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Album	You	Global	Diff
A Seat at the Table Solange	5	3.01	+1.99
The Marshall Mathers LP Eminem	5	3.48	+1.52
Jagged Little Pill Alanis Morissette	5	3.72	+1.28
Supa Dupa Fly Missy Elliott	4	2.92	+1.08
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road Elton John	5	3.93	+1.07
Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul Otis Redding	5	3.93	+1.07

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Murder Ballads Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds	1	3.08	-2.08
Reign In Blood Slayer	1	2.96	-1.96
Public Image: First Issue Public Image Ltd.	1	2.43	-1.43
Seventeen Seconds The Cure	2	3.38	-1.38
Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs Marty Robbins	2	3.33	-1.33
Horses Patti Smith	2	3.31	-1.31
The Idiot Iggy Pop	2	3.21	-1.21
The Boatman's Call Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds	2	3.2	-1.2
The La's The La's	2	3.14	-1.14
The Hour Of Bewilderbeast Badly Drawn Boy	2	3.12	-1.12

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

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Queen II

Queen

3/5

Jagged Little Pill

Alanis Morissette

5/5

The very best of the 90’s. The first album I ever stole from my older sister.

Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs

Marty Robbins

2/5

Weirdest genre ever. El Paso is a bop though.

There's A Riot Goin' On

Sly & The Family Stone

4/5

Makes me want to smoke all the funk.

Nilsson Schmilsson

Harry Nilsson

3/5

So many recognizable songs but never heard of this guy.

The Marshall Mathers LP

Eminem

5/5

Summer 2000, Leah’s Camry, high school anthems. 20 years later, pretty offensive, this album would not get made today…hah. Em will always be a 5/5 for me though.

Murder Ballads

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

1/5

Like why though?

The Idiot

Iggy Pop

2/5

The Atomic Mr Basie

Count Basie & His Orchestra

3/5

A real toe tapper.

Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not

Arctic Monkeys

4/5

🧡

A Seat at the Table

Solange

5/5

So much more my vibe than anything Bey does. Wish she’d put more out.

Chirping Crickets

Buddy Holly & The Crickets

3/5

People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm

A Tribe Called Quest

4/5

Fleet Foxes

4/5

Had this on repeat when it first came out. Still excellent road trip music.

Microshift

Hookworms

2/5

Feels very NPR, All Things Considered. Meh.

Real Life

Magazine

2/5

Nope, not for me.

Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots

The Flaming Lips

3/5

Like them a lot but outside of a few songs this missed the mark for me. They have better.

Automatic For The People

R.E.M.

4/5

I always felt like Michael Stipe is a really serious person who doesn’t let loose often. But he really says some shit in his songs.

Fifth Dimension

The Byrds

3/5

Love their sound. Not my favorite album from them but still groovy AF.

A Walk Across The Rooftops

The Blue Nile

2/5

Like The Smiths but not as good and way moodier.

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

Elton John

5/5

Bennie & the Jets is about as good as it gets. Iconic album cover.

The La's

2/5

There She Goes was on so many soundtracks. Would have loved this in the 90’s but doesn’t really hold up outside of that decade.

Metallica

3/5

I’ve always disliked them but I gave it a fair listen. It’s musically sound but still feels as douchey as ever. Made me drive aggressively.

Tidal

Fiona Apple

4/5

Jazzy, bluesy, pop, emo…I mean she was 18, it’s impressive. Billie Eilish should thank her.

Swordfishtrombones

Tom Waits

2/5

I usually love Tom Waits. This was a bit too experimental for me.

Homework

Daft Punk

3/5

I honestly didn’t know they’d been together since the 90’s. EDM is not my vibe but they are the best of this genre.

Ten

Pearl Jam

4/5

Back to back greats on this one. Essential 90’s.

The Hour Of Bewilderbeast

Badly Drawn Boy

2/5

Would have probably loved during my Elliot Smith phase.

Led Zeppelin II

Led Zeppelin

5/5

Mostly anything Robert Plant touches is incredible. Ramble On is sublime.

Raising Hell

Run-D.M.C.

4/5

A refreshing change of genre. So good.

Power In Numbers

Jurassic 5

3/5

Never heard of them but the beats are decent, lyrics good.

Heartattack And Vine

Tom Waits

2/5

I wasn’t ready for another Tom Waits album so soon.

The Boatman's Call

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

2/5

I wasn’t ready for another Nick Cave album so soon either.

