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Album	You	Global	Diff
Scum Napalm Death	5	2.08	+2.92
Slipknot Slipknot	5	2.68	+2.32
Out of Step Minor Threat	5	2.94	+2.06
High Violet The National	5	3.23	+1.77
Daydream Nation Sonic Youth	5	3.29	+1.71
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot Wilco	5	3.31	+1.69
Music in Exile Songhoy Blues	5	3.32	+1.68
Fear Of A Black Planet Public Enemy	5	3.34	+1.66
The Band The Band	5	3.34	+1.66
Music From Big Pink The Band	5	3.35	+1.65

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
G. Love And Special Sauce G. Love & Special Sauce	1	2.73	-1.73
Odessa Bee Gees	1	2.72	-1.72
Black Holes and Revelations Muse	2	3.59	-1.59
Morrison Hotel The Doors	2	3.58	-1.58
Rio Duran Duran	2	3.5	-1.5
Blood Sugar Sex Magik Red Hot Chili Peppers	2	3.48	-1.48
She's So Unusual Cyndi Lauper	2	3.48	-1.48
Cupid & Psyche 85 Scritti Politti	1	2.39	-1.39
25 Adele	2	3.38	-1.38
S&M Metallica	2	3.26	-1.26

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Artist	Albums	Average
The Band	2	5
Fleetwood Mac	2	5

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Hounds Of Love

Kate Bush · 1 likes

5/5

If you're a man and you think this is too weird, then I have to assume you have never had good pussy.

Automatic For The People

R.E.M. · 1 likes

4/5

Notably decent record. I appreciate REM's influence and songwriting. I wouldn't deny the greatness of this record, I'm just not sold on every song.

Morrison Hotel

The Doors · 1 likes

2/5

The Doors being considered one of the greats is a psyop.

Peter Gabriel · 1 likes

5/5

I'm am idiot for snoozing on this my whole life!

Crime Of The Century

Supertramp · 1 likes

3/5

The singles are phenomenal! They remind me of growing up in my parents house.

1-Star Albums (3)

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Dookie

Green Day

4/5

Blistering speed, biting power chords, and pop hooks that endure. Criticism of this album, by and large, misses the point. If you think this installment is lazy or boring, please consider these kids were stoned out of their minds when they made it.

Black Holes and Revelations

Muse

2/5

Starlight is a good song but I couldn't sit thru all the rock opera. 🙉

Rio

Duran Duran

2/5

A little bit too much party going on here. Great artwork, and vocal performances are wonderful. I would much rather listen to the Cure or Depeche Mode.

Green River

Creedence Clearwater Revival

5/5

Timeless

Goldie

2/5

Bad reviews say it sucks. Good reviews say it's best enjoyed tuning out. That's all you need to know.

The Hour Of Bewilderbeast

Badly Drawn Boy

3/5

Recommended if you like Los Campesinos!, Dismemberment Plan, Bright Eyes... I gave it a 3 because it's a relatively unremarkable, but inoffensive bit of indie rock. It's a well-crafted set of songs, but it's about 20 minutes too long.

Stardust

Willie Nelson

3/5

Lovely if a bit sleepy

Definitely Maybe

Oasis

5/5

G. Love And Special Sauce

G. Love & Special Sauce

1/5

Cringe

Bridge Over Troubled Water

Simon & Garfunkel

5/5

They never made a dud.

Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle

Bill Callahan

4/5

Important voice in indie music

Californication

Red Hot Chili Peppers

4/5

RHCP are an amazing trio (Anthony Kiedis is a figment of our imagination). Californication is the only good album this band ever made

Out of Step

Minor Threat

5/5

Minor Threat made Hardcore. Ian MacKaye goes on to form Embrace, inventing Emo. Emo activates Gerard Way to get into Music. Gerard Way starts My Chemical Romance after witnessing 9/11. Inspired by MCR, Stephanie Meyer writes the Twilight series. Twilight is adapted to film. Kristen Stewart invites Ellen to.............. It's good.

Odessey And Oracle

The Zombies

3/5

Pleasant memories of my parents. Love the hippie dippie acid rock of the 60s

Swordfishtrombones

Tom Waits

3/5

Tom Waits decides to freak it---not a 5 like Rain Dogs, but worth a listen!

Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

Wilco

5/5

Timeless perfect 10

Parachutes

Coldplay

4/5

You can't deny the influence of this record!

