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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Fragile Yes	5	3.31	+1.69
The ArchAndroid Janelle Monáe	5	3.45	+1.55
Zombie Fela Kuti	5	3.46	+1.54
New Forms Roni Size	4	2.53	+1.47
The Joshua Tree U2	5	3.66	+1.34
A Grand Don't Come For Free The Streets	4	2.67	+1.33
Odessa Bee Gees	4	2.72	+1.28
American Idiot Green Day	5	3.76	+1.24
The Sounds Of India Ravi Shankar	4	2.85	+1.15
Destroy Rock & Roll Mylo	4	2.89	+1.11

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
...And Justice For All Metallica	2	3.43	-1.43
Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea PJ Harvey	2	3.38	-1.38
Rust In Peace Megadeth	2	3.24	-1.24
Pink Flag Wire	2	3.21	-1.21
Rid Of Me PJ Harvey	2	3.11	-1.11
Scum Napalm Death	1	2.07	-1.07
Sister Sonic Youth	2	3.02	-1.02
Car Wheels On A Gravel Road Lucinda Williams	2	3	-1

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Artist	Albums	Average
Aretha Franklin	2	5

5-Star Albums (11)

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Exodus

Bob Marley & The Wailers · 9 likes

4/5

I feel like I get a contact high just from listening to this album.

Protection

Massive Attack · 9 likes

4/5

Baby making music.

Fleet Foxes

Fleet Foxes · 7 likes

4/5

An album for simpler days, quite beautiful.

A Hard Day's Night

Beatles · 4 likes

5/5

Great stuff.

Bad

Michael Jackson · 2 likes

4/5

*Not* bad. It's good. Very good.

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The ArchAndroid

Janelle Monáe

5/5

Concept album, very neat!

Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space

Spiritualized

4/5

Reminds me of The Verge + Beatles. Cool use of orchestra and rock harmonica!

Rust Never Sleeps

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

3/5

Got some Bob Dylan vibes, not a ton of variety, but a nice album.

The Man Machine

Kraftwerk

3/5

Sounds like what Daft Punk heard and wanted to make more exciting. Also some LCD Soundsystem vibes.

Rid Of Me

PJ Harvey

2/5

Gritty, reminds me a bit of Courtney Barnett. Not my favorite, but well made.

Franz Ferdinand

4/5

Nice rock.

Fever To Tell

Yeah Yeah Yeahs

3/5

Good rock, good to hear female lead.

Armed Forces

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

3/5

He sounds like a frog, but fun jams.

The Bends

Radiohead

5/5

One of my favorite Radiohead albums. Solid rock and catchy hooks.

Thriller

Michael Jackson

4/5

Classic.

Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea

PJ Harvey

2/5

A bit too grungy and atonal for me. Tom Yorke featured track 7 wasn't too bad, and the intro to track 11.

Nebraska

Bruce Springsteen

3/5

Sad, but beautiful.

...And Justice For All

Metallica

2/5

Not a great Monday morning album, but I do appreciate it.

New Forms

Roni Size

4/5

Cool vibes, a little on the experimental side for me, but would be good background jams for a hangout.

Protection

Massive Attack

4/5

Baby making music.

Hounds Of Love

Kate Bush

3/5

Cool concept album, I particularly like the B-side with the orchestra and choir, especially the Irish song.

Pretzel Logic

Steely Dan

4/5

Such good tonal mids on this album, and great tracks all around.

Transformer

Lou Reed

3/5

Goofier than I expected, but some great tracks.

The Cars

4/5

Great album, you can tell this inspired so many future rock bands. The mixing and mastering really is excellent, every track is polished and catchy.

Nevermind

Nirvana

5/5

Monumental album in rock.

Different Class

Pulp

4/5

Has some David Bowie and Talking Heads vibes, really like the two hits off the album, the rest was forgettable.

Car Wheels On A Gravel Road

Lucinda Williams

2/5

Better than most country, but got a little repetitive for me. Would be a nice driving album though.

Trans Europe Express

Kraftwerk

3/5

A little too repetitive for my taste (ironically) but it makes good background working music.

