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Album	You	Global	Diff
Fishscale Ghostface Killah	5	3.06	+1.94
This Is Hardcore Pulp	5	3.14	+1.86
A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector Various Artists	5	3.31	+1.69
Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs Marty Robbins	5	3.33	+1.67
Darkness on the Edge of Town Bruce Springsteen	5	3.42	+1.58
Blonde On Blonde Bob Dylan	5	3.5	+1.5
The Velvet Underground The Velvet Underground	5	3.53	+1.47
The Score Fugees	5	3.69	+1.31
Green River Creedence Clearwater Revival	5	3.78	+1.22
What's Going On Marvin Gaye	5	3.94	+1.06

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Album	You	Global	Diff
All Hope Is Gone Slipknot	1	2.7	-1.7
Led Zeppelin IV Led Zeppelin	3	4.36	-1.36
Teenager Of The Year Frank Black	2	3	-1

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A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector

Various Artists

5/5

Santay as hell. Happy to get this one on Christmas day. It's easily a contender for best Christmas album of all time. Phil Spector shines through on these classics, and forces the question, were they even classics before this? Who cares, just enjoy the egg nog, put another log on the fire and kick back.

2 likes

Nowhere

Ride

4/5

Classic sludgey-stoner rock. I was always looking for this type of music as a stoned teenager. I still am but I used to too.

1 likes

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Green River

Creedence Clearwater Revival

5/5

Rootsy as all hell. I really enjoyed it, even my girlfriend was getting into some of the jammier ones. Impressive the keen eye they already had for the band.

Tres Hombres

ZZ Top

4/5

Sludgy as hell

Live And Dangerous

Thin Lizzy

4/5

Live as hell

Darkness on the Edge of Town

Bruce Springsteen

5/5

Springy as hell. But honestly, I see the appeal. This dude feels like home from the first note out of his mouth. Like American pie and the Apple dream. He's like the coolest dude in your highschool but he grew up to fulfill the prophecy set out by his hometown. Beautifully tortured album and guy. Streets of Fire has me wondering if that's what Cameron Winter is modeling his whole identity on.

Reggatta De Blanc

The Police

3/5

Reggae as hell. I really fuck with how well this song travels in a car a night, it felt like that had to be a factor at play when making this gem in the studio. Obviously Message in a Bottle is the one I was most familiar with, however Deathwish is a damn earworm and On Any Other Day sticks with me lyrically.

Odessey And Oracle

The Zombies

3/5

60's as hell. didn't appreciate this as much as I did in my teens when I was very into organ-heavy rock to smoke weed to. That said, the live version of this album is really cool to listen to as the band broke up before they could ever polay it in its entirety. Time of the Season is a legendary song that will find itself relevant amid a number of generations of Americans.

Murmur

R.E.M.

4/5

Grungy as hell. I like how it reflects the lack of godliness coming in the 90’s. Michael Stipe is a god tho.

Bluesbreakers

John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers

4/5

Bluesey as hell. Bluesbreakers is an apt name for a band and album which takes the genre and places it on its head. Subversive but also just earwormy. I wish I could write more eloquently because this album has stuck with me for weeks, alas, let the music speak. And speak it does.

Metallica

4/5

Fascinating. Been meaning to listen for a while but not sure it would’ve hit the same.

What's Going On

Marvin Gaye

5/5

There will be a time when the music doesn’t play and the children don’t sing. What a beautiful POV. The sax blowing through the noise at the beginning of the title track? Inject that shit in my veins. (Ecology) may be my favorite tho.

Fishscale

Ghostface Killah

5/5

Holy hell. Those lyrics, man. Nothing like this era of rap. I can’t even think of any to write down they’re all so good. Def a relistenable album even with skits.

Led Zeppelin II

Led Zeppelin

4/5

Robert Plant’s voice is infectious. Ive never been a huge fan but sitting down with this album it just his voice and John Bonham’s drums driving this whole shit. I mean that breakdown in Whole Lotta Love wtf. Ramble On was another standout track for me.

