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You Love More Than Most

AlbumYouGlobalDiff
Ingenue
k.d. lang
5 2.95 +2.05
The Boatman's Call
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
5 3.19 +1.81
Red Headed Stranger
Willie Nelson
5 3.34 +1.66
Night Life
Ray Price
4 2.81 +1.19
Mask
Bauhaus
4 2.85 +1.15
Bridge Over Troubled Water
Simon & Garfunkel
5 3.95 +1.05
Fire Of Love
The Gun Club
4 2.98 +1.02
Nighthawks At The Diner
Tom Waits
4 2.99 +1.01

You Love Less Than Most

AlbumYouGlobalDiff
Kind Of Blue
Miles Davis
2 4.04 -2.04
Coles Corner
Richard Hawley
1 3.03 -2.03
Innervisions
Stevie Wonder
2 3.87 -1.87
Timeless
Goldie
1 2.51 -1.51
The Fat Of The Land
The Prodigy
2 3.4 -1.4
Locust Abortion Technician
Butthole Surfers
1 2.39 -1.39
Ready To Die
The Notorious B.I.G.
2 3.36 -1.36
Faith
George Michael
2 3.29 -1.29
The White Album
Beatles
3 4.17 -1.17
This Is Hardcore
Pulp
2 3.14 -1.14

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Very much my kind of thing. Two notes: each song feels slightly longer than it needed to be, and the vocals are just on the edge of annoying to me. That said, I dig the music and the lyrics, so it balances out.

Clandestino by Manu Chao

Highlights: Mentira, but the album flows so well it's very easy to just sit and listen to the whole thing.

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Off The Wall by Michael Jackson
Mar 22 2022

Surprised at how many songs I already knew. Great fun listen.

Mar 23 2022

Very much my kind of thing. Two notes: each song feels slightly longer than it needed to be, and the vocals are just on the edge of annoying to me. That said, I dig the music and the lyrics, so it balances out.

Elephant Mountain by The Youngbloods
Mar 24 2022

I enjoyed every song on this album, with no exception. Trillium was a highlight. I can certainly think of worse ways to spend 39 minutes than listening to solid folk rock.

The Man Who by Travis
Mar 25 2022

I liked Driftwood, but I'm struggling to find anything to say about the album as a whole. It's pleasant enough.

Exile On Main Street by The Rolling Stones
Mar 26 2022

Not familiar with any of these tracks before, but I'm having a good time with this album. Incomprehensible hollering and then a piano and a guitar do something wonderful. Highlights are Tumbling Dice, Torn and Frayed, and Ventilator Blues.

Horses by Patti Smith
Mar 27 2022

Reminds me a bit of early Nick Cave, though I'm sure that's the wrong way around. Highlight: Kimberly.

Mask by Bauhaus
Mar 30 2022

Highlight: Kick in the Eye, The Passion of Lovers. I'm not sure how to interact with this album. It feels like it's having a conversation I don't know enough to keep up with.

Lazer Guided Melodies by Spiritualized
Mar 31 2022

Highlights: I Want You, Shine a Light. It felt weirdly timeless, or more modern than it is. Generally a good listen.

Ingenue by k.d. lang
Apr 01 2022

Highlights are The Mind of Love, Miss Chatelaine, So It Shall Be, Constant Craving. I don't know why I never thought to look up more of her music. It's beautiful, and I love it.

Rumours by Fleetwood Mac
Apr 02 2022

Already a favorite album since I was a child. Absolute favorites: Never Going Back Again.

Behaviour by Pet Shop Boys
Apr 03 2022

Highlights: This Must be the Place I've Waited Years to Leave, Only the Wind, Nervously. - I didn't vibe with this album. It's good, well made, and with a few songs I enjoyed, but I just couldn't connect with it the way I wanted to.

The Renaissance by Q-Tip
Apr 04 2022

Highlights: Won't Trade, Life is Better. Tracks range from solid to gorgeous. The percussion, all the way through, is just damn good.

Apr 05 2022

Highlights: TV Movie, Glory Days, Like a Friend. I am just not having a good time listening to this album. It's making me feel like I've forgotten how and why I listen to music at all, as though by being kind of annoying it's retroactively ruined the entire concept of music for me. There are moments that are lovely, lyrics that are clever, but there's not a single song I would choose to listen to ever again.

Killing Joke by Killing Joke
Apr 06 2022

Highlights: Bloodsport. I love an album that is specific and pointed in what it's angry about. Also I love a funky guitar groove.

