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Crime Of The Century
Supertramp
aight. heard most of the singles before but kinda forgettable overall
3
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Marquee Moon
Television
meh, title track is kinda interesting but otherwise unremarkable
2
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Vento De Maio
Elis Regina
Pretty boring overall. the worse version of the title track. why is a Portuguese album on this list
1
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Os Mutantes
Os Mutantes
why am I getting albums in Portuguese.
1
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Hypocrisy Is The Greatest Luxury
The Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy
Revolutionary hip hop. kinda like a mix of Gil Scott heron and rage against the machine. no stand out song unfortunately
4
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The Queen Is Dead
The Smiths
I think there are other more interesting singles from them but not a bad album
3
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Phaedra
Tangerine Dream
weird foreign concept albums stay weird
2
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Low-Life
New Order
The first really good album I've been given that I haven't heard already. 4.5
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The Cars
The Cars
Its okay. hella white person music. you can tell a lot of 80's rock (like Boston) were inspired by them. 3.5
3
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Third
Portishead
I can only say this so many times, weird foreign albums stay weird. At least this one is in English
2
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MTV Unplugged In New York
Nirvana
Damn good album. def heard it before but still really good. kinda falls off halfway through though
5
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Architecture And Morality
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
pretty meh. stopped like halfway through because it was boring. at least it was in English
2
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Pelican West Plus
Haircut 100
groovy 80's pop. kinda fun but not super memorable
3
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Illinois
Sufjan Stevens
shockingly good. the third song and Chicago are great songs and the whole album is kinda a vibe. Definitely an album to come back to 4.5/5
5
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Surrealistic Pillow
Jefferson Airplane
pretty boring. stopped listening towards the end
2
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Selling England By The Pound
Genesis
this sucks. I had to stop because it got annoying
1
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Cross
Justice
pretty cool edm album. Definitely worth coming back to
4
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Street Life
The Crusaders
real smooth jazz. nothing stands out as good or bad
3
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The Lexicon Of Love
ABC
cheesy 80s pop. not bad but not great either. no song stood out to me
3
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Exodus
Bob Marley & The Wailers
so good. so very good
5
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Songs In The Key Of Life
Stevie Wonder
way too long and not his best work, but there's def some good songs there
3
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Achtung Baby
U2
really good album. already heard. 4.5 because it isn't new but definitely worth revisiting every once in a while
4
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S&M
Metallica
It's a live metal concert. Definitely not my cup of tea but probably not bad if that's what you're into
2
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The Holy Bible
Manic Street Preachers
didn't bother listening to very much, what I heard wasn't interesting
2
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Eliminator
ZZ Top
its a fine rock album. honestly better than I expected it to be but still nothing crazy to write home about
3
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Tubular Bells
Mike Oldfield
Its just a bunch of weird instrumentals. Not totally sure why this is so big. Again, if I was a big music theory guy I'd probably like this more than I do rn.
2
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On The Beach
Neil Young
pretty good blues album. more poppy than bluesy. 3.5
3
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Garbage
Garbage
not really a grudge guy but not bad. Most of the songs I know are from this one.
3
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Fromohio
fIREHOSE
Might be cool if you're really into music theory and that type of thing but not for me
2
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The Downward Spiral
Nine Inch Nails
Not really my type of music. I think if you really dig into it, it could be really good but I don't really feel like it
3
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A Hard Day's Night
Beatles
Some good songs. early Beatles definitely not as interesting as later Beatles 3.5
4
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Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1
George Michael
damn good. most of his best songs come from this one.
