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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Kenza Khaled	5	2.58	+2.42
Jack Takes the Floor Ramblin' Jack Elliott	5	2.71	+2.29
m b v My Bloody Valentine	5	2.72	+2.28
Beyond Skin Nitin Sawhney	5	2.77	+2.23
Leftism Leftfield	5	2.9	+2.1
Veckatimest Grizzly Bear	5	3.05	+1.95
The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn Pink Floyd	5	3.11	+1.89
Songs Of Love And Hate Leonard Cohen	5	3.21	+1.79
Sound Affects The Jam	5	3.26	+1.74
Aftermath The Rolling Stones	5	3.39	+1.61

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Hybrid Theory Linkin Park	2	3.39	-1.39
Germfree Adolescents X-Ray Spex	2	3.04	-1.04

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Artist	Albums	Average
Led Zeppelin	2	5
Bob Dylan	3	4.33
Pink Floyd	3	4.33

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Music

Madonna

4/5

Very good electronica that I hadn’t heard before.

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Blood On The Tracks

Bob Dylan

5/5

Classic break-up album. Dylan the poet spinning stories with ambiguous lyrics for us to interpret. Timeless stuff. And casual, laid back melodies that sound good even if you aren’t listening to the lyrics.

Led Zeppelin III

Led Zeppelin

5/5

What a revelation! The only song I recall hearing before is “Immigrant Song.” It’s like hearing a whole undiscovered masterpiece. I know the acoustic songs didn’t please all the fans, but it’s still Led Zeppelin at their peak. And it hasn’t been played to death my whole life. Love it!

Morrison Hotel

The Doors

4/5

The Doors aren’t my favorite but as usual I enjoyed hearing songs that haven’t been played to death. Incidentally, it was interesting learning the origin of the name “Hard Rock Cafe.”

Hot Buttered Soul

Isaac Hayes

5/5

Never heard any of these songs before and they were terrific. Too long for radio. So glad I listened.

Sunday At The Village Vanguard

Bill Evans Trio

4/5

I’m not a huge Jazz fan, and thus may horrify those who are, but to me this instrumental trio played great background music for a party or studying. Sorry if that sounds like a backhanded compliment, but I did enjoy it.

Fragile

Yes

4/5

As usual, great to hear the deep tracks. “Roundabout” is great but has been played to death. “Long Distance Runaround” gets played a lot, too. But “Heart of the Sunrise” was a revelation.

Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not

Arctic Monkeys

5/5

I’ve never heard any songs on this album and they are all great! The whole album is like a movie about bored young men looking for a good time in some town I never heard of in northern England. And they happen to be in a garage band, trying to make it big and get the hell out.

Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

Wilco

4/5

This album was a little too laid back and mellow for me, especially after the neo-punk Arctic Monkeys album that came before it.

Kenza

Khaled

5/5

I doubt that I ever would have heard this if I hadn’t joined this program. And it’s produced by Don Was, one of my favorite musicians and producers. The one false note was “Imagine,” which has been done so often. But I loved the rest!

The Specials

4/5

Great cross cultural moment. It has the raw feel of a live show.

Channel Orange

Frank Ocean

4/5

R&B is not normally my kind of music but I warmed up to this, especially when I realized these weren’t the usual R&B lyrics.

Sound Affects

The Jam

5/5

I love it! Never heard it before and it’s great! Like punk but more melodic. I guess that’s the mid revival influence.

m b v

My Bloody Valentine

5/5

I had heard the name of the band but never heard their music, which is unlike anything else I’ve heard. I looked up all the lyrics on genius.com, and the only comment on any of the songs could have been a comment on all the songs — every line is “wonderfully cryptic.”

The Renaissance

Q-Tip

4/5

Quite a contrast from MBV, where the lyrics were incidental. In this rap album the lyrics are essential. Great stuff!

