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Album	You	Global	Diff
Songs For Swingin' Lovers! Frank Sinatra	5	3.52	+1.48
The Score Fugees	5	3.69	+1.31
Gold Ryan Adams	4	2.84	+1.16

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Album	You	Global	Diff
Blue Joni Mitchell	1	3.5	-2.5
Bookends Simon & Garfunkel	2	3.56	-1.56
Fear Of Music Talking Heads	2	3.47	-1.47
The ArchAndroid Janelle Monáe	2	3.45	-1.45
Made In Japan Deep Purple	2	3.29	-1.29
Deloused in the Comatorium The Mars Volta	2	3.19	-1.19
Pump Aerosmith	2	3.11	-1.11
Coles Corner Richard Hawley	2	3.03	-1.03
Sister Sonic Youth	2	3.02	-1.02

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Funeral

Arcade Fire · 1 likes

4/5

Bringing back early 2000s vibe. Hard to believe this album is over 20 years old! There are some great songs on this one. 7.75/10 Top song Rebillion

Vol. 4

Black Sabbath · 1 likes

4/5

I have never listened to a whole Black Sabbath album before and actually really enjoyed this one. I had no idea they were the ones who originally performed the song "changes". 8/10 Top song Supernaut

1-Star Albums (2)

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

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American IV: The Man Comes Around

Johnny Cash

4/5

Great album. 7.5 out of 10.

The Downward Spiral

Nine Inch Nails

4/5

Absolutely GREAT!! 8.5 OUT OF 10.

Coat Of Many Colors

Dolly Parton

3/5

Good but sounds the same throughout.

The White Album

Beatles

4/5

Very Good. Highlights of the album: Rocky Raccoon Back in the USSR Ob-La-De... 8.75/10

Led Zeppelin

4/5

Solid front to back. 8/10 Top songs Dazed and Confused Black Mountain Slide How Many More Times

Lady Soul

Aretha Franklin

5/5

8.75 fantastic album! Best songs Chain of fools Natural women Come back baby

Made In Japan

Deep Purple

2/5

Not my favorite. 5.5/10 Best songs Smoke on the water Highway star

Figure 8

Elliott Smith

3/5

Great beginning but drags on. 7/10 Best songs Son of sam Somebody I used to know Everything reminds me of her

Sister

Sonic Youth

2/5

I understand why it was popular as it was a completely new sound for the time it came out. However, it is not something I would voluntarily listen to again. No real top songs. 4.5/10

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

Throbbing Gristle

1/5

My wife walked in and said "what the hell are you listening to?"during the first track. Very dissident style of music. Very progressive for the time frame and probably did help other bands find their voice. I liked it more and more I listened to it. Top songs Ab/7a Weeping 4.5/10

Come Away With Me

Norah Jones

3/5

Would be good if you were sitting at a coffee shop somewhere. Pretty average. 6/10 Top songs: Don't know why Lonestar Come away with me Nightengale

Queen II

Queen

3/5

Very Queen album. They are one of the best harmonizers ever to play. It is good, but I probably will not listen to it again after today. 6.5/10 Top songs The loser in the end The march of the black queen

In A Silent Way

Miles Davis

4/5

Great album. Huge Miles Davis fan. Very relaxing for a weekend morning. 7.5/10

Blue

Joni Mitchell

1/5

Just a person trying to change as many octaves as she can for 36 minutes. Ugh will never listen to this one again. 2/10 (and that is me being nice)

Bookends

Simon & Garfunkel

2/5

Very average album. I like S&G but not this one. Highlights... Mrs Robinson America 4.5/10

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Gang Of Four

4/5

One of my favorite albums so far (15 albums in). A great bridge between the late 70s and the earlier 80s. I will definitely listen to this one again. 8.0/10. Top songs: All of them

Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul

Otis Redding

4/5

All the songs are great on this one. Second only to Sam Cooke. 8.5/10 Favorite song I've been loving you too long

Dust

Screaming Trees

3/5

90s nostalgia. I am honestly surprised I didn't own this album in 1996. It is fine, but nothing special 5.5/10

Disintegration

The Cure

4/5

I am probably on an island here, but this album is great. There are so many great songs and if I was a goth kid in the early 90s, I would have eaten this up. Still my favorite cure album of all time. Best listen if you have some old school headphones. 8.1/10 Favorite song Lovesong But don't sleep on pictures of you or any of the other classics on this album.

