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Album	You	Global	Diff
Either Or Elliott Smith	5	3.39	+1.61
In A Silent Way Miles Davis	5	3.62	+1.38
Blood On The Tracks Bob Dylan	5	3.66	+1.34
White Blood Cells The White Stripes	5	3.66	+1.34
Station To Station David Bowie	5	3.69	+1.31
In Rainbows Radiohead	5	3.85	+1.15
A Hard Day's Night Beatles	5	3.9	+1.1
Superfuzz Bigmuff Mudhoney	4	2.93	+1.07
The Dreaming Kate Bush	4	2.98	+1.02
Pills 'n' Thrills And Bellyaches Happy Mondays	4	2.99	+1.01

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Bad Michael Jackson	2	3.81	-1.81
New Forms Roni Size	1	2.52	-1.52
Mama's Gun Erykah Badu	2	3.25	-1.25
Mermaid Avenue Billy Bragg	2	3.17	-1.17

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American Idiot

Green Day

4/5

We Are Family

Sister Sledge

3/5

Rage Against The Machine

4/5

In A Silent Way

Miles Davis

5/5

Blood On The Tracks

Bob Dylan

5/5

Stone cold classic top to bottom. Stands with Bob’s 60s classics.

White Blood Cells

The White Stripes

5/5

Saw the perform on late night tv and immediately headed to buy this cd. It’s been huge in my life since. Absolutely 5 stars for me. Still a regular in my rotation.

Mama's Gun

Erykah Badu

2/5

I can see the vocals are good and some of the lyrics too, but many of the lyrics are very cringey. The music is nice, but nothing amazing.

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

Elton John

4/5

This album is truly a 4.5 for me. It’s an amazing double album. One of Elton’s finest. So many styles.

Fly Or Die

N.E.R.D

2/5

It’s a meh for me. Very dated to the time period. There are some flashes of brilliance, but it’s just monotonous to me.

Faith

George Michael

3/5

Perfect example of why I participate. Not an album I’d wake up one morning and choose, but it was nice. We all know the big hits, but the whole album is well done. George is a good writer and a great vocalist. RIP George.

Superfuzz Bigmuff

Mudhoney

4/5

As a Gen Xer I am famous and truly appreciate this band an album. The cornerstone of a lot of music I love.

Crime Of The Century

Supertramp

3/5

Achtung Baby

4/5

One of the last incredible U2 albums. Experimental, but accessible. Huge tour with this one. Nearly essential

Raw Like Sushi

Neneh Cherry

3/5

Not bad, but very dated in a not so flattering way. Can’t take away from Neneh’s voice though.

A Hard Day's Night

Beatles

5/5

Best of the “early” Beatles. All songs written by John and Paul and all excellent!

In Rainbows

Radiohead

5/5

Phenomenal album of course. I bought it the day it came out as a pay-what-you-want fee. I paid $9 and it was worth way more.

Can't Buy A Thrill

Steely Dan

4/5

Oh, the infamous Dan. Very divisive it’s seems. I’ve never done a deep dive, but very familiar with the radio plays and it never really grabbed my attention. But, this project is forcing me to do deeper dives, which is why I love it. Very good and considering buying on vinyl!

The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill

Lauryn Hill

4/5

Live At The Harlem Square Club

Sam Cooke

4/5

A good one today. Of course I love Sam. He’s one of the all time great voices and one that was cut too short. I know the studio recordings, but never heard the live stuff, but this is excellent too.

Mermaid Avenue

Billy Bragg

2/5

Pornography

The Cure

3/5

I’m a Cure fan. I know this one is well loved by most fans, but for me it is average in their discography. Still good though.

I Should Coco

Supergrass

3/5

Blue

Joni Mitchell

4/5

Morrison Hotel

The Doors

4/5

Tommy

The Who

4/5

I was between a 3 and a 4 so I rounded up. It’s ok. Very bloated with lots of fluff but there are real high points too.

Hot Buttered Soul

Isaac Hayes

4/5

Purple Rain

Prince

4/5

Easy 4. Amazing man amazing musician. Loaded with hits and also the song (Darlin’ Nikki) that made Tipper Gore mad and led to the explicit stickers.

More Songs About Buildings And Food

Talking Heads

4/5

A middle of the pack talking heads album is still better than most bands best album.

Pet Sounds

The Beach Boys

4/5

I know giving this one 4 stars and not 5 is a hot take. I understand it’s beauty and what Brian put into it. That said, 5 stars are reserved for such a rare amount of albums that it just falls short for me.

Roxy Music

3/5

The Dreaming

Kate Bush

4/5

The great Kate!

Solid Air

John Martyn

3/5

James Brown Live At The Apollo

James Brown

3/5

He’s James Brown and he’s super bad (in the good way).

Chicago Transit Authority

Chicago

3/5

Meh. It’s ok. I grew up with my parents listening to Chicago and even have seen the live twice. Good musicians, don’t get me wrong. The hits and solid. The rest is too long and that guitar feedback part is just terrible.

New Forms

Roni Size

1/5

Shit sandwich. I am a very open to all music. I tried and made it through, but it was tough.

