Controversial
The albums and artists where ratings diverge the most, and the ones almost everyone agrees on.
Most controversial albums
The widest spread of ratings.
| Album | Rating |
|---|---|
|
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Kanye West
|
3.4 |
|
Yeezus
Kanye West
|
2.74 |
|
The College Dropout
Kanye West
|
3.3 |
|
Reign In Blood
Slayer
|
2.97 |
|
Slipknot
Slipknot
|
2.68 |
|
To Pimp A Butterfly
Kendrick Lamar
|
3.64 |
|
Trout Mask Replica
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
|
2.29 |
|
good kid, m.A.A.d city
Kendrick Lamar
|
3.65 |
|
Chocolate Starfish And The Hot Dog Flavored Water
Limp Bizkit
|
2.51 |
|
Roots
Sepultura
|
2.79 |
|
Loveless
My Bloody Valentine
|
3.2 |
|
Hybrid Theory
Linkin Park
|
3.39 |
|
A Grand Don't Come For Free
The Streets
|
2.62 |
|
The Downward Spiral
Nine Inch Nails
|
3.35 |
|
Bitches Brew
Miles Davis
|
3.3 |
Least controversial albums
The narrowest spread of ratings.
| Album | Rating |
|---|---|
|
Rumours
Fleetwood Mac
|
4.45 |
|
Abbey Road
Beatles
|
4.45 |
|
Midnight Ride
Paul Revere & The Raiders
|
2.99 |
|
Nevermind
Nirvana
|
4.37 |
|
Stephen Stills
Stephen Stills
|
3.16 |
|
Lady Soul
Aretha Franklin
|
4.05 |
|
Moby Grape
Moby Grape
|
2.94 |
|
Led Zeppelin IV
Led Zeppelin
|
4.33 |
|
Younger Than Yesterday
The Byrds
|
3.13 |
|
The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
David Bowie
|
4.26 |
|
Groovin'
The Young Rascals
|
3.03 |
|
Cloud Nine
The Temptations
|
3.39 |
|
Face to Face
The Kinks
|
3.27 |
|
Traffic
Traffic
|
3.07 |
|
The Dark Side Of The Moon
Pink Floyd
|
4.43 |
Most controversial artists
Artists whose albums get widely varying average ratings.
| Album | Rating |
|---|---|
| Pink Floyd | |
| The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn | 3.1 |
| The Wall | 4.12 |
| Wish You Were Here | 4.3 |
| The Dark Side Of The Moon | 4.43 |
| Fleetwood Mac | |
| Tusk | 3.47 |
| Rumours | 4.45 |
| Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band | |
| Trout Mask Replica | 2.29 |
| Safe As Milk | 3.01 |
| The Velvet Underground | |
| White Light / White Heat | 2.89 |
| The Velvet Underground | 3.53 |
| The Velvet Underground & Nico | 3.62 |
| Marvin Gaye | |
| Here, My Dear | 3.22 |
| Let's Get It On | 3.78 |
| What's Going On | 3.94 |
| King Crimson | |
| Larks' Tongues In Aspic | 2.99 |
| In The Court Of The Crimson King | 3.61 |
| The Beach Boys | |
| The Beach Boys Today! | 3.26 |
| Surf's Up | 3.3 |
| Pet Sounds | 3.92 |
| The Who | |
| The Who Sell Out | 2.97 |
| Tommy | 3.3 |
| Live At Leeds | 3.31 |
| My Generation | 3.4 |
| Who's Next | 3.89 |
| Kanye West | |
| Yeezus | 2.74 |
| The College Dropout | 3.3 |
| My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy | 3.4 |
| Paul Simon | |
| Hearts And Bones | 3.02 |
| Paul Simon | 3.49 |
| Graceland | 3.72 |
Least controversial artists
Artists whose albums get similar average ratings.
| Album | Rating |
|---|---|
| Public Image Ltd. | |
| Public Image: First Issue | 2.41 |
| Metal Box | 2.41 |
| Orbital | |
| Snivilisation | 2.7 |
| Orbital 2 | 2.7 |
| The Jam | |
| All Mod Cons | 3.24 |
| Sound Affects | 3.25 |
| Hole | |
| Celebrity Skin | 3.31 |
| Live Through This | 3.32 |
| The Band | |
| The Band | 3.34 |
| Music From Big Pink | 3.34 |
| Kendrick Lamar | |
| To Pimp A Butterfly | 3.64 |
| good kid, m.A.A.d city | 3.65 |
| Dire Straits | |
| Dire Straits | 3.72 |
| Brothers In Arms | 3.73 |
| Slipknot | |
| Slipknot | 2.68 |
| All Hope Is Gone | 2.7 |
| Jane's Addiction | |
| Nothing's Shocking | 3.16 |
| Ritual De Lo Habitual | 3.18 |
| Fela Kuti | |
| Live! | 3.44 |
| Zombie | 3.46 |