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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Aja Steely Dan	5	3.47	+1.53
That's The Way Of The World Earth, Wind & Fire	5	3.5	+1.5
In The Court Of The Crimson King King Crimson	5	3.6	+1.4
Green River Creedence Clearwater Revival	5	3.77	+1.23

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Live Through This Hole	1	3.31	-2.31
Yeezus Kanye West	1	2.75	-1.75
Chocolate Starfish And The Hot Dog Flavored Water Limp Bizkit	1	2.51	-1.51
The Suburbs Arcade Fire	2	3.49	-1.49
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy Kanye West	2	3.4	-1.4
Celebrity Skin Hole	2	3.3	-1.3

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Artist	Albums	Average
Led Zeppelin	2	5

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Artist	Albums	Average
Hole	2	1.5
Kanye West	2	1.5

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Chocolate Starfish And The Hot Dog Flavored Water

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Disintegration

The Cure

3/5

good album if you like that kind of music i guess. for me it's just to monotoneus, they keep "riding" the same chord(s) for way too long, melodies are sometimes catchy/simple/short. But I guess that's the whole appeal to this goth/new wave music. I am more an instrumental guy, but in this case, the singer does help a lot. I actually fell asleep listening to this.

The Chronic

Dr. Dre

3/5

Unwillingly comical, it's "tell me you got low self esteem without telling it" music. reminds me of a southpark episode where cartman tricks butters to put cartmans d..k in his mouth, takes a picture of it and shows it the other kids "look, butters is gay". Pretty weak to use gay as an insult to begin with, but also stating that yourself is taking part in gay behaviour is just extra dumb. No sign of self relfection to see here. Songs are either about making party or dissing other people (or both) Some nice beats though.

Parallel Lines

Blondie

3/5

Blue

Joni Mitchell

3/5

Again, not my cup of tea. I know this is widely considered a masterpiece album. The music (what the instruments play) is quite enjoyable, but then she starts singing... I also know that she is considered a good singer, but the constant "expressive register switching" sounds just annoying after a while. I also didn't "feel" the lyrics. She often just describes a scene, a story, etc. very plain. And her use of, imho, of analogies (e.g. the frozen river on which she wants to skate away--->leaving her problems behind) are so basic.

Born To Run

Bruce Springsteen

3/5

Van Halen

4/5

Eddie van Halen and some other guys make music. some great rock songs, influencal guitar riffs. Band is not overrated (regarding rock bands) but some songs of the album are quite lame. It's not a "perfect" album in my book.

Solid Air

John Martyn

3/5

Aqualung

Jethro Tull

4/5

classic rock album, a bit too much "school girls" in the lyrics, but different times I guess.

Celebrity Skin

Hole

2/5

nobody would know about this band if the lead singer (who was quite hot in the 90s) wouldn't have been married to Kurt. Is this "grunge for girls"?! I've heard worse, but the band is overrated. standard 90s pop rock/grunge.

Songs From The Big Chair

Tears For Fears

3/5

for 80s chart music quite interesting.

Who's Next

The Who

4/5

one of those classic rock albums. famous for a reason. 4 great musicians in a band. nearly a perfect album. 5 of 8 total songs are considered rock classics, over 50 years old, sound of the album is excellent. lyrics are typical for rock songs, can't expect some mindblowing here.

A Hard Day's Night

Beatles

3/5

one, if not the worst Beatles album

The Suburbs

Arcade Fire

2/5

boring

461 Ocean Boulevard

Eric Clapton

3/5

it's ok. expectations were met. I'm familiar with Clapton through listening to Cream and a few of his singles. First full album of Clapton I've heard and no surprises here. easy listening Blues/Rock music.

Opus Dei

Laibach

2/5

pretentious art stuff. their "spiel" gets old really fast. I started skipping through songs after song no.6 on the album. These people think they are so clever and insightful. Their wikipedia page has the length of the new testament. And then there is this quote from them: “We are as much fascists as Hitler was a painter.” But Hitler was actually a painter. Not a very successful, skillful one though. So they are fascists but not skilled ones?!

Aja

Steely Dan

5/5

exceptional music

Tres Hombres

ZZ Top

3/5

The Predator

Ice Cube

3/5

Maverick A Strike

Finley Quaye

3/5

never heard of this guy before. interesting take on reggae music

Vol. 4

Black Sabbath

3/5

not their best album.

If You're Feeling Sinister

Belle & Sebastian

3/5

nice indy pop

That's The Way Of The World

Earth, Wind & Fire

5/5

why don't they like water? ;)

What's Going On

Marvin Gaye

4/5

"father father..we don't need to escalate"...