Illmatic by Nas
Apr 07 2022

Highlights: Halftime, One Time 4 your Mind. Just a great sounding album. Even if you think you don't like the genre, give it a shot.

I Am a Bird Now by Antony and the Johnsons
Apr 08 2022

There's some pearls of real beauty here. Highlights: What Can I Do?, For Today I am a Boy.

Solid Air by John Martyn
Apr 09 2022

Highlights: Don't Want to Know, May You Never. When the vocals aren't infuriatingly mumbly this is a gorgeous album.

Yeezus by Kanye West
Apr 10 2022

Highlights: Black Skinhead, Guilt Trip. I don't know what to do with this album. I appreciate the industrial experimental production, and that it doesn't waste any of its time.

Dummy by Portishead
Apr 11 2022

Highlights: Wandering Star. Another album that was totally new to me, and I enjoyed it.

With The Beatles by Beatles
Apr 12 2022

There's nothing new to say about the Beatles. I grew up listening to them with my parents, I can't help but love it, you know? Highlights: All My Loving, Till There Was You, You Really Got a Hold on Me.

Moby Grape by Moby Grape
Apr 13 2022

Highlights: Ain't No Use. Fun, charming folky rock.

White Blood Cells by The White Stripes
Apr 14 2022

Highlights: I'm Finding it Harder to Be a Gentleman, Now Mary. I thought I was pretty familiar with this one, loved the singles on it, but it's very nice to get reacquainted with it like an old friend.

Green Onions by Booker T. & The MG's
Apr 15 2022

Highlights: Green Onions, I Got a Woman. Starts very strong, but it does drag on a bit by the end. Fun, mostly.

Everything Must Go by Manic Street Preachers
Apr 16 2022

Highlights: Everything Must Go, The Girl Who Wanted to Be God, Australia, Interiors. If I had known about this band when I was 16 they would've been my favorite band in the whole world. It's good 90s alternative.

Apr 17 2022

A playful album, maybe even tricky. Reminds me of Bowie, Talking Heads, that sort of thing, which is obvious. Highlights: King's Lead Hat, Here He Comes, Julie With, Through Hollow Lands, Spider and I. This might be my favorite recommendation of this whole project.

First Band On The Moon by The Cardigans
Apr 19 2022

Highlights: Been It, Lovefool. It's a decent album around a huge hit. The Iron Man cover was a fun surprise.

Marquee Moon by Television
Apr 21 2022

Highlights: Marquee Moon.

Cross by Justice
Apr 23 2022

not my usual jam, but it's solid. highlights: Let There Be Light, Stress.

Superfuzz Bigmuff by Mudhoney
Apr 24 2022

I tried, but it's not doing anything for me. Highlights: If I Think.

Tigermilk by Belle & Sebastian
Apr 25 2022

Charming 90s indie stuff. Highlight: She's Losing It.

Ready To Die by The Notorious B.I.G.
Apr 26 2022

Not for me at all. Highlights: Juicy, Machine Gun Funk

Come Away With Me by Norah Jones
Apr 27 2022

Everything very pretty, but nothing to stick with me. By the halfway point I was ready to be done listening. Highlights: Cold Cold Heart.

Ramones by Ramones
May 29 2022

Unfamiliar with this aside from Blitzkreig Bop. It's a lot of fun, messy and juvenile fun. Highlights: Blitzkreig Bop, I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend, Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue, Havana Affair.

The Fat Of The Land by The Prodigy
May 30 2022

Shows its age, but it's not bad. Highlights: Breathe, Narayan.

All Mod Cons by The Jam
May 31 2022

Never heard of them before. I like it, and no song overstays its welcome. Highlights: In the Crowd, It's Too Bad.

Fleet Foxes by Fleet Foxes
Jun 01 2022

A little familiar already. Highlights: Quiet Houses, Meadowlarks, Blue Ridge Mountains.

Innervisions by Stevie Wonder
Jun 02 2022

A little boring, honestly. Highlights: Visions, Higher Ground.

The Healer by John Lee Hooker
Jun 03 2022

Highlights: Healer, In the Mood.

KIWANUKA by Michael Kiwanuka
Jun 04 2022

A brilliant surprise for me. Vocals that glow. Highlights: You Ain't the Problem, I've Been Dazed, Hero, Final Days.

Timeless by Goldie
Jun 05 2022

Life's too short for this album. It was never going to be a favorite, but I didn't expect to hate it. There are moments where I'll enjoy a few seconds of something interesting happening, but they are buried in these songs that do not earn their length.

