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Album	You	Global	Diff
Tanto Tempo Bebel Gilberto	5	3.07	+1.93
There's No Place Like America Today Curtis Mayfield	5	3.37	+1.63
Haunted Dancehall The Sabres Of Paradise	4	2.37	+1.63
The ArchAndroid Janelle Monáe	5	3.45	+1.55
Power In Numbers Jurassic 5	5	3.48	+1.52
OK Talvin Singh	4	2.56	+1.44
Madman Across The Water Elton John	5	3.58	+1.42
Da Capo Love	4	2.81	+1.19
Time Out The Dave Brubeck Quartet	5	3.83	+1.17
(What's The Story) Morning Glory Oasis	5	3.85	+1.15

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds	1	3.32	-2.32
The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars David Bowie	2	4.26	-2.26
If I Could Only Remember My Name David Crosby	1	3.07	-2.07
Brutal Youth Elvis Costello	1	2.81	-1.81
Aladdin Sane David Bowie	2	3.61	-1.61
The United States Of America The United States Of America	1	2.61	-1.61
Low David Bowie	2	3.54	-1.54
Hail To the Thief Radiohead	2	3.45	-1.45
L'Eau Rouge The Young Gods	1	2.32	-1.32
Horses Patti Smith	2	3.31	-1.31

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Artist	Albums	Average
Aretha Franklin	2	5

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Artist	Albums	Average
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds	2	1.5
David Bowie	3	2

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Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots

The Flaming Lips

3/5

Honestly disappointing. Not because I had high expectations, but because I didn’t want to call it trash and sound so subjective. In its defense I thought maybe I wasn’t in the right mood for it and therefore couldn’t enjoy it but it wasn’t great. I appreciate it that it was definitely a story.

Head Hunters

Herbie Hancock

4/5

The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan

4/5

Great album. Emotional throughout, happy to hear this

Born To Run

Bruce Springsteen

3/5

About what I expected. I’m not a Springsteen fan, I think his sound is the same across every song. It’s just one long Saturday night live track

Highway 61 Revisited

Bob Dylan

3/5

Pretty good, upbeat album. Had a good time listening. Definitely not as good as freewheeling but I liked it.

Surfer Rosa

Pixies

3/5

Thought it was ok, didn’t realize one of the songs on here was one of my favorites. Definitely a different sound happy to listen but not something I’d seek out

Ray Of Light

Madonna

3/5

It was ok, definitely a classic, just not for me

John Barleycorn Must Die

Traffic

2/5

Wasn’t bad but not for me, pretty cool sound for the 1970s but seemed like a complete ripoff of jethro tull

Are You Experienced

Jimi Hendrix

4/5

I mean, a great album, red house and purple haze? Also May this be love was a great track, never heard it before

The Real Thing

Faith No More

3/5

Didn’t realize this was the band that did epic, obvi a great song. I’m a big rock guy so I liked it but it wasn’t amazing. Glad I listened tho!

Stardust

Willie Nelson

4/5

This album was AWESOME. Idk if it was all covers but reminded me how great of singer willie Nelson is. One of those albums I expected to like but excited to get through but i savored each song

Pet Sounds

The Beach Boys

3/5

Album was a classsic and even added a few songs to playlists

Drunk

Thundercat

2/5

Maxinquaye

Tricky

2/5

Was surprising, first half was awesome, thought it was a grunge album

Vol. 4

Black Sabbath

3/5

Normally love Black Sabbath, obvi nothing beats paranoid but this album wasn’t the best the first half but really nailed it at the end. Almost like ozzys attempt at zeppelin??

Here, My Dear

Marvin Gaye

4/5

Great album easy listening. A clasic

Aladdin Sane

David Bowie

2/5

Eh, end was good

Aqualung

Jethro Tull

4/5

Ooooobviously aqualung kicks ass. This album is such a great story with such experimentation and sounds awesome

Channel Orange

Frank Ocean

3/5

Idk, I can definitely appreciate this album but Frank ocean definitely has a sound and he really beats a dying horse with it. This just isn’t my type of music but I’m also surprised this is on the list

Brutal Youth

Elvis Costello

1/5

Elvis Costello is BITCH MADE

Live Through This

Hole

4/5

This album kicked butt. Great sound from start to finish

Millions Now Living Will Never Die

Tortoise

3/5

Idk it was pretty good, at first the transitions really irritated me and literally almost made me throw up. But once it moves over it’s pretty dang good. I don’t think I appreciated it as much as I should because it was morning and I needed words not insutrmentals but I liked it

