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Album	You	Global	Diff
Disraeli Gears Cream	5	3.47	+1.53
Crosby, Stills & Nash Crosby, Stills & Nash	5	3.49	+1.51
The Velvet Underground & Nico The Velvet Underground	5	3.62	+1.38
Pink Moon Nick Drake	5	3.65	+1.35
White Light / White Heat The Velvet Underground	4	2.89	+1.11

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Album	You	Global	Diff
Parallel Lines Blondie	2	3.76	-1.76
Superunknown Soundgarden	2	3.66	-1.66
The Genius Of Ray Charles Ray Charles	2	3.63	-1.63
Hounds Of Love Kate Bush	2	3.61	-1.61
Nilsson Schmilsson Harry Nilsson	2	3.44	-1.44
Different Class Pulp	2	3.42	-1.42
There's No Place Like America Today Curtis Mayfield	2	3.37	-1.37
A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector Various Artists	2	3.31	-1.31
First Band On The Moon The Cardigans	2	3.29	-1.29
Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim Frank Sinatra	2	3.27	-1.27

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Beatles	2	5

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Being There

Wilco

2/5

I like a few Wilco tracks, but none are on this album

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Hotel California

Eagles

4/5

(What's The Story) Morning Glory

Oasis

3/5

I prefer Blur

Africa Brasil

Jorge Ben Jor

3/5

Brazilian samba funk?

Born To Run

Bruce Springsteen

3/5

Gritty blue collar rock with saxes and a 50s diner vibe.

Pink Moon

Nick Drake

5/5

This is pretty great. Introspective. I’d listened to Nick Drake a while back, but never to entire albums. Enjoyable.

Superfly

Curtis Mayfield

3/5

Funkaay

Wish You Were Here

Pink Floyd

4/5

It’d be better if every single song on here wasn’t overplayed by every classic rock radio station everywhere.

Synchronicity

The Police

3/5

Now I Got Worry

The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion

3/5

Crazysexycool

TLC

2/5

The Sensual World

Kate Bush

3/5

Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)

Wu-Tang Clan

3/5

White Light / White Heat

The Velvet Underground

4/5

There's No Place Like America Today

Curtis Mayfield

2/5

Superunknown

Soundgarden

2/5

Fell on black days, plus a couple radio mainstays.

Fishscale

Ghostface Killah

4/5

This is pretty great. Now I know where a few samples on Donuts come from.

This Year's Model

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

3/5

Turn it up and 2-3 other nice ones. I don’t want to go to Chelsea. Sounds like nothing else.

Scott 4

Scott Walker

2/5

At its best - a bit like Moody Blues meets Bowie or TomJones, Leonard Cohen. At its worst? Reminds me of Shatner lounge act. Hey, at least there’s that song about a movie that’s in the Criterion Collection.

Vivid

Living Colour

2/5

Cult of Personality and jaunty late 80s rock. If you get a chance, check out the music video.

Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim

Frank Sinatra

2/5

This is an album where I liked the less well known songs.

The Genius Of Ray Charles

Ray Charles

2/5

Way ahead of its time.

Off The Wall

Michael Jackson

4/5

Early Michael Jackson - Off the Wall, Don’t Stop Til You Get Enough. A couple songs sound like funky disco.

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

Beatles

5/5

The real deal. What else can I say? Sure, maybe it’s overplayed. Sure, maybe you’re not a fan of the costumes. But listen to like anything else of its time and compare. There’s no comparison really.

Sweet Baby James

James Taylor

4/5

Microshift

Hookworms

3/5

Reminds me of Stereolab plus like indie pop?

Raw Power

The Stooges

3/5

Odessey And Oracle

The Zombies

3/5

I really like Time of the Season, but I think their best work is on other albums.

Slipknot

2/5

I’ve seen worse, at least it’s not Bette Midler.

Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs

Marty Robbins

4/5

Definitely worth looking into.

Hounds Of Love

Kate Bush

2/5

The Real Thing

Faith No More

2/5

You want it all, but you can have it... Oh yes, the controversial video with the fish flopping around at the end.

Heavy Weather

Weather Report

2/5

Elevator music on acid. Some of this is neat, like King Crimson, or maybe KC is like this… it feels sort of like a sequencer on random, which I’m not real sure about.

Le Tigre

3/5

I’d probably really have liked this back in Sonic Youth days. 3.

Crosby, Stills & Nash

5/5

It’s getting to the point- where I’m no fun anymore - I am sorry. Say, can I have some of your purple berries? It’s a 5 if ever there was one.

Phrenology

The Roots

3/5

At first, I thought it was plain old hip hop, but there are a few really nice tracks on here.

Brothers

The Black Keys

3/5

Honestly, every song sounds the same. And they’d all be remarkable in about 1973, which is what it’s copying. But I like 1973.

