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Album	You	Global	Diff
The Poet Bobby Womack	5	3.21	+1.79
2112 Rush	5	3.38	+1.62
Aqualung Jethro Tull	5	3.44	+1.56
Black Metal Venom	4	2.47	+1.53
Moving Pictures Rush	5	3.57	+1.43
In The Court Of The Crimson King King Crimson	5	3.61	+1.39
Back In Black AC/DC	5	3.84	+1.16
Who's Next The Who	5	3.9	+1.1
Ten Pearl Jam	5	3.91	+1.09

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Let It Bleed The Rolling Stones	1	3.82	-2.82
good kid, m.A.A.d city Kendrick Lamar	1	3.62	-2.62
Stankonia OutKast	1	3.55	-2.55
Doggystyle Snoop Dogg	1	3.37	-2.37
Since I Left You The Avalanches	1	3.28	-2.28
The Rolling Stones The Rolling Stones	1	3.24	-2.24
The Good, The Bad & The Queen The Good, The Bad & The Queen	1	3.03	-2.03
Deserter's Songs Mercury Rev	1	3.03	-2.03
The Nightfly Donald Fagen	1	3.02	-2.02
The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators The 13th Floor Elevators	1	2.95	-1.95

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Rush	2	5

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Back In Black

AC/DC · 1 likes

5/5

I reckon Mr. Kilmister put it best - which is also applicable here - when he said: "ROCK OUT WITH YOUR COCK OUT!"

1-Star Albums (12)

The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators

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Back In Black

AC/DC

5/5

I reckon Mr. Kilmister put it best - which is also applicable here - when he said: "ROCK OUT WITH YOUR COCK OUT!"

Stankonia

OutKast

1/5

It stank indeed, just as it said on the tin

good kid, m.A.A.d city

Kendrick Lamar

1/5

The only thing that makes any sense to me is that the demand for this drivel didn't just grow organically, but was created artificially by moguls, and for nefarious purposes.

The Rolling Stones

1/5

This isn't essential. It really must have been the right time and place for them to launch a career when this was adequate.

Ten

Pearl Jam

5/5

Perfect.

Marquee Moon

Television

3/5

I liked the disjointed bridges and drum syncopation.

Disintegration

The Cure

4/5

I can't bear their hits at all, but this is great.

Shleep

Robert Wyatt

2/5

I'd just rather listen to something else

Kind Of Blue

Miles Davis

3/5

There's absolutely nothing wrong with this album. I just prefer jazz less harmless than this.

Aqualung

Jethro Tull

5/5

The flute is what makes it special.

2112

Rush

5/5

This is so awesome. Naysayers aren't even fit to be the janitors of the Temple of Syrinx.

The Beach Boys Today!

The Beach Boys

2/5

I guess surf bros had good times in the 60's.

The Good, The Bad & The Queen

1/5

Even when a side project doesn't quite work out there might be contractual obligations to release it anyway, since it was made at someone's expense, and fans of people famous for other things just might scrape up some cash for it. What's wrong is to include such albums in a list like this, and make people like me worse off for having listened to this steaming pile of shit.

Let It Bleed

The Rolling Stones

1/5

I like rock, I like blues, I like raw minimalism, and I hate the Rolling Stones. Gimme Shelter was shit, and every time something worthwhile is nearly achieved, they manage to ruin it in one way or another.

Figure 8

Elliott Smith

3/5

This is decent pop-rock, the Beatles influence is quite clear, not enough hooks to carry it the whole way through.

Teen Dream

Beach House

2/5

Boring and annoying at the same time.

In The Court Of The Crimson King

King Crimson

5/5

Not just a record, it's a revelation.

McCartney

Paul McCartney

2/5

Sounds more like a collection of musical ideas than an album. I like Paul, but this is a good example of why you need a producer who's able to say: "No, we're not doing it like that."

Kala

M.I.A.

1/5

Not even music.

The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators

The 13th Floor Elevators

1/5

So this is here because it's the earliest known use of the word "psychedelic" on an album title? It's shit.

The Next Day

David Bowie

2/5

Ziggy why?

Who's Next

The Who

5/5

This is a masterpiece by the band with four soloists.

