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Album	You	Global	Diff
John Prine John Prine	5	3.21	+1.79
Either Or Elliott Smith	5	3.39	+1.61
Coat Of Many Colors Dolly Parton	5	3.42	+1.58
Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols Sex Pistols	5	3.45	+1.55
The Modern Dance Pere Ubu	4	2.48	+1.52
The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan Bob Dylan	5	3.62	+1.38
Cut The Slits	4	2.71	+1.29
Group Sex Circle Jerks	4	2.75	+1.25
Ys Joanna Newsom	4	2.8	+1.2

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Aqualung Jethro Tull	1	3.44	-2.44
The Colour Of Spring Talk Talk	1	3.07	-2.07
Vulgar Display Of Power Pantera	1	2.97	-1.97
Yeezus Kanye West	1	2.76	-1.76
Abraxas Santana	2	3.72	-1.72
The Queen Is Dead The Smiths	2	3.67	-1.67
Bayou Country Creedence Clearwater Revival	2	3.64	-1.64
Gorillaz Gorillaz	2	3.53	-1.53
Songs For Swingin' Lovers! Frank Sinatra	2	3.52	-1.52
Drunk Thundercat	2	3.11	-1.11

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Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols

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The Slits · 2 likes

4/5

Loved this album in my 20’s. The slits were unmistakably feminist punk and I was there for it 💥

The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan · 1 likes

5/5

Being from Minnesota Dylan was someone I heard at a very young age. But then, as a teen exploring music, I remember listening to this album on my parents record player while lying on the floor with my best friend Kelly. Every song, every word, felt like a revelation. This was in ‘85 or ‘86- two decades after it was released. It reminded me of the Hemingway story we were reading in honors English. It was full of metaphor and symbolism. And now, 40 years later, Dylan’s lyrics still ring true and feel relevant. ESP after the winter of ‘26 in Minneapolis- as ICE murdered Renee Good and Alex Pretti in our backyard. “I just want you to know I can see through your masks… you’ve never done nothing’ but build to destroy… masters of war.”

1-Star Albums (4)

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The Doors

3/5

The Man Machine

Kraftwerk

3/5

Enjoyed the most popular track- the model- and recognize it’s role in music history but not a huge fan of industrial or electronic music.

Rust Never Sleeps

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

4/5

Tommy

The Who

4/5

Songs For Swingin' Lovers!

Frank Sinatra

2/5

I just can’t find access to peoples love of Sinatra. Maybe down the road… how I now appreciate neil diamond

Joanna Newsom

4/5

The lyrics are confounding! Setting aside the narrative, the songs are lovely and complex and unexpected. Appalachian-meet-avant-garde per Apple Music is the best descriptor I’ve read. I loved sawdust & diamonds

The Modern Dance

Pere Ubu

4/5

Just learned of these guys 2 weeks ago and listened to this album! Totally in my lane and love the early pop punk influence

Bayou Country

Creedence Clearwater Revival

2/5

I like some CCR but this album didn’t do much for me. I liked the swampy Graveyard Train and the blues influence was clear-but for a band from San Fran it seems a bit strange that they assumed these deep southern identities. Proud Mary is a classic by any metric/ and a yacht club staple. But I barely finished Keep on Chooglin, with its (never ending) 7 minute harmonica/guitar jam that lost my attention within 30 seconds

The Downward Spiral

Nine Inch Nails

4/5

Industrial is Still not my Favorite but admittedly this is brilliant for what it is. And Hurt is one of the darkest, saddest songs ever written. Both this version and Johnny cash’s cover

Space Ritual

Hawkwind

2/5

a bit much

Bat Out Of Hell

Meat Loaf

3/5

I really love the drama of Meat loaf- especially his ballads! But I don’t think I can pull the trigger on a 4-5 star for this album.

