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Album	You	Global	Diff
Rattlesnakes Lloyd Cole And The Commotions	5	2.9	+2.1
Melody A.M. Röyksopp	5	3.21	+1.79
Slippery When Wet Bon Jovi	5	3.29	+1.71
Smash The Offspring	5	3.37	+1.63
If You Can Believe Your Eyes & Ears The Mamas & The Papas	5	3.43	+1.57
Californication Red Hot Chili Peppers	5	3.7	+1.3
Songs From The Big Chair Tears For Fears	5	3.74	+1.26
Freak Out! The Mothers Of Invention	4	2.83	+1.17
A Hard Day's Night Beatles	5	3.9	+1.1
Leftism Leftfield	4	2.9	+1.1

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill Lauryn Hill	1	3.64	-2.64
Tidal Fiona Apple	1	3.45	-2.45
Amnesiac Radiohead	1	3.41	-2.41
Sunday At The Village Vanguard Bill Evans Trio	1	3.31	-2.31
Made In Japan Deep Purple	1	3.29	-2.29
Thriller Michael Jackson	2	4.22	-2.22
Queen Of Denmark John Grant	1	3.13	-2.13
Damaged Black Flag	1	2.87	-1.87
Live At The Harlem Square Club Sam Cooke	2	3.76	-1.76
Take Me Apart Kelela	1	2.75	-1.75

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Amnesiac

Radiohead · 1 likes

1/5

I just don't get it. I know lots of people are just crazy about this stuff, but I just don't get it. I hate everything about it.

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Deja Vu

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

4/5

Liked the overall vibe. Could listen to it again for sure.

Tidal

Fiona Apple

1/5

This is not for me. Some of the piano pieces are nice. But overall way too slow, and sad, and not my thing.

Born In The U.S.A.

Bruce Springsteen

4/5

Overall pretty good. I don't think I'm going to become a Springsteen fan, but a number of songs I liked.

Let It Bleed

The Rolling Stones

3/5

Still not super into Rolling Stones. Like the hits at the beginning and the end, but not all that into what happens in the middle.

A Hard Day's Night

Beatles

5/5

Easy 5 stars here, great album

The Fat Of The Land

The Prodigy

4/5

This is interesting. Not sure where to place it but I like it. Has some pretty industrial moments. Has some moments that feel PWEI-ish. A few songs could be a bit shorter, but I'd say a solid 3.75 stars.

Leftism

Leftfield

4/5

Initially liked the 2nd half more than the first half. Listened to the first two songs in the car and liked them on the second play more I think. There's also a Leftism 22 album with remixes that I want to listen to. overall this was fun to learn about.

Wish You Were Here

Pink Floyd

3/5

I like Wish You Were Here but the rest is only okay. It's not bad, just not as interesting as other Pink Floyd.

Dookie

Green Day

4/5

Solid 4, good classic Green Day.

Thriller

Michael Jackson

2/5

Just not into MJ. I'm sure its great, but not for me.

C'est Chic

CHIC

2/5

Not a big disco person. It was enjoyable. I didn't mind listening, had some good jazzy type moments. Not a genre that I really dive into much though.

Celebrity Skin

Hole

3/5

Not bad. Was never super into Hole, but there's a couple songs that I liked.

Slippery When Wet

Bon Jovi

5/5

This album has the theme song for Deadliest Catch so this is an automatic 5 stars. Overall this is a pretty epic album.

Peter Gabriel

2/5

Solsbury Hill is great. Not sure about the rest so far.

Joan Armatrading

3/5

Trio

Dolly Parton

2/5

Too country for me. It isn't horrible, I'm just not Scott.

Band On The Run

Paul McCartney and Wings

4/5

It is hard to go wrong with Paul McCartney. I like that his solo stuff sounds distinctly different than The Beatles. That isn't always easy to do. "Band on the Run", "Mrs. Vanderbilt", and "Nineteen Hundred And Eighty Five" all made it to the playlist.

