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AlbumYouGlobalDiff
Kala
M.I.A.
5 2.91 +2.09
Ingenue
k.d. lang
5 2.95 +2.05
Ghosteen
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
5 2.95 +2.05
Post Orgasmic Chill
Skunk Anansie
5 2.98 +2.02
Savane
Ali Farka Touré
5 3.03 +1.97
Private Dancer
Tina Turner
5 3.28 +1.72
Court And Spark
Joni Mitchell
5 3.35 +1.65
At Mister Kelly's
Sarah Vaughan
5 3.37 +1.63
Hot Buttered Soul
Isaac Hayes
5 3.44 +1.56
On The Beach
Neil Young
5 3.46 +1.54

You Love Less Than Most

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Nixon
Lambchop
1 2.73 -1.73
Shleep
Robert Wyatt
1 2.51 -1.51
The Suburbs
Arcade Fire
2 3.49 -1.49
Music for the Masses
Depeche Mode
2 3.38 -1.38
The Next Day
David Bowie
2 3.29 -1.29
Let It Be
The Replacements
2 3.26 -1.26
Dirty
Sonic Youth
2 3.11 -1.11
Queen Of Denmark
John Grant
2 3.11 -1.11
Street Life
The Crusaders
2 3.09 -1.09
Make Yourself
Incubus
2 3.08 -1.08

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Aretha Franklin 2 5

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Robert Wyatt 2 1.5

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Sound of Silver by LCD Soundsystem

1st time listening. Very enjoyable; loved the first 2 reviews about it. Good time had by me.

Ghosteen by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

I wasn't looking forward to listening to this album and I found the last offering of a double album by Nick terribly painful. This was the exact opposite. Sweet sublimation. Well done Sir.

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The Queen Is Dead by The Smiths
Jan 09 2024

Sounded like The Smiths but the pace of the songs were faster and seemed to convey an immediacy about the music. Good album.

Jan 10 2024

My father had this album in his collection. Listening to it yesterday trying to have a fresh perspective what I took from the listening was that it is an album of stories loosely tied together. Good album.

Hot Buttered Soul by Isaac Hayes
Jan 11 2024

I like reading the context of when the album was released to the history of the year it was released in; I listened to it twice. Flashes of funk, and sensualness over buttered soul, like the album was named.

On The Beach by Neil Young
Jan 12 2024

The album is a traveling experience of Neil after the success of the album Harvest. Sad with glimpses of beauty and hope.

Here's Little Richard by Little Richard
Jan 16 2024

I recently watched the documentary about his life. It gave me a new perspective of him and his music.

Jan 17 2024

Twangy and up beat or twangy and sad. The album kept a quick pace. Favorite track was Memphis.

Car Wheels On A Gravel Road by Lucinda Williams
Jan 19 2024

Good album. I know most people like Lucinda when she's sing about heartache, longing and melancholia and usually I do too. But I really liked the rockers on the album. I read some of the review and one stated that Joy was stupid, I completely disagree. Love the song.

Jan 22 2024

Mostly excellent, I'm not a church going person but the bible verse before the song The Man Comes Around was eerie in the right way for myself. Loved Sam Well but I like when Johnny swears and is animated. Didn't care for Danny Boy, but one review said that a tradition of bad covers was upheld and that was true.

Parklife by Blur
Jan 23 2024

Best track for me was Girls & Boys.

Ingenue by k.d. lang
Jan 24 2024

Her voice should bee on the Land o Lakes label. So beautiful.

Life Thru A Lens by Robbie Williams
Jan 25 2024

I understand why it was on Spotify's Wedding playlist. I liked the spoken word of Hello Sir the hidden track on the album. None of the songs will remain with me besides Hello Sir, which isn't a song. His stories on Graham Norton are hilarious.

Meat Is Murder by The Smiths
Jan 29 2024

Album was good up until I had to listen to the song the album is named for. Morrissey's melodramatic flair isn't tired when he sings about love or lack of it and how the world is shit but the mooing cows over his lyrics sure were. I think one of my favorite things about this project and being a part of it is reading about the history of the band, the album and then the reviews.

