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Album	You	Global	Diff
Bandwagonesque Teenage Fanclub	5	3.07	+1.93
Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo Devo	5	3.15	+1.85
Marcus Garvey Burning Spear	5	3.19	+1.81
Juju Siouxsie And The Banshees	5	3.33	+1.67
Hot Rats Frank Zappa	5	3.35	+1.65
It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back Public Enemy	5	3.36	+1.64
Stankonia OutKast	5	3.55	+1.45
OK Talvin Singh	4	2.56	+1.44
Bringing It All Back Home Bob Dylan	5	3.63	+1.37
good kid, m.A.A.d city Kendrick Lamar	5	3.64	+1.36

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Led Zeppelin II Led Zeppelin	1	4.1	-3.1
Van Halen Van Halen	1	3.62	-2.62
Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots The Flaming Lips	1	3.57	-2.57
Natty Dread Bob Marley & The Wailers	1	3.56	-2.56
Tidal Fiona Apple	1	3.46	-2.46
Parachutes Coldplay	1	3.46	-2.46
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers	1	3.38	-2.38
At Fillmore East The Allman Brothers Band	1	3.37	-2.37
Slippery When Wet Bon Jovi	1	3.29	-2.29
American Pie Don McLean	1	3.28	-2.28

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Artist	Albums	Average
Steely Dan	3	4.33

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Artist	Albums	Average
Led Zeppelin	2	1.5
Coldplay	2	1.5
Bob Marley & The Wailers	2	1.5

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Popular Reviews

Tidal

Fiona Apple · 1 likes

1/5

Criminal is just that. Each word seems to have like 40 syllables when she sings. All the songs also kinda sound the same...I found it boring. I wanted to like this! I just couldn't find anything that grabbed me.

1-Star Albums (26)

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The Stone Roses

4/5

This was so fun! Devin loves the stone roses and I was surprised I hadn’t given it a proper listen. I think I confused it with queens of the Stone Age. Anyway, good shoot and a great way to start the project!

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector

Various Artists

3/5

This is a great Christmas album but tbh I’m over Christmas by Christmas Day lol. Would have been nice a week ago 0:)

Blackstar

David Bowie

4/5

I don't hate this, which is weird because historically I have hated every Bowie song I've heard. Every time my husband was playing music on his phone and there was a track I just COULDN'T STAND, it ended up being Bowie. Anyway. This is a pretty good album with reduced theatrics. Confusingly, I immediately want to give it another listen.

OK Computer

Radiohead

2/5

I want to like Radiohead but for some reason the bass is just overwhelming and everything sounds 30% funkier than it needs to.

Rust Never Sleeps

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

4/5

Good shoot

Moondance

Van Morrison

3/5

boring, sorry

Led Zeppelin

2/5

I really do not like blues

Deloused in the Comatorium

The Mars Volta

2/5

I hate this so much lol. Emo with no nostalgia for me, so I’m forced to confront what it actually is. Also funny how much I love post rock and hate prog rock.

Slippery When Wet

Bon Jovi

1/5

I hate hair metal so much omg. I did TRY to listen to this but I’m losing hope that this list is gonna be anything other than dad rock

Greetings From L.A.

Tim Buckley

1/5

I suppose I enjoyed this more than Jeff Buckley but it’s fairly boring womanizing and wailing

Exile On Main Street

The Rolling Stones

2/5

Rocks Off is a really fun opener- big fan of the trumpets. Despite not being the last track, Shine a Light was an impressive closer. Overall, there were moments of greatness but I wasn’t a huge fan.

Shalimar

Rahul Dev Burman

2/5

At least it’s not more Bowie. Fun for a little something different, but something you HAVE to listen to before you die? Nah. 10 Ragas to a Disco Beat is way more interesting. Weird choice to put a movie soundtrack on here, anyway.

Here Are the Sonics

The Sonics

4/5

Improbably, I really like this. If some songs weren’t so overplayed it would be a revelation.

The Doors

4/5

Iconic.

Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo

Devo

5/5

A lot of music I listen to is pretty depressing- Devo is a perfect antidote.

Dare!

The Human League

3/5

I forgot this album as I was listening to it.

Underwater Moonlight

The Soft Boys

3/5

This album...was 2 1/2 hours long. I didn't hate it but man that's hard to review after one listen.

Moving Pictures

Rush

2/5

There was some cool postrock stuff going on, completely ruined when they started singing though. YYZ was surprisingly good.