Junkyard

The Birthday Party

1/5

Not a fan. I kind of get the cultural significance of this Post-punk period of time. I think there's other examples of this genre that are just better, like Siouxsie and the Banshees, or Joy Division. I get the idea of breaking all the norms and just doing whatever you want, but in the end I don't want to just be assaulted with sounds.

Let Love Rule

Lenny Kravitz

3/5

Definitely makes sense why this is included. Can see the bridge from 80s rock into the 90s rock with this album. Feels like a very mid 90's album yet was released in 89. Has a number of solid songs, also has a number that aren't super great and are too long.

Live At The Harlem Square Club

Sam Cooke

2/5

Not my thing.

Germfree Adolescents

X-Ray Spex

4/5

Solid early punk rock. Mixing in saxophone at times is not what you'd expect from punk rock but it works. "Germ Free Adolescents" was my top.

Cut

The Slits

2/5

This was a little too same same for me. This string of british punk rock may also not have helped. I'd take X-Ray Spex over this. The punk rock rendition of "I Heard It Through The Grapevine" was interesting...though I'd probably listen to the original over this.

The Atomic Mr Basie

Count Basie & His Orchestra

3/5

I don't mind Big Band stuff. The slower stuff gets a little boring for me, the swingier up tempo stuff is better.

(Pronounced 'Leh-'Nérd 'Skin-'Nérd)

Lynyrd Skynyrd

3/5

Never can really get into Lynyrd Skynyrd. It's good overall, but not my top from this era.

american dream

LCD Soundsystem

2/5

meh, some if it was okay. a lot of it just kind of drones on forever is what it felt like to me.

Stankonia

OutKast

2/5

Becoming a parent has definitely made me old and curmudgeonly. I liked Bombs Over Baghdad, but in general I just can't do all the cursing and bad language anymore.

If You Can Believe Your Eyes & Ears

The Mamas & The Papas

5/5

Can you really go wrong with "Monday, Monday" and "California Dreamin'"? I also liked "Straight Shooter" and "Hey Girl". Some good stuff.

Histoire De Melody Nelson

Serge Gainsbourg

2/5

Some of the string accompaniment isn't bad. I'm not into his whole vocal style. Didn't find anything to be all that ground breaking.

Phrenology

The Roots

2/5

Yeah, still not into rap. I didn't mind "Sacrifice" but that was about it.

Tragic Songs of Life

The Louvin Brothers

1/5

The first few were kind of entertaining in a this stuff is pretty silly these days. That wore off pretty fast. The jesus stuff at the end is not for me.

Parallel Lines

Blondie

4/5

Has some pretty great hits from start to finish. This was a good listen.

Melody A.M.

Röyksopp

5/5

These were some chill ass beats and I loved it. "Poor Leno" and "Remind Me" were my top.

Tellin’ Stories

The Charlatans

3/5

Wasn't bad, just don't remember too much that was all that noteworthy. "How High" was my favorite.

Transformer

Lou Reed

4/5

"Perfect Day" and "Satellite of Love" were the tops for me though I liked a bunch of the tracks. Overall I thought it was a pretty fun album

Fisherman's Blues

The Waterboys

4/5

I like it. It's a fun sound, bunch of songs I liked.

Strange Cargo III

William Orbit

3/5

I liked the first half quite a lot. That had some good chill beats but they stayed interesting. The 2nd half seemed to get slower and weirder as it went on.

Wonderful Rainbow

Lightning Bolt

1/5

I tried really hard but by the 3rd song this was giving me a crazy migraine

Amnesiac

Radiohead

1/5

I just don't get it. I know lots of people are just crazy about this stuff, but I just don't get it. I hate everything about it.

Damaged

Black Flag

1/5

Not for me

Illinois

Sufjan Stevens

3/5

It has bursts of interest, but then long cycles of putting me to sleep. As an album I don't know, definitely liked some of the songs.

