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Album	You	Global	Diff
Done By The Forces Of Nature Jungle Brothers	5	3.04	+1.96
Melody A.M. Röyksopp	5	3.21	+1.79
Mama Said Knock You Out LL Cool J	4	2.91	+1.09
Supa Dupa Fly Missy Elliott	4	2.92	+1.08

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Album	You	Global	Diff
Sail Away Randy Newman	1	2.97	-1.97
Ready To Die The Notorious B.I.G.	2	3.36	-1.36
Low-Life New Order	2	3.3	-1.3
Lost Souls Doves	2	3.16	-1.16

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Pink Flag

Wire

3/5

Seems like one of these guitar riffs provided a sample for... Elastica maybe? I can hear a prelude to Minor Threat in these songs. Got about halfway through the album but I get the idea.

Darkness on the Edge of Town

Bruce Springsteen

3/5

This album wasn't on my radar and I appreciated the chance to give it a listen. It didn't instantly grab me, but it was enjoyable. The themes and sound are pretty much exactly what I expect from Springsteen after I grew up listening to Born in the USA, which my dad had on vinyl.

Ready To Die

The Notorious B.I.G.

2/5

There's no doubt that Biggie was incredibly talented, but the relentless misogyny wasn't cute in the '90s and grates even more now.

The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill

Lauryn Hill

3/5

Some of these songs are so good, but they don't carry the album as a whole.

The Band

3/5

It was fine? It didn't make that much of an impression to be honest.

Revolver

Beatles

4/5

Mama Said Knock You Out

LL Cool J

4/5

I love the smoothness of Around the Way Girl, and how big the beats feel on some of the other tracks. The braggadocio is pretty charming, especially in contrast to the outright misogyny of the Biggie album I listened to a few days ago. There are a few tracks I'd probably skip the next time (Milky Cereal, really?) but I would listen to this album again.

Aftermath

The Rolling Stones

3/5

Songs Of Leonard Cohen

Leonard Cohen

4/5

I hadn't listened to this album all the way through. It was overall more spare than I was expecting.

Bone Machine

Tom Waits

3/5

Heroes

David Bowie

3/5

The last third of it is very atmospheric.

Melody A.M.

Röyksopp

5/5

Lovely album

Fulfillingness' First Finale

Stevie Wonder

3/5

Not really my thing, but I enjoyed this more than I thought I would.

Eagles

3/5

I already knew and loved a couple songs off this album but I found that most of it faded into the background while I was listening. I would give it another shot.

The Cars

4/5

This album goes hard. Lots of great tracks.

War

3/5

Station To Station

David Bowie

4/5

I liked this more than I expected. The length worked for some of the songs but others were a bit much. Station to Station, Golden Years, and Wild is the Wind were standouts.

Transformer

Lou Reed

4/5

The Rising

Bruce Springsteen

3/5

The ArchAndroid

Janelle Monáe

4/5

I think Dirty Computer has more standouts, but this album has a cohesive feel and creative production.

Cupid & Psyche 85

Scritti Politti

2/5

Not my thing. Very '80s but not in the good way.

The Low End Theory

A Tribe Called Quest

4/5

Sea Change

Beck

3/5

Haut de gamme / Koweït, rive gauche

Koffi Olomide

2/5

Fine but it didn't grab me. There are albums from the late 80s and early 90s whose production sounds timeless, but this isn't one of them.

Elvis Presley

3/5

I found myself tapping my toes to some of these. I wouldn't go out of my way to listen to this album but I wouldn't mind if it were on in the background and I can understand how it captured the imaginations of white teenagers in the '50s. I have to say, though, Tutti Frutti was a really inferior cover.

Red Dirt Girl

Emmylou Harris

3/5

If I Should Fall From Grace With God

The Pogues

3/5

Joan Armatrading

4/5

You know it's good when the album loops back around and you're excited to hear the first song again.

Beach Samba

Astrud Gilberto

3/5