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Album	You	Global	Diff
Gris Gris Dr. John	5	2.89	+2.11
Tical Method Man	5	2.94	+2.06
Since I Left You The Avalanches	5	3.28	+1.72
Nebraska Bruce Springsteen	5	3.32	+1.68
Paul's Boutique Beastie Boys	5	3.46	+1.54
Tidal Fiona Apple	5	3.46	+1.54
Exile On Main Street The Rolling Stones	5	3.59	+1.41
The Score Fugees	5	3.69	+1.31
Graceland Paul Simon	5	3.72	+1.28
Vol. 4 Black Sabbath	5	3.75	+1.25

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Metallica Metallica	1	3.77	-2.77
Songs For Swingin' Lovers! Frank Sinatra	1	3.52	-2.52
Master Of Puppets Metallica	2	3.72	-1.72
Diamond Life Sade	2	3.47	-1.47
Imagine John Lennon	2	3.45	-1.45
Iron Maiden Iron Maiden	2	3.41	-1.41
Garbage Garbage	2	3.39	-1.39
Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds	2	3.32	-1.32
A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector Various Artists	2	3.29	-1.29
Actually Pet Shop Boys	2	3.18	-1.18

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Larks' Tongues In Aspic

King Crimson · 1 likes

4/5

I thought this was kind of awesome...

1-Star Albums (2)

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Fear Of A Black Planet

Public Enemy

4/5

Crazy sampling and texture. Seems to have pioneered that style/approach. Some deep themes, too. A classic for a reason.

Bookends

Simon & Garfunkel

3/5

Not what I expected. Paul Simon is a genius, but this is lower on the list of his works for me.

Head Hunters

Herbie Hancock

3/5

Not my usual kind of thing, but I liked how funky this was. Listened while walking around New York, which was an excellent call.

Vol. 4

Black Sabbath

5/5

I can't believe I liked this as much as I did. Rock and roll!

Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

2/5

I think I like Nick Cave in small doses..? Some great lyrics and genuinely moving songs, but I wanted to like this album more than I actually did. Maybe I wasn't in the mood for it.

I Should Coco

Supergrass

4/5

Just a ton of fun.

Songs For Swingin' Lovers!

Frank Sinatra

1/5

Not for me.

Brutal Youth

Elvis Costello

2/5

I hope his other albums do it for me more than this one. His voice is grating. Two stars for one or two nice songs and a few good lyrics.

Scott 4

Scott Walker

3/5

Didn't feel like anything special to me. Fine.

Songs From The Big Chair

Tears For Fears

4/5

Shawn Spencer knows what's up.

Dire Straits

4/5

The guitar riffs on this rock. Just a very COOL album.

Blood Sugar Sex Magik

Red Hot Chili Peppers

4/5

I've never been a big RHCP fan. And I'm still not, but I do appreciate this album. It's too long, for sure, but it is such a vibe.

Brilliant Corners

Thelonious Monk

4/5

I don’t know much about jazz, but I think this was good?

When I Was Born For The 7th Time

Cornershop

4/5

This was awesome.

Machine Head

Deep Purple

3/5

Total dad rock. Solid, but nothing felt unique. Obviously Smoke on the Water slaps.

Sunday At The Village Vanguard

Bill Evans Trio

3/5

I don’t know much about jazz, but this seemed good? I wish I could play the piano. Listened a bit while driving through San Francisco and I felt like I was in a movie.

Bat Out Of Hell

Meat Loaf

3/5

Over-the-top and theatric.

The Gilded Palace Of Sin

The Flying Burrito Brothers

4/5

I'll often click to see other users' reviews before I listen to something and it seems I like all the albums other people don't. Not sure what that means. This was a blast.

One World

John Martyn

4/5

Love.

Freak Out!

The Mothers Of Invention

2/5

What is this?

Hounds Of Love

Kate Bush

3/5

Really interesting. Probably not going to be in heavy rotation for me, but I respect it. First female artist I've heard on this list I think.

Stardust

Willie Nelson

3/5

Nice, pleasant.

Steve McQueen

Prefab Sprout

3/5

Very 80s, but not in a bad way. I liked some of the lyrics and the singer's voice.

Exile On Main Street

The Rolling Stones

5/5

These Rolling Stones guys are pretty good.

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

Arctic Monkeys

3/5

I really liked this album around the time it came out. Doesn't hit me as hard now, but still some great tracks and fun lyrics. A lot of British people on this list.

