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Album	You	Global	Diff
Arrival ABBA	5	3.52	+1.48
Cee-Lo Green... Is The Soul Machine Cee Lo Green	4	2.66	+1.34
21 Adele	5	3.69	+1.31
Back to Mystery City Hanoi Rocks	4	2.69	+1.31
Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not Arctic Monkeys	5	3.73	+1.27
Killing Joke Killing Joke	4	2.99	+1.01

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Apple Venus Volume 1 XTC	1	2.83	-1.83
Transformer Lou Reed	2	3.66	-1.66
A Grand Don't Come For Free The Streets	1	2.64	-1.64
Natty Dread Bob Marley & The Wailers	2	3.57	-1.57
Licensed To Ill Beastie Boys	2	3.54	-1.54
Paul's Boutique Beastie Boys	2	3.46	-1.46
Odelay Beck	2	3.45	-1.45
Amnesiac Radiohead	2	3.42	-1.42
Blue Lines Massive Attack	2	3.39	-1.39
Blunderbuss Jack White	2	3.39	-1.39

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

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All Things Must Pass

George Harrison · 1 likes

3/5

Liked more than I thought, but many also just ran together in my brain.

1-Star Albums (3)

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Neon Bible

Arcade Fire

4/5

Music in Exile

Songhoy Blues

4/5

Natty Dread

Bob Marley & The Wailers

2/5

Not for me, but I can understand the appeal.

The Yes Album

Yes

3/5

Speakerboxxx/The Love Below

OutKast

4/5

Suzanne Vega

3/5

Wish I liked it more, tbh. Some cool storytelling in the lyrics of some songs. I think I would enjoy it more if I were in a different mood.

Hearts And Bones

Paul Simon

3/5

This is so 80’s in a way that is difficult to articulate (derogatory and non-derogatory). I would never expect songs with names and lyrics like this today… for whatever that is worth lol. Did not expect a song named “Allergies” to be a banger.

Brothers In Arms

Dire Straits

4/5

Hell yeah. I didn’t know some of their most iconic songs were on this album, so it was exciting to hear them. There was a lot more instrumental music than I was expecting, which was fun… but wasn’t as exciting to me.

Remedy

Basement Jaxx

2/5

I can imagine listening to this at the cusp of Y2K in a dingy, sweaty club. Fun, dance-y vibes. Why that one song sound like an orgy though.

Whatever

Aimee Mann

2/5

Meh! Will need to try again another time.

Parklife

Blur

3/5

Very British 90s.

Music From Big Pink

The Band

3/5

Apple Venus Volume 1

XTC

1/5

Ehhh. “Greenman” was super exciting for the first bit and then the lyrics kicked in. I think this would be a fun album if I was blitzed out of my gourd. I am unfortunately not. “Your Dictionary” was… cringey. Only didn’t skip because I needed to know how bad it would get. Had to start skipping songs after that.

Cee-Lo Green... Is The Soul Machine

Cee Lo Green

4/5

I enjoyed the energy of the first few tracks and he lost me a bit in the middle when it became more rap (but that’s because of my preferences).

Master Of Puppets

Metallica

4/5

Different Class

Pulp

3/5

More fun version of 90s British rock than I expected. Yay!

Myths Of The Near Future

Klaxons

4/5

I actually already had one of their songs saved as one I liked but didn’t know it until I got to that point of the album, haha. Really interesting and electric album.

Adele

5/5

The way this album had society in a chokehold back in the day still reverberates in me because I am extremely susceptible to a lady who can absolutely belt it. Ilu Adele.

The Slider

T. Rex

4/5

Fun! I can see how The Arctic Monkeys were maybe influenced by them.

Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire)

The Kinks

4/5

Fun!!

Exile In Guyville

Liz Phair

4/5

Enjoying more than I thought! Has such a familiar feel despite not having listened to Phair’s work before, which I guess goes to show what an influence she has had!

This Year's Model

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

2/5

Eh. Enjoyed the first 1/3-1/2 and then I fell off.

If I Could Only Remember My Name

David Crosby

4/5

Murmur

R.E.M.

3/5

Black Sabbath

4/5

Band On The Run

Paul McCartney and Wings

3/5

Solid enough!

Rain Dogs

Tom Waits

2/5

Wow. Reminded me of Glass Animals + Tom Cardy + absurdism. Felt like I needed to be on a fair amount of drugs to really appreciate this.

The Trinity Session

Cowboy Junkies

4/5

I am a self-proclaimed not-a-country fan, but like Americana and folksy music… because I like to be contradictory or something, I guess. This is the soft kind of Americana/country I can get behind. Great for a soft evening.

All Things Must Pass

George Harrison

3/5

Liked more than I thought, but many also just ran together in my brain.

