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Album	You	Global	Diff
Ys Joanna Newsom	5	2.8	+2.2
Stephen Stills Stephen Stills	5	3.17	+1.83
Winter In America Gil Scott-Heron	5	3.26	+1.74
Cheap Thrills Big Brother & The Holding Company	5	3.41	+1.59
Ellington at Newport Duke Ellington	5	3.42	+1.58
She's So Unusual Cyndi Lauper	5	3.48	+1.52
Here's Little Richard Little Richard	5	3.55	+1.45
Maggot Brain Funkadelic	5	3.59	+1.41
Devotional Songs Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan	4	2.59	+1.41
Lust For Life Iggy Pop	5	3.6	+1.4

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Ramones Ramones	2	3.56	-1.56
Document R.E.M.	2	3.55	-1.55
Rum Sodomy & The Lash The Pogues	2	3.25	-1.25
Spy Vs. Spy: The Music Of Ornette Coleman John Zorn	1	2.24	-1.24
Done By The Forces Of Nature Jungle Brothers	2	3.04	-1.04
Highly Evolved The Vines	2	3.03	-1.03

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Purple Rain

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4/5

‘Purple Rain’ alone gives this album an easy 4-stars. None of the non-hit songs are too memorable but they fit into the album nicely.

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Spy Vs. Spy: The Music Of Ornette Coleman

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Ingenue

k.d. lang

2/5

Easy listening. Great vocals. Wouldn’t come back to the album again as it all sounded the same aside from maybe a few songs.

The Köln Concert

Keith Jarrett

4/5

The yelling when he’s really feeling it is good stuff.

Eliminator

ZZ Top

3/5

Decent.

Reggatta De Blanc

The Police

3/5

Only had heard ‘Message in a Bottle’ prior to this. I liked the first half better than the second half but it didn’t go anywhere for me. Solid enough but not sure I’d return to the album as a whole.

More Songs About Buildings And Food

Talking Heads

4/5

What the hell was that?

Talking Book

Stevie Wonder

4/5

Needs another listen from me. Superstition is flat out unbelievable. Some other songs are forgettable. But overall, I enjoyed the album quite a bit.

Deloused in the Comatorium

The Mars Volta

4/5

Didn’t read any lyrics but loved the musicality on many of the songs. I liked the longer tracks more than the short ones.

Document

R.E.M.

2/5

Didn’t click with me aside from ‘It’s The End Of The World As We Know It’. I prefer other REM albums to this one but glad I listened through.

The Velvet Underground

4/5

Pale Blue Eyes is the obvious standout.

Ramones

2/5

What was groundbreaking back then, doesn’t really hit home for me now. I can appreciate the influence it had on the punk scene but I can’t, in good faith, rate this any more than a 2 because all the songs are derivatives of each other. It’s truly hard to discern the difference between songs after “Blitzkrieg Bop”, which is a bop.

Purple Rain

Prince

4/5

‘Purple Rain’ alone gives this album an easy 4-stars. None of the non-hit songs are too memorable but they fit into the album nicely.

Countdown To Ecstasy

Steely Dan

4/5

It gave me a bit of a nostalgia kick from the Rock Band 2 days of youth. Started strong and ended strong. Not an album I’ll come back to again and again but something to throw on every once in a while depending on the mood.

Stardust

Willie Nelson

3/5

Meh

C'est Chic

CHIC

3/5

Maggot Brain

Funkadelic

5/5

Unreal 10-minute guitar solo followed by 25 minutes of pure fun. Never listened to Funkadelic before this but this is one of the reasons I’m here.

Heaux Tales

Jazmine Sullivan

2/5

Nothing special.

Tuesday Night Music Club

Sheryl Crow

4/5

Surprised me in a good way!

The Velvet Underground & Nico

The Velvet Underground

3/5

Another album where I can appreciate it for what it was at the time and its influence on other acts, but it just didn’t do much for me aside from a couple songs.

