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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Let's Get Killed David Holmes	4	2.67	+1.33
Hot Fuss The Killers	5	3.73	+1.27
Brothers In Arms Dire Straits	5	3.74	+1.26
(Pronounced 'Leh-'Nérd 'Skin-'Nérd) Lynyrd Skynyrd	5	3.74	+1.26
Sticky Fingers The Rolling Stones	5	3.86	+1.14

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
The Velvet Underground & Nico The Velvet Underground	1	3.61	-2.61
Birth Of The Cool Miles Davis	2	3.63	-1.63
Rising Above Bedlam Jah Wobble's Invaders Of The Heart	1	2.6	-1.6
The Köln Concert Keith Jarrett	2	3.39	-1.39
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot Wilco	2	3.31	-1.31
1989 Taylor Swift	2	3.26	-1.26
Sweet Baby James James Taylor	2	3.24	-1.24
Legalize It Peter Tosh	2	3.07	-1.07

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Pet Sounds

The Beach Boys

4/5

Took a few listens to grow on me, but this album has no skips. Probably requires a bit of historical context to consider this an all-timer but can still be appreciated today. Best deep cut - I Know There's an An Answer

Lady Soul

Aretha Franklin

4/5

Odessey And Oracle

The Zombies

4/5

Great album with a timeless sound. Some beautiful tracks that seamlessly transition between gloomy and lively. The first 5 songs really standout with A Rose for Emily being the highlight.

A Rush Of Blood To The Head

Coldplay

3/5

Decent album. None of the tracks really stand out. The first half is strong but it begins to drag on near the end, a change of pace or some shorter tracks would've helped. Their Spotify streaming numbers blow my mind, I don't see the mass appeal.

A Hard Day's Night

Beatles

4/5

1989

Taylor Swift

2/5

Maybe all of the hits have been too overplayed to be fully appreciated but this album was a bore. Wildest Dreams still slaps but didn't find anything new here.

Live At Leeds

The Who

4/5

Awesome rock concert. Heaven and Hell gets things kicked off right away and never loses momentum from there. Young Man Blues was probably the peak.

Seventeen Seconds

The Cure

3/5

Decent album but a little boring. Songs don't feel very distinct from one another and can blur together if your focused elsewhere. Play for Today was the best track.

The Köln Concert

Keith Jarrett

2/5

I am bored

Parallel Lines

Blondie

3/5

Other than the hits it fell a bit flat for me. Sound felt a bit repetitive and no real hidden gems here.

Step In The Arena

Gang Starr

3/5

You can definitely hear the influence albums like this one had on east coast rap throughout the 90's. The production is great throughout the record, and there is lots of good storytelling here that makes up for a pretty basic rhyme schemes. Very similar to A Tribe Called Quest but there's not much here that The Low End Theory doesn't do better.

Frank

Amy Winehouse

3/5

Sounds like its out of a different era. Amy's unique voice adds so much to what are pretty mundane songs but it can start to irritate by the end of the album.

Imagine

John Lennon

3/5

More of Paul guy I guess. A few interesting tracks but overall not much to get excited by.

Sticky Fingers

The Rolling Stones

5/5

This album fucking rocks

Eagles

3/5

Mellow rock with some cool guitar riffs. After Witchy Woman there wasn't a ton here that I would revisit.

Marquee Moon

Television

4/5

It took a couple of listens to really appreciate, but you can hear how this sound influenced a lot of early 2000's indie/punk music. There are unreal guitar riffs all over this album and some great solo's on Marquee Moon which is worth the 10 minute listen everytime.

Sweet Baby James

James Taylor

2/5

Not a big fan of this. James' voice isn't interesting enough to carry the simple melodies and lack of rhythm. Fire and rain was good but not much else worth a relisten.

Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

Wilco

2/5

Meh

Ogden's Nut Gone Flake

Small Faces

3/5

A different genre of music then I'm used to. Took a few listens to appreciate the sound, but I came to really enjoy it

White Blood Cells

The White Stripes

3/5

Front loaded album with a really strong opener. A lot of versatility showed in one piece of work.

War

4/5

I've never given U2 a chance before this album but I can see why they've had so much commercial success. A real timeless rock sound. Bloody Sunday, New Year's Day and Like a Song were my favorites but the back half is just as good.

Melodrama

Lorde

4/5

Would give this a 3.5, really enjoy Lorde's sound and she definitely hit her peak on this one.

Birth Of The Cool

Miles Davis

2/5

Good background music

Sheer Heart Attack

Queen

4/5

Abraxas

Santana

3/5

Vol. 4

Black Sabbath

4/5

Not usually a metal fan but this album rocks. Every guitar riff and solo is riveting, and the heavy drums and bass make up such a hard-hitting sound.

The Velvet Underground & Nico

The Velvet Underground

1/5

Experimental in sound, it's trying to explore a lot of different genres. Maybe they pioneered some of these sounds that went on to be better refined, but feels like a demo tape. Guitar sounds like me playing after 6 beers.

Soul Mining

The The

3/5

Pretty mid

Stankonia

OutKast

4/5

OutKast at their best. Their albums always seem to run a bit too long but they have such a fun and unique sound that it never becomes dry.

Chirping Crickets

Buddy Holly & The Crickets

3/5

Buddy has a great voice and there are some great moments throughout this album, but it's a bit too plain for modern day rock. That being said I get why his music has lived on for so long.

Hot Fuss

The Killers

5/5

One of the all-time bests, no skips.

Let's Get Killed

David Holmes

4/5

Takes a couple of listens to appreciate but there are a lot of great tracks on this record. Very groovy house music. Not surprising that Holmes has been involved in so many movie soundtracks.

Rising Above Bedlam

Jah Wobble's Invaders Of The Heart

1/5

Some sort of abstract art gallery noise more then a coherent album. A bunch of random guitar lifts with bad singing, or talking or whatever they decided to switch to from track to track. I get it the guy can play the bass.

Legalize It

Peter Tosh

2/5

Not quite my tempo

Brothers In Arms

Dire Straits

5/5

Mark Knopfler is the goat. I'll forever be trying to replicate his guitar style. Iconic stuff.

(Pronounced 'Leh-'Nérd 'Skin-'Nérd)

Lynyrd Skynyrd

5/5

A few legendary songs that make this an all-timer, but all of the songs in between don't disappoint either. Amazing guitar riffs throughout and smooth rock vocals.

Fetch The Bolt Cutters

Fiona Apple

3/5

I have a bit of a soft spot for this album. It came out at the start of Covid and listening to it bored and stoned it felt very unique and profound. But, some of the tracks I saved have been instant skips in the years since. Some albums take a few listens to love, this album is the opposite.

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness

The Smashing Pumpkins

3/5

Halfway through Disc 1 and I'm already tired of Corgan's voice. I like the bands moody, heavy rock style but they might be better in small doses.