldest white boy in the game hits that flute solo

Bubble And Scrape

Sebadoh

1/5

Sometimes I just have to say, nah man, I'm good.

Olympia 64

Jacques Brel

3/5

"I am French le hon le hon" shut the fuck up dude

Queen II

Queen

5/5

Elvis Presley

3/5

Wow this Elvis guy is cool I sure hope he doesn't make a career out of stealing music from Black artists, fall in love with a 14 year old, lose his fame to a loveable band of British boys, get fat, become a recluse, beg Richard Nixon for a job, and die on the toilet.

Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul

Otis Redding

5/5

Otis Redding is one of my favourite singers ever, and his arrangements are gorgeous. Fuck that plane for what they did to him.

Kind Of Blue

Miles Davis

5/5

The quality of toots on this album are unreal.

The Stooges

3/5

I love The Stooges, but of their three albums, this is definitely the weakest. A lot of filler, a lot of Iggy Pop doing Jim Morrison impressions, and a 10 minute track that outstays its welcome real quick. I think the album is a really cool instance of early punk being far easier to listen to than the Velvet Underground, but to be honest there's about 4 really great songs on this at most. This really isn't a no-skip album like Fun House or Raw Power.

Music From The Penguin Cafe

Penguin Cafe Orchestra

4/5

Twaddle (complimentary).

Jack Takes the Floor

Ramblin' Jack Elliott

2/5

Eh. I liked the fingerstyle playing and the lyrics, but it was kind of boring. It felt very Americana.

Sound of Silver

LCD Soundsystem

5/5

Hey, this rules.

Pink Flag

Wire

5/5

35 minutes of absolute heat. I'm fascinated by how every song has a different guitar tone. It's incredible to believe this came out a year after the first Ramones album because it changes the game so hard

Midnight Ride

Paul Revere & The Raiders

3/5

Good fun for fans of the middle-era Beatles and The Monkees. Their version of Not Your Stepping Stone goes hard, but I really don't like Girl In The 4th Row.

Abbey Road

Beatles

5/5

Well duh.

Green Onions

Booker T. & The MG's

3/5

I think I like their work as a backing band better, but I like the mellow funky vibe this has.

En-Tact

The Shamen

2/5

Very dated techno. I mean, Pretty Hate Machine already existed by the time this came out, right? Kraftwerk, Pet Shop Boys, Depeche Mode, and the whole Detroit house scene? I guess this was before the internet, so a year back then was like a week now, but still, it seems weird considering that Aphex Twin, Daft Punk, Primal Scream, and Prodigy were right around the corner. Not a lot of very good songs, but after about 15 minutes, the vibe does come together. I don't know. It's not that good but it's still a decent listen. It's the strongest 2/5 I'm giving.

Wonderful Rainbow

Lightning Bolt

5/5

Woah! Never heard of this one before, and I listened to this three times in the last 24 hours.

Tracy Chapman

3/5

I love Mountains o' Things

Joanna Newsom

5/5

Psychocandy

The Jesus And Mary Chain

4/5

A whole lotta sound!

...Baby One More Time

Britney Spears

4/5

This is a bop of an album, don't understand why it's rated so low. Britney's singing is underrated tbh. Not as good as Blackout (which is a 5/5 btw), but definitely a solid album.

In Our Heads

Hot Chip

2/5

What 5 years without new Daft Punk did to a motherfucker

Bookends

Simon & Garfunkel

4/5

This was better than I thought it would be. I didn't hate it!

Live 1966 (The Royal Albert Hall Concert)

Bob Dylan

5/5

The closest you can get to a "best of" Dylan at the time. By this point in his career he already had so many great songs, so while he's (predictably) not doing the hits like Subterranean Homesick Blues or Blowin' In The Wind, he does some raw performances that are fuckin' bangers. I really like Dylan live. Imo this isn't as good as the Rolling Thunder Revue bootlegs, but it's still a great Dylan album and as essential as any other of that era.

Dr. Octagonecologyst

Dr. Octagon

4/5

I lost weight listening to this.

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

3/5

It's okay. Some bangers. Thank god it's only 30 minutes, because it was getting pretty boring towards the end.

Head Hunters

Herbie Hancock

4/5

Chameleon and Watermelon Man are practically flawless. Sly is an underrated banger. Vein Melter is just fine; it's not on the same level as the other songs. I love Herbie and I agree this might objectively be a perfect jazz album, but to me nearly quarter of the album is just fine.

Music From Big Pink

The Band

4/5

The Basement Tapes is my favourite Bob Dylan album. The bootleg, not the polished 1975 release. I think this is a worthy followup to the whole Basement Tapes project. Robbie Robertson is a great singer

Sheer Heart Attack

Queen

4/5

The highs on this album are great, some of the best anthems in the history of rock, and the songs that aren't that are perfectly acceptable. Tenement Funster is technically crap, but paired with Flick of the Wrist and Lily of the Valley, it forms this really cool suite of songs. I think that's part of why Queen was so successful; even when a song is filler, it worked well enough in the context of the album that sitting through it didn't feel like a waste of time. This is a very smooth album. While it's not as adventurous and experimental as Queen II, Sheer Heart Attack definitely has some of the best Queen songs on it. It's 40 minutes I'd happily sit through again.