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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
The Hour Of Bewilderbeast Badly Drawn Boy	5	3.13	+1.87
If You're Feeling Sinister Belle & Sebastian	5	3.18	+1.82
High Violet The National	5	3.24	+1.76
Come Away With Me Norah Jones	5	3.39	+1.61
The Suburbs Arcade Fire	5	3.5	+1.5
To Pimp A Butterfly Kendrick Lamar	5	3.61	+1.39
LP1 FKA twigs	4	2.8	+1.2
American IV: The Man Comes Around Johnny Cash	5	3.9	+1.1
Joan Baez Joan Baez	4	2.96	+1.04

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Bad Michael Jackson	2	3.8	-1.8
The Specials The Specials	2	3.3	-1.3
Countdown To Ecstasy Steely Dan	2	3.28	-1.28
Risque CHIC	2	3.26	-1.26
Shaft Isaac Hayes	2	3.24	-1.24
The Blueprint JAY Z	2	3.22	-1.22
The White Album Beatles	3	4.18	-1.18
John Barleycorn Must Die Traffic	2	3.17	-1.17
Woodface Crowded House	2	3.1	-1.1

5-Star Albums (7)

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American IV: The Man Comes Around

Johnny Cash

5/5

I love how even though this album is mostly made of covers, Cash makes them sound like they were always his songs to begin with Favorites: The Man Comes Around, Hurt, Personal Jesus, Streets of Laredo

4 likes

LP1

FKA twigs

4/5

I didn't really like this album when I first listened to it a few years ago, but after revisiting it it's grown on me a bit.

2 likes

Come Away With Me

Norah Jones

5/5

A classic!

1 likes

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Young Americans

David Bowie

3/5

I think I prefer older glam rock period David Bowie more than his soul-inspired era. Lots of good saxophone parts though. I think I prefer the back half of the album to the front. Favorites: Somebody Up There Likes Me, Can You Hear Me, Fame

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector

Various Artists

3/5

I understand the importance of Christmas music in our culture... but I am not seeing what really stands out about this Christmas album specifically. This sounds nice but I wouldn't seek it out to listen to it. Favorites: Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)

There's No Place Like America Today

Curtis Mayfield

3/5

I've never heard this album before today. It's not something I'd reach for all the time, but I enjoyed discovering it. Favorite: When Seasons Change

Rio

Duran Duran

4/5

I knew a few of the singles off this album of course, but I didn't know the whole album was so great! I really enjoyed this the whole way through. Favorites: Rio, Hold Back the Rain, The Chauffeur

Dookie

Green Day

4/5

While this is not my favorite Green Day album, it's easy to see the influence that it had on pop punk music that came after it. It's very catchy. I'm not a big fan of all the immature lyrics, but they definitely fit the theme of the album. Favorites: Basket Case, She, When I Come Around

Head Hunters

Herbie Hancock

4/5

I had heard everyone raving about this album but never thought I liked jazz enough to enjoy it so I never listened to it... turns out I like jazz enough to enjoy it! Favorite song: Chameleon

Crooked Rain Crooked Rain

Pavement

4/5

I was familiar with this album before this adventure, but I'm glad I got a chance to listen to it. An indie rock classic! Favorites: Silence Kid, Gold Soundz, Fillmore Jive

American IV: The Man Comes Around

Johnny Cash

5/5

The Modern Lovers

4/5

I really like the sound of this one, but I can't pick out a lot of favorites from the tracklist. Still a solid listen. Favorite: Roadrunner

The Wildest!

Louis Prima

4/5

This was very enjoyable and catchy. Favorites: Body and Soul; Jump, Jive an' Wail

The White Album

Beatles

3/5

I like The Beatles... but I think this album is a little too long. The singles are good though and I appreciate how many different things they tried. Favorite: Blackbird

Bad

Michael Jackson

2/5

This is the first one I've had that I don't like. I've never been much of a Michael Jackson fan and separating the art from the artist is hard for me.

Definitely Maybe

Oasis

4/5

Favorites: Bring It On Down, Cigarettes & Alcohol, Slide Away

Faust IV

Faust

3/5

This had a lot of interesting musical elements, but I personally don't have the attention span for a lot of 11-minutes songs.

