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Album	You	Global	Diff
Frampton Comes Alive Peter Frampton	5	3.19	+1.81
Shake Your Money Maker The Black Crowes	5	3.27	+1.73
The Yes Album Yes	5	3.31	+1.69
Diamond Life Sade	5	3.46	+1.54
Blue Joni Mitchell	5	3.5	+1.5
So Peter Gabriel	5	3.53	+1.47
Hotel California Eagles	5	3.59	+1.41
California American Music Club	4	2.69	+1.31
Deja Vu Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young	5	3.7	+1.3
KIWANUKA Michael Kiwanuka	5	3.74	+1.26

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Rain Dogs Tom Waits	1	3.19	-2.19
The Dreaming Kate Bush	1	2.99	-1.99
Shleep Robert Wyatt	1	2.51	-1.51
My Generation The Who	2	3.41	-1.41
Daydream Nation Sonic Youth	2	3.29	-1.29
Trout Mask Replica Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band	1	2.29	-1.29
Since I Left You The Avalanches	2	3.28	-1.28
The Slider T. Rex	2	3.28	-1.28
Scissor Sisters Scissor Sisters	2	3.24	-1.24
Goo Sonic Youth	2	3.24	-1.24

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Artist	Albums	Average
Pink Floyd	2	5
Led Zeppelin	2	5

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The Dark Side Of The Moon

Pink Floyd · 1 likes

5/5

Classic!! Songs like Breathe and The Great Gig In The Sky always gave me the feeling of floating in space. Still a great listen. A true Masterpiece!!

The Stranger

Billy Joel · 1 likes

5/5

Classic Album Highlights: Movin’ Out, The Stranger, Just The Way You Are, Scenes From An Italian Restaurant, Vienna, Only The Good Die Young, She’s Always a Woman and Get It Right The First Time Enough said! 5.0

Tragic Songs of Life

The Louvin Brothers · 1 likes

2/5

Take Seals & Crofts and have them sing Appalachian music. Best way to describe this album. Not my cup of tea but got through it. 2.0

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A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector

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

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Roxy Music

3/5

First time listening to this album. Really enjoyed it. I would say it’s really a 3.9 if we could be more granular. Listened to it again when it finished.

Central Reservation

Beth Orton

3/5

First time to hear this one as well. High points to me were Stolen Car, Stars All Seem to Weep, Feel to Believe and Central Reservation (The Then Again Version). Overall I’d score this a 3.3

Bitte Orca

Dirty Projectors

3/5

Jack Takes the Floor

Ramblin' Jack Elliott

3/5

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector

Various Artists

4/5

Solid Christmas album!

Pills 'n' Thrills And Bellyaches

Happy Mondays

4/5

Was really surprised by this one. Great beat throughout this album. Really enjoyed it. Solid 4.

Funeral

Arcade Fire

4/5

It’s been some years since I listened to this whole album. Forgot how good it is. Solid 4.0

KIWANUKA

Michael Kiwanuka

5/5

Love this artist and album. Have seen him twice live as well. Highlights are Hero, Rolling and Piano Joint. Solid 5 for me.

The Seldom Seen Kid

Elbow

3/5

Throwing Muses

2/5

Hot Rats

Frank Zappa

4/5

I’m familiar with some Zappa stuff. Never listened to Hot Rats before. Really enjoyed it!

Figure 8

Elliott Smith

3/5

Superfly

Curtis Mayfield

4/5

Very good soulful/funk album.

Since I Left You

The Avalanches

2/5

The Dreaming

Kate Bush

1/5

Had a very difficult time listening to this whole album. Personally not my cup of tea.

Rock Bottom

Robert Wyatt

3/5

It's Blitz!

Yeah Yeah Yeahs

3/5

I enjoyed listening to this one. First time for me. I’d put this in the high 3’s. Like 3.8 or 3.9. Some really good riffs.

California

American Music Club

4/5

Was not familiar with this band. Really dug the vocals and sound of this band. Solid 4.0

Music

Madonna

3/5

Solid album. Nobody’s Perfect was my highlight. Good 3.8

Private Dancer

Tina Turner

4/5

The Good, The Bad & The Queen

3/5

A 3.6. Good overall but nothing that stood out of the mix.

