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Album	You	Global	Diff
The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter The Incredible String Band	5	2.15	+2.85
Haunted Dancehall The Sabres Of Paradise	5	2.37	+2.63
Locust Abortion Technician Butthole Surfers	5	2.39	+2.61
Opus Dei Laibach	5	2.39	+2.61
Butterfly Mariah Carey	5	2.48	+2.52
Playing With Fire Spacemen 3	5	2.55	+2.45
OK Talvin Singh	5	2.56	+2.44
Idlewild Everything But The Girl	5	2.58	+2.42
Darkdancer Les Rythmes Digitales	5	2.59	+2.41
Buenas Noches From A Lonely Room Dwight Yoakam	5	2.6	+2.4

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Artist	Albums	Average
Nick Drake	3	5
Talking Heads	3	5
Black Sabbath	3	5
Radiohead	3	5
The Rolling Stones	3	4.67
Pink Floyd	2	5
Pixies	2	5
Can	2	5
Marvin Gaye	2	5
The Who	2	5
Nirvana	2	5
Belle & Sebastian	2	5
Bob Marley & The Wailers	2	5
Metallica	2	5
Beatles	2	5
Portishead	2	5
The Velvet Underground	2	5
The Band	2	5
Jimi Hendrix	2	5
David Bowie	2	5
Bruce Springsteen	2	5
The Police	2	5

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Popular Reviews

Joan Armatrading

Joan Armatrading · 3 likes

5/5

Great songwriting. That low voice in one of the songs surprised me.

Being There

Wilco · 2 likes

5/5

Great tunes. Really dug the vibe

Palo Congo

Sabu · 2 likes

5/5

Super fun listen wouldn’t have found this without the list.

Car Wheels On A Gravel Road

Lucinda Williams · 2 likes

5/5

Really loved this vibe. Great singer great songs

Giant Steps

The Boo Radleys · 2 likes

5/5

Fun listen. Wasn’t familiar with it.

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Tracy Chapman

5/5

From the familiar voicings of Fast Car to the unexpected acapella of Behind The Wall. This entire album transcends time. The political insights of Why? remain a point of discussion in modern times. And it’s Fucking Tracy Chapman. This album rocks, but softly and beautifully.

War

5/5

Some real classics. This album starts out with the familiar sounds of Sunday Bloody Sunday and New Years Day which anyone who has listened to the radio in the last 40 years will recognize instantly. But the Deep tracks on the B side are where the real brilliance shines through.

Ill Communication

Beastie Boys

5/5

Classic. Punk rock meets Rap. You gotta love this offering from the Beastie Boys.

Graceland

Paul Simon

5/5

Amazing Paul Simon at his best songwriting. Although he stole a bunch of the music from the South African musicians he worked with during recording. The songwriting is exceptional

The Wall

Pink Floyd

5/5

One of the best albums of all time.

The Genius Of Ray Charles

Ray Charles

5/5

Classic. Smooth. A true masterpiece

Tres Hombres

ZZ Top

5/5

Straight ripper. Play loud!

Bossanova

Pixies

5/5

Shows a diverse range from a band I was aware of but not overly familiar with. Will be listening to much more from them.

Tago Mago

Can

5/5

Awesome early psychedelia

American Pie

Don McLean

4/5

That song is a classic. Seems like the rest of the record was just thrown together around it.

#1 Record

Big Star

5/5

More people should listen to big star.

All Things Must Pass

George Harrison

5/5

Probly my favorite solo album from any of the Beatles

Immigrés

Youssou N'Dour

5/5

Loved this album. Have no idea what he’s singing about. But that really helps to emphasize how great the music and melodies are.

Playing With Fire

Spacemen 3

5/5

Pretty cool ambient sounds. A lot of drone rocking. Great album.

Pink Moon

Nick Drake

5/5

Mellow acoustic. Great singer songwriter.

