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Album	You	Global	Diff
Basket of Light Pentangle	5	2.76	+2.24
I Am a Bird Now Antony and the Johnsons	5	2.84	+2.16
Vento De Maio Elis Regina	5	3.01	+1.99
The Nightfly Donald Fagen	5	3.01	+1.99
Hejira Joni Mitchell	5	3.13	+1.87
The Blueprint JAY Z	5	3.22	+1.78
Astral Weeks Van Morrison	5	3.27	+1.73
Since I Left You The Avalanches	5	3.28	+1.72
Siembra Willie Colón & Rubén Blades	5	3.29	+1.71
The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady Charles Mingus	5	3.32	+1.68

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Raw Power The Stooges	1	3.32	-2.32
The Specials The Specials	1	3.3	-2.3
Welcome To The Pleasuredome Frankie Goes To Hollywood	1	3.11	-2.11
Heroes David Bowie	2	3.61	-1.61
GI Germs	1	2.54	-1.54
James Brown Live At The Apollo James Brown	2	3.46	-1.46
Nilsson Schmilsson Harry Nilsson	2	3.43	-1.43
...And Justice For All Metallica	2	3.43	-1.43
Blunderbuss Jack White	2	3.4	-1.4
Debut Björk	2	3.37	-1.37

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Artist	Albums	Average
Radiohead	5	4.6
Nick Drake	3	5
Stevie Wonder	3	4.67
Pink Floyd	2	5
Coldplay	2	5
Simon & Garfunkel	3	4.33
Led Zeppelin	3	4.33
Van Morrison	3	4.33

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What's Going On

Marvin Gaye

5/5

Absolute classic from start to finish - such a beautiful unique sound

7 likes

Since I Left You

The Avalanches

5/5

I love finding hidden 2000s gems like this one

1 likes

1989

Taylor Swift

4/5

Personally, I'm not a Swifty. But this album is a bonafide classic.

1 likes

Basket of Light

Pentangle

5/5

Unbelievably creative, quite suprised at how much I liked it and the risks that they took

1 likes

Hail To the Thief

Radiohead

4/5

Longer Radiohead Album. I really like most of it, but it has some moments which are harder to listen to than the majority of their discography.

1 likes

1-Star Albums (5)

D.O.A. the Third and Final Report of Throbbing Gristle

All Ratings

Sea Change

Beck

4/5

Marcus Garvey

Burning Spear

4/5

Endtroducing.....

DJ Shadow

3/5

The Specials

1/5

Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme

Simon & Garfunkel

4/5

A classic with the occasional mediocre song

Bayou Country

Creedence Clearwater Revival

3/5

Hard to say how much I liked it. Graveyard train was such a slog in such a short album, but penthouse pauper was great.

Buenas Noches From A Lonely Room

Dwight Yoakam

4/5

Surprisingly, I liked it quite a bit despite not being a huge country fan - overall pretty solid.

Tubular Bells

Mike Oldfield

2/5

Some pleasant parts in the first song but not very easy to listen to.

Veckatimest

Grizzly Bear

4/5

Great album the whole way through - loved 2 weeks

Led Zeppelin

4/5

A classic. I’m prejudiced against led zepplin as a whole but still loved the songs on this album. Ill come back to a few of them for sure.

A Grand Don't Come For Free

The Streets

2/5

Had a few redeeming songs, so I wouldn’t mind listening to parts of it again, but overall pretty bad. I think I just do not like British accents and this form of a more spoken “rap”. Beats were not as bad though

Cafe Bleu

The Style Council

4/5

Loved the ideas on this album and they were executed beautifully- some notable highs and lows for me though - especially in the latter half of the album.

Strange Cargo III

William Orbit

3/5

Low three for me. Thought the first song was great but it got fairly experimental in some places. Very listenable but a little harder to thoroughly enjoy.

The Renaissance

Q-Tip

4/5

A great hip hop record. Never knew Q-tip had it in him. I loved “Move” as it felt like the best version of what he was trying to get at throughout the album.

Like A Prayer

Madonna

4/5

Some great songs and some very forgettable ones like Love song and whatever the last song was. I loved the 80s pop sound - like a Michael Jackson. Low 4 for me.

