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Album	You	Global	Diff
John Prine John Prine	5	3.22	+1.78
Siembra Willie Colón & Rubén Blades	5	3.29	+1.71
The Wildest! Louis Prima	5	3.53	+1.47
A Night At The Opera Queen	5	3.96	+1.04
Hunky Dory David Bowie	5	4	+1

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Quiet Life Japan	1	2.85	-1.85
1984 Van Halen	2	3.51	-1.51
Arrival ABBA	2	3.5	-1.5
Unknown Pleasures Joy Division	2	3.47	-1.47
Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire) The Kinks	2	3.39	-1.39
Meat Is Murder The Smiths	2	3.32	-1.32
Daydream Nation Sonic Youth	2	3.3	-1.3
Double Nickels On The Dime Minutemen	2	3.12	-1.12
The Lexicon Of Love ABC	2	3.08	-1.08

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Imagine

John Lennon

4/5

Good album, but besides “How do you sleep?” I don’t know if the rest lives up to the legend of the title track.

Oracular Spectacular

MGMT

4/5

Solid album. The Handshake is going to stay with me for a long time. However, beyond that and the singles, not much else from the album resonates with me.

Blood Sugar Sex Magik

Red Hot Chili Peppers

3/5

Meh

The Queen Is Dead

The Smiths

3/5

Rage Against The Machine

4/5

Soundtrack of my youth. Hearing this again as an adult only gives me more appreciation for the sentiments expressed within.

Cypress Hill

4/5

Hadn't heard their first album all the way through before. Epic.

american dream

LCD Soundsystem

3/5

I'm not much into electronica, but this is a great album to just throw on and vibe to.

Rattus Norvegicus

The Stranglers

3/5

Listening to these guys tells me so much about where bands like Rancid, Goldfinger, Screeching Weasel, etc. got their sound. These guys made organs punk rock staples.

In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida

Iron Butterfly

3/5

I'd never heard the 17-minute epic in its full glory before now. That was a treat. I was surprised how the rest of the album wasn't nearly as heavy, but more bluesy and pop rock-ish. Lovely harmonies.

Daydream Nation

Sonic Youth

2/5

I can hear how so many bands were influenced by the raw, stripped-down sound of Sonic Youth... because to me the band didn't sound like much at all. Everything that came after built upon the blank slate template this band put out with Daydream Nation. Honestly, once I stopped paying strict attention to listening to the album, it was over in a flash. Mostly because all of the songs sounded pretty much the same to me.

Hunky Dory

David Bowie

5/5

I'd heard the hits, but no one told me how magical the rest of this album was. Easily now one of my all-time favorites. Bravo.

Vivid

Living Colour

4/5

This band. What a sound. Corey Glover. What a voice. Fuck yeah. This album gets double horns. \m/ \m/

Quiet Life

Japan

1/5

Boring.

Illinois

Sufjan Stevens

4/5

I'd never heard Sufjan Stevens before, but he's going to score my quirky indie film one day.

Beauty And The Beat

The Go-Go's

3/5

This album is fun personified.

A Girl Called Dusty

Dusty Springfield

4/5

I knew so little about Dusty Springfield before now. I had no idea she was British! She's just got such an earthy style, I'd assumed she was American. And wow... so many classic songs. This was a fun listen.

Unknown Pleasures

Joy Division

2/5

Okay, I know this is going to cost me any goth cred I may have had in the past, but Joy Division is true to its name; listening to this album divided me from joy. It's clear to me that pleasure is unknown to them, and someone needs to tell them that picking a single phrase and repeating it over and over again does not a good song make.

Out Of The Blue

Electric Light Orchestra

4/5

So much joy in this album. It was a fun, buoyant listen.

Elephant Mountain

The Youngbloods

3/5

Solid, enjoyable poppy listen. Certainly going in my regular rotation now.

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Shuggie Otis

4/5

Really dug this. Fantastic album.

Phaedra

Tangerine Dream

3/5

Trippy atmospheric prog rock. This is the kind of stuff I'm going to listen to now when I write

Sound Affects

The Jam

3/5

Good stuff.

You Want It Darker

Leonard Cohen

3/5

Leonard Cohen's a legend. This album isn't my usual cup of tea, but I'm glad to have experienced it.

