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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Damaged Black Flag	5	2.86	+2.14
Talking With the Taxman About Poetry Billy Bragg	5	2.97	+2.03
Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle Bill Callahan	5	3.03	+1.97
Ágætis Byrjun Sigur Rós	5	3.37	+1.63
Foo Fighters Foo Fighters	5	3.5	+1.5
Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme Simon & Garfunkel	5	3.62	+1.38
Faust IV Faust	4	2.78	+1.22
In Rainbows Radiohead	5	3.84	+1.16
Psychocandy The Jesus And Mary Chain	4	2.94	+1.06

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Led Zeppelin III Led Zeppelin	2	3.96	-1.96
Time Out The Dave Brubeck Quartet	2	3.84	-1.84
Sex Packets Digital Underground	1	2.67	-1.67
Natty Dread Bob Marley & The Wailers	2	3.58	-1.58
Hybrid Theory Linkin Park	2	3.39	-1.39
At Mister Kelly's Sarah Vaughan	2	3.38	-1.38
From Elvis In Memphis Elvis Presley	2	3.36	-1.36
Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds	2	3.32	-1.32
The Chronic Dr. Dre	2	3.32	-1.32
Bongo Rock Incredible Bongo Band	2	3.26	-1.26

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Talking With the Taxman About Poetry

Billy Bragg

5/5

I think that while listening to this you can hear how it would directly influence future artists. I hear Neutral Milk Hotel for sure, and I can imagine Radiohead. I like the idea of folk, which is so homely, mixed with punk. I loved this album. It feels energetically warm and wistful, with undercurrents of anger and passion. Like a glass of lemonade.

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KIWANUKA

Michael Kiwanuka

4/5

I didn’t expect to like this one, but I enjoyed it. R&B kind of vibe throughout, ranging several genres. A few songs stand out as different; see “Living in Denial”, almost similar to Pond or Crumb. Almost every song has a part that gets stuck in your head. I loved this album.

Led Zeppelin III

Led Zeppelin

2/5

More acoustic than I thought. Robert Plant has a unique voice, but of course that's nothing new. This album manages to blend folk, blues, psychedelia, and rock into a mixture that matches the cover. Definitely meant to be listened to as a full album project.

Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

2/5

Many of the songs have not a lot of melody. I found it very boring, but it’s easy to listen to. Raucous, energetic, and quick but not angry.

From Elvis In Memphis

Elvis Presley

2/5

Nice and bluesy. Feels just how I thought it would, and a departure from Elvis' earlier stuff. Not super compelling, but nice enough to put on in the background and not think about while still having substance enough to dissect.

Hard Again

Muddy Waters

3/5

Just really nice blues. A little harmonica heavy, and repetitive, but good overall.

Licensed To Ill

Beastie Boys

4/5

Very fun album to listen to. Not a fan of the more rock-ish ones, and it can tend towards a lot of the same material, but it's just playful and goofy most of the time. I enjoy storytelling, and a big fan of the instrumentals, scratching, and vocal interplay.

Sex Packets

Digital Underground

1/5

This album was so bad. If I never heard a song off of this album again I would die a happy person. I kind of liked a few songs, but they then were played over and over until the playtime reached 6 minutes or more.

Talking With the Taxman About Poetry

Billy Bragg

5/5

The Soft Bulletin

The Flaming Lips

4/5

Very cool stuff. Proto-Pond, psychedelic type experimental rock, using drum machines and blown out sounds for what a sunburn feels like when you put aloe over it. I liked it a lot, but only a few songs really stuck out to me. Good stuff.

Chirping Crickets

Buddy Holly & The Crickets

3/5

A very feel-good kind of album. Short and sweet, with a couple catchy singles. To me sounds kind of formulaic, but that does make sense. Feels sort of like a paddleball hung so that the ball is bouncing upside down on the string.

Foo Fighters

5/5

A great departure from Nirvana with more harmony-rich and slow rock with keeping in touch with the grunge spirit. One of my favorite bands and a great album. Feels like an attic fire.

Hounds Of Love

Kate Bush

4/5

A digitally-sampled melancholic experimental pop record that leaves you feeling thoughtful. Every song seems long but the album is short. Very smooth, with bits of uprising and chaotic sounds. Feels like a deer in purple headlights.

At Fillmore East

The Allman Brothers Band

3/5

Though it has only seven songs, this album is almost a hour and twenty minutes long. Proto-rock and roll, following normal chord changes. Great vocals. Feels sort of dusty and absent, like a shipping crate on the shore.

Rip It Up

Orange Juice

2/5

Squelchy at times, jangly at others. Large disco influences, and almost sounds like my bloody valentine at points. Feels just like orange juice, great name.

Bitte Orca

Dirty Projectors

3/5

Voice is used very much as an instrument in this album. Rollicking and unpredictable, minimalist at times and insane at others. Feels like the car ride across a state line.

Truth

Jeff Beck

2/5

An interesting one. Mostly the same kind of early rock-and-roll vibe, but has sprinkles of experimental guitar sounds that are super innovative. Crooning and rolling. Feels like navy blue sheets.

