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Album	You	Global	Diff
Scum Napalm Death	5	2.08	+2.92
KEAH** (Psalm 69) Ministry	5	2.7	+2.3
Out of Step Minor Threat	5	2.94	+2.06
Spiderland Slint	5	2.97	+2.03
O.G. Original Gangster Ice T	5	2.98	+2.02
Nighthawks At The Diner Tom Waits	5	3	+2
No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith (Live) Motörhead	5	3.07	+1.93
Heartattack And Vine Tom Waits	5	3.07	+1.93
Songs From A Room Leonard Cohen	5	3.16	+1.84
Spy Vs. Spy: The Music Of Ornette Coleman John Zorn	4	2.24	+1.76

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Songs For Swingin' Lovers! Frank Sinatra	1	3.52	-2.52
Dusty In Memphis Dusty Springfield	1	3.47	-2.47
Lost In The Dream The War On Drugs	1	3.38	-2.38
Sunday At The Village Vanguard Bill Evans Trio	1	3.31	-2.31
Since I Left You The Avalanches	1	3.28	-2.28
The Soft Bulletin The Flaming Lips	1	3.28	-2.28
Cross Justice	1	3.27	-2.27
Close To You Carpenters	1	3.13	-2.13
Get Rich Or Die Tryin' 50 Cent	1	3.07	-2.07
White Ladder David Gray	1	3.06	-2.06

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Artist	Albums	Average
Black Sabbath	2	5
Tom Waits	2	5
Leonard Cohen	2	5
Led Zeppelin	3	4.33

5-Star Albums (31)

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California

American Music Club · 1 likes

2/5

At least it was better than Mariah Carey’s bullshit.

Parachutes

Coldplay · 1 likes

2/5

That was not good but it was significantly better than Mariah Carey’s bullshit.

Vol. 4

Black Sabbath · 1 likes

5/5

One of the best ever. Easy 5.

Music in Exile

Songhoy Blues · 1 likes

3/5

I liked this. I did myself a disservice by looking up the genre before listening. Seeing it listed as ‘desert blues’ set up wild expectations that it was not able to meet. Maybe a future album will include Brant Bjork and John Garcia.

Scum

Napalm Death · 1 likes

5/5

People out here giving this a 1 when I had to listen to that bullshit Mariah Carey album.

1-Star Albums (15)

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Head Hunters

Herbie Hancock

4/5

Tommy!

Sunday At The Village Vanguard

Bill Evans Trio

1/5

I respect it but did not enjoy it even a little bit.

Back To Black

Amy Winehouse

3/5

Better than expected. Very charismatic and catchy.

A Hard Day's Night

Beatles

2/5

The singles are decent. Mostly filler. Later albums are much better.

Ten

Pearl Jam

5/5

Great album. Distinctly remember repeatedly listening to the cassette back in the early 90s and watching the Jeremy video on repeat at 9 years old, even though my mom denies that happening. I’d give it a 4.5 if I could so I’m rounding up.

Spy Vs. Spy: The Music Of Ornette Coleman

John Zorn

4/5

My kind of jazz. Sounds like my life most days.

Bat Out Of Hell

Meat Loaf

3/5

I used to frequent pool halls in my early 20s and the only stuff I liked even a little bit was Meat Loaf or The Doors. I’d stack my money on the long songs from both and one time this guy got in my face because he was upset his Disturbed and Papa Roach songs were taking too long to play.

All Hail the Queen

Queen Latifah

2/5

Definitely better than I thought but good grief, needs an editor for sure. Should be 35 minutes max. Some good songs but a ton of filler.

Brothers In Arms

Dire Straits

2/5

This makes me feel incredibly old. When I was a kid I’d have called it dad rock. Now that I’m a dad I guess I’ll call it grandpa rock. Some good solos but way too long and boring.

The Good, The Bad & The Queen

2/5

It’s a 2, but a stronger 2 than Dire Straits. Sounds like If Murder by Death wasn’t very good.

Smash

The Offspring

3/5

Not bad. Would be better as an EP because it gets old about halfway through.

Arular

M.I.A.

3/5

I have no idea what I just listened to but I liked it.

Vivid

Living Colour

4/5

Great classic rock album. Love the guitar tone and the vocals.

KIWANUKA

Michael Kiwanuka

4/5

I had never heard of this before and didn’t know what to expect. Really enjoyed it. Great voice and the music compliments it extremely well.

Live!

Fela Kuti

3/5

Afrobeat is a new genre to me and I really enjoyed this one, especially the drum solo.

Music in Exile

Songhoy Blues

3/5

Since I Left You

The Avalanches

1/5

Why in the world did I need to hear this. This was bad.

