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Album	You	Global	Diff
Risque CHIC	5	3.28	+1.72
Channel Orange Frank Ocean	5	3.33	+1.67
Home Is Where The Music Is Hugh Masekela	5	3.35	+1.65
There's No Place Like America Today Curtis Mayfield	5	3.37	+1.63
Hard Again Muddy Waters	5	3.6	+1.4
Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme Simon & Garfunkel	5	3.61	+1.39
Catch A Fire Bob Marley & The Wailers	5	3.62	+1.38
Hounds Of Love Kate Bush	5	3.62	+1.38
Boston Boston	5	3.7	+1.3
Appetite For Destruction Guns N' Roses	5	3.71	+1.29

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Tonight's The Night Neil Young	1	3.24	-2.24
Lazer Guided Melodies Spiritualized	1	2.92	-1.92
Nixon Lambchop	1	2.74	-1.74
Blood On The Tracks Bob Dylan	2	3.66	-1.66
Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols Sex Pistols	2	3.45	-1.45
Different Class Pulp	2	3.42	-1.42
Bossanova Pixies	2	3.37	-1.37
You Want It Darker Leonard Cohen	2	3.32	-1.32
Since I Left You The Avalanches	2	3.28	-1.28
Astral Weeks Van Morrison	2	3.26	-1.26

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Boston

Boston · 1 likes

5/5

This was an amazing album. I enjoyed every moment.

1-Star Albums (3)

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Lynyrd Skynyrd

4/5

Wow. I can't believe with how obsessed I've been w greta van fleet I didn't look closer into their predecessors. This album was amazing beginning to end. I just earlier today watched a video about the movie Sinners and I couldn't help but be reminded of the music in that movie during my listen through. Especially the song Mississippi Kid. It really puts into perspective where we get the roots from a lot of our modern music, and how few of their descendants are at the forefront of the popularity of the genre. I'm trying too hard to say it in poetic ways, but what I'm trying to say is that lynyrd skynyrd's sound, at least on this album, is very much borrowed from black people. And I can't help but notice everyone in the band is white. It makes my feelings while listening a little complicated. But this album was definitely a good experience, and I will be adding some songs to my playlist for sure. After more listens, I can confidently say I am a fan of this album.

There's No Place Like America Today

Curtis Mayfield

5/5

This is bringing back memories from when I was in my school's jazz band one year. I'm obsessed w the way each instrument is used. It's just so classic jazz. I love it sm. My favorite part of the album was definitely the instrumentation - the horns, the bass guitar, and how they're all used. I very much enjoyed this album.

A Rush Of Blood To The Head

Coldplay

4/5

Ofc I'd heard all the iconic songs on this album before, but I really loved the other songs I'd never heard before. The opening song was especially cool. This was a very good listening experience.

Highway 61 Revisited

Bob Dylan

3/5

This was hard for me to get through. I just really did not like his voice and singing style. I like the vibes of the music though. And the harmonica was fun.

Catch A Fire

Bob Marley & The Wailers

5/5

I absolutely loved this album. The vibes were so good, and I actually feel like I heard the message he was portraying in the album.

Get Rich Or Die Tryin'

50 Cent

3/5

Enjoyable listen

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector

Various Artists

3/5

Fun classic christmas

Channel Orange

Frank Ocean

5/5

I first tried to listen to this album a few years ago bc I youtuber I liked said it was one of their all time favorite albums. And I just really didn't get it. Idk what it was that changed since then, but I absolutely loved every second of this album as I listened to it today. I can see this becoming an album I listen to on the regular.

Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols

Sex Pistols

2/5

I have mixed feelings about this album. I really like the instrumentation, like the drums, guitar, and bass. But I couldn't decide how I felt about the singing. It kind of reminded me of Scott Pilgrim vs the World.

Led Zeppelin II

Led Zeppelin

4/5

Very clearly greta van fleet's predecessors. Genre defining. But also it somehow feels more experimental the greta van fleet's stuff? Very interesting. Overall pretty good.

Red Dirt Girl

Emmylou Harris

2/5

This was incredibly boring for me. Maybe it was just my headspace when listening, but I really was not enjoying this much at all. It felt like a chore to get through. There were a couple tracks I did enjoy a bit.

Boston

5/5

This was an amazing album. I enjoyed every moment.

Tidal

Fiona Apple

4/5

Pretty good! I enjoyed it

The Marshall Mathers LP

Eminem

4/5

Bringing It All Back Home

Bob Dylan

3/5

I actually liked this album more than the first one. I don't know what was different, maybe I was just more into the vibe this time? In the right headspace? Also, I think I'm gonna still rate this 3 stars, but I wish I could do half stars, bc I'd actually give it a 3.5 if I could.