Wish You Were Here

Pink Floyd

5/5

pretty good

Tidal

Fiona Apple

3/5

nobody understands her :( seriously.. to me it seems every song is about someone who mistreated, didn't understand her, etc. and lyrics wise we got some deep stuff like: "You'll say you understand You'll never understand" Again not my cup of tea. But I'll rate it 3 stars like every other album that is in my opinion well made, authentic music.

Venus Luxure No. 1 Baby

Girls Against Boys

3/5

it's ok I guess.

American IV: The Man Comes Around

Johnny Cash

4/5

in general not a big fan of covers. but this album contains a cover that i think is better than the original.

Forever Changes

Love

3/5

Green River

Creedence Clearwater Revival

5/5

OK Computer

Radiohead

4/5

Chocolate Starfish And The Hot Dog Flavored Water

Limp Bizkit

1/5

super annoying "music" from super annoying people. I have to break the rule by giving this crap 1 star. Tough to listen to the complete album. I gave up at the 20 min. mark when I noticed that this album is over 1 hour and 15 minutes long. What really puts this down in the rating are the singer and lyrics. so dumb and annoying.... did i mention that i find this annoying? ;)

Double Nickels On The Dime

Minutemen

3/5

Two Dancers

Wild Beasts

3/5

Violator

Depeche Mode

3/5

Permission to Land

The Darkness

3/5

don't get me wrong, I like 70s rock music. when it was made in the 70s.... Back in the days this band would be just one of many. Also the singer can be quite annoying

Talking Timbuktu

Ali Farka Touré

3/5

Led Zeppelin II

Led Zeppelin

5/5

one if not the best rock band. 4 great musicians.

Dummy

Portishead

3/5

I would rather listen to the original music they sampled...

Spy Vs. Spy: The Music Of Ornette Coleman

John Zorn

3/5

interesting... I guess this is how every jazz album sounds to people not familiar with jazz music in general. I like listening to Miles Davis, Weather Report, etc. but this is too much for me. also i am missing the "groove"... great musicians nonetheless.

Remedy

Basement Jaxx

3/5

this album is over 25 years old. which proves that music being old is not equal to good music..

You Want It Darker

Leonard Cohen

3/5

Triangle

The Beau Brummels

3/5

The Sounds Of India

Ravi Shankar

3/5

Africa Brasil

Jorge Ben Jor

4/5

Very

Pet Shop Boys

2/5

Lady In Satin

Billie Holiday

3/5

Yeezus

Kanye West

1/5

A horrible person makes horrible music. Also the lyrics are comically stupid. The only time this guy is capable of self-reflection is when he is standing in front of a mirror. That this is considered "work of a genius" says a lot in which world we live today. quite depressing...

Neon Bible

Arcade Fire

3/5

ehhm.... this is the second album of this band that I encountered on this list of 1001 albums. So I am expected to listen to every Beatles album in the future? 1001 sounds like a high number, but not if you take in account the millions of albums/music produced over the last century.

Crooked Rain Crooked Rain

Pavement

3/5

medicore at best

Straight Outta Compton

N.W.A.

3/5

The Village Green Preservation Society

The Kinks

4/5

Palo Congo

Sabu

3/5

Beyond Skin

Nitin Sawhney

2/5

My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

Kanye West

2/5

the second album of this guy i had to listen to... again, a general critic of this 1001 album format. there are millions of albums, and i get it that this bloke "changed his style" on each album... a bit, but one album per artist is enough. The music does change, but his lyrics stay as dumb as before. It's the old "dumb people are confident, smart people have self-doubt" story with this guy and his "music"

Led Zeppelin

5/5

Chore of Enchantment

Giant Sand

2/5

booooooooooring... just adding random noises to your music does not make it more interesting. I won't listen to the whole album, after song 5 I gave up. I would like to give this a 2.5 rating if possible as it's so mediocre.

In The Court Of The Crimson King

King Crimson

5/5

imho, best prog rock album ever created.

White Blood Cells

The White Stripes

3/5

Blood And Chocolate

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

3/5

this represents what i mostly don't like at music with vocals in general. due to his limited voice range, the instruments are also limited. I would compare him to AC/DC. Their songs sound also very similar to each other...

Live Through This

Hole

1/5

is this a joke? this is the second time I get a hole album...

Morrison Hotel

The Doors

3/5

not really their best album... again, one doors album should be enough on this list

Pretenders

3/5

Oracular Spectacular

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