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Album	You	Global	Diff
The Visitors ABBA	5	3.2	+1.8
Django Django Django Django	5	3.21	+1.79
Oar Alexander 'Skip' Spence	4	2.46	+1.54
Moondance Van Morrison	5	3.71	+1.29
Appetite For Destruction Guns N' Roses	5	3.74	+1.26
Let's Stay Together Al Green	5	3.76	+1.24
Peggy Suicide Julian Cope	4	2.77	+1.23
Olympia 64 Jacques Brel	4	2.77	+1.23
Metallica Metallica	5	3.79	+1.21
Vanishing Point Primal Scream	4	2.83	+1.17

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Isn't Anything My Bloody Valentine	1	2.75	-1.75
Rust Never Sleeps Neil Young & Crazy Horse	2	3.53	-1.53
Blue Joni Mitchell	2	3.49	-1.49
Black Metal Venom	1	2.46	-1.46
Synchronicity The Police	2	3.42	-1.42
Rock Bottom Robert Wyatt	1	2.39	-1.39
Blue Lines Massive Attack	2	3.38	-1.38
Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds	2	3.32	-1.32
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot Wilco	2	3.3	-1.3
Daydream Nation Sonic Youth	2	3.3	-1.3

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Led Zeppelin	2	5

5-Star Albums (11)

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Bongo Rock

Incredible Bongo Band

4/5

Trumpet drums guitar. You can hear so much of what influenced future artists in this album

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Rock Bottom

Robert Wyatt

1/5

People like this?

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1-Star Albums (5)

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Pet Sounds

The Beach Boys

3/5

Reminds me of driving with my Dad. Better than I remember, but just ok. Sounds a lot like Phil Spector’s wall of music

Live At Leeds

The Who

4/5

60/70’s rock, raw live performance, Im a sucker for that stuff. Sounds like heavily influenced by Hendrix. This version of “my generation” is solid

Wish You Were Here

Pink Floyd

5/5

This album is SO GOOO, going into permanent rotation!

Master Of Puppets

Metallica

3/5

Oh Man, I already love Metallica and Im not sure I know this album, we going hard today! This album is quintessential 80's loud metal, but after listening to Beach Boy, The Who, Pink Floyd, in that order you can kinda hear the lineage. I don't remember Metallica being so anti-war, but it definitely has a message. Orion is dope, but I love Rodrigo y Gabriela's version Album is decent but not my fav, maybe 2.5 - 3 stars

Pretenders

3/5

80’s punk/pop, pretty solid. A few songs ive heard before. Space Invaders, was a really cool instrumental

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

Beatles

4/5

I mean its a classic for a reason right?

American Beauty

Grateful Dead

2/5

Always known of The Grateful Dead just had no idea why, Truckin is a classic but I don’t think I’d go out of my way to listen to this for anything else

Elephant

The White Stripes

5/5

I was backpacking through Greece when this album came out. The 1st time I vividly renumber hearing it was at a place called the "Orange Bar" on the Island of Ios. How many albums do you remember where you were the 1st time you heard them? I have no idea but I know this is one of them.

The Hissing Of Summer Lawns

Joni Mitchell

2/5

Beautiful voice, but the music sounds really dated. It hasn't aged as gracefully as other albums I've listed to in this project. I think this is a one and done kind of album. I know her other album "Blue" (I think it's called) is highly rated, so I'm looking forward to that one. I did like the jazzyness of "Harry's House" I really didn't like the church hymn style of Shadows and Light, I guess if art is to make you "feel" something, this song is art, just not the type I like

Low

David Bowie

3/5

I like this, reminiscent of a Pink Floyd album where the it feels like a journey. It stands on it own from beginning to end. Sound and Vision is a jam. I wish I could give half stars cause this feels like a 3.5. Not quite a 4 in my opinion so I'm going with a 3. I'll listen again though

Sound Affects

The Jam

4/5

This was a surprise, never heard of this band, and honestly i kinda judged the book by the cover on this one. It was surprisingly good.

Hail To the Thief

Radiohead

3/5

1st Radiohead album I've listened to from beginning to end. Pretty good, I missed out on a lot of their music as I was heavy into house/trance when they got big. It's good though, Im in.

Oxygène

Jean-Michel Jarre

4/5

This is different, it’s imaginative, it’s cool, it’s creepy. It’s art, this is a ride through space. Very Pink Floyd esque. My son will love falling asleep to this

Synchronicity

The Police

2/5

Some classics on here for sure, but not a great album

Songs Of Leonard Cohen

Leonard Cohen

4/5

This is poetry, really good.

Let's Stay Together

Al Green

5/5

This is nostalgia, it was a classic already by the time I discovered in my high school years. It's such a smooth album

Peggy Suicide

Julian Cope

4/5

Great album, I never heard it before. It must have just been overshadowed by the likes of Nirvana, Pearl Jam, etc which were all huge at the time.

