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Album	You	Global	Diff
90 808 State	5	2.69	+2.31
No Other Gene Clark	5	3.19	+1.81

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Ellington at Newport Duke Ellington	1	3.43	-2.43
Court And Spark Joni Mitchell	1	3.35	-2.35
Entertainment Gang Of Four	1	3.25	-2.25
The Stone Roses The Stone Roses	2	3.64	-1.64
Hotel California Eagles	2	3.6	-1.6
Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols Sex Pistols	2	3.46	-1.46
Garbage Garbage	2	3.38	-1.38
Doggystyle Snoop Dogg	2	3.38	-1.38
Figure 8 Elliott Smith	2	3.32	-1.32
Dirty Sonic Youth	2	3.1	-1.1

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Ellington at Newport

Duke Ellington

1/5

Not quite my tempo… unfortunately an all around snooze fest. I can appreciate what he may have done for the genre but me listening to it today was tough to get through. INCREDIBLE background music tho. 3/10 My Top Track: Take the “A” Train

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The Predator

Ice Cube

3/5

Honestly 90s rap was also kinda corny to me, but this one actually was interesting and kept my attention. Lots of energy and catchy beats. Strong start “with when will they shoot?” And a classic in the middle with “it was a good day”. The rest of it had some vibes but was some of the commentary or story parts were a bit cringey (end sequence of “Say hi to the bad guy”). Overall had a good time with this and probably had a lot of good commentary on social issues in LA in the early 90s but I’m no historian. 7/10

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Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots

The Flaming Lips

4/5

Great start with Yoshimi pt1 being an absolute banger then pt2 threw away all my excitement. Thankfully this was the only bad song because the rest of the tracks were fantastic and a great outro instrumental that ties it all together. Overall a very strong cohesive gloopy album. Top tracks: Yoshimi pt1, do you realize??, Approaching Pavonis Mons

Legalize It

Peter Tosh

4/5

Don’t listen to reggae but a great vibe and enjoyable listen. Hate me but the title track wasn’t good but the rest of the tracks were. Best tracks were in the middle and slowly tapered back to good by the end. Strong 7/10 Top tracks: Ketchy Shuby>>>>igziabeher>why must I cry

Garbage

2/5

Alternative rock made specifically to play in Macy’s. Couple of good songs but for the most part nothing too unique. Frequently had some interesting sections within songs but got let down right after (Fix Me Now’s chorus vs the rest of it…) weak 5/10. My Top Tracks: Vow, Not My Idea

Ellington at Newport

Duke Ellington

1/5

Moving Pictures

Rush

4/5

A prog rock classic. I have to disclose I have nostalgia for this album because the radio in my first car didn’t work and I had two CDs, A Van Halen album and this one, so I may be biased. This album I think had a good balance of instrumental and voiced songs as well as riffs that were interesting and unique but not offensive or too experimental like other prog rock albums. An easy to listen to, fun album with some amazing drums throughout. 8/10 Top Tracks: Tom Sawyer, YYZ

No Other

Gene Clark

5/5

Fantastic, heartfelt, and soulful. Was so into it I didn’t even check the tracks to rate them individually, and by the end I had to play it again. 10/10

The Predator

Ice Cube

3/5

Hotel California

Eagles

2/5

This album is 1 good guitar solo and the most mid margaritaville soundtrack. There are two good songs hotel California and surprisingly the best on the album, Try and Love Again. Life in the fast lane continues to be the worst song written. Overall didn’t change my opinion of the eagles. Incredibly overrated and just okay. 5/10

The Stone Roses

2/5

Odd mix of alternative and pop elements. Mostly 70s pop feel but nothing too unique. Not sure i liked any of the songs. 4/10

Talking Book

Stevie Wonder

3/5

Pretty solid funky jams. Superstition is a classic and You and I is a great one I’ve never heard before. 7/10

Only By The Night

Kings of Leon

3/5

Solid album but the hits are hits and there’s a reason I haven’t heard any of the other ones. Manhattan was pretty good but 17 was weird. Overall good sound 5/10.