Toys In The Attic by Aerosmith
Jan 30 2024

Eh, like Aerosmith. I thought I would like this album more. Maybe I was not in the mood for a lot of double entendre yesterday. Favorite track is Sweet Emotion.

In It For The Money by Supergrass
Jan 31 2024

I read the reviews so I was excited to listen and nothing stood out. I'll listen another time and see if I feel different, it could have been the day.

Tom Tom Club by Tom Tom Club
Feb 01 2024

This album was so different but in a good way. Fun to listen to. Favorite tracks was L'Elephant and Genuis of Love. I had no idea that Tom Tom Club was a side project. Good stuff.

Remain In Light by Talking Heads
Feb 02 2024

Good album. Didn't know much about the band before listening to the album. Tina Weymouth lays the groove.

Exodus by Bob Marley & The Wailers
Feb 05 2024

Good album. Best Track: Three Little Birds

Fulfillingness' First Finale by Stevie Wonder
Feb 06 2024

Great album. Love the overall continuity of the album. Even the love song Please Don't Go has lovely upbeat tone, that turns into a raucous party at the end. Love Stevie's harmonica solo in it. However the stand out is They Won't Go When I Go. Very powerful, love the sparse arrangement.

Rage Against The Machine by Rage Against The Machine
Feb 07 2024

Solid 4. I usually only listen to the track “Killing in the Name Of” but it’s a good album overall.

New Forms by Roni Size
Feb 08 2024

Not a huge fan of electronica but it was a decent album, some of the songs were a bit long no memorable lyrics. I'm sure in 1997 it was new and different but all my brain could equate was that I was listening to a very boring (lyrically) Prodigy album.

Ágætis Byrjun by Sigur Rós
Feb 09 2024

Atmospheric and dreamy. Some of the songs run too long for me but an interesting listen.

Feb 12 2024

I have the album. I enjoy Kanye's music. The Chris Rock skit is why I didn't vote 5. Best tracks: Power and Monster.

Natty Dread by Bob Marley & The Wailers
Feb 13 2024

I love Bob. Great music. Best track: Lively up yourself.

I hated this album in junior high school because a girl I hung out with only ever played Anarchy in the UK, so not enthused when it was my album to listen to. However, now experiencing the whole album I have changed my mind. Quite liked it. Best tracks: Liar and Sub-mission

Aftermath by The Rolling Stones
Feb 15 2024

I listened to both versions U.K. and U.S. and I preferred the U.K. version. I was surprised by the twang I heard in some of the songs. Good Album. Best tracks: Under My Thumb, It's not Easy.

Feb 16 2024

I have this album. I have not listened to it in a decade at least. It's terrible and awesome. I wrote what I wrote. The raw emotion on it still draws me in and his lyrics are catchy. Some of it is really hard to listen to now and I always skipped over Kim. Best tracks: Drug Ballad, Marshall Mathers

Coat Of Many Colors by Dolly Parton
Feb 19 2024

I loved this album for the brevity. Good songs. Dolly knows how to tell a story. I agree that the album at the end lags. I think because the last two songs run together in style. Overall a winner. Best Song: Traveling Man.

Funeral by Arcade Fire
Feb 20 2024

New to this band. I like it but nothing standout or that would make me want to check out the rest of their albums.

Pornography by The Cure
Feb 21 2024

Awesome! Best Tracks: Hanging Garden & Pornography.

Femi Kuti by Femi Kuti
Feb 22 2024

Favorite Tracks: Frustration and Plenty Nonsense.

Eagles by Eagles
Feb 23 2024

After listening to most of the Eagle catalogue I get why people hate them. When it's shit, it's really shit but they have some super catchy, awesome to sing songs, beautiful harmonies and Don knows how to sing about terrible heartache. And their songs are country as fuck and launched thousands of bro-country bands. Best track: Peaceful Easy Feeling

Rumours by Fleetwood Mac
Feb 26 2024

Love this album. You can do anything while listening to it: clean, fight, fuck, or walk it out. Best tracks: The Chain and Gold Dust Woman.

Songs In The Key Of Life by Stevie Wonder
Feb 27 2024

A lot to listen too. My father had the album and only listened to I Wish and Sir Duke off it. The juxtaposition of the lyrical content versus the melody that accompanies it on Village Ghetto Land made me go back after my first listening through the album and read all the lyrics. Stevie is a true artist.

