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Album	You	Global	Diff
Connected Stereo MC's	5	2.95	+2.05
Vulgar Display Of Power Pantera	5	2.98	+2.02
Germfree Adolescents X-Ray Spex	5	3.07	+1.93
Vivid Living Colour	5	3.2	+1.8
Chirping Crickets Buddy Holly & The Crickets	5	3.29	+1.71
Dance Mania Tito Puente	5	3.29	+1.71
Endtroducing..... DJ Shadow	5	3.35	+1.65
Machine Head Deep Purple	5	3.58	+1.42
Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness The Smashing Pumpkins	5	3.68	+1.32
Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not Arctic Monkeys	5	3.73	+1.27

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
To Pimp A Butterfly Kendrick Lamar	1	3.64	-2.64
Beggars Banquet The Rolling Stones	1	3.61	-2.61
Amnesiac Radiohead	1	3.42	-2.42
The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady Charles Mingus	1	3.33	-2.33
John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band John Lennon	1	3.24	-2.24
Get Rich Or Die Tryin' 50 Cent	1	3.07	-2.07
Teenager Of The Year Frank Black	1	3	-2
The Last Of The True Believers Nanci Griffith	1	2.96	-1.96
Mama Said Knock You Out LL Cool J	1	2.9	-1.9
E.V.O.L. Sonic Youth	1	2.89	-1.89

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

Popular Reviews

To Pimp A Butterfly

Kendrick Lamar · 1 likes

1/5

If the intention was to tap over a chill compilation from the 90s then it's a success. Boring.

1-Star Albums (13)

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Ramones

2/5

Not very punk in my opinion, almost pop music. All got very samey but not terrible either.

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

Faces

4/5

Really liked it, was much better than I expected! I'll definitely listen to it again.

London Calling

The Clash

4/5

A classic. Love it

Disraeli Gears

Cream

3/5

Some really good songs. Some OK songs. And some really bad songs that almost ruin the whole thing. Wish I could give 3.5 but can't so 3.

James Brown Live At The Apollo

James Brown

4/5

Good stuff. The atmosphere was excellent. A bit short though.

Protection

Massive Attack

3/5

Very chilled, some songs a bit too long. Liked every song except the last one... Which was so out of place from the rest of the album.

Ocean Rain

Echo And The Bunnymen

2/5

It's OK, I don't hate it at all but its not for me.

Led Zeppelin IV

Led Zeppelin

5/5

A classic

Hard Again

Muddy Waters

2/5

It's obviously good and inspirational for many but I just couldn't get into it.

Kenza

Khaled

2/5

Not for me.

Black Holes and Revelations

Muse

3/5

It's muse. It's good.

Every Picture Tells A Story

Rod Stewart

3/5

Everything about this album is just really good.... But I just don't like stewart's voice much.

Vivid

Living Colour

5/5

Brilliant! Loved every song!

Automatic For The People

R.E.M.

4/5

Good album, no bad songs and some amazing too.

I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You

Aretha Franklin

4/5

Superb. Pure classic.

Band On The Run

Paul McCartney and Wings

2/5

Meh...

Face to Face

The Kinks

3/5

It's ok

Two Dancers

Wild Beasts

1/5

Trash. Nothing good. Can I give 0??

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

Arctic Monkeys

5/5

Brilliant. From start to finish. Superb.

The Stranger

Billy Joel

3/5

It's ok.

São Paulo Confessions

Suba

4/5

So smooth so good. Not every track is great but mostly really good.

The Last Of The True Believers

Nanci Griffith

1/5

Very average country. sounds like a painfully average jewel.

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

4/5

Really good stuff, I was pleasently surprised.

Channel Orange

Frank Ocean

2/5

Very disjointed and struggles to keep me engaged.

Slippery When Wet

Bon Jovi

3/5

Obviously the three amazing songs on it make it a great album but honestly there's a lot of average songs on here.

Germfree Adolescents

X-Ray Spex

5/5

Musically very good. Not sure about the singer. Her voice suits the style and the music. Really good, love the quirky nature of it.

Vulnicura

Björk

2/5

This isn't music. It's art. And while I respect the art and the artist. It really isn't for me.

The xx

3/5

It's cool. Very cool. Chilled but it's so laid back it makes me sleepy. Almost like a lullaby. Needed something up tempo midway through. Became a bit of a slog towards the end.

Ragged Glory

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

4/5

Good but not great.

The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter

The Incredible String Band

2/5

Bit too hippy for me.