Apple Venus Volume 1

XTC

2/5

Really not my favorite. I'd start kinda liking a track and then it'd just keep repeating the same strain and I'd get annoyed with it again.

The Notorious Byrd Brothers

The Byrds

3/5

I really like how they use different time signatures than is normal to use in your basic popular music. The 5/8 was really fun in get to you and tribal gathering. I should listen to the album again to try to find other times they use funky time signatures.

Songs In The Key Of Life

Stevie Wonder

5/5

Such a banger of an albummmm. I absolutely loved it, and not just because I had a Stevie Wonder obsession as a kid. Every track is just perfection. Love love love.

You Want It Darker

Leonard Cohen

2/5

Not a fan of the talk singing, unfortunately. The music was fine, good even. Sometimes the way he was singing reminded me of over the garden wall, which was nice.

A Northern Soul

The Verve

2/5

Not a fan. The instrumentation was fine. But the singing was just so so bad, especially when they decide to sing falsetto. Terrible listening experience.

Joan Armatrading

4/5

I really really liked the back half of this album. It was so much fun. I think just not much of a fan of slower songs in general, so the more upbeat songs were definitely my favorite, especially tall in the saddle and people.

The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars

David Bowie

4/5

Very fun listen. Gotta love David Bowie

Ágætis Byrjun

Sigur Rós

4/5

This was a very enjoyable listen. I can see myself listening to it more especially when I want to be more zen for a bit.

Hounds Of Love

Kate Bush

5/5

It took me and second to get it, but once I got it, I GOT it. I'm normally not the biggest fan of her style of singing, but I really enjoyed listening to this album. It was so so good.

At San Quentin

Johnny Cash

5/5

This was such a fun listen. I've never been one to think I'd like Johnny Cash, but every track was so enjoyable. It definitely helped that it felt like I was at a concert. It was fun to hear him talking to the crowd and them responding. This album was amazing.

Moby Grape

4/5

This album was so fun! I wish it was all on Spotify so I could add more songs to my playlists. The vibes are super fun and the instrumentation is really captivating.

Astral Weeks

Van Morrison

2/5

Meh

Electric Ladyland

Jimi Hendrix

4/5

The guitar was very cool. This was an enjoyable listen for sure.

James Brown Live At The Apollo

James Brown

4/5

The music was extremely enjoyable in this album. Unlike the san quentin johnny cash album, the live aspect actually was a drawback for me with this album. There was a little bit too much screaming from the crowd at times for me. But other than that, I really liked this album. James Brown is an amazing talent.

Buffalo Springfield Again

Buffalo Springfield

3/5

This album was fine. It didn't really grab me much. But it was a good enough listening experience.

Tonight's The Night

Neil Young

1/5

The overall vibes of this album were fine. But wow, his voice is so bad. I am really not a fan of how often it felt like he was struggling to reach or hold a note. That was not a very fun listening experience.

Lazer Guided Melodies

Spiritualized

1/5

I was so incredibly bored by this album. It took me multiple days to finally finish it bc I just could not bring myself to put it back on. The overall vibes for okay ig, just so boring.

Ten

Pearl Jam

4/5

This was such an enjoyable listen, especially after getting a few lackluster albums in a row, this was a welcome change of pace. I think I just really like higher energy, higher paced songs that involve a lot of layered instruments. Especially if they evoke an emotion in me. And this album definitely did that for me.

Lost In The Dream

The War On Drugs

4/5

This album was really fun! It reminded me of turnover, which has a vibe I really enjoy. A great listening experience.

The Velvet Underground & Nico

The Velvet Underground

3/5

Not too bad. Some songs I really enjoyed, while others not as much. Some songs were not my cup of tea, but I could still find them interesting.

Os Mutantes

3/5

I enjoyed the instrumentation in this album. It felt cool and different.

Among The Living

Anthrax

4/5

I really enjoyed this album. I'm a big fan of early metal, much bigger than I thought I'd be before starting the album a day thing. This was a really good listening experience for me. It's definitely at least a 4.5 for me.

One Nation Under A Groove

Funkadelic

4/5

Amazing vibes all around, but that last track was exceptional. I love me a good guitar solo, and that was no exception. I was cleaning my room while listening to this album, and I just had to stop and just sit down to fully experience that last track. Very good listening experience, I love funk.

Sunday At The Village Vanguard

Bill Evans Trio

3/5

This was an interesting change of pace. I felt like I was in a speakeasy, having polite conversation with other socialites. Overall, a pretty good listening experience, but nothing too exciting.