Paranoid

Black Sabbath

4/5

Metal as hell. What is this album though really? Genuinely love it but it travels in so many genres in such a short time. Rat Salad, War Pigs and Planet Caravan are my favorites thus far.

The Velvet Underground

5/5

Velvety as hell. Always loved this one as a teen getting into the VU in high school. Candy Says as an opener is such a good lullaby into this new world of soft rock. The first alternative rock record? Pale Blue Eyes and Beginning to See the Light are my faves because I think they’re contenders for the best music ever put on wax.

All Hope Is Gone

Slipknot

1/5

Gross as hell. Honestly this was tough to get through. The second half got a little better and I like the drumming. Other than that, how did this make the top anything?

We Are Family

Sister Sledge

4/5

Sexy as hell. This is baby-making music. I was only familiar with We Are Family (obviously) but the whole album slaps. Will be revisiting at future times.

Alien Lanes

Guided By Voices

3/5

Indie as hell. This one was interesting. I grew up around where GBV started and heard about them as these indie giants, but somehow noone was playing these giants. It took me til college to hear them on college radio. I was a bit underwhelmed, but i think you can hear the Shins, the Strokes, etc in their sound. I respect the hell outta them but it just doesn't hit as hard as all those bands i grew up listening to and were clearly inspired by GBV sound.

Nowhere

Ride

4/5

Classic sludgey-stoner rock. I was always looking for this type of music as a stoned teenager. I still am but I used to too.

The Score

Fugees

5/5

Ancient denizens of the rap world. I've never heard of these guys but these bangs

Goo

Sonic Youth

4/5

Sonic Youth as hell. This album sums up the band for me. I don't know much and this just hits the right node. I've only listened to this buzzed in a hottub and buzzed in my house in Detroit.

The Clash

3/5

Fun as hell. I really enjoyed Police and Thieves, like best song level like it. These songs just sound like some blokes hanging out jamming- I see the appeal to punk :)

This Is Hardcore

Pulp

5/5

Pulpy as hell. Always had an affinity for Pulp for some reason. This is a pretty good semblance of the band. Sylvia, Glory Days and TV Movie ae all standouts for me. The same way Martin Parr is quintessentially British, so to is Pulp.

Led Zeppelin IV

Led Zeppelin

3/5

This felt much more like what I know of Led Zeppelin than LZII. I don't like it quite as much as II, but Rock n Roll is a classic (was familiar with John Lennon's cover lol)

The Predator

Ice Cube

3/5

Solid as hell. No complaints, Ice Cube traverses his era of culture as good as anyone. A friend told me that you gotta parse Ice Cube with some Eazy E and unfortunately, I think he's right. It Was A Good Day kicks this up to 3.5.

Ctrl

SZA

3/5

I enjoyed it. A little heavy on the production; her voice is so beautiful, but at times felt hard to reach through some of the vocal cues. Some of the beats are straight up infectious. I think her latest drop was more my tempo.

G. Love And Special Sauce

G. Love & Special Sauce

3/5

Weird as hell. I feel like that's owed mostly to the name and that it's labelled R&B/Soul on Apple Music but features three white guys on the cover. Surprisingly good. I enjoyed the riffs and some of the drum fills. Curious to hear the justification for this one in the list.

Rust Never Sleeps

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

4/5

Classic as hell. From the first line spoken, this album’s a classic. Really nothing bad to say about it. I still don’t understand what or who Crazy Horse is but I fucks with him.

Teenager Of The Year

Frank Black

2/5

Average as hell. There's some good slop on here, but ultimately I just feel like Black Francis needed to be pulled back by a full band at times. (Early) Pixies is great but I have never been into his solo work.