Bongo Rock

Incredible Bongo Band

4/5

Trumpet drums guitar. You can hear so much of what influenced future artists in this album

The Band

4/5

Only Built 4 Cuban Linx

Raekwon

4/5

I remember how fresh these beats were when this was 1st released. A classic

Blue

Joni Mitchell

2/5

I don't know what I'm missing on this? I mean i get that she has a great voice but ok.. i don’t get how her album would rank higher than Linda Rondstant

Moondance

Van Morrison

5/5

Home Is Where The Music Is

Hugh Masekela

4/5

This is jazz, really good, really chill. Nice to hear the interplay between musicians. Really helpful for understanding jazz.

Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

Wilco

2/5

Good just not for me..

Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim

Frank Sinatra

4/5

I love this stuff

Tapestry

Carole King

4/5

This is a great album filled with classics we all know without realizing we know cause they’re just in our fabric as a culture. I liked this better than Joni Mitchell’s Blue which gets so much love. My silly opinion 4 stars

Gris Gris

Dr. John

2/5

Not for me

Billion Dollar Babies

Alice Cooper

3/5

Some great songs on this album.

Music in Exile

Songhoy Blues

3/5

Interesting, i wasn’t expecting the electric guitar on this one. Something new and interesting but probably wont seek out again

Forever Changes

Love

4/5

If the name of this band was the beatles this album would have been so much more popular. Surprisingly good, feels like it got lost in an era of so much good music

Illmatic

Nas

4/5

This is my era of rap, beats, flows, life stories, and all smooth. A classic

Appetite For Destruction

Guns N' Roses

5/5

I forgot how great this album was. Axel Rose kills it

Doolittle

Pixies

4/5

I know nothing about this album other than my wife loved them. Looking forward to this. So much better than i expected, i get the hype

Punishing Kiss

Ute Lemper

2/5

Tical

Method Man

4/5

Dope

Parklife

Blur

3/5

its alright..

The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway

Genesis

2/5

I get why it's on this list but it's not for me.

Daydream Nation

Sonic Youth

2/5

Man this album made me feel officially old. The whole time i kept thinking “this is just noise!”

Heavy Weather

Weather Report

3/5

Born In The U.S.A.

Bruce Springsteen

4/5

This feels like the soundtrack of the 80’s. Man i miss those days.

School's Out

Alice Cooper

4/5

Love this from beginning to end

After The Gold Rush

Neil Young

3/5

Iconic voice, good album

Wild Is The Wind

Nina Simone

4/5

Unique voice, its 50/50 feminine and masculine, its beautiful

Olympia 64

Jacques Brel

4/5

This is beautiful, this is the type of thing i was hoping to get out of this project

3 + 3

The Isley Brothers

3/5

Nevermind

Nirvana

5/5

From the opening riff you know this is something different. This album was revolutionary when it came and still great!

Kid A

Radiohead

4/5

I cant believe i missed the whole Radiohead era, they’re great, great album

Selected Ambient Works 85-92

Aphex Twin

3/5

The Fat Of The Land

The Prodigy

3/5

Stephen Stills

3/5

Cypress Hill

3/5

War

4/5

This has aged pretty well. Great album

Surrealistic Pillow

Jefferson Airplane

4/5

Californication

Red Hot Chili Peppers

3/5

Le Tigre

4/5

I like its or Fun album

Blue Lines

Massive Attack

2/5

I prefer there later stuff

Lazer Guided Melodies

Spiritualized

3/5

Tusk

Fleetwood Mac

3/5

Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs

Derek & The Dominos

4/5

Love key to the highway

Born To Run

Bruce Springsteen

3/5

Oar

Alexander 'Skip' Spence

4/5

Albums like this is what keeps me in to this project. Never heard of this band and I love it

Venus Luxure No. 1 Baby

Girls Against Boys

3/5

Pretty good, lost in a time of great alternative music, but some great songs overall.

People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm

A Tribe Called Quest

4/5

Timeless, great album

Talk Talk Talk

The Psychedelic Furs

3/5

Black Metal

Venom

1/5

Not for me

The xx

4/5

Good album

Madman Across The Water

Elton John

4/5

Love Elton

Aftermath

The Rolling Stones

4/5

Good ol' classic rock.

Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge

Mudhoney

2/5

Ehh..

Rust Never Sleeps

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

2/5

Neil Young‘s voice is a taste I have not yet acquired.

You're Living All Over Me

Dinosaur Jr.

2/5

Another in a string of pretty bad albums.

American Idiot

Green Day

3/5

I enjoyed much more while I was younger, still worth a listen, it's aged better than I have.

Hot Buttered Soul

Isaac Hayes

3/5

I enjoyed much more while I was younger, still worth a listen, it's aged better than I have.

