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Album	You	Global	Diff
A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector Various Artists	5	3.3	+1.7
Come Away With Me Norah Jones	5	3.38	+1.62
The Köln Concert Keith Jarrett	5	3.39	+1.61
A Rush Of Blood To The Head Coldplay	5	3.43	+1.57
White Blood Cells The White Stripes	5	3.65	+1.35
Moondance Van Morrison	5	3.69	+1.31
Deja Vu Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young	5	3.7	+1.3
Can't Buy A Thrill Steely Dan	5	3.72	+1.28
Let's Stay Together Al Green	5	3.76	+1.24
Off The Wall Michael Jackson	5	3.8	+1.2

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy Kanye West	2	3.4	-1.4
Parklife Blur	2	3.39	-1.39
The Coral The Coral	2	3	-1
A Seat at the Table Solange	2	3	-1

5-Star Albums (16)

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A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector

Popular Reviews

Kind Of Blue

Miles Davis · 1 likes

5/5

Best Jazz album ever!

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A Love Supreme

John Coltrane

4/5

White Blood Cells

The White Stripes

5/5

Fantastic album, such a unique sound.

Can't Buy A Thrill

Steely Dan

5/5

A very good album. I hear something new and interesting each time I listen to it.

Time Out

The Dave Brubeck Quartet

5/5

A great Jazz album! Loved listening! I don’t listen to jazz often but this one kept my attention from start to finish.

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector

Various Artists

5/5

One of the best Christmas albums of all time!

Off The Wall

Michael Jackson

5/5

One of the dining albums as a teenager. Michael and Quincy made an amazing team.

Nebraska

Bruce Springsteen

4/5

Love Springsteen, this is a great stripped down album that as a songwriter love every song. I would give it 5 stars if it weren’t my favorite album of his.

Let's Stay Together

Al Green

5/5

I have never listened to this entire album before. Shame on me! What a great voice love most every song. I will add this to my vinyl wishlist.

3 Feet High and Rising

De La Soul

3/5

Not my main style of music I like but I did enjoy the vibe of the album.

Hot Rats

Frank Zappa

3/5

I found this instrumental album to be hard to listen to with the horns playing the same thing over and over

Nilsson Schmilsson

Harry Nilsson

4/5

Never listened to this album front to back before. Some real hidden gems.

Juju

Siouxsie And The Banshees

3/5

Not my favorite Siouxsie album, but still brought back memories of m younger years when music was original.

Celebrity Skin

Hole

3/5

I haven’t listen to a lot of Hole but I did enjoy most of the songs on this album. The musicianship was terrific.

The Coral

2/5

Album was good but not 1001 to listen to before you die.

Remedy

Basement Jaxx

3/5

Well, not into EDM music so much but I have to say I enjoyed this listen. The grooves had me bouncing around the house. My favorite song was probably the most popular song on the album, red alert.

The ArchAndroid

Janelle Monáe

3/5

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

Elton John

5/5

Have this to my album quest list. Bernie is such a great writer and Elton’s music and voice are one of a kind. I enjoyed every song. The ones I could sing every word as well as the deep tracks.

C'est Chic

CHIC

4/5

Nice album. Have never listened to anything beyond the hits but really enjoyed the grove.

Odessey And Oracle

The Zombies

4/5

Five Leaves Left

Nick Drake

4/5

I have never listened to a whole Nick Drake album. I kinda liked the laid back vibe. The lyrics were great and as an aspiring producer how this record was made is rarely done anymore. Sounds cool.

Rumours

Fleetwood Mac

5/5

There is not a bad song on this album. If you have a album collection this needs to be in it!

The Wildest!

Louis Prima

4/5

A pleasant surprise. Made me want to scat with King Louie.

Common

3/5

Not my usual style of music but I didn’t hate it. The grooves and lyrics kept drawing me in.

Post Orgasmic Chill

Skunk Anansie

3/5

Yep, evanescence, the early years. I really liked this album. Secrets is a must listen song

Vespertine

Björk

3/5

Odelay

Beck

4/5

I think Beck’s goal was to cover every genre on this album and did a great job. Not in my collection yet but will be.

The Bends

Radiohead

4/5

Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge

Mudhoney

3/5

More fuzz than I have on my face now. I can definitely hear the grunge connection.

Time (The Revelator)

Gillian Welch

3/5

A very chill album. I enjoyed listening with my morning coffee.

In Our Heads

Hot Chip

3/5

Tea for the Tillerman

Cat Stevens

4/5

Have never listened to this album in its entirety until this prompt. Fantastic! On my list of albums I must possess before I die.

The Köln Concert

Keith Jarrett

5/5

Probably one of the best instrumental albums I have ever listened to. I really enjoyed the vamping. The hoots during the song were a bonus.

Hot Buttered Soul

Isaac Hayes

4/5

Chore of Enchantment

Giant Sand

2/5

Loved the music vocals not so much

Nixon

Lambchop

2/5

Stand!

Sly & The Family Stone

3/5

Moondance

Van Morrison

5/5

I love this album, so many great memories growing up listening to it. While I like the first side songs a little better, I never skipped not playing that other side. Each time I heard something new that hooked me.

Spiderland

Slint

2/5

Yeah, I felt ever song sounded the same. I won’t be adding this to my album collection

No Other

Gene Clark

4/5

Cosmo's Factory

Creedence Clearwater Revival

5/5

Tommy

The Who

3/5

I like the movie soundtrack better.

Deja Vu

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

5/5

I love this album so much it is already in my collection. The harmonies and songwriting is A++ if only they could have gotten along a little better.

