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Album	You	Global	Diff
Dr. Octagonecologyst Dr. Octagon	5	2.7	+2.3
Ray Of Light Madonna	5	2.99	+2.01
Risque CHIC	5	3.27	+1.73
The Specials The Specials	5	3.3	+1.7
Nebraska Bruce Springsteen	5	3.32	+1.68
Live At Leeds The Who	5	3.33	+1.67
xx The xx	5	3.37	+1.63
There's No Place Like America Today Curtis Mayfield	5	3.37	+1.63
Eliminator ZZ Top	5	3.38	+1.62
Beauty And The Beat The Go-Go's	5	3.39	+1.61

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Doggystyle Snoop Dogg	1	3.37	-2.37
Urban Hymns The Verve	1	3.36	-2.36
The Holy Bible Manic Street Preachers	1	3.14	-2.14
Post Orgasmic Chill Skunk Anansie	1	2.99	-1.99
Slayed? Slade	1	2.88	-1.88
All Hope Is Gone Slipknot	1	2.7	-1.7
Jazz Samba Stan Getz	2	3.56	-1.56
Aja Steely Dan	2	3.46	-1.46
Third Soft Machine	1	2.43	-1.43
Solid Air John Martyn	2	3.16	-1.16

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Artist	Albums	Average
Beatles	3	5
The Who	3	5

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Artist	Ratings
Steely Dan	2, 5

5-Star Albums (33)

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Doggystyle

Snoop Dogg

1/5

I didn't like the misogyny of gangster rap then and definitely not now.

1 likes

Aja

Steely Dan

2/5

I'll say this, we had to drive home late after a long day. Aja by Steely Dan kept my thirteen year old happily asleep for most of the ride. This album is how I imagine much of the late 70s radio music scene must have felt.

1 likes

Who's Next

The Who

5/5

Five stars. It just is. Even the filler songs on a Who album are joyous to listen to. "The Song is Over" and "Getting in Tune" were surprising rediscoveries.

1 likes

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LTJ Bukem

3/5

Interesting instrumentals.

Eliminator

ZZ Top

5/5

Frank

Amy Winehouse

4/5

Interesting view into early Winehouse before Back to Black album blew up.

The xx

5/5

English indie pop. Excellent post-house music electronic pop. Favorite Tracks: Intro VCR Islands Shelter

Nevermind

Nirvana

5/5

I listened to the Deluxe edition on Spotify with B sides and live tracks. The Polly Smart Studio session was a cool find. Memories of buying this album at the Buckingham Square mall in Denver. Musicland CD store. Probably the same place that I bought Guns n Roses Use Your Illusion. An era.

This Year's Model

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

4/5

Need to go back and relisten to this one!!

Appetite For Destruction

Guns N' Roses

5/5

GnR were such a part of my early teen years

Highway to Hell

AC/DC

3/5

Hmm.

The Specials

5/5

Fantastic. Enjoyed learning more about English ska history.

Hard Again

Muddy Waters

5/5

Great to drop some blues in the middle of Appetite for Destruction and Costello brit pop. I wanted to jump in the car and drive to Memphis.

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

Beatles

5/5

A blast of guitar that's instantly recognizable. "With a little Help" morphs into "Lucy in the Sky.". The plane ride to post colonial India with the first biggest Rock band in the World that resulted in "Within You Without You." Sgt Peppers is more than an album. It's a postcard from The Beatles to give future generations an insight into what the end of the road felt like for George, Paul, John, and Ringo.

Risque

CHIC

5/5

Third

Soft Machine

1/5

This album broke my streak of knowing (and liking) the artists and the music selections. If I liked the music more I might spend time researching more of the "why?" Behind what is going here. But I gave it about half an hour of time and I was still more like "why the f--k??" Were they trying to be English cottage Frank Zappa?