Live Through This

Hole

4/5

I forgot how much i like this album, Its great

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector

Various Artists

4/5

spector’s wall of sound in full effect. Love it

The Downward Spiral

Nine Inch Nails

3/5

I think what makes this project a little difficult is context. This was a pretty amazing album at the time it came out but going back to it 30 years later it doesn't have the same affect as it did when I originally heard it. Still great though

This Year's Model

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

4/5

Ive heard the name so many times over the years and didn’t know why he was famous. This was a geeat album

The Slider

T. Rex

4/5

Never heard of this band. This is pretty good

Rust In Peace

Megadeth

2/5

Noise, just noise

Automatic For The People

R.E.M.

3/5

I wasn't as impressed with this album as I thought I'd be

Spy Vs. Spy: The Music Of Ornette Coleman

John Zorn

3/5

Couldnt find so gave a 3

Come Away With Me

Norah Jones

3/5

Beautiful voice, some great songs, and nice piano work, but nothing Id search out

No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith (Live)

Motörhead

2/5

too loud, too fast

Bayou Country

Creedence Clearwater Revival

4/5

Love Creedence

Movies

Holger Czukay

3/5

Synth jazz? Interesting, original for the time

Mermaid Avenue

Billy Bragg

4/5

Better than last Wilco album i was given

The Joshua Tree

4/5

Great album

Myths Of The Near Future

Klaxons

4/5

Fun album, ill hold on to this one

Want Two

Rufus Wainwright

4/5

Relaxing

Eli And The Thirteenth Confession

Laura Nyro

3/5

Pretty voice. Listened to while i was at the beach at night. Nice soundtrack

Seventeen Seconds

The Cure

3/5

Makes me wanna wear black and paint my fingernails, but in a good way.

Lady In Satin

Billie Holiday

3/5

Great voice but not the best

m b v

My Bloody Valentine

3/5

es nice..

Lost In The Dream

The War On Drugs

3/5

Calenture

The Triffids

2/5

Led Zeppelin IV

Led Zeppelin

5/5

I believe the kids these days call these “bangers”

Being There

Wilco

4/5

This is the 3rd Wilco album I've gotten, they have been progressively been getting better, this one's good.

Odessey And Oracle

The Zombies

4/5

I'm a sucker for this era, such great music and this is in there.

Goodbye And Hello

Tim Buckley

3/5

Tea for the Tillerman

Cat Stevens

4/5

This is a great album

Django Django

5/5

This is cool, super imaginative, and original

Ten

Pearl Jam

4/5

I was about 11 or 12 when this album cane out. Early grunge rock days, i always ignored it cause i was too young to understand. Looking back, its a pretty great album.

...And Justice For All

Metallica

4/5

Just good ol' school Metallica, nice.

Trio

Dolly Parton

4/5

Love these girls

Kollaps

Einstürzende Neubauten

1/5

Fuck that..

Let's Get It On

Marvin Gaye

4/5

Classic

Bert Jansch

2/5

It was ok..

My Generation

The Who

3/5

Good album. Live version is much better

Dookie

Green Day

4/5

14 year old me loved this album. It still holds up

Franz Ferdinand

4/5

Good album

Shadowland

k.d. lang

3/5

Nice album, great voice, just a bit dated.

Truth

Jeff Beck

4/5

This was pretty great

Lady Soul

Aretha Franklin

4/5

Classic

Tank Battles

Dagmar Krause

1/5

Not for me

Emergency On Planet Earth

Jamiroquai

4/5

Old school funk with a make over.

Searching For The Young Soul Rebels

Dexys Midnight Runners

4/5

I liked this, adding it to the rotation

Heroes

David Bowie

3/5

...Baby One More Time

Britney Spears

3/5

I never gave this album a shot when I was growing up because it came out when I was 18 years old and figured I’m never gonna listen to this, but it actually is not that bad

Pacific Ocean Blue

Dennis Wilson

3/5

it’s a decent album. It’s just not something I would seek out regularly to Again

The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady

Charles Mingus

4/5

first song in and I love this already. This is gonna be good.

Swordfishtrombones

Tom Waits

4/5

This is pretty cool, its aged well

At Newport 1960

Muddy Waters

4/5

Great performance

Rock Bottom

Robert Wyatt

1/5

People like this?

Getz/Gilberto

Stan Getz

3/5

Fun

Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables

Dead Kennedys

3/5

Pretty cool

Only By The Night

Kings of Leon

2/5

Eh..

Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

2/5

If you’re gonna make a list of 1001 greatest albums of all time you’re gonna have to include a bunch of filler stuff and this feels like filler to me it’s OK, not spectacular

Pink Flag

Wire

4/5

Very Ramons esque. Dig it

Metallica

5/5

Love this album. Total nostalgia

Birth Of The Cool

Miles Davis

3/5

Ramones

3/5