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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
The Chronic Dr. Dre	5	3.31	+1.69
This Is Fats Domino Fats Domino	5	3.36	+1.64
Cloud Nine The Temptations	5	3.4	+1.6
The Atomic Mr Basie Count Basie & His Orchestra	5	3.5	+1.5
Brothers The Black Keys	5	3.55	+1.45
Ill Communication Beastie Boys	5	3.63	+1.37
With The Beatles Beatles	5	3.65	+1.35
Justified Justin Timberlake	4	2.67	+1.33
The Stranger Billy Joel	5	3.86	+1.14
All That You Can't Leave Behind U2	4	2.98	+1.02

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Endtroducing..... DJ Shadow	1	3.35	-2.35
The College Dropout Kanye West	1	3.31	-2.31
Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin	2	4.08	-2.08
Physical Graffiti Led Zeppelin	2	3.9	-1.9
Locust Abortion Technician Butthole Surfers	1	2.39	-1.39
Led Zeppelin IV Led Zeppelin	3	4.34	-1.34
Queens of the Stone Age Queens Of The Stone Age	2	3.29	-1.29
Let It Be The Replacements	2	3.26	-1.26
Sound Affects The Jam	2	3.25	-1.25
Live 1966 (The Royal Albert Hall Concert) Bob Dylan	2	3.14	-1.14

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Brothers

The Black Keys

5/5

Big fan of the keys! This was my gateway album to them back in the day. Great memories!

Machine Head

Deep Purple

3/5

Some great hits on this one. Others sound alike to me. We've come a long way in the recording production quality these days!

Brilliant Corners

Thelonious Monk

3/5

Great artist, no doubt. I have to be in the mood for jazz, which involves a glass of whiskey in a dimly lit bar! So it was good but it won't be on repeat for me.

Sound Affects

The Jam

2/5

British pop in this era all sounds the same to me. Not a bad album, some good hits. But overall it all blended to the same beat for me. Objectively good though

Endtroducing.....

DJ Shadow

1/5

Did I get locked after hours in a 1995 Tower Records?

Legalize It

Peter Tosh

3/5

Not my typical jam but I appreciate the significance of this album. I gave it that third star just because of its place in history. And hey, look at us, we legalized it!

The Age Of The Understatement

The Last Shadow Puppets

4/5

Love the Arctic Monkeys and Alex Turner's distinctive voice. I didn't know about this supergroup until now and was pleasantly surprised! Props to them for blending their sound with Bowie and 60s British Pop to make something different. Glad I gave it a listen.

Led Zeppelin

2/5

This is another album that all sounds the same to me. Long drawn out ballads of rock that flow into each other. Plus I'm just sick of some of these tracks that have been played to death. Definitely an iconic album, I get that. Just not something I'll listen to on repeat.

Call of the Valley

Shivkumar Sharma

3/5

I'm not sure what to rate this album so I gave it three stars. In a massage, this would be 5 stars. While swimming laps or running sprints, I give it 2 stars. While trying not to grow impatient with someone, I rate this one transcended spiritual plane. Averages out to about 3 stars.

Locust Abortion Technician

Butthole Surfers

1/5

The whole album feels yuck, and not because of the name, lol! So not my vibe. And while I get the musical evolution, this is one chain in the evolve I could do without.

Songs In The Key Of Life

Stevie Wonder

5/5

This is what I was waiting for all week! So many hits on this album but as a whole this thing is pure gold.

Lady Soul

Aretha Franklin

5/5

An iconic album, and while I wouldn't normally reach for it I had a hard time critiquing it. I was transported to its release and it seemed like such a game changer. She was a powerhouse from the first line of the first song.

Justified

Justin Timberlake

4/5

Get Rich Or Die Tryin'

50 Cent

4/5

I never listened to the whole album til now. As a whole, I can see how this hit the scene hard and made fifty a big deal. Lots of very good tracks with a couple standout. Very consistent.

The College Dropout

Kanye West

1/5

I have never understood the appeal of Kanye. This is odd, but also doesn't seem that technically impressive. Maybe I'll read the other reviews and discover what I'm missing. But this album didn't change much for me.

