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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Nixon Lambchop	5	2.75	+2.25
Goodbye And Hello Tim Buckley	5	2.83	+2.17
Red Dirt Girl Emmylou Harris	5	2.86	+2.14
Car Wheels On A Gravel Road Lucinda Williams	5	3	+2
If I Could Only Remember My Name David Crosby	5	3.07	+1.93
Another Green World Brian Eno	5	3.12	+1.88
Selling England By The Pound Genesis	5	3.18	+1.82
Mr. Tambourine Man The Byrds	5	3.22	+1.78
John Prine John Prine	5	3.22	+1.78
Peter Gabriel Peter Gabriel	5	3.23	+1.77

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Ten Pearl Jam	2	3.91	-1.91
Californication Red Hot Chili Peppers	2	3.7	-1.7
Ramones Ramones	2	3.58	-1.58
Led Zeppelin IV Led Zeppelin	3	4.36	-1.36
Juju Siouxsie And The Banshees	2	3.33	-1.33
Darklands The Jesus And Mary Chain	2	3.23	-1.23
Rocks Aerosmith	2	3.12	-1.12
Led Zeppelin II Led Zeppelin	3	4.11	-1.11

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Artist	Albums	Average
Prince	3	4.67
Bob Dylan	4	4.25
Beatles	3	4.33
The Byrds	3	4.33

5-Star Albums (33)

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Abbey Road

Beatles

5/5

For my mind, this is the best of Beatles, especially side two. I could do without Octopus' Garden and Maxwell's Silver Hammer, but the rest of the album is solid. The guitar work on "I Want You" is fascinating. On a side note, this YouTube version is a little frustrating because there is silence between all the tracks on side two. They should be connected together.

2 likes

Nixon

Lambchop

5/5

Immediately infectious! I can't believe I never heard of them. Loved it!

2 likes

Paul's Boutique

Beastie Boys

3/5

Comedy Rap. Not interested.

1 likes

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Two Dancers

Wild Beasts

3/5

Rhythms were good. Vocals were haunting. Lyrics were dark. It's not my usual taste, but I enjoyed hearing it.

The Madcap Laughs

Syd Barrett

4/5

Very interesting to hear from a historical perspective, considering his contributions to Pink Floyd. Knowing the history, however, I couldn't help feeling a bit sorry for Syd Barrett.

The Scream

Siouxsie And The Banshees

3/5

Liked "Overground", builds nicely and a little more melodic. Most lyrics are very dark, but seem to be congruent with the pulsing beats and thrashing guitars. Interesting to finally see them in the video for the last song.

Catch A Fire

Bob Marley & The Wailers

5/5

When it comes to reggae, you can't be Bob Marley. Right from the first notes to the end of the album this record rocks. The bass lines and rhythms are infectious and the guitar solos have real feeling, as does the singing. This album also has Peter Tosh, another great talent who died too young.

Now I Got Worry

The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion

3/5

Not my cup of tea. Very abrasive.

Tellin’ Stories

The Charlatans

4/5

very listenable pop music

The Blueprint

JAY Z

3/5

Not my thing. More melodic than I thought, but I can't appreciate the lyrics.

Fetch The Bolt Cutters

Fiona Apple

4/5

Interesting rhythms. Kinda jazzy, avant guard. Very catchy tunes. Lyrics are quite poetic. Nice album. Great use of repetition.

My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

Kanye West

3/5

Just not into it.

Urban Hymns

The Verve

4/5

The Drugs Don't Work is a standout, but all sounds good.

Blur

3/5

Very listenable pop music.

Home Is Where The Music Is

Hugh Masekela

5/5

Nice and smooth. Great album!

Spy Vs. Spy: The Music Of Ornette Coleman

John Zorn

2/5

Noise

The Poet

Bobby Womack

4/5

Very listenable pop music. Sometime the lyrics seem a little simple and sometimes derivative.

Dookie

Green Day

3/5

More listenable pop music. A little repetitive for my taste.

