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Album	You	Global	Diff
Sex Packets Digital Underground	5	2.67	+2.33
No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith (Live) Motörhead	5	3.06	+1.94
Soul Mining The The	5	3.17	+1.83
Selected Ambient Works 85-92 Aphex Twin	5	3.21	+1.79
Kenya Machito	5	3.27	+1.73
Liquid Swords GZA	5	3.28	+1.72
Since I Left You The Avalanches	5	3.28	+1.72
Ágætis Byrjun Sigur Rós	5	3.37	+1.63
Rock 'N Soul Solomon Burke	5	3.37	+1.63
Ellington at Newport Duke Ellington	5	3.43	+1.57

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Bringing It All Back Home Bob Dylan	2	3.65	-1.65
Antichrist Superstar Marilyn Manson	1	2.48	-1.48
You're Living All Over Me Dinosaur Jr.	2	3.08	-1.08
Exile In Guyville Liz Phair	2	3.02	-1.02
The Bends Radiohead	3	4.01	-1.01

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No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith (Live)

Motörhead

5/5

Motörhead is one of the all-time greats, and for good reason! Thanks for the awesome ride, Lemmy.

8 likes

Ágætis Byrjun

Sigur Rós

5/5

I really liked this. The ambient portions of the overall sound make me want to replay Disco Elysium.

3 likes

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Ellington at Newport

Duke Ellington

5/5

I'm not a fan of live albums, but this one is still solid. It sounds like it would have been a blast to have been there. Duke and the orchestra are absolute monsters! Favorite tracks: - Black and Tan Fantasy - Tea for Two - Take the "A" Train - Festival Suite (Festival Junction, Blues to Be There, Newport Up) - Sophisticated Lady - Day In, Day Out - Diminuendo In Blue - I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good) - Jeep's Blues - Tulip or Turnip - Skin Deep - Mood Indigo So, all of them. All killer, no filler!

Let It Bleed

The Rolling Stones

3/5

I'm not a diehard Stones fan, so it's just "fine" for me. Favorite tracks: - Gimme Shelter - You Can't Always Get What You Want

Songs Of Leonard Cohen

Leonard Cohen

3/5

I'm a very instrumentation-forward listener. I can recognize that this album is great, but I have a lot of trouble processing the lyrics in real-time when it comes to great artists like Leonard Cohen or Bob Dylan. That said, the instrumentation is very nice and cozy, but this is a very lyrics-forward album, which isn't my cup of tea, per se. I would be very fine with this as background music, but I'm not getting a ton out of it. Favorite tracks: - Suzanne - The Stranger Song - So Long, Marianne

That's The Way Of The World

Earth, Wind & Fire

5/5

Love EWF! Favorite Songs: All of them!

Tracy Chapman

4/5

Easy listening. Again, I'm not lyrics-forward as a listener, but the music is good. The lyrics I did catch were still painfully relevant now as they were in 1988, and were still quite thought-provoking. Favorite tracks: - Fast Car - Mountains O' Things - Why?

If I Should Fall From Grace With God

The Pogues

4/5

A great time! Makes me want a pint! Favorite tracks: - If I Should Fall from Grace with God - Turkish Song of the Damned - Bottle of Smoke - Fiesta - Worms - The Battle March Medley - Shanne Bradley - Sketches of Spain - South Australia

Shalimar

Rahul Dev Burman

2/5

I will quickly acknowledge that I have no awareness of Bollywood or Indian music at all. This is an interesting listen, but it doesn't resonate with me at all. Even so, this is a great example of why I'm doing 1001 albums in the first place - I'm interested in expanding my interests, even if the generator doesn't always hit. With all that said, I'm probably never going to listen to this again, and I'm probably not going to track down the film to watch it. Favorite tracks: - Baby Let's Dance Together - Romantic Theme

People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm

A Tribe Called Quest

5/5

A certified classic. Favorite Tracks: - Push It Along - Luck of Lucien - After Hours - Footprints - I Left My Wallet in El Segundo - Bonita Applebum - Can I Kick It? - Youthful Expression - Rhythm - Mr. Muhammad - Ham 'N' Eggs - Go Ahead in the Rain - Description of a Fool

Rio

Duran Duran

5/5

80's New Wave/Synth-Pop/Disco Rock/Whatever this is is a guilty pleasure of mine, minus the \"guilty\" part. This album is RAD. Favorite Tracks: - All of them!