Bookends

Simon & Garfunkel

4/5

I could probably listen to them sing a phone book. So calm, so peaceful. Not my favorite album from them but loved America.

Seventeen Seconds

The Cure

2/5

Perfect for a rainy day because it’s pretty sad and slow. Not my favorite from them.

The Rolling Stones

3/5

I’ve never gone this far back with the Stones. It’s cute.

Horses

Patti Smith

2/5

She’s very passionate but a lot of the songs just didn’t speak to me.

The Velvet Underground & Nico

The Velvet Underground

3/5

Iconic album cover. Great guitar. Some I love, some are too experimental for my taste, I can see why they could never hit mainstream.

Guitar Town

Steve Earle

2/5

There are about 50 better Country albums I’ve been hoping would pop up. But I’ll take it. Needed a a change in genre.

Lost In The Dream

The War On Drugs

4/5

They have never been on my radar but wow I really, really liked this album. Prime indie rock. Made me a fan.

Urban Hymns

The Verve

3/5

Starts off with such an epically, wonderful, 5/5 song and then just ok for an hour.

Let's Stay Together

Al Green

4/5

I don’t know what she decided but I would have never left Al after hearing this album. More of this please.

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

Throbbing Gristle

1/5

Nope.

Aja

Steely Dan

3/5

Seventh Tree

Goldfrapp

2/5

Take the vocals out and I’d like it more.

Highly Evolved

The Vines

3/5

I didn’t hate it.

Close To You

Carpenters

3/5

I needed this.

Innervisions

Stevie Wonder

4/5

Funky. Love.

Harvest

Neil Young

4/5

Buena Vista Social Club

4/5

Call of the Valley

Shivkumar Sharma

3/5

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector

Various Artists

4/5

Public Image: First Issue

Public Image Ltd.

1/5

OK Computer

Radiohead

4/5

Talking Book

Stevie Wonder

4/5

Never not in the mood for Stevie. Also…velvet kaftan, braids, the beach, my dream aesthetic.

Nevermind

Nirvana

5/5

🤘🏽

Adele

4/5

Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde

The Pharcyde

3/5

Pump

Aerosmith

3/5

Love the 80’s-ness of this. They’ve done some cringe stuff but Steven’s voice is undeniable.

Head Hunters

Herbie Hancock

3/5

Supa Dupa Fly

Missy Elliott

4/5

Beep Me 911 transported me back to 8th grade. Missy, Aaliyah, Timbaland mastered the Rap/R&B combination. Still great.

L.A. Woman

The Doors

4/5

Mr. Mojo Risin. So good.

I See You

The xx

2/5

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness

The Smashing Pumpkins

4/5

Paul's Boutique

Beastie Boys

4/5

Reign In Blood

Slayer

1/5

Two metal albums back to back was tough.

Peter Gabriel

3/5

In Your Eyes is one of my favorite songs of all time, it’s too bad it was tacked on at the end of a mediocre album like an afterthought. Also have a distinct memory of Josh having Sledgehammer as his ring back tone for a long time 😆.

Pieces Of The Sky

Emmylou Harris

4/5

Same Kate. Unexpected. Delightful. Maybe just needed a vibe change.

Manassas

Stephen Stills

3/5

This was all over the place musically. A lot of it sounded like Grateful Dead but then there was soft rock, bluegrass, psychedelic, funk, gospel. Felt like Stephen was trying to prove something.

Odelay

Beck

3/5

Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul

Otis Redding

5/5

Cover or original, he never missed. I need Sam Cooke on this list soon though!

Tusk

Fleetwood Mac

3/5

This is my least favorite FM album 😬. And I’m a hardcore fan. Albert that story doesn’t surprise me. Lindsey feels unhinged, the whole band feels like they’re trying so hard to be something they’re not.

BEYONCÉ

Beyoncé

2/5

Unpopular opinion - I cannot get into Beyoncé's music. The lyrics are corny and no matter what style is included - rap, hip hop, soul, r&b - its all mediocre.

Speakerboxxx/The Love Below

OutKast

4/5

Love below was better, it just was. Weird that it was a double album but you can really see how different the two are. Senior year of HS, takes me back.

From Elvis In Memphis

Elvis Presley

3/5

Suspicious Minds, Kentucky Rain…can’t deny the voice was still there even though his personal life was in flames.

Bridge Over Troubled Water

Simon & Garfunkel

4/5

Cheap Thrills

Big Brother & The Holding Company

4/5

Blood On The Tracks

Bob Dylan