Sheer Heart Attack

Queen

3/5

Revolver

Beatles

5/5

Love this album. Not my favorite from the Beatles, but that’s not saying much

Street Signs

Ozomatli

4/5

This was a hard one to rate because of how uptempo and over the place it was. I loved Santiago and America the best, but there were plenty of replay able songs. The combination of rap and Spanish pop(?) was a novel idea to me, and I can’t say that it disappointed.

The Doors

3/5

Unique sound with the keyboard but some of the songs (Alabama song) are simply not great. Glad I listened to it but not a game changer.

Blood On The Tracks

Bob Dylan

4/5

Songs were great, but blended together because they were based on stories, which I had a hard time picking up the first listen. Still a wonderful album with great guitar and harmonica

Walking Wounded

Everything But The Girl

3/5

Hot Fuss

The Killers

4/5

Some songs that I really did not like, but some blew me away. Mr. Bright side is a pop classic of course, but it works so well with their style. I really liked on top.

The Message

Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five

3/5

I loved the latter half of the album, but the first four songs were very mediocre to me. Sounds like something that I might listen to after a while has passed. The Message is solid though.

Illinois

Sufjan Stevens

5/5

So great! Absolutely loved the sound and I have nearly no complaints, especially with how cohesive it feels as an album.

The Soft Bulletin

The Flaming Lips

3/5

Some great songs and a lot of mediocre ones. They knew which were the best and gave them remixes, though, which I have to appreciate.

The New Tango

Astor Piazzolla

2/5

I generally love jazz, but the combination of instruments did not work well for me. Strings, accordion, and vibraphone? Sounds like they were trying to prove a point that it could be done. On top of this, they repeated the same phrases many times, which worked well occasionally. I did like some songs, though, like little Italy and Laura’s Dream. Border btwn two and three star.

Modern Life Is Rubbish

Blur

4/5

High three to low four for me. The rock style seemed so classic to me for many of the songs - so much so that it was almost like listening to comfort music in the same way that people would eat comfort food. Despite this, there were definitely a few songs on here that I did not particularly like (like Sunday Sunday) and some of the rest started to blend together. Overall pretty solid.

Music for the Masses

Depeche Mode

3/5

Quintessential 80s - I kinda liked it. More than my dad I think. Not something I’ll come back too though.

Raw Power

The Stooges

1/5

This is what I imagine smell the glove would sound like - really not my thing.

Imperial Bedroom

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

4/5

I thought that this album was really great. I had only known Elvis Costello from Alison before this album, and I was pleasantly surprised. Some of the production seemed strange, but it seemed to work in a lot of the songs with the melodies.

I Against I

Bad Brains

3/5

Sound Affects

The Jam

3/5

Didn’t blow me away but didn’t really dislike it either

Under Construction

Missy Elliott

2/5

Beats were pretty classic, but the lyrics really kept me from getting into it… Probably not gonna listen again.

Fishscale

Ghostface Killah

3/5

Great beats like most early hip hop, but the length made them blend together. Comparing it with the last album, the grooves were overall slightly worse but I couldn’t really hear the lyrics so they didn’t put me off

Live At Leeds

The Who

3/5

Seems to me like a very standard rock live performance. I didn’t know that live albums were being used, which surprised me. I enjoyed listening but it’ll have to be a high three because it seemed pretty standard.

Calenture

The Triffids

3/5

Ocean Rain

Echo And The Bunnymen

3/5

Yet another 80s album

Songs In The Key Of Life

Stevie Wonder

5/5

Wonderful album

The Rising

Bruce Springsteen

4/5

Despite never listening to Springsteen in depth, I really liked this album. It was consistent all the way through. Even though nothing blew me away, I would definitely listen again.

Tommy

The Who

4/5

A little worse than the wall But the wall is pretty good I just wish this album was a bit shorter

The Stranger

Billy Joel

5/5

Absolute stunner of an album!

Ágætis Byrjun

Sigur Rós

5/5

A beautiful album - definitely will be coming back to. It got repetitive at some points, but it is so calm that it didn’t really matter I hate to give low fives, but this album definitely deserves the five

Freak Out!