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

Beatles

3/5

To quote a dead genius: "They were so high they let Ringo sing a couple of tunes"

The Real Thing

Faith No More

4/5

Another band whose biggest hit being overplayed kept me at a distance for far too long. My biggest criticism is that this is not their best, but it's the only one on the list. For shame.

C'est Chic

CHIC

2/5

Sleek, Chic, but repetitive and shallow.

Parachutes

Coldplay

2/5

Very competent, I see how the stale melancholia could be mistaken as profound emotional depth.

The Poet

Bobby Womack

5/5

OOOooo lemme *snorts a line* AAAH lemme say *backflips over an amp* UUUAAAAAhhhaAA LEMME just SAY *dodges a bullet* OH WEE baby lay it ON ME!

Vespertine

Björk

3/5

There is much difficulty in rating this since the character of the artist and the cultural dynamics around her are inseparable from, or may even overshadow the reception of the work from a musical standpoint. It has always been this way with cultural signaling relating to appreciating art considered difficult or esoteric, and carrying that as a badge of a sophisticated taste. I think the sound sculpting by this performance artist is quite nice in moderation.

1999

Prince

3/5

The album by the artist formerly known as Prince back when he was currently known as Prince might have formerly sounded quite fresh and maybe even groundbreaking, but currently sounds quite dated.

Chirping Crickets

Buddy Holly & The Crickets

2/5

Everything has already been said about this.

Since I Left You

The Avalanches

1/5

Revolting slop

Frank

Amy Winehouse

4/5

A harrowing tale of dysfunctional relationships and emotional nihilism. What makes it even more bleak is that this is the debut album of a 19-year old, and it's not a beginning of any sort, it's self-annihilation already at terminal velocity and she seems to know it.

Urban Hymns

The Verve

2/5

It's ok, but a lot of it just isn't necessary and could be left out, like much of the britpop on this list.

Nick Of Time

Bonnie Raitt

2/5

Great musicianship, good production, average songs.

The Köln Concert

Keith Jarrett

3/5

There was a wrong note at 20:40

Bluesbreakers

John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers

2/5

The band is grooving and it's a great sounding record, but it should have been a priority for everyone involved in this project to get someone else to sing. And here's a message to all you politically motivated one-starrers: Go tell Yo-yo Ma he's appropriating white music you RACIST fucking dunces

Dust

Screaming Trees

2/5

What a mildly interesting album.

Dusty In Memphis

Dusty Springfield

4/5

Tastefull, skillfull, and most of all soulfull

Pornography

The Cure

4/5

The rhythmic and harmonic structuring creates a hypnotic pattern to this uncompromising journey. A unique atmosphere which I like.

Led Zeppelin III

Led Zeppelin

4/5

Like the rock, like the folk, not fan of the tuning in Tangerine, very good album.

Third/Sister Lovers

Big Star

1/5

I commend the string section for their professionalism, everything else here is obnoxious bullshit.

Queen II

Queen

4/5

What's not to like? Well, the riffing while ok is not the best, lead singing by the others is inferior and unnecessary, the prog elements are lukewarm, the sound is unrefined, but we now know something unique will soon emerge out of these elements.

Highly Evolved

The Vines

2/5

Post-grunge revivalism masquerading as innovation, album falls on its face as ideas run out. Good fuzz sound.

Soul Mining

The The

3/5

I liked the music. The lyrics however try to connect the narrator's emotional anguish and heartbreak to the world's ending, which doesn't induce empathy, but a sense of such profound self-importance that it makes the lyricist seem like a bit of a prick.

James Brown Live At The Apollo

James Brown

2/5

Didn't quite feel what the audience seemed to be experiencing.

The Bones Of What You Believe

CHVRCHES

2/5

I don't mind this, but I have no need for it either. As a general direction for popular music permeating the airwaves I actually did mind it very much, and abhor the race to the algorithm-friendly bottom. But that's not their fault, I suppose.

