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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Teenager Of The Year Frank Black	5	3	+2
Drunk Thundercat	5	3.12	+1.88
Rattus Norvegicus The Stranglers	5	3.15	+1.85
Junkyard The Birthday Party	4	2.16	+1.84
Dry PJ Harvey	5	3.24	+1.76
Cross Justice	5	3.27	+1.73
The Message Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five	5	3.28	+1.72
The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady Charles Mingus	5	3.32	+1.68
xx The xx	5	3.37	+1.63
At Fillmore East The Allman Brothers Band	5	3.38	+1.62

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Blur Blur	1	3.33	-2.33
Revolver Beatles	2	4.25	-2.25
Marquee Moon Television	2	3.5	-1.5
Melodrama Lorde	2	3.31	-1.31
Selling England By The Pound Genesis	2	3.18	-1.18

5-Star Albums (26)

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Cosmo's Factory

Creedence Clearwater Revival

4/5

I don’t know what I expected before listening to this album. I think my preconceptions about Creedence Clearwater Revival were that they were a country band like the Allman Brothers, and while I think there is a time in a place for that kind of music, it’s not my favorite. But after just a couple minutes of listening to this album, I am a convert. only giving four stars because white people gaining fame from music that is clearly inspired by traditions of black musicians deserves to be knocked down a peg on principle.

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4-Star Albums (14)

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector

1-Star Albums (1)

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What's Going On

Marvin Gaye

4/5

Great sound, definitely ideal background music for me. I can see how so many artists since then have been influenced by this album - particularly one of my favorites, Silk Sonic (collaboration between Bruno Mars and Anderson.Paak). Only giving four stars because I would definitely use it as background music, and I’m reserving 5 stars for any albums that I would turn on because I want to listen to and engage with the songs.

Tracy Chapman

5/5

Maggot Brain

Funkadelic

5/5

i loved it! great guitar, excellent atmosphere and vibe

Cross

Justice

5/5

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector

Various Artists

4/5

okay the music on here is stellar but Phil Spector is a monster

Let's Stay Together

Al Green

5/5

so fucking good

Mr. Tambourine Man

The Byrds

3/5

extremely high quality recording, absolutely in awe of the sound quality. not a huge fan of the music itself - a decent background album for sure, but i don’t think i’d go out of my way to listen

Double Nickels On The Dime

Minutemen

4/5

i can see how this album was influential during the 80s punk era, leading into early 90s grunge. i appreciate it but i don't think i'd seek it out. it gets an extra star for being the King of the Hill theme song.

Blur

1/5

i forgot that Damon Albarn is the frontman for Blur. i am actually usually a huge fan of his music, but he gets 1 star because of the shady shit he said about Taylor Swift. i will only pirate his music from now on.

Brothers

The Black Keys

5/5

love this album, been a big fan for a long time !

The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan

5/5

love bob dylan - i remember listening to this with my dad as a teenager

Talking With the Taxman About Poetry

Billy Bragg

2/5

Bone Machine

Tom Waits

3/5

i respect it but i don't want to hear it

Cosmo's Factory

Creedence Clearwater Revival

4/5

Revolver

Beatles

2/5

i understand what they did for mainstream white people rock and roll but A) i don’t like it and B) just like CCR, i can’t on principle rate an album highly when it’s white people making music and building fame off of styles originated by nonwhite artists - not only black musicians who created rock n roll from blues and jazz, but in this instance, styles of Indian music co-opted by white British men.

Second Toughest In The Infants

Underworld

3/5

i do not have the stamina for a 90s style rave but if i did i’d want this album to be playing

Ill Communication

Beastie Boys

5/5

hell yeah.

Hot Fuss

The Killers

5/5

hell yeah.

Daydream Nation

Sonic Youth

3/5

(Pronounced 'Leh-'Nérd 'Skin-'Nérd)

Lynyrd Skynyrd

5/5

my dad and i went to see them at MSG in the early 2000s. he got a traffic ticket for making an illegal right turn on red, and we almost missed the band bc we thought they had an opener but it turned out they were the opener. which was a huge shame, they opened for Kid Rock and we left after their set because fuck kid rock. LS killed, they were great. love them.

Selling England By The Pound

Genesis

2/5

I appreciate it for its clear influence on contemporary Prog rock, but my God I hate Phil Collins.

Power In Numbers

Jurassic 5

5/5

love this, sounds like early hip hop but with a contemporary feel

Microshift

Hookworms

4/5

this was odd but i loved it. four stars only because i’m unsure of how likely i am to return to it frequently. but it was great.

Talking Book

Stevie Wonder

5/5

hell yeah. one of my all-time favorites. Stevie is such a brilliant artist and there is so much music today we would have never heard if he hadn't set the stage or blazed the path. i think he's definitely one of my "desert island" artists.

Vulgar Display Of Power

Pantera

4/5

dig it.

Emperor Tomato Ketchup

Stereolab

3/5

really dug this, but the looping lyrics and repetitive beats sometimes irritated my brain - would be a regular listen for me if the songs were each about 1/4 shorter

Buena Vista Social Club

5/5

hell yeah this slaps. played it in the background while i cooked breakfast and felt like a chef at a resort restaurant.

At Folsom Prison

Johnny Cash

5/5

i mean, come on. this rules.

Teenage Head

Flamin' Groovies

3/5

once again, this sounds dope as hell, but a bunch of white guys from San Francisco can’t get a high rating for blues-rock. it absolutely slaps but i have to knock it down some stars on principle.

Rattus Norvegicus

The Stranglers

5/5

hell yeah.

The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady

Charles Mingus

5/5

Entertainment

Gang Of Four

4/5

i dig this, reminds me of a band i used to listen to as a teen, Maximo Park - they were definitely inspired by this album

Diamond Life