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Album	You	Global	Diff
Doggystyle Snoop Dogg	5	3.37	+1.63
The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill Lauryn Hill	5	3.63	+1.37
Venus Luxure No. 1 Baby Girls Against Boys	4	2.66	+1.34
Lam Toro Baaba Maal	4	2.72	+1.28
Survivor Destiny's Child	4	2.86	+1.14
Broken English Marianne Faithfull	4	2.88	+1.12
Larks' Tongues In Aspic King Crimson	4	3	+1

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Van Halen Van Halen	1	3.63	-2.63
The Who Sell Out The Who	1	3	-2
Will The Circle Be Unbroken Nitty Gritty Dirt Band	1	2.98	-1.98
At Folsom Prison Johnny Cash	2	3.98	-1.98
Black Sabbath Black Sabbath	2	3.83	-1.83
(Pronounced 'Leh-'Nérd 'Skin-'Nérd) Lynyrd Skynyrd	2	3.75	-1.75
Boston Boston	2	3.71	-1.71
Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme Simon & Garfunkel	2	3.62	-1.62
Jazz Samba Stan Getz	2	3.56	-1.56
Rust Never Sleeps Neil Young & Crazy Horse	2	3.53	-1.53

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Tuesday Night Music Club

Sheryl Crow

4/5

Sheryl Crow is so confusing for me since when I hear her I can tell she is great but somehow I am not target for her songs. All I wanna do is still such a bop that I can not give this bad rating. She is everything Taylor Swift should be but never will.

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Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector

1-Star Albums (3)

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The Velvet Underground & Nico

The Velvet Underground

4/5

Most of the songs are focused on very honest side of addiction of the author. You can hear very strong influence of the age and lifestyle. Knowing how essential and inspirational this album was for the history, you can hear many sounds and themes that were later rediscovered by whole generation of artists and music styles. Raw and Honest album in every sense ( music, lyrics, themes, solos)

Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)

Wu-Tang Clan

3/5

Essential old-school RAP album discussing wide range of topics from zeitgeist and daily reality of some people. Music and melodies that influenced and keep inspiring generations. Incorporated whole idea of Wu-Tang through whole album with all lyrical and musical references. Heavy influence on melodic hip-hop and trip hop. Although I feel like this album speaks mostly to the generations of USA with some pop culture moments and nostalgia caching up around the world but generally speaking this might be less interesting listen to people out of generation/culture of USA in terms of lyrics. Melodies are crossing generations and borders.

Head Hunters

Herbie Hancock

3/5

Solid Jazz Album with funky vibe. I wouldn't say that it was something I haven't heard before and it was life changing. Good background music I guess.

The Suburbs

Arcade Fire

4/5

Indie-pop-rock album that discuss the topic of growing up in suburbs into the very depth of it. Production and music is amazing and its accompanied with lyrics that makes you stop and rethink your potential experiences of moving away from place you used to grow and and what kind of person you might have become.

Van Halen

1/5

I am sorry to all the fans but I can not really listen to this for more than 2 minutes without being bored to death. Lo-Fi girl 24/7 video is more entertaining for me than this. I do not doubt that people who enjoy this have many good things to say. Usually I try to be objective with ratings but I dont think I have anything positive to say about this. I dont even feel this album got much impact on music of todays and time is usually biggest art critique. I guess it might not have stood the test of time then.

The xx

2/5

Very monotonous album. Every song sounds very much same which makes the experience dreadful. Album itself is pretty much on the trend of 2009 sound where most of the songs sounds exactly same. I can not draw much positive from this album.

Maverick A Strike

Finley Quaye

3/5

Surprisingly not so bad for Scottish Reggae. It is not a life changing album neither performance but it does mix well Reggae and Rock. I just can not stop thinking how hilarious he has to look while doing this accent since I can hardly believe this is how he sounds with his speaking voice. 3.5/5

Since I Left You

The Avalanches

3/5

Average

Green

R.E.M.

