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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Deep Purple In Rock Deep Purple	5	3.33	+1.67
Pretzel Logic Steely Dan	5	3.4	+1.6
...And Justice For All Metallica	5	3.43	+1.57
Suicide Suicide	4	2.46	+1.54
Franz Ferdinand Franz Ferdinand	5	3.57	+1.43
Superfly Curtis Mayfield	5	3.7	+1.3
Grace Jeff Buckley	5	3.72	+1.28
The Grand Tour George Jones	4	2.79	+1.21
Time Out The Dave Brubeck Quartet	5	3.84	+1.16
D.O.A. the Third and Final Report of Throbbing Gristle Throbbing Gristle	3	1.88	+1.12

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Broken English Marianne Faithfull	1	2.88	-1.88
Graceland Paul Simon	2	3.74	-1.74
Pearl Janis Joplin	2	3.73	-1.73
Music Madonna	1	2.68	-1.68
Hotel California Eagles	2	3.6	-1.6
Paul's Boutique Beastie Boys	2	3.47	-1.47
This Is Fats Domino Fats Domino	2	3.38	-1.38
Low-Life New Order	2	3.3	-1.3
1989 Taylor Swift	2	3.27	-1.27
School's Out Alice Cooper	2	3.2	-1.2

5-Star Albums (9)

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Music

Madonna

1/5

2 star album, 0 star cover

3 likes

Suicide

4/5

Effective concept, if not too effective as it seems like it's a listen once and never again haha.

2 likes

1-Star Albums (2)

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Graceland

Paul Simon

2/5

Less african-sounding than was led to believe based on reading the wiki. Has a classic 80s cheese present throughout. * Homeless

1989

Taylor Swift

2/5

Good for what it is. Do not listen to for more than 30 minutes at a time

In The Court Of The Crimson King

King Crimson

4/5

Great album overall, minus the jam that never gets off the ground * 21st Century Schizoid Man * In the Court of the Crimson King

Live At The Star Club, Hamburg

Jerry Lee Lewis

3/5

Insane energy, by far the most energetic live album I've heard and it's both intimate and loud.

The Stone Roses

4/5

Really enjoyed listening to this, lots of nostalgia in the sound of this. I definitely hear parallels to rock songwriting of the 60s like The Zombies, Mamas & the Papas, etc but with an updated production style from the 80s. Hearing a breakbeat in the opening bars of Fools Gold was also a fantastic segue into what the 90s had in store for music. * I Wanna Be Adored * Bye Bye Bad Man * Made of Stone * I Am the Resurrection

Deep Purple In Rock

Deep Purple

5/5

Great album, lots of great heavy riffs mixed with interesting chord progressions to give a little something for everyone. Ambitious keyboard + guitar work, and what's not to love listening to the OG Jesus Christ Superstar wailing away? * Speed King * Flight of the Rat

This Is Fats Domino

Fats Domino

2/5

Very one-note, interesting to hear how a lot of the progressions within blues have changed and how the cliches sounded at the time vs blues now.

Take Me Apart

Kelela

2/5

Cool sound, interesting timbres and textures, but her voice really is the same every single song and I felt like I got no respite from her voice.

Broken English

Marianne Faithfull

1/5

Please Stop Singing

Paranoid

Black Sabbath

4/5

This and CotCK are the types of albums I embarked on this journey to find. Overall I'm super impressed with how good this album sounds, both on a musical level and a technical one. Really tight playing and great mixing to really bring out the interesting bits of each song. * War Pigs * Paranoid * Iron Man * Hand of Doom War Pigs - great mixing, great vocals, great riffs, great song Paranoid - annoying sound in right ear lol

Apocalypse Dudes

Turbonegro

2/5

good kid, m.A.A.d city

Kendrick Lamar

3/5

Second half of the album hit my sweet spot

Suicide

4/5

Effective concept, if not too effective as it seems like it's a listen once and never again haha.

Virgin Suicides

Air

4/5

This album just feels great to listen to. Great drums in the pocket, harmonies and progressions keep you guessing in a good way, and is super cohesive. * Playground Love * Dirty Trip

Larks' Tongues In Aspic

King Crimson

2/5

Smash

The Offspring

3/5

Lots of classic Offspring on this album, but boy this album really wears your ears out listening to it start to finish. This might be the first album we've listened to that has a "secret" track at the end of the last track on the album which is definitely a relic of the medium, but it's got a fun little play on the riff from Come out and Play. * Bad Habit * Gotta Get Away * Genocide * Come out and Play * Self Esteem

Bayou Country

Creedence Clearwater Revival

3/5

Ritual De Lo Habitual

Jane's Addiction

3/5

This is quintessentially Jane's Addiction: loud unintelligible singer, washed out stereo guitars, and general loudness. * Obvious * Been caught stealing * Three days