5
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Let's Get It On
Marvin Gaye
Classic R&B, a step down from his best but still damn good
4
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Cypress Hill
Cypress Hill
old school rap
Lead sounds like a better version of Danny brown but there's nothing really interesting here
2
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Tanto Tempo
Bebel Gilberto
French coffee house music
2
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Steve McQueen
Prefab Sprout
"when love breaks down" is actually a pretty good song but I don't like the music otherwise
2
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Close To You
Carpenters
Pretty good, the lead singer is very talented. Kinda cheesy 70's romance pop. 3.5
3
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Who's Next
The Who
Actually much better than I expected. Baba O'Riley and Wont get fooled again stand out. Lead singer sounds like Paul McCartney
4
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Devil Without A Cause
Kid Rock
first few songs are pretty fun. rest of the album is pretty boring
3
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Casanova
The Divine Comedy
this is amazing. Its this weird sexual ballad fusion
5
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The Poet
Bobby Womack
real soulful but not much else. nothing really stood out but I kinda vibe
3
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Boston
Boston
just so very average. a bit better than I expected but still unimpressive
3
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Exile In Guyville
Liz Phair
super meh
2
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Pet Sounds
The Beach Boys
I'm not in love with this album like a lot of people are. I think its fairly interesting but more so as a point in music history as opposed to good in and of itself
3
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Out of Step
Minor Threat
real punk rock. not necessarily my cup of tea but actually pretty good 3.5
3
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Go Girl Crazy
The Dictators
Also punk but the "rough instrumentation party punk rock" as opposed to "hardcore protest against anything punk rock"
2
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Elastica
Elastica
pretty good grunge record. kinda like a pop version of garbage.
4
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Ritual De Lo Habitual
Jane's Addiction
also pretty good. hard rock/soft metal album
3.5
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Brilliant Corners
Thelonious Monk
low key jazz band. 2.5/5
2
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Different Class
Pulp
I thought I might like it but I really don't. It's just annoying but also weirdly popular
2
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Smash
The Offspring
Sounds like system of a down. not necessarily my cup of tea but actually not bad. 3.5
3
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Jagged Little Pill
Alanis Morissette
the album as a whole is pretty good pop music but "You Oughta Know" carries it hard
4
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Quiet Life
Japan
the first couple of songs are ok but the rest is legit bad
2
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Music for the Masses
Depeche Mode
not that great. this band definitely has better music. 2.5
2
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Rum Sodomy & The Lash
The Pogues
its Irish folk music?
2
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Appetite For Destruction
Guns N' Roses
4
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Crocodiles
Echo And The Bunnymen
just so uninteresting
2
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The Sounds Of India
Ravi Shankar
Im not even going to listen to this.
1
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Calenture
The Triffids
same as echo and the bunnymen, just so boring I quit after a few songs
1
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1999
Prince
a step down from purple rain but still real good
4
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Screamadelica
Primal Scream
better than I expected but still pretty meh. its pop/instumentals as opposed to like metal 2.5
2
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Foxbase Alpha
Saint Etienne
not totally sure why this is here. it isn't bad or anything, its actually pretty decent lofi/electronic music 2.5
2
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Car Wheels On A Gravel Road
Lucinda Williams
some old schoolish country
2
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Bitches Brew
Miles Davis
Its jazz. Honestly better than I expected since I don't like the genre very much but nothing I would return to very much
3
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Doolittle
Pixies
its fine. I guess its alt rock? not totally sure 2.5
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Africa Brasil
Jorge Ben Jor
B R A S I L
low-key better than expected. OG Taj Mahal comes from this album
3
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Second Toughest In The Infants
Underworld
pure edm
each song is like 12 min
not bad though
3
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Darkdancer
Les Rythmes Digitales
one of the weirdest inclusions on this list
just really basic 90s electronic from a group that didnt do anything afterwords
2
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The Low End Theory
A Tribe Called Quest
I've heard this before but one of the easiest 5s on the list. Such a good and important rap album
5
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Parallel Lines
Blondie
very okay. has two of their best songs but just not very interesting to me
3
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Bridge Over Troubled Water
Simon & Garfunkel
the title track is amazing. for the most part the rest of the album is pretty good but its short plus there's two random live songs
4
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Licensed To Ill
Beastie Boys
pretty darn good. a weird amount of the best songs come in the second half but tbh this album was better than I expected
4
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Kind Of Blue
Miles Davis
better than the other miles Davis album. honestly could see myself listening to this every once in a while
4
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Foo Fighters