Dookie by Green Day
Feb 28 2024

POP-Punk!!! Catchy songs with angsty lyrics. What's not to love. Best Tracks: Longview and She. Honorable mention: All by myself.....because I have the sense of humor of a 12 yr old boy and think is funny.

Savane by Ali Farka Touré
Feb 29 2024

Great Album! Love, Love, Love.

Peter Gabriel 3 by Peter Gabriel
Mar 01 2024

Listened through twice. I liked the array of songs. The menace and unease of Intruder and No Self Control. My life feels like I Don't Remember and I'm surprised no one has made a meme or reel out of it. Good album.

Violent Femmes by Violent Femmes
Mar 04 2024

Love Love Love this album. 5 Stars!! Favorite Track is Kiss Off.

Pearl by Janis Joplin
Mar 05 2024

Love Janis. Love the gravel and grit of her voice and in her being that permeates the songs she sings. I get that it's not everyone's cup of tea. But fuck them, with no due respect. She's raw and unguarded and it comes across in her singing and that's why I love her and the album. Favorite Tracks: Cry Baby, Me and Bobby McGee.

Psychocandy by The Jesus And Mary Chain
Mar 06 2024

Interesting but back ground noise mostly. The reverb or background fuzz of the guitar. I get it but not a huge fan.

Killing Joke by Killing Joke
Mar 07 2024

Eh. I got through it but it was hard. Maybe not in the right head space. The sound was full to the point of echo at times.

Foo Fighters by Foo Fighters
Mar 08 2024

The album shows Dave's roots growing up in the punk scene. It's raw. Favorite Track: Floaty

Live At Leeds by The Who
Mar 12 2024

It's a lot. Live albums are hit or miss. Solid album(s) but bordered on overkill.

Vulnicura by Björk
Mar 13 2024

I like the idea of Bjork. The album is lyrically complex and the beautiful melodies. I want so badly to love her work, and I do....from afar. I listen to music to selfishly to calm my frazzled nervous system or so I can scream my rage, heart ache, etc....For me her music demands so much that I can appreciate it and her as the creator but in at an abstract, cool distance.

In The Wee Small Hours by Frank Sinatra
Mar 14 2024

Beautiful voice, pretty melody. Totally see why the ladies lost their panties and mind to Frank. 16 songs about lost love is a lot.

Street Life by The Crusaders
Mar 15 2024

Smooth Jazz of the late 70's. Meh.

Doolittle by Pixies
Mar 18 2024

I'm a Surfer Rosa girl, however Doolittle was great.

Dirt by Alice In Chains
Mar 19 2024

So dirty and hard. Favorite Tracks: Rooster & Rain When I Die

Back To Black by Amy Winehouse
Mar 20 2024

I love this album. Love the arrangements. Love her voice. Favorite Track: Me and Mr. Jones

Highway to Hell by AC/DC
Mar 21 2024

Good album. My personal favorite is High Voltage but this is solid. Love Bon Scott's voice. Favorite Tracks: Girls Got Rhythm & If You Want Blood (You've Got It)

Will The Circle Be Unbroken by Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
Mar 22 2024

A lot of Americana-Bluegrass-Country music going on but surprisingly it was pleasant and fun and the 2 hrs went by faster than I thought it would. Favorite Tracks: I am a Pilgrim, Wildwood Flower, Honky Tonkin.

Mar 25 2024

The double albums are killing me. So much music. I have this album but haven't listened to it for a grip. Good. Solid 4.

Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Mar 26 2024

Another double album....feck...Nick Cave is an artist that I want to like more than I do. Listened through once and I found myself hoping the song would end soon, especially on Abattoir Blues album. I found myself looking at the titles on Lyre of Orpheus because I heard something I liked.

Private Dancer by Tina Turner
Mar 27 2024

Tina is otherworldly and there should bee statutes erected for her greatness. Total 80's sound and some of it was super cheesy but her presence and voice are transcendent. Amazing!!

