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Album	You	Global	Diff
The Man Machine Kraftwerk	5	3.31	+1.69
Talking Book Stevie Wonder	5	3.71	+1.29
Millions Now Living Will Never Die Tortoise	4	2.89	+1.11

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
More Songs About Buildings And Food Talking Heads	1	3.42	-2.42
At Mister Kelly's Sarah Vaughan	1	3.38	-2.38
The Modern Lovers The Modern Lovers	1	3.05	-2.05
Will The Circle Be Unbroken Nitty Gritty Dirt Band	1	2.98	-1.98
Electric Ladyland Jimi Hendrix	2	3.94	-1.94
Fuzzy Logic Super Furry Animals	1	2.94	-1.94
The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill Lauryn Hill	2	3.65	-1.65
Frank Amy Winehouse	2	3.46	-1.46
Rumours Fleetwood Mac	3	4.45	-1.45
James Brown Live At The Apollo James Brown	2	3.45	-1.45

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Talking Book

Stevie Wonder · 1 likes

5/5

Not even my favorite Stevie Womder album, but that's why it only gets 5 stars.

1-Star Albums (6)

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

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Rumours

Fleetwood Mac

3/5

some great songs, but also lots of filler

At Mister Kelly's

Sarah Vaughan

1/5

probably important at its time, but feels incredibly schmalzy/kitsch and outdated now

Highway to Hell

AC/DC

4/5

better than i had remembered ... stripped-down, bluesy, raw. singer actually sounds good (in contrast to the other guy that came later)

Peter Gabriel

4/5

Immaculate pop music

The Specials

2/5

Influential, but too raw and unpolished for my taste .... rather listen to Madness

The Man Machine

Kraftwerk

5/5

flawless

Electric Ladyland

Jimi Hendrix

2/5

some okay-ish songs, but everything gets ruined by the neverending noodling and jamming. also he can't sing for shit.

Get Rich Or Die Tryin'

50 Cent

3/5

solid album, but hip hop from that era feels more outdated than from any other era. case in point: all the tracks with eminem. cringeworthy.

The Modern Lovers

1/5

uu roduchelig und keine wirklichen hits

Pretenders

3/5

very charming, definitely more raw & unpolished than later albums ... but also a bit all over the place with many "skip" songs

Frank

Amy Winehouse

2/5

Great voice and great talent, but all the songs are lacking in direction and focus.

Beyond Skin

Nitin Sawhney

3/5

Weird, but fascinating

Cloud Nine

The Temptations

2/5

Really wanted to like this, but the songs are just "ok"

Jazz Samba

Stan Getz

4/5

Beautiful album

Go Girl Crazy

The Dictators

3/5

Really solid, raw Rock'N'Roll

Cosmo's Factory

Creedence Clearwater Revival

3/5

If it weren't for the bluesy and the 50s sounding Rock'n'Roll songs, this would have gotten 4 stars. I really like the "southern" vibe with the heavy grooves, but also the Rockabilly-tinged faster songs.

Mermaid Avenue

Billy Bragg

2/5

Not unlistenable, but pretty boring and forgettable.

More Songs About Buildings And Food

Talking Heads

1/5

I respect the hell outta David Byrnes, but this is some unlistenable shit

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

Throbbing Gristle

1/5

Fascinating, but nothing I would want to listen to again in the near future ... or ever again.

The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill

Lauryn Hill

2/5

Did not understand the hype back then and don't understand it now.

From Elvis In Memphis

Elvis Presley

4/5

Pretty, pretty good

Will The Circle Be Unbroken

Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

1/5

Crap

Are You Experienced

Jimi Hendrix

4/5

Not my type of music, but this is a near perfect album: a barrage of hit after hit, guitar playing is on point without excessive noodling.

Talking Book

Stevie Wonder

5/5

Not even my favorite Stevie Womder album, but that's why it only gets 5 stars.

James Brown Live At The Apollo

James Brown

2/5

Not his best work

Celebrity Skin

Hole

4/5

A solid 3-stars alternative rock album. There were better bands during that time, but I am giving it 4 stars because I had ignored it back then (bias towards Courtney Love) and was very surprised (in a good way) when I heard it for the first time today.

Millions Now Living Will Never Die

Tortoise

4/5

I get the impression thar 1001 albums does not choose a band's best albums but has a preference towards early/imfluential albums. So instead of TNT or standards, we get Millions Now Living ...

Blunderbuss

Jack White

3/5

Nice surprise. Catchy, banging song with incredibly juicy and crunchy sounding guitars.

Fuzzy Logic

Super Furry Animals

1/5

Forgettable and annoying at the same time

A Rush Of Blood To The Head

Coldplay

2/5

Some ok somgs, but incredibly shallow and cringe. If I remember correctly, the whiny and over-dramatic vocals were not as much in the foreground on other albums as on this one which makes it an especially unpleasant listening experience.