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Album	You	Global	Diff
Green R.E.M.	5	3.47	+1.53
Parallel Lines Blondie	5	3.76	+1.24

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
In Rainbows Radiohead	1	3.85	-2.85
In The Court Of The Crimson King King Crimson	1	3.61	-2.61
Foo Fighters Foo Fighters	1	3.49	-2.49
Aja Steely Dan	1	3.47	-2.47
The Köln Concert Keith Jarrett	1	3.39	-2.39
Paranoid Black Sabbath	2	4.2	-2.2
Vulgar Display Of Power Pantera	1	2.97	-1.97
Ten Pearl Jam	2	3.91	-1.91
The Sounds Of India Ravi Shankar	1	2.85	-1.85
Tarkus Emerson, Lake & Palmer	1	2.79	-1.79

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In Rainbows

Radiohead · 1 likes

1/5

Oh dear. It’s kind of dull and miserable

1-Star Albums (9)

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Bayou Country

Creedence Clearwater Revival

3/5

Very mixed. Proud Mary and the title track are both great but a couple of others are too long and very simple repetitive blues

Live At The Harlem Square Club

Sam Cooke

2/5

For me very standard soul which is not my thing. Couple of great tracks. My wife loved it. Very much her thing

Foo Fighters

1/5

Never listened to this before. Never will again

Aja

Steely Dan

1/5

Really terrible

The Stone Roses

4/5

Why have I never listened to this before. Not perfect but really good. Knew some of the tracks already but never knew it was them. Will listen again

Pretzel Logic

Steely Dan

2/5

2 steely dan albums in 3 days. This is a lot better than Aja. Got songs rather than noodly jazz. But won’t be listening again

Me Against The World

2Pac

4/5

In The Court Of The Crimson King

King Crimson

1/5

This album is 3 years younger than me. In my teens some friends liked stuff like this - maybe this. Hated it then. Hate it now. Would give it no stars if I could

Crosby, Stills & Nash

2/5

Inoffensive. Bit dull

Protection

Massive Attack

3/5

A few great songs. Protection and better things. Not consistent

Tank Battles

Dagmar Krause

1/5

I’m sure it’s very well done. But not for me

The Köln Concert

Keith Jarrett

1/5

Couldn’t get beyond the first 15 minutes

Wild Is The Wind

Nina Simone

4/5

Wow. That was good. Tuneful, political. Great.

Faith

George Michael

3/5

First album I’ve really known. I love some George. But this is such a mixed bag. 2 or 3 great songs but the ballads are pretty dirge like. A man flexing his voice and his song writing. He’d done better with wham and there was better to follow

Sound Affects

The Jam

3/5

Sounds like a band in transition. Lacks the anger and drive of going underground eton rifles and it’s not the beauty of town called malice or some style council yet. So for me it doesn’t add up to much.

Fear Of Music

Talking Heads

4/5

Love talking heads. Got this on vinyl but not listened to it for years. Like all their albums it’s a mixed bag but it’s fun and full of energy. Cities, life during wartime , I Zumba - all great.

Live 1966 (The Royal Albert Hall Concert)

Bob Dylan

2/5

I’m sort of a fan of a Bob Dylan in a casual, on the sidelines, greatest hits sort of a way. This was pretty terrible. He really can’t sing. Desolation Row was good. That’s the only reason it’s not 1 star

Trans Europe Express

Kraftwerk

2/5

Really interesting. Not good but glad I’ve listened to it. Europe endless and showroom dummies were my favourites

Rings Around The World

Super Furry Animals

2/5

Was pleased to get this as liked the single juxtaposed. Not pleased to listen to rest of it. 2001??? You’d never have guessed- tired, old British rock

Meat Is Murder

The Smiths

2/5

The smiths first single came out when I was in first year university. Many of my friends loved them. Hearing this today I feel the same as I did then. It’s all too samey and very few stand out tracks. A few of the singles were great but they didn’t put many of them on the albums.

