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Album	You	Global	Diff
Murmur R.E.M.	5	3.42	+1.58

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Album	You	Global	Diff
Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) Wu-Tang Clan	1	3.61	-2.61
The Slim Shady LP Eminem	1	3.29	-2.29
Here, My Dear Marvin Gaye	1	3.21	-2.21
461 Ocean Boulevard Eric Clapton	1	3.12	-2.12
Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness The Smashing Pumpkins	2	3.68	-1.68
Synchronicity The Police	2	3.42	-1.42
Iron Maiden Iron Maiden	2	3.41	-1.41
From Elvis In Memphis Elvis Presley	2	3.36	-1.36
Raw Power The Stooges	2	3.32	-1.32

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Murmur

R.E.M.

5/5

ALL-TIME FAVE.

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1-Star Albums (4)

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The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter

The Incredible String Band

3/5

Man, would I have played the hell out of this one on my college radio show. I appreciate the ambition but am not sure whether I'd ever listen to it again.

3 + 3

The Isley Brothers

3/5

The cover of Sunshine blew my mind. Cool to hear the similarities between this and Innervisions.

The Genius Of Ray Charles

Ray Charles

3/5

Great horn parts on this one (Melba Liston!). Enjoyed it for sure.

Paranoid

Black Sabbath

4/5

I enjoyed this much more than I thought it would, and I really appreciated how revolutionary it must have been in 1970.

Sign 'O' The Times

Prince

4/5

So great to hear the non-singles on this one...and to reappreciate the singles, too.

More Songs About Buildings And Food

Talking Heads

4/5

Shocked by how many of these songs I don't know...digging it as expected.

Electric Ladyland

Jimi Hendrix

3/5

One of those "I appreciate it in theory but it doesn't really resonate with me" albums. But it's not Hendrix's fault that he's been overplayed to the point that it's hard to listen to his stuff with fresh ears.

Freak Out!

The Mothers Of Invention

3/5

Glad I gave this a chance--there's some cool and funny stuff here. As I said about Hendrix yesterday, tho, I'm always going to appreciate Zappa in theory more than I do in practice.

She's So Unusual

Cyndi Lauper

4/5

Finally, an album by a woman...AND it's one by a childhood heroine of mine. Half of these songs are absolute classics, and the other half are fully respectable.

Hypocrisy Is The Greatest Luxury

The Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy

2/5

Somehow this manages to be both prescient and dated at the same time, which is a feat. I can definitely see why U2 vibed with this record in the ZOO TV era, but it doesn't work too well for me. I'm generally not a fan of industrial sounds, and generally not a fan of being preached at; I like a little melody and poetry with my protest music. Glad I had the chance to listen to it, tho!

Fear and Whiskey

Mekons

3/5

First album I've gotten featuring someone I've seen in concert; probably the only album I'll get featuring someone I've sold LPs to. This is one I'll definitely come back to.

Oracular Spectacular

MGMT

3/5

I forgot how undeniably catchy some of these songs were, and I liked hearing the ones that weren't ubiquitous singles, too.

Cheap Thrills

Big Brother & The Holding Company

3/5

So many people try to sound like Janis (and do it badly!) that it's hard to remember how great she was. This was an excellent reminder.

Hearts And Bones

Paul Simon

3/5

"Hearts and Bones" and "Rene & Georgette Magritte" are old favorites. "The Late Great Johnny Ace" may be becoming a favorite--and cool to hear Marin Alsop on the recording after I just saw her conduct the CSO last month. The rest were OK. Cars are cars, man.

Playing With Fire

Spacemen 3

3/5

Kinda like an antagonistic sound bath. Not necessarily in a bad way.

Heaven Or Las Vegas

Cocteau Twins

4/5

Dreamy and lovely.

Here's Little Richard

Little Richard

3/5

This is a good time. You can't be sad listening to Little Richard.

The Slim Shady LP

Eminem

1/5

Nope.

All Things Must Pass

George Harrison

4/5

YES. Always a fave. I can (and do) usually live without the jams, but the actual songs are by and large amazing.

