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Album	You	Global	Diff
Station To Station David Bowie	5	3.69	+1.31
Ananda Shankar Ananda Shankar	4	2.82	+1.18
Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite Maxwell	4	2.9	+1.1

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Album	You	Global	Diff
The Wall Pink Floyd	3	4.14	-1.14

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The Wall

Pink Floyd

3/5

I’m not always the biggest fan of concept albums and while I respect it, this was still the case here. Sonically I love Pink Floyd and this was no exception, but it was definitely way too long for my tastes. I started getting bored by the end. Overall I’d say 3.5/5.

Close To You

Carpenters

4/5

A well executed album. The harmonies, the orchestration are sweeping. Karen’s vocals and drumming are gorgeous. 4/5

At Folsom Prison

Johnny Cash

3/5

Johnny Cash is a masterful storyteller. June’s addition was great. Overall, I’m not the biggest fan of live albums, especially with a lot of crowd noise and/or interruptions. That took me out of it quite a bit. A couple of the tracks really didn’t work for me either. 3.5/5

The World is a Ghetto

War

4/5

This was an unexpected gem for me. I really enjoyed this jazzy, funk soul album. A great groove. 4.5/5

Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

4/5

The fact that this is 2 hours long and I never got bored listening to it says a lot. 4/5

Pornography

The Cure

4/5

Not my favorite album by The Cure, but still solid. I love its almost haunting, predatory feel. It always made me think of vampires for some reason. 4/5

Mott

Mott The Hoople

3/5

This was fine. A pretty standard glam rock album. Nothing about it really stood out in any way. 3/5

Electric Warrior

T. Rex

3/5

This was good, but not great. It had a couple stand-outs. 3.5/5

Ananda Shankar

4/5

I really loved this sitar masterpiece. East meets west fusion at its finest. 4.5/5

Heartattack And Vine

Tom Waits

3/5

The music is good. I appreciate the songwriting. I just really couldn’t get past the voice. It was painful to listen to most of the time. 3/5

It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back

Public Enemy

4/5

Classic for a reason and sadly still all too relevant. 4/5

Fly Or Die

N.E.R.D

2/5

When this started I thought I would live, I was annoyed and ready to turn it off by track 3. I pushed through and though I can say it had some nice grooves, I can’t say I liked much else about it. 2/5

Station To Station

David Bowie

5/5

Bowie’s music has always been a bit hit or miss for me, but this one absolutely hit. I loved everything about this album. 5/5

Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite

Maxwell

4/5

So smooth. So chill. A good listen from beginning to end. 4/5

Tres Hombres

ZZ Top

3/5

Classic bluesy rock. Some of the transitions were a bit jarring. A stand out or two. Overall, I found this good, if not great. 3.5/5

Bubble And Scrape

Sebadoh

2/5

This is a hard one for me to rate. I did enjoy some of it. It was just very inconsistent and clearly had too many drivers. It was trying to be too many things. 2.5/5

Made In Japan

Deep Purple

3/5

I like Deep Purple. This has some great music. It is one of the best live album recordings I have heard. That being said it is way too long and self indulgent. Entirely too many ridiculously long solos. 3/5

Bringing It All Back Home

Bob Dylan

4/5

This was surprising for me. I’ve never been the biggest Dylan fan, but I enjoyed this album. 4/5

L.A. Woman

The Doors

3/5

Not a bad record by any means, but I was left with few impressions. 3.5/5