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Album	You	Global	Diff
D White Denim	5	3.21	+1.79
Get Behind Me Satan The White Stripes	5	3.38	+1.62
Sound of Silver LCD Soundsystem	5	3.42	+1.58
Paul's Boutique Beastie Boys	5	3.46	+1.54
(Pronounced 'Leh-'Nérd 'Skin-'Nérd) Lynyrd Skynyrd	5	3.74	+1.26
Highway 61 Revisited Bob Dylan	5	3.75	+1.25
Fred Neil Fred Neil	4	2.92	+1.08

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Synchronicity The Police	1	3.4	-2.4
Neon Bible Arcade Fire	1	3.34	-2.34
Untitled (Black Is) SAULT	1	3.05	-2.05
Smile Brian Wilson	1	3.04	-2.04
Merriweather Post Pavilion Animal Collective	1	2.92	-1.92
Pet Sounds The Beach Boys	2	3.92	-1.92
Only Built 4 Cuban Linx Raekwon	1	2.84	-1.84
Colour By Numbers Culture Club	1	2.84	-1.84
Want Two Rufus Wainwright	1	2.83	-1.83
Siamese Dream The Smashing Pumpkins	2	3.83	-1.83

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Parklife

Blur · 2 likes

2/5

I’m not British enough for this album

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Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme

Simon & Garfunkel

2/5

I get it, but not for me. It probably says a lot that my favorite song was the one that sounded like a Bob Dylan parody.

You Want It Darker

Leonard Cohen

3/5

Definitely one of the more unique things I’ve ever listened to! I was working through most of it so I want to listen to the lyrics more closely next time. I hear that’s where Cohen is best.

Tommy

The Who

3/5

I enjoyed Keith Moon's drumming throughout, and quite enjoyed Pete Townshend's acoustic guitar. Overall though a little long and self-indulgent for me, but I feel that way about musicals in general. Pinball Wizard is still one of the all-time great rock songs.

British Steel

Judas Priest

3/5

I had fun listening to it, but is it one of the greatest albums of all time? I would have liked more tempo changes. Everything started to sound the same after a while.

Madman Across The Water

Elton John

4/5

Paul's Boutique

Beastie Boys

5/5

I had so much fun listening to this one. A lot of old hip hop *sounds* old but this still felt fresh. Will definitely listen to this one again.

Master Of Puppets

Metallica

2/5

It all started sounding the same to me after the first few songs. I get that it’s a landmark album for thrash metal, but it could have been half the length for me.

Endtroducing.....

DJ Shadow

3/5

This fits right in with the type of stuff I listen to when I’m coding. Flow state!

Untitled (Black Is)

SAULT

1/5

Some parts were decent but overall kind of boring for me.

Surf's Up

The Beach Boys

2/5

Urban Hymns

The Verve

3/5

Dummy

Portishead

4/5

Broken English

Marianne Faithfull

2/5

The story around the album was really intriguing but the music itself didn't really connect with me.

(Pronounced 'Leh-'Nérd 'Skin-'Nérd)

Lynyrd Skynyrd

5/5

This album always hits me with a wave of nostalgia; it just reminds me of my dad. But even trying to hear it with fresh ears, I know I would still be absolutely floored. It's crazy to think this was their first major-label release. A straight-up classic from beginning to end.

What's Going On

Marvin Gaye

4/5

Black Holes and Revelations

Muse

3/5

Radiohead for theater kids. At the time, this was the album I felt signified Muse selling out. Some of the songs are still kind of fun though.

The College Dropout

Kanye West

2/5

I can admire his influence on the hip-hop genre, but this ultimately isn't something I'll come back to. Funnier than I expected.

1984

Van Halen

2/5

Hairspray, stale cigarettes, and cocaine. I recognize EVH as one of the greatest guitarists of all time but I just can't stomach David Lee Roth. I'll Wait is my favorite song on the album - figures it's the one where they aren't as bombastic.

