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Album	You	Global	Diff
Highway 61 Revisited Bob Dylan	5	3.77	+1.23

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Album	You	Global	Diff
Music in Exile Songhoy Blues	1	3.33	-2.33
Led Zeppelin III Led Zeppelin	2	3.96	-1.96
Beggars Banquet The Rolling Stones	2	3.63	-1.63
War U2	2	3.48	-1.48
We're Only In It For The Money The Mothers Of Invention	1	2.46	-1.46
Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire) The Kinks	2	3.39	-1.39
Joan Armatrading Joan Armatrading	2	3.33	-1.33
Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) Eurythmics	2	3.24	-1.24
Who Killed...... The Zutons? The Zutons	2	3.14	-1.14

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Beggars Banquet

The Rolling Stones

2/5

I really tried to give the rolling stones a chance. They just sound flat and dated to me.

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1-Star Albums (2)

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Music in Exile

Songhoy Blues

1/5

Transformer

Lou Reed

3/5

Started off kinda emo. There was one song that sounded like a children's song. Overall didn't hate it.

Blonde On Blonde

Bob Dylan

4/5

Banger. This Bob Dylan guy is pretty good.

Reggatta De Blanc

The Police

3/5

Let It Bleed

The Rolling Stones

3/5

Straight Outta Compton

N.W.A.

4/5

It's insane to me that this album came out in 1988.

A Little Deeper

Ms. Dynamite

2/5

Musically it was kinda cool, especially the first couple songs. Overall not for me though.

Ctrl

SZA

2/5

I can appreciate it as a piece of art, but it's just not for me. Some decent songs and some skips.

Bitches Brew

Miles Davis

4/5

I think I could get into jazz

Abbey Road

Beatles

4/5

Good album. Come together is such a timeless banger.

Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)

Eurythmics

2/5

It's really just the one song.

Sunshine Superman

Donovan

4/5

Surprisingly good album for me. It took me a couple listens to get into it.

Paranoid

Black Sabbath

4/5

I'm not a guitar solo guy, but the iron man solo is probably my favorite of all time. This album gets extra points for being the reason I started practicing guitar more when I was 14.

War

2/5

Sunday bloody Sunday is decent. Overall a little boring and all the songs sound the same to me.

Who Killed...... The Zutons?

The Zutons

2/5

There's no excuse for putting this out in 2004. Confusion is the only song I remotely cared for.

Greetings From L.A.

Tim Buckley

2/5

Funky. Also not for me.

Highway 61 Revisited

Bob Dylan

5/5

My advice is to not let the boys in. Bob Dylan is so fucking cool. Desolation Row is my favorite 11-minute song and it's not even close.

Eli And The Thirteenth Confession

Laura Nyro

2/5

Didn't finish it. Not a huge fan.

Scott 2

Scott Walker

2/5

Nope

Beggars Banquet

The Rolling Stones

2/5

I really tried to give the rolling stones a chance. They just sound flat and dated to me.

Destroy Rock & Roll

Mylo

3/5

I came in with low expectations. But this is decent for what it is.

Veckatimest

Grizzly Bear

4/5

According to Kirill, this is some absolute Nick Phelan music. And I guess he's right.

Bug

Dinosaur Jr.

3/5

Some songs get a little too close to noise for me. Overall it's a fun album though.

Led Zeppelin III

Led Zeppelin

2/5

The Man Machine

Kraftwerk

3/5

Probably really innovative at the time. Overall I liked it.

Rain Dogs

Tom Waits

3/5

Truly a rough start to this album. But as a whole I think it's pretty cool and unique. Clap Hands is a legitimately fun song. I also liked Tango Til They're Sore. It's funny that this album is full of accessible songs like Downtown Train, while also being peppered with songs that will probably give Dani nightmares. I also had fun reading about how this guy would piss off recording engineers running around hitting random objects with a 2x4 and refusing to use a drum kit or pre- made effects.

All Things Must Pass

George Harrison

3/5

This was too long for me to really judge fairly. It's pretty diverse and impressive for a solo artist in the 60s/70s.

Tres Hombres

ZZ Top

3/5

I'm not usually a fan of bluesy guitar-driven stuff, but this was pretty good. La Grange goes crazy, obviously.

I Am a Bird Now

Antony and the Johnsons

3/5

This is a pretty unique album I've never heard before. Hope There's Someone is a really good song. I did get kinda bored of it after that though.

We're Only In It For The Money

The Mothers Of Invention

1/5

I don't give this rating lightly. This is genuinely bad and I don't think I enjoyed any of these songs. It's just garbage hippie anti-music.

Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire)

The Kinks

2/5

It was fine, not my vibe.

Movies

Holger Czukay

3/5

I like it as background music. Cool in the Pool is the weakest song on the album. I like the rest a lot better. It definitely feels innovative for its time.

Future Days

Can

3/5

Frank

Amy Winehouse

3/5

I probably just don't like the genre here. But her voice is great. I also don't think this is her best album.

I Against I

Bad Brains

3/5

Love a good 30 minute punk album.

Surf's Up

The Beach Boys

4/5

On the first listen I thought "meh, beach boys." I listened to it again and it's pretty impressive. I did skip Take a Load Off Your Feet and Student Demonstration Time because those songs suck. The tracks are pretty layered and intricate and in a lot of ways this feels like a Beatles album. I also like the ironic "Surf's Up" title paired with the darker themes and music, at least by the beach boys' standards.

The Boatman's Call

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

3/5

I almost dropped this to two stars when the narrator started talking in my ear.

Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme

Simon & Garfunkel

4/5

The vocals on Scarborough Fair are so intricate and well-written. The whole album is just really tight and well-done. The Dangling Conversation is probably my favorite. 7 O'Clock News/Silent Night is an interesting piece of art. I will say overall, I'm not a big Simon and Garfunkel fan. But they're obviously talented singers and songwriters.

New Gold Dream (81/82/83/84)

Simple Minds

3/5

Didn't really stand out for me. It's decent, classic 80s pop where every song sounds pretty much the same and I can't understand half the words.

Ellington at Newport

Duke Ellington

3/5

Just a solid jazz album

(Pronounced 'Leh-'Nérd 'Skin-'Nérd)

Lynyrd Skynyrd

4/5

Of all the 70s rock we've listened to so far, this has aged the best. I think there's also some nostalgia here for me, but I genuinely enjoyed listening to this one. Tuesday's Gone, Simple Man, and Free Bird are my favorites.

Joan Armatrading

2/5

It's decent, but kinda slow and not really for me.

Songs In The Key Of Life

Stevie Wonder

5/5

I didn't know Sir Duke was by Stevie Wonder. I also didn't know Wild Wild West is a straight copy of Stevie Wonder's I Wish. I also didn't know Gangsta's Paradise "heavily samples" Pastime Paradise. Just me realizing the ridiculous reach of this album, and how often I hear this guys song-writing without even knowing. Disc 1 blew my mind. Disc 2 was pretty good.

Here Are the Sonics

The Sonics

3/5

What a bunch of goofballs. I kinda like it. Could use a few more WAAAOOOOOOOOs.