Black Metal

Venom

4/5

These goofy dudes. You probably wouldn't believe the impact this tongue-in-cheek piece had in a decade, or that the genre and counterculture which bore this album's title did actually strike fear in the hearts of normies at the mere sight of us freaks back then. Yes it's not very good, they weren't serious about devil worship, and neither were us, although a few dabbled with it. What we were serious about was the rejection of the worldview which was placed upon our generation, except pretty soon most forgot about that and became alcoholics, drug addicts, went to business school, or all of the above.

B-52's

The B-52's

2/5

Previously I’ve been pleasantly surprised by this list with bands I only knew from their obnoxious hit singles, when they’ve actually had pretty good albums. Not this time.

Brothers

The Black Keys

2/5

Retro appeal of this mellow album fails to carry throughout its length due to lack of musical ideas and songwriting

Something/Anything?

Todd Rundgren

2/5

You start making an album of the Greatest Rejected TV Theme Songs, get bored and drop the tiniest little bit of acid, get a little trippy, but then you realize it wasn’t even good acid and now you’ve plateaued, your album is as exciting as a reheated microwave dinner, and you’re just a whiny boring coward. You wish you were cool like some of the rock stars who sometimes let you hang out with them.

Deserter's Songs

Mercury Rev

1/5

I was completely ready to be pleasantly surprised by this album at the onset of the theremin solo, and then it was brought in again in bad taste. By the awful Beatles pastiche it was written off completely, and from there on it was just unnecessary incoherent rambling with one OK song thrown in the mess. I’m rounding down for this fucking wanker to have wasted my time.

Sea Change

Beck

2/5

It's OK but very mood-specific and I'm not in it, which makes it monotone. Very good engineering.

Nixon

Lambchop

2/5

Singer's voice sounds like he's telling a joke while poking you in the ribs with his elbow, which starts to get grating after the first five seconds. I get the joke, it's not a good one, and it doesn't get any better when you keep repeating it, just mind numbingly boring.

Qui sème le vent récolte le tempo

MC Solaar

2/5

So very boring.

Da Capo

Love

2/5

Zappa's parodies of this era were better albums than the targets themselves by a wide margin.

Elvis Presley

3/5

Abopbopaloomop, alopbambom.

S&M

Metallica

2/5

Adding the orchestral layer only detracts from what were perfectly fine songs. I guess they had reasons to make this a live album, but the production is ruined by then trying to polish the rawness out of it, and failing miserably at that. And then they had to make it a double album, and make the polished turd a massive bloated log. Flushing one of those down turns into a rather unpleasant two hour job.

Dig Your Own Hole

The Chemical Brothers

4/5

Purpose-built and finely machined by the better Prodigy.

Red Headed Stranger

Willie Nelson

3/5

Powerfully sparse. Beautiful soul.

The Nightfly

Donald Fagen

1/5

It's uncanny how it's possible never having heard this album to hate it right from the first note played, and every proceeding note solidifying that point as true. It's so far beyond bland and boring that it morphs into jarring and torturous. This is the sound of psychiatric pharmaceuticals and white collar crime.

Safe As Milk

Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band

4/5

I appreciate this crooked blues.

I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got

Sinead O'Connor

4/5

What it means to sing with emotion.

Moving Pictures

Rush

5/5

The wailing is a feature, not a bug.

Unhalfbricking

Fairport Convention

3/5

Mellow Jefferson Airplane was OK.

At Mister Kelly's

Sarah Vaughan

2/5

I dislike the mixing of this album, the subdued band, too much treble which makes the singer's voice shrill and piercing, and her use of vibrato.

Doggystyle

Snoop Dogg

1/5

This whole tainted genre and subculture needs to be put back underground so deep it will never surface again. Gangsta my ass, try being a father to your children.

Two Dancers

Wild Beasts

2/5

Hey that's pretty artsy, two stars for the music and that's generous given the vocal performance.

The Hour Of Bewilderbeast

Badly Drawn Boy

2/5

A fitting addition to the list of 1001 Entirely Forgettable British Indie Albums.

A Little Deeper

Ms. Dynamite

2/5

A dud. It seems the curators of this list are from Englandland, and somehow don't realize every country has multiple carbon copies of this exact thing, and none of them constitute as essential listening.

Stand!

Sly & The Family Stone

3/5

Groovy. Would have been better to leave out the parts where they were too drugged up to play tight though.