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Album	You	Global	Diff
Machine Gun Etiquette The Damned	5	3.15	+1.85
Medúlla Björk	4	2.72	+1.28
Konnichiwa Skepta	4	2.74	+1.26
Guitar Town Steve Earle	4	2.81	+1.19
One World John Martyn	4	2.82	+1.18
Ingenue k.d. lang	4	2.94	+1.06

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Ramones Ramones	2	3.58	-1.58
The Dark Side Of The Moon Pink Floyd	3	4.43	-1.43
The Seldom Seen Kid Elbow	2	3.26	-1.26
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band Beatles	3	4.26	-1.26

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Murmur

R.E.M.

3/5

good, sweet, fine

Cloud Nine

The Temptations

3/5

Nice, fun, sweet

In The Court Of The Crimson King

King Crimson

3/5

The first and last songs go hard. Otherwise fun, fine.

Physical Graffiti

Led Zeppelin

4/5

Super fun listen. Interesting to hear the individual contributions blend into a whole. Bonham just so good.

Homework

Daft Punk

4/5

Fun to dance to, good working grooves. Simple, kind of brutal in a way.

The Fat Of The Land

The Prodigy

3/5

Sounds almost like a parody in retrospect. Snooty and fun. Terrible remixes on the deluxe/remastered edition though, wow.

Common

4/5

So nice, so thoughtful. Kind of deceptively relaxing. I want to come back to it and see what hits past that - there's a lot going on under the texture and the deft sampling and the approachable vibe.

Pink Moon

Nick Drake

4/5

Feels warm and nostalgic to revisit this. It's still great. So many albums by men, though.

James Brown Live At The Apollo

James Brown

3/5

Fun, yeah, yeyyeeayaahhh. Can't get over the extreme panning on old albums.

Swordfishtrombones

Tom Waits

3/5

Protection

Massive Attack

4/5

Every element adds up so nicely. Surprisingly melodic. Tracey Thorn ♡

Bridge Over Troubled Water

Simon & Garfunkel

4/5

Sweeties. Glimmers of future Paul. I always wonder what Garfunkel thought about all of it but I don't really care enough to go find out.

The Dark Side Of The Moon

Pink Floyd

3/5

Oh for heaven's sake. Sitting on the floor of our living room, breaking out my parents' vinyl collection for the first time, liking a boy (or so I thought).

Medúlla

Björk

4/5

Aw, here she is. I love her so much. "Desired Constellation" is just what I need. A lot of this holds up beyond proof of concept, almost 20 years later. She could release it next year and nobody would blink.

Ramones

2/5

eh boy. Never listened to it front to back, won't need to again.

Graceland

Paul Simon

4/5

It's great, still. I want to read about it though. Specific vocal moments stand out to me from hearing this play in the car as a child. Linda Ronstadt who is nobody's backup anything (thanks Mom).

Red Headed Stranger

Willie Nelson

3/5

Who gets to be an outlaw, eh? Nothing on Willie, but the fact that a white country singer can write an entire album about committing murder in adulterous rage and be celebrated for it... makes you go hmm, non? Otherwise, yeah, I see the appeal and the excellence but can take it or leave it.

This Is Fats Domino

Fats Domino

3/5

He looks so young. He sounds so young. I can hear, like, milk in his voice. Innocence.

The Seldom Seen Kid

Elbow

2/5

Kinda boring but also mixed really weird? Like it doesn't feel cohesive, it seems like every part is coming from a different room in a haunted house

Machine Gun Etiquette

The Damned

5/5

Hell yeah. It's just really really good. Familiar but surprising. Nice touches.

Coles Corner

Richard Hawley

3/5

This is the first album that's been totally new to me, no context, no familiarity. Feels classic, like atmosphere music. Nice touches.

Odessey And Oracle

The Zombies

3/5

This kind of careful, precise 60s pop isn't my thing, but I can hear that it's good. Not sorry I listened.

C'est Chic

CHIC

4/5

It's just nice and fun and cute and great

KE*A*H** (Psalm 69)

Ministry

3/5

Music like this is sort of more silly than it is scary.

