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You Love More Than Most
| Album | You | Global | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|
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Peace Sells...But Who's Buying
Megadeth
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5 | 2.98 | +2.02 |
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Exit Planet Dust
The Chemical Brothers
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5 | 3.15 | +1.85 |
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Hysteria
Def Leppard
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5 | 3.2 | +1.8 |
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American Beauty
Grateful Dead
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5 | 3.24 | +1.76 |
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Achtung Baby
U2
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5 | 3.3 | +1.7 |
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You've Come a Long Way Baby
Fatboy Slim
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5 | 3.33 | +1.67 |
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The World is a Ghetto
War
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5 | 3.35 | +1.65 |
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Eliminator
ZZ Top
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5 | 3.36 | +1.64 |
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2112
Rush
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5 | 3.36 | +1.64 |
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At Fillmore East
The Allman Brothers Band
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5 | 3.37 | +1.63 |
You Love Less Than Most
| Album | You | Global | Diff |
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Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables
Dead Kennedys
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1 | 3.27 | -2.27 |
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It's Too Late to Stop Now
Van Morrison
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1 | 3.24 | -2.24 |
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Golden Hour
Kacey Musgraves
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1 | 3.08 | -2.08 |
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Songs In The Key Of Life
Stevie Wonder
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2 | 4.07 | -2.07 |
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Coles Corner
Richard Hawley
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1 | 3.03 | -2.03 |
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A Date With The Everly Brothers
The Everly Brothers
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1 | 2.96 | -1.96 |
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AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted
Ice Cube
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1 | 2.93 | -1.93 |
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69 Love Songs
The Magnetic Fields
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1 | 2.85 | -1.85 |
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Nick Of Time
Bonnie Raitt
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1 | 2.84 | -1.84 |
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Chris
Christine and the Queens
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1 | 2.81 | -1.81 |
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Favorites
| Artist | Albums | Average |
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| Metallica | 4 | 4.75 |
| Creedence Clearwater Revival | 3 | 5 |
| Nirvana | 3 | 5 |
| U2 | 4 | 4.5 |
| Beastie Boys | 3 | 4.67 |
| AC/DC | 2 | 5 |
| Pink Floyd | 2 | 5 |
| The White Stripes | 2 | 5 |
| David Bowie | 4 | 4.25 |
| The Rolling Stones | 5 | 4 |
Least Favorites
| Artist | Albums | Average |
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| Van Morrison | 2 | 1.5 |
| The Who | 3 | 2 |
Controversial
| Artist | Ratings |
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| Ice Cube | 4, 1 |
| Beatles | 3, 2, 5, 5, 3 |
5-Star Albums (55)
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Neil Young · 1 likes
2/5
I like some Neil Young, but this album was a bit sleepy for my tastes.
The Residents · 1 likes
1/5
The instrumentals had potential but the vocals were beyond terrible
Kate Bush · 1 likes
3/5
I would either start to really like this or really hate it after a few listens- just not sure which. But on the first pass it was certainly not terrible.
ZZ Top · 1 likes
4/5
A solid bluesy 70s rock album
1-Star Albums (23)
All Ratings
The Kinks
3/5
Soundgarden
5/5
Boston
3/5
Frank Sinatra
4/5
Oasis
2/5
A Tribe Called Quest
4/5
Jorge Ben Jor
4/5
Beastie Boys
5/5
The Black Keys
4/5
Elton John
2/5
Big Brother & The Holding Company
2/5
Violent Femmes
2/5
Laibach
1/5
Beatles
3/5
Suede
2/5
Ladysmith Black Mambazo
2/5
Joni Mitchell
2/5
Steely Dan
4/5
Sly & The Family Stone
3/5
Ash
3/5
MGMT
4/5
Little Richard
4/5
Le Tigre
2/5
Nick Drake
2/5
Steely Dan
3/5
Van Halen
5/5
Mudhoney
3/5
The Smashing Pumpkins
5/5
2/5
Gene Clark
2/5
Muddy Waters
5/5
The Fall
2/5
Ice Cube
4/5
The Dandy Warhols
4/5
Pearl Jam
5/5
Grateful Dead
5/5
Run-D.M.C.