Viva Hate

Morrissey

4/5

This album was sick! I feel like this is the sound so many artists in this time we’re trying to go for *cough cough* Elvis Costello… Glad I got this one

Fun House

The Stooges

3/5

Stooges rock

Madman Across The Water

Elton John

5/5

This album was awesome. Got my morning started like a bat out of hell. After having listened to so many albums on this, you can really tell the difference between a good artist and a great artist

The United States Of America

1/5

Just couldn’t do this one, not great. Could see it being good for the times when it came out. Coolest thing about it was I recognized this is where a Mac Miller sample came from

The Message

Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five

3/5

A classic

Country Life

Roxy Music

2/5

This was ok, was hoping it would get heavier, I feel like maybe I don’t understand this type of music.

Songs From The Big Chair

Tears For Fears

3/5

Tears for fears is sick this album was great and a classic

It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back

Public Enemy

4/5

Public enemy kicks ass. Didn’t know flavo flavor came from this group

Stankonia

OutKast

4/5

Staaaanky, this album was great

Back to Mystery City

Hanoi Rocks

2/5

I feel like Hanoi rocks is a classic band in legendary status. Maybe I wasn’t in the best mindset to listen to this but I wasn’t really into it. Seemed like a creative test almost

Fromohio

fIREHOSE

3/5

Obviously I got love for Ohio boys but the album was ok. Would love to know why this was on this list

At Folsom Prison

Johnny Cash

5/5

L'Eau Rouge

The Young Gods

1/5

Dear GOD was this bad. Just French guys taking rammstein and making it more primal. The assumption I’m taking with me into every one of these albums is “there has to be something here and if I don’t see it, I must not be gettting something” I’m willing to accept that but this was bad.

Brilliant Corners

Thelonious Monk

4/5

The monk is the man! This was a beauty

Meat Puppets II

Meat Puppets

3/5

Album was interesting for sure. I would consider this a textbook album. Through you for a loop but still sounded great and something I needed

Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge

Mudhoney

2/5

Made breakfast to it, it was early. Don’t see it as a “half to listen to” album

Horses

Patti Smith

2/5

Not bad, would have to see if Patti came before allanis morisette because that’s all I heard in this

Yank Crime

Drive Like Jehu

3/5

This was pretty good, sounded like a ripoff of another and I can’t think of now

I See A Darkness

Bonnie "Prince" Billy

3/5

Started out great, kinda faltered at the end but I enjoyed this. Perfect 3 stars

Goodbye And Hello

Tim Buckley

3/5

Great album, made me realize anything that doesn’t evoke an emotional reaction is a solid 3

If I Could Only Remember My Name

David Crosby

1/5

Actually fuck this guy couldn’t stand this album

Highway to Hell

AC/DC

3/5

The Grand Tour

George Jones

3/5

This album was great, just what I needed this morning

Daydream Nation

Sonic Youth

2/5

This one made me wonder what these bands did to be on here? Maybe they were the first with this sound and I’ve only heard copies and that’s all I know.

Roger the Engineer

The Yardbirds

3/5

Great

Queen II

Queen

3/5

Not bad, nothing special

Bridge Over Troubled Water

Simon & Garfunkel

3/5

Surprising classic

1977

Ash

2/5

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

Beatles

4/5

This shit was so fire

Rhythm Nation 1814

Janet Jackson

3/5

This booped right from the start

Brown Sugar

D'Angelo

4/5

This was awesome. Not an r&b guy but this was too funky not to love

The Low End Theory

A Tribe Called Quest

4/5

Tribe is always classic and timeless

Time Out Of Mind

Bob Dylan

4/5

Album kicks ass, loving bobby d

From Elvis In Memphis

Elvis Presley

4/5

This album was awesome!!

The Bones Of What You Believe

CHVRCHES

4/5

Very pleasant, sounded like disclosure inspo

Tellin’ Stories

The Charlatans

3/5

Beauty And The Beat

The Go-Go's

4/5

This was great, had the classics on it

Wild Wood

Paul Weller

4/5

Yeah surprisingly loved this

Led Zeppelin III

Led Zeppelin

3/5

III isn’t as good as some of the other albums but definitely classics on here

Larks' Tongues In Aspic

King Crimson

3/5

Noticed a jimmy hendrix element to it and when I looked it up king crimson was his favorite band of all time so you can hear the inspiration. Definitely will be listening to more of their albums

1984

Van Halen

4/5

Van Halen? Come on. This album kicks ass and Panama is legendary

The Last Broadcast

Doves

4/5

This was surprisingly great. Surprising just because I’d never heard of them and enjoyed this a lot

