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Album	You	Global	Diff
Snivilisation Orbital	5	2.7	+2.3
All Hope Is Gone Slipknot	5	2.7	+2.3
I’ve Got a Tiger By the Tail Buck Owens	5	2.81	+2.19
Among The Living Anthrax	5	2.86	+2.14
Millions Now Living Will Never Die Tortoise	5	2.89	+2.11
Hot Shots II The Beta Band	5	3.01	+1.99
Done By The Forces Of Nature Jungle Brothers	5	3.04	+1.96
Underwater Moonlight The Soft Boys	5	3.06	+1.94
Repeater Fugazi	5	3.14	+1.86
School's Out Alice Cooper	5	3.21	+1.79

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Surrealistic Pillow Jefferson Airplane	2	3.52	-1.52
The Healer John Lee Hooker	2	3.18	-1.18

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Artist	Albums	Average
Stevie Wonder	2	5
David Bowie	2	5

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Among The Living

Anthrax · 1 likes

5/5

Holy shit

Born To Run

Bruce Springsteen · 1 likes

5/5

A perfect album. Vast and intimate. Sincerity as religion

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The Healer

John Lee Hooker

2/5

Some cheese and some meh on here (see the first two tracks). Suffers from National Treasure syndrome where everyone wanted to work with a legend who needed a top-selling record. Late-80s early 90s style production is a little gross too. Definitely doesn't feel like essential JLH. The Los Lobos and Canned Heat tracks are standouts, tho

Moon Safari

Air

5/5

Just one of the all time bangers. Atmospheric, energetic yet chill. The vibes! The sheer motherfucking vibes!

The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady

Charles Mingus

5/5

incredible energy! demands attention and requires close listening. not really hangout joint, but if you have the time and the brainspace, get in there!

This Is Fats Domino

Fats Domino

4/5

A certain kind of perfection. Not avant garde to today's ears, but sweet and sincere and groundbreaking for its time.

We Are Family

Sister Sledge

3/5

Some serious classics on here and great grooves, but didn't dig the R&B slow jams so much.

Ready To Die

The Notorious B.I.G.

5/5

Just a masterpiece. Biggie's flow is ridiculous. A few unfortunate artifacts of the sketch/interlude era of hip hop, but other than that flawless production and just acres of lyrical genius

The Chronic

Dr. Dre

5/5

Filthy, angry, funny, undeniable.

Club Classics Vol. One

Soul II Soul

3/5

Electric Music For The Mind And Body

Country Joe & The Fish

3/5

I can see where this might have blown minds back in the day. Interesting mix of trad and electric instruments, blues and psychedelia, pop and rock, some vague bits of politics. But it doesn't feel like it has a fundamental brilliance that makes it anything more than a footnote in the overall cultural progression of pop music.

Harvest

Neil Young

5/5

Rumours

Fleetwood Mac

5/5

Hard to argue with. Not just good songs, not ones that have stood the test of time. It's got a wide path, mining a whole range of sounds and styles. Just very very impressive overall

Moss Side Story

Barry Adamson

2/5

I don't get it

Snivilisation

Orbital

5/5

A new favorite. Can't believe I missed this back in the day

Floodland

Sisters Of Mercy

4/5

Now's the time on Sprockets when we dance

Innervisions

Stevie Wonder

5/5

Untouchable. Genius. Stevie.

Led Zeppelin II

Led Zeppelin

5/5

Just an all time banger. No skips. Well maybe skip Moby Dick. But it's insane how good this record is

Sweet Baby James

James Taylor

4/5

Several amazing tracks, a couple meh tracks. Several tracks that feel a little cringey in retrospect. James Taylor thinks he's a grizzled old bluesman! He's a soft rock hero!

Olympia 64

Jacques Brel

2/5

Millions Now Living Will Never Die

Tortoise

5/5

All time low key genius shit

Born In The U.S.A.

Bruce Springsteen

3/5

Deeply embedded in American culture, but far from the best Bruce record. I'm a big fan and probably won't spend much more time with this after revisiting. Check out the live stuff if you're looking for a way in.

Cheap Thrills

Big Brother & The Holding Company

4/5

Janis is a force of nature. This is a good vessel, and an amazing time capsule, but it has weaknesses. A bit of 60s wank that doesn't hold up here, middling songwriting there. The moments of brilliance are worth the drawbacks, but while my heart wants to give it a 5, my head knows it's a 4

American Idiot

Green Day

5/5

I didn't think I liked Green Day, but this record is undeniable. Phenomenal top to bottom. Song writing, production, performance, all 10 out of 10.

Underwater Moonlight

The Soft Boys

5/5

A revelation! I had never heard it before and have been playing it almost daily. Jangly, psychedelic, lightly punk, melodic, harsh, funny. it's great!

Songs In The Key Of Life

Stevie Wonder

5/5

All time banger!

Graceland

Paul Simon

5/5

One of the all time greats.

Low

David Bowie

5/5

Spiky and spooky and perfect

At Mister Kelly's

Sarah Vaughan

5/5

An unbelievable talent. Loose, funny amazing

Electric

The Cult

3/5

Interesting record, but a little samey, a little macho, a little Tenacious D

The Village Green Preservation Society

The Kinks

3/5

Quirky and likeable, but a product of its timei probably won't spend much time on in the future

Surrealistic Pillow

Jefferson Airplane

2/5

4-5 standout tracks and a bunch of 60s bs

Modern Life Is Rubbish

Blur

4/5

Chonky, muscular, creative. I can dig it! Will be revisiting

Bongo Rock

Incredible Bongo Band

5/5

A hidden gem! What a delight. Perfect in its way.

