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Album	You	Global	Diff
Winter In America Gil Scott-Heron	5	3.25	+1.75
Beautiful Freak Eels	5	3.28	+1.72
Smash The Offspring	5	3.37	+1.63
Head Hunters Herbie Hancock	5	3.55	+1.45
Heroes David Bowie	5	3.61	+1.39
Tea for the Tillerman Cat Stevens	5	3.69	+1.31
Vol. 4 Black Sabbath	5	3.75	+1.25
Bad Michael Jackson	5	3.8	+1.2
Quiet Life Japan	4	2.85	+1.15
Pet Sounds The Beach Boys	5	3.92	+1.08

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Surfer Rosa

Pixies

4/5

Classic garage/grunge, hard to get through if you aren't in the mood though. The vibes are classic either way. Has Where Is My Mind, which is a classic.

MTV Unplugged In New York

Nirvana

5/5

Man, what a classic. The thing that sticks out to me the most is Kurt's voice. He had such a signature twang that I don't think I've ever heard before. It really set the tone for the entire grunge movement. I love how fucked up and beautiful it is. Which is the ethos of grunge I most admire.

Tea for the Tillerman

Cat Stevens

5/5

Younger Than Yesterday

The Byrds

4/5

Jangly, high-quality 60s pop that really hits the spot for what you think the 60s sounds like. To that end, I think their act was a little derivative while at the same time being influential and meaningful. That's the 60s for ya.

Winter In America

Gil Scott-Heron

5/5

What a voice, what a message! Couldn't find the full album but the Winter in America piece was fantastic. I didn't realize his voice was so nice, having read him as a college student. The message never gets old. Especially not right now. Almost comforting to know that there have been trials and tribulations in the past that were made better with community and speaking truth to power like Gil.

Pet Sounds

The Beach Boys

5/5

Seminal, amazing work that honestly only gets better with age. As someone who grew up on the more Beatles side of things, it's interesting to hear the different, more passive perspective coming from the Beach Boys during this time of experimentation. It's sincere, sweet even. God Only Knows remains one of the great songs ever written.

Blunderbuss

Jack White

3/5

I really fell off with Jack after the Stripes broke up and it was largely due to this album. I feel like the difference between this and even Icky Thump is stark. Less dynamic and textured and more of the fast-talking rap-singing schtick which has more or less become his whole deal. I'm an "actually the White Stripes are an art-house blues band" guy so this isn't groundbreaking news to anyone.

Master Of Puppets

Metallica

4/5

Classic, blistering thrash. Battery is probably a perfect thrash track. Master of Puppets is a classic (and a bitch to play) and Disposable Heroes grew on me this time around.

Smash

The Offspring

5/5

What can we say about the Offspring?? This is their incredible smash hit (see what I did) album from the 90s and it's still exactly as I remember it: kind of bad, kind of insane, but dripping with heart, honesty, and realness. They were real punks in a time of corporatism. The lead singer's voice is nasally and upsetting. Their songs are about how much they suck. They are shamefully noisy. God I love it.

Back At The Chicken Shack

Jimmy Smith

4/5

Who knew about the history of the organ in jazz?? Jimmy Smith did and now so do I. A pleasant, jazzy album with a super subtle but integral organ track underneath it all.

Heroes

David Bowie

5/5

Who knew this album had ambient music -- the more I learn about Bowie, the more I love him. They didn't write any lyrics to this stuff, just got up there and talked. Highly bizarre but in the kind of way you can't get enough of. The music boogies.

Ocean Rain

Echo And The Bunnymen

4/5

Classic new wave. Flea from RHCP said he draws a lot of inspo from them and I could see it this time around. The back half of the album is banger after banger.

Rubber Soul

Beatles

5/5

What can I say about this album? It changed my life along with most of the post-'64 Beatles catalog. This is the silly, vapid rock and roll of the 50s and early 60s coming of age in a real, complete way. Pop music would never be the same. Also the songs STILL SLAP. Can you believe that?

Raw Power

The Stooges

4/5

Boy what an insane 35 minutes. You can tell its real, raw punk by the way the guitars play the same riffs throughout the song. Really though, I miss this kind of iconoclastic music. Punks like Iggy here showed the world that the beauty of the world can be found in the grime and the muck too.

Bad

Michael Jackson

5/5

Seventeen Seconds

The Cure

4/5

Good solid new wave, The Cure knew what they were about.

Arrival

ABBA

3/5

The Clash

4/5

Great, straightforward punk rock. There's a reason these guys are considered genre defining.

Everything Must Go

Manic Street Preachers

4/5

I liked it! I haven't had a ton of experience with this brand of indie/pop rock from that era and from Wales apparently. I enjoyed the hard-hitting lyricism and the composition and vocals were right up my alley.

Vol. 4

Black Sabbath

5/5

Great! Supernaut is insanely good, didn't know I like another Sabbath album outside of Paranoid.

Disintegration

The Cure

4/5

Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo

Devo

3/5

Don't Come Home A Drinkin' (With Lovin' On Your Mind)

Loretta Lynn

3/5

The Man Who

Travis

3/5

Heaven Or Las Vegas

Cocteau Twins

3/5

Head Hunters

Herbie Hancock

5/5

Man, just a solid ass jazz/funk album by the great Herbie Hancock. If this is what you want, look no further.

Quiet Life

Japan

4/5

Beautiful Freak

Eels

5/5

Shrek! This album was such a joy. Loved the vibe and it made me so nostalgic for my childhood. I feel like this guy is doing Jane's Addiction but is he doing it...better?

Cosmo's Factory

Creedence Clearwater Revival

4/5

Man, I should give more CCR albums a chance. Love their songs on the radio, of course. But this was a fun album and very tight and I had never listened to one before.

Electric Ladyland

Jimi Hendrix

5/5

This is one of the great pieces of music to come out of the 1900s and rock music in general. Beautiful and sublime, it slides into your head and stays there all your life. Listen to Jimi's albums people.

The Number Of The Beast

Iron Maiden

4/5

Great, classic, and hard-hitting. Maintains that note throughout the whole album.

Penthouse And Pavement

Heaven 17

3/5

Weird!

Melody A.M.

Röyksopp

4/5

Really chill electronica, great moods.