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Album	You	Global	Diff
Ogden's Nut Gone Flake Small Faces	5	2.95	+2.05
Bert Jansch Bert Jansch	5	3	+2
Murder Ballads Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds	5	3.08	+1.92
Melody A.M. Röyksopp	5	3.21	+1.79
Nebraska Bruce Springsteen	5	3.31	+1.69
Aqualung Jethro Tull	5	3.44	+1.56
Young Americans David Bowie	5	3.61	+1.39
The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill Lauryn Hill	5	3.64	+1.36
Born In The U.S.A. Bruce Springsteen	5	3.7	+1.3
Kid A Radiohead	5	3.71	+1.29

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Radiohead	2	5
Bruce Springsteen	2	5

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Murder Ballads

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds · 8 likes

5/5

This is one of the weirdest things I've listened to in years.

Bert Jansch

Bert Jansch · 5 likes

5/5

This one is also terrific. I'm surprised Bert has never come up during the Nick Drake renaissance since they are cut from similar cloth. Lots of small instrumental interludes in between longer songs.

Kid A

Radiohead · 1 likes

5/5

All timer.

Axis: Bold As Love

Jimi Hendrix · 1 likes

5/5

I've never actual sat and listened to one of Jimi's albums from front to back. It's always been collections, best ofs, soundtracks, etc. I don't think I had heard a single one of these songs before and yet, the album was incredible front to back.

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Kid A

Radiohead

5/5

All timer.

Melody A.M.

Röyksopp

5/5

Another classic.

Heaven Or Las Vegas

Cocteau Twins

4/5

It's a good album, but more mood music than a series of terrific songs. Will need to listen again but I found it fading into the background for me. Great mood piece.

Blue

Joni Mitchell

4/5

Good chill music. Lyrics are excellent. Not my normal listening music but she's an absolute master songwriter.

The Modern Lovers

4/5

Never heard this before. VERY reminiscent of the doors, but also somehow presaging new wave punk from the 80s.

Elephant Mountain

The Youngbloods

4/5

Never heard this one before. It feels like someone tried to distill the sound of 60's rock into a single album. Every song could be on a movie soundtrack to set the period.

Very

Pet Shop Boys

3/5

This one wasn't for me. I can hear how this album is a HUGE influence on many of the artist I like, but the lead vocals don't do it for me. A quality album that deserves to be on the list, but one I probably won't revisit.

Young Americans

David Bowie

5/5

What is there to say. Every song is a classic and Bowie was already a master at his craft by this point.

Blonde On Blonde

Bob Dylan

3/5

First Dylan album I’ve ever listened too. Still not a fan of his voice but the sound is iconic. Hard to separate a lifetime of his music being used as a set piece in movies from just enjoying it on its own.

Modern Life Is Rubbish

Blur

4/5

Great album. Blur sort of personifies what was good about a lot of pop rock in that era.

At San Quentin

Johnny Cash

5/5

It's A Shame About Ray

The Lemonheads

4/5

This one was good. I've never heard The Lemonheads before but they seemed to lay the groundwork for a sound that was copied over and over again in the 90s

Time (The Revelator)

Gillian Welch

4/5

Very simple, just her and some guitar/banjo accompaniment. Really solid Appalachia sound.

Rings Around The World

Super Furry Animals

4/5

Huge "Spiritualized" vibes on this one. Very chill listen.

Sticky Fingers

The Rolling Stones

5/5

Several all time classic songs. This is arguably their peak.

Ogden's Nut Gone Flake

Small Faces

5/5

I cannot believe this band has existed for 50 years and I never heard them. This belongs up there with any of the baroque pop that was being produced in the 60s.

Bert Jansch

5/5

This one is also terrific. I'm surprised Bert has never come up during the Nick Drake renaissance since they are cut from similar cloth. Lots of small instrumental interludes in between longer songs.

Axis: Bold As Love

Jimi Hendrix

5/5

Bluesbreakers

John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers

4/5

Maverick A Strike

Finley Quaye

4/5

This might be the most recent reggae album I've ever listened to. Really deep grooves here.

The Hour Of Bewilderbeast

Badly Drawn Boy

3/5

This was good but unremarkable to me. I can't see myself seeking it out to listen to again. None of the songs truly caught me.

Abbey Road

Beatles

5/5

What is there to say?

Queen II

Queen

4/5

Probably the first time I've listened to a Queen album front to back. This was much better than expected, more of a straight classic rock vibe with Queen's twist rather than something fully over the top.

Happy Trails

Quicksilver Messenger Service

4/5

I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got

Sinead O'Connor

3/5

Mostly unremarkable except for the single.

In Rainbows

Radiohead

5/5

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector

Various Artists

3/5

Really not into Christmas music, but in general this was OK because of the motown vibe and talent behind the music.

Oxygène

Jean-Michel Jarre

4/5

Incredible ambient piece from an artist I've never heard of before.

Van Halen

3/5

This was a surprise. I'm not a Van Halen fan at all, but had heard most of these songs. I had thought that all of these were from the mid 80s but knowing that this album was in 1978 shifts my perspective. They were ahead of their time. The "non-single" songs all had a more 70s rock vibe to them.

Maxinquaye

Tricky

4/5

Tricky is a legend, but personally it would always choose a record from Massive Attack's catalog over his solo work.

Joan Armatrading

4/5

Complete sleeper. Great mix of Folk/Funk that I had never heard of.

Channel Orange

Frank Ocean

4/5

Somehow I had never sat and listened to this album. Really stands out from most R&B for me.

The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill

Lauryn Hill

5/5

It is a crime that she never released another album.

Surf's Up

The Beach Boys

4/5

I did not expect to hear Mike Love sing an ode to feet but here we are. This still holds up against other BB works but I don't think I'd choose it over Smile, Pet Sounds, or their early work.

Unhalfbricking

Fairport Convention

4/5

This is like a full amalgam of boroque pop from the era. All the songs are good but it felt like they weren't sure who they wanted to be in the end.

The Suburbs

Arcade Fire

3/5

Aqualung

Jethro Tull

5/5

Murder Ballads

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds