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Album	You	Global	Diff
Getz/Gilberto Stan Getz	5	3.65	+1.35
The Grand Tour George Jones	4	2.79	+1.21
Out of Step Minor Threat	4	2.93	+1.07

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
If I Should Fall From Grace With God The Pogues	1	3.34	-2.34
Arc Of A Diver Steve Winwood	1	2.88	-1.88
Hot Fuss The Killers	2	3.74	-1.74
Moon Safari Air	2	3.58	-1.58
1984 Van Halen	2	3.51	-1.51
Illinois Sufjan Stevens	2	3.5	-1.5
Bat Out Of Hell Meat Loaf	2	3.45	-1.45
Tommy The Who	2	3.34	-1.34
Surf's Up The Beach Boys	2	3.31	-1.31
The Next Day David Bowie	2	3.3	-1.3

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All Things Must Pass

George Harrison

4/5

Definitely Maybe

Oasis

4/5

Rediscovered an appreciation for Oasis with this one. One of those albums that is reliable start to finish. Even the overplayed hits…

Head Hunters

Herbie Hancock

3/5

Funkay

Moondance

Van Morrison

3/5

I liked this one in college, but didn’t enjoy as much listening now. Also thought he was American this entire time until looking his bio up today! Into The Mystic was probably my favorite track on this album but the rest is a little too old man for me on this particular one. I’ll give it another listen in 30 years.

The White Album

Beatles

3/5

Liked this when I was younger but I think I just enjoyed The Beatles because I was supposed to. Some tracks I enjoyed on the revisit: While My Guitar Gently Weeps, Rocky Raccoon, Helter Skelter. Not an album I would want to listen to every track on but has a mix of styles throughout to make things interesting.

Pacific Ocean Blue

Dennis Wilson

2/5

Not for me, couldn’t get into any songs

Illinois

Sufjan Stevens

2/5

Could never get into their music. Jacksonville and Chicago are decent tracks.

People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm

A Tribe Called Quest

4/5

Solid album start to finish

Endtroducing.....

DJ Shadow

3/5

Not my style but Why Hip Hop Sucks in ‘96 gave me a laugh.

In A Silent Way

Miles Davis

4/5

Haven’t heard this one before. Great two tracks that pair perfectly with a gummy.

Trio

Dolly Parton

3/5

Pretty good, never really heard her music before. Many steps above modern country music…

Disintegration

The Cure

4/5

Don’t think I’ve listened to a The Cure album start to finish before. Very good.

The Wall

Pink Floyd

3/5

Some classics/gems but I needed a lot of drugs to fully appreciate some of the other songs on this album

Music From Big Pink

The Band

3/5

Decent listen if you’re in the right mood. Like camping. Or a slow drive through country roads.

Nebraska

Bruce Springsteen

4/5

Power In Numbers

Jurassic 5

3/5

Surprised this J5 album made it… Quality Control is way better.

Arc Of A Diver

Steve Winwood

1/5

We’d probably survive as a species if this album didn’t exist

Homework

Daft Punk

4/5

Recently been exploring this era that I missed and appreciating it more. Alive is a great soundtrack to rob a bank to. The rest are excellent for violently passing a slow car on the 405.

Mothership Connection

Parliament

4/5

We want the funk

Come Away With Me

Norah Jones

3/5

She had such a great voice and was a nice break from mainstream music at the time.

Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space

Spiritualized

3/5

That was… a journey. A new genre of Space Rock discovered and now I’m wondering what the meaning of life is, where it all began, and what time the aliens are arriving.

Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge

Mudhoney

3/5

New to me, never knew much about the grunge scene aside from the big names of the 90s out of the PNW.

Infected

The The

3/5

I like The The, but this isn’t my favorite album from them

Tommy

The Who

2/5

Tinny and empty. Not for me.

Back At The Chicken Shack

Jimmy Smith

4/5

Love his style, like NYC in the 70s (I was not alive then but it sounds right)

All Mod Cons

The Jam

4/5

Some great tracks on this one, timeless

Van Halen

3/5

Not my style of heavy metal but some classics on this album

Ingenue

k.d. lang

3/5

Beautiful voice

Surf's Up

The Beach Boys

2/5

Probably revolutionary music for the time. Makes for excellent grocery store songs in California.