Private Dancer

Tina Turner

3/5

Man, she could sing!

Songs From The Big Chair

Tears For Fears

4/5

Surprised by how much I enjoyed it!

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

3/5

They picked the most interesting songs for radio singles. The rest of the album wasn’t bad… it was just forgettable.

Parklife

Blur

2/5

I’m not British enough for this album

Merriweather Post Pavilion

Animal Collective

1/5

I couldn’t wait for this to end

Permission to Land

The Darkness

4/5

Just good fun

Time (The Revelator)

Gillian Welch

2/5

Not my genre. The first song and April 14th were my favorites and I wish the rest of the album had more of those types of songs. The rest sounded like they came out of the brown hymnal.

Vol. 4

Black Sabbath

3/5

Franz Ferdinand

3/5

It was fun!

The Specials

2/5

This album didn’t convince me that I was missing out on ska

Immigrés

Youssou N'Dour

3/5

Who's Next

The Who

3/5

Lust For Life

Iggy Pop

3/5

Not bad!

Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

Wilco

3/5

A couple of good songs but mostly pretty monotonous

Iron Maiden

4/5

I thought I didn’t care for Iron Maiden going into this album, but I’ve realized that maybe I just don’t like Bruce Dickinson. I really enjoyed the gritty, raw sound and the punkier, less operatic vocals. I also appreciate how high up the bass guitar is in the mix. I’m still a sucker for twin guitar harmonies!

Music for the Masses

Depeche Mode

3/5

Some songs were great! Some songs didn’t age well.

Second Toughest In The Infants

Underworld

3/5

Pretty interesting. Under the right circumstances I’m sure it’s awesome!

Highway 61 Revisited

Bob Dylan

5/5

Sign 'O' The Times

Prince

2/5

Heroes to Zeros

The Beta Band

2/5

Kind of interesting, but not something I see myself going back to again

Black Sabbath

3/5

Very interesting to hear their early sound compared to what I know.

Alien Lanes

Guided By Voices

1/5

A bunch of song ideas and demos disguised as an album

Abbey Road

Beatles

4/5

Oracular Spectacular

MGMT

4/5

Dare!

The Human League

2/5

The one song I recognized was the best one of the bunch

3 Feet High and Rising

De La Soul

2/5

Pretty one-note

Fun House

The Stooges

2/5

Beauty And The Beat

The Go-Go's

2/5

Let It Bleed

The Rolling Stones

4/5

All Mod Cons

The Jam

2/5

Seventh Tree

Goldfrapp

3/5

Fred Neil

4/5

A Love Supreme

John Coltrane

2/5

MTV Unplugged In New York

Nirvana

4/5

Guitar Town

Steve Earle

1/5

Led Zeppelin III

Led Zeppelin

3/5

Document

R.E.M.

3/5

Graceland

Paul Simon

3/5

You Can Call Me Al is still a great song. The rest of it was okay, just didn’t resonate with me.

A Girl Called Dusty

Dusty Springfield

3/5

Enjoyed it!

American IV: The Man Comes Around

Johnny Cash

4/5

Smile

Brian Wilson

1/5

Could not finish it

The La's

3/5

Inoffensive; occasionally great

Different Class

Pulp

2/5

Overall pretty forgettable musically. Please stop whispering in my ear.

Figure 8

Elliott Smith

3/5

A good album for a specific mood

Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots

The Flaming Lips

4/5

Held my interest the whole way through

Happy Sad

Tim Buckley

1/5

I barely made it

Eliminator

ZZ Top

2/5

The Atomic Mr Basie

Count Basie & His Orchestra

4/5

Adele

3/5

I really appreciate her voice. Not the target audience for the lyrics haha

Innervisions

Stevie Wonder

4/5

Slipknot

1/5

Needs more snare

Idlewild

Everything But The Girl

1/5

Generic Hallmark Movie: The Soundtrack

1999

Prince

2/5

Speakerboxxx/The Love Below

OutKast

2/5

Too long. Some fun songs and a lot of nostalgia but one I’m unlikely to revisit.

