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Album	You	Global	Diff
American Beauty Grateful Dead	5	3.25	+1.75
Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul Otis Redding	5	3.93	+1.07

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
New Wave The Auteurs	1	2.86	-1.86
Out Of The Blue Electric Light Orchestra	2	3.64	-1.64
Idlewild Everything But The Girl	1	2.58	-1.58
Illinois Sufjan Stevens	2	3.5	-1.5
Aqualung Jethro Tull	2	3.44	-1.44

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The Suburbs

Arcade Fire · 1 likes

4/5

From the first time I heard this in 2010 I was in love. And every time after that I've listened to it, The Suburbs still holds up. Maaaaybe it's a little long but this could easily go 5 stars on a different day (and may be edited up in the long run).

Aja

Steely Dan · 1 likes

3/5

All my life I've had people telling me how steely dan is the best ever and I've never ever gotten that feeling. Giving this three stars due to its influence on 90s hip hop

Ingenue

k.d. lang · 1 likes

2/5

Radio pop from the early 90s with an absolute banger in Constant Craving. Still, not much else to differentiate it from whatever else my mom was listening to back then.

4-Star Albums (12)

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Wish You Were Here

Pink Floyd

5/5

Just listened to this and now gladly doing it again on the 50th anniversary remix. One of the first albums I truly loved when getting into music in junior high. Only low point to me is Welcome to the Machine which is a bit too drudgy. But easy five stars for this prog rock masterpiece.

Aftermath

The Rolling Stones

3/5

Not my favorite Rolling Stones record but one I was familiar with. Under my Thumb always sounds so unnerving. Love that one. The album does have a nice vibe of garage rock which is nice

Violator

Depeche Mode

3/5

This seemed like a fun era of music but I was a skosh too young

Murmur

R.E.M.

4/5

Not many bands can stay they kicked off their debut album with a song as great a Radio Free Europe

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector

Various Artists

3/5

Some obvious classics which elevate the entire album.

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

David Bowie

5/5

Not much to say about this. It's a classic for a reason.

Kind Of Blue

Miles Davis

4/5

Not a jazz guy at all but I can appreciate this and always have

Introducing The Hardline According To Terence Trent D'Arby

Terence Trent D'Arby

2/5

Finger snapping, toe tapping, knee slapping music. Perfectly tolerable but not too memorable.

The Slider

T. Rex

3/5

No major complaints but not my favorite T. rex either.

Out Of The Blue

Electric Light Orchestra

2/5

When people say dad rock this is what I think of. And I'm 41.

It's Blitz!

Yeah Yeah Yeahs

4/5

I wish frequently I was as cool as Karen O.

Rage Against The Machine

4/5

Righteous anger that's still relevant 34 years later.

Better Living Through Chemistry

Fatboy Slim

3/5

When I listen to Fatboy Slim I think its great for the first fifteen minutes

Illinois

Sufjan Stevens

2/5

By all accounts I should like this but it just seems so pretentious. And I love the arcade fire so that's a lot coming from me

Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul

Otis Redding

5/5

An absolute gem and one of the greatest soul records of all time.

Ten

Pearl Jam

4/5

Would absolutely go 4.5 stars or even five if it didn't drop off ever so slightly in the the of side b. Slide State of Love and Trust in there and it's a different story

The Velvet Underground

3/5

My third favorite velvet underground record. A bit more esoteric in my opinion but still pretty great

New Wave

The Auteurs

1/5

Sounded like a derivative sound of something else I don't like

Fly Or Die

N.E.R.D

3/5

Wasn't familiar with it but immediately put don't worry about it on my personal playlist

Tom Tom Club

3/5

Can we get Talking Heads, mom? We have Talking heads at home. But seriously a fine fine album. Crazy the amount of influence genius of love has had for the last 40-odd years.

Diamond Life

Sade

3/5

In some ways Sade was a direct influence on Red hot chili peppers (horniness)

Licensed To Ill

Beastie Boys

4/5

Maybe with retrospective it's a bit juvenile but these samples and rhymes are still all-timers. Any album that kicks off with the drums from When the Levee Breaks immediately catches my attention.

American Beauty

Grateful Dead

5/5

The greatest American band of all time.RIP Bobby

On The Beach

Neil Young

3/5

Not my favorite neil young album by far (and I can't wait for them to presumably come). Still the ditch records are pretty good

The Score

Fugees

4/5

The great songs are great and the not great songs are pretty good too. I could listen to Lauryn Hill sing the phone book

The Suburbs

Arcade Fire

4/5

Channel Orange

Frank Ocean

3/5

Would be closer to 3.5 stars on a more detailed rating and on the right day in the right mood 4. I still remember catching an odd future show at fader fort at sxsw I'm maybe 2011 and being amazed.

