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Album	You	Global	Diff
Melody A.M. Röyksopp	5	3.21	+1.79
Rio Duran Duran	5	3.49	+1.51
The Stone Roses The Stone Roses	5	3.64	+1.36
The Infotainment Scan The Fall	4	2.72	+1.28
Songs From The Big Chair Tears For Fears	5	3.74	+1.26
The Who Sell Out The Who	4	3	+1

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Album	You	Global	Diff
Getz/Gilberto Stan Getz	1	3.65	-2.65
Born To Run Bruce Springsteen	1	3.64	-2.64
The Marshall Mathers LP Eminem	1	3.49	-2.49
Tusk Fleetwood Mac	1	3.46	-2.46
The ArchAndroid Janelle Monáe	1	3.45	-2.45
Fragile Yes	1	3.31	-2.31
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot Wilco	1	3.3	-2.3
The Bends Radiohead	2	4.01	-2.01
The Dreaming Kate Bush	1	2.97	-1.97
In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida Iron Butterfly	1	2.94	-1.94

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Exile On Main Street

The Rolling Stones

3/5

You can’t go wrong with The Rolling Stones but there are much better albums out there from them.

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MTV Unplugged In New York

Nirvana

5/5

A true classic

Adele

4/5

One of the great voices in music

Rio

Duran Duran

5/5

Not only is there not a bad song on this entire album but most are absolute 80’s classics.

Elephant

The White Stripes

3/5

Definitely some great tracks here but some song were just too noisy for me.

The Queen Is Dead

The Smiths

4/5

A solid album chocked full of moody 80’s gothic anthems

The Dreaming

Kate Bush

1/5

I think Kate Bush is trying to out weird Bjork. Very bizarre style. I know she can sing but not on this album. She sounds like she took singing lessons from Yoko Ono. There is not a single song on this album I would willingly listen to again.

Highway 61 Revisited

Bob Dylan

4/5

Dylan is one of the great song writers for sure. His vocals, much like Neil Young, can take some getting used to like an acquired taste. Solid album.

Exile On Main Street

The Rolling Stones

3/5

You can’t go wrong with The Rolling Stones but there are much better albums out there from them.

Joan Armatrading

3/5

First time hearing her music. This album is a solid sound of folk mixed with a little 70’s funk. A good listen.

Guitar Town

Steve Earle

2/5

Kind of sounds like John Mellencamp With a country twang.

Melody A.M.

Röyksopp

5/5

Very eclectic sound morphing from an almost soft jazz sound into new age and atmospheric mood. Loved every bit of it.

The Infotainment Scan

The Fall

4/5

Can’t believe I missed this band. Their semi punk, garage sound is reminiscent of early Clash, The The and The Call. Really great stuff with a huge catalog of albums and singles. Again, I don’t know how I missed this band.

Getz/Gilberto

Stan Getz

1/5

Not my jam.

If You Can Believe Your Eyes & Ears

The Mamas & The Papas

3/5

You gotta love the Mama’s and the Papa’s. One of the best vocal groups of their time.

More Songs About Buildings And Food

Talking Heads

3/5

It is fun to listen to this early album and hear how their unique sound was being developed.

Brothers

The Black Keys

4/5

Love the Black Keys. Destined to be one of the great sounds of this century.

All Things Must Pass

George Harrison

4/5

One of the most underrated musicians of our time. His songwriting is superior and no one plays the slide guitar like George.

Adele

3/5

Great vocals. Decent album. It all just seems to start sounding the same.

The Marshall Mathers LP

Eminem

1/5

If I want to hear someone yell obscenities at me I’ll go hang out at the local Jr high school.

Actually

Pet Shop Boys

4/5

Some 80’s gems in this one to be sure.

Surf's Up

The Beach Boys

4/5

Great album with songs I hadn’t heard before. Very different sound from what you generally associate with The Beach Boys.

Foo Fighters

3/5

Good stuff.

Cosmo's Factory

Creedence Clearwater Revival

4/5

Great album with some of the classics of the 70’s but full of hidden treasures as well.