Henry's Dream

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

4/5

Something about Nick Cave that I really like. Solid 4.2

Being There

Wilco

4/5

There’s a lot I like about this album and believe I’ll like it more after a few listens. Get a solid 4.0

Music From Big Pink

The Band

4/5

I own this one on vinyl. 4.1

The Dark Side Of The Moon

Pink Floyd

5/5

Classic!! Songs like Breathe and The Great Gig In The Sky always gave me the feeling of floating in space. Still a great listen. A true Masterpiece!!

Sheer Heart Attack

Queen

4/5

Killer Queen, Stone Cold Crazy and Tenement Funster drive this album to the finish line. Solid album.

Shleep

Robert Wyatt

1/5

Junkyard

The Birthday Party

1/5

Hotel California

Eagles

5/5

Absolutely great album. From the opening track Hotel California with the killer dual guitar solo to The Last Resort, there is not a bad song on this album.

Purple Rain

Prince

5/5

Another top to bottom banger. I consider this to be Prince’s best total album.

Nick Of Time

Bonnie Raitt

3/5

3.8

Diamond Life

Sade

5/5

Great first album for Sade. Love her sultry voice. Great mix of Pop, Jazz, R&B.

Shake Your Money Maker

The Black Crowes

5/5

Twice As Hard, Jealous Again, Could I’ve Been So Blind, Hard To Handle and She Talks To Angels are all solid tracks to this debut offering. Fantastic album.

Here, My Dear

Marvin Gaye

3/5

3.8

Rain Dogs

Tom Waits

1/5

461 Ocean Boulevard

Eric Clapton

4/5

Highlights are I Shot the Sherif, Let It Grow, Motherless Children and Willie and the Hand Jive.

Led Zeppelin IV

Led Zeppelin

5/5

Classic Rock & Roll album! Not a bad song on it. Stairway To Heaven, Rock and Roll, Black Dog, The Battle of Evermore and When The Levee Breaks lead the way.

Peter Gabriel

5/5

This is a complete album loaded with classic Gabriel songs. Your Eyes, Red Rain, Sledgehammer, Don’t Give Up and Big Time.

Want One

Rufus Wainwright

3/5

Reggatta De Blanc

The Police

4/5

Solid album with a number of great songs including Message In A Bottle, Bring On The Night and Walking On The Moon.

The New Tango

Astor Piazzolla

2/5

Both Piazzolla and Burton’s artistry is clearly on display throughout. A fine mixture of jazz and classical. Nice background music but nothing that stood out from the other for me.

Twelve Dreams Of Dr. Sardonicus

Spirit

4/5

I really enjoyed this album. Nature’s Way, Animal Zoo and Mr. Skin were song that really stood out to me.

Dance Mania

Tito Puente

3/5

Whatever

Aimee Mann

3/5

Overall enjoyed this album. High points where: I Should’ve Known, Fifty Years After The Fair and Stupid Thing.

Viva Hate

Morrissey

4/5

Never really listened to Morrissey before. I was pleasantly surprised by this album. My highlights were Everyday Is Like Sunday and Suedehead but found the whole album a great listen. Will dig more into his catalog.

Tidal

Fiona Apple

3/5

Decent album. Highlighted by Criminal and Sleep To Dream.

Nevermind

Nirvana

5/5

Classic Grunge album. Excellent album!

Zombie

Fela Kuti

3/5

James Brown Live At The Apollo

James Brown

3/5

He’s the Godfather of Soul for a reason. I put this in the high 3’s. 3.75

Go Girl Crazy

The Dictators

4/5

I had never heard of the Dictators before. This band reminded me a little of the Ramones. Upbeat and fun. Really enjoyed the album. Highlights were California Sun, (I Live For) Cars and Girls and The Next Big Thing.

Disintegration

The Cure

5/5

Classic Cure album. With Pictures Of You, Lovesong, Fascination Street and Lullaby. Fantastic!!