The Mothers Of Invention

2/5

It seemed average at first, then the last three songs got very experimental and did not sound too pleasant to say the least. At least the beginning was ok

More Specials

The Specials

3/5

I was not excited to listen to more specials after listening to the specials by the specials earlier this year, and while there was still not much special about this album, It was significantly more digestible than the other.

Tidal

Fiona Apple

4/5

Red Headed Stranger

Willie Nelson

3/5

1984

Van Halen

3/5

I love jump

What's Going On

Marvin Gaye

5/5

Absolute classic from start to finish - such a beautiful unique sound

I'm Your Man

Leonard Cohen

3/5

Some parts I liked, and some that were very very 80’s that I very much did not like.

Palo Congo

Sabu

2/5

I liked how interesting it was, but that’s about all I have good to say about this album.

Debut

Björk

2/5

Unique sounds on this album - don’t think I particularly enjoyed it though

Moondance

Van Morrison

4/5

I thought that the music was great but the lyrics were not my thing. I hate to bed too heavy on the lyrics though as I loved to listen

Good Old Boys

Randy Newman

3/5

I don’t know. It all sounds like the dark side of you’ve got a friend in me.

Ghosteen

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

3/5

A little too much smooth and melodic slow songs, but I really like them in small doses

Rust In Peace

Megadeth

4/5

I’m not a big metal guy, but I was jammin

Deep Purple In Rock

Deep Purple

4/5

Axis: Bold As Love

Jimi Hendrix

4/5

A lot of the time I think that Hendrix’s guitar is sloppy, but there were a lot of good songs on here

Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)

Eurythmics

2/5

Doolittle

Pixies

4/5

I really liked it. I was a little suprised, because I thought the vocals would put me off like they had before, but they really didn’t.

She's So Unusual

Cyndi Lauper

3/5

3 + 3

The Isley Brothers

4/5

High four from me, a truly electric album that just sounds really great.

The Sounds Of India

Ravi Shankar

2/5

Really just not my thing

Pyromania

Def Leppard

4/5

I actually really liked this one. Photograph is fantastic and the whole things got a lotta energy.

Music From Big Pink

The Band

4/5

I really loved this album - almost a five four me. Before, I had only heard about the weight, but I learned that there are really so many more good songs on the album.

Clandestino

Manu Chao

2/5

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness

The Smashing Pumpkins

3/5

Very high highs and very low lows Also just too long

Astral Weeks

Van Morrison

5/5

I love this album so much, and I don’t really know why. It is definitely very authentic.

Blood Sugar Sex Magik

Red Hot Chili Peppers

3/5

I wish every song could be as good as Under the Bridge

Innervisions

Stevie Wonder

5/5

Couldn’t be as good as songs in the key of life but it still is a classic. I was gonna go high four, but the last three songs brought it back for me.

Sex Packets

Digital Underground

2/5

I generally like this style of old hip-hop, but this album didn’t really do it for me.

Fred Neil

3/5

Pretty normal album but I liked it - high 3

E.V.O.L.

Sonic Youth

4/5

I liked it much more than I thought I would.

The Next Day

David Bowie

3/5

Channel Orange

Frank Ocean

4/5

Chicago Transit Authority

Chicago

4/5

Super high four star, I had no clue Chicago was this good. Pleasantly surprised

Dirt

Alice In Chains

3/5

Not my thing

Actually

Pet Shop Boys

3/5

Emperor Tomato Ketchup

Stereolab

3/5

Unique sound. I really liked certain parts, but others were a bit much for me

Queen Of Denmark

John Grant

4/5

Low 4

Adele

4/5

Great pop album

Common

4/5

Solid hip hop record. Didn’t expect Kanye to show up but there he is. I liked faithful

Cosmo's Factory

Creedence Clearwater Revival

4/5

Pretty bluesy, I liked it.