Dig Me Out by Sleater-Kinney
Mar 29 2024

I feel like a bad feminist that I don't like this band more or at all. Just no

Apr 01 2024

Excellent album. First listened to it when I was 12 and going through my dad's record collection. He would only play Money off the album. The songs are so eclectic and yet seamless. Favorite Track is the whole album. I can't cherry pick one track from another. the song progression gives context from me so I can't pick.

Iron Maiden by Iron Maiden
Apr 02 2024

Fast paced, with soaring guitar riffs like most Iron Maiden albums. Not having Bruce Dickinson voice matching pitch and rhythm rise feels like something is missing to me but that's because the few times I have listened to an Iron Maiden album Bruce had become the lead singer. Side note: No FX has a hilarious song about this. Solid Album.

Apr 03 2024

Interesting album. A smattering of everything. The review I read about Spirit's song Taurus was completely ripped off by Jimmy Page for Stairway to Heaven. How the barrister lost that case I'll never understand. Anywho, overall good groove. Favorite Track: Morning Will Come

Rock Bottom by Robert Wyatt
Apr 04 2024

I didn't get it. Good for him for continuing to make music after a life altering accident....so yeah. Not for me.

Abraxas by Santana
Apr 05 2024

Great Album!! Another album from my childhood. Black Magic Woman was a favorite of my father's. I love the cover art so colorful, sultry and my first introduction into collage. Favorite tracks: Samba Pa Ti, Oye Como Va

The Suburbs by Arcade Fire
Apr 08 2024

Second album from group and I have the same thing to say. Fine to listen to but nothing stood out. I looked up the 20 best albums of that year, 2010 because I wanted to know what I was listening to instead of Arcade Fire....KOL, Ye, The Black Keys and Dead Weather. I don't believe I'm enough to like these guys.

Grace by Jeff Buckley
Apr 09 2024

Extraordinary voice...so so musical accompaniments. Overall some real moments of loveliness. Best Track: Mojo Pin

Who's Next by The Who
Apr 10 2024

The event of CSI has killed a lot of my love of The Who, especially this album. Great album, tired of hearing on CBS. Best track: Behind Blue Eyes

Did not know they did a series of bootleg releases. Really enjoyable to listen to, mostly. The harmonica on the electric portion got really shrill in some moments. His band the Hawks sound great, super tight. Overall real, real good.

L.A. Woman by The Doors
Apr 12 2024

Love this album, love The Doors. Love the bluesy overtones of the album. L.A. Woman is one of the best songs to drive to. Been Down So Long you can hear and smell the cigarettes and whiskey gravelling Jim's voice. Riders on the Storm is a whole scene.

Eliminator by ZZ Top
Apr 15 2024

My father gave this cassette tape to me for Christmas. He then stole it from me and listened to it endlessly while making nightly dinner. Great album. No lag.

From Elvis In Memphis by Elvis Presley
Apr 19 2024

This album was an unexpected joy. The sound is so warm and Elvis' voice is buttery goodness.

Apr 22 2024

What a delight! So surprised because I confused King Crimson w/ King Diamond and I really didn't want to listen to satanic metal this morning. Thoroughly enjoyed this album especially the atmospheric sounds of Moonchild. Also I had no idea that Kanye West sampled from this album.

Dummy by Portishead
Apr 23 2024

Smokey ennui. Very enjoyable to listen to.

Deja Vu by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
Apr 24 2024

I like this album. An amalgam of the members; all different and distinct voices. Our House will always bee a favorite.

Stankonia by OutKast
Apr 26 2024

Nothing beats Mrs. Jackson. Forever...Forever...ever...Forever, ever, ever...

Transformer by Lou Reed
Apr 29 2024

First time listening to the album. I am a fan of Velvet Underground. I have heard some of these songs on various soundtracks but not as intended on album set form. Very much liked it. Favorite Tracks: Satellite of Love, Goodnight Ladies, Wagon Wheel

Moondance by Van Morrison
Apr 30 2024

39 minutes of all go, no lag. Seamless and leaves you on a great up note. What a great journey!

Let It Be by The Replacements
May 01 2024

Too cool for me.

Back to Basics by Christina Aguilera
May 02 2024

She has a powerful voice but over an hour of running scales and sexy kitten purrs is a lot. It's polished and that's what's so wrong with it.

