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Album	You	Global	Diff
In The Wee Small Hours Frank Sinatra	5	3.28	+1.72
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot Wilco	5	3.31	+1.69
Crosby, Stills & Nash Crosby, Stills & Nash	5	3.48	+1.52
Bookends Simon & Garfunkel	5	3.56	+1.44
Hotel California Eagles	5	3.59	+1.41
Harvest Neil Young	5	3.81	+1.19
Led Zeppelin III Led Zeppelin	5	3.95	+1.05
Hunky Dory David Bowie	5	4	+1

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Brilliant Corners Thelonious Monk	1	3.33	-2.33
Beyond Skin Nitin Sawhney	1	2.76	-1.76
Palo Congo Sabu	1	2.69	-1.69
Haut de gamme / Koweït, rive gauche Koffi Olomide	1	2.61	-1.61
2112 Rush	2	3.38	-1.38
My Aim Is True Elvis Costello	2	3.35	-1.35
From Elvis In Memphis Elvis Presley	2	3.34	-1.34
The Colour Of Spring Talk Talk	2	3.07	-1.07

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In The Wee Small Hours

Frank Sinatra · 1 likes

5/5

one of a kind, generational talent. maybe the most iconic voice of all time. good to know that frank sinatra is a yearner favorite tracks: mood indigo i get along without you very well deep in a dream

1-Star Albums (5)

D.O.A. the Third and Final Report of Throbbing Gristle

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Nebraska

Bruce Springsteen

4/5

i really was not familiar with bruce springsteen’s game. prior to the movie that came out this year, all i knew was born in the usa (song). this album is so gloomy and personal and it works with his voice so well.

Joan Armatrading

3/5

favorite tracks: - join the boys - water with the wine - like fire

War

4/5

favorite tracks: - new year’s day - like a song… - two hearts beat as one

Crosby, Stills & Nash

5/5

this is not an unfamiliar album to me; it’s been one of my favorites since high school and was one of the first albums I ever owned on vinyl. it holds a very special place in my heart. favorite tracks: - suite: judy blue eyes - pre-road downs - wooden ships - helplessly hoping

Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

Wilco

5/5

reminds me of bright eyes/conor oberst - there was something special about the singer-songwriters who came out of the early 2000s. it’s also insane to me that this album was supposed to come out on 9/11/2001 when so much of it has themes of war + america favorite tracks: radio cure jesus, etc. pot kettle black

At San Quentin

Johnny Cash

4/5

music is so powerful. listening to the prisoners cheer and interact with cash is something really special. it makes me that much more aware that THIS is real country - not what the modern “country singer” posers are doing. so many moments gave me chill. favorite tracks: - folsom prison blues - san quentin - a boy named sue

Bossanova

Pixies

3/5

favorite tracks: velouria ana all over the world

The Stone Roses

4/5

i’d say this is one of the biggest subgenres of music that i am unfamiliar with, so whenever i dig a little deeper into it im always extra intrigued. i liked this way more than u2 and pixies. favorite tracks: this is the one she bangs the drums i wanna be adored

Back to Mystery City

Hanoi Rocks

2/5

don’t feel anything special with this one. it’s fun but -to me- it’s nothing groundbreaking or obviously belonging on a list like 1001 albums to listen to before you die. favorite tracks: malibu beach nightmare until i get you sailing down the tears

Back In Black

AC/DC

4/5

love AC/DC favorite tracks: shoot to thrill givin the dog a bone back in black

Is This It

The Strokes

3/5

a fun listen. will it be something i regularly think about or go back to? probably not! but it was fun and (to me) sounds like what being in your 20s in the 00s in nyc would’ve sounded like. favorite tracks: is this it barely legal last nite hard to explain

Pretzel Logic

Steely Dan

3/5

big, big fan of 70s music… but i don’t think steely dan is for me. some fun moments but just not my style favorite tracks: night by night pretzel logic with a gun

In The Wee Small Hours

Frank Sinatra

5/5

Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs

Marty Robbins

4/5

the kind of country i vibe with favorite tracks: big iron billy the kid the master’s call in the valley

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

Beatles

4/5

they reached their full level of whismy with this album favorite tracks: lucy in the sky with diamonds with a little help from my friends when i’m sixty-four a day in the life

Deja Vu

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

4/5

E.V.O.L.

Sonic Youth

3/5

Apocalypse 91… The Enemy Strikes Black

Public Enemy

3/5

Brilliant Corners

Thelonious Monk

1/5

did not like - this is the first album i couldn’t finish. i’m sure there’s something i’m missing because jazz isn’t my normal genre but it just feels unsettling, unfinished, and off.

