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Album	You	Global	Diff
Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs Derek & The Dominos	5	3.39	+1.61
Fleet Foxes Fleet Foxes	5	3.44	+1.56
Unknown Pleasures Joy Division	5	3.47	+1.53
The Atomic Mr Basie Count Basie & His Orchestra	5	3.5	+1.5

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Pet Sounds The Beach Boys	2	3.93	-1.93
People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm A Tribe Called Quest	2	3.61	-1.61
Paul's Boutique Beastie Boys	2	3.47	-1.47
We're Only In It For The Money The Mothers Of Invention	1	2.47	-1.47
Aftermath The Rolling Stones	2	3.38	-1.38
Ready To Die The Notorious B.I.G.	2	3.36	-1.36
Repeater Fugazi	2	3.12	-1.12
The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn Pink Floyd	2	3.11	-1.11
Ambient 1/Music For Airports Brian Eno	2	3.07	-1.07
Smile Brian Wilson	2	3.05	-1.05

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Beach Samba

Astrud Gilberto

3/5

I'm not big on Samba but Astrud is THEE samba girlie and her voice is great.

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The Bends

Radiohead

4/5

Dookie

Green Day

4/5

Tre Cool is such an underrated drummer. This was never my favorite GD album but the less major songs really grew on me this listen

Fleet Foxes

5/5

Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire)

The Kinks

3/5

I bet they were super fun live but this one's not really hitting. Also, for those who care: HUGE difference between the Stereo & Mono mixes.

Melodrama

Lorde

3/5

WAY too long - thought her first was better

Led Zeppelin IV

Led Zeppelin

5/5

This might be a hot take but Led Zeppelin,,,,, is pretty good. I loved every bit of even the most self-indulgent noodling bits. Also this is my first time listening to IV all the way through despite being raised on Zep, and my god is putting Stairway right after The Battle of Evermore a CHOICE

The Joshua Tree

3/5

I've always kinda liked U2's sound but after the 3 hits up top it gets kinda samey. I did like the song "Exit" though

The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn

Pink Floyd

2/5

I'm sure it was innovative for 1967 but it mostly just seems noodly and ridiculous now.

Blue

Joni Mitchell

4/5

This Is Fats Domino

Fats Domino

3/5

It was a little samey but in terms of early rock n roll it was fun

Under Construction

Missy Elliott

4/5

Lots of fun! Parts of it very of its time but she's one of my favorites of late90s/early00s rap

Songs For Swingin' Lovers!

Frank Sinatra

4/5

Paul's Boutique

Beastie Boys

2/5

I had a lot of the same issues with this that I had with Ready to Die (too long, some bangers but a lot of weird filler) but also they're just so cute

Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols

Sex Pistols

3/5

fun!

Sheet Music

10cc

3/5

I mean this affectionately: W h a t.

Blunderbuss

Jack White

4/5

Are You Experienced

Jimi Hendrix

4/5

A Short Album About Love

The Divine Comedy

2/5

I genuinely don't know what to think of this one but I think it's on here because the guy who made the list is from the UK - I've always heard the list put a bit too much emphasis on british isles based 80s/90s stuff but wow. That said, I didn't hate it? Like the instrumentals were fun. But also: why.

Arrival

ABBA

3/5

The bangers are bangers and I indirectly owe my marriage to half of ABBA but,,, idk. (also, some surprisingly Celtic-y stuff in here as well!)

Stand!

Sly & The Family Stone

3/5

KIWANUKA

Michael Kiwanuka

3/5

Ambient 1/Music For Airports

Brian Eno

2/5

I liked the first track (of the four) a lot but not so much the other ones. The synthesized voices were a bit of a turnoff.

Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs

Derek & The Dominos

5/5

This gets an entirely biased 5 stars from me. I grew up on Layla, and the title song was one of my first favorites growing up. The album as a whole rocks for the entire 76 minutes. I have so many problems with Eric Clapton as a dude and even as a musician, and I should probably be listening to more black blues artists, but goddamn I cannot bring myself to not love this album. Sometimes you wanna fuck George Harrison's wife so bad that it makes you make the perfect album, idk

Master Of Puppets

Metallica

4/5

Update with another hot take: Metallica Also Good

Rising Above Bedlam

Jah Wobble's Invaders Of The Heart

2/5

461 Ocean Boulevard

Eric Clapton

3/5

SHOCKINGLY mid

Nevermind

Nirvana

4/5

Nirvana Good

There's No Place Like America Today

Curtis Mayfield

3/5

Good, funky, a little samey but doesn't overstay its welcome

Peter Gabriel 3

Peter Gabriel

3/5

More like a 3.5 but the sound especially in the first half is really cool.

More Songs About Buildings And Food

Talking Heads

3/5

Aftermath

The Rolling Stones

2/5

OK so I had to look this up. Apparently Aftermath was the first RS album to be mostly original compositions and where they kind of really came into their sound. So, it makes more sense in context why this would be on here (like Pink Floyd's Pipers) but the album as it stands is super boring and I KNOW the Stones have better releases later on - I can understand now why Beatles fans had kind of a superiority complex over the Stones fans around the mid 60s. Plus, US release eliminated and reordered a few tracks and replaced the opener with Paint It Black, which remained a non-album single in the UK. PIB's inclusion I think would've really done a lot to establish this album's sound, but getting rid of Mother's Little Helper for the US release was a mistake, as it's one of the better tracks. I think mucking around with it a little more (having both PIB and MLH on there for a start) would create a slightly better album, but even then most of the thing would be 40+ minutes of the same tempo in 4/4 with Jagger talk-singing over it with little variation.

