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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Talking With the Taxman About Poetry Billy Bragg	5	2.97	+2.03
Will The Circle Be Unbroken Nitty Gritty Dirt Band	5	2.98	+2.02
Songs Of Leonard Cohen Leonard Cohen	5	3.38	+1.62
Violent Femmes Violent Femmes	5	3.5	+1.5
Blood On The Tracks Bob Dylan	5	3.68	+1.32
Moondance Van Morrison	5	3.71	+1.29
Guitar Town Steve Earle	4	2.81	+1.19
The Gilded Palace Of Sin The Flying Burrito Brothers	4	2.93	+1.07

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Maxinquaye Tricky	1	3.04	-2.04
Scream, Dracula, Scream Rocket From The Crypt	1	2.77	-1.77
Doolittle Pixies	2	3.75	-1.75
Penthouse And Pavement Heaven 17	1	2.61	-1.61
Timeless Goldie	1	2.53	-1.53
It's Blitz! Yeah Yeah Yeahs	2	3.49	-1.49

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Talking With the Taxman About Poetry

Billy Bragg

5/5

I really enjoyed this. Political, powerful, honest.

2 likes

Heroes

David Bowie

3/5

Intellectually, I want to like Bowie. But every time I listen to an album I’m more like 🤷‍♂️

1 likes

4-Star Albums (21)

1-Star Albums (4)

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Bryter Layter

Nick Drake

4/5

I knew the hits from this one, but had never listened to the album. Such a vibe he creates.

All Directions

The Temptations

4/5

Great vibe, feels of an era with Donny Hathaway Live and Bill Withers. Feels like a great album to have on in the background

Doolittle

Pixies

2/5

I would have been more into this record as a younger man. Aside from Here Comes Your Man, this isn't bad background listening for a certain mood, but doesn't make me want to hear more.

Fleet Foxes

3/5

I remember really wanting to like this album when it was so popular. I love the sounds and vibe, but just don’t connect with the songs.

Off The Wall

Michael Jackson

4/5

Wow. I wish the whole record was as strong as the first two tracks, but the whole thing feels so good and you can't stop boogieing. There's a reason he was the King of Pop. 5 stars for “impact” and importance of the first Quincy collaboration but 4 stars for getting weaker as it goes.

good kid, m.A.A.d city

Kendrick Lamar

4/5

I'm not deep into hip-hop, but DAMN. Pun intended. Smart, brash, bold, and a complete album. I've spent more time with To Pimp a Butterfly and DAMN, but this one is so good.

Strangeways, Here We Come

The Smiths

3/5

I feel like I was supposed to like the Smiths when I was a teenager. I like morrisey’s voice but the music doesn’t do it for me.

Exodus

Bob Marley & The Wailers

4/5

So many hits take attention away from a solid album. Torn between a 4 and a 5. Let's call it 4 and a half stars.

Rum Sodomy & The Lash

The Pogues

4/5

I knew of the Pogues, but I can't believe I hadn't ever heard this record before. Great fun. 3 stars for the songs, 4 stars for the energy and longevity.

Timeless

Goldie

1/5

This is the opposite of timeless. Its sounds dated to exactly its era, and it has not held up. Sounds like the meanderings of a kid who just got Garageband on his mac. Or the soundtrack to shopping in a shitty clothes store at the mall. Over-hyped drums, no song structure. It's Fat Boy Slim but without the hooks and catchy parts.

White Blood Cells

The White Stripes

3/5

I like the White Stripes in small does. Smaller doses than a full album. I appreciate the aesthetic and generally like garage rock, but it gets abrasive after a few songs.

Morrison Hotel

The Doors

3/5

I spent time with the Doors as a teenager, but not a lot of time with their albums. This was a solid if not great album that felt like songs the band enjoyed playing in a roadhouse more than the hits. Morrison’s voice was always magic.

Rocks

Aerosmith

3/5

Aerosmith was a good rock band back then.

Maxinquaye

Tricky

1/5

So 90s it hurts.

3 Feet High and Rising

De La Soul

3/5

De La was always fun

Hot Rats

Frank Zappa

3/5

Zappa is always an interesting listen for me. I love his creativity but it feels like a firehouse of musical ideas sometimes. Hot Rats being mostly instrumental helps this one.

Moon Safari

Air

3/5

This was better than I expected, pleasant if background music.

I'm Your Man

Leonard Cohen

3/5

Leonard Cohen wrote such wonderfully deceptively simple songs. The super-80s production here serves these songs in an way that works very well. First, we take Manhattan....

The Velvet Underground & Nico

The Velvet Underground

3/5

It was okay I was mostly aware of the album cover more than the music. It was interesting, and I can see the influence they had but this isn’t my jam.

The Köln Concert

Keith Jarrett

4/5

This was a delight. First album in this challenge that was a new discovery I intend to revisit.