Licensed To Ill

Beastie Boys

5/5

I see Beasties, I give 5.

Buffalo Springfield Again

Buffalo Springfield

3/5

Neil Young rules.

Treasure

Cocteau Twins

3/5

Dreamgaze!

The Clash

3/5

Way better than London Calling.

Close To You

Carpenters

1/5

This is some of the whitest shit I’ve ever heard.

The Rolling Stones

3/5

Had never heard a full album before, just the hits. Better than expected, though I much prefer The Doors if we’re talking rock of this era.

Tubular Bells

Mike Oldfield

2/5

Not bad but was expecting something different from the word ‘tubular’ #TMNT

Marquee Moon

Television

5/5

Always meant to listen but never did. Next level guitar leads here. Love it.

White Blood Cells

The White Stripes

5/5

Jack White rules. One of the best guitar tones in popular music. It feels like a blanket on a cold winter night.

Spiderland

Slint

5/5

Post-rock royalty. Easy 5.

Ellington at Newport

Duke Ellington

2/5

Way too long.

Fear Of A Black Planet

Public Enemy

4/5

Hell yes. Love this album but if we’re being real it could be 20 minutes shorter. Would probably be a 5 then.

Get Rich Or Die Tryin'

50 Cent

1/5

Rounding up to a 1.

Emperor Tomato Ketchup

Stereolab

3/5

I like a good drone.

The Score

Fugees

4/5

Wow The Fugees. Who knew? Dig it but could be 20 minutes shorter.

The Soft Bulletin

The Flaming Lips

1/5

I waited 58 minutes for some 🔥🔥🔥 and it never came.

Haunted Dancehall

The Sabres Of Paradise

1/5

Perhaps the best yet of the albums I don’t like. Very solid 1.

Back In Black

AC/DC

3/5

The hits are good (really good) but about half the album is average at best.

Django Django

2/5

I liked about half of this.

Hot Rats

Frank Zappa

4/5

Now this is jazz that I can get down to. Insane leads.

White Ladder

David Gray

1/5

I am not old enough or white enough to like this.

She's So Unusual

Cyndi Lauper

3/5

Gargs just wanna have fun.

Black Monk Time

The Monks

3/5

Pretty good, especially for the era.

There's A Riot Goin' On

Sly & The Family Stone

3/5

First album from Sly. I liked it but didn’t love it. Interested in hearing more.

Pretenders

4/5

Had never heard this before. I liked it quite a bit. Good early 80s UK punk.

Darkness on the Edge of Town

Bruce Springsteen

3/5

I like The Boss and his million dollar blue collar haircut. I’ve only heard this album and ‘Nebraska’ though, and Nebraska is much better.

Sail Away

Randy Newman

2/5

I was excited when I thought this was going to be Gary Numan.

Coat Of Many Colors

Dolly Parton

2/5

Better than expected, but the guitars could use some fuzz.

Music for the Masses

Depeche Mode

3/5

Had never heard them before. I dig it. You can definitely hear where they influenced bands that would come later.

A Northern Soul

The Verve

2/5

I really enjoyed the first and last songs. It was like eating an Oreo with no stuff.

Manassas

Stephen Stills

2/5

I like Stephen Stills. I do not like 72 minutes of Stephen Stills.

Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music

Ray Charles

2/5

I like the songs individually but I do not enjoy as an album.

The Man Who

Travis

1/5

Just…no.

Untitled (Black Is)

SAULT

3/5

I am pretty skeptical of modern albums deemed ‘you need to hear before you die’ but I was pleasantly surprised by this one. Had never heard of Sault before but I’ll be looking into their other stuff.

Vol. 4

Black Sabbath

5/5

One of the best ever. Easy 5.

Tea for the Tillerman

Cat Stevens

3/5

No you’re crying.

Here Are the Sonics

The Sonics

4/5

I really liked this. Certainly one of the better albums of the era. Wish it had more originals and fewer covers, since I think they’re significantly better.

Like A Prayer

Madonna

2/5

I like the title track. But the rest, woof.

The Köln Concert

Keith Jarrett

2/5

Very talented player but I didn’t particularly enjoy it.

Birth Of The Cool

Miles Davis

3/5

I liked this but if it were any longer I wouldn’t.

I’m a Lonesome Fugitive

Merle Haggard

2/5

Hmmmm.

Deja Vu

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

4/5

AND YOUNG.

Songs For Swingin' Lovers!

Frank Sinatra

1/5

This was awful and I was miserable listening to it.

Technique

New Order

3/5

Shadows cast loud and clear. Tell the world the New Order’s here.

