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Album	You	Global	Diff
Chocolate Starfish And The Hot Dog Flavored Water	5	2.47	+2.53
Boy In Da Corner	5	2.57	+2.43
Justified	5	2.68	+2.32
Truth And Soul	5	2.97	+2.03
The Nightfly	5	3	+2
Devil Without A Cause	4	2.07	+1.93
I'm Your Man	5	3.1	+1.9
Welcome To The Pleasuredome	5	3.11	+1.89
The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn	5	3.11	+1.89
Frampton Comes Alive	5	3.19	+1.81

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Album	You	Global	Diff
AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted	1	2.93	-1.93

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Artist	Albums	Avg	Score
Leonard Cohen	3	5	4
Beatles	3	5	4
Peter Gabriel	2	5	3.8
Fleetwood Mac	2	5	3.8
Pink Floyd	2	5	3.8
Prince	2	5	3.8
Beastie Boys	2	5	3.8

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Moving Pictures

Rush

5/5

Tom Sawyer was one of my favorite songs growing up. I got this album, not really being a Rush fan. I knew all my friends said 2112 was their greatest album. I got that one too, and think this one is 100X better. Side 1 with Tom Sawyer leading it off followed by Red Barchetta, YYZ, and Limelight is perfection. Side 2 doesn't compare but it still pretty great. 5/5

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Dire Straits

4/5

Dire Straits has such an iconic sound. You have to love them. Sultans of Swing is probably one of the best songs ever. Rating: 4/5 (A very good listen) Standouts: Sultans of Swing, Water of Love, Others: Down to the Waterline, Setting Me Up, In the Gallery, Wild West End,

Tapestry

Carole King

5/5

This album just gets too much love all the time. Ever since I was a kid, all I heard was Tapestry this, Tapestry that. It is so overhyped that I had it in my mind that I should hate it. But, listen to it. It is so easy to enjoy. So many great songs and her voice is really nice. Can't hate what is great. Standouts: So Far Away, It's Too Late, I Feel the Earth Move, Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow, You've Got a Friend, Natural Woman, Tapestry Others: Beautiful, Where You Lead, Rating: 5/5

Pretenders

5/5

Great! Standouts (5/5): Brass in Pocket, Stop Your Sobbing, Kid, Precious, Mystery Achievement, The Wait, Private Life, Lovers of Today 4/5: Up the Neck, Space Invader Rating: 5/5

Green Onions

Booker T. & The MG's

4/5

Green Onion is classic and they do some decent covers of Rinky Dink, I got a Woman, Twist and Shout, Stranger on a Shore, Lonely Avenue, One Who Really Loves You, You Can't Sit Down, A Woman A Lover A Friend and Comin' Home Baby.... Yes, the entire album other than Green Onions and Mo Green Onions are just cover versions. They give the songs their own flavor, but any band can do covers..... The Standout Covers: Behave Yourself, Lonely Avenue, and Comin' Home Baby... Rating: 3.5

Peter Gabriel

5/5

A very well produced album. Jam packed with memorable sounds and songs. Standouts: Sledgehammer, Don't Give Up, Big Time, In Your Eyes, Red Rain, That Voice Again, Mercy Street. Many of the songs are / were overplayed, but overall there is no doubt this is a classic pop album.

Songs Of Love And Hate

Leonard Cohen

5/5

Perfection 5/5

Welcome To The Pleasuredome

Frankie Goes To Hollywood

5/5

Always loved this album.

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

Elton John

5/5

Classic. 9/10

Adele

4/5

Exceptional

Led Zeppelin II

Led Zeppelin

5/5

10 stars. Classic

Boston

5/5

5/5 Classic. Every song is perfect.

