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The Birthday Party - Live 1981-82
91
There is no album that I can think of that better embodies the term "infernal". On the one hand, it's not much more than that - gothic imagery and bluesy riffs are occasionally strewn about, but in a manner complimenting the chaotic, wanton direction of the music itself. It feels often like there is no rhyme or reason in this album; the key word being "feels". Of course, the actually riffs and phrases are quite simple, just that they're complimented by Nick Cave's manic howl ... read more
Radiohead - The Bends
86
The first high-quality album by Radiohead, "The Bends" was an effort to match the ambition of Oasis while being entirely opposite in tone. The result is a reverby, post-britpot thing that's well in line with the work of head producer John Leckie, who most notably produced the Stone Roses' debut album. On the production team was Nigel Godrich, whom the band would collaborate with as a lead producer on every forthcoming release of theirs.

It's not nearly as heady as Radiohead's future ... read more

Dystopia - Human = Garbage
78
This happened to my buddy Eric
David Bowie - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
100
On paper, "Ziggy" isn't too far flung from other records around the same time that were most going for the same thing. And to put your finger on what exactly makes this album so different from anything else like it is taxing, especially as a self-proclaimed amateur critic who's supposed to be good at this sort of thing. However, listening to this album today is probably how it felt to hear the first wave of Beatles singles in 1963; that you might have heard something like this, but ... read more
Black Sabbath - Paranoid
100
Like with jazz, I've held a tenuous relationship with heavy metal over the years. I admire the diversity and complexity within the genre, but often metal records just fall on deaf ears when it comes to me and my listening experience. The difference largely being that where jazz often feels stuffy and overly academic, metal often feels raw in a disingenuous sort of way. That is to say, the "rawness" of the genre is so much a design philosophy that it often feels clinical and divorced ... read more

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Deleting a bunch of 100's again; I want to think more deeply about them before I assign that score to them.
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Rating Distribution

90-99
 
21

80-89
 
16

70-79
 
12

60-69
 
3

50-59
 
4

40-49
 
1

30-39
 

20-29
 
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10-19
 
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