Rock 'N Soul

Solomon Burke

3/5

Great voice. Songs that aren’t memorable though.

...Baby One More Time

Britney Spears

2/5

Poor Britney. Such a sad life.

I’m a Lonesome Fugitive

Merle Haggard

3/5

Back At The Chicken Shack

Jimmy Smith

4/5

Wasn’t sure what to expect and I loved it I appreciate jazz and keep growing an interest in it and this was the perfect soundtrack to begin my work day. Added to my list of vinyl to buy.

Sea Change

Beck

4/5

Triangle

The Beau Brummels

2/5

It was ok. I’m a huge fan of 60s rock and definitely familiar with these guys. It sounds promising.. equal parts Dylan and Beatles, but doesn’t approach either in quality or timeliness.

Nevermind

Nirvana

5/5

I was the perfect age when this came out….8th grade. Made a huge impression. I can remember the first time I ever saw the “Teen Spirit”video. Easy ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

She's So Unusual

Cyndi Lauper

3/5

You know what? I enjoyed this. I knew the hits but the other songs were good too. Time After Time is an all timer. Fun album. I had Britney Spears debut last week and this one blows it away.

Kick Out The Jams (Live)

MC5

3/5

Is it sloppy? Yes. Is the singing and musicianship good? No. But that’s the point. The messages would not be the same played by Julliard students. Much respect for inspiring a lot of musicians and albums I love.

Blood, Sweat & Tears

3/5

G. Love And Special Sauce

G. Love & Special Sauce

2/5

Meh. Not sure I had to hear this in my life. Too long. Some of these guitar stuff was interesting at least.

Boston

4/5

Hounds Of Love

Kate Bush

4/5

Qui sème le vent récolte le tempo

MC Solaar

3/5

The College Dropout

Kanye West

4/5

Odessey And Oracle

The Zombies

4/5

Peggy Suicide

Julian Cope

2/5

Meh.

Live At The Witch Trials

The Fall

3/5

The Wall

Pink Floyd

4/5

Great album. Probably their 4th best.

The New Tango

Astor Piazzolla

2/5

Billion Dollar Babies

Alice Cooper

3/5

It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back

Public Enemy

4/5

Absolute classic. Sounds good today, but in its time it was mind blowing. Sadly some of the things talked about are still issues today. First album so far in the project where I’ve added the album to my vinyl wish list.

Station To Station

David Bowie

5/5

My favorite album by my second favorite artist. Mt Rushmore stuff here.

Supa Dupa Fly

Missy Elliott

2/5

Can’t lie. At an hour run time this was a tough listen. Very dated and also bloated with skits. Missy upped her game later, but this particular time effort is not worthy of this list.

Arise

Sepultura

2/5

Nootttt for me. I’d call this horse shit, but I’d hate to offend horse shit.

Disraeli Gears

Cream

4/5

I Against I

Bad Brains

3/5

Time Out Of Mind

Bob Dylan

4/5

An amazing album form a person some considered washed at the time of this release. Not only did it change that opinion, I’d consider this a top ten Dylan album of all time. That’s saying a lot.

Raw Power

The Stooges

4/5

Blue Lines

Massive Attack

4/5

Bad

Michael Jackson

2/5

Either Or

Elliott Smith

5/5

🐐 album by one of my 🐐 artist. Elliott at peak form and he’s one of a kind. Not a weak moment on this one. Listened today watching a sunrise and sipping ☕️. Pure sad bliss.

AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted

Ice Cube

2/5

Channel Orange

Frank Ocean

3/5

This album had lots of hype when it came out. I tried several times and shrugged each listen. Why couldn’t I get the hype? It’s fine. Just not for me. I like Frank’s voice but this isn’t something I come back to ever. That’s said, his follow up album “Blonde” is an album I like a lot.

Foo Fighters

4/5

Kings Of The Wild Frontier

Adam & The Ants

3/5

You know what, it’s a fun one to start the morning. I was a little familiar with Adam, particularly the song “Goodie Two Shoes”. It may not be Abbey Road, but it has a small place in my heart. Sold 3, but definitely from a very specific period of time.

Music From Big Pink

The Band

4/5

4 1/2 ⭐️. Warm album. Classic tunes. The great Levon Helm. Yeah this is a classic.

Live Through This

Hole

3/5

L.A. Woman

The Doors

3/5

Queens of the Stone Age

Queens Of The Stone Age

4/5

Red Dirt Girl

Emmylou Harris

3/5

Juju

Siouxsie And The Banshees

3/5

2 days in a row with a female voice and I’m here for it. This time is Siouxsie. Been aware of her and heard her Dear Prudence cover which is great. Never heard a full album, but love this a lot. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Safe As Milk

Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band

4/5

I…. Like this a lot. Somewhat familiar with a few tunes before. More penetrable than Trout Mask and I still think I’ll learn more as I listen more. 4 stars now and maybe a 4 1/2 with a little more time.

Bayou Country

Creedence Clearwater Revival

4/5

Pills 'n' Thrills And Bellyaches

Happy Mondays

4/5