Chicago Transit Authority

Chicago

3/5

THIS is Chicago???? There were some really cool moments on this album. I’d listen again.

Hot Rats

Frank Zappa

5/5

this is my fave Zappa album, I love this era of freak jazz

Vol. 4

Black Sabbath

3/5

This was surprisingly cool. Turns out the radio plays their worst songs, who knew!

Fisherman's Blues

The Waterboys

2/5

I suffered through the first disk but I can't make myself listen to the second. It's not TERRIBLE just....terribly boring. The singer sounds a bit like Bob Dylan (derogatory).

Bryter Layter

Nick Drake

2/5

I've always disliked Nick Drake, despite loving singer-songwriters in general. Maybe it was the unintelligible mumbling on Pink Moon. Maybe it was the Dave Matthews-style voice. In any case, I failed to find the genius. This album, however...was almost enjoyable. It could grow on me.

British Steel

Judas Priest

2/5

This is so...of its era. Not a fan of any of it. Homie has PIPES though

The Score

Fugees

3/5

Whoa. This is fun. Super 90's. This covered a lot of musical ground/genres.

Bandwagonesque

Teenage Fanclub

5/5

Devin loves this so it was super enjoyable for me.

Germfree Adolescents

X-Ray Spex

2/5

This is not my favorite genre of punk

At Fillmore East

The Allman Brothers Band

1/5

I really don't like blues. I typically hate live albums. This was the worst of both worlds...couldn't finish it.

Van Halen

1/5

deedledeeeeWAAAAAAAO AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH baby mama Wyannnnowww. This was..not my jam.

Welcome To The Pleasuredome

Frankie Goes To Hollywood

3/5

This was truly wild. I don’t usually like synth-y 80’s stuff but this was fun, meandering, covered a lot of ground

Night Life

Ray Price

2/5

hmmm I like old country but this is a lil too honky tonk for me.

A Rush Of Blood To The Head

Coldplay

2/5

Divorce music

Blood And Chocolate

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

1/5

Boooooo tomato tomato

The Yes Album

Yes

2/5

Channel Orange

Frank Ocean

2/5

eh I don't really like R&B. This almost went some cool places but I just didn't get it.

Aha Shake Heartbreak

Kings of Leon

1/5

OOooooooOoooooooO

Illmatic

Nas

3/5

A little monotonous for me. Cool album but not really my style

You Want It Darker

Leonard Cohen

4/5

Not my favorite Leonard cohen album but I like it

Heaven Or Las Vegas

Cocteau Twins

4/5

howeveh aega? woma ha ve ha ve hom ne to meeee. This is a fun classic album that I thought was in like French at first.

Groovin'

The Young Rascals

2/5

Unmemorable, sorry

Talvin Singh

4/5

This is the kind of stuff I love to see on this list- something I never would have discovered on my own!

Stankonia

OutKast

5/5

this freakin rules

Marcus Garvey

Burning Spear

5/5

Surf's Up

The Beach Boys

2/5

Not my favorite Beach Boys album, I guess they left their best work on the 16 records prior to this one

Murmur

R.E.M.

2/5

West of the Fields almost sounded like the Smiths so that was cool. The rest of the album….ehhh fairly boring as is often the case for “pioneering” bands and those that engineer a particular sound

Axis: Bold As Love

Jimi Hendrix

3/5

Picture Book

Simply Red

1/5

Mr. Tambourine Man

The Byrds

3/5

Live Through This

Hole

4/5

Damn this was great.

Closer

Joy Division

4/5

Nice

Hms Fable

Shack

1/5

A Seat at the Table

Solange

2/5

This sounds like Christina Aguilera on benzodiazepines. This is the most boring and restrained shit I have heard in my life.

Deja Vu

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

5/5

A perfect album.

Chemtrails Over The Country Club

Lana Del Rey

4/5

Live At The Regal

B.B. King

3/5

The Specials

4/5

Maxinquaye

Tricky

2/5

What was this actually

#1 Record

Big Star

4/5

Sometimes this tends towards the overly theatrical 80’s vocals but in general I like it, I was really only familiar with them through Elliott Smith’s covers

Viva Hate

Morrissey

4/5

Morrissey

Juju

Siouxsie And The Banshees

5/5

Catch A Fire

Bob Marley & The Wailers

2/5

Dude every song sounds the same. I’m sure this is good? I just don’t get it

Teenage Head

Flamin' Groovies

1/5

Teenage Head? I feel like these guys should be on a different list if you know what I mean. This is the first album I couldn’t finish.

