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Album	You	Global	Diff
Here's Little Richard Little Richard	5	3.57	+1.43
Maggot Brain Funkadelic	5	3.6	+1.4
Lust For Life Iggy Pop	5	3.61	+1.39

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Album	You	Global	Diff
Ramones Ramones	2	3.58	-1.58
Document R.E.M.	2	3.56	-1.56

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Purple Rain

Prince

4/5

‘Purple Rain’ alone gives this album an easy 4-stars. None of the non-hit songs are too memorable but they fit into the album nicely.

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Ingenue

k.d. lang

2/5

Easy listening. Great vocals. Wouldn’t come back to the album again as it all sounded the same aside from maybe a few songs.

The Köln Concert

Keith Jarrett

4/5

The yelling when he’s really feeling it is good stuff.

Eliminator

ZZ Top

3/5

Decent.

Reggatta De Blanc

The Police

3/5

Only had heard ‘Message in a Bottle’ prior to this. I liked the first half better than the second half but it didn’t go anywhere for me. Solid enough but not sure I’d return to the album as a whole.

More Songs About Buildings And Food

Talking Heads

4/5

What the hell was that?

Talking Book

Stevie Wonder

4/5

Needs another listen from me. Superstition is flat out unbelievable. Some other songs are forgettable. But overall, I enjoyed the album quite a bit.

Deloused in the Comatorium

The Mars Volta

4/5

Didn’t read any lyrics but loved the musicality on many of the songs. I liked the longer tracks more than the short ones.

Document

R.E.M.

2/5

Didn’t click with me aside from ‘It’s The End Of The World As We Know It’. I prefer other REM albums to this one but glad I listened through.

The Velvet Underground

4/5

Pale Blue Eyes is the obvious standout.

Ramones

2/5

What was groundbreaking back then, doesn’t really hit home for me now. I can appreciate the influence it had on the punk scene but I can’t, in good faith, rate this any more than a 2 because all the songs are derivatives of each other. It’s truly hard to discern the difference between songs after “Blitzkrieg Bop”, which is a bop.

Purple Rain

Prince

4/5

‘Purple Rain’ alone gives this album an easy 4-stars. None of the non-hit songs are too memorable but they fit into the album nicely.

Countdown To Ecstasy

Steely Dan

4/5

It gave me a bit of a nostalgia kick from the Rock Band 2 days of youth. Started strong and ended strong. Not an album I’ll come back to again and again but something to throw on every once in a while depending on the mood.

Stardust

Willie Nelson

3/5

Meh

C'est Chic

CHIC

3/5

Maggot Brain

Funkadelic

5/5

Unreal 10-minute guitar solo followed by 25 minutes of pure fun. Never listened to Funkadelic before this but this is one of the reasons I’m here.

Heaux Tales

Jazmine Sullivan

2/5

Nothing special.

Tuesday Night Music Club

Sheryl Crow

4/5

Surprised me in a good way!

The Velvet Underground & Nico

The Velvet Underground

3/5

Another album where I can appreciate it for what it was at the time and its influence on other acts, but it just didn’t do much for me aside from a couple songs.

Remain In Light

Talking Heads

3/5

Don’t know how I feel about the Talking Heads still after 2 albums now…

Legalize It

Peter Tosh

3/5

Never really listened to Reggae aside from Bob Marley playing in stores. This one grew on me by the end. Funnily enough, the opener and title track didn’t do anything for me but as the album opened up to more guitar-centric melodies, it started to hit.

Tank Battles

Dagmar Krause

2/5

Felt like every song that I kind of could get into was followed by something 180 from it. Not to mention the Youtube stream was very low quality which didn’t help the listening experience.

Joan Armatrading

4/5

Wonderful vocals

Back At The Chicken Shack

Jimmy Smith

3/5

Come Find Yourself

Fun Lovin' Criminals

2/5

The instrumentation was a quotes one for me. On some earlier tracks, it really added to the song; on others, it sounded so lo-fi and off. Didn’t mind the rapping.

Lust For Life

Iggy Pop

5/5

The B-side knocked it out of the park for me.

Diamond Life

Sade

3/5

Smooth but unforgettable.

Pelican West

Haircut 100

3/5

Fun, forgettable