2/5
Röyksopp
4/5
Dead Kennedys
1/5
Arcade Fire
3/5
Pixies
3/5
The Rolling Stones
5/5
The Mars Volta
4/5
Goldfrapp
4/5
Miles Davis
3/5
The Clash
3/5
Jacques Brel
2/5
Orange Juice
2/5
Fairport Convention
2/5
Prince
3/5
Gorillaz
3/5
The Byrds
2/5
Cyndi Lauper
2/5
Talking Heads
3/5
Fever Ray
3/5
Stephen Stills
2/5
Tim Buckley
3/5
Janis Joplin
4/5
The Good, The Bad & The Queen
3/5
Michael Jackson
4/5
Bebel Gilberto
4/5
Elvis Presley
3/5
The Mamas & The Papas
3/5
ZZ Top
5/5
Christine and the Queens
1/5
The Strokes
3/5
Frank Ocean
2/5
Simon & Garfunkel
2/5
My Bloody Valentine
2/5
Doves
3/5
Creedence Clearwater Revival
5/5
Paul McCartney and Wings
3/5
The Rolling Stones
3/5
Iron Maiden
3/5
Depeche Mode
5/5
Scissor Sisters
4/5
The Afghan Whigs
2/5
U2
5/5
Richard Hawley
1/5
Circle Jerks
1/5
Van Morrison
1/5
Robert Wyatt
1/5
Soft Cell
3/5
As 80s as it gets. Worth a listen but probably not a second.
Mott The Hoople
3/5
Very Bowie-ish, just not as good
Fleetwood Mac
5/5
I would never call myself a fan, but it’s hard to deny how good this album is
Minutemen
2/5
Probably would have liked it if all the songs weren’t 90 seconds or less
Laura Nyro
2/5
A bit too show-tuney for my taste
Coldplay
4/5
The whole was much bette than the sum of its parts
Sufjan Stevens
2/5
Maybe if I had been in the right mood this could have been better, but as it was this was mediocre at best
The Beta Band
3/5
Big Star
3/5
Nirvana
5/5
Leonard Cohen
2/5
Pere Ubu
2/5
5/5
The Everly Brothers
1/5
The nadir of generic 50s music.
Sonic Youth
2/5
I was expecting to like this more than I did. It was generally unremarkable.
The Cure
4/5
Undeniably the best Cure album
AC/DC
5/5
Simple Minds
3/5
Very 80s pop
The Clash
4/5
Duran Duran
4/5
A solid album all the way through with a couple of hits to lift it above the noise.
Otis Redding
3/5
Bob Marley & The Wailers
5/5
The Byrds
2/5
A sort of cross between the Beatles and Simon and Garfunkel, but not in a good way.
The Go-Go's
3/5
Dagmar Krause
2/5
Not available but also doesn’t sound like something I’d like.
ABBA
4/5
Not their best album, but still enjoyed it
Beatles
2/5
Early Beatles is not good.
Public Enemy
3/5
TV On The Radio
2/5
Fine but very forgettable. If I heard one of the songs again I would not recognize it.
Fela Kuti
4/5
Sly & The Family Stone
4/5
Depeche Mode
4/5
It’s no Violator, but still a very good album
Wu-Tang Clan
3/5
Not a big Wu-Tang fan, but once every 20 years it’s enjoyable.
Elliott Smith
3/5
Very mellow background music
The Rolling Stones
5/5
Stevie Wonder
2/5
I like a few songs, but overall not a big fan
Billy Joel
4/5
The War On Drugs
3/5
A cross between the Cure and Bob Dylan. Very mellow, but not very memorable.
Dwight Yoakam
2/5
Perfectly fine for what it is- I just don’t really like country
Destiny's Child
2/5
More a loose collection of singles than an album. Either way, not my style.
The Mothers Of Invention
2/5
Very ahead of its time, but still not very good.
Stan Getz
3/5
Effectively the girl from Ipanema as a 45 minute long song.
The Magnetic Fields
1/5
Maybe if they just picked the top 10 it would have had a chance.
MC Solaar
2/5
It has potential but I just can’t get into French rap
Jean-Michel Jarre
3/5
A sci-fi movie with no dialogue.
Deee-Lite
3/5
Groove is in the heart and a bunch of songs just like it
Snoop Dogg
4/5
The extreme misogyny was bad even in the 90s. As an adult it definitely taints an album I once loved.
Silver Jews
2/5
The National
3/5
Hugh Masekela
3/5
Bob Dylan
3/5
The Who
2/5
I have never liked the Who. This album did nothing to change that.
The Incredible String Band
1/5
Deep Purple
4/5
The Allman Brothers Band
5/5
Coldplay
4/5
Coldplay has definitely grown on me over the years
Booker T. & The MG's
3/5
It was good, but as a purely instrumental album it’s missing something
Beastie Boys
4/5
Certainly not my favorite Beastie Boys album, but still good
Willie Colón & Rubén Blades
4/5
A nice change of pace for a hot summer day
The Smiths
3/5
Beatles
5/5
Bruce Springsteen
4/5
The Hives
2/5
Fine but completely forgettable.