1999 by Prince
May 06 2024

So So Good. Starts strong and fast with 1999, Little Red Corvette, and Delirious. 5 stars for the start. The rest of the album is good, off pace, but artistic. 3 stars because of the lag for me. Average of 4 stars.

Nevermind by Nirvana
May 07 2024

Powerhouse of an album.

May 15 2024

Good album. I understand why people don't like Coldplay. The heartbreak seems pretty British. I miss you, you're so lovely, thought you should know...here's a musical interlude to punctuate my feelings. It's all lovely but no real feelings were involved. Lovely listen.

What's Going On by Marvin Gaye
May 16 2024

Marvin's going green and political but in a soulful way. For me it jumps the shark tank at Save the Children but then back on track. I didn't realize the album is only 36 mins long. Great rhythms and Marvin's voice is butter.

World Clique by Deee-Lite
May 22 2024

It doesn't cure cancer but the beat is good and it's a groove which I think was the point of the album.

Fifth Dimension by The Byrds
May 23 2024

Never listened to a Byrds album until today. It was an enjoyable experience overall. Favorite track: Captain Soul

Dirty by Sonic Youth
May 24 2024

I feel like I listened to worse bands that made better music.....Now I know why I never bought any of their music.

Liquid Swords by GZA
Jun 06 2024

I listened multiply times. Not my Jam

Heaven Or Las Vegas by Cocteau Twins
Jun 07 2024

I really liked the album. I would have probably loved it had I been able to decipher what she was singing about.....Definitely a mood.

Music for the Masses by Depeche Mode
Jun 10 2024

A lot of synthesizer...It became background noise by the 5 song. Very maudlin. Eh...

Black Sabbath by Black Sabbath
Jun 11 2024

So heavy, so, so good. Never realized how much of their sound was taken and recycled by other bands.

Damaged by Black Flag
Jun 12 2024

My ex would sing Rise Above to me all the time. Walk down memory lane.

The Libertines by The Libertines
Jun 20 2024

Never listened to The Libertines until they came on the list. I rather enjoyed it. Not as life shattering as some of the other raters felt. Solid album.

Blood On The Tracks by Bob Dylan
Jun 24 2024

I grew up listening to greatest hit compilations and you miss the soul of the songs when that happens. First time listening to the album. So glad I did. Great album. Favorite Track: Buckets of Rain

Maxinquaye by Tricky
Jun 27 2024

First time listening to the album. Loved the sound and Topley-Bird's voice. Solid album if a little longwinded in places.

At Mister Kelly's by Sarah Vaughan
Jul 02 2024

Very good! The candid recording about her never singing some of the songs is giving. Almost like being at Mr. Kelly's.

Sound of Silver by LCD Soundsystem
Jul 03 2024

1st time listening. Very enjoyable; loved the first 2 reviews about it. Good time had by me.

Figure 8 by Elliott Smith
Jul 04 2024

Super indie. And I like the songs in a sad or poignant moment in the movie I'm watching but listening to an entire album from start to finish puts me on suicide watch.

Ogden's Nut Gone Flake by Small Faces
Jul 05 2024

In my mind I was listening to a theater show. First act...Our protagonist comes to big city in the psychedelic 60's. Cue beginning songs: singing and big production sound. Second act: protagonist goes to a party and drops acid; ends up talking to a mushroom that narrates the rest of the album songs. Very different but I liked it.

Songs From The Big Chair by Tears For Fears
Jul 08 2024

I forgot how much I like this album. I'm 11 again and singing Head over Heels off key in a most sincere way. However I really like Listen the more I hear it. Nostalgia!!

1989 by Taylor Swift
Jul 09 2024

Great pop album. Lots o hits.

Trans Europe Express by Kraftwerk
Jul 10 2024

Meh, after listening to the first track I ran through the other reviews. One of my favorite albums in my youth is Yaz or Yazoo, Upstairs at Eric's. I fucking loved that album and still do. If this shit leads to one of my favorite albums then okay but it seems like an unironic indie's movie soundtrack...uuuuhhhh.

The Specials by The Specials
Jul 11 2024

I have heard many of the songs in various movies. Good listening.