This Is Hardcore

Pulp

2/5

Better than the other pulp album but not by much

The White Album

Beatles

4/5

Fly Or Die

N.E.R.D

3/5

I enjoyed the live band energy

Harvest

Neil Young

3/5

Nebraska

Bruce Springsteen

4/5

Wow, what a nice surprise!

Bitches Brew

Miles Davis

2/5

Actually

Pet Shop Boys

2/5

No thanks

Face to Face

The Kinks

3/5

The Village Green Preservation Society

The Kinks

3/5

Blur

3/5

Better than Parklife. Still fairly boring.

OK Computer

Radiohead

4/5

World Clique

Deee-Lite

2/5

Clandestino

Manu Chao

2/5

Hybrid Theory

Linkin Park

3/5

I was the ideal age for this album when it came out - a moody, angsty preteen. I knew every word and every riff. This was the heaviest thing I had ever listened to at that time. Then I grew up and started noticing how cringeworthy the lyrics actually are. And I discovered better and heavier metal sounds. Linkin Park suddenly didn’t seem so awesome anymore. Listening to it now is a huge nostalgia bomb for me, but objectively I still think this aged into slightly better than average nu-metal.

Fragile

Yes

2/5

Virtuosic playing all around. But after Roundabout it sounded to my ears like a group of people trying to show off rather than make interesting music.

The Age Of The Understatement

The Last Shadow Puppets

2/5

An interesting listen, especially given what else I've heard from the Arctic Monkeys guy. Probably not something I'll listen to again, though.

The White Room

The KLF

2/5

Not my thing but tolerable

Third

Portishead

3/5

In Utero

Nirvana

3/5

Brothers In Arms

Dire Straits

2/5

A few good songs. One word to describe it overall: sleepy.

Ananda Shankar

3/5

Kind of cool!

Haunted Dancehall

The Sabres Of Paradise

2/5

Rain Dogs

Tom Waits

3/5

Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols

Sex Pistols

2/5

Young Americans

David Bowie

4/5

Chore of Enchantment

Giant Sand

3/5

Meat Is Murder

The Smiths

2/5

Green River

Creedence Clearwater Revival

4/5

Jazz Samba

Stan Getz

3/5

Melodrama

Lorde

3/5

Close To The Edge

Yes

3/5

Complex for the sake of being complex, but I guess that’s prog in a nutshell.

Pyromania

Def Leppard

2/5

Dance Mania

Tito Puente

4/5

Led Zeppelin II

Led Zeppelin

5/5

Just pure blues rock goodness

Axis: Bold As Love

Jimi Hendrix

3/5

Public Image: First Issue

Public Image Ltd.

2/5

So this is where some of that post-rock I was into for a while came from 🤔

A Northern Soul

The Verve

3/5

A Little Deeper

Ms. Dynamite

2/5

Coat Of Many Colors

Dolly Parton

3/5

Crosby, Stills & Nash

2/5

Physical Graffiti

Led Zeppelin

3/5

Reggatta De Blanc

The Police

2/5

Talking Timbuktu

Ali Farka Touré

2/5

Arrival

ABBA

2/5

Pet Sounds

The Beach Boys

2/5

I don’t get the hype

Traffic

4/5

(What's The Story) Morning Glory

Oasis

3/5

Homework

Daft Punk

2/5

Tusk

Fleetwood Mac

2/5

Cheap Thrills

Big Brother & The Holding Company

3/5

1989

Taylor Swift

3/5

I knew the words to more of these songs than I'm comfortable admitting. It's crazy how pervasive this was at the time.

Deep Purple In Rock

Deep Purple

3/5

At Mister Kelly's

Sarah Vaughan

4/5

Aqualung

Jethro Tull

3/5

Born In The U.S.A.