When I Was Born For The 7th Time

Cornershop

2/5

This was honestly headed to 1 star because back in the day I couldn't stand brimful of asha and everything sounded the same to me. But then side b happened and the album got slightly better. So I guess 2 stars since it got weirder.

Back To Black

Amy Winehouse

4/5

Peel away all of the substance abuse and mental health issues. Peel away all of the hospitalizations and legal troubles. They're all part of a larger tragedy about how we lose great great artists way too soon. Remove all of that and you still have this amazing phenomenal voice that is still mesmerizing.

The Hissing Of Summer Lawns

Joni Mitchell

3/5

Joni Mitchell had a string of good to great albums in the 70s and this is certainly one of them.

New Boots And Panties

Ian Dury

3/5

A bit singsongy if that makes sense. I wasn't familiar with Ian Dury and thought it would be more proto-punk / new-wave and was headed towards two stars. Then blockheads and blackmail man saved it up to three.

Aja

Steely Dan

3/5

All my life I've had people telling me how steely dan is the best ever and I've never ever gotten that feeling. Giving this three stars due to its influence on 90s hip hop

Red Dirt Girl

Emmylou Harris

3/5

Not something I'd probably listen to again but I have no real complaints

Street Signs

Ozomatli

2/5

This was headed to one star because I hated the English parts. The Spanish parts that didn't try to do a rap/rock hybrid was pretty good. Probably won't ever listen to this again but it's not without it's merits.

Ingenue

k.d. lang

2/5

Radio pop from the early 90s with an absolute banger in Constant Craving. Still, not much else to differentiate it from whatever else my mom was listening to back then.

Let's Stay Together

Al Green

3/5

An enjoyable bit of soul.

Hot Buttered Soul

Isaac Hayes

3/5

First foray into Isaac Hayes get the shaft soundtrack and no complaints

3 Feet High and Rising

De La Soul

4/5

I didn't even realize this was streaming again. There is a sonic wall of sound that runs through De La Soul's albums that is very pleasurable

Achtung Baby

3/5

I've never been a huge U2 fan but this is fine. I can't ignore the fact that One is a pretty good song but Mysterious Ways makes me want to shut down.

Good Old Boys

Randy Newman

2/5

It's satirical sure but I'm not sure that means it's worthy of all the accolades.

Aqualung

Jethro Tull

2/5

EDP445-says-I-mean-it's-alright-.gif Locomotive Breath notwithstanding, this to me sounds like Ren Faire music. Which is great if that's what you're into but it's not classic prog rock to me like it's advertised to be

Bossanova

Pixies

4/5

The original four album run by The Pixies from Surfer Rosa to Dolittle to Bossanova to Trompe le Monde is pretty unmatched in music. In some ways Bossanova is a different sound altogether. Little bit more spacey and a little bit less jagged with still a whole lot of abstraction. I love this album but knowing that two of the aforementioned albums are on this list that I love more will put this at four stars. I was planning on only giving one five star review to a pixies album but that problem is for another day

Synchronicity

The Police

3/5

Not sure I've listened to the Police before that weren't now the "classic rock" hits. But this side a is pretty good bordering on really great. But side b does drop it down some since the hits are overplayed

Led Zeppelin

5/5

How many five star albums can I give to Led Zeppelin? I think that's the real question. Listened to this probably hundreds of times in my life so far, listening to it today, and will listen to it hundreds of more times. Thinking through it, and the albums I'm assuming are coming from LZ, I think this still makes five stars. There are no skips on this album and even Black Mountain Side is pretty awesome and if that's the "low point" on your debut album then something has gone terribly right. And to have the audacity to close with How Many More Times? Get out of here.

Joan Baez

2/5

I prefer my folk with a little bit more bite but Ms. Baez has a tremendous voice.

Urban Hymns

The Verve

3/5

Britpop is just ok in my book. It's pretty boring for an entire album. This seems like good britpop so that's better than the lot.

Rejoicing In The Hands

Devendra Banhart

2/5

Probably never gonna listen to this again.

Emperor Tomato Ketchup

Stereolab

3/5

I don't know if I was in the right mood for this and it didn't match my vibe. But. I know there would be times that it would match my vibe. Pretty fun.

Idlewild

Everything But The Girl

1/5

Not my tempo

Garbage

4/5

This is my wife's favorite band and they and this album have greatly grown on me over the past 15 years.