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Album	You	Global	Diff
What's That Noise?	5	2.78	+2.22
Tigermilk	5	3.22	+1.78
A Rush Of Blood To The Head	5	3.44	+1.56
Blue	5	3.49	+1.51
The Low End Theory	5	3.7	+1.3
I’m a Lonesome Fugitive	4	2.85	+1.15

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Album	You	Global	Diff
Chirping Crickets	1	3.3	-2.3
Crazysexycool	1	3.07	-2.07
More Specials	1	2.96	-1.96
Morrison Hotel	2	3.6	-1.6
Foo Fighters	2	3.5	-1.5
Imagine	2	3.45	-1.45
Under Construction	2	3.14	-1.14
Henry's Dream	2	3.1	-1.1
Sunshine Superman	2	3.09	-1.09

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Crazysexycool

TLC

1/5

I'm glad I listened to it in terms of a timecapsule of a different era, and some songs were catchy and enjoyable enough. But not something I'd seek out to listen to again. I am glad we moved past the era of comedy skits on albums between songs

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1-Star Albums (3)

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Blue

Joni Mitchell

5/5

One of my favourite albums of all time, and a great start!

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

Beatles

4/5

This may have been the only time I've listened to the full album front to back. I think I get why it was so groundbreaking for the time, and it works better as a full album than I was expecting

Chirping Crickets

Buddy Holly & The Crickets

1/5

I don't think I had heard any track on this album before, but it basically sounded like I expected. It was fine, some fun songs, but I probably wouldn't bother to listen to it again.

L.A. Woman

The Doors

3/5

As bluesy as I remember, more danceable than I remember. But definitely drags in the back half and the lyrics don't always land

Imagine

John Lennon

2/5

First time hearing most of these songs, and honestly they were better than expected. The title track is now a bit cringe inducing, but overall not at all a bad album.

Foo Fighters

2/5

It was interesting to hear the transition from Nirvana Dave Grohl to the Dave Grohl of later Foo Fighter hits. I had only minor familiarity with a few songs on the album going in. Solid overall but did not wow me

I’m a Lonesome Fugitive

Merle Haggard

4/5

I really enjoyed this, I had not listened to much Merle Haggard previously.

Come Away With Me

Norah Jones

4/5

I had written off Norah Jones as something you would hear in the background of a coffee shop, so I was surprised to like this album as much as I did. A lot more depth than I expected.

Sunshine Superman

Donovan

2/5

I went in having mostly only heard Season of the Witch- which is a great track. The album was overall better than I was expecting, but a full album of psychedelia is a bit much for me.

Under Construction

Missy Elliott

2/5

I had heard the singles, overall the full album was more consistent than I would have expected. I don't really love this era of rap, but it was alright

Crazysexycool

TLC

1/5

Morrison Hotel

The Doors

2/5

Interesting odds to listen to two Doors albums in the first dozen selections. I actually initially listened to the self titled instead of this (so three Doors albums), which may have set me up more for disappointment.

Venus Luxure No. 1 Baby

Girls Against Boys

3/5

The first band on this list that I had not even heard of prior to this review. I probably will go back and listen again- apparently they are a project from a Fugazi member, though I would probably always rather listen to Fugazi instead.

More Specials

The Specials

1/5

I was expecting to like this more than I did- I think ska can be fun, and had heard The Specials talked about as a more "serious" ska band. I can see how it was influential for the time, but it didn't click with me

Blunderbuss

Jack White

3/5

If I had first listened to this back when I was more into The White Stripes I feel like I would have felt it was a step down without any standout tracks. But with a bit of distance from that I found the album was quite solid, there wasn't a song that wasn't interesting and enjoyable.

Cloud Nine

The Temptations

3/5

I like The Temptations but feel like I've primarily listened to singles/compilation albums. I liked the album, but hard to compare to a "Best Of"

The Healer

John Lee Hooker

4/5

This was a really cool album. Was not familiar with JLH or blues music really, but the large number of cross-genre features was interesting.

Smash

The Offspring

3/5

A band I liked when I was 13; I was curious how the album would hold up since I think they now have a reputation as being sort of cringe. Honestly, held up better than expected!

Beauty And The Beat

The Go-Go's

3/5

Fun 80's pop music, that I would listen to again.

Oracular Spectacular

MGMT

4/5

Iconic album with so many catchy standouts. Era defining.

In Rainbows

Radiohead

4/5

I had never actually listened to this album despite loving earlier Radiohead. It was very good, though not quite on par with earlier albums for me.

Marquee Moon

Television

4/5

Television was another band I had heard great things about but never listened to- I think it mostly lived up to the hype.

Henry's Dream

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

2/5

I think I had only heard a handful of Nick Cave songs prior. This album was enjoyable but not really anything special for me.

The Low End Theory

A Tribe Called Quest

5/5

A classic for a reason, I'm a big fan of this style and era of rap.

Cosmo's Factory

Creedence Clearwater Revival

3/5

I like CCR, this album mostly consisted of tracks I had not heard with a few that were familiar from hearing on the radio. Good songs, to be clear, and I'm sure they were hits at the time, but they were lacking the power of the mega hits I associate the band with. But the closing cover of "I Heard It Through The Grapevine" was absolutely incredible and elevated the album up a full star for me.

What's That Noise?

Coldcut

5/5

I had not previously heard of Coldcut, but this album was fantastic. Clearly very groundbreaking, hard to imagine that this came out in the mid-80s. Will definitely check out their other stuff.

A Rush Of Blood To The Head

Coldplay

5/5

I understand why Coldplay gets so much negative attention, and I really don't care for a lot of their newer "bigger" sounding songs, but this album is quite good. I forgot how much I like some of these songs.

Low

David Bowie

4/5

A bit of a hidden gem, I had not heard any songs from it before. Was surprised by the number of instrumental tracks, but very cool as part of Bowie's progression

Smokers Delight

Nightmares On Wax

3/5

This was enjoyable as background music, but not something I could really imagine listening to just on its own.

Tigermilk

Belle & Sebastian

5/5

One of my favourites, understated and sincere.