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Album	You	Global	Diff
Hotel California Eagles	5	3.6	+1.4
Born In The U.S.A. Bruce Springsteen	5	3.7	+1.3

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
G. Love And Special Sauce G. Love & Special Sauce	1	2.73	-1.73
Surfer Rosa Pixies	2	3.5	-1.5
Fear Of Music Talking Heads	2	3.47	-1.47
The Specials The Specials	2	3.3	-1.3
Let It Be The Replacements	2	3.26	-1.26
Blood, Sweat & Tears Blood, Sweat & Tears	2	3.17	-1.17
Bluesbreakers John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers	2	3.16	-1.16
OK Computer Radiohead	3	4.1	-1.1
Talk Talk Talk The Psychedelic Furs	2	3.03	-1.03

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Lost In The Dream

The War On Drugs · 1 likes

3/5

Have heard of them previously but never listened to any of their music, but I get the hype now. Each song sounded great and the guitar play stood out. Will definitely revisit the album and can see it growing on me.

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Tarkus

Emerson, Lake & Palmer

3/5

Sounds good. The instrumentals were pleasant. Not really my type of music but I can appreciate it.

1989

Taylor Swift

3/5

Enjoyed some songs more than others. Album flowed well. Would not say I loved it but will revisit a few songs in the future.

OK Computer

Radiohead

3/5

I am definitely going to revisit again. I would say the album itself was great as a unit but not sure if any specific song stood out on first listen. Still very enjoyable.

If I Should Fall From Grace With God

The Pogues

4/5

First time listening to Celtic folk rock. The album was great, it was a fun listen. The instrumentation was beautiful and upbeat. Definitely going to come back to this album in the future.

It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back

Public Enemy

3/5

First time listening to anything like this. While some of the more explicitly political songs were less enjoyable the album as a whole was solid. I enjoyed the flow despite the length and the samples chosen gave the songs a unique twist.

The Specials

2/5

First time ever listening to Ska. Also researched that is considered the best Ska album of the First Wave. Completely unimpressed by the whole project. Feels unserious but not in a fun way. Sounds like a parody of Yacht Rock. Stupid Marriage was the best moment for me. Overall not looking forward to the other Ska albums on this journey.

Autobahn

Kraftwerk

3/5

Nothing memorable off the album. A unique sound but nothing stuck out.

Get Behind Me Satan

The White Stripes

3/5

An overall solid project with some standout songs.

Born To Run

Bruce Springsteen

4/5

Already had listened to a majority of songs on the album in the past but listening all the way through was great. Bruce is an amazing artist and the instruments on his albums always add so much.

Bluesbreakers

John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers

2/5

Was not impressed by anything on this record. Felt soulless. The guitar/bass was fine but nothing that has me wanting to revisit it.

Lost In The Dream

The War On Drugs

3/5

Third/Sister Lovers

Big Star

2/5

Nothing memorable on this album. Nothing stood out and nothing was awful.

My Generation

The Who

3/5

A few stand out songs on this album but for the most part nothing that stuck out too much but was an enjoyable listen.

Play

Moby

3/5

Not my type of music, but there were some songs that sounded very pleasant.

Rio

Duran Duran

4/5

Really solid album. It’s a quintessential 80s rock album, something I grew up on.

G. Love And Special Sauce

G. Love & Special Sauce

1/5

Didn’t enjoy this and cannot appreciate the music, as well. Maybe I’m too young and this music hit different in the 90s but first album I really wanted to end before it was over.

Talk Talk Talk

The Psychedelic Furs

2/5

Nothing spectacular to me.

Document

R.E.M.

3/5

A typically solid late 80s alt rock album.

War

3/5

Sunday Bloody Sunday was the obvious high point on this album, but I am not much of a U2 fan and this album was perfectly ok.

Fear Of Music

Talking Heads

2/5

A one note album. Felt like 40 minutes of the same song.

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector

Various Artists

3/5

Solid Christmas album, learned that Phil Spector is a murderer too so that was interesting as well.

Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs

Derek & The Dominos

3/5

It sounded good but a bit too long for a concept album. Better than the last project I listened to featuring Clapton.

Colour By Numbers

Culture Club

3/5

Karma Chameleon was the high point. The rest is the type of music they’d play for elementary school kids that adults think is ‘cool’.

Warehouse: Songs And Stories

Hüsker Dü

2/5

No song stood out which made a 20 song album feel more like a chore than an enjoying experience.

Music From Big Pink

The Band

3/5

A rootsy album that pleased instrumentally throughout.

Bitte Orca

Dirty Projectors

2/5

Would have gotten 1 star if not for Two Doves. I don’t know how this album got on this list. Maybe I am too young to appreciate its relevance at the time but I have never heard of this group before today.

Yeezus

Kanye West

3/5

The album was good. Too bad he went off the deep end.

The Köln Concert

Keith Jarrett

3/5

I enjoyed listening to it despite never really having listened to a full piano recital before. Feels like really upscale lounge music. Makes great background music to me which is a great alternative to what is typically considered background music.

Queen II

Queen

4/5

A great album. First listen just made me appreciate more how Queen crafted the sound they did.

Rattus Norvegicus

The Stranglers

3/5

Album was not overly memorable in one way or another. Was honestly expecting a different sound for a punk album.

...Baby One More Time

Britney Spears

3/5

Not for me but also not bad. Was not expecting so much guitar on this album but it worked.

Born In The U.S.A.

Bruce Springsteen

5/5

Arguably one of my favorite rock albums ever. Such a strong 1-2 punch to start the album. The final 7 songs would be an elite album on its own, as well. The sound is killer, the sense of place in each of these songs makes you feel like you’re there. Hits notes of nostalgia without it being overpowering. Easily my first 5 star album.

From Elvis In Memphis

Elvis Presley

3/5

A solid collection of songs for a live album.

Raising Hell

Run-D.M.C.

3/5

Fun album.

Murmur

R.E.M.

3/5

The album was not as good as the other R.E.M. album I’ve listened to but the project as a whole was solid.