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Album	You	Global	Diff
1984 Van Halen	5	3.49	+1.51
Document R.E.M.	5	3.55	+1.45
KIWANUKA Michael Kiwanuka	5	3.74	+1.26
Yeezus Kanye West	4	2.76	+1.24
Leftism Leftfield	4	2.91	+1.09

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs Marty Robbins	1	3.33	-2.33
Bitte Orca Dirty Projectors	1	2.69	-1.69
Low David Bowie	2	3.54	-1.54
Bryter Layter Nick Drake	2	3.51	-1.51
If You Can Believe Your Eyes & Ears The Mamas & The Papas	2	3.43	-1.43
Surf's Up The Beach Boys	2	3.3	-1.3
Trout Mask Replica Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band	1	2.29	-1.29

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1984

Van Halen · 1 likes

5/5

I did jump.

Yeezus

Kanye West · 1 likes

4/5

It hurts me to know that Kanye completely lost his mind, because the production on Yeezus is genuinely phenomenal. It's harsh, abrasive and definitely not for everyone; but it feels genuinely timelessly fresh and futuristic. The ending to Hold My Liquor still gives me goosebumps. The lyrics are sadly arguably the weakest part of the album, I'm In It was genuinely grating to listen to, fuck me (not literally, please Kanye). Putting aside Kanye's slow descent into complete madness, it'd hurt me to give this album a bad rating, but it's also definitely not a 5.

The Marshall Mathers LP

Eminem · 1 likes

4/5

I guessed who's back, and it was the 2000 Slim Shady. It's definitely a product of its time, with the lyrics being done to shock as much as they can. And to be fair, at some points the album was genuinely a bit too uncomfortable for my taste (ahem, Kim, ahem). All in all though, the backing tracks were great, and the vocals were on point. The lyrics are, well, they exist. Not the best rap album ever, but I definitely enjoyed it despite its flaws.

1-Star Albums (3)

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Led Zeppelin II

Led Zeppelin

4/5

4/5 favs: whole lotta love, moby dick, lemon song

The Chronic

Dr. Dre

3/5

I like Dre's voice, solid feats too, although this album lyrically is not really my forte. Fav: Nuthin' but a "G" thang.

Songs In The Key Of Life

Stevie Wonder

4/5

Not much of a funkhead, especially with the starting track of the first disc (Love's In Need Of Today) I was a bit put off, but the album really ramped up afterwards. Really nice to listen to, a lot of the tracks are very uplifting, which I very much enjoyed. :) Favs: Ordinary Pain, Pastime Paradise, Another Star.

Low

David Bowie

2/5

It's... fine. Kind of boring to me, mostly because it's not my sound really. Still a good album, so lowering the score just because it's not my kind of music would be rude of me. Favs: Sound and Vision

Document

R.E.M.

5/5

Michael Stipe is one of my favorite vocalists ever. I'm genuinely surprised I haven't listened to this album before, outside of just It's the End of the World. About time I did, loved it! Favs: Welcome to the Occupation, It's the End of the World As We Know It, and mostly just all of the tracks

Bitte Orca

Dirty Projectors

1/5

As someone who likes experimental and weird music this was excruciatingly painful to listen to. It's offbeat, but instead of creating a nice sound landscape, it just feels like I'm listening to children in a playground trying to start their own band. Favs: Actually none

Dust

Screaming Trees

3/5

Very much background work/radio music. It's fairly pleasant, nothing I'd consider groundbreaking though. Kind of like a melting pot of every single popular 90s rock bands.

Playing With Fire

Spacemen 3

2/5

That was very boring, but also painfully long. Shoutouts to Suicide being on disk one not 1, not even 2, but THREE times. Sounds like the kind of music your stoner friend would give you and tell you it'll "Increase your chakras". I've skipped disk 2 just because it's a reprise of songs from disk 1. I don't want more.

1984

Van Halen

5/5

I did jump.

Remain In Light

Talking Heads

4/5

Pretty solid and a smooth nice listen. Not much more I can say, thoroughly enjoyed it.

Surf's Up

The Beach Boys

2/5

I do not get the hype behind Beach Boys. Never did. This feels like the soundtrack to a bad fever dream I'd have after dunking a 4-pack of the strongest beer near me. Even the 2009 mix makes me feel like I'm listening to a detoriated tape on my uncle's broken Walkman. I still don't know whether it's my ears or the recording itself.

The Wall

Pink Floyd

5/5

I don't think I can say anything more about this album than what's already been said. This is by far one of the best concept albums ever made. Sonically and lyrically wonderful, and while it's not my favorite Pink Floyd album, this still deserves all the praises it gets. Made me wanna rewatch the movie too.

The Village Green Preservation Society

The Kinks

3/5

Honestly as first I thought it's gonna be worse. Still not my kind of music, but it was fairly listenable.

