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Album	You	Global	Diff
Kollaps Einstürzende Neubauten	5	1.92	+3.08
Music Has The Right To Children Boards of Canada	5	2.91	+2.09
The Downward Spiral Nine Inch Nails	5	3.34	+1.66
Opus Dei Laibach	4	2.39	+1.61
If You Can Believe Your Eyes & Ears The Mamas & The Papas	5	3.43	+1.57
Aja Steely Dan	5	3.47	+1.53
Black Holes and Revelations Muse	5	3.59	+1.41
Young Americans David Bowie	5	3.61	+1.39
People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm A Tribe Called Quest	5	3.61	+1.39
Mothership Connection Parliament	5	3.61	+1.39

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Get Behind Me Satan The White Stripes	1	3.39	-2.39
Bongo Rock Incredible Bongo Band	1	3.25	-2.25
Little Earthquakes Tori Amos	1	3.22	-2.22
Selling England By The Pound Genesis	1	3.18	-2.18
Born In The U.S.A. Bruce Springsteen	2	3.7	-1.7
Reggatta De Blanc The Police	2	3.45	-1.45
Public Image: First Issue Public Image Ltd.	1	2.42	-1.42
Urban Hymns The Verve	2	3.36	-1.36
I Should Coco Supergrass	2	3.35	-1.35
Live And Dangerous Thin Lizzy	2	3.32	-1.32

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David Bowie	3	4.33

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Get Behind Me Satan

The White Stripes · 1 likes

1/5

I am so *unbelievably* annoyed by how much I disliked this. Every time a new track started, I thought to myself, "hey, ok, here we go, I'm going to like this one" and every time, EVERY TIME it let me down!! Vibraphone solo? I'm in! Moody piano? Heck yes. Toy piano?! I'm sold. Unexpected chord progression? I live for this. Every step of the way, I hoped. And yet, and yet, and yet... it just never transforms from "here's a collection of some neat ideas that we strung together" into music. It could have been good, it could even have been great, there's good stuff buried in there. It's infuriating and exhausting and I am completely shocked by how strongly I felt about it. Points for provoking strong feelings (boy howdy), but man I do not want to go through the experience of listening to this again.

1-Star Albums (5)

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The Joshua Tree

4/5

I liked this album a surprising amount. There are a few tracks I'd never heard before that I really enjoyed. It's cohesive as an album. Could use more contrast/range of skills.

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector

Various Artists

3/5

This is definitely of an era... A relentless onslaught of Christmas.

Young Americans

David Bowie

5/5

Perfection. It's a cohesive, while displaying a stunning range of skills and style. Bowie, you are glorious. This was so much fun to listen to.

Live And Dangerous

Thin Lizzy

2/5

I didn't really enjoy listening to this, but I did enjoy reading about the band after listening to this. Nothing captured me. Not exactly bad, just not one I would choose to revisit.

All Directions

The Temptations

3/5

I really enjoyed listening to this album. Will probably revisit, but wasn't pulled in.

Get Behind Me Satan

The White Stripes

1/5

Music Has The Right To Children

Boards of Canada

5/5

I loved every second of this album so much that I listened to it twice in a row. Beautifully crafted. I don't know how they knew where to start or when it was done, but the album works perfectly as a cohesive whole, and every track can be enjoyed on its own. Brilliant.

Live At Leeds

The Who

3/5

I enjoyed listening to this! Definitely reminded me of a very particular era of my own listening. Good set, well executed. I don't feel compelled to revisit too regularly, but it was a good listen.

Africa Brasil

Jorge Ben Jor

4/5

This was really fun! The album was a nice cohesive listen. Enough contrast to stay interesting, and everything was well executed.

Bitches Brew

Miles Davis

3/5

I can appreciate the skills that went into this album, although I didn't exactly enjoy listening to it. It's a very thick, busy texture.

Cosmo's Factory

Creedence Clearwater Revival

4/5

Can't listen to this without thinking of my Mom!! It's a good time.

Electric Warrior

T. Rex

4/5

This was a perfect fun listen while sitting outside in the sunshine!

