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Album	You	Global	Diff
Soul Mining The The	5	3.17	+1.83
Virgin Suicides Air	5	3.24	+1.76
Calenture The Triffids	4	2.55	+1.45
Let's Get Killed David Holmes	4	2.68	+1.32
Pet Sounds The Beach Boys	5	3.93	+1.07
S.F. Sorrow The Pretty Things	4	3	+1

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Songs The Lord Taught Us The Cramps	1	2.84	-1.84
Stankonia OutKast	2	3.55	-1.55
Raising Hell Run-D.M.C.	2	3.51	-1.51
Rio Duran Duran	2	3.49	-1.49
Chicago Transit Authority Chicago	2	3.2	-1.2

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Aladdin Sane

David Bowie

4/5

Elton John if he were edgy.

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Stand!

Sly & The Family Stone

3/5

To start off with I don't know funk very well, although I have heard of Sly and the Family Stone, and wasn't quite sure what to expect. I did enjoy it, although another listen (while paying closer attention) would probably be good! Lots of progressive themes like other black funk artists from the same era. Keen to revisit.

Chicago Transit Authority

Chicago

2/5

Probably a little long and one-note for me. I don't dislike blues rock or wah-wah type sounds, but I think by 30 minutes in I had got the idea. Maybe another listen would reveal more detail, but I probably won't get back to this one for a while.

Virgin Suicides

Air

5/5

I like this sort of thing: rock, but also with a shimmering coating of noise, synth, and pedals, and intense mixing. This would definitely make a great film soundtrack, now I want to see the film.

The Last Broadcast

Doves

4/5

I don't mind this indie rock style. Some influences from synth, punk, and so on. Would listen again.

Pet Sounds

The Beach Boys

5/5

What an iconic album. Brian Wilson really is a genius. I love Wikipedia's description, "A concept album but the concept is stylistic." It still sounds fresh. Fabulous.

Beggars Banquet

The Rolling Stones

4/5

I wasn't really sold on this at first but it got better as it went on, or at least my impression of it did. I like the energy of it, and I do like blues.

Ten

Pearl Jam

3/5

I enjoyed it, but on a first listen it feels pretty similar to a lot of other rock, honestly. It didn't jump out at me.

Tea for the Tillerman

Cat Stevens

3/5

The good songs are good, the less interesting songs are a little dull.

From Elvis In Memphis

Elvis Presley

3/5

I got into it more as I went along, and some of the songs are groovy, but I just don't think I'm that into country, or Elvis. I probably would listen again though. Hearing America's most famous white musician sing about how bad it is living in the ghetto was pretty funny.

The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady

Charles Mingus

4/5

I've never got into Mingus as much as some other jazz musicians, but this is definitely a great album nevertheless.

Songs The Lord Taught Us

The Cramps

1/5

Sounds like Bill Haley and the Comets singing circus music. What even is this? Don't think I'll listen again. At best musically uninspiring.

S.F. Sorrow

The Pretty Things

4/5

Great album. I like psych rock. Going to need to listen to this more times to pick everything up.

Blur

3/5

Mum: We have OK Computer at home The OK Computer at home:

Lady Soul

Aretha Franklin

4/5

Good, although I probably didn’t enjoy it as much as I expected given Franklin’s colossal reputation.

Let's Get Killed

David Holmes

4/5

I warmed up to this. I'll need to listen again though. An unusual mix of different substyles.

Back At The Chicken Shack

Jimmy Smith

4/5

Funk, jazz... What's not to like?

Pieces Of The Sky

Emmylou Harris

3/5

I think I'd have to be in a particular mood to really get much out of this kind of music.

Songs From A Room

Leonard Cohen

3/5

I like what I've heard of his before, so with that in mind I probably enjoyed this less than I'd expected to. A little spartan for my preferences.

Freak Out!

The Mothers Of Invention

3/5

It was fun but it didn’t grip me. Will listen again.

Vol. 4

Black Sabbath

4/5

Rocks pretty hard, mostly.

You Want It Darker

Leonard Cohen

3/5

The mixing of this is a bit unsettling, it feels like he's whispering in your ear. Not bad, but I think his music is something I'd have to get used to.

The Stooges

3/5

Pretty heavy. Didn’t grip me, but I might try it again.

Aladdin Sane

David Bowie

4/5

Elton John if he were edgy.

Soul Mining

The The

5/5

Classic new wave! Great work on the keys.

Stankonia

OutKast

2/5

Eh, it's not bad, but it feels like a lot of other hip-hop from the time. Not a style I can say I'm a massive fan of.

Automatic For The People

R.E.M.

3/5

I liked it more as it went along. Not sure how often I would listen to this.

Tom Tom Club

4/5

New wave, great!

Aja

Steely Dan

4/5

I'd heard that this was "jazz rock," but I hadn't realised the "jazz" was smooth jazz and the "rock" was soft rock. I seem to recall hearing someone once complain that this album was "sterile," but it's soft rock, so what do you expect? Great album.

We Are Family

Sister Sledge

4/5

Funky stuff. 'Nuff said.

Rio

Duran Duran

2/5

Feels very dated. A few hits, but even those feel like the shallow side of new wave. I like new wave, but this is hardly the best it had to offer.

Raising Hell

Run-D.M.C.

2/5

I can never seem to get into OG hip-hop. I think it's just me. Maybe I have to come back and listen more actively.