Iron Maiden

2/5

80s training montage music.

The xx

4/5

Reminds me of college.

Bad Company

3/5

More dad rock.

A Hard Day's Night

Beatles

4/5

I mean, it's the Beatles.

Stand!

Sly & The Family Stone

4/5

Dope.

Rattlesnakes

Lloyd Cole And The Commotions

3/5

It's fine.

Lust For Life

Iggy Pop

4/5

I like it!

Station To Station

David Bowie

4/5

I'm no expert, but the SOUND of this album is amazing - so much going on, instrumentally.

Hail To the Thief

Radiohead

4/5

I don't know, I liked it.

The Dark Side Of The Moon

Pink Floyd

5/5

I can see why this is considered a masterpiece.

Beach Samba

Astrud Gilberto

3/5

Not something I'd normally listen to. Glad this list made me. But I won't be listening again.

Vivid

Living Colour

3/5

Feels like pretty generic rock music to me - aside from the social commentary, which, while interesting and important, is pretty on-the-nose. The drums sound great, at least in the remastered version. Cult of Personality slaps.

Metal Box

Public Image Ltd.

3/5

Pretty damn cool, but also a bit grating.

Paul's Boutique

Beastie Boys

5/5

Yeah, the vocals kind of all sound the same. Sort of..? But these guys know who they are and damn are they cool.

Rock 'N Soul

Solomon Burke

4/5

Beautiful, soulful (duh) voice. This is someone I would've loved to have seen live.

A Seat at the Table

Solange

3/5

Half inventive, half bland.

Graceland

Paul Simon

5/5

One of my favorite albums of all time. I wasn't aware of the controversy surrounding it...will need to read up on that.

Gris Gris

Dr. John

5/5

Well this was awesome.

Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire)

The Kinks

4/5

Pretty damn good.

(Pronounced 'Leh-'Nérd 'Skin-'Nérd)

Lynyrd Skynyrd

3/5

Lots of classics, but racists suck. Rating here based on the art and music, but not giving them any more listens.

Larks' Tongues In Aspic

King Crimson

4/5

I thought this was kind of awesome...

The Bends

Radiohead

4/5

Good for sad times.

From Elvis In Memphis

Elvis Presley

3/5

The crooner feel definitely isn't my style, but it feels real and raw to an extent. Better than I thought it'd be.

The Velvet Underground

4/5

Inventive, fun, weird.

Music in Exile

Songhoy Blues

4/5

The reason I started this list was to find gems like this.

Miriam Makeba

3/5

Happy to have been exposed to this!

Bridge Over Troubled Water

Simon & Garfunkel

4/5

I was torn between a 4 and a 5 here. So many great songs, but it also feels pretty dated at times.

Born To Run

Bruce Springsteen

4/5

Really love the lyrics (I'd heard the classics before, of course). Nice storytelling. Very cinematic. But not my favorite sound.

Eli And The Thirteenth Confession

Laura Nyro

3/5

Cool, unique, trying at times.

Heroes

David Bowie

4/5

I think I liked this more than the last Bowie album this list gave me, but I looked back and I gave that 4 stars, too...

Unhalfbricking

Fairport Convention

4/5

Pleasant!

Mask

Bauhaus

3/5

At some points I loved this and at others I hated it...often in the same song.

The Visitors

ABBA

4/5

Pretty awesome, which surprised me!

Exodus

Bob Marley & The Wailers

5/5

No skips, really.

The Score

Fugees

5/5

Incredible. Ms. Lauryn Hill is one of one.

Gold

Ryan Adams

2/5

Before looking at other users' reviews, I assumed I'd liked this less than most. Turns out I liked it more than most. But...that's not saying much.

Golden Hour

Kacey Musgraves

2/5

Feels very..average.

Debut

Björk

4/5

Just so cool and fun and weird and beautiful.

Autobahn

Kraftwerk

4/5

I liked this! Felt ahead of it's time, but I'm not sure if that's true?

Roxy Music

3/5

Pretty cool, but also kind of annoying at times?

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector

Various Artists

2/5

I just don't like Christmas music that much. Plus...you know, it's Phil Spector. Giving an extra star for the talented vocalists.

Speakerboxxx/The Love Below

OutKast

4/5

Sure it's a little bloated and some of it feels dated (particularly in Big Boi's half), but Outkast can do no wrong.

