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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Sex Packets Digital Underground	5	2.67	+2.33
Rid Of Me PJ Harvey	5	3.11	+1.89
Rattus Norvegicus The Stranglers	5	3.15	+1.85
Fragile Yes	5	3.31	+1.69
2112 Rush	5	3.39	+1.61
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers	5	3.39	+1.61
Back At The Chicken Shack Jimmy Smith	5	3.39	+1.61
Stardust Willie Nelson	5	3.39	+1.61
Paul Simon Paul Simon	5	3.51	+1.49
People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm A Tribe Called Quest	5	3.61	+1.39

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
The Wildest! Louis Prima	1	3.53	-2.53
Olympia 64 Jacques Brel	1	2.77	-1.77
Low David Bowie	2	3.55	-1.55
Now I Got Worry The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion	1	2.52	-1.52
American Gothic David Ackles	1	2.48	-1.48
More Songs About Buildings And Food Talking Heads	2	3.42	-1.42
The Köln Concert Keith Jarrett	2	3.39	-1.39
At Mister Kelly's Sarah Vaughan	2	3.38	-1.38
Urban Hymns The Verve	2	3.36	-1.36
From Elvis In Memphis Elvis Presley	2	3.36	-1.36

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Artist	Albums	Average
Stevie Wonder	2	5

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People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm

A Tribe Called Quest

5/5

excellent, relaxed, profound "alternative" hip-hop

Garbage

4/5

great record, not what I expected; more mid-90s Radiohead than Pearl Jam. will listen again

Born In The U.S.A.

Bruce Springsteen

4/5

Classic. Familiar.

Paul Simon

5/5

Automatic For The People

R.E.M.

3/5

much better than i thought it would be--solid playing by the band, good songwriting.

The Wildest!

Louis Prima

1/5

Awful. A joke. There are many albums in this genre that would be more appropriate to put forward.

Highway to Hell

AC/DC

3/5

AC/DC are the exemplars of hard rock, post-Zep but pre-Hair Metal. And you can hear the influence of the former on them, and their influence on the latter. No hard rock riffs feel more natural and inevitable than Angus Young's, and his tone and time are to die for. (Just listen to other guitarists try to play his "simple" riffs.) Having said that, this is a one-vibe/one-harmonic-formula/one tempo band, so there's not much to be gained from listening to an entire record. Standout tracks are excellent, though--the title track and "touch too much"

Adele

3/5

Lovely record. Not groundbreaking or earth shattering, but she sings beautifully and the songs are soulful and authentic.

Car Wheels On A Gravel Road

Lucinda Williams

3/5

Good, honest record. Worth repeated listening.

Sticky Fingers

The Rolling Stones

5/5

truly a classic.

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness

The Smashing Pumpkins

4/5

Much better than I thought. Great, hard-rockin album.

GREY Area

Little Simz

4/5

great record! good beats

The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn

Pink Floyd

4/5

Unique, very creative. Part alternative-universe Beatles, part free jazz/jam band/ambient exploration. Love the Syd Barrett Pink Floyd. (how on earth did they go from this to Comfortably Numb in ten years? Crazy.)

Penthouse And Pavement

Heaven 17

3/5

It fully is what it is. A snapshot of its time and cultural context. Clever, good songwriting with a message, and surprisingly funky (who's that BASSIST?).

Tanto Tempo

Bebel Gilberto

2/5

It's fine, but there are 1001 more accomplished and interesting singers and records from Brazilian artists than this one.

Sheer Heart Attack

Queen

4/5

Great record, rocks much harder than I thought it would! The songwriting is just perfect.

Music in Exile

Songhoy Blues

3/5

I like this band a lot. It does get a bit monotonous, for my taste, but you can say that about lots of things, I suppose.

Electric Music For The Mind And Body

Country Joe & The Fish

2/5

interesting as a historical document, a snapshot of its time, but not all that fun to listen to. there are plenty of other examples of psychedelia from this period that are more worthwhile and which have stood the test of time better than this.

Chelsea Girl

Nico

3/5

nice album. Nico's voice is unique. Great guitar playing and songwriting on this!

Rid Of Me

PJ Harvey

5/5

Amazing, beautiful, personal, hard rockin. Five stars.

Siamese Dream

The Smashing Pumpkins

4/5

great record! rocked hard

2112

Rush

5/5

Legendary. Epic.

Rapture

Anita Baker

2/5

Decent record. Sweet Love is a classic, but the rest of it is pretty blah.

The Hissing Of Summer Lawns

Joni Mitchell

3/5

As with so many Joni Mitchell records, this is a masterpiece that isn't actually that fun to listen to. (What a terrible opinion to express! I'm sorry.) She is brilliant, and there is so much brilliance here. I just don't find myself turning to it.

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

5/5

had no idea this was such a fine album. 1976?!?

Harvest

Neil Young

3/5

Decent record, I just don't dig it quite as much as others seem to.

Power In Numbers

Jurassic 5

4/5

Cool beats! Fun record.

Aqualung

Jethro Tull

3/5

a classic of my youth. not as great as I thought it was when i was 13.