Remain In Light

Talking Heads

3/5

Don’t know how I feel about the Talking Heads still after 2 albums now…

Legalize It

Peter Tosh

3/5

Never really listened to Reggae aside from Bob Marley playing in stores. This one grew on me by the end. Funnily enough, the opener and title track didn’t do anything for me but as the album opened up to more guitar-centric melodies, it started to hit.

Tank Battles

Dagmar Krause

2/5

Felt like every song that I kind of could get into was followed by something 180 from it. Not to mention the Youtube stream was very low quality which didn’t help the listening experience.

Joan Armatrading

4/5

Wonderful vocals

Back At The Chicken Shack

Jimmy Smith

3/5

Come Find Yourself

Fun Lovin' Criminals

2/5

The instrumentation was a quotes one for me. On some earlier tracks, it really added to the song; on others, it sounded so lo-fi and off. Didn’t mind the rapping.

Lust For Life

Iggy Pop

5/5

The B-side knocked it out of the park for me.

Diamond Life

Sade

3/5

Smooth but unforgettable.

Pelican West

Haircut 100

3/5

Fun, forgettable

Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea

PJ Harvey

4/5

Solid through and through. Last song wrapped it up beautifully.

Here's Little Richard

Little Richard

5/5

Fun and contagious energy. Bop after bop

Twelve Dreams Of Dr. Sardonicus

Spirit

3/5

The Holy Bible

Manic Street Preachers

3/5

After The Gold Rush

Neil Young

4/5

Beautiful lyricism accompanied by affecting and tender vocals. Needs a closer listen in the future from me.

Highly Evolved

The Vines

2/5

Enjoyed ‘Homesick’. Meh on the rest.

Catch A Fire

Bob Marley & The Wailers

3/5

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector

Various Artists

3/5

To Pimp A Butterfly

Kendrick Lamar

5/5

A masterpiece.

Back In Black

AC/DC

4/5

The hits are worth the 4 stars

Only Built 4 Cuban Linx

Raekwon

3/5

All Directions

The Temptations

4/5

Doolittle

Pixies

4/5

Elephant

The White Stripes

3/5

Good in parts. The last track was very bizarre as part of the album, in my opinion.

Rum Sodomy & The Lash

The Pogues

2/5

Fun but not an album I’d return to

She's So Unusual

Cyndi Lauper

5/5

Iconic pop all packed into one album.

Olympia 64

Jacques Brel

2/5

I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight

Richard Thompson

4/5

Really nice to listen to on a Sunday afternoon.

Buena Vista Social Club

4/5

First half of the album is excellent

Bridge Over Troubled Water

Simon & Garfunkel

5/5

Wonderful listen. Beautiful guitars, vocals, and lyricism.

En-Tact

The Shamen

2/5

Too many mountains to move…

I See A Darkness

Bonnie "Prince" Billy

4/5

The album builds in emotion and sadness with each song. Needs another listen but I enjoyed it.

Bad

Michael Jackson

4/5

Singles are bangers.

Electric Music For The Mind And Body

Country Joe & The Fish

2/5

The Atomic Mr Basie

Count Basie & His Orchestra

3/5

Power In Numbers

Jurassic 5

4/5

A really fun rap record. Loved many of the tracks.

Myths Of The Near Future

Klaxons

3/5

Decent in parts.

Common

3/5

Superfly

Curtis Mayfield

4/5

You've Come a Long Way Baby

Fatboy Slim

3/5

Atomizer

Big Black

2/5

Forever Changes

Love

3/5

Sound of Silver

LCD Soundsystem

4/5

Starts and ends on a high note. Some of the tracks though overstay their welcome. Brings me back to being a teenager discovering this for the first time.

Welcome to the Afterfuture

Mike Ladd

2/5

Vento De Maio

Elis Regina

4/5

Warehouse: Songs And Stories

Hüsker Dü

3/5

Talking Heads 77

Talking Heads

4/5

Done By The Forces Of Nature

Jungle Brothers

2/5

Don't Stand Me Down

Dexys Midnight Runners

3/5

If Cameron from Ferris Bueller sang as Mr Peterson for 45 minutes.