Nebraska

Bruce Springsteen

5/5

This is the kind of thing I wanted when Springsteen came up the first time on this list. This is great.

Tuesday Night Music Club

Sheryl Crow

3/5

I just don't like a lot of 90s music, but this was better than most I guess.

Diamond Life

Sade

2/5

Smooth, but that's kind of it?

Since I Left You

The Avalanches

5/5

Could play in the background just about any time.

Bayou Country

Creedence Clearwater Revival

4/5

'Merica.

Ingenue

k.d. lang

3/5

Great voice. Not my kind of music, though.

Aqualung

Jethro Tull

4/5

I don't know, I kinda like the flute. Whole album feels like a musical performed by knights in a fantasy story or something.

Rumours

Fleetwood Mac

5/5

I mean...pretty much perfect.

Tical

Method Man

5/5

Method Man's flow and voice (lisp and all) are just too good. Cheese got what he deserved though.

Throwing Muses

3/5

I feel like liking this more would make me feel cooler than I am, but I guess I'm just kinda cool...because I just kinda liked it.

Garbage

2/5

I just don't really enjoy most 90s music it seems.

Metallica

1/5

Ugh. Enter Sandman is cool. Some good instrumentals. But couldn't wait to get through this one. Because I'm behind on daily listening, I can see that I have ANOTHER Metallica album up next. I hope I like it more.

Master Of Puppets

Metallica

2/5

Okay, this was better than the last Metallica album, but still very much not for me.

The Chronic

Dr. Dre

4/5

Top-tier production and a great Snoop flow on almost every track. I know I've said I don't care for a lot of 90s music, but who doesn't like 90s hip hop? Had to take away one point because they talk about basically one thing most of the album (their dicks) and another because the skits are a little annoying. But it feels crazy giving this a 3, so I'm bumping it back up to a 4.

Automatic For The People

R.E.M.

4/5

Whoa...I knew some REM songs, of course, but this album is...amazing?

Fear Of Music

Talking Heads

4/5

Amazing.

Back to Basics

Christina Aguilera

3/5

I liked this! I'm as surprised as you are.

Giant Steps

The Boo Radleys

3/5

This probably requires multiple listens for it to "click." I liked it, but probably won't be listening again.

Signing Off

UB40

3/5

Reminded me of high school when I was kind of sort of into reggae.

The Wildest!

Louis Prima

4/5

This must have been so damn fun live. Shocked by how fun this album is.

One Nation Under A Groove

Funkadelic

4/5

Made me want to dance.

You're Living All Over Me

Dinosaur Jr.

3/5

Great guitar sound. Feels influential.

Imagine

John Lennon

2/5

The lyrics feel like they were written by a pretentious 12 year-old. Some nice sounds though...

Aftermath

The Rolling Stones

3/5

That's it? It was fine, but also not super special?

Sunshine Hit Me

The Bees

4/5

Albums like this are why I wanted to do this. This is great and I never would've found it.

Dog Man Star

Suede

2/5

Too britpop/glam for me, but still interesting-ish.

Tidal

Fiona Apple

5/5

Just a really good album by a really good artist.

At Mister Kelly's

Sarah Vaughan

3/5

I mean...it's good. Her voice is great. The vibes are strong. But - and I know I know nothing - it all sounded the same to me.

Don't Come Home A Drinkin' (With Lovin' On Your Mind)

Loretta Lynn

3/5

This one is confusing for me. It sounds good, her voice is good, and the songs all feel straight from Altman's Nashville or a Coen Brothers movie. That's a lot of boxes checked. But, at the same time, the songs are all really similar and man does she need to work on who she dates.

World Clique

Deee-Lite

3/5

I'm embarrassed that I didn't know who sung Groove Is in the Heart prior to listening to this album. Some nice stuff here, but 80s/90s dance music isn't really my genre.

Music From Big Pink

The Band

4/5

Casual and effortless. Dig it.

Rubber Soul

Beatles

3/5

I think I wasn't in the right mood for this because I found a lot of it grating. But, trying to be objective, there are some good/classic songs on this and I understand this little band is somewhat influential, so I'm probably being too harsh in the moment.

Fever To Tell

Yeah Yeah Yeahs

4/5

Hell yeah. Feels a bit dated, but still fun.

Actually

Pet Shop Boys

2/5

Synth pop isn't for me, but I found myself sometimes sorta liking this kinda?