Born In The U.S.A.

Bruce Springsteen

2/5

I can appreciate it, but I don't need to listen to it frequently. The parts that I enjoyed were elements of style that I enjoy more in other artists.

Kollaps

Einstürzende Neubauten

5/5

Y'all, this is pure and unapologetic and I love the way it makes me think and feel about music. I might not be compelled to listen to it on regular rotation but I am so glad that I got to experience this album.

Colour By Numbers

Culture Club

2/5

A little bit of fun here, but overall, not a thing I need in my life often.

Head Hunters

Herbie Hancock

4/5

This was fun to listen to!! A little relentless, but I enjoyed it!

Reggatta De Blanc

The Police

2/5

It's funny, I don't think I've ever intentionally listened to The Police. I'm glad I did and I kind of enjoyed it, but probably won't revisit very often.

Ananda Shankar

4/5

Really enjoyed this concept and execution. V-like Vibes.

Straight Outta Compton

N.W.A.

3/5

I'm glad I listened to this - I'd never listened to the whole thing! I can hear so maybe elements of music that I love that came after this. It was cool to experience, but there's not a ton that I'm likely to come back to again and again.

Maxinquaye

Tricky

3/5

It's funny, when I listen to it, I think I really like it. It's right up my alley. But then after I'm done listening to it, I don't remember liking it and couldn't tell you what I like. Somehow, even though this should be a thing I really love, it just doesn't make an impression that stays with me after I'm done listening. I've listened to it twice and had the same experience both times. I'll have to try again and see if it keeps happening and if I can figure out why!

Bongo Rock

Incredible Bongo Band

1/5

I tried. I really did. It seemed like it might be fun. It started out well! But it just... kept... going... The tempos weren't right, and after the initial "huh, bongos, ok" it just didn't do anything to keep me interested.

If I Could Only Remember My Name

David Crosby

4/5

This was so refreshing. Exactly the right length, great contrast but nice cohesive set, those gorgeous close vocal harmonies... Feels like the wind on a beautiful day. I really loved this!

The Number Of The Beast

Iron Maiden

3/5

(Pronounced 'Leh-'Nérd 'Skin-'Nérd)

Lynyrd Skynyrd

3/5

Done By The Forces Of Nature

Jungle Brothers

3/5

Parachutes

Coldplay

3/5

The Healer

John Lee Hooker

3/5

Quiet Life

Japan

2/5

This album sounds like an identity crisis, and not one that's fun to listen to. Some good ideas, neat elements, moments that I thought to myself "gee, maybe I should like this," but ultimately, it never gels into anything. It's deeply frustrating to listen to and yet completely forgettable once it's over.

The Bends

Radiohead

5/5

Immerse your soul in love.

C'est Chic

CHIC

4/5

Stripped

Christina Aguilera

4/5

I am just fascinated by how much I loved this album. I wasn't expecting to have any feelings about it, at all. I was expecting to enjoy a standard early 2000s pop album, like a few things, hate a few things, complain about how long it was (seriously, how is it that long?!), roll my eyes, scream-sing "Fighter" like one of my first breakups, and move on. I have never in my life listened to a Christina Aguilera album straight through, and it took me three days to convince myself to sit down and do it, but man, I just loved it. It's in that familiar early 2000s pop idiom, but it sounds like searching for your own expression (while still holding on to what you know). It sounds like a young artist finding her way toward creating her own art and not someone else's, just those first steps toward making something your own. Maybe it's just the memory of the time and the sound and what that sound brings up in my memory of my life when that sound was around me at the time, but I felt like I could hear that journey in the album. (Also I miss the era of interludes. They're just awesome, can we bring them back.) I just loved it. I loved it on a superficial "woo pop" level and I loved the story of how the album happened and I loved what I could hear of that story in the album. Completely unexpected. I would never have thought to listen on my own, but I'm so glad I did!

The Downward Spiral

Nine Inch Nails

5/5

This thing is brilliant. Overwhelming and brilliant.