American IV: The Man Comes Around

Johnny Cash

4/5

Even after how much I loved his san quentin album, I was surprised by how much I enjoyed this. Johnny Cash is truly an amazing artist in my eyes.

Rain Dogs

Tom Waits

3/5

This album was interesting. It sounds like if the boogieman from the nightmare before Christmas decided to make an album.

Third/Sister Lovers

Big Star

3/5

This was fine

Young Americans

David Bowie

4/5

Ellington at Newport

Duke Ellington

4/5

Absolutely amazing musicianship. This was a delight to listen to.

Black Metal

Venom

2/5

Idk dude. I thought I'd like this with how much I enjoy other kinds of metal, but I just could not get into this. It's almost not interesting enough to me. Like the vocals are so one note, the instrumentation isn't super variable, or at least not enough to hook me. There are some points in some of the songs where it gets more exciting and I'm like yes, pls more of this, but then it quickly goes back to the same stuff.

The Sun Rises In The East

Jeru The Damaja

3/5

This was so much fun. While there wasn't much sonic variability among the songs, I still found them all pretty enjoyable. I felt like I was in the 90s.

Since I Left You

The Avalanches

2/5

Eh. Tbh I really wasn't the biggest fan. Maybe I was just in the wrong mood. The repetition was pretty annoying after awhile.

Electric Warrior

T. Rex

3/5

This was a really fun listen! I was a little unsure of it at first, but it grew on me as I kept listening.

Hard Again

Muddy Waters

5/5

Absolutely amazingggg

Before And After Science

Brian Eno

3/5

I listened to the second half while I was in the shower, and that greatly improved the listening experience. I think that's probably how this album is supposed to be listened to - with shower-like acoustics.

Blood Sugar Sex Magik

Red Hot Chili Peppers

4/5

In A Silent Way

Miles Davis

3/5

Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul

Otis Redding

5/5

Absolutely amazzzziiiinngggggg. This was a very delightful listen.

Heroes

David Bowie

3/5

Car Wheels On A Gravel Road

Lucinda Williams

2/5

Not a fan.

Risque

CHIC

5/5

This was an amazing listening experience! It made me want to dance when I was driving.

Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme

Simon & Garfunkel

5/5

This album really grew on me as I continued to listen to it. By the end of my listen through, I just wanted to keep listening to the album over and over.

Californication

Red Hot Chili Peppers

3/5

Sound of Silver

LCD Soundsystem

3/5

This was an okay listen.

Vulgar Display Of Power

Pantera

3/5

3.5 This album has taught me that the type of metal I really like is groove metal.

Home Is Where The Music Is

Hugh Masekela

5/5

I loved listening to this while reading about who Hugh Masekela was. Knowing about his history and impact made the music that much more rich to me. He is credited as the flugelhorn player, no trumpet mentioned at all. He didn't play the trumpet even once in this record, only the flugelhorn, which I found extremely interesting bc my mind always assumes trumpet to be the default jazz instrument. But I love the timbre of the flugel. This was an excellent listen.

Illinois

Sufjan Stevens

4/5

I definitely need to listen to this whole album again to appreciate it fully I think.

Different Class

Pulp

2/5

2.5 Fine, just made me wanna listen to David Bowie

Appetite For Destruction

Guns N' Roses

5/5

So so so good

Grace

Jeff Buckley

5/5

I absolutely loved this album. It was an amazing listening experience.

Bossanova

Pixies

2/5

2.5

Warehouse: Songs And Stories

Hüsker Dü

2/5

2.5 Not too bad of a listen, but not my favorite.

Buena Vista Social Club

4/5

That's The Way Of The World

Earth, Wind & Fire

4/5

4.5 This was so so good

The Last Of The True Believers

Nanci Griffith

3/5

Locust Abortion Technician

Butthole Surfers

3/5

Behaviour

Pet Shop Boys

2/5

2.5

Meat Is Murder

The Smiths

3/5

Kind of conflicted. I liked it at times, but other times not at all. Let's just say it was on the higher end of 2.5?

Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire)

The Kinks

3/5

The Band

4/5

This was really enjoyable! This is one that I definitely want to listen to again. 4.5

Dance Mania

Tito Puente

4/5

Blood On The Tracks

Bob Dylan

2/5

Still not a fan

Jazz Samba

Stan Getz

4/5

Such a good vibe

All Directions

The Temptations

4/5

This was so so good

Alien Lanes

Guided By Voices

3/5

Nixon

Lambchop

1/5

I feel bad rating this without actively trying to finish it, but the first few songs were so hard for me to get through that I just couldn't listen to it anymore.