Bruce Springsteen

3/5

Revolver

Beatles

3/5

Deloused in the Comatorium

The Mars Volta

3/5

Trio

Dolly Parton

2/5

Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs

Derek & The Dominos

4/5

Neon Bible

Arcade Fire

1/5

Muddy and to self serious

Hot Rats

Frank Zappa

4/5

Really surprised at how much I enjoyed this. Expectations were low

Blonde On Blonde

Bob Dylan

3/5

Cee-Lo Green... Is The Soul Machine

Cee Lo Green

2/5

Adele

3/5

Funeral

Arcade Fire

2/5

Wake Up is still pretty good. The rest of it didn’t click for me.

Drunk

Thundercat

2/5

Let's Get It On

Marvin Gaye

3/5

The Stranger

Billy Joel

4/5

Rage Against The Machine

4/5

Groovin'

The Young Rascals

3/5

Aftermath

The Rolling Stones

2/5

Paint It, Black is the best song on the album and it wasn’t even on the UK version. Not a Stones album I’ll come back to again

Melody A.M.

Röyksopp

2/5

Hot Buttered Soul

Isaac Hayes

4/5

Excellent! Still sounds fresh.

Deja Vu

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

3/5

Scott 4

Scott Walker

2/5

Only Built 4 Cuban Linx

Raekwon

1/5

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector

Various Artists

2/5

Back At The Chicken Shack

Jimmy Smith

3/5

The Köln Concert

Keith Jarrett

2/5

The Band

2/5

White Blood Cells

The White Stripes

4/5

So good

Searching For The Young Soul Rebels

Dexys Midnight Runners

3/5

Here's Little Richard

Little Richard

2/5

Surfer Rosa

Pixies

2/5

A little too punk-edged for my liking, but I appreciated the raw energy for the most part. Where Is My Mind? is an all-timer.

High Violet

The National

2/5

The Coral

2/5

It was fine

Live At The Witch Trials

The Fall

1/5

No thanks

Ellington at Newport

Duke Ellington

3/5

Would have been better without all the interruptions.

Sound of Silver

LCD Soundsystem

5/5

Lot of fun

Grievous Angel

Gram Parsons

2/5

Respectfully not for me

Bongo Rock

Incredible Bongo Band

4/5

Pure groove. Had a lot of fun!

Ágætis Byrjun

Sigur Rós

3/5

It’s a vibe, that’s for sure.

Stardust

Willie Nelson

4/5

Violator

Depeche Mode

4/5

Songs The Lord Taught Us

The Cramps

2/5

Water From An Ancient Well

Abdullah Ibrahim

3/5

Stand!

Sly & The Family Stone

3/5

Pearl

Janis Joplin

4/5

Kind Of Blue

Miles Davis

4/5

Don't Stand Me Down

Dexys Midnight Runners

3/5

The Sounds Of India

Ravi Shankar

2/5

Youth And Young Manhood

Kings of Leon

4/5

Band On The Run

Paul McCartney and Wings

3/5

Back To Black

Amy Winehouse

3/5

Justified

Justin Timberlake

2/5

Want Two

Rufus Wainwright

1/5

Uuuuuuuunnnnnddeeeeerrrrrr the pastries

Bad

Michael Jackson

2/5

Siamese Dream

The Smashing Pumpkins

2/5

Could use a remaster. So muddy

Bryter Layter

Nick Drake

3/5

Ingenue

k.d. lang

2/5

At least it was short.

Tarkus

Emerson, Lake & Palmer

2/5

Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle

Bill Callahan

3/5

I… think I enjoyed this one?

Odessey And Oracle

The Zombies

3/5

Strong beginning and end; meh middle section.

Synchronicity

The Police

1/5

Manassas

Stephen Stills

3/5

Rattus Norvegicus

The Stranglers

2/5

Better than most punk.

The New Tango

Astor Piazzolla

2/5

Disraeli Gears

Cream

3/5

Music in Exile

Songhoy Blues

4/5

No idea what was being said, but I felt it!

