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Album	You	Global	Diff
Tommy The Who	5	3.3	+1.7
That's The Way Of The World Earth, Wind & Fire	5	3.5	+1.5
1999 Prince	5	3.59	+1.41
Beyond Skin Nitin Sawhney	4	2.76	+1.24
Off The Wall Michael Jackson	5	3.8	+1.2
Let It Bleed The Rolling Stones	5	3.8	+1.2
American IV: The Man Comes Around Johnny Cash	5	3.86	+1.14
Exodus Bob Marley & The Wailers	5	3.94	+1.06
At Folsom Prison Johnny Cash	5	3.96	+1.04

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Album	You	Global	Diff
Metallica Metallica	2	3.77	-1.77
The Modern Dance Pere Ubu	1	2.48	-1.48
More Songs About Buildings And Food Talking Heads	2	3.42	-1.42
Punishing Kiss Ute Lemper	1	2.4	-1.4
Ready To Die The Notorious B.I.G.	2	3.36	-1.36
Pornography The Cure	2	3.32	-1.32
Trout Mask Replica Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band	1	2.3	-1.3
The Chronic Dr. Dre	2	3.3	-1.3

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Johnny Cash	2	5

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Is This It - The Strokes, Indie Rock, 2001 - USA, 29.5.26 The Strokes' debut album is a energetic blend of old meets new - the grittiness and more DIY feel of an album you feel like you'd hear back in the booming days of 70s rock with the likes of The Doors, with a sprinkle of punk elements. Yet, lyrically in particular, the sound is modern, opening the doors to a new era of rock and indie in the 2000s, to the likes of The Libertines and Arctic Monkeys. I suppose, in essence, that's a definition of timeless. The overall sound is simple, but in a way that makes you want to listen closer. Lyrically, Casablancas talks of the lives, relationships and struggles of urban youth, namely in New York, but it's accessible enough that it immediately gave me flashbacks to the gritty adolescent shows of Channel 4 in its hayday - Skins, Misfits, Inbetweeners. Overall, this album just takes the awards for ~cool~.

Just because you can, doesn't necessarily mean that you should. Also, if an album requires SEVEN LISTENS for you to 'get it', that sounds more reminiscent of being tortured to the point of confessing to something you didn't do.