Pills 'n' Thrills And Bellyaches

Happy Mondays

4/5

No idea this existed. Pretty cool!

Station To Station

David Bowie

3/5

Solid, interesting

Warehouse: Songs And Stories

Hüsker Dü

2/5

Creative, and I applaud their strong ideas. But it's too sloppy for me.

Rattus Norvegicus

The Stranglers

5/5

totally cool, and a total surprise. great songwriting and bass playing

Deja Vu

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

4/5

Very good songwriting and the vocal harmonies are fabulous. Sounds old, but also like a classic.

Fred Neil

2/5

Cool-ish, sounds quite dated to me.

The Village Green Preservation Society

The Kinks

4/5

great, better than the beatles

Is This It

The Strokes

3/5

Sulk

The Associates

2/5

not my cup of tea

Led Zeppelin IV

Led Zeppelin

5/5

made me who i am

1989

Taylor Swift

3/5

It was fine. Very well-produced and crafted. Just kind of bland. There's no edge, no unique viewpoint, it's like, "safe music."

Dummy

Portishead

4/5

very cool, i dig it a lot

American Gothic

David Ackles

1/5

Goodness, this album sucked so much more than I thought could be possible. Comparisons to Joni Mitchell? No way. This guy sounded like Pete Seeger and Gordon Lightfoot’s less-talented cousin, and the arrangements and ensembles were comical.

Sex Packets

Digital Underground

5/5

Hilarious, great beats, a snapshot of 1990.

Triangle

The Beau Brummels

4/5

Unique, beautifully done, worth multiple listenings

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector

Various Artists

3/5

yeah fine whatever

Now I Got Worry

The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion

1/5

This shit sucks, real bad

Urban Hymns

The Verve

2/5

was not interesting to me

Revolver

Beatles

5/5

amazing, perfect

I Am a Bird Now

Antony and the Johnsons

3/5

Good, not my cup of tea

Bryter Layter

Nick Drake

4/5

I adore Nick Drake. This is the least of his three albums, I think. A little goofy, and his voice on the guitar is obscured.

More Songs About Buildings And Food

Talking Heads

2/5

it didn't reach me, don't know why, thought it was a little clumsy

The Score

Fugees

5/5

Amazing record, I had forgotten how good it is

Bert Jansch

3/5

Nice, not life-changing, but a cool document of an interesting scene.

The Yes Album

Yes

4/5

Unique, still sounds great.

Van Halen

5/5

five stars for guitar alone. Changed things.

The Libertines

2/5

Poseurs, and not really competent. I know what they are going for, but it doesn't come across as genuine to me.

A Rush Of Blood To The Head

Coldplay

3/5

Better than I thought. An enjoyable record. Geniuses, they are not.

Live!

Fela Kuti

4/5

Great, as are all things by Fela Kuti. One star deduction for the presence of Ginger Baker, boo to that

Back At The Chicken Shack

Jimmy Smith

5/5

A Wizard, A True Star

Todd Rundgren

3/5

You Want It Darker

Leonard Cohen

3/5

Great songwriting, production was a little strange. He seemed almost to be caricaturing himself a little with this one.

The Köln Concert

Keith Jarrett

2/5

It's just not all that. A boring record.

Olympia 64

Jacques Brel

1/5

I found absolutely nothing to like about this record. How anyone could enjoy it is beyond me. But, vive la difference.

Scissor Sisters

4/5

Pretty cool and fun. I can't see why it was THAT popular, but definitely an enjoyable record.

I Should Coco

Supergrass

3/5

cool.

Funeral

Arcade Fire

4/5

Good record, loved it when it came out

Grievous Angel

Gram Parsons

2/5

kind of boring

From Elvis In Memphis

Elvis Presley

2/5

Rhythm section was on point. Hard to take the rest of it seriously, though.

The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan

5/5

amazing, classic

The Sun Rises In The East

Jeru The Damaja

4/5

Rings Around The World

Super Furry Animals

2/5

what's the fuss?

Bossanova

Pixies

3/5

pretty cool

Berlin

Lou Reed

2/5

Pretty shitty.

Something/Anything?

Todd Rundgren

4/5

interesting, creative, well-done. Not sure I will seek it out for multiple listens.

Talking Book

Stevie Wonder

5/5

masterpiece

Songs From The Big Chair

Tears For Fears

4/5

Low

David Bowie

2/5

Rip It Up

Orange Juice

4/5

pretty darn cool. sick grooves, much moreso than I was expecting

Innervisions

Stevie Wonder

5/5

Fragile

Yes

5/5

Loveless

My Bloody Valentine

4/5

At Mister Kelly's

Sarah Vaughan

2/5

Sarah Vaughan is a genius, but this is not a great live record.

Neon Bible

Arcade Fire

3/5

Protection

Massive Attack

3/5

excellent mid-90s soul/acid jazz. Would be four stars but for the shitty and pointless Doors cover.

Stardust

Willie Nelson

5/5

The Wall

Pink Floyd

4/5

Talking With the Taxman About Poetry

Billy Bragg

3/5