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
4/5
David Holmes
3/5
Decent, but not very memorable. The songs all last about a minute longer than they should.
Massive Attack
3/5
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
2/5
It seemed like it had potential at the start but it got worse, not better
Stereo MC's
3/5
Mellow hip hop- a good driving album
Pink Floyd
5/5
An obvious 5 if there ever was one
The Damned
4/5
British 70s punk. Better than expected.
Tom Waits
3/5
Kanye West
2/5
I’m not seeing the genius of this album
Randy Newman
2/5
The Who
2/5
I have never liked the who. This album does nothing to change that.
Jerry Lee Lewis
4/5
Van Morrison
2/5
Elton John
3/5
A few very good songs, but the rest was underwhelming
Arcade Fire
3/5
It was fine, but no songs stood out.
AC/DC
5/5
Five seems like a stretch, but I love AC/DC
The White Stripes
5/5
Not their best album, but they’re all great.
Beatles
5/5
3/5
Earth, Wind & Fire
3/5
Started strong, but ended weak
Primal Scream
3/5
It was fine, but not sure what made it list-worthy
Pere Ubu
2/5
Lorde
3/5
Surprisingly good for a genre I don’t like
Baaba Maal
2/5
Neil Young
2/5
I like some Neil Young, but this album was a bit sleepy for my tastes.
The Icarus Line
2/5
Not sure how this made the list. Obvious White Stripes and similar copycat just not nearly as good.
The Temptations
4/5
Would have been better with fewer slow songs
Siouxsie And The Banshees
4/5
The Dave Brubeck Quartet
4/5
Do you like Jazz? Sometimes, and this was a solid entry in the genre.
Peter Gabriel
4/5
All his best songs on one album
Femi Kuti
4/5
Sort of a big band version of bob marley? Maybe not for every day, but as a once off it was very good.
The xx
2/5
The intro was the best song. After that it was just mediocre 00’s fare.
Paul Simon
3/5
I get why people love it (and it’s definitely his best album), but just not my jam.
Nick Drake
3/5
Very mellow, but it works if you’re in the right mood for it.
U2
5/5
Miles Davis
4/5
The gold standard for jazz. I just don’t like any jazz enough to give it a five.
Aretha Franklin
4/5
Borderline 5.
Rush
5/5
One of their best albums
The Birthday Party
1/5
Just plain awful from start to finish.
The Residents
1/5
The instrumentals had potential but the vocals were beyond terrible
The Last Shadow Puppets
3/5
Feels like the soundtrack to a Bond film. Decent, but nothing to keep me coming back.
Curtis Mayfield
3/5
It had potential, but was much too slow for me
The Jam
3/5
It was fine, just not very memorable
Meat Loaf
2/5
Ghostface Killah
2/5
Meh. It wasn’t terrible, but it definitely didn’t hook me at all.
LCD Soundsystem
4/5
Digital Underground
2/5
Very dated.
The Byrds
3/5
Not a country fan, but this was kind of good.
Elbow
3/5
A cross between Radiohead and Sting? A few good songs but a few weak ones too.
Metallica
5/5
Just a classic album.
Metallica
4/5
Probably wouldn’t have liked it if I weren’t already a fan, but it was a fun concept. Just a little too heavy on the Load/Reload albums.
Radiohead
5/5
One of the greatest albums of all time
Bob Dylan
2/5
He has a few songs I like, but a whole album is too much
Ramones
4/5
If you like one song you like them all because they all sound the same
Happy Mondays
3/5
Emmylou Harris
2/5
Good for what it is; it’s just not my genre of choice
Television
4/5
Pretty good, though it probably would have been more impressive in its day before lots of imitators
Wild Beasts
1/5
I was holding out hope but the moment they started signing it was over
Jimi Hendrix
5/5
Faith No More
4/5
It has been a while since I’ve listened to this, but it mostly holds up
Fatboy Slim
5/5
A fantastic album from start to finish
Incubus
2/5
Very underwhelming 90 rock. Not bad enough to warrant a 1- just unremarkably bad.
Iron Maiden
5/5
Better than I expected.
Def Leppard
5/5
Public Image Ltd.
2/5
Metallica
5/5
Cornershop
4/5
Surprisingly enjoyable on the first listen. Not sure how it will hold up over time, but for now I enjoyed it a lot.