Hunting High And Low

a-ha

4/5

Bring back some great memories. Some true classics. 4/5

Van Halen

5/5

Perfect album. 5/5

Pump

Aerosmith

4/5

Pretty jam packed with classics. Going Down….. 4/5

Graceland

Paul Simon

5/5

Truth And Soul

Fishbone

5/5

Funk Rock! Wow. I am impressed. Standouts (5/5): Freddy's Dead, Change, Ma & Pa, Pouring Rain, One Day, I Like to Hide Behind My Glasses Others (4/5): Question of Life, Subliminal Fascism, Mighty Long Way, Deep Inside Rating: 4.5

Rock 'N Soul

Solomon Burke

4/5

Basically a Greatest Hits albums, which I thought weren't allowed on this list. Why is this one ok but something like the Eagles Greatest Hits isn't... In any case...let's continue... It's an older style of music that really doesn't fit with any playlist that I would ever play. It is good, and to listen to an album like this every once in a while is cool. Best Tracks (5/5): Cry to Me Others (4/5): Can't Nobody Love You, You Can't Love Them All, He'll Have to Go, Goodbye Baby Rating: 3.5

The Specials

4/5

Ska / Punk Rock Rating: 4.25 Message to You 5/5 (Dawning of a) New Era 5/5 Do the Dog 4.5/5 It's Up to You 4/5 Nite Klub 3.75 Doesn't Make it Alright 4.5/5 Concrete Jungle 4/5 Too Hot 4/5 Monkey Man 4/5 Blank Expression 4/5 Stupid Marriage 3.75 Little Bitch 3.5 Too Much Too Young 5/5 You're Wondering Now 5/5

She's So Unusual

Cyndi Lauper

5/5

Always loved this album. Kinda bubble gum pop, but takes me back to good times. Favorite song: Yeah Yeah

Master Of Puppets

Metallica

4/5

Can’t go wrong with these guys. 4.5

Toys In The Attic

Aerosmith

5/5

5/5 Classic Classic-Rock album. So many GREATS: Walk this Way, Sweet Emotion, Big Ten Inch, Toys in the Attic!

Abbey Road

Beatles

5/5

5/5. Can I give it a 6/5 You won't find very many albums better than this one.

I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got

Sinead O'Connor

5/5

Really great. RIP Sinead.

Frampton Comes Alive

Peter Frampton

5/5

5/5 Classic.

Slippery When Wet

Bon Jovi

5/5

Ramones

5/5

Classic and an important record because it brought in a whole new wave of fans to the genre.

Blonde On Blonde

Bob Dylan

4/5

I'm one of those that don't get the love for Bob Dylan. His voice goes from OK to annoying to interestingly good from song to song. This is one of the better albums though, with several well known songs. 4/5

Tusk

Fleetwood Mac

5/5

The Atomic Mr Basie

Count Basie & His Orchestra

5/5

Violent Femmes

5/5

Illmatic

Nas

4/5

Songs From The Big Chair

Tears For Fears

4/5

808 State

4/5

4/5 Perfectly fine.

The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn

Pink Floyd

5/5

Pink Floyd (Debut Album) 1967 Psychedelic Rock, acid pop, experimental rock, space rock Sometimes I don't know which version of the album to listen to. This one has a UK release, US release and the 40th Anniversary edition (which includes the songs on both UK and US releases.... So I pretty much went with the 40th Anniversary edition so I can get it all in. Either way, the Syd Barrett Pink Floyd is SO different than the Pink Floyd I grew up listening to. I really didn't like this album the first several time I listened to it. BUT, as I kept listening to it because of it's inclusion on this list, I really grew to love it. It is hard to consider it Pink Floyd - because it is so completely different. Yes, I think it is great now. Rating: 4.5 Tracks: Astronomy Domine Lucifer Sam Matilda Mother Flaming Pow R. Toc H Take Up Thy Stethoscope and Walk Interstellar Overdrive The Gnome Chapter 24 The Scarecrow Bike See Emily Play (US version) Arnold Layne (40th Anniversary) Candy and A Currant Bun (40th Anniversary) Apples and Oranges (40th Anniversary) Paintbox (40th Anniversary)

