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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Ready To Die The Notorious B.I.G.	5	3.36	+1.64
Foo Fighters Foo Fighters	5	3.48	+1.52
Crosby, Stills & Nash Crosby, Stills & Nash	5	3.48	+1.52
Darkdancer Les Rythmes Digitales	4	2.59	+1.41
People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm A Tribe Called Quest	5	3.62	+1.38
Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not Arctic Monkeys	5	3.73	+1.27
KIWANUKA Michael Kiwanuka	5	3.74	+1.26
The Sun Rises In The East Jeru The Damaja	4	2.91	+1.09
Want One Rufus Wainwright	4	2.91	+1.09
Heavy Weather Weather Report	4	2.98	+1.02

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Highway 61 Revisited Bob Dylan	1	3.75	-2.75
Phrenology The Roots	1	3.24	-2.24
The Blueprint JAY Z	1	3.19	-2.19
Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo Devo	1	3.15	-2.15
Suzanne Vega Suzanne Vega	1	3.02	-2.02
Let's Get It On Marvin Gaye	2	3.78	-1.78
Bright Flight Silver Jews	1	2.68	-1.68
Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness The Smashing Pumpkins	2	3.68	-1.68
L.A. Woman The Doors	2	3.65	-1.65
Aladdin Sane David Bowie	2	3.6	-1.6

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1-Star Albums (7)

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Highway 61 Revisited

Bob Dylan

1/5

I find this album generally understimulating. Bob Dylan's is like a monotone painting with a backing band that offers little more underneath. Not for me

Moving Pictures

Rush

3/5

Not a fan of geddy lee's voice. Excellent instrumentation but the vocals just kill the vibe for me

A Rush Of Blood To The Head

Coldplay

4/5

Great song writing. Drums sometimes feel a bit dull though. Not a bad listen

Blue Lines

Massive Attack

3/5

A couple of the songs were pretty cool. I really like the breakbeat/Dub kinda stuff but other songs dragged on.

Dummy

Portishead

4/5

I dig the lowkey electronic hip hop vibes. The vocals are a perfect compliment. I liked it but didn't LOVE it.

The Bends

Radiohead

5/5

Not my favorite radiohead album but still a really great listen. Some truly excellent songs on this album. "Just" and "The Bends" lay down a strong rock background for slow emotional songs like "High and Dry" and "Fake Plastic Trees" to really shine. Many songs even fusing slow ballads with moments of overdriven pulsing rock like on "My Iron Lung". This album, like most radiohead, highlights both the moaning sadness and outright anger in Thom Yorke's voice and makes wonder "who hurt you dude"

The Blueprint

JAY Z

1/5

One of my least favorite rappers from the early 2000s. Not a big fan of this.

A Short Album About Love

The Divine Comedy

3/5

Decent listening. Not highly offensive but not extremely interesting either

Veckatimest

Grizzly Bear

4/5

This album is nostalgic for me. The vocal harmonies and instrumentation are gorgeous.

The Cars

3/5

Some pretty decent songs. Interesting but not mind blowing.

L.A. Woman

The Doors

2/5

Vocals are kinda mid sometimes. Decent Riffs and solos

World Clique

Deee-Lite

2/5

It is groovy but this era of vocals are boring and cliche for me.

Bright Flight

Silver Jews

1/5

Wanted to like this. I didnt tho

Timeless

Goldie

2/5

Some of these songs are entirely too long and drag WAY on

Hot Rats

Frank Zappa

4/5

Groovy rock blues fusion. Pretty enjoyable

The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady

Charles Mingus

3/5

Very nice horn harmonies. Definitely gets a little experimental at times but still cool.

The Sun Rises In The East

Jeru The Damaja

4/5

Savory jazz beats, samples. This is for me for sure

Little Earthquakes

Tori Amos

3/5

Meets expectations. Good musician but just a little too mild for me

KIWANUKA

Michael Kiwanuka

5/5

classic michael kiwanuka. Certainly enjoyable especially when his lamenting vocal harmonies and cinematic swells are going. I will revisit this one

Made In Japan

Deep Purple

4/5

makes me wanna drive too fast on a japanese highway. I liked deep purple before and live albums are fun. definitely enjoyable

In Utero

Nirvana

4/5

This is a good album for me. I dont love every song but the ones I do hold a special place in my heart. Kurt singing r*** me for 2.5 minutes is... something

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness

The Smashing Pumpkins

2/5

2Hrs is a really long album. There are definitely songs I enjoyed but as a whole it felt like it really dragged on.

Porcupine

Echo And The Bunnymen

2/5

Surf's Up

The Beach Boys

3/5

I liked it more than I thought I would. Still just ok

Low

David Bowie

3/5

Bowie is good. This is not my favorite of his.

Cosmo's Factory

Creedence Clearwater Revival

3/5

Pretty cool except the singing

Iron Maiden

2/5

Power metal is one of my least favorite kinds of metal.

The Suburbs

Arcade Fire

2/5

I used to really like this album. Unfortunately I was very bored by it on this listen. I guess tastes change

Foo Fighters

5/5

Dave grohl MMMMMM

Urban Hymns

The Verve

4/5

Pretty enjoyable as a whole.

...And Justice For All

Metallica

4/5

Its cool but I dont particularly love metallicas vocals

Darkdancer

Les Rythmes Digitales

4/5

ye this is cool. Neat synths, dancy vibes. Good for working fs

Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo

Devo

1/5

Transformer

Lou Reed

4/5

Even though lou reed comes off as borderline tone deaf sometimes, this album is still a great listen.

