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Album	You	Global	Diff
Scream, Dracula, Scream Rocket From The Crypt	5	2.76	+2.24

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Album	You	Global	Diff
Blood On The Tracks Bob Dylan	1	3.66	-2.66
The Marshall Mathers LP Eminem	1	3.47	-2.47
Supa Dupa Fly Missy Elliott	1	2.92	-1.92
Let It Bleed The Rolling Stones	2	3.81	-1.81
Vincebus Eruptum Blue Cheer	1	2.8	-1.8
Vol. 4 Black Sabbath	2	3.75	-1.75
(Pronounced 'Leh-'Nérd 'Skin-'Nérd) Lynyrd Skynyrd	2	3.74	-1.74
Arise Sepultura	1	2.73	-1.73
Boston Boston	2	3.7	-1.7
Born In The U.S.A. Bruce Springsteen	2	3.69	-1.69

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Only By The Night

Kings of Leon · 1 likes

2/5

Cannae see past that weird vocal performance

The Genius Of Ray Charles

Ray Charles · 1 likes

2/5

Sounded a bit generic to be honest, particularly the big band stuff, which tended to swamp Ray I thought. The ballads on side B give more room for his voice/keys but were a bit dull.

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Hotel California

Eagles

2/5

All very safe and...pleasant. Lots of....pleasant harmonies. The orchestral reprise of Wasted Time was very....pleasant. Apart from the title track, nothing really grabbed hold. My father is a big fan of the Eagles...I am not.

Black Holes and Revelations

Muse

2/5

Pompous, effects-pedal-heavy nonsense, punctuated by random bits of opera, salsa, and spaghetti western, among (many) others. Most of album tempo at 6.2km/h, coincidentally my treadmill walking speed, so that helped me plow through it.

Wild Is The Wind

Nina Simone

3/5

A voice to get lost in. Piano arrangements resonate in both senses of the word. Four Women is a highlight.

The Marshall Mathers LP

Eminem

1/5

Memememe. Long and exhausting.

Sticky Fingers

The Rolling Stones

3/5

Not a fan of Jagger's vocal stylings, and the white boy blues doesn't do it for me, but there are 3 or 4 classics on this which elevates it above mediocrity. Sister Morphine and You Gotta Move are highlights

Born In The U.S.A.

Bruce Springsteen

2/5

Nothing very memorable here other than the big singles. Felt like it hasn't aged well, as I was listening - a very 80s album.

Crime Of The Century

Supertramp

3/5

Prog-pop, fairly interesting. Some nice piano and saxophone interludes.

Lam Toro

Baaba Maal

2/5

Some of the juxtaposition of traditional instrumentation doesn't land well. Last song is just cringe.

They Were Wrong, So We Drowned

Liars

1/5

I can't think what mood or environment I would need to be in to want to listen to this again, but I'm glad I did.

Shaft

Isaac Hayes

3/5

At Folsom Prison

Johnny Cash

3/5

Young Americans

David Bowie

3/5

American Beauty

Grateful Dead

2/5

Smile

Brian Wilson

3/5

Bonkers, like it.

Scream, Dracula, Scream

Rocket From The Crypt

5/5

The best 1, 2, 3 start to an album.

Stand!

Sly & The Family Stone

3/5

Debut

Björk

4/5

The La's

2/5

Bringing It All Back Home

Bob Dylan

2/5

Dylan goes electric. Lively. Not as unbearable as his acoustic mumblings

Vol. 4

Black Sabbath

2/5

Fell asleep. Some manic drum fills woke me up.

Fulfillingness' First Finale

Stevie Wonder

2/5

A bit "nicer" than some of the other early 70s albums, i.e. duller.

From Elvis In Memphis

Elvis Presley

3/5

Clube Da Esquina

Milton Nascimento

3/5

Surprisingly interesting, if a little long, would listen again.

Maverick A Strike

Finley Quaye

2/5

Surrealistic Pillow

Jefferson Airplane

3/5

The Dark Side Of The Moon

Pink Floyd

4/5

Deep Purple In Rock

Deep Purple

3/5

Never appreciated the obvious line connecting this and early Iron Maiden/Motorhead. No bad.

This Year's Model

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

3/5

Le Tigre

2/5

Herky- jerky, shouty, femi-pop. S'awright.

Only By The Night

Kings of Leon

2/5

Cannae see past that weird vocal performance

Music for the Masses

Depeche Mode

3/5

Wish You Were Here

Pink Floyd

3/5

A Walk Across The Rooftops

The Blue Nile

3/5

Surprised how much I enjoyed this, much more complex than I expected.

Deja Vu

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

3/5

This has got a bit of everything, reflecting, I guess, the disparate personalities of the four protagonists at the time. Didn't know Our House was a Graham Nash song....I know nothing about music!

Tonight's The Night

Neil Young

2/5

Some nice understated pedal steel and wonky-tonk piano. I can appreciate the looseness, but a bit too rough and raggedy to fully engage.

The Genius Of Ray Charles

Ray Charles

2/5

Sounded a bit generic to be honest, particularly the big band stuff, which tended to swamp Ray I thought. The ballads on side B give more room for his voice/keys but were a bit dull.

Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire)

The Kinks

3/5

Not as interesting as the Beatles' White Album, but a valiant effort. More harpsichord, which is nice.

Synchronicity

The Police

3/5

Game of two halves. Side one is mostly forgettable, side two is full of hooky singles.

Arise

Sepultura

1/5

Chugga chugga growl wiggly wiggly chugga chugga growl...repeat ad nauseum

Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret

Soft Cell

3/5

Very dirty. I liked it more than I wanted to.

Sea Change

Beck

3/5

Enjoyed the blend of traditional countrified acoustic guitars with synths and spacey effects. Strong 3.5

Low

David Bowie

3/5

Before And After Science

Brian Eno

3/5

NEU! 75

Neu!

4/5

Nowhere

Ride

4/5

Licensed To Ill

Beastie Boys

4/5

(Pronounced 'Leh-'Nérd 'Skin-'Nérd)

Lynyrd Skynyrd

2/5

Probably a 2.5 - 2 or 3 stonkers, plus Freebird, but a few bluesy run-of-the-mill snoozers too.

Supa Dupa Fly

Missy Elliott

1/5

"Groundbreaking masterpiece" they said. Maybe the intervening decades have diluted that fact, but it sounds like myriad others of its ilk to my, admittedly untrained ears. I was reminded of James Franco's fabulously ridiculous character in Spring Break - "look at all ma sheeeit" - as I so depressingly often am when listening to this shite. And why are the albums always so damn long - say what you need to in 40 minutes and f-off.

Scissor Sisters

3/5

Here Come The Warm Jets

Brian Eno

3/5

Darkness on the Edge of Town

Bruce Springsteen

2/5

Did nobody in America work until Brucie left school

Pornography

The Cure

2/5