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Album	You	Global	Diff
Apple Venus Volume 1 XTC	5	2.85	+2.15
Screamadelica Primal Scream	5	3.17	+1.83
Actually Pet Shop Boys	5	3.18	+1.82
25 Adele	5	3.36	+1.64
Power In Numbers Jurassic 5	5	3.48	+1.52
Illinois Sufjan Stevens	5	3.49	+1.51
Pearl Janis Joplin	5	3.73	+1.27
LP1 FKA twigs	4	2.8	+1.2
Swordfishtrombones Tom Waits	4	2.95	+1.05

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Among The Living Anthrax	1	2.85	-1.85
My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts Brian Eno	1	2.79	-1.79
Station To Station David Bowie	2	3.7	-1.7
The Wildest! Louis Prima	2	3.54	-1.54
1984 Van Halen	2	3.51	-1.51
Eliminator ZZ Top	2	3.38	-1.38
Paranoid Black Sabbath	3	4.2	-1.2
Hypnotised The Undertones	2	3.06	-1.06

5-Star Albums (9)

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The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars

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Call of the Valley

Shivkumar Sharma

3/5

Two equally strong impressions. Sharma is aaster of his instrument, and I have no strong desire to continue listening to this music at this point

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Surrealistic Pillow

Jefferson Airplane

3/5

Black Holes and Revelations

Muse

3/5

Psychedelic rock. Lots of drifting electric guitar riffs, real more Dynamics than I thought there would be over the course of the whole album. Interesting to read up about the history of the band and their evolution with their increase substance use into Jefferson Starship. Wrote White rabbit which is the first one of the first pro drug songs

Boston

4/5

Overall, surprisingly like this album much better than I thought I would. Categorized as arena rock, most popular song is more than a feeling, though I enjoyed a lot of the other songs more. Guitar electric guitar has a lot more punch and structure overall more melodic and major key riffs, much more digestible in a lot of ways then psychedelic Rock of the surrealistic pillows in Jefferson airplane. Surprisingly there are songs that I would return to outside of this listening exercise. Peace of mind specifically and maybe let me take you home tonight.

Hotel California

Eagles

3/5

First time listening through this album. Made impressions were a clear lead vocal, simple clean instrumentation, with the very memorable hooks along with good storytelling throughout most of the songs. At times instrumentation felt thin, though I'm not used to listening to a lot of music from this period. Lots of songs saved for later listening, most notably wasted time, New kid in town, and lost resort. Favorite song was try and love again.

Jazz Samba

Stan Getz

4/5

A nice easy breezy listen. Smooth, controlled sax, wonderfully played all around.

Madman Across The Water

Elton John

3/5

Well mixed, overall a pleasant listen that wasn't for me (yet at least). Loved the build on all you nasties, I'm a sucker for a good choir part.

All That You Can't Leave Behind

2/5

With much regret, one of the first albums I could not wait to be over. Instrumentally forgettable, did not find the lyricism of the songs to be much to write home about either. It's a me problem, but I absolutely did not enjoy this listen through. Maybe some other time

Music in Exile

Songhoy Blues

4/5

4+, immediately digestible, though still quite novel for me

Call of the Valley

Shivkumar Sharma

3/5

Two equally strong impressions. Sharma is aaster of his instrument, and I have no strong desire to continue listening to this music at this point

The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars

David Bowie

5/5

Insane.

The Chronic

Dr. Dre

3/5

The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators

The 13th Floor Elevators

2/5

Ubiquitous aquatic scatting, twangy/floaty electric. I could listen to a song here or there in the future, not my cup of tea right now unfortunately

Screamadelica

Primal Scream

5/5

Aggressively up my alley. House had a baby with psychedelic rock and I will raise it as my own

Entertainment

Gang Of Four

3/5

I can't deny that they have influenced LCD Soundsystem, rem, and countless others, but I also can't deny that this album dragged for me. Lacks the oomph that I've been spoiled with from the bands that have succeeded them. For me, right now, this incapsulates a band that walked so others could run.