D.O.A. the Third and Final Report of Throbbing Gristle

Throbbing Gristle

1/5

Uh… sure! I’m sure with a whole lot of context this album would be really really cool and transcendent but it just sounds like liminal space but in audio form. i’m also not an electronic music person so it just doesn’t resonate with me

Kala

M.I.A.

2/5

paper planes is so good. the rest of the album; interesting, global, impactful… but just not for me

Violent Femmes

3/5

really fun; i can just picture people in the 80s dancing to this at a party or something favorite tracks: add it up confessions

My Aim Is True

Elvis Costello

2/5

not memorable to me :/ favorite tracks: no dancing sneaky feelings i’m not angry waiting for the end of the world

The Chronic

Dr. Dre

3/5

rap really isn’t the same now is it? nuthin’ but a G thang is a song my parents have always loved and sang snippets of in passing, but i’ve never listened to the full album before. sooo fun, ballsy, and offers a great amount of light social commentary. plus i love it when an artist weaves similar elements throughout the whole album.

Hysteria

Def Leppard

3/5

this was my moms music when she was in high school so it holds a special place in my heart favorite tracks: women animal

Pump

Aerosmith

3/5

sure! i like old aerosmith more but steven tyler is something special and that shines through on this album like it does on their earlier works

Beyond Skin

Nitin Sawhney

1/5

DNF; got around halfway through before i thought i’d heard what i needed to form an opinion. interesting mix of sounds but just.. a little confusing? not for me

Hunky Dory

David Bowie

5/5

favorite tracks: oh! you pretty things kooks quicksand

Hot Rats

Frank Zappa

3/5

it’s weird but that’s what makes it so charming and groovy

Remain In Light

Talking Heads

3/5

Moon Safari

Air

3/5

recognized sexy boy from 10 things i hate about you within seconds. such a good song. this isn’t something i would necessarily listen to again, but i see it being good background music

Palo Congo

Sabu

1/5

Penthouse And Pavement

Heaven 17

2/5

fine but forgettable. not my favorite of early 80s/new wave music but still fun

Fear Of Music

Talking Heads

4/5

(to me) way better than the other talking heads album i listened to a week or so ago, remain in light. not sure if that’s an unpopular opinion. this one was really fun and had a lot of standout songs and moments.

Automatic For The People

R.E.M.

4/5

Hotel California

Eagles

5/5

one of my favorite albums of all time! easiest 5 star rating yet.

From Elvis In Memphis

Elvis Presley

2/5

i’m just not an elvis person maybe? besides his christmas albums and his big hits it just doesn’t resonate with me. i get that it was groundbreaking stuff for the time, just not something i’d ever go back to listen to

Nevermind

Nirvana

5/5

i mean… an obvious modern classic. p.s. - in bloom is nostalgic for me because of rock band on the wii as a kid. totally forgot about it until today

Lady Soul

Aretha Franklin

4/5

so soulful and warm! don’t have much experience with listening to aretha so this is a great full intro

Here's Little Richard

Little Richard

3/5

this reminds me so much of working at a 50s themed ice cream shop in high school

White Ladder

David Gray

4/5

Bookends

Simon & Garfunkel

5/5

i love these guys

Nick Of Time

Bonnie Raitt

2/5

Harvest

Neil Young

5/5

one of my favorites <3

Aladdin Sane

David Bowie

4/5

love david bowie of course but this album doesn’t exactly stick out to me like his others do (album cover is the best though)

Reggatta De Blanc

The Police

3/5

Want Two

Rufus Wainwright

3/5

really unique with a couple of standout tracks that i especially enjoyed (little sister, peach trees)

2112

Rush

2/5

not my preferred kind of 70s rock

Home Is Where The Music Is

Hugh Masekela

3/5

this is my kind of jazz music

Chocolate Starfish And The Hot Dog Flavored Water

Limp Bizkit

2/5

Black Sabbath

4/5

Kind Of Blue

Miles Davis

4/5

i like jazz a lot

Dub Housing

Pere Ubu

2/5

Haut de gamme / Koweït, rive gauche

Koffi Olomide

1/5

idk

The Colour Of Spring

Talk Talk

2/5

Born To Run

Bruce Springsteen

3/5

Chirping Crickets

Buddy Holly & The Crickets

3/5

i appreciate this for a few reasons: it’s an important stepping stone of rock music, i used to listen to 50s music all the time in high school, and it’s admittedly really pleasant and fun to listen to. but it can’t be more than three stars

The Velvet Underground & Nico

The Velvet Underground

4/5

Led Zeppelin III

Led Zeppelin

5/5

tangerine just does something to me. this is a no skip album

You're Living All Over Me

Dinosaur Jr.

3/5

London Calling

The Clash

4/5

Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1

George Michael

3/5

Moondance

Van Morrison

4/5