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Album	You	Global	Diff
Siembra Willie Colón & Rubén Blades	5	3.31	+1.69
Channel Orange Frank Ocean	5	3.33	+1.67
All Directions The Temptations	5	3.45	+1.55
Straight Outta Compton N.W.A.	5	3.51	+1.49
Highway to Hell AC/DC	5	3.64	+1.36
Band On The Run Paul McCartney and Wings	5	3.66	+1.34
Master Of Puppets Metallica	5	3.72	+1.28
Parallel Lines Blondie	5	3.76	+1.24
Metallica Metallica	5	3.77	+1.23
Ananda Shankar Ananda Shankar	4	2.82	+1.18

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Sound of Silver LCD Soundsystem	1	3.42	-2.42
The College Dropout Kanye West	1	3.31	-2.31
Shleep Robert Wyatt	1	2.5	-1.5
Hail To the Thief Radiohead	2	3.45	-1.45
Rock Bottom Robert Wyatt	1	2.39	-1.39
Garbage Garbage	2	3.38	-1.38
Brilliant Corners Thelonious Monk	2	3.33	-1.33
L'Eau Rouge The Young Gods	1	2.32	-1.32
Shaka Zulu Ladysmith Black Mambazo	2	3.08	-1.08
Eternally Yours The Saints	2	3.06	-1.06

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Artist	Albums	Average
Metallica	2	5

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Artist	Albums	Average
Robert Wyatt	2	1

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Straight Outta Compton

N.W.A. · 1 likes

5/5

“You know I spell girl with a B,” is a crazy line. Still had my head bangin. Musically, it’s just angry me yelling. Culturally it’s a movement. I tried to leave this life behind, so I picked up R&B girlies… not a fan of how it makes me feel but maybe that’s a good thing.

Rock Bottom

Robert Wyatt · 1 likes

1/5

First thoughts, “oh, this is bad.” But then my second thoughts were, “is this playing backwards?” Third thoughts, “is he just heavy breathing into the microphone?” The best song was the first song that played when the album was over.

Shleep

Robert Wyatt · 1 likes

1/5

Well kids, don’t get drunk and fall through a 4th floor window and become paralyzed from the waist down or your music will suck as bad as Robert Wyatt’s.

The College Dropout

Kanye West · 1 likes

1/5

“We at war with terrorism, racism, but most of all we are at war with ourselves.” Kanye needs to get back on his meds and listen to this album.

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The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill

Lauryn Hill

4/5

A Seat at the Table

Solange

4/5

Holy interlude. Tons of filler. With a good voice and a sister like Beyoncé I can see why she’s so sad. Couple songs added to the rotation.

Exodus

Bob Marley & The Wailers

4/5

Pleasantly surprised. Really enjoyable album, but it sounds like a big blur of one song. Aside from the bangers we already knew, the intros to The Heathen and Exodus might have been my favorite parts of the album. Robert knows how to pump out hits.

Sound of Silver

LCD Soundsystem

1/5

Terrible. Ahhhhh Flight of the concords 2.0 (did I do that right?). Would have picked this after the quadriplegic for dodgeball. They really thought they cooked with the line, “bells.” Should be used as an example of what not to do. All skips no hits. I’m not religious but I thanked god when this album ended.

Melodrama

Lorde

4/5

Lotta melodrama. Brings me back to roadtrips in the PNW for baseball. More nostalgia than actually enjoying the lyrics but overall enjoyable.

This Nation’s Saving Grace

The Fall

3/5

Lead singer sounds like Austin powers. Felt like my ears were being attacked. Paintwork felt like a half finished song.

Garbage

2/5

So much angst. “Sleep” sounds like a song in Dexter. Somehow listened to the delux album and caught 20+ songs. Wish I knew sooner I didn’t have to do that

Zombie

Fela Kuti

3/5

Crazy instrumentals. Great vibe. It’s interesting but I’m not interested. Spencer is going to love this. Ending your album with the applause from your live show is goated.

Tidal

Fiona Apple

3/5

Meh. Not for me. And what is that album cover photo??

Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not

Arctic Monkeys

3/5

Don’t know how to explain it but it sounds cleaner and less like “noise” than some of the other albums. More refined and newer than 90’s music, but not as nostalgic as 80’s

Blackstar

David Bowie

3/5

The whole album put me on edge and gave me a feeling of doom and death. I recommend it if you’re in need of a 13th reason. Good artistry though, Bowie still had it up to his deathbed

Siembra

Willie Colón & Rubén Blades

5/5

Now THIS is my vibe. Sounds like a lot of music was inspired by this. 10/10. Good stuff

Metallica

5/5

Just what I needed at 7am on a Tuesday at my desk job. 5/5

Kimono My House

Sparks

3/5

Fun, silly, light, playful… thank god for subtitles. Feels like I’ve heard it before. Low 3

Master Of Puppets

Metallica

5/5

Brings back memories of Guitar Hero. The guitar work is insane.

Straight Outta Compton

N.W.A.

5/5

Eternally Yours

The Saints

2/5

The man is a genius. But I’m not.

Brilliant Corners

Thelonious Monk

2/5

The man is a genius. But I’m not.

Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

3/5

Ehh. Uninteresting. Nostalgia carried it to a 3. Solid 3. Enjoyable but I don’t need to re listen

Haut de gamme / Koweït, rive gauche

Koffi Olomide

2/5

Teleports me to Disneyland. But its production isn’t that great. Solid but not great. Enjoyable but don’t need to listen to it again.

Femi Kuti

3/5

Feels familiar… like I’ve heard it before…. Fun, light uplifting. Not my thing but whatever.

Rock Bottom

Robert Wyatt

1/5

Get Behind Me Satan

The White Stripes

3/5

Better than the paraplegic Robert Wyatt. But still not great.

This Year's Model

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

3/5

This sounds like what Flight of the Concords parodies.

Heaven Or Las Vegas

Cocteau Twins

3/5

I have no strong feelings about this album. It was nice. It wasn’t for me. Hope Julia Loved it!

All Directions

The Temptations

5/5

FUNKY MUSIC SHO NUFF TURNS ME ON. Not a girly, but we LOVE RandB. A 9 hour album is kinda long and a little repetitive, but it was so good! Papa was a rolling stone?!?! CLASSIC

Gorillaz

4/5

Gets a 4 because they’re good but they can’t all be as good as Clint Eastwood.

Beach Samba

Astrud Gilberto

2/5

Whimsical. Not for me… this is a period piece

Parallel Lines

Blondie

5/5

Amazing! Split between a 4-5. There were some AMAZING nostalgic songs on here.

Music From The Penguin Cafe

Penguin Cafe Orchestra

3/5

Nice and interesting. Mostly good with some bad. You won’t catch me bumping this but they’re talented

Band On The Run

Paul McCartney and Wings

5/5

Amazing. So many great songs I’ve heard before. LOVE the sound of the instruments. Loved the singing most of the time but didn’t like one of the voices on the album.

Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space

Spiritualized

3/5

Feels like I’m floating in space. Amazing transition between songs 2-3. And 6-7🫴🫳 And I guess more of them than I’m going to liste but odd how it’s not all of them… The lowest possible 3 you could imagine.

Shleep

Robert Wyatt

1/5

Well kids, don’t get drunk and fall through a 4th floor window and become paralyzed from the waist down or your music will suck as bad as Robert Wyatt’s.

Ananda Shankar

4/5

“Very long sir.” Very enjoyable too, Ananda. Sitar? Good stuff.

Hail To the Thief

Radiohead

2/5

Sorry, Julia… this album is up there with Robert Wyatt for me. Whiny. I’m sure there’s some deep meaning behind the lyrics, but I can’t get behind how the music sounds.

Very

Pet Shop Boys

3/5

The highest 3 you can give it. I know the PSB can do better

Shaka Zulu

Ladysmith Black Mambazo

2/5

What in the lion king beetlejuice is this. We reached kinda far for top 1000 albums.

Channel Orange

Frank Ocean

5/5

Devil Without A Cause

Kid Rock

1/5

The College Dropout

Kanye West

1/5

“We at war with terrorism, racism, but most of all we are at war with ourselves.” Kanye needs to get back on his meds and listen to this album.

Elephant Mountain

The Youngbloods

4/5

Low 4. Not my current vibe but it’s undeniably good music. Has similar sounds to a lot of other good music I’ve heard before.

Music in Exile

Songhoy Blues

3/5

I bet if I spoke this language it would go even harder.low 3

L'Eau Rouge

The Young Gods

1/5

No thank you.

A Nod Is As Good As A Wink To A Blind Horse

Faces

4/5

Sounds like James Brown insipirstion? Good rock music. This is my speed

Highway to Hell

AC/DC

5/5

Good name for an electrical company. They make good music too. Steven has a clever name for it too.

Songs The Lord Taught Us

The Cramps

4/5

The guitar in TV set has moments where it sounds like, Great balls of fire. They sound like the live band that plays in Harry Potter Goblet of Fire. The mad daddy sounds like jailhouse rock. The highest 3 possible. Kept from a 4 because the whole album sounded very similar and I don’t need to recommend it to anyone.

Illmatic

Nas

4/5

Good album. Wish it was RB.

Mama's Gun

Erykah Badu

4/5

Overall good listen. Enjoyable but wasn’t my favorite (I love RandB if you couldn’t tell by my name). It ain’t no Groove Theory. Feels like low production. Grainy. Static. I love this but make it 2025

Led Zeppelin II

Led Zeppelin

5/5

Amazing album. These guys like Greta Van Fleet (ragebait).

Disraeli Gears

Cream

4/5

Does everyone love sunshine of your love or just me??

m b v

My Bloody Valentine

2/5

It’s noise… but it’s… good… noise? I think I have a headache.

Group Sex

Circle Jerks

2/5

Good but very angry. If I listened to lyrics I might like it more but I’m more of a beat person. It’s a bad sign when the next song pops up once the album is over and you like it more than this album…

Space Ritual

Hawkwind

3/5

If you took all the best parts from this album it would be a 5. If you just shortened the album it would be a 4. But it’s long as hell and there’s too much wasted space with the same old thing.

Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea

PJ Harvey

3/5

Instrumental:4 crisp, clean, pleasant Vocals: 2.5 good voice but not my speed I really liked every song until they started singing.