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Album	You	Global	Diff
Maverick A Strike Finley Quaye	4	2.75	+1.25
Sheet Music 10cc	4	2.96	+1.04

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Tommy The Who	1	3.34	-2.34
L.A. Woman The Doors	2	3.67	-1.67
Electric Warrior T. Rex	2	3.54	-1.54
Blur Blur	2	3.33	-1.33
Darklands The Jesus And Mary Chain	2	3.22	-1.22
Hunky Dory David Bowie	3	4	-1

Popular Reviews

Blur

2/5

Well, Song 2 I've heard before. I would have guessed this was Weezer maybe based on that song alone. This feels like the 90s. The album as a whole has some bad songs on it but I clearly am not the target demo for this. As of this album, I'm instituting my rating system as follows: 1*: terrible, no redeeming value that I could find, or just not my thing at all. 2*: I can see the reason this is on the list, it's well produced or influential or whatever, but I can't imagine listening again. 3*: this is OK. I might listen again if it came up in a random playlist. Or, I don't like it but it has extremely good productions or is hugely influential or something. 4*: I like this. I would listen again. Good music. 5*: This is amazing and is now in semi-regular rotation. Changed the way I listen/taught me something/cured major disease.

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The Isley Brothers

4/5

Solid R&B, lots of toe tapping tunes. Seems extremely well produced overall. Listened on youtube music at work. Got me moving on every track. At the start of this, I wasn't enamored, but man, this is SOLID. 4.5/5.

L.A. Woman

The Doors

2/5

Solid production, sounds great. Not a huge fan. Riders on the Storm is a solid classic. 1st half of the record is better than the last half IMO. Good blues rock but a bit too much psychedelic influence? IDK. Not my cup of tea.

Electric Ladyland

Jimi Hendrix

3/5

So, I know Hendrix is amazing and influential, etc. But this music doesn't do much for me most of the time. IDK why....

Blur

2/5

Sheet Music

10cc

4/5

After the first two tracks, I'm amused and enjoying this. Funny, musically interesting (if not super original), and quite enjoyable so far. Got some laughs and got my feet moving at the office. A few more tracks in and really enjoying this. Some inventive stuff here, vocals and instruments and styles. Humor and seriousness but in a light vein. Read some of the history of the band, I get where some of this stuff came from. It's great. Clockwork Creep is hilarious and dark. I really enjoyed this album, every tune.

Hunky Dory

David Bowie

3/5

Eh. It's Bowie. It's good, occasionally great, but always Bowie. Sometimes I like a bit of Bowie. I rarely want an entire LP of Bowie. Changes is a great track, so is Life on Mars?, Fill Your Heart, and a few others. But after 3-5 tracks, it just fades into sameness for me.

Lady Soul

Aretha Franklin

4/5

Gosh this is GOOD MUSIC. So classic, such talent in the voice, and some genre defining stuff here. Love it. 4*

Black Sabbath

4/5

The dawn of heavy metal, ozzy, and all the rest. An interesting album as you can feel the blues and jazz elements, and they are starting to transition into something HEAVIER. Awesome piece of musical history.

Hysteria

Def Leppard

3/5

eh, other the the iconic (if cheesey now) Pour Some Sugar On Me; this didn't do much for me. Rocket is a neat song. Well produced. Probably wouldn't any of these songs off. 3*.

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness

The Smashing Pumpkins

3/5

Didn't age as well as I thought it would have. Other than the song I remembered (Vampire), none of the others were familiar to me. Sounded...bad...on the car stereo. Maybe a listen in a better environment would be different; but the 90s quality stereo in the Rav4 should be just right for this given the era....

Superunknown

Soundgarden

3/5

This album was Superunknown to me. It should remain so. Well produced, but super generic. Again, listened in the car. I don't think I finished the album, so may revisit in the future with a better listening environment, but didn't stir any emotions.

Maverick A Strike

Finley Quaye

4/5

I don't know much 'modern' reggae and don't often listen to it, but this is good stuff. I can see myself listening again in the right mood.

Pearl

Janis Joplin

4/5

Not generally what I'd listen to but undeniably brilliant.

Tommy

The Who

1/5

Before I listened to this album, the number of concept/story albums in the rock world that I liked and would listen to again was very small (Alan Parsons Project, some other prog metal, etc.). The number didn't go up after this. Forgettable, story was...eh...and music...well....no thanks.

Coat Of Many Colors

Dolly Parton

4/5

Ms. Parton is a legend. 'nuf said.

Stardust

Willie Nelson

3/5

I love Willy, but I like his outlaw country much better than his covers. Still a good album.

La Revancha Del Tango

Gotan Project

4/5

This was pretty good and enjoyable, if a bit repetitive. Really more of a 3.5. Will check some of this group's other works for sure.