The Blueprint

JAY Z

3/5

Fairly strong start but overstayed its welcome.

Chelsea Girl

Nico

1/5

Basket of Light

Pentangle

2/5

Either Or

Elliott Smith

2/5

Van Halen

3/5

The Wildest!

Louis Prima

4/5

The Grand Tour

George Jones

1/5

The lyrics seem well written, but I would rather read them in silence than listen to this.

Marquee Moon

Television

2/5

...And Justice For All

Metallica

2/5

The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady

Charles Mingus

2/5

Too avant-garde for me

Being There

Wilco

2/5

American Idiot

Green Day

2/5

Not a huge fan of punk generally, but at least it has teeth. What good is toothless punk?

At Newport 1960

Muddy Waters

4/5

Reminds me of Blues Night @ The Cellar with my best bud. Good ol' classic Chicago blues.

Bookends

Simon & Garfunkel

2/5

Doolittle

Pixies

3/5

Cut

The Slits

2/5

Tonight's The Night

Neil Young

3/5

Heaven Or Las Vegas

Cocteau Twins

2/5

Tracy Chapman

3/5

That's The Way Of The World

Earth, Wind & Fire

4/5

A Date With The Everly Brothers

The Everly Brothers

2/5

Get Behind Me Satan

The White Stripes

5/5

Paris 1919

John Cale

2/5

I Should Coco

Supergrass

2/5

Moondance

Van Morrison

4/5

A Night At The Opera

Queen

3/5

Sheer Heart Attack

Queen

3/5

I Against I

Bad Brains

2/5

The Chronic

Dr. Dre

3/5

Cloud Nine

The Temptations

2/5

Sunshine Superman

Donovan

2/5

A couple of good songs, but mostly kind of typical 60s music.

Murmur

R.E.M.

3/5

Forever Changes

Love

2/5

Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

4/5

Live!

Fela Kuti

3/5

Trans Europe Express

Kraftwerk

2/5

Rock Bottom

Robert Wyatt

1/5

Dreadful

Shaka Zulu

Ladysmith Black Mambazo

2/5

Talking Book

Stevie Wonder

3/5

Play

Moby

4/5

James Brown Live At The Apollo

James Brown

3/5

Achtung Baby

2/5

Make Yourself

Incubus

4/5

Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)

Wu-Tang Clan

2/5

The Queen Is Dead

The Smiths

2/5

The Rising

Bruce Springsteen

3/5

Hejira

Joni Mitchell

2/5

Low-Life

New Order

3/5

Sunrise + Elegia was a great sequence. The rest was pretty good.

Are You Experienced

Jimi Hendrix

3/5

The Velvet Underground

4/5

Low

David Bowie

2/5

Dr. Octagonecologyst

Dr. Octagon

3/5

Dan the Automator’s beats are an easy 4 stars. The 2am cable tv energy is not my thing: 2 stars. Guess it’s only fair to meet in the middle.

Parachutes

Coldplay

2/5

Music engineered for emotional montages to end the episodes of all the dramas on ABC and CW

Paul Simon

4/5

Surprise hit for me

White Ladder

David Gray

3/5

Colour By Numbers

Culture Club

1/5

Street Life

The Crusaders

3/5

The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill

Lauryn Hill

3/5

Is This It

The Strokes

3/5

Duck Stab/Buster & Glen

The Residents

1/5

Still better than Temporary Secretary

White Denim

5/5

Definitely checking out more of their stuff!

Cupid & Psyche 85

Scritti Politti

1/5

The 80s were a rough time, huh?

Aja

Steely Dan

3/5

Automatic For The People

R.E.M.

3/5

Birth Of The Cool

Miles Davis

3/5

Nevermind

Nirvana

4/5

Lost In The Dream

The War On Drugs

4/5

Great night time drive album!

Brilliant Corners

Thelonious Monk

3/5

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

Arctic Monkeys

3/5

Follow The Leader

Korn

2/5