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Album	You	Global	Diff
The Downward Spiral Nine Inch Nails	5	3.35	+1.65
1999 Prince	5	3.6	+1.4
Pearl Janis Joplin	5	3.73	+1.27

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Hot Buttered Soul Isaac Hayes	2	3.43	-1.43
The Slim Shady LP Eminem	2	3.29	-1.29
Emergency On Planet Earth Jamiroquai	2	3.27	-1.27
The Renaissance Q-Tip	2	3.24	-1.24
Ocean Rain Echo And The Bunnymen	2	3.22	-1.22
Melody A.M. Röyksopp	2	3.21	-1.21
Murder Ballads Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds	2	3.08	-1.08
The Scream Siouxsie And The Banshees	2	3.04	-1.04
Car Wheels On A Gravel Road Lucinda Williams	2	3	-1

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1999

Prince

5/5

Never was a Prince fan. My loss. At its worst this is a fun creative mess. At its best it’s magical. Strange, unique and mostly mesmerizing.

1984

Van Halen

3/5

Saw Van Halen twice live in the late seventies. They were awesome live. Never really considered them a hair metal band in the same vein as Rat or Nazareth or Poison. When this album came out I felt like it was a commercial sell out. On re-listen I think that was a bit harsh. A nice party rock album. Good but not great.

Pearl

Janis Joplin

5/5

One of a kind talent.

Melody A.M.

Röyksopp

2/5

Mildly interesting. At times annoying. Not my cup of tea.

Dummy

Portishead

4/5

Quiet chaos, soul reaching repetition, effortless passion, nonchalant pathos. I’ve had several songs from this album on my regular listening rotation for years, and yet, I’ve never listened to the whole album. I enjoyed every single song.

Faith

George Michael

3/5

Overrated. It’s not bad but one of the best all time? Not even close. This was a right time, right place success.

Car Wheels On A Gravel Road

Lucinda Williams

2/5

THIS was 98th on Rolling Stone’s top 500 albums?! Ever take a drink of a soda and it’s flat? I mean it’s not spit it out awful but you’re probably not going to take more than a couple sips. This album was a flat soda…for me.

The Downward Spiral

Nine Inch Nails

5/5

Every bit as brilliant and disturbing as it was almost 30 years ago.

Idlewild

Everything But The Girl

2/5

I found this pretty boring. Had a hard time getting through the album.

Ocean Rain

Echo And The Bunnymen

2/5

Trying to hard to be edgy but just coming across as pretentious instead. Very disappointing.

Hot Buttered Soul

Isaac Hayes

2/5

Without context it’s hard to appreciate this as a “landmark” album. I liked the sound but lost interest as the songs ran 3 or 4 times longer than necessary. Made it feel like background music.

The Slim Shady LP

Eminem

2/5

I mostly like Eminem but not this version.

The Renaissance

Q-Tip

2/5

I really did not enjoy any part of this album.

My Aim Is True

Elvis Costello

3/5

Not quite pop, not quite punk, not quite rockabilly. But is it really good? Not quite.

Oxygène

Jean-Michel Jarre

4/5

Surprisingly good. Like any electronica there is a lot of repetition but Jarre manages to shift gears just enough so it’s never boring.

The Köln Concert

Keith Jarrett

3/5

He is obviously very good. A very listenable album but the structure…free flowing, stream of consciousness…makes it difficult to really focus and it all gradually just melts together.

If I Should Fall From Grace With God

The Pogues

3/5

Not bad. Irish folk punk. Sounds like satire. Definitely worth another listen but I think will be my limit of this genre.

At Fillmore East

The Allman Brothers Band

4/5

Unstructured, undefined, self indulgent…but…magical.

The Scream

Siouxsie And The Banshees

2/5

Apparently being influential does not necessarily translate to good.

The Score

Fugees

3/5

Not a big fan of the male rappers but the reggae was awesome. Lauren Hill was as good as it gets but she should have been featured more.

Repeater

Fugazi

3/5

Not crazy about the vocals but the are exactly what they are meant to be. The music sans vocals is awesome.

Countdown To Ecstasy

Steely Dan

3/5

Feels like it should be more interesting. Felt this way in the 70’s and nothing has changed. It’s not bad but it’s not memorable and it feels like it should be. Something is missing.

The Seldom Seen Kid

Elbow

4/5

Really enjoyed this album. Sounded like a smoother Sting with a sloppier backup band.

Murder Ballads

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

2/5

Overall this was awful.

Emergency On Planet Earth

Jamiroquai

2/5