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Album	You	Global	Diff
Very Pet Shop Boys	4	2.95	+1.05
London Calling The Clash	5	3.96	+1.04
Bridge Over Troubled Water Simon & Garfunkel	5	3.96	+1.04

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Live 1966 (The Royal Albert Hall Concert) Bob Dylan	1	3.14	-2.14
Third Portishead	1	3.13	-2.13
American IV: The Man Comes Around Johnny Cash	2	3.88	-1.88
Peggy Suicide Julian Cope	1	2.77	-1.77
The Dark Side Of The Moon Pink Floyd	3	4.43	-1.43
Opus Dei Laibach	1	2.39	-1.39
Home Is Where The Music Is Hugh Masekela	2	3.35	-1.35
Music From Big Pink The Band	2	3.35	-1.35
Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds	2	3.32	-1.32
You Want It Darker Leonard Cohen	2	3.32	-1.32

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Red Dirt Girl

Emmylou Harris · 1 likes

2/5

She has a good voice and the album had a nice, calming sound overall, but I was pretty bored otherwise.

Reign In Blood

Slayer · 1 likes

3/5

Fine to listen to while angry and working, not sure that I would in any other setting

1-Star Albums (5)

Live 1966 (The Royal Albert Hall Concert)

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American IV: The Man Comes Around

Johnny Cash

2/5

This is probably biased because I’m not a Johnny Cash fan in general, but not a great first album to be generated. Not one of these covers is better than the original version. Sorry, just not my preference.

Ramones

3/5

Great if you love Blitzkrieg Bop. I appreciated that all of the songs were short and uptempo. Did it get repetitive? Sure. Not my favorite, but I can appreciate what Ramones did for punk music.

London Calling

The Clash

5/5

Aside from London Calling (the track itself, not the album) I haven’t heard much else from The Clash somehow. This was great.

The Queen Is Dead

The Smiths

4/5

I was feeling particularly melancholy today, a result of a rainy commute home and lingering existential crisis from New Year, so this album kind of hit the right spots today when otherwise it wouldn’t really have been my jam.

Bryter Layter

Nick Drake

3/5

5th album and 1st artist that I have never heard of before. I didn’t hate it, but I didn’t love it either. Kind of “meh” but nothing specifically to say in either direction.

Live At The Regal

B.B. King

3/5

Blues isn’t really my thing but I can appreciate BB King and what he did for the genre. Plus it was a short enough album and the crowd added energy so it was easy to get through and enjoy.

Bad

Michael Jackson

3/5

The singles/hits (which I have of course heard before) were catchy, but the rest of the album was nothing special. Not awful, just meh.

The Cars

4/5

Short, upbeat, and catchy. I have heard Just What I Needed before and wasn’t super pumped when this album popped up, but ended up being pleasantly surprised.

Vento De Maio

Elis Regina

3/5

Probably would have never heard this album if not for this project… what a vibe.

The Dark Side Of The Moon

Pink Floyd

3/5

I don’t know, something about most of these songs stressed me the f out.

Beyond Skin

Nitin Sawhney

2/5

Maybe I just don’t get it?

Tapestry

Carole King

4/5

Lovely and cozy.

Bayou Country

Creedence Clearwater Revival

4/5

About what I expected going into it only having heard Proud Mary before.

Live 1966 (The Royal Albert Hall Concert)

Bob Dylan

1/5

His voice is grating. The harmonica is grating. This album was grating.

Red Dirt Girl

Emmylou Harris

2/5

She has a good voice and the album had a nice, calming sound overall, but I was pretty bored otherwise.

Southern Rock Opera

Drive-By Truckers

2/5

This did not need to be so long.

Hunky Dory

David Bowie

3/5

This was fine 🤷🏻‍♀️

Hounds Of Love

Kate Bush

3/5

Not awful. Not amazing. Okay enough and being brought back by Stranger Things. I can appreciate it for what it is.

Deserter's Songs

Mercury Rev

3/5

I had never heard of this band before and I’m not sure what I was expecting but it wasn’t necessarily this. Some pleasant, some not so pleasant.

Disraeli Gears

Cream

3/5

Exactly what I was expecting based on the cover and my limited experience with Eric Clapton.

In Utero

Nirvana

3/5

Carried by All Apologies

Speakerboxxx/The Love Below

OutKast

3/5

Pros and cons. Biggest con being the unnecessary length. I got bored after a while. Still love Hey Ya, though.

Nothing's Shocking

Jane's Addiction

2/5

I didn’t love it, that’s for sure.