Natty Dread

Bob Marley & The Wailers

2/5

Reggae and rock. More politically charged than I expected, which was enjoyed. Happy on the surface, but kind of sad when you read into it. Feels like a family store father.

The Only Ones

3/5

Late 70s proto-alt rock goodness. Atonal-ish singing, to me seems like a Dinosaur Jr. influence. Poppy at times, but stays a little melancholy and grounded for most of the album. Feels like the entrance to a small town mall.

Heaux Tales

Jazmine Sullivan

2/5

I don’t usually listen to a lot of R&B, but I am open to it. I thought the message of this album was really great, and the interludes were a cool touch. Not my favorite music in the world but appreciated from an objective standpoint. Feels like a bad bitch.

At Mister Kelly's

Sarah Vaughan

2/5

What a sultry voice! Great renditions of old tunes, along with really nice originals. Feels very intimate, and flows like an in person concert. Feels like a dim edison bulb and a waterspot glass.

Damaged

Black Flag

5/5

I think hardcore punk might be my thing. Though as angry as usual, there are little bits of comedy thrown into this album. 100% influenced Nirvana and grunge. Feels like a bedroom that used to be a basement.

Psychocandy

The Jesus And Mary Chain

4/5

Buzzing and rattling, and soothing. Feedback is an instrument in this album, akin to a violin or pad of some sort and at the front. There are a few more radio friendly songs. Vocals are acid-washed out and low; the guitars are the important bits. Feels like a space heater on high.

Third

Portishead

4/5

Something I have never heard the likes of; I didn’t even know trip hop existed before this album. Radiohead-like in its marriage and relationship dynamics between analog instruments and digital. Otherworldly and chanting. Feels like a rocket ship explosion.

Hybrid Theory

Linkin Park

2/5

Repetitive album with a few standouts. I like the use of scratching, and I always welcome piano in rock music. A little too white-guy edgy for my taste but respectable overall. Feels like stencil overspray.

Ingenue

k.d. lang

2/5

Very impressive voice. Some creative usage of string instruments, and produced very clean. The lyrics are very poetic. Feels like a spotlit bar scene in an 80’s spy movie.

Time Out

The Dave Brubeck Quartet

2/5

Fun, technically impressive and cool jazz for general listeners. Plays a lot with time signatures; I saw a live version of this album from a tribute band and really enjoyed it. Feels like a glass of ice water on a grand piano.

The Chronic

Dr. Dre

2/5

Just how I thought it would sound. Have been hearing these sings my whole life; references are eclectic and many. Though from the west coast, feels like a Cubs game in 1995.

Ágætis Byrjun

Sigur Rós

5/5

Wonderfully slow and alien. Long tracks, and generally cohesive throughout; both natural and mangled. Beautiful and terrifying. Feels like a dying deer.

The Contino Sessions

Death In Vegas

2/5

Hot, sexual noise rock/pop. Like Sonic Youth met an analog synthesizer. Feels like an electrical fire.

Rum Sodomy & The Lash

The Pogues

2/5

Both traditional and political. The instrumentation is cool stuff I hadn’t heard before. Similar to Billy Bragg at points. Feels like a pint.

Hot Buttered Soul

Isaac Hayes

3/5

Suuuper long songs. Every instrument is speaking through. Feels just like the title; a warm roll of bread.

Scream, Dracula, Scream

Rocket From The Crypt

3/5

Rock that seems super fun to play. An interesting use of saxophone and trumpet on several songs, and a fee standouts. Feels like a melted gold brooch.

Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle

Bill Callahan

5/5

More Americana than I have ever delved into, but with lofi and indie elements. I really enjoyed this album. Several parts where his voice is so low, very sonorous. He sings like he’s sitting down. Feels like that creaking saddle.

Bongo Rock

Incredible Bongo Band

2/5

There is a reason this album has been sampled so many times. A fun record, managing to do a lot instrumentally. Feels like wood veneer.

Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme

Simon & Garfunkel

5/5

Wonderfully acoustic, beautiful. Interplay between the two is fresh and completely intonated. Sad considering their future. Feels like the farmhouse on the hill I have passed on so many weekends.

Born In The U.S.A.

Bruce Springsteen

3/5

I thought this album was one of those redneck-asshole-anthem records, but it is so much more than that. Indeed, it is the complete antithesis. Packed full of resigned rebellion and the regret of a hometown hero. Feels like N-Kat.

In Rainbows

Radiohead

5/5

I have heard this album before, but listening to it again all the way through offered a new perspective. There is a reason In Rainbows is so revered; seriously a significant landmark in the discography, blending drum machines and such analog guitar. Bass is ever present, and falling all over the place. Feels like a bunch of cinderblocks wrapped in a fuzzy blanket.

Rage Against The Machine

4/5

Feels like an ungrounded microphone, the kind that shocks your lips.

The Sounds Of India

Ravi Shankar

2/5

Good intro to the music; has ample explanation, especially with a music background. Feels greenish.

Faust IV

Faust

4/5

Awesome. So weird and buzzy; songs are long and sprawling. Feels like a beehive in a wind tunnel.