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Albums you rated higher than global average

Album	You	Global	Diff
Moss Side Story	5	2.53	+2.47
Dr. Octagonecologyst	5	2.69	+2.31
Out of Step	5	2.92	+2.08
Real Life	5	3.05	+1.95
Double Nickels On The Dime	5	3.12	+1.88
Debut	5	3.36	+1.64
Aftermath	5	3.39	+1.61
Queen II	5	3.49	+1.51
Blonde On Blonde	5	3.5	+1.5
Songs For Swingin' Lovers!	5	3.52	+1.48

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Albums you rated lower than global average

Album	You	Global	Diff
The Grand Tour	1	2.79	-1.79
Parallel Lines	2	3.76	-1.76
We Are Family	2	3.48	-1.48
Astral Weeks	2	3.27	-1.27

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Artist	Albums	Avg	Score
Bob Dylan	2	5	3.8

5-Star Albums (14)

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Moss Side Story

Barry Adamson

5/5

Wasnt sure what this was when it started. It sounded like I was listening to a horror/film noire movie. Sure enough, I read about it after listening to it and its written as a soundtrack to a nonexistant noire movie. Awesome and unique concept. Its experimental without being too avant-guard-y. Im a sucker for anything noire, will revisit this for sure.

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It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back

Public Enemy

4/5

Very classic, love this old school stuff, though my knowledge of rap/hip-hop is extremely limited. "Party for your Right to Fight" was parodied by Beastie Boys? Or vice-versa? I've definitely heard some of these songs in passing.

Parallel Lines

Blondie

2/5

Never was a big fan of the hits off this album (or Blondie in general) and the rest it wasn't much better. "I Know But I Don't Know" was the only track I really enjoyed, some of the guitar and bass work was cool. At least it was short!

Aftermath

The Rolling Stones

5/5

Legendary album, wasn't sure if I should listen to the U.K. or U.S. version, so I listened to them both. A lot of the Stones' best known songs are on here, and the rest could be blues classics in their own right.

Pink Flag

Wire

4/5

Very early post-punk. It somehow sounded both raw, and smoothed out. You could almost hear Joy Division in a couple tracks. I wish there were some more intensity, and could do without the poppier elements, but it's a good album nonetheless. On the fence between 3 and 4 stars, I'll round up.

Meat Is Murder

The Smiths

3/5

Not really my thing, but I can appreciate the influence. I had hipster friends back in 2011 that reeeally were into The Smiths and I can see why. Rating based on my personal tastes, if I were to try to be objective it would probably be a 4 or a 5.

Debut

Björk

5/5

For some reason I dismissed bjork as another generic pop artist, I was so wrong. Her voice and the instrumentals are amazing. The album is incredibly unique and diverse, the next track always surpised me. "Aeroplane" is a straight up jazz song, other tracks are house and edm. Going to relisten to this with a pair of good headphones.

The Grand Tour

George Jones

1/5

Godawful. I can appreciate old country, but this ain't it. Every single song was a variation on "love ma darlin'". The one (maybe 2?) upbeat songs were almost tolerable, but the rest was unbearable. I went into it open to awarding a star for the slide guitar, but there wasn't a lot of it, and what was there wasn't very good. Listening to this album actually put me in a bad mood.

Talking Book

Stevie Wonder

4/5

Great album, some 5/5 tracks here. Only song I knew was Superstition, which I love. Don't know why I never got into Stevie before.. Some songs are a little meh, but the great funky ones make up for it

I’ve Got a Tiger By the Tail

Buck Owens

3/5

Bunch of fun songs. Was scared after the last country album I got, but this was much more upbeat.

Axis: Bold As Love

Jimi Hendrix

4/5

Awesome album, experimental but coherent. Love Jimi

Music For The Jilted Generation

The Prodigy

4/5

I've been wanting to get into 90s techno for a while, this is a good a place to start as any. Great mash of genres, loved all the metal bits. Very hypnotizing album, this sort of stuff is great to listen to while doing repetitive manual labour.

McCartney

Paul McCartney

3/5

Sounds a bit like demo recordings of rejected Beatles songs, aside from 'Maybe I'm Amazed' (which I honestly thought was a Beatles song until I listened to this) Its not a bad album, it'd make for good background music while relaxing in the sun. Solid songwriting. I've always much prefered George Harrison's solo catalogue though, it has more depth that McCartney's lacks.

Boston

3/5

Classic rock radio mainstay. Not bad, but not my thing.

Roots

Sepultura

4/5

Good stuff, liked the jungle theme of it all. The hidden percussion track was cool

Astral Weeks

Van Morrison

2/5

Sign 'O' The Times

Prince

4/5

Never got into Prince. Its funky, I like it

American Idiot

Green Day

5/5

The first album I ever bought as a young teenager. Masterpiece. All the singles are awesome. Boulevard of broken dreams was on the radio every single day and I don't think I got sick of it. St. Jimmy is underrated, great punk tune.

Darklands

The Jesus And Mary Chain

4/5

Nice mellow album

From Elvis In Memphis

Elvis Presley

4/5

Cant go wrong with the King. Some of the songs are a bit sappy. In the Ghetto was absolutely ridiculous lol

Come Away With Me

Norah Jones

4/5

Decent jazz

Deja Vu

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

4/5

Good album, classic songs

Dig Me Out

Sleater-Kinney

3/5

Its not terrible, but the vocals can be a bit grating at times. Torn between 3 or 4 stars. Would give 3.5 if I could

Out of Step

Minor Threat

5/5

Legendary band. Usually just listen to their whole discography because there's unfortunately not that much of it. Wasn't sure which tracks were on this one, but they're all great.

Red Headed Stranger

Willie Nelson

3/5

I like Willie, but a bit slow for my taste. Not bad at all though

White Denim

4/5

Funky. I liked it a lot

Songs For Swingin' Lovers!

Frank Sinatra

5/5

Femi Kuti

4/5