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Album	You	Global	Diff
Devil Without A Cause Kid Rock	5	2.06	+2.94
Rhythm Nation 1814 Janet Jackson	5	2.98	+2.02
The Sensual World Kate Bush	5	3.17	+1.83
Faith George Michael	5	3.27	+1.73
Live And Dangerous Thin Lizzy	5	3.32	+1.68
Nebraska Bruce Springsteen	5	3.32	+1.68
Fear Of Music Talking Heads	5	3.47	+1.53
1984 Van Halen	5	3.5	+1.5
Bookends Simon & Garfunkel	5	3.56	+1.44
Madman Across The Water Elton John	5	3.59	+1.41

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Fever To Tell Yeah Yeah Yeahs	1	3.29	-2.29
S&M Metallica	1	3.26	-2.26
Django Django Django Django	1	3.21	-2.21
Let England Shake PJ Harvey	1	3.15	-2.15
Back To Black Amy Winehouse	2	4.02	-2.02
The Bends Radiohead	2	4.01	-2.01
American IV: The Man Comes Around Johnny Cash	2	3.89	-1.89
(What's The Story) Morning Glory Oasis	2	3.84	-1.84
Ys Joanna Newsom	1	2.8	-1.8
Franz Ferdinand Franz Ferdinand	2	3.57	-1.57

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The Velvet Underground & Nico

The Velvet Underground

3/5

Fine. Early Wes Anderson slow motion vibes.

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With The Beatles

Beatles

4/5

The Velvet Underground & Nico

The Velvet Underground

3/5

Fine. Early Wes Anderson slow motion vibes.

Surfer Rosa

Pixies

4/5

good stuff. \"where is my mind\" feels like it was made with a lot more care and effort.

Music in Exile

Songhoy Blues

2/5

Good, a little repetitive. Top marks for Al Tchere Bele. Struck me as an odd inclusion to this list.

Come Away With Me

Norah Jones

2/5

I don’t really enjoy the breathy faux crooning style and i feel like this was one of the main influences of every girl trying to sing this way. Also boring.

White Blood Cells

The White Stripes

3/5

I enjoyed the melody of the songs and the loud stum of the guitars. In general though its too amateurish.

The xx

3/5

Meh.

Timeless

Goldie

3/5

Liked, didn't love. Zone out kind of vibes.

Can't Buy A Thrill

Steely Dan

4/5

Lets go! Easily the best album so far. The only one that has felt like a true album. Guitars, bass and drums are off the charts crisp. Best guitar song is “Reelin in the Years” but the solo on Midnight cruising was a head turner as well.

Paul's Boutique

Beastie Boys

3/5

BBs walked so Lonely Island could run.

Fever To Tell

Yeah Yeah Yeahs

1/5

🤮🤮🤮

Dusty In Memphis

Dusty Springfield

4/5

Easy to listen to, great oldies/motown production, very solid voice.

Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor

Lupe Fiasco

3/5

Decent. Good early 2000’s hip hop. Better flow than Kanye with a similar vibe

Doggystyle

Snoop Dogg

3/5

Bad ass.

Odelay

Beck

3/5

Dog Man Star

Suede

2/5

Every song starts off really promisingly, but then the vocalist starts singing.

Faith

George Michael

5/5

Possibly the best 80s album, GM was untouchable here.

Seventeen Seconds

The Cure

3/5

Not iconic Cure, but i enjoyed this

The Sensual World

Kate Bush

5/5

Love it.

Siembra

Willie Colón & Rubén Blades

3/5

Pedro Navaja I gather is like a hispanic Mack The Knife…

Meat Puppets II

Meat Puppets

2/5

Another decent instrumental album kind of spoiled by horrible singing

Amnesiac

Radiohead

3/5

Nine Inch Nails is the flipside of this coin i feel. Its funny that all the songs i knew were my least favorite ones on this listen. Still not a Radiohead fan but some of this is interesting.

Disintegration

The Cure

4/5

I don't think anyone could argue this isn’t absolute peak Cure. Sound is instantly recognizable and hits very well.

