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Album	You	Global	Diff
The Wildest! Louis Prima	5	3.54	+1.46
(Pronounced 'Leh-'Nérd 'Skin-'Nérd) Lynyrd Skynyrd	5	3.76	+1.24
Call of the Valley Shivkumar Sharma	4	2.95	+1.05
Vulgar Display Of Power Pantera	4	2.97	+1.03

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Album	You	Global	Diff
Low David Bowie	1	3.55	-2.55
The College Dropout Kanye West	1	3.31	-2.31
Entertainment Gang Of Four	1	3.25	-2.25
Selected Ambient Works 85-92 Aphex Twin	1	3.21	-2.21
Trans Europe Express Kraftwerk	1	3.15	-2.15
Tubular Bells Mike Oldfield	1	3.1	-2.1
Qui sème le vent récolte le tempo MC Solaar	1	3.09	-2.09
Before And After Science Brian Eno	1	3.09	-2.09
Chemtrails Over The Country Club Lana Del Rey	1	3.05	-2.05
Larks' Tongues In Aspic King Crimson	1	3	-2

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Duck Stab/Buster & Glen

The Residents

1/5

Fucking awful.

3 likes

Don't Come Home A Drinkin' (With Lovin' On Your Mind)

Loretta Lynn

2/5

Bored. Nice slide playing, but same 2 country chords throughout.

3 likes

1-Star Albums (13)

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My Generation

The Who

3/5

The Modern Lovers

3/5

Dusty In Memphis

Dusty Springfield

4/5

Great studio setup and song writers. Basically her "greatest hits" album

Qui sème le vent récolte le tempo

MC Solaar

1/5

Full live band in a bar, this would be great, otherwise not my jam. Caroline was the best track.

Tubular Bells

Mike Oldfield

1/5

With context, being a solo album at a young age, it's highly virtuosic. However, outside the few minutes used for The Exorcist, it was too much to enjoy. Random instrumental wankery above anything else.

I’ve Got a Tiger By the Tail

Buck Owens

3/5

Old school country, few classics. Great musicianship. Often imitated, but the originals were the best.

Atomizer

Big Black

3/5

Monster bass tone. A lot of Mötorhead influence. Decent.

Kollaps

Einstürzende Neubauten

1/5

Eliminator

ZZ Top

4/5

Sums up what ZZ Top are about. Solid bangers.

Low

David Bowie

1/5

Sound and Vision is easily the best track. Sounds like a low budget sci-fi soundtrack for the most part. Absolutely not his best work. Low is right.

Rock Bottom

Robert Wyatt

1/5

Hopes were up because of Nick Mason. Then they plummeted to Rock Bottom. When you consider Dark Side of the Moon was the same year, this, for "prog" was awful.

The Rise & Fall

Madness

2/5

Alright. Kind of see where "concept album" comes into it. Not a huge fan overall, but listenable.

The White Album

Beatles

4/5

Great, but not their absolute best. Dear Prudence and While my guitar are 10/10 though.

I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You

Aretha Franklin

3/5

She can certainly sing. Mixing seemed very off and the singles were definitely boosted. Up and down.

Physical Graffiti

Led Zeppelin

4/5

A masterclass in rhythm. Arguably In My Time of Dying is greater than the eponymous Kashmir. Not the same standard as 1-4, but a great album overshadowed.

Electric Ladyland

Jimi Hendrix

4/5

Great sounds from The Experience. Some of the longer jams go on a bit without adding much, but the classics from this album are exactly that for good reason.

Live At The Harlem Square Club

Sam Cooke

4/5

1 flaw. There's not enough. This Man has soul and grit. The quality of live recording is excellent for its age too. Brilliant listening.

New York Dolls

4/5

Raw, raucous and energetic. You can hear how many other sounds were influenced by these guys.

The Wildest!

Louis Prima

5/5

King of the swinging zoo indeed. The most fun music I've listened to in a long time, and those sliding vocal harmonies were excellent.

Here, My Dear

Marvin Gaye

3/5

Get the story. Lyrically strong, but not his best work. Agree with general critical statements. Doesn't touch his best stuff by a long way.

Vulgar Display Of Power

Pantera

4/5

Awesome. Kick in the balls, throw you to the floor and beat you in a mosh pit. No punches pulled. A no frills metal album. Really enjoyed it.

One World

John Martyn

2/5

Meh.

