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Album	You	Global	Diff
Appetite For Destruction Guns N' Roses	5	3.74	+1.26

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Album	You	Global	Diff
Green Onions Booker T. & The MG's	1	3.41	-2.41
Elvis Presley Elvis Presley	1	3.38	-2.38
Vivid Living Colour	1	3.2	-2.2
The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn Pink Floyd	1	3.11	-2.11
Make Yourself Incubus	1	3.07	-2.07
Nowhere Ride	1	3.01	-2.01
Wild Is The Wind Nina Simone	2	3.64	-1.64
GI Germs	1	2.54	-1.54
Playing With Fire Spacemen 3	1	2.54	-1.54
Surfer Rosa Pixies	2	3.51	-1.51

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Playing With Fire

Spacemen 3

1/5

I like listening to music. One of the reasons I like it is because musicans can do something I cannot. The exception is this album. I'm quite sure I could do this.

27 likes

Madman Across The Water

Elton John

4/5

Selling Americana to the Americans is never easy. This does it superbly.

3 likes

Pearl

Janis Joplin

3/5

Honest, raw and polished in equal measure. A good listen.

2 likes

Surfer Rosa

Pixies

2/5

More an ep with some b sides than an album. Hard to know if songs are fully formed, or did they just record it and if lightning struck they caught it, and if not they still commanded it to tape.

1 likes

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Surfer Rosa

Pixies

2/5

More an ep with some b sides than an album. Hard to know if songs are fully formed, or did they just record it and if lightning struck they caught it, and if not they still commanded it to tape.

Fleet Foxes

4/5

As pretty as a dandelion blown by the wind on a sunny spring morning

Revolver

Beatles

4/5

A fantastic album. Can always return to it.

Appetite For Destruction

Guns N' Roses

5/5

As a statement of intent, it doesn't get any better than this.

The Joshua Tree

3/5

Tricky 3 or 4 Good album on the whole. Flows really well. One tree hill is a stand out track.

Liege And Lief

Fairport Convention

2/5

Pleasant to listen to. Unlikely to return to it.

Pearl

Janis Joplin

3/5

Honest, raw and polished in equal measure. A good listen.

Manassas

Stephen Stills

3/5

Enjoyed it, but can scarcely remember it.

Cloud Nine

The Temptations

3/5

Depth and glorious sound. Could wish for less on unrequited love. The lyrics at times let down the talent of the vocals.

Madman Across The Water

Elton John

4/5

Selling Americana to the Americans is never easy. This does it superbly.

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Shuggie Otis

3/5

Layered with sweet and sour sounds. The re release I listened to on Spotify included some non original tracks, which while excellent don't help the flow.

If I Should Fall From Grace With God

The Pogues

3/5

The verse and musicianship are great.

Marquee Moon

Television

3/5

Great tunes and still sounds fresh

Green Onions

Booker T. & The MG's

1/5

Bit samey, but decent background tunes. They have better albums.

Crooked Rain Crooked Rain

Pavement

4/5

Songs mean a lot, when songs are bought; and so are you.

Aqualung

Jethro Tull

3/5

Strange, but it works.

First Band On The Moon

The Cardigans

2/5

Not much of a giant leap.

Fifth Dimension

The Byrds

2/5

Interesting. Don't know if it was groundbreaking. Quite eclectic.

This Is Fats Domino

Fats Domino

3/5

Incredible R&B energy and sound. These guys really were mugged off from their own music.

Nowhere

Ride

1/5

No thanks.

You Want It Darker

Leonard Cohen

3/5

Like pouring a fine aged brandy into a small, new glass.

Shaft

Isaac Hayes

3/5

Funkier than a mosquito's tweeter. He has better albums though.

S&M

Metallica

3/5

Fun but doesn't progress anything.

Slipknot

2/5

Not generally a fan of shout singing. It's very heavy if that's your thing. Drumming is interested though.

Parklife

Blur

2/5

A nice pop album that wanders a bit during its near one hour runtime.

Iron Maiden

3/5

Great fun to listen to.

Moondance

Van Morrison

4/5

Better than I remembered it.

New Forms

Roni Size

3/5

Good fun drum and bass. Long run time. Consequently, a little repetitive by the second CD.

Red Dirt Girl

Emmylou Harris

2/5

Interesting songs and pleasant vocals. Unlikely to revisit this album though.

Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde

The Pharcyde

3/5

Enjoyable. Not as fun as I remembered.

Suzanne Vega

2/5

Rather forgettable.

Kick Out The Jams (Live)

MC5

2/5

Can't fault their energy. Not sure of it's significance.

Vivid

Living Colour

1/5

Production is good. Unlikely to revisit.

Make Yourself

Incubus

1/5

Some funky licks aside, I don't understand the appeal of this album.

Crime Of The Century

Supertramp

2/5

Pleasant enough background music. Disagree on a must listen.

Want Two

Rufus Wainwright

2/5

Meandering. Not in a good way.

Seventeen Seconds

The Cure

3/5

Not what I was expecting. Enjoyed it.

Rings Around The World

Super Furry Animals

3/5

A great mix of tunes and songs

Triangle

The Beau Brummels

3/5

Never heard of them. Inclined to listen more.

Before And After Science

Brian Eno

2/5

Was surprised by this. Last couple of tracks were more what I expected.

Searching For The Young Soul Rebels

Dexys Midnight Runners

2/5

Some good sounds. Unlikely to revisit.

1984

Van Halen

3/5

First van halen album I've listen to. Great stuff.

Good Old Boys

Randy Newman

2/5

Don't understand why it's so well received. Maybe it's an American thing.

She's So Unusual

Cyndi Lauper

3/5

Brilliant pop album, all the more impressive for a debut.

Sheer Heart Attack

Queen

3/5

Good songs, though they tend to overdo the theatrics.

