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Album	You	Global	Diff
Superfly Curtis Mayfield	5	3.7	+1.3
Go Girl Crazy The Dictators	4	2.84	+1.16

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Urban Hymns The Verve	1	3.36	-2.36
...And Justice For All Metallica	2	3.43	-1.43
Music for the Masses Depeche Mode	2	3.37	-1.37
The Chronic Dr. Dre	2	3.32	-1.32
The Man Machine Kraftwerk	2	3.31	-1.31
Chirping Crickets Buddy Holly & The Crickets	2	3.29	-1.29
Wonderful Rainbow Lightning Bolt	1	2.29	-1.29
Songs From A Room Leonard Cohen	2	3.16	-1.16
Another Green World Brian Eno	2	3.12	-1.12
The Scream Siouxsie And The Banshees	2	3.04	-1.04

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Go Girl Crazy

The Dictators · 1 likes

4/5

Actually super enjoyable! Expected something different from the “proto-punk” album but this was a nice surprise.

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Here, My Dear

Marvin Gaye

4/5

More impressive once you realize Gaye produced the album himself, and provided almost all instrument tracks. Hints of classic R&B, disco, funk and soul. Generally, very easy listening. This is sometimes 'disturbed' by erratic saxophone playing, which reflects the emotions and thoughts of the album much more than the lyrics do. Can be a bit monotonous, but no song is the same.

Superfly

Curtis Mayfield

5/5

Normally not a fan of falsetto whiny high pitched voices in soul music, but wow do the instrumentals and lyrics compensate. Listened to it twice in a row because I couldn’t get enough, and spent the trainride home reading his biography. Fascinating person who wrote some fascinating music. If some good music with some great societal critique isn’t worth 5 stars, I don’t know what is.

Led Zeppelin II

Led Zeppelin

4/5

Learned to play bass with this album, honestly great instrumentals but the drums are a constant highlight. Maybe it’s because I knew it note for note already, but there was no wow factor to the songs. That being said, great rock album with a lot of musical variety!

Pearl

Janis Joplin

4/5

Vocals carry a huge amount of emotion, and the music is wonderfully dynamic. Hits like Cry Baby have definitely earned their legendary status. Trust Me is also a big highlight. Easy listening but great instrumentals as well as vocals. Despite this being a solo album, especially the piano really stood out to me. Great blues rock sound and fits perfectly with the rest of the band. Overall, great, but the sometimes large differences between the consecutive tracks were distracting.

The Man Machine

Kraftwerk

2/5

The Model is a banger, but besides that not really my type of music. Honestly fascinating that they did this in the 70s, but overall very repetitive. Gotta love the German accents in the vocals though!

Court And Spark

Joni Mitchell

3/5

Mixed feeling ‘boot this one. Love the jazz influences, but soft/folk rock guitar and vocal harmonies isn’t my thing. The songs felt identical, both in instrumental style and themes, but the lyrics were well-written. Overall, good if you enjoy the genre in the first place, and I'm sure there are many who can appreciate this more than me. Twisted was freaking funny though hahah.

The Chronic

Dr. Dre

2/5

Honestly what is this even about? What’s the point of promoting your own record label when the people who listen to the music already bought the album? Besides the lack of topics, it was chill but constantly interrupted which made it difficult for me to get in the flow. Love hiphop, but this album wasn’t my thing.

I’m a Lonesome Fugitive

Merle Haggard

3/5

I’m generally not a country fan, maybe because it sounds so underwhelming compared to other music of its time.. It was enjoyable, but after 30 minutes of 1-5 basslines I was ready for something else.

Countdown To Ecstasy

Steely Dan

3/5

Pretty nice rock album but not super memorable. Enjoyed it though, especially the keys.

Africa Brasil

Jorge Ben Jor

4/5

Peng LP, would be cool if I understood what he was ramblin’ on about. In all seriousness, cool topics addressed such as slavery, racism in Brazil, and of course football..? Funny combination. Overall, great instruments, and probably socially important.

The Doors

4/5

No comments needed - pretty great album!

Urban Hymns

The Verve

1/5

Ten seconds in and all I could think was “please make it stop”. That thought remained for the first half of the album. The second half I didn’t listen.

Songs From A Room

Leonard Cohen

2/5

The type of music one writes for oneself, not necessarily to sell records I guess… Not really my thing, pretty bland and predictable.

Morrison Hotel

The Doors

3/5

Less memorable than the first one.

Chirping Crickets

Buddy Holly & The Crickets

2/5

A little bit corny, not sure if i’d listen to this in public.

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

Beatles

5/5

Masterpiece!

Another Green World

Brian Eno

2/5

Great individual musicians, but not my style of music. Some tunes felt like it’s just the intro of random pink floyd tunes hahah. I did enjoy some of the more upbeat, less “ethereal”, tracks though! Also, what is the point of doing experimental instrumentals and still playing the four chord song.

Rock Bottom

Robert Wyatt

2/5

Worst of both worlds. Ethereal music is a no-go for me. “Sounds like a frog dying”

Fear Of Music

Talking Heads

4/5

Very nice.

Highway to Hell

AC/DC

3/5

Guess they perfected their sound cause all songs sound pretty much the same. Can't complain too much about pop-rock music, but it doesn't sound like anything groundbreaking. Easy listening, might have been revolutionary if it was written 10 years earlier. 3/5.

Nick Of Time

Bonnie Raitt

3/5

Sounds exactly like you would expect from the album cover hahah.. Overall easy listening, especially appreciated the soulful ballads!

One Nation Under A Groove

Funkadelic

4/5

Finky

Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

4/5

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