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Album	You	Global	Diff
It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back Public Enemy	5	3.36	+1.64
Moving Pictures Rush	5	3.57	+1.43
Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) Wu-Tang Clan	5	3.61	+1.39
Hounds Of Love Kate Bush	5	3.62	+1.38
Our Aim Is To Satisfy Red Snapper	4	2.73	+1.27
Time Out The Dave Brubeck Quartet	5	3.83	+1.17
Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret Soft Cell	4	2.87	+1.13
More Specials The Specials	4	2.95	+1.05
The Who Sell Out The Who	4	3	+1

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Tommy The Who	2	3.33	-1.33
1989 Taylor Swift	2	3.26	-1.26

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It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back

Popular Reviews

Time Out

The Dave Brubeck Quartet · 1 likes

5/5

I once played Blue Rondo in my jazz band in high school, so I'm intimately familiar with the time signatures in this one. I love math rock now too so it did something to my brain man. Favourite track: Take Five

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Brothers

The Black Keys

3/5

redefined sports bar ambiance

Tommy

The Who

2/5

like the vocal harmonies, definitely hear it in the 50 years of music that came after it but none of the tracks really hit me

Frank

Amy Winehouse

3/5

strong vocals and good beats, i dunno if she had to call me a lady boy though

It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back

Public Enemy

5/5

Favourite track: Cold Lampin' With Flavor. laid-back, rhymes are fun and hit hard when they want to. yeah boyyyyyyy

Moving Pictures

Rush

5/5

First time listening to the full album and it just rocks. Favourite track: YYZ, but The Camera Eye is gonna stick with me forever too

Back At The Chicken Shack

Jimmy Smith

3/5

blues af

Home Is Where The Music Is

Hugh Masekela

4/5

Pretty interesting jazz record, tons of variance and improv and keeps a good beat. Favourite track: Minawa

The Number Of The Beast

Iron Maiden

4/5

vocal harmonies go crazy, let alone the instruments. Favourite track: Run to the Hills

Rage Against The Machine

4/5

Only ever heard Killing in the Name before this, the funk, rap, and metal blend was an extremely pleasant surprise. The lyrics go without saying. Favourite track: Take the Power Back

Darkness on the Edge of Town

Bruce Springsteen

3/5

The passion in this one is very apparent even if the story doesn't quite resonate with me. I'd give it a high 3 if I could. Favourite track: The Promised Land

Horses

Patti Smith

4/5

High concept and evocative lyrics. The instrumentation is more of a backdrop for the poetry, though.

Bossanova

Pixies

3/5

Pretty cool riffs but I don't see myself listening to it often. Favourite track: Cecilia Ann

1984

Van Halen

3/5

surprisingly? pop

Blood On The Tracks

Bob Dylan

3/5

Lyrics are great but the production doesn't interest me all that much

Our Aim Is To Satisfy

Red Snapper

4/5

dig the experimentation, it still sounds modern today. never heard of acid jazz til now

Tres Hombres

ZZ Top

3/5

Not quite enough variety for me, La Grange and Waitin' for the Bus were good while I was paying attention

Blood On The Tracks

Bob Dylan

3/5

In Rainbows

Radiohead

3/5

Brief moments in each track where something is going on, if only they put those together into one good one. Nice background noise otherwise

Adele

4/5

Every other track is a single I've heard 100 times but it still manages to feel cohesive front to back. It goes without saying but her vocals are truly generational. Favourite track: Rolling in the Deep

Maggot Brain

Funkadelic

3/5

Maggot Brain leads with ten minutes of rock riffs that give way to some real soul. "You and your folks, me and my folks" probably still as resonant today. Favourite track: hit it and quit it.

World Clique

Deee-Lite

3/5

Sounded like the whole decade of 90s dance pop in 1990, so good on them. "Groove is in the Heart" is the crowd pleaser and I agree.

