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Album	You	Global	Diff
Sweet Baby James James Taylor	5	3.24	+1.76
Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots The Flaming Lips	5	3.58	+1.42
Illmatic Nas	5	3.61	+1.39
Born To Run Bruce Springsteen	5	3.64	+1.36
Cut The Slits	4	2.71	+1.29
(What's The Story) Morning Glory Oasis	5	3.84	+1.16
Physical Graffiti Led Zeppelin	5	3.92	+1.08
Supa Dupa Fly Missy Elliott	4	2.92	+1.08

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Grace Jeff Buckley	2	3.71	-1.71
Murder Ballads Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds	2	3.08	-1.08

5-Star Albums (8)

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

Popular Reviews

(What's The Story) Morning Glory

Oasis

5/5

Such an amazing album. Really makes it connect how big they were in the 90s

2 likes

Sweet Baby James

James Taylor

5/5

Perfect

1 likes

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Transformer

Lou Reed

3/5

This is an album I've been meaning to get to for a long time as many of my favorite artists are big fans of Lou Reed, John Frusciante being the first of these that I noticed from my days of geeking out on RHCP in my youth :) Hints of early punk roots and lazy singing that the frontman from Cake must've stolen decades later. Love it!

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

3/5

Tom Petty's voice has always been hit or miss for me. Of course, the classics on this album are Breakdown and America Girl, which I love. Some songs that caught my attention immediately on this album are "Fooled Again" (kind of reminds me of the Eagles) and "Anything That's Rock and Roll."

The ArchAndroid

Janelle Monáe

4/5

Jazz Samba

Stan Getz

4/5

This is the kind of stuff I was hoping to get introduced to.

Channel Orange

Frank Ocean

4/5

Haven’t listened to this album in a while. It was nice to come back to it.

Cut

The Slits

4/5

Loved this album. Like a female version of Talking Heads. Recent artists reminds me of are Remi Wolf and Nilüfer Yanya. First song comes in hot.

There's A Riot Goin' On

Sly & The Family Stone

4/5

I've listened to a bunch of Sly in the past, but probably never a full album in its entirety. Brought me back to my days of trying to play bass like Flea from the RHCP and all Flea's influences, including Sly and the Family Stone.

Murder Ballads

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

2/5

Some fun parts in this, but it wasn’t really my jam. The “la da da da das” and “la da da da dees” got on my nerves lol

Home Is Where The Music Is

Hugh Masekela

4/5

This was a fun one. I feel like I need a few more listens to soak it in though.

Tracy Chapman

4/5

Nice to bring this one back! Never listened to it the full way through and didn’t know it was an 80s album!

Live At The Regal

B.B. King

4/5

Amazing live album! Did they take any breaks??

Make Yourself

Incubus

4/5

Brought me back to my high school days 😊

More Specials

The Specials

3/5

Never heard of them before, although some of the song titles were familiar. Interesting reggae and The Clash feels.

I Should Coco

Supergrass

4/5

I have never heard of this band, but I had so much fun listening to it yesterday. So pleasantly surprised!

Joan Armatrading

4/5

Genre-bending and before her time!

Spiderland

Slint

2/5

Didn’t finish it. There’s probably a reason for that

Born To Run

Bruce Springsteen

5/5

One of my all-time favorite albums!

Slanted And Enchanted

Pavement

3/5

Very 90s. Another band I never knew, but I liked the combination of genres and I heard some Weezer sounds in there

Talking With the Taxman About Poetry

Billy Bragg

3/5

Interesting album. Kind of reminds me of an old Irish folk album. Don't think I'll rush back to this one, but it wasn't bad either.

Dance Mania

Tito Puente

4/5

Really enjoyed this one! Looking forward to exploring more of his albums. There are so many!!

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

David Bowie

5/5

Love this album. Was great to return to it!

Physical Graffiti

Led Zeppelin

5/5

Love this album! Forgot all of these tracks were on this album.

Pink Flag

Wire

4/5

Such a cool album! Never heard of it before. It'll definitely be one I return to!

A Night At The Opera

Queen

4/5

Never listened to this one the full way through. Truly one of a kind.

Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots

The Flaming Lips

5/5

Glad I finally got around to listening to the Flaming Lips. Such a fun album, even the campy tracks.

Back In Black

AC/DC

3/5

I like it about as much as expected. I've heard them so many times as a kid that it almost feel jokey at this point. Still, I was struck by how bizarre it must've been when this first came out as manic as it is.

Femi Kuti

3/5

Really cool album to get introduced to! Looked up Femi and his story is pretty cool too!

Surrealistic Pillow

Jefferson Airplane

3/5

Solid. Love some songs and others are so so

Groovin'

The Young Rascals

3/5

V chill and new for me

Kala

M.I.A.

3/5

Solid, but didn’t love it

Illmatic

Nas

5/5

Love this album

KE*A*H** (Psalm 69)

Ministry

2/5

Been getting into heavier stuff recently, but this might be a little bit too metal for me.

Grace

Jeff Buckley

2/5

Not for me 🤷🏻‍♂️

Fifth Dimension

The Byrds

4/5

Really enjoyed this one!

Oxygène

Jean-Michel Jarre

4/5

Such a cool album! Didn't know this kind of music was around in the 70s. Clearly a hugely influential artist!

Ace of Spades

Motörhead

4/5

Pumped I finally dug into this one. Was great for a Friday too!

Sweet Baby James

James Taylor

5/5

Perfect

At Budokan

Cheap Trick

3/5

Solid

Roger the Engineer

The Yardbirds

4/5

Another solid classic!

Born In The U.S.A.

Bruce Springsteen

4/5

One of the all-time greats! I only pick 4 because 3-4 other Bruce albums are 5s in my book and this one doesn't quite stack up for me.

Car Wheels On A Gravel Road

Lucinda Williams

3/5

Would probably have never gotten around to listening to this one if it hadn't been for this challenge, but I'm glad I did! Really like her voice.

Legalize It

Peter Tosh

3/5

Solid! Brought the moodup

Chirping Crickets

Buddy Holly & The Crickets

4/5

Really cool album! I heard a couple songs that I suspect might have influenced some of Vampire Weekend’s last album

Blue Lines

Massive Attack

3/5

Great instrumentals. Didn’t live the voices/lyrics

Central Reservation

Beth Orton

3/5

Never heard of her before, but it was a cool album! I'm trying to think of who she reminds me of. Maybe Joni Mitchell was a big influence?

(What's The Story) Morning Glory

Oasis

5/5

Such an amazing album. Really makes it connect how big they were in the 90s

Fun House

The Stooges

4/5

Great album. Don't know why I never dug back into their stuff.

Private Dancer

Tina Turner

4/5

Never dug into her stuff too much. Really enjoyed it!

Either Or

Elliott Smith

3/5

Glad I got to dig into this one finally. Sleepy, but good.

OK Computer

Radiohead

5/5

Forgot how great this album is!

I’ve Got a Tiger By the Tail

Buck Owens

3/5

Solid, but maybe a little too old times for me

Supa Dupa Fly

Missy Elliott

4/5

CLASSIC

Master Of Puppets

Metallica

3/5

I can appreciate that the music is technical, it just ain’t for me

Chicago Transit Authority

Chicago

4/5

Don't know why I slept on this one. So good!

Green River

Creedence Clearwater Revival

4/5

A classic! Loved hearing this one again

All Directions

The Temptations

4/5

LOVE IT!!!

Like A Prayer

Madonna

3/5