Aja

Steely Dan

3/5

Nice.

Ocean Rain

Echo And The Bunnymen

3/5

Pretty Okay!

Crime Of The Century

Supertramp

4/5

Great tunes.

Emperor Tomato Ketchup

Stereolab

4/5

Cool vibes, liked it more than I expected. Great background music.

Exodus

Bob Marley & The Wailers

4/5

I feel like I get a contact high just from listening to this album.

Sheet Music

10cc

3/5

Reminds me a bit of Of Montreal, and has the most sudden ending of an album I've ever heard. Not bad though!

Before And After Science

Brian Eno

3/5

Interesting, but a bit forgettable.

Ogden's Nut Gone Flake

Small Faces

3/5

Pretty fun, catchy tunes. Sounds of the era. Last track (B-side) is epic.

Scum

Napalm Death

1/5

Literally never listened to anything like this in my life. The vocals I cannot take seriously, but musically it is interesting.

Fleet Foxes

4/5

An album for simpler days, quite beautiful.

More Specials

The Specials

2/5

Kind of strange, not really my cup of tea, kind of goofy and bouncy.

Hot Rats

Frank Zappa

3/5

Way jazzier than I expected, this is a great album of jamming!

Wild Wood

Paul Weller

4/5

Got some Bruce Springsteen vibes, lots of nice chill rock grooves.

Butterfly

Mariah Carey

3/5

Very 90s, not bad.

Band On The Run

Paul McCartney and Wings

4/5

So many hits. Pretty damn good.

Slanted And Enchanted

Pavement

3/5

Very 90s alt-rock, nice jams if you want to be taken back to a time of Tony Hawk Pro Skater on PS1.

American Idiot

Green Day

5/5

One of my favorites, a great commentary and timeless rock sounds to bang your head along with.

L.A. Woman

The Doors

4/5

The groove are strong with this one.

Pink Flag

Wire

2/5

Sort of forgettable rock.

Beauty And The Beat

The Go-Go's

3/5

Some classic on this, pretty good.

The Slim Shady LP

Eminem

4/5

Brilliant and vulgar.

John Prine

3/5

Got some Dylan vibes.

Among The Living

Anthrax

2/5

Not my cup of tea, but had glimpses of Melody in places.

Odessa

Bee Gees

4/5

Got some nice Beatles vibes, and tons of great orchestral stuff.

Foo Fighters

4/5

Classic rock sounds of the 90s.

Let It Bleed

The Rolling Stones

4/5

Great.

Common

4/5

Really good beats and raps.

Slipknot

2/5

Not my cup of tea, but the production value is high.

Countdown To Ecstasy

Steely Dan

4/5

Great, clean, sparkly fun.

You Are The Quarry

Morrissey

3/5

Pretty OK.

The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn

Pink Floyd

4/5

Experimental, trippy, and weird, but in a delightful sort of way.

2112

Rush

4/5

Prog'Rock'n'Roll.

Kings Of The Wild Frontier

Adam & The Ants

2/5

A little weird, a lot eighties.

3 Years, 5 Months And 2 Days In The Life Of...

Arrested Development

3/5

90s hiphop at its best, cool beats, sometimes goofy lyrics.

Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde

The Pharcyde

3/5

From album cover easter egg (vagina) to catchy 90s beats, this is a good all around.

Imagine

John Lennon

3/5

Some great songs, but not the best of the Beatles.

Rejoicing In The Hands

Devendra Banhart

3/5

Nice gentle tones.

Rust In Peace

Megadeth

2/5

Better than most other metal, but still not my cup of tea.

To Pimp A Butterfly

Kendrick Lamar

4/5

Excellent.

Here, My Dear

Marvin Gaye

4/5

Sexy time.

Risque

CHIC

3/5

Funky classics.

Too Rye Ay

Dexys Midnight Runners

4/5

Got some classics on it, love the accents.

Destroy Rock & Roll

Mylo

4/5

Great techno, some cool chill tracks on there as well.

The Boatman's Call

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

3/5

Very mellow, and a bit sad.

