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Album	You	Global	Diff
Court And Spark Joni Mitchell	5	3.35	+1.65
Appetite For Destruction Guns N' Roses	5	3.74	+1.26
Led Zeppelin III Led Zeppelin	5	3.96	+1.04

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Album	You	Global	Diff
Funeral Arcade Fire	1	3.56	-2.56
Blackstar David Bowie	1	3.48	-2.48
Songs Of Leonard Cohen Leonard Cohen	1	3.38	-2.38
Thriller Michael Jackson	2	4.22	-2.22
Vespertine Björk	1	3.16	-2.16
For Your Pleasure Roxy Music	1	2.98	-1.98
Colour By Numbers Culture Club	1	2.84	-1.84
Night Life Ray Price	1	2.81	-1.81
Station To Station David Bowie	2	3.7	-1.7
Hard Again Muddy Waters	2	3.62	-1.62

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Odelay

Beck

2/5

Odelay blends a lot of genres and sounds into an album that doesn’t feel cohesive and can border on obnoxious. I really don’t get Beck.

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D.O.A. the Third and Final Report of Throbbing Gristle

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Sound of Silver

LCD Soundsystem

2/5

Has some interesting grooves and sounds, but can get fairly repetitive. The vocals also don’t do it for me overall.

Blonde On Blonde

Bob Dylan

2/5

I can’t stand Dylan’s voice and strange inflection he uses when singing. It takes what would be fine songs and drags them down in my opinion.

Time Out

The Dave Brubeck Quartet

4/5

Great album all the way through. Some all time classics on it as well.

Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not

Arctic Monkeys

3/5

I don’t know what it is, but I find a lot of rock albums from this time period to be lacking something. That said, the album was enjoyable at times but ultimately forgettable.

At San Quentin

Johnny Cash

4/5

Really fun album! Johnny has great banter with the audience, which is worth the listen alone. Great performances as well.

(Pronounced 'Leh-'Nérd 'Skin-'Nérd)

Lynyrd Skynyrd

3/5

Great album with several classics. Some of the songs feel like they can drag on a bit too long.

Odelay

Beck

2/5

Odelay blends a lot of genres and sounds into an album that doesn’t feel cohesive and can border on obnoxious. I really don’t get Beck.

White Ladder

David Gray

2/5

Boring and completely forgettable adult contemporary schlock.

Throwing Muses

2/5

The album listed is throwing muses but the picture is for a hard to find album called in a doghouse. In a doghouse sounds pretty rough overall and the singer makes a lot of dolphin like noises while singing making it an even tougher listen. The album, throwing muses, was a bit better than in a doghouse but it still isn’t my thing.

The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady

Charles Mingus

4/5

Really cool album. It consist of 4 tracks, but they’re all lengthy and follow a central theme, so it really feels like one long continuous song.

Blackstar

David Bowie

1/5

David Bowie has some great songs and albums, this is not one of them. It’s kind of like listening to a fever dream.

Songs Of Leonard Cohen

Leonard Cohen

1/5

Sleepy, slow, monotone, rambling are all words I would use to describe this album. The lyrics may be deep and meaningful to a lot of people, but it feels like listening to someone talking just for the sake of talking. A lot of the tracks are very sparse with just acoustic guitar and Leonard’s singing which only adds to the sleepy feeling of the album. Even the tracks that do feature more instruments still feel just as sparse.

Sign 'O' The Times

Prince

3/5

Fun listen. I went into this not being the biggest Prince fan, but came out with a new appreciation for his music. Although not all the tracks were hits for me, his wide stylistic range on this album made for something that I’m sure anyone can find joy in.

Wish You Were Here

Pink Floyd

5/5

I don’t think there’s anything left to say about this album. Pink Floyd is one of my favorite bands and this album is a masterpiece.

After The Gold Rush

Neil Young

3/5

Music From Big Pink

The Band

3/5

It was okay.

Fear Of A Black Planet

Public Enemy

2/5

Colour By Numbers

Culture Club

1/5

Aggressively mild in every way possible, complete with cheesy 80s sounds. I’d rather not listen to anything than this.

You're Living All Over Me

Dinosaur Jr.

4/5

Simply great

S&M

Metallica

2/5

Bayou Country

Creedence Clearwater Revival

4/5

There’s not much to say about classic rock albums like Bayou Country. They’re classics for a reason.

Funeral

Arcade Fire

1/5

This music has no balls. The singers voice is grating as are the vocal harmonies. I have no clue why this type of watered down terrible “rock” music became so popular in the 2000’s.

