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Album	You	Global	Diff
Kala M.I.A.	5	2.91	+2.09
The Hour Of Bewilderbeast Badly Drawn Boy	5	3.13	+1.87
Dear Science TV On The Radio	5	3.16	+1.84
Closer Joy Division	5	3.22	+1.78
Shaft Isaac Hayes	5	3.24	+1.76
Kenya Machito	5	3.27	+1.73
A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector Various Artists	5	3.28	+1.72
Music From Big Pink The Band	5	3.36	+1.64
Synchronicity The Police	5	3.42	+1.58
Hot Buttered Soul Isaac Hayes	5	3.42	+1.58

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
The Stranger Billy Joel	2	3.85	-1.85
Music For The Jilted Generation The Prodigy	2	3.07	-1.07

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Artist	Albums	Average
Simon & Garfunkel	2	5
Isaac Hayes	2	5
The Rolling Stones	3	4.33

5-Star Albums (26)

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A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector

Popular Reviews

Emergency On Planet Earth

Jamiroquai

3/5

Im torn between 3 and 4 on this one. This was my first listen of Jamiroquai outside of thier "Virtual Imsanity" song. Even that song, I sum up as entertaining at the least. Very reminiscent of Stevie Wonder.

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4-Star Albums (55)

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Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme

Simon & Garfunkel

5/5

Scarborough Fair - Know and dig already. Powerful closing. Own someday

Ramones

3/5

Back In Black

AC/DC

3/5

Billion Dollar Babies

Alice Cooper

4/5

Dug the album considering I'd historically found AC to be a bit of a gimmick act

Talking Heads 77

Talking Heads

3/5

Talking Heads' entire catalog is great! Remain in Light is a masterpiece. I recognize the critical hype of Talking Heads: 77 and have a hard time accepting it as more than 3.5 stars. I try to listen as if I was exposed to this in 1977, amd think that it was a "you had to be there" moment. Good for a casual listen.

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector

Various Artists

5/5

A classic. There is not a thing wrong to be found on this collection.

Tres Hombres

ZZ Top

5/5

This took me by surprise. My knowledge of ZZ Top was hostorically 80s ZZ Top. This album is a banger!

Pictures At An Exhibition

Emerson, Lake & Palmer

2/5

Not bad, but not an album that I feel I needed to hear in my lifetime. Maybe had I listened to the Mussorgsky orchestral piece prior to "get this." More like a 2.5 rating from me.

Mermaid Avenue

Billy Bragg

4/5

This album surprised me. Being an on the fence Wilco fan, I thought that I wasn't going to enjoy it. I'd give it 4.5.

Remedy

Basement Jaxx

3/5

As someone who is generally hasn't gravitated to house & trance genres, I semi enjoyed this. It's worth a listen or few. I'd give it a 3.5

Hypocrisy Is The Greatest Luxury

The Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy

4/5

I really dug this! I had previously never heard of them. I learned while reading up on them that Michael Franti fronts Spearhead. Very reminiscent of Public Enemy. I'll add this to my collection.

Bone Machine

Tom Waits

3/5

I've never been able to digest Tom Waits but I respect his artistry. I cannot give this a 1 becuase of it. Am extra star for the fact that this album wasn't completely unlistenable for me, it had some decent moments.

Shaft

Isaac Hayes

5/5

Solid! 5 stars!!

Abbey Road

Beatles

5/5

This album is perfection.

Kenya

Machito

5/5

Fully enjoyable listen. Tin Tin Deo is a personal fave.

Music From Big Pink

The Band

5/5

I spent the greater part of my life dismissing The Band as overrated having never fully sat down with their music. After giving it my full attention, I can see/hear what people recognize as nothing short of great. Five stars!

Odessa

Bee Gees

3/5

It was better than I expected. Starts off strong. A bit long winded and bloated. I'm glad that I listened before I died, I don't know if I'll be running to listen to it again. If it was cut shorter it would be a solid 4 or 5 in my book.

Modern Kosmology

Jane Weaver

4/5

This surprised me! I had never heard of this artist. I didn't know what to expect. Fully dug every track!

Little Earthquakes

Tori Amos

4/5

This album commands one's attention. Initially I was at 3, by the en ofthe album a 4.

