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C'est Chic
CHIC
The songs are fun and well written. They all feel very similar though. Not normally a genre I listen to but it was enjoyable.
3
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Back To Black
Amy Winehouse
She had such a beautiful voice. This album is terrific. The pain she expresses sounds so genuine that, although it’s outcome is terrible, it really elevates the art.
4
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The Soft Bulletin
The Flaming Lips
Very enjoyable.
3
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Miriam Makeba
Miriam Makeba
Just not for me.
1
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Halcyon Digest
Deerhunter
A decent album. But not super memorable.
2
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Sea Change
Beck
While I didn’t hate the album, nothing held my interest.
2
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Crocodiles
Echo And The Bunnymen
Great album!
4
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Haunted Dancehall
The Sabres Of Paradise
I did not care for this at all.
1
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Electric Warrior
T. Rex
I had only heard Bang a Gong before. The other songs were wonderful.
3
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Abbey Road
Beatles
A masterpiece. I’ve heard it hundreds of time, and will thousands more.
5
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Emergency On Planet Earth
Jamiroquai
This album had some fun songs but nothing I would go back too.
3
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Paris 1919
John Cale
The second half is amazing.
3
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Are You Experienced
Jimi Hendrix
A masterpiece. Love every note.
5
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Chirping Crickets
Buddy Holly & The Crickets
I enjoyed this album a lot more than I thought I would. Really good music.
4
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S.F. Sorrow
The Pretty Things
How have I never heard of them? Wonderful.
4
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The Poet
Bobby Womack
Not bad, but a little boring to me.
2
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Hunting High And Low
a-ha
The album sounds like the songs are well written and would be something I’d like. However, it has the type of 80s style production that, to me, make everything flat and dull.
2
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Rising Above Bedlam
Jah Wobble's Invaders Of The Heart
I did not care for this album.
1
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Ray Of Light
Madonna
Not for me at all.
1
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Ágætis Byrjun
Sigur Rós
Pretty, but hard to keep focused on.
2
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Arc Of A Diver
Steve Winwood
As a fan of the band Traffic this album had a lot of moments that reminded me of that music. But the overall “easy-listening” feel of it turn me off.
2
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New Forms
Roni Size
Nope, not enjoyable at all. Way to repetitive.
1
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American Idiot
Green Day
The high water mark for Green Day and possibly all pop-punk.
5
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Tommy
The Who
Some very good music here. Unfortunately, the concept it is so famous for brings some quite underwhelming filler tracks.
3
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Group Sex
Circle Jerks
Fun album. I'm not a huge fan of bands that do purposely short songs, but they do it so well it is still enjoyable.
4
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Fear Of A Black Planet
Public Enemy
Not bad. But not something I love.
2
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Maxinquaye
Tricky
Electronic music just doesn’t connect with me.
1
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On The Beach
Neil Young
Wonderful! Classic Neil Young.
4
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Arrival
ABBA
This is the first album I couldn’t even sample all of the songs. I just can’t do disco.
1
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If I Could Only Remember My Name
David Crosby
It was ok. There is some very well played music on the album. But it was just dull to me.
2
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Queens of the Stone Age
Queens of the Stone Age
Love it.
4
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Deja Vu
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
Good album. I LOVE "Helpless", which is the only song I was familiar with.
3
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Songs The Lord Taught Us
The Cramps
Very good album. I really liked the airy, hollow sound of the guitar.
4
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Hypocrisy Is The Greatest Luxury
The Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy
I didn’t care for the music, but the message is great and still very relevant.
2
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First Band On The Moon
The Cardigans
I had only ever heard Lovefool before. This album was a pleasant surprise.
3
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Public Image: First Issue
Public Image Ltd.
Has a few good songs. And the rest is interesting but not particularly enjoyable. I wonder what this John would have done with the Sex Pistols?
3
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Nebraska
Bruce Springsteen
Meh. Didn’t connect.
2
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Paul's Boutique
Beastie Boys
I didn’t care for this album.
2
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Happy Trails
Quicksilver Messenger Service
This was an OK album.
3
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Mama's Gun
Erykah Badu
Good soul/R&B.
3
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Rum Sodomy & The Lash
The Pogues
Enjoyable
3
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This Is Hardcore
Pulp
Great album. Another band I hadn't heard that I really should have.
4
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In The Wee Small Hours
Frank Sinatra
It was ok
2
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Elvis Is Back
Elvis Presley
It’s fine, R&B ballads.
2
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System Of A Down
System Of A Down
Fucking love this album.
5
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Hearts And Bones
Paul Simon
It was fine, nothing I’d go back to.
2
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Violent Femmes
Violent Femmes
Really good
4
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LP1
FKA twigs
Interesting, but not for me.
2
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Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs
Derek & The Dominos
One of the best albums ever recorded. A masterpiece.
5
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Giant Steps
The Boo Radleys
It was ok. Started with some good songs. But got boring in the second half.
3
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Fisherman's Blues
The Waterboys
I like the album.
3
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Bridge Over Troubled Water
Simon & Garfunkel
Boring
2
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The Real Thing
Faith No More
Great band. Great album. Zombie Eaters is fantastic.
4
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The Boatman's Call
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Nothing special
2
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American Beauty
Grateful Dead
Not bad, but I didn’t love it.
3
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Life's Too Good
The Sugarcubes
Great album!
4
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Dr. Octagonecologyst
Dr. Octagon
Nope
1
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Africa Brasil
Jorge Ben Jor
Good music, but not something I enjoy listening to.
3
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Wild Is The Wind
Nina Simone
Beautiful music, amazing voice.
4
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In It For The Money
Supergrass
Really good music. Somehow I hadn’t heard them before, but will listen to their other albums.
4
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Deep Purple In Rock
Deep Purple
Good album
3
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New Gold Dream (81/82/83/84)
Simple Minds
This album was pretty good. I’m not a huge fan of this production style from the 80s.
3
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In A Silent Way
Miles Davis
Good record
2
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Birth Of The Cool
Miles Davis
Good record
2
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Closer
Joy Division
Love this album, a classic.
4
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american dream
LCD Soundsystem
Meh, not my thing.
2
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The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
David Bowie
Perfect. I love this album so much. A masterpiece.
5
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The Gershwin Songbook
Ella Fitzgerald
Very good music. Not a style I would listen too much at all, but it is undoubtably great.
4
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The United States Of America
The United States Of America
A very good album, shame there isn’t more from them.
3
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Risque
CHIC
It was ok, disco isn’t my favorite and this album is mostly that. Some funk and soul flavor saved it from 1 star.
2
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Rattlesnakes
Lloyd Cole And The Commotions
This was ok, but the songs were too similar so the album just felt like listening to one song on repeat.
2
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Pills 'n' Thrills And Bellyaches
Happy Mondays
It was ok
2
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Supa Dupa Fly
Missy Elliott
Meh, not horrible but nothing that held my interest.
1
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She's So Unusual
Cyndi Lauper
I’m not really a fan of this album. It’s not bad, but I didn’t enjoy it.
1
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(What's The Story) Morning Glory
Oasis
Very good album. I love Don’t Look Back in Anger.
4
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Trans Europe Express
Kraftwerk
I don’t care for electronic music.
1
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Exodus
Bob Marley & The Wailers
Excellent album. Waiting in Vain and Three Little Birds are some of my favorite songs.
5
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Spy Vs. Spy: The Music Of Ornette Coleman
John Zorn
Not good
1
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...And Justice For All
Metallica
Good album. I love metal but thrash isn’t my favorite. So I won’t rate Metallica as high as most metalheads.
3
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The Score
Fugees
Very good album. I loved it in high school. Now I don’t really listen to rap but this was still enjoyable.
4
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Ten
Pearl Jam
It’s good, but I’ve never been a big fan of Pearl Jam.
3
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Tracy Chapman
Tracy Chapman
Very pretty and sad.
3
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I Should Coco
Supergrass
Really good. She’s So Loose was the standout for me.
4
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Tidal
Fiona Apple
Such a great album. Her writing and her voice are perfect.
4
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Fuzzy
Grant Lee Buffalo
Really good album. Another band I wish I’d heard of before.
4
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Band On The Run
Paul McCartney
Good songs.
3
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Nick Of Time
Bonnie Raitt
There are a few songs I thought were ok, the more bluesy ones. The album overall has objectively very talented people playing well, it just didn’t really make me feel anything.
2
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Darkness on the Edge of Town
Bruce Springsteen
Not bad, but not anything I loved.
2
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Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs
Marty Robbins
I liked it better than I’d expected to. Fun stories and he has a great voice.
