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Album	You	Global	Diff
Bone Machine Tom Waits	5	2.86	+2.14
It's Too Late to Stop Now Van Morrison	5	3.25	+1.75
System Of A Down System Of A Down	5	3.26	+1.74
B-52's The B-52's	5	3.29	+1.71
Figure 8 Elliott Smith	5	3.32	+1.68
Pretenders Pretenders	5	3.35	+1.65
Debut Björk	5	3.37	+1.63
Strangeways, Here We Come The Smiths	5	3.44	+1.56
Reggatta De Blanc The Police	5	3.45	+1.55
Tidal Fiona Apple	5	3.45	+1.55

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Water From An Ancient Well Abdullah Ibrahim	1	3.04	-2.04
Greetings From L.A. Tim Buckley	1	2.86	-1.86
Konnichiwa Skepta	1	2.74	-1.74
Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs Marty Robbins	2	3.33	-1.33
Slippery When Wet Bon Jovi	2	3.29	-1.29
Exit Planet Dust The Chemical Brothers	2	3.16	-1.16

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Artist	Albums	Average
The Rolling Stones	2	5

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Electric Ladyland

Jimi Hendrix

4/5

Several JH gems on this album to include Crosstown Traffic, Voodoo Child (Slight Return), and All Along the Watchtower. Like all Hendrix albums it's a bumpy ride as there are several cuts that are decidedly less than the hits. I would stress that Jimi didn't have the chance to fully develop his song writing skills which most likely would have improved over a longer career. Having said all that, the world is a better place having been graced with the Hendrix material that we have.

Reggatta De Blanc

The Police

5/5

Love this album, it's my favorite Police long play.

Sea Change

Beck

4/5

Love it. Sort of down tempo for Beck but still in my occasional rotation.

The Dark Side Of The Moon

Pink Floyd

5/5

Pink Floyd, what can I say.

Bryter Layter

Nick Drake

5/5

Top 500 album for me.

Smash

The Offspring

4/5

This was the album that really introduced the Offspring to the world. Perfect post punk from 1994. Still a good listen when I'm in the mood for uptempo, angsty rock.

Greetings From L.A.

Tim Buckley

1/5

Too before my time. Folk just never grabbed my attention. On the plus side, Tim Buckley gave us Jeff Buckley.

Spiderland

Slint

3/5

Not exactly my thing but very interesting.

Heaven Or Las Vegas

Cocteau Twins

4/5

Solid album, front to back.

Ramones

5/5

Love the Ramones. They followed in the footsteps of MC5, Iggy Pop and others but in my opinion, The Ramones really started punk in the US.

System Of A Down

5/5

Love these guys. Very strong album.

Stephen Stills

4/5

Still a solid album 55 years later. Love the One You're With still hits hard.

Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes

TV On The Radio

2/5

Although TV on the Radio have a number of songs I really like, I just can't appreciate this entire album. Not my thing.

Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs

Marty Robbins

2/5

Considered a classic this is just too far outside my wheelhouse to really enjoy.

Let It Bleed

The Rolling Stones

5/5

Top 200 album for me. Stones at their best.

Night Life

Ray Price

3/5

Ray Price was a musical treasure. Not exactly my favorite genre but it's certainly grown on me as I got older.

Exit Planet Dust

The Chemical Brothers

2/5

Some interesting sounds, love the bass. Overall, just too repetitive for me.

Shadowland

k.d. lang

2/5

I appreciate some of Lang's music, she can certainly write and has a nice voice. However, "Western swing" music just isn't my thing and I found this a hard album to listen to.

Back In Black

AC/DC

4/5

Still sounds great. I don't often listen to AC/DC these days but this album scratches the itch when I need some down & dirty rock. Many people counted AD/DC as done when Bon Scott tragically died but the boys found a more than adequate replacement in Brian Johnson. Great comeback album

Pretenders

5/5

One of the greatest debut albums ever. Still in my rotation.

Treasure

Cocteau Twins

3/5

Pleasant, unremarkable. Would listen again.

Lady In Satin

Billie Holiday

4/5

Solid album from an epic artist.

The Rise & Fall

Madness

3/5

Really fun listen. Ska is not in my top genres but this was a nice diversion while I was working.

Tres Hombres

ZZ Top

4/5

One of the first albums I bought as a teenager. It still slaps hard. Not an every day kind of listen for me these days but I still it consider it as really good and is my favorite ZZ Top album.

Deep Purple In Rock

Deep Purple

4/5

Mark II of Deep Purple - Starts off with a bang with Speed King. In my opinion, Child in Time is the best song on this album. Not my favorite Deep Purple disk, that would be Machine Head but this is a very solid offering and I always enjoy it when I throw it on the turntable from time to time.

Songs Of Leonard Cohen

Leonard Cohen

3/5

Such a wonderful songwriter. I still put this on from time to time.

A Girl Called Dusty

Dusty Springfield

4/5

Fantastic artist, taken from us far too young.

Merriweather Post Pavilion

Animal Collective

2/5

Not terrible but just didn't grab my attention. I was intrigued by the album name after attending many concerts at Merriweather Post over the years.

Debut

Björk

5/5

I've loved her since the Sugar Cubes. Bjork is one of one. Huma Behavior is so freaking good and the album just oes from there...

Slippery When Wet

Bon Jovi

2/5

Never cared for Bon Jovi. To slick, too radio-friendly

A Night At The Opera

Queen

5/5

Top tier album. This is a 10 of 10 album to me.

Slipknot

3/5

Such a good album. Not my go-to genre but good for the occasional listen.

Tidal

Fiona Apple

5/5

Brilliant debut album. I love every song on this disk. Shadowboxer is outstanding as is Criminal. I bought this when it was first released and still love it today.

A Hard Day's Night

Beatles

5/5

It's the Beatles, what else is there to say?

Water From An Ancient Well

Abdullah Ibrahim

1/5

Not my thing whatsoever

Tapestry

Carole King

5/5

Love this album. Definitely a desert island disk.