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Albums you rated higher than global average

Album	You	Global	Diff
Highway to Hell	5	3.66	+1.34
Transformer	5	3.67	+1.33
A Grand Don't Come For Free	4	2.67	+1.33
Dummy	5	3.71	+1.29
Tracy Chapman	5	3.78	+1.22
Roots	4	2.78	+1.22
Let It Bleed	5	3.83	+1.17
Merriweather Post Pavilion	4	2.9	+1.1
Ten	5	3.92	+1.08

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Albums you rated lower than global average

Album	You	Global	Diff
Slipknot	1	2.68	-1.68
Birth Of The Cool	2	3.65	-1.65
Brothers	2	3.58	-1.58
Blonde On Blonde	2	3.5	-1.5
The Village Green Preservation Society	2	3.4	-1.4
Be	2	3.35	-1.35
Chicago Transit Authority	2	3.2	-1.2
Treasure	2	3.07	-1.07

5-Star Albums (7)

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Highway to Hell

AC/DC

5/5

As with a lot of people, I'm familiar with AC/DC hits but I don't think I'd ever listened to an album other thab maybe Back In Black. Another review said they thought Touch Too Much was theur favourite song. I'd not heard it before but found myself whistling along and even air drumming on a first listen. As a band they obviously have a distinct sound, but unlike others where that can feel repetitive, AC/DC feel like they've explored every edge of their style to produce so many high quality songs. Another album I'd describe as a lot of fun and easy to get into.

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4-Star Albums (27)

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Hard Again

Muddy Waters

3/5

Odessey And Oracle

The Zombies

3/5

Needed more than one listen. Time of the Season felt quite different to the rest of the album.

Countdown To Ecstasy

Steely Dan

4/5

Very well produced.

Rust Never Sleeps

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

3/5

Birth Of The Cool

Miles Davis

2/5

Parallel Lines

Blondie

4/5

The Man Who

Travis

3/5

Pearl

Janis Joplin

4/5

Time Out

The Dave Brubeck Quartet

4/5

1984

Van Halen

4/5

This was just a lot of fun.

The Sun Rises In The East

Jeru The Damaja

3/5

Blonde On Blonde

Bob Dylan

2/5

Treasure

Cocteau Twins

2/5

Not for me. I appreciated the use of eastern trill vocals on Amelia. But generally the sound was too similar throughout for me to get into. I did like the sound on Beatrix and Domino had a clear sense of building to an ending. The rif on Persephone I quite enjoyed. The gibberish lyrics felt always slightly out of touch, like I could maybe hear real words in them but not if I listened closer. It's clever but left me feeling frustrated. Other reviews have talked about this being a good listen for specific circumstances. I can see that. I've enjoyed post-rock and thought this might be similar but it's not as emotive. Persephone has a sound closer to that and had sounds I enjoyed.

Transformer

Lou Reed

5/5

Two songs that really captured a mood. Couple of other hits and a generally high level for everything else. I feel like this album gives a window into early 79a New York.

Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea

PJ Harvey

3/5

British Steel

Judas Priest

4/5

Dusty In Memphis

Dusty Springfield

4/5

Let It Bleed

The Rolling Stones

5/5

The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan

3/5

L'Eau Rouge

The Young Gods

3/5

Saw some of the reviews before I listened so went into this braced. I think they were quite accurate because I recall saying to my partner during the first song "Oh no, I've reached the Wonka tunnel". I actually think not understanding a word of french made this easier to listen to and made me focus almost entirely on the sound rather thsn content. I thought the sound was pretty good. Once past the first songs Wonka weirdness, it was a bit more typical industrial. Another review said the high production (I agree) could be seen as con in terms of industrial sound. Sometimes I thought so, others I didn't. I imagine entirely unintentionally, I found the gravelly French sort of humorous. Again, I think I'd have a quite different view of this if I understood the lyrics. I was really prepared to rate this low but it was just weird, which doesn't mean bad.

Brothers

The Black Keys

2/5

If I was asked to described middle of the road, this would probably be it. The sound is fine just entirely unremarkable.

Moving Pictures

Rush

3/5

Frank

Amy Winehouse

3/5

Highway to Hell

AC/DC

5/5

A Little Deeper

Ms. Dynamite

3/5

Tracy Chapman

5/5

School's Out

Alice Cooper

4/5

Songs In The Key Of Life

Stevie Wonder

5/5

Damn Stevie, leave some hooks for the rest of us! First album I'd not heard before that I instantly understood why it was special. Initially quite daunted by the length as I tend to prefer shorter, punchier, albums. But wow. A tour de force that just carries you through. A number of hits whilst having a coherent vibe. There are a number of times you can clearly see his influence on others.

Risque

CHIC

3/5

Abraxas

Santana

4/5

We Are Family

Sister Sledge

3/5

Phrenology

The Roots

4/5

Really interesting use of different genres. Clearly very experimental at times and still enjoyable to listen to.

Violator

Depeche Mode

4/5

The Village Green Preservation Society

The Kinks

2/5

Slipknot

1/5

I'm a metal fan. I've enjoy a lot of heavier songs, volumn, dark lyrics, screaming etc. I just didn't really get on with this. I remember thinking Slipknot were gimmicky when they first made it big when I was younger. I'd not listened to them before and was at pains to try and come into this with an open mind but honestly, this was a struggle. The production sound was fine and there were some decent hooks but not many and the songs didn't have much more than that. What I caught of the lyrics wasn't anything to write home about.

Bat Out Of Hell

Meat Loaf

3/5

Disintegration

The Cure

4/5

Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes

TV On The Radio

2/5

First and last song save this from a 1. Ambulance... blimey that was struggle. The vocals felt incredibly monotonous on that track and others. I really enjoyed the sound on the first track and had expected I would like this but the rest was quite different.

I'm Your Man

Leonard Cohen

4/5

This was real chill. Nice.

Common

2/5

Come Away With Me

Norah Jones

3/5

Infected

The The

3/5

Pretty chill and essy to listen too.

Moondance

Van Morrison

3/5

Blackstar

David Bowie

4/5

Garbage

4/5

Blue

Joni Mitchell

4/5

Tea for the Tillerman

Cat Stevens

4/5

Catch A Fire

Bob Marley & The Wailers

4/5

Boston

3/5

Couple of hits and generally easy listening. Like a familiar jacket.

A Grand Don't Come For Free

The Streets

4/5

Future Days

Can

3/5

Coat Of Many Colors

Dolly Parton

3/5

Chicago Transit Authority

Chicago

2/5

James Brown Live At The Apollo

James Brown

3/5

Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)

Wu-Tang Clan

4/5

I Should Coco

Supergrass

4/5

Ten

Pearl Jam

5/5

Roots

Sepultura

4/5

Black Holes and Revelations

Muse

4/5

Double Nickels On The Dime

Minutemen

3/5

Dummy

Portishead

5/5

Went in with no expectations. Was not expecting trip-hop. At times it sounded like they were making music for a haunted house, at others I actually thought I was listening to a modern Bond film.

At San Quentin

Johnny Cash

3/5

Odd to include this and Folsom, which is definitely better. This isn't bad, but Folsom is iconic.

Merriweather Post Pavilion

Animal Collective

4/5

I put this on in the early hours of the morning whilst I rocked my little girl to sleep, with my partner asleep in the bed next to me. My Girls was unintentionally the perfect accompaniment.

1999

Prince

4/5

Neon Bible

Arcade Fire

4/5

Rio

Duran Duran

4/5