Ananda Shankar

3/5

For Your Pleasure

Roxy Music

3/5

I wasn't expecting to be kind of bored by this one, but alas, I was

Foo Fighters

3/5

I can hear how it's a demo, or how Dave Grohl thought of it as a collection of ideas. Good ideas.

Led Zeppelin II

Led Zeppelin

4/5

I really like this band, I do. I LOVE John Bonham's drumming. Everything drips with alchemy.

Nevermind

Nirvana

4/5

How was this the first time I've ever sat down and listened to this album front to back, but I'm pretty sure I've heard each individual song before. Tell me this isn't a pop masterpiece.

The Genius Of Ray Charles

Ray Charles

3/5

I thought he was more raucous than this? Maybe he is sometimes. This reminds me of the music my grandparents loved.

A Wizard, A True Star

Todd Rundgren

2/5

PHASER. I'm glad this exists but it's not for me.

Guitar Town

Steve Earle

4/5

I want to go on a road trip just to listen to this album while I'm driving. Very good beginning-of-the-week or beginning-of-the-weekend energy.

Time (The Revelator)

Gillian Welch

4/5

I think I like this album more than I feel like I like it right now. It's a mood that I'm not in.

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

Beatles

3/5

Ionno, it's the Beatles

Talking Timbuktu

Ali Farka Touré

3/5

It's good. I wish there were more Ali Farka Touré and less Ry Cooder but I guess I know where to go for that.

Henry's Dream

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

4/5

Not my favourite genre but I'm interested in the energy behind it, in the performances, the story about the production. Four stars as a note to self.

Get Behind Me Satan

The White Stripes

3/5

Have I heard this album before? How do I recognize so many of the songs? Not bad, not my thing.

Apocalypse Dudes

Turbonegro

2/5

Mostly boring?

Raising Hell

Run-D.M.C.

3/5

It's fun and good

Dummy

Portishead

3/5

Another one that I can hear is good but isn't for me. The waify female "can't you see" stuff... nah

Queen II

Queen

3/5

Another "good but not my thing" thing!

Felt Mountain

Goldfrapp

3/5

Yet another not-my-thing thing

Highway 61 Revisited

Bob Dylan

3/5

Ionno, it's Bob Dylan

I’m a Lonesome Fugitive

Merle Haggard

3/5

Fun for parties?

Paul's Boutique

Beastie Boys

3/5

Fun and cute but not my thing

Peace Sells...But Who's Buying

Megadeth

3/5

Fun

Disraeli Gears

Cream

3/5

meh

The Blueprint

JAY Z

4/5

It feels energetic and fresh 23 years on

Kilimanjaro

The Teardrop Explodes

3/5

Community radio cool

Oracular Spectacular

MGMT

3/5

2-3 bangers, otherwise meh

Chemtrails Over The Country Club

Lana Del Rey

4/5

She's just so great when she's good.

Violator

Depeche Mode

3/5

It's great

Another Green World

Brian Eno

3/5

I can tell it's great but not really my thing

Ingenue

k.d. lang

4/5

yyyyeah this is the stuff

Back to Mystery City

Hanoi Rocks

3/5

Fun, some really good songs, probably won't go back to it

White Light / White Heat

The Velvet Underground

3/5

It's great but not for me I guess

Blackstar

David Bowie

3/5

like most Bowie, I appreciate it more than I feel it. Lazarus and I Can't Give Everything Away are great though.

Savane

Ali Farka Touré

4/5

The Band

3/5

The songs' endings are so weird? Like the story is still being told when it abruptly fades

Hunting High And Low

a-ha

3/5

pretty good!

Os Mutantes

3/5

Weird and fun

Horses

Patti Smith

4/5

Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

4/5

Fun and messy and great

One World

John Martyn

4/5

This is the kind of music I imagine my mom's friends listening to and LOVING. Four-starring to come back to it later

(What's The Story) Morning Glory

Oasis

3/5

It's fine? it's Oasis

Konnichiwa

Skepta

4/5

that one line on that one song