Abraxas

Santana

4/5

OYE COMO VA... MI RITMO BUENO PA GOZAR... MULATA

Beautiful Freak

Eels

3/5

If I had been a teenager in 1996 this would have rewired my brain chemistry I think. Also a pleasant surprise in the form of "My Beloved Monster", an underrated jam from the Shrek soundtrack.

Ready To Die

The Notorious B.I.G.

2/5

way, way, way, way too long, but also has some really good bits, and there's a lot of things on here I realize have been referenced a whole lot. I feel like it deserves a relisten from me but I simply do not have the patience.

Repeater

Fugazi

2/5

I can see where it was innovative and the instrumentals are interesting but it's not my thing

The Hour Of Bewilderbeast

Badly Drawn Boy

3/5

Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

4/5

Yes absolutely

Group Sex

Circle Jerks

3/5

hell yea

Iron Maiden

3/5

don't totally vibe with the vocals, but apparently this is their old vocalist. also catch me fully riverdance to Transylvania

Can't Buy A Thrill

Steely Dan

3/5

this fucks

Machine Head

Deep Purple

4/5

We're Only In It For The Money

The Mothers Of Invention

1/5

Some of the lyrics made me laugh but this was overall an unpleasant experience. My ceiling for late 60s silly psychedelic fuckaroundery is about at the level of The Beatles' White Album and this was just too much. That said, I might have liked, say, watching a live version of this without all the studio noodling. But this is my first 1-star for a reason.

Forever Changes

Love

3/5

Bat Out Of Hell

Meat Loaf

4/5

Another one I'm incapable of being objective about because I've known this album back to front since the womb. It's like if movie theater popcorn was music. The kind drowning in butter and that you pour chocolate candy into. FOR CRYIN OUT LOUD, YOU KNOW I LOVE YOU

Madman Across The Water

Elton John

3/5

People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm

A Tribe Called Quest

2/5

Man I wish I liked this more. I think maybe I just don't vibe with early 90s rap.

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Shuggie Otis

3/5

Brothers In Arms

Dire Straits

3/5

this rules actually

Smash

The Offspring

4/5

hell yea man

Goo

Sonic Youth

3/5

wasn't for me

Graceland

Paul Simon

4/5

The Soft Bulletin

The Flaming Lips

3/5

Blood, Sweat & Tears

4/5

Very weird, not what I expected, but it really grew on me throughout.

Horses

Patti Smith

3/5

There's a particular riff that she really likes hitting but it gets old after a while. I did like it, and the version i listened to had a live recording of her doing The Who's "My Generation" which was SO FUN

Jazz Samba

Stan Getz

3/5

nice!

The Atomic Mr Basie

Count Basie & His Orchestra

5/5

Talking Book

Stevie Wonder

3/5

Never realized that 90s boybands simply copied Stevie's homework this whole time. (Also I picked this one to listen to because I needed something chill after Offspring and SOAD - it was a good choice)

Heroes

David Bowie

3/5

ok fun but the back half is entirely like, instrumental meditation music of sorts, and that one doesn't really hit

Every Picture Tells A Story

Rod Stewart

3/5

Pet Sounds

The Beach Boys

2/5

Look I'm well aware this is sacrilege and it's so clear this was mindblowing and innovative in 1966 but I really just....do not like baroque pop. I like Sloop John B but that's about it.

Smile

Brian Wilson

2/5

I don't GET IT

Nilsson Schmilsson

Harry Nilsson

4/5

Hunky Dory

David Bowie

3/5

Live At Leeds

The Who

3/5

I didn't know what to make of this at first. Live albums aren't really for me, and the first track didn't sound great, but it grew on me. The Who is my favorite band and there were a couple great interpretations on here, and the remastering really captures Entwistle's bass which I always appreciate, and Keith was ON FIRE for this set. That said: eh.

Unknown Pleasures

Joy Division

5/5

Ian Curtis's voice makes me Feel Things

Ananda Shankar

3/5

fucking shred it ananda

American Pie

Don McLean

4/5

fucking great. obviously i know the title track super well and while that more upbeat tone doesn't carry through most of the album this is a really solid folk rock album with some great writing

Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme

Simon & Garfunkel

4/5

Bob Dylan found nuked from orbit at Scarborough Fair

Beach Samba

Astrud Gilberto

3/5

I'm not big on Samba but Astrud is THEE samba girlie and her voice is great.

Automatic For The People

R.E.M.

3/5

they jangly

System Of A Down

4/5

The Wall

Pink Floyd

5/5

I could write a paper on this I think. I'm not gonna, but I could.

Grace

Jeff Buckley

4/5

If Anais Mitchell wasn't picturing him as the voice of Orpheus in Hadestown I'll eat my hat. This guy is ETHEREAL. I once heard a grainy live recording of him singing the aria Dido's Lament and I recommend everyone go seek it out. He's obviously not an opera singer but he brings something really unique to it. I can see now why there are a jillion posthumous albums, too - I'd want every scrap of tape his voice his on.

Time (The Revelator)

Gillian Welch

3/5

Transformer

Lou Reed

3/5

Vol. 4

Black Sabbath

4/5

fuck yea dude

You Want It Darker

Leonard Cohen

4/5

God I'm a sucker for a baritone

The Genius Of Ray Charles

Ray Charles

3/5