The Who
2/5
I’d really like it if they stopped pushing the Who on me- they’re not good. Also, live albums don’t really belong.
Kate Bush
3/5
I would either start to really like this or really hate it after a few listens- just not sure which. But on the first pass it was certainly not terrible.
Throbbing Gristle
1/5
This was just bad.
Metallica
5/5
A bit too much Metallica on this list, but this is my favorite album of theirs, so no complaints here.
50 Cent
4/5
A good album for when you want to feel like a bad ass while mowing the lawn
Bauhaus
2/5
Trying too hard at something but I don’t know what
The The
3/5
Good, but not particularly memorable
Leftfield
4/5
This was very enjoyable
Derek & The Dominos
4/5
Nas
4/5
Surprised I had never heard this. Overall pretty good.
Public Enemy
3/5
Chuck D sure has a lot of grievances.
Keith Jarrett
3/5
Good background music for a dinner party?
Johnny Cash
4/5
I like Johnny Cash but I don’t think live albums generally belong on the list
Led Zeppelin
5/5
Zeppelin. Enough said.
Peter Gabriel
2/5
UB40
4/5
Expecting Red Red Wine but instead got a surprisingly good 2-tone/reggae album
The Adverts
2/5
Far too much 70s/80s British punk albums on this list. They all sound pretty much the same.
Beth Orton
2/5
A sleepier version of Sheryl Crow? Definitely a miss for me.
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
3/5
Better as an album than as individual songs. Decent but not great.
T. Rex
4/5
A solid 70s rock album
Brian Eno
3/5
Decent, but a bit too sleepy and experimental for my taste
Foo Fighters
4/5
Not sure if it’s a criticism or compliment, but for an album I’d never heard, I felt like I recognized a lot of the songs.
Eagles
4/5
The gold standard for dad rock
Underworld
3/5
Good as background techno but nothing to lift it up beyond that
Queen
3/5
Undeniably a Queen album, but clearly not their strongest
Talk Talk
2/5
A slow Peter Gabriel-ish 80s album.
Thelonious Monk
4/5
I’m not qualified to differentiate between good and bad jazz, but I liked this.
PJ Harvey
2/5
Ok, but not particularly catchy or memorable.
Dr. John
3/5
The soundtrack for the villain in a New Orleans-themed musical.
Common
3/5
Decent overall, though so songs drag on longer than they should
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
2/5
Neil Young has many songs I like; none of them are on this album
Incredible Bongo Band
4/5
This is a weird one, but an enjoyable deviation from the usual.
The Killers
3/5
The White Stripes
5/5
Not their best album to me, but it’s still great
The Chemical Brothers
5/5
I forgot how much I enjoyed this kind of music.
Lou Reed
2/5
Fats Domino
2/5
A bit too 50s pop for me
Genesis
2/5
Certainly not their best album
The Shamen
1/5
Based on the description I was expecting to like this album- I most definitely did not.
Sebadoh
3/5
Very 90s sound- it grew on me over the course of the album
Beatles
3/5
Better than expected for an early Beatles album
Christina Aguilera
3/5
I enjoyed it more now than when it first came out.
The Only Ones
2/5
Decent instrumentals; terrible lead singer
David Bowie
3/5
An ace pitcher who lost his fastball- good, but not what he once was.
The B-52's
2/5
I get the vibe they’re going for, but it’s a miss for me
k.d. lang
2/5
More country than I expected; it didn’t help.
Belle & Sebastian
2/5
I was optimistic early on, but it just never got there
David Bowie
4/5
Now that is a proper Bowie album.
John Lennon
3/5
The title track is a good song- the rest is largely Beatles filler- ok, but not memorable.
Aretha Franklin
5/5
A quick 10 songs in 30 minutes, but solid all the way through
Joy Division
4/5
The Smashing Pumpkins
3/5
I remember being so excited when this album came out only to be wildly disappointed because it wasn’t nearly as good as the first two. It has aged ok, but still a distant third.
The xx
2/5
It grew on me and I made it through the whole album with no skips, so that’s clearly a win, though not something I’d ever listen to again.
Leonard Cohen
2/5
Sooooo slow and sleepy
Mariah Carey
1/5
Just terrible
Jack White
4/5
Not as good as his non-solo work, but still good. Not super different than late White Stripes, but not quite to that level.
Burning Spear
3/5
Standard reggae- good but nothing elevating it above the crowd
Quicksilver Messenger Service
4/5
Just an hour long 60s jam session.
