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Album	You	Global	Diff
Gris Gris Dr. John	5	2.88	+2.12
Nebraska Bruce Springsteen	5	3.32	+1.68
Paul's Boutique Beastie Boys	5	3.47	+1.53
Exile On Main Street The Rolling Stones	5	3.61	+1.39
The Score Fugees	5	3.69	+1.31
Graceland Paul Simon	5	3.74	+1.26
Vol. 4 Black Sabbath	5	3.75	+1.25
One World John Martyn	4	2.82	+1.18
When I Was Born For The 7th Time Cornershop	4	2.92	+1.08
The Gilded Palace Of Sin The Flying Burrito Brothers	4	2.93	+1.07

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Songs For Swingin' Lovers! Frank Sinatra	1	3.52	-2.52
Iron Maiden Iron Maiden	2	3.4	-1.4
Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds	2	3.32	-1.32
A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector Various Artists	2	3.31	-1.31
Golden Hour Kacey Musgraves	2	3.09	-1.09

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Larks' Tongues In Aspic

King Crimson

4/5

I thought this was kind of awesome...

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Fear Of A Black Planet

Public Enemy

4/5

Crazy sampling and texture. Seems to have pioneered that style/approach. Some deep themes, too. A classic for a reason.

Bookends

Simon & Garfunkel

3/5

Not what I expected. Paul Simon is a genius, but this is lower on the list of his works for me.

Head Hunters

Herbie Hancock

3/5

Not my usual kind of thing, but I liked how funky this was. Listened while walking around New York, which was an excellent call.

Vol. 4

Black Sabbath

5/5

I can't believe I liked this as much as I did. Rock and roll!

Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

2/5

I think I like Nick Cave in small doses..? Some great lyrics and genuinely moving songs, but I wanted to like this album more than I actually did. Maybe I wasn't in the mood for it.

I Should Coco

Supergrass

4/5

Just a ton of fun.

Songs For Swingin' Lovers!

Frank Sinatra

1/5

Not for me.

Brutal Youth

Elvis Costello

2/5

I hope his other albums do it for me more than this one. His voice is grating. Two stars for one or two nice songs and a few good lyrics.

Scott 4

Scott Walker

3/5

Didn't feel like anything special to me. Fine.

Songs From The Big Chair

Tears For Fears

4/5

Shawn Spencer knows what's up.

Dire Straits

4/5

The guitar riffs on this rock. Just a very COOL album.

Blood Sugar Sex Magik

Red Hot Chili Peppers

4/5

I've never been a big RHCP fan. And I'm still not, but I do appreciate this album. It's too long, for sure, but it is such a vibe.

Brilliant Corners

Thelonious Monk

4/5

I don’t know much about jazz, but I think this was good?

When I Was Born For The 7th Time

Cornershop

4/5

This was awesome.

Machine Head

Deep Purple

3/5

Total dad rock. Solid, but nothing felt unique. Obviously Smoke on the Water slaps.

Sunday At The Village Vanguard

Bill Evans Trio

3/5

I don’t know much about jazz, but this seemed good? I wish I could play the piano. Listened a bit while driving through San Francisco and I felt like I was in a movie.

Bat Out Of Hell

Meat Loaf

3/5

Over-the-top and theatric.

The Gilded Palace Of Sin

The Flying Burrito Brothers

4/5

I'll often click to see other users' reviews before I listen to something and it seems I like all the albums other people don't. Not sure what that means. This was a blast.

One World

John Martyn

4/5

Love.

Freak Out!

The Mothers Of Invention

2/5

What is this?

Hounds Of Love

Kate Bush

3/5

Really interesting. Probably not going to be in heavy rotation for me, but I respect it. First female artist I've heard on this list I think.

Stardust

Willie Nelson

3/5

Nice, pleasant.

Steve McQueen

Prefab Sprout

3/5

Very 80s, but not in a bad way. I liked some of the lyrics and the singer's voice.

Exile On Main Street

The Rolling Stones

5/5

These Rolling Stones guys are pretty good.

Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not

Arctic Monkeys

3/5

I really liked this album around the time it came out. Doesn't hit me as hard now, but still some great tracks and fun lyrics. A lot of British people on this list.

Iron Maiden

2/5

80s training montage music.

The xx

4/5

Reminds me of college.

Bad Company

3/5

More dad rock.

A Hard Day's Night

Beatles

4/5

I mean, it's the Beatles.

