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Album	You	Global	Diff
Aqualung Jethro Tull	5	3.44	+1.56
Fleet Foxes Fleet Foxes	5	3.44	+1.56
Hotel California Eagles	5	3.6	+1.4

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
The Clash The Clash	1	3.54	-2.54
Wild Gift X	1	3	-2
Dookie Green Day	2	3.79	-1.79
Brothers In Arms Dire Straits	2	3.74	-1.74
3 + 3 The Isley Brothers	2	3.59	-1.59
Green R.E.M.	2	3.48	-1.48
Neon Bible Arcade Fire	2	3.35	-1.35
The Beach Boys Today! The Beach Boys	2	3.27	-1.27
The Predator Ice Cube	2	3.26	-1.26
Third Portishead	2	3.13	-1.13

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Throbbing Gristle

1/5

0/5. Hated every second of this WTF. I get the experimental, what is music, flow of this…but compared to MUSIC?! Nothing here.

2 likes

Bad

Michael Jackson

4/5

⭐️⭐️⭐️.75/5. An excellent MJ album with some high highs - but the lows are pretty low. The King of Pop for sure.

1 likes

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D.O.A. the Third and Final Report of Throbbing Gristle

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Rapture

Anita Baker

3/5

⭐️⭐️⭐️/5 Maybe it was the steel pan band that Frances was playing at full volume in the office during my listening, but this just did not hit as strongly as I expected. Also could have been my mood.

The Beach Boys Today!

The Beach Boys

2/5

⭐️⭐️/5 Look….I'm gonna be honest and say it, I’ve never been a Beach Boys fan. Every song sounds exactly the same and I just can’t be that hyped and harmonized for an entire album. Had to stop listening halfway through.

I Should Coco

Supergrass

3/5

Definitely Maybe

Oasis

3/5

⭐️⭐️⭐️/5 Some highs on this album, but still not a whiny 90’s band fan.

Aqualung

Jethro Tull

5/5

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5 honestly cannot believe I haven’t heard this album yet. And who knew a flute solo could rock so hard! Such an important and gentle commentary on religion’s place in society - and more relevant today than ever. Perfect album.

The Clash

1/5

⭐️/5. Derek Shepard’s first red flag was his favorite band being the Clash. Only song I remotely liked was Police & Thieves, and it’s a cover! Near unlistenable.

Trout Mask Replica

Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band

2/5

⭐️⭐️/5. Would love to come back and give this another listen and try to see what everyone is seeing, but I am such a rhythm and beat person that free, experimental jazz like this is a hard lesson. Loved the story of them playing it exactly like this in concert tho - that’s musicianship.

In Rainbows

Radiohead

4/5

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5/5. Almost a 5 star but not a huge fan of the first few tracks. The rest of the album is a transcendent, psychedelic rise into a world beyond words and physicality. Simply stunning.

Moondance

Van Morrison

4/5

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5/5. Again, almost a perfect album! The hits from this are nuts, and really made me appreciate Van more than I think I ever did. Last couple of tracks blend together, but the cohesiveness of the album as a whole is awesome.

Pearl

Janis Joplin

4/5

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5. Had no idea that her career was only 4 years long, and only two solo albums. What a voice and legacy to leave. Loved the Apple Music notes that she died before putting vocals on “Buried Alive” so it was included as a “posthumous…moment of silence.” Damn.

Wild Gift

1/5

⭐️.5/5 Just not really a 80s/90s pop punk fan. Don’t like the whiny voices and all the beats sound the same to me. Not my genre.

3 + 3

The Isley Brothers

2/5

⭐️⭐️.5/5 So cool to hear the full record of such an iconic band. Not a huge disco/funk fan, but liked a lot of these songs. Just seemed to blend together after a few.

I’m a Lonesome Fugitive

Merle Haggard

3/5

⭐️⭐️⭐️/5. Old country really is best country. So much soul and grit in every song.

Beggars Banquet

The Rolling Stones

3/5

⭐️⭐️⭐️.5/5. Easily top of best openings to an album ever. Again, loved the Apple Music explanation on this one for the subliminal political messaging.

Microshift

Hookworms

3/5

⭐️⭐️⭐️.5/5. Loved this weird little album so much. Such a vibe and hit it perfectly between weirdness and absurdity.

Hotel California

Eagles

5/5

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5. Honestly perfect album. Every song is one you want to sing/shout/croon along to. Perfectly explains and demonstrates the Eagles at their greatest.

Duck Stab/Buster & Glen

The Residents

1/5

⭐️.5/5. Few songs with horns were OK, but the rest I found beyond strange/creepy and unlistenable. Not my vibe at all.

Bad

Michael Jackson

4/5

⭐️⭐️⭐️.75/5. An excellent MJ album with some high highs - but the lows are pretty low. The King of Pop for sure.

