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Album	You	Global	Diff
Smash	5	3.37	+1.63
Tracy Chapman	5	3.78	+1.22
Ananda Shankar	4	2.82	+1.18
Steve McQueen	4	2.98	+1.02

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Album	You	Global	Diff
Apocalypse Dudes	1	2.9	-1.9
Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness	2	3.68	-1.68
GI	1	2.54	-1.54
Raising Hell	2	3.51	-1.51
Dusty In Memphis	2	3.47	-1.47
Bat Out Of Hell	2	3.45	-1.45
Metal Box	1	2.41	-1.41
C'est Chic	2	3.34	-1.34
British Steel	2	3.3	-1.3
I'm Your Man	2	3.1	-1.1

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Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs

Derek & The Dominos

3/5

Layla is good, the rest is meh

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Eli And The Thirteenth Confession

Laura Nyro

2/5

Large vocal range and range of instruments. Some jazz and musical vibes. Enjoyed the upbeat Lucky and upbeat sections of Woman’s Blues. Not that accessible for easy listening and not my favourite style.

Dookie

Green Day

4/5

Great angsty youth album. Driving guitar, drums that pop, and iconic lyrics.First few songs feel like fill though I do love that drum sound. That run in the middle is incredible. Welcome to Paradise makes me want to jump. The reflective FOD is a nice change of pace.

The Village Green Preservation Society

The Kinks

3/5

Cross between The Who and the Beatles B-sides. Liked the title track, didn’t like the cat song. Not bad.

Dire Straits

4/5

This album would be great from Sultans of Swing alone. The other songs hold their own, though none cross the line into favourites. Atmospheric, want to listen to on good headphones. Great guitars.

Raising Hell

Run-D.M.C.

2/5

I’m sure it was revolutionary at the time but not the kind of hip hop or even old school hip hop I feel like listening to now. Some fun drum fills but lyrics were shouty.

Hot Rats

Frank Zappa

4/5

Mostly instrumental jazzy-rock. Great sounds. Songs 2&3 in particular

Vol. 4

Black Sabbath

3/5

Supernaut was fun, Changes was okay. The rest sounded decent but not that memorable.

Apocalypse Dudes

Turbonegro

1/5

Not for me.

Third

Soft Machine

2/5

Probably better if you’re on drugs.

Clandestino

Manu Chao

3/5

Better than I expected, grew on me. Didn’t like the title track or Tijuana but liked the bongo one and a few others. Huge variety in music in this one, every song different.

Birth Of The Cool

Miles Davis

4/5

Still partial to Kind of Blue but this is good, should listen to again.

Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs

Derek & The Dominos

3/5

Layla is good, the rest is meh

Germs

1/5

Didn’t get through the whole thing. Weird in a not particularly good way.

Let's Get It On

Marvin Gaye

3/5

Inoffensive and pleasant though not something I’d go back to often

Liquid Swords

GZA

4/5

This was fun. 4th chamber and Swordsman had great flow.

Trafalgar

Bee Gees

3/5

Meh.

Come Away With Me

Norah Jones

4/5

Magic.

Bat Out Of Hell

Meat Loaf

2/5

2 out of 5 ain’t bad. Had some Italian restaurant vibes but not as good

The Notorious Byrd Brothers

The Byrds

2/5

I was too harsh on Meatloaf yesterday, shoulda been a 3. This is meh.

Ananda Shankar

4/5

Took a bit to get into but Sagar slaps! Metamorphosis was good too.

The Number Of The Beast

Iron Maiden

3/5

Liege And Lief

Fairport Convention

3/5

Pretty vocals and some good instrumental parts but not something I could really get into for an hour.

British Steel

Judas Priest

2/5

Not for me.

Club Classics Vol. One

Soul II Soul

3/5

Nice background dance music. Didn’t like Back to Life as much as its popularity would suggest. African Dance was groovy

Surf's Up

The Beach Boys

4/5

Liked this more than I expected. Listened through to Pet Sounds after Brian Wilson died and couldn’t get into it. This was more Neil Young than barbershop quartet. Felt ahead of its time.

Disraeli Gears

Cream

3/5

A couple really good songs but back half felt weak

Car Wheels On A Gravel Road

Lucinda Williams

2/5

Intro had me ready for Mary Chapin Carpenter. This fell short.

It's Blitz!

Yeah Yeah Yeahs

3/5

Good.

Slanted And Enchanted

Pavement

2/5

Not for me. Some better Pavement songs autoplayed afterwards.

Fear Of A Black Planet

Public Enemy

4/5

Solid.

Safe As Milk

Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band

3/5

Different and some nice bluesy parts. Probably not something I’ll come back to though.

Heaven Or Las Vegas

Cocteau Twins

3/5

It’s probably good, but not my genre.

Oar

Alexander 'Skip' Spence

2/5

Categorizing this as weird folk. Another one that’s probably better on drugs. Interesting and not necessarily bad but not gonna listen to it often.

Out Of The Blue

Electric Light Orchestra

3/5

Turn to Stone and Mr Bluesky I like. The rest is closer to filler.

Dig Your Own Hole

The Chemical Brothers

4/5

I thought this was gonna be a 1 star at first but then I got into the groove. Nice

Metal Box

Public Image Ltd.

1/5

Not my kinda noise

Smash

The Offspring

5/5

4.5 stars. Middle section slaps. Fun stop-start guitar riffs and some ska influence. Better driving fast than slow.

The Genius Of Ray Charles

Ray Charles

4/5

Solid, though the first track set high expectations it didn’t quite maintain throughout.

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness

The Smashing Pumpkins

2/5

Some good stuff but a lot that was unenjoyable to listen to

I'm Your Man

Leonard Cohen

2/5

Not your granddad’s Cohen. 80s Cohen is a skip for me.

American Idiot

Green Day

3/5

Solid, 3.5.

First Band On The Moon

The Cardigans

3/5

Tracy Chapman

5/5

Can’t believe I thought she was a one hit wonder. This whole album is great with emotions swinging between defiance and desperation. Revolution and Mountains are new favourites.

Goo

Sonic Youth

3/5

Not bad but not memorable.

3 Feet High and Rising

De La Soul

4/5

Fun one. Weird in a good way. Love a good math song.

High Violet

The National

3/5

Immersive, probably really good if you’re really into music world or live in lemon world. A bit inaccessible to me though. The Ohio song slightly catchier

C'est Chic

CHIC

2/5

Not my style.

Steve McQueen

Prefab Sprout

4/5

The best and worst of the 80s in one album. Really liked Appetite. Some of the back half dragged on

Duck Stab/Buster & Glen

The Residents

3/5

Real weird and not super listenable, but fun

Dusty In Memphis

Dusty Springfield

2/5

Son of a Preacher Man revives this a bit