Foo Fighters
much more relaxed than grohl's later stuff but pretty good
4
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Nick Of Time
Bonnie Raitt
chill countryish music 2.5
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The Band
The Band
not totally sure how to categorize this. kinda blue grass I guess. 2.5
2
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Master Of Puppets
Metallica
Metallica is def good but Im unfortunately not a fan of metal
3
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All Mod Cons
The Jam
mediocre British alt rock 2.5
2
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Trafalgar
Bee Gees
on the slower side but pretty darn good 3.5
3
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Hot Rats
Frank Zappa
I really don't like this
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Hypnotised
The Undertones
unpolished rock. Irish? lead singer
2
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Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
Arctic Monkeys
all around slightly above average but I don't really get why it made the list
3
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My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Kanye West
the most Kanye album ever
5
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Our Aim Is To Satisfy
Red Snapper
it sounds like pretty good video game/movie music
3
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Pretzel Logic
Steely Dan
its kinda like a better version of Boston 2.5
3
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Le Tigre
Le Tigre
its like a better version of the band from Scott pilgrim
4
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Millions Now Living Will Never Die
Tortoise
a bit to avante garde to be called just ambient music 2.5
2
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Chirping Crickets
Buddy Holly & The Crickets
buddy holly being buddy holly 2.5
2
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The Blueprint
JAY Z
classic j but nothing really stands out 3.5
3
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Peace Sells...But Who's Buying
Megadeth
its metal
2
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69 Love Songs
The Magnetic Fields
Jesus Christ its actually 69 songs long. unfortunately the beginning doesnt seem to be very good
2
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Welcome to the Afterfuture
Mike Ladd
really cool. kinda like MF Doom type spoken word rap but with modern beats
4
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Walking Wounded
Everything But The Girl
its house/electronic I guess
felt kinda long even though it wasn't
2.5
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Aja
Steely Dan
I like it a bit more than the other album 3.5
3
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Straight Outta Compton
N.W.A.
starts off really strong but gets kinda boring towards the end 3.5
3
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Born To Run
Bruce Springsteen
way better than I thought it'd be. Incredibly impactful at the beginning and end
5
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Superfly
Curtis Mayfield
in a word: soulful. just so smooth and sly
4
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Let's Get Killed
David Holmes
boring electronic music. some guy says "it'd be over if James Bond was hispanic"
2
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Moving Pictures
Rush
I don't like rush
2
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Signing Off
UB40
Its very chill reggae but not really very interesting 2.5
2
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Drunk
Thundercat
very top heavy album 3.5
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Electric Ladyland
Jimi Hendrix
I'm not in love with Hendrix in general. the album as a whole is like a 2.5-3 but along the watchtower brings it up to 3.5
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Highway 61 Revisited
Bob Dylan
I surprisingly good considering how pretentious people make bob Dylan out to be. the beginning of the album is the best part
4
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Tea for the Tillerman
Cat Stevens
there are a couple of really good songs but the album as a whole is kinda boring
3
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Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs
Derek & The Dominos
pretty good blues
3
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Time (The Revelator)
Gillian Welch
chill country. don't like that second half 2.5
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Back to Mystery City
Hanoi Rocks
really plain hair-metal
2
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Band On The Run
Paul McCartney
starts strong. ends real weird. 3.5
3
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Nighthawks At The Diner
Tom Waits
Live spoken word jazz?
2
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In The Wee Small Hours
Frank Sinatra
its classic Sinatra but none of his best stuff 3.5
3
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Trans Europe Express
Kraftwerk
not good
bad
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Histoire De Melody Nelson
Serge Gainsbourg
French background music
2
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My Aim Is True
Elvis Costello
its pretty good start to finish. classic rock
4
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Colour By Numbers
Culture Club
cheesy pop
3
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Songs From A Room
Leonard Cohen
its like singer songwriter music but with weird instruments
2
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Fever To Tell
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
punk rock
2
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She's So Unusual
Cyndi Lauper
cheesy 80s disco pop. has girls just wanna have fun on it 2.5
2
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Bummed
Happy Mondays
meh. feels uninspired and uninteresting
2
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John Prine
John Prine
good ol country
3
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Cut
The Slits
its like a bad mix of le Tigre and Caribbean music 1,5
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Franz Ferdinand
Franz Ferdinand
one really good song and the rest are meh 3.5
3
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Dare!