Out Of The Blue

Electric Light Orchestra

3/5

Great arrangements and 70s production. Enjoyed it, just not my jam.

Penthouse And Pavement

Heaven 17

1/5

Not my thing.

Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

Wilco

4/5

I enjoy this album and a lot of the songs. The noise elements are too much for me. Wilco is always a band I want to like more than I do.

The Gilded Palace Of Sin

The Flying Burrito Brothers

4/5

This was fun. Always heard of them, but hadn’t ever listened. No standout songs but a great album.

My Aim Is True

Elvis Costello

4/5

I appreciate Elvis Costello more over time, because I can hear the bridge his music and energy was between the 70s and 80s. This is just a great record.

It's Blitz!

Yeah Yeah Yeahs

2/5

Where’s the catchy bits? This was fine, I guess, other than not holding my attention in any way. No thank you.

Talking With the Taxman About Poetry

Billy Bragg

5/5

I really enjoyed this. Political, powerful, honest.

Clube Da Esquina

Milton Nascimento

4/5

Discoveries like this are why I’m doing this challenge. This was lovely, exactly the kind of music I love to have filling the house.

Beggars Banquet

The Rolling Stones

3/5

I always want to like the Stones more than I do. This record is an example of why. It’s so close to something I want to listen to, but it’s not.

Hearts And Bones

Paul Simon

4/5

Not Paula’s best record, but just the title track and Train in the Distance make it worth the ride. The 80s production combined with a few songs not up to his usual standards are the weak points.

In Rainbows

Radiohead

3/5

Radiohead is one of those bands I always feel like I’m supposed to like more than I do. I hadn’t heard this one before and it was pleasant background music if not attention grabbing.

Mama Said Knock You Out

LL Cool J

3/5

This was more fun than expected. LL always felt like a sell out, but he sure had a hit on this one. The rest of the record has a fun swagger, and you can hear the early influences and the flavors of boom bap. Not my favorite hip hop of the era, but fun to hear more than the title track.

Sunday At The Village Vanguard

Bill Evans Trio

4/5

A true classic, especially if you like bass solos.

Vol. 4

Black Sabbath

3/5

I can appreciate the foundation Sabbath laid for future heavy rock, but it’s just not my thing. Changes is a great song.

A Girl Called Dusty

Dusty Springfield

3/5

What a voice. Amazing how she can own these standards, make them hers.

Moondance

Van Morrison

5/5

A masterpiece. Too bad Van the man turned out to be such a political asshole.

Blood On The Tracks

Bob Dylan

5/5

One of Bob’s better efforts, certainly the era where he had a better voice. Some great songs here

Music in Exile

Songhoy Blues

3/5

I enjoyed this. Got repetitive for me in the way that Afro beat can. But I still enjoy it

Violent Femmes

5/5

A true classic. Great songs, great arrangements and production. Every songs a singalong.

Dusty In Memphis

Dusty Springfield

4/5

What a voice. An amazing record just for Preacher Man.

Songs Of Leonard Cohen

Leonard Cohen

5/5

So much more than Hallelujah. Leonard was a treasure.

The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady

Charles Mingus

4/5

I like Mingus, and this album has its moments but it is also a cacophony, I think maybe deliberately different voices given the album title. A jazz classic I like but don’t love.

Cut

The Slits

2/5

This got worse as it went, and it didn't start out well. Reminds me of what might have been playing in the background at a "cool" record shop, back when we had record shops. At least there's tits on the cover.

Liege And Lief

Fairport Convention

4/5

I feel like I should have heard this record before. How have I never heard this record before? Both dated and timeless.

Guitar Town

Steve Earle

4/5

He debuted as the best roots songwriter, and then just kept getting better.

Disraeli Gears

Cream

3/5

That guitar tone is still a benchmark. The vocal tone doesn’t hold up quite as well for me, but, still, what a sound.

Heroes

David Bowie

3/5

Intellectually, I want to like Bowie. But every time I listen to an album I’m more like 🤷‍♂️

Third/Sister Lovers

Big Star

3/5

I can hear the influence Big Star had, but didn’t hold my interest

Scream, Dracula, Scream

Rocket From The Crypt

1/5

No thank you

Let's Stay Together

Al Green

4/5

Classic. I knew Let’s Stay Together but hadn’t listened to the album. Felt great

Manassas

Stephen Stills

4/5

This was a great discovery for me, I'd never branched out to any of CSN's "solo" projects. This felt both of its era and contemporary to me -- so many festival bands still chasing this sound.

Fear and Whiskey

Mekons

2/5

Really wanted to like this one after the review said it was the “first alt-country” record. Couldn’t make it through 3 songs.

Will The Circle Be Unbroken

Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

5/5

Enjoyed revisiting a classic.

Harvest

Neil Young

4/5

A classic. Too bad Neil won’t put it on Spotify 😂