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Album	You	Global	Diff
The Modern Dance Pere Ubu	5	2.48	+2.52
Call of the Valley Shivkumar Sharma	5	2.95	+2.05
The Real Thing Faith No More	5	3.2	+1.8
Live And Dangerous Thin Lizzy	5	3.32	+1.68
Deep Purple In Rock Deep Purple	5	3.33	+1.67
Hybrid Theory Linkin Park	5	3.39	+1.61
Franz Ferdinand Franz Ferdinand	5	3.57	+1.43
Moon Safari Air	5	3.58	+1.42
Black Holes and Revelations Muse	5	3.59	+1.41
A Love Supreme John Coltrane	5	3.63	+1.37

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Cee-Lo Green... Is The Soul Machine Cee Lo Green	1	2.66	-1.66
Sincere Mj Cole	1	2.38	-1.38
Blue Lines Massive Attack	2	3.38	-1.38
The Downward Spiral Nine Inch Nails	2	3.35	-1.35
You Want It Darker Leonard Cohen	2	3.34	-1.34
Closer Joy Division	2	3.22	-1.22

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The Next Day

David Bowie

4/5

David Bowie. That's it. That's the review.

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Jazz Samba

Stan Getz

3/5

Great background music. Soothing. Great chill vibe.

You Want It Darker

Leonard Cohen

2/5

Good, soothing voice, he's just speaking in a low mutter. The music all blends together and is not very interesting. Feels like the same song 9 times in a row. I know it's a significant album, but I'd never give it another listen.

Deep Purple In Rock

Deep Purple

5/5

This rocked. Flight of the Rat is quintessential rock, and the entire album was deeply enjoyable. Absolutely will listen again, probably soon.

Moon Safari

Air

5/5

Astounding. The bass is groovy and the entire album just transports me to a calm, ethereal place. This is becoming core study music for me.

Songs For Swingin' Lovers!

Frank Sinatra

3/5

I like Anything Goes for nostalgia reasons, so it gets 3 stars instead of 2, because the rest of this is patently uninteresting to me. I like Sinatra's voice, but it feels like background music exclusively.

Cee-Lo Green... Is The Soul Machine

Cee Lo Green

1/5

This just isn't my genre. The album is well-produced, and some of the beats make for pleasant listening, but I have difficulty understanding lyrics. When the only appeal of a song is the lyrical content, it just won't work for me. Additionally, the majority of the songs are so miserable even when I factor in my dislike of the genre. I had to force myself to finish listening to it—it's also so long and really drags.

The Gershwin Songbook

Ella Fitzgerald

3/5

Ella Fitzgerald has a truly phenomenal voice, and the Gershwins' work is fantastic. The album is disturbingly long, to be sure, and there aren't many standouts, but as a whole it was enjoyable to use as background music.

Franz Ferdinand

5/5

A great time. Succinct and enjoyable, great guitars, great lyrics, great rhythms.

Here's Little Richard

Little Richard

4/5

This was good fun! A strong voice and great rhythms and instrumentation.

Haut de gamme / Koweït, rive gauche

Koffi Olomide

3/5

Obviously did not understand a word. The energy was upbeat and his voice is great, but it's a little too soft for my tastes.

Murder Ballads

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

4/5

The lyrics on this album are an absolute riot. The music isn't that interesting, but the voice is great and the lyrics sell it for me.

The Doors

3/5

The lyrics on these songs are simply not good. At all. The instrumentation is fun, though.

Closer

Joy Division

2/5

This album was a whole bunch of nothing for me. I'm writing this mere minutes after finishing it and don't remember a single song.

Venus Luxure No. 1 Baby

Girls Against Boys

3/5

Decent background metal. Like the genre, don't much remember the songs.

You've Come a Long Way Baby

Fatboy Slim

4/5

A surprisingly enjoyable listen—I haven't listened to much electronic music, but I tend to enjoy the genre, and this is a fantastic example of it. It does drag a little long, though; a few of the longer songs could stand to be shorter.