Live At The Harlem Square Club

Sam Cooke

4/5

Love that this was initially deemed "too loud, raw, and raucous" to be released (as Wikipedia reports)--this made me reappreciate Sam Cooke BECAUSE it was so raw and fun and real. It's a live album that really feels live.

Iron Maiden

2/5

Tolerated it better than I thought it would, but still not my thing.

It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back

Public Enemy

4/5

So glad I gave this a proper listen. ThisThe only thing that didn't work for me was Flavor Flav sounding like the weasel from the Riverbottom Nightmare Band.

From Elvis In Memphis

Elvis Presley

2/5

The Memphis soul vibe meant I enjoyed this more than I usually enjoy Elvis...but seriously, I never need or want to hear "In The Ghetto" again.

Here, My Dear

Marvin Gaye

1/5

"I'm sad about my divorce" = meh. "I'm mad about my divorce" = meh. "I'm sad about my divorce, and I'm mad about my divorce, and SOMEDAY I'LL HAVE SEX ON PLUTO" = yes. Very yes.

Frank

Amy Winehouse

3/5

Hard to remember she was just 19 when listening to the vocals and the music; easy to remember she was just 19 when listening to the lyrics

Emergency On Planet Earth

Jamiroquai

3/5

It's excellent Stevie Wonder cosplay, but I'll pick Stevie instead anytime.

Murmur

R.E.M.

5/5

ALL-TIME FAVE.

Bringing It All Back Home

Bob Dylan

3/5

Synchronicity

The Police

2/5

My Police phase was 30 years ago and very short-lived, but I'm glad I gave this album a chance, if only so I could hear Sting sing a song to dinosaurs.

Abbey Road

Beatles

5/5

Absolutely classic. Duh. (And I love Silly!Paul, so I even love Maxwell's Silver Hammer. You go with that anvil, Mal Evans.)

461 Ocean Boulevard

Eric Clapton

1/5

I have Clapton's music blocked on Spotify because he pisses me off so much. No, thanks.

Little Earthquakes

Tori Amos

3/5

Powerful and beautiful stuff. It had been too long since I'd heard this one.

Zombie

Fela Kuti

3/5

Groovy and powerful.

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness

The Smashing Pumpkins

2/5

You know, I hated the Pumpkins as a teen, but I didn't mind revisiting this. I mean, I still petered out after hour 1, but I was more mildly bored than horribly annoyed.

Highway 61 Revisited

Bob Dylan

4/5

Goddammit, now I have to admit that I do indeed really enjoy a Bob Dylan album.

Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor

Lupe Fiasco

3/5

I dug this one, with the exception of the last song where he just thanks everybody he's ever met. Gratitude is a great practice to cultivate, but it doesn't always make for entertaining listening.

At Folsom Prison

Johnny Cash

4/5

Raw and badass.

Sea Change

Beck

4/5

This gave me "Beck as Nick Drake" vibes, and I was very here for it.

The Hissing Of Summer Lawns

Joni Mitchell

4/5

Not my favorite classic Joni, but still classic Joni.

Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)

Wu-Tang Clan

1/5

Not in the mood for "WOO! GUNS ARE GREAT!" on the day of yet another mass shooting. Got about halfway thru the first song and noped out.

Parklife

Blur

3/5

Somehow I missed Blur in the '90s. This hits so many of my sweet spots, tho. Definitely gonna revisit it.

Elephant Mountain

The Youngbloods

3/5

I'd written off the Youngbloods, because "Get Together" is such an overplayed Boomer anthem, and because the one time I saw Jesse Colin Young live, I was bored to tears. But this was really lovely to listen to on an early Saturday morning, and I will be revisiting it.

Stephen Stills

3/5

Another album in my folk-rock sweet spot.

Coat Of Many Colors

Dolly Parton

3/5

Sweet and pleasant enough.

Raw Power

The Stooges

2/5

I have a feeling I'd like this a lot more if I were thirty years younger and male. For all Iggy's androgyny, this basically reeks testosterone. And that's not necessarily a bad thing. Just not MY thing.