Led Zeppelin IV

Led Zeppelin

4/5

Classic album, not their best IMO, but some gems and showcasing their unique style

Playing With Fire

Spacemen 3

2/5

Beyond the time space continuum

Abbey Road

Beatles

4/5

Probably my favorite Beatles album

Peter Gabriel 3

Peter Gabriel

2/5

Could have lived without this

Who's Next

The Who

3/5

Good background music for a drive or at a bar, something about The Who isn’t quite my style

Hard Again

Muddy Waters

4/5

Some souuuuul right here

The Boatman's Call

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

2/5

Hmmm not sure about this one

Legalize It

Peter Tosh

4/5

Some goooood jams here

Hot Fuss

The Killers

2/5

Out of all the bands of this era there is something about The Killers that I just don’t like. I tried to listen again with an open mind but they don’t do anything for me. Maybe live would be better…

Blood On The Tracks

Bob Dylan

4/5

Really like this album and this time period of Dylan

Hunky Dory

David Bowie

4/5

Great album start to finish

Tidal

Fiona Apple

4/5

Actually pretty surprised by this one. Never knew much aside from a few hits. Beautiful voice and she’s got some soul.

The Grand Tour

George Jones

4/5

Good album if you ever find yourself driving in Texas. Hilarious that ya’ll are listening to it in the UK 😂

Pretenders

4/5

Never really got into them before but obviously heard a lot of their music. Cool to experience.

Siamese Dream

The Smashing Pumpkins

3/5

Points for original sound and voice, and throw back to the 90s. I could never get beyond the vocals though - always struggled to get into their music because of that.

Honky Tonk Heroes

Waylon Jennings

4/5

Classic. Not the best era of Waylon, which is still yet to come, but a great album for “outlaw country” back when country was country! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

Blood Sugar Sex Magik

Red Hot Chili Peppers

4/5

What a throwback. When this first came out, I was only 5 or 6 years old. But I remember it so vividly on the radio and through my brother’s friends. It was so out there and in your face. Very much a 90s California “F You” fresh sound to my innocent ears.

Frank

Amy Winehouse

4/5

Man, what a talent we lost here. I don’t listen to her stuff very often but damn was she good. Soul. Character. Poetry. She had it all. Solid start to her too short lived career.

The Clash

4/5

Close to a 5 star rating, this album is sublime

All Directions

The Temptations

4/5

Some gems I’ve never heard before mixed in with the classics. Great album.

Blackstar

David Bowie

3/5

Never heard this one before since it’s a newer release. Would give it a 3.5, overall a fun ride.

3 + 3

The Isley Brothers

3/5

Just the right music if you’re in the mood!

Play

Moby

3/5

Actually listened to this recently, not my style usually but some good inspirational tunes

Speakerboxxx/The Love Below

OutKast

4/5

This blew my mind when it came out. The departure of Big Boi and Andre 3000 as they (well, Andre 3000…) started going in different directions. This was certainly an album of my younger years.

Out of Step

Minor Threat

4/5

One of the great hardcore punk bands, out of DC nonetheless! Fantastic album.

Emergency On Planet Earth

Jamiroquai

4/5

Original, cool as ice, and an artist with one of the best car collections. What’s not to like.

New Gold Dream (81/82/83/84)

Simple Minds

3/5

Doolittle

Pixies

3/5

Actually like this better than Surfer Rosa, haven’t heard many of these before

Low-Life

New Order

3/5

Haven’t heard this New Order album, not my favorite tracks

Mermaid Avenue

Billy Bragg

3/5

Probably overplayed it so it’s lost its luster but some good tracks to revisit on this one. Way Over Yonder in the Minor Key is a good one.

Moon Safari

Air

2/5

First Band On The Moon

The Cardigans

2/5

Probably better suited for their hits rather than full length albums

Getz/Gilberto

Stan Getz

5/5

Love this album

If I Should Fall From Grace With God

The Pogues

1/5

1984

Van Halen

2/5

Maybe best saved for memes and movie soundtracks

Isn't Anything

My Bloody Valentine

2/5

The Next Day

David Bowie

2/5

Bat Out Of Hell

Meat Loaf

2/5

Why

Peter Gabriel

3/5

Some classics on here

Maverick A Strike

Finley Quaye

2/5

Decent for a Scot, haven’t heard of him before

The Slim Shady LP

Eminem

3/5

What a throwback. I actually hated Eminem, still don’t love him, but some undiscovered appreciation here

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

Beatles

3/5

A classic and genre-bending album to change how we heard and viewed music. The Summer of Love, will we experience something like that again?

Grace

Jeff Buckley

3/5

Quite surprised by this one. Never really heard his stuff. Really nice voice and could have had an interesting career if he didn’t drown to death at age 30.

You've Come a Long Way Baby

Fatboy Slim

3/5

Wish I was hearing this for the first time in the 90s again. Just a bit overplayed to the point where it’s hard for me to judge fairly now.

Skylarking

XTC

2/5

Maybe would throw this on in a Spoons

Golden Hour

Kacey Musgraves

2/5

The opening track is actually decent “Slow Burn”, the rest I lump in with the rest of bad modern country music.