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Album	You	Global	Diff
Blunderbuss Jack White	5	3.39	+1.61

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Album	You	Global	Diff
The Queen Is Dead The Smiths	1	3.67	-2.67
If You Can Believe Your Eyes & Ears The Mamas & The Papas	1	3.43	-2.43
Songs In The Key Of Life Stevie Wonder	2	4.07	-2.07
Mama Said Knock You Out LL Cool J	1	2.9	-1.9
To Pimp A Butterfly Kendrick Lamar	2	3.63	-1.63
Diamond Life Sade	2	3.46	-1.46
Heaven Or Las Vegas Cocteau Twins	2	3.41	-1.41
Smash The Offspring	2	3.36	-1.36
Private Dancer Tina Turner	2	3.29	-1.29
Since I Left You The Avalanches	2	3.28	-1.28

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The Queen Is Dead

The Smiths · 1 likes

1/5

God I hate The Smiths.

1-Star Albums (3)

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Live At The Harlem Square Club

Sam Cooke

3/5

Good for a listening, probably won't listen again.

Court And Spark

Joni Mitchell

3/5

Decent Joni.

Physical Graffiti

Led Zeppelin

4/5

The Zepp. In My Time of Dying and Kashmir are among their greatest tracks ever. But let's face it, this package drags on a bit.

The Seldom Seen Kid

Elbow

3/5

Interesting, but also forgettable.

Diamond Life

Sade

2/5

This is probably someone's favourite album, but not mine. Sails a bit too close to easy listening. A shame, cause her voice is indeed diamond.

The Idiot

Iggy Pop

3/5

Solid Iggy, but not as good as Stooges-era, or Lust For Life.

The Queen Is Dead

The Smiths

1/5

God I hate The Smiths.

Dirty

Sonic Youth

4/5

Delightful. First SY album for me. I love the sound, and I wonder why I never bumped into this in the 90's or slightly later when I had my grunge phase. It drags on a tiiiny bit, I suppose. Some imbalance in the material. But I forgive it all.

Rio

Duran Duran

3/5

First time going through a Duran Duran album in full. Strangely enough. I think they've got great songs, but I also believe I've enjoyed other bands' covers of them more than I seem to enjoy the real deal. Even so, there's good stuff on here. Doesn't drag on either.

Selling England By The Pound

Genesis

3/5

Genesis is an interesting case for me. There are loads of songs that I really enjoy, both from the Gabriel and the Collins eras, and I pretty much grew up with their music. I admire their musicianship, and I think they're an extremely important band in music history, especially for prog rock. Even so, they've always been more of a pick and mix and a Best Of band for me. I rarely have what it takes to listen to an album in its entirety. Maybe especially with their earlier material. Even so, this is solid 70's Genesis.

To Pimp A Butterfly

Kendrick Lamar

2/5

I regret my life choices leading up to this. Having said that, I'm giving it an extra star for the fact that I recognize that this is progressive stuff, and that it's very important music for some demographics. Just not for me.

Electric Warrior

T. Rex

4/5

Oi what the hell. This is actually pretty good. T. Rex is a band I've always known of, but never actually listened to. Sure, there were familiar tunes here, and I'm sure I'd recognize some of their other songs, but I never could've placed them, probably. This album has groove. It's got thump. I like it.

Since I Left You

The Avalanches

2/5

Music From Big Pink

The Band

3/5

The Band is somewhat legendary, and a nice bunch of true craftsmen. Unfortunately that doesn't mitigate the fact that, for me, personally, there's very little in their music that resonates or sticks with me. The Weight being one of the rare exceptions, and a few other tracks that I honestly enjoy more when covered by other artists. Even so, this one is steady listening from start to finish. A true three star experience.

Signing Off

UB40

3/5

UB40 is probably one of those bands who are judged solely on their radio hit(s). In this case, I think it's not entirely fair to do so, to be honest.