The Stranger by Billy Joel
Jul 15 2024

Never liked Vienna in my youth, now I relate to it more than Movin' Out. Great Album.

Franz Ferdinand by Franz Ferdinand
Jul 16 2024

Different than I remember. Tight at 38 mins. I agree with other review that all the tracks are different but all sound Franz Ferdinand.

Jul 18 2024

First time listen. So hard. So different than what rap has become. "It was a bucket, but fuck it, it had to do" "He went out like a bitch..."

Want Two by Rufus Wainwright
Jul 19 2024

You have to bee in the mood to wade through this listening experience. The drama, pageantry and length of some of the songs is a lot. Very theater. Overall I enjoyed it. Love the cover art.

Africa Brasil by Jorge Ben Jor
Jul 22 2024

Loved it!! All the layers of sounds. So so So good What a delight!

Hotel California by Eagles
Jul 23 2024

I read the piece left on another's review of the album about The Eagles history and the music 50 years later. I think the reviews are why I like this project so much. The article used the word ubiquitous a lot, which is accurate of The Eagles music, it is everywhere, so easy to listen to and their harmonies are off the hook and if you listen too long it becomes pedantic and monotonous. The Dude agrees.

Opus Dei by Laibach
Jul 25 2024

Very different but not completely unpleasant. The reviewer who wrote the singer sounds like Kermit the Frog got it all wrong. It's eastern block Cookie Monster.

Joan Baez by Joan Baez
Jul 26 2024

Beautiful voice, however the vibrato gets too much after 30 mins and 7 songs later. I understand why so many love her.

Californication by Red Hot Chili Peppers
Jul 29 2024

Banger! All de hits!

Channel Orange by Frank Ocean
Jul 30 2024

First time listen. Overall strong album. Favorite track: Lost.

Haunted Dancehall by The Sabres Of Paradise
Jul 31 2024

Another no for me. I'm genuinely curious to meet a fellow listener who enjoys this album. Maybe speaking to them I could understand why they think this so good and worthy of a 5. Too cool for me.

Aug 01 2024

Long, liked the groove overall. Glad I listened but won't bee returning to it.

Bad by Michael Jackson
Aug 02 2024

I hope Off the Wall and Thriller make this list also. Otherwise huge oversight. Production of Bad is slick and song choice is more diverse than Off the Wall or Thriller but not better. However my favorite track is Dirty Diana, which is a continuation of his rock cross-over he started with Beat it.

Court And Spark by Joni Mitchell
Aug 06 2024

I listened to this album the first time when I was 19. I thought it was beautiful, quirky, sad and funny. Nothing has changed. Love this album.

Electric Prunes by The Electric Prunes
Aug 07 2024

Hodge-podge of songs with undercurrent of psychedelia: singalong psychedelia, sexy psychedelia, angry psychedelia. Favorite track: Try Me on for Size.

The Grand Tour by George Jones
Aug 08 2024

Another artist for the Land o Lakes label. George's voice is butter. I'm not a huge fan of country. That being written I enjoyed this album immensely.

Blue Lines by Massive Attack
Aug 13 2024

First time listening to this artist. First song, Safe from Harm kills, so good and I was looking forward to the rest of the album, however it never reached that level again for me.

Green by R.E.M.
Aug 14 2024

This album made R.E.M. mainstream. It must bee a 90's trope to make an album that almost every song sounds independent; no song sounds the same as another. Favorite track: Turn You Outside Out.

Aug 15 2024

This is why I signed up for this experience. I would have never listened to this album or learned so much about the band and album from the fellow listeners review. Favorite track: Second version of Method Man.

Low by David Bowie
Aug 19 2024

Meh.... I like words, I love lyrics. Not a fan of mostly weird musical sounds strung together in unhinged melodies. But I love David and these albums seem to bee of some significance in his musical journey.

Tusk by Fleetwood Mac
Aug 20 2024

Very disjointed album. Some songs work and others not so much. Love the title track, always have.