3/5

I guess okay. Not my cup of tea but it’s not bad in any way

Siamese Dream

The Smashing Pumpkins

4/5

This is my very first time listening to The Smashing Pumpkins and I always thought their music is bit harder. There are some very famous riffs and lyrics but the sound is very monotonous for my taste. I can see the influence of the age where many bands had very similar sound and annunciation. I dont think this album showed much of a range for the band.

Ellington at Newport

Duke Ellington

4/5

Great

Now I Got Worry

The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion

3/5

Pieces Of The Sky

Emmylou Harris

2/5

Personal taste opinion. I tried to be non-biased but this type of music does not speak to me at all.

I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got

Sinead O'Connor

4/5

Dirt

Alice In Chains

3/5

The guitar there is pretty insane.

Sunshine Superman

Donovan

4/5

There is something that hits so right with all those Psychedelic Rock albums from those times. From the esthetics to the instruments and topics. It all sends you to a different dimension which I guess is what good art is about. Raw recordings of instruments and usage of classic music makes this extra lovely experience.

The Who Sell Out

The Who

1/5

I am sorry but I do not get this album. Its all over the place. Sounds like music for advertisements. The Who in general is popular in random movies and advertisements but this was just not good in my eyes.

Hotel California

Eagles

4/5

Tuesday Night Music Club

Sheryl Crow

4/5

The Nightfly

Donald Fagen

3/5

Just an average sounding album.

Africa Brasil

Jorge Ben Jor

3/5

Evening after work chill music for me

Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music

Ray Charles

4/5

Just really beautiful. Might be outdated on todays tempo of songs but its still a beautiful one.

Drunk

Thundercat

4/5

Really good. Amazing music. Lyrics are not completely nonsense too. Definitely takes you places

Country Life

Roxy Music

3/5

Black Sabbath

2/5

Little bit boring

Wild Gift

3/5

Gold

Ryan Adams

2/5

Will The Circle Be Unbroken

Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

1/5

I really hate this type of music. I am so sorry

Doggystyle

Snoop Dogg

5/5

Lyrics are really cheesy by the todays standards but Snoop Dogg is a brand and he is selling the well crafted and maintained story. If you think about this as a concept album with GTA Vice City radio vibes, this is genius. I assume that this had to be game changing at the time of the release for some people and basically become staple piece from then.

In The Court Of The Crimson King

King Crimson

4/5

Modern Life Is Rubbish

Blur

2/5

They definitely have specific sounds but it makes every song sounds the same. I got fatigue from listening to this album. Forgot what day, time, year it is since every second of album sounds alike.

Jagged Little Pill

Alanis Morissette

4/5

This albums face slaps me straight to the childhood, watching Charmed on TV after school. Very first song I heard from this was You Oughta Know on a singing competition. While barely speaking any English or picking up lyrics I still remember how much I was affected by the strength of that songs. This song is soaked up with raw emotions which are communicated so clear without even needing to speak English to understand.

Music

Madonna

3/5

Not as groundbreaking as other might say just because they remember few songs from MTV.

Lady Soul

Aretha Franklin

3/5

After The Gold Rush

Neil Young

3/5

Bryter Layter

Nick Drake

4/5

Broken English

Marianne Faithfull

4/5

White Ladder

David Gray

2/5

Dummy

Portishead

4/5

Coles Corner

Richard Hawley

3/5

Rumours

Fleetwood Mac

3/5

Bat Out Of Hell

Meat Loaf

2/5

Too theatrical for me. Sounds like Jack Black doing Broadway musical.

Music From Big Pink

The Band

3/5

+1 point for Album cover painted by Bob Dylan and whole their bromance thing that was going on.

Lam Toro

Baaba Maal

4/5

1999

Prince

3/5

I know its Prince and I am supposed to rate high but I think album is just okay. I was not blown away and I barely remember any tune or song after listening so I guess its not that life-changing art.

Lost In The Dream

The War On Drugs

3/5

Surprisingly not as annoying I would be afraid it can be compared to bands that sounds/sounded similar.