Hot Shots II

The Beta Band

5/5

Beautiful record. Love the vibe

Elephant

The White Stripes

5/5

An all time triumph!

Let's Get It On

Marvin Gaye

3/5

A phenomenal title track, accompanied by an albums worth of competent but uninspired slow jams

Debut

Björk

5/5

An incredible album! But I think Homogenic is even better

Kala

M.I.A.

2/5

Meh. By the third track I was tired

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector

Various Artists

4/5

Just a delight. Energetic and sweet.

Tea for the Tillerman

Cat Stevens

5/5

Masterpiece, plain and simple

Violator

Depeche Mode

5/5

Amazing!

Strangeways, Here We Come

The Smiths

4/5

Wonderful record. I never find this back in the day. Coming in fresh, I can see why so many of my friends are fans.

If I Could Only Remember My Name

David Crosby

4/5

An unpolished gem from peak Laurel Canyon. Half the grateful Dead, Jefferson airplane and of course David Crosby. Not quite a masterpiece, but has several incomparable songs

Joanna Newsom

3/5

It's interesting, but not really for me.

Brothers In Arms

Dire Straits

4/5

Masterpiece, but dated

(What's The Story) Morning Glory

Oasis

3/5

It has some truly great songs, but the rest is just ok

British Steel

Judas Priest

3/5

Fun and crunchy, but not really my bag

Nilsson Schmilsson

Harry Nilsson

3/5

Big ball of cheese with a few wonderful songs

Among The Living

Anthrax

5/5

Holy shit

Californication

Red Hot Chili Peppers

3/5

A great band undermined by tepid songwriting and Anthony Kiedis's tepid singing

Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim

Frank Sinatra

3/5

Not the best Sinatra. Not the best Jobim. Not awful, not brilliant

The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill

Lauryn Hill

5/5

All time killer. No skips

Repeater

Fugazi

5/5

Incredible!

Copper Blue

Sugar

3/5

Really strong music, but a little samey when taken all together

Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

5/5

Untouchable

Live Through This

Hole

5/5

It's hard to argue with this record

Definitely Maybe

Oasis

4/5

I prefer this to What's the Story. Good record!

Bubble And Scrape

Sebadoh

4/5

Some amazing tracks

Time Out

The Dave Brubeck Quartet

5/5

Timeless genius

Machine Gun Etiquette

The Damned

4/5

Adorable!

Behaviour

Pet Shop Boys

3/5

Fun record

Bad

Michael Jackson

3/5

Spotty! Moments of brilliance, stretches of tepid meh.

Back To Black

Amy Winehouse

5/5

a perfect album

Done By The Forces Of Nature

Jungle Brothers

5/5

Pure old school fun

Deep Purple In Rock

Deep Purple

3/5

Born To Run

Bruce Springsteen

5/5

A perfect album. Vast and intimate. Sincerity as religion

Roots

Sepultura

4/5

Intense! Good if you need a brain scrub, but it's a lot

The Velvet Underground

5/5

Not spectacular, but wonderful. Low key. Perfect in it's own imperfect way

Dookie

Green Day

3/5

Not bad, but not brilliant either. Slides off the brain like rain on a sunny day. It's fine. Cute, even.

Peter Gabriel

5/5

An all time great. The voice, the songs, the execution. No skips

Hail To the Thief

Radiohead

5/5

Not in the top 5 Radiohead albums, but still 5 stars. Sweet and sad and paranoid and justified. This band only has 2 misfires IMO, Pablo Honey and A Moon Shaped Pool. Haters, listen to The Bends and In Rainbows

Immigrés

Youssou N'Dour

4/5

Fun, sweet, interesting

Common

4/5

The conscious hip hop you have when you're not having a conscious hip hop

Straight Outta Compton

N.W.A.

5/5

Phenomenal music. Amazing tracks, lyrics are nuts. A time capsule that holds up beautifully

The Fat Of The Land

The Prodigy

3/5

A few stand out tracks but becomes a bit repetitive.

Pelican West

Haircut 100

4/5

Super cute, peppy 80s britpop. Like XTC, Adam Ant, Elvis Costello, Oingo Boingo. You can hear little shoots of new wave trying to come through. Sweet and fun

Rock Bottom

Robert Wyatt

2/5

Meh. It's ok, I guess. More interesting than pleasant

All Hope Is Gone

Slipknot

5/5

Goddamn. I had never listened to a Slipknot album before. Brutal, tight, relentless, impeccably written and produced. Not my usual cup of tea, but when this kind of thing is called for, this is what I will reach for

Axis: Bold As Love

Jimi Hendrix

5/5

Legendary. Untouchable. Songwriting, guitar, production, time capsule of the culture, touching everything from chill groove to metal to experimental art freakout. no skips

I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You

Aretha Franklin

4/5

Brilliant when it's brilliant, but with slack moments

Surfer Rosa

Pixies

5/5

10/10 no notes!

Mothership Connection

Parliament

3/5

Hot take: P-funk is not all that interesting