Cross

Justice

3/5

Some bits were too much and repetitive. The bass heavy tracks had some major stank though.

Something Else By The Kinks

The Kinks

2/5

Nothing much other than Waterloo Sunset.

Morrison Hotel

The Doors

3/5

Decent blues album. Not the best material though.

The College Dropout

Kanye West

1/5

Gave up halfway through. The only decent stuff is where a sample of another song was used. Naff.

Wild Gift

3/5

Flavours of inspiration from Talking Heads and for The Pixies. Enjoyed it, decent.

Ragged Glory

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

4/5

Hard to dislike Neil. Great for live album too. Last track hits harder now than when this was recorded.

Woodface

Crowded House

3/5

More than what I thought was a one hit wonder band. Decent listen.

Station To Station

David Bowie

2/5

Golden years is a banger. Everything else was musically decent filler.

Kick Out The Jams (Live)

MC5

3/5

Bangin' live music. Rough and loud.

Hejira

Joni Mitchell

2/5

Too much to take in. Feels cramped, getting in as much as possible.

Selected Ambient Works 85-92

Aphex Twin

1/5

Yawn

Red Headed Stranger

Willie Nelson

4/5

Top stuff

Duck Stab/Buster & Glen

The Residents

1/5

Fucking awful.

White Denim

4/5

Got a bit of everything. Every dynamic accounted for.

Before And After Science

Brian Eno

1/5

"Arty". Got boring. Either too much "stuff" in a song, or nothing drives the song.

Since I Left You

The Avalanches

4/5

Already loved this album.

Sunday At The Village Vanguard

Bill Evans Trio

2/5

Alright. Miles Davis is more interesting.

The Slider

T. Rex

3/5

Not massive on T-Rex, but Bolan did what he did perfectly.

Darkness on the Edge of Town

Bruce Springsteen

3/5

Not his best album, but a good one.

Truth And Soul

Fishbone

2/5

Meh. Got bored halfway through

Larks' Tongues In Aspic

King Crimson

1/5

Too proggy for my taste. Lots of messy noise.

Live At The Star Club, Hamburg

Jerry Lee Lewis

2/5

Not bad, but nothing special by any means. Plays a mean piano.

Entertainment

Gang Of Four

1/5

Nothing too exciting.

Follow The Leader

Korn

3/5

Not bad, bit too much by the end.

Call of the Valley

Shivkumar Sharma

4/5

Would never have thought to listen to this. Really relaxing and great musicianship.

Chemtrails Over The Country Club

Lana Del Rey

1/5

Dreary rubbish. Didn't finish it.

Run-D.M.C.

3/5

Great what a sequencer and something to say can achieve. Pretty good, and compared with more over produced records, very clean

Trans Europe Express

Kraftwerk

1/5

Super repetitive. Almost irritatingly so.

Darkdancer

Les Rythmes Digitales

3/5

Fair few bangers.

Ace of Spades

Motörhead

4/5

RRRAGAGAHHHGAGARRAGAGAHHHAGAGAGAGAGGAGAGAGAGGEHRRR

Beauty And The Beat

The Go-Go's

2/5

Got bored, samey.

Countdown To Ecstasy

Steely Dan

3/5

Great music, but not overly memorable.

Vol. 4

Black Sabbath

3/5

Not bad overall. Shows another side to Iommi with the quieter tracks.

The Only Ones

2/5

Easily forgotten.

Paranoid

Black Sabbath

4/5

Like a greatest hits. Much more to it than Vol. 4

Elephant

The White Stripes

4/5

One of the first albums I bought. Great stuff.

Axis: Bold As Love

Jimi Hendrix

4/5

Possibly his best all round album and sparked John Mayer's whole career.

Arrival

ABBA

4/5

Mama Mia II soundtrack for the most part. Basically greatest hits part 2. Great pop.

Don't Come Home A Drinkin' (With Lovin' On Your Mind)

Loretta Lynn

2/5

Bored. Nice slide playing, but same 2 country chords throughout.

The Village Green Preservation Society

The Kinks

2/5

Not their best, bit long winded

(Pronounced 'Leh-'Nérd 'Skin-'Nérd)

Lynyrd Skynyrd

5/5

What a debut. As strong as it is, and closing with Freebird.

At Newport 1960

Muddy Waters

2/5

He's decent, but this style of blues is repetitive.

Blonde On Blonde

Bob Dylan

2/5

Great songwriter, but really have to be in the mood for Dylan. He's difficult