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Album	You	Global	Diff
Hotel California Eagles	5	3.6	+1.4
Hard Again Muddy Waters	5	3.62	+1.38
Jagged Little Pill Alanis Morissette	5	3.72	+1.28
Vol. 4 Black Sabbath	5	3.75	+1.25

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Achtung Baby U2	1	3.31	-2.31
Throwing Muses Throwing Muses	1	2.98	-1.98
The Infotainment Scan The Fall	1	2.72	-1.72
Atomizer Big Black	1	2.72	-1.72
Ill Communication Beastie Boys	2	3.65	-1.65
Low David Bowie	2	3.55	-1.55
Parachutes Coldplay	2	3.46	-1.46
Surf's Up The Beach Boys	2	3.31	-1.31
Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde The Pharcyde	2	3.13	-1.13
Queen Of Denmark John Grant	2	3.13	-1.13

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Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde

The Pharcyde

2/5

Pearl

Janis Joplin

4/5

It’s sombering knowing that this was her last studio album, and that this released after her unfortunate death. Knowing that going into the initial listen, some songs hit harder than others. This album featured arguably one of her best songs, that being Cry Baby and Me and Bobby McGee (the great Kris Kristofferson song). The sound, and feel of the album fits the time period it was in. Recorded in 1970, released in 1971, it has that sound that we all know and love from that era. Rolling Stones ranked this album in there Top 500 albums of all time, and that’s for good reason. Janis gave her all when it came to music, and it’s apparent in Pearl.

Ill Communication

Beastie Boys

2/5

When listening to an album, you want to be able to listen to it from start to finish. I found myself skipping halfway through most songs. I will note, one of their better songs Sabotage is on this album, so it’s not a full loss.

Beauty And The Beat

The Go-Go's

4/5

Immediately the first song hits and that 80s vibe takes over. Every song is a banger. You could hear any of these on any 80s tv show/movie/ or video game. The beats, vocals, flow, all perfection. I was pleased with this listen.

Hard Again

Muddy Waters

5/5

Masterpiece. Full of “from the soul” blues. From beginning to end, Muddy Waters gave his all on this album. 5/5 recommend to anyone, regardless of whatever your favorite genre is.

White Blood Cells

The White Stripes

3/5

Not great, not terrible. Just authentic to the era “alt rock sound”. This is something you’d hear in a 2000s commercial or video game.

The Infotainment Scan

The Fall

1/5

Not my cup of tea. Every song sounds similar, the singer didn’t have strong vocals. Lyrics didn’t blow me away.

The Village Green Preservation Society

The Kinks

3/5

Peak 60s listening. This album would’ve been blaring post war coming home.

Transformer

Lou Reed

3/5

Instrumentals, lyrics, and flow are good. Vocals lack, but doesn’t kill the whole experience.

Meat Is Murder

The Smiths

3/5

Typical 80s British rock sound. Nothing special, but not bad.

Playing With Fire

Spacemen 3

2/5

If I was smoking the reefer or taking a lil mushroom while listening to this, I’d probably say this is the greatest thing I’ve ever heard. But at this moment in time? It’s meh.

Second Toughest In The Infants

Underworld

2/5

When the first song was 16 minutes long I knew I was in for some trouble. This band, I assume, came from a time when techno was becoming a thing. Hate to tell you this hoss, but it was never a thing for me. I didn’t hate it, but I didn’t love it.

Bryter Layter

Nick Drake

3/5

Nice instrumentals, vocals, and lyrics. I was impressed with this album

Vol. 4

Black Sabbath

5/5

When you look up perfection in the dictionary, this album is the cover photo.

Ready To Die

The Notorious B.I.G.

4/5

One of the best albums to come from 90s hip hop.

Thriller

Michael Jackson

5/5

They don’t call him the “King” for no reason. Michael Jackson was on another level, and this album proves it. From beginning to end it’s full of nothing but bangers.

Kenza

Khaled

3/5

The first song was a banger. The cover of Imagine by John Lennon was pretty good. Despite having a language barrier, I didn’t hate this album.

Vauxhall And I

Morrissey

2/5

This album wasn’t life changing for me. He sang good, the band was good, the flow was good. But every song sounded similar.

It's Too Late to Stop Now

Van Morrison

3/5

Bluesy, a Little Rock, a little Americana. It was good for the era it came from.

At Fillmore East

The Allman Brothers Band

4/5

Peak southern rock. You know as soon as the music starts it’s going to be good. Duane Allman was a master of his craft. Whether it was recorded live or in a studio.

Beyond Skin

Nitin Sawhney

2/5

Some songs were pretty good. Some sounded like toilet noises.

Caetano Veloso

2/5

Not my cup of tea. Hard to muscle through this album.

The Yes Album

Yes

3/5

70s UK rock. I’ll probably add a couple of these to my rock playlist ngl.

A Seat at the Table

Solange

3/5

A good more modern day R&B / pop album. Had some good guest appearances too. I probably won’t ever listen to these songs again, but I didn’t mind listening to this all the way through!

Queen Of Denmark

John Grant

2/5

Meh. Vocals and lyrics lacked for me. The band surrounding him saved it from being a total flop for me personally.

The Band

3/5

Just good, classic, late 60s early 70s music. This type of genre helped inspire music today.

Jagged Little Pill

Alanis Morissette

5/5

Peak 90s music. This is music your mom would listen to, what you would hear in most 90s movies, etc. masterpiece of the era

Surf's Up

The Beach Boys

2/5

Just some boat music boomers enjoy. Not the worst, not the best

This Year's Model

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

3/5

Pretty advanced sounding for the time period. Sounds like an album that could’ve been produced in the 90s.

Low

David Bowie

2/5

Atomizer

Big Black

1/5

This wasn’t good at all. I can see why they only have 40k monthly listeners.

Smokers Delight

Nightmares On Wax

3/5

Good beats, good vibes. Digging this album!

Porcupine

Echo And The Bunnymen

2/5

Typical 80s rock. I liked the album, but it wasn’t life changing.

Hotel California

Eagles

5/5

Masterpiece. This album was Joe Walsh’s first album with the Eagles, and it put them NEXT level when he joined. It’s apparent in this album. The lyrics, the beats, the synchronizing of their voices while singing. This album stands the test of time, day in, and day out.

Maverick A Strike

Finley Quaye

3/5

Maxinquaye

Tricky

2/5

Meh, I couldn’t went without hearing this.

Franz Ferdinand

4/5

A good rock/pop album! I remember listening to these guys late elementary- early middle school days.

The ArchAndroid

Janelle Monáe