Hot Fuss

The Killers

5/5

Of course I have heard “Mr. Brightside” and other singles by The Killers, but I hadn’t really learned much about them until now. It’s interesting that their albums are even more popular in the UK than the U.S., because they sound very much like a neo-punk or new wave English Band. In fact it reminds me of The Arctic Monkeys debut album debut studio album, Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not, which I heard earlier. It’s not the same, but there are similarities. I love this type of melodic punk.

Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1

George Michael

4/5

Very enjoyable! Lots of songs I hadn’t heard before by an artist I like!

Actually

Pet Shop Boys

3/5

Not my personal favorite.

A Rush Of Blood To The Head

Coldplay

3/5

Not my favorite, which is ironic since Coldplay is extremely successful. But I guess it’s too mainstream for me.

Germfree Adolescents

X-Ray Spex

2/5

I found the lead singer’s voice annoying.

Face to Face

The Kinks

4/5

Reminds me of the Beatles, especially Rubber Soul and Revolver, which were released in the prior year. The American Federation of Musicians prohibited the Kinks from touring in the U.S. for four years around this time, apparently for rowdy behavior, which may have included brawling. That hurt their sales in the U.S., and made this album a mostly hidden treasure, despite the success of the single “Sunny Afternoon.” The Kinks were younger than the Beatles and Ray Davies admitted the Beatles were more organized and professional at the time.

Licensed To Ill

Beastie Boys

4/5

I like Beastie Boys a lot, although this isn’t my favorite of their albums.

Illmatic

Nas

5/5

Loved it! Like music for The Wire.

In The Court Of The Crimson King

King Crimson

5/5

This album may still be ahead of it’s time, but I loved it.

Leftism

Leftfield

5/5

Love it! I’m not familiar with electronic genres, so this was a revelation!

Aftermath

The Rolling Stones

5/5

Wonderful album! I was raised on Beatles records, not Rolling Stones records, so it's great discovering an early Rolling Stones classic. I listened to the U.K. version as well.

Manassas

Stephen Stills

4/5

I’m not a huge CSB fan but it was interesting to discover Stills had a different band for a few years.

Peace Sells...But Who's Buying

Megadeth

4/5

Accessible hardcore metal — surprisingly enjoyable. Not my favorite music, but a revelation nonetheless.

Lust For Life

Iggy Pop

4/5

Very enjoyable. The story about how Iggy and David Bowie made the album and how it was rediscovered 20 years later was interesting, too.

Led Zeppelin II

Led Zeppelin

5/5

This is one album I have heard before but it’s a classic.

Ogden's Nut Gone Flake

Small Faces

4/5

Fun album that reminds me of Monty Python songs. Very amusing.

Music

Madonna

4/5

Very good electronica that I hadn’t heard before.

My Aim Is True

Elvis Costello

4/5

Very good, although I’ve heard most of it before.

Lady In Satin

Billie Holiday

4/5

Surprisingly dark lyrics. I’ve never really listened to her lyrics before, but a lot of them are about bad relationships. “Ain’t Nobody’s Business But My Own” even gets into physical abuse and beatings.

Illinois

Sufjan Stevens

4/5

Very good. I’ve heard this one before but liked it again. The song about Gacy is chilling.

Nighthawks At The Diner

Tom Waits

4/5

Very atmospheric.

White Blood Cells

The White Stripes

4/5

There’s one song where Jack White sounds like Paul McCartney, the sweet one about children. The rest are more typical. Great talent.

Document

R.E.M.

4/5

Excellent old favorite.

I Against I

Bad Brains

3/5

Interesting band I never heard before, but not my favorite.

The Wall

Pink Floyd

4/5

A classic that I actually had heard.

Reggatta De Blanc

The Police

3/5

Okay, not my favorite. The Policecwere still doing a lot of mock reggae.

Rust In Peace

Megadeth

3/5

The songs kind of all sounded similar.

Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim

Frank Sinatra

3/5

Nice. Not my favorite.

Stand!

Sly & The Family Stone

4/5

Dummy

Portishead

5/5

This album was totally new to me and I loved it!

