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Album	You	Global	Diff
Get Rich Or Die Tryin' 50 Cent	5	3.06	+1.94
A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector Various Artists	5	3.3	+1.7
The College Dropout Kanye West	5	3.31	+1.69
I Should Coco Supergrass	5	3.35	+1.65
Ágætis Byrjun Sigur Rós	5	3.37	+1.63
Stardust Willie Nelson	5	3.39	+1.61
Here's Little Richard Little Richard	5	3.56	+1.44
The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill Lauryn Hill	5	3.66	+1.34
Can't Buy A Thrill Steely Dan	5	3.72	+1.28
Songs From The Big Chair Tears For Fears	5	3.74	+1.26

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Tommy The Who	1	3.33	-2.33
Murder Ballads Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds	1	3.08	-2.08
Happy Trails Quicksilver Messenger Service	1	2.8	-1.8
Low David Bowie	2	3.54	-1.54
Unknown Pleasures Joy Division	2	3.47	-1.47
Dirt Alice In Chains	2	3.46	-1.46
Horses Patti Smith	2	3.31	-1.31
Bongo Rock Incredible Bongo Band	2	3.25	-1.25
The Rolling Stones The Rolling Stones	2	3.24	-1.24
Your New Favourite Band The Hives	2	3.13	-1.13

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A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector

The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars

Popular Reviews

Get Rich Or Die Tryin'

50 Cent · 1 likes

5/5

This is one of the cornerstone hip hop albums of the 2000s. His flow is undeniable. 50 is a legend for this and the Diddy doc

Here's Little Richard

Little Richard · 1 likes

5/5

I’m at the malt shop, I’m at the sock hop. This whole album rips.

1-Star Albums (3)

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Brothers

The Black Keys

4/5

Low

David Bowie

2/5

Either Or

Elliott Smith

4/5

Tommy

The Who

1/5

Outside of Pinball Wizard, this album is just not for me. Maybe meant for a different time but this does not endure to the 20th century.

The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill

Lauryn Hill

5/5

This album surprised me how much it lives up to the mythos as one of the standards of hip hop history. Full of bangers and source material for rhymes through the decades.

Back At The Chicken Shack

Jimmy Smith

3/5

Good jams for milling about your tool shed to avoid the ol’ ball n’ chain

The Rolling Stones

2/5

The Stones like you’ve never heard them…and is that such a bad thing? It’s just blues covers

Black Sabbath

3/5

A little too raw for me, I like the layer Black Sabbath stuff more, but the riffs are very sick.

Stand!

Sly & The Family Stone

3/5

Nebraska

Bruce Springsteen

3/5

Who hurt these men, Boss? And who hurt you?

Murder Ballads

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

1/5

Not for me. A miserable listen

Ágætis Byrjun

Sigur Rós

5/5

Beautiful as it always has been

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector

Various Artists

5/5

Blood Sugar Sex Magik

Red Hot Chili Peppers

4/5

It might be the nostalgia talking, but this album rips, especially the instrumentals. Falls short of perfection because of the vocals and some skippable tracks.

Maggot Brain

Funkadelic

4/5

So deep in the pocket that the beat is covered in lint.

Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)

Wu-Tang Clan

4/5

Certified bangers. This album earns its reputation. I felt ready to fight after listening to this album

808 State

3/5

The jobsite hated when I got stuck in an hours-long dance trace listening to this.

The Message

Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five

3/5

I can see how groundbreaking this might’ve been at the time, but I am unfortunately not unc enough to understand or appreciate that. The singing on some of the tracks is great and I enjoyed the more substantive messages on some of the songs. Good stuff.

I Should Coco

Supergrass

5/5

This album quest is like golf—hours upon hours of misery and anguish, but one good shot will make you say, “ah, that’s why they call it the greatest game.” This is one of those good golf shots.

Cloud Nine

The Temptations

4/5

I had a steady groove going with this one.

