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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Black Metal	5	2.47	+2.53
Teenager Of The Year	5	3	+2
Maxinquaye	5	3.04	+1.96
La Revancha Del Tango	5	3.04	+1.96
Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde	5	3.13	+1.87
Technique	5	3.17	+1.83
The Blueprint	5	3.22	+1.78
Goo	5	3.23	+1.77
Lady In Satin	5	3.23	+1.77
Apocalypse 91… The Enemy Strikes Black	5	3.23	+1.77

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
The Doors	1	3.95	-2.95
Darkness on the Edge of Town	1	3.42	-2.42
2112	1	3.39	-2.39
The Lexicon Of Love	1	3.08	-2.08
The Notorious Byrd Brothers	1	3.04	-2.04
Joan Baez	1	2.96	-1.96
Smokers Delight	1	2.91	-1.91
Aqualung	2	3.44	-1.44
Tres Hombres	2	3.43	-1.43
Crime Of The Century	2	3.41	-1.41

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Artist	Albums	Average
Beastie Boys	3	4.67
Public Enemy	3	4.67
Miles Davis	2	5
David Bowie	3	4.33

5-Star Albums (43)

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It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back

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

Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea

Popular Reviews

Straight Outta Compton

N.W.A.

4/5

Most of the messages on this album do not age well. Misogyny, homophobia, violence, toxic masculinity run rampant throughout. The approach was not the best, but the message of the cops vs. the black community still rigs true today. The level of frustration in Compton that spawned the movement of gangsta rap must have been great. The rhyme schemes in today's rap almost make this album feel corny despite deliberate and aggressive violent lyrics.

54 likes

Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

Wilco

5/5

I'm glad I listened to this album through my good headphones. The instrumentation is more interesting than I've given it credit for in the past. Dad loved Wilco, and I'm glad I can finally connect with it too. I'll listen to this album again.

19 likes

Joan Baez

1/5

Unlistenable. This sounds like Woodstock and the Renaissance Fair had a baby.

18 likes

In Rainbows

Radiohead

5/5

Putting the rad in Radiohead.

15 likes

La Revancha Del Tango

Gotan Project

5/5

I enjoyed this a lot more than I expected to. The sounds are so smooth and calming. I'll keep this in my back pocket for studying/relaxing music.

8 likes

1-Star Albums (7)

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At Fillmore East

The Allman Brothers Band

4/5

Jammier than I would normally pick for myself, but to expect anything else would be naive. I found myself getting into the groove of a 20 minute song. I dig it.

Let's Stay Together

Al Green

5/5

This dude FEELS. I felt more romantic having listened to this album. Wish I'd found it sooner

Back To Black

Amy Winehouse

5/5

Very soulful vocals. Funny jokes about relationships.

Forever Changes

Love

3/5

Definitely of its time. Not really my taste, but I enjoyed all the positive vibes and grooves.

The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill

Lauryn Hill

5/5

Classic for a reason

The Low End Theory

A Tribe Called Quest

5/5

A tribe called quest is awesome. Early '90s backpack rap always makes me nod my head.

Harvest

Neil Young

3/5

I really enjoyed Old Man. I'm sure the lyrics were very relevant at a time. I know Neil Young can write some bangers, but this style is not really for me overall.

Moving Pictures

Rush

3/5

I have to admit to a certain technical proficiency in Rush's music. Tom Sawyer comes out of the gate strong, but they're not all bangers.

Chicago Transit Authority

Chicago

4/5

I had assumptions about this band, and I was wrong. This album slaps for a horn-driven album. Free Form Guitar was a bit much, but I get it.

Ananda Shankar

4/5

A really fun psychedelic, sitar driven trip.

Liege And Lief

Fairport Convention

4/5

Had a touch of Irish to it. I thought to myself, "Dad would have liked this." Then I looked up the band's bio and lo and behold, Richard Thompson was one of the the guitarists. Thompson was one of dad's favorite musicians. It felt like learning something about Dad from beyond the veil.

Viva Hate

Morrissey

2/5

Not my jam

Faith

George Michael

2/5

Very '80s, very culturally important, but again not for me.

Music Has The Right To Children

Boards of Canada

3/5

There's nothing inherently wrong with it, but it's electronica. Amazing electronica sounds marginally more impressive than pretty good electronica. Good background noise, but I probably won't be back for more.