Common
4/5
Much better than the other Common album on this list.
Cocteau Twins
3/5
A good chill vibes album, though it does get a little monotonous by the end
PJ Harvey
2/5
This was not good. Not specifically bad enough to warrant a 1- just generally unenjoyable.
Penguin Cafe Orchestra
3/5
An odd, very mood setting orchestral album. Enjoyed it but probably just the once.
Queen
5/5
I knew the hits but had never heard the full album.
Eurythmics
2/5
The title track is decent; the rest of the album is similar but worse.
Dexys Midnight Runners
4/5
Much more of an 80s ska band than I had expected
Green Day
5/5
A great album with several hits to put it over the top
Elvis Costello
2/5
I have never disliked Elvis Costello- it’s just not something I would listen to on purpose.
Todd Rundgren
2/5
It was just a bit too much to get into.
Miriam Makeba
2/5
I can appreciate it for what it is, but it wasn’t a particularly enjoyable listen.
Sigur Rós
2/5
If it were a score to a movie it could be good- as a stand alone album less so.
Taylor Swift
3/5
There’s a reason she’s as big of a star as she is, but the style gets a bit repetitive for me over the course of a full album.
The Specials
2/5
As a longtime ska fan I feel like I’m supposed to love this, but I just couldn’t
5/5
A solid album with a few standout hits.
Dusty Springfield
2/5
Son of a preacher man is a great song; the rest is very sleepy
Nirvana
5/5
An all time classic
Youssou N'Dour
3/5
Decent ‘world music’
Steely Dan
2/5
Bland.
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
3/5
Electric Light Orchestra
2/5
Classic soft rock. I recognized a lot more than I expected, but not in a good way.
The Coral
4/5
The Stone Roses
3/5
Talking Heads
4/5
Lightning Bolt
1/5
Complete and utter garbage- just noise that makes you ask if the CD is skipping only to realize it’s not a CD.
Sade
2/5
Then it’s are fine but not my jam; the rest does little to elevate it to something I’d want to listen to
My Bloody Valentine
3/5
Couldn’t find the whole album anywhere, but what I could find was decent but not great.
Rahul Dev Burman
1/5
I was optimistic, but this is a bridge too far for me.
Buena Vista Social Club
4/5
I remember this being all the rage back in the day. It still holds up well, though more as a change of pace than anything else.
Beastie Boys
5/5
Jane's Addiction
3/5
Overall not great, but the hits are enough to pull it up to a 3
Fiona Apple
3/5
Pleasant but not very memorable
Jimmy Smith
3/5
Jazz. Not all that distinctive to me, but good.
Teenage Fanclub
3/5
Not sure how great this album is, but it well encapsulates the sound of that genre/era
Beck
5/5
Iggy Pop
4/5
The Rolling Stones
4/5
The hits are great, but some low end filler too.
Love
2/5
60 psychedelic / like old Pink Floyd, but not as good
Sister Sledge
3/5
I enjoyed the fast paced dance tunes- the slow ones weren’t my jam
Buck Owens
2/5
Not an old timey country music fan, but a lot of very recognizable songs
Amy Winehouse
3/5
If anyone was ever born to sign the theme song for a Bond movie, it was Amy Winehouse
David Gray
2/5
Inoffensive but not very exciting. I don’t mind listening to it, but I would never do so by choice.
Buffalo Springfield
2/5
A bit too all over the place for me.
Tito Puente
4/5
Kind of just one long song, but an enjoyable one
Rufus Wainwright
3/5
The musical equivalent of Radiohead fan fiction. Good, but not as good as the real thing.
Pink Floyd
5/5
I can’t imagine not liking this album
Bruce Springsteen
4/5
Far and away the moodiest Springsteen album, but in a good way
The Stranglers
2/5
It was fine, but it blends in with ever other album from this genre
Os Mutantes
3/5
This is a weird one. Definitely some similarities to very early Pink Floyd, but in Portuguese. Still, I enjoyed it (at least for a one off drive to work).
Death In Vegas
3/5
Creedence Clearwater Revival
5/5
Gil Scott-Heron
2/5
Not available though Apple Music and I’m not killing myself to track it down .
Kacey Musgraves
1/5
I’m sure this album would speak to me if I were a 15 girl growing up in Oklahoma. For me it’s just plain awful.
Ice Cube
1/5
I was never a fan to begin with but this has aged very poorly. The lyrics just seem juvenile and very misogynistic to the point of being unlistenable.
Solange
2/5
Any sleepier and I might have passed out behind the wheel.
