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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Music Madonna	5	2.68	+2.32
Viva Hate Morrissey	5	2.96	+2.04
Truth Jeff Beck	5	3.16	+1.84
The Undertones The Undertones	5	3.26	+1.74
1989 Taylor Swift	5	3.27	+1.73
Faith George Michael	5	3.27	+1.73
B-52's The B-52's	5	3.29	+1.71
Pornography The Cure	5	3.31	+1.69
Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs Marty Robbins	5	3.33	+1.67
xx The xx	5	3.37	+1.63

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Surf's Up The Beach Boys	1	3.31	-2.31
Liquid Swords GZA	1	3.28	-2.28
Django Django Django Django	1	3.21	-2.21
Get Rich Or Die Tryin' 50 Cent	1	3.05	-2.05
Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle Bill Callahan	1	3.02	-2.02
O.G. Original Gangster Ice T	1	2.97	-1.97
AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted Ice Cube	1	2.93	-1.93
You Are The Quarry Morrissey	1	2.86	-1.86
Freak Out! The Mothers Of Invention	1	2.84	-1.84
Atomizer Big Black	1	2.72	-1.72

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Artist	Albums	Average
Beatles	2	5
Simon & Garfunkel	2	5

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Artist	Ratings
Morrissey	1, 5
Bob Dylan	5, 2

5-Star Albums (31)

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You Are The Quarry

Morrissey

1/5

Pretentious and boring. Ick.

3 likes

1-Star Albums (15)

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Moving Pictures

Rush

5/5

I didn’t appreciate Rush until in my 40’s, I wish I had started listening to them 30 years ago. This album is a favorite and while it’s all great, Neil’s drumming is inspiring.

Time Out

The Dave Brubeck Quartet

5/5

Stankonia

OutKast

2/5

I can appreciate the musical talent here but (most of) the lyrics on this album are not my thing.

British Steel

Judas Priest

4/5

Halford said of Living After Midnight, “That’s where the name comes from. It’s a rock ’n’ roll song about a band coming into town and leaving you at dawn. When we play the song live, no matter where we are in the world, the room just lifts up and the fans go wild. It’s like we’re taking you on a time machine back to 1980, and you’re out partying with your friends.” That’s exactly how it feels listening to this album.

At Folsom Prison

Johnny Cash

4/5

Mama's Gun

Erykah Badu

2/5

The Clash

5/5

I Am a Bird Now

Antony and the Johnsons

2/5

The Real Thing

Faith No More

3/5

I gave an extra star for Epic and War Pigs. Otherwise, meh.

The Undertones

5/5

“Razor sharp post punk anthems” Makes me feel like I’m 13 discovering punk rock for the first time.

Pretzel Logic

Steely Dan

2/5

Blur

4/5

Group Sex

Circle Jerks

2/5

As a teen in the Bay Area in the early 80’s, bands like these were the soundtrack to all the boys I knew skateboarding in Thrasher t-shirts. There are better bands from this era, though: Dead Kennedys, Black Flag, and the Misfits, to name a few.

Dookie

Green Day

5/5

The East Bay is home to some of the best bands of my youth. The first time I heard a Green Day song 30+ years ago I was hooked and this album, there are no words to describe how much I love it.

Remedy

Basement Jaxx

3/5

The ArchAndroid

Janelle Monáe

5/5

I was only familiar with the song Tightrope before listening to the whole album. It’s fantastic, I love it.

More Specials

The Specials

4/5

Are You Experienced

Jimi Hendrix

5/5

Love that it’s bluesy and psychedelic. Jimi described it as “science fiction rock and roll”. Intoxicatingly good.

evermore

Taylor Swift

3/5

It’s a good indie record. Not my favorite TS album though.

Mermaid Avenue

Billy Bragg

4/5

I like this a lot, definitely going into my music rotation.

Iron Maiden

3/5

I’m just a teenage dirtbag, baby Listen to Iron Maiden, baby, with me, ooh

It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back

Public Enemy

4/5

Truth

Jeff Beck

5/5

Beck’s guitar and Rod’s vocals are a match made in heaven. I like this so much more than I thought I would.

Surf's Up

The Beach Boys

1/5

1999

Prince

4/5

Live Through This

Hole

3/5

Honky Tonk Masquerade

Joe Ely

3/5

Wild Is The Wind

Nina Simone

5/5

Amazing. I love everything about this album. Her voice and style is just spectacular.

Odessa

Bee Gees

3/5

As a child of the 70s, all I really knew of the Bee Gees was their Saturday Night Fever era disco music. I am blown away that their early music was inspired by the Beatles. Some of it sounds like Paul or John wrote it! While this concept album isn’t my favorite, the Gibb brothers’ harmonies are just. so. good.

Surrealistic Pillow

Jefferson Airplane

4/5

Doolittle

Pixies

5/5

Feels just as relevant today as it did when it came out. Excellent.