Stardust

Willie Nelson

3/5

⭐️⭐️⭐️/5. What a delightful little album. Nothing super special to it, but a very tender and beautiful side of Willie. Loved all the covers, very peaceful and easy to listen to.

At Folsom Prison

Johnny Cash

4/5

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5/5. Only not 5 because I like San Quentin better LOL - these prison albums are just perfection in my eyes. I love hearing the inmates, Johnny’s joy and grit in performance, and the music and covers are just perfection.

Bringing It All Back Home

Bob Dylan

3/5

⭐️⭐️⭐️/5. Not my favorite Dylan album, but not bad either. Definitely upbeat and more poppy than some of his others. Last few tracks are more classic folky Dylan and a high point for me!

The Predator

Ice Cube

2/5

⭐️⭐️/5. Just not a big fan of early hip-hop as sacrilegious as that is.

Green

R.E.M.

2/5

⭐️⭐️/5. My first R.E.M. album and so far, not my fave. Get the feeling they’re more of a lyrics/emotion band when I’m so much more of a beats gal. Some little moments here - different instruments/sounds that may look to a future change I would enjoy more.

Frampton Comes Alive

Peter Frampton

4/5

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5. Now I understand why it’s one of my dad’s favorites. Excellent musicianship, great vocals, recognizable and fun songs, and wonderful to hear the live audience.

Doggystyle

Snoop Dogg

3/5

⭐️⭐️⭐️/5. It’s funny bc I just listened to Ice Cube which was only a year before…but this sounds so much more modern - I think a testament to how much Dr. Dre really shaped modern hip hop music. Some great classics on here!

Kind Of Blue

Miles Davis

5/5

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5. I mean it’s the number one jazz album of all time for a reason. Miles Davis with an additional quintet featuring Coltrane?! No brainer. Has stood and will stand the test of time.

Third

Portishead

2/5

⭐️⭐️.5/5. Not my cup of tea, but at least this is experimental music I can LISTEN to. It’s still challenging and uncomfortable, but there is a rhythm to it, unlike some others on this list.

Smokers Delight

Nightmares On Wax

2/5

⭐️⭐️/5. Too much like elevator music/Muzak for me, but it’s a cool electronic album. Not for everyday listening.

Straight Outta Compton

N.W.A.

3/5

⭐️⭐️⭐️.5/5. Some of the most famous West Coast, Dre-produced music out there. Iconic to say the least!

Blood Sugar Sex Magik

Red Hot Chili Peppers

3/5

⭐️⭐️⭐️/5. Not a huge fan of the Chili Peppers, but I can hear the influence they’ve had on music and Under the Bridge is always timely.

Felt Mountain

Goldfrapp

2/5

⭐️⭐️/5. Most were too ethereal for me, but Oompah Radar was dope.

Brothers In Arms

Dire Straits

2/5

⭐️⭐️.5/5. Not a bad album, but not my favorite. Definitely loved the horns and acoustic guitar in some tracks but overall pretty forgettable, and hasn’t won me over to the 80s.

Abraxas

Santana

4/5

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5. Perfect background music, and gave one of the best transitions in music!

Black Sabbath

4/5

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5/5. Honestly an INCREDIBLE first album from a band. I think I heard about the antics and “Satanism” of the band and never actually listened, and I was really wrong about that. Loved it.

D.O.A. the Third and Final Report of Throbbing Gristle

Throbbing Gristle

1/5

0/5. Hated every second of this WTF. I get the experimental, what is music, flow of this…but compared to MUSIC?! Nothing here.

Fleet Foxes

5/5

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5. Just an unbelievably stellar debut album. So evocative, imaginative, and beautiful. One of my top favorites of all time.

Dookie

Green Day

2/5

⭐️⭐️.5/5. It’s iconic and shaped an entire generation, but with time I find most of the songs repetitive and trite, aside from the obvious break-out hits (which are truly incredible). Album as a whole is superseded immeasurably by American Idiot.

John Barleycorn Must Die

Traffic

4/5

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5. There’s nothing quite like the musicality and lyricism of Traffic. Might be biased since I just saw Steve Winwood, but wow what a combo.

Kid A

Radiohead

4/5

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5. If there’s one thing this project has given me, it’s a love and appreciation for Radiohead. True innovators but still listenable music that scratches all the itches in my brains. Kid A is not my favorite by them, but boy it is still incredible music.

Neon Bible

Arcade Fire

2/5

⭐️⭐️.5/5. Never been a huge Arcade Fire fan, and this album helped me define why a bit better. Too rocky and evocative of other bands and eras I don’t enjoy, and none of it new or different. Felt like something I’ve heard a million times, and not in a good way. I did enjoy the lyrical focus on religion and struggling with it.

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