The Who Sell Out

The Who

4/5

Funniest concept album I've ever seen. random brand jingles after songs and they were only paid for some of them. The Coca-Cola chant into "Melancholia" hits

Frank

Amy Winehouse

3/5

Wild Gift

3/5

The country/punk rock fusion is interesting but ultimately not my thing. Favourite track: Universal Corner

Tusk

Fleetwood Mac

4/5

Not sure what I expected but this was really above and beyond it. There's a lot of folk but it manages to feel unique from track to track. Favourite track: Sisters of the Moon

Celebrity Skin

Hole

3/5

Strong sound but it doesn't really innovate past the halfway point. Favourite track: Celebrity Skin

1989

Taylor Swift

2/5

I associate half of this album with high school because of the seven singles released for it over two years. The lyrics aren't much of anything, and the contrast in the themes along with the abrupt transitions in the album really drives home that this is just a collection of singles. At least I still like the production, I think. Favourite track: Style

Parachutes

Coldplay

4/5

Listened to this one a decade ago and it still holds up. Processed and dreamlike but the acoustic sounds still come through very well. Favourite track: Shiver

Paul Simon

4/5

Great folk and blues record, lyrics really hit just about every emotion. Favourite track: Run That Body Down

Goo

Sonic Youth

4/5

peak dive bar ambiance

Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret

Soft Cell

4/5

exactly as advertised. Frustration is the most insane track 1 I've ever heard. Favourite track: it's still Tainted Love baby

Van Halen

3/5

classic sports bar ambiance

Endtroducing.....

DJ Shadow

3/5

Nice ambient instrumentals, but I'm not in love with any of the tracks

American Beauty

Grateful Dead

3/5

decent folk rock, nothing popped out to me

Guero

Beck

4/5

Great variety rock, love the production. Favourite track: Que Onda Guero

Hypnotised

The Undertones

3/5

Peak pub ambiance

Django Django

4/5

Pretty good album for what it is, and what it is is some nice loops. Favourite track: Hail Bop

More Specials

The Specials

4/5

Enjoyed British ska more than I thought I would. Favourite track: Friday Night, Saturday Morning

The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan

4/5

Pretty hard hitting lyrics, though the harmonica hurts my ears a bit when it comes in. Favourite track: Masters of War

Remedy

Basement Jaxx

3/5

House music already isn't my thing, so I can't really find a reason to put this one on again

One Nation Under A Groove

Funkadelic

4/5

Liked the tracks on this one more overall than Maggot Brain, funk bands can play rock indeed. Favourite track, I mean come on: Promentalshitbackwashpsychosis Enema Squad (The Doo Doo Chasers)

Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)

Wu-Tang Clan

5/5

Required listening. The movie and track samples absolutely kick and the flow variety is very appreciated. Favourite track: Protect Ya Neck

Catch A Fire

Bob Marley & The Wailers

4/5

Nonstop jam, favourite track: 400 years

Forever Changes

Love

4/5

Real bleak lyrics for upbeat folk jams. Favourite track: "Maybe the People Would Be the Times..."

Calenture

The Triffids

3/5

Really wondered why this one wasn't as popular as its contemporaries since it does all the same stuff. Can't say that makes it stand out, though. Favourite track: Bury Me Deep in Love

Time Out

The Dave Brubeck Quartet

5/5

If You're Feeling Sinister

Belle & Sebastian

3/5

Pretty lowkey instrumentation, not much of a fan of the writing. Favourite track: Get Me Away From Here, I'm Dying

Red Dirt Girl

Emmylou Harris

3/5

Era defining country, and by that I mean I heard a hundred songs like it on the radio as a kid. Favourite track: J'ai fait tout

Head Hunters

Herbie Hancock

4/5

Chameleon has lived in my head long before I listened to it because of band camp, and it's also because of band that I just can't say no to jam tracks. Favourite track: Chameleon

Hounds Of Love

Kate Bush

5/5

The variety here is really something special. Really love the stories she's telling in Cloudbusting and Jig of Life, and Waking the Witch is the absolute deep end of her experimentation. Safe to say I'm a fan now

Court And Spark

Joni Mitchell

3/5

Pretty subdued jazz throughout which keeps me from picking out a standout favourite. It's easy listening at least.