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Album	You	Global	Diff
Sweet Baby James James Taylor	5	3.24	+1.76
The Beach Boys Today! The Beach Boys	5	3.27	+1.73
Beauty And The Beat The Go-Go's	5	3.39	+1.61
Moondance Van Morrison	5	3.71	+1.29
Talking Book Stevie Wonder	5	3.72	+1.28

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Album	You	Global	Diff
Rage Against The Machine Rage Against The Machine	2	4	-2
Dr. Octagonecologyst Dr. Octagon	1	2.7	-1.7
Surfer Rosa Pixies	2	3.5	-1.5
The Fat Of The Land The Prodigy	2	3.41	-1.41
Debut Björk	2	3.37	-1.37
Electric The Cult	2	3.02	-1.02
Nighthawks At The Diner Tom Waits	2	3.01	-1.01

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Straight Outta Compton

N.W.A.

4/5

Debut

Björk

2/5

Did not like. Liked one of the pop songs. Violently happy.

Brilliant Corners

Thelonious Monk

4/5

Did not like. Liked one of the pop songs. Violently happy.

Blackstar

David Bowie

3/5

Morrison Hotel

The Doors

4/5

Loved the blues undertone. Want to listen to this again :)

The Man Machine

Kraftwerk

4/5

Felt like I was in an 80s movie or a Pixar movie listening to this album

Peter Gabriel

4/5

Love Peter Gabriel’s tone and voice. Felt the album was 3.5 or 4 with one to two great songs.

The New Tango

Astor Piazzolla

3/5

Highway 61 Revisited

Bob Dylan

4/5

Definitely appreciate this album way more after seeing A Complete Unknown a million times. But it’s still only a 4/5 for me.

Queens of the Stone Age

3/5

This was good until it wasn’t 😂 liked the songs with the words and then when there weren’t enough, the music stressed me out too much to listen on.

Brothers In Arms

Dire Straits

3/5

I was in dire straits when listening to this album. But I appreciated it! It calmed me down in a few moments of stress. But no songs stood out.

Horses

Patti Smith

3/5

I can appreciate the influence this album had and the influences it drew from (Joan Baez, Janice Joplin), BUT it was okay for me. I appreciated the songs that were more autobiographical to her life. Couldn’t handle Birdland about William Reich. No, thank you. It was no All Too Well the 10 minute version.

Van Halen

4/5

I Am a Bird Now

Antony and the Johnsons

2/5

Gave me major Sam Smith vibes but there was too much vibrato in most notes. But I liked the band.

...The Dandy Warhols Come Down

The Dandy Warhols

3/5

Was very disappointed at this album because I love their song “We Used to be Friends.” This album didn’t live up to that song.

Fear Of Music

Talking Heads

3/5

Electric

The Cult

2/5

Talking Book

Stevie Wonder

5/5

I could listen to Stevie Wonder read the dictionary and it would be a 5/5 for me. Love him and his music.

The Beach Boys Today!

The Beach Boys

5/5

To me a 5/5 album because every song put a smile on my face despite my wanting to cry. Their songs are just fun and so uniquely them. You’d recognize a beach boys song anywhere but it’s not boring.

Live!

Fela Kuti

3/5

Risque

CHIC

4/5

Music From The Penguin Cafe

Penguin Cafe Orchestra

3/5

Interesting but not for me. It was quite the mish mosh of music and I preferred it when there weren’t any vocals.

Feast of Wire

Calexico

3/5

Not bad. Was truthfully too stressed to listen to well lol

Under Construction

Missy Elliott

4/5

Such a bop. Love Missy

The Fat Of The Land

The Prodigy

2/5

Enjoyed smack my bitch up because it was amusing. But this was not my album.

Moondance

Van Morrison

5/5

This album makes me happy. Everything about it. Nothing more needs to be said.

Zombie

Fela Kuti

3/5

Would listen again but wouldn’t ever rush to put it on. However, understanding the political significance to it definitely made it more interesting to listen to. Knowing his personal life story made it slightly less of a choice? This man had 27 wives and when that was too many, he narrowed it down to 12 lol.