The White Album

Beatles

4/5

Too many filler tracks to be a 5. That said, It's still a masterpiece. The inner Beatles tension is felt by some of the heavier tracks, which in some cases fell inspired by Hendrix, but that's just me. I think John outshines Paul on this album. Best Ringo track with Don't Pass Me By, and George's incredible While My Guitar Gently Weeps, whilst being unknowingly cucked by Eric Clapton.

There's A Riot Goin' On

Sly & The Family Stone

4/5

Nothing, and I mean nothing can top the tone of a precision bass with flat wound strings.

Bad Company

2/5

So mid it's insulting

Elephant

The White Stripes

4/5

Best White Stripes album hands down. 4/5 cuz Jack don't know how to close an album

Adele

2/5

There are like two dozen producers, songwriters and engineers on this album. Far too many for it to be this mid.

Fisherman's Blues

The Waterboys

3/5

In the rear view, Springsteen and Bowie. Straight ahead, Radiohead, The Killers and Arcade Fire. HOLY SHIT THEY COVERED VAN MORRISON? Sweet Thing is an all timer and it works!

Pornography

The Cure

4/5

This one is so dark. It was fun to listen to because I know more about The Cure's hits and I don't think I'd heard any of these songs since I was a kid!

Station To Station

David Bowie

4/5

Bowie is an alien god. But he's not an infallible alien god because Golden Years is his worst radio hit. It's the only blemish on an otherwise perfect album.

Fear Of A Black Planet

Public Enemy

5/5

Chuck D is so real good lord. Most based rap album of its generation. It's an hour but not one wasted minute.

Back In Black

AC/DC

3/5

Coincidence that Back in Black was released the same year as Michelle Remembers...? I think not. This album feels like the gayest devil you can imagine licking your ear and saying, "Welcome to the 1980s." If you think this album is for idiots or you're sick of hearing these songs on the radio, try this: Listen for the influence from CCR, Vanilla Fudge and Neil Young. Ah that's better.

Sunday At The Village Vanguard

Bill Evans Trio

4/5

Gorgeous and vibey. Perfect listening for a quiet rainy day.

Marquee Moon

Television

5/5

How rare to produce an album that could have been dropped any year! 1977's Marquee Moon could have been released in the 1980s as peers of Pixies, or in the 90s as peers of Pavement, or the 2000s as peers of the strokes, or the 2010s as peers of Car Seat Headrest, or the 2020s as peers of Geese.

Kings Of The Wild Frontier

Adam & The Ants

3/5

Better than I expected but wouldn't go back to

Graceland

Paul Simon

5/5

You've Come a Long Way Baby

Fatboy Slim

3/5

"Fatboy slim? More like white boy retarded!" - Chris Rock

Justified

Justin Timberlake

2/5

There is something un-enduring about this record.

Younger Than Yesterday

The Byrds

3/5

Solid offering of the 1960s. A bit derivative of its predecessors. By 1967 the influence of the Beatles, Donovan and Simon & Garfunkel were so evident in these recordings that it's a little over wrought. The best is yet to come though! Soon after this, David Crosby will form CSNY and Graham Parsons will have his body snatched from LAX and burned in the desert.

american dream

LCD Soundsystem

4/5

Great band, bit lengthy

Peter Gabriel

5/5

I'm am idiot for snoozing on this my whole life!

In Rainbows

Radiohead

5/5

Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo

Devo

4/5

Devo really said "fuck it let's start the 1980s!"

Blood Sugar Sex Magik

Red Hot Chili Peppers

2/5

RHCP are the greatest trio in rock history.

A Walk Across The Rooftops

The Blue Nile

2/5

The Band

5/5

At San Quentin

Johnny Cash

5/5

Unlike any live recording you're bound to hear. Sharper than hell. Johnny has such warmth not associated with him

S&M

Metallica

2/5

You either die a hero or you live long enough to see yourself spend the rest of your creative capital on a 2hr13min live album.

If I Could Only Remember My Name

David Crosby

3/5

WHAT DO YOU THINK? DO I REMIND YOU OF TROUBLED TROUBADOUR DAVID CROSBY? - silly Billy Ned Flanders I would have loved this as a kid. I went through a lengthy protest and folk music phase and overlooked this one. Signs of inspo to Iron & Wine and Fleet Foxes which gives me a little grace for how pretentious David Crosby comes across.

High Violet

The National

5/5

Sad Dads forever

Murmur

R.E.M.

3/5

Murmur sounds great but there are no standout bangers. Minimalist production choices make it an anomaly for the mid 1980s, but Stipe has yet to develop his melodic chops.

Morrison Hotel

The Doors

2/5

The Doors being considered one of the greats is a psyop.