Power In Numbers

Jurassic 5

4/5

Rap is not usually my thing, but this is very creative stuff. I love the samples and melodies.

Disraeli Gears

Cream

4/5

This album is an old friend. Cream was a 60s super group that produced some great music. Strange Brew, Tales of Brave Ulysses, and Sunshine of Your Love were big hits and are standouts on the album. There's a lot of good music here,

Modern Kosmology

Jane Weaver

4/5

Very listenable. Nice use of electronics.

Paul's Boutique

Beastie Boys

3/5

Comedy Rap. Not interested.

Trans Europe Express

Kraftwerk

4/5

Very listenable electronic music from some early German innovators.

Adele

3/5

Likeable pop. Powerful voice. Hard to criticize Adele, but I'm not a big fan of this. Could be my age, but it sounds way overproduced and overly dramatic.

Abbey Road

Beatles

5/5

Ctrl

SZA

2/5

Sorry, not a fan of so much n word.

Germs

2/5

Sorry, too abrasive for my ears.

Electric Ladyland

Jimi Hendrix

5/5

This link takes you to a cover band. That's not Jimi. That said, Electric Ladyland is a classic and shows the creativity of Hendrix. Great album!

Eternally Yours

The Saints

3/5

Nice and tight. Very listenable pop music with a little grunge feel.

Led Zeppelin

4/5

An undisputed classic. Nostalgia for me, but it still holds up after all these years.

Paul Simon

4/5

Simon's first without Garfunkel. Another classic. It has some standout tracks, but everything fit together nicely.

Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs

Marty Robbins

4/5

Kinda fun! It includes El Paso, Marty's biggest hit.

Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

5/5

I wasn't impressed with the first song, but as I kept listening the album really grew on me. It's very tight and the lyrics are poetic. The performance is dramatic and very enjoyable. By the end of the album, I loved it.

Green River

Creedence Clearwater Revival

4/5

It's hard to review a classic. This album is filled with hits that reflect that unique Creedence sound. CCR was both prolific and original. The music holds up very well after 50 some odd years.

Emperor Tomato Ketchup

Stereolab

3/5

Interesting. Background music that draws you in. Turns out it's very likeable.

Another Green World

Brian Eno

5/5

This is one of my favorite albums of all time. It's a solid Eno album from start to finish with lots of guest stars like Robert Fripp, John Cale, Phil Collins, Percy Jones, et al. Simple rhythms and rhymes set to infectious instrumentals.

Bandwagonesque

Teenage Fanclub

3/5

Nice tight pop music.

Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire)

The Kinks

4/5

Another classic! This is an excellent intro to the kinks for those who only remember "You Really Got Me."

Tigermilk

Belle & Sebastian

4/5

Nice easy melodies. Interesting lyrics.

Station To Station

David Bowie

4/5

Nixon

Lambchop

5/5

Immediately infectious! I can't believe I never heard of them. Loved it!

American Pie

Don McLean

5/5

Another classic. American Pie and Vincent are standout hits.

Hypnotised

The Undertones

3/5

More pop than punk or new wave.

Tago Mago

Can

4/5

Selling England By The Pound

Genesis

5/5

This is my personal favorite Genesis album. The whole first side is spectacular, especially Firth of Fifth. The second side is mostly story songs that are intricate in their execution and interesting in their story lines.

Want Two

Rufus Wainwright

4/5

Songs From The Big Chair

Tears For Fears

4/5

Bringing It All Back Home

Bob Dylan

4/5

Goodbye And Hello

Tim Buckley

5/5

Mr. Tambourine Man

The Byrds

5/5

It's been a long time since I listened to this album. It's very enjoyable and holds up well after all this time. I completely forgot about "We'll Meet Again." It's a great cover of a song I always liked.

Let It Bleed

The Rolling Stones

4/5

Red Dirt Girl

Emmylou Harris

5/5

Groovin'

The Young Rascals

4/5

Morrison Hotel

The Doors

3/5