Palo Congo

Sabu

2/5

I didn’t hate this album. I just felt that most of the songs had same tempo and this felt like the same song.

The Message

Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five

3/5

As a kid of the 80’s, I loved the vibe of this album. I could listen to this one at least once a week and be cool with it.

Here, My Dear

Marvin Gaye

3/5

Nice album. One of the best voices in music ever! I found myself actively listening to the words. A lot of angst there. For him to come up with the lyrics while in the studio recording is very impressive.

The Velvet Underground

3/5

The Queen Is Dead

The Smiths

4/5

I haven’t listened to this album in over 30 years! What was I thinking? It is on my list of must have albums.

Roxy Music

3/5

Illmatic

Nas

3/5

Not my usual music cup of tea but appreciate the artistic talent. I like that I get to listen to music I normally don’t while doing this project.

Feast of Wire

Calexico

3/5

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

The Kinks

4/5

Come Away With Me

Norah Jones

5/5

Love this album, love her voice. A glass of wine, a pleasant summers evening and this album is all I need.

Logical Progression

LTJ Bukem

2/5

First album I didn’t make it all the way through. Not that it was bad but that I didn’t have 3 hours of time to sit and listen. This is either for my next rave party or a long drive in slow traffic.

Scream, Dracula, Scream

Rocket From The Crypt

3/5

Mix between Green Day and the smashing Pumpkins. I didn’t hate but but probably won’t be on my list of must have albums.

Blackstar

David Bowie

3/5

I liked this album as I appreciate the greatness of Bowie, but I don’t think this is his best album.

Dusty In Memphis

Dusty Springfield

4/5

What a great voice. Enjoyed this album a lot.

One Nation Under A Groove

Funkadelic

4/5

Only critique is that if a song is going to be in the 1001 songs i need to hear before I die that it is available on Apple or Spotify. Geesh! Once I found it on YT it was a great funk sound.

The Predator

Ice Cube

3/5

What an intense album! Not a big rap guy but these lyrics painted a picture of the time in a vivid way.

Connected

Stereo MC's

3/5

Safe As Milk

Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band

4/5

I knew who Ry Cooder was but never put it together that he was in this band! Love the late 60’s vibe they put out!

The Velvet Underground & Nico

The Velvet Underground

3/5

Always like VU.

Kid A

Radiohead

3/5

I didn’t hate it but electronic music is not my favorite genre.

Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo

Devo

3/5

Devo, a band that wasn’t afraid of being themselves. Enjoyed the trip back to the late 70’s. Techno before techno.

3 Years, 5 Months And 2 Days In The Life Of...

Arrested Development

3/5

I See A Darkness

Bonnie "Prince" Billy

3/5

Live At The Harlem Square Club

Sam Cooke

3/5

Moon Safari

Air

4/5

I really enjoyed this album! Moon safari is the perfect title. I have never heard of it until this project. Probably the best electronic music I have heard in awhile.

Wild Wood

Paul Weller

3/5

Viva Hate

Morrissey

4/5

Morrissey has a special voice and unique phrasing. I have always enjoyed his music and this album brought back so many great memories

Your New Favourite Band

The Hives

3/5

Not a bad album, but not a fan of compilation albums. I love finding those hidden B-side gems. On an album, CD any do that on a compilation. They all are the best of the band. That being said the Hives are a good band. My advice is to pickup either of their 2 earlier albums that made up this one.

Kind Of Blue

Miles Davis

5/5

Best Jazz album ever!

Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme

Simon & Garfunkel

4/5

Reallly enjoyed the lesser known songs on this album. Talk about lyrical genius!

São Paulo Confessions

Suba

2/5

I liked most of the songs on this album. There were a few clunkers that brought my score down.

Jack Takes the Floor

Ramblin' Jack Elliott

3/5

Hard to find the album to listen but when I did, I heard Dylan and Guthrie. I can certainly hear how they all affected each other. I like folk music so enjoyed the stripped down music and thoughtful lyrics.

Pacific Ocean Blue

Dennis Wilson

4/5

I have never heard this album before but really enjoyed it! Exactly why I am doing this project. To find hidden gems like this.

Parklife

Blur

2/5

Meh, it was ok but most of the songs sounded the same.

Head Hunters

Herbie Hancock

4/5

Best Jazz/funk fusion on the list imo. Herbie pours his heart and soul in every creation

A Rush Of Blood To The Head

Coldplay

5/5

A close to a perfect album as you can get, lyrics, melody and originality all in one.

BEYONCÉ

Beyoncé

3/5

Generally, pop is not my style of music but I didn’t mind this album at all.

A Short Album About Love

The Divine Comedy

2/5

It was an ok album. I thought the lyrics/rhymes were simple and lazy at times.

All Things Must Pass

George Harrison

5/5

Loved listening to this entire album on my morning walk

My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

Kanye West

2/5

Not my style of music but this was back when Kanye had some talent.

Music in Exile

Songhoy Blues

4/5

I have never heard of this band before, didn’t understand a word they sang but the music was fantastic! Have it on my list of an album to buy.

Solid Air

John Martyn

3/5

Never heard of him before but enjoyed listening to this album. I thought each track was significantly different than the previous felt like I was on a wild unexpected ride.

Ambient 1/Music For Airports

Brian Eno

3/5

Very interesting addition to this list. Who knew where ambient music came from. I did like the background noise as well as being rewarded when you listen more closely

2112

Rush

3/5

Aftermath

The Rolling Stones

3/5

Some great hits and some ones I haven’t heard before. I enjoyed this album.

The Man Machine

Kraftwerk

3/5

School's Out

Alice Cooper