Tubular Bells

Mike Oldfield

3/5

Quirky and pretentious. I enjoyed it.

Selling England By The Pound

Genesis

3/5

Solid album that lands somewhere between Pink Floyd and Rush

Disraeli Gears

Cream

3/5

Solid album until the final track, which sent it off with a whimper, not a bang.

The Lexicon Of Love

ABC

2/5

Sounds like every other early 80's pop album - pretentious, and hollow. Nice horn section though.

Live!

Fela Kuti

4/5

Incredible album. Holy shit, this was mind-blowing. The precision The passion. The endurance. I'm going to go listen to his whole catalogue.

Ten

Pearl Jam

4/5

Rocking out to this brought me back to high school.

She's So Unusual

Cyndi Lauper

3/5

So many great songs on this album. Also, such a strange ending to it...

Want Two

Rufus Wainwright

3/5

I didn't realize how much of his music I'd heard before listening to this album! Good stuff. Will certainly become a staple of my "normal" rotation.

Green Onions

Booker T. & The MG's

4/5

Whole album's a bop. Loved it.

Metallica

4/5

One of my all-time favorite albums.

Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space

Spiritualized

3/5

Cerebral. Love the reimagining of Can't Help Falling In Love right off the bat. Rest of the album's a mixed bag, but fascinating sound.

Talking With the Taxman About Poetry

Billy Bragg

3/5

Fun, folky rock. Certainly evokes a time and place.

Lady In Satin

Billie Holiday

4/5

Classic.

Aladdin Sane

David Bowie

3/5

Good album, but I liked Hunky Dory better.

Meat Is Murder

The Smiths

2/5

I thought The Queen Is Dead was much better.

The Idiot

Iggy Pop

3/5

Gritty spooky punk rock.

The Stone Roses

4/5

I hadn't purposely listened to The Stone Roses before, but I really enjoyed this album. They're a new staple.

Purple Rain

Prince

4/5

So much incredible music on one album. Goddamn.

The Visitors

ABBA

3/5

I was pleasantly surprised. Very talented musicians.

This Year's Model

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

4/5

I'm discovering I've got a thing for punk rock bands with keyboards.

The Wildest!

Louis Prima

5/5

Best of the bunch thus far. Incredible. Loved every second of it.

Melodrama

Lorde

3/5

This album's a bop. Really enjoyed it.

Black Metal

Venom

3/5

15-year-old me would have *loved* these guys. As it is, I can totally hear the sound that influenced Metallica, Megadeth, and so many more.

Vanishing Point

Primal Scream

3/5

Good listening while I'm working in a dark theater by myself. You can hear the influence of The Doors on the first track before the rest of the album begins to sound like the rest of the 90's. But enjoyable. Really appreciated their use of spatial audio for an immersive experience.

Zombie

Fela Kuti

4/5

Walking Wounded

Everything But The Girl

2/5

Meh.

Qui sème le vent récolte le tempo

MC Solaar

3/5

First time I've listened to French hip-hop, and this was dope as hell.

Arrival

ABBA

2/5

Good album, but disco pop just doesn't do it for me. Still, nice to hear some classics like "Dancing Queen" and "Fernando" (I listened to the 2006 CD w/ this and "Happy Hawaii")

A Nod Is As Good As A Wink To A Blind Horse

Faces

4/5

Had no idea Rod Stewart was ever in a band outside of his solo act. Pleasant surprise! This reminds me of the music my dad listened to while I was growing up. Some fun, bluesy, honky tonk goodness. Very enjoyable.

Siembra

Willie Colón & Rubén Blades

5/5

This whole thing's a mood. Loved it. Last song sounded like something out of a James Bond movie.

John Prine

5/5

Wow. Just… wow. Gorgeous music that paints a painful picture of a very real and imperfect world.

A Night At The Opera

Queen

5/5

Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire)

The Kinks

2/5

Double Nickels On The Dime

Minutemen

2/5

Not my scene

1984

Van Halen

2/5

I mean… it’s Van Halen at the height of their schtick. Glorious hair metal. It is what it is. Sorry, but bring me some thrash and leave the hairspray at home.

If I Should Fall From Grace With God

The Pogues

3/5

Great album. Love the whole genre.