Shaka Zulu

Ladysmith Black Mambazo

3/5

This was a pleasant change up. Also made me curious why ODB referred to Shaka Zulu in enter the 36 chambers

Before And After Science

Brian Eno

4/5

My jaw literally dropped hearing “by this river” listening to the album at first I was like I wish there was a feature that showed what other music this influenced but I heard it from never falling down. Pretty awesome

Hounds Of Love

Kate Bush

3/5

Running up that hill a classic

Physical Graffiti

Led Zeppelin

5/5

Best zeppelin album of all time. One of the true albums with only good songs front to back

Music For The Jilted Generation

The Prodigy

2/5

Good to hear an album and be like I see what this influenced

Blunderbuss

Jack White

4/5

This album was great jack white has an awesome voice

Like Water For Chocolate

Common

4/5

This album was awesome. Had some classics and reallly got me in a great mood. I think some of these songs could have ended earlier but that’s my only complaint

The Lexicon Of Love

ABC

3/5

Surprisingly great, thought this was gonna be a musical or something or something composery.

Superfly

Curtis Mayfield

3/5

IK YO OUSHAMAN

Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

1/5

Absolutely not this fucking sucked. It’s possible maybe I just wasn’t in the mood for this but dear god

Siembra

Willie Colón & Rubén Blades

3/5

Great tunage really enjoyed this

American Beauty

Grateful Dead

3/5

Surprisingly good. I think these guys are incredibly over rated but I’ve also not taken a ton of time to listen to them. I appreciated this

In Utero

Nirvana

3/5

Not bad, has the hits but also makes you realize how hits can make a band so great

Tanto Tempo

Bebel Gilberto

5/5

Absolutely incredible.

Infected

The The

3/5

This was decently surprising, finished well

Femi Kuti

4/5

Yeah this kicked ass. Shaka Zulu take notes

Ghosteen

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

2/5

This was ok, kinda sad boi, picked up at the end

Sail Away

Randy Newman

4/5

I saw randy Newman and was like great can’t wait to suffer through this. Was totally wrong and thought it was awesome truthfully it comes from a bias of him singing about 2 places that are sentimental to me: cuyahoga and Dayton ohio

Out of Step

Minor Threat

3/5

Ok, not my type of music. A couple redeemers

Brothers

The Black Keys

4/5

Black keys rule!!!

The Nightfly

Donald Fagen

4/5

This was great, simple and enjoyable

69 Love Songs

The Magnetic Fields

2/5

Idk what this was….

Lady Soul

Aretha Franklin

5/5

Qui sème le vent récolte le tempo

MC Solaar

4/5

This was surprisingly good. The album to the French revilution

Marcus Garvey

Burning Spear

3/5

Pretty good

S&M

Metallica

3/5

Wild

The Scream

Siouxsie And The Banshees

4/5

This was awesome, love some good female angst

Da Capo

Love

4/5

Love is one of the greatest.

Hot Buttered Soul

Isaac Hayes

4/5

Isaac hates kicks ass. Heard what buggie sampled

The La's

4/5

Classic there she goes. Overall the album was good tho. The other ones like this are usually one hitters but I enjoyed this through

The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars

David Bowie

2/5

Can’t get behind this guy. If you like musicals then this for you

Dear Science

TV On The Radio

2/5

It was whatever, just one of those things that sounds like the rest of the bands but I guess they were first to do it

Tracy Chapman

3/5

This was pretty melancholy

Like A Prayer

Madonna

4/5

Starts off great, obviously a hit, great melody

Moving Pictures

Rush

4/5

Has the hits, rush rules

At Fillmore East

The Allman Brothers Band

3/5

This was decent, they definitely shred

Ellington at Newport

Duke Ellington

4/5

The duke!!

There's No Place Like America Today

Curtis Mayfield

5/5

Incredible. No skipper

Low

David Bowie

2/5

As usual, David Bowie blows

(What's The Story) Morning Glory

Oasis

5/5

Good thing I didn’t miss this! Never listened to the whole album. Starts off not great but after wonderwall obviously gets way better

American Idiot

Green Day

4/5

This album was such a good one to look back on, so good

Ananda Shankar

2/5

I’m curious about this album. These aren’t original songs so what did this influence?

Liquid Swords

GZA

4/5

Eassily the best solo album of wu tang

Miriam Makeba

3/5

This shaped up big st the end

Exile On Main Street

The Rolling Stones

3/5

Obviously a classic but not my thing. Sounds too generic

Blood Sugar Sex Magik

Red Hot Chili Peppers

3/5

Live!