Urban Hymns

The Verve

4/5

Midnight Ride

Paul Revere & The Raiders

3/5

Music From Big Pink

The Band

5/5

Rumours

Fleetwood Mac

5/5

Eternal.

Fever To Tell

Yeah Yeah Yeahs

4/5

This album ushered in the indie sleaze era. This is the pinnacle of my formative years as i was 15 when this came out. Meet me in the bathroom!

Technique

New Order

3/5

Six albums in a decade is very prolific. This installment feels less thoughtful than its preceding records, but very enjoyable nonetheless. I'll never tire of that signature bass tone, slathered in chorus. Peter Hook 🐐

Garbage

3/5

Wish it was more "snotty"

Stankonia

OutKast

4/5

Physical Graffiti

Led Zeppelin

5/5

"Led Zeppelin didn't write tunes everybody liked. They left that to the Bee Gees." - Wayne Campbell

Here Are the Sonics

The Sonics

4/5

The edge on these tunes would have decapitated a small Victorian boy. This album is, as the kids say, TOUGH.

Bayou Country

Creedence Clearwater Revival

4/5

If we'd simply listened to CCR we might not be in a fascist hellscape today.

Loveless

My Bloody Valentine

3/5

This should blow your mind at 20 years old, but eventually you gotta grow up.

Peggy Suicide

Julian Cope

2/5

Genuinely awesome voice but instrumentals leave some to be desired.

If I Should Fall From Grace With God

The Pogues

4/5

This tapped into some weird unexplored drunken angry Irishman side of me I didn't know existed.

Smash

The Offspring

3/5

It's a good time

Blood On The Tracks

Bob Dylan

4/5

Surprising that this record is from 1975 because it feels distinctly 1960s to me. How did this come out the same year as Rumours? Did Dylan return to acoustic because guitar rock was so "in" at the time?

Illmatic

Nas

5/5

Genre defining piece. Timeless. Detractors can suck it.

Kind Of Blue

Miles Davis

5/5

Genre defining piece. Timeless. Detractors can suck it.

...And Justice For All

Metallica

4/5

There's an inverse correlation between Metallica's quality of songwriting and the quality of production. As production increases, songwriting decreases. That's Metallica. Anyway, this is the best album featuring Jason Newsted, stepping into the monster shoes of Cliff Burton. "One" is an all-timer metal song, even if the rest of the songs are just decent. That gets it a 4 in my book.

Crime Of The Century

Supertramp

3/5

The singles are phenomenal! They remind me of growing up in my parents house.

Ramones

5/5

I used to hate Ramones for being repetitive and just uninteresting compared to the hardcore stuff I was listening to as a teenager. Repetition is fine when you've perfected the formula and set up generations of future punks for success.

This Year's Model

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

3/5

How is it possible that Elvis Costello is English and David Byrne is American? I could never figure that one out.

The Modern Lovers

3/5

It took me years to convince Spotify that I don't want to hear Roadrunner. If you don't like this, Television and The Stooges did the same thing but better.

Nebraska

Bruce Springsteen

4/5

There are 4 Springsteen albums I'd reach for before Nebraska, but that's more of a statement of how important his voice is to the beleaguered American. The Boss needed to do this record.

Buffalo Springfield Again

Buffalo Springfield

3/5

Risque

CHIC

4/5

Hell yeah. Such tight grooves, you don't even feel it. You're too busy dancing to care.

Hounds Of Love

Kate Bush

5/5

If you're a man and you think this is too weird, then I have to assume you have never had good pussy.

She's So Unusual

Cyndi Lauper

2/5

Calling this album "She's So Unusual" is like working with that one woman in the office who thinks she's "alternative" because she loves Harry Potter and thinks Linkin Park is emo.

Odessa

Bee Gees

1/5

The one thing that made the Bee Gees interesting is completely absent here.

Rust In Peace

Megadeth

4/5

This sounds better than all the thrash albums by Metallica. If only Dave could un-morph out of a sock sniffing goblin, he'd be unstoppable.

Automatic For The People

R.E.M.

4/5

Notably decent record. I appreciate REM's influence and songwriting. I wouldn't deny the greatness of this record, I'm just not sold on every song.

Scott 4

Scott Walker

3/5

🤷‍♀️

Scum

Napalm Death

5/5

I was hoping for Anal Cunt but this will do...I guess... 🙄

Odelay

Beck

4/5

This is a great snapshot of the 90s. I recommend this album to vibe with on the home speaker system, or while flirting with the too-cool-for-you girl hanging out at the record store, who might actually be a time traveler from 30 years ago. DON'T FUCK IT UP.