Paul Simon

4/5

Dig Me Out

Sleater-Kinney

3/5

Pretzel Logic

Steely Dan

4/5

Black Metal

Venom

2/5

I can appreciate it being a pioneer of a sub-genre but the lyricism is pretty one-note through the entire album. I’m not a huge metalhead though, just not my cup of tea.

Bookends

Simon & Garfunkel

3/5

Not my favourite from them but still a good listen with “Mrs. Robinson” as an obvious standout track.

First Band On The Moon

The Cardigans

3/5

Urban Hymns

The Verve

4/5

Only knew of “Bittersweet Symphony” ahead of the listen but this album was a grower on me as it went along.

This Year's Model

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

3/5

Nothing really drew me in or caught my attention with this album. Overall, it was okay but it didn't have a track or part that was worth coming back to.

Two Dancers

Wild Beasts

4/5

Bayou Country

Creedence Clearwater Revival

4/5

I Am a Bird Now

Antony and the Johnsons

4/5

Tres Hombres

ZZ Top

3/5

...And Justice For All

Metallica

3/5

Speakerboxxx/The Love Below

OutKast

3/5

Surf's Up

The Beach Boys

3/5

Pearl

Janis Joplin

5/5

Peter Gabriel

4/5

Chore of Enchantment

Giant Sand

2/5

Pet Sounds

The Beach Boys

5/5

It's Blitz!

Yeah Yeah Yeahs

4/5

Frank

Amy Winehouse

3/5

Franz Ferdinand

3/5

Life's Too Good

The Sugarcubes

3/5

Preferred Bjork’s solo work afterwards. Decent but nothing grabbed me for a second listen

Boy In Da Corner

Dizzee Rascal

2/5

Devotional Songs

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

4/5

My Generation

The Who

3/5

Live At Leeds

The Who

4/5

Had this come up right after My Generation. The 40th Anniversary was filled with a bit too much fluff for my liking but the original album setlist is awesome. “My Generation” live kicks ass.

Scott 4

Scott Walker

3/5

Ellington at Newport

Duke Ellington

5/5

The Queen Is Dead

The Smiths

4/5

Between a 4 and 5. Some songs hit like fine wine. “I Know It’s Over” is stunning. Other songs like “Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others” have great instrumentation but no substantive lyrics which detract from the overall album.

Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs

Marty Robbins

4/5

Every song has the same throughline but the lyrics/storytelling gives each song a unique feeling. Very fun album.

Basket of Light

Pentangle

2/5

Queens of the Stone Age

Queens Of The Stone Age

3/5

Started strong but tapered off pretty quickly.

Idlewild

Everything But The Girl

2/5

Thought it was going to be an album I’d enjoy after the first song but it never went anywhere exciting afterwards

Born In The U.S.A.

Bruce Springsteen

4/5

Vespertine

Björk

4/5

Court And Spark

Joni Mitchell

3/5

There's A Riot Goin' On

Sly & The Family Stone

3/5

Natty Dread

Bob Marley & The Wailers

3/5

Electric Warrior

T. Rex

4/5

Vivid

Living Colour

3/5

Penthouse And Pavement

Heaven 17

2/5

Joanna Newsom

5/5

"Emily" and "Sawdust & Diamonds" absolutely blew me away with the musicality, lyricism, and dynamics. I had listened to this album only once before but not really actively. It really demands your attention and focus but it's worth the effort.

Heaven Or Las Vegas

Cocteau Twins

4/5

Moondance

Van Morrison

3/5

All Hail the Queen

Queen Latifah

3/5

Black Holes and Revelations

Muse

3/5

Nostalgic. Has a few bangers to start the album but then lulls in the middle. As an album, I prefer Absolution but this still hits from time to time.

Disraeli Gears

Cream

3/5

Sweet Baby James

James Taylor

4/5

This Nation’s Saving Grace

The Fall

2/5

Blonde On Blonde

Bob Dylan

3/5

Bad Company

3/5

The New Tango

Astor Piazzolla

2/5

Different Class

Pulp

4/5

Strange Cargo III

William Orbit

2/5

Come Away With Me

Norah Jones

4/5

Winter In America

Gil Scott-Heron

5/5

The Stone Roses

3/5

Pornography

The Cure

3/5

Run-D.M.C.

