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Album	You	Global	Diff
Duck Rock Malcolm McLaren	4	2.65	+1.35
Pet Sounds The Beach Boys	5	3.93	+1.07
Fuzzy Logic Super Furry Animals	4	2.94	+1.06

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Album	You	Global	Diff
Truth And Soul Fishbone	1	2.97	-1.97
Californication Red Hot Chili Peppers	2	3.7	-1.7
Band On The Run Paul McCartney and Wings	2	3.66	-1.66
A Rush Of Blood To The Head Coldplay	2	3.44	-1.44
Joan Armatrading Joan Armatrading	2	3.34	-1.34
Dear Science TV On The Radio	2	3.16	-1.16
Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin	3	4.09	-1.09
Nowhere Ride	2	3.02	-1.02

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Ingenue

k.d. lang · 1 likes

2/5

Way blander than I expected it to be. Disappointing when her voice is so good.

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Tea for the Tillerman

Cat Stevens

3/5

Heroes

David Bowie

4/5

Joan Armatrading

2/5

I really loved Down to Zero but found myself losing interest around halfway.

Led Zeppelin

3/5

Not sure the first Monday morning back at work after Christmas break is the right time for Led Zep. Can tell is groundbreaking, influential etc but maybe just not my thing.

With The Beatles

Beatles

4/5

John Lennon singing Motown covers will always be for me. First repeat play of the list!

Dear Science

TV On The Radio

2/5

Lost interest but liked Family Tree.

Jagged Little Pill

Alanis Morissette

3/5

This album came out when I was 12 and I still know about 80% of the words. Big nostalgia trip. I maintain that You Oughta Know holds up.

It's Blitz!

Yeah Yeah Yeahs

3/5

I remember being disappointed by this at the time because of the singles being so good. I still think Zero and Heads Will Roll are the stand out songs but enjoyed more of this as a whole this time. Skeletons was good!

BEYONCÉ

Beyoncé

3/5

This was a welcome change from indie rock/classic rock. None of my favourite Beyonce songs are on this album so it was also good to hear some 'new to me' stuff.

Duck Rock

Malcolm McLaren

4/5

First thoughts. Uh oh. I've avoided this since I saw McLaren on TV in the 90s claiming he invented hip hop. But that's the point of this, right, to listen to something you wouldn't necessarily choose and be challenged. 4/5 for the music, -10,000 for not giving the musicians on this the money and credit owed.

Neon Bible

Arcade Fire

4/5

Yeah it's bombastic and pretentious. Sometimes you need that. I woke up this morning with No Cars Go in my head. The album that got me into Arcade Fire after seeing them at Glastonbury. It's not something I listen to lots these days (think the Suburbs and Funeral get more plays) but enjoyed revisiting it.

The Marshall Mathers LP

Eminem

3/5

Enjoyed the singles but a lot now feels dated and very 'ooh look how shocking I am"

Truth And Soul

Fishbone

1/5

What is this? I have never heard of this band. A terrible 80s cock rock cover of Curtis Mayfield? what have I done to deserve this? Enjoying this more now that it's gone ska. But ultimately not my thing.

A Rush Of Blood To The Head

Coldplay

2/5

I always thought this album cover was an abstract picture of a goat. It's not. The Scientist is a big piece of cheese and I love it. Not really fussed by the rest.

Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

3/5

Modern Life Is Rubbish

Blur

3/5

For Tomorrow is good.

Pet Sounds

The Beach Boys

5/5

I think I've been being too harsh on some of the selections so far. It's hard when you get to an album like this with a MASSIVE REPUTATION, but yeah, five stars for the sounds and the melodies and the production. Thanks for finally making me listen to this.

Californication

Red Hot Chili Peppers

2/5

Drunk

Thundercat

3/5

It's good, but it's a bit aggressively pleasant. I wanted it to be weirder.

Ellington at Newport

Duke Ellington

4/5

B-52's

The B-52's

3/5

Ingenue

k.d. lang

2/5

Way blander than I expected it to be. Disappointing when her voice is so good.

Aladdin Sane

David Bowie

4/5

Not my favourite Bowie but Time and Let's Spend The Night Together are highlights

Black Holes and Revelations

Muse

4/5

In 2008 I got obsessed with playing Knights of Cydonia on Wii Guitar Hero, but apart from that and liking Supermassive Black Hole as a single, I didn't ever give this album a listen. You can tell the dance rock/electro influences on this and my Franz Ferdinand/LCD Soundsystem loving early twenties self probably would have loved it. Oh well, better late than never. Supermassive Black Hole sounds like Prince and Matt Bellamy's falsetto finally works! The opening of Map of the Problematique sounds like the Pet Shop Boys.

Songs From A Room

Leonard Cohen

4/5

Fuzzy Logic

Super Furry Animals

4/5

This came up and I thought, 'oh I like this but not as much as Radiator or Guerrilla'. I was wrong. Loved every minute. If You Don't Want Me To Destroy You was a highlight.

Band On The Run

Paul McCartney and Wings

2/5

Today I was not in the mood for cheesy 70s Paul. Maybe another day. Also the medley at the end felt like cheating.

Nowhere

Ride

2/5

Little Earthquakes

Tori Amos

3/5

Elastica

4/5