Urban Hymns

The Verve

1/5

Verve has always felt like Third Eye Blind, Semisonic, Goo Goo Dolls, Friends theme song, yadda yadda. Pseudo alternative music that came after Nirvana, Pumpkins, Oasis. It's for people too chickenshit to listen to music that pisses off their parents. I'm listening to it now picturing Liam Gallagher beating the lead singer with an amp.

Beauty And The Beat

The Go-Go's

5/5

Enjoyed getting to hear this album as a whole for the first time. And then starting to unpeel the stories of each of the group members.

Life's Too Good

The Sugarcubes

2/5

McCartney

Paul McCartney

3/5

Interesting bridge between the Beatles and solo and Wings work. Love the album art.

Live At Leeds

The Who

5/5

An album overshadowed by Tommy. Thankful to listen to this rediscovery.

Doggystyle

Snoop Dogg

1/5

I didn't like the misogyny of gangster rap then and definitely not now.

Bat Out Of Hell

Meat Loaf

5/5

It turns out that 70s rock opera is way more my speed than I even expected.

Live At The Regal

B.B. King

5/5

Hot Rats

Frank Zappa

4/5

Gris Gris

Dr. John

3/5

Gave me a new appreciation for the music born out of New Orleans.

Aja

Steely Dan

2/5

Green River

Creedence Clearwater Revival

5/5

It was fun to learn about Fogerty and CCR. Crazy to think about the amount and quality of songs that he created in the 1975-1969 span.

Blue

Joni Mitchell

5/5

Great. This is what an album experience should be. Each song is unique, but adds together to build into a whole.

Buenas Noches From A Lonely Room

Dwight Yoakam

2/5

Meh.

(Pronounced 'Leh-'Nérd 'Skin-'Nérd)

Lynyrd Skynyrd

4/5

Original albums are such a better experience than Greatest Hits.

There's No Place Like America Today

Curtis Mayfield

5/5

Loved this first-time listen. Opening "Billy Jack" and the sincere "Jesus". Favorite was "Blue Monday People". The cover art is brilliant.

Ace of Spades

Motörhead

4/5

Great metal band!!

The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan

5/5

As classic album as classic albums get.

My Generation

The Who

5/5

Rock and roll

Brothers In Arms

Dire Straits

4/5

Another classic album in the timeline of guitar evolution.

Time (The Revelator)

Gillian Welch

3/5

Looking forward to this one! I know Welch's name, but not her music very well. Let's see where this goes...

Introducing The Hardline According To Terence Trent D'Arby

Terence Trent D'Arby

2/5

Paranoid

Black Sabbath

5/5

Brings back so many memories. I understand better now how Ozzy, Geezer, and Iommi would have grown up in the shadow of the Beatles, Stones, Who, and American rock. To feel so close in age, yet still an outsider. You hear both the severance for electric guitar, but also the anger of wanting to create a new type of music of their own.

All Directions

The Temptations

4/5

Steve McQueen

Prefab Sprout

3/5

Had some moments.

Boston

4/5

Yeah. Okay. This is a solid album full of hits. The story behind its recording also fits in the legends of rock and roll. As much as I believe the music of Boston is indistinguishable from REO Speedwagon, Chicago, Cheap Trick, and numerous other mid 70s bands, it is very true that this is an impressive debut album with zero filler.

Slayed?

Slade

1/5

Wow, I always thought Spinal Tap was making fun of American rock bands. But every song on this album was an unintended parody skit.

The Holy Bible

Manic Street Preachers

1/5

Just not a fan I guess

Music for the Masses

Depeche Mode

3/5

Not really my favorite music, but I remember how DM gave 80s music a dark edge that would influence the rise of grunge and then Nine inch Nails.

My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

Kanye West

4/5

This review was unearthed from 2010-11 when the album first came out. West had recently lost his mother in 2007. She died of complications after a series of cosmetic surgeries. That seems to be one of a series of traumatic events, many self-inflicted, that West experienced on his quixotic quest for fame and wealth. It's not a great album and he is definitely not a great person. His antihero journey is symbolic of the dark, twisted American Dream that has become all of our existence. So four stars for the failure we are all trying to live through at the moment. Kanye, you achieved your dream of creating your nightmare. What a blueprint.