Fever Ray

5/5

Lawedome synth pop. Loved the vibe

Mama Said Knock You Out

LL Cool J

5/5

Badass old school hip hop. Really dug the album

Fear Of Music

Talking Heads

5/5

From the dada inspired I Zimbra, to the classic Talking Heads Cities, and Life During Wartime, through the mellow vibes of Heaven. This album is a classic.

Urban Hymns

The Verve

5/5

Everyone knows song #1 but the rest of this album is awesome too

Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul

Otis Redding

5/5

Great album. A few really good versions of other classics from the era.

evermore

Taylor Swift

3/5

So this one wasn’t really my thing. She just kinda talk sings the whole time and every song sounds the same.

Smash

The Offspring

5/5

Great nineties punk rock

You're Living All Over Me

Dinosaur Jr.

4/5

A lot of loud guitars. Another great predecessor of grunge

Rock 'N Soul

Solomon Burke

5/5

Great oldies. Still holds up.

Unknown Pleasures

Joy Division

5/5

Some friends tried to turn me on to this album a few years ago and I didn’t think much of it. But after a relisten it was clear why so many people love this band.

The Gershwin Songbook

Ella Fitzgerald

5/5

What a timeless voice!

Car Wheels On A Gravel Road

Lucinda Williams

5/5

Really loved this vibe. Great singer great songs

Here, My Dear

Marvin Gaye

5/5

Later album from Marvin. You can really hear him flexing a well used muscle. Well polished songs. Beautiful Melodys, soulful singing with thoughtful lyrics.

Blue

Joni Mitchell

5/5

Her voice and style is completely unique. After a brief adjustment period this album really shines.

Fire Of Love

The Gun Club

4/5

Kinda punk kinda rock. Kinda fun

Swordfishtrombones

Tom Waits

4/5

If you can get past his voice it’s a great album.

The Healer

John Lee Hooker

5/5

Just straight up blues. One of the best at it.

1984

Van Halen

5/5

Let’s rock!

Dub Housing

Pere Ubu

4/5

Dime store Talking Heads. No doubt ahead of its time. But lacking the polish to hold up through time.

Buenas Noches From A Lonely Room

Dwight Yoakam

5/5

The world needs more country music like this. Broken hearts, cheatin’ and what happens after.

Live At Leeds

The Who

5/5

Great live album from a great rock and roll band.

Elvis Presley

5/5

Can’t mess with Elvis

Lust For Life

Iggy Pop

5/5

It’s wild how this music was seen as rebellious back in the day and now it’s on Nissan commercials and played at sporting events. Just sounds like good ole rock and roll.

16 Lovers Lane

The Go-Betweens

5/5

Fun songs. Cool vibe.

Transformer

Lou Reed

5/5

Great writing from a period of early rock n roll. Fun to listen to.

Merriweather Post Pavilion

Animal Collective

4/5

Eh. Ok.

808 State

4/5

Not really my jam but a fun listen

Beggars Banquet

The Rolling Stones

4/5

If you like the stones you’ve likely worn this record out. If the stones aren’t your jam then this is very “meh”

Violent Femmes

5/5

Amazing songs. Great album.

Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim

Frank Sinatra

5/5

Such greatness.

MTV Unplugged In New York

Nirvana

5/5

Great versions of some of the bands best material. Also some awesome covers.

Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs

Derek & The Dominos

5/5

Great Blues tunes. Awesome album

Very

Pet Shop Boys

4/5

Definitely the sound of the 80s fun to listen to but starts to drone on after a while

Crossing the Red Sea With the Adverts

The Adverts

5/5

Not often I find early British punk I haven’t exhausted. So I enjoyed this.

A Rush Of Blood To The Head

Coldplay

5/5

Even if you don’t know it you will Probly sing every song.

Imperial Bedroom

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

5/5

Great album from a legend in the singer songwriter field.

Tigermilk

Belle & Sebastian

5/5

Definitely a different sound. But a few songs in I was really starting to dig it. Gonna have to put more of them in my rotation for sure

Vento De Maio

Elis Regina

4/5

Fun album. A couple songs in you pretty much have vibe. Good music to relax to

Exodus

Bob Marley & The Wailers

5/5

Absolutely love Bob. And this is some of his best writing. Absolutely deserves to be on this list.

