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Album	You	Global	Diff
Fetch The Bolt Cutters Fiona Apple	5	3.2	+1.8
Marquee Moon Television	5	3.5	+1.5
Low David Bowie	5	3.54	+1.46
Songs From The Big Chair Tears For Fears	5	3.75	+1.25
The Stranger Billy Joel	5	3.86	+1.14

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Appetite For Destruction Guns N' Roses	1	3.71	-2.71
Apocalypse Dudes Turbonegro	1	2.89	-1.89
Nick Of Time Bonnie Raitt	1	2.84	-1.84
Apple Venus Volume 1 XTC	1	2.84	-1.84
So Peter Gabriel	2	3.53	-1.53
Songs For Swingin' Lovers! Frank Sinatra	2	3.52	-1.52
Green R.E.M.	2	3.47	-1.47
Third Soft Machine	1	2.45	-1.45
Different Class Pulp	2	3.42	-1.42
En-Tact The Shamen	1	2.42	-1.42

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Parallel Lines

Blondie

4/5

Already love this album, incredible first pull for me. I think Eat to the Beat is better, but this one has all their original hits

Either Or

Elliott Smith

4/5

The OG indie sad boy. I used to love his stuff back in High School, but find it harder to relate now that I'm in my 30s. That said, still lots of great tracks on this and I kinda love how tinny his vocals sound. It's got a charm to it

Exodus

Bob Marley & The Wailers

3/5

The middle class white burnouts from my High School made me dislike Reggae back in the day cause they were so annoying about it. I'm still not super in to the genre, the repetitive rhythms and consistent slow tempo just doesn't do it for me right now, but Marley has a great voice and there are some amazing melodic moments throughout the album, and the last 3 tracks are undeniable all-time classics

Darkness on the Edge of Town

Bruce Springsteen

4/5

Nobody beats the boss except the boss himself. Great album, but I like Nebraska more

Marquee Moon

Television

5/5

The title track alone makes this a 10/10 for me and all the other songs are just an extra treat along the way

Rubber Soul

Beatles

4/5

It's got a couple of my Beatles favorites but their later output is miles ahead of Rubber Soul. Everything they do hear they improve on in Revolver in particular.

Second Toughest In The Infants

Underworld

2/5

Techno just ain't really my thing. It had its moments, but 15 minute songs shouldn't be this repetitive.

Different Class

Pulp

2/5

Pretty bog standard Brit Pop. Common People is a banger and Disco 2000 is pretty fun, but didn't do much for me otherwise.

Fetch The Bolt Cutters

Fiona Apple

5/5

I mean, come on

The Idiot

Iggy Pop

4/5

One of my favorite albums of all time. Can't give it a 5 cause Tiny Girls is fuckin' indefensible.

Songs For Swingin' Lovers!

Frank Sinatra

2/5

Frank Sinatra existed to soundtrack movies set in New York. I'm not really interested in listening to jazz crooners outside of that context.

Synchronicity

The Police

3/5

Loved this album as a kid when my family would play it during long car rides. It's still got some bangers on it, but really feels like a product of its time.

The Next Day

David Bowie

2/5

God I pray this isn't anybody's introduction to Bowie. The worst Bowie is still better than a lot of other music, but fuck, this doesn't even break in to his own top 10. Makes no sense this album is on the list.

We Are Family

Sister Sledge

3/5

My brothers and I would have "disco fights" in our garage when we were kids. We'd play a disco hits CD, turn on a strobe light and bubble machine and then just absolutely wail on each other. We Are Family was one of the songs featured on the compilation CD. That nostalgia made me really enjoy this record.

Disintegration

The Cure

3/5

It has its highlights, but I'm just not super in the mood for a slow, vibey, reverb heavy album right now. Especially not one that's over an hour long. I'll relisten someday when I think it will click with me more.

The Pleasure Principle

Gary Numan

4/5

Absolutely rules. Synth rock at its finest.

Emergency On Planet Earth

Jamiroquai

2/5

I don't know, it was alright. Didn't do much for me.

The Stranger

Billy Joel

5/5

Back to back, non stop, no skip bangers.

Clube Da Esquina

Milton Nascimento

4/5

This is the kind of album that I love this list for. Never would have known about this album otherwise. It's got such a huge variety of sounds, from folky to psychedelic. It was a very fun ride.

