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Album	You	Global	Diff
E.V.O.L.	5	2.89	+2.11
Ghosteen	5	2.97	+2.03
Dance Mania	5	3.27	+1.73
Deep Purple In Rock	5	3.33	+1.67
Home Is Where The Music Is	5	3.36	+1.64
Hunky Dory	5	4	+1

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Album	You	Global	Diff
The Man Who	1	3.01	-2.01
Slayed?	1	2.89	-1.89
Dire Straits	2	3.73	-1.73
Toys In The Attic	2	3.26	-1.26
Groovin'	2	3.02	-1.02

5-Star Albums (8)

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The Dark Side Of The Moon

Pink Floyd

5/5

Wait, which one is Pink?

1 likes

Ghosteen

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

5/5

An album to fall into. It just oozes feeling and vibes (albeit, usually melancholy). Absolutely loved it.

1 likes

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The Wall

Pink Floyd

4/5

Love the bluesy sections. Highlights are Comfortably Numb, In the Flesh, Another Brick in the Wall.

All Directions

The Temptations

3/5

First three tracks are awesome. The rest is just meh. “The first time I saw your face” was straight up bad. Worth it for the start of the album though.

Foo Fighters

4/5

It’s the Foo Fighters, for the most part. You know if you’ll like it or not. Some thrasher cuts on here are pretty dope too though.

The Velvet Underground

3/5

Side one isn't great, mostly sounded like demos (I liked Pale Blue Eyes though). Side two rocks. Murder Mystery is a notable song, although not sure how I feel about it to be totally honest. Incredibly unique regardless.

Can't Buy A Thrill

Steely Dan

4/5

Excited to listen to Midnite Cruiser in my midlife crisis convertible

The Dark Side Of The Moon

Pink Floyd

5/5

Wait, which one is Pink?

Dance Mania

Tito Puente

5/5

Heaven Or Las Vegas

Cocteau Twins

3/5

Kinda zoned out for a bit, but really pleasant listen. Last track in particular was great. But, in general, it just kind of washed over me and didn’t leave THAT much of an impression.

Home Is Where The Music Is

Hugh Masekela

5/5

Jazz!

Hunky Dory

David Bowie

5/5

Clearly exceptionally influential. Really hits hard too, even on a first listen. Classic for a reason!

Here Are the Sonics

The Sonics

3/5

Goes harder than expected, but also mostly just covers. Wish there was more original material (The Witch slaps)

In The Court Of The Crimson King

King Crimson

4/5

I still just don't like Moonchild. It's way too loose for my taste. That said, the rest of it? Gold.

Live / Dead

Grateful Dead

2/5

Less a band and more a group of people playing on top of each other. At its best it’s technically gifted blues rock, at its worst it’s terrible jazz. Also the singing, when relevant, is often just bad.

Pretenders

4/5

Yeah, this rocks.

Speakerboxxx/The Love Below

OutKast

3/5

Basically two distinct albums. Speakerboxxx is consistently very good, but mostly didn't stand out to me to be honest. The Love Below isn't a hip hop album -- it's also probably got the record's highest highs and lowest lows. Overall, I'd say the album is like a 7/10... but Outkast has better.

Beautiful Freak

Eels

4/5

This one really grew on me as I listened. I’ll need to return to it to see if I like it even more!

The Man Who

Travis

1/5

Mostly boring as hell. No clue why it's on this list. Turn is a nice song, though.

Ghosteen

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

5/5

An album to fall into. It just oozes feeling and vibes (albeit, usually melancholy). Absolutely loved it.

Songs Of Leonard Cohen

Leonard Cohen

3/5

There’s no denying he’s one of the GOAT storytellers, but I just personally like some more song-to-song variation on an album. It’s a weird one where I just didn’t connect with it, but I can see why it’d be a favorite for a lot of people.

Dire Straits

2/5

It's fine. Had fun moments, but overall felt like an impression of the blues.

Pet Sounds

The Beach Boys

4/5

Classic, obviously. Just very well done!

If I Could Only Remember My Name

David Crosby

4/5

Holy vocal harmonies. Not at all what I expected but this was really cool!

Groovin'

The Young Rascals

2/5

What the hell is this album cover lmao don't hate it, but it just isn't doing much for me. Seems like inoffensive wedding music

Rio

Duran Duran

4/5

This album is a bass player's dream. Really liked it!

Risque

CHIC

3/5

Basically every song was too long. Good grooves though.

Green

R.E.M.

4/5

I don't know that I've heard many albums age better than this. Would guess it came out 5-10 years later than it did.

Close To You

Carpenters

3/5

It's perfectly pleasant. Clearly talented musicians, and some moments really stick out, but overall it's just kind of mid.

Rumours

Fleetwood Mac

5/5

I mean, it’s Rumours.

Meat Is Murder

The Smiths

4/5

The instrumentation rips. Unfortunately Morrisey sucks at singing. Still a great listen though.

The Libertines

3/5

A fun indie rock album, but not much more to me.

E.V.O.L.

Sonic Youth

5/5

Couldn’t decide whether this was a 4 or 5, but it was a unique enough listen I have it the nod. Very full sound, and unique textures ESPECIALLY for the eighties.

Slayed?

Slade

1/5

Fun instrumentals at times, but most of the time it’s by the numbers blues rock with horrible singing. By the scale of this list, that’s a 1.

A Night At The Opera

Queen

4/5

Queen is typically considered a singles band, but this is still a great album! Songs like '39 are underrated.

Deep Purple In Rock

Deep Purple

5/5

Straight gas, start to finish.