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Album	You	Global	Diff
The Gilded Palace Of Sin The Flying Burrito Brothers	5	2.93	+2.07
The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan Bob Dylan	5	3.62	+1.38
The Velvet Underground & Nico The Velvet Underground	5	3.62	+1.38
Bringing It All Back Home Bob Dylan	5	3.63	+1.37
Dire Straits Dire Straits	5	3.72	+1.28
Phaedra Tangerine Dream	4	2.73	+1.27
Caetano Veloso Caetano Veloso	4	2.85	+1.15
Disintegration The Cure	5	3.85	+1.15
Tapestry Carole King	5	3.91	+1.09
What's Going On Marvin Gaye	5	3.94	+1.06

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Me Against The World 2Pac	1	3.25	-2.25
Aladdin Sane David Bowie	2	3.61	-1.61
Odessey And Oracle The Zombies	2	3.42	-1.42
L'Eau Rouge The Young Gods	1	2.32	-1.32
John Barleycorn Must Die Traffic	2	3.17	-1.17
Are You Experienced Jimi Hendrix	3	4.15	-1.15
Duck Stab/Buster & Glen The Residents	1	2.03	-1.03

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Artist	Albums	Average
Bob Dylan	2	5

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Locust Abortion Technician

Butthole Surfers

3/5

Actually kind of enjoyable? Hard rock punk, provocative, anarchical, but with an undercurrent of joy. Imagine it playing in a hipster thrift shop or of course a record store.

Bookends

Simon & Garfunkel

3/5

Despite a few great songs, this “concept album” doesn’t quite wow. If we could give half stars I’d give it a 3.5. Highlights: Bookends, America, Old Friends, Hazy Shade of Winter. Lows: Save the Life of My Child, Voices of Old People, At the Zoo.

Dire Straits

5/5

Sheer perfection from the first guitar notes.

Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs

Marty Robbins

4/5

My first reaction: This would be cute to play at a 6-year-old’s cowboy-themed birthday party. At the same time, I agree with the reviewer who said any one of these songs would kill around a campfire. My (adult) son loves to perform story-telling songs like this on his guitar. Going to send it to him.

Run-D.M.C.

3/5

Ah, the early days of rap. Cardboard box breakdancing, back spins and the worm! Setting the stage for the Walk This Way megahit.

Odessey And Oracle

The Zombies

2/5

Groovy! But also annoying.

Bossanova

Pixies

3/5

Interesting listen. In the end I had to rate each song and average them to decide how to rate it. Track 1 - Cecelia Ann - I dig this instrumental 4/5 Track 2 - Rock Music - “your mouth’s a mile away” shouted 30 times. 1/5 Track 3 - Velouria - melodic. I Like the spelling melody 4/5 Track 4 - Allison - a lot of name songs. 3/5 Track 5 - is She Weird? - great opening guitar tones. The rest Meh. 3/5 Track 6 - Ana - another girl name song! Guitar opening great again. 3/5 Track 7 - All Over the World - catchy. 4/5 Track 8 - Dig for Fire - talky start - I like his whiny voice and the driving drums and her harmonizing - to me this is classic Pixies - 4/5 Track 9 - Down to the Well - Betty. Fine. - 3/5 Track 10 - The Happening - like this opening, bopping beat - about aliens! Best song on here 4.5/5 Track 11 - Blown Away - it’s fine 3/5 Track 12 - Hang Wire - haiku! 3/5 Track 13 - Stormy Weather - repetition - pretty melody 3/5 Track 14 - Havalina - repetition - a band who got them stoned in Texas. Pretty melody. 3/5 Overall: 3.25/5

Caetano Veloso

4/5

Okay this is a really cool album. Had no idea about this genre of music or the history of this legend. But even without all that it's just an enjoyable listen. And the cover art! Would be cool to play during cocktail hour or dinner at a party. Feels tropical, wistful and fun.

Before And After Science

Brian Eno

4/5

Really enjoyed this! Solid 4 as I’m leaving room for more of a masterpiece and this one feels like it straddles two sounds so you’re either going to want to listen to Side A or Side B.

We're Only In It For The Money

The Mothers Of Invention

2/5

This is the 10th album 1001 albums has served me to review, and the 4th from the year 1968. Getting a real feel for that year! This is wacky and clever and annoying in equal measure. Since I’m not a fan of wacky or annoying, it’s a 2 from me.

Abbey Road

Beatles

5/5

A great reminder of what a truly perfect album sounds like.

Car Wheels On A Gravel Road

Lucinda Williams

4/5

Yes!! Was introduced to this years ago, have always wanted to revisit more deeply. Evokes such a world, such a mood.

Phaedra

Tangerine Dream

4/5

Beautiful! Creepy!

Illmatic

Nas

4/5

I think the only hip hop album I've listed to all the way through before this is De La Soul 3 Feet High and Rising. Really enjoyed this way more that I would have predicted. Loved the jazz elements. Definitely conveyed a whole world and mood. And I got the Scarface references!

From Elvis In Memphis

Elvis Presley

3/5

Pretty good. Kind of maudlin but like the bluesy aspect.

Clube Da Esquina

Milton Nascimento

3/5

I tried to love this because it seems really cool. Will keep revisiting.