3 Feet High and Rising

De La Soul

4/5

This was a fun album. I like this style of using sampling in fun ways.

Rattlesnakes

Lloyd Cole And The Commotions

5/5

I thought this was great. The name of the album is a winner to start. I thought there were a lot of good songs, some great hooks, lots of likes on this one.

Take Me Apart

Kelela

1/5

Yeah not for me. A song here and there weren't horrible but an entire album was too much.

Hotel California

Eagles

3/5

Hotel California is great, but after that I don't know there were too many other songs that I was into.

You Are The Quarry

Morrissey

3/5

It was okay but it was certainly no The Smiths. That is also a pretty hard act to follow because The Smiths were amazing.

Made In Japan

Deep Purple

1/5

Probably wouldn't mind a lot of this if it wasn't these insanely long live versions. Way too long and drawn out and way too much screaming. I'm also not into the scream singing, it's just giving me a headache.

Californication

Red Hot Chili Peppers

5/5

Vintage RHCP, what's not to like?

Melodrama

Lorde

2/5

I liked one song, forget which, but overall was kind of meh.

Bummed

Happy Mondays

2/5

Pretty meh. Some was okay but overall it all sounded pretty much the same.

Halcyon Digest

Deerhunter

2/5

Had some okay stuff, but is there anything that new or groundbreaking?

Pearl

Janis Joplin

3/5

Buried Alive In the Blues was probably my favorite song. The other stuff was okay for me.

The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill

Lauryn Hill

1/5

That's a pass for me.

The Contino Sessions

Death In Vegas

4/5

Another solid album with some nice chill beats. I enjoyed it. Dirge and Flying were some likes.

Sunday At The Village Vanguard

Bill Evans Trio

1/5

Too snooze-fest for me

Smash

The Offspring

5/5

Probably one of my favorite albums ever, it's just the best. I still think I have my original Smash CD around here somewhere.

Blood On The Tracks

Bob Dylan

4/5

I've never been a big Dylan person, but also wasn't all that familiar with much of his stuff. Overall I liked it. I thought the first half was more interesting. Tangled up in Blue is a great start. I also like Idiot Wind, after that it dragged on a little bit.

The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan

2/5

This one was more of a miss for me. I didn't think the music itself was all that complex or interesting. A few different guitar chords on each song. I think its mostly the lyrics that are supposed to be so great, but it just kind of droned on and on. I get they are powerful like "Masters of War", but I got bored.

Homework

Daft Punk

2/5

There were a couple okay tracks. Overall I found the album a bit boring. The songs are all too long and too loopy. I'm okay with some loops, but there wasn't enough to break them up and keep them interesting.

Freak Out!

The Mothers Of Invention

4/5

I liked a bunch of these songs. I feel like it kind of influenced things like TMBG, took some influence from The Smiths. The lyrics can be a little silly, but they're fun and the music is good so it makes up for it. It was a fun ride.

Queen Of Denmark

John Grant

1/5

Alright this was just miserable. I don't know what is going on. I tried but the first song was like 10 minutes about some honey bear, I don't know, not fo rme.

Lost In The Dream

The War On Drugs

2/5

It was fine just a bit boring to me.

Talk Talk Talk

The Psychedelic Furs

3/5

This was pretty decent. I'd heard Pretty in Pink before but not really any of their other stuff. Man this british post-punk period was seriously into saxophone.

Darkdancer

Les Rythmes Digitales

2/5

Some stuff was okay. I think if the songs were half the length it would have been better. They get a bit too loopy and repetitive when they're 6 minutes long.

Songs From The Big Chair

Tears For Fears

5/5

Bangers from start to finish.

Green

R.E.M.

3/5

Stand and Orange crush are obviously pretty good, Pop Song 89 was okay, most of the others are kind of whatever. Would probably say 3.5, but can't, so 3.

Woodface

Crowded House

3/5

This was okay, I listened to it a couple days ago and I don't remember anything sticking out really