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Album	You	Global	Diff
Led Zeppelin III Led Zeppelin	5	3.96	+1.04

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
The Number Of The Beast Iron Maiden	1	3.59	-2.59
Rio Duran Duran	1	3.49	-2.49
Ready To Die The Notorious B.I.G.	1	3.37	-2.37
The Seldom Seen Kid Elbow	1	3.26	-2.26
McCartney Paul McCartney	1	3.25	-2.25
Nowhere Ride	1	3.01	-2.01
Da Capo Love	1	2.81	-1.81
Group Sex Circle Jerks	1	2.74	-1.74
Violator Depeche Mode	2	3.7	-1.7
Aladdin Sane David Bowie	2	3.61	-1.61

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Groovin'

The Young Rascals

2/5

Too 1960s for me - it hasn't really aged well at all!

Fear Of Music

Talking Heads

3/5

First listening - very 1970s, very few tracks rise above their time. "Heaven" is the only one. "Life during wartime" is described as the standout track. Wasn't for me - most of the tracks were very "dirgy" and nothing reached the heights of "Psycho Killer". Gave up after a while.

Nebraska

Bruce Springsteen

4/5

Good album. Pleasing pared back sound that has aged well with good songs.

Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music

Ray Charles

2/5

Not at all what I expected from a Ray Charles album - it's really a big band/crooner style album. Not my bag. Far too much schmalzy strings and 1940s big band stuff.

People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm

A Tribe Called Quest

4/5

Quite an interesting Album. It's aged well, still sounds fresh 30 years down the line. It's slightly of its time, but like all good albums, has largely stood up well.

Natty Dread

Bob Marley & The Wailers

4/5

Great album. Probably better than Exodus. Timeless tunes and each song melds into the next - like a great jazz album. I don't think you would tire of listening to this easily.

Da Capo

Love

1/5

Over rated 1960s crap.

A Date With The Everly Brothers

The Everly Brothers

3/5

OK. But not the best Everly Brothers album

Heaven Or Las Vegas

Cocteau Twins

3/5

It's not terrible, but it's dreary and very 1990s.

Bat Out Of Hell

Meat Loaf

4/5

Great album which brings back many happy memories of my first year at university.

Ready To Die

The Notorious B.I.G.

1/5

Not into gansta rap I'm afraid, so did absolutely nothing for me.

Violator

Depeche Mode

2/5

I wasn’t a fan of Depeche Mode first time round. Time hasn’t changed that. The songs are simplistic, the tunes aren’t memorable, the voice is plain. Sorry.

Birth Of The Cool

Miles Davis

3/5

Brilliant album. Not quite as good as “Kind of Blue” in my opinion though. It has big band sounds, but is demonstrably moving on from that genre. It does sound a little bit dated (which shows how innovative Kind of Blue really was, still sounding fresh after more than sixty years) and more of its time than later recordings.

Group Sex

Circle Jerks

1/5

Shite.

Fun House

The Stooges

2/5

Can understand why it's an important album, but I don't like it. Songs don't amount to much, musicianship is minimal. I guess they're really a live band and you had to be there!

There's No Place Like America Today

Curtis Mayfield

4/5

Great album. Very similar to Marvin Gaye’s “What’s Going On” - similar sound and social undertones to the lyrics.

Sister

Sonic Youth

2/5

OK if you like American punk, which I don’t.

Talvin Singh

3/5

Interesting album, but I think the only reason it's on this list is that it's different, not because it's great.

The Seldom Seen Kid

Elbow

1/5

Easy listening crap, like all Elbow albums.

Rio

Duran Duran

1/5

McCartney

Paul McCartney

1/5

Led Zeppelin III

Led Zeppelin

5/5

This is a really interesting album and showcases a wide range of musical style. On the high temp rock tracks eg Immigrant Song, it's amazing how powerful a unit drums and base are. On other more bluesy tracks eg since I've been loving you, lead guitar is fantastic. This is one of the few albums in rock history that is highly rated by the critics because of the boundaries that are challenged, that I like!

Bad Company

4/5

Great album, but not as good quite as good as Straight Shooter.

Automatic For The People

R.E.M.

4/5

Great album. Remember buying both this and Out of Time on CD. Listening again, I think I slightly prefer Out of Time - I know the critics rave about this album, but there we are.

Aladdin Sane

David Bowie

2/5

I wasn’t a big Bowie fan 40 years ago. When he died and all his music was being played on the radio, it made me think that there was more to Bowie than I had thought. I didn’t like this album much though. Jean jeanie is a classic, but even that is a bit dirgie. So, not a great album for me.

Blue Lines

Massive Attack

3/5

Nowhere

Ride

1/5

Total crap I’m afraid.

The Number Of The Beast

Iron Maiden

1/5

Crap

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