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Album	You	Global	Diff
Ágætis Byrjun	5	3.37	+1.63
Crime Of The Century	5	3.41	+1.59
Blackstar	5	3.47	+1.53
Bringing It All Back Home	5	3.65	+1.35
Dummy	5	3.71	+1.29
Kid A	5	3.71	+1.29
Fly Or Die	4	2.86	+1.14

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Album	You	Global	Diff
Nick Of Time	1	2.83	-1.83

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The Sensual World

Kate Bush

4/5

Better than I remembered. Not my favorite album of hers.

Aja

Steely Dan

3/5

Somewhat overrated. Well executed but the music very much lacks feeling. It’s just “insert jazzy chord here” over and over again.

Blackstar

David Bowie

5/5

Hard to say whether this is among Bowie’s best, because he made so many great albums. But this is excellent.

Chirping Crickets

Buddy Holly & The Crickets

4/5

The hits far outshine the fillers on this album, but the filler songs are pretty decent too.

Dummy

Portishead

5/5

Hunky Dory

David Bowie

4/5

A lot of great songs. Not as consistently great as some of Bowie’s albums.

Aftermath

The Rolling Stones

4/5

I don’t think I’ve listened to the UK version of this before, which is missing Paint It Black but has several songs not on the US version. Both are very good but I prefer Paint It Black as the opener.

Black Holes and Revelations

Muse

4/5

Getz/Gilberto

Stan Getz

4/5

Great musicians, interesting music, but not a style of jazz that I will go back and listen to often.

Fly Or Die

N.E.R.D

4/5

Pretty interesting. I’d never heard of this album (or group) before. I like the funk-rock influences. If I could give half stars it would be 3 1/2.

Ágætis Byrjun

Sigur Rós

5/5

A great listen if you’re in the right mood. Peaceful but lots of creative sounds to focus on. I especially love the horns on some songs, and the droning guitars.

American IV: The Man Comes Around

Johnny Cash

4/5

Some great covers including nice duets with Nick Cave and others. Highlights for me are the title track, Hurt, and I Hung My Head. Some of the songs chosen I think are a little bland but they obviously meant something to Mr. Cash.

Crime Of The Century

Supertramp

5/5

I’d only heard about half of these songs before. I’ve missed out! This is great all the way through and may become one of my favorite prog rock albums.

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

Elton John

4/5

Some great songs, but could have easily been cut down to make a better single-disc album.

The Wall

Pink Floyd

5/5

Probably one of the most consistently good double albums ever.

Africa Brasil

Jorge Ben Jor

4/5

Really good. Upbeat, funky vibes. I especially liked the horn sections.

Bringing It All Back Home

Bob Dylan

5/5

Classic Dylan. One of his best.

Kid A

Radiohead

5/5

One of my favorite albums.

Abbey Road

Beatles

5/5

My favorite Beatles album since I was a kid. Lyrically, maybe it’s a little heavy on the whimsy but the music and production is excellent. Too bad it was the last album they recorded together, but they went out on a high note.

Nick Of Time

Bonnie Raitt

1/5

This is “easy listening” country-pop. It’s neither good pop, nor good country. It’s just inoffensive, forgettable schlock. I don’t understand its appearance on this list, or the accolades this album earned. Was pop music in 1989 that bleak? How did this win album of the year when it had to compete with Full Moon Fever and The Raw & the Cooked (also - Disintegration and Doolittle weren’t even nominated??)

...The Dandy Warhols Come Down

The Dandy Warhols

3/5

Good overall sound, but nothing stood out to me as particularly memorable. May listen again.

Here Come The Warm Jets

Brian Eno

4/5

There are some songs on this that stand out immediately as great (if a little weird, especially lyrically), and some that don’t catch your attention on a first listen. But there is so much layering, and so many things going on sonically, that I pick up new details every time I listen. Great album.

Stankonia

OutKast

4/5

I could do without the skits, which I don’t think add much here, and maybe I’d leave a song or two off but most of it is great. They bring a lot of disparate influences together very well. Ms. Jackson is an all-time classic. Easily a contender for best hip hop album ever.

Boston

4/5

Classic, feel-good 70s rock. Half of these are still, deservedly, radio staples and the rest are pretty good too.

The Age Of The Understatement

The Last Shadow Puppets

3/5

Not sure how this album made the list. It’s decent I guess, even pretty nice sounding at times, but I get the feeling I could listen to it five or ten times and nothing would stick in my head. There’s just nothing particularly interesting or memorable going on.

Californication

Red Hot Chili Peppers

4/5

Like all RHCP albums, I find this has a few standout songs and the rest range from pretty good to boring, averaging out as somewhat decent filler. The highs points on this one are great though.