Third/Sister Lovers

Big Star

3/5

Reminds me of Dylan, T-Rex and Bowie. At times is its own thing too. Can be heartfelt at times. Like Blue Moon, etc.

The Message

Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five

3/5

The Message and a nice sample / cover thing of Genius of Love. And a couple surprising RnB tracks. This would have been super innovative when it came out in the early 80s.

Sex Packets

Digital Underground

3/5

The Humpty Dance, Dowhatchalike, etc. Love the raunchiness. Takes me back to middle school dance parties.

Vulgar Display Of Power

Pantera

2/5

Unlike other reviewers, I’m not triggered by this. No, I don’t feel the need to go clutch my teddy bear or Rainbow Brite dolls after listening. I’m not concerned if my heart rate goes up listening to it. But it’s not my thing either. Reminds me of Beavis and Butthead for some reason.

The Stranger

Billy Joel

4/5

Peak Billy Joel. I hated this a lot more when it was on the radio for 20 years. Is it possible it’s not as schmaltzy or ick as I remember? No, it’s still schmaltz.

Rattus Norvegicus

The Stranglers

4/5

Reminds me of the Doors minus the weird mysticism plus a nice beat. Second song sounds like proto-Strokes. A couple of the others remind me of the Cars or Talking Heads. Wire. I like this.

American Pie

Don McLean

4/5

American Pie, Vincent, etc.

Nilsson Schmilsson

Harry Nilsson

2/5

Dummy

Portishead

3/5

I like this more now than I did when it came out.

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector

Various Artists

2/5

I mean… for Christmas music, you could do worse.

Songs Of Love And Hate

Leonard Cohen

4/5

I like Leonard Cohen, and this is a good album. I always feel morose after listening to this though.

Music For The Jilted Generation

The Prodigy

2/5

Ah yes, raving in the ‘90s. I might have liked this then, but it’s not for me right now. Anyway, I always preferred Underworld (dubnobass).

Different Class

Pulp

2/5

Not my thing. If I’m looking for Brit pop, I prefer Radiohead, maybe an occasional Blur.

Low-Life

New Order

3/5

I like New Order, and this is New Order. Most of it seems kinda gothic and synthy, which is fine. Face Up is happier, even poppy. I think I kinda prefer the 1983 album before this, and the 1987 one after it, but this is fine.

Being There

Wilco

2/5

I like a few Wilco tracks, but none are on this album

On The Beach

Neil Young

3/5

Good album, but not my favorite from Neil Young

Talking Heads 77

Talking Heads

3/5

Not my favorite Talking Heads. David Byrne’s voice gets a bit old by the end of this. But I do really recommend giving Psycho Killer a listen.

The Soft Bulletin

The Flaming Lips

4/5

Ah yes, the Flaming Lips. Proving that music peaked in 1969 and again in about 1999. If you get a chance, watch a video of their concerts. I don’t like everything they ever did, but nearly every song in here is inventive and surprisingly listenable. Some people like Yoshimi better. They’re wrong. This is better.

Hypnotised

The Undertones

2/5

It’s not really my thing.

Steve McQueen

Prefab Sprout

3/5

Reminds me of Lounge version of Elvis Costello. With creative instruments. One thing that kinda drove me nuts: words not seeming to line up with music - like Goodbye Lucille #1. Some of this reminds me of something you’d hear in a mall in the early 90s.

The Stone Roses

3/5

It’s ok

Parallel Lines

Blondie

2/5

It’s ok…

Lust For Life

Iggy Pop

3/5

Low-rent Bowie with more guitars.

Emperor Tomato Ketchup

Stereolab

4/5

Ah yes, Emperor Tomato Ketchup. Lead singer’s voice is way more in tune than it ever seems to be live.

The Velvet Underground & Nico

The Velvet Underground

5/5

Tied for the best VU album ever (with the self-titled album). Gritty. Reminds me of NYC.

School's Out

Alice Cooper

3/5

Music for the Masses

Depeche Mode

3/5

Yep, that’s Depeche Mode

One World

John Martyn

3/5

Jazz and funky beats on the moon. And a tune called “Big Muff,” which I want to look up the meaning of. And some ambient.

Dear Science

TV On The Radio

2/5

I like “Wolf Like Me,” but it’s not on this album. DLZ is ok. This sounds like low-rent Prince or something. Also, the mix sounds off. Like I’m not hearing all the instruments.

Deloused in the Comatorium

The Mars Volta

2/5

Lite rock version of At the Drive In?

Armed Forces

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

3/5

Surf's Up

The Beach Boys

3/5

I like the odd juxtaposition of beach music and protest music.

Heaven Or Las Vegas