Coles Corner

Richard Hawley

4/5

It's a 3.5 star album, but a 4 star artist for me. It's great mood music for the fall and I love the vibes.

Third/Sister Lovers

Big Star

3/5

Marquee Moon

Television

3/5

Since I Left You

The Avalanches

4/5

Live 1966 (The Royal Albert Hall Concert)

Bob Dylan

2/5

Unpopular opinion alert... I don't get the Bob Dylan praise. I mean I kind of appreciate the lyricism. But it must not be my jive. I know. I'm probably wrong. But I won't be revisiting Dylan anytime soon.

With The Beatles

Beatles

5/5

Paul Simon

3/5

Definitely a landmark album and had huge influence on a lot of people. Not my jam but the album is great enough for me to be able to enjoy most of it regardlessa

In The Court Of The Crimson King

King Crimson

3/5

What I heard and I didn't get to all of it was very hippie vibe and chill. Nothing wrong with that but nothing I'll be going out of my way to revisit. 3 stars because it was okay and I didn't get to all of it so I won't dog it too badly

Let It Be

The Replacements

2/5

Cloud Nine

The Temptations

5/5

Hard not to give this iconic album 5 stars

Ill Communication

Beastie Boys

5/5

Hip hop married punk the day this album came out and we should all be so grateful it did.

This Is Fats Domino

Fats Domino

5/5

Led Zeppelin IV

Led Zeppelin

3/5

I must repeat my last review, they all sound the same to me. Objectively good, rock n roll with distortion and mild screaming. In the right mood, nothing better. Otherwise 3 stars

Nowhere

Ride

3/5

A great 90s vibe. Not sure what makes it a top album. But thanks for the nostalgic feels!

The Chronic

Dr. Dre

5/5

Such an ace of an album. If hip hop isn't your thing I get it. But Dr Dre moved the needle for hip hop with this one and set course for 2 + decades of music that has killed it.!

The ArchAndroid

Janelle Monáe

4/5

Yeah, it's good.

Dirty

Sonic Youth

2/5

I'm not digging this pre-Paramore punk band, but I get why some love it.

Highway to Hell

AC/DC

4/5

I have a soft spot for AC/DC, meaning I love their version of hard rock. But one star off for being over played, which isn't really their fault but still there's only so many times I can hear them scream the song before it gets old. Can't wait for that long awaited acoustic coffee house version of the album to come out...

The Atomic Mr Basie

Count Basie & His Orchestra

5/5

This one was actually pretty great. I had nothing bad to say about it except that the cover was strange. But I'm not supposed to judge by thr cover so 5 stars it is

Come Away With Me

Norah Jones

3/5

New Wave

The Auteurs

3/5

Hey look at me, I'm rating albums again! And this one was hipster which I like but a little too hipster at times and not hipster enough at others. It worked well in the background of work.

All That You Can't Leave Behind

4/5

Ever notice how U2 basically sings the title of their track over and over again and makes billions doing it? Distinct sound, great vibes, and it's Bono.

Physical Graffiti

Led Zeppelin

2/5

How many led zeppelin albums must I endure before the list is done? I think it has been 10% zeppelin so far and they all sound the same. 2 stars, one because I'm tired of it and the second star because it is still pretty good...

Doolittle

Pixies

4/5

Better than I remembered it being. I was not a fan for forever but as a whole this album feeds my inner punk kid. I liked it.

Queens of the Stone Age

Queens Of The Stone Age

2/5

I thought I would dig this more but most the album was incoherent mumbling alongside slick, distorted guitar riffs. A couple good songs but an album I wouldn't pick up again.

At Fillmore East

The Allman Brothers Band

4/5

Yeah I like them, and that's why I have it 4 stars. I have no other comments, your honor.

Bayou Country

Creedence Clearwater Revival

3/5

The Stranger

Billy Joel

5/5

I thought it would be 3 stars. Then I conceded to 4. Then I admitted it was 5 stars. He's a GOAT in his genre. I may not mainline the music but mad respect is given.

Station To Station

David Bowie

3/5

Tommy

The Who

3/5