Hearts And Bones

Paul Simon

2/5

Maybe he needs Garfunkel after all. Maybe the lyrics make up for it but the sound is quite bland and often annoying. Allergies and Cars are Cars are absolute earsores. But hearts and bones and Rene and Georgette are quite good but really the only good ones. Overall weak album for me. 3/10

Dare!

The Human League

3/5

Started off sounding pretty redundant for 80s Electronic pop but maybe about mid way through the album it got real catchy. Darkness and Don’t You Want Me were the strongest songs. Very catchy, and interesting vocals, but not crazy unique. 6/10

Figure 8

Elliott Smith

2/5

Not my first time listening to Elliot smith and I tried to like him but I really don’t get it. His voice is boring, the instruments don’t move me, and there wasn’t a song on here I liked. Nothing I particularly disliked either though. He stands out as a unique singer songwriter but it’s not for me. 3/10

Court And Spark

Joni Mitchell

1/5

I don’t what it is but her cadence kinda pmo same way Faye Webster does. Very typical instrumentation in the 70s and felt like I’ve heard it before. Also Twisted being very swingy and Jazzy kinda threw me off since it was the only one that sounded like that, but it might have been the best song. Overall weak. 3/10

Entertainment

Gang Of Four

1/5

First 3 songs were annoying with Not Great Man almost making me turn the album off. Damaged goods was almost good then the rest was bad. I liked no song on this whole album. The whole thing sounds like a teenagers first try at making music. 0/10

Underwater Moonlight

The Soft Boys

2/5

It’s fine. Just sounds like if the Beatles were worse and considering this came out after the blueprint, what were they doing? 5/10

Hard Again

Muddy Waters

4/5

Never a dull moment. Vibed with the whole thing. Some of the guitar solos sounded pretty similar in each of the songs but still a vibe. Great voice and some great soul. 7/10

Pearl

Janis Joplin

3/5

She has a great voice that accompanies the instruments well. Lots of emotion but got repetitive. Mercedes Benz was awful but my top song was trust me. 5/10

Band On The Run

Paul McCartney and Wings

4/5

Paul McCartney carries the Beatles. Band on the run and Jet are two of the best Beatles songs. The albums starts crazy strong with these two. The rest of the songs are good but don’t keep up with the first two songs (1900 85 was a great end though) .Overall great album 8/10

The Renaissance

Q-Tip

3/5

The Bends

Radiohead

5/5

Beautiful opening song but the Bends is the weakest song I feel. Just alright. High and Dry is a 10/10 and the rest of its stayed very strong. Had to have another listen. Very strong 9/10 but I may skip 1 or 2 songs in the future.

The Grand Tour

George Jones

3/5

Actually one of the stronger 70s country albums. First few songs had me hooked but by about the 4th song I didn’t get anything different. Not bad

Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols

Sex Pistols

2/5

I see why they’re influential but it doesn’t really hold up. The whole album is just power chords, the same drum line, and a voice that’s not that interesting. For as punk as they are they weren’t breaking any ground with their music but I think the punkness came from off the record stuff. 4/10

The Village Green Preservation Society

The Kinks

3/5

Overall ok. Kinda just sounded like a worse version of the Beatles. I see how they could have scared a mother in 1968 with “Sitting by the riverside”. 6/10

Here, My Dear

Marvin Gaye

4/5

So many 10/10 songs on here but I feel like I can’t give the whole album a 10/10. Very sluggish towards the middle once “Time to get together” started and even a couple skips. Album is very long too, but even the bad songs are still good. Very very strong album. 9/10

808 State

5/5

Didn’t expect to like this as much as I did. It’s a record that I want played in every sci-fi action movie and every classic video game boss. Never dull and always energetic. 9/10

Dirty

Sonic Youth

2/5

Not much of a sonic youth fan coming into this and this one didn’t change my mind. Only the back half of this is listenable and maybe Sugar Kane. Definitely experimental but not all experiments work and most of these songs don’t do to me except make me want to skip it. 4/10.

Doggystyle

Snoop Dogg

2/5

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