Our Aim Is To Satisfy

Red Snapper

2/5

Interesting. Unlikely to revisit.

Blood And Chocolate

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

2/5

Not a fan of his voice

Double Nickels On The Dime

Minutemen

2/5

If less is more, just think how much more, more will be...

Goodbye And Hello

Tim Buckley

2/5

Can't remember much from Friday

Honky Tonk Heroes

Waylon Jennings

3/5

Pretty good

Happy Sad

Tim Buckley

2/5

Good voice

Darkdancer

Les Rythmes Digitales

2/5

A few good tunes in there

Paul Simon

3/5

Always got timeon for Paul Simon.

Leftism

Leftfield

3/5

Always have time for this album

Deep Purple In Rock

Deep Purple

2/5

Didn't grab me

Crocodiles

Echo And The Bunnymen

2/5

Fine if unlikely to return

Vespertine

Björk

3/5

An album I can always come back to.

New York Dolls

3/5

Better than expected

Peace Sells...But Who's Buying

Megadeth

3/5

Good fun

Melodrama

Lorde

3/5

Easy listening

Siamese Dream

The Smashing Pumpkins

3/5

Some excellent songs in there

Crazysexycool

TLC

3/5

Really enjoyable

Eliminator

ZZ Top

3/5

Great fun

John Barleycorn Must Die

Traffic

3/5

Good tunes

Autobahn

Kraftwerk

2/5

Good and bad in equal measure

The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn

Pink Floyd

1/5

Didn't chime with me.

Nilsson Schmilsson

Harry Nilsson

2/5

New to this chap but seem to know quite a few tracks on the album. A pleasant enough hour spent.

Dusty In Memphis

Dusty Springfield

3/5

One to revisit.

1989

Taylor Swift

3/5

An impressive pop album

Germs

1/5

No idea if this album is of significance. Not heard of them. Not inclined to go any further.

Suede

2/5

Pretty decent.

If I Could Only Remember My Name

David Crosby

3/5

Enjoyable if a little meandering towards the end.

Country Life

Roxy Music

4/5

Nice variety and made me want to listen to more.

Common

3/5

Good tunes and enjoyable. Will check out his other stuff.

Low-Life

New Order

3/5

My expectations for this we're not very high. However I enjoyed it more than not. Some really nice guitar sounds in there.

Elvis Presley

1/5

Disappointing. Just made me want to listen to actual rythme and blues from the time

The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan

4/5

Will always relish a chance to listen again to this.

Mothership Connection

Parliament

3/5

Decent background funk

Tonight's The Night

Neil Young

3/5

Not a classic by any stretch. Would still rather listen to 45 minute of this, than not.

Exit Planet Dust

The Chemical Brothers

4/5

Big beats and guitars. What a recipe.

Lady Soul

Aretha Franklin

4/5

Tremendous. Really enjoyed listening to this.

Doolittle

Pixies

3/5

Fine in places but I struggle in others. Fine album but unlikely to listen in a sitting.

Scott 4

Scott Walker

3/5

A pleasant album. Some tracks show how less can be more.

Is This It

The Strokes

3/5

They're not the Messiah, they're 'noughty' boys ;)

Sweet Baby James

James Taylor

2/5

With all due respect, Mr. Taylor, this isn't the best time for your unique brand of bittersweet folk rock. We have a potentially critical situation here. I'm sure you'll understand.

Wild Is The Wind

Nina Simone

2/5

I'm sure this is great but it wasn't working for me when I tried to listen.

Play

Moby

3/5

For all it's knocks and calls of selling out, it's was a good album of its time. Feels a bit lifted in hindsight.

Playing With Fire

Spacemen 3

1/5

I like listening to music. One of the reasons I like it is because musicans can do something I cannot. The exception is this album. I'm quite sure I could do this.

Greetings From L.A.

Tim Buckley

2/5

Some nice tunes and singing. Unlikely to revisit.

You Are The Quarry

Morrissey

2/5

I liked this when it first came out. Even bought it. Nice tunes and some interesting lyrics. Just not enough to make me want a repeat listen.

Arrival

ABBA

3/5

Tasty slice of pop pie

It's Blitz!

Yeah Yeah Yeahs

3/5

Forgot how good an album this is

Here's Little Richard

Little Richard

4/5

What a debut. Incredible energy and sound.

Paris 1919

John Cale

2/5

Street struggling to remember it from Friday...

Astral Weeks

Van Morrison

4/5

An astonishing album to this day.

Teenage Head

Flamin' Groovies

3/5

Fun rock n roll, chaps voice gets irritating on occasion

Hypocrisy Is The Greatest Luxury

The Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy

3/5

Interesting album. Never heard of them. Unlikely to revisit but fun nonetheless.

Dear Science

TV On The Radio

4/5

Brilliant sound, enjoyed coming back to this.

Homework

Daft Punk

3/5

Undoubtedly important, though they have more enjoyable albums imho.

The Cars

3/5

Fun guitar and odd singing, but it works. A band I'd never listened to, so it was nice to hear their debut as an introduction.

Band On The Run

Paul McCartney and Wings

4/5

I'm hardly consistent in my scoring, but I really enjoyed this album

Warehouse: Songs And Stories

Hüsker Dü

2/5

Interesting to hear this, and it feels like it influenced bands and a sound. As an album it's too long and pointless.

MTV Unplugged In New York

Nirvana

3/5

Have probably listened to this more than thier studio albums over the years. It's a nice record and it has the feel of the band enjoying themselves. A few standout cover tracks are the highlight for me.

Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

Wilco

2/5

I might need to listen again to understand the specific appeal. Perhaps you had to be there.

Dance Mania

Tito Puente

3/5

Zero reference of this, but it sounds great.