At Mister Kelly's

Sarah Vaughan

4/5

You know that feeling you get when you listen to a really great artist, where you just feel safe and secure and like everything is going to go EXACTLY the way they decide it will because they are in absolute, calm, relaxed command of the stage? That's the feeling I get listening to this album. Absolute joy, what a great sound!!

Talking Book

Stevie Wonder

4/5

Listening to this makes me feel happy and like sunshine.

Kala

M.I.A.

3/5

I was really expecting to love this but found it surprisingly underwhelming! When they get it right, it's GREAT, but you album doesn't hold together, it doesn't flow from the track to the next, and most of it just didn't keep my attention. It's too bad, because when they're on, it's fantastic, but alas, inconsistent.

Destroyer

KISS

2/5

Points for "Beth." Just not my jam.

Parklife

Blur

4/5

This album is a wonderful mess. It's well paced, good contrast, ends right where it feels like it should, and sounds like loads of self-indulgent fun. I had completely forgotten about Blur - so glad to revisit!

The Visitors

ABBA

3/5

Deserter's Songs

Mercury Rev

2/5

Some neat things here, but I just didn't enjoy it.

Rubber Soul

Beatles

5/5

Foxbase Alpha

Saint Etienne

3/5

This album was wild emotional swings for me. I would really like it, then be really skeptical, then be really disappointed, then be really confused about whether I liked it. I've listened to it three times and I still can't tell if I like it.

That's The Way Of The World

Earth, Wind & Fire

4/5

I was having a bad day, and then I listened to this and I was having a good day.

I Should Coco

Supergrass

2/5

Listened to it twice, and I still just did not like it (and I got fed up with it at exactly the same point in the album both times: the harmonica entrance). Every second I just wanted to be listening to other bands this sounded like (and got really annoyed that I wasn't). Did not get a sense that this band knows who they are.

Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

Wilco

3/5

There's some great stuff in here, but it sounds somehow forced at times. Still, a few tracks I'll enjoy revisiting.

Bandwagonesque

Teenage Fanclub

2/5

Loved the last track but cannot even begin to describe how much "Metal Baby" annoyed me.

California

American Music Club

3/5

Uneven, but I did kind of enjoy the vibe at points.

You Want It Darker

Leonard Cohen

4/5

Scalp tingles. This was a fascinating listen - I loved the arc, I loved the instrumentation, I loved that it was so simple and how that added to the power.

Fuzzy Logic

Super Furry Animals

2/5

The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan

3/5

Get Rich Or Die Tryin'

50 Cent

3/5

A few bangers, a lot of filler.

Hot Buttered Soul

Isaac Hayes

4/5

Exodus

Bob Marley & The Wailers

5/5

I bask in this.

Reign In Blood

Slayer

4/5

The moments this album really shines for me are when the tempo drops back slightly to a point at which they can lock in so precisely that the sound is just this relentless, inevitable, collective forward motion. When it clicks, it's really compelling. When it's just too fast to be precise, I miss that feeling (just two clicks slower and it could lock back in and sound faster). But, I get the point of the extreme speed, and it's effective. Some totally brilliant drumming and solos.

Tea for the Tillerman

Cat Stevens

3/5

Points for the nostalgia factor (for me), and a few great tracks. Overall, a bit uneven.

Selling England By The Pound

Genesis

1/5

Nope.

Aladdin Sane

David Bowie

4/5

Holy piano, Batman. What a great ride. Last track is sheer brilliance.

Live At The Witch Trials

The Fall

2/5

It seems that I should like this but I did not! I will listen to it if you make me though because you all loved it?

Pet Sounds

The Beach Boys

5/5

Glorious album, complete with viola solo.

Black Holes and Revelations

Muse

5/5

Siembra

Willie Colón & Rubén Blades

3/5

I know that I enjoyed listening to it and appreciated it - but it didn't stick with me after it was over. Will revisit and see if the feeling stays.

Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

2/5

A couple tracks I really enjoyed, but overall I was left feeling like I wasn't sure what I had just listened to? I'll have to give this another try and see what happens!

Raising Hell

Run-D.M.C.