Destroy Rock & Roll

Mylo

1/5

Bad. Amateur level. Sounds like I made it....

Smokers Delight

Nightmares On Wax

3/5

Very cool very chilled. This must be a dream after a hard day's work or after the club etc. Good stuff.

Chirping Crickets

Buddy Holly & The Crickets

5/5

So cheerful so good. Five stars.

Mama Said Knock You Out

LL Cool J

1/5

Meh...

E.V.O.L.

Sonic Youth

1/5

This is like listening to a manic Street Preachers tribute act but they've forgotten how to play their instruments. One good song.

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

David Bowie

3/5

It's good but it meanders and doesn't really seem to know where to go. This album is the drunk man lost in a city he's never been to.

Bayou Country

Creedence Clearwater Revival

2/5

Sounds like one of those bands you see at 3pm at a local music festival when you've had one too many beers.

Revolver

Beatles

3/5

Some great, some good and a few bad. It's a very well known and famous album that honestly doesn't live up to the hype that surrounds it. It would be ignored if it were released today.

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness

The Smashing Pumpkins

5/5

Superb from start to finish. Brilliant.

Get Rich Or Die Tryin'

50 Cent

1/5

Rap just ain't my thing.

Live At The Harlem Square Club

Sam Cooke

2/5

Honestly.... I expected better. I like Sam Cooke but this wasn't great.

Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite

Maxwell

3/5

Ten

Pearl Jam

5/5

Brilliant album. Every song is a total banger. Put off listening to this one for years.... Why?? Amazing.

What's Going On

Marvin Gaye

4/5

A stone cold classic.

The Joshua Tree

3/5

Starts amazing but after that it's all filler except for one tree hill. Massively overrated.

Foo Fighters

4/5

Great stuff. Not amazing but great

Come Away With Me

Norah Jones

4/5

A Little Deeper

Ms. Dynamite

2/5

I can see why someone would be into this as it's slick and well made but the genre just isn't for me.

Amnesiac

Radiohead

1/5

Absolutely awful. 0/10. There's not a single redeeming feature. Every song is utter garbage. Anyone who likes this is a liar.

The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan

2/5

Typical Dylan stuff. Average and hugely overrated.

The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady

Charles Mingus

1/5

I don't get jazz at all. Play some random nonsense that sounds bad and goes nowhere. Zero redeeming features. Awful.

Talvin Singh

1/5

Sounds like a radio in a restaurant got stuck between stations

To Pimp A Butterfly

Kendrick Lamar

1/5

If the intention was to tap over a chill compilation from the 90s then it's a success. Boring.

Connected

Stereo MC's

5/5

Not usually my kinda thing but this was great. Loved it.

Born In The U.S.A.

Bruce Springsteen

3/5

Some brilliant songs on here and some average. It seems to jump all over the place in genre and pace and the direction of the album as a whole just feels off. It's ok/good.

John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band

John Lennon

1/5

Really really bad.

Paul Simon

4/5

Good stuff

Vulgar Display Of Power

Pantera

5/5

Machine Head

Deep Purple

5/5

Brilliant

Adele

3/5

Great voice, not standard but unique. Suited to ballads. Just not for me.

Endtroducing.....

DJ Shadow

5/5

Brilliant. Loved every second!

Innervisions

Stevie Wonder

3/5

Overall it's good. Some highs and a few lows.. golden lady.. ugh... Just end it sooner.

War

3/5

Some great songs and some average. 3 feels harsh...4 feels generous. But do I want to listen again? No...

Dance Mania

Tito Puente

5/5

Such variety but such familiarity as well.. just listening is like biting into a juicy, fresh and delicious slice of heaven. Would definitely listen again and I'm looking forward to hearing more from this artist!

Fragile

Yes

2/5

There's some brilliant musical ability on show... But sadly it's so disjointed. Did they randomly pick songs up off the floor and call it an album? Something good here... But it's hiding somewhere.

Teenager Of The Year

Frank Black

1/5

Awful. Terrible. Literally the worst thing I've ever had the displeasure to be exposed to. Sounds like a bunch of crap songs Pulp decided were too shit to continue working on. Wish I could give this a zero.

Selected Ambient Works 85-92

Aphex Twin

2/5

I honestly expected better. One good song and the others sound like the background music for an art display.

Beggars Banquet

The Rolling Stones

1/5

The rolling stones just aren't for me ... I don't get why anyone wants to listen to some British guys doing American rock n roll.. it's like a bad cover band. No thx.