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Album	You	Global	Diff
Darkness on the Edge of Town Bruce Springsteen	5	3.41	+1.59
Blonde On Blonde Bob Dylan	5	3.48	+1.52
With The Beatles Beatles	5	3.65	+1.35
Transformer Lou Reed	5	3.66	+1.34
Highway 61 Revisited Bob Dylan	5	3.75	+1.25
A Hard Day's Night Beatles	5	3.89	+1.11
I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You Aretha Franklin	5	3.93	+1.07
Exodus Bob Marley & The Wailers	5	3.94	+1.06
London Calling The Clash	5	3.96	+1.04

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Smokers Delight Nightmares On Wax	1	2.91	-1.91
KIWANUKA Michael Kiwanuka	2	3.74	-1.74
Movies Holger Czukay	1	2.71	-1.71
Mothership Connection Parliament	2	3.61	-1.61
Lust For Life Iggy Pop	2	3.6	-1.6
Cheap Thrills Big Brother & The Holding Company	2	3.42	-1.42
Either Or Elliott Smith	2	3.39	-1.39
The Downward Spiral Nine Inch Nails	2	3.34	-1.34
The Next Day David Bowie	2	3.29	-1.29
Trout Mask Replica Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band	1	2.29	-1.29

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Artist	Albums	Average
Beatles	3	5
Bob Dylan	2	5
Aretha Franklin	2	5

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Cheap Thrills

Big Brother & The Holding Company

2/5

Electric Ladyland

Jimi Hendrix

4/5

A bit of a mess but has some classics.

Paul Simon

3/5

I will always remember Me and Julio.. during The Royal Tannibaums

British Steel

Judas Priest

4/5

Highway 61 Revisited

Bob Dylan

5/5

No skip album. One of the greatest albums of all time.

Siembra

Willie Colón & Rubén Blades

3/5

I appreciate the quality of music here but I have no emotional attachment to this album.

Microshift

Hookworms

3/5

That was alright! A cross between Spiritualized and late era Wilco.

The Number Of The Beast

Iron Maiden

3/5

This album deserves another listen.

Sheer Heart Attack

Queen

3/5

Very unique. Nothing else like this in the 70’s

Transformer

Lou Reed

5/5

New York Poetry Recorded in London 3:30am on a Tuesday staring at a street lamp.

Diamond Life

Sade

3/5

Smooth as hell Peak 80’s

New Gold Dream (81/82/83/84)

Simple Minds

2/5

I’m dedicated to this project but not dedicated enough to listen to 50+ tracks that this album has. I listened to a shorter version and I had zero interest in it

Led Zeppelin IV

Led Zeppelin

5/5

Big fat guitar riffs. Makes me want to join a band.

The Next Day

David Bowie

2/5

I don’t think it is a terrible album. It’s fine I guess. I just see me ever listening to it again

Boy In Da Corner

Dizzee Rascal

2/5

I think it is funny to hear English dudes rap.

Here, My Dear

Marvin Gaye

3/5

It takes a lot of talent to create something like this. It’s art that I can’t fully comprehend but understand the greatness

The Downward Spiral

Nine Inch Nails

2/5

I did not like this. On the rare occasion, a cover is better than the original. This is one of those cases. Johnny Cash’s Hurt is better then Trent’s

Amnesiac

Radiohead

4/5

Spooky Adventurous Lost in Space Blood changes direction

Licensed To Ill

Beastie Boys

3/5

Has not aged well. Not to be taken seriously Silly fun

Trout Mask Replica

Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band

1/5

I hate this.

Guero

Beck

3/5

It’s a continuation of Odalay and Midnight Vultures but less party and more serious. Can’t say if that is a good thing or bad thing.

Smile

Brian Wilson

3/5

Pet Sounds is one of the greatest albums of all time. Beautiful and deep. Brian Wilson has been trying to replicate that magic even since….unsuccessfully.

Siamese Dream

The Smashing Pumpkins

4/5

I never listened to the Pumpkins when I was a teenager. I missed out on this album. I really like it!

Green River

Creedence Clearwater Revival

3/5

I’m not sure if we are suppose to worship CCR. This was a good album though

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness

The Smashing Pumpkins

3/5

First time hearing this album and I was a teenager in the 90’s. I think I need another listen. I think it would have been a four star album if it only had two sides

Smokers Delight

Nightmares On Wax

1/5

Nope. Junior Jazz.

Exit Planet Dust

The Chemical Brothers

2/5

I just don’t like this type of music. At least this was better then the previous album of 90’s Gap background music.

Songs For Swingin' Lovers!

Frank Sinatra

3/5

I’m not really a fan of this kind of music but geez, Frank’s voice! That commands attention.

Lust For Life

Iggy Pop

2/5

A couple of big hits but nothing that really grabs me

Tellin’ Stories

The Charlatans

2/5

Temu Oasis

Rage Against The Machine

4/5

There were no pictures of the band on the band. They were a mystery. They played hard. It was very influential for a teen in the 90’s. Every single one of us has sung along to, “Fuck you, I won’t do what you tell me” Too bad most of us didn’t take that to heart.

The Specials

3/5

Ska is great when done right. When it’s not, it’s just annoying. This is done right.

Automatic For The People

R.E.M.

3/5

REM is an underrated band I think.

A Hard Day's Night

Beatles

5/5

A thousand years from now, this will one of the albums in their ancient history space museum. Small tentacled school children will stare at the album cover before having lunch of protein slurry.

