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Album	You	Global	Diff
People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm A Tribe Called Quest	5	3.61	+1.39
Vol. 4 Black Sabbath	5	3.75	+1.25
Black Sabbath Black Sabbath	5	3.83	+1.17
Very Pet Shop Boys	4	2.93	+1.07
Ghosteen Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds	4	2.97	+1.03
At Folsom Prison Johnny Cash	5	3.98	+1.02

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Moving Pictures Rush	1	3.58	-2.58
Come Away With Me Norah Jones	1	3.38	-2.38
Warehouse: Songs And Stories Hüsker Dü	1	2.86	-1.86
Harvest Neil Young	2	3.83	-1.83
Ys Joanna Newsom	1	2.8	-1.8
Marquee Moon Television	2	3.5	-1.5
Haunted Dancehall The Sabres Of Paradise	1	2.37	-1.37
The Chronic Dr. Dre	2	3.33	-1.33
Live At Leeds The Who	2	3.33	-1.33
The Man Machine Kraftwerk	2	3.32	-1.32

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Black Sabbath	2	5

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People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm

Popular Reviews

In The Court Of The Crimson King

King Crimson

3/5

Some good tunes in there, not entirely my cup of tea. I think the cult following of this album does a lot of carrying in it’s ratings

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1-Star Albums (5)

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Technique

New Order

4/5

Good blend of their characteristic sound with acid house, sounds of edm, good background album i can’t say any one song in particular stood out

All Things Must Pass

George Harrison

3/5

A good album with some exceptional artistry in there, though a long one. It takes a mind like Harrison’s to throw so much music at the listener and say enjoy

Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire)

The Kinks

4/5

Pretty much every song on this album is great. You need to actually ~listen~ to this album, if you use it as background music it feels like another hour long set on the local golden oldies radio show. But when you take the time to listen to the songs, hear the lyrics, this truly takes off as a culturally significant musical piece

Joan Armatrading

4/5

An album that surprised me - when i drew it i groaned and thought it’d be a punish. How wrong i was. I must echo other comments that she’s like an early Tracy Chapman. Great listenability on this one, opens with a banger and the subsequent music is excellent

People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm

A Tribe Called Quest

5/5

One of the greatest hip hop albums, let alone greatest albums, of all time. Masterful lyrics and delivery, exceptional samples and mixing

The Man Machine

Kraftwerk

2/5

An interesting sound, just not to my palate

Trans Europe Express

Kraftwerk

2/5

I thought i was being punked, pulling Kraftwerk two days in a row. Alas. Not to my taste

At Newport 1960

Muddy Waters

4/5

An epic live example of true blues, so good

L.A. Woman

The Doors

3/5

Good bluesy rock

Clube Da Esquina

Milton Nascimento

4/5

Fun listen, an unearthed hidden gem

Parklife

Blur

3/5

Yeah good not bad not great

Vol. 4

Black Sabbath

5/5

What an album to draw on the day of the big mans death. A masterpiece start to end, you can really hear their blues roots in this, and the sounds that defined a whole new genre growing from that. Rest in peace Ozzy, and thank you for the music

Physical Graffiti

Led Zeppelin

4/5

Could be a 5 if the second half were as strong as the first. All in all, one heck of an album

Low

David Bowie

3/5

A very Bowie album. Not my favourite of his, and the experimental stuff hit and miss

At Folsom Prison

Johnny Cash

5/5

You can’t beat Cash singing about being a criminal, love at a prison. This album is an all timer

In The Court Of The Crimson King

King Crimson

3/5

Some good tunes in there, not entirely my cup of tea. I think the cult following of this album does a lot of carrying in it’s ratings

Suede

3/5

Could be Oasis, could be Blur, could be Pulp. Need i go on? Not a bad album, but boy was Britpop a congested genre in the 90s

Music From Big Pink

The Band

4/5

Some interesting sounds in this, the sort of music you put on, grab a whiskey and enjoy in your man cave when you want to actually pay attention to the music

In Utero

Nirvana

3/5

Lots of noise in between some good music. Angst angst angst. I dunno as i get older i seem to lose interest in Nirvana

The Notorious Byrd Brothers

The Byrds

4/5

Cool experimental psychedelic rock

Black Sabbath

5/5

10/10. What an album. You can really hear their blues notes coming through as they lay the foundations for a whole new genre. This is not a 10/10 metal album, it’s a 10/10 generational album that paved the way for so much more. Rest in peace Ozzy 🖤

The Chronic

Dr. Dre

2/5

Not the best of Dre of Snoop. Doesn’t really age well either. Ah well

Endtroducing.....

