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Album	You	Global	Diff
Elastica	5	3.21	+1.79
Surf's Up	5	3.31	+1.69
Hot Fuss	5	3.74	+1.26
So Much For The City	4	2.81	+1.19
Car Wheels On A Gravel Road	4	2.99	+1.01

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Album	You	Global	Diff
Blackstar	1	3.47	-2.47
Disintegration	2	3.85	-1.85
Hounds Of Love	2	3.61	-1.61
Hotel California	2	3.6	-1.6
...And Justice For All	2	3.43	-1.43
Eagles	2	3.29	-1.29

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...And Justice For All

Metallica

2/5

I’d enjoy listening to this only if I were playing Tony Hawk. It has its place.

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The Coral

3/5

Driving British post-punk that sounds like a precursor to Arctic Monkeys and The Bravery. I’d listen to it if it came on the radio. I don’t think I’d pay to see these songs performed live.

Head Hunters

Herbie Hancock

4/5

Slow-building jazz-funk. Iconic. Some of the songs drag on, but otherwise I love this album.

At Newport 1960

Muddy Waters

4/5

I love the aesthetic of this album. I think I get a little tired of it halfway through though.

Hounds Of Love

Kate Bush

2/5

I knew Running Up That Hill because of Stranger Things, and I think that’s the only song I really enjoy on this album because I’m familiar with it.

Guero

Beck

4/5

Classic 2000s Beck. Good variety, easy to listen to. Groovy and cool.

Deep Purple In Rock

Deep Purple

3/5

Pure testosterone-fueled rock-n-roll. A little too much powerchords for my taste.

Roxy Music

4/5

I really liked this album. It sounds a little sophomoric at moments, which is not surprising given that this is their debut album. However, the combination of the unpolished art-rock, early Brian Eno synth noodling, and screaming saxophone solos make this album super exciting and captivating to listen to.

American Beauty

Grateful Dead

4/5

Big fan. I wouldn’t call myself a deadhead but this album is really good. This sounds like the 70s. Reminds me of Wilco a little bit.

Disintegration

The Cure

2/5

Like any child of the 90s, Lovesong is super nostalgic and I love it. But the rest of the album is so dull by comparison. So many overly drawn-out intros.

Ellington at Newport

Duke Ellington

4/5

Quintessential swing band. Ellington’s piano playing is the bomb. Horns are punchy and precise. I like the inclusion of the interlude talking.

Surf's Up

The Beach Boys

5/5

A perfect album. Good variety, plenty of tongue-in-cheek with songs like Take a Load Off Your Feet, tasteful use of synths in Long Promised Road and Student Demonstration Time, classic Beach Boys sound in tracks like Surf’s Up, but overall the album’s sound is more progressive, dynamic, and experimental while still being quite listenable.

White Light

Gene Clark

2/5

Sounds somewhere between Gordon Lightfoot and Bob Dylan. I think it’s decent stuff, but I personally don’t love country and there’s a lot of country influence in this. I’m not a fan of the vocals - seems like he’s trying too hard. There’s nothing surprising or exciting to me about this album.

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

Beatles

5/5

While it’s not my favorite Beatles album, it’s still a 5 for me because of how it showcases the band’s many creative directions at this point. The duality of Paul and John in Day In the Life is a perfect example of this.

A Seat at the Table

Solange

3/5

Full of slow jams. A little boring at times.

Adele

3/5

Despite these songs being so overplayed, this is a pretty good album. I just don’t see myself listening to it casually…I don’t like pop from this era where everything had to be “epic.” Still, Adele’s talent as a vocalist is undeniable.

London Calling

The Clash

3/5

More ska than I was expecting. There are some hits on here but I don’t love it.

So Much For The City

The Thrills

4/5

I dig it

Car Wheels On A Gravel Road

Lucinda Williams

4/5

More country than I usually like, but I enjoyed this album a lot. Blues and folk as much as it is country, and I like how it’s recorded.

Peter Gabriel

3/5

Good 80s vibes. A little bit Sting-like. I’d have to be in the mood for it.

A Hard Day's Night

Beatles

3/5

This is still the era where it sounds like generic 60s male vocal group to me, but there are some outliers like “And I Love Her”

Blackstar

David Bowie

1/5

Glad he was still making music then. I like the live drums. But the vocals just don’t work with the music in my opinion. Not for me.

Eagles

2/5

I’d give this 2.5 if I could. It’s decent but not to my taste.

Better Living Through Chemistry

Fatboy Slim

3/5

Good ole 90’s DJ music. I like it if I’m in the mood for it.

Elastica

5/5

Love it. 90’s nostalgia at it’s best.

There's No Place Like America Today

Curtis Mayfield

3/5

Home Is Where The Music Is

Hugh Masekela

4/5

Hotel California

Eagles

2/5

The title track is good. The rest is just okay.

Destroyer

KISS

3/5

Hair metal doesn’t get much better than this. Unfortunately I don’t see myself listening to this other than for the nostalgia.

Fromohio

fIREHOSE

3/5

It’s unique, in a way that I like. But I don’t love it.

I Should Coco

Supergrass

4/5

Fun angsty brit-pop.

1984

Van Halen

4/5

I don’t listen to 80’s hair metal much but if I did Van Halen would be the band…gotta give this a 4 for Jump and Hot for Teacher.

Green River

Creedence Clearwater Revival

3/5

Some classics on here. After a while I start to get tired of listening though.

Hot Fuss

The Killers

5/5

Man I love the Killers.

Elephant

The White Stripes

3/5

This is a medium like for me. It’s good but not fantastic.

Kind Of Blue

Miles Davis

5/5

I mean, come on. The GOAT.

Hearts And Bones

Paul Simon

4/5

Beggars Banquet

The Rolling Stones

4/5

Machine Head

Deep Purple

3/5

...And Justice For All

Metallica

2/5

I’d enjoy listening to this only if I were playing Tony Hawk. It has its place.

Cheap Thrills

Big Brother & The Holding Company

4/5

Janis Joplin. Nuff said.

Stankonia

OutKast

3/5

Stanky. In a tribute to Parliament kind of way. Besides the singles from this the rest is okay. Their virtuosity is obvious. The interludes got a little annoying.

Metallica

3/5

Better than I thought it'd be. Enter Sandman is a banger.

Savane

Ali Farka Touré

3/5

Vibey. Would make good background music.

Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

3/5

I love the Neil Young songs that are the most popular, this album was just okay for me.