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1960

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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde The Pharcyde	5	3.13	+1.87
Rust In Peace Megadeth	5	3.24	+1.76
First Band On The Moon The Cardigans	5	3.29	+1.71
Sincere Mj Cole	4	2.37	+1.63
Songs Of Leonard Cohen Leonard Cohen	5	3.38	+1.62
Songs For Swingin' Lovers! Frank Sinatra	5	3.52	+1.48
Hard Again Muddy Waters	5	3.6	+1.4
The United States Of America The United States Of America	4	2.61	+1.39
Van Halen Van Halen	5	3.62	+1.38
The Cars The Cars	5	3.66	+1.34

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Diamond Life Sade	2	3.46	-1.46
If I Should Fall From Grace With God The Pogues	2	3.33	-1.33
Pornography The Cure	2	3.31	-1.31
Repeater Fugazi	2	3.14	-1.14
You're Living All Over Me Dinosaur Jr.	2	3.08	-1.08

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Artist	Albums	Average
Beatles	2	5

5-Star Albums (16)

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Cosmo's Factory

Creedence Clearwater Revival

5/5

Just about every track is excellent. 1970, feels like a super authentic, expressive period for CCR. Heavier and most transparently blues influences, at least one blues cover on this one.

It's Blitz!

Yeah Yeah Yeahs

4/5

Sounds like 2009 in the best possible way, very enjoyable. Good period synths sounds.

Rust Never Sleeps

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

3/5

Not my favorite Neil Young, a couple nice tunes but overall more middle of the road hard rocking Neil Young, and less poignant folky Neil Young.

Rust In Peace

Megadeth

5/5

What I personally want metal from this era to sound like

The Undertones

3/5

Good for what it is, super early punk. It probably broke a lot of ground and influenced many many other groups. But it's not really my style

Celebrity Skin

Hole

3/5

Nice grunge/hard rock for this era, just not really my style

Bright Flight

Silver Jews

2/5

Fucking hell, this guys voice and pitch are terrible. Had to stop midway through. Can't finish this one. Some okayish indie vibes on the first 3 tracks but can't listen to this.

Rubber Soul

Beatles

5/5

Classic, one of the best

Tracy Chapman

3/5

Really nice album but mostly average except for a few tracks that really encapsulate and communicate some really complex emotions. Worth just listening to the singles but not necessarily the whole album.

Sea Change

Beck

4/5

Super well produced with many interesting timbres and textures, good songwriting. A bit slicker than other Beck I've listened to, but in a good way.

Fifth Dimension

The Byrds

3/5

Nice album that feels very rooted in the time, so folk, some jazz, some indian influence. It gets a down vote due to some sloppy guitar work.

Songs For Swingin' Lovers!

Frank Sinatra

5/5

One of the two albums that convinced me Frank Sinatra was worth listening to. Nelson Riddle deserves equal praise for making this album what it is.

There's A Riot Goin' On

Sly & The Family Stone

4/5

Classic album and still so so good

Repeater

Fugazi

2/5

Not my era and not my style so lower points in general. However, in my opinion there weren't many stand out tracks in general here.

The Next Day

David Bowie

4/5

Sounds like Bowie in best way, I didn't enjoy it as much as classic Bowie, but still great

Kenza

Khaled

3/5

Poppy Indian music, very good but maybe a little too poppy/dancy for my tastes.

Black Sabbath

3/5

Very good early Sabbath, 3.5 stars

Infected

The The

2/5

Just not a fan of this era, super 80s in all the ways I don't really like

The United States Of America

4/5

Does and does not sound like 1968. Has a lot of the styling of the time, but with many experimental sounds/ideas/concepts that I have not heard from music of this period

Harvest

Neil Young

4/5

Neil Young at his best

My Generation

The Who

4/5

Good early Who and nice to hear their blues origins in a very transparent way.

Zombie

Fela Kuti

4/5

Classic Fela Kuti.

Made In Japan

Deep Purple

4/5

Great live energy, gives a glimpse into what it must have felt like to see those shows live.

I Am a Bird Now

Antony and the Johnsons

3/5

Decent pop of the era, but I find Ahoni's voice a bit annoying, too much narrow fast vibrato in general. Some nice moments that feel genuine and vulnerable, but mostly middle of the road.