Doggystyle

Snoop Dogg

4/5

Classic hip hop

Fragile

Yes

3/5

Not my thing, but I really appreciated it

Birth Of The Cool

Miles Davis

4/5

Classy

Selected Ambient Works 85-92

Aphex Twin

2/5

It has its niche uses, like background music for working, but not much outside of that

Ill Communication

Beastie Boys

3/5

Made In Japan

Deep Purple

3/5

Murder Ballads

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

3/5

I liked the idea, but I wished it was more musically flushed out throughout the album

LP1

FKA twigs

2/5

Not my kind of pop

At Fillmore East

The Allman Brothers Band

3/5

Pretty good rock live album. Btwn four and three for me

Surf's Up

The Beach Boys

4/5

good kid, m.A.A.d city

Kendrick Lamar

5/5

I listened to this album last week for the first time all the way through before it even came up on here. I absolutely loved it. I’ve had sing about me I’m dying of thirst on repeat since then. So good, lots of hits, still cohesive. Better than TPAB :)

Snivilisation

Orbital

2/5

Not a huge edm enjoyer by itself, but I can appreciate it.

Coat Of Many Colors

Dolly Parton

3/5

Hot Buttered Soul

Isaac Hayes

3/5

Not bad at all, I got hooked for most of the time, but it would definitely drone on at times.

Yank Crime

Drive Like Jehu

2/5

So long

Peace Sells...But Who's Buying

Megadeth

4/5

Kind Of Blue

Miles Davis

5/5

An absolute classic

Buena Vista Social Club

4/5

Not bad at all

It's Too Late to Stop Now

Van Morrison

4/5

Black Sabbath

4/5

Brilliant Corners

Thelonious Monk

5/5

New Boots And Panties

Ian Dury

2/5

Band On The Run

Paul McCartney and Wings

4/5

Loved jet and band on the run, fantastic album, very high four

The Cars

4/5

Exit Planet Dust

The Chemical Brothers

3/5

Mama's Gun

Erykah Badu

4/5

I love the sound on this album. It really represents pop in a unique way.

Aftermath

The Rolling Stones

3/5

G. Love And Special Sauce

G. Love & Special Sauce

3/5

Enjoyed what they were getting at, but there were a lot of duds. High 3

Crocodiles

Echo And The Bunnymen

3/5

I liked it better than the last echo and the bunnymen album, but not enough to get a four, just a high 3

Tapestry

Carole King

5/5

It just sounds classic

Talking Heads 77

Talking Heads

4/5

Since I Left You

The Avalanches

5/5

I love finding hidden 2000s gems like this one

The Dark Side Of The Moon

Pink Floyd

5/5

A pretty good weekend

Led Zeppelin II

Led Zeppelin

4/5

I should have given the first a five star, but this one wasn’t as good as the first - I’d say right on the border. Maybe I will regret this one too?

Hypocrisy Is The Greatest Luxury

The Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy

3/5

Its like a podcast with a little flow

Catch A Fire

Bob Marley & The Wailers

4/5

I like reggae

People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm

A Tribe Called Quest

4/5

Time (The Revelator)

Gillian Welch

4/5

Had its ups and downs but very nice overall

Sheet Music

10cc

4/5

I loved many of the songs, but there were a few that brought it down - overall definitely enjoyable

Triangle

The Beau Brummels

2/5

It had its moments

Blunderbuss

Jack White

2/5

Brothers In Arms

Dire Straits

5/5

Classic - one of my favorites ever

The Blueprint

JAY Z

5/5

Nas is the goat Ye carried

Brown Sugar

D'Angelo

4/5

Consistent 4

Colour By Numbers

Culture Club

3/5

80s could be a two

Amnesiac

Radiohead

4/5

I really like this album. Even one of Radioheads worst is ingenious, but I can’t give it a five because some songs are just hard to listen to

Boston

4/5

Pretty Great sound with some bangers

Peter Gabriel

4/5

A very nice low four, some very good songs on here and some less interesting

Penthouse And Pavement

Heaven 17

2/5

Crooked Rain Crooked Rain

Pavement

2/5

Aja

Steely Dan

5/5

Classic

Nilsson Schmilsson

Harry Nilsson

2/5

The Bends

Radiohead

5/5

Phenomenal 90s rock

Hail To the Thief

Radiohead

4/5

Longer Radiohead Album. I really like most of it, but it has some moments which are harder to listen to than the majority of their discography.