Fela Kuti

3/5

This was pretty awesome, I appreciated it

Risque

CHIC

4/5

This was great! Obvi heading the first song was a realization but the rest of this album is awesome!

Deloused in the Comatorium

The Mars Volta

4/5

This was awesome. Never listened to them and pleasantly impressed

1989

Taylor Swift

3/5

Catchy no doubt just feels cookie cutter

We're Only In It For The Money

The Mothers Of Invention

3/5

One of those albums where id like to see why it was on here. Seems almost beetlsey?

Talvin Singh

4/5

Definitely interesting, kinda good

Black Monk Time

The Monks

3/5

This sounds like Van Halen inspiration

Let's Get It On

Marvin Gaye

4/5

Obviously fire

The Visitors

ABBA

2/5

This was ok, expiremental maybe ?

At Newport 1960

Muddy Waters

3/5

Easy listening, man

Raising Hell

Run-D.M.C.

4/5

RUNS HOUSE

The ArchAndroid

Janelle Monáe

5/5

This album was incredible. No slippers and added a few

The Village Green Preservation Society

The Kinks

3/5

This was ok, I always think the kinks are heavier

Electric Ladyland

Jimi Hendrix

4/5

This album rules

Copper Blue

Sugar

2/5

One hitter

Oedipus Schmoedipus

Barry Adamson

3/5

Pretty good but pretty weird

Electric Warrior

T. Rex

3/5

Pretty good

LP1

FKA twigs

2/5

I don’t know what this was. It stressed me out

Power In Numbers

Jurassic 5

5/5

J5 is so good, that album is legendary

Haunted Dancehall

The Sabres Of Paradise

4/5

Surprisingly great

Zombie

Fela Kuti

4/5

Great akbum

Sincere

Mj Cole

3/5

Was enjoyable

Van Halen

4/5

Van halen rules and ice cream man is a great song

Inspiration Information

Shuggie Otis

4/5

So nice and chill, great sound

People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm

A Tribe Called Quest

4/5

The tribe is king. Can I kick it is a classic

Rio

Duran Duran

4/5

Duran kicks ass. Rio and wolf? Great

Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul

Otis Redding

4/5

Otis Redding is the king, this is great

Crime Of The Century

Supertramp

3/5

This started off great but didn’t really fulfill

Djam Leelii

Baaba Maal

3/5

Pretty good but not my thing. Was cool to read what he broke through to get where he is and what he’s done outside of that

Machine Head

Deep Purple

3/5

Machine head rules and so does smoke on the water

Strange Cargo III

William Orbit

3/5

Pretty good

Fever Ray

3/5

You've Come a Long Way Baby

Fatboy Slim

4/5

Talk Talk Talk

The Psychedelic Furs

3/5

Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs

Derek & The Dominos

3/5

Fuzzy

Grant Lee Buffalo

3/5

Surprisingly good especially at the end

Getz/Gilberto

Stan Getz

4/5

John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band

John Lennon

4/5

Classic but weird

Talking Heads 77

Talking Heads

3/5

Talking heads ok

Get Behind Me Satan

The White Stripes

3/5

Blue orchid good but this is more folksy than I thiught

Le Tigre

4/5

This was pretty good!

Time Out

The Dave Brubeck Quartet

5/5

Absolute incredible album, a juggernaut

Joan Armatrading

4/5

This was great

The Cars

3/5

Classic

I See You

The xx

3/5

First song is great but the album is overall decent. I think I’d appreciate more if it was more my style

Boston

3/5

Behaviour

Pet Shop Boys

4/5

This was really good

Fever To Tell

Yeah Yeah Yeahs

4/5

This was really good

Crooked Rain Crooked Rain

Pavement

4/5

New York Dolls

4/5

Bone Machine

Tom Waits

3/5

Some silver linings but also what is this

I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You

Aretha Franklin

5/5

The Modern Dance

Pere Ubu

2/5

Need to read about what I don’t get about this

California

American Music Club

3/5

Pretty good

Machine Gun Etiquette

The Damned

3/5

Wish I could do 3.5. I liked this but probably won’t listen again

Violent Femmes

3/5

Pretty good

It's Blitz!

Yeah Yeah Yeahs

4/5

So good

A Grand Don't Come For Free

The Streets

2/5

I see what the dudes shooting for but musicals are already bad and with what seems to be a sorry attempt and masking low effort and something artistic, this is still just bad

Document

R.E.M.

3/5

Some good hits and local boys 151 was a great surprise

Very

Pet Shop Boys

3/5

There are definitely better albums. Just a bit slow for me

This Year's Model

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

3/5

Rum Sodomy & The Lash