Beauty And The Beat

The Go-Go's

5/5

I got this for my 11th birthday, it was the first record I got that wasn’t for the family. I loved this one, probably listened to it 200 times. A cool all girl band was so empowering for an 11 year old girl who played the drums. Its still a great record.

Penance Soiree

The Icarus Line

1/5

Freak Out!

The Mothers Of Invention

1/5

Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul

Otis Redding

5/5

1989

Taylor Swift

5/5

Atomizer

Big Black

1/5

Duck Rock

Malcolm McLaren

3/5

Unlike anything I’ve heard, in a good way.

Metallica

3/5

Femi Kuti

3/5

Music

Madonna

5/5

The xx

5/5

People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm

A Tribe Called Quest

5/5

The United States Of America

3/5

Interesting. I liked it better than Frank Zappa’s stuff.

You Are The Quarry

Morrissey

1/5

Pretentious and boring. Ick.

The White Album

Beatles

5/5

Boston

4/5

Revolver

Beatles

5/5

Appetite For Destruction

Guns N' Roses

3/5

Dust

Screaming Trees

4/5

Peace Sells...But Who's Buying

Megadeth

2/5

Bad

Michael Jackson

3/5

There are some songs on this album that warrant 5 stars but the rest is just meh.

Licensed To Ill

Beastie Boys

5/5

Hot Fuss

The Killers

5/5

The Scream

Siouxsie And The Banshees

4/5

The Man Machine

Kraftwerk

4/5

James Brown Live At The Apollo

James Brown

4/5

I don’t usually like live albums but this one was fun. Hearing the girls screaming, I can imagine his dance moves. Great music.

Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle

Bill Callahan

1/5

The Seldom Seen Kid

Elbow

4/5

I love Elbow and this is one of my favorite albums.

Ellington at Newport

Duke Ellington

4/5

I really enjoyed this album.

L'Eau Rouge

The Young Gods

1/5

Madman Across The Water

Elton John

3/5

Some songs are 5 star worthy. The rest are ok, after awhile I thought the started to sound the same.

B-52's

The B-52's

5/5

A classic!

Led Zeppelin III

Led Zeppelin

4/5

Graceland

Paul Simon

5/5

I love this album, it’s like listening to a friend I’ve known forever. First heard it when I was 16 and it’s lived rent free in my head for 30+ years. It was my first foray into world music and Simon and the South African artists blend together so wonderfully.

The Downward Spiral

Nine Inch Nails

2/5

It’s ok but would not have made it on my list of 1000 albums.

Aladdin Sane

David Bowie

4/5

Done By The Forces Of Nature

Jungle Brothers

3/5

Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs

Marty Robbins

5/5

The Village Green Preservation Society

The Kinks

4/5

Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme

Simon & Garfunkel

5/5

Locust Abortion Technician

Butthole Surfers

1/5

If I could, I’d give it zero stars.

Off The Wall

Michael Jackson

5/5

AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted

Ice Cube

1/5

Don't Stand Me Down

Dexys Midnight Runners

1/5

I feel like some of the albums on this list are here because someone is playing a joke, like, “this is so niche it would never appeal to the masses, let’s put it on the list and see how many people will listen to this crap.” Jokes on me I guess.

Different Class

Pulp

2/5

Get Rich Or Die Tryin'

50 Cent

1/5

Third

Soft Machine

1/5

Django Django

1/5

Joan Armatrading

2/5

The Modern Lovers

4/5

This was a fun listen. You can tell they were inspired by the Velvet Underground, and that TML inspired bands like Violent Femmes and Dead Milkmen. Wish I had discovered this album in the early 80s when I was in my punk/New Wave phase.

Fulfillingness' First Finale

Stevie Wonder

5/5

Stevie is so talented, and his voice… amazing. “They won’t go when I go” is one of my favorite songs. George Michael did a fabulous rendition of it.

Scissor Sisters

4/5

OK Computer

Radiohead

4/5

Pornography

The Cure

5/5

Listening to this is like traveling through time, back to my freshman year of high school. It’s 1984 and I’m riding the BART train into San Francisco with my friends, listening to this cassette tape on my Walkman. My best friend lent it to me, told me I have to check out this cool band. It changed me, changed who I thought I was and made me something different. It shaped the way I thought about music and opened new doors, brought new friends, made my heart beat different.

Blood On The Tracks

Bob Dylan

5/5

Black Sabbath

3/5

I liked it more than I thought I would.

Idlewild

Everything But The Girl

4/5

I first heard of this band from their song Apron Strings, which was featured in the movie She's Having A Baby. It’s a beautiful description of the longing women feel for motherhood and EBTG became a staple of my music listening in the 90’s. I love Tracy’s voice, the songwriting, the “sophisti-pop”, it’s all wonderful.

Viva Hate

Morrissey

5/5

Chicago Transit Authority

Chicago

3/5

This Year's Model

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

4/5

Rust Never Sleeps

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

2/5