3/5

Pretenders

3/5

The Village Green Preservation Society

The Kinks

4/5

I’ve Got a Tiger By the Tail

Buck Owens

3/5

Neon Bible

Arcade Fire

3/5

Songs From The Big Chair

Tears For Fears

4/5

Here Come The Warm Jets

Brian Eno

3/5

Garbage

3/5

Scissor Sisters

3/5

Rock 'N Soul

Solomon Burke

4/5

Incredible vocalist. First half of the album is a 5 but the second half doesn't grab me as much. Really glad to have listened to this album.

The Sun Rises In The East

Jeru The Damaja

3/5

From Elvis In Memphis

Elvis Presley

3/5

Nothing special except for Suspicious Minds.

Let It Be

The Replacements

3/5

Needs another listen when I’m not working but enjoyed the parts I could actively listen to.

Searching For The Young Soul Rebels

Dexys Midnight Runners

3/5

The Marshall Mathers LP

Eminem

3/5

Fun House

The Stooges

3/5

Dog Man Star

Suede

4/5

Wish the mixing of this record was better but overall a really nice surprise with some standout songs. Deserves another listen when I'm not working.

(Pronounced 'Leh-'Nérd 'Skin-'Nérd)

Lynyrd Skynyrd

5/5

Awesome debut album with some megahits. Ending on the Free Bird solo is class.

Band On The Run

Paul McCartney and Wings

4/5

McCartney

Paul McCartney

3/5

A few gems in here but overall feels like an album that was rushed. Really love "Maybe I'm Amazed" but the rest of the album never comes close to the highs of this track.

Medúlla

Björk

3/5

Very challenging listen on the first go round but there's interesting nuggets in each song.

Brilliant Corners

Thelonious Monk

3/5

Leftism

Leftfield

3/5

Unfortunately the genre isn't for me but I can appreciate it for what it is. Decent music to work to but I wouldn't listen to this again.

Tea for the Tillerman

Cat Stevens

4/5

Vulnicura

Björk

4/5

Stephen Stills

5/5

Will The Circle Be Unbroken

Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

2/5

Felt about an hour and a half too long. Just kept going, and going, and going.

Cheap Thrills

Big Brother & The Holding Company

5/5

Joplin's vocal delivery make this a very memorable listen. Great album that I'll definitely revisit again.

A Rush Of Blood To The Head

Coldplay

4/5

Nostalgic listen. This is peak Coldplay. Amsterdam is an absolute stunner. The other singles are played a ton to this day for a reason. The non-singles in the album don't shine through as much.

A Girl Called Dusty

Dusty Springfield

4/5

Darkdancer

Les Rythmes Digitales

2/5

From Disco to Disco might be the most annoying song I've listened to all year. Not my cup of tea at all but not unlistenable.

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

Elton John

4/5

Spy Vs. Spy: The Music Of Ornette Coleman

John Zorn

1/5

This is a weird one in that I love when songs get crazy and cacophonous but many of the songs in this album are ONLY crazy and ONLY cacophonous. There's nothing tying many of the songs down to something more grounded to justify the outburst of sound. The first half of this album feels like the same song: drums wailing in the back and the sax going nuts for 3 minutes straight until the song resolves to a close. And again. And again. It's not until 'Ecars' comes around where the album finally comes around to something that you can follow along with and appreciate. There's a few more songs in the middle of the album that have a slower pace and are not full throttle which was appreciated... until the last third of the album blasts off again into that same wailing drums and whiny sax. This is one of those albums that takes incredible musicians to make but the end result is something that lacks any sort of theme or emotion. Unfortunately, this is my first 1 star album through my journey of about 130 albums so far.

Hail To the Thief

Radiohead

4/5

Doesn't rank as highly for me as some of Radiohead's other albums but still a great listen. 2 + 2 = 5 is a banger.

1977

Ash

3/5

Toys In The Attic

Aerosmith

3/5

Nighthawks At The Diner

Tom Waits

4/5

Like A Prayer

Madonna

3/5