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Album	You	Global	Diff
The ArchAndroid Janelle Monáe	5	3.45	+1.55
Five Leaves Left Nick Drake	5	3.46	+1.54
New Forms Roni Size	4	2.52	+1.48
D.O.A. the Third and Final Report of Throbbing Gristle Throbbing Gristle	3	1.88	+1.12

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Album	You	Global	Diff
New Wave The Auteurs	1	2.86	-1.86
The Stone Roses The Stone Roses	2	3.65	-1.65
Gorillaz Gorillaz	2	3.53	-1.53
War U2	2	3.47	-1.47
Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire) The Kinks	2	3.39	-1.39
Joan Armatrading Joan Armatrading	2	3.34	-1.34
Tanto Tempo Bebel Gilberto	2	3.07	-1.07

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Throbbing Gristle · 1 likes

3/5

Sure it's challenging, but it's no Merzbow.

1-Star Albums (1)

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Disintegration

The Cure

3/5

This is a difficult one, I like everything about the Cure except for their music. Don't like his voice, don't like the big 80s production. I can imagine if you were a disaffected teen in the late 80s this would hit hard. Didn't hate it, didn't love it. It was alright

Live And Dangerous

Thin Lizzy

4/5

First exposure outside of their biggest songs, and I'm genuinely surprised how good Thin Lizzy are.

Five Leaves Left

Nick Drake

5/5

I already knew this was a 5* album, today just confirmed it

War

2/5

I thought this was going to be one of those moments where you find out exactly why a massive band are actually so massive, because they did their best work before you were paying attention... But no. This was extremely average. There was one good song (great, actually) and the rest instantly forgotten. I concede that I pre-judged this album but in a boost to my ego, I was absolutely right to

This Is Fats Domino

Fats Domino

3/5

Six of these songs were unavailable, they've had 60 years to sort out any licensing issues... It was good, I enjoyed it but maybe the best songs were greyed out for me?

Live At The Harlem Square Club

Sam Cooke

4/5

It's such a shame they don't make them like this any more. Great performances all round, great energy, great tunes.

Kilimanjaro

The Teardrop Explodes

3/5

I enjoyed this more than I expected to.

The Stone Roses

2/5

Preface: I already hate this band. I really really tried to go into this open minded and give it a chance. It's just all so tepid. No emotion, no power, no performance. Faux-meaningful drivel for lyrics. I can imagine that if you were a baggy-trousered mancunian in the early 90s, this would hit like crack. But times have moved on and so should we.

New Forms

Roni Size

4/5

Never heard this before, but obviously knew the name. Really really enjoyed it. Wasn't expecting any dnb on this journey if I'm honest. This is the first "I will listen to this again" album I've had so far

Adele

4/5

I feel like a wine girly whose deadbeat boyfriend just broke up with her except I still love him deep down. Imagine having a perfectly fine 3* album and having the confidence to put Someone Like You at the very end of it.

Let's Stay Together

Al Green

3/5

This was fine, I enjoyed it. There were some great songs

Live At The Regal

B.B. King

3/5

My first thought was "He sounds so young! I had never considered that BB King was actually ever young". In enjoyed it, it was good

Tanto Tempo

Bebel Gilberto

2/5

I didn't particularly enjoy this, I don't think it was really for me.

New Wave

The Auteurs

1/5

HATED this. Cannot stand this genre of voice. It sounds like it's difficult for him to sing. It sounds like he's trying to sing while someone is stood on his chest. If your voice is like that, you have no business being a singer. Couldn't even listen to the music. Simply dreadful. Sorry.

At Mister Kelly's

Sarah Vaughan

3/5

Surprisingly great album. I've never heard of Sarah Vaughan before but what a voice

The ArchAndroid

Janelle Monáe

5/5

LOVED this. Finished it and immediately put it straight back on. So rich and imaginative, I love a concept album and this grabbed me from the start.

Innervisions

Stevie Wonder

3/5

A good album with no hits.

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

Throbbing Gristle

3/5

Sure it's challenging, but it's no Merzbow.

Medúlla

Björk

2/5

Not the best bjork album by a long way. Definitely interesting due to the acapella gimmick but ... Not for me thanks

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

The Kinks

2/5

This was alright. It wasn't bad but I'm not a fan of the Kinks - I don't like his voice. Same issue as usual, if you push through your diaphragm it'll sound much better. Someone should have told him that I guess.

Green River

Creedence Clearwater Revival

4/5

I've listened to a lot of CCR, but never a whole album. I find it really interesting how an album can be this good, then you read "it's one of three albums they put out in that year". Incredible

Wild Wood

Paul Weller

3/5

I enjoyed this, maybe I started to understand the Weller hype. Not enough to get one of Those haircuts. You can really hear the genesis of britpop

Gorillaz

2/5

Ok first of all, there is no way this came out in 2001, that's not possible. This was OK, I'm surprised I didn't get into it at the time. It ran out of ideas towards the end though

Virgin Suicides

Air

3/5

I enjoyed this, but it being a soundtrack to a movie I haven't seen, I felt like I wasn't getting the whole picture. Less electronic than I was expecting, and a lot less French

The Number Of The Beast

Iron Maiden

4/5

One of the most important albums in heavy metal, still sounds good 40 odd years later. A few dips in quality here and there but the highs are so high

Joan Armatrading

2/5

Great singer, great songwriter. This was a bit boring for me though

Odelay

Beck

3/5

I didn't get this at the time, and I'm still not sure I do. It's ok but it's just a bit dull. Outside of the (iconic) production, are there good songs here? Not really.

Screamadelica

Primal Scream

3/5

I pre-judged this album but I was wrong to. It was actually pretty good. I lost interest towards the end but this album was easy better than I expected.

Life Thru A Lens

Robbie Williams

3/5

Incredibly, despite how ubiquitous the singles off this album are, I have never heard a single album track off it. This was pretty good, better than I thought, but you can really see how much Robbie wanted to be Liam Gallagher

Van Halen

3/5

Eddie van Halen was the first to ever do it, and still the best? Probably. Iconic guitar sound, can't stand the singer. Some great songs, some not so great.

Eliminator

ZZ Top

3/5

This was one of the 3 CDs we had when we first got a CD player so I have very fond memories of it. It's funny to read how it was originally panned due to the extensive use of synthesisers, because when I was young, this was as rock n roll as anything could be; guitars, cars, beards and babes. Still enjoyed it today