Django Django

1/5

Thats a lot of Django. For my money, this is a skip and a half.

Space Ritual

Hawkwind

2/5

Im imagining Deep Purple and The Doors but so high on acid that they lost the ability to play their instruments

New Forms

Roni Size

2/5

Put this on and go to sleep.

Eliminator

ZZ Top

4/5

My favorite era for ZZTop. Hits are icons, and the rest are just as rocking. Billy Gibbons and the blues pentatonic scale are a match made in heaven. Perfect for when you want to spend the evening at a smoky pool hall and cut loose

Live At Leeds

The Who

4/5

Something so pure about this era of The Who. No frills, no prog production bullshit, just absolute rockers.

Tapestry

Carole King

4/5

Pleasant.

Born In The U.S.A.

Bruce Springsteen

4/5

I mean… its a classic.

Station To Station

David Bowie

4/5

Golden Years is my favorite Bowie song, and the songs here are great. Probably not the apex of his career but a great album nonetheless

From Elvis In Memphis

Elvis Presley

3/5

In the Ghettooo He's the boy wearing orange who’s losing his pride Cause kenny and his whole family resides In The Ghettoooooo

American Idiot

Green Day

3/5

“You either die the hero, or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain.” By some accounts the last truly big rock album, and it is still an awesome listen with raucous energy and ear worm hooks. This is ‘sold out’ Green Day, but it’s first-line-obituary material as well. kind of wild to hear 2005 anti propaganda lyrics from BJA now given what he’s crystallized into. Lol

Wild Is The Wind

Nina Simone

3/5

A bit dry, but not unpleasant. Didnt really stand out in my mind.

Joanna Newsom

1/5

This was not my cup of moon tea.

Blunderbuss

Jack White

2/5

If you like Jack White, you will like this Jack White album.

2112

Rush

4/5

“Attention all planets of the Solar Federation: We have assumed control.” Classic Rush concept album. Not my favorite but undeniably prog with lots of Who and Led Zep influence.

The Marshall Mathers LP

Eminem

4/5

I always chuckle at how mainstream Eminem has become over the years, to the point where his music (maybe not lyrics) are featured over sports broadcasts by Disney owned affiliates whenever a Detroit team is playing. This album is dark and twisted but also impressive and self-aware.

Madman Across The Water

Elton John

5/5

Nothing to say. This is an incredible album.

Boston

4/5

One Boomer Album to rule them all

Fear Of Music

Talking Heads

5/5

Is this the best Talking Heads album?

Kid A

Radiohead

3/5

Enjoyed the atmospheric stuff a lot. Not as big a fan of Thom Yorke vox in it. Just not my thing

Little Earthquakes

Tori Amos

3/5

Kinda neat, fans of Kate Bush may like this. I didn’t hate it

Figure 8

Elliott Smith

2/5

Idk. This was pretty unexceptional all around. Scratching my head at this one

Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme

Simon & Garfunkel

4/5

Quagmire: After all, what was Simon without Garfunkel? Peter: IDK, wildly successful?

Crosby, Stills & Nash

3/5

Really nice blended vocals. A bit on the lighter side, but pleasant.

Strangeways, Here We Come

The Smiths

2/5

😴😴😴

Countdown To Ecstasy

Steely Dan

4/5

This is Steely Dan at their most virtuosic. These are rockers with noodly solos on every song showcased in the driving grooves. My Old School finally delivers the catchy pop hooks that sound like their later albums

Achtung Baby

4/5

U2: 2. Almost a second act of sorts for the 80’s band. A major inflection point for their style. This is their best album. Full stop.

Green Onions

Booker T. & The MG's

3/5

Pleasant. Sandlot vibes

Fleet Foxes

2/5

I remember in 2008, really hating this when I first heard it, along with the whole genre this represents. 18 years later, I still hate it.

...And Justice For All

Metallica

4/5

eq’ed really poorly, but when its cooking it sizzles.