Better Living Through Chemistry

Fatboy Slim

2/5

1) I can’t speak with any knowledge when it comes to electronic music. 2) I’m surprised they didn’t pick “you’ve come a long way, baby.” I’m not a fan of this music but allegedly they were influential! So two stars.

The Queen Is Dead

The Smiths

2/5

I just cant get into the new wave sound of the smiths. There were a few songs I liked on here but I wouldn’t add them to any mix. I love Bowie but not the gothy new wave. But all my emo bands drew from it so I’m glad it exists.

Drunk

Thundercat

2/5

Coincidentally, thundercat was a guest on Stephen Colbert this week. I enjoyed this album more than I expected to - especially since I know almost zero about jazz. I’m a suicidal tendencies fan but from years before Stephen's Bruner’s era. I’d really give this a 2.5 star

Sheer Heart Attack

Queen

4/5

Stone Cold Crazy- epic. Dear friends- tender and sweet, almost a lullaby. All the layers and dramatic flair with Mercury’s falsetto make this album a work of art. So many bands owe their sounds to Queen… like the killers. And albums like Green Day’s American Idiot that drew from their rock opera blueprint.

Younger Than Yesterday

The Byrds

3/5

I prefer sweetheart to the rodeo with its country rock sound. Recognize the influence but don’t love them outside their covers!

Vulgar Display Of Power

Pantera

1/5

Coat Of Many Colors

Dolly Parton

5/5

This might have been my first 5 stars. I love Dolly! I love her vulnerability. I love the choices she has made in the last decades of her life- when she had the agency to choose. It was not easy to be a girl/woman in the industry when she started. And just look at the shit she took after 9-to-5. I knew about the size of her breasts long before I knew her music. As a kid growing up in the 80’s there were limitless Dolly jokes. She was the butt of the joke for almost a decade. But her music and her voice is beautiful. It thrills me that Dolly finally got the respect owed to her. She is a true GOAT.

Sex Packets

Digital Underground

2/5

Not my area

Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music

Ray Charles

4/5

Not my favorite album of RC’a but as a huge alternative country fan, I recognize how progressive it was at the time. This album circles the more 40’s/50’s sounds with all the brass- reminding me of Sinatra. But I love his voice, no matter what he’s singing, the bluesier the better.

Band On The Run

Paul McCartney and Wings

4/5

I liked Mrs. Vanderbilt a lot. I’ve always been more of a Lennon fan but I recognize the genius of McCartney and this album is genius.

Aqualung

Jethro Tull

1/5

Fromohio

fIREHOSE

3/5

I really enjoyed this and I’d never heard of them. I did listen to minutemen but this was totally new. I will listen to more of this- it’s right in my wheelhouse of folk punk or acoustic punk. Solid album! 3 1/2 would be my vote

The Specials

3/5

Recognize the impact of ska but can’t go above a 3 for this album. But I did like the emo style lyrical content - and have always liked Elvis Costello.

The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan

5/5

Either Or

Elliott Smith

5/5

Not sure what to say except I love Elliot smith.

Pet Sounds

The Beach Boys

4/5

I just wasn’t made for these times really struck a chord this time. But the entire album is pretty genius

Automatic For The People

R.E.M.

3/5

Ramones

4/5

One of the most influential albums to all the melodic folk punk emo indie shit I lived for in the 80’s and early 90’s. The songs are so perfectly constructed with the minimalism of 4 chords and their no fuss production. But they are also notable for their catchy and accesible melodies. The Ramones continue to work in the TikTok era with youngster's 10 second attention span …

Group Sex

Circle Jerks

4/5

One of the first punk bands I got into- hard to believe this came out in 1980. Beverly Hills is still one of my favorites

Call of the Valley

Shivkumar Sharma

3/5

Revolver

Beatles

4/5

Favorite is Eleanor Rigby

First Band On The Moon

The Cardigans

3/5

Their cover of iron man almost got me to a 4

Ritual De Lo Habitual

Jane's Addiction

4/5

This album came out the summer before I went to college. Along with Nothings Shocking it was the soundtrack of my college years. Classic Girl is still one of my favorites along with Stop. Perry Farrell is one of the 90’s era GOATS

You Want It Darker

Leonard Cohen

4/5

3 weeks before he died and a nearly flawless album. I’ll await the 5 stars for my favorite cohen album but this was beautiful

Gorillaz

2/5

Something/Anything?