Surrealistic Pillow

Jefferson Airplane

4/5

Groovy. Favorite Tracks: - She Has Funny Cars - Somebody to Love - 3/5 of a Mile in 10 Seconds - D. C. B. A.-25 - Embryonic Journey - White Rabbit - Go to Her

Getz/Gilberto

Stan Getz

4/5

Lovely little album. Nice and cozy. Favorite tracks: All of them, but The Girl from Ipanema is definitely the favorite favorite

Goo

Sonic Youth

3/5

It's ok, but I'm not terribly into this sound. I don't know a lot about this band, but judging that it came out in 1990, I have probably fallen into love with works that were heavily influenced by it, but I can't really get into this album directly. It's... very drone-y. Favorite tracks: - Dirty Boots - Kool Thing - Mote

L.A. Woman

The Doors

5/5

Good sound. Great album! Favorite songs: - All of them

McCartney

Paul McCartney

3/5

It's fine. Favorite songs: - Momma Miss America - Maybe I'm Amazed

Superunknown

Soundgarden

5/5

I have been vaguely aware of Soundgarden, but I didn't realize this is where several radio standards came from. Really liked this album! Favorite Tracks: - Let Me Drown - My Wave - Fell on Black Days - Superunknown - Black Hole Sun - Spoonman - The Day I Tried to Live - Kickstand

Back In Black

AC/DC

3/5

AC/DC is unfortunately one of those overplayed bands for me. I'm sure the album is an important one, but I'm just... so tired of AC/DC. Also, I mean this in the highest respect. Brian Johnson sounds like Animal's cousin. I love the Muppets, so that's a compliment! Favorite Tracks: - Guess. I probably like them, but I'm not in any rush to play them again.

Seventeen Seconds

The Cure

4/5

I like it. Favorite tracks: - Play For Today - A Forest - M - Seventeen Seconds

Darkness on the Edge of Town

Bruce Springsteen

3/5

It's fine. Favorite tracks: - Badlands - Adam Raised a Cain - Racing in the Street

Paul's Boutique

Beastie Boys

4/5

Beastie Boys are always a fun time. I don't necessarily have a favorite song, but I love their sound. Favorite tracks: - Shake Your Rump - Johnny Ryall - Egg Man - The Sounds of Science - Hey Ladies - Looking Down the Barrel of a Gun - Shadrach

Liquid Swords

GZA

5/5

I'm always down for hip-hop. Favorite tracks: - The whole album is a banger

Speakerboxxx/The Love Below

OutKast

4/5

I like the sound. Favorite tracks: - Hey Ya! - The rest are pretty good too, I like the vibe.

Wish You Were Here

Pink Floyd

5/5

Masterpiece. Favorite tracks: All of them

Screamadelica

Primal Scream

3/5

It's OK. Good background noise, but I wasn't really enraptured by it. Favorite tracks: - Movin' on Up - Slip Inside This House - Higher Than the Sun

Stankonia

OutKast

5/5

Love me some Outkast! The generator recommended Speakerboxxx/The Love Below a few days ago - I can appreciate the difference with this earlier album. Great stuff! Favorite tracks: - Gasoline Dreams - So Fresh, So Clean - Ms. Jackson - Spaghetti Junction - B.O.B. - Bombs Over Baghdad - Humble Mumble - Gangsta Sh*t - Slum Beautiful - Stankonia

Songs For Swingin' Lovers!

Frank Sinatra

3/5

I'm not sure what it is with Sinatra and me. Is he overplayed? Is he overhyped? Do I only hear him in movies and weddings? I digress. He's fine. It's fine. I don't "get" Sinatra, I didn't shake his hand, I'm uncultured, whatever. He does make me want to play Fallout again, so props, I guess? Favorite Tracks: Half of them, but the other half don't offend me.