Live At Leeds

The Who

3/5

I didn't find this to be a transcendent live experience, good, but not sure yet why it's on the list. Still The Who though, very good, 3.5 stars.

Let's Get It On

Marvin Gaye

3/5

The hit is timeless but the rest of the album is good but not amazing.

Country Life

Roxy Music

4/5

Not necessarily my cup of tea, but super interesting and ahead of its time.

Kenya

Machito

4/5

Excellent afro-cuban jazz

Station To Station

David Bowie

4/5

Good, not my favorite Bowie, but enough classics on it to be up there, 3.7 stars

Rattus Norvegicus

The Stranglers

3/5

Very good, just not my cup of tea

Destroy Rock & Roll

Mylo

4/5

Excellent electronic music of the era

Illmatic

Nas

4/5

Needs another listen, excellent hip hop of the era

Are You Experienced

Jimi Hendrix

5/5

This album is phenomenal and I'm still confused at how Jimi was able to make the music he did at such a young age.

Marcus Garvey

Burning Spear

4/5

Live At The Regal

B.B. King

5/5

One of my very BB King albums and favorite blues albums of all time.

Songs Of Leonard Cohen

Leonard Cohen

5/5

Classic, so many good songs on this album

Sincere

Mj Cole

4/5

Dated in some ways but very good dance/electronic of the era

(What's The Story) Morning Glory

Oasis

4/5

Some solid songwriting here, this album deserves it's iconic status, in 2022 these songs barely sound dated.

Abbey Road

Beatles

5/5

Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde

The Pharcyde

5/5

Pink Flag

Wire

3/5

Great punk album and super ahead of its time, just one of my least favorite genres

Liquid Swords

GZA

4/5

Signing Off

UB40

3/5

I'm sure it's great for an smooth 80's reggae fan, but not for me

Halcyon Digest

Deerhunter

3/5

Very good for the genre, just not my favorite genre. Some nice moments though

Closer

Joy Division

3/5

meh, not a fan of the 80s as much, and dude can't really sing in tune

Faust IV

Faust

3/5

Clearly way ahead of it's time and was probably an inspiration for other artists I've listened to. That being said, sounded sloppy, unfocused and a bit "jammy", there's stuff here I don't think should have made the cut.

Hard Again

Muddy Waters

5/5

Such a good album of this style of blues

You're Living All Over Me

Dinosaur Jr.

2/5

Definitely not my style or era, sloppy, messy, poorly recorded and kind of boring. Could not finish this one.

E.V.O.L.

Sonic Youth

4/5

Not my preferred style, but great album and ahead of it's time

Dookie

Green Day

4/5

Classic for this era and part of my childhood

First Band On The Moon

The Cardigans

5/5

Super unique and interesting for it's time, some great songwriting, excellent production. Was really surprised by this album so it gets a slightly higher rating

Penance Soiree

The Icarus Line

3/5

Good solid rock album, just not my style.

Pornography

The Cure

2/5

I understand if was of an era, but not my style at all

The Cars

5/5

Excellent songwriting, production, guitar solos, and many good tracks on this album.

Autobahn

Kraftwerk

4/5

Tuesday Night Music Club

Sheryl Crow

3/5

Pretty good for what it is and definitely takes me back to a specific time in 90's history, but just not my style.

good kid, m.A.A.d city

Kendrick Lamar

4/5

Van Halen

5/5

Here Are the Sonics

The Sonics

3/5

Definitely ahead of it's time and influential, but also sloppy blues garage rock, not really my style.

Bad Company

3/5

Actually pretty damn good, remove one star for lack of imagination in naming.

The Number Of The Beast

Iron Maiden

4/5

Shaka Zulu

Ladysmith Black Mambazo

4/5

Automatic For The People

R.E.M.

4/5

Not necessarily my style, I've never found REM to be particularly compelling, but a beautiful and super strong album. Helps me see the hype a bit more

It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back

Public Enemy

4/5

Surf's Up

The Beach Boys

3/5

Not a huge beach boys fan, although I definitely found it interesting, some of the songs surprised me in that there were of a very different nature compared to what I expected Beach Boys to sound like

Calenture

The Triffids

2/5

Not my era and just not very good

Suede

4/5

Not really my style but very good for what it is

Fire Of Love

The Gun Club

2/5

I can understand the appeal, but I can never get over the sloppiness and lack of care I often hear in this kind of music.

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