Dusty In Memphis

Dusty Springfield

3/5

Enjoyable album. Dusty Springfield vocals just bring you in. Most notable Just A Little Lovin’ and Son Of A Preacher Man. 3.7

No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith (Live)

Motörhead

3/5

I was surprised by Motörhead. Highlights: Ace of spades, Iron Horse/Born to Lose and Overkill. 3.85

Spiderland

Slint

3/5

Eerie, haunting, dramatic, interesting.

The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill

Lauryn Hill

4/5

I remember when this album was released in 1998 it was in my CD player none stop for weeks. Ground breaking with songs like Lost One, X-Factor, Doo Wop (That Thing) and Everything is Everything. 4.85

Clube Da Esquina

Milton Nascimento

3/5

Blue

Joni Mitchell

5/5

Absolute ground breaking classic album. A statement of the time. Lead by California, All I Want, Carey and River. Solid 5.0

There's A Riot Goin' On

Sly & The Family Stone

3/5

Good funk album. Highlights: Family Affair, Poet and Thank You For Talkin’ To Me, Africa. 3.6

Hounds Of Love

Kate Bush

3/5

Highlights: Running Up That Hill, Hounds Of Love and Cloudbusting. 3.2

Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul

Otis Redding

4/5

What can you say about Otis that has not been said. What a voice. I’ve Been Loving You Too Long, A Change Is Gonna Come , My Girl, Wonderful World and many more. 4.4

The Contino Sessions

Death In Vegas

3/5

Never heard of Death in Vegas. Hypnotic, pulsating, upbeat interesting listen. Some crazy stuff but probably won’t revisit. 3.0

Green River

Creedence Clearwater Revival

4/5

Great band and an excellent album. Highlights include: Green River, Lodi, Bad Moon Rising and Sinister Purpose. 4.6

Scissor Sisters

2/5

Highlight - Take Your Mama. Song gave me an Elton John feel. 2.4

Technique

New Order

3/5

Highlights: All The Way, Love Less, Guilty Partner and Vanishing Point. 3.4

Bert Jansch

3/5

Excellent acoustic guitar work. Highlight: Needle Of Death and Running From Home. 3.0

Innervisions

Stevie Wonder

5/5

Excellent album. Highlights: Too High, Living For The City, Golden Lady, Higher Ground, All In Love Is Fair and Don’t You Worry ‘Bout A Thing. Solid 5

Blood Sugar Sex Magik

Red Hot Chili Peppers

3/5

Highlight: Under The Bridge 3.4

The Slider

T. Rex

2/5

I was much more familiar with Electric Warrior by T. Rex which I really like. I didn’t hate this album but no one song grabbed me. 2.8

Stand!

Sly & The Family Stone

4/5

Highlights: Stand, I want To Take You Higher, Everyday People and Sing A Simple Song.

Mothership Connection

Parliament

3/5

Another excellent Funk album. Highlights: Give Up The Funk, Mothership Connection and P-Funk. 3.9

Myths Of The Near Future

Klaxons

3/5

Was not at all familiar with Klaxons. Good vocals and upbeat rock. Highlights: Golden Skans and It’s Not Over Yet. 3.6

Everything Must Go

Manic Street Preachers

3/5

Highlights: A Design For Life, Enola/Alone and Australia. 3.8

Adele

4/5

Adele is one of those artist that spurred a ton of copycats. I great vocal style. Highlights: Someone Like You, Rollin In The Deep and my favorite Set Fire To The Rain. 4.1

Frampton Comes Alive

Peter Frampton

5/5

Classic!! Perhaps the best Live Album of all time!! I saw Frampton on the tour of this album. Highlights: Where to start. Something’s Happening, Show Me The Way, All I Want To Be (Is By Your Side), Baby I Love Your Way, (I’ll Give You) Money, Lines In My Face and the Classic, Do You Feel Like I Do. 100% a 5.0