Definitely Maybe

Oasis

3/5

It's fine. It came, it went, it had no impact on me. Middle of the road it is.

Machine Gun Etiquette

The Damned

3/5

It's good, but didn't really stick with me.

Yank Crime

Drive Like Jehu

4/5

I like the sound! I'm willing to bet that the stuff I enjoyed growing up were influenced by stuff like Drive Like Jehu. Favorite Tracks: - Here Come the Rome Plows - Golden Brown - Luau - Super Unison - Human Interest - Sinews - Hand over Fist - Bullet Train to Vegas

Channel Orange

Frank Ocean

3/5

It's fine background noise.

Tres Hombres

ZZ Top

5/5

Good ol' time. Favorite Tracks: All of them!

The Cars

5/5

LOVE ME SOME CARS. Favorite Tracks: - Good Times Roll - Just What I Needed - Don't Cha Stop - You're All I've Got Tonight - Bye Bye Love - Moving in Stereo 5/5

Vulnicura

Björk

2/5

I've never listened to Björk before. Well, now I have. This isn't for me. I can spare a point because I can tell it's for someone, and it was done well for them.

Dig Your Own Hole

The Chemical Brothers

4/5

Good stuff.

Out Of The Blue

Electric Light Orchestra

5/5

ELO is always a good time.

Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)

Wu-Tang Clan

5/5

Classic album

Let's Stay Together

Al Green

5/5

Nice, easy listen.

Antichrist Superstar

Marilyn Manson

1/5

Let's get the "artist is a garbage human being" portion out of the way first. I do not follow Marilyn Manson's intimate details, but I know enough to know that the creepy guy persona wasn't a persona. Gross. On to the "separating the art from the artist" portion. I like the overall sound, but I hate the lyrical delivery. I just don't dig the theatrical-melocidal thing going on here. Thankfully, Nine Inch Nails has me covered. Then there's the lyrical content. I can't get past the "edgy kid trying to be edgy", and the N-word dropped in the first song didn't help (I grasp the context, I just don't care). I'm sure this was groundbreaking at the time, but now I can only think of THE EDGINESS. The worst thing about the edginess is that it's dull. I'm not offended, I'm bored, which is worse. I followed this up with The Downward Spiral to get the bad taste of this album out. Liked Tracks: - The Beautiful People - Tourniquet

Chirping Crickets

Buddy Holly & The Crickets

4/5

It's fine.

Ágætis Byrjun

Sigur Rós

5/5

I really liked this. The ambient portions of the overall sound make me want to replay Disco Elysium.

Catch A Fire

Bob Marley & The Wailers

5/5

I only know reggae by way of Bob Marley, but it's so good.

Tapestry

Carole King

4/5

Nice easy listening. I want some diner coffee now, and I can't explain why.

Since I Left You

The Avalanches

5/5

Great stuff.

Queen II

Queen

4/5

I tend to like Night at the Opera more, but Queen II is still a classic.

Slipknot

4/5

Oh, the old familiar places... This was recommended on a particularly stressful day, so that's just serendipity. I love the drums, love the growls. The lyrics (and occasional "boo-hoo-ha-ha" laughs) are very "edgy high-schooler". Funny aside - When I listen to Slipknot, I can't shake a "Six Flags Fright Fest" vibe for some reason. Favorite Tracks: - (sic) - Eyeless - Wait and Bleed - Surfacing - Spit It Out - Purity - Liberate - Prosthetics - No Life - Diluted - Only One - Scissors - Eeyore - Me Inside - Get This 4/5

Fear Of Music

Talking Heads

4/5

Pretty good.

Live And Dangerous

Thin Lizzy

4/5

Sounds like a great night!

Live 1966 (The Royal Albert Hall Concert)

Bob Dylan

3/5

Meh, I do not like listening to the rambly man. 3/5

The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter

The Incredible String Band

3/5

I think I'm figuring out that folk isn't quite my thing.