Blonde On Blonde

Bob Dylan

4/5

Four simply for the excellent use of harmonica

1989

Taylor Swift

4/5

Personally, I'm not a Swifty. But this album is a bonafide classic.

McCartney

Paul McCartney

3/5

Ellington at Newport

Duke Ellington

5/5

Jazz Classic - Very upbeat

Hounds Of Love

Kate Bush

3/5

Has some bangers but drops off toward the end

Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea

PJ Harvey

4/5

Permission to Land

The Darkness

3/5

D.O.A. the Third and Final Report of Throbbing Gristle

Throbbing Gristle

1/5

Are You Experienced

Jimi Hendrix

5/5

Low five - a great listen

Welcome To The Pleasuredome

Frankie Goes To Hollywood

1/5

I'm certainly not an 80s fan. This album just is not appealing to me at all.

Grievous Angel

Gram Parsons

3/5

Not exactly my style, but it was executed fairly well. Low 3

The Yes Album

Yes

4/5

Great album

Cross

Justice

2/5

Not really my thing, but produced fairly well

Bookends

Simon & Garfunkel

4/5

Really great album. A little short - I was surprised when it was over - but generally a very nice sound. America is a phenomenal song. High 4

White Denim

4/5

Surprised that White Denim is a solid band, but I thought that this was like a classic indie sound.

Peter Gabriel 3

Peter Gabriel

4/5

The Queen Is Dead

The Smiths

4/5

Trio

Dolly Parton

4/5

Vivid

Living Colour

3/5

Heroes

David Bowie

2/5

I think that Bowie is overrated, and I never really liked the title track to begin with. Listening to this is not really doing much to change my mind. It might be a classic, but I'm not really moved. Border of two and three

All Mod Cons

The Jam

3/5

Very low three, not a bad listen

Rage Against The Machine

3/5

Never been much a metal fan - the lyrics bring it down too

Rock Bottom

Robert Wyatt

4/5

Hard to rate this one-so much sounds interesting and experimental in a good way. Its super ahead of its time. Some stuff just sounds bad though. Gotta be a shaky four

The Low End Theory

A Tribe Called Quest

5/5

Hip Hop classic. Sometimes Ill listen and not like it as much, but this time I appreciated it way more.

The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady

Charles Mingus

5/5

One of the greatest albums I’ve ever heard.

Sign 'O' The Times

Prince

3/5

Not a huge prince fan and it was a little too long but still not bad

Speakerboxxx/The Love Below

OutKast

4/5

A little long, but quite the jammer

A Love Supreme

John Coltrane

5/5

This is one of my all time favorites

Raising Hell

Run-D.M.C.

4/5

Classic hip-hop

GREY Area

Little Simz

4/5

At first I was not too excited, but it certainly exceeded my expectations. Selfish was exceptional

Talking Book

Stevie Wonder

4/5

I really liked it, but I'm not sure it's on the same level as some of his other stuff. A very high four

Germs

1/5

I could only listen to one song on Spotify and it was not too great

Madman Across The Water

Elton John

4/5

Here Come The Warm Jets

Brian Eno

2/5

Siembra

Willie Colón & Rubén Blades

5/5

Un Clásico

Arrival

ABBA

4/5

In Utero

Nirvana

3/5

I know its a classic grunge album, but maybe I just don’t like grunge very much. Still redeemable though.

Selling England By The Pound

Genesis

4/5

I liked a lot of it, but there was some that I could do without

Iron Maiden

4/5

Liked it - it seems like approachable metal

Parachutes

Coldplay

5/5

Coldplay Classic - sounds better than I would have thought

Clube Da Esquina

Milton Nascimento

4/5

Some dope foreign albums on this list

Appetite For Destruction

Guns N' Roses

4/5

In The Court Of The Crimson King

King Crimson

5/5

I thought that this album wouldn't be so good even though I knew it was highly rated. Quite suprised - I think that Epitaph is super good, but Moonchild almost made me drop it a star. Low 5

Drunk

Thundercat

4/5

Very interesting sound throughout but pretty long

Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim

Frank Sinatra

3/5

Like a teaser trailer for Getz/Gilberto

American IV: The Man Comes Around

Johnny Cash

4/5

Chirping Crickets

Buddy Holly & The Crickets

3/5

Exceptionally average and inoffensive

It's Blitz!