Country Life

Roxy Music

2/5

Nothing special from this album. 2.7

The World is a Ghetto

War

4/5

Highlights: Cisco Kid, The World Is A Ghetto and City,Country,City. 4.1

Fred Neil

3/5

Fred Neil - Folk singer with a deep relaxing voice. Highlights: The Dolphins and the original recording of Everybody’s Talkin’. Later recorded by Harry Nilsson and taking into the top ten. 3.0

Beauty And The Beat

The Go-Go's

4/5

Highlights: Our Lips Are Sealed, We Got The Beat, Lust To Love, This Town and Fading Fast. 4.4

Street Signs

Ozomatli

3/5

Multi Culture group with a blend of Latin, Hip Hop, Reggae and Funk. Highlights: Love and Hope and (Who Discovered) America? 3.0

What's Going On

Marvin Gaye

3/5

Highlights: What’s Going On, Mercy Mercy Me and Inner City Blues. 3.9

Fulfillingness' First Finale

Stevie Wonder

4/5

Highlights: Boogie On Reggae Woman, You Haven’t Done Nothing, Please Don’t Go and Smile Please. 4.0

Happy Trails

Quicksilver Messenger Service

3/5

Highlight: Who Do You Love - Pt 1 & Pt 2 and How You Love. 3.2

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

Throbbing Gristle

1/5

Nope!! Everything deserves a score. .1 Can’t enter that so I will try to give a zero if I can. Otherwise 1

Blood, Sweat & Tears

4/5

Highlights: And When I Die, Spinning Wheel, You Made Me So Very Happy, God Bless The Child and Sometime In Winter. 4.0

Halcyon Digest

Deerhunter

2/5

Highlights: Memory Boy and Desire Lines. 2.9

John Prine

4/5

American song writing treasure. Highlights: Hello In There, Sam Stone and Angel From Montgomery. 4.2

Different Class

Pulp

4/5

Never heard of this band before. Really enjoyed it. Gave me a David Bowie vibe at times. Highlights: Mis-Shapes, Common People, Disco 2000, I Spy and Something Changed. 4.5

Neon Bible

Arcade Fire

3/5

Highlights: Keep The Car Running, Black Wave / Bad Vibrations, No Cars Go and My Body Is A Cage. 3.8

The Nightfly

Donald Fagen

4/5

Excellent album. Highlights: I.G.Y., Green Flower Street, Ruby Baby, New Frontier, The Nightfly and The Goodbye Look. 4.7

Chicago Transit Authority

Chicago

4/5

Love this album. My favorite Chicago offering. Highlights: Does Anyone Really Know What Time It Is, Beginnings, Questions 67 and 68, Poem 58 and I’m A Man. Easy 4.4

The Cars

4/5

Great debut album by the Cars. Highlights: My Best Friend’s Girl, Good Times Roll, Just What I Needed, Bye Bye Love, Moving In Stereo and You’re All I’ve Got Tonight. 4.7

All That You Can't Leave Behind

4/5

Highlights: Beautiful Day, Elevation, Walk On, Kite and When I Look At The World. 4.6

Beach Samba

Astrud Gilberto

2/5

Jazzy, Rumba, Samba, Bossa Nova. Felt like I was watching a beach or car driving along the coast scene in a James Bond or Matt Helm movie in the late 60’s early 70’s. 2.3

Germfree Adolescents

X-Ray Spex

3/5

Debut

Björk

3/5

I was surprised with this one. Never really listen to a whole lot of Bjork. I actually like most of this album. Highlights: Venus As A Boy, Human Behavior, Big Time Sensuality and Come To Me. 3.3

Heaven Or Las Vegas

Cocteau Twins

3/5

Highlight guys: Heaven or Las Vegas, Iceblink Luck, Cherry-coloured Funk, Wolf in the Breast and Frou-Frou Foxes in Midsummer Fires. 3.6

The Yes Album

Yes

5/5

Highlights: Yours is No Disgrace, Starship Trooper, I’ve Seen All Good People, A Venture and Perpetual Change. I have listed 5 of the 6 tracks on this album as highlights. For that reason I have to give this 5 Stars.

