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Album	You	Global	Diff
Trout Mask Replica Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band	5	2.3	+2.7
Locust Abortion Technician Butthole Surfers	5	2.39	+2.61
Rock Bottom Robert Wyatt	5	2.39	+2.61
Bright Flight Silver Jews	5	2.67	+2.33
Movies Holger Czukay	5	2.71	+2.29
D.O.A. the Third and Final Report of Throbbing Gristle Throbbing Gristle	4	1.89	+2.11
E.V.O.L. Sonic Youth	5	2.9	+2.1
Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle Bill Callahan	5	3.02	+1.98
Duck Stab/Buster & Glen The Residents	4	2.04	+1.96
Smile Brian Wilson	5	3.04	+1.96

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Appetite For Destruction Guns N' Roses	1	3.7	-2.7
The Joshua Tree U2	1	3.66	-2.66
Arrival ABBA	1	3.53	-2.53
1984 Van Halen	1	3.49	-2.49
Like A Prayer Madonna	1	3.24	-2.24
Thriller Michael Jackson	2	4.22	-2.22
Blood, Sweat & Tears Blood, Sweat & Tears	1	3.16	-2.16
Tubular Bells Mike Oldfield	1	3.1	-2.1
Lady Soul Aretha Franklin	2	4.05	-2.05
Ray Of Light Madonna	1	3.03	-2.03

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Artist	Albums	Average
Neil Young	4	4.5
Sonic Youth	3	4.67
Bob Dylan	7	4.14
PJ Harvey	4	4.25
Nirvana	3	4.33
Leonard Cohen	3	4.33

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Artist	Albums	Average
Madonna	2	1
Van Halen	2	1.5
U2	2	1.5

5-Star Albums (23)

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The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars

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Great Album. RIP David Berman

horrible and almost unlistenable but also brilliant

amazing

4-Star Albums (348)

Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea

Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music

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

It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back

Spy Vs. Spy: The Music Of Ornette Coleman

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

Live 1966 (The Royal Albert Hall Concert)

1-Star Albums (14)

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I haven't really listened to Sam Cooke before, so don't know how this compares to the studio versions. As a live recording, this is pretty good. The way you can hear the crowd throughout, and you can tell they were just having a ball. You can imagine what it would have been like to be there. Sam has a strong, raspy kind of voice, well suited to this kind of music. The songs did get a bit "samey" for me, but all clipped along at a nice pace and kept the part-vibe going.

I remember my parents had this album, but I haven't really listened to it before. The way the western sensibilities merged with the African stylings really worked. I really like some of the guitar work - it was quite unique, or at least as far as I've heard. Paul Simon is really quite a gifted lyricist - there were some quite nice lines in there. The title track was my favourite. I've heard "you can call me al" to many times to enjoy that one.

not what i expected. i think I had them mixed up in my head with the band "Boston". a lot of nice work on the horns, and some pretty big guitar freakouts. I enjoyed it a lot more than I thought I would. my favourite track was the final track, "Liberation" which was wa big guitar freakout before coming together at the end.

I had a copy of this album already, but haven't listened in a while. It's a pretty heavy album - brutal really with all the sounds they through at you and pretty relentless. There is quite a contrast between Chuck D's political commentary and Flavor Flav style

I've heard this one so many times before, I don't know if I even need to listen to it for this project, or even need to write any listening notes

Not really for me. I can appreciate the harmonizing and complexity though.

I've listened to and enjoyed their "Brit-pop" albums, but hadn't heard this one before. I think I was put off by "Song No. 2" which was really over played. There were some nice songs on this one, and I really liked some of the guitar work

I really liked this album. I have a copy and have listened to it a few times before. It reminds me in feel of the musician "Panda Bear" but with quite different instrumentation. I always thought the singer was male, but was surprised on checking wikipedia that they are a duo with a woman singer.

this was OK as background music, but not really my thing. i did find my head nodding a long now and then

wow - I've heard this before but never really appreciated. the way his vocals soar is just amazing. great album

I liked some of the riffing but overall not really for me

I had heard this one before and was happy to see it as the selection for the day. I really like this one. I was surprised to see some of the other reviews - a lot of people really hate this one. I guess his voice is kind of love it or hate it.

i don't really get why this is always cited as such an important album.

