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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
The Visitors ABBA	5	3.2	+1.8
The Real Thing Faith No More	5	3.2	+1.8
Forever Changes Love	5	3.22	+1.78
That's The Way Of The World Earth, Wind & Fire	5	3.5	+1.5
Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots The Flaming Lips	5	3.57	+1.43
Franz Ferdinand Franz Ferdinand	5	3.57	+1.43
Brothers The Black Keys	5	3.58	+1.42
Band On The Run Paul McCartney and Wings	5	3.67	+1.33
Arise Sepultura	4	2.73	+1.27
Appetite For Destruction Guns N' Roses	5	3.74	+1.26

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Back At The Chicken Shack Jimmy Smith	1	3.39	-2.39
Songs From A Room Leonard Cohen	1	3.16	-2.16
Le Tigre Le Tigre	1	3.13	-2.13
Heartattack And Vine Tom Waits	1	3.07	-2.07
Maverick A Strike Finley Quaye	1	2.75	-1.75
Blood On The Tracks Bob Dylan	2	3.68	-1.68
The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan Bob Dylan	2	3.62	-1.62
Illinois Sufjan Stevens	2	3.5	-1.5
Parklife Blur	2	3.38	-1.38
Blue Lines Massive Attack	2	3.38	-1.38

5-Star Albums (11)

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The Stranger

Billy Joel

5/5

Just straight beautiful, catchy, well written songs

19 likes

Blood On The Tracks

Bob Dylan

2/5

tangled up in blue is a classic, rest is pretty much nondescript except vocals that rise up into a weird falsetto. Great song writing but otherwise not sure why Bob Dylan is so popular.

6 likes

Franz Ferdinand

5/5

really solid indie rock that I never thought to listen to before outside take me out

3 likes

Bummed

Happy Mondays

3/5

weird sound but a few good songs

3 likes

Court And Spark

Joni Mitchell

4/5

great full band and piano, riffs can be pretty fun to listen to

1 likes

1-Star Albums (5)

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Blood On The Tracks

Bob Dylan

2/5

tangled up in blue is a classic, rest is pretty much nondescript except vocals that rise up into a weird falsetto. Great song writing but otherwise not sure why Bob Dylan is so popular.

The Last Broadcast

Doves

3/5

good indie rock

Off The Wall

Michael Jackson

4/5

some iconic MJ hits, good classic pop

Le Tigre

1/5

100% not my style, weird pop/punk mix without interesting musical progressions

Music From Big Pink

The Band

2/5

don't feel any emotion from the music personally, feels like elevator music rather than energetic

The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars

David Bowie

3/5

good writing and guitar, but just no jams

Marquee Moon

Television

3/5

solid and interesting sound but nothing very memorable

Broken English

Marianne Faithfull

3/5

good new wave sound but vocals are a little rough

Garbage

4/5

great sounding but not connecting to the lyrics. overall super well done though

O.G. Original Gangster

Ice T

4/5

classic gangsta rap very well done

Electric Warrior

T. Rex

4/5

good style, bang a gong is fantastic but rest aren't as catchy

Court And Spark

Joni Mitchell

4/5

great full band and piano, riffs can be pretty fun to listen to

Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots

The Flaming Lips

5/5

trippy but sounds incredible

Rid Of Me

PJ Harvey

2/5

doesn't sound bad but not interesting

Hunky Dory

David Bowie

4/5

solid sound, changes is an absolute jam

A Girl Called Dusty

Dusty Springfield

3/5

good sound and voice with background instruments, nothing super memorable though

Abbey Road

Beatles

5/5

a classic with surprisingly more great songs than I expected

Band On The Run

Paul McCartney and Wings

5/5

band on the run and jet are all time classics, the rest is pretty solid with only a couple exceptions

Back At The Chicken Shack

Jimmy Smith

1/5

good sound but jazz sounds like background music personally, not very interesting couldn't finish

We Are Family

Sister Sledge

3/5

couple good listens, the song we are family is a classic

Sound Affects

The Jam

3/5

sounds alright but overall rather generic for the period

Connected

Stereo MC's

3/5

pretty much essential 90's, not bad but nothing great either

Nowhere

Ride

3/5

pretty much essential 90's, not bad but nothing great either

The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan

2/5

band is alright but his voice is just grating

Heartattack And Vine

Tom Waits

1/5

super slow and uninteresting

Songs From A Room

Leonard Cohen

1/5

super slow and uninteresting

Clube Da Esquina

Milton Nascimento

2/5

good sound but hard to get into personally without knowing the language

Frampton Comes Alive

Peter Frampton

3/5

pretty solid but really didn't like that they were all live versions 3/5

Unknown Pleasures

Joy Division

3/5

couple alright old school punk songs but overall rather forgettable

Roxy Music

3/5

couple decent songs but a lot of just noise

Appetite For Destruction

Guns N' Roses

5/5

peak classic rock

Illinois

Sufjan Stevens

2/5

I don't know why this is critically acclaimed the lyrics are very weird like who writes an album about Illinois