Sincere

Mj Cole

1/5

Nice of MJ Cole to name "Rough Out Here" after the experience of trying to listen to this album in one sitting.

Truth

Jeff Beck

4/5

Quite enjoyable blues rock.

Rust Never Sleeps

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

4/5

Solid, enjoyable, great guitar.

A Love Supreme

John Coltrane

5/5

Astounding, enthralling, and foundational for modern jazz. An absolute pleasure.

Black Monk Time

The Monks

4/5

I'm very ambivalent on this one. It has very high highs but a lot of it feels otherwise unnotable. I think I overall enjoyed it more than not, though, and these guys were definitely ahead of their time.

The Bends

Radiohead

4/5

I'd heard about this album for almost my entire life and I'm very glad to have listened to it now. Utterly fantastic alt-rock.

Raw Power

The Stooges

4/5

The guitars are great, but I don't find myself drawn to the rest of the music (lyrics, beats, etc).

Like Water For Chocolate

Common

2/5

The slight jazz influence is nice, and many of the beats and samplings are excellent, but I'm not at all a fan of most of the lyrical content.

The Modern Dance

Pere Ubu

5/5

Insane, cacophanous, and ahead of its time. I loved this album; though the lows are low, the highs are in the clouds. The screaming guitars, experimental instrumentation, unique vocal sound, and constant delivery of unexpected twists made this an instant relisten, and saying I'll come back to it is the highest praise I can give.

Sheet Music

10cc

4/5

Very enjoyable and the right amount of eccentric. You can tell they were truly enjoying what they were doing.

Power In Numbers

Jurassic 5

3/5

I really liked the flow, and the way this album is more reminiscent of older hip-hop/rap. Most songs are uplifting and empowering. Would have been a 4/5 if not for "One of Them," which is just several minutes of blatant homophobia for no reason.

Live And Dangerous

Thin Lizzy

5/5

A fantastic listen, and I will be returning to it. Great guitar work, great drumming.

Oracular Spectacular

MGMT

3/5

It's a fine listen, but nothing stood out to me, really.

Siamese Dream

The Smashing Pumpkins

4/5

Fun and engaging! Nothing life-changing but all around a good listen.

Physical Graffiti

Led Zeppelin

5/5

Downright surreal. I was wowed by every song.

Black Holes and Revelations

Muse

5/5

Phenomenal listen, with the right amount of edge and energy accompanied by fantastic vocals and better instrumentation.

3 Feet High and Rising

De La Soul

3/5

De la Orgee singlehandedly drags the otherwise enjoyable and fun and goofy album down to mediocrity

The Downward Spiral

Nine Inch Nails

2/5

It felt so close to being good, but ultimately I was effectively just sitting inside of a washing machine for most of the album.

In It For The Money

Supergrass

4/5

Very groovy, but nothing groundbreaking, in my opinion. Some of these will get listened to again in the future, but not the full album.

Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

3/5

Nothing stand-out, but alright enough for background listening.

Highway 61 Revisited

Bob Dylan

5/5

An absolute fantastic experience. Bob Dylan knows how to write lyrics better than nearly any other artist to whom I have ever listened.

Sweet Baby James

James Taylor

4/5

Rather enjoyable for a country album, despite this not being my typical genre of choice. A little generic feeling at times, but I think that's because this album is the foundation for a lot of these musical tropes for singer-songwriter country.

Walking Wounded

Everything But The Girl

3/5

It all blended together to me, though it was nice to listen to.

Don't Stand Me Down

Dexys Midnight Runners

3/5

I found this rather enjoyable. The vocals weren't anything special, but I loved the instrumentation. Definitely drags, though. Also, I'm 99% sure that was just Werewolves of London in there.