Lust For Life

Iggy Pop

3/5

Talvin Singh

2/5

(Pronounced 'Leh-'Nérd 'Skin-'Nérd)

Lynyrd Skynyrd

4/5

Sweet Baby James

James Taylor

5/5

I grew up on this album with Sweet Baby James being a bedtime song. For nostalgia purposes 5/5. But I also love James Taylor’s guitar playing. You hear a song of his and instantly know whose it is.

Rock Bottom

Robert Wyatt

2/5

Did not like. The music made my heart race and not in a good way.

Black Metal

Venom

2/5

I understood why some people like some of the songs. But 90% of this album was noise. I honestly had to listen to it while I was playing it in the living room and I was in the bedroom 😂

Nighthawks At The Diner

Tom Waits

2/5

This album was like the podcasts I listen to when I fall asleep - I wanted to listen but was lulled to bed. The gravelly voice and the smooth jazz in the background, I was a goner.

She's So Unusual

Cyndi Lauper

4/5

I think I’ve mostly listened to the Cyndi Lauper singles and this album was a great reminder that she’s more than those songs. Love the synth pop sound and love the 80s vibes. Also, Money Changes Everything was the perfect theme for Money Monday.

A Rush Of Blood To The Head

Coldplay

3/5

Chris Martin is Chris Martin but I don’t love this album. It just felt long.

Another Green World

Brian Eno

3/5

This was an Andrew album through and through, so while I loved watching him love the songs, I thought they were okay.

Purple Rain

Prince

5/5

No words needed for this album.

Boston

4/5

Love this album and these songs. Some of the instrumental parts were just too long for me, so 4/5 not 5/5.

Nilsson Schmilsson

Harry Nilsson

4/5

The Trinity Session

Cowboy Junkies

3/5

Liked a lot of the songs but the album felt SO long despite being under an hour long.

Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs

Derek & The Dominos

4/5

Love Eric Clapton and this album. It was super nostalgic. Eric Clapton was definitely an artist that my family had on repeat.

Surfer Rosa

Pixies

2/5

I wanted to like this album but couldn’t. I prefer the musicians they influenced to the real deal!

Deja Vu

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

4/5

Dr. Octagonecologyst

Dr. Octagon

1/5

Nothing redeeming about this album which was obvious as soon as the intro started.

Make Yourself

Incubus

3/5

I remember Incubus being the butt of lots of jokes growing up, but it’s not that bad. It’s not for me - I don’t love Brandon Boyd’s voice, but it does take me back to some of my more grunge focused middle school favorites (sum 41, blink 182, fallout boy). 2.5-3 for me. I guess it should also be said, I don’t love the Red Hot Chili Peppers who Incubus took some inspiration from. I do like Drive but it seemed like an anomaly on the album.

Songs From The Big Chair

Tears For Fears

3/5

This album has some hits, but I really didn’t like the song it ended on, Listen. It took me out of the vibe of the album.

Tarkus

Emerson, Lake & Palmer

2/5

It was hard to listen to the first time and there won’t be a second time. The first song being 20 minutes long was like a roller coaster that I couldn’t get off of. Maybe if I were super high it would have been more enjoyable?

Paranoid

Black Sabbath

4/5

Iron Man is one of my favorite songs. It will forever remind me of Jack Black, which is a pretty good association. I wanted to give this album a 5/5 but hated the song Planet Caravan so much that it took it down a notch.

Leftism

Leftfield

3/5

I liked listening to it at work but quietly. Maybe that’s how I like this genre - not on full blast.

KIWANUKA

Michael Kiwanuka

3/5

Didn’t love but would listen again.

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

Elton John

4/5

This isn’t my favorite Elton John album but was fun and nostalgic nonetheless. Elton can do no wrong in my eyes.

Beauty And The Beat

The Go-Go's

5/5

Cannot think about this album without feeling so nostalgic. Our Lips Are Sealed with Mary-Kate and Ashley - iconic. Really loved this album!

Rage Against The Machine

2/5

Not for me 🤷🏼‍♀️