(What's The Story) Morning Glory

Oasis

5/5

You really can’t go wrong with this classic album by these guys. Glad the feud is over and they are going to play again.

Talvin Singh

5/5

Super fun trance edm but with an eastern meditation vibe to it. Great listen.

My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

Kanye West

5/5

Ye at his best.

Atomizer

Big Black

5/5

Early grunge listen loud.

Duck Rock

Malcolm McLaren

5/5

Really fun listen like a trip back in time.

Haunted Dancehall

The Sabres Of Paradise

5/5

Supererfun tracks. Interesting vibe.

Out Of The Blue

Electric Light Orchestra

5/5

Can’t go wrong with ELO. Long album but an easy listen.

Timeless

Goldie

4/5

Zoned out. This one last a long time. Trancey

Locust Abortion Technician

Butthole Surfers

5/5

It was definitely weird at first. But was over before I realized it. Fun music to zone out too.

Black Sabbath

5/5

Great songs. Tons of tracks I was already familiar with but the ones I didn’t already know were great as well.

Made In Japan

Deep Purple

5/5

Live. Heavy. Metal.

Deserter's Songs

Mercury Rev

5/5

Here a lot of influence here. Way ahead of its time.

Superunknown

Soundgarden

5/5

One of my first real rock albums as a kid. Way ahead of its time.

Metallica

5/5

Personally I like their earlier work. The later work doesn’t have the same grit. This album is considered the midpoint for me. I can’t deny the greatness of it but it represents a more mainstream version of the previous music from them. Still 5 stars tho.

The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators

The 13th Floor Elevators

5/5

It is definitely early psych rock. Loved it.

Endtroducing.....

DJ Shadow

5/5

Idlewild

Everything But The Girl

5/5

Super mellow. Really dug the vibe

Highly Evolved

The Vines

5/5

Yup it’s definitely the vines.

Time (The Revelator)

Gillian Welch

5/5

Amazing songwriting and singing. Absolutely loved it.

Revolver

Beatles

5/5

Um. Yes.

Remain In Light

Talking Heads

5/5

When I started this list I told myself I was gonna relisten to all the albums I was already familiar with. And this is one of those I’m glad I did. Love the Heads.

Giant Steps

The Boo Radleys

5/5

Fun listen. Wasn’t familiar with it.

Third

Portishead

5/5

Very fun mellow jams. Otherworldly sounds

Songs From The Big Chair

Tears For Fears

5/5

Classic 80s. Loved it

Brothers

The Black Keys

4/5

So many hits. Great album. Great sound.

Speakerboxxx/The Love Below

OutKast

5/5

Listened to this hundred of times in high school and college. Still just as good as it was then.

Fulfillingness' First Finale

Stevie Wonder

5/5

Simply “Wonder”ful

John Barleycorn Must Die

Traffic

5/5

Classic

Strangeways, Here We Come

The Smiths

5/5

Classic Smiths.

Oxygène

Jean-Michel Jarre

5/5

Badass ambient jams.

Blood On The Tracks

Bob Dylan

5/5

Not the Bob Dylan I was expecting but also just as good as I could have hoped for.

Palo Congo

Sabu

5/5

Super fun listen wouldn’t have found this without the list.

Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)

Wu-Tang Clan

5/5

Classic

Cloud Nine

The Temptations

5/5

Heard it through the grapevine.

You've Come a Long Way Baby

Fatboy Slim

5/5

Made me feel like I was in high school again.

The Velvet Underground

5/5

Nico’s voice sounds like a cello waking up in the morning.

A Love Supreme

John Coltrane

5/5

Wow. Classic.

Tapestry

Carole King

5/5

Love the piano singer songwriter presentation. This album greats you with hit after hit. And doesn’t let up. Even the b sides are amazing.

Straight Outta Compton

N.W.A.

