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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Vanishing Point Primal Scream	5	2.83	+2.17
Talk Talk Talk The Psychedelic Furs	5	3.03	+1.97
Roxy Music Roxy Music	5	3.11	+1.89
It's A Shame About Ray The Lemonheads	5	3.13	+1.87
My Aim Is True Elvis Costello	5	3.35	+1.65
Pretenders Pretenders	5	3.35	+1.65
Red Headed Stranger Willie Nelson	5	3.35	+1.65
Bossanova Pixies	5	3.38	+1.62
Amnesiac Radiohead	5	3.41	+1.59
Odessey And Oracle The Zombies	5	3.42	+1.58

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) Wu-Tang Clan	1	3.61	-2.61
Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots The Flaming Lips	1	3.57	-2.57
evermore Taylor Swift	1	3.04	-2.04
Exodus Bob Marley & The Wailers	2	3.94	-1.94
Beach Samba Astrud Gilberto	1	2.92	-1.92
Arular M.I.A.	1	2.83	-1.83
The Low End Theory A Tribe Called Quest	2	3.7	-1.7
Getz/Gilberto Stan Getz	2	3.65	-1.65
Songs For Swingin' Lovers! Frank Sinatra	2	3.52	-1.52
At Mister Kelly's Sarah Vaughan	2	3.38	-1.38

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Artist	Albums	Average
Talking Heads	2	5

5-Star Albums (27)

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Van Halen

5/5

One of the greatest debut albums of all time.

2 likes

Talk Talk Talk

The Psychedelic Furs

5/5

Absolutely love this album front to back..

1 likes

At Mister Kelly's

Sarah Vaughan

2/5

Not my cup of tea.

1 likes

London Calling

The Clash

5/5

Personal top 5 album. Not a clunker on all four sides.

1 likes

Let's Get It On

Marvin Gaye

5/5

Love this album. Definitely in my top 100 albums.

1 likes

1-Star Albums (5)

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Bridge Over Troubled Water

Simon & Garfunkel

5/5

She's So Unusual

Cyndi Lauper

4/5

Hail To the Thief

Radiohead

4/5

Tidal

Fiona Apple

4/5

Long time favorite of mine. 4.5 stars. Fiona is a favorite artist as well.

Elephant

The White Stripes

5/5

Love the White Stripes.

Let's Stay Together

Al Green

5/5

Love this album. Top 100 for me!

Amnesiac

Radiohead

5/5

Love Radiohead, love tis album.

Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots

The Flaming Lips

1/5

I am in the minority but I have always hated this album. Gave it a listen recently for the first time in years and yes I still hate it.

Birth Of The Cool

Miles Davis

3/5

I know Miles Davis is universally loved, jazz just isn't my thing.

Marquee Moon

Television

5/5

I have loved this album for years. I consider Marquee Moon a gateway album to a plethera of other musical discoveries.

Songs Of Leonard Cohen

Leonard Cohen

3/5

Not my favorite but definitely worth an occasional listen. I do live many Cohen songs though.

My Aim Is True

Elvis Costello

5/5

Top ten desert island album for me. Live this dusk front to back. I distinctly remember my first listen and how enthralled I was at the time.

Getz/Gilberto

Stan Getz

2/5

Just not my thing. Not saying this is a bad album but light piano and sax is not for me.

It's A Shame About Ray

The Lemonheads

5/5

Love this album. A top 250 album for me.

Dare!

The Human League

4/5

Have loved this album since it was released. Still pull it out once in a while although the synth heavy sound has not aged terribly well.

Let's Get It On

Marvin Gaye

5/5

Love this album. Definitely in my top 100 albums.

London Calling

The Clash

5/5

Personal top 5 album. Not a clunker on all four sides.

Talking Heads 77

Talking Heads

5/5

Love, love, love this album. 1001 albums are recommending so much great music that I already love. Top 100 album for me.

Too Rye Ay

Dexys Midnight Runners

3/5

Nice place in time album. After the first couples of songs I thought, hmm, this didn't age to well. I was involved summer physical work at the time, shoveling snow, so I kept listening. I ended up really enjoying the listen.

Ágætis Byrjun

Sigur Rós

4/5

Love this album

16 Lovers Lane

The Go-Betweens

2/5

With there were several sings I did like, Missy of the album was very"folkie" which just isn't my thing.