Imagine

John Lennon

4/5

Beyond the title song, the others are beautiful, important, and the Paul diss track! wow.

Blunderbuss

Jack White

3/5

Fantastic blues rock. Love Interruption is a standout. Great piano throughout. I don't think it has gotten better with time, though.

Live / Dead

Grateful Dead

2/5

My cousins were Grateful Dead fans. I think it was more about the drugs than the music. This album does not change that perspective for me.

AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted

Ice Cube

2/5

Feeling proud that I listened to the whole thing. This is not my preferred genre and while I recognize the talent, the violent misogynistic lyrics are really hard to take.

Tapestry

Carole King

5/5

Perfect in every way.

Country Life

Roxy Music

4/5

First listen - a little bored for first handful of tracks. Then increasingly intrigued by the lead singer’s Dracula-like intonations. In the end: a fan

Rapture

Anita Baker

3/5

It may be because of the age I was in 1986, but this just feels like such old lady music. But I can appreciate that these are really great, soulful, songs. Maybe because I'm an old lady now haha.

Our Aim Is To Satisfy

Red Snapper

3/5

Like a lot! Feels like perfect music to code to. But some songs are jarring and don’t necessarily flow. I’ll return to this one

Surfer Rosa

Pixies

3/5

Hard rock, insanity, weirdness - love where is my mind, the rest I appreciate but don't love

Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo

Devo

3/5

I mean - it's just unpleasant. another "i appreciate the historical significance but..."

Duck Stab/Buster & Glen

The Residents

1/5

Well, yesterday was Halloween and this feels like that would have been the day to have it playing.

Parachutes

Coldplay

4/5

Love this

Miriam Makeba

4/5

This was so interesting and lovely.

No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith (Live)

Motörhead

3/5

Speed metal! Not my thing but they're good at it!

1989

Taylor Swift

4/5

"Blank Space" is an all-time great song and was my "crossover" TS song where I went from being aware of her to being a fan. Love this album!!

Joan Armatrading

4/5

So great. Fell in love on first listen.

Pink Flag

Wire

3/5

Ironic and quirky punk rock. And hugely influential on future music. “Lowdown” is a standout.

Black Monk Time

The Monks

2/5

More organ and repetitive riffs than I was expecting based on the Wikipedia description. Very swinging 60s sounding to me. Meh.

What's Going On

Marvin Gaye

5/5

An absolute classic and an amazing listen start to finish.

Treasure

Cocteau Twins

4/5

Love this early dream pop. Was fascinated to learn that the parts I can’t understand are not in a different language, she made up words!

At San Quentin

Johnny Cash

4/5

Fantastic album. The banter is almost as good as the music.

Are You Experienced

Jimi Hendrix

3/5

I appreciate the mastery but I find this style of music dated and just meh. Wouldn't put this album on just to listen to / enjoy it. Feels like homework.

Led Zeppelin II

Led Zeppelin

5/5

An all time classic, so good

Court And Spark

Joni Mitchell

3/5

For some reason her voice annoys me to no end. 3 stars.

Disintegration

The Cure

5/5

Fantastic album, such a vibe

All Things Must Pass

George Harrison

3/5

Very pleasant

Music For The Jilted Generation

The Prodigy

4/5

Super glad to have been introduced to this album. Great coding music.

The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan

5/5

So simple and brilliant lyrics.

Third

Portishead

3/5

Dark, creepy, haunting, ethereal

Me Against The World

2Pac

1/5

Meh meh meh. Tried to be open minded but yuck.

Synchronicity

The Police

4/5

Pretty good but not a masterpiece. Gets stronger in 2nd half

Seventeen Seconds

The Cure

4/5

Yes, a little boring, but altogether quite pleasant

The Score

Fugees

4/5

Some amazing songs on here. But basically I'm just waiting for Killing Me Softly when I listen to it.

I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You

Aretha Franklin

5/5

Just perfection

Aladdin Sane

David Bowie

2/5

Way more rock n roll than I was expecting. I like the prettiest star

John Barleycorn Must Die

Traffic

2/5

The jams go on forever

Scott 4

Scott Walker

2/5

Richard hawleyesque in parts. A little melodramatic and sweeping for my taste

A Girl Called Dusty

Dusty Springfield

3/5

Some gems! Some skips. Some new discoveries

Bringing It All Back Home

Bob Dylan

5/5

L'Eau Rouge

The Young Gods

1/5

Ugh

The Gilded Palace Of Sin

The Flying Burrito Brothers

5/5

Love the harmonies, love the Gram Parsons songs, could (& did!) listen on repeat over & over

The Velvet Underground & Nico

The Velvet Underground

5/5

At Folsom Prison

Johnny Cash

4/5

Ananda Shankar

3/5

Fun!

Heartbreaker

Ryan Adams

4/5

Went straight to the reviews before listening because - yup. Awful guy. Because I didn't see it mentioned in first dozen or so reviews: listen to Phoebe Bridgers / Motion Sickness!! Apart from all the controversy, and the artist himself, really good album.

Rumours

Fleetwood Mac

5/5

It’s pretty perfect

Autobahn

Kraftwerk

4/5

Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea

PJ Harvey

3/5

Solid 3 - enjoyable