Heaven Or Las Vegas

Cocteau Twins

2/5

This is probably someone's favourite album. But not mine. Not exactly unpleasant, but a bit too wishy-washy for me.

Fifth Dimension

The Byrds

3/5

Truly a surprising album. Never have I given The Byrds a second thought, nor thought them anything but 60's "rock". Wasn't expecting proto-psychedelic folk. What.

Queen Of Denmark

John Grant

4/5

Finally something I had never heard of before. And it's not bad. At 16 tracks it's way over my preferred number, but it doesn't really drag on. Some weird numbers on it, though, which makes the balance suffer a bit. Still, interesting stuff...

Mama Said Knock You Out

LL Cool J

1/5

No. Don't make me listen to this again.

Peace Sells...But Who's Buying

Megadeth

2/5

There are Megadeth albums I can sit through and occasionally enjoy, but this ain't one of them. Forgettable stuff.

Private Dancer

Tina Turner

2/5

Tina was a force of nature. She had a set of pipes, for sure. But this album is too heavy on the 80's production vibes, and I can't really say I enjoyed it too much.

A Girl Called Dusty

Dusty Springfield

4/5

This one has some certified bangers. I dunno, it's hard to not appreciate Dusty.

Truth And Soul

Fishbone

2/5

As it turns out, I apparently prefer their later material. This didn't really work for me at all, bar a few fun numbers.

Maxinquaye

Tricky

2/5

Beautifully produced stuff in certain places, but, alas, not really enough to keep me interested in the long run. Probably someone's favorite album, though, and I can understand that.

Songs In The Key Of Life

Stevie Wonder

2/5

Extraordinary musical craftsmanship mixed with equal parts glurge and cheese. Too much of the latter, in fact. Won't end up in my rotation.

461 Ocean Boulevard

Eric Clapton

2/5

I don't think I ever really realized how whiny Eric Clapton is. Mostly forgettable stuff here, really.

Country Life

Roxy Music

2/5

Eeeeeeh.....

If You Can Believe Your Eyes & Ears

The Mamas & The Papas

1/5

This type of jam just ain't my kind of bag, baby.

Stardust

Willie Nelson

3/5

I feel like I should've liked this one more. Maybe the arrangements were just a little too "stringy" for me.

(What's The Story) Morning Glory

Oasis

3/5

Never been a massive fan of Oasis, but somehow I think this one had aged more than I had expected. Still got a banger track for my playlist, though.

S&M

Metallica

4/5

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Terence Trent D'Arby

3/5

I wonder if it's unfair to judge an album for sounding too much like the time during which it was made, but here we are... Some minor positive surprises among the tracks, but probably not much I feel like I need to hear a second time.

Woodface

Crowded House

2/5

Meeeeeeeeeeeeh.....

Hot Rats

Frank Zappa

3/5

Smash

The Offspring

2/5

When you're 8 and this record hits, you think it's such a dangerous album. In hindsight, and 30+ years later, you realize it's mostly hot air. Still, you wonder what could have been, had they not started playing cringey MTV quasi-raprock.

Vauxhall And I

Morrissey

3/5

Morrissey is still a tool, but this somehow manages to be not quite as bad at The Smiths.

Homework

Daft Punk

3/5

Daft Punk works best in short bursts and when you're in the right mood. The singles work for me, the rest I can live without.

Chicago Transit Authority

Chicago

2/5

Group Sex

Circle Jerks

3/5

At least this is punk. Refreshing.

Bat Out Of Hell

Meat Loaf

3/5

Well, that was... a lot. Mr. Loaf seems to be the least shouty thing about this entire production. But I get why it's sold so much.

MTV Unplugged In New York

Nirvana

3/5

Decent stuff, but not my first choice Nirvana album. Its influence cannot be denied, though...

Blunderbuss

Jack White

5/5

Prime Jack White material. The album that kickstarted my love for what he's doing.

Destroyer

KISS

2/5

The biggest scam in music history is KISS convincing everybody that they're doing hard rock. Bland disco rock is more like it...