Coles Corner

Richard Hawley

2/5

Haunting voice and overall ambience. I didn't hate it but didn't love it either. 4.5/10 Top song Just like the rain

...Baby One More Time

Britney Spears

2/5

I mean what the hell do you say about this? When this was released was this what Don McLean was talking about? I remember when this album took over TRL, and you could tell the music we loved was over. I can't give this album a 1 because of its cultural significance. So 3.5/10 seems generous enough. Top song Ummmm I guess... baby one more time

Power In Numbers

Jurassic 5

4/5

Smart, tight and all 90s rap! Reminds me a lot of A Tribe Called Quest. I would definetly listen to this again. Also the amount of sampling is on a beastie boys level. 8/10 Favorite song A day at the races

The Score

Fugees

5/5

Lauryn, Wycleaf, and Praz are masterful on this one. Not much else to say. 8.75/10 Top song Sucker for the cover of no woman no cry.

Van Halen

3/5

Where to begin? They are very talented, but it feels really disjointed. I think I was a tad too late to the hair metal scene and I wished I liked this more. 7.25/10 Top song On Fire

Roots

Sepultura

2/5

I am not sure how you can scream like that and not lose your voice. The music is not bad, but I can't handle that type of screaming. 4.25/10 Favorite song Jasco Itsari

Heroes

David Bowie

3/5

David Bowie is a huge influence on most the bands I listen to do I enjoyed this album. The only song I really know was heroes but the rest was OK. 6.5/10 seems fair. Best song Heroes (obviously)

The Beach Boys Today!

The Beach Boys

4/5

Such a fun/great album. So much fun to listen to. This is right on the border between a 4 or 5 for me. 7.5/10 Top song Help me Rhonda

Gold

Ryan Adams

4/5

One of my favorite albums from my youth. Listened to this multiple times during and it still is good today. 8.75/10 Top song... Gonna make you love me

Funeral

Arcade Fire

4/5

Bringing back early 2000s vibe. Hard to believe this album is over 20 years old! There are some great songs on this one. 7.75/10 Top song Rebillion

Violator

Depeche Mode

3/5

This is a solid late 80s/early 90s album. I have never listened to the Depeche Mode much and I knew more songs on this one than I thought. 7.0/10 Top song Enjoy the Silence

Songs For Swingin' Lovers!

Frank Sinatra

5/5

Classic voice, Classic Album. 9.25/10 Top song You Make Me Feel So Young

The ArchAndroid

Janelle Monáe

2/5

She has talent, no doubt. Just not my demographic. Tried to listen to it two times through, but couldn't make it the second time. 4.3/5 Top song Dance or die

Aftermath

The Rolling Stones

4/5

I listened to the link which was the UK version and really enjoyed it. The US version has paint it black on it, but I liked the UK version better. 7/10 for us, 9/10 for UK. So I guess 8/10

Solid Air

John Martyn

4/5

I cannot believe I have never listened to this before. Very good relaxing music and the songs are fun to relax to. 7.5/10 Top song Over the hill

Fear Of Music

Talking Heads

2/5

Interesting listen. I really liked a couple of songs, but the other songs were very odd. I like some of the talking heads songs, but his voice wears on me for a whole album. 5.5/10 Top song I Zimbra

Elvis Presley

3/5

What to say about Elvis??? His music is about as important as Britney Spears was detrimental to what we hear now. Did he or his agent steal black music to make money off of it, most likely. But he is a very significant person to the sixties and seventies sound Solid album. 7.5/10 Top song Just because

Darkdancer

Les Rythmes Digitales

2/5

Average 90s techno. That is all. 3.5/10 Top song I guess... Jacques your body makes me sweat

Vol. 4

Black Sabbath

4/5

I have never listened to a whole Black Sabbath album before and actually really enjoyed this one. I had no idea they were the ones who originally performed the song "changes". 8/10 Top song Supernaut

Pump

Aerosmith

2/5

I just don't get it or I am not very cool. Probably more of the second one. The guitar playing is really good but I can't get past Steven Tyler's voice. Feels like the same song over and over again. 4.5/10 Top song Young lust

Nebraska

Bruce Springsteen

4/5

Classic Bruce album. Raw and stripped down. There are a ton of good songs on this album. 7.75/10 Top song Atlantic city

Deloused in the Comatorium

The Mars Volta

2/5

It is fine. Nothing special and sounds like a lot of other albums being released at that time. 5/10 Top song Drunkship of lanterns

Highway to Hell

AC/DC

4/5

Great rock album. Not sure the first song is appropriate for Easter morning, but every song was a fun listen. 8.25/10 Top song Highway to hell (again I feel I need to mention Easter morning)