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Album	You	Global	Diff
1984 Van Halen	5	3.49	+1.51
The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan Bob Dylan	5	3.62	+1.38
Life Thru A Lens Robbie Williams	4	2.73	+1.27
Vol. 4 Black Sabbath	5	3.74	+1.26
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road Elton John	5	3.92	+1.08
More Specials The Specials	4	2.95	+1.05

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
I’m a Lonesome Fugitive Merle Haggard	1	2.86	-1.86
(Pronounced 'Leh-'Nérd 'Skin-'Nérd) Lynyrd Skynyrd	2	3.74	-1.74
G. Love And Special Sauce G. Love & Special Sauce	1	2.73	-1.73
Surfer Rosa Pixies	2	3.5	-1.5
Heaven Or Las Vegas Cocteau Twins	2	3.4	-1.4
The Village Green Preservation Society The Kinks	2	3.4	-1.4
Endtroducing..... DJ Shadow	2	3.35	-1.35
Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim Frank Sinatra	2	3.27	-1.27
Spy Vs. Spy: The Music Of Ornette Coleman John Zorn	1	2.24	-1.24
Forever Changes Love	2	3.22	-1.22

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Spy Vs. Spy: The Music Of Ornette Coleman

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Vol. 4

Black Sabbath

5/5

Surprisingly good. Never would have chosen to listen to it but enjoyed and would listen to it again.

Heaven Or Las Vegas

Cocteau Twins

2/5

Never heard of them. Not offensive but would never choose to listen to again.

Surfer Rosa

Pixies

2/5

A little bit of Pixies is refreshing. A whole album not so much

Wild Is The Wind

Nina Simone

4/5

The voice! I knew none of these songs but was great to listen to. Should really explore more of Nina's back catalogue. It's not really my preferred listening genre but quality shines through.

(Pronounced 'Leh-'Nérd 'Skin-'Nérd)

Lynyrd Skynyrd

2/5

Yeah... It doesn't include their biggest hit so maybe another album to go in the list? It all seems a bit self indulgent 9 minute free bird. Meh really, didn't inspire.

Arrival

ABBA

4/5

You can't ding this. A couple of mega hits that even a 12 year old will recognise. Pure voice and harmonies. Even one song with one of the boys singing lead vocals. Seems so innocent. I had fun.

3 + 3

The Isley Brothers

3/5

Double album.... That's cheating! Funk version of "listen to the music" interesting. Late night groove. One album was probably enough. For an album called "3+3"I'm giving it a ..... "3"

The Last Broadcast

Doves

4/5

Good listen. I had it on in the background then went: hang on, I actually want to listen to this.

Spy Vs. Spy: The Music Of Ornette Coleman

John Zorn

1/5

Jazz but Jazz at 100 miles an hour. Not available on Spotify but found it on Youtube. Pity about the ads 'tho.

Rain Dogs

Tom Waits

3/5

Paranoid

Black Sabbath

3/5

The Black Sabbath you expected. One monster hit everyone knows and the rest in the same vein.

Cafe Bleu

The Style Council

3/5

Pleasant enough but didn't stand out to me.

Sulk

The Associates

2/5

David Bowie after a bad acid trip.

Endtroducing.....

DJ Shadow

2/5

I had not heard of DJ Shadow. According to Wikipedia this was revolutionary for it's time. It may well have been, but I can't see it now. I certainly don't remember it from when it was released. 5 million monthly listeners on Spotify apparently, but it's lost on me.

Life Thru A Lens

Robbie Williams

4/5

Absolute anthems, and some filler. Pretty good first album for a star.

Machine Gun Etiquette

The Damned

3/5

Punk lives. Enjoyable blast through a punk album I haven't heard before.

I’m a Lonesome Fugitive

Merle Haggard

1/5

Clearly country, clearly crap. I didn't listen to the whole album as I don't want the algorithm to decide that I really want to listen to Norwegian country music like it did a few years ago. It took 18 months or more to purge that out. Johnny Cash he aint.

Grace

Jeff Buckley

4/5

A little Jeff Buckley is amazing. An entire album was a little too much.

The Village Green Preservation Society

The Kinks

2/5

None of their biggest hits. Not unpleasant just not scintillating for me.

G. Love And Special Sauce

G. Love & Special Sauce

1/5

Remind me why I listened to this again? I missed it when it was released and I won't miss it now it's gone again. I don't think it has aged well.

The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan

5/5

Some of these songs are incredibly relevant today. Bob can't sing but he can sure write and get a message across.

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

Elton John

5/5

There is a reason Elton John has had such a long and successful career and that is quality. Absolute classic album. Many great songs.

Forever Changes

Love

2/5

It's not unpleasant but it didn't move me at all. Didn't get the vibes that some others seem to have taken from it.

