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Album	You	Global	Diff
Pictures At An Exhibition Emerson, Lake & Palmer	5	2.65	+2.35
Yeezus Kanye West	5	2.77	+2.23
For Your Pleasure Roxy Music	5	2.98	+2.02
Music For The Jilted Generation The Prodigy	5	3.07	+1.93
Another Green World Brian Eno	5	3.12	+1.88
The Holy Bible Manic Street Preachers	5	3.14	+1.86
Technique New Order	5	3.17	+1.83
Loveless My Bloody Valentine	5	3.17	+1.83
Close To The Edge Yes	5	3.19	+1.81
Rust In Peace Megadeth	5	3.24	+1.76

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Paul's Boutique Beastie Boys	1	3.47	-2.47
Frank Amy Winehouse	1	3.45	-2.45
Sunday At The Village Vanguard Bill Evans Trio	1	3.32	-2.32
Private Dancer Tina Turner	1	3.29	-2.29
Live At The Star Club, Hamburg Jerry Lee Lewis	1	3.28	-2.28
Physical Graffiti Led Zeppelin	2	3.92	-1.92
Getz/Gilberto Stan Getz	2	3.65	-1.65
The Stone Roses The Stone Roses	2	3.64	-1.64
Playing With Fire Spacemen 3	1	2.54	-1.54
The Suburbs Arcade Fire	2	3.5	-1.5

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Violent Femmes

5/5

Drunk

Thundercat

3/5

High Violet

The National

4/5

This isn't something I'd normally listen to, but it has a very nice vibe and I enjoyed it.

Hounds Of Love

Kate Bush

5/5

I've never listened to Kate Bush before and it was far more experimental than I expected (an opinion which I suppose was based entirely on her common sounding name). Very interesting soundscape and much of it doesn't even sound dated -- the percussion samples are pretty bad, but the synths are quite nice and the mixing is great. The song structures are also inventive. I'll be revisting this for sure.

Music For The Jilted Generation

The Prodigy

5/5

I listened to this album thousands of times in college, so it's hard to be objective. Obviously a classic.

Led Zeppelin III

Led Zeppelin

4/5

Amazing guitar work of course. The album is more bluesy and folksy than I expected, and very listenable. It's just not really my style and not something I'm likely to revisit.

Sound Affects

The Jam

3/5

Musically, this is a super interesting and high energy album. The bass lines are awesome and the guitar riffs are great. For me, the singing ruins the wonderfully experimental musical expression on almost all of these songs. I wish I could find an instrumental version of this album.

Wish You Were Here

Pink Floyd

5/5

What an incredible work of art. I know a couple of these songs in isolation, but never listened to the full album before.

Physical Graffiti

Led Zeppelin

2/5

It's not that I just couldn't get into this album, I actively disliked most of the songs. I couldn't even listen all the way through most of them. Two stars because Puff Daddy was able to make something great from one of the riffs, so I guess there's something good in here that I'm not hearing.

For Your Pleasure

Roxy Music

5/5

What an amazing album, and such a unique sound. Very happy to have discovered this.

Another Green World

Brian Eno

5/5

Very enjoyable album. The vocals were surprising to me, for someone known for ambient soundscapes, but a lot of these songs are quite catchy and have a strong emotional component. I listened to it twice through and I'll be listening again for sure.

Rapture

Anita Baker

3/5

Spotify just removed this album unfortunately, but I was able to listen to about half the songs before it disappeared. Nice, easy listening. Not really my thing, but I definitely appreciate her voice.

Tigermilk

Belle & Sebastian

3/5

It's okay, reminded me of Simon and Garfunkel. I liked a couple songs but most were pretty boring.

Da Capo

Love

2/5

This is like if the Rolling Stones were doing too little or too much cocaine, instead of just the right amount. Not a fan except for the last song which has an instrumental bit that's kind of cool.

Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables

Dead Kennedys

4/5

Great album, nice hooks, strong melodies with sparse and consistent instrumentation. Crazy to hear in retrospect the influence they had on SOAD's vocalist, Serj Tankian, not to even mention all the punk bands that came after them

New Gold Dream (81/82/83/84)

Simple Minds

4/5

Very chill and enjoyable. I love the instrumentation, especially the bass but the synths are great too. Glittering Prize is just a fantastic song by any measure.

Darkness on the Edge of Town

Bruce Springsteen

2/5

It's good but it just sounds very generic to be. I guess that's a testament to his success. Not something i would revisit.

Private Dancer

Tina Turner

1/5

I tried to listen to the whole thing to understand and appreciate this, but it's really just like nails on a chalk board to me.

Yeezus

Kanye West

5/5

I was always a big fan of this album. Kanye's last great work before his descent into madness.

Second Toughest In The Infants

Underworld

4/5

This takes me back to the days of Orbital, Juno Reactor, Crystal Method, Antiloop, etc. I never got into Underworld back then, but now I wish I had. Great album, maybe not consistent all the way through, but there are some very strong beats on here.

Dance Mania

Tito Puente

4/5

Great stuff, fantastic rhythms.

The Pleasure Principle

Gary Numan

4/5

This is excellent and groundbreaking stuff, which is something that's especially obvious after seeing him perform with Trent Reznor and understanding his influence on so many other artists I love, like the Smashing Pumpkins. I'm not really a fan of his voice, but it fits the android theme and the music is phenomenal.