Back At The Chicken Shack

Jimmy Smith

4/5

I really enjoyed this album. Very groovy jazz album featuring Jimmy Smith on the Hammond B-3 organ , Stanley Turrentine on Sax, Donald Bailey on Drums and Kenny Burrell. Five tracks all worth a listen. 4.4

Goo

Sonic Youth

2/5

Highlights: Dirty Boots, Kool Thing 2.4

In Our Heads

Hot Chip

2/5

Highlights: Motion Sickness and Flutes

Fuzzy

Grant Lee Buffalo

4/5

How did I never know about this guy? Great album. I ordered it on vinyl even before I finished listening to it. Excellent!! Highlights: Jupiter and Teardrops, Fuzzy, The Hook and You Just Have To Be Crazy 4.7

Daydream Nation

Sonic Youth

2/5

Highlight: Teen Age Riot

Live And Dangerous

Thin Lizzy

4/5

Great Band, Great Live Record. Highlights: Jailbreak, Dancing In The Moonlight, Southbound, Rosalie/Cowgirl’s Song, Massacre, Cowboy Song, Boys Are Back In Town and Don’t Believe a Word. Solid 4.3

Are You Experienced

Jimi Hendrix

4/5

Classic Highlights: Purple Haze, Manic Depression, Hey Joe, The Wind Cries Mary, Foxey Lady, Stone Free, Can You See Me and Fire. 4.6

The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter

The Incredible String Band

1/5

No interest here. This did nothing for me. 1.0

Darkness on the Edge of Town

Bruce Springsteen

4/5

Excellent album! Highlights: Badlands, Racing in the Street, Prove it All Night, The Promise Land and Darkness on the Edge of Town. 4.7

The Velvet Underground

3/5

Highlights: Candy Says, What Goes On, Pale Blue Eyes and After Hours. 3.1

My Generation

The Who

2/5

Not a big fan of this Who album. Later albums are much better. Highlights: My Generation, The Kids Are Alright, I Can’t Explain. 2.5

Led Zeppelin II

Led Zeppelin

5/5

Classic! Highlights: Whole Lotta Love, What Is and What Should Never Be, The Lemon Song, Thank You, Heartbreaker, Ramble On, Living Loving Maid. 5.0

Oar

Alexander 'Skip' Spence

2/5

Very strange at times. Mellow psychedelic would be the only way to describe it. Original drummer of Jefferson Airplane who was a guitar player not a drummer. Spent time in a mental hospital and on his released recorded his only solo album playing all the instruments. Highlights: War in Peace, Little Hands and All Come to Meet Her. 2.0

Definitely Maybe

Oasis

4/5

Great Band! Highlights: Live Forever, Shakermaker, Supersonic, Slide Away and Whatever. 4.0

Deja Vu

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

5/5

Back To Black

Amy Winehouse

4/5

Highlights: Rehab, You Know I’m No Good, Love Is a Losing Game, Back To Black and Tears Dry On Their Own. 4.4

G. Love And Special Sauce

G. Love & Special Sauce

3/5

Highlights: Blues Music, The Things That I Used To Do, Baby’s Got Sauce and Cold Beverage. 3.0

Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme

Simon & Garfunkel

3/5

Highlights: Scarborough Fair/Canticle, Homeward Bound, The 59th Street Bridge Song, For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her. 3.6

The Stranger

Billy Joel

5/5

Parachutes

Coldplay

4/5

My favorite Coldplay album. Highlights: Shiver, Sparks, Yellow, Spies, Trouble and Everything’s Not Lost. 4.1

Rubber Soul

Beatles

5/5

Highlights: Drive My Car, Nowhere Man, Michelle, In My Life, Norwegian Wood, You Won’t See Me, Think For Yourself, Wait, If I Needed Someone, Run For Your Life and Girl. 5

Wish You Were Here

Pink Floyd

5/5

Great Album!! 5 songs. All Great!! 5.0

Young Americans

David Bowie

3/5

Highlights: Young Americans, Fascination and Fame. 3.75

Freak Out!

The Mothers Of Invention

2/5

Musically I enjoyed some of it.