Licensed To Ill

Beastie Boys

5/5

This was fun. I forget how many hits this album generated (She's Crafty, Girls, FFYRTP, Brass Monkey, Paul Revere, and No Sleep til Brooklyn). Also, Aesop Rock gave a nod to Rhymin' and Stealin' in Rings. "Rhymin' and stealin' and bein' a clod. Distractions free to maraud."

Only Built 4 Cuban Linx

Raekwon

4/5

Not my favorite member of the Wu-tang clan, but the lyricism is undeniable. It is laced with a significant amount of homophobia and misogyny, but I accept that a bit of that came with the time. Good beats, but a little too long to maintain my interest.

Double Nickels On The Dime

Minutemen

4/5

Funky and punky

Goo

Sonic Youth

5/5

This was a really fun listen. I have this album, but it's been awhile. The trading off of lead vocals was really fun. Knowing the story behind Kool Thing added depth to the song.

In The Wee Small Hours

Frank Sinatra

3/5

He's a really good crooner. Did this album is pretty much exactly what you'd expected to sound like. It doesn't really do anything for me, but it doesn't offend me either.

Live At Leeds

The Who

3/5

Perhaps the peak of 70s arena rock. It's respectable for what it is, but this sort of music doesn't really excite me anymore.

Maxinquaye

Tricky

5/5

Always excited to listen to Tricky. Dude can make a beat, and he has a voice like none other. He recruits great vocalists as well.

Boy In Da Corner

Dizzee Rascal

3/5

He's good. A later album played after this one. He got better.

Entertainment

Gang Of Four

5/5

It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back

Public Enemy

5/5

This album is still great. It's wild that this was once considered dangerous music. White people... smh

Face to Face

The Kinks

4/5

Fun music. They sound like The Beatles who were more willing to take risks with weird lyrics. Toward the end of the album, they took some musical risks that I really enjoyed. Dead End Street and Big Black Smoke were standouts for me.

Dance Mania

Tito Puente

3/5

It's good for what it is. I am not a dancer. Therefore it is not for me.

Vincebus Eruptum

Blue Cheer

4/5

Really great guitar work!

Electric Warrior

T. Rex

5/5

I completely misread what kind of music T. Rex made. This is very chill, super fun guitar driven jams. There's a through-line of vulnerability in the music. I enjoyed this very much.

Straight Outta Compton

N.W.A.

4/5

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

David Bowie

5/5

This album is a classic for a reason, and David Bowie deserves every ounce of fame he ever received. He reinvented himself completely for 1 album. He's the man.

The Contino Sessions

Death In Vegas

2/5

Meh

The Doors

1/5

I've had enough of Jim Morrison for a lifetime

Franz Ferdinand

4/5

Super fun... reminded me of college

New Wave

The Auteurs

3/5

Brit pop. It's good.

Court And Spark

Joni Mitchell

3/5

A few of these songs resonated with me, but overall Joni Mitchell is too mellow for my taste.

System Of A Down

5/5

You'll never hear me complain about this first album. I remember the first time I heard this when Ben Skinner let me listen to his CD in health class. It has rocked since then.

Technique

New Order

5/5

Really great album. I've never heard any of these New Order songs before. There were synthesizer sounds on this album that I've legit never heard before.

Lady In Satin

Billie Holiday

5/5

She's very good at what she did. The instrumentation is... honest. There's no subtlety here, and there need not be. There's no need to cloak anything in metaphor. These are across-the-plate songs about love and loss of love.

Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs

Marty Robbins

4/5

I enjoyed this album a lot more than I thought I would. Cowboy music is actually pretty fun. Though most of the songs and in tragic death.

Surfer Rosa

Pixies

5/5

I love this album.

In Utero

Nirvana

5/5

Obviously, I love this album. It has some of my favorite non-hit Nirvana songs on it. Very Ape and Milk It really stand out.

Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

Wilco

5/5

Darkness on the Edge of Town

Bruce Springsteen

1/5

It's never gonna be for me.

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

Beatles

5/5

Amazing She's leaving home deserves another listen

Picture Book

Simply Red

2/5

Simply 80s... Fine for what it is, but it does nothing for me.

Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea

PJ Harvey

5/5

I love this album!

Joan Baez

1/5

Unlistenable. This sounds like Woodstock and the Renaissance Fair had a baby.