3
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Cheap Thrills
Big Brother & The Holding Company
Classic album. Janis is wonderful as always. Love it.
4
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Southern Rock Opera
Drive-By Truckers
Wow this is great! I will definitely listen to more of there work.
4
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Aja
Steely Dan
While the musicianship is good the songs are dull and all sound very similar. Although that may be due to the production that is, to me, too clean.
2
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Bubble And Scrape
Sebadoh
Good album. Interesting band.
3
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Led Zeppelin III
Led Zeppelin
One of my very favorites. A masterpiece.
5
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Juju
Siouxsie And The Banshees
Good music
3
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Hypnotised
The Undertones
Decent album.
3
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The Blueprint
JAY Z
Nah. Overrated junk.
1
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Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo
Devo
Good album. A bit cheesy.
3
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Sign 'O' The Times
Prince
Not good, I think Prince was very overrated.
1
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Hard Again
Muddy Waters
Very good music.
3
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Back At The Chicken Shack
Jimmy Smith
I did not care for this album. Very repetitive.
1
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American Pie
Don McLean
The album has some good songs. Only one great song though.
3
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The Cars
The Cars
Very good music, but the 80s super-clean production makes it sound very sterile.
3
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Slanted And Enchanted
Pavement
Great album! I love the semi-chaotic sound.
4
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Under Construction
Missy Elliott
Just not good.
1
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Achtung Baby
U2
U2 is so overrated. I just don’t get the appeal.
1
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Here's Little Richard
Little Richard
Superb!
4
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Enter The Wu-Tang Clan - 36 Chambers
Wu-Tang Clan
I get why this was a huge album. But I just don’t care for it.
1
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Another Music In A Different Kitchen
Buzzcocks
Really good
4
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Pet Sounds
The Beach Boys
A classic. And very good.
4
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Pictures At An Exhibition
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
Not for me. Boring.
1
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From Elvis In Memphis
Elvis Presley
I didn’t care for this album.
1
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Let It Be
The Replacements
Really good album.
4
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Lam Toro
Baaba Maal
I didn’t care for this album.
1
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A Grand Don't Come For Free
The Streets
nope
1
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When I Was Born For The 7th Time
Cornershop
Good songs
3
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The Wall
Pink Floyd
A masterpiece. One of my favorite albums ever.
5
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Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim
Frank Sinatra
Dull
1
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Stand!
Sly & The Family Stone
I didn’t care for this album, but it wasn’t bad.
2
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Elastica
Elastica
Really good. Fun. Great writing.
4
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Nilsson Schmilsson
Harry Nilsson
Great album. See real classics I didn’t know the artist name.
3
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Honky Tonk Heroes
Waylon Jennings
Low Down Freedom is a great song. I didn’t love the album though.
2
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Automatic For The People
R.E.M.
Classic album with some killer, timeless tracks.
3
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Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1
George Michael
Did not care for the album.
2
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Dust
Screaming Trees
Really good album.
4
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Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Elton John
Great music. Like it a lot more than I thought I would.
4
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Rock Bottom
Robert Wyatt
Interesting, but I didn’t particularly enjoy it.
2
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Kenya
Machito
I’m not a huge fan of jazz.
2
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Aqualung
Jethro Tull
Good album. Has some really great tracks.
4
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The Seldom Seen Kid
Elbow
Only has a few songs that were interesting to me despite the cleaver lyrics and lovely singing.
3
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Physical Graffiti
Led Zeppelin
A masterpiece. Love the band. Love the album.
5
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Music From The Penguin Cafe
Penguin Cafe Orchestra
Pleasant but I didn’t love it.
3
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Blood On The Tracks
Bob Dylan
Great album. Dylan is one of a kind.
4
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Merriweather Post Pavilion
Animal Collective
Not for me. Not a fan of electronic music.
2
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Slipknot
Slipknot
A masterpiece. One of my favorite albums from one of the best metal bands.
5
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The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan
A masterpiece from, perhaps, the greatest song writer.
5
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Loveless
My Bloody Valentine
Ok, I didn’t love it.
2
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Introducing The Hardline According To Terence Trent D'Arby
Terence Trent D'Arby
Didn’t care for this album.
1
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Shaft
Isaac Hayes
Not bad, but I didn’t really enjoy it.
2
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Rio
Duran Duran
Not a big fan of new wave.
2
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NEU! 75
Neu!
