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Album	You	Global	Diff
Music in Exile Songhoy Blues	5	3.33	+1.67
Brilliant Corners Thelonious Monk	5	3.33	+1.67
Endtroducing..... DJ Shadow	5	3.35	+1.65
My Aim Is True Elvis Costello	5	3.35	+1.65
Music From Big Pink The Band	5	3.36	+1.64
Ágætis Byrjun Sigur Rós	5	3.37	+1.63
More Songs About Buildings And Food Talking Heads	5	3.42	+1.58
Live! Fela Kuti	5	3.44	+1.56
The Marshall Mathers LP Eminem	5	3.48	+1.52
Illinois Sufjan Stevens	5	3.5	+1.5

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
The Lexicon Of Love ABC	1	3.08	-2.08
Murder Ballads Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds	1	3.08	-2.08
Scott 4 Scott Walker	1	2.8	-1.8
Raw Like Sushi Neneh Cherry	1	2.7	-1.7
L.A. Woman The Doors	2	3.66	-1.66
Cupid & Psyche 85 Scritti Politti	1	2.39	-1.39
2112 Rush	2	3.39	-1.39
Fragile Yes	2	3.31	-1.31
Buffalo Springfield Again Buffalo Springfield	2	3.18	-1.18
Let England Shake PJ Harvey	2	3.15	-1.15

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Artist	Albums	Average
Bob Dylan	2	5

5-Star Albums (19)

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Exile On Main Street

The Rolling Stones

5/5

Classic Rolling Stones bluesy rock album.

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Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme

Simon & Garfunkel

4/5

Classic. Recognizable. Harmony. Folk.

More Songs About Buildings And Food

Talking Heads

5/5

One of my favorite bands of all time. Only one really famous song. Two if you count Big Country. Still classic sound

The Yes Album

Yes

4/5

Track 1 - bassline / guitar / synthline / harmonious vocals **** All Good People *** Classic prog-rock and enjoyable listen probably 4 stars

Darkness on the Edge of Town

Bruce Springsteen

4/5

I don't listen to a lot of Springsteen and this was a new album for me, but was a good listen. I didn't give it a ton of attention, but it was enjoyable. Good songwriting, unique voice, classic rock sound.

Here's Little Richard

Little Richard

3/5

Classic 50s sound. Very distinctive voice. Early rock pioneer.

Adele

3/5

Great artist with some great songs. Amazing talent but just not my jam.

Foo Fighters

4/5

Music From Big Pink

The Band

5/5

I've always been a big fan of The Band and this has some of their classic songs. They have such a good sound and the album was a fun listen. I love the lyrics and the vocals.

Only By The Night

Kings of Leon

3/5

Classic 00s rock album. Very distinctive sound - especially the vocals. Combined with the guitar, can tell a KoL song in like 2 seconds. I sometimes find that all of their songs tend to sound very similar. I like this but I can't come back to it that much.

Music in Exile

Songhoy Blues

5/5

A Hard Day's Night

Beatles

3/5

Not my favorite Beatles album, but certainly a good one with some classic songs and a great overall sound.

Gold

Ryan Adams

4/5

A solid Americana album. Ryan Adams is a great songwriter and singer. There's a lot of his influence in some of the modern americana and indie folk bands that came after. This is probably his most well known album in terms of recognizable songs. Apparently he's kind of an a-hole in real life, which sucks.

The Rising

Bruce Springsteen

3/5

I can respect Springsteen and enjoy his music but it's not really for me. This is a solid album and I remember when it was released following 9/11. There's the classic Springsteen sound and message. The Rising was a big hit at the time because of its message and timing. I was kind of surprised that "Waitin' on a Sunny Day" has more plays on Spotify. I can honestly say that I don't think I've ever heard this song before. It's a fine song but kind of unremarkable.

Cupid & Psyche 85

Scritti Politti

1/5

Yeah, not a fan of this. This is my first 1 star rating. It just sounds so dated and not innovative. I'm sure it was at the time, but it's like all kind of awful 80s synths and the Brit-boy singing. Not my cup of tea at all.

