NMG Charts

“And mostly all I have to say about these songs is that I love them,
and want to sing along to them, and force other people to listen to them,
and get cross when these other people don’t like them as much as I do. ”
Nick Hornby (Author of High Fidelity)

Here is a running look at how the albums are stacking up from round to round. You can see how the two of us differ and align in terms of our base reactions to the albums, represented here on a scale of 1-10. So much of this music is close to our hearts and we are thrilled to highlight it through this project.

BLUE=HIS PINK=HERS GREEN=SHARED *ASTERIX=BEST OF SCORE

Round
Album
Score
R4 Aretha Franklin-Young Gifted And Black 1972 10
R3 Velvet Underground-1969 Live with Lou Reed 1974 9.5
R2 Jimi Hendrix-Axis Bold As Love 1967 9.5*
R2 Black Sabbath-Masters of Reality 1971 9.5
R1 The Doors-L.A. Woman 1968 9.5
R1 Johnny Cash-At Folsom Prison 1968 9.5
R2 Black Sabbath-Masters of Reality 1971 9
R2 Jimi Hendrix-Axis Bold As Love 1967 9*
R3 J.J. Cale-Troubador  1976 9
R3 Black Pearl-Self-Titled 1969 9
R4 John Lee Hooker-Urban Blues 1967 9
R4 Pretenders-Self Titled 1980 9
R2 R.L. Burnside-A Ass Pocket of Whiskey 1996 9
R1 Blue Cheer-Vincebus Eruptum 1968 9*
R1 James Brown-Revolution of the Mind 1971 9
R4 Pretenders-Self Titled 1980 8.5
R2 R.L. Burnside-A Ass Pocket of Whiskey 1996 8.5
R1 The Doors-L.A. Woman 1971 8.5*
R1 Blue Cheer-Vincebus Eruptum 1968 8.5
R4 The Black Keys-Rubber Factory 2004 8.5
R4 Roy Ayers-“Coffy” 1973 8.5
R3 Spencer Davis Group-I’m a Man 1967 8.5
R3 Jimmy McGriff-Groove Grease 1971 8.5
R2 Ten Years After-Undead 1968 8.5*
R1 Junior Wells-Southside Blues Jam 1969 8.5
R4 Aretha Franklin-Young Gifted And Black 1972 8
R4 John Lee Hooker-Urban Blues 1967 8
R3 Velvet Underground-1969 Live  with Lou Reed 1974 8
R3 Earth Quake-Self-Titled 1971 8
R3 Hydra-Self-Titled 1974 8*
R1 Johnny Cash-At Folsom Prison 1968 8
R4 Keef Hartley Band-Halfbreed 1968 8*
R4 Lee Michaels-Barrel 1970 8
R3 Average White Band-Show Your Hand 1973 8
R3 Hydra-Self-Titled 1974 8
R2 Billy Preston-Organ Transplant 1970 8
R2 The Electric Flag-A Long Time Comin’ 1968 8*
R1 Screamin’ Jay Hawkins-What It Is! 1969 8
R1 Eyes of Blue-Crossroads in Time 1968 8
R3 Captain Beefheart and Magic Band-Unconditionally Guaranteed 1974 7.5
R2 Ten Years After-Undead 1968 7.5
R2 Ultimate Spinach-Self-Titled 1968 7.5
R1 Eyes of Blue-Crossroads in Time 1968 7.5*
R4 Glass Prism-Poe Through the Glass Prism 1969 7.5
R3 Tower of Power-East Bay Grease 1970 7.5
R3 Earth Quake-Self-Titled 1971 7.5
R2 Bobby Bland-Dreamer 1974 7.5
R2 The Youngbloods-Earth Music 1967 7.5
R1 NRBQ-Scraps/Workshop 1971/1972 7.5
R4 Lee Michaels-Barrel 1970 7
R4 Roy Ayers-“Coffy” 1973 7
R3 Average White Band-Show Your Hand 1973 7
R3 Spencer Davis Group-I’m a Man 1967 7*
R1 NRBQ-Scraps/Workshop 1971/1972 7
R1 James Brown-Revolution of the Mind 1971 7
R4 The Runaways-Waitin’ for the Night 1974 7
R2 The Electric Prunes-Mass in F Minor 1968 7
R3 Captain Beefheart and Magic Band-Unconditionally Guaranteed 1974 7
R2 Ultimate Spinach-Self-Titled 1968 7*
R3 Jimmy McGriff-Groove Grease 1971 6.5
R2 The Youngbloods-Earth Music 1967 6.5
R2 The Electric Flag-A Long Time Comin’ 1968 6.5*
R2 Bobby Bland-Dreamer 1974 6.5
R1 Junior Wells-Southside Blues Jam 1969 6.5
R1 Screamin’ Jay Hawkins-What It Is! 1969 6.5
R4 Black Oak Arkansas-Self Titled 1971 6.5
R1 Percy Mayfield-Blues and Then Some 1971 6.5*
R2 Billy Preston-Organ Transplant 1970 6*
R1 Percy Mayfield-Blues and Then Some 1971 6
R1 Nico-Heroine Live Circa 1980 5
R1 Nico-Heroine Live Circa 1980 4