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Album	You	Global	Diff
Moby Grape Moby Grape	5	2.94	+2.06
Court And Spark Joni Mitchell	5	3.35	+1.65
Born In The U.S.A. Bruce Springsteen	5	3.7	+1.3
Triangle The Beau Brummels	4	2.71	+1.29
Highway 61 Revisited Bob Dylan	5	3.77	+1.23
Tracy Chapman Tracy Chapman	5	3.79	+1.21
Signing Off UB40	4	2.97	+1.03
Midnight Ride Paul Revere & The Raiders	4	3	+1

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Follow The Leader Korn	1	2.66	-1.66
To Pimp A Butterfly Kendrick Lamar	2	3.61	-1.61
Dirt Alice In Chains	2	3.47	-1.47
Five Leaves Left Nick Drake	2	3.47	-1.47
Since I Left You The Avalanches	2	3.28	-1.28
Fetch The Bolt Cutters Fiona Apple	2	3.2	-1.2
Loveless My Bloody Valentine	2	3.17	-1.17
Vespertine Björk	2	3.16	-1.16
Veckatimest Grizzly Bear	2	3.05	-1.05
Your Arsenal Morrissey	2	3.05	-1.05

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It's Blitz!

Yeah Yeah Yeahs

3/5

2.5/5 I just can’t get into this. She has a hypnotic voice, but I just don’t identify with the songs.

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Black Holes and Revelations

Muse

4/5

4/5. I liked it better than I expected to being I don’t know much Muse. I liked the electronica, the epic sound. Great vocals, great harmonies. Would listen to again.

Rumours

Fleetwood Mac

5/5

5/5. Man, it may have been the first time I listened to the album that closely, but every song is a classic. Iconic.

The Velvet Underground & Nico

The Velvet Underground

3/5

3/5. Didn’t really connect with me. Lots of drug songs, long psychedelic instrumentals. “Heroin” was good and I really liked “I’ll Be Your Mirror”.

Live At The Regal

B.B. King

4/5

4/5 I don’t listen to a lot of blues, but, wow, the vocals and the instruments here are so powerful and pure. King’s voice is superb. And I love how the audience is just with the musicians every step of the way.

Madman Across The Water

Elton John

3/5

3/5 I love Elton John, and “Tiny Dancer” is one of my favorites, but I’m not thrilled with a lot of the songs and you just know there are better albums to come.

Superunknown

Soundgarden

3/5

3/5 Just not my thing. I suspect I just don’t vibe with grunge- unrelentingly dark, depressing, droning- but I will listen to a few more albums before saying that for sure. I did recognize and like “Black Hole Sun”.

It's Blitz!

Yeah Yeah Yeahs

3/5

2.5/5 I just can’t get into this. She has a hypnotic voice, but I just don’t identify with the songs.

Station To Station

David Bowie

4/5

4/5 Whoo, it’s Bowie. Love the voice and the intensity, though Thin White Duke isn’t my favorite Bowie. Still Bowie can always intrigue me start to finish.

Signing Off

UB40

4/5

4/5. Don’t have a lot of experience with reggae, but I liked it, though I did skip some of the instrumentals as they do sound much the same. I liked the Randy Newman and Billie Holiday covers. The politics was very hard-hitting and thought-provoking.

Hounds Of Love

Kate Bush

4/5

4/5. Didn’t know much Kate Bush going in and at first it didn’t seem like my kind of music, but it was that second side, that “Ninth Wave” concept suite, that really sold me. It’s difficult, dense listening, but it’s so compelling and brazen for a commercial album. It really stays with me.

From Elvis In Memphis

Elvis Presley

3/5

3/5. Great voice, but the songs don’t really do it for me. I recognize the phenomena, but I don’t share it.

Tracy Chapman

5/5

5/5. Tracy Chapman! Actually an album I’ve bought. Love her voice, love her songs and intensity. “Fast Car” is one of the best songs ever and I loved the duet she did at the Grammys a few years back. Classic.

Born To Be With You

Dion

2/5

Not really my style. Only got through part of the album.

Black Sabbath

4/5

4/5. Never imagined me liking heavy metal, but here we are. There is something mesmerizing about the relentless guitar and bass, the vocals, the other worldly fantasy lyrics. Need to hear more Black Sabbath.

Dirt

Alice In Chains

2/5

2/5. Just not for me. Dark, unrelenting, strangling. Only the fourth track love song appealed to me at all. I may be destined to not like grunge. That’s two now- one more strike.

Strangeways, Here We Come

The Smiths

4/5

I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got

Sinead O'Connor

3/5

3/5. I recognize her talent, but it’s just not for me. I sampled each song, but didn’t listen all the way through.