When I Was Born For The 7th Time

Cornershop

2/5

The British bias on this list is nutty, how is this an essential listen? The dudes seem chill enough

Shake Your Money Maker

The Black Crowes

3/5

Solid blues rock in an era of grungy melancholy

Heroes to Zeros

The Beta Band

2/5

Could’ve not listened to this before I die

The Clash

3/5

Surprised by how much I liked this one, what a fun listen. White Riot is great. Punk music is a good listen when you’re leftist

Back In Black

AC/DC

5/5

Memorable riffs, a driving rhythm, bangers up and down the tracklist…it’s one of the all-time great rock albums.

Wonderful Rainbow

Lightning Bolt

3/5

This album is like in the beginning of 2001: A Space Odyssey when the apes are screaming at the monolith. The apes are this band, and the monolith is the Math Rock genre

Get Rich Or Die Tryin'

50 Cent

5/5

This is one of the cornerstone hip hop albums of the 2000s. His flow is undeniable. 50 is a legend for this and the Diddy doc

Psychocandy

The Jesus And Mary Chain

3/5

Sometimes it felt like surf rock

Bayou Country

Creedence Clearwater Revival

4/5

This is America

From Elvis In Memphis

Elvis Presley

4/5

This album surprised me by how much it slapped.

The Notorious Byrd Brothers

The Byrds

3/5

One of the okayest albums so far

Songs For Swingin' Lovers!

Frank Sinatra

3/5

Would’ve gone down smoother with an old fashioned

Underwater Moonlight

The Soft Boys

3/5

Pretty fun stuff from the lads

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

Devo

4/5

The old wave is dead; long live the new wave

Songs From The Big Chair

Tears For Fears

5/5

It’s iconic—one of my favorite albums of the ‘80s. It almost defines the era

Court And Spark

Joni Mitchell

3/5

I like her voice and it’s a chill album

Chemtrails Over The Country Club

Lana Del Rey

3/5

It was fine, Lana. At times, pretty good.

Your New Favourite Band

The Hives

2/5

The nostalgia did not hold up on this one.

Eagles

3/5

Three songs take it from a 2 to a 3, and you know which ones they are.

Crossing the Red Sea With the Adverts

The Adverts

2/5

I’m beginning to sense a pattern in the author’s biases…

What's Going On

Marvin Gaye

4/5

That was beautiful, man.

Happy Trails

Quicksilver Messenger Service

1/5

Jamming out and noodling is underhated as a genre. Made me angry the longer I went on and I didn’t make it to the end.

Horses

Patti Smith

2/5

I understand that I’m supposed to get it, but I really don’t.

Is This It

The Strokes

5/5

Fantastic from start to finish we love the Strokes and have for decades

The Genius Of Ray Charles

Ray Charles

4/5

Save this for a chill Sunday morning, it’s a nice treat

Green River

Creedence Clearwater Revival

4/5

Another banger from the boys, it rips

Seventh Tree

Goldfrapp

2/5

Sounds fine but it’s not memorable

Dirt

Alice In Chains

2/5

Gen X is the ultimate “lobster too buttery; steak too tender” generation, and they made/listened to music like this to simulate oppression amidst a banal existence. Butt Rock.

Millions Now Living Will Never Die

Tortoise

3/5

Started off extremely annoyed but ended up pleasantly surprised. That’s math rock, baby

The Downward Spiral

Nine Inch Nails

3/5

Instrumentals and production is dope. Lyrics not so much.

Here's Little Richard

Little Richard

5/5

I’m at the malt shop, I’m at the sock hop. This whole album rips.

The ArchAndroid

Janelle Monáe

4/5

Would’ve been a 5 but the back half wasn’t as strong as the front. A super fun and creative album overall “Cold War” rips.

The Low End Theory

A Tribe Called Quest

4/5

You on point, Phife? All the time, Tip.

James Brown Live At The Apollo

James Brown

3/5

A little before the era of James Brown’s music that I actually enjoy but it’s not too bad.

evermore

Taylor Swift

4/5

This is deadass a Good Taylor Swift Album, we owe Aaron Dessner a lot of credit for that.

Vulnicura

Björk

2/5

I didn’t really understand it. I’m happy for you tho. Or sorry that it happened.

