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Album	You	Global	Diff
Close To The Edge Yes	5	3.19	+1.81
Tapestry Carole King	5	3.91	+1.09

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Fear Of Music Talking Heads	2	3.47	-1.47
3 Feet High and Rising De La Soul	2	3.45	-1.45
Darkness on the Edge of Town Bruce Springsteen	2	3.41	-1.41
Rubber Soul Beatles	3	4.12	-1.12
Everything Must Go Manic Street Preachers	2	3.12	-1.12
Fishscale Ghostface Killah	2	3.05	-1.05

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PJ Harvey · 1 likes

4/5

First saw Polly Jean live in 2025 and this album has similar feeling to that show. Great range of styles from Big Exit to quieter more subdued The Mess We're In with Thom Yorke then back to harder Kamikazee and This is Love. Requires more than one listen to appreciate the lyrics.

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Rubber Soul

Beatles

3/5

Never been a Beatles fan. A mix of songs that must have been radio favoutites as I recognise them other hearing for first time. Seems like a bit of a mish mash of songs and styles. Where the hell did country sounding "What goes on" come from?

Kind Of Blue

Miles Davis

4/5

Not the usual chaotic music I associate with jazz which seems to be instruments fighting for thier place. This is very mellow and chilled, various instruments talking with each other not at each other. Evokes images of quiet bar or club sitting sipping drinks slowly with the music washing over me.

Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea

PJ Harvey

4/5

Guero

Beck

3/5

Found lyrics, other than incesent nah nahs, of E-Pro almost imcomprehensible. Top tracksfor me are Girl and Black Tambourine. Overall album is listenable but not one I would seek out.

Sunday At The Village Vanguard

Bill Evans Trio

4/5

Mood music. Smoke filled club large leather chairs sitting back very mellow mood sipping espresso martinis.

The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars

David Bowie

4/5

Five Years is a great opening. I have never heard album in entirity before but did recognise Starman and Ziggy Stardust. Suffragette City and Rock and Roll Suicide also favourite tracks. I have always liked listening to albums with a theme or common thread through them and this gave me that. Now added to Tidal favorites

Darkness on the Edge of Town

Bruce Springsteen

2/5

Lyrically the man can tell a story however I do not enjoy his voice. Musically certainly falls into soft/pop rock category. A couple of nice guitar riffs and sax solos.👍

The Atomic Mr Basie

Count Basie & His Orchestra

3/5

Hmm BigBand music not a favourite of mine. Other jazz took me places bit this was just back ground music.

L.A. Woman

The Doors

4/5

Very blues driven album. Been Down so Long and Cars Hissing by my Windows nice bluesy feel to it Love her madly, Riders on the Storm are classics. Hyacith house good.

Everything Must Go

Manic Street Preachers

2/5

I have heard of Manic Street Preachers before but do not recognise any of the songs. On first listen very unforgettable .

Close To The Edge

Yes

5/5

Ah my sort of music.

Fear Of Music

Talking Heads

2/5

Zimbra was such a promising opening but I found the rest of the album difficult to listen to. It became somewhat monotonous.

John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band

John Lennon

3/5

Glimpses of great songwriting talents on show but it seems John was very troubled during writing and making this album.

Fishscale

Ghostface Killah

2/5

Rap is not my thing but do have to admire the story telling and rhymes. Definately a drug culture theme. Much prefer Australian hip hop and rap.

Scum

Napalm Death

3/5

Like the music - great drums in particular but also guitar work. Also lyrically very good just not a fann of the screamo delivery.

3 Feet High and Rising

De La Soul

2/5

Listenable hip hop but once is enough

Before And After Science

Brian Eno

3/5

Your New Favourite Band

The Hives

4/5

I enjoyed the album, short fast and punchy. Have always found lead vocalist Howling Pelle's voice interesting, particularly on opening track.

Coat Of Many Colors

Dolly Parton

3/5

Not my prefered genre but have to admire songwriting and story telling in lyrics.

Os Mutantes

3/5

Interesting sounds but obviously lyrics not understood. More my style of sound than typical British and American pop and rock.

Headquarters

The Monkees

2/5

I was 8 when this record was released and watched the Monkees show on TV. Taste in music has changed a lot😊. This sounds very "manufactured". I am sure there were rooms of poor souls churning out lyrics and music for bands like The Monkees.

Dear Science

TV On The Radio

4/5

Interesting album. Similarities between each of the tracks enough to keep it interesting but still a common feel to the sound. No real outstanding tracks but overall a good listen.

Innervisions

Stevie Wonder

4/5

Very chill album. Nice beats and smooth piano. Stevie Wonder's voice is one of a kind.

Blur

3/5

Beetlebum great opener followed by Song 2 also a winner. Some tracks seem 'experimental' and I think the experiment failed. On Your Own became repetitive and boring.

Tapestry

Carole King

5/5

Love this album full of well known songs and even the lesser known tracks enhance the album. Amazing lyrics with great arrangement and wicked piano playing.