Brown Sugar

D'Angelo

3/5

Chirping Crickets

Buddy Holly & The Crickets

3/5

Happy Trails

Quicksilver Messenger Service

3/5

Fun jam album, seems like it was pretty influential to many other jam bands as were as others from the era

Juju

Siouxsie And The Banshees

4/5

In It For The Money

Supergrass

3/5

Hotel California

Eagles

2/5

New York Dolls

3/5

American Idiot

Green Day

3/5

I remember this being a big departure from the "REAL" green day back in the day and listening back to it I feel as if it's trying to be inflammatory but not too much so as to not offend people for real.

Grace

Jeff Buckley

5/5

Completely unexpected. So many good riffs and little melodies, great guitar and bass tone and really dynamic progressions that keep you guessing and driving the songs forwards. I can't wait to listen to this again and actually pay attention to the lyrics since musically this is a pure standout album. * Grace * Lover, You Should've Come Over * Eternal Life * Dream Brother

Bluesbreakers

John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers

2/5

it's blues, it's aite

Pearl

Janis Joplin

2/5

Some good guitar, opener has a nice hook, otherwise difficult to get through (just can't get into her voice) * Move Over

School's Out

Alice Cooper

2/5

D.O.A. the Third and Final Report of Throbbing Gristle

Throbbing Gristle

3/5

Cool for what it is, a la Suicide, and I'll probably never listen to it again

Station To Station

David Bowie

3/5

Some nice arrangements, good funk sound and pretty different progressions, though mostly inline with what I think of a typical Bowie song. Mix was not great, and even though he's turned up to 11 I still cannot for the life of me understand what he's saying

Paul's Boutique

Beastie Boys

2/5

It's alright. I got lulled into a false sense of security with the opener before I remembered it was a Beastie Boys album.

The White Album

Beatles

4/5

I think this is good? Honestly it's 90 minutes long and has 30 tracks so it's hard to really get a good grasp on this after just one listen, but I think I enjoyed it. Plenty of iv6 chords and it was fun listening to all the different contexts they're used in.

Faith

George Michael

3/5

Solid. Slow. Gay. * Hard Day * Hand to Mouth * Look at Your Hands

Music

Madonna

1/5

2 star album, 0 star cover

Cloud Nine

The Temptations

3/5

Ramones

3/5

Survivor

Destiny's Child

3/5

Some great songs, but nearly all overstay their welcome * Independent Women, Pt. 1 * Survivor * Dance With Me

The Grand Tour

George Jones

4/5

Definitely Maybe

Oasis

3/5

Definitely maybayyyyyyyyyyy Yo this album is LOUD.

Pretzel Logic

Steely Dan

5/5

Bossanova

Pixies

3/5

The Beach Boys Today!

The Beach Boys

4/5

The Lexicon Of Love

ABC

3/5

Some catchy hooks and riffs, still has the classic 80s cheese

Frank

Amy Winehouse

3/5

W beats L lyrics

Violent Femmes

3/5

Definitely ahead of its time, pretty samey in the first half but nice changes in the second.

We're Only In It For The Money

The Mothers Of Invention

2/5

The Köln Concert

Keith Jarrett

3/5

The Last Broadcast

Doves

3/5

The Specials

3/5

Electric Ladyland

Jimi Hendrix

3/5

Some really good songs on here, but man did this album not need to be 75 minutes long

The Doors

4/5

Fleet Foxes

4/5

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

3/5

Dirty

Sonic Youth

3/5

Liege And Lief

Fairport Convention

4/5

Haunted Dancehall

The Sabres Of Paradise

3/5

Overall, just very scattered. Lots of neat ideas and nice atmospheres, but ultimately it lacks a focus that I would have loved to see applied to the first 3 tracks.

Low-Life

New Order

2/5

Some good tunes, but his voice + the lyrics I heard were enough to wish it was an instrumental

Rubber Soul

Beatles

5/5

The La's

4/5

Disraeli Gears

Cream

4/5

Cosmo's Factory

Creedence Clearwater Revival

3/5

Red Dirt Girl

Emmylou Harris

2/5

Sister

Sonic Youth

2/5

Less developed than later albums and while it's cool what it did for noise rock in general, I find it to not be particularly engaging or pleasant to listen to.

Welcome To The Pleasuredome

Frankie Goes To Hollywood

2/5

Basket of Light

Pentangle

3/5

Some fun ones on here, overall found it a little less polished than Fairport Convention's Liege & Lief

The Bends

Radiohead

5/5

Really enjoyable, impressed with how strong this album is from start to finish

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