Parallel Lines

Blondie

5/5

At last. A five star album. Remember it coming out. Bought it on vinyl recently. It almost lost a star for the poor ending to each side. But everything else is perfect. Packed with hits plus 11:59 - probably my favourite song on the album

Vulgar Display Of Power

Pantera

1/5

Really tried but only listened to first 2 songs. Sounds like all other thrash metal to me

In Rainbows

Radiohead

1/5

Oh dear. It’s kind of dull and miserable

The Sounds Of India

Ravi Shankar

1/5

Don’t know what to think of this. Instruction manual rather than album

Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

3/5

Like Neil young but this was new to me. Bit mixed but some good songs and the rest was inoffensive

Deja Vu

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

3/5

A few great tracks. A few others that were just too too gentle to be interesting

The Yes Album

Yes

2/5

Slightly ashamed of my teen self. 40+ years ago I loved this. Still got it on vinyl. Listening to it now it brought back a lot of memories- but it’s not very good.

Tarkus

Emerson, Lake & Palmer

1/5

Truly terrible

Go Girl Crazy

The Dictators

2/5

Oh dear. This is American punk ? Sounds like rich boys doing a beach boys rip off. Unlikely to change the world.

Elvis Presley

3/5

I get that it’s important and that it was ground breaking. But 70 years on it’s a bit nothing

Imagine

John Lennon

3/5

Couple of great songs. Never my favourite beatle

Green

R.E.M.

5/5

Welcome back old friend. Years since I’ve listened to this. Still brilliant. Pop Song 89, world Leader pretend and orange crush all excellent.

It's Blitz!

Yeah Yeah Yeahs

3/5

It’s ok. Nothing memorable, nothing offensive

The Velvet Underground

2/5

Apparently this is an important album but for me it was a bit dull, a bit uninspiring. Nothing horrible but nothing to match some of Lou Reeds solo stuff

Public Image: First Issue

Public Image Ltd.

2/5

Not good. One or two songs reminiscent of the pistols. Rest the ranting of a teenager who isn’t as clever as he thinks he is

Better Living Through Chemistry

Fatboy Slim

2/5

Maybe groundbreaking in 1996. Boring today. None of the joy of some of his better stuff

Ten

Pearl Jam

2/5

Never heard this before. Glad I have. Won’t do so again.

Blood And Chocolate

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

3/5

I like Elvis Costello but this isn’t great. Tokyo storm warning and hope you’re happy now probably best track

If You're Feeling Sinister

Belle & Sebastian

3/5

Pleasant but un memorable

Roger the Engineer

The Yardbirds

2/5

Standard 60s blues / rock. Only listened to half of it.

Axis: Bold As Love

Jimi Hendrix

3/5

My heart sank when this came up. Imagined an album of 20 minute guitar solos. But actually much lighter and more fun than I expected

Qui sème le vent récolte le tempo

MC Solaar

2/5

Mmmm….. can’t see why it’s in the list. Melodic 90s rap. Pleasant but wall paper

Introducing The Hardline According To Terence Trent D'Arby

Terence Trent D'Arby

3/5

Knew the singles from when they were released. Not bad. Nor amazing

Darkness on the Edge of Town

Bruce Springsteen

3/5

I like Bruce. Good album. Not great.

Warehouse: Songs And Stories

Hüsker Dü

3/5

Don’t know Hüsker du but know and like Sugar - Bob mound next band. Strong similarities so I liked this. But all the tracks sound the same.

I’ve Got a Tiger By the Tail

Buck Owens

2/5

Don’t know enough to know why this is on list. Sounds like hundreds of other things from this era to me. It was fine

Dookie

Green Day

2/5

Peter Gabriel

3/5

It’s been years since I listened to this. Lovely memories. It’s a bit hit and miss with no real stand out tracks. But good overall

Talking Book

Stevie Wonder

3/5

Bit of a mixed bag. But the good is very good

A Walk Across The Rooftops

The Blue Nile

2/5

I was born and grew up in Glasgow. So liking this album is meant to be in my DNA. I was also really like Paul Buchanan’s voice. But this just doesn’t do it for me. Very 80’s but not very interesting

Automatic For The People

R.E.M.

4/5

Love REM and great to be listening to this again. Some of their best songs on here - Drive, Ignoreland and Find The River (which will be played at my funeral) but too many weak songs to get 5 stars.

Songs Of Love And Hate

Leonard Cohen

2/5

Interesting, not exactly upbeat

461 Ocean Boulevard

Eric Clapton

2/5

Never listened to Eric Clapton before (know the famous ones). All a bit meh

Vanishing Point

Primal Scream

3/5

Well it ain’t Screamadelica- no matter how much it’s trying

Paranoid

Black Sabbath

2/5

Title tracks good. Otherwise very much of its time