The White Album

Beatles

4/5

Nilsson Schmilsson

Harry Nilsson

4/5

The Village Green Preservation Society

The Kinks

4/5

Pearl

Janis Joplin

5/5

Janis joplin is crunchy peanut butter in a land of smooth. Creo baby and half morning were both favoritos and showed her range. Unexpected fun

Oracular Spectacular

MGMT

3/5

Definitely some great songs, could not overcome the impression of a singing ghost jangling keys... highlights were electric feel and kids

Power In Numbers

Jurassic 5

5/5

Some on the nose lyrics felt a little hokey/corny, but overall amazingly mixed album

Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs

Derek & The Dominos

3/5

Thought this album would be more promising after a strong start with I looked away, but found it difficult to connect with the rest of the way through. Still a good listen, one I wouldn't have touched outside of the project and that's a win in my book

Second Toughest In The Infants

Underworld

3/5

Better than I thought it would be for a techno album, still not my cup of tea. There were parts of each song that I found genuinely pleasant though.

Gold

Ryan Adams

2/5

Stale after new York New york

Elephant Mountain

The Youngbloods

3/5

1984

Van Halen

2/5

A little too instrumental for my taste. Absolutely loved hearing Jump though

The Stranger

Billy Joel

3/5

The Age Of The Understatement

The Last Shadow Puppets

3/5

Rambling, busy, and more enjoyable than expected

My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts

Brian Eno

1/5

Unfortunately one of my least favorite albums of this project. Few songs had the nice progression of themes that I'm used to in more housey songs. Not for me

Diamond Life

Sade

4/5

Smooth as all get out

The Wildest!

Louis Prima

2/5

Fun, felt like being in a am Disney museum

Zombie

Fela Kuti

3/5

Apple Venus Volume 1

XTC

5/5

Super fun, wonky album that has enough structure to make it enjoyable. I'm not overthinking it: it's a 5

Among The Living

Anthrax

1/5

I am neither misunderstood or angry enough to connect with this album, though I am happy I have been exposed to thrash. Historically seems quite interesting, but not an album I enjoyed listening to

Garbage

4/5

A little grungey angsty, achy vocals, with enough of a pop flair to make it more accessible to the uninitiated like me

Back In Black

AC/DC

3/5

Listening to the grating vocals of ACDC gives me the same vicarious pain as watching an overly sun exposed senior using a tanning bed. That being said, an album and a band that is unapologetically themselves. Driving percussion and a trundling electric guitar push through the entirety of the album faithfully though it grew a little tiresome by the third song.

Fred Neil

3/5

Neil's chroming baritone was a welcome reprieve from ACDC yesterday, nothing to write home about for me. Favorites: everybody's talking, that's the bag I'm in

Antichrist Superstar

Marilyn Manson

2/5

Gratuitous, on the nose, but overall a very interesting album.

LP1

FKA twigs

4/5

Underwater ASMR + singing ghost + middle schooler that was always laying down a beat in the back of class with a ruler and a mechanical pencil

Natty Dread

Bob Marley & The Wailers

4/5

Dusty In Memphis

Dusty Springfield

3/5

Endtroducing.....

DJ Shadow

3/5

Let Love Rule

Lenny Kravitz

3/5

More of a fan of his lower register. Not my favorite album, but a fine listen

Ananda Shankar

2/5

Conceptually interesting but I would say otherwise not my favourite listen

Oar

Alexander 'Skip' Spence

3/5

Floaty, folky, dragged at points but overall pleasant

Paranoid

Black Sabbath

3/5

Electric Ladyland

Jimi Hendrix

3/5

Masterful electric guitar, my enjoyment of which was limited by my general ambivalence toward long guitar riffs. This is something that deserves a couple more listens though...

The Bones Of What You Believe

CHVRCHES

4/5

Great album, preferred the more bass driven numbers. Under the tide is my favorite

Swordfishtrombones

Tom Waits

4/5

Better than I thought and worth another listen. Gritty, interesting and always fun.

Legalize It

Peter Tosh

4/5

Loved this album, had a nice feel to it, favourite watcha gonna do

A Hard Day's Night

Beatles

4/5

Led Zeppelin IV

Led Zeppelin

4/5

Going to California was a favorite,.great sound

Moby Grape

3/5

Going to California was a favorite,.great sound

Adele

5/5

Beauty And The Beat

The Go-Go's

3/5

Songs In The Key Of Life

Stevie Wonder

5/5

Insane quality over the length of a long Disney film.

Tusk

Fleetwood Mac

3/5

Ledges was my favorite overall a nice listen

Blue

Joni Mitchell

3/5

Loved Carrie, and very happy to get some Joni Mitchell, definitely a unique sound. I think one that will take some time to get in the flow of but that I'll like better with repeated listens

Hunky Dory

David Bowie

4/5

Actually

Pet Shop Boys

5/5

Amazing album

At Mister Kelly's

Sarah Vaughan

3/5

Can't Buy A Thrill

Steely Dan