Yeah Yeah Yeahs

3/5

Nice upbeat pop record

Felt Mountain

Goldfrapp

4/5

Really interesting

Moving Pictures

Rush

4/5

I Am a Bird Now

Antony and the Johnsons

5/5

Surprisingly nice to listen to - amazing piano and string arrangements

Vento De Maio

Elis Regina

5/5

Another Great Foreign album. A pleasure to listen to.

Green Onions

Booker T. & The MG's

3/5

Unknown Pleasures

Joy Division

4/5

Back To Black

Amy Winehouse

5/5

Super interesting sound for the 2000s

My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

Kanye West

5/5

Ready To Die

The Notorious B.I.G.

5/5

I loved the samples on this more than I thought, which is saying something.

Head Hunters

Herbie Hancock

5/5

Nice upbeat Jazz, really fun to listen to

KIWANUKA

Michael Kiwanuka

5/5

I really liked this album - much more than I thought I would. Very interesting sound. The guitar tone was a little rough, but still a low 5

The Genius Of Ray Charles

Ray Charles

4/5

I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You

Aretha Franklin

5/5

I am a big soul fan, and this is a classic. It feels a little aged still though, but it doesn't knock it too much. Respect is such a good song.

Slippery When Wet

Bon Jovi

4/5

Rock classic

Roxy Music

2/5

Good, but not very inspiring. A high 2

Moon Safari

Air

4/5

A Rush Of Blood To The Head

Coldplay

5/5

Bummed

Happy Mondays

2/5

Not great :(

Tusk

Fleetwood Mac

4/5

I havent listened to much Fleetwood Mac, but this album has given me much more motivation to do so. Between four and five.

Five Leaves Left

Nick Drake

5/5

Im a big Nick Drake fan, and this album is pretty great from him.

Either Or

Elliott Smith

4/5

Very interesting 90s Indie - I really liked it, but it got a bit repetitive toward the end, especially because it is such a long album.

Wild Is The Wind

Nina Simone

4/5

Fantastic. I am a Nina Simone fan for sure. I had only ever heard Jeff Buckley's version of Lilac Wine, so it was sweet to hear this version. Very high four.

Dr. Octagonecologyst

Dr. Octagon

2/5

Sounds like a perverted version of DJ Shadow

Pink Moon

Nick Drake

5/5

Top tier Nick Drake

The Köln Concert

Keith Jarrett

5/5

One of the greatest of all time - I wish I could play like this.

With The Beatles

Beatles

4/5

Its a Beatles album, so its a classic. I don't know if I would give it the same praise if it was a random 60s band, but there are many genuinely great songs on here. Maybe the worst Beatles album though?

Life Thru A Lens

Robbie Williams

3/5

Its like budget Coldplay in a way

Fear Of A Black Planet

Public Enemy

3/5

Not sure I’m the target audience

...And Justice For All

Metallica

2/5

I didn’t think I would be a Metallica fan and I’m not

Hot Rats

Frank Zappa

3/5

His voice is annoying but there were plenty of nice moments

Back In Black

AC/DC

4/5

James Brown Live At The Apollo

James Brown

2/5

I’m sure if I was there it’d be electric

Too Rye Ay

Dexys Midnight Runners

3/5

Pretty good, but the drums are so corny

Sunday At The Village Vanguard

Bill Evans Trio

4/5

Love it but his piano style is very wistful lots of the time and lacks some purpose.

Come Away With Me

Norah Jones

5/5

Really nice

You're Living All Over Me

Dinosaur Jr.