American Pie

Don McLean

3/5

Cupid & Psyche 85

Scritti Politti

1/5

Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes

TV On The Radio

4/5

Not the TV on the Radio album I would advise you start with. Genuinely miss the days where a band like this could just get picked up by a record label who wanted to take the chance because I assure you the best I'd yet to come! Thank you Touch and Go records for taking the chance on these guys. I think the investment paid off.

Stand!

Sly & The Family Stone

4/5

Highway 61 Revisited

Bob Dylan

3/5

You know what? I'm done sticking up for Dylan. His country and western contemporaries were representing this style of music far better than he was, but Dylan gets laurels about being a generational talent and poet. Title track is the best song on this album.

Africa Brasil

Jorge Ben Jor

5/5

If I was to educate an alien 👽 about humanity, I would show the little gray fucker this record. Maybe they would like the glorp

Tusk

Fleetwood Mac

5/5

POLYCULE TAKEOVER RECORD ACCUSING ME OF WEAPONIZING MY TRAUMA TO GET OUT OF DOING THY DISHES (I'm doing cocaine)

Time Out Of Mind

Bob Dylan

3/5

Meh.

Arular

M.I.A.

3/5

Meh.

Bone Machine

Tom Waits

4/5

I had a huge Tom Waits phase when I was 18 or so. This is a very nostalgic album for me. The songs range from Circus Screamers, to Funeral Dirges, to Americana-infused rock and roll. Goin Out West and I Don't Wanna Grow Up are my favorite songs.

Guero

Beck

5/5

There was a period of 15 years where Beck just couldn't miss. I think Guero might be his best (after Sea Change). Two words: hell yes

Slipknot

5/5

Top 3 Nu Metal Albums of all time OF COURSE! Incredible how good they sound even so rough around the edges. The musicianship is astounding. Runs about 10 minutes too long.

Bubble And Scrape

Sebadoh

4/5

Somewhere between Minutemen and Dinosaur Jr is a criminally under appreciated indie band. A must listen for any lover of classic college radio.

Innervisions

Stevie Wonder

4/5

Nothing i can say that every 5 review hasn't already so I'll simply justify my 4. Visions is a horrible ballad. To my ears, at least. I hate that fusion keyboard and on the nose social commentary. One turd amongst perfection.

Music in Exile

Songhoy Blues

5/5

I've been put into Mdou Moctar and Tinariwen, and I'm really excited to be able to put Songhoy Blues on for others!

A Little Deeper

Ms. Dynamite

3/5

Nothing wrong with this album. But there's a reason why we talk about Erykah, Amy, and Lauryn and not Ms. Dynamite.

Ogden's Nut Gone Flake

Small Faces

2/5

I don't want Ogden's nut anywhere near my face.

Getz/Gilberto

Stan Getz

5/5

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

Elton John

5/5

I haven't listened to this album in 20 years and I'm rendered to tears. What more can be said?

Let's Get It On

Marvin Gaye

3/5

I'd like to thank Marvin Gaye for spiritually creating Christopher Cross and Michael McDonald 🙏

Oracular Spectacular

MGMT

5/5

Oracular Spectacular exists on a plane that no longer exists. It's 2007. The worst thing going for us is the war in Iraq. Ahead of us: a financial crisis we will never fully recover from, followed by creeping and then overt fascism replacing our politics. I can hear the hope in their voices, and feel the shadows of my own, now shattered dreams.

1999

Prince

3/5

Gonna stick to the hits

...Baby One More Time

Britney Spears

3/5

I'm glad she's on the list.

Low-Life

New Order

3/5

One Nation Under A Groove

Funkadelic

3/5

Fulfillingness' First Finale

Stevie Wonder

4/5

I like it when he glorps it

Daydream Nation

Sonic Youth

5/5

The 90s did not start with grunge. They started on 1988 with Sonic Youth and Pixies. And if you don't believe me, that was David Bowie, not me.

MTV Unplugged In New York

Nirvana

5/5

Shiver for me. I played this CD 💿 to the point of utter destruction. Shout out to Sony discman for giving little me so much joy. Six of the 14 songs on this album are covers and we, of a certain age, owe a huge debt of gratitude to Kurt Cobain for educating us about The Vaselines, David Bowie, Meat Puppets, and of course Leadbelly. Bonus if you watched this on TV and "the look" changed your fucking brain chemistry.

Are You Experienced

Jimi Hendrix

5/5

SAY HIS NAME: Noel Redding SAY HIS NAME: Mitch Mitchell