3 Years, 5 Months And 2 Days In The Life Of...

Arrested Development

3/5

Good music, if a little corny. Better than I expected from this era of rap, but not something I'd revisit.

The La's

2/5

Boring, generic pop rock. The hit single is great, but I'm not sure the rest of the album is worth listening to.

Technique

New Order

5/5

Catchy pop melodies and interesting instrumentation. Round & Round is brilliant. They were a large influence on many of my favorite 90's bands. Really enjoyed this and will be putting a few of these songs into my rotation.

Sunday At The Village Vanguard

Bill Evans Trio

1/5

Nice piano, but I didn't like the drumming or bass. The worst part is the mix which has too much high end and all of the most annoying sounds are far too present. At one point all i could hear was a cymbal making constant noise.

Axis: Bold As Love

Jimi Hendrix

4/5

I wasn't familiar with most of these songs, but they all have a utterly distinct sound that I only identify with Jimi Hendrix. Brilliant musician, though this album was a little hard to get into, especially starting with that weird UFO soundtrack. There is some incredible and timeless stuff on here though, like Spanish Castle Magic.

Highway to Hell

AC/DC

3/5

Every song sounds the same, but it's a good sound. They got upon a winning formula for sure, but I don't have any reason to listen to this album ever again.

The Next Day

David Bowie

5/5

Very original and contains a ton of interesting musical ideas. There's a lot of bits that makes me go "I wonder how I could use this idea in a different context?" Just inspiring stuff.

Playing With Fire

Spacemen 3

1/5

Live At The Star Club, Hamburg

Jerry Lee Lewis

1/5

The Who Sell Out

The Who

4/5

Surprisingly nice.

At Folsom Prison

Johnny Cash

5/5

Loveless

My Bloody Valentine

5/5

These are amazing soundscapes, I think of it like the abstract art of the music world. Not a bad song on here, and still holds up after all these years.

Close To The Edge

Yes

5/5

Black Sabbath

5/5

American Beauty

Grateful Dead

2/5

Natty Dread

Bob Marley & The Wailers

5/5

There's A Riot Goin' On

Sly & The Family Stone

2/5

Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space

Spiritualized

3/5

That's The Way Of The World

Earth, Wind & Fire

5/5

Appetite For Destruction

Guns N' Roses

4/5

Either Or

Elliott Smith

4/5

Seventeen Seconds

The Cure

4/5

Peter Gabriel

4/5

Surrealistic Pillow

Jefferson Airplane

3/5

This Is Fats Domino

Fats Domino

4/5

Tidal

Fiona Apple

3/5

Head Hunters

Herbie Hancock

5/5

Hypnotised

The Undertones

2/5

Superfly

Curtis Mayfield

4/5

Slayed?

Slade

3/5

In The Court Of The Crimson King

King Crimson

3/5

Queen II

Queen

4/5

Unknown Pleasures

Joy Division

4/5

Nevermind

Nirvana

5/5

3 Feet High and Rising

De La Soul

3/5

Qui sème le vent récolte le tempo

MC Solaar

4/5

Chill rapping in French, great flow.

Ghosteen

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

4/5

This was very different. I was a little dumbfounded initially but found myself really liking it.

Debut

Björk

3/5

Freak Out!

The Mothers Of Invention

2/5

This is awful, but also so strange that I couldn't pull myself away. I never want to hear it again, but I don't regret the experience.

Come Find Yourself

Fun Lovin' Criminals

2/5

It's listenable, but I didn't hear anything special to warrant inclusion on this list. The single is catchy of course, but the rest of the album is very standard, even derivative.

Rust In Peace

Megadeth

5/5

This album's reputation is well deserved.

The Velvet Underground

3/5

Rock 'N Soul

Solomon Burke

4/5

Frank

Amy Winehouse

1/5

Paul's Boutique

Beastie Boys

1/5

Machine Head

Deep Purple

4/5

Joan Armatrading

5/5

The Stone Roses

2/5

It's okay, but nothing particularly special. The second to last song is a really great instrumental, but the rest are just fairly pedestrian rock songs. Maybe groundbreaking at the time, but it doesn't seem to hold up.

You Want It Darker

Leonard Cohen

3/5

Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret

Soft Cell

3/5

Very interesting, but not something I would listen to again.

Live At The Witch Trials

The Fall

3/5

Close To You

Carpenters

4/5

Reminds me of many soundtracks and musicals. Great singing.

Scissor Sisters

4/5

Surfer Rosa

Pixies

5/5

Amazing album, the basis for a lot of great 90's bands that came later. The raw energy on this album is unparalleled, and the music is unconventional and interesting.

Little Earthquakes

Tori Amos

2/5

I like Crucify but that might just be nostalgia from hearing it so many times growing up. Still, it's an interesting sing with great dynamics and interesting instrumentation. The rest of the album just sounds very cookie cutter and rather boring. She even sounds bored singing it.

Jazz Samba

Stan Getz

4/5

Metal Box

Public Image Ltd.

4/5

Pictures At An Exhibition

Emerson, Lake & Palmer

5/5

Common

3/5

Getz/Gilberto