The Slider

T. Rex

4/5

One of my all time faves. Ballrooms of Mars? There are quite literally no better vocal cues than the shouted "ROCK!" of that song, although a few songs on this record try. I wish T. Rex and Bolan were around longer. But stars as bright as his seem destined to flame out sooner than later. I mean this album came out less than a year after Mambo Sun. His music gets me daydreaming more than any other artist I can think of.

Abbey Road

Beatles

5/5

Solid as hell. This album is older than me and there's really nothing I could say about it that hasn't already been said. This album has been really important to me at different times in my life and the medley that closes it out makes me tear up listening to it now. Golden Slumbers, Something, and She Came in Through the Bathroom Window are my favorites. Just infectious.Even when I don't think I want to listen to this album, I start whistling and singing along just as loudly as always.

69 Love Songs

The Magnetic Fields

3/5

Long as hell. This one was tough to listen to all of it and have a conclusive opinion on nearly 3 hours of music. I liked some, others felt like they were clear demos. Honestly will return just for the breadth and a couple of those just have the perfect combo of vocals and melody. I swear there’s like three songs on the first two discs that just have the same lame synth boops as it’s beat.

Imperial Bedroom

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

4/5

Tough as hell. Tough to rate, tough to hate, tough to enjoy at times. I find Elvis Costello already a bit hard to get into, but this one just felt like easy listening material with the family. Not sure I'll return to it outside of those circumstances.

Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs

Marty Robbins

5/5

Country as hell. This is what I want playing in my head every morning. I immediately played it over again upon finishing it. Saddle Tramp and Big Iron were my faves, but the whole thing is a classic.

Nevermind

Nirvana

5/5

Stunning as hell. This is just one of my favorite albums. I remember getting into it at 15/16 and just thinking this shit will never get old. A decade later, sure enough, I was correct. It's difficult to think of a more influential album on either my taste in music or the general culture's. The start of the album (from first chords of Smell's Like Teen Spirit until the bass sputters and fades out on Come As You Are) is truly unfathomable to virgin 1991 ears. All is well while listening to Kurt at full volume.

Trio

Dolly Parton

4/5

Dolly as hell. I find it funny this is credited solely to Dolly, when Linda and EmmyLou are on this. Not only that but they seem to harmonize nearly every note of the album. I really enjoyed this much more than I thought I would, and feel like these three could've been a generational band if they made more stuff together. Oh well, kind of a Destiny's Child moment. I liked how the latter half just diverts into gospel and music that sounds spiritual. First half was my jam, but I am in awe of this whole record.

White Denim

4/5

Sweet as hell. I was surprised to see White Denim in this list, but just as surprised it was this album. I personally prefer "Performance" from 2018. Still solid sound.

Eagles

3/5

Seventies as hell. This one is kinda par for the course. I've been watching a lot of '70's movies recently so this is nice to hear what was gaining popularity in the time. Other than that pretty boilerplate. The thing is it isn't bad, but 50 years on, it has been duplicated, replicated, mimicked, mocked, surpassed. Dare I say left behind. I say all this to point out that "Witchy Woman" still kicks ass. I can't hear the second half of that song as anything but regressive, but sometimes that's what ya want.

Atomizer

Big Black

2/5

This was interesting. By interesting I mean its one of the first times music has inspired the word "noise" in me.

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector

Various Artists

5/5

Tommy

The Who

3/5

Operatic as hell. This one is pretty good, though I find it hard to see the attraction of the Who. There's a couple on here I like, and the story is engaging, but not my favorite on the list.

Blonde On Blonde

Bob Dylan

5/5

Dylan as hell. Starting with "They'll stone you when you're trying to be good" is amazing. Especially considering Like A Rolling Stone started off the previous album. Always though Highway 61 Revisited was his best, but that might just be my favorite. He just goes from sounding like a rock god of sorts to a train in the matter of seconds and I loved every second of it. Ending two of the greatest albums of all time with 10+ minute tracks is wild stuff though. Well done, Bob. (Never cared for Desolation Row, but Sad-Eyed Lady of the Lowlands kicks ass)

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