Another Green World

Brian Eno

2/5

Interesting but didn't really grab me. Over all Eno has an interesting catalog.

Dookie

Green Day

4/5

Sister

Sonic Youth

3/5

I am a Sonic Youth fan, this is not my favorite Sonic Youth album. I would not turn it off if it popped up in my feed.

Crossing the Red Sea With the Adverts

The Adverts

3/5

I enjoyed this. The release date in 1978 really synced with my discovery of punk and new wave and I got a great feeling of nostalgia while listening.

Are You Experienced

Jimi Hendrix

4/5

Love Jimi. I totally acknowledge his genius and put him at the very tippy top of the guitar hero mountain. That having been said, most of his albums are very uneven with huge peaks and some very meh songs mixed in. In total I'll take what we got.

Sign 'O' The Times

Prince

4/5

An absolute gem of an album.

Beach Samba

Astrud Gilberto

1/5

Definitely not my thing. I feel this album did not age well.

Live At The Harlem Square Club

Sam Cooke

4/5

Great record. Sam Cooke must have been awesome to see live.

Neon Bible

Arcade Fire

2/5

I just can't. I've never been able to appreciate this band.

The Low End Theory

A Tribe Called Quest

2/5

Interesting. Wanted to like it but just not my thing.

Talk Talk Talk

The Psychedelic Furs

5/5

Absolutely love this album front to back..

Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)

Wu-Tang Clan

1/5

Just not my thing.

Loveless

My Bloody Valentine

4/5

Great album. It's been in my larger rotation for a long time.

Led Zeppelin

5/5

Definitely in my desert island list. What a banger!

At Mister Kelly's

Sarah Vaughan

2/5

Not my cup of tea.

Only By The Night

Kings of Leon

4/5

Love this album. Bought it when it first came out. Still in my regular rotation

Arular

M.I.A.

1/5

Just not my thing.

Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes

TV On The Radio

2/5

Too much noodling. Not in my wheel house.

Pretenders

5/5

Top 100 album for me. One of the greatest debut albums of all time.

Grievous Angel

Gram Parsons

3/5

A little too country for my taste but set the stage for country rock artists like The Eagles.

Exodus

Bob Marley & The Wailers

2/5

I love lots of rasta-adjacent music (ex The Clash) but struggle to listen to an entire raggae album. This was just OK to me.

Bossanova

Pixies

5/5

Have loved this album since it came out.

The Stranger

Billy Joel

5/5

Iconic. Have had this album for at least 45 years.

Blonde On Blonde

Bob Dylan

4/5

There is no denying Dylan's song writing. I've always struggled to appreciate his early music and especially his vocals.

Raw Like Sushi

Neneh Cherry

2/5

I know this was critically acclaimed when it dropped but it was not something I listened to at the time. In my opinion it just hasn't held up well 35 years later.

Tapestry

Carole King

5/5

One of my favorite albums, certainly my favorite Carole King album. Had a very progressive music teacher in middle school/jr high who'd play this and have us sing all the songs. I appreciate here to this day. I'd struggle to name a favorite song so I'll say they're all my favorites.

Goo

Sonic Youth

3/5

Love this album. I've had it on CD for at least 25 years, maybe 30.

Odessey And Oracle

The Zombies

5/5

Great album that still stands up well today.

Pictures At An Exhibition

Emerson, Lake & Palmer

2/5

I'll cop to the genius of ELP. However, not having listened to this back in the day I don't have a built-in love for this album like I do for say, Brain Salad Surgery. This did not stand up to the test of time, just sounds too dated to me to burrow into my "likes".

Emperor Tomato Ketchup

Stereolab

2/5

Not a fan. I know Sterolab is a popular band, just doesn't appeal to me.

Red Dirt Girl

Emmylou Harris

4/5

Great album. Emmylou paved the way for those that followed.

Elvis Presley

4/5

What can I say, it's the king!

Suzanne Vega

4/5

Nice understated album. Suzanne Vega is not an artist that jumps to mind nor someone that I might seek out but I always find her music accessible and pleasant.

Electric Warrior

T. Rex

5/5

I've loved this album for such a long time. Marc Bolan's lyrics were often silly or nonsensical but he often offered up such great grooves.

Red Headed Stranger

Willie Nelson

5/5

Although not my preferred genre this is an absolute classic. Willie has a voice like no other.

Psychocandy

The Jesus And Mary Chain

4/5

Iconic album. Solid front to back