Todd Rundgren

2/5

Not a Rundgren fan but I love “hello, it’s me.” And it reminds me of this movie Duets from 2000 with Paul Giamatti, Huey Lewis and Gwenyth Paltrow. Giamatti’s character covers Hello it’s Me - classic movie

Suede

4/5

I’d never heard these guys which is pretty weird but I love the Bowie vibe. I really liked sleeping pills and Breakdown. The sadder lyrics on the album, I guess. I look forward to spending more time looking through their catalog

Abraxas

Santana

2/5

Psychedelic rock has never been my thing but after learning to play guitar in my 50’s, I definitely respect the brilliance of his guitar work. The music just isn’t enjoyable to me

Crazysexycool

TLC

4/5

Red light special is so soothing, and waterfalls a a classic. A blueprint for female groups at a time when boy bands dominated mainstream pop stations. They remind me of the Dixie Chicks for their impact on women in music.

Fragile

Yes

3/5

Definitely a mixed bag.

Real Life

Magazine

3/5

Reminds me of the stooges and lou reed and I like pop punk, which this is an early example of. but I need more time to dig into it to go above a 3

Stankonia

OutKast

3/5

The Colour Of Spring

Talk Talk

1/5

Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo

Devo

4/5

Stand!

Sly & The Family Stone

3/5

The guitar jams are epic funk but I enjoy the influence more than the actual thing

Caetano Veloso

3/5

Really like alegría alegría

Cut

The Slits

4/5

Loved this album in my 20’s. The slits were unmistakably feminist punk and I was there for it 💥

Get Rich Or Die Tryin'

50 Cent

4/5

James Brown Live At The Apollo

James Brown

4/5

Didn’t think I’d enjoy this but James Brown from 68 is fantastic. It’s subtle- his voice is raspier, the set more bare-bones- like Try Me is flawless. This is bluesy in a pre-60’s way that I love

Third

Soft Machine

2/5

This is fine for a soundtrack. Or elevator music. The one song with lyrics/singing is Moon in June and it’s still to experimental to be what I’d call “enjoyable”. Pass.

Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs

Derek & The Dominos

3/5

On the fence

On The Beach

Neil Young

4/5

Ambulance blues might be my favorite neil young song I’d never heard. This album sounds like 2026

Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols

Sex Pistols

5/5

Tusk

Fleetwood Mac

3/5

Stevie. Enough said. And Storms is beautiful… but the album is missing something for me. Maybe it doesn’t feel as good as its individual parts.

All That You Can't Leave Behind

3/5

Solid songs by a solid band. U2 just never made more of an impression than solid for me.

Blood Sugar Sex Magik

Red Hot Chili Peppers

3/5

Yeezus

Kanye West

1/5

Didn’t want to give any $ or listens to this artist. Sampled a few 15-20 second clips to get the general vibe- I may have appreciated the electronic, sci-fi-influenced, mood if not for the histrionics of said artist. And I’m not referencing his bipolar although this also sounded immensely manic (“I am Jesus”).

John Prine

5/5

A Girl Called Dusty

Dusty Springfield

3/5

Enjoyed her soul influenced songs. I’ve always loved her cover of son on a preacher man for the same reason. This was a solid album by an interesting female singer of that era but not a fan of the bumble gum hits

Arise

Sepultura

2/5

It’s very cool that my brother knows the current singer of this band- Derrick Green- but speed/death metal is not my thing. I love punk and screamo and post-hardcore stuff but I just can’t access heavy metal. So I can’t really review this fairly…