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Album	You	Global	Diff
Live Through This Hole	5	3.28	+1.72
Ready To Die The Notorious B.I.G.	5	3.36	+1.64
Smash The Offspring	5	3.37	+1.63
Ramones Ramones	5	3.58	+1.42
Gold Ryan Adams	4	2.84	+1.16
Viva Hate Morrissey	4	2.96	+1.04

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Album	You	Global	Diff
Reggatta De Blanc The Police	1	3.45	-2.45
Court And Spark Joni Mitchell	1	3.35	-2.35
Achtung Baby U2	1	3.3	-2.3
Dry PJ Harvey	1	3.24	-2.24
Your New Favourite Band The Hives	1	3.12	-2.12
Rapture Anita Baker	1	2.94	-1.94
Survivor Destiny's Child	1	2.86	-1.86
Fly Or Die N.E.R.D	1	2.86	-1.86
Automatic For The People R.E.M.	2	3.82	-1.82
Tracy Chapman Tracy Chapman	2	3.79	-1.79

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Abbey Road

Beatles

5/5

The only knock can be its discontinuity. After 1000 listens, I still hear something new.

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

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Rejoicing In The Hands

Devendra Banhart

3/5

Light psychedelic folk. Warbly-ness is more restrained than I remember from the stuff of his I heard at the time. Decent.

Reggatta De Blanc

The Police

1/5

Not the biggest police fan. Other than the hits the songs are not really there. Nice drums throughout, and some creative guitar parts.

The Marshall Mathers LP

Eminem

2/5

The Dre beats sound surprisingly timeless, and the overall production clarity is refreshing. But the content is very much of its time. The hits are interesting curios.

Surrealistic Pillow

Jefferson Airplane

2/5

Relatively inoffensive, if pretty incoherent as an album. Plenty of filler: rock flute, cowbell, the blooz. Does not make me want to hang with the hippies.

Raw Power

The Stooges

3/5

I'm not sure if I'm supposed to listen to the Bowie Mix or the Iggy mix. Going with the Iggy mix. Pretty undeniable vibe. The weaker material sounds like the New York dolls. But the Stooges have an edge that seems more authentic than the later distillations. The hits are good, no real discoveries elsewhere.

Abbey Road

Beatles

5/5

The only knock can be its discontinuity. After 1000 listens, I still hear something new.

This Year's Model

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

3/5

Pretty good, though I prefer “My Aim is True”. 3.5 maybe. Great opener.

It's Blitz!

Yeah Yeah Yeahs

4/5

The third best YYYs album. Still pretty good.

The Cars

4/5

Hard for pretty much anything to match the peaks. And while I wouldn’t quite use the term “filler”, there are definitely some extremely good songs and some less good songs, rather than just a different flavor of good (as the best albums have) throughout. Still, really very good.

Juju

Siouxsie And The Banshees

2/5

Viva Hate

Morrissey

4/5

As much as I love the Smiths, I was surprised by how well this holds up without Marr. The songs are there, and some of the non-Smithsy arrangements really work. It feels cohesive too.

(What's The Story) Morning Glory

Oasis

3/5

Wonderwall and Don’t Look Back in Anger are undeniable pop rock gems. The rest is either brought down by laughably bad lyrics, or aggressively mediocre. With different lyrics I think She’s Electric could have been a nice light Beatles homage.

Tuesday Night Music Club

Sheryl Crow

3/5

I am overwhelmed by the nostalgic smell of a Case Logic CD binder. The first half is surprisingly nice, the second bland corporate pap leavened by The Hit. Better than it deserves to be.

Madman Across The Water

Elton John

2/5

Well written and crafted, but for some reason it just doesn’t move me.

Buena Vista Social Club

3/5

Machine Head

Deep Purple

2/5

Of historical interest only.

Ananda Shankar

2/5

Still not completely understanding why sitar was A Thing. Not unpleasant; the covers are mildly interesting novelties.

It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back

Public Enemy

2/5

Automatic For The People

R.E.M.

2/5

At Budokan

Cheap Trick

3/5

“Come On, Come On” rocks. Want you to want me, Surrender also great. The rest falls off, but pleasant enough for the most part.

Autobahn

Kraftwerk

3/5

Autobahn is joyful and fun. The rest doesn’t do it for me.

Jazz Samba

Stan Getz

2/5

Pleasant, but like a lot of well-regarded jazz that is not guitar-centered, I’m not jazzy enough for this (yet?).

Achtung Baby

1/5

I’ll give them “One” - if you want an epic ballad it’s pretty good. Otherwise bland or saccharine by turns, and plodding throughout.

Survivor

Destiny's Child

1/5

I made it 3 songs. Not my thing.

Songs For Swingin' Lovers!

Frank Sinatra

3/5

Yes, this guy is trying to get into your grandmother’s pants. But the band sounds great, and every single one was tracked live with vocals. THE Crooner. Pretty cheesy material, but that was the style at the time.

White Blood Cells

The White Stripes

4/5

I remember the first couple of white stripes albums being very exciting at the time. De Stijl probably edges this one out for me. Though the songwriting is top loaded, it still captures the excitement of just rocking on some power chords on a crunchy electric guitar.

Beautiful Freak

Eels

2/5

Haunted Dancehall

The Sabres Of Paradise

2/5

Cool band name and album title.

Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul

Otis Redding

4/5

Rocks

Aerosmith

2/5

Superunknown

Soundgarden

4/5

Kid A

Radiohead

3/5

Meat Is Murder

The Smiths

3/5

It’s no “The Queen is Dead”

Slanted And Enchanted

Pavement

3/5

Elastica

2/5

Innervisions

Stevie Wonder

4/5

Crocodiles

Echo And The Bunnymen

2/5

Club Classics Vol. One

Soul II Soul

3/5

The single is a banger, but levels more complex than the rest of the material. The a capella version was a really nice surprise.

Winter In America

Gil Scott-Heron

3/5

Love “The Bottle,” the rest a little too laid back for my tastes.

Home Is Where The Music Is

Hugh Masekela

3/5

Let's Stay Together

Al Green

4/5

Other than the title track the material is nothing special, but the arrangements and sound are just perfect throughout.

Homework

Daft Punk

4/5

Da Funk

Your New Favourite Band

The Hives

1/5

I’m a soft touch for 2000s pop rock, but outside the first track there is little joy in this pretty dire corporate pap. Hives:Stooges as Jet:Black Crowes (although that probably gives too much credit to the Black Crowes).

Dry

PJ Harvey

1/5

This sounds like a “grunge chick” band in the background of a bar scene playing a placeholder song based on a D-tier 3 chord riff. Really bad.

Paul's Boutique

Beastie Boys

4/5

The epitome of the boys will always be LTI, but this has its own charms.

High Violet

The National

2/5

Nice sound…

Peter Gabriel

3/5

Better than expected. I guess I just hate Phil Collins. Worth a relisten.

Mothership Connection

Parliament

4/5

Two all-time grooves, good vibes throughout

Aladdin Sane

David Bowie

3/5

Rockin’ Bowie not my favorite mode, but some gems. Drive-in Saturday, Time.

Live Through This

Hole

5/5

A teenage favorite that holds up surprisingly well! You can hear the Kurt influence, sometimes too much, but solid throughout. Nostalgia tinted glasses, maybe, but who cares.

Locust Abortion Technician

Butthole Surfers

1/5

Are they surfing ON the buttholes, or are the surfers themselves the buttholes? A question for the ages. “Human Cannonball” is decent.

Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme

Simon & Garfunkel

4/5

Like McCartney, another musical genius of our time, this Paul can get a bit cheesy, but that is the folk style. Dated folkiness aside there are beautiful songs and harmonies. I don’t know what the Bob Dylan pastiche is about, it sticks out badly. Maybe you had to be there.

Crossing the Red Sea With the Adverts

The Adverts

2/5

Superfly

Curtis Mayfield

4/5

Safe As Milk

Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band

2/5

Ramones

5/5

Upbeat punk with a touch of doo-wop. Still pretty hard to beat.

Sex Packets

Digital Underground

2/5

Humpty is still good

Sea Change

Beck

4/5

Bandwagonesque

Teenage Fanclub

3/5

Big Star for the 90s?

New Forms

Roni Size

2/5

Songs Of Leonard Cohen

Leonard Cohen

2/5

Calenture

The Triffids

1/5

Pret-ty lame.

Merriweather Post Pavilion

Animal Collective

2/5

Didn’t do it for me then, doesn’t do it for me now.

Tom Tom Club

3/5

Ready To Die

The Notorious B.I.G.

5/5

The greatest rap album of all time

1989

Taylor Swift

4/5

I always thought it was Red, but this might be her peak

Smash

The Offspring

5/5

Brilliant Corners

Thelonious Monk

2/5

American Idiot

Green Day

4/5

Not quite on par with their best material, but if you can’t find joy in a pop punk opera you need to lighten up.

OK Computer

Radiohead

4/5

Dire Straits

4/5

Not their best, but great guitars and Sultans is all-time.

Machine Gun Etiquette

The Damned

2/5

Rising Above Bedlam

Jah Wobble's Invaders Of The Heart

2/5

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

The Kinks

4/5

Pet Sounds

The Beach Boys

4/5

Shalimar

Rahul Dev Burman

3/5

Songs From The Big Chair

Tears For Fears

3/5

Rapture

Anita Baker

1/5

The Velvet Underground & Nico

The Velvet Underground

4/5

Lady Soul

Aretha Franklin

4/5

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness

The Smashing Pumpkins

4/5

Moon Safari

Air

2/5

Live!

Fela Kuti

2/5

People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm

A Tribe Called Quest

4/5

Something Else By The Kinks

The Kinks

3/5

Live At The Regal

B.B. King

3/5

Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables

Dead Kennedys

2/5

Oedipus Schmoedipus

Barry Adamson

3/5

Strangeways, Here We Come

The Smiths

4/5

Idlewild

Everything But The Girl

2/5

Don't Stand Me Down

Dexys Midnight Runners

2/5

The Clash

3/5

The Gershwin Songbook

Ella Fitzgerald

3/5

Low-Life

New Order

4/5

Crime Of The Century

Supertramp

2/5

Gold

Ryan Adams

4/5

16 Lovers Lane

The Go-Betweens

2/5

Catch A Fire

Bob Marley & The Wailers

3/5

Ray Of Light

Madonna

2/5

Third

Soft Machine

1/5

Track 1: The cacophonous intro was not for me, but once the proper song started, it got even worse. The rest of the songs are somewhat less bad, but still sound like they were recorded inside an ashtray. Best left to the sands of time.

Larks' Tongues In Aspic

King Crimson

3/5

The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady

Charles Mingus

3/5

Court And Spark

Joni Mitchell

1/5

Joanna Newsom

3/5

Casanova