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Album	You	Global	Diff
Out Of The Blue	5	3.64	+1.36
São Paulo Confessions	4	2.84	+1.16

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Album	You	Global	Diff
Queens of the Stone Age	1	3.29	-2.29
Dummy	2	3.71	-1.71
Shaka Zulu	2	3.09	-1.09
Kind Of Blue	3	4.06	-1.06
Purple Rain	3	4.02	-1.02
Felt Mountain	2	3	-1

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Tracy Chapman

3/5

Went into this album having only ever listened to fast car. Don't think I was in the right mood to listen to this album and will definitely listen to it again in the future. I need to look into tracy chapmans politics as the lyrics were pretty powerful. Talkin bout a revolution, fast car, and behind the wall really stood out to me. For now I'll give this album a 3/5 but will likely change that in the future.

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Time Out

The Dave Brubeck Quartet

3/5

This is the first of the 1001 albums that I'll be trying to listen to and review review. Unfortunately, I have mostly only ever listened to jazz as a kind of music in the background. I thought that this album started off pretty strong and didn't feel like a forgettable background piece. I really liked blue rondo a la turk

Live At The Regal

B.B. King

4/5

I actually really liked this. I loved the live vibe and the conversations between tracks. The sound is so crisp and makes me feel nostalgia for something I didn’t experience. I imagine what it must’ve been like to be in that crowd. No one holding up phones in a sad attempt to immortalize a moment meant to be beautiful and fleeting. For a moment, all these people were captured by the same thing.

Tracy Chapman

3/5

Dummy

Portishead

2/5

Unpopular opinion but this album lowkey put me in a bad mood and im not entirely sure why. I think this album feels like it blends together too much. Like yeah glory box is good but still.

Automatic For The People

R.E.M.

4/5

This is a pretty solid album, surprised I haven't listened to it before. It's definitely a anthem for people in their 30s. Reading that this was the album Kurt Cobain was listening to when he died also made this album particularly poignant to me. Try not to breathe is a painful one, so is sweetness follows.

The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady

Charles Mingus

3/5

Good vibes for studying.

Tusk

Fleetwood Mac

3/5

The Low End Theory

A Tribe Called Quest

3/5

Pretty solid. Definitely see the cultural relevance.

The Stone Roses

3/5

Not too many thoughts on this album.

São Paulo Confessions

Suba

4/5

Don't judge a book by its cover or whatever but this album cover is beautiful, and the music doesn't stray either. Perfect for in the background listening

Queens of the Stone Age

1/5

Tbh did not love this. Lots of electric guitar doesn't guarantee a hit. Very repetitive.

Out Of The Blue

Electric Light Orchestra

5/5

Halfway through checking in, I'm already loving this. Although im working while listening, there are moments where I have to pick myself up and just listen. Wow.

Kind Of Blue

Miles Davis

3/5

I've gotten a lot of instrumental albums since starting this. I feel like im not qualified to judge this album because of my recent lack of musical activity. I like the sound, and for a moment I almost wrote "doesnt sound like anything new" but then recognized that 66 years ago this likely was something groundbreaking.

Marquee Moon

Television

3/5

Not too shabby, but also not super memorable :(

Beautiful Freak

Eels

3/5

Liked the vibes, hated the album cover, didnt absolutely love the lyrics. Pretty split about this album.

Back In Black

AC/DC

4/5

This didnt save my review :( Anyways, I tried not to feed into the hype but the hype was pretty valid. Got me through a very long night of work so kudos to the folks on over at AC/DC

Van Halen

3/5

Wish I could give this 3.5 stars. Definitely a controversial take but I dont think this is everything I expected it to be.

Sincere

Mj Cole

2/5

I understand the novelty and can appreciate the music, but still feel like it's falling short of something. Felt a little too repetitive and also a bit long winded.

Shaka Zulu

Ladysmith Black Mambazo

2/5

Definitely think that the work here has some merit to it, but it also feels very repetitive

The Doors

4/5

Definitely need to relisten to enjoy it more fully but this was a pretty solid album.

Suzanne Vega

3/5

Feels very bland. I like the lyrics but the sound is comparable to plain greek yogurt.

Purple Rain

Prince

3/5

I understand this is a pretty revolutionary album, but it just didn't quite do it for me.

Felt Mountain

Goldfrapp

2/5

Yeah this one just wasnt really it

Nowhere

Ride

3/5

Maybe im being way too picky about albums, but this wouldve gotten a 3.5 if it was an option. I see the vision but its not quite there

The Visitors

ABBA

4/5

Now we're talking. Right off the bat i love the build up. The sound is pretty consistently solid throughout.

My Generation

The Who

4/5

Pretty solid, never listened to the WHO like that before and thought that this was pretty good. Interestingly though, I listened to the deluxe edition which is like 3x longer than the original album. It got a bit excessive with the deluxe version but I still think of this album fondly.

Copper Blue

Sugar

3/5

Sounds very blink 182 ngl. Not particularly memorable but also nice for background music.

Songs From The Big Chair

Tears For Fears

4/5

One hit wonder lowkey but it is a banger

The Velvet Underground & Nico

The Velvet Underground

4/5

Whenever Nico does her thing this album hits. Also sunday morning is pretty good.

The Hissing Of Summer Lawns

Joni Mitchell

4/5

This was a pleasant surprise. Just a nice listen overall.

Halcyon Digest

Deerhunter

3/5

Curious vibe. Only ever really listened to agoraphobia by them and thought it was good, this wasn't as amazing except for a few good songs.

Merriweather Post Pavilion

Animal Collective

3/5

Reminded me of that one song bullfrog I really liked back in high school. Could be something i listen to while i work