Eternally Yours

The Saints

2/5

That sure is punk rock.

Joan Armatrading

2/5

I like her voice, but songs are meh. But good if you’re in a chill mood and doing some crafting, me would thinks.

Blue Lines

Massive Attack

2/5

Meh! I enjoyed it just fine, but not my fave.

Fun House

The Stooges

3/5

This was pretty fun! Not my usual jam, but good music to paint and clean to.

Illinois

Sufjan Stevens

4/5

Saddest soft boy. Classic example of a beautiful song that when you really pay attention to the lyrics you go, “Oh no.” Enjoyed the last instrumental a lot!

Blunderbuss

Jack White

2/5

Not for me.

Document

R.E.M.

3/5

The United States Of America

2/5

Ehh. A lot of these became grating quickly.

The Man Machine

Kraftwerk

2/5

Fine! Not my fave.

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

David Bowie

4/5

Yeah!!

Survivor

Destiny's Child

3/5

Start off strong, and then gets a little boring. The shoutout “ilu friends and also god” track was funny(?).

Odelay

Beck

2/5

All over the place for my tastes rn.

Highway 61 Revisited

Bob Dylan

3/5

The harmonica gets to be a bit much, Mr. Dylan.

Transformer

Lou Reed

2/5

Quirky! (Non-derogatory)

At Budokan

Cheap Trick

3/5

These were fun, with a few standout tracks. Mixing was a bit wonky over car stereo.

Live!

Fela Kuti

3/5

These songs are LONG but fun jams. (Fela seems to have a very impressive but complex history…)

Born In The U.S.A.

Bruce Springsteen

3/5

Ill Communication

Beastie Boys

4/5

Let It Be

The Replacements

3/5

Some of the songs are a little too wild lyrics-wise for me. But the songs instrumentally were good!

Want One

Rufus Wainwright

3/5

I enjoyed this even if it felt a little silly at times.

Sunday At The Village Vanguard

Bill Evans Trio

4/5

Yes, good, smooth brain for working.

Vulgar Display Of Power

Pantera

2/5

Not normally my choice of music, but I was vibing with it this time.

Killing Joke

4/5

I enjoyed!!

There's No Place Like America Today

Curtis Mayfield

3/5

Swordfishtrombones

Tom Waits

3/5

I am always confused by this man. (Affectionate?)

Happy Trails

Quicksilver Messenger Service

2/5

Had some fun, but mostly bored.

Basket of Light

Pentangle

2/5

Very late 60’s jamming trippy guitar musics. Nice to have on in the background, but I’m not overly wild about it. Kind of boring after a while for me. Enjoyed the xylophone in “Hunting Song” between the interweaving voices.

Ágætis Byrjun

Sigur Rós

3/5

I did find some elements grating, but overall enjoyed the atmospheric vibes.

Young Americans

David Bowie

3/5

You know what! Enjoyed.

Le Tigre

3/5

Was getting some Japanese Breakfast vibes here. A bit grating but still fun.

Are You Experienced

Jimi Hendrix

3/5

I appreciate his stamp on music history, but mind smooshes them all together when played all in a row. Sorry, Jimi.

A Grand Don't Come For Free

The Streets

1/5

Stayed for “Fit but You Know It” but that’s it. Not my fave.

m b v

My Bloody Valentine

3/5

Not what I was expecting. Chill background vibes.

What's Going On

Marvin Gaye

3/5

Paul's Boutique

Beastie Boys

2/5

I can appreciate the lyrics and samples but I just don’t vibe with most of their sound… just not my style.

Back to Mystery City

Hanoi Rocks

4/5

This was really fun. Very much enjoyed, it felt like a cleaner (like crispy and exciting) and more fun sound than other albums of the era we’ve been served up.

At Newport 1960

Muddy Waters

4/5

I like his sound a lot (heard some of his other work), but I didn’t find this live album the best for the majority of the songs. But DANG he’s got talent.

Amnesiac

Radiohead

2/5

Late night sad boy musics. Not as great in the middle of the day and you don’t want to feel in a doldrum.

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

Arctic Monkeys

5/5

I love the monkey men. :)

Pretenders

3/5

Kind of meh for me! Some goodies in there.

Life Thru A Lens

Robbie Williams

3/5

I have never heard this famous singer’s music before, I don’t think. I understand why this British Monkey Movie Man’s music has captured a lot of hearts. Clear voice, fun beats! Enjoyable fun.

Bayou Country

Creedence Clearwater Revival

4/5

Yeaaaaah dawg

Psychocandy

The Jesus And Mary Chain

2/5

Nah.

Rock Bottom

Robert Wyatt

1/5

Ehhhh. Nah. Too avant-garde for me.