5/5

Classic. Still goes hard

Five Leaves Left

Nick Drake

5/5

Mellow vibes

Throwing Muses

4/5

Not really my style. But a fun listen.

Dummy

Portishead

5/5

Great vibe.

The Band

5/5

Some of my favorite songs

Alien Lanes

Guided By Voices

5/5

Interesting. I will be listening to more of their stuff after this.

In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida

Iron Butterfly

5/5

In college the first time I took acid a friend put on this album and said this is what this stuff was made for” I’m still not sure if he meant the acid or the music. Either way still an amazing album.

Back In Black

AC/DC

5/5

This album needs no words or introduction.

Exile On Main Street

The Rolling Stones

5/5

Widely considered the Stones best work. I liked a few songs. I guess I’m just not a Stones person. Still a great album.

Fear Of A Black Planet

Public Enemy

5/5

I loved this. Way more funky than I was expecting. Booooyyyy

In Rainbows

Radiohead

5/5

I still remember when they released this album for free with an optional donation. The whole thing was recorded in garage band. Still holds up as one of their best. Love it.

C'est Chic

CHIC

5/5

Let’s get funky.

At Fillmore East

The Allman Brothers Band

5/5

Early guitar gods at work. Beware.

Safe As Milk

Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band

5/5

This guys music is out there. I love it.

Figure 8

Elliott Smith

5/5

Wow. Now I’m depressed.

Surrealistic Pillow

Jefferson Airplane

5/5

Feed your head

Electric Ladyland

Jimi Hendrix

5/5

This was one of my first cds growing up. I remember not “getting” it at first. A few years later I stumbled back across it after starting to learn guitar and was blown away. In my opinion this is Jimi’s magnum opus.

Vol. 4

Black Sabbath

5/5

Classic. Play loud.

Future Days

Can

5/5

Interesting rhythm heavy jams.

Let's Get It On

Marvin Gaye

5/5

Yup

Sunday At The Village Vanguard

Bill Evans Trio

5/5

Awesome jazz piano trio

Private Dancer

Tina Turner

5/5

I can’t stand the rain!!

Hunky Dory

David Bowie

5/5

Classic Bowie.

Who's Next

The Who

5/5

Man this is classic Who. Loved it.

Melodrama

Lorde

5/5

Super fun listen.

There's No Place Like America Today

Curtis Mayfield

5/5

Funky vibes.

Dusty In Memphis

Dusty Springfield

5/5

The Velvet Underground & Nico

The Velvet Underground

5/5

Always fun to revisit the Velvets. And the more I listen to Nico the more I like her voice. Like a cello waking up in the morning.

(Pronounced 'Leh-'Nérd 'Skin-'Nérd)

Lynyrd Skynyrd

5/5

One of the tightest debut albums of all time.

Rumours

Fleetwood Mac

5/5

Still remember where I was the first time I heard this album and it hit me. One of my all time tops

Leftism

Leftfield

5/5

Fun. Synthy.

Bitte Orca

Dirty Projectors

5/5

Very interesting listen. Was not familiar with beforehand but really enjoyed

Surfer Rosa

Pixies

5/5

I’m not Black like Barry White no I am white like Frank Black is.

Opus Dei

Laibach

5/5

Badass German music. A unique soundscape

The Rolling Stones

5/5

The stones aren’t my favorite. But the work is good.

Common

5/5

Hadn’t really listened to Common before but really enjoyed this album

Joan Armatrading

5/5

Great songwriting. That low voice in one of the songs surprised me.

Selected Ambient Works 85-92

Aphex Twin

5/5

Dope jams. Loved it.

Signing Off

UB40

5/5

Awesome British reggae

In The Court Of The Crimson King

King Crimson

5/5

So much Math. I can’t count like that. But it’s good.

Mothership Connection

Parliament

5/5

Tear the roof off the sucka

Born In The U.S.A.

Bruce Springsteen

5/5

Who doesn’t love the Boss

Amnesiac

Radiohead

5/5

Yeah so listen to this while you watch total recall with Arnold. You’re welcome.