Shleep by Robert Wyatt
Aug 22 2024

Why? As having listened to his first album at the suggestion of this site. I has extreme prejudice and was trepidatious at having to do this experiment all over again with a different album.....Imagine my surprise that I found the first track NOT terrible, listenable. The tension in my shoulders and neck subsided; I exhaled and then WHAM! The second track started and I felt the tension rise and peak at the electric piano/clarinet note that wavered off key for what seemed like forever to come crashing down into a cacophony of disjointed sound. I don't understand the people who wrote in their reviews that this sounded more polished than his first album. And after listening to the whole album I see their point. It is more polished: the songs don't meander like the first albums and there is more coherence to the melodies. However....a turd is a turd; polished or no. And just NO. No.

Zombie by Fela Kuti
Aug 26 2024

Amazing!

Home Is Where The Music Is by Hugh Masekela
Aug 27 2024

I wanted to like it more than I did. Especially after listening to the awesomeness of Fela Kuti.

Ghosteen by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Aug 28 2024

I wasn't looking forward to listening to this album and I found the last offering of a double album by Nick terribly painful. This was the exact opposite. Sweet sublimation. Well done Sir.

Step In The Arena by Gang Starr
Aug 29 2024

Eh... I like reading the reviews so I get the context of the album and group but nothing stood out to me. Not good or bad.

Doggystyle by Snoop Dogg
Aug 30 2024

Crazy to think he was 19 when he made the album. Now he's a beloved personality and Olympic Ambassador. Dr. Dre's beats are superb and Snoop's flow is butter.

The Next Day by David Bowie
Sep 02 2024

I wanted to like it. I didn't.

At Fillmore East by The Allman Brothers Band
Sep 03 2024

Not into jam bands or bands that jam. However I found this a good romp. Exquisite guitar work.

Nixon by Lambchop
Sep 05 2024

Another too cool selection; feels like a sound experiment gone awry. Wagner's falsetto is reminiscent of Tiny Tim's Tiptoe through the Tulips but more grating, maybe because of the steel guitar. Either I was being lulled to sleep by the mellow grooves or it was bad.

Axis: Bold As Love by Jimi Hendrix
Sep 06 2024

I really like this album. Little Wing followed by If 6 were 9 is perfect morsel of Jimi. Love the guitar, it's an extension of his voice. So, so good.

My Generation by The Who
Sep 10 2024

Enjoyed album more than the last picks.

Machine Head by Deep Purple
Sep 11 2024

Tight album at 37 mins. Favorite Track: Space Truckin'

Pyromania by Def Leppard
Sep 12 2024

First cassette tape I ever bought. I was 10 yrs old. Still awesome. I understand why people don't think it belongs on this list. This album launched a 1000 other terrible albums from other bands and I'm here for it! Haters can eat a big fat d*&k!

Suzanne Vega by Suzanne Vega
Sep 19 2024

Complex storylines which are fine. I wish she sang more and spoke less. Solid pick.

Phaedra by Tangerine Dream
Sep 20 2024
Since I Left You by The Avalanches
Sep 23 2024

Super interesting. I liked it a lot.

The Chronic by Dr. Dre
Sep 24 2024

4 for historical context.

Elephant by The White Stripes
Sep 25 2024

Jack White is a Emo/Punk/Blues/Goth guitar god. That is all. Album rocks.

Queen Of Denmark by John Grant
Sep 27 2024

Listening to this album was like being at a Poetry Slam and the poet is autistic Sagittarian.

Kala by M.I.A.
Oct 03 2024

Banger

Lady Soul by Aretha Franklin
Oct 07 2024

Great album. Aretha is so smooth, yet powerful in delivery. Chain of Fools so so so good.

Head Hunters by Herbie Hancock
Nov 21 2024

Great change from what I usually listen to. Thoroughly enjoyed the whole album.

Duck Rock by Malcolm McLaren
Nov 22 2024

So strange and such a pleasure to listen to. This album is why I like this project so much. Would never know this album if not for this list.

Chirping Crickets by Buddy Holly & The Crickets
Nov 25 2024

Songs with upbeat, snappy rhythms I liked best.

Led Zeppelin III by Led Zeppelin
Nov 26 2024

The album's first track Immigrant Song is face melting and you spend the rest of the album recovering. I don't mind. Bron-Y-Aur-Stomp is a jam and my favorite. Solid.

Rip It Up by Orange Juice
Dec 04 2024

Not a terrible way to start the morning.

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