First Band On The Moon

The Cardigans

4/5

Fleet Foxes

4/5

I quite enjoyed the harmonies and the voices. Lyrics perhaps not so outstanding

Darkdancer

Les Rythmes Digitales

3/5

And the Grammy goes to: the drum machine programmer. You do only need a driving bass line and a clever drum beat. Just one line of lyrics should do it. No real hits here but certainly some clever drum beats. I am kind of surprised no one has used some of these tracks as a basis for creating another track, or maybe they have and I am not familiar with it. I think Daft Punk did it better.

Greetings From L.A.

Tim Buckley

2/5

I think the best thing Tim did was beget Jeff. Both died too young. Jeff has the greater impact currently and after listening to this I can't see that changing.

Parklife

Blur

3/5

Just a couple of British lads knocking about and banging out a few tracks. Surprisingly there are lots more gentler tracks on the album that probably qualify as ballads. However I'm not sure what the om-pa-pa instrumental track is doing there? Did a street busker walk in, record a track and then leave and everybody else was too high to notice? I feel the quality of the tracks drops off after the well known ones.

Buenas Noches From A Lonely Room

Dwight Yoakam

2/5

What a misery guts. The first song is saying my life is shit and the only thing good about it is you. Then he's threatening to kill her if she's cheating. And then two songs about death. Now I may secretly have a few country tunes on my Spotify favourites but they are uplifting tunes not this profoundly depressing collection. I may have missed poor lyrics with other artists and just enjoyed the tune but here the lyrics can't be avoided. Somebody get him some Prozac.

Come Away With Me

Norah Jones

3/5

Great voice. Great album to listen to on a sleepy summer afternoon. Doesn’t inspire me much but in the right situation could be good.

Go Girl Crazy

The Dictators

3/5

They came, they had big hair, they didn't take themselves seriously (I hope) and sounds like they had fun. Worth a listen but unlikely a repeat performance.

Blood Sugar Sex Magik

Red Hot Chili Peppers

3/5

Rio

Duran Duran

4/5

3 Big hits from the album. All music I remember although I wasn’t much into it at the time. Could probably still be played on the dance floor.

L'Eau Rouge

The Young Gods

2/5

It must be hard to sing heavy songs in French, but here we are. NFI what they are singing about as I know little French. I didn’t mind the orchestral bits. One word to summarise: oubliette.

Unknown Pleasures

Joy Division

3/5

Some flames burn out too soon. Lead singer Ian Curtis didn't get to the magical age of 27 before his unfortunate death, he might be more famous. I think this album is here because of the stage of musical history it represents. I would rather listen to their second album but this was interesting. Let's dance to Joy Division.

Adele

3/5

Songs played everywhere so instantly recognisable. This was a massive record in it's time. The voice is impeccable but the tracks are a bit vanilla. Now I love vanilla but something outside the comfort zone might be nice. And at 25 can you really reminisce about "when we were young"? Not exactly groundbreaking stuff.

The Sun Rises In The East

Jeru The Damaja

3/5

In the absence of clever rhymes or a truly memorable beat I find it hard to rate hip hop. Nothing here that memorable but I didn't find it unpleasant. I might not be good judge however.

Ritual De Lo Habitual

Jane's Addiction

3/5

I've been critical of albums that have 10 songs and it's hard to tell where one song stops and the next starts. This album could never be accused of that fault. Loud raucous, but with some softer moments. I'm sure they would have been a blast to see live.

Hunky Dory

David Bowie

3/5

I'm a sucker for a good piano tune. Many of these tracks feature the piano (at around the time Elton John was getting popular). Guitar features on the other tracks. Two massive hits on the record but with three tracks praising other popular figures of the time (Andy Wahol, Bob Dylan, Lou Reed - but not mentioned Lou by name) I feel it is lyrically clutching at straws a bit, while the music itself is a lot more solid. Tempted to give it a three but ultimately 4 for both of the well know hits. Nah changed my mind again 3.

1984

Van Halen

5/5

Hair metal from one of the best in the business. High energy. It sounds like they were having fun both writing and performing. Blistering guitar from Eddie Van Halen and yet on the biggest hit track (Jump) he plays synth. Guitar porn, drum porn and somewhat questionable lyrics by today's standards. I find VH more listenable to than other Hair Metal bands of the same time. I'll Wait is another synth driven anthem not guitar track but still driving drums. Many good tracks for me, but then this came out when I was in high school.

More Specials

The Specials

4/5

Beautiful cacophony of sound Bit of a soft spot for ska. Enjoyed it.

The Cars

3/5

First three songs well known (at least to me). Gets a bit darker and less upbeat after that "Good times Roll" as the high point. Different vocalist on the second half of the album contributes to this. 3.5.

Shalimar

Rahul Dev Burman

2/5

Umm.... No idea if this is good or not as I have no frame of reference for Indian music (Bollywood). Doesn't do anything for me. Interesting rhythms 'tho.

Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim

Frank Sinatra

2/5

Frank, Frank, Frank. Yes he has a rich melodious voice but could we speed it up just a little. Even lounge room on a lazy Sunday afternoon it is just a bit too soporific. I have listened to other albums by Frank on the list, but not through this generator, that I enjoyed more. Maybe it is just the passage of time since I last listened to Frank that has dulled the pain. Pass.