DJ Shadow

3/5

Some pretty epic producing in there, makes for a good bit of a ‘background music’ when chilling. No particular song stood out. Fell like those lo-fi music youtube video at times

Horses

Patti Smith

2/5

Not a bad album, nothing truly stood out and i will admit at times i was easily distracted from the album. It’s a shame we can’t half star, but i can’t keep giving out 3. Alas 2 it is

Can't Buy A Thrill

Steely Dan

4/5

Some crackin tunes on here

Permission to Land

The Darkness

4/5

I remember IBIATCL coming out as a child, and loved it. I then remember it being on singstar. This album feels like a group of fellas playing singstar, guitar hero and rock band and just having a fucking good time. It’s not Hall of Fame material, but it’s a bloody fun time

Led Zeppelin

5/5

Up there as one of the greatest debut albums of all time. No crumbs

Birth Of The Cool

Miles Davis

4/5

Barry B Benson once asked, “you like Jazz?” No, to be honest, not really. This is a good album, perhaps great to those who like jazz. But i can’t hack it. Regardless i’ll give it four

Ten

Pearl Jam

4/5

One heck of an album, starts so strong, but does patter out by the end

Tellin’ Stories

The Charlatans

2/5

Just an Oasis/Blur/Pulp B-Sides album really

It's Too Late to Stop Now

Van Morrison

3/5

A very good quality live recording for it’s age. But it’s long. Very long

Youth And Young Manhood

Kings of Leon

4/5

It’s funny seeing how polarising KoL and this album in particular is… well i enjoyed it. I can understand how his voice can grate at times. All in all a solid album

Marquee Moon

Television

2/5

Nothing really jumped at me, one song played and i recognised it and thought “ooh i know this song” yet here I am I can’t even tell you what song it was. It’s not a bad album, but it was really just fine

Fear Of Music

Talking Heads

4/5

A pretty good album comprising tracks you won’t hear on the radio unless it’s on a Sunday evening “deep dives show”. I particularly liked Heaven - very Bowie-esque, reminded me of Heroes. The link took me to the deluxe edition with the reworks and alternate versions and the album lost me there. So this rating is on the 79 track listing.

The New Tango

Astor Piazzolla

2/5

Really not my jam, felt like the world’s longest piano ride. Generous 2 to acknowledge that it is skilled musicians at it

The Healer

John Lee Hooker

2/5

There’s some good blues in there, but it’s not the best J L Hooker blues. Ironically the songs i enjoyed the most had no collabs

The Last Broadcast

Doves

2/5

Sounds like Juice TV overnight…

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

3/5

Some genuine classics on here, all timers - the rest is as others mention- very debut album filler

Live At Leeds

The Who

2/5

Not massive on The Who, not massive on live albums - outside of all-time famous live performances. So yeah

Henry's Dream

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

2/5

NC&tBS are very polarising on here - seems to be 5 stars or 1 star, not much else in between. This album is okay. I actually like many of their songs, but this feels like they’ve thrown everything save the kitchen sink in order to be labeled avant garde. Some classic NC&tBS sound in there, but overall it was too much for me. Like Rocky Horror without the genius of Richard O’Brien

Untitled (Black Is)

SAULT

3/5

A pretty solid album with a powerful message

Joanna Newsom

1/5

Meh

Moving Pictures

Rush

1/5

I’d always only ever heard of rush… i wish it was still heard of…. Instead of hearing this

Who's Next

The Who

4/5

i’ve become a bit dissociated with The Who of late as my favourite Radio Station has played them to death. But this album was good, very good. However i’ve had my fill for a wee while

Closer

Joy Division

4/5

love a bitta joy division

Caetano Veloso

2/5

Quite fun, not really a genre i vibe with but i appreciate it nonetheless

Ghosteen

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

4/5

damn, right in the feels

Come Away With Me

Norah Jones

1/5

i didn’t realise i’d entered a cosy new york coffee shop…

War

4/5

A real classic from U2. The hits on this one are timeless, the stuff in between has it’s moments, but definitely not their best imo. Still love it regardless

Haunted Dancehall

The Sabres Of Paradise

1/5

my calculator made better noises during high school calc

Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite

Maxwell

2/5

Started big, i had high hopes! Then i dunno, it just lost me

The Gershwin Songbook

Ella Fitzgerald

4/5

i love a bitta Ella. But i could not listen to this entire thing through. I got the gist after disc one. It’s beautiful music don’t get me wrong. But did i need to hear this before i die?

Melodrama

Lorde

4/5

The last of her good albums i fear

3 + 3

The Isley Brothers

4/5

This was a fun one. Cool hearing the various songs that’ve been covered and sampled. This is definitely one i’m glad I’ve learned about through this list

Viva Hate

Morrissey

2/5

Was this just one long smiths song?

Oar

Alexander 'Skip' Spence

2/5

pretty boring folk rock. After 11 songs i thought i must be close to done. Nope

Warehouse: Songs And Stories

Hüsker Dü

1/5

a long album of not great music, no thanks