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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Shaka Zulu Ladysmith Black Mambazo	5	3.08	+1.92
Clube Da Esquina Milton Nascimento	5	3.14	+1.86
Hejira Joni Mitchell	5	3.14	+1.86
Little Earthquakes Tori Amos	5	3.22	+1.78
Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) Eurythmics	5	3.24	+1.76
Sunday At The Village Vanguard Bill Evans Trio	5	3.31	+1.69
A Girl Called Dusty Dusty Springfield	5	3.33	+1.67
Blue Joni Mitchell	5	3.49	+1.51
Paul Simon Paul Simon	5	3.5	+1.5
Playing With Fire Spacemen 3	4	2.55	+1.45

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Moving Pictures Rush	1	3.57	-2.57
It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back Public Enemy	2	3.36	-1.36
C'est Chic CHIC	2	3.34	-1.34
Fear Of A Black Planet Public Enemy	2	3.34	-1.34
Meat Is Murder The Smiths	2	3.33	-1.33
School's Out Alice Cooper	2	3.2	-1.2
Music For The Jilted Generation The Prodigy	2	3.07	-1.07
Devil Without A Cause Kid Rock	1	2.03	-1.03
S.F. Sorrow The Pretty Things	2	3.01	-1.01

Artists

Favorites

Artist	Albums	Average
Beatles	3	4.67
Joni Mitchell	2	5
Bob Dylan	3	4.33

5-Star Albums (20)

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The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan

5/5

as perfect of a folk album as they come.

Elvis Presley

4/5

it's elvis... doing what elvis does... croonin' and swoonin'.

Metallica

3/5

forgot how many metallica hits are from this album.

That's The Way Of The World

Earth, Wind & Fire

3/5

the grooviness on africano, gave this entire album an extra star.

The Suburbs

Arcade Fire

4/5

'we used to wait' hits differently in your 30s.

Illmatic

Nas

4/5

90s east-coast rap at its best. dope grooves and perfect sampling infused with old-school hip-hop and blues influences.

Here's Little Richard

Little Richard

4/5

brings me back to being a kid and listening to time-life 1950s decades cds on repeat. classic, so fucking classic.

Get Rich Or Die Tryin'

50 Cent

3/5

the features on this album... damn. haven't listened to this album since high school - bringing back some strong memories.

Welcome to the Afterfuture

Mike Ladd

4/5

wasn't sure what to expect with this album... to the moon's contractor and wipe out on the wave of armageddon were my 2 fav songs on the album.

C'est Chic

CHIC

2/5

groovy, disco vibes. wishing there was a 1/2 star option!

American Idiot

Green Day

3/5

angsty teen nostalgia at its best.

Queens of the Stone Age

Queens Of The Stone Age

3/5

i was more familiar with songs for the deaf. but this album is quintessential queens of the stone age. walking on the sidewalk was my fav track.

Sunday At The Village Vanguard

Bill Evans Trio

5/5

i am not upset at having this classic jazz album playing through my speakers today. truly some of the best.

At Fillmore East

The Allman Brothers Band

4/5

jam band, man. makes me miss living in a small hippy snowboarding town, where everyone listened to jam bands and smoked massive amounts of weed.

Urban Hymns

The Verve

4/5

the opening track is a quintessential 90s anthem. have vivid memories of having my mom drive me to gymnastics practice with the track playing on the radio. the rest of the album holds up. also, hidden track?! yesssss please.

One Nation Under A Groove

Funkadelic

4/5

plain and simple - george clinton is a funk master. maggot brain is one helluva groove.

Homework

Daft Punk

3/5

this album holds up.

Beggars Banquet

The Rolling Stones

4/5

a perfect rock n' roll album. no notes.

Clube Da Esquina

Milton Nascimento

5/5

no notes. i just really enjoyed that.

Moving Pictures

Rush

1/5

i will not be rushing to listen to that again. the band got ruined for me by a bf in high school. i feel bad that i can't listen to it objectively.

Paul Simon

5/5

perfection.

Blur

3/5

i liked the second half better than the first.

Virgin Suicides

Air

4/5

dead bodies was a banger.

Brilliant Corners

Thelonious Monk

4/5

no notes. pretty fucking great.

Rage Against The Machine

5/5

ratm forever.

A Girl Called Dusty

Dusty Springfield

5/5

what. a. vocal.

Fever Ray

4/5

loved fever's most recent album. felt good to revisit this one. loved the vibes.

Crazysexycool

TLC

3/5

not my favorite tlc album.

Fear Of A Black Planet

Public Enemy

2/5

not my favorite of hip hop albums.

Abraxas

Santana

4/5

carlossssss, ugh. so good. wished the album was longer, felt like it flew by so quickly.

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

Beatles

5/5

i believe this to be one of the beatles best albums.

Come Away With Me

Norah Jones

3/5

i loved this album when it first came out. and today i wanted to like it more than i did. hmmm, weird.

Bitches Brew

Miles Davis

4/5

miles, miles, miles. so good.

