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Album	You	Global	Diff
Diamond Life Sade	5	3.43	+1.57
Songs For Swingin' Lovers! Frank Sinatra	5	3.52	+1.48
1999 Prince	5	3.6	+1.4
Our Aim Is To Satisfy Red Snapper	4	2.74	+1.26
Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul Otis Redding	5	3.93	+1.07
I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You Aretha Franklin	5	3.94	+1.06
Led Zeppelin III Led Zeppelin	5	3.96	+1.04

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Arrival ABBA	1	3.5	-2.5
Unknown Pleasures Joy Division	1	3.47	-2.47
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy Kanye West	1	3.41	-2.41
The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady Charles Mingus	1	3.32	-2.32
Daydream Nation Sonic Youth	1	3.3	-2.3
Exit Planet Dust The Chemical Brothers	1	3.16	-2.16
Rid Of Me PJ Harvey	1	3.11	-2.11
Henry's Dream Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds	1	3.11	-2.11
Coles Corner Richard Hawley	1	3.03	-2.03
In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida Iron Butterfly	1	2.94	-1.94

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In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida

Iron Butterfly

1/5

I didn't like this album. I saw them do this music when I was in high school. What a big voice the lead singer had. Doug Ingle.

Ill Communication

Beastie Boys

2/5

Pleasantly surprised a few times during this album.

The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady

Charles Mingus

1/5

This music was overwhelming for me.

I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You

Aretha Franklin

5/5

Ground-breaking, influential album with the genre defining vocals of Miss Aretha Franklin. An undeniable classic in every sense of the word for every category you can think of regarding the recording arts.

Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul

Otis Redding

5/5

Another ground-breaking recording. Another artist defining soul. Excellent

Arrival

ABBA

1/5

Not my favorite.

Fear Of Music

Talking Heads

2/5

Ok not my style of music

Ambient 1/Music For Airports

Brian Eno

4/5

Quiet and calming.

Our Aim Is To Satisfy

Red Snapper

4/5

Really liked the grooves on this and the unusual sounds, interesting vocals, unexpected lyrics . . . I will listen to this again.

Street Life

The Crusaders

4/5

I have always loved Randy Crawford's vocals on Street Life. The rest of the album was enjoyable too but instrumental horn music gets old to me about halfway through the recording. Taken one by one they are accomplished arrangements and the musicianship is wonderful.

Californication

Red Hot Chili Peppers

4/5

I liked this album when it was first released. I like his voice.

Debut

Björk

2/5

Very interesting. So many varying sounds and styles. I don't really like her voice. There were a couple of songs on the al um that perked my ears up but I didn't really like it much.

Only Built 4 Cuban Linx

Raekwon

1/5

hmmmm, wanted to like it but it became like too much text on the page and it just grays out . . .

Rid Of Me

PJ Harvey

1/5

Didn't like it.

Diamond Life

Sade

5/5

Sade is always a joy to hear. I like every cut on this album.

Joanna Newsom

1/5

Didn't like her voice from the first cu but need to listen to the rest of the album.

Led Zeppelin III

Led Zeppelin

5/5

Some of Page's most memorable and recognizable work. Plant is a force of nature.

Cypress Hill

2/5

Phunky. Liked some of it. Gets repetitive but could keep you poppin if it was in the background. Just not loving some of the message.

Joan Armatrading

3/5

I remember not loving this when it was current. I think the last track Tall in the Saddle was the best one for me. I tire of her voice quickly and the whole production was jsut so dated in a way that I didn't like.

Brothers

The Black Keys

4/5

When these guys surfaced with that raw sound it was a welcomed change from the overproduced music that was popular at the time. I tire of the effects after a few cuts. But in general I like them.

For Your Pleasure

Roxy Music

2/5

Not a fan

My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

Kanye West

1/5

I was surprised by many things on this recording. The production, the musicianship, the arrangements were all unexpected for me. I didn't like it and won't listen to it again but there were seconds that took me by surprise. I had never listen to a Kanye record before and so I didn't know what to expect. It was different than I thought it would be.

Songs For Swingin' Lovers!

Frank Sinatra

5/5

All such classics by the one and only Sinatra. The instrumentation, the arrangements, his delivery all perfection

Peter Gabriel 3

Peter Gabriel

4/5

Peter Gabriel defined the production sounds used on his recordings. While dated his style is so signature it is still good to hear. HIs live performances were theatrical and really entertaining.

Henry's Dream

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

1/5

Did not enjoy his vocals or the songs

Home Is Where The Music Is

Hugh Masekela

4/5

Enjoyable all the way through.

Unknown Pleasures

Joy Division

1/5

I don't like this style of singing. It is flat sounding.

Sound of Silver

LCD Soundsystem

2/5

Interesting. Probably wouldn't listen to it again except for second cut entitled It's Time to Get Away From You which I have added to my play list for quick acesss. Too repetitive.

Ctrl

SZA

2/5

Don't really like her voice or vocal style. Tracks all sounded the same. Kind of liked one track something about the Weekend.

Steve McQueen

Prefab Sprout

3/5

Enjoyed this listen. I like their voices. Great backing vocals. Also really like the interesting lyrics, arrangements and composition of the songs and the production. Enjoyed the song Bonny and the guitar tone used. Never even heard of this group of musicians.

Logical Progression

LTJ Bukem

1/5

I listened to this as a background but it is just not my thing.

Daydream Nation

Sonic Youth

1/5

A lot of good music came out of this period in music. It all propelled forward but this was not musical enough for me to like. I don't actualy remember this band.

The Velvet Underground

3/5

This challenging listen is essential to understand so many genres. Lou Reed and the Velvet Underground broke through as many walls as they could with this one recording. I'll probably never listen to it again but I am glad I listened to it now.

Kala

M.I.A.

1/5

Uh, nope.

Coles Corner

Richard Hawley

1/5

I'm sure he is talented but I just found it a boring listen. I sometimes liked his guitar work. His voice is soft and low but stylistically there was nothing engaging in his singing. Some of the lyrics were well turned phrases but overall just too sleepy for me.

Live At The Star Club, Hamburg

Jerry Lee Lewis

4/5

The quintessential rock and roller. On "Money" the laugh and the yodel cracked me up. Surprises were the blues "Matchbox" and "Your Cheating Heart" for vocals. The rest of the rock n roll banging was just that, rockn'.

A Night At The Opera

Queen

4/5

It's Queen! It was a great album.

London Calling

The Clash

3/5

Fun trip back to the post punk era. I liked the Clash back in the day.

Electric Music For The Mind And Body

Country Joe & The Fish

2/5

Now that's a blast from the past. Fun. No need to hear it again.