Kind Of Blue

Miles Davis

4/5

I don’t know enough about jazz to give this a proper review, but it was a nice enough vibe on a Sunday morning.

Heroes to Zeros

The Beta Band

2/5

Is everything going to be this boring? It wasn’t awful, but not great either.

It's Blitz!

Yeah Yeah Yeahs

4/5

I may not have enjoyed this as much on a different day, but I was really vibing with it for some reason.

Strangeways, Here We Come

The Smiths

3/5

The distinctive sound of The Smiths. I don’t hate it, but I don’t love it. The lyric “I’ve come to wish you an unhappy birthday, cause you’re evil…” did make me chuckle.

Butterfly

Mariah Carey

2/5

She can sing well but the songs were terrible. Just stick to Christmas.

Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

2/5

Started out strong and then…. Not so much.

James Brown Live At The Apollo

James Brown

4/5

I’m not usually a fan of live albums, but this was a great vibe today.

Blunderbuss

Jack White

4/5

I was not necessarily excited for this album but I enjoyed it more than I thought I would.

For Your Pleasure

Roxy Music

2/5

Very reminiscent of Rocky Horror and not in a good way. Just not my taste.

Kid A

Radiohead

3/5

I guess I understand why it’s on the list, but just too slow/boring/experimental to be my thing.

Mermaid Avenue

Billy Bragg

2/5

I promised myself when I started this 34 albums ago that I would listen to each album in full as part of the project…. But apparently sometimes I just can’t. Only giving it 2 because HooDoo VooDoo was okay.

Kilimanjaro

The Teardrop Explodes

2/5

Oh goody. More 80s Brit pop or whatever this is.

The New Tango

Astor Piazzolla

2/5

Boring but in the right setting maybe it wouldn’t be so bad. Just tough to listen to a full album of this.

Dirt

Alice In Chains

4/5

Good if you’re in an angry mood, but I couldn’t listen to it all the time.

Peggy Suicide

Julian Cope

1/5

Pretty terrible overall, really starting to regret my choice to start this whole project

Devil Without A Cause

Kid Rock

1/5

Whichever reviewer said “I would rather be deaf than listen to this” was really on to something…

Paul's Boutique

Beastie Boys

3/5

I understand the “they’re just shouting” reviews. They certainly aren’t singing. But I can appreciate this for what it is.

The College Dropout

Kanye West

3/5

Ugh, it pained me to listen to Kanye but I forced myself to at least skim through. Hate to admit that some of this actually had a catchy beat. I could do without the random tracks of people speaking.

Very

Pet Shop Boys

4/5

Not my genre but I guess I was just in the right mood for this today.

The Nightfly

Donald Fagen

2/5

Boring soft rock that can be played in the background at a store or restaurant but not actually enjoyed.

There's No Place Like America Today

Curtis Mayfield

3/5

Groovy, but not sure how much I really enjoyed it.

Eagles

3/5

Pretty much what I expected.

Reign In Blood

Slayer

3/5

Fine to listen to while angry and working, not sure that I would in any other setting

More Songs About Buildings And Food

Talking Heads

3/5

Some of the background music was catchy enough, fine to have on in the background while working. But I probably won’t listen to it again.

Feast of Wire

Calexico

4/5

I had never heard of this band before today and based on the description / other reviews, I wasn’t sure what to expect. I kind of loved it though? I’ve been trying not to overuse the word “vibe”, but it certainly is a vibe!

Opus Dei

Laibach

1/5

What is happening?

You Want It Darker

Leonard Cohen

2/5

I almost feel bad giving this a low score, so maybe I’ll listen again at some point in the future and feel differently, but this album just wasn’t for me at this time.

Adele

4/5

The first album I’ve already listened to in full that’s popped up on this list. Undoubtedly amazing voice but it does get repetitive after so many songs.

Beautiful Freak

Eels

3/5

Definitely 90s alt-rock. For better or worse.

Third

Portishead

1/5

I have enough anxiety, thanks

Home Is Where The Music Is

Hugh Masekela

2/5

I really want to be able to enjoy jazz. I just can’t.

The Pleasure Principle

Gary Numan

3/5

Fine if you like the song “Cars”. Like mostly every other album I’ve had generated so far, okay for background music while working but I probably won’t listen to it again.

Under Construction

Missy Elliott

3/5

Not my usual genre but I can appreciate Missy as a female rapper. And Work It is always a good time.

Welcome To The Pleasuredome

Frankie Goes To Hollywood

3/5

Pretty much as expected based on my knowledge of “Relax”.

Music From Big Pink

The Band

2/5

I’m so bored.