Hookworms
3/5
Listen to the whole album without skipping but probably couldn’t recall a single song I hear because nothing stood out.
Talking Heads
4/5
Tricky
3/5
Lloyd Cole And The Commotions
2/5
I was whelmed.
I like U2 but this isn’t even top 5 for them. The hits are decent but the rest is weak
Arcade Fire
4/5
Pixies
2/5
A little too unpolished- too close to people actually screwing around with recording equipment in their garage for me.
Elastica
3/5
Decent, but like a lot of these albums unmemorable.
Drive Like Jehu
3/5
I was wary at first but it grew on me. Some Nirvana-ish vibes.
ZZ Top
4/5
A solid bluesy 70s rock album
Bad Brains
3/5
CHIC
3/5
Surprisingly familiar disco album
The Cure
4/5
Suede
2/5
David Bowie
5/5
John Lee Hooker
3/5
Decent, but it would be better as a solo album than the stream of celebrity cameos
The Psychedelic Furs
2/5
Nick Drake
2/5
Not bad, but a whole album was a bit much
Funkadelic
5/5
Annoying that it isn’t available on normal platforms, but still worth the effort to track down because it’s a classic.
Bonnie Raitt
1/5
I agree that this belongs on the list but boy is this an enormous swing and a miss for me
T. Rex
3/5
Sepultura
2/5
It had potential but the guttural scream vocals aren’t working for me
The United States Of America
3/5
A very weird mellow psychedelic album. It grew on me as it went on.
Germs
2/5
Anything less than 100 seconds isn’t a song. It was ok, but there is just too much mediocre punk on this list and none of it stands out.
The Police
5/5
Jazmine Sullivan
1/5
How is this on the list? It’s neither culturally or artistically important in any way- just a crappy R&B album.
Basement Jaxx
2/5
Very 90s dance club background music.
Moby
5/5
2/5
Elliott Smith
3/5
Pleasant, if uninspiring. That said, I made it all the way through without skipping so that’s worth at least a 3.
3/5
Some distinct Pink Floyd and Grateful Dead-like songs, though not on that level
Nirvana
5/5
The Notorious B.I.G.
2/5
Two stars, all on the back of a single aong. The rest had nothing to offer me.
Pet Shop Boys
3/5
I’m very much a fan, but this is not one of their best albums in my opinion.
Moby Grape
2/5
Underwhelming 60s fare
Simon & Garfunkel
2/5
Mekons
1/5
This was just consistently terrible all the way through
Aimee Mann
2/5
Good for what it is- it’s just not my thing
5/5
From the same band the wrote low rider? Very surprised but very enjoyable
King Crimson
3/5
Björk
3/5
Am I a Bjork fan? That might be going too far but this was far more approachable and enjoyable than expected.
James Brown
4/5
Not a live album fan, and this isn’t his best stuff, but I still enjoy James Brown
Creedence Clearwater Revival
5/5
Heaven 17
2/5
Low end 80s synthesizer music
Astor Piazzolla
2/5
Like going to a children’s music recital and the band is much better, but your kid isn’t playing.
Tears For Fears
3/5
A few hits with some uneven 80s fare in between
Tim Buckley
2/5
The slow, mellow vibe was fine- it was the length of the songs that killed it.
Megadeth
5/5
I used to own this album but it’s been a long time. Still a very enjoyable thrash album after all these years.
Yes
2/5
One pretty good song followed by a very different rest of the album.
The Pogues
4/5
Very early Dropkick Murphys-esque which makes sense because it’s from essentially the same time.
Saint Etienne
3/5
A good upbeat driving album.
Linkin Park
3/5
Started the fed better than expected, but it was too much of the same thing all the way through which lost my interest
Red Hot Chili Peppers
5/5
A funky jam all the way through
The Libertines
3/5
Reasonably enjoyable, but not all that inspiring. That said, it certainly doesn’t deserve much of the hate it gets in the reviews.
Kraftwerk
4/5
A little too out there for a 5 but still a fun album
The Rolling Stones
3/5
This is only on the list because of what they became- on its own it’s a mediocre album with a bunch of covers
4/5
Echo And The Bunnymen
3/5
Very 80s with a lead singer very reminiscent of a lot of others from that era.
Jethro Tull
2/5
Surprisingly more folk rock than hard rock
Isaac Hayes
4/5
That Isaac Hayes sure can cook. The songs are insanely long, but after a bit you really settle into them. Could have been a 5 without the 8.5 minute spoken word intro to the last song.