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Album	You	Global	Diff
Third Portishead	5	3.13	+1.87
We Are Family Sister Sledge	5	3.48	+1.52
Rage Against The Machine Rage Against The Machine	5	3.99	+1.01

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Album	You	Global	Diff
Purple Rain Prince	3	4.02	-1.02

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Purple Rain

Prince

3/5

Interesting synth work on The Beautiful Ones. Vocal range is remarkable, great power and emotion. Darling Nikki — I see why he was a sex symbol reputation. Strong end.

James Brown Live At The Apollo

James Brown

3/5

Aaagoowh. Probably wouldn't listen again often, but great soul, some good rhythms.

American Idiot

Green Day

4/5

Cannot be objective, pure nostalgia for me. Pop punk brilliance.

Third

Portishead

5/5

Brilliantly cohesive album. Couples ethereal atmosphere with insistent rhythms, sometimes throwing very 80s dark synth energy. Always great vocals and interesting lyrics.

The Wall

Pink Floyd

5/5

Sonic and story-telling brilliance.

We Are Family

Sister Sledge

5/5

Remarkable to have so many massive disco hits in one album, it must have been unbelievable when it was first released Truly, peak disco.

Chocolate Starfish And The Hot Dog Flavored Water

Limp Bizkit

2/5

Garbage frat-rock, but representative of a whole genre. Only so many times you can rhyme "fuck" with "fuck" before it gets old.

Smile

Brian Wilson

3/5

Nice harmony's, very reminiscent of the Beach Boys days, but for me rather forgettable. Perhaps it needs more listens to appreciate the nuance.

Punishing Kiss

Ute Lemper

3/5

School's Out

Alice Cooper

3/5

Some classic anthems with great riffs, wrapped in goth theatrics.

Lust For Life

Iggy Pop

3/5

Surprisingly enjoyable, catchy rock and roll

Odessey And Oracle

The Zombies

3/5

Time of the Season is a remarkable standout track for what otherwise feels like a less adventurous album when reviewing in 2025.

Pretzel Logic

Steely Dan

4/5

Fun rhythms, great 70s harmonies and some supremely catchy hooks. 4/5

Let England Shake

PJ Harvey

3/5

More straight folk than PJ Harvey's gypsy-witchy best, but with some pleasant lyrics. Perhaps I just didn't get it and unfairly judged it compared to her other releases.

The Visitors

ABBA

4/5

Common

4/5

Beautiful lyrics ranging from hope and optimism, to pain and weariness with the state of the world. An emotionally raw record with some good production, on par with Dave's Psychodrama.

Fear Of Music

Talking Heads

3/5

Slightly pretentious lyrics, weirdly funk sounds, the more funky they get, the less cool it becomes. Cool is highly subjective, but I thought the album came across as uncertain as to its maturity.

Rage Against The Machine

5/5

Politically relevant and raw with great riffs. I'm biased, but 5/5.