Every Picture Tells A Story

Rod Stewart

2/5

I like Rod Stewart's raspy voice and the jangly piano, but at the end of the day it's just a 70s rock album and there are artists from the era that I like a lot more

Nick Of Time

Bonnie Raitt

1/5

My brain can't fathom this one being a must listen. I appreciate the broad genre coverage, but it's just so God damn dull. I love Bonnie's voice, but the music does absolutely nothing for me.

Black Holes and Revelations

Muse

3/5

Yeah it's fine. Knight of Cydonia was fun when I heard it for the first time on Guitar Hero 3. They're basically covering the same ground as Radiohead from OK Computer to Amnesiac. It's fine, but I'd rather just be listening to Radiohead.

Mermaid Avenue

Billy Bragg

3/5

Don't really have much to say on this one. I think both Wilco and Billy Bragg have done much better work than this.

Shleep

Robert Wyatt

2/5

Green

R.E.M.

2/5

I don't know, it's fine. I have no drive to ever listen to it again.

Appetite For Destruction

Guns N' Roses

1/5

Stupid cock rock or songs I've heard a million times at sporting events

The Sun Rises In The East

Jeru The Damaja

3/5

Pretty fun, some great beats and production throughout, but doesn't reach the same heights as other East Coast Hip Hop albums of the era. I definitely did not need to hear this before I die

The Rising

Bruce Springsteen

2/5

Only someone from New Jersey would believe this was going to heal us after 9/11

Songs From The Big Chair

Tears For Fears

5/5

Banger. I'd only ever heard Tears for Fears on soundtracks or in commercials. All the songs between the hits absolutely rule too.

Third

Soft Machine

1/5

Some of the most self-indulgent bullshit I've ever listened to. There is some prog I absolutely love, but this ain't it.

Psychocandy

The Jesus And Mary Chain

3/5

I appreciate the groundwork it laid for shoegaze that I enjoy a lot more, but it's pretty harsh on the ears and none of the songs are remarkable enough to have me wanting to come back and listen more.

Deja Vu

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

4/5

My only critique is that it's too short

Tea for the Tillerman

Cat Stevens

4/5

I had a weird obsession in college when I discovered Wild World. I listened to it over and over again for months. Drove my roommate insane. And now here I am finally listening to the whole album and Wild World isn't even the best track on it. Pretty great album, I love a quick listen.

Home Is Where The Music Is

Hugh Masekela

3/5

Not huge in to jazz, but I'm kinda digging this one.

Apple Venus Volume 1

XTC

1/5

Aging punk/ new wave rockers try to stay relevant by releasing their "sophisticated" orchestrated rock album. Instead, they make shit from a butt and some pretentious Brit who grew up in the golden age of bands like XTC tries to convince me their swan song albums from the late 90s are actually awesome and I can't die satisfied without hearing it. Trust me, bro, the oompah horns are actually so good, bro.

Peter Gabriel

2/5

Such a product of the 80s. Sounds so dated and corny. I really like Peter Gabriel's voice, but the music and production just doesn't do anything for me. Sledgehammer is such an annoying song and I don't believe people would remember it the way that they do without the admittedly very awesome music video. Giving it 2 stars for This is the Picture (Excellent Birds) cause it was actually a pretty cool song.

Apocalypse Dudes

Turbonegro

1/5

So fuckin lame

Low

David Bowie

5/5

Not my favorite from Bowie, but possibly his best. I don’t have much to say, the album just rules and I give it 10 or so listens a year.

American IV: The Man Comes Around

Johnny Cash

3/5

En-Tact

The Shamen

1/5

The 90s were such a mistake, man

Get Rich Or Die Tryin'

50 Cent

3/5

Brings me back to my middle schools days. The dirty version of In Da Club came on at my 8th grade class and the DJ got immediately escorted out by the principal. There is some fun production, but as far as late 90s/ early 2000s rap goes, I’d rather listen to Jay-Z, Eminem, or DMX

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Talking Heads

4/5

The weakest of Talking Heads discography, but that’s hardly saying anything because the worst Talking Heads is still better than 90% of music. Psycho Killer is a stone cold banger and is the best indication of how awesome Talking Heads would become.

Abbey Road

Beatles

5/5

This albums quality and impact is undeniable. One of the few I’ve heard from this list so far that I genuinely think people should listen to before they die.