Catch A Fire

Bob Marley & The Wailers

4/5

Great tracks from the legend

I See A Darkness

Bonnie "Prince" Billy

4/5

One of the most surprising new finds of the journey so far.

If You Can Believe Your Eyes & Ears

The Mamas & The Papas

4/5

This was one of the albums that surprised me in terms of how much I thought that I would like it.

Hot Rats

Frank Zappa

3/5

Great jams but it doesn’t make me want to go back and listen to it more.

Pearl

Janis Joplin

4/5

Jackie Jormp Jomp takes you back to Woodstox with this banger album

Band On The Run

Paul McCartney and Wings

4/5

It’s a 3 without the first two tracks, which are two of my favorite songs across all genres

Buenas Noches From A Lonely Room

Dwight Yoakam

3/5

This is the music that turned Nashville into a powerhouse…before the towers fell and turned the whole genre into Republican pop music

Fear Of Music

Talking Heads

3/5

Cool, weird, funny…everything you want from Byrne and the boys

You Are The Quarry

Morrissey

2/5

I don’t get his whole deal, it’s kind of cringe and off-putting.

Kick Out The Jams (Live)

MC5

3/5

Not bad for a live punk album

There's No Place Like America Today

Curtis Mayfield

3/5

Man is a legend

...The Dandy Warhols Come Down

The Dandy Warhols

3/5

A lot that’s killer, a lot more that’s filler.

The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars

David Bowie

5/5

Learning more about Bowie has been one of the great joys of this project.

Stardust

Willie Nelson

5/5

The perfect album to soothe a fussy baby like me.

Green

R.E.M.

3/5

I can only think about Ben Wyatt’s stop-motion animation film.

Can't Buy A Thrill

Steely Dan

5/5

One of the best Steely Dan albums ever, which makes it one of the best albums ever

Countdown To Ecstasy

Steely Dan

4/5

This album rips. I don’t think Steely Dan ever missed in their career

The Atomic Mr Basie

Count Basie & His Orchestra

4/5

You gotta be giving your love to the Countm

Green Onions

Booker T. & The MG's

3/5

That man can really tickle the keys

Ananda Shankar

2/5

Sitar covers is an interesting use of one of the slots on this list.

She's So Unusual

Cyndi Lauper

4/5

I was surprised by how good this was top to bottom, but not surprised by how much “Time After Time” holds up

The Gershwin Songbook

Ella Fitzgerald

4/5

Ella is an all time voice of the 20th century

Southern Rock Opera

Drive-By Truckers

2/5

I wonder if these guys drew any inspiration from Skynyrd.

Machine Gun Etiquette

The Damned

3/5

This had some fun energy that ripped through the mundane work day

Paranoid

Black Sabbath

5/5

One of the sickest classic rock/metal albums of all time

Kenya

Machito

4/5

Led Zeppelin

4/5

One of the last British empire conquests was these guys stealing that Mississippi Delta flow. 4.5/5 a good start but not one of the best Led Zeppelin albums.

Fuzzy

Grant Lee Buffalo

2/5

Not offensive, but not a lot of curb appeal either

Elvis Presley

3/5

Beauty And The Beat

The Go-Go's

3/5

A good soundtrack for the summertime

The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway

Genesis

2/5

Too long to keep enjoying or to hold my attention

White Blood Cells

The White Stripes

4/5

I appreciate this album more as an unc than I did as a boy

Oar

Alexander 'Skip' Spence

2/5

Sometimes, man…

Bongo Rock

Incredible Bongo Band

2/5

Just another weird one to cover all the author’s bases for making a comprehensive album list.

Mama Said Knock You Out

LL Cool J

3/5

It’s fine, nothing crazy, but I lack the perspective of how groundbreaking this would’ve been since rap has improved greatly in the decades since this dude held a mic.

Sound of Silver

LCD Soundsystem

4/5

4.5 this grooves hard, I’m a big LCD Soundsystem fan

The College Dropout

Kanye West

5/5

I miss the old Kanye.

Ghosteen

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

2/5

Good for film soundtracks but not for a regular listen…at least more tolerable than his murder album