Natty Dread

Bob Marley & The Wailers

1/5

Talking Timbuktu

Ali Farka Touré

3/5

Good album, I used to love it but it’s just alright these days

1977

Ash

4/5

Ok surprising w? This is from 77?????

Street Life

The Crusaders

2/5

ok i like this but in a muzak way and not an active listening way?

The Genius Of Ray Charles

Ray Charles

3/5

Palo Congo

Sabu

3/5

The Stranger

Billy Joel

2/5

This is some trite shit

It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back

Public Enemy

5/5

Who among us does not love public enemy?

Tidal

Fiona Apple

1/5

Talking With the Taxman About Poetry

Billy Bragg

1/5

This sucks lmao

Pelican West

Haircut 100

2/5

More Brit pop from the 80’s, yay

Pretzel Logic

Steely Dan

4/5

I love Steely Dan but this isn’t my fave of theirs. Still more solid than 90% of this list

Sheer Heart Attack

Queen

2/5

I’m sorry. I hate Queen. I know I’m wrong but I just cannot STAND them. It’s too theatrical and over-the-top in the same way hair metal is.

I See You

The xx

1/5

I have lost all faith in the list by this point. I’m starting to think the it’s a punishment and we’re misunderstanding the title. Only after listening to these 1001 albums may we be allowed the sweet kiss of death.

good kid, m.A.A.d city

Kendrick Lamar

5/5

Better Living Through Chemistry

Fatboy Slim

4/5

Huh. I happened to wake and bake in the morning before I listened to this, so maybe I was in the perfect headspace to appreciate this album. Kinda made me feel like I was in a Fast and Furious movie. Or a 90's programming montage. It was cool. I'd listen again.

The Age Of The Understatement

The Last Shadow Puppets

3/5

I'm almost disappointed in how much I enjoyed this. And yet..I did.

Ready To Die

The Notorious B.I.G.

3/5

Sound of Silver

LCD Soundsystem

3/5

Born In The U.S.A.

Bruce Springsteen

3/5

Music in Exile

Songhoy Blues

4/5

Venus Luxure No. 1 Baby

Girls Against Boys

2/5

this is like Bleach-era Nirvana, but completely unenjoyable.

Hypnotised

The Undertones

2/5

yawn

Go Girl Crazy

The Dictators

2/5

Ten

Pearl Jam

3/5

Paranoid

Black Sabbath

3/5

Countdown To Ecstasy

Steely Dan

4/5

STEELY DAN

Morrison Hotel

The Doors

4/5

hell yeah the Doors

The Beach Boys Today!

The Beach Boys

4/5

I like the beach boys

Tarkus

Emerson, Lake & Palmer

4/5

oh no I really enjoyed this :/

Hail To the Thief

Radiohead

2/5

Songs From The Big Chair

Tears For Fears

3/5

Immigrés

Youssou N'Dour

3/5

Vibes. This was fun

Blue Lines

Massive Attack

2/5

Boring

Deep Purple In Rock

Deep Purple

2/5

The organ in this was kind of fun, but overall it was pretty generic stuff. Maybe more groundbreaking in 1970

Beach Samba

Astrud Gilberto

3/5

Vibey. Good background music

Band On The Run

Paul McCartney and Wings

4/5

Southern Rock Opera

Drive-By Truckers

1/5

This sounds like a band lab-grown to soundtrack a rodeo parking lot. Even in the most ideal setting: a multi-day bender, drunk in a dive bar, hearing them live…I’d still fucking hate it.

Highway 61 Revisited

Bob Dylan

4/5

The Bones Of What You Believe

CHVRCHES

3/5

Kenya

Machito

4/5

Dirt

Alice In Chains

2/5

I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight

Richard Thompson

3/5

This was unusual- I would spin again as background music. Very evocative of the time it was released.

American Pie

Don McLean

1/5

awful

Out of Step

Minor Threat

1/5

Boring

Can't Buy A Thrill

Steely Dan

5/5

Chelsea Girl

Nico

1/5

Remain In Light

Talking Heads

5/5

This rules

Electric Ladyland

Jimi Hendrix

3/5

Didn’t hate it as much as I thought I would, this went some cool places

My Generation

The Who

2/5

I had some preconceived notions about the Who and you know what? they're not as bad as I thought they were. turns out you really can go places on ketamine.

London Calling

The Clash

3/5

Bringing It All Back Home

Bob Dylan

5/5

Reggatta De Blanc

The Police

2/5

Back to Mystery City

Hanoi Rocks

2/5