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Album	You	Global	Diff
Pretenders Pretenders	5	3.35	+1.65
Blood Sugar Sex Magik Red Hot Chili Peppers	5	3.5	+1.5
Live At The Regal B.B. King	5	3.68	+1.32
Graceland Paul Simon	5	3.74	+1.26
The Stranger Billy Joel	5	3.85	+1.15
I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You Aretha Franklin	5	3.93	+1.07
Pelican West Haircut 100	4	2.96	+1.04
Hunky Dory David Bowie	5	4	+1

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
The College Dropout Kanye West	1	3.31	-2.31
My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts Brian Eno	1	2.79	-1.79
Master Of Puppets Metallica	2	3.73	-1.73
Penance Soiree The Icarus Line	1	2.5	-1.5
Oar Alexander 'Skip' Spence	1	2.46	-1.46
Ritual De Lo Habitual Jane's Addiction	2	3.19	-1.19
Dig Your Own Hole The Chemical Brothers	2	3.11	-1.11
Get Rich Or Die Tryin' 50 Cent	2	3.05	-1.05
Skylarking XTC	2	3.03	-1.03

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Germs

3/5

This one made me laugh out loud from the nostalgia of hearing early punk rock! I do not think I have ever heard any of these songs before - the Ramones, Clash, and Dead Kennedys were more on my radar. The pace is relentless - reminding me of why punk is best served in small doses. If you are into punk this one probably rates higher for you. For me, well not so much - once the nostalgia wore off, the screaming continued.

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Ellington at Newport

Duke Ellington

4/5

Duke Ellington is a classic! This album is a great compilation of some of his band's greatest hits. Late 50's he was nearing the end of his career, but he has still got it!!

Talking Heads 77

Talking Heads

4/5

Early album for TH - really interesting to see how simple the sound was for them starting out. The quirkiness of David Byrne is there, but I think the group found their real new wave sound on the album "Remains in the Light".

Pretenders

5/5

I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You

Aretha Franklin

5/5

Aretha! What’s not to love 😀

Hunky Dory

David Bowie

5/5

Love David Bowie getting to do his music - a couple of the songs are a little out there for me personally, but I love his voice and the fact that this album lets his lyrics and harmonies stand for themselves.

Dire Straits

3/5

Sultans of Swing is a fave Really surprising how american bluesy this entire album is - definitely one for late night chilling.

Pelican West

Haircut 100

4/5

Fun early eighties pop - "Love plus one" - see everyone dancing at a party and singing "Aye ya ya ya ya ya" Hard not to smile when you listen to this :-) Four just for the pure fun factor!

Another Green World

Brian Eno

3/5

Experimental sounds, combinations ( Castinet guitars - who knew you could make that sound with a guitar). I am sure musicians and producers love to see if they can make these sounds. As a consumer, however it is not really my thing. Glad to have heard it, but probably won't have these songs on my fave list :-)

Superfly

Curtis Mayfield

3/5

Definitely a cultural icon, but not something for light listening.

Green

R.E.M.

3/5

REM was one of the college bands that were fun to see live - they had their sound and stuck with it. OK for nostalgia, but even the hits on this album are not my fave REM tracks.

Five Leaves Left

Nick Drake

3/5

Very mellow music - good for a wind down

Joan Armatrading

3/5

I had never heard Joan, my dad played the guitar and it reminds me of the genre he enjoyed listening to :-)

Rejoicing In The Hands

Devendra Banhart

3/5

The World is a Ghetto

War

3/5

Definitely sounded like the 70's bluesy&jazzy - 3-4 minute synth solos :-)

Eagles

3/5

Eagles have some songs that are fun to sing around a campfire or while out on the lake. Don't love, don't hate.

Dig Your Own Hole

The Chemical Brothers

2/5

This one hurt my ears as I listened to it at home, but I do not think this is an album for casual and relaxed listening. Best locale is a club, post drinks, when you'll dance to anything or as a movie high action scene soundtrack.

Germs

3/5

Exodus

Bob Marley & The Wailers

4/5

A classic - he three little birds video made me lol - sets a relaxed mood for sure.

London Calling

The Clash

4/5

Love the Clash! Funny story - always thought it was so cool and edgy, then my daughter's 3rd grade chorus sang "Train in Vain" as part of an eighties tribute!

It's Too Late to Stop Now

Van Morrison

3/5

This was recorded live? Great sound quality. Bluesy & relaxing music, but need to be in a mood to listen to it for more than a few songs.

My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts

Brian Eno

1/5

Enough Eno - not really something worth my time

Gold

Ryan Adams

2/5

was ok - nothing earth shattering - played find in the background without distracting or inspiring me - I guess 1001 albums is a lot if this one makes the cut.

Rubber Soul

Beatles

4/5

It's the Beatles - early-ish album with a lot of known tracks. I enjoyed it.

Court And Spark

Joni Mitchell

4/5

Amazing voice - definitely a trip back in time - nice to hear those 70's vibes again.

Heaven Or Las Vegas

Cocteau Twins

3/5

Seemed nice as background music. Floaty.

Berlin

Lou Reed

3/5

not in the mood - too dark and angsty.

The White Album

Beatles

5/5

It's the White album - iconic songs w/ new ideas on sounds and lyrics - what else is there to say?

Skylarking

XTC

2/5

I wanted to like it more than I did. There are better 80's new wave examples IMO

Stephen Stills

3/5

Nice music bye the "S" of CSNY. 70's vibe.

Graceland

Paul Simon

5/5

Love this album!

Blood Sugar Sex Magik

Red Hot Chili Peppers

5/5

Love 90's music and this album kicked that decade off with a bang!

Live At The Regal

B.B. King

5/5

Have been able to see BB King and Lucille perform live a couple of times - he is the real deal!

The Stranger

Billy Joel

5/5

One of my favorite albums of all time!

The Wall

Pink Floyd

5/5

Another fave! This playing in a dome theater with a laser light show was the epitome of cool :-) Playing in on digital with the songs cut up was sort of rough - get this on vinyl and hear the full epic!

Manassas

Stephen Stills

3/5

Good bluesy background music - bit of a downer given the rest of the albums this week.

Master Of Puppets

Metallica

2/5

Thrasher metal was not really my scene back in the day and listening to this album did not convert me. Much of the thrashing just ran together and was not great for background music either.

Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme

Simon & Garfunkel

3/5

So pretty! Definitely dated, but pretty

The Dreaming

Kate Bush

3/5

Love her voice and a couple of the songs - the rest are a bit out there for me. Later album, Hounds of Love was/is a favorite album.

Oar

Alexander 'Skip' Spence

1/5

He got what he needed out of this album, but I did not need to go through all that.

Penance Soiree

The Icarus Line

1/5

Did not enjoy, gave me a headache

Africa Brasil

Jorge Ben Jor

4/5

Enjoyed the rhythm and mellow sound - did not understand the lyrics at all but that's OK

Get Rich Or Die Tryin'

50 Cent

2/5

In Da Club was everywhere and is still referenced in pop culture, but the rest is not anything that really resonates with me

Shaka Zulu

Ladysmith Black Mambazo

3/5

Enjoyed this - I remember when they came into prominence with Graceland. Fun to hear more from this group.

Ritual De Lo Habitual

Jane's Addiction

2/5

Been caught stealing still holds up - not sure if the entire album was too worthy of accolade, but it was OK.

The College Dropout

Kanye West

1/5

Not a fan

I Should Coco

Supergrass

3/5

I had heard "Alright" in a ton of movies , but I had not listened to this album. It was fun and new.