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Most And Least Controversial Albums And Artists

Controversial Albums

Albums with the most divided opinions. These have the widest spread of ratings.
Album Artist Rating
Yeezus Kanye West 2.79
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy Kanye West 3.43
The College Dropout Kanye West 3.32
Reign In Blood Slayer 2.96
To Pimp A Butterfly Kendrick Lamar 3.61
good kid, m.A.A.d city Kendrick Lamar 3.61
Slipknot Slipknot 2.68
Bitches Brew Miles Davis 3.3
Loveless My Bloody Valentine 3.17
Chocolate Starfish And The Hot Dog Flavored Water Limp Bizkit 2.47
Trout Mask Replica Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band 2.28
A Grand Don't Come For Free The Streets 2.68
Hybrid Theory Linkin Park 3.38
The Downward Spiral Nine Inch Nails 3.34
Roots Sepultura 2.78

Uncontroversial Albums

Albums with strong consensus. These have the narrowest spread of ratings.
Album Artist Rating
Rumours Fleetwood Mac 4.46
Abbey Road Beatles 4.46
Midnight Ride Paul Revere & The Raiders 3.01
Led Zeppelin IV Led Zeppelin 4.37
Nevermind Nirvana 4.37
Stephen Stills Stephen Stills 3.18
Lady Soul Aretha Franklin 4.05
Traffic Traffic 3.07
Face to Face The Kinks 3.27
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
Moby Grape Moby Grape 2.95
Cloud Nine The Temptations 3.41
Crocodiles Echo And The Bunnymen 3.05

Controversial Artists

Artists with albums that divide opinion — their releases receive widely varying average ratings.

Pink Floyd

Album Rating
The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn 3.11
The Wall 4.15
Wish You Were Here 4.3
The Dark Side Of The Moon 4.42

Fleetwood Mac

Album Rating
Tusk 3.46
Rumours 4.46

Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band

Album Rating
Trout Mask Replica 2.28
Safe As Milk 3.01

The Velvet Underground

Album Rating
White Light / White Heat 2.87
The Velvet Underground 3.53
The Velvet Underground & Nico 3.62

Marvin Gaye

Album Rating
Here, My Dear 3.21
Let's Get It On 3.77
What's Going On 3.93

King Crimson

Album Rating
Larks' Tongues In Aspic 2.99
In The Court Of The Crimson King 3.6

The Beach Boys

Album Rating
The Beach Boys Today! 3.27
Surf's Up 3.31
Pet Sounds 3.93

Paul Simon

Album Rating
Hearts And Bones 3.04
Paul Simon 3.51
Graceland 3.74

The Who

Album Rating
The Who Sell Out 3.01
Live At Leeds 3.33
Tommy 3.35
My Generation 3.43
Who's Next 3.91

Lou Reed

Album Rating
Berlin 3.1
Transformer 3.68

Uncontroversial Artists

Artists with consistent reception — their albums tend to receive similar average ratings.

Kendrick Lamar

Album Rating
good kid, m.A.A.d city 3.61
To Pimp A Butterfly 3.61

Hole

Album Rating
Live Through This 3.28
Celebrity Skin 3.29

Coldplay

Album Rating
A Rush Of Blood To The Head 3.45
Parachutes 3.46

The Band

Album Rating
Music From Big Pink 3.36
The Band 3.37

Public Image Ltd.

Album Rating
Metal Box 2.41
Public Image: First Issue 2.42

Orbital

Album Rating
Orbital 2 2.7
Snivilisation 2.71

Jane's Addiction

Album Rating
Nothing's Shocking 3.17
Ritual De Lo Habitual 3.19

The Jam

Album Rating
All Mod Cons 3.25
Sound Affects 3.27

Dire Straits

Album Rating
Dire Straits 3.72
Brothers In Arms 3.74

Manic Street Preachers

Album Rating
Everything Must Go 3.12
The Holy Bible 3.14