Liquid Swords

GZA

4/5

the epitome of 90s rap. very cool

Brown Sugar

D'Angelo

3/5

This is not my favorite genre but d'angelo is my favorite artist within it

Heavy Weather

Weather Report

4/5

Weather report is like 50-50 for me as far as jazz fusion goes. This album is probably more like 75-25 though so pretty good.

Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea

PJ Harvey

2/5

Rage Against The Machine

5/5

absolute banger after absolute banger

Guero

Beck

2/5

A decent listen. Low tier as far as beck albums goes for me

Phrenology

The Roots

1/5

All rap artists seemed to evolve in the early 2000s into something I do not enjoy. The roots in the 90s are a group I love, sad to see that they fell to the pop inspired rap that became the norm in that era.

Suzanne Vega

1/5

Im bored

Billion Dollar Babies

Alice Cooper

4/5

More enjoyable than expected.

More Songs About Buildings And Food

Talking Heads

3/5

decent listen

Led Zeppelin III

Led Zeppelin

4/5

Ive heard a couple songs off this but it was very enjoyable as a whole

Aladdin Sane

David Bowie

2/5

Im beginning to realize I like less Bowie than I thought

Scott 2

Scott Walker

3/5

interesting. Great voice.

Manassas

Stephen Stills

3/5

Decent

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

Arctic Monkeys

5/5

Arctic monkeys when they were actually good

Hybrid Theory

Linkin Park

3/5

some bangers some bores

Ready To Die

The Notorious B.I.G.

5/5

Biggie poured his pain from the past and joy of the future onto these tracks and it shows

Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret

Soft Cell

2/5

frickin british

People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm

A Tribe Called Quest

5/5

Usually I just lose my wallet but these guys turned it into a banging track. I should try that

Talking Heads 77

Talking Heads

2/5

The heads are talking I guess.

Blue

Joni Mitchell

4/5

Joni Mitchell has an extremely pleasant voice. This is super stripped back but honestly still was pretty enjoyable. Just a girl and her guitar

Come Away With Me

Norah Jones

3/5

Not for me but she is incredibly talented

Arrival

ABBA

4/5

Its ABBA, maybe not ABBA at their best but even ABBA at their worst is a spectacle that shines brighter than most

Maggot Brain

Funkadelic

4/5

Pretty solid album, less heavy on funk than I was expecting but still good

The Gershwin Songbook

Ella Fitzgerald

4/5

Ella set the bar for jazz vocalists. Truly gorgeous stuff

Behaviour

Pet Shop Boys

3/5

Its decent. sounds like most 90s synth pop though. Still not bad

Crosby, Stills & Nash

5/5

There have been a small number of times during this experiment where an album actually shattered my expectations of it. This was very pleasant. Not monotonous like some other albums in this genre. Melodically interesting. Wow

Goodbye And Hello

Tim Buckley

2/5

One second listen it wasnt as bad as I initially thought but I still wasnt an enjoyer

Let's Get It On

Marvin Gaye

2/5

Work is not the right place for this music and I probably wouldn't pick it in a situation where it is more warranted

Crime Of The Century

Supertramp

4/5

Sweet and savory tunes

Rain Dogs

Tom Waits

2/5

its alrght

Public Image: First Issue

Public Image Ltd.

2/5

Pretty Decent overall. Some songs were a major nightmare

Is This It

The Strokes

4/5

A nostalgia bomb. Very solid indie/alt rock vibes all around.

Deep Purple In Rock

Deep Purple

3/5

Its certainly not bad music. Its just not really a genre I care for most of the time

The Soft Bulletin

The Flaming Lips

2/5

Someone get him a voice coach. Sometimes better than decent beyond that

Moby Grape

3/5

They kinda sound like a beatles clone. Pretty fun listen still

Boston

3/5

Lot of good songs but still just not really my vibe

Birth Of The Cool

Miles Davis

4/5

Nice Jazz. Sweet Tunes.

Music for the Masses

Depeche Mode

3/5

Depeche Mode is one of the more pleasant 80s synth pop groups for me. Still only sorta like it though

The Rise & Fall

Madness

3/5

Bri'ish But ye its alright I guess. Some decent tracks but also I was bored 7 songs in

The Message

Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five

2/5

I typically really like 80s rap but this didnt really do it for me for some reason

Highly Evolved

The Vines

4/5

Solid rock album

Homework

Daft Punk

4/5

Enjoyable electronic music. Not always the most interesting but good for putting my head down and focusing on some work

Happy Trails

Quicksilver Messenger Service

2/5

This album feels a little noodly and not in a cool jazz way, in the way that 4 guys in their garage noodle together. There are some cool parts but it is overshadowed by the guitarist's less than interesting improvisation

Boy In Da Corner

Dizzee Rascal

1/5

Rap and EDM fusion should have been enough to sell this to me but it turned out it took two parts of both genres that I am not a fan of

BEYONCÉ

Beyoncé

3/5

Beyonce is extremely talented and some of her songs I like. Most of this album was just hard for me to get through though

The Queen Is Dead

The Smiths

3/5

pretty enjoyable. The smiths vocals arent my favorite but generally enjoyable enough

Murmur

R.E.M.

4/5

Thought I wasnt gonna like this but I liked it. It good

Want One

Rufus Wainwright

4/5

Lots of decent moments and pretty enjoyable overall

Fun House

The Stooges

2/5

The stooges are alright at the end of the day. Kinda not that entertaining in the grand scheme of all available rock music

Nilsson Schmilsson

Harry Nilsson

4/5

Pretty enjoyable listen. Nice vocals, some recognizable songs. Instrumentation is mostly unimpressive but also enjoyable so who cares

Gentlemen

The Afghan Whigs

3/5

Mostly fine, except for I keep coming back which grated my soul like nails on a chalk board. Bruh needed a vocal coach or something