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1970

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Soul

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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Greetings From L.A. Tim Buckley	5	2.84	+2.16
Hysteria Def Leppard	5	3.2	+1.8
1989 Taylor Swift	5	3.26	+1.74
A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector Various Artists	5	3.29	+1.71
Come Away With Me Norah Jones	5	3.37	+1.63
Pretzel Logic Steely Dan	5	3.38	+1.62
Cheap Thrills Big Brother & The Holding Company	5	3.41	+1.59
Frank Amy Winehouse	5	3.46	+1.54
On The Beach Neil Young	5	3.46	+1.54
Marquee Moon Television	5	3.51	+1.49

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Bat Out Of Hell Meat Loaf	2	3.42	-1.42
At Mister Kelly's Sarah Vaughan	2	3.37	-1.37
Home Is Where The Music Is Hugh Masekela	2	3.35	-1.35
Rust In Peace Megadeth	2	3.24	-1.24
Deloused in the Comatorium The Mars Volta	2	3.18	-1.18
I'm Your Man Leonard Cohen	2	3.1	-1.1
Woodface Crowded House	2	3.1	-1.1
Savane Ali Farka Touré	2	3.03	-1.03

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Artist	Albums	Average
Neil Young	2	5
The Rolling Stones	2	5
The Who	3	4.33
Steely Dan	3	4.33

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A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector

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Builds and builds and builds to a 70s drug infused romp. I quite enjoyed it.

Strange and provocative at the same time. Love the instrumentation and cool drums and synths. Can hear some beginnings of the mid to late 80s Peter Gabriel in the making. But some of these songs are hard to follow.

I could listen to this every weekend morning with a cup of coffee. Or a smoky bar every weekend night. For jazz (my listening knowledge is pretty thin) this is smooth and really nice. Chaotic, as jazz can be, but the chaos is framed within the bass line, allowing each song to move along in a way that can enjoyed.

Hmmm…can’t find the direction this album is going in. Not really one standout hit either. I think I heard the drums that were sampled for Hollaback girl. “The Cross” was kinda cool. Sounded very U2ish.

Mid 90s hip hop. Not my forte. I was listening to a lot of hard rock and grunge and totally missed this album at the time, although I think this guy is part of the Wu Tang Clan?? Anyways not bad for hip hop. Booming bass and cool backgrounds and the rap is really solid and almost melodic.

Hard to describe other than musically mature, beautiful and melodic. No real “hits” but really enjoyed the interplay between the band and the layers upon layers of cool sound. Tom Yorke sounds much more grown up as an artist and didn’t mind his voice this time. I never really listened to this album back in the day and missed out.

Iconic album cover; Bruce singing 110% like his life is on the line; Jimmy Iovine engineered big big sound; lots of saxophone; what’s not to love? Pretty awesome.

Man that was a great listen. Can easily rub shoulders with early Zeppelin and Allman Brothers. Psychedelic, soul and a whole lot of dirty and intense rhythm and blues mixed into one. This album is so authentic and genuine and such a nice contrast to the polished and over mixed stuff of today. Janice Joplin is on top of her game and is just a fantastic singer. Love it.

Sultry and sexy and sassy. Great album.

Fuck ya! Kind of a kick ass 90s album. I remember it well. Good times when fuelled by hard liquor, red bull and cigarettes. Ahhh younger me.

Surprisingly really really enjoyed this album. Unfortunately got most of my Santana when he collaborated with late 90s artists and it sounded pretty contrived and lame. But early original Santana is something else completely. Raw guitar mixed with Latin sounds. Super cool.

Hardcore skater punk not quite my scene anymore.

If you want to listen to sad acoustic music that makes you want to give up on everything and jump out the window, this is the album for you! But it’s quite nice in a relaxing, melancholy kind of way.

I know this album. I own this album on vinyl. I love this album.