All Hope Is Gone

Slipknot

1/5

Nope

Eternally Yours

The Saints

4/5

This was a first discovery of an Australian early punk pioneer that experimented with a horn section. I'm in.

Zombie

Fela Kuti

4/5

Great discovery

Something Else By The Kinks

The Kinks

4/5

Powerman by the Kinks is still my favorite album. But I always love a new Kinks discovery.

Larks' Tongues In Aspic

King Crimson

3/5

Another English version of American music who I never got into when I was younger.

Second Toughest In The Infants

Underworld

4/5

The dream of the 90s is still alive in the Underworld. Although many tracks captured the repeitition of electronic music of that era, others flashed the promise of a post-Trainspotting world of music.

You Want It Darker

Leonard Cohen

3/5

Kind of like listening to Dylan's most recent albums. You hear the whole career in each song. Not sure any of these rose to the classic status of earlier work. But I love to remember the moments I discovered Cohen along the way.

Nebraska

Bruce Springsteen

5/5

Had a feeling this one would make an appearance. I listened to Highway Patrolman again and again last night. It was probably on when I finally fell asleep. The legends around the recording of this album will probably go on to live next to the music itself. "Man turns his back on his family, well he just ain't no good." Springsteen became something else with this album. Before he was another rock singer trying to rise above a saturated east coast scene. Two years after Nebraska he would rise with Born in the USA. I wonder how much he listened to Nebraska during that time to keep himself grounded. I wish I would have had this album then, too.

Who's Next

The Who

5/5

Five stars. It just is. Even the filler songs on a Who album are joyous to listen to. "The Song is Over" and "Getting in Tune" were surprising rediscoveries.

Abbey Road

Beatles

5/5

It's Abbey Road. FFS.

The Low End Theory

A Tribe Called Quest

5/5

This is a great album full of all the beats that became classics. I wish I could go back and be more of A Tribe Called Quest fan when I was also at the height of being a Beastie Boys fan. Actually, I'd like to be in a room with both groups making music together.

Forever Changes

Love

4/5

This was another album where I've heard some of the songs before, but never knew who made them. Or why.

Moving Pictures

Rush

5/5

Oh hell yeahs

Dr. Octagonecologyst

Dr. Octagon

5/5

Ambient 1/Music For Airports

Brian Eno

2/5

I can respect Les Paul's contribution to the history of music by innovating the electric guitar, but I don't really look forward to listening to Les Paul's music. I feel the same about Brian Eno and electronic music.

To Pimp A Butterfly

Kendrick Lamar

5/5

Okay, I see the appeal of Kendrick now.

Solid Air

John Martyn

2/5

Some songs reminded me of Michael Hedges exploring guitar combinations.

G. Love And Special Sauce

G. Love & Special Sauce

3/5

Probably an artist I would have liked more if I had listened to more albums beyond the singles that got radio.

Nick Of Time

Bonnie Raitt

3/5

Decent flashback to the late 80s.

Hunky Dory

David Bowie

5/5

Post Orgasmic Chill

Skunk Anansie

1/5

The Hissing Of Summer Lawns

Joni Mitchell

3/5

It's a Joni Mitchell album of 70s experimental synthesizers. I kept hearing the Tom Petty lyric, imagining the record company saying, "I don't hear a single." But you're Joni Mitchell -- she gets to make whatever she wants.

Franz Ferdinand

5/5

Still a great listen.

Can't Buy A Thrill

Steely Dan

5/5

I haven't heard this many hits on a 70s debut album since Boston! I hope that Steely Dan will continue to have evolving layers of relevance in our shared pop culture tissue.

Revolver

Beatles

5/5

Ray Of Light

Madonna

5/5

This was one of the first albums that E and I agreed on for road trips.

Superunknown

Soundgarden

3/5

Soundgarden was never on the same level for me as Pearl Jam or Nirvana. Returning to this album thirty years later didn't changey mind

1984