Jagged Little Pill

Alanis Morissette

4/5

A dose of energy I absolutely needed for a Friday morning. Alanis' voice is spectacular, genuinely such a fun listen. Feels like I've been transported to the 90s :)

Boston

3/5

Surprisingly smooth, this is your dad's dad rock. A fairly okay listen, nice background music, nothing mindblowingly spectacular.

Yeezus

Kanye West

4/5

Bryter Layter

Nick Drake

2/5

He definitely had talent, sadly it does not make for music that I enjoy. It's genuinely so drawn out and so boring. Not for me.

Ghosteen

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

3/5

I'm gonna preface this, with the fact that this is a very personal album by Cave about the tragic death of his son, so I'm gonna be a bit more generous in this review. The album is slow, murky and very sad, and while the lyrics sound like very B-tier slam poetry, they are the personal cries of Cave. Sadly, I did not enjoy the album, the sound isn't bad, the lyrics aren't something I'm gonna comment on (in short, they're bad), but I think I was just not in the right headspace/mood to truly enjoy something like this. I'm still gonna rate it above how I'd usually rate it, for the sole fact that this might be better enjoyed if you're in a less happy period of your life.

KIWANUKA

Michael Kiwanuka

5/5

So far, since starting this list, this is by far the highlight of every single new album I've been introduced to. Absolutely enjoyed it throughoughly! Really energetic and lively, with the interludes nicely giving breathing room to it.

Frank

Amy Winehouse

3/5

I like her voice, fairly unremarkable album though. Nice background listen, but that's about it.

The Marshall Mathers LP

Eminem

4/5

Trout Mask Replica

Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band

1/5

Sadly the moments where the instruments stopped were just as bad.

All Hope Is Gone

Slipknot

3/5

For a Slipknot album I expected it to be harsher than it actually was. Surprisingly a fun background listen to work, the instrumentals do a lot of heavy lifting here. Wasn't ever a fan of screamo vocals, but I can live with it.

Zombie

Fela Kuti

4/5

Never knew how much I needed African Jazz until today. Incredibly fun and energetic listen, ideal for a friday morning.

(Pronounced 'Leh-'Nérd 'Skin-'Nérd)

Lynyrd Skynyrd

3/5

I hope they play Free Bird at the bar.

Cee-Lo Green... Is The Soul Machine

Cee Lo Green

3/5

Beats are fine, CeeLo's voice is kind of grating, the album is genuinely nothing special, no idea why it's here.

Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs

Marty Robbins

1/5

Western is one of the worst genres to ever come out of the US. Listening to this was an excercise in pain, even if the lyrics weren't the most horrible thing to exist.

System Of A Down

4/5

Honestly, the only SOAD album I've listened to before was Toxicity, and this is just as good! Incredibly fun listen, love their music, Serj's voice is also amazing.

Catch A Fire

Bob Marley & The Wailers

4/5

Bob Marley is a legend, the album was so pleasant that I didn't even feel the time passing as it played. Great for slow friday mornings!

The Stone Roses

3/5

It's decent background noise, nothing spectacular. Kind of sounds like a mashup of every soft psychedelic british rock bands. Pleasant to listen to, but nothing I'd consider a must-listen.

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

Faces

3/5

Either I'm starting to lose it, or this list is just 50% the most bog-standard 70s rock music. This is inoffensive but just like the previous 5 albums I've gotten, definitely not something I feel that I *HAD* to listen to before I die.

If You Can Believe Your Eyes & Ears

The Mamas & The Papas

2/5

The album is mostly covers of other songs, California Dreamin' is alright, but they sound just like a calque of The Beatles. Not my jam, not my flavor, also fuck John Phillips.

L.A. Woman

The Doors

4/5

I really like the sound of The Doors, this album also has Riders on the Storm. What else not to love? (Except for the fact that any time that I listen to the Doors the I EAT MORE CHICKEN THAN ANY MAN EVER meme flashes in front of my eyes)

Let's Stay Together

Al Green

3/5

It was alright.

The Velvet Underground

4/5

FINALLY something from the 60s with an interesting sonic palette and not another copy of The Beach Boys or The Beatles. Hope they didn't abuse any minors, I want to finally find a unique 60s band that didn't copy anyone else.

Leftism

Leftfield

4/5

Fantastic early 90s electronica, a breath of fresh wind after I've been forced to listen to 60s Beatles clones for the past week or so. I've heard Original before, but never listened to the full album before, definitely was worth it :)

Paris 1919

John Cale

3/5

Hanky Panky meNOknowHOWthisalbumgothere. It sounds like every other late 60s-early 70s record. Okay but forgettable.

Woodface

Crowded House

3/5

Started off good, ended up being another boring soft/pop rock album around the halfway mark; please get me out of this loop.

Bossanova

Pixies

4/5

Really smooth and nice album, amongst all the boring soft rock I've gotten recently. Pixies don't disappoint.