Veckatimest

Grizzly Bear

5/5

Never heard of this band or album and loved it! Reminds me a little of Radiohead.

Automatic For The People

R.E.M.

5/5

Great!

Amnesiac

Radiohead

5/5

Loved it!

Superfly

Curtis Mayfield

5/5

Great!

Run-D.M.C.

4/5

Good album, especially the parts that didn’t get played on radio.

Franz Ferdinand

3/5

Okay, not my favorite.

Modern Kosmology

Jane Weaver

4/5

New one to me. Nice!

Broken English

Marianne Faithfull

2/5

Not my favorite.

Adele

3/5

Adele is great but not my favorite.

The Low End Theory

A Tribe Called Quest

3/5

Not my favorite rap album. Low key.

Bryter Layter

Nick Drake

4/5

Nice. Not earthshaking.

Car Wheels On A Gravel Road

Lucinda Williams

4/5

Good Americana

Tracy Chapman

4/5

Good album, very moving.

Gold

Ryan Adams

3/5

Didn’t excite me

Kings Of The Wild Frontier

Adam & The Ants

3/5

Sticky Fingers

The Rolling Stones

4/5

I always love The Rolling Stones.

Green Onions

Booker T. & The MG's

4/5

Nice instrumental!

Nixon

Lambchop

4/5

Nice laid-back music that was completely new to me.

Wish You Were Here

Pink Floyd

4/5

Good as usual.

MTV Unplugged In New York

Nirvana

4/5

Beyond Skin

Nitin Sawhney

5/5

Loved this English-Indian music!

Moving Pictures

Rush

4/5

Hybrid Theory

Linkin Park

2/5

LP1

FKA twigs

3/5

Okay. A little too much high soprano.

Live And Dangerous

Thin Lizzy

4/5

I did not realize Thin Lizzy sounded so much like Bruce Springsteen.

Who's Next

The Who

3/5

The Who have never been my favorite, I don’t know why.

Shake Your Money Maker

The Black Crowes

3/5

Songs Of Love And Hate

Leonard Cohen

5/5

The Marshall Mathers LP

Eminem

4/5

Joan Baez

4/5

Blood, Sweat & Tears

3/5

Guitar Town

Steve Earle

4/5

Cross

Justice

3/5

We Are Family

Sister Sledge

4/5

Fishscale

Ghostface Killah

3/5

The Predator

Ice Cube

4/5

Suicide

2/5

I can see it was groundbreaking, but the electronic noise just annoyed me. I did like one song.

Go Girl Crazy

The Dictators

4/5

Throwing Muses

3/5

good kid, m.A.A.d city

Kendrick Lamar

3/5

Justified

Justin Timberlake

3/5

Music From The Penguin Cafe

Penguin Cafe Orchestra

3/5

All Mod Cons

The Jam

3/5

People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm

A Tribe Called Quest

3/5

At Mister Kelly's

Sarah Vaughan

4/5

New York Dolls

3/5

London Calling

The Clash

3/5

Jack Takes the Floor

Ramblin' Jack Elliott

5/5

Live 1966 (The Royal Albert Hall Concert)

Bob Dylan

3/5

Sign 'O' The Times

Prince

3/5

California

American Music Club

3/5

Transformer

Lou Reed

3/5

Colour By Numbers

Culture Club

3/5

At Newport 1960

Muddy Waters

4/5

Shleep

Robert Wyatt

3/5

John Barleycorn Must Die

Traffic

4/5

More Songs About Buildings And Food

Talking Heads

4/5

Underwater Moonlight

The Soft Boys

4/5

Entertainment

Gang Of Four

4/5

Apocalypse 91… The Enemy Strikes Black

Public Enemy

3/5

James Brown Live At The Apollo

James Brown

4/5

The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn

Pink Floyd

5/5

Arular

M.I.A.

4/5

Phrenology

The Roots

4/5

Can't Buy A Thrill

Steely Dan

5/5

Court And Spark

Joni Mitchell

4/5

Blonde On Blonde

Bob Dylan

5/5