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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Darkness on the Edge of Town Bruce Springsteen	5	3.42	+1.58
A Rush Of Blood To The Head Coldplay	5	3.44	+1.56
Dusty In Memphis Dusty Springfield	5	3.47	+1.53
Birth Of The Cool Miles Davis	5	3.65	+1.35
Blood On The Tracks Bob Dylan	5	3.68	+1.32
Deja Vu Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young	5	3.7	+1.3
Axis: Bold As Love Jimi Hendrix	5	3.79	+1.21
Who's Next The Who	5	3.91	+1.09
Ten Pearl Jam	5	3.92	+1.08
I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You Aretha Franklin	5	3.94	+1.06

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Duck Rock Malcolm McLaren	1	2.65	-1.65
Tusk Fleetwood Mac	2	3.46	-1.46
Endtroducing..... DJ Shadow	2	3.36	-1.36
Homework Daft Punk	2	3.29	-1.29
Rust In Peace Megadeth	2	3.24	-1.24

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Artist	Albums	Average
Led Zeppelin	2	5

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Bad Company

4/5

Quintessential 70s! I always imagine the band in Almost Famous as a version of Bad Co. What happens when a bar band is really good!

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Raising Hell

Run-D.M.C.

4/5

Fantastic! So many memories of this being my first exposure to rap. My friend Sean dubbed Aerosmith’s Permanent Vacation and then this album on the other side. It’s tricky based on My Sharona is so good! Rap and Hip-Hop becomes much more complex, but this is the foundation. ****

Endtroducing.....

DJ Shadow

2/5

Never listened to this before. Cool sound collages, reminded me of Chemical Brothers. Good music for background, much like when I listen to Explosions in the Sky. I like track 2, “Building Steam with a Grain…” and track 7, “Untitled.” **1/2

Elephant

The White Stripes

3/5

Seven Nation Army is such a great song and amazing kick off to this album. I love the amalgam of punk and roots/country influences. The middle of the album falls into the same sonic space, interrupted every once in a while by a quirky song that stands out. I’m still knocked out by the sudden British accent when Holly Golightly stops singing and starts talking on the last track. ***1/2

Homework

Daft Punk

2/5

Not as enjoyable to me as DJ Shadow or the pop/dance fusion of the Per Shop Boys. “Da Funk” has a hint of where they will go with “Get Lucky.” **

Dusty In Memphis

Dusty Springfield

5/5

Love this album. It’s worth it for “Son of a Preacher Man” alone, but so many other songs establish what we come to expect as the 70s sound. And it’s clearly the template for Amy Winehouse and even Adele.

I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You

Aretha Franklin

5/5

***** Fantastic album! Absolutely a classic that everyone should know. It opens with R-E-S-P-E-C-T, but still has Do Right Woman and A Change is Gonna Come.

2112

Rush

3/5

Heys’ favorite band. I prefer punk.

The Undertones

4/5

First heard The Undertones on Angela’s Punk music Grad class CDs. “Get Over You” made it on to the Punk 254 compilation I made. Good example of British/Irish punk that avoided the straight confrontation of the Sex Pistols and embraced some melody.

Axis: Bold As Love

Jimi Hendrix

5/5

Yes! “Little Wing” under appreciated because ubiquitous! “Wait for Tomorrow” is one of my favorites and the two “castle” songs! Classic!

Moby Grape

3/5

Nice example of late 60s sound — squarely between The Dead and Jefferson Starship. Wrote a song called “Omaha,” but not in this album.

Tea for the Tillerman

Cat Stevens

4/5

Perfectly captures Cat Stevens style. “Wild World” is a classic. “Father and Son” is beautiful. For one of my birthdays Sam gave me the vinyl version of this album and the song always reminds me of him. ****

Bad Company

4/5

Quintessential 70s! I always imagine the band in Almost Famous as a version of Bad Co. What happens when a bar band is really good!

Duck Rock

Malcolm McLaren

1/5

Manager of the Sex Pistols and the New York Dolls. Interesting, experimental soundscapes + world music. But, not really for listening.

Gorillaz

3/5

Cool! “Clint Eastwood” is still a great song!

Jazz Samba

Stan Getz

4/5

Delightful!

The Band

4/5

american dream

LCD Soundsystem

3/5

*** Not my favorite of their work. Prefer This is Happening and Sound of Silver!

It's Blitz!

Yeah Yeah Yeahs

4/5

Love the Yeah Yeah Yeahs! I had never listened to this one before and it is really good. Similar to their newest album.

Green

R.E.M.

3/5

In Junior High I hated REM for the song “Stand.” I didn’t become a fan until Automatic for the People. I have come to appreciate “Orange Crush” and “World Leader Pretend” ***

Led Zeppelin III

Led Zeppelin

5/5

❤️ Yes! Fantastic — the 2nd half is mostly acoustic and really shows just how good of a band they are. Gallows Pole, Tangerine, That’s the Way are three of my favorites!

Adele

3/5

Prefer the previous album.

A Rush Of Blood To The Head

Coldplay

5/5

Love this album! Was a fan of their first album, but this follow-up was a huge leap forward! Living in California we saw them at an outdoor arena in the middle of nowhere and they were so good! It’s their best album. *****

Pornography

The Cure

4/5

Yes!!!!!!!!!!!! Devin will love this!🤣 Not my favorite Cure album, but definitely fits their goth template. Hanging Garden is the best song, One Hundred Years is a good opening track. ***

Smash

The Offspring

3/5

Before they got goofy this was a good punk album that filled in some of the gap left by Nirvana.

Deja Vu

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

5/5

Love this album!

Rust In Peace

Megadeth

2/5

Not my thing, but good.

The Dark Side Of The Moon

Pink Floyd

5/5

❤️❤️❤️ One of the greatest albums ever made!

Darkness on the Edge of Town

Bruce Springsteen

5/5

Right up there with The River for me. It took me a long time to like Bruce, but this album is a great example of his songwriting. Racing in the Streets is one of my all-time favorites!

At Folsom Prison

Johnny Cash

5/5

Love this album! Love this man!

Reggatta De Blanc

The Police

3/5

So cool! There’s a lot of interesting ideas, but not their best work.

Play

Moby

3/5

Some of the songs are great. The rest is just background.

Tusk

Fleetwood Mac

2/5

Tusk!

Highway 61 Revisited

Bob Dylan

4/5

Birth Of The Cool

Miles Davis

5/5

Just amazing! Not overrated no matter how loud the hype and praise! “Move” is a great opener.

Blood On The Tracks

Bob Dylan

5/5

Under-appreciated Dylan classic “Idiot Wind.”

Led Zeppelin II

Led Zeppelin

5/5

War

4/5

❤️ This is the album where U2 figured out how to be who they are! “40” is still a great closing song, perfect in concert too!

Who's Next

The Who

5/5

Maybe the best rock and roll album of all time! It’s the perfect mix of dynamics — perfection. The bonus track “Naked Eye” is fantastic.

Funeral

Arcade Fire

3/5

Pretty cool!

Hotel California

Eagles

4/5

I know its coolness vacillates but I love the song “Hotel California” and The Eagles Live is one of my favorite albums! Probably the reason why I stuck with Americana music and love harmonies.

Ten

Pearl Jam

5/5

Franz Ferdinand

3/5

evermore

Taylor Swift

4/5

Great pandemic album, but not as great as folklore!

The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill

Lauryn Hill

3/5