Paranoid

Black Sabbath

5/5

I think people get distracted by Ozxy’s shenanigans sometimes that this is an amazing album. So heavy for 1969.

Blunderbuss

Jack White

3/5

Rain Dogs

Tom Waits

3/5

Tracy Chapman

4/5

Very good debut album.

London Calling

The Clash

5/5

This has to be in the top 20 albums of all time.

Natty Dread

Bob Marley & The Wailers

4/5

Untitled (Black Is)

SAULT

2/5

I wonder who listens this. What are their lives like? What do they for a living? What do they do on Sunday afternoons? I think know that would be more interesting then this music

Disintegration

The Cure

4/5

Usually 80s music sounded terrible. The production was awful drum sounded like they were being recorded in an airplane hanger just terrible and the bands and the musicians from the 60s and 70s did not know how to use it proper. Everyone sounded awkward and ugly. But there are some band like the cure who is able to use that 80 sound like a sharp knife. This is the height of 80s music done very very well.

With The Beatles

Beatles

5/5

Pretty much every Beatles album is going to get 6 stars…expect for Yellow Submarine.

Eternally Yours

The Saints

2/5

The Stooges? No? Alright. It just didn’t connect with me.

Blonde On Blonde

Bob Dylan

5/5

Crocodiles

Echo And The Bunnymen

3/5

Competent 80s music.

Will The Circle Be Unbroken

Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

3/5

The guest stars on this album are insane Maybelline Carter, Earl Scruggs however the album is very long

The Clash

3/5

The start of greatness

Marquee Moon

Television

3/5

Solid album that I never heard before. Demands another listen.

Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music

Ray Charles

4/5

This is what geniuses do.

Rocks

Aerosmith

3/5

Metallica

3/5

The 90’s were not kind to a lot of hair metal bands. It could have been worse for Metallica.

Locust Abortion Technician

Butthole Surfers

2/5

I do not like this type of music. At least it was slightly more enjoyable then Captain Beefheart’s Trout Mask Replica.

KIWANUKA

Michael Kiwanuka

2/5

This was a very hard two to give sometimes music can make me almost come to tears, and sometimes gives me nothing at all zero emotional reaction. This is one of those albums. I don’t know why some albums or some music will get me emotional and some do not very strange. This album did not however, I do respect the quality of the album the musician ship it’s top notch, but I did not enjoy it.

Darkness on the Edge of Town

Bruce Springsteen

5/5

“I believe in the Promise Land” I think these words are the antithesis of what Bruce Springsteen is all about. Some people, when they think of him, think of “Born in USA” And think it’s some sort of “USA” rah rah song. And it is but not the way they think think it is. This album is filled with what America really is. The good and the bad. What it is right now is and what it is capable of. Beautiful and sad.

Revolver

Beatles

5/5

Some say this is their best album. I’m not sure about that. Maybe. I see myself giving all their albums after Revolver 5 stars… except Yellow Submarine. They tore of the shackles of being a “boy band” and started thinking for themselves.

Elephant

The White Stripes

4/5

It’s 2026!and rock n roll is dead. This album might have been one of its last hurrahs.

Movies

Holger Czukay

1/5

Listening to the first song I thought this was a German Weird Al. I wish you could give half stars. Terrible.

Drunk

Thundercat

3/5

The is a fun album. Not something I would listen to but he is definitely talented.

Either Or

Elliott Smith

2/5

I like depressing music but not this depressing music. Maybe if I started listening to his in my 20’s it would be a different story.

Led Zeppelin III

Led Zeppelin

4/5

More Songs About Buildings And Food

Talking Heads

3/5

Daydream Nation

Sonic Youth

3/5

Is this the first time hearing this album. Definitely a 3, probably a 4. It’s hard to give an album you listened to once a 4.

This Year's Model

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

3/5

Elvis Is Back

Elvis Presley

3/5

I think Elvis is a little overrated. I get it, he made a the girls go nuts and made parents nervous. But Little Richard and Chuck Berry did it better.

I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got

Sinead O'Connor

3/5

Terrible early 90’s production. Her voice and conviction is sincere but it sounds dated. This gets a 3 because of Nothing Compares 2 U

Lady Soul

Aretha Franklin

5/5

This album is scientifically perfect. All pieces are in the right place. Aretha’s voice comes from another place, deep within everyone’s soul. So deep, most don’t know it’s there, but Aretha does.

Mothership Connection

Parliament

2/5

Funkalicious!

Exodus

Bob Marley & The Wailers

5/5

Sometimes I think God sends down profits very rarely, but I think occasionally he sends somebody down to try us try and show us the light try and guide us down the path. Johnny Cash is one and I believe Bob Marley is another.

The Wildest!

Louis Prima

3/5

It’s a fun album. A party album. I’m not a huge fan of Swing but this gets you going.

Lam Toro

Baaba Maal

3/5

I’m not familiar with Lam Toro but it sounds like he knows what he is doing.

Cypress Hill

3/5

90’s hip hop. A category all of its own. I hope there’s more hip hop on the list.

I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You

Aretha Franklin

5/5

This music will last for a thousand years. Because it was made from the Soul. It came from the depths of the Earth. From hardship. From somewhere that most people can’t understand. It’s real life magic.

Hot Fuss

The Killers

3/5

I don’t like this type of music I’m not a fan. But there’s no doubt there’s some huge hits on this album and they know how to write music. It’s very well done very well produced. I’m just not a fan of this type of music.

Hunky Dory

David Bowie

3/5

David Bowie is a branch of rock n roll that I just haven’t gone down. I’m still not sure if I want to go down it.