Crime Of The Century

Supertramp

4/5

Having only known Supertramps later hits & Brrakfast in America, I wasn't expecting much from this. I enjoyed the jourmey & listen.

Emergency On Planet Earth

Jamiroquai

3/5

Rock Bottom

Robert Wyatt

3/5

This was a strange and enjoyable listen. Went back and forth between 3 and 4 stars. I'd rate betweem 3.5 amd 4.

At Budokan

Cheap Trick

3/5

I will never understand the hype of this album or Cheap Trick in general. They are a fun band at the least. I forget that I've seen them live and what I do recall is that they were fun. But I don't see them as much more than that. I had to give this album 2 listens and that's that I've given it 2 listens prior, I know my parents played the shit out of this too, and It doesn't click for me. Ive tried to see the greatness of this album, and I can't. Perhaps I had to be there? At the very least, I'm glad that I gave it a listen so that I can give an opinion on the hype, but this albums borders a 3 for me.

Power In Numbers

Jurassic 5

5/5

Great album from a rather underrated group!

Southern Rock Opera

Drive-By Truckers

3/5

Man, I had a hard time with this one. Entertaining at the least. Had to hear before I die? Not sure. 2nd go trying to give this group a try and still not sold. More like a 2.5, but it had enjoyable moments so I'll go higher.

Closer

Joy Division

5/5

Fine album

Fleet Foxes

5/5

Ive been wanting to get into these guys since this album's release... why not yet, I don't know.

To Pimp A Butterfly

Kendrick Lamar

5/5

This album is one of the most important albums of 2010s. Musical journey from start to finish!

Sheer Heart Attack

Queen

4/5

Great album. More of a 4.5.

Ragged Glory

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

4/5

Damn good album.

The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill

Lauryn Hill

5/5

Masterpiece

Private Dancer

Tina Turner

4/5

Enjoyable

Kala

M.I.A.

5/5

Amazing album from start to finish

Green River

Creedence Clearwater Revival

4/5

CCR is great, and can begin to feel redundant. This was a good album, almost worth of a 5, but more of a high 4.

The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway

Genesis

3/5

I like Peter Gaberiel, Phil Collins, Prog, yet never got into early Genesis. This was an enjoyable listen, though it felt bloated at moments. More of a 3.5 for me.

American Pie

Don McLean

3/5

This album ws better than anticipated.

Smash

The Offspring

3/5

So many memories that this album brings up. I'd give a 3.5. A fun album and notable for it's impact in the mid 90s, but far from great/a masterpiece.

Raw Power

The Stooges

3/5

Fragile

Yes

3/5

evermore

Taylor Swift

3/5

Screamadelica

Primal Scream

4/5

All Mod Cons

The Jam

3/5

3.5

Neon Bible

Arcade Fire

4/5

Great memories of fhis album. Could be 4.5.

Dear Science

TV On The Radio

5/5

Perfect album!

The Blueprint

JAY Z

3/5

Shadowland

k.d. lang

3/5

Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)

Wu-Tang Clan

4/5

Synchronicity

The Police

5/5

Moss Side Story

Barry Adamson

4/5

I enjoyed this more than I thought I would.

Lust For Life

Iggy Pop

5/5

I'm a fan of Stooges. I recpect Iggy Pop and somehow always wrote this album off. First time actually spending time with it, and I find it nothing less than great!

Exit Planet Dust

The Chemical Brothers

3/5

Haut de gamme / Koweït, rive gauche

Koffi Olomide

3/5

The Stranger

Billy Joel

2/5

I didnt enjoy this

Calenture

The Triffids

3/5

In Utero

Nirvana

5/5

Done By The Forces Of Nature

Jungle Brothers

4/5

The Doors

5/5

The Joshua Tree

5/5

Gasoline Alley

Rod Stewart

3/5

Ended up enjoying more than I thought that I would.

Amnesiac

Radiohead

4/5

Strangeways, Here We Come

The Smiths

3/5

I've never been able to get into The Smiths. I groaned internally when I saw this as the next album. However, I found myself enjoying this album. More like 3.5 stars. A bit less maudlin then their other albums.

In The Court Of The Crimson King

King Crimson

4/5

Miriam Makeba

3/5

Arc Of A Diver

Steve Winwood

3/5

Tonight's The Night

Neil Young

4/5

Devotional Songs