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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Tago Mago Can	5	2.79	+2.21
Crooked Rain Crooked Rain Pavement	5	3.23	+1.77
Sunday At The Village Vanguard Bill Evans Trio	5	3.31	+1.69
You Want It Darker Leonard Cohen	5	3.32	+1.68
Darkness on the Edge of Town Bruce Springsteen	5	3.41	+1.59
Odessey And Oracle The Zombies	5	3.42	+1.58
Funeral Arcade Fire	5	3.56	+1.44
Aladdin Sane David Bowie	5	3.61	+1.39
Superfly Curtis Mayfield	5	3.7	+1.3
Is This It The Strokes	5	3.81	+1.19

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Heartbreaker Ryan Adams	1	3.03	-2.03
Crossing the Red Sea With the Adverts The Adverts	1	2.98	-1.98
Tellin’ Stories The Charlatans	1	2.95	-1.95
Group Sex Circle Jerks	1	2.75	-1.75
KEAH** (Psalm 69) Ministry	1	2.69	-1.69
Let's Get Killed David Holmes	1	2.67	-1.67
Fever To Tell Yeah Yeah Yeahs	2	3.29	-1.29
There's A Riot Goin' On Sly & The Family Stone	2	3.29	-1.29
The Beach Boys Today! The Beach Boys	2	3.27	-1.27
Behaviour Pet Shop Boys	2	3.04	-1.04

5-Star Albums (13)

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Tellin’ Stories

The Charlatans · 17 likes

1/5

What is the point of this. I can tell this book was edited by an English music reviewer. There's a reason I've never heard of this band. Generic garbage

Heartbreaker

Ryan Adams · 8 likes

1/5

Beautiful music from a reprehensible human being. I went out of my way not to pay for this, and probably can't make it a repeat listen.

Odessey And Oracle

The Zombies · 6 likes

5/5

I love this album, Care of Cell 44 probably ranks among my favorite songs. Great from front to back!

Sunday At The Village Vanguard

Bill Evans Trio · 4 likes

5/5

Absolute classic, incredible from start to finish.

Is This It

The Strokes · 2 likes

5/5

I'm not sure I've ever listened to this album all the way through but I knew almost every song. That speaks to how strong the album is, 8 out of the 11 songs are single worthy.

1-Star Albums (6)

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R.E.M.

4/5

Strong from start to finish. It has been long enough since hearing it that I now love End of the World again. I would definitely like to listen to this more.

Tellin’ Stories

The Charlatans

1/5

What is the point of this. I can tell this book was edited by an English music reviewer. There's a reason I've never heard of this band. Generic garbage

B-52's

The B-52's

4/5

Fun fun music

More Songs About Buildings And Food

Talking Heads

4/5

Had these songs stuck in my head all day after listening. This is one I have underrated in the past in favor of other TH albums, but it's definitely up there with the best.

Crooked Rain Crooked Rain

Pavement

5/5

Yes this album rules. Listened to a bunch of the extended edition as well and even a lot of the outtakes are killer songs. It has been way too long since hearing this all the way through.

The Poet

Bobby Womack

3/5

Found myself questioning how much to embrace this after hearing the issues going on in the artist's personal life at the time of recording. But the music is winning me over, it's hard to deny. I found the middle part to drag a bit, I think it was a little too 80s soul for my liking. But the beginning and end are great.

Odessey And Oracle

The Zombies

5/5

I love this album, Care of Cell 44 probably ranks among my favorite songs. Great from front to back!

Too Rye Ay

Dexys Midnight Runners

3/5

Rust In Peace

Megadeth

3/5

There are some weird interludes that I don't much care for. Some of these songs are impossible to deny bangers even as someone who doesn't listen to metal music.

Bone Machine

Tom Waits

2/5

I do not hate Tom Waits, but I do think he is overrated. There is some great stuff in here, overshadowed by how overly long the album is, and by the affected singing style Waits employs.

Immigrés

Youssou N'Dour

4/5

Led Zeppelin II

Led Zeppelin

5/5

Back-to-back jams. The only bad moment on the whole album is the drum solo in Moby Dick, otherwise flawless.

Funeral

Arcade Fire

5/5

A Rush Of Blood To The Head

Coldplay

3/5

Strong start, gets a bit snoozy in the second half.

Behaviour

Pet Shop Boys

2/5

Extremely dated sounding, sorry. Don't mean to be such a millenial but way too 80s for my taste. Some good songwriting underneath the production.

Heartbreaker

Ryan Adams

1/5

Beautiful music from a reprehensible human being. I went out of my way not to pay for this, and probably can't make it a repeat listen.

Fever To Tell

Yeah Yeah Yeahs

2/5

No interest in this, I was too young when it came out and have no nostalgia for this sound. Don't think it aged particularly well either.

Arrival

ABBA

4/5

Great songs

James Brown Live At The Apollo

James Brown

3/5

Fun little piece of history but not something I'd go back and listen to

Darkness on the Edge of Town

Bruce Springsteen

5/5

This is incredible stuff, should listen to this again.

