My 1001 Albums Journey

Album	You	Global	Diff
A Seat at the Table Solange	5	3.01	+1.99
Time Out Of Mind Bob Dylan	5	3.22	+1.78
Liquid Swords GZA	5	3.28	+1.72
Trout Mask Replica Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band	4	2.29	+1.71
Surf's Up The Beach Boys	5	3.31	+1.69
A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector Various Artists	5	3.31	+1.69
Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs Marty Robbins	5	3.33	+1.67
Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs Derek & The Dominos	5	3.39	+1.61
Blackstar David Bowie	5	3.48	+1.52
That's The Way Of The World Earth, Wind & Fire	5	3.5	+1.5

Album	You	Global	Diff
Is This It The Strokes	2	3.81	-1.81
The Number Of The Beast Iron Maiden	2	3.58	-1.58
Dirt Alice In Chains	2	3.47	-1.47
Oar Alexander 'Skip' Spence	1	2.46	-1.46
Dig Me Out Sleater-Kinney	2	3.08	-1.08
Nighthawks At The Diner Tom Waits	2	3.01	-1.01

Artist	Albums	Average
David Bowie	3	4.33

Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five

4/5

When I first saw "The Message" as my first album in journey through Black music, I thought it was going to sound like Kurtis Blow on disco tracks. I did not expect beautiful singing & yacht rock instrumentals. To be fair, it was only two tracks, but it is a more diverse album than I expected. I enjoyed most of the tracks from "It's Nasty" & "The Message" to "It's A Shame" & "Dreamin". Every song is at least 4 minutes long with two 7 minute tracks in a row at the end. This gives the tracks space in between verses & lets the instrumentals shine. The only major gripe I have with this album is that the rappers aren't credited well, especially for someone who doesn't know the members of the Furious Five. I would have to give this album an 81/100.

Trout Mask Replica

Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band

4/5

It's not that serious...

All Hail the Queen

Queen Latifah

4/5

G. Love And Special Sauce

G. Love & Special Sauce

3/5

Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs

Derek & The Dominos