Staff’s Favorite and Least Favorite Albums *
*among those that had at least one review from a staff member more than 10 ratings by them… Here are staff members’ top 25 highest rated albums and top 25 lowest rated albums starting with the best to the worst. I previously scraped all the ratings from every staff reviewed album (which includes every member listed on http://www.sputnikmusic.com/staff.php as well as users morrisey, Hep Kat, and pixiesfanyo) which accounts for 7830 albums, 7446 of which had at least one rating by a staff member (some users don’t rate the albums they review). I chose 10 ratings as a cutoff because ¯_(ツ)_/¯ which retained 999 albums or about 12.7% of all albums. Data presented is the average album rating, amount of staff ratings as well as their average, and the max rating for the low rated albums and the minimum rating for the high rated albums. All data was scraped circa March 20th. |
50 | | Charles Mingus The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady
Overall Sputnik Rating: 4.607
Number of Staff Ratings: 10, Staff Rating: 4.75
Lowest Staff Rating: 5 tied with a Rating of 4.5 |
49 | | Stevie Wonder Songs in the Key of Life
Overall Sputnik Rating: 4.524
Number of Staff Ratings: 10, Staff Rating: 4.7
Lowest Staff Rating: 2 tied with a Rating of 4 |
48 | | Godspeed You! Black Emperor Slow Riot For New Zero Kanada
Overall Sputnik Rating: 4.489
Number of Staff Ratings: 25, Staff Rating: 4.604
Lowest Staff Rating: SowingSeason, Rating: 3.5 |
47 | | DJ Shadow Endtroducing...
Overall Sputnik Rating: 4.521
Number of Staff Ratings: 32, Staff Rating: 4.562
Lowest Staff Rating: AliW1993, Rating: 3.5 |
46 | | Wu-Tang Clan Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
Overall Sputnik Rating: 4.61
Number of Staff Ratings: 26, Staff Rating: 4.538
Lowest Staff Rating: mynameischan, Rating: 3 |
45 | | Sun Kil Moon Ghosts of the Great Highway
Overall Sputnik Rating: 4.164
Number of Staff Ratings: 11, Staff Rating: 4.527
Lowest Staff Rating: Electric+City, Rating: 3.8 |
44 | | Manic Street Preachers The Holy Bible
Overall Sputnik Rating: 4.404
Number of Staff Ratings: 12, Staff Rating: 4.525
Lowest Staff Rating: 4 tied with a Rating of 4 |
43 | | Megadeth Rust in Peace
Rating: 4.575
Number of Staff Ratings: 27, Staff Rating: 4.463
Lowest Staff Rating: Trebor., Rating: 3 |
42 | | The Zombies Odessey and Oracle
Overall Sputnik Rating: 4.428
Number of Staff Ratings: 11, Staff Rating: 4.455
Lowest Staff Rating: 2 tied with a Rating of 3.5 |
41 | | Elliott Smith Either/Or
Overall Sputnik Rating: 4.501
Number of Staff Ratings: 18, Staff Rating: 4.444
Lowest Staff Rating: morrissey, Rating: 3.5 |
40 | | Converge Jane Doe
Overall Sputnik Rating: 4.399
Number of Staff Ratings: 43, Staff Rating: 4.442
Lowest Staff Rating: 3 tied with a Rating of 3 |
39 | | Bathory Blood Fire Death
Overall Sputnik Rating: 4.379
Number of Staff Ratings: 15, Staff Rating: 4.433
Lowest Staff Rating: 2 tied with a Rating of 3.5 |
38 | | Nick Drake Five Leaves Left
Overall Sputnik Rating: 4.319
Number of Staff Ratings: 13, Staff Rating: 4.423
Lowest Staff Rating: 2 tied with a Rating of 3.5 |
37 | | Pink Floyd Wish You Were Here
Overall Sputnik Rating: 4.641