Stand!

Sly & The Family Stone

4/5

Dope.

Rattlesnakes

Lloyd Cole And The Commotions

3/5

It's fine.

Lust For Life

Iggy Pop

4/5

I like it!

Station To Station

David Bowie

4/5

I'm no expert, but the SOUND of this album is amazing - so much going on, instrumentally.

Hail To the Thief

Radiohead

4/5

I don't know, I liked it.

The Dark Side Of The Moon

Pink Floyd

5/5

I can see why this is considered a masterpiece.

Beach Samba

Astrud Gilberto

3/5

Not something I'd normally listen to. Glad this list made me. But I won't be listening again.

Vivid

Living Colour

3/5

Feels like pretty generic rock music to me - aside from the social commentary, which, while interesting and important, is pretty on-the-nose. The drums sound great, at least in the remastered version. Cult of Personality slaps.

Metal Box

Public Image Ltd.

3/5

Pretty damn cool, but also a bit grating.

Paul's Boutique

Beastie Boys

5/5

Yeah, the vocals kind of all sound the same. Sort of..? But these guys know who they are and damn are they cool.

Rock 'N Soul

Solomon Burke

4/5

Beautiful, soulful (duh) voice. This is someone I would've loved to have seen live.

A Seat at the Table

Solange

3/5

Half inventive, half bland.

Graceland

Paul Simon

5/5

One of my favorite albums of all time. I wasn't aware of the controversy surrounding it...will need to read up on that.

Gris Gris

Dr. John

5/5

Well this was awesome.

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

The Kinks

4/5

Pretty damn good.

(Pronounced 'Leh-'Nérd 'Skin-'Nérd)

Lynyrd Skynyrd

3/5

Lots of classics, but racists suck. Rating here based on the art and music, but not giving them any more listens.

Larks' Tongues In Aspic

King Crimson

4/5

I thought this was kind of awesome...

The Bends

Radiohead

4/5

Good for sad times.

From Elvis In Memphis

Elvis Presley

3/5

The crooner feel definitely isn't my style, but it feels real and raw to an extent. Better than I thought it'd be.

The Velvet Underground

4/5

Inventive, fun, weird.

Music in Exile

Songhoy Blues

4/5

The reason I started this list was to find gems like this.

Miriam Makeba

3/5

Happy to have been exposed to this!

Bridge Over Troubled Water

Simon & Garfunkel

4/5

I was torn between a 4 and a 5 here. So many great songs, but it also feels pretty dated at times.

Born To Run

Bruce Springsteen

4/5

Really love the lyrics (I'd heard the classics before, of course). Nice storytelling. Very cinematic. But not my favorite sound.

Eli And The Thirteenth Confession

Laura Nyro

3/5

Cool, unique, trying at times.

Heroes

David Bowie

4/5

I think I liked this more than the last Bowie album this list gave me, but I looked back and I gave that 4 stars, too...

Unhalfbricking

Fairport Convention

4/5

Pleasant!

Mask

Bauhaus

3/5

At some points I loved this and at others I hated it...often in the same song.

The Visitors

ABBA

4/5

Pretty awesome, which surprised me!

Exodus

Bob Marley & The Wailers

5/5

No skips, really.

The Score

Fugees

5/5

Incredible. Ms. Lauryn Hill is one of one.

Gold

Ryan Adams

2/5

Before looking at other users' reviews, I assumed I'd liked this less than most. Turns out I liked it more than most. But...that's not saying much.

Golden Hour

Kacey Musgraves

2/5

Feels very..average.

Debut

Björk

4/5

Just so cool and fun and weird and beautiful.

Autobahn

Kraftwerk

4/5

I liked this! Felt ahead of it's time, but I'm not sure if that's true?

Roxy Music

3/5

Pretty cool, but also kind of annoying at times?

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector

Various Artists

2/5

I just don't like Christmas music that much. Plus...you know, it's Phil Spector. Giving an extra star for the talented vocalists.

Speakerboxxx/The Love Below

OutKast

4/5

Sure it's a little bloated and some of it feels dated (particularly in Big Boi's half), but Outkast can do no wrong.

Nebraska

Bruce Springsteen

5/5

This is the kind of thing I wanted when Springsteen came up the first time on this list. This is great.

Tuesday Night Music Club

Sheryl Crow

3/5

I just don't like a lot of 90s music, but this was better than most I guess.