Off The Wall

Michael Jackson

4/5

Electric Prunes

The Electric Prunes

2/5

Probably groundbreaking when it came out but can't say I'm crazy for 60s music most of the time, and this didn't grab me.

Ray Of Light

Madonna

2/5

Didn't get all the way through. Too 90s for my taste.

3 + 3

The Isley Brothers

4/5

Super enjoyable and deserving of multiple listens

You Want It Darker

Leonard Cohen

5/5

This absolutely blew me away. What took me so long?!

Tago Mago

Can

5/5

Brilliant. Probably not one I'll play all the way through consistently but the first half will definitely go into rotation.

Infected

The The

2/5

Dated production kept me from enjoying this more.

Something/Anything?

Todd Rundgren

3/5

Why does Todd Rundgren have to make his albums so long? I do enjoy every single song on this album but I do not have the patience to sit through 25 songs.

Car Wheels On A Gravel Road

Lucinda Williams

3/5

Great songwriting. For some reason I don't see myself returning back to this one. Not dynamic enough for me I guess.

The Dark Side Of The Moon

Pink Floyd

5/5

One of the perfect albums.

The Specials

4/5

This is a lot of fun, an enjoyable listen. Maybe ignorant to say but I'm not sure how much substance there is to it, sounds like party music.

Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space

Spiritualized

3/5

Idk kind of boring to me. I know Spiritualized is well respected. I've tried with this album a couple times and nothing brings me back to it.

Is This It

The Strokes

5/5

I'm not sure I've ever listened to this album all the way through but I knew almost every song. That speaks to how strong the album is, 8 out of the 11 songs are single worthy.

Ten

Pearl Jam

4/5

Crazy how many classic songs are on here. I don't really care for the deeper cuts though.

Group Sex

Circle Jerks

1/5

Sure it was revolutionary blah blah blah so boring in 2021

One World

John Martyn

4/5

This was really cool to find. I've never heard of this guy. Seems super ahead of its time and influential.

Crossing the Red Sea With the Adverts

The Adverts

1/5

I don't have much patience for early punk

Ogden's Nut Gone Flake

Small Faces

4/5

Surprisingly good, extremely British. Some jams in here! Too many sketches for my liking.

Aladdin Sane

David Bowie

5/5

Wonderful album full of songs I've never heard. Definitely one to return back to.

Actually

Pet Shop Boys

3/5

I loved a couple songs on the album. I Want to Wake Up was a real stand-out. Overall the synths and 80s production got in the way for me, but not as much as I was expecting.

London Calling

The Clash

4/5

A classic for a reason. Super catchy and great production work. This doesn't have the flatness/bluntness that a lot of punk albums of this era do.

Modern Kosmology

Jane Weaver

4/5

I was very skeptical of this. I think very few albums from the last 5 years will have enough context to meet the criteria of the list. I have to say I loved this album. Great psych folky stuff going on here

The La's

3/5

There She Goes is pop perfection. Everything else on here was middle of the road. Definitely listenable, but I'm only returning back to that single.

Let's Get Killed

David Holmes

1/5

Noped out after 3 tracks. I don't need to listen to music for 90s incels

My Aim Is True

Elvis Costello

4/5

Early Elvis Costello is OK in my book. I think his voice became a parody of itself on later albums. May require more exploration. I enjoyed this quite a bit.

I’ve Got a Tiger By the Tail

Buck Owens

4/5

I love how economical all the songs are. I was surprised at how many of these I recognize.

Abraxas

Santana

4/5

Electric Ladyland

Jimi Hendrix

3/5

The songs you've heard before are incredible. The deep cuts on this are pretty boring for a modern-day listener I'd say.

KE*A*H** (Psalm 69)

Ministry

1/5

I don't have the edgy dude-bro inside me necessary to enjoy this. Sounds hateful and not in an artistic enough way for me.

Sunday At The Village Vanguard

Bill Evans Trio

5/5

Absolute classic, incredible from start to finish.

Songs From A Room

Leonard Cohen

4/5

Beautiful song writing.

Bookends

Simon & Garfunkel

4/5

A lot less sleepy than I was expecting. Great tunes!

There's A Riot Goin' On

Sly & The Family Stone

2/5

Nothing too interesting to me in here, maybe it was more impactful at the time it came out. I also think the production got in the way, it was way to quiet and flat sounding.

American Beauty

Grateful Dead

4/5

A little upset at liking this more than I thought I would... Guess this is getting older. Maybe it's time to try some live albums... Sigh

Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

Wilco

4/5

Superfly

Curtis Mayfield

5/5

Soul perfection

The Beach Boys Today!

The Beach Boys

2/5

An enjoyable listen but not something I'll be returning back to much. Beach Boys are really a singles band for me, front to back albums are not that interesting.

Sticky Fingers

The Rolling Stones

5/5

Man I love Rolling Stones' quieter more jammy songs. This album rules and I will be listening to it more. Moonlight Mile is the best!