Number of Staff Ratings: 28, Staff Rating: 4.418
Lowest Staff Rating: AliW1993, Rating: 2 |
36 | | Judas Priest Painkiller
Overall Sputnik Rating: 4.511
Number of Staff Ratings: 12, Staff Rating: 4.417
Lowest Staff Rating: Iai, Rating: 3 |
35 | | Gospel The Moon Is a Dead World
Overall Sputnik Rating: 4.408
Number of Staff Ratings: 18, Staff Rating: 4.417
Lowest Staff Rating: 7 tied with a Rating of 4 |
34 | | The Weakerthans Left and Leaving
Overall Sputnik Rating: 4.191
Number of Staff Ratings: 12, Staff Rating: 4.417
Lowest Staff Rating: AliW1993, Rating: 3 |
33 | | The Smiths The Queen Is Dead
Overall Sputnik Rating: 4.453
Number of Staff Ratings: 23, Staff Rating: 4.413
Lowest Staff Rating: DoofusWainwright, Rating: 2.5 |
32 | | Say Anything ...Is a Real Boy
Overall Sputnik Rating: 4.221
Number of Staff Ratings: 19, Staff Rating: 4.411
Lowest Staff Rating: 204409, Rating: 2.5 |
31 | | Built to Spill Keep It Like a Secret
Overall Sputnik Rating: 4.229
Number of Staff Ratings: 11, Staff Rating: 4.409
Lowest Staff Rating: 5 tied with a Rating of 4 |
30 | | The Smiths Hatful of Hollow
Overall Sputnik Rating: 4.445
Number of Staff Ratings: 11, Staff Rating: 4.409
Lowest Staff Rating: AliW1993, Rating: 3 |
29 | | Off Minor The Heat Death of the Universe
Overall Sputnik Rating: 4.36
Number of Staff Ratings: 16, Staff Rating: 4.406
Lowest Staff Rating: 8 tied with a Rating of 4 |
28 | | mewithoutYou Brother, Sister
Overall Sputnik Rating: 4.34
Number of Staff Ratings: 21, Staff Rating: 4.405
Lowest Staff Rating: Trebor., Rating: 2.5 |
27 | | Devin Townsend Terria
Overall Sputnik Rating: 4.303
Number of Staff Ratings: 10, Staff Rating: 4.4
Lowest Staff Rating: 3 tied with a Rating of 4 |
26 | | Burzum Hvis Lyset Tar Oss
Overall Sputnik Rating: 4.338
Number of Staff Ratings: 17, Staff Rating: 4.394
Lowest Staff Rating: Willie, Rating: 3.2 |
25 | | Bullet for My Valentine Fever
Overall Sputnik Rating: 2.638
Number of Staff Ratings: 12, Staff Rating: 2.25
Highest Staff Rating: Gameofmetal, Rating: 3.5 |
24 | | Avenged Sevenfold Avenged Sevenfold
Overall Sputnik Rating: 2.768
Number of Staff Ratings: 25, Staff Rating: 2.24
Highest Staff Rating: Irving, Rating: 3.5 |
23 | | Paramore Paramore
Overall Sputnik Rating: 2.783
Number of Staff Ratings: 12, Staff Rating: 2.233
Highest Staff Rating: DaveyBoy, Rating: 3.3 |
22 | | Mumford and Sons Sigh No More
Overall Sputnik Rating: 3.402
Number of Staff Ratings: 11, Staff Rating: 2.227
Highest Staff Rating: 2 tied with a Rating of 3.5 |
21 | | Green Day 21st Century Breakdown
Overall Sputnik Rating: 2.616
Number of Staff Ratings: 18, Staff Rating: 2.206
Highest Staff Rating: SowingSeason, Rating: 3.7 |
20 | | Sum 41 Screaming Bloody Murder
Overall Sputnik Rating: 2.545
Number of Staff Ratings: 10, Staff Rating: 2.2
Highest Staff Rating: 3 tied with a Rating of 3 |
19 | | Children of Bodom Blooddrunk
Overall Sputnik Rating: 2.528
Number of Staff Ratings: 14, Staff Rating: 2.179
Highest Staff Rating: 3 tied with a Rating of 3 |
18 | | Britney Spears ...Baby One More Time
Overall Sputnik Rating: 2.311
Number of Staff Ratings: 10, Staff Rating: 2.15
Highest Staff Rating: Liberi+Fatali, Rating: 4 |
17 | | Green Day ¡UNO!