...And Justice For All

Metallica

5/5

Not quite at the level of Ride and Master, but Blackened and Dyers Eve are top 5 songs in their discography, so rounding up from a 4.5.

Elvis Presley

3/5

Hmmm. I guess I like Elvis.

The Libertines

2/5

I had never heard them before. I dig and will definitely be checking out more.

All Directions

The Temptations

3/5

I had never heard them before. I dig and will definitely be checking out more.

When I Was Born For The 7th Time

Cornershop

3/5

I liked the songs that were mostly instrumental. And then Spotify auto played into Ill Communication, which was even cooler.

Lost In The Dream

The War On Drugs

1/5

For a band with ‘war’ and ‘drugs’ in their name, this was some of the most vanilla shit I’ve ever heard.

Truth

Jeff Beck

4/5

I always saw Jeff Beck albums when looking for Jason Becker as a kid but never listened to him. Wish I would have, quite enjoyed this one.

Lost Souls

Doves

3/5

This one was much better than the other English indie BS we’ve listened to so far.

Dusty In Memphis

Dusty Springfield

1/5

What

Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables

Dead Kennedys

5/5

One of the best ever.

Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde

The Pharcyde

4/5

I had never heard of this one before, it was fun!

Jack Takes the Floor

Ramblin' Jack Elliott

3/5

This kind of country I can get behind.

Physical Graffiti

Led Zeppelin

4/5

I really dig it but it’s a bit long.

Nighthawks At The Diner

Tom Waits

5/5

While I tend to prefer the barbed wire gargles of Swordfishtrombones and later, this one is absolutely a 5. No better storyteller in music.

Slanted And Enchanted

Pavement

4/5

Somehow have never heard these guys. Love it! Slacker rock rules.

Harvest

Neil Young

5/5

Easy 5. The Needle and the Damage Done is an all timer.

Doolittle

Pixies

5/5

Who knew there was more to The Pixies than Orange Cassidy’s entrance theme?

Butterfly

Mariah Carey

1/5

This is the first album I thought about skipping. I had a terrible time. Why doesn’t she stop singing and gurgling?

Led Zeppelin III

Led Zeppelin

4/5

Good, but a couple steps down from their others. I would normally give it a 3 but it gets a 4 since it came the day after that Mariah Carey bullshit.

You Want It Darker

Leonard Cohen

5/5

This was incredible. The minimal music and the way his delivery plays with it is excellent. And the lyrics are very thought provoking.

Dirt

Alice In Chains

5/5

One of my favorite albums of all time. Cantrell and Staley were unbeatable. Such a heavy album for the mainstream attention it got.

Vauxhall And I

Morrissey

3/5

It wasn’t bad. Pretty surprised honestly.

People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm

A Tribe Called Quest

4/5

Love some Tribe.

Live At The Harlem Square Club

Sam Cooke

4/5

What a voice.

Pearl

Janis Joplin

4/5

I’d love to hear her sing over some RIFFS.

Shadowland

k.d. lang

2/5

Meat does suck, but KD isn’t much better.

Hard Again

Muddy Waters

4/5

Hell yeah.

Rapture

Anita Baker

1/5

It wasn’t as bad as Mariah Carey but damn thus was bad.

Black Sabbath

5/5

Hell yes. Most important album of all time.

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

David Bowie

4/5

David Bowie is good. Who knew?

They Were Wrong, So We Drowned

Liars

3/5

I liked it. Didnt love it.

Face to Face

The Kinks

4/5

It’s like if the first few Beatles albums were good.

Bringing It All Back Home

Bob Dylan

4/5

Love some Dylan.

Deep Purple In Rock

Deep Purple

5/5

Best Purple album by a mile. Bonus points for Child in Time being a major influence for Rob Halford.

Scum

Napalm Death

5/5

People out here giving this a 1 when I had to listen to that bullshit Mariah Carey album.

Adele

2/5

This was very boring but at least it wasn’t as bad as Mariah Carey or 50 Cent.

The Yes Album

Yes

4/5

Yaaaaaassssss

KE*A*H** (Psalm 69)

Ministry

5/5

GOAT album.

G. Love And Special Sauce

G. Love & Special Sauce

3/5

Three all beef patties

This Is Hardcore

Pulp

2/5

This album does not deserve that cover or that name. But it’s better than Mariah Carey.

Purple Rain

Prince

4/5

Where are The Time?!

Tusk

Fleetwood Mac

2/5

WAY too long.

Devotional Songs

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

2/5

Better than Mariah Carey’s bullshit.

This Is Fats Domino

Fats Domino

3/5

Listened to this before going to see Sunn O)))

Second Toughest In The Infants

Underworld

2/5

I listened to this on the way home from Sunn O))) and it was way better than Mariah Carey’s bullshit.