Not terrible, but I didn’t love it.
2
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Here, My Dear
Marvin Gaye
Fine. Not great.
2
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The Beach Boys Today!
The Beach Boys
A fine album.
2
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Paranoid
Black Sabbath
A masterpiece. You can hear the future of metal in this.
5
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Welcome To The Pleasuredome
Frankie Goes To Hollywood
Not feeling it…
1
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Parachutes
Coldplay
Ok, but a bit dull.
2
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A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector
Various Artists
I don’t particularly care for Christmas songs and these fell flat.
1
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Wish You Were Here
Pink Floyd
A masterpiece. One of the best pieces of music ever recorded. Beautiful, emotional, and universal even though the subject matter is very personal to the band. The song “Wish You Were Here” is, in my opinion, a perfect piece of music.
5
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The Lexicon Of Love
ABC
Nope. I didn’t care for this.
1
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Now I Got Worry
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
Good stuff
3
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My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts
Brian Eno
Interesting but not something I’d want to listen again.
2
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Illmatic
Nas
Why was this not considered gangster rap? I read it supposedly show the NYC rap scene as still relevant compared to the West Coast scene of "gangsta rap". But the lyrical content seems basically the same.
1
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Oedipus Schmoedipus
Barry Adamson
Interesting and enjoyable.
3
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This Nation’s Saving Grace
The Fall
Enjoyable
3
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Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
Arctic Monkeys
A masterpiece. Such an amazing debut from the Arctic Monkeys
5
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At Mister Kelly's
Sarah Vaughan
Interesting, but not for me.
2
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Young Americans
David Bowie
Not my favorite from Bowie but an enjoyable listen.
3
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In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida
Iron Butterfly
The title track is a classic. The rest was forgettable but still a good listen.
3
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Chicago Transit Authority
Chicago
It was… fine.
2
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The Low End Theory
A Tribe Called Quest
The music actually wasn't bad for rap. Having a live drummer is infinitely better than a electronic beat.
2
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Cee-Lo Green... Is The Soul Machine
Cee Lo Green
Most of the albums I’ve heard from this list I’ve understood why they were on it. However this one I just don’t get, it seems like a generic R&B/rap.
1
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Darklands
The Jesus And Mary Chain
Really good
4
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New York Dolls
New York Dolls
Not bad
3
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Winter In America
Gil Scott-Heron
It was ok
2
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In Utero
Nirvana
A masterpiece. I wish I could have heard Kirk’s follow-up.
5
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Siamese Dream
The Smashing Pumpkins
A masterpiece. Beautiful, heartfelt music.
5
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Foo Fighters
Foo Fighters
Good album. I really like these songs lack of polish compared to the very produced newer Foo Fighters songs.
3
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The Pleasure Principle
Gary Numan
Very good song writing, but the synths just make it boring and too repetitive for my liking.
2
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Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme
Simon & Garfunkel
This has some wonderful lyrics but the songs are dull to me.
2
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Screamadelica
Primal Scream
This had a few good songs but the electronic aspects bored me.
2
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Slippery When Wet
Bon Jovi
While the album definitely has some classic songs it is a little to pop for my taste.
2
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The Köln Concert
Keith Jarrett
Keith is a fantastic player and his music is interesting and beautiful. I’m just not a huge fan of this style of playing.
2
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Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Love it. The album has some of my favorites from Petty.
4
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I’ve Got a Tiger By the Tail
Buck Owens
A bit cheesy, but good for what it is.
2
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Virgin Suicides
Air
It was better than most electronic albums I've heard. But that isn't saying much.
2
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The Marshall Mathers LP
Eminem
He is a talented song writer and his lyrics can be great when he wants them to be. Like most electronic music though it just isn't something I can get into.
2
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Emperor Tomato Ketchup
Stereolab
Interesting but drawn-out and forgettable.
2
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Night Life
Ray Price
I suppose it might be good for it’s genre.
2
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The Specials
The Specials
Fine, but I didn’t love the music.
2
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The Hour Of Bewilderbeast
Badly Drawn Boy
A fine album.
2
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Gold
Ryan Adams
Not terrible, and almost good. Unfortunately all I heard was boring Tom Petty.
2
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Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire)
The Kinks
Good album. I’d imagine the impact would be greater from an English perspective.
3
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Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Very good album. Almost too long. Whittled down a little maybe could have been perfect.
4