4/5

Water From An Ancient Well

Abdullah Ibrahim

2/5

Little Earthquakes

Tori Amos

1/5

I accidentally went to a Tori Amos concert once and left rather quickly after it started. This album has reinforced for me that I made a good call there. I know people love this, but it is definitely not my jam.

Purple Rain

Prince

3/5

Rumours

Fleetwood Mac

5/5

Abraxas

Santana

5/5

This album is perfection. I adore it. I'm thrilled when each track starts because I think it's my favorite when in reality the whole darn thing is my favorite.

Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music

Ray Charles

3/5

Arrangements are gorgeously done, but Lord give me a key change.

Van Halen

4/5

I was really surprised by how much I liked this! Great range and contrast. A lot of fun to listen to this album.

Red Headed Stranger

Willie Nelson

4/5

Do I love this because I live in Texas now

Truth And Soul

Fishbone

3/5

There were moments I liked, but it left very little impression on me after I was done listening (even the second time!).

People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm

A Tribe Called Quest

5/5

Low

David Bowie

4/5

What an interesting ride.

If You Can Believe Your Eyes & Ears

The Mamas & The Papas

5/5

Let England Shake

PJ Harvey

2/5

I'll have to try this one again and sort out my feelings. Every time I go to listen to PJ Harvey I think I'm going to like PJ Harvey and then I don't and then I think I'm missing something and then I forget about it and the cycle repeats.

Fetch The Bolt Cutters

Fiona Apple

3/5

This one will take me a few listens! It was not what I expected! Rating for now but may adjust later!

Hypocrisy Is The Greatest Luxury

The Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy

3/5

Aja

Steely Dan

5/5

Absolute banger of an album. I love every minute of it! Flows beautifully from one track to the next and each track can stand on its own. Just brilliantly done.

Graceland

Paul Simon

4/5

Points for rhyming "sunlight" and "Fullbright" and Ladysmith Black Mambazo is 🔥. The first half of this album I wasn't totally convinced by, but once it hits its stride, it's really quite good.

Public Image: First Issue

Public Image Ltd.

1/5

The first time I tried to listen to this, I thought I just wasn't in the mood. Having now listened all the way through, can confirm, will never be in the mood for this, because I do not like it.

American IV: The Man Comes Around

Johnny Cash

5/5

This remains one of my all time favorites. I remember clearly how I felt listening to it for the first time, and I still get that same feeling every time!

Rock 'N Soul

Solomon Burke

3/5

The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators

The 13th Floor Elevators

2/5

The Relentless Electric Jug Is Not For Me.

Opus Dei

Laibach

4/5

The first time through, I wasn't sure for the first few tracks. Then Trans-National happened, and I love it and everything that came after it. So I started back over from the beginning, and it all seemed to work better. I think the first few tracks are a smidge uneven, but man I just loved this.

Disintegration

The Cure

4/5

Is it weird that I really liked this?

The Man Machine

Kraftwerk

4/5

Dear Science

TV On The Radio

3/5

Peter Gabriel 3

Peter Gabriel

3/5

Berlin

Lou Reed

2/5

Ingenue

k.d. lang

4/5

Frank

Amy Winehouse

3/5

Gorillaz

4/5

Traffic

4/5

Urban Hymns

The Verve

2/5

Bittersweet Symphony is my jam. The rest... has nice moments, but is pretty underwhelming. I was really looking forward to hearing the rest of the album, but it's an immediate, noticeable drop in quality.

Cee-Lo Green... Is The Soul Machine

Cee Lo Green

2/5

I actually enjoyed listening to a good bit of this album, but also hard pass on Cee-Lo being on a list of artists to hear before I die.

Actually

Pet Shop Boys

2/5

I kind of liked this in a few spots. I was definitely dancing along on the bus. But today went I went to listen to today's album, I looked at the page, saw that I hadn't rated this one yet, and thought "Oh, I missed one!" So I started listening, kind of grooved along... I didn't realize until the third track (which I did not care for) that I had already listened to this... So, a little fun sometimes, but overall, apparently very forgettable for me...

Mothership Connection

Parliament

5/5

Highway 61 Revisited

Bob Dylan

3/5