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Album	You	Global	Diff
The Renaissance Q-Tip	5	3.24	+1.76
The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady Charles Mingus	5	3.33	+1.67
Music for the Masses Depeche Mode	5	3.37	+1.63
Stardust Willie Nelson	5	3.39	+1.61
Odelay Beck	5	3.45	+1.55
Marquee Moon Television	5	3.5	+1.5
The Wildest! Louis Prima	5	3.51	+1.49
In The Court Of The Crimson King King Crimson	5	3.6	+1.4
The Velvet Underground & Nico The Velvet Underground	5	3.62	+1.38
Scott 2 Scott Walker	4	2.63	+1.37

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Jimi Hendrix	3	4.33

5-Star Albums (13)

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G. Love And Special Sauce

G. Love & Special Sauce · 1 likes

2/5

This one was rough to get through. The music is fine, I guess, but man, G. Love's mumbling gets old really quick. The album itself does get a little bit better as it goes along, although that shouldn't be hard, G. Love's cover of Guitar Slim's The Things That I Used to Do really started this album off on the wrong foot for me. There's no reason this needs to be an hour long. I'll admit, Baby's Got Sauce is fun, and I have good memories of Cold Beverage from American Dad!

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Remain In Light

Talking Heads

4/5

Great first half, sputters a bit after Once in a Lifetime, but overall, a great album

Talking Heads 77

Talking Heads

4/5

Very good debut album, I like the focus on straight New Wave before the experimentation seen on later albums

Let's Get It On

Marvin Gaye

4/5

Infused with sexual energy, I love how side one ends with a reprise of the title track. Let's Get It On/Keep Getting It On, Please Don't Stay (Once You Go Away), You Sure Love to Ball, Just to Keep You Satisfied - best tracks in no particular order

The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady

Charles Mingus

5/5

Incredible song cycle that switches between various genres, not just jazz, but Andalusian guitar, in a way that allows each individual work to shine and not just be buried in the longer pieces

Vol. 4

Black Sabbath

4/5

Another classic from the Boys from Birmingham. Proto-Sludge riffs along with the classics Changes and Snowblind. Not a huge fan of Laguna Sunrise, but every other song is incredible

The Clash

4/5

Queen II

Queen

4/5

Wish You Were Here

Pink Floyd

4/5

Too Rye Ay

Dexys Midnight Runners

4/5

I think some people on here are going to be turned off over the fact that Dexy's Midnight Riders are on the list of the 1001 Albums You Should Hear Before You Die, "The "Come On Eileen" guys?" But taking it as its own thing, this album is actually pretty good. It gets bogged down a bit in the second half due to Kevin Rowland's love of Philadelphia Soul on the songs "Liars A to E" and "Until I Believe in My Soul," but the first half of this album is great with "The Celtic Soul Brothers" and a really good cover of Van Morrisson's "Jackie Wilson Said." You do have to be in a good mood to listen to "Come On Eileen," but if you are, it's a really incredible listen

Urban Hymns

The Verve

4/5

The Wildest!

Louis Prima

5/5

Just a fun album to listen to. Perfectly encapsulates the ebbs and flows of a live show. Allows the band to show off their skills during the instrumental numbers, while the upbeat songs have this wonderful, manic energy about them

Music for the Masses

Depeche Mode

5/5

Another Green World

Brian Eno

3/5

A lot of the instrumental pieces didn't hit for me, outside of Becalmed, which may be one of the most beautiful pieces of music I've ever heard. The songs with vocals did a bit better, but not enough to warrant more than a 3-star rating personally

Marquee Moon

Television

5/5

Sea Change

Beck

4/5

Electric Ladyland

Jimi Hendrix

5/5

Low-Life

New Order

4/5

Debut

Björk

3/5

Yank Crime

Drive Like Jehu

4/5

Jagged Little Pill

Alanis Morissette

3/5

Brothers In Arms

Dire Straits

4/5

The Velvet Underground & Nico

The Velvet Underground

5/5

Black Sabbath

5/5

This Nation’s Saving Grace

The Fall

4/5

Axis: Bold As Love

Jimi Hendrix

4/5

Let It Bleed

The Rolling Stones

4/5

Pornography

The Cure

4/5

Scott 2

Scott Walker

4/5

To Pimp A Butterfly

Kendrick Lamar

5/5

Nebraska

Bruce Springsteen

3/5

American IV: The Man Comes Around

Johnny Cash

4/5

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

David Bowie

4/5

The Renaissance

Q-Tip

5/5

Neon Bible

Arcade Fire

4/5

Entertainment

Gang Of Four

3/5

I can tell why this album is so highly regarded, but it really didn't click with me. Maybe it's one of those albums that'll take me another listen or two to understand, certainly not a bad album, though

Bookends

Simon & Garfunkel

4/5

Deja Vu

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

4/5

Disraeli Gears

Cream

3/5

There's a lot to like in this album, Sunshine of Your Love is the obvious standout track , but there's also a good bit that I can admit I hated. Blue Condition is my least favorite of the original compositions, and Mother's Lament is just terrible. I know it's one of those songs that's just supposed to be a bit of fun for the band themselves, but I just never want to hear it again. Even Strange Brew is a bit of a miss. Shame though, since World of Pain, Dance the Night Away, Tales of Brave Ulysses and Outside Woman Blues are all really good songs

Murmur

R.E.M.

3/5

Not much I can really say, Radio Free Europe is one of the best openers on a band's debut album, but other than that, a lot of the songs just seemed to blend together

The Downward Spiral

Nine Inch Nails

4/5

Hail To the Thief

Radiohead

4/5

Exile On Main Street

The Rolling Stones

3/5

Another one of those albums where I can understand why it has the reputation it does, but just doesn't resonate with me as much as I want it to

Paul's Boutique

Beastie Boys

4/5

Just a fun album, the Boys are maturing their sound compared to the snot-nosed punks that released License to Ill, incorporating samples from just about everywhere, from The Beatles to Led Zeppelin to the Isley Brothers and even 20 seconds from the Deliverance soundtrack. Copyright law sure was played fast and loose in the early days of hip-hop wasn't it?

Fever Ray

2/5

Smile

Brian Wilson

4/5

Emergency On Planet Earth

Jamiroquai

4/5

At San Quentin

Johnny Cash

4/5

Foo Fighters

4/5

Stephen Stills

3/5

A Rush Of Blood To The Head

Coldplay

4/5

A Little Deeper

Ms. Dynamite

3/5

Sunday At The Village Vanguard

Bill Evans Trio

4/5

Lost In The Dream

The War On Drugs

3/5

KIWANUKA

Michael Kiwanuka

4/5

The Hissing Of Summer Lawns

Joni Mitchell

4/5

Car Wheels On A Gravel Road

Lucinda Williams

3/5

Stand!

Sly & The Family Stone

4/5

Green Onions

Booker T. & The MG's

3/5

Foxbase Alpha

Saint Etienne

3/5

Odelay

Beck

5/5

Speakerboxxx/The Love Below

OutKast

4/5

Speakerboxxx is a 5/5 The Love Below I have to give a 3.7. It sort of sputters out after Roses, love the interpolation of John Coltrane's version of My Favorite Things, but it really just added a beat to Coltrane's performance. You've already listened to an album and a half of really, really good music, that the second half of The Love Below is a little disappointing

Blood On The Tracks

Bob Dylan

5/5

The Atomic Mr Basie

Count Basie & His Orchestra

4/5

Closer

Joy Division

3/5

Close To The Edge

Yes

3/5