Overall Sputnik Rating: 2.464
Number of Staff Ratings: 14, Staff Rating: 2.143
Highest Staff Rating: 2 tied with a Rating of 3.5 |
16 | | Atreyu Lead Sails Paper Anchor
Overall Sputnik Rating: 2.507
Number of Staff Ratings: 11, Staff Rating: 2.136
Highest Staff Rating: theacademy, Rating: 5 |
15 | | Korn The Path of Totality
Overall Sputnik Rating: 1.994
Number of Staff Ratings: 12, Staff Rating: 2.125
Highest Staff Rating: theacademy, Rating: 5 |
14 | | Jay-Z The Blueprint 3
Overall Sputnik Rating: 2.7
Number of Staff Ratings: 10, Staff Rating: 2.1
Highest Staff Rating: kingsoby1, Rating: 3 |
13 | | In Flames Siren Charms
Overall Sputnik Rating: 2.219
Number of Staff Ratings: 12, Staff Rating: 2.067
Highest Staff Rating: linguist2011, Rating: 3 |
12 | | Linkin Park Minutes to Midnight
Overall Sputnik Rating: 2.557
Number of Staff Ratings: 23, Staff Rating: 2.043
Highest Staff Rating: beachdude, Rating: 3.5 |
11 | | Burzum Daudi Baldrs
Overall Sputnik Rating: 2.184
Number of Staff Ratings: 10, Staff Rating: 2
Highest Staff Rating: 3 tied with a Rating of 2.5 |
10 | | Eminem Encore
Overall Sputnik Rating: 2.512
Number of Staff Ratings: 16, Staff Rating: 1.969
Highest Staff Rating: Metalstyles, Rating: 3 |
9 | | Megadeth Super Collider
Overall Sputnik Rating: 1.968
Number of Staff Ratings: 15, Staff Rating: 1.967
Highest Staff Rating: 4 tied with a Rating of 2.5 |
8 | | Nickelback Dark Horse
Overall Sputnik Rating: 1.67
Number of Staff Ratings: 14, Staff Rating: 1.893
Highest Staff Rating: Iluvatar, Rating: 4.5 |
7 | | Muse The 2nd Law
Overall Sputnik Rating: 2.603
Number of Staff Ratings: 10, Staff Rating: 1.88
Highest Staff Rating: 2 tied with a Rating of 3 |
6 | | A Perfect Circle eMOTIVe
Overall Sputnik Rating: 2.601
Number of Staff Ratings: 13, Staff Rating: 1.846
Highest Staff Rating: 2 tied with a Rating of 3 |
5 | | Trivium The Crusade
Overall Sputnik Rating: 2.544
Number of Staff Ratings: 11, Staff Rating: 1.818
Highest Staff Rating: 3 tied with a Rating of 2.5 |
4 | | dredg Chuckles & Mr. Squeezy
Overall Sputnik Rating: 1.802
Number of Staff Ratings: 11, Staff Rating: 1.773
Highest Staff Rating: Iluvatar, Rating: 3 |
3 | | Weezer Make Believe
Overall Sputnik Rating: 2.311
Number of Staff Ratings: 15, Staff Rating: 1.533
Highest Staff Rating: SowingSeason, Rating: 3 |
2 | | Lou Reed and Metallica Lulu
Overall Sputnik Rating: 1.415
Number of Staff Ratings: 18, Staff Rating: 1.444
Highest Staff Rating: Irving, Rating: 4 |
1 | | Soulja Boy Souljaboytellem.com
Overall Sputnik Rating: 1.213
Number of Staff Ratings: 10, Staff Rating: 1.25
Highest Staff Rating: ExplosiveOranges, Rating: 2 |
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