Cosmo's Factory

Creedence Clearwater Revival

4/5

This was an absolute blast from the get-go. Nothing drags, it has constant momentum, and the instrumentation is astounding. A few songs in the middle aren't particularly memorable, but all around it was a very strong album.

Mr. Tambourine Man

The Byrds

3/5

Decently fun, but never really got into it.

Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1

George Michael

4/5

A great listen overall.

Garbage

4/5

An edgier than expected but nonetheless very enjoyable time.

Lady In Satin

Billie Holiday

3/5

She has an enthralling voice, and this album is a much more reasonable length than Ella Fitzgerald's Gershwin songbook. The instrumentation feels simple, though.

Fear Of A Black Planet

Public Enemy

3/5

I love the energy of it, though the genre isn't quite my favorite.

Wild Is The Wind

Nina Simone

5/5

Stunning.

Blue Lines

Massive Attack

2/5

Mostly unmemorable and definitely not my genre, though the female singer has a great voice.

Searching For The Young Soul Rebels

Dexys Midnight Runners

3/5

Fine, but not as enjoyable as the other Dexys I've listened to from this list. I do quite like the brass, though.

The Real Thing

Faith No More

5/5

Absolutely incredible experience and I have saved several of these songs.

Hot Buttered Soul

Isaac Hayes

3/5

Solid soul music with a good vocalist.

Halcyon Digest

Deerhunter

4/5

Very interesting. It felt indie, and I mean that in a good way.

Metal Box

Public Image Ltd.

3/5

Fantastic bass work and a truly gritty sound. Made great music to be up all night studying to, but I don't think it would be as good if I wasn't listening to it in a 4:00 AM stupor.

Five Leaves Left

Nick Drake

4/5

Really like the use of strings in this. It adds a lot of depth.

Arrival

ABBA

4/5

Basically a compliation of some of ABBA's best.

Music in Exile

Songhoy Blues

4/5

Very enjoyable blues right off the bat. These guys can groove.

White Denim

4/5

Enjoyable modern indie rock.

The Next Day

David Bowie

4/5

David Bowie. That's it. That's the review.

Blood And Chocolate

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

4/5

Really grooving rock.

Guitar Town

Steve Earle

3/5

Fine enough, but nothing memorable.

Giant Steps

The Boo Radleys

3/5

I listened to it a few days ago and can't remember any of it besides a generally positive impression.

Let's Get It On

Marvin Gaye

3/5

Funny to know the titular track has a sequel, but all in all it's background music to me and nothing more.

Porcupine

Echo And The Bunnymen

3/5

Quite fun, but nothing particularly standout.

Apocalypse 91… The Enemy Strikes Black

Public Enemy

3/5

Not as much fun as Fear of a Black Planet.

Hybrid Theory

Linkin Park

5/5

Oh yeah. This is my edgy childhood album for sure.

Master Of Puppets

Metallica

5/5

Foudational metal album, and it's as good as its reputation.

At Mister Kelly's

Sarah Vaughan

4/5

I typically dislike live albums in comparison to cleaner (and audience-free) studio albums, but Vaughan has so much character in this, and her obvious errors add to the experience. My favorite track is How High The Moon, of which she doesn't remember a single word, but her scat and riffing has so much life to it. Plus, at only 9 songs of reasonable length, this album is tight in a way that many other similar ones (looking at you, Ella "3.25 Hours" Fitzgerald) are not.

Call of the Valley

Shivkumar Sharma

5/5

Wow. Just wow. I was not expecting to find this so enthralling. It so vividly evokes the simple shepherd's story in an ethereal, haunting manner. I was getting ready to use this as simple background music but it has turned out to be more of a journey. This is getting put on some playlist of mine for sure, and I now look excitedly forward to the other Hindustan classical on this list.

Channel Orange

Frank Ocean

3/5

Good background music, but background music.

The Holy Bible

Manic Street Preachers

4/5

Just a really good time. Every song felt unique but had a strong connecting thread to the others. The percussion in particular is phenomenal.