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Albums you rated higher than global average

Album	You	Global	Diff
Let It Be	5	3.25	+1.75
Zombie	5	3.47	+1.53
Head Hunters	5	3.56	+1.44
The Velvet Underground & Nico	5	3.62	+1.38
Harvest	5	3.83	+1.17
Good Old Boys	4	2.86	+1.14
I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You	5	3.93	+1.07
London Calling	5	3.98	+1.02

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Album	You	Global	Diff
American Gothic	1	2.49	-1.49
Aqualung	2	3.44	-1.44
Permission to Land	2	3.15	-1.15

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The Village Green Preservation Society

The Kinks

4/5

I still prefer ARTHUR from this era, but anything from SOMETHING ELSE –> MUSWELL is a good listen.

White Blood Cells

The White Stripes

4/5

I think this might be their best? They definitely did good work after this, and White for sure blossomed into a solo talent, but the limited instrumentation and kinda janky sound quality is hard to beat. Has that Flat Duo Jets/garage feel to it that the (slightly) more polished follow-ups lack. Three cheers for little rooms.

The Velvet Underground & Nico

The Velvet Underground

5/5

I think I got this from Columbia House in the early 90s? Because I was cool, I had heard about this album and when I finally heard it, it did not disappoint.

Zombie

Fela Kuti

5/5

Great stuff. No notes.

Live At Leeds

The Who

4/5

Court And Spark

Joni Mitchell

4/5

My dad was a big Joni fan and I obviously have loved her voice since small times but I think I always struggled with her because she's very jazz-influenced, even with her early acoustic stuff. I've warmed up to jazz in general as I've gotten older, (I still think it mostly sucks, but I can appreciate what people see in it) but I still have a hard time on first blush. That said, very good on re-listen. And no problematic blackface on this album cover!

Ocean Rain

Echo And The Bunnymen

4/5

For some reason, I’ve always confused Echo & the Bunnnymen with the Psychedelic Furs. I like this album! There’s a couple forgettable tracks, but “Seven Seas” is an all-timer for me.

Dire Straits

4/5

As good as these guys were, it doesn’t bring me a lot of pleasure to admit that when I was like 14 years old, I listened to a lot of Dire Straits.

The Specials

4/5

IDK these boys don’t seem all that rude.

Hard Again

Muddy Waters

3/5

Please don't cancel me, but a little of this goes a long way for me. An entire album of it was grueling TBH.

Songs For Swingin' Lovers!

Frank Sinatra

3/5

A hell of a voice, but it’s really hard for me to separate it from the deeply unpleasant guy attached to it. And another one where a little goes a long way for me.

Fetch The Bolt Cutters

Fiona Apple

3/5

Not my fave. Like a lot of post-OK Computer Radiohead, her songs are too formless for me to really vibe with.

Franz Ferdinand

4/5

This record still bangs. Maybe my favorite of the New Wave necrophiliacs to pop up post-Strokes, but I’ve always been partial to rock you can dance to.

Good Old Boys

Randy Newman

4/5

Not my favorite of his, but still some corkers on here. “Louisiana” is very pretty. When my dad would play this album, he told us the lyrics on the “Rednecks” chorus were “we’re keeping the neighbors down,” and I still kinda hear it that way.

Juju

Siouxsie And The Banshees

4/5

Man, I’d heard their later hits, but I hadn’t heard this one before! This is very good.

Paranoid

Black Sabbath

4/5

Good, good shit. Hadn’t listened to this in a while and was struck by how groovy the drums are on this. MASTER OF REALITY is still my fave Sabbath, but this is obviously a strong album.

Third/Sister Lovers

Big Star

2/5

Too many dragging tracks on this to really recommend it, but there’s a handful of songs that are worth it.

Teen Dream

Beach House

3/5

Beach House is one of those bands who has one song they play over and over, but I like that one song.

American Gothic

David Ackles

1/5

Sucks.

Aqualung

Jethro Tull

2/5

Not my cup of tea, but “Locomotive Breath” is a keeper.

Head Hunters

Herbie Hancock

5/5

Yeah!

Your Arsenal

Morrissey

3/5

It’s a shame he fell headfirst into a thresher immediately after this album was released.

Let It Be

The Replacements

5/5

Yes.

Siembra

Willie Colón & Rubén Blades

4/5

I liked it! Which is not surprising as I think this is a lot of the same personnel that wound up on David Byrne’s REI MOMO. Say what you want about cultural hegemony, but my Byrne fandom opened me up to a lot of music I’d not become familiar with otherwise.

Violator

Depeche Mode

4/5

This one rocks.

I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You

Aretha Franklin

5/5

Oops, all bangers.

What's That Noise?

Coldcut

3/5

Not earth-shattering, but pretty cool.

London Calling

The Clash

5/5

I think tbh here’s like one song too many, but I also don’t know which one I’d cut because they’re all incredibly good.

Raising Hell

Run-D.M.C.

3/5

Good!

Harvest

Neil Young

5/5

It's a banger. A stone cold classic.

Ellington at Newport

Duke Ellington

3/5

Jazz.

The Chronic

Dr. Dre

3/5

This made me feel so old and white. The misogyny, homophobia, and violent stuff did not age well IMO, but it still manages to capture a vibe.

Permission to Land

The Darkness

2/5

Not for me.

A Night At The Opera

Queen

4/5

Was not expecting the folk song at the end? I’m kinda in the camp that Queen is a greatest hits band over an album band, but this was good.

Straight Outta Compton

N.W.A.

4/5

Beats are good, wonderful artifact of a time and place, but I have a real difficult time eating around the misogyny and reliance on violence as a storytelling tool.

First Band On The Moon

The Cardigans

3/5

It’s fine!

Pretzel Logic

Steely Dan

4/5

I’m not willing to reopen the Steely Dan Debate, but I enjoyed this.

Wild Wood

Paul Weller

3/5

Not sure what was in the water in 1994 that made Paul Weller want to make a Traffic album, but I somehow blame the Black Crowes.

Van Halen

4/5

This rocks.

Buena Vista Social Club

3/5

I listened to this album and suddenly I had a PBS tote bag appear in my hand.

Time (The Revelator)

Gillian Welch

3/5

Weird stuff. I liked every song but found the album as a whole kinda… boring?

Dog Man Star

Suede

3/5

Not for me. I appreciate the mode they’re working in, but I prefer my Britpop to be more poppy than Bowie.

Blood Sugar Sex Magik

Red Hot Chili Peppers

4/5

The apex for them and Rubin. It’s overlong, but he songs are solid and Kiedis’ nonsense lyrics are charming here as opposed to annoying on other releases.