Broken English

Marianne Faithfull

4/5

This is pretty good. I can hear a lot of the sounds I really enjoy in 80s pop starting to form here.

Band On The Run

Paul McCartney and Wings

4/5

Van Halen

4/5

Autobahn

Kraftwerk

3/5

A bit too high-frequency with the beeps and boops. I say that as a chiptune fan.

Rumours

Fleetwood Mac

5/5

Perfection.

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

Throbbing Gristle

2/5

Meh.

We Are Family

Sister Sledge

4/5

Groovy.

Dusty In Memphis

Dusty Springfield

3/5

Makes me feel like cigarettes and coffee, and I don't even smoke.

Sweetheart Of The Rodeo

The Byrds

4/5

I have to be in the mood to handle country, but the older it is, it's probably more tolerable for me. But hang on, didn't the Byrds do rock? Either way, still a great album.

The Soft Bulletin

The Flaming Lips

3/5

Eh, it's fine.

Lazer Guided Melodies

Spiritualized

3/5

Eh, fine.

Pretenders

4/5

Good stuff.

Bringing It All Back Home

Bob Dylan

2/5

I still do not like listening to the rambly man.

Soul Mining

The The

5/5

Love this. 80s synth pop is a weakness of mine.

Snivilisation

Orbital

3/5

Nice and mellow.

Atomizer

Big Black

4/5

The Doors

4/5

I really dig the moody vibe throughout the album.

Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul

Otis Redding

5/5

Classic.

Fever To Tell

Yeah Yeah Yeahs

3/5

It's fine.

Midnight Ride

Paul Revere & The Raiders

3/5

Lost In The Dream

The War On Drugs

4/5

Gorillaz

5/5

5/4

White Blood Cells

The White Stripes

4/5

Sex Packets

Digital Underground

5/5

Groovy and funky.

Hypnotised

The Undertones

3/5

Kenya

Machito

5/5

Super fun!

Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme

Simon & Garfunkel

4/5

The Notorious Byrd Brothers

The Byrds

3/5

Happy Trails

Quicksilver Messenger Service

4/5

Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not

Arctic Monkeys

3/5

Music for the Masses

Depeche Mode

4/5

I love the Depeche Mode sound. There was a synth that reminded me of DOOM 1, which is an extra bonus! 4/5

On The Beach

Neil Young

5/5

I'm entering my Dad rock phase for giving this 5 stars. Oh well, off to grill something, I guess.

I Should Coco

Supergrass

4/5

Fun sound. Favorite tracks: - I'd Like to Know - Caught By the Fuzz - Mansize Rooster - Alright - Lose It - Lenny - Strange Ones - Sitting Up Straight - Time

The Downward Spiral

Nine Inch Nails

4/5

Now I want to play Quake again.

The Bends

Radiohead

3/5

Violent Femmes

3/5

Exile In Guyville

Liz Phair

2/5

No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith (Live)

Motörhead

5/5

Motörhead is one of the all-time greats, and for good reason! Thanks for the awesome ride, Lemmy.

The Age Of The Understatement

The Last Shadow Puppets

3/5

Rust Never Sleeps

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

4/5

Bryter Layter

Nick Drake

3/5

Jazz Samba

Stan Getz

5/5

Deja Vu

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

4/5

American Pie

Don McLean

4/5

Hunky Dory

David Bowie

4/5

Freak Out!

The Mothers Of Invention

3/5

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness

The Smashing Pumpkins

3/5

One thing this album has going for me is that it reminded me of one of my favorite song mashups of all time. Check out Neil Cicierega - Mullet with Butterfly Wings https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRdSoZO-5mM Aside from that, it's fine.

Time Out

The Dave Brubeck Quartet

4/5

Introducing The Hardline According To Terence Trent D'Arby

Terence Trent D'Arby

3/5

You're Living All Over Me

Dinosaur Jr.

2/5

It's Blitz!

Yeah Yeah Yeahs

4/5