Pearl

Janis Joplin

3/5

This is the first album I've gotten so far by a woman. I really like how interesting Janice's voice is. Favorite: Me and Bobby McGee

Peace Sells...But Who's Buying

Megadeth

2/5

I expected to hate this a lot more than I did, but I still don't think thrash is my genre of metal. Impressive guitar skills though!

The Blueprint

JAY Z

2/5

I want to like rap more than I do, I can't get into the misogyny and frequent use of the N-word, but this has great production and I know more of these songs than I thought I did.

Countdown To Ecstasy

Steely Dan

2/5

I couldn't really find anything that stood out to me about this album. Not bad but not really my thing.

Joan Baez

4/5

Even through these are mostly traditional songs, her voice is lovely and I really enjoyed listening to them.

Real Life

Magazine

3/5

I had never heard of this band before this. Definitely a classic post-punk sound.

Master Of Puppets

Metallica

4/5

I'm not typically a thrash metal fan, but I did enjoy this more than I expected. Some of the songs dragged on a bit too long though.

Juju

Siouxsie And The Banshees

4/5

This is a band I always meant to check out because I thought I'd really like them but never listened. I'm glad I got the opportunity to give this one a listen, because I was right and I am really liking it. Favorites: Into the Light, Arabian Knights

Adele

4/5

One I was already familiar with before this experiment. Loved getting a chance to listen to the album!

Jack Takes the Floor

Ramblin' Jack Elliott

3/5

This was good, but it didn't leave much of an impression on me.

If You're Feeling Sinister

Belle & Sebastian

5/5

An indie classic! Favorites: Get Me Away, I'm Dying; If You're Feeling Sinister

Woodface

Crowded House

2/5

I admit I don't really understand the hype on this one. It sounded nice but was kind of boring.

Sail Away

Randy Newman

3/5

This was okay, it made me think of Toy Story but wasn't my favorite.

Slippery When Wet

Bon Jovi

3/5

I didn't love this album... but the singles off it are very catchy. Favorite: Livin' on a Prayer

Zombie

Fela Kuti

3/5

This was definitely interesting. I am glad I read the wikipedia article to get some context on the album.

To Pimp A Butterfly

Kendrick Lamar

5/5

I'm not always a big hip hop fan, but I really like Kendrick Lamar. This is very experimental and interesting.

Suzanne Vega

4/5

I love how stripped down a lot of this is. I've never listened to Suzanne Vega before but I am interested in digging deeper. Favorites: Marlene on the Wall, The Queen and the Soldier, Neighborhood Girls

The Hour Of Bewilderbeast

Badly Drawn Boy

5/5

I am a fan of this one! Favorites: The Shining, Stone on the Water

Urban Hymns

The Verve

3/5

This album is good, but I found it a little bland. Favorites: Bittersweet Symphony, The Drugs Don't Work

It's Blitz!

Yeah Yeah Yeahs

4/5

Let England Shake

PJ Harvey

4/5

In It For The Money

Supergrass

3/5

John Barleycorn Must Die

Traffic

2/5

This didn't really do anything for me.

Music From The Penguin Cafe

Penguin Cafe Orchestra

3/5

I enjoyed this, it was very chill.

Darkness on the Edge of Town

Bruce Springsteen

4/5

Music in Exile

Songhoy Blues

3/5

London Calling

The Clash

4/5

The Suburbs

Arcade Fire

5/5

This is my favorite Arcade Fire album!

Queen Of Denmark

John Grant

4/5

I missed this one back in the day, but I am definitely enjoying it.

Stankonia

OutKast

4/5

This was a nostalgic listen for me, I was in 6th grade when this came out and although I never listened to it myself I found myself remembering parts of it here and there. I was not a huge fan, but I definitely see how influential Outkast was on hip hop.

LP1

FKA twigs

4/5

I didn't really like this album when I first listened to it a few years ago, but after revisiting it it's grown on me a bit.

The Poet

Bobby Womack

3/5

I didn't connect with this one much, I think this just isn't my genre of music.

Back In Black

AC/DC

3/5

I can see why people would really like this. It wasn't 100% for me but it was more fun than I expected.