Blackstar

David Bowie

3/5

I get why David Bowie is considered a musical genius. He reinvented himself numerous times over the course of his career, was a huge influence on the culture, and an amazing performer. And this is a good album. I just feel like it's not really my thing and is not something I'd regularly come back to for a listen.

This Is Fats Domino

Fats Domino

3/5

Classic early rock sound by a pioneer. My dad loves to sing Blueberry Hill, so that's a family favorite. Blue Monday is another classic tune. At least on Spotify, a lot of these tracks are not available.

Highway 61 Revisited

Bob Dylan

5/5

A great album that has one big song but a lot of amazing songs by Dylan that highlight his song writing.

Paranoid

Black Sabbath

5/5

Such a good album from front to back. RIP Ozzy. Pretty sure this is going to get a huge bump in the ratings with everyone receiving it after his passing. So many classic songs. War Pigs is definitely underrated and might be the best song on the album.

Sweetheart Of The Rodeo

The Byrds

4/5

This is a country album. I was kind of surprised because I was more familiar with them as a folk/rock band. But this is pretty much straight up old school country.

Graceland

Paul Simon

4/5

Probably the most well-regarded Paul Simon album. This is the one where he incorporates a lot of the different instrumentation, guest musicians, and African choir, etc. There are a few standout tracks - Graceland, You Can Call Me Al, Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes.

The Marshall Mathers LP

Eminem

5/5

808 State

3/5

This is a fine early electronic album. I can put it on the background and groove out. It sounds well produced but a bit-dated in terms of sound now. That's to be expected given the evolution of electronic music, so fair enough. I would not seek this out but it was a good listen.

Appetite For Destruction

Guns N' Roses

4/5

I'll start by saying that Axl Rose is a homophobic, racist, abrasive a-hole. Getting that over with, this is a great album. Axl's voice is still strong and rightfully legendary. The vocals meld so well with Slash's guitar playing, the rhythm section is really strong and the whole thing has an amazing vibe. I recall being in elementary school when this came out and some kids bringing it in -- it was an event. Sweet Child o' Mine still rocks and always will. Some of the other tracks...maybe deserve not to be known so well. They fell off with Use Your Illusion and then there's everything that happened after that, but this album is a classic.

The Low End Theory

A Tribe Called Quest

5/5

Born In The U.S.A.

Bruce Springsteen

5/5

Exile On Main Street

The Rolling Stones

5/5

Classic Rolling Stones bluesy rock album.

Broken English

Marianne Faithfull

3/5

Unknown Pleasures

Joy Division

3/5

I like some Joy Division but I can't say that I love all of it.

Live!

Fela Kuti

5/5

Great afrobeat live album by the King.

Arrival

ABBA

3/5

Some really excellent and familiar songs on this album - Dancing Queen; Knowing Me, Knowing You; Money, Money; Money; Fernando. But, outside of those singles, it's not super memorable. And I can appreciate those songs but it's not an album I'd seek out except if I was DJing a wedding or something. Still, a classic.

Brilliant Corners

Thelonious Monk

5/5

Great jazz album

Savane

Ali Farka Touré

4/5

a really strong desert blues sound by THE man for this style.

Endtroducing.....

DJ Shadow

5/5

one of my favorite albums ever. totally revolutionized music, imho. just amazing samples that are so obscure, great production, visionary work. 5 stars.

Odessey And Oracle

The Zombies

3/5

ok album. has a very recognizable song.

Clube Da Esquina

Milton Nascimento

4/5

Heroes

David Bowie

3/5

Nevermind

Nirvana

5/5

A tranformational album that totally changed music forever. On a re-listen, I'm struck by how many classic songs there are here, even the ones that weren't as commercially successful. Hard for me to rate this anything but a 5 considering its impact on music, quality, and that it was released during a pivotal time in my life.

My Aim Is True

Elvis Costello

5/5

Natty Dread

Bob Marley & The Wailers

4/5

Modern Kosmology

Jane Weaver

3/5

Fragile

Yes

2/5