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Album	You	Global	Diff
The World is a Ghetto War	5	3.36	+1.64
Talking Book Stevie Wonder	5	3.72	+1.28
My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts Brian Eno	4	2.79	+1.21
Tapestry Carole King	5	3.91	+1.09
Pet Sounds The Beach Boys	5	3.93	+1.07

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Album	You	Global	Diff
Surfer Rosa Pixies	2	3.51	-1.51
Cheap Thrills Big Brother & The Holding Company	2	3.42	-1.42
Beauty And The Beat The Go-Go's	2	3.39	-1.39
Eliminator ZZ Top	2	3.38	-1.38
Pornography The Cure	2	3.31	-1.31

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Tapestry

Carole King

5/5

A songwriting masterclass. Real, honest, unfiltered. Understandably one of the top sellers of all time.

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Songs From The Big Chair

Tears For Fears

4/5

Atmospheric 80s pop rock, that picked up where the progressive rock post-script left off. Very enjoyable.

The World is a Ghetto

War

5/5

This was a pleasant surprise. Soulful, funky, psychedelic, jammy, jazzy, extended exploratory solos.. just hook it to my veins!

Lady Soul

Aretha Franklin

4/5

Does what it says on the tin, but still manages to outshine its expectations

Cheap Thrills

Big Brother & The Holding Company

2/5

Not the biggest Joplin fan, but can't deny her performance on this is the highlight. Otherwise, a pretty messily presented, middle of the road statement of what was happening with blues rock at the time.

Eliminator

ZZ Top

2/5

Not a whole lot of substance beyond the gimmick in this one. A few well known bangers that raise a smile, but the joy kinda ends there. 7 out of 11 songs having a fade out probably tells us how much focus there was on actual songwriting... but oh boy, they sure had time for pentatonic scale jamming..

good kid, m.A.A.d city

Kendrick Lamar

3/5

I enjoyed this more than I expected. Lyrically, it's not overly relatable for me (recognising I'm not the target audience), but some good grooves to enjoy along the way.

Tapestry

Carole King

5/5

A songwriting masterclass. Real, honest, unfiltered. Understandably one of the top sellers of all time.

Pornography

The Cure

2/5

I think this would've been a lot more enjoyable for me at a different time of my life, but today, it just felt monotonous. Very much a mood piece to sit in, when you're in the mood to sit in it.

My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts

Brian Eno

4/5

Really freakin odd, but a whole lot of fun.

Guitar Town

Steve Earle

3/5

Heaps of corny country lyrical stereotype boxes ticked, but also a lot in this taken straight from the Springsteen playbook, which gives it a bit more substance than I was expecting. I think the trick to enjoying this one is to not take it quite as seriously as it may have initially been intended.

Surfer Rosa

Pixies

2/5

A couple of good tunes, but for the most part I found this a sloppy, disjointed, garage band mess. Perhaps that's due to fatigue from this style of delivery being so far overdone over the following few decades, perhaps it's just not meant for me as I listen today. I am, however, grateful that it exists, knowing the influence it had on albums and artists that came shortly after it.

James Brown Live At The Apollo

James Brown

3/5

JB doing JB things, with his incredibly well oiled machine of a band. If you can for half an hour ignore the fact that he was a really terrible person, this is a delightful capture of early 60s live show energy.

Winter In America

Gil Scott-Heron

3/5

A bit of a slow starter, but has some great tracks and heavy lyrics. I love a bit of jazz flute, keys are beautiful, and H20gate is brilliant.

Sunshine Superman

Donovan

4/5

Very much a time machine to the mid 60s psychedelic rock movement.. this was great. Extra points for Zep members involvement.

Illmatic

Nas

3/5

Rap ain't really my thing, but I gotta respect this one. Found myself grooving along to the boom bap beats far more than I expected.

A Wizard, A True Star

Todd Rundgren

3/5

Absolutely bonkers, for the most part. I'm going to need to give this few listens to work out what the heck happened, and to like it even more.

Green

R.E.M.

4/5

I've always had more of an admiration than a love of R.E.M., really only knowing the hits and never digging further. Initially, listening to Green, I felt the same way.. but, the back half of this album is brilliant. Maybe it took me until then to 'get it'?

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector

Various Artists

3/5

A Christmas classique, that I have no reason to listen to at any other time of year.

Parklife

Blur

4/5

Some absolute bangerz on this. Girls & Boys is enough for a high rating on its own.. Album-wise though, it feels like there's a bit of filler that dilutes the overall quality.

Talking Book

Stevie Wonder

5/5

Beautiful. The classics are there, but there's a very soulful energy in there too.

Beauty And The Beat

The Go-Go's

2/5

A couple of great tracks, like the opener, but overall very one-paced and not overly invigorating.

Pet Sounds

The Beach Boys

5/5

Absolutely wonderful. Innovative, vast, reflective, challenging, joyous. One of the best ever.