Green River

Creedence Clearwater Revival

5/5

Definitely not the best album cover, but it's what inside that matters! Bad Moon Rising, Lodi, Green River, Commotion, Night Time is the Right Time, and Tombstone Shadow are all five-star classics. The remaining songs are solid with the standout of them being Wrote a Song for Everyone. No complaints but just wish it was bit longer. Rating: 5/5

The Nightfly

Donald Fagen

5/5

One of my favorite albums of all time. I.G.Y. (What a Beautiful World) was the song that brought most of us to the album. I'm so glad that I liked the song so much that I bought the album... it immediately appealed to me. Favorite tracks: IGY, New Frontier, Maxine, Ruby Baby, Green Flower Street, The Goodbye Look, Walk Between the Raindrops, and The Nightfly. Rating: 5/5 (Brilliant) By the way... I.G.Y. = "International Geophysical Year" July 1957 to December 1958.

Abraxas

Santana

5/5

Santana, 1970, Latin Rock Standouts: Black Magic Woman, Oye Como Va, Samba Pa Ti, Hope You're Feeling Better 4.5

Peter Gabriel

5/5

Love it. This is one of his best!

1999

Prince

5/5

Venus Luxure No. 1 Baby

Girls Against Boys

3/5

It is a fine album to listen to. No really complaints. It just seems pretty average. Couldn’t they find something more worthwhile? 3.5

Are You Experienced

Jimi Hendrix

5/5

This album changed rock music forever. 5/5

Tarkus

Emerson, Lake & Palmer

3/5

Progressive rock. Probably one of the most difficult genres to get into (for those that aren't already fans of that style of music.) I've heard this album before. Several times. It is always on lists like this, so I have given it many chances. I still don't get it. I like Brain Salad Surgery so much more. 3.5/5

Trans Europe Express

Kraftwerk

4/5

Rating: 4/5 Trans-Europe Express [5/5] The Hall of Mirrors [5/5] Showroom Dummies [4/5] Europe Endless [4/5] Abzug [4/5] Endless Endless [4/5] Metal on Metal [4/5] Franz Schubert [4/5]

The Who Sell Out

The Who

4/5

I Can See for Miles is great, then there are a few pretty decent songs. Nothing great here. 3.75

Justified

Justin Timberlake

5/5

Hate to admit how good this is.

Arc Of A Diver

Steve Winwood

4/5

While You See a Chance and Arc of a Diver are 5/5, the rest are solid. 4/5

Out Of The Blue

Electric Light Orchestra

4/5

I Love ELO but this is a lot at once. Maybe if this was a single album instead of a double-album.... anyways still good. 4/5

Can't Buy A Thrill

Steely Dan

4/5

Moving Pictures

Rush

5/5

Sign 'O' The Times

Prince

5/5

Little Earthquakes

Tori Amos

4/5

Classic: Silent all These Years, Crucify What a unique style. Rating: 4.5

Appetite For Destruction

Guns N' Roses

5/5

Green

R.E.M.

5/5

AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted

Ice Cube

1/5

Rumours

Fleetwood Mac

5/5

One of the most perfect albums ever made. Classic start to finish - every song is 5/5.

The Slider

T. Rex

4/5

Really great!

Devil Without A Cause

Kid Rock

4/5

Exile In Guyville

Liz Phair

3/5

Dookie

Green Day

4/5

Songs Of Leonard Cohen

Leonard Cohen

5/5

Brilliant. I love every song.

Want Two

Rufus Wainwright

4/5

Surf's Up

The Beach Boys

4/5

RIP Brian Wilson.

Bat Out Of Hell

Meat Loaf

5/5

5/5 Easy. Classic. Every song is amazing. Standouts: Two out of Three Ain't Bad, Paradise by the Dashboard Lights, You Took the Words Right Out of My Mouth, Bat Out of Hell, For Crying Out Loud

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

Throbbing Gristle

3/5

Um. Ummmm. I…. ? What was that? The most interesting part was learning about the controversial calendar it came with. There was one song maybe and a lot of noise. I guess it could be interesting at times. Still giving it 3/5 is generous. 2.5 for me.