Aja

Steely Dan

3/5

good sound but maybe a little too chill, feels like I'm in a Panera

Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

Wilco

2/5

not very interesting or energetic

Aqualung

Jethro Tull

3/5

pretty good sound but not a lot of real jams

Stankonia

OutKast

4/5

pretty solid hip hop, started stronger than it finished, not a huge fan of the interludes

Among The Living

Anthrax

3/5

great guitar and drums but the singing had little musicality or interesting meaning

Here Are the Sonics

The Sonics

3/5

pretty solid but definitely dated, sound is a little dirty

Done By The Forces Of Nature

Jungle Brothers

4/5

pretty high quality hip hop

Faith

George Michael

4/5

smooth, chill, rather direct on topics but overall well done

Parklife

Blur

2/5

honestly expected more rather boring and just overall British more than any other unique style

Solid Air

John Martyn

2/5

jazz/folk just isn't my jam, couldn't get into most of the songs

Maverick A Strike

Finley Quaye

1/5

not very interesting or memorable, voice is just not good

Mama Said Knock You Out

LL Cool J

4/5

very solid overall, couple weird songs but definitely golden age hip hop

Forever Changes

Love

5/5

Bummed

Happy Mondays

3/5

weird sound but a few good songs

Isn't Anything

My Bloody Valentine

3/5

Not a bad sound but personally having terrible getting into it

The Visitors

ABBA

5/5

Definitely not what I expected, much sweeter and passionate tone than a lot of abba stuff because it feels more personal

Apocalypse 91… The Enemy Strikes Black

Public Enemy

4/5

really good hip hop, maybe a tad overly aggressive about certain issues

Fragile

Yes

3/5

roundabout is a meme, interesting mix of short and long songs, good sound but not a lot of jams, the long songs are really long

Like A Prayer

Madonna

3/5

solid pop but not a ton really connected with me

Franz Ferdinand

5/5

really solid indie rock that I never thought to listen to before outside take me out

Killing Joke

3/5

not bad sound wise but hard to get into

Fear Of A Black Planet

Public Enemy

2/5

too political to be really catchy

Screamadelica

Primal Scream

2/5

weird sound, interesting but not very catchy and hard to get into

Sheer Heart Attack

Queen

3/5

great sound but definitely not queen's best outside killer queen

The Nightfly

Donald Fagen

4/5

surprisingly great pop jazz, not a huge fan of the more jazz oriented songs but overall great sound

Repeater

Fugazi

3/5

good band sound but the singing is simply bad

School's Out

Alice Cooper

3/5

honestly not what I expected from Alice Cooper, more artsy than expected but some songs lack energy

...And Justice For All

Metallica

4/5

solid rock sounds, very quick paced on most songs, while good not a ton of jams

Armed Forces

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

3/5

very light and boppy, band sound is catchy even if lyrics aren't

Wild Wood

Paul Weller

4/5

pretty solid songwriting and catchy tunes

White Ladder

David Gray

3/5

pretty chill but not a ton of jams

Meat Is Murder

The Smiths

3/5

not bad but nothing really notable

Felt Mountain

Goldfrapp

3/5

hard to describe, kinda trippy but very ambient

That's The Way Of The World

Earth, Wind & Fire

5/5

smooth, easy listening with great voices

Blue Lines

Massive Attack

2/5

not very interesting

Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea

PJ Harvey

2/5

not very interesting

Rock 'N Soul

Solomon Burke

3/5

started strong but couldn't stay into it

My Aim Is True

Elvis Costello

3/5

fun sound, some songs couldn't really get into but definitely some very interesting bops

The Real Thing

Faith No More

5/5

high energy, good melodies, fun to listen to

The Bends

Radiohead

3/5

some good songs but sometimes the inconsistent singing detracts from music quality

Joan Baez

3/5

pretty voice and good music but not my style

Brothers

The Black Keys

5/5

love the sound, interesting yet consistent rock style

Tusk

Fleetwood Mac

3/5

some really good songs but overall a lot were too chill to be memorable

L.A. Woman

The Doors

3/5

overall solid sound, riders on the storm is a classic, but overall too bluesy for my taste

Tical

Method Man

3/5

started weak but ended pretty strong

Arise

Sepultura

4/5

great band sound, singing can be a little grating but overall powers hard

Berlin

Lou Reed

3/5

not very catchy or memorable

Pink Flag

Wire

4/5

fantastic sound but so many short filler songs

American Pie

Don McLean

4/5

Good lyrics, piano, songwriting, etc. overall very well done

Pictures At An Exhibition

Emerson, Lake & Palmer

2/5

not a bad sound but not very exciting and not a personal fan of live albums

The Stranger

Billy Joel

5/5

Just straight beautiful, catchy, well written songs

The Hissing Of Summer Lawns

Joni Mitchell

4/5

very relaxing and sweet, nice voice and good riffs

Maggot Brain

Funkadelic

3/5

funky, good riffs, but just lost me on some songs

Punishing Kiss

Ute Lemper

3/5

good sound but not really what I'm ever looking for