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Album	You	Global	Diff
Teen Dream	5	3.27	+1.73
Brown Sugar	4	2.91	+1.09
Ctrl	4	2.91	+1.09

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Album	You	Global	Diff
Violent Femmes	1	3.5	-2.5
The Marshall Mathers LP	1	3.49	-2.49
Bongo Rock	1	3.26	-2.26
Untitled (Black Is)	1	3.05	-2.05
Teenager Of The Year	1	2.99	-1.99
Copper Blue	1	2.96	-1.96
Getz/Gilberto	2	3.65	-1.65
To Pimp A Butterfly	2	3.61	-1.61
Fulfillingness' First Finale	2	3.56	-1.56
Ellington at Newport	2	3.43	-1.43

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Teen Dream

Beach House

5/5

I’m late to the table, discovering Beach house only now; they hit the sweet spot for project listening. “When consumed, as intended, as a full album, their sound took on the entrancing and metronomic quality of an EKG machine. …Relentless innovation is a prerequisite for survival in a streaming era that so fiercely values novelty. But the poise and obstinate evenness of Beach House’s catalogue offer a rejoinder to our obsession with reinvention. -Carrie Battan for the New Yorker 2/7/22

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Brown Sugar

D'Angelo

4/5

I’m familiar with this artist and have had songs on playlists from his edgier, later album, Messiah . This earlier album was a good place to start the musical Kaizen journey. While the sound was somewhat dated, that 90s synth incongruous with the r&b soulfulness, there was a song or two that held up well. Overall the album is superior to most of the crap released in the last decade.

Vauxhall And I

Morrissey

2/5

This one’s not for me as I was never a Smith’s fan. I like his voice and some of his lyrics are interesting but overall it’s a melancholic effort. In an effort to add at least one song per recommended album to my Kaizen Project playlist I tacked on ‘The Lazy Sunbathers’ which I could see being used on a Sofia Coppola soundtrack.

Frank

Amy Winehouse

4/5

Amy, Amy, Amy There was only one. Miss you forever girl.

Fulfillingness' First Finale

Stevie Wonder

2/5

My least favorite SW album, unfortunately doesn't get better with age. Couldn't find a single song to add to the Kaizen playlist. Sad face.

Teenager Of The Year

Frank Black

1/5

Definitely NOT. Salvaged ‘Fiddle Riddle’ from the hot mess of an album but other than that it's a tosser.

Teen Dream

Beach House

5/5

The Marshall Mathers LP

Eminem

1/5

Ugh. Do I have to? Yeh, no. This is only good if Natalie Portman is lip-syncing it on late nite. Zero adds to Kaizen (or any) playlist.

Untitled (Black Is)

SAULT

1/5

Preachy church synth with too much talking, mostly unlistenable. Albums 5 & 11 are more musically interesting. Zero adds to Kaizen Project.

Violent Femmes

1/5

Nope. Frenetic hillbilly punk, no thank you. Never liked Gano’s voice and it's not improved with time. Zero adds to the playlist. Sorry Wisconsin, but you can keep them.

Modern Life Is Rubbish

Blur

3/5

Never heard of it, love the cover. This album def sounds 90s and nothing on it clicks with me now BUT, something clicked and when I flipped to the band’s newest album there it was: the voice. Damon Albarn OBE (/ˈælbɑːrn/, AL-barn; born 23 March 1968) is an English musician. He is the frontman and main lyricist of the rock band Blur and the co-creator and primary musical contributor of the virtual band Gorillaz. Added ‘The Ballad’ to the Kaizen project.

Haut de gamme / Koweït, rive gauche

Koffi Olomide

2/5

Very ‘80s DJ-cruise-ship’ - dated and synthesized, doesn't hold up well

Clandestino

Manu Chao

4/5

Soft spot for anything this guy does as a later album was the soundtrack for a 2001 drive through Italy… this one is fun too, added La Despedida (the farewell)

Dog Man Star

Suede

3/5

‘Nosebleed-post-punk-reverb-junkie’ If I had to describe it. I'll give them an A+ for consistency at least: 2023’s (latest release)album is as angsty and reverb-laden as this one from nearly 3 decades ago. Added ‘Killing of a Flashboy’ to the Kaizen Project

Palo Congo

Sabu

2/5

A little boogaloo goes a long way but I bet this blew the roof off of 1957. Added ‘Tribilin Cantore’

GREY Area

Little Simz

4/5

Badass. Added: Wounds

Your Arsenal

Morrissey

2/5

10th-grade-journal-rockabilly Added: We Hate It When Our Friends Become Successful

Bongo Rock

Incredible Bongo Band

1/5

Nope.

Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes

TV On The Radio

3/5

Eastcoast Radiohead on crack… Added: Dreams

The Holy Bible

Manic Street Preachers

3/5

Welsh rock band? Yes, pah-leaze. Tortured, bleak and disillusioned as almost everything was back then but it's got that special something. Too bad Richey pulled an Irish goodbye but good the band prevailed and continues to produce a unique sound. Added: Yes

The Renaissance

Q-Tip

2/5

Mad respect for his producer cred and collaboration work but not a fan of this solo effort, his voice is too...Urkel. Collab songs are best. Added: Life is Better w/Norah Jones

Getz/Gilberto

Stan Getz

2/5

Sleepy bedroom bossanova Getz and Gilberto are great but Jobim’s songs all sound the same.

To Pimp A Butterfly

Kendrick Lamar

2/5

Uncohesive mashup; his voice is an acquired taste, collaborative songs are best.

Copper Blue

Sugar

1/5

Nope.

In The Wee Small Hours

Frank Sinatra

2/5

Saco Triste quagmire of slowed down,over-orchestrated ballads… Glad To Be Unhappy, yeh, that about sums it up.

Ctrl

SZA

4/5

A good one 👍

Ellington at Newport

Duke Ellington

2/5

needs to be remastered, sound is not good

Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde

The Pharcyde

2/5

A raucous ride, fun in small doses,sounds like stage music for the 90s show In Living Color. A better album came 3 years later: LabCabinCalifornia

Tanto Tempo

Bebel Gilberto

2/5

There is a tedium glaze that descends when listening to Bossanova, a little goes a long way; with that in mind the best (and most sampled in years to follow) song is the first song. Added: Samba Da Bencao

A Grand Don't Come For Free

The Streets

3/5

Yeh, thats a’right.

The Last Broadcast

Doves

2/5

Wanna be U2

american dream

LCD Soundsystem

3/5

Like an edgier, less commercial Talking Heads; this album = heavy synth ode to the 90s Added: I Used To