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Album	You	Global	Diff
I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You Aretha Franklin	5	3.93	+1.07

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Album	You	Global	Diff
Elvis Presley Elvis Presley	1	3.38	-2.38
At Fillmore East The Allman Brothers Band	2	3.37	-1.37
Red Headed Stranger Willie Nelson	2	3.35	-1.35
Hot Shots II The Beta Band	2	3.01	-1.01

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James Brown Live At The Apollo

James Brown

3/5

James Brown is absolutely the star of this performance. None of the instruments stand out in a way that competes with is voice. This is obviously highly edited and some of the song transitions are a bit jarring. To my taste, as an album this is perfectly fine, but nothing I would seek out. As a performance, DAMN I wish I had been in the room.

Deja Vu

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

4/5

Great album. Also a reminder that fade-outs are weird.

Blue Lines

Massive Attack

3/5

Nice & relaxing grooves

At Fillmore East

The Allman Brothers Band

2/5

Definite sounds of the 70's. It's not bad; it just doesn't stand out to me. The kind of 70's music I've heard most of my life and would be ok not hearing again. The self-indulgent length of some of these songs without ever actually going anywhere makes it apparent why punk music became necessary.

Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

3/5

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds is one of those bands that's always been on the edge of my awareness but I never really listened to. The few Nick Cave songs I heard at the time fell flat on my ears. This album was a nice revelation. I really enjoyed it and will be playing it again. Time to check out some more Nick Cave.

Red Headed Stranger

Willie Nelson

2/5

Tellin’ Stories

The Charlatans

3/5

Pleasant. A couple of catchy tunes. No stand-outs for me.

Reggatta De Blanc

The Police

4/5

A couple of hits. A good variety of other decent songs.

3 + 3

The Isley Brothers

3/5

Highway to Hell

AC/DC

3/5

A lot of AC/DC lacks variety for me I never get tired of the song "Highway to Hell" but the rest of the album is just, AC/DC. Pleasant if you like them but no other highlight songs for me.

To Pimp A Butterfly

Kendrick Lamar

3/5

I'd never listened to this album before. It's got a nice chill vibe to it that makes it easy to listen to but I'd need to spend more time with it to see if it interests me lyrically. At this point, it's a good listen but definitely more "produced" than "played" and doesn't really get its hooks into me.

Elvis Presley

1/5

This album isn't necessarily terrible, but it's definitely "of a time." I'm no R&B expert, but I listen to enough Blues that listening to this is actively distracting, knowing that there's not a song here that couldn't have been more capably handled by one of Elvis's contemporaries with a less marketable complexion.

Pump

Aerosmith

3/5

I remember listening to this when it first came out. It has probably their two biggest post-RunDMC songs with "Love in an Elevator" and "Jamie's Got a Gun." The rest of the album is ok, but not memorable.

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

3/5

I expected to like this one more than I did. American Girl stands as one of the best songs I've ever seen live. The rest of the album has a nice variety of songs, but nothing that really stood out to me as something I'd been missing out on.

Tracy Chapman

4/5

This is an album straight out of the "less is more" school of thought. One lone voice and a guitar. Other instruments, when present, are low enough in the mix that the voice and guitar still stand out. Still a great record.

Hot Shots II

The Beta Band

2/5

If Muzak had vocals

Meat Puppets II

Meat Puppets

3/5

Ok. A bit of variety. Nothing that really moved me.

Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)

Wu-Tang Clan

3/5

This album has a nice groove to it. Hard not to be moving while listening to it.