Fragile

Yes

4/5

Cans and Brahms, We Have Heaven, and Five Per Cent for Nothing feel like filler but are all under 2 minutes and don’t get in the way of the meat of the album. Everything else is Yes firing on all cylinders and it’s fantastic.

If I Should Fall From Grace With God

The Pogues

2/5

It’s Irish rock music alright. It’s fine, but every band that plays this kind of music sounds exactly the same. I definitely didn’t need 19 songs on this album.

Vespertine

Björk

1/5

No me gusta Björk.

Truth And Soul

Fishbone

2/5

Kind of interesting at times, but ultimately falls flat.

Band On The Run

Paul McCartney and Wings

3/5

The album has its highs and lows, but Paul McCartney always sounds great. It’s definitely not the Beatles, but still has its moments.

Electric Prunes

The Electric Prunes

2/5

Not bad as far as 60s psych rock goes. Still not something I will likely revisit.

Here, My Dear

Marvin Gaye

2/5

Hotel California

Eagles

4/5

The Clash

2/5

Hybrid Theory

Linkin Park

2/5

Angsty music for teenagers.

Tres Hombres

ZZ Top

3/5

Sunday At The Village Vanguard

Bill Evans Trio

2/5

Very sleepy songs overall. Fine a calm background music but not much more.

The Low End Theory

A Tribe Called Quest

3/5

Bitte Orca

Dirty Projectors

2/5

Very choppy n sloppy sounding. It sounds disorganized and as if ideas and rhythms were just slapped together without regard to how they fit in the song. Some interesting moments, but ultimately it’s a fatiguing listen.

Innervisions

Stevie Wonder

4/5

Aladdin Sane

David Bowie

2/5

I think this project is showing me that I don’t like David Bowie.

Here Are the Sonics

The Sonics

2/5

It’s okay. Good energy and performance, but it’s about as 60s as you can get.

Heroes to Zeros

The Beta Band

2/5

Meh

Surrealistic Pillow

Jefferson Airplane

3/5

Some good tracks mixed with some pretty forgettable ones.

1984

Van Halen

4/5

I hate jump. Everything else is very good.

Will The Circle Be Unbroken

Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

2/5

This just really isn’t my kind of music.

Home Is Where The Music Is

Hugh Masekela

4/5

Really surprised by this album. Enjoyed it quite a bit.

Night Life

Ray Price

1/5

Hell no.

Duck Rock

Malcolm McLaren

2/5

Two Buffalo girls go around the outside.

Teenager Of The Year

Frank Black

3/5

It has some great moments, a lot of weird moments, and some kind of annoying moments. Interesting album overall, but even after listening to it twice I’m not sure if it’s quite my thing.

Court And Spark

Joni Mitchell

5/5

The Band

3/5

Another album from the band, and again I feel it’s just okay.

Introducing The Hardline According To Terence Trent D'Arby

Terence Trent D'Arby

2/5

Bleh

Appetite For Destruction

Guns N' Roses

5/5

Hot damn

The Man Machine

Kraftwerk

3/5

Licensed To Ill

Beastie Boys

2/5

More like licensed to suck. I’ve tried with the beastie boys in the past but can never get into them. Their voices are extremely grating and every song feels repetitive.

Pet Sounds

The Beach Boys

3/5

Some great songs mixed with some rather forgettable ones. Decent overall, but not something I’ll return to anytime soon.

Live And Dangerous

Thin Lizzy

4/5

Hard Again

Muddy Waters

2/5

Call of the Valley

Shivkumar Sharma

2/5

Queen II

Queen

2/5

Not one of queens best.

Wild Wood

Paul Weller

3/5

A bit of a weird one for me. I like the music but feel that almost every song goes on too long. Also Paul’s voice can not be my favorite at times.

Thriller

Michael Jackson

2/5

I am admittedly not a Michael Jackson fan, and this album reminds me why. I can’t stand the ultra 80s sounds with all the cheesy synths, bass, and terrible hard snare drum sound. I feel like every track hits the snare on the 2 and 4 and doesn’t let up for the whole song. Some songs also feel like they go on a little too long. Michael is overall a great singer/performer but his music just isn’t for me.

Pieces Of The Sky

Emmylou Harris

3/5

She has a great voice, but a lot of the songs steer too far into a stereotypical country sound for me. The songs that don’t go there are quite enjoyable.

Heroes

David Bowie

2/5

Eh.

Haut de gamme / Koweït, rive gauche

Koffi Olomide

2/5

For Your Pleasure

Roxy Music

1/5

I guess I don’t like glam. Overly theatrical garbage.

Garbage