The Human League
cheesy 80's pop with the famous song at the end. didnt really vibe
2
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Veckatimest
Grizzly Bear
chill indie experimental vibes 3.5
"Fine for now" intro is a bit logic just ripped and sped up for a song
3
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The Wall
Pink Floyd
its like dark side but less erratic
5
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Daydream Nation
Sonic Youth
revisit this album. too early to form an opinion but I am intrigued
4
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Tarkus
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
2.5 it sounds like a mix of video game music and boston
2
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White Light / White Heat
The Velvet Underground
didnt like not good
1
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Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
more boring than expected
2
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Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite
Maxwell
kinda groovy ngl 3.5
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Suzanne Vega
Suzanne Vega
2,5 how was this important enough to be on this list?
2
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The Beach Boys Today!
The Beach Boys
I don't really get The Beach Boys 2.5
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Sail Away
Randy Newman
toy story guy makes an album about Ohio
3
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Locust Abortion Technician
Butthole Surfers
they're better musicians that their name would make you expect. they're exactly the lyrics you'd expect
2
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Suede
Suede
hard to find on Spotify but pretty good 3.5
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Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)
Eurythmics
kinda boring tbh 2.5
2
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A Short Album About Love
The Divine Comedy
not as good as the other album it recommended
3
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Billion Dollar Babies
Alice Cooper
not really my cup of tea but also not bad especially the end
3
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The Atomic Mr Basie
Count Basie & His Orchestra
the first song is ripped for the bebop opener 2.5
2
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Vanishing Point
Primal Scream
not as creamy as I thought its was going to be
2
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Buena Vista Social Club
Buena Vista Social Club
Abi dada music
3
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Out Of The Blue
Electric Light Orchestra
4.5
4
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Ragged Glory
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
don't really like
2
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The Köln Concert
Keith Jarrett
chill piano music
3
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Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
Wilco
actually quite nice thoughtful indie
4
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Astral Weeks
Van Morrison
pretty forgettable 2.5
2
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Want Two
Rufus Wainwright
its the guy who sings hallelujah
the end has some interesting ideas but overall pretty weak
2
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Bat Out Of Hell
Meat Loaf
its like a rock ballad made by a horny tenacious d fan
2
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System Of A Down
System Of A Down
kinda worse than chop Sui
3
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Is This It
The Strokes
3.5
good not great but definitely some fun songs
3
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Morrison Hotel
The Doors
old school cool white people blues
4
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The Number Of The Beast
Iron Maiden
not bad for metal
3
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Rhythm Nation 1814
Janet Jackson
these beats are so funny.
the most 80s thing ever
3
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OK Computer
Radiohead
3.5
shout out Eric
3
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Toys In The Attic
Aerosmith
very much what you expect.
doesn't over stay its welcome
3
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I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight
Richard and Linda Thompson
not that bad 2.5
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Everything Must Go
Manic Street Preachers
Irish soft punk rock 2.5
2
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Surfer Rosa
Pixies
old school punk
where is my mind is the standout track
3
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The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan
classic Dylan
folky rock
3.5
3
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Teen Dream
Beach House
spacey psychedelic lofi
you can see how this inspired later indie
3.5
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Let England Shake
PJ Harvey
one of the oddest inclusions for this list
new enough where it isn't very influential
not very good
not even particularly popular
2
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Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
OutKast
better than I expected
the single is really good but not really a bad track
4
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Stand!
Sly & The Family Stone
wasn't super impressed
really short album (like 5 songs)
2
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You've Come a Long Way Baby
Fatboy Slim
shockingly good
the middle gets slow but there are a lot of bangers to go around
4.5
4
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Eli And The Thirteenth Confession
Laura Nyro
pretty good
jazzy piano + soulful white woman vocals
3
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Tres Hombres
ZZ Top
average
has the one song
3
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Music From Big Pink
The Band
pretty meh
has the one song
2.5
2
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Pieces Of The Sky
Emmylou Harris
old school mellow country
2.5
2
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Siembra
Willie Colón & Rubén Blades
really fun latin music
4.5
4
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Whatever
Aimee Mann
mid
singer songwriter 2.5
2
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Double Nickels On The Dime
Minutemen
classic punk
listen to corona
3