Traffic

3/5

It was fine.

Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)

Wu-Tang Clan

5/5

Dolla dolla

Pet Sounds

The Beach Boys

5/5

Wouldn’t it be nice to get good albums every day?

No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith (Live)

Motörhead

5/5

Generally not a live album guy, but if I want one this is one of the few I’ll reach for.

John Barleycorn Must Die

Traffic

3/5

This one was much better than the self titled.

Brothers

The Black Keys

3/5

This was much better than I thought it would be. Would be a 4 if it were 20 minutes shorter.

Raw Like Sushi

Neneh Cherry

2/5

At first I thought it was going to be pretty good. It got old quick though and wasn’t very into it after 3 songs. Still significantly better than Mariah Carey’s bullshit.

The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan

4/5

Bob Dylan rules. I think Abraham Lincoln said that.

Maggot Brain

Funkadelic

5/5

Insane album. The guitar work is top notch.

Tres Hombres

ZZ Top

5/5

Groovy.

Joan Armatrading

2/5

This was not good but it was at least twice as good as that Mariah Carey bullshit.

The Bones Of What You Believe

CHVRCHES

2/5

I know someone who loves this band and I should have known it would be bad based on his other music taste. Still better than Mariah Carey’s bullshit though.

Bryter Layter

Nick Drake

3/5

This made me want to listen to Akuma No Uta so I did.

California

American Music Club

2/5

At least it was better than Mariah Carey’s bullshit.

Out of Step

Minor Threat

5/5

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Franz Ferdinand

3/5

I wasn’t so sure about this one to start but it was want had. Even kind of liked it.

Led Zeppelin IV

Led Zeppelin

5/5

Even if Stairway is overrated, this is still the best Zep album.

O.G. Original Gangster

Ice T

5/5

Top notch rap album.

Cross

Justice

1/5

This was very bad. It’s better than that Mariah Carey bullshit but not enough to get over a 1.

Bayou Country

Creedence Clearwater Revival

5/5

Even though Clutch’s Proud Mary cover is better, this album is still excellent.

Songs From A Room

Leonard Cohen

5/5

Apparently I’m a pretty big Leonard Cohen fan.

...The Dandy Warhols Come Down

The Dandy Warhols

3/5

Based on the band name that had no business being as good as it was.

The Rise & Fall

Madness

2/5

This was not good. But unlike Mariah Carey’s bullshit, I would not leave it in the middle of our street.

Green Onions

Booker T. & The MG's

5/5

5 star! 5 star! 5 star!

808 State

1/5

This was awful but it is still better than Mariah Carey’s bullshit.

Heartattack And Vine

Tom Waits

5/5

Tom Waits gets 5s.

The Doors

5/5

Great album. Love Crystal Ship and The End even though they made me almost get in a fight with a Disturbed fan at the bar.

The Next Day

David Bowie

4/5

David Bowie is more than just Ziggy Stardust - who knew?

My Generation

The Who

4/5

Who gets 4 stars? The Who gets 4 stars!

Shaka Zulu

Ladysmith Black Mambazo

3/5

Pretty good music to chill to. Halford’s Golgotha is much better though.

Parachutes

Coldplay

2/5

That was not good but it was significantly better than Mariah Carey’s bullshit.

Frank

Amy Winehouse

3/5

Not bad but not quite as good as the other one.

Good Old Boys

Randy Newman

2/5

Of every album ever recorded, did we really need 2 Randy Newman albums in the top 1001? Should have subbed one out for Gary at least.

From Elvis In Memphis

Elvis Presley

2/5

This was bad. I liked the first one we listened to but this doesn’t do it for me. Still better than Mariah Carey’s bullshit though.

Now I Got Worry

The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion

4/5

I had never heard of this before and it rules.

The Fat Of The Land

The Prodigy

3/5

Smack my Garg up! Smack my Garg up!

Sea Change

Beck

3/5

That was much better than I thought it would be. Wish it was the one with the sweater song though.

Wish You Were Here

Pink Floyd

5/5

Best Floyd? Best Floyd.

Blood And Chocolate

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

2/5

I gave Coldplay the same score, but if we’re talking rounding, Coldplay was a 1.75 and this was a 2.25.

Scott 2

Scott Walker

4/5

I’d give it a solid 3.5. Not as good as the album with Sunn though.

Brilliant Corners

Thelonious Monk

3/5

Pretty good for background noise while relaxing.

Signing Off

UB40

3/5

Way different than I was expecting based on what I’d heard from them before. I like it but it could definitely be 20 minutes shorter.