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Album	You	Global	Diff
Moving Pictures Rush	5	3.59	+1.41
L.A. Woman The Doors	5	3.67	+1.33
Odessa Bee Gees	4	2.71	+1.29
I’m a Lonesome Fugitive Merle Haggard	4	2.85	+1.15
Physical Graffiti Led Zeppelin	5	3.92	+1.08
The Gilded Palace Of Sin The Flying Burrito Brothers	4	2.93	+1.07
Electric Ladyland Jimi Hendrix	5	3.95	+1.05
Killing Joke Killing Joke	4	2.99	+1.01

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Ill Communication Beastie Boys	2	3.65	-1.65
Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols Sex Pistols	2	3.46	-1.46
Vespertine Björk	2	3.17	-1.17

5-Star Albums (7)

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Lady Soul

Aretha Franklin

5/5

This is a glorious album and is well deserving of a Five Star rating. Aretha near the peak of her powers. Her voice throughout is strong and powerful, yet she can ease back when required, as in a controlled rendering of Curtis Mayfield's 'People Get Ready'. There is a surprise hint of tape hiss, and as a result it brings a bit more warmth and heart to the performances.

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Lady Soul

Aretha Franklin

5/5

Ramones

4/5

Ramones really are a four chord band, but what they lack in pure musicianship, they more than make up for in passion and exuberance. The music is stripped down to the bare bones rock and roll and while most of their songs sound like basically the same song, it's a good song.

British Steel

Judas Priest

4/5

I hadn't listened to this album before now. I was nineteen when British Steel hit the airwaves, made me familiar with Living After Midnight and Breaking the Law as metal anthems, but I couldn't relate to the whole black leather and chains identity. Not a bad song on this album though. I'm not sure British Steel is the defining metal album of all time but it's certainly a great point of entry. Best liked: Metal Gods, Rapid Fire, Grinder and You Don't Have To Be Old To Be Wise.

With The Beatles

Beatles

4/5

This was my first time playing this album. It's been years since I'd heard some of these songs and yet I still knew the words.

Red Headed Stranger

Willie Nelson

3/5

Ágætis Byrjun

Sigur Rós

3/5

The Gilded Palace Of Sin

The Flying Burrito Brothers

4/5

Killing Joke

4/5

Great for a mood, or a soundtrack to throwing a molotov.

Olympia 64

Jacques Brel

2/5

I hear this one more as a historical document of a different time and place. Interesting, but as a non-French speaker, I can't really get everything out of the work as there is to get.

Paranoid

Black Sabbath

5/5

It's THE classic metal album, definitive. Always in rotation in my house.

Wild Gift

3/5

Not really my cuppa, but it's pretty catchy. Not bad.

I See A Darkness

Bonnie "Prince" Billy

3/5

He has a unique voice and the overdubbing is interesting. I would call it Americana style. Interesting but I wouldn't have it on heavy rotation.

There's A Riot Goin' On

Sly & The Family Stone

3/5

Interesting if nothing else by its influence on funk, definately a product of its time. I liked some of the rhythmic tribal beats but otherwise not really my cup of tea..

Vespertine

Björk

2/5

I guess this music is popular enough to be a thing, but to me, it was virtually unlistenable. The first album I have ever quit before finishing.

Tical

Method Man

3/5

I'm sure Tical is good hip-hop. Just not a fan of the genre.

Trans Europe Express

Kraftwerk

3/5

Frank

Amy Winehouse

4/5

Having never heard a performance by Winehouse, I was kind of pleasantly surprised.

Hunting High And Low

a-ha

4/5

Repetitive, Take On Me was the standout, but four stars for the great 80's vibe.

Transformer

Lou Reed

3/5

The best of the album is on the first track.

Rum Sodomy & The Lash

The Pogues

4/5

Modern Kosmology

Jane Weaver

3/5

Ethereal voicing. A nice album to have playing in the background.

All Hail the Queen

Queen Latifah

3/5

Odessa

Bee Gees

4/5

I was surprised by this album. I have always associated the Bee Gees with disco, and this wasn't that. Quite a range and depth here.

Low

David Bowie

3/5

A side of David Bowie I hadn't heard before. Not bad.

Black Metal

Venom

3/5

Live 1966 (The Royal Albert Hall Concert)

Bob Dylan

3/5

Musically I liked the studio albums better, but def respect Dylan's abilities.

Here, My Dear

Marvin Gaye

3/5

Savane

Ali Farka Touré

3/5

Antichrist Superstar

Marilyn Manson

2/5

Vivid

Living Colour

3/5

Giant Steps

The Boo Radleys

3/5

Pet Sounds

The Beach Boys

3/5

Seems overhyped to me.

Highway to Hell

AC/DC

4/5

Scott 2

Scott Walker

3/5

It wasn't bad. Andy Williams with far more range.

Surrealistic Pillow

Jefferson Airplane

3/5

The Rise & Fall

Madness

3/5

Good musicianship.

Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)

Eurythmics

3/5

Violator

Depeche Mode

3/5

Not bad, kind of representative of the genre at the time.

Franz Ferdinand

3/5

Cypress Hill

3/5

Physical Graffiti

Led Zeppelin

5/5

I wasn't a Led Zep fan during their heyday, Robert Plant's voice, but damn this is a good album. Faves: The Rover, In The Light, Bron-Yr-Aur

The Wall

Pink Floyd

5/5

There is nothing else like this sound. Been listening since it released

Haunted Dancehall

The Sabres Of Paradise

2/5

I don't know why this was on the list.

Oracular Spectacular

MGMT

3/5

Listenable, not bad.

808 State

3/5

The Message

Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five

3/5

Beauty And The Beat

The Go-Go's

4/5

Catchy, enthusiastic, iconic for that time. Listening makes me feel like I'm experiencing a day in Fast Times at Ridgemont High.

Connected

Stereo MC's

3/5

Not bad, just kind of forgettable.

Innervisions

Stevie Wonder

4/5

Scream, Dracula, Scream

Rocket From The Crypt

3/5

Nothing's Shocking

Jane's Addiction

3/5

Horses

Patti Smith

3/5

The Marshall Mathers LP

Eminem

4/5

Undeniably a unique talent. I'm glad I took a listen.

Mama's Gun

Erykah Badu

3/5

It was musical. Just not to my taste.

Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols

Sex Pistols

2/5

I guess the Sex Pistols were something back in their time and were influential to some degree, but to my ear they are way overrated.

Ill Communication

Beastie Boys

2/5

Moondance

Van Morrison

4/5

Very nice. Great sound.

Electric Warrior

T. Rex

3/5

Hotel California

Eagles

4/5

Iconic album.

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

4/5

The La's

4/5

I rather liked this album. Its catchy.

Back to Mystery City

Hanoi Rocks

2/5

An odd kind fusion of glam rock and punk. I mean, it wasn't bad by any means but probably won't be in my rotation.

One World

John Martyn

2/5

I’m a Lonesome Fugitive

Merle Haggard

4/5

I would call it a classic of the genre.

L.A. Woman

The Doors

5/5

I really like this album. It was tight.

The Low End Theory

A Tribe Called Quest

3/5

Electric Ladyland

Jimi Hendrix

5/5

Moving Pictures

Rush

5/5

Love this album.

Treasure

Cocteau Twins

4/5

I really liked this album! Ethereal, otherworldly, perfect for a certain kind of mood.

Wish You Were Here

Pink Floyd

4/5

One of the greats.

Beggars Banquet

The Rolling Stones

4/5

Neon Bible

Arcade Fire

3/5