Coat Of Many Colors

Dolly Parton

3/5

Had never listened to this before. Now I can see the plain copy that Barbara Jean was from Nashville. All of her songs sound exactly like Dolly.

Hail To the Thief

Radiohead

2/5

Way too much Radiohead on this list… 4/50 albums so far have been radio head…

OK Computer

Radiohead

3/5

Goddamn it

Slanted And Enchanted

Pavement

3/5

Odd but not terrible

Pearl

Janis Joplin

3/5

Jimi Hendrix: deceased, drugs. Janis Joplin: deceased, alcohol. Mama Cass: deceased, ham sandwich.

Pet Sounds

The Beach Boys

5/5

Aftermath

The Rolling Stones

3/5

pretty by the numbers early 'Stones

Bringing It All Back Home

Bob Dylan

4/5

Bob Dylan at his most Punk. I like this a lot! I just got done watching "Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid" and was definitely Dylan'ed out by all of that, but this was honestly a tonic to that!

Duck Rock

Malcolm McLaren

4/5

I can dig this.

The Who Sell Out

The Who

3/5

Sgt Peppers can be felt throughout this album

Marquee Moon

Television

4/5

Such a good era for music (late 70s early 80s) where even lesser bands and more obscure artists sound awesome

Bayou Country

Creedence Clearwater Revival

4/5

A true rocker

The Hour Of Bewilderbeast

Badly Drawn Boy

2/5

Snooze

Country Life

Roxy Music

3/5

Sounds more like new wave than disco or aor of its day. Pretty surprised by how much I liked it

American IV: The Man Comes Around

Johnny Cash

2/5

Not a fan. Idk, strikes me as artificial at best, phony at worst. No where near Cash’s best.

Rubber Soul

Beatles

5/5

A clear bridge from the Hard Days Night era to the Sgt Pepper era. Songs are juicier and take bigger risks. Songwriting is more differentiated between the two mains.

My Aim Is True

Elvis Costello

4/5

A good monday track to wake up to: “Welcome to the Working Week”

Chirping Crickets

Buddy Holly & The Crickets

2/5

Was it just me or did EVERY song sound the same?

Autobahn

Kraftwerk

2/5

Wasnt into this. Sounded like a sesame street segment.

It's Too Late to Stop Now

Van Morrison

4/5

Pretty great live album. Good energy

Franz Ferdinand

2/5

Songs from an American Eagle dressing room. Never been a fan of this style of indie (throw the Strokes in this bucket too). Strikes me as an odd inclusion on the list.

S&M

Metallica

1/5

Wtf man This aint it.

Trio

Dolly Parton

3/5

Nice, but I’ll probably pass on this.

Five Leaves Left

Nick Drake

4/5

Liked this a lot. A Leonard Cohen, Simon and Garfunkel contemporary

Live And Dangerous

Thin Lizzy

5/5

Short and sweet!

Kala

M.I.A.

2/5

Not MIAs best album but its the one with Paper Planes…

Woodface

Crowded House

2/5

Grace

Jeff Buckley

4/5

Nebraska

Bruce Springsteen

5/5

Peter Gabriel

3/5

Not my favorite PG album, but easily my favorite PG album cover. Elite.

Vol. 4

Black Sabbath

4/5

Actually really dig this

Back To Black

Amy Winehouse

2/5

Searching For The Young Soul Rebels

Dexys Midnight Runners

3/5

Fine, but was not expecting this on the list, like at all

Appetite For Destruction

Guns N' Roses

3/5

The deep cuts here are really good. Paradise City and Welcome to the Jungle are stone cold classics. Sweet Child o Mine remains a great riff but a subpar song in my opinion. GNR to me is a late 80s, Motley Cru version of Aerosmith, which is a good combo.

The Number Of The Beast

Iron Maiden

4/5

Runnnnn toooooo theeee hilllllllllls!!!!! 🎸🎸🎸🎸

Rhythm Nation 1814

Janet Jackson

5/5

Love love love this album

Tommy

The Who

3/5

Not for me. There are much better prog albums, and much better Who albums