Sister

Sonic Youth

2/5

Not great, I find it to be forgettable.

The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators

The 13th Floor Elevators

4/5

Not as trippy as expected, but still good!

The Low End Theory

A Tribe Called Quest

4/5

Great hip-hop.

Zombie

Fela Kuti

5/5

So good, great rhythms and beats.

Lady Soul

Aretha Franklin

5/5

Excellent album full of power ballads.

Ocean Rain

Echo And The Bunnymen

3/5

British rock vibes, not too bad, but not my favorite.

Basket of Light

Pentangle

3/5

Renaissance fair vibes, nice morning music.

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

Elton John

4/5

Like a dope rock opera.

Crime Of The Century

Supertramp

4/5

Great tunes.

Actually

Pet Shop Boys

3/5

Sounds like the 80s, not my favorite.

I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You

Aretha Franklin

5/5

Aretha is god.

Elvis Presley

3/5

The King.

Tusk

Fleetwood Mac

4/5

Pretty darn good, mastered quite well.

Nilsson Schmilsson

Harry Nilsson

4/5

Put da lime in da coconut.

Moving Pictures

Rush

4/5

Slappa da' bass man.

The Sounds Of India

Ravi Shankar

4/5

Very interesting introduction to Indian classic music!

Bad

Michael Jackson

4/5

*Not* bad. It's good. Very good.

LP1

FKA twigs

2/5

Interesting, but not really my vibe.

Superfly

Curtis Mayfield

4/5

Great and smooth jams.

Wish You Were Here

Pink Floyd

5/5

Great rock jams, and best ballad ever.

Cut

The Slits

2/5

Nice organic rhythms, but the vocals are a bit too strange for me. Track 9 and 11 are the best.

Led Zeppelin II

Led Zeppelin

4/5

Such a class, Tracks 1, 4, and 7 and my jams.

Live!

Fela Kuti

4/5

Great live jazz album, high energy.

Hearts And Bones

Paul Simon

3/5

Pleasant on the ears, some funny lyrics (eg. "cars are cars")

A Grand Don't Come For Free

The Streets

4/5

Great album, lots of middle school emo memories.

Fishscale

Ghostface Killah

3/5

Not as much my vibe, but I like the beats/production.

Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite

Maxwell

4/5

Great R&B.

Birth Of The Cool

Miles Davis

4/5

Great jazz

Music From The Penguin Cafe

Penguin Cafe Orchestra

3/5

Strange, reminds me of Brian Eno's work a little bit, good background sounds.

NEU! 75

Neu!

3/5

Great Monday morning album, timeless!

Blood On The Tracks

Bob Dylan

4/5

Wise words, pretty songs.

Talking Book

Stevie Wonder

4/5

Good vibes.

Nixon

Lambchop

3/5

Not bad, kind of forgettable.

Sweet Baby James

James Taylor

4/5

Calming jams.

Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots

The Flaming Lips

4/5

A great adventure into strange rock.

Hunky Dory

David Bowie

4/5

Very good.

Fragile

Yes

5/5

5/5, love these prog rock jams.

A Hard Day's Night

Beatles

5/5

Great stuff.

Soul Mining

The The

4/5

Neat!

L'Eau Rouge

The Young Gods

2/5

eh.

Spiderland

Slint

2/5

Will The Circle Be Unbroken

Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

3/5

Not too bad folk/country.

Deserter's Songs

Mercury Rev

3/5

Neat alt album, lots of Flaming Lips and some Phish vibes.

The Hissing Of Summer Lawns

Joni Mitchell

4/5

Very nice and calm.

At Newport 1960

Muddy Waters

4/5

Dat sweet blues

Station To Station

David Bowie

4/5

Great long tracks

Maggot Brain

Funkadelic

4/5

Nice rock and funky time

Machine Head

Deep Purple

3/5

Great rock, smooooke on the waaaahtaaah.

Let's Stay Together

Al Green

4/5

So full of soul.

Made In Japan

Deep Purple

3/5

The Joshua Tree

5/5

The greatest rock album of all time.