Hot Buttered Soul

Isaac Hayes

2/5

Has some good soul groove sounds but couldn’t get into some the more ballad type songs.

Before And After Science

Brian Eno

2/5

No bad. But not great either.

Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

2/5

Not bad but not great either.

Songs From The Big Chair

Tears For Fears

5/5

One of the best albums out there.

Birth Of The Cool

Miles Davis

2/5

He’s a legend but not my style.

The Joshua Tree

4/5

Iconic album from an iconic band.

Maxinquaye

Tricky

4/5

Great stuff. Happy to see they have an extensive catalogue.

Buena Vista Social Club

3/5

Nice Latin sound. Wish I understood what they were singing.

Blunderbuss

Jack White

4/5

Great stuff. I really liked the addition of the piano in a few of the songs.

Moving Pictures

Rush

3/5

Never been a big Rush fan but this album does have some gems.

People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm

A Tribe Called Quest

3/5

A surprising fun listen.

Fuzzy Logic

Super Furry Animals

3/5

Interesting sound. Not a bad album. Not sure they were really as influential or cutting edge as their bio wants us to believe but not bad stuff.

Tusk

Fleetwood Mac

1/5

This album felt like the band was just going through the motions. Every song is slow, boring and uneventful.

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

3/5

Petty is always solid

Meat Is Murder

The Smiths

4/5

The sounds of my youth. Great album.

In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida

Iron Butterfly

1/5

The last song is an epic classic but the rest didn’t do anything for me.

Live At Leeds

The Who

2/5

There is much better stuff from the WHO.

Surrealistic Pillow

Jefferson Airplane

3/5

Some great classics in there.

In Utero

Nirvana

4/5

Some absolute gems in this album mixed in with some noisy filler.

John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band

John Lennon

3/5

Good stuff

In Rainbows

Radiohead

2/5

Some of it was okay but most of the songs on this album are slow, boring and don’t seem to go anywhere.

The Bends

Radiohead

2/5

Solid album but just can’t love Radiohead overall.

Mothership Connection

Parliament

4/5

It wouldn’t have been the 70’s without Parliament. Absolute best funk you can find.

Born To Run

Bruce Springsteen

1/5

Seems a bit unamerican but injustice cant get into Bruce Springsteen for some reason.

Vol. 4

Black Sabbath

2/5

Album as a whole is okay but lacks the energy associated with Black Sabbath and especially that of Ozzy himself.

Logical Progression

LTJ Bukem

3/5

Good ambiance/background music while you’re working.

Hot Rats

Frank Zappa

3/5

Not what I expected from Zappa. Much more instrumental.

The Number Of The Beast

Iron Maiden

3/5

For theatrical metal it doesn’t get much better than this.

Highly Evolved

The Vines

4/5

Good stuff. There is a hint of Nirvana and maybe Stone Temple Pilots in their sound but they have created their own sound.

Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

Wilco

1/5

Kids shown monotone and boring to be honest. I really wanted to like this one but just couldn’t get into it.

Superunknown

Soundgarden

4/5

Soundgarden was instrumental in introducing a new “modern metal” sound that broke away from the traditional heavy metal of the late 80’s and early 90’s. This album represents that new metal sound perfectly.

Boy In Da Corner

Dizzee Rascal

3/5

This was an absolutely bizarre combination of hip hop and electronic. It was the audio version of a circus side show. I did not expect to like this but I found it oddly entertaining.

The ArchAndroid

Janelle Monáe

1/5

Not for me.

Mama Said Knock You Out

LL Cool J

1/5

Not my jam.

Disraeli Gears

Cream

3/5

Definitely some gems in this one.

Fleet Foxes

4/5

This album has a sweetness to it that is irresistible.

Eagles

2/5

Some absolutely iconic gems in there among a lot of very mediocre songs. A greatest hits album would be a better option, if the Eagles have enough good stuff to fill a greatest hits album.

Marquee Moon

Television

3/5

Solid work

The Rise & Fall

Madness

4/5

Madness always hits right.

Odessey And Oracle

The Zombies

3/5

Classic rock goodness