3/5

Untitled (Black Is)

SAULT

3/5

Super interesting album - I loved the style and the overall sound, but I dont think there were enough compelling songs to capitalize off of it

New Wave

The Auteurs

3/5

Bryter Layter

Nick Drake

5/5

Top tier Nick Drake - about what you would expect with some above and beyond songs on there as well

OK Computer

Radiohead

5/5

Classic

Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire)

The Kinks

3/5

Basket of Light

Pentangle

5/5

Unbelievably creative, quite suprised at how much I liked it and the risks that they took

Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1

George Michael

3/5

Freedom is really great, and the rest of the songs are okay enough to earn a three. There is a lot of musicianship here but its not very exciting

The Slim Shady LP

Eminem

3/5

Not an eminem fan

Purple Rain

Prince

3/5

Not a Prince fan, could have probably been a four.

Tea for the Tillerman

Cat Stevens

5/5

Wonderful and meaningful - I’m a huge fan

Countdown To Ecstasy

Steely Dan

4/5

Classy Steely Dan - but still not too refined

MTV Unplugged In New York

Nirvana

5/5

Exceptional album - sounds a lot like bedroom recordings of thom yorke (which I love). I liked it much more than I thought I would

Led Zeppelin IV

Led Zeppelin

5/5

Pretty solid

Live / Dead

Grateful Dead

3/5

Just so long and boring - I imagine it would be great if I was high the whole time

Protection

Massive Attack

2/5

Don't really know how to think about this one. Not the biggest fan though - the drum machine comes across strongly and its a little hard to look past. Also nothing was too exciting.

Neon Bible

Arcade Fire

4/5

I really liked it musically, although I'm a bigger fan of Funeral because of this album's in-the-face anti-Christian message. Music was classic 2000s indie sound though, which I love.

Let's Stay Together

Al Green

4/5

Smooth, but the title track carries a little

Django Django

2/5

Bert Jansch

2/5

just about average

Brothers

The Black Keys

3/5

I had this album recommended to me over the summer, and now that I’ve listened to it, its just alright. I was hoping there would be a little more, but … I just didn’t catch it I guess. Maybe I’ll relisten in a little to see if I didn’t catch anything

Abraxas

Santana

3/5

Very interesting - I had never heard Santana before. Although maybe not something I will listen to a lot in the future, I did enjoy it

In Rainbows

Radiohead

5/5

My favorite album from probably my favorite band - incredible songs and a overall sound. Reckoner is one of my favorite songs ever

Time Out

The Dave Brubeck Quartet

5/5

One of the greatest jazz albums ever. Its got TAKE FIVE on it! So good

All Directions

The Temptations

3/5

I really like papa was a rolling stone but that’s really it

Djam Leelii

Baaba Maal

3/5

It was certainly a journey - an incredibly unique one. All in all I think the good balances out with the fact that I’ve never really heard much like it

The Bones Of What You Believe

CHVRCHES

2/5

Couldnt really get into it, and I forgot it relatively quickly. Maybe I’m being a little harsh though

The Atomic Mr Basie

Count Basie & His Orchestra

4/5

Really great compositions, but im not much of a big band jazz guy. Still sounded great

Back At The Chicken Shack

Jimmy Smith

4/5

I love the blues. It gets a little repetitive though but its still a great listen.

Lost Souls

Doves

4/5

Figure 8

Elliott Smith

2/5

Bridge Over Troubled Water

Simon & Garfunkel

5/5

So great

Picture Book

Simply Red

3/5

Actually liked this a lot :)

Grace

Jeff Buckley

3/5

It felt like it was unfinished. Still sounded nice, but almost empty

Like Water For Chocolate

Common

3/5

Just alright

Dust

Screaming Trees

4/5

Pretty standard 90s rock - I liked it

Water From An Ancient Well

Abdullah Ibrahim

3/5

I liked it a lot, but it wasn't the type of jazz I'm used to - it seemed less spontaneous than others, and some tracks exaggerated this in a way I wasn't too fond of.

Natty Dread

Bob Marley & The Wailers

4/5

Nice and classic

Hejira

Joni Mitchell

5/5

Oh boy - its such a unique soundscape that is a pleasure to listen to for 50 minutes

The Nightfly

Donald Fagen

5/5

Incredible - its just like another steely dan album

Wish You Were Here

Pink Floyd

5/5