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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Better Living Through Chemistry Fatboy Slim	5	2.99	+2.01
Floodland Sisters Of Mercy	5	3.04	+1.96
Rio Duran Duran	5	3.49	+1.51
Illinois Sufjan Stevens	5	3.49	+1.51
At Newport 1960 Muddy Waters	5	3.55	+1.45
Off The Wall Michael Jackson	5	3.78	+1.22

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Siamese Dream The Smashing Pumpkins	2	3.83	-1.83
Axis: Bold As Love Jimi Hendrix	2	3.79	-1.79
Tusk Fleetwood Mac	2	3.46	-1.46
Either Or Elliott Smith	2	3.38	-1.38
Smash The Offspring	2	3.37	-1.37
Rubber Soul Beatles	3	4.12	-1.12
Dare! The Human League	2	3.05	-1.05

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In The Court Of The Crimson King

King Crimson

3/5

This Year's Model

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

4/5

Let's Get It On

Marvin Gaye

4/5

Tusk

Fleetwood Mac

2/5

I can hear pre-punk on the album, but the cacophonic nature of most songs (minus Sara) make it a less than appealing entry in an otherwise excellent discography.

Beggars Banquet

The Rolling Stones

4/5

Pleasantly surprised by how much I liked Jig-Saw Puzzle.

Rain Dogs

Tom Waits

4/5

Axis: Bold As Love

Jimi Hendrix

2/5

Feels like two albums: one thoughtfully written and the other a haphazard assemblage of guitar riffs and meandering melodic lines. One Rainy Wish is the only standout song and even it fails to deliver.

Rio

Duran Duran

5/5

Hot Fuss

The Killers

3/5

Floodland

Sisters Of Mercy

5/5

Live At The Regal

B.B. King

4/5

Virgin Suicides

Air

4/5

Ambient yet driven, the album feels like a concept yet acts like a diary of singular emotions. Feels like Portishead and Poe had a musical baby.

Wish You Were Here

Pink Floyd

5/5

Clearly a concept album, Wish You Were Here paints kaleidoscopic imagery as synth and guitar swirl around the listener. Somehow manages to sound like a jam band and thoroughly orchestrated simultaneously. A highlight of its decade.

Cloud Nine

The Temptations

3/5

The Number Of The Beast

Iron Maiden

4/5

What a banger!

Rattus Norvegicus

The Stranglers

4/5

Solid album but contains dated, misogynistic references.

Either Or

Elliott Smith

2/5

Dare!

The Human League

2/5

Two good songs round out an otherwise forgettable album replete with uninspired melodies and lyrics.

At Newport 1960

Muddy Waters

5/5

Waters' polished, evocative style paired with his experienced vocals made this a rare live album I enjoyed.

Ogden's Nut Gone Flake

Small Faces

2/5

Rene and Mad John are standout songs, but the rest of the album is endemic of the place and time it was recorded: loud, distorted unnecessarily, uninspired.

Chore of Enchantment

Giant Sand

3/5

Decent background music but doesn't stand out...seems in the vein Smashmouth's jazzier tunes.

Better Living Through Chemistry

Fatboy Slim

5/5

Excellent album for studying or working. Chill, expressive vibe throughout the first three tracks.

Station To Station

David Bowie

3/5

Artistically valid but not my cup of tea (generally love Bowie).