The Dark Side Of The Moon

Pink Floyd

5/5

Probly THE best album of all time.

Heroes to Zeros

The Beta Band

5/5

Missed this one when it came out but enjoyed the listen.

Here Come The Warm Jets

Brian Eno

5/5

More punk than ambient.

L.A. Woman

The Doors

5/5

Mr mojo rising

Pearl

Janis Joplin

5/5

Freedoms just another word

Wild Wood

Paul Weller

5/5

Good listen

Darkness on the Edge of Town

Bruce Springsteen

5/5

The Boss!

Being There

Wilco

5/5

Great tunes. Really dug the vibe

Bryter Layter

Nick Drake

5/5

Really liking the Nock Drake on this list so far

Murmur

R.E.M.

5/5

Radio free Europe.

Exile In Guyville

Liz Phair

5/5

I’m a cunt in springtime.

In Utero

Nirvana

5/5

Not much needs to be said. This one goes pretty hard

Darkdancer

Les Rythmes Digitales

5/5

Pretty upbeat and fun listen.

Led Zeppelin III

Led Zeppelin

5/5

Yes

Vincebus Eruptum

Blue Cheer

5/5

Holy power trio Batman.

Band On The Run

Paul McCartney and Wings

5/5

New Boots And Panties

Ian Dury

5/5

Hilarious

Music From Big Pink

The Band

5/5

I shall be released.

1977

Ash

5/5

Kinda noisey. But a good listen

Boston

5/5

Maybe the best debut album by any band ever.

Something/Anything?

Todd Rundgren

5/5

Step In The Arena

Gang Starr

5/5

For Your Pleasure

Roxy Music

5/5

Only Built 4 Cuban Linx

Raekwon

5/5

Dope jams.

Hot Fuss

The Killers

5/5

Jenny was a friend of mine.

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

Beatles

5/5

One of the best of all time. For sure.

Reggatta De Blanc

The Police

5/5

Great album

Sound of Silver

LCD Soundsystem

5/5

Never really listened to these guys. Great album.

Young Americans

David Bowie

5/5

Classic.

Talking Heads 77

Talking Heads

5/5

Love these guys

Younger Than Yesterday

The Byrds

5/5

Scissor Sisters

5/5

Really fun vibes

Homework

Daft Punk

5/5

Duh

Purple Rain

Prince

5/5

Dig if you will the picture.

Garbage

5/5

KIWANUKA

Michael Kiwanuka

5/5

The Bends

Radiohead

5/5

If You're Feeling Sinister

Belle & Sebastian

5/5

Brothers In Arms

Dire Straits

5/5

Heavy Weather

Weather Report

5/5

Jaco. That’s it.

Tea for the Tillerman

Cat Stevens

5/5

I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got

Sinead O'Connor

5/5

Great listen.

If I Could Only Remember My Name

David Crosby

5/5

Apocalypse Dudes

Turbonegro

5/5

Bridge Over Troubled Water

Simon & Garfunkel

5/5

Phaedra

Tangerine Dream

5/5

Super synthy. Loved it.

Kind Of Blue

Miles Davis

5/5

The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter

The Incredible String Band

5/5

Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots

The Flaming Lips

5/5

Jammed this a lot back in the day. Still great.

Dear Science

TV On The Radio

5/5

The ArchAndroid

Janelle Monáe

5/5

The Specials

5/5

Old school ska.

Butterfly

Mariah Carey

5/5

Pet Sounds

The Beach Boys

5/5

Synchronicity

The Police

5/5

Groovin'

The Young Rascals

5/5

Madman Across The Water

Elton John

5/5

Your Arsenal

Morrissey

5/5

Parallel Lines

Blondie

5/5

Debut

Björk

5/5

Natty Dread

Bob Marley & The Wailers

5/5

The Number Of The Beast

Iron Maiden

5/5

Are You Experienced

Jimi Hendrix

5/5

Paranoid

Black Sabbath

5/5

That's The Way Of The World

Earth, Wind & Fire

5/5

...And Justice For All

Metallica

5/5