Back to Basics

Christina Aguilera

3/5

Larks' Tongues In Aspic

King Crimson

4/5

Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite

Maxwell

2/5

Little bit too much. After half of the album I got this creepy vibe that someone is hitting on me so I had to stop.

(Pronounced 'Leh-'Nérd 'Skin-'Nérd)

Lynyrd Skynyrd

2/5

Boring

Sign 'O' The Times

Prince

2/5

My second Prince album and I still does not understand the appeal. If someone can explain me why person with cartoonish voice singing about sex should be appealing? I am not saying it aged badly but I don’t see how would this succeed released today

Darkness on the Edge of Town

Bruce Springsteen

3/5

Average. Taylor Swift of old generation and same as her it’s just and ordinary and average. Might resonate with people since it’s so generic.

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector

Various Artists

4/5

Haut de gamme / Koweït, rive gauche

Koffi Olomide

2/5

Got excited for a bit with something new but very fast got into the ‘Meeeh’

High Violet

The National

2/5

Terrible singing pretentious and monotonous singing voice. Really poor lyricism which is driven by storytelling but of such a cliché topics.

The Beach Boys Today!

The Beach Boys

3/5

Adele

4/5

Mature and solid. Wonder how would rating change for a generation that is not so familiar with Adele in future.

The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill

Lauryn Hill

5/5

I listen to this at least once per month

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

Throbbing Gristle

2/5

Very experimental in my “eyes”

At Newport 1960

Muddy Waters

3/5

Chemtrails Over The Country Club

Lana Del Rey

3/5

Oracular Spectacular

MGMT

4/5

Nostalgic 4 stars

Toys In The Attic

Aerosmith

3/5

Big Guitar Hero vibes. There are some hits, very distinct sound and definitely stable for some people. Not as bad as I was expecting but did not surprise either.

Black Holes and Revelations

Muse

4/5

This is peak Muse for me.

Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo

Devo

4/5

Black Monk Time

The Monks

2/5

For very specific vibes and situations

Mothership Connection

Parliament

3/5

Bearable

Bluesbreakers

John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers

4/5

The Wall

Pink Floyd

4/5

Classic, hard to argue with

Forever Changes

Love

4/5

Psychedelic quintessentials with The Red Telephone. Yes, please

One Nation Under A Groove

Funkadelic

4/5

I was bopping my head whole time

Survivor

Destiny's Child

4/5

Bop after bop.

Parachutes

Coldplay

4/5

Very good memories for this album and I saw them perfoming few songs of this album live.

Boston

2/5

Meh

Garbage

2/5

Chore of Enchantment

Giant Sand

2/5

Billion Dollar Babies

Alice Cooper

2/5

Elvis Presley

4/5

Lazer Guided Melodies

Spiritualized

2/5

Production feel way more modern than 1992 tbh

Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme

Simon & Garfunkel

2/5

This type of melody I heard many times in all the old movies in Europe so it is not really new experience.

Bayou Country

Creedence Clearwater Revival

3/5

Not my cup of tea but I can tell its quality music

Venus Luxure No. 1 Baby

Girls Against Boys

4/5

This sound somehow more authentic than so many other bands.

Kind Of Blue

Miles Davis

3/5

At Folsom Prison

Johnny Cash

2/5

Rust Never Sleeps

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

2/5

Movies

Holger Czukay

2/5

Alien Lanes

Guided By Voices

3/5

Jazz Samba

Stan Getz

2/5

In A Silent Way

Miles Davis

3/5

Shalimar

Rahul Dev Burman

2/5

Surrealistic Pillow

Jefferson Airplane

4/5

NEU! 75

Neu!

3/5

Raw Power

The Stooges

4/5

The guitar work is great, but Iggy’s performance feels overtly theatrical, which was clearly the point. It captures the chaos of its time, though it hasn’t aged gracefully to modern ears used to the “authenticity” era. The record carries a distinct vibe of its era, both shaped by it and probably helping to shape it in future. Second half of the album felt little bit more refined in some way and the references sounds more clear. I am not sure if that was intentional or not. 4 (mostly for the era defining qualities and uncompromised style) 3 (personally and without context)