Gentlemen

The Afghan Whigs

2/5

def gave off the 90s vibes. wouldn't skip it if it came on randomly, but also wouldn't go out of my way to listen to the whole album again.

Jagged Little Pill

Alanis Morissette

5/5

no notes. one of my most favorite albums of all time, and it was my first concert.

Parallel Lines

Blondie

5/5

bangers on top of bangers. fuck yeah debbie harry.

Our Aim Is To Satisfy

Red Snapper

2/5

had zero idea of what to expect. really felt like a crazy mixed bag. wish i could give it 2.5

Truth

Jeff Beck

3/5

solid album.

Abbey Road

Beatles

5/5

can't go wrong.

Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not

Arctic Monkeys

4/5

ahhhhh 2006. what a vibe.

Revolver

Beatles

4/5

another solid beatles album...

John Barleycorn Must Die

Traffic

4/5

didnt know what to expect, and i am not upset.

Hejira

Joni Mitchell

5/5

jaco pastorius and joni mitchell 4eva

Headquarters

The Monkees

3/5

when you can't decide if you wanna listen to the beatles, the kinks or the byrds... you listen to the monkees.

S&M

Metallica

4/5

i think all metal bands need to bring in a symphony on their albums

Ramones

3/5

pretty straightforward ramones.

Guero

Beck

3/5

knew all the hits, but the deeper cuts were pretty solid. wish (again) i could give half stars.

Raw Power

The Stooges

3/5

iggy iggy iggy.

S.F. Sorrow

The Pretty Things

2/5

that was okay i suppose?

Made In Japan

Deep Purple

4/5

jammy. so jammy. i liked this a lot more than i thought i was gonna

Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

4/5

loved the folk vibes.

Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)

Eurythmics

5/5

annie lennox 4eva and eva

Viva Hate

Morrissey

2/5

ugh... tried to put my personal feelings about morrissey away to enjoy this, which proved to be difficult. the smiths are better, morrissey's ego is just too big.

Talking Book

Stevie Wonder

5/5

so much soul. so much talent.

Californication

Red Hot Chili Peppers

5/5

this album is full of nostalgia for me. porcelain is one of the most heartbreaking songs i've ever listened to.

Live And Dangerous

Thin Lizzy

3/5

i knew of thin lizzy's big hits. didn't know they were irish until i went to irish rock n' roll history museum (must-do if you're a music lover in dublin). and this live album was good. something i would put on in the background while cleaning my house.

Little Earthquakes

Tori Amos

5/5

tori is my girl. love her so, so, so, so, much.

The Renaissance

Q-Tip

4/5

did not know what to expect... but this was a pleasant surprise. super groovy progressive hip-hop.

Heartattack And Vine

Tom Waits

4/5

on the nickel is one of the most heartbreakingly beautiful songs ever written. wish i could give half stars

Disraeli Gears

Cream

3/5

possible hot take...? but i think i prefer clapton's solo stuff?

Dirt

Alice In Chains

3/5

yup, that's quintessential 90s seattle grunge rock.

Live At The Witch Trials

The Fall

2/5

couldn't get into it.

It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back

Public Enemy

2/5

a solid rap album, but i think i just like experimental hip hop more?

School's Out

Alice Cooper

2/5

i wish school was out. it's got the standard rock sound for the time. it's fine.

Green Onions

Booker T. & The MG's

4/5

classic as classic can get.

Blood On The Tracks

Bob Dylan

4/5

bob. harmonica. guitar. folk fabulousness.

Playing With Fire

Spacemen 3

4/5

had no idea what to expect from this and was pleasantly surprised.

Live / Dead

Grateful Dead

4/5

i love a good live album. the dead's music lends well to it.

Lady Soul

Aretha Franklin

5/5

can't do it much better than the queen of soul herself.

Odessey And Oracle

The Zombies

3/5

this will be our year has been a favorite of mine for a long time, but never listened to the rest of the album... is it bad that it is exactly what i expected it to be? fairly mid.

Adele

5/5

hit after hit after hit. of all adele's four albums, this is probably my favorite? hard to choose.

Freak Out!

The Mothers Of Invention

2/5

zappa... oh boy. it didn't "wowie zowie" me.

Grace

Jeff Buckley

4/5

loved it. no notes.

Oedipus Schmoedipus

Barry Adamson

3/5

had no idea what to expect with this. artsy. would put on while cleaning the house or doing homework.

Highway 61 Revisited

Bob Dylan

4/5

bob. bob. bob. my dude. i think freewheeling is my fav of his, and this is my 2nd fav? no wait, blood on the tracks was also so good. too hard to decide.

Liquid Swords

GZA

4/5

what a journey - loved all the twists and turns. fantastic hip hop album, but i'd expect nothing less from the 'spiritual head' of wu-tang clan

Different Class

Pulp

3/5

"common people" gives this album an additional star

Casanova

The Divine Comedy

2/5

hmmm... i truly don't know what to make of this album. not my fav. interesting texture to his vocal. very mid.