3 Feet High and Rising

De La Soul

5/5

Love this album!

Chocolate Starfish And The Hot Dog Flavored Water

Limp Bizkit

5/5

Love this F&^$ing album! Standouts: Everything! Every F&^$ing song! 5/5

The White Album

Beatles

5/5

Absolutely brilliant. 5/5. Number 9, Number 9, Number 9.... Ok that one, Revolution 9, has always been a bit odd, but I've grown to love it. The whole album is classic - full of amazing songs.

Vol. 4

Black Sabbath

4/5

Hybrid Theory

Linkin Park

5/5

Awesome. 5/5

Rapture

Anita Baker

4/5

The Marshall Mathers LP

Eminem

5/5

Hysteria

Def Leppard

5/5

Every Picture Tells A Story

Rod Stewart

4/5

The Velvet Underground & Nico

The Velvet Underground

5/5

The Dark Side Of The Moon

Pink Floyd

5/5

5/5 classic.

Disraeli Gears

Cream

5/5

Classic, classic rock album from the supergroup, Cream. Standouts: Sunshine of Your Love, Strange Brew, World of Pain, Blue Condition, SWLABR, Tales of Brave Ulysses, Outside Woman Blues, Take it Back, Mother's Lament. Also ran: We're Going Wrong, Dance the Night Away. *SWLABR is an initialism that stands for "She Walks Like A Bearded Rainbow" the "W" could also be interpreted as "was," so "She Was Like A Bearded Rainbow". Rating 4.5 / 5

Warehouse: Songs And Stories

Hüsker Dü

3/5

Brothers In Arms

Dire Straits

5/5

Iconic. 5/5

All That You Can't Leave Behind

4/5

Paranoid

Black Sabbath

5/5

Eliminator

ZZ Top

5/5

Iconic album and sound. Standouts: Gimme All Your Lovin', Legs, Sharp Dressed Man, TV Dinners, Got Me Under Pressure. 5/5

Common

4/5

Wayyyyyyyy better this time than the first time I listened to it a couple years ago. Sometimes I rate albums unfairly and didn’t give this one a chance. Glad to have a second chance with a separate account.

Hot Buttered Soul

Isaac Hayes

4/5

KE*A*H** (Psalm 69)

Ministry

4/5

I like it good and hard - that's what she said. :) For me, it kind of sounds like an Industrial version of Metallica. I liked it.

L.A. Woman

The Doors

5/5

Great

Boy In Da Corner

Dizzee Rascal

5/5

I like it! 4.5/5

At Folsom Prison

Johnny Cash

5/5

Great

Raw Power

The Stooges

5/5

Ray Of Light

Madonna

4/5

Tea for the Tillerman

Cat Stevens

5/5

Great album 4.5

In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida

Iron Butterfly

4/5

One great song. The rest is pretty good.

Ill Communication

Beastie Boys

5/5

Great stuff

Darkness on the Edge of Town

Bruce Springsteen

5/5

Great stuff 4.5

Bitches Brew

Miles Davis

5/5

Great stuff

Close To You

Carpenters

3/5

Difficult one. It’s so cheesy…so “nice”…. I dont know if I like it, love it, or just hate it. Depended on the day and my mood. I’ll go mid on it. 3/5

Rubber Soul

Beatles

5/5

One of the best albums ever and the Beatles have 2 or 3 that are better than this one?

White Blood Cells

The White Stripes

4/5

Licensed To Ill

Beastie Boys

5/5

Love this album. Start to finish it is a classic. Favorite: No Sleep ‘Till Brooklyn.

I'm Your Man

Leonard Cohen

5/5

First We Take Manhattan! Then the world. Thank God for Leonard Cohen. When I see those questions about who would you bring back from the dead for just one more concert....for me, it's always Leonard Cohen. This is not my favorite album by him, but it is still great. Standouts: First We Take Manhattan, Take this Waltz, Everybody Knows, I'm Your Man, Ain't no Cure for Love.... damn everything!