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Album	You	Global	Diff
Skylarking XTC	5	3.03	+1.97
At Budokan Cheap Trick	5	3.1	+1.9
Moving Pictures Rush	5	3.58	+1.42
Van Halen Van Halen	5	3.63	+1.37
I Against I Bad Brains	4	2.93	+1.07

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Album	You	Global	Diff
Ready To Die The Notorious B.I.G.	2	3.37	-1.37
Rum Sodomy & The Lash The Pogues	2	3.25	-1.25

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Skylarking

XTC

5/5

Great songs, great production. Impeccable record

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Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs

Derek & The Dominos

4/5

Listened to this on vinyl. Standout tracks are great as always, but the album tracks I find a little boring.

Synchronicity

The Police

4/5

Great record, both poppy and experimental at times

Van Halen

5/5

Impossible to understand historical impact of Eddie’s playing, one of the great debut albums of all time

Power In Numbers

Jurassic 5

4/5

Thoughtful and funky hip hop, good sample work and interesting messages. Pretty good record

Neon Bible

Arcade Fire

3/5

More classic rock than expected, Springsteen-ish at times, John Cafferty-ish . Sounds like indie rock of its time. Generally ok

Moving Pictures

Rush

5/5

Every track is a classic

I Should Coco

Supergrass

4/5

Solid power pop at times, a little punk-y and manic at others. Overall a pretty great record

Illinois

Sufjan Stevens

3/5

Some cool songs, too orchestrated

White Blood Cells

The White Stripes

3/5

Some cool songs, too orchestrated

Femi Kuti

3/5

Very groovy, more “western” sounding than anticipated

The Queen Is Dead

The Smiths

4/5

So many great songs, amazing melodies, totally original

Bright Flight

Silver Jews

2/5

Don’t get it, lo-if bad folk

Talking Book

Stevie Wonder

4/5

Great album

Ready To Die

The Notorious B.I.G.

2/5

Seems pretty generic to e

Arular

M.I.A.

2/5

You Want It Darker

Leonard Cohen

3/5

Pretty interesting songs, can’t really enjoy his voice.

Jazz Samba

Stan Getz

4/5

Just what its says - Jazz Samba - great for what it is

Honky Tonk Heroes

Waylon Jennings

3/5

Better than I thought it would be, pretty decent classic country record

Bubble And Scrape

Sebadoh

3/5

Not what i thought, kind of power pop sometimes, too post modern at other times

Marquee Moon

Television

4/5

Best combination of punk attitude and musicianship

Talking With the Taxman About Poetry

Billy Bragg

3/5

Better production than most Billy Bragg stuff

Harvest

Neil Young

3/5

Typical Neil Young, some cool songs but generally just ok

The xx

3/5

Subdued indie pop

Suicide

3/5

Electronic and sparse, a little too post modern for me at times

KIWANUKA

Michael Kiwanuka

3/5

Decent soul/r&b music, interesting instrumentation

Technique

New Order

3/5

Typical new order album

The Atomic Mr Basie

Count Basie & His Orchestra

4/5

Quintessential big band

Surf's Up

The Beach Boys

3/5

Weirder and more psychedelic than I was expecting. Didn’t recognize any songs on the whole album. Very odd Beach Boys record

The Real Thing

Faith No More

4/5

Better than I remember, may need to revisit

Skylarking

XTC

5/5

Great songs, great production. Impeccable record

A Seat at the Table

Solange

3/5

Better songs and more interesting that I was expecting

(Pronounced 'Leh-'Nérd 'Skin-'Nérd)

Lynyrd Skynyrd

3/5

What I would expect - decent southern rock, sounds very predictable in hindsight

Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

4/5

The only Neil Young album I really like

Behaviour

Pet Shop Boys

3/5

Subdued, a little boring

I Against I

Bad Brains

4/5

Cool guitar, melodic songs are better

At Budokan

Cheap Trick

5/5

One of the greatest live albums ever

Eliminator

ZZ Top

4/5

80s classic, great tunes, innovative mix of blues and synth grooves

Heartattack And Vine

Tom Waits

3/5

Feels a bit forced, and kind of like show tunes…interesting but not great

Rum Sodomy & The Lash

The Pogues

2/5

Did not connect to this at all. I’m sure it was important in combining folk, rock and traditional Irish music, but I did not really enjoy listening to it.

Adele

4/5

Such an amazing voice, was only familiar with hello, but the album felt very consistent and polished, nice listen

NEU! 75

Neu!

4/5

Similar to Kraftwerk, maybe a little more “rock” at times, didn’t really care for the vocals too much, but still pretty great

Ocean Rain

Echo And The Bunnymen

3/5

Pretty decent new wave, wasn’t familiar with any of the songs

Aftermath

The Rolling Stones

3/5

Kind of hard to judge without historical context, but Under My Thumb was a true standout on this album

Darklands

The Jesus And Mary Chain

3/5

Decent new wave, slightly boring

Kenza

Khaled

3/5

Interesting album, not really something that I would want to listen to regularly, but the production was very good.

Liege And Lief

Fairport Convention

3/5

Classic English folk music

Abbey Road

Beatles

5/5

Live!

Fela Kuti

3/5

Not really much ginger baker on here. Decent Afro/jazz/funk

Jack Takes the Floor

Ramblin' Jack Elliott

3/5

Seems to be one of those “important” historical recordings. Sounds mostly live, just guitar/voice folk/story telling.

Armed Forces

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

4/5

Not as raw as the earlier Elvis Costello, moving more towards complex power pop. Excellent record, can here the beginnings of Costello’s future evolution.

Tom Tom Club

4/5

Love the grooves, not too crazy about the vocals/rapping at times. Still, pretty enjoyable album. It’s also insane how often Genius Of Love has been sampled.

Funeral

Arcade Fire

3/5

Better than I was expecting. At times it can get a little generically “indie” sounding, but the songwriting is good and the arrangements are especially well thought out.

Kid A

Radiohead

3/5

Interesting record, almost ambient at times, lots of electronica, not a lot of memorable songs (at least after one listen)

Franz Ferdinand

3/5

Meh. Take Me Out and This Fire are pretty good, the rest of the album just didn’t really make an impression