Pretenders

3/5

3/5. Vocals are great, like the sound, interesting rhythms, but the songs don’t really do it for me. I like “Brass In Pocket”.

Fleet Foxes

4/5

Back to Basics

Christina Aguilera

3/5

3/5. I didn’t expect this to be my type of music, but her voice really is lovely and I really liked the tribute frame of the album.

Veckatimest

Grizzly Bear

2/5

2/5. Some nice harmonies, but just not for me. Too slow and meandering, doesn’t connect with me.

Hard Again

Muddy Waters

3/5

Scott 2

Scott Walker

3/5

Sunday At The Village Vanguard

Bill Evans Trio

3/5

Illmatic

Nas

4/5

4/5. I have so little experience with rap, but I was riveted to this start to finish. The lyrics are dense and first rate. The rhythm is infectious.

Moby Grape

5/5

5/5. Love this mid-60s, early psychedelic sound- it’s right in my sweet spot. Vocals, harmonies, guitars, lyrics, just great. Reminded me of Buffalo Springfield.

Tonight's The Night

Neil Young

3/5

4/5. First time hearing most of this and though I love listening to Neil Young, this album isn’t really a favorite. Some nice lyrics and harmonies here, though.

The Beach Boys Today!

The Beach Boys

4/5

Deep Purple In Rock

Deep Purple

3/5

3/5. Not as fun for me as Black Sabbath was. Too many long meandering heavy metal instrumentals.

Smokers Delight

Nightmares On Wax

2/5

2/5. It’s just not music I can identify with.

Midnight Ride

Paul Revere & The Raiders

4/5

4/5. Just a great mid-60s groove. Good harmonies, fun instrumentals. Surprising edge on some of the lyrics, but shmaltz on others.

What's Going On

Marvin Gaye

4/5

4/5.

Let England Shake

PJ Harvey

3/5

Since I Left You

The Avalanches

2/5

2/5. Just not my style of music.

Vespertine

Björk

2/5

Tidal

Fiona Apple

3/5

Synchronicity

The Police

4/5

5/5. So many classics, hard to deny. Great vocals, love the literary lyrics.

Modern Life Is Rubbish

Blur

3/5

Born In The U.S.A.

Bruce Springsteen

5/5

5/5. Bruce is the best storyteller and the songs just rock. So many iconic hits.

The Sounds Of India

Ravi Shankar

3/5

3/5. Interesting. I liked the asides where he explained the scales and rhythms of Indian music.

Loveless

My Bloody Valentine

2/5

2/5. Just not for me. Interesting guitar sound, but the way mixed down vocals just didn’t hold my interest.

Too Rye Ay

Dexys Midnight Runners

4/5

Court And Spark

Joni Mitchell

5/5

5/5. Vocals, lyrics, melodies, instruments, just excellent.

Dub Housing

Pere Ubu

2/5

2/5. I can appreciate the experimentation of it all, and it has that David Byrne sound, but it just isn’t my sound.

Under Construction

Missy Elliott

3/5

3/5. Definitely entertaining and the wordplay is great. It’s surprising me how much I’m enjoying the rap albums that show up on this list.

Electric Warrior

T. Rex

4/5

4/5.

Dusty In Memphis

Dusty Springfield

3/5

3/5.

Surf's Up

The Beach Boys

3/5

3/5. Not as subtle or beautiful as some of the other Beach Boy music I like more. The harmony work seems less ambitious.

It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back

Public Enemy

3/5

3/5.

The Low End Theory

A Tribe Called Quest

3/5

Buena Vista Social Club

3/5

3/5.

Back In Black

AC/DC

4/5

4/5.

Moving Pictures

Rush

4/5

4/5. It’s Rush, man. Canadian royalty. Funny how even though I haven’t listened to a lot of Rush I have such strong memories of avid Rush fans. They really do inspire such devotion from their fans. I like the thoughtful lyrics, the vocals.

Chicago Transit Authority

Chicago

3/5

3/5.

Rhythm Nation 1814

Janet Jackson

3/5

3/5.

Transformer

Lou Reed

4/5

4/5. Great sound, great lyrics. You can see how he and Bowie collaborated so well. Funny, I wasn’t too keen on The Velvet Underground album from awhile back, but I really like this one.

The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan

4/5

4/5. Some great songs on here- Blowing the Wind, Hard Rain’s Gonna Fall, but there are a few random songs that just felt long.

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

Simple Minds

2/5

Copper Blue

Sugar

2/5

Innervisions

Stevie Wonder