great album. Breakdown, Anything That's Rock and Roll and American Girl are standouts

nice to see an album from an NZ band, but I've heard most of the tracks too many times on radio and such to enjoy this. I was surprised by how dark some of the lyrics were

insipid

Great album. Blister in the sun is so overplayed, and I've heard it so many times, I can't listen to it any more, so I skipped it

This album came out when I was a teenager, and was starting to form my own tastes in music, so it is quite an important album for me and hard to rate it objectively.

a bit boring

dreck

High-concept album. A lot of falsetto. Quite interesting, but not really my thing

I liked this one more than I thought I would

Too much orchestration - not enough fingerpicking

this one took me back. I was never a big fan of this album, and I forgot how grating his voice was, but all in all, I enjoyed it -there are some really good songs on this, even if it is a bit over long.

This is something special

a bit samey for me

amazing

I thought I would like it when it started, but it turns out it was a bit overdone and boring

i liked it more than I thought i would. the funk guitar and bass was nice

I'm not really a Rolling Stones fan, but have to admit, this is a great record.

could hardly finish it

this one i really enjoyed

boring

This one was a surprise. I'd heard of her before, but not sure what I was expecting, but not his. I really enjoyed this one - she has an amazing voice. Stand out tracks for me were Down to Zero and Love and Affection.

a bit bland for my liking

boring and generic

a bit generic and boring

this one takes me back. I was a teen when it came out, so didn't really understand their message on anything but a superficial level, but definitely felt it.

I think this album was a bit inconsistent. There wer some great tracks, but some average ones as well.

boring

i saved this one until xmas. it was ok as far as xmas albums go.

great album - not sure how I'd missed this one in the past

I have heard this one many times before. This is a classic album and of course if ends up on this list. I know people hate his voice and harmonica playing, but since when do you need a pleasant singing voice to make great and important music?

Great Album. RIP David Berman

i think this is an amazing album.

so cool

I liked this. Although on a surface level, it seems pretty straight ahead and simple, there was a surprising level of depth.,

bit boring for me

funky

amazing

blast from the past - but a great album

liked this more than i thought I would. surprised that was the 2nd or 3rd best selling album of all time

drivel

Great album. I like the Neil Young songs the best

I kind of liked this one. Not my usual thing, but obviously a great live band

horrible and almost unlistenable but also brilliant

not really my thing, so i listened while working, and found it good background music for programming to

Was alright - I did end up with "Stand" really stuck in my head though

how can you really rate this album?

By some coincidence, I actually listened to this album earlier in the day before I revealed today's album. Not my favourite Smith's album though

great album

kind of stupid but I liked it

kind of stupid. kind of fun

I liked this more than I thought I would.

i grew up with this album

I liked this more than I expected. I think I had them mixed up with "Dr Hook" in my head, so went in with low expectations

very pleasant

boring

couldn't finish it

i listened to this a lot in my teens. It still holds up

this takes me back.

i liked this more than I thought i would

kind of generic and boring - reminded me too much of other bands

I haven't really given these guys a chance before - not sure why. I really liked this one.

From the first few opening notes I thought this wouldn't be for me - but I ended up liking it

a little bit one note

boring and forgettable

one song from this album I remember hearing at the end of a Sopranos episode and I liked it so much I had to shazaam it and was surprised to find it was bruce. i don't really like bruce springsteen so was surprised by this album - the sparse voice+guitar+occasional harmonica really works.

great stuff

I heard the Dennis Wilson one a few days earlier, and wasn't impressed, but this one was great. I've heard of it (of course) but had never given it a listen before

ok as background music

one of my favourite albums from my formative years. classic

boring

not heard this one before, but really enjoyed it - some great stuff

I love this album - there is something about the quavery voice and ponderous melodies that i think is amazing. i can see why some people would hate it though.

ok as far as it goes, but this kind of thing is really not for me

not my favourite Tom Waits, but there is still some great stuff

intense

I'm not here. This isn't happening.

i love these guys

boring

what a racket

when I was listening to it, my wife came in and gave me a wtf look

I remember my mum used to listen to this album, so some of the songs were familiar but long forgotten. I actually really enjoyed this one.

there's some great stuff, and is a very nice recording, but a bit too much harmonica.