Fire Of Love by The Gun Club
Jun 06 2022

Love the post-punk stuff, highlights are: Preaching the Blues, She's Like Heroin

Faith by George Michael
Jun 08 2022

Highlights: Faith, I Want Your Sex. The rest feels like filler that hasn't aged terribly well.

Billion Dollar Babies by Alice Cooper
Jun 09 2022

This is a fun one. Highlights: Generation Landslide, Elected.

Devil Without A Cause by Kid Rock
Jun 10 2022

This is a 'turn off the listening history' sort of album. Highlights? No, none of those.

The White Album by Beatles
Jun 11 2022

Mixed bag of classic and totally forgettable. Highlights: While My Guitar Gently Weeps, Blackbird, Rocky Raccoon.

Jun 12 2022

Highlights: She Belongs to Me, Love Minus Zero, Mr. Tambourine Man, It's All Over Now Baby Blue.

Life's Too Good by The Sugarcubes
Jun 13 2022

Not to be ungenerous, but there isn't much here for me to hang my attention on. It isn't even bad to listen to. It's fine, it sounds like the 80s and 90s, it's fine.

Coles Corner by Richard Hawley
Jun 14 2022

Pleasant enough, and competently made. Not for me at all. Highlights: Just Like the Rain, Last Orders. Couldn't listen to: Who's Going to Shoe Your Pretty Feet.

Locust Abortion Technician by Butthole Surfers
Jun 15 2022

Some fun and interesting music occasionally ruined by vocals. I'm sure I'd like it better if I didn't understand any of the lyrics. Highlights: Weber (35 seconds, no lyrics), and Human Cannonball.

Made In Japan by Deep Purple
Jun 16 2022

Highlight: Highway Star

Night Life by Ray Price
Jun 17 2022

Sweet and charming country music.

The Boatman's Call by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Jun 18 2022

One of my favorite albums, one of my favorite artists. Highlights: Into My Arms, People Ain't No Good, Brompton Oratory, Where Do We Go Now But Nowhere?, Idiot Prayer. Special mention to the video for (Are You)The One That I've Been Waiting For? as an excuse to make heart eyes at Blixa.

Eliminator by ZZ Top
Jun 19 2022

Classic. Highlights are the ones I hear on the radio.

Gorillaz by Gorillaz
Jun 21 2022

Not just Clint Eastwood, it's pretty great all the way through.

...And Justice For All by Metallica
Jul 08 2022

Highlights: Blackened, One. Not my favorite Metallica album, but not bad by any stretch.

Emperor Tomato Ketchup by Stereolab
Jul 10 2022

It gives me a feeling which is similar to but distinct from nostalgia. Like it's reminding me of something I didn't actually experience. As music, it's good. As an experience, its a lucid dream. Highlights: Spark Plug, Olv 26, Motoroller Scalatron.

Being There by Wilco
Aug 27 2022

Highlights: Monday, I Got You. Balancing between the conviction that I should like Wilco, and the reality that I'm mostly indifferent. It's good, it's just that I'm not really into it.

Unhalfbricking by Fairport Convention
Aug 28 2022

Highlights: Si tu dois partir, Autopsy, A Sailor's Life.

Heroes by David Bowie
Aug 29 2022

Highlights: Beauty and the Beast.

Veckatimest by Grizzly Bear
Oct 22 2022

Highlights: All We Ask, Fine For Now.

Kind Of Blue by Miles Davis
Oct 23 2022

It's not my style, but it's a really good listen of course.

Third by Portishead
Oct 27 2022

I don't love the vocals, but the music is so good. The combination makes for a frustrating listen. Highlights: Hunter, Small.

Clandestino by Manu Chao
Oct 29 2022

Highlights: Mentira, but the album flows so well it's very easy to just sit and listen to the whole thing.

Mott by Mott The Hoople
Nov 07 2022
Hybrid Theory by Linkin Park
Nov 09 2022

Suddenly I remember being 20. Favorites: Crawling, Papercut, A Place for My Head.

Transformer by Lou Reed
Nov 16 2022

Highlights: Hangin' Round, Perfect Day, Make Up. Didn't realize just how much I like Lou Reed, and I can hear the lines connecting this album to the artists he influenced, which is always fun.

Skylarking by XTC
Nov 20 2022

Highlights: That's Really Super, Supergirl, 1000 Umbrellas, Earn Enough for Us.

The Soft Bulletin by The Flaming Lips
Nov 29 2022

Mixed feelings, here, like I want to enjoy it but my attention keeps bouncing off of it. Highlights: Buggin', What is the Light.

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