E.V.O.L.

Sonic Youth

3/5

not as good as goo, but not bad

Surrealistic Pillow

Jefferson Airplane

3/5

There are some classics off of this album, but I went through my Jefferson Airplane phase in college.

Teenager Of The Year

Frank Black

5/5

Love this album overall. Freedom Rock lives in my head rent free.

Slippery When Wet

Bon Jovi

2/5

I'm still not a fan, but I tried to listen to this with an open mind. Ultimately, it's just dumb fun.

S.F. Sorrow

The Pretty Things

3/5

Most of it just sounds like a Beatles facsimile, but a couple of these rock pretty hard.

At Newport 1960

Muddy Waters

4/5

One of the best

Heroes

David Bowie

3/5

This was more '80s than Bowie. some song sound like he's flirting with a space Odyssey, but some of them are the most annoying part of the '80s.

Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge

Mudhoney

4/5

Good

Mama's Gun

Erykah Badu

4/5

It's really good. It's not really a style that resonates with me, but there's no denying the talent here.

Live At The Witch Trials

The Fall

4/5

I guess this is punk without the aggressive/fast music. Also, the riff on the last track sounded like Republica's "Ready to Go"

Too Rye Ay

Dexys Midnight Runners

4/5

I never really thought of them as a British band (having only ever heard Come on Eileen before), but they have a fun and consistent sound that occasionally reminded me of XTC.

Tarkus

Emerson, Lake & Palmer

2/5

I don't know what I was expecting, but it wasn't this. The vocals were cool from time to time, but I hated the piano/organ sound.

Let It Be

The Replacements

4/5

Really rad. Timeless piece on gender and a very dated bit on answering machines.

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

Arrested Development

4/5

One of my first cassettes. It's interesting what seemed progressive at the time comes off as behind 30 years later.

There's A Riot Goin' On

Sly & The Family Stone

4/5

Funky

Raw Power

The Stooges

5/5

Big fan

The Rise & Fall

Madness

2/5

I read somewhere that this was their most experimental album, and that tracks. It feels like they threw everything at the wall to see what stuck. They got their only hit out of it, but the album lacks any cohesion.

Darkdancer

Les Rythmes Digitales

2/5

If these EDM albums are the ones that make the list, I'm confirming that I am not into EDM.

Heartattack And Vine

Tom Waits

4/5

Really good music from a man with a voice like gargled glass.

Kind Of Blue

Miles Davis

5/5

Smooooth. I really enjoyed this.

Tres Hombres

ZZ Top

2/5

I guess they're talented, but I don't know what I'd do in the audience.

Searching For The Young Soul Rebels

Dexys Midnight Runners

2/5

Not as good as the other Dexy's album. Too much trumpet, not enough revelry.

In Rainbows

Radiohead

5/5

Putting the rad in Radiohead.

Rock 'N Soul

Solomon Burke

4/5

Really good music. I don't have a lot to add here. Great voice, good tunes.

Cheap Thrills

Big Brother & The Holding Company

3/5

Honestly, I didn't get through the whole album. Janis never resonated with me. It's good, but doesn't grab me.

Hard Again

Muddy Waters

5/5

Nothing like the sound of someone else's suffering to cheer you up. This was a really good time.

James Brown Live At The Apollo

James Brown

5/5

Amazing... a lot more love songs than I expected.

Scott 4

Scott Walker

3/5

At Budokan

Cheap Trick

4/5

Good fun 70's rock. I bet this show was a blast.

Blackstar

David Bowie

5/5

Amazing. It sounds so sad. I will listen to this one again.

Apocalypse 91… The Enemy Strikes Black

Public Enemy

5/5

Great!

Shadowland

k.d. lang

4/5

My only reference point for KD Lang was that my friend's lesbian mom listened to her. I had no idea what she sounded like, but she is far more soulful than I imagined.

La Revancha Del Tango

Gotan Project

5/5

I enjoyed this a lot more than I expected to. The sounds are so smooth and calming. I'll keep this in my back pocket for studying/relaxing music.

Blood On The Tracks

Bob Dylan

4/5

I think my memory of Bob Dylan's voice was all spoofs of Bob Dylan's voice. This is better than I thought it was going to be.

Back At The Chicken Shack

Jimmy Smith

4/5

Not what I expected based on the cover, but surprisingly smooth jazzy sounds