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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
All Directions The Temptations	5	3.45	+1.55
Ill Communication Beastie Boys	5	3.64	+1.36
White Blood Cells The White Stripes	5	3.67	+1.33
Ray Of Light Madonna	4	3	+1

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Wild Is The Wind Nina Simone	1	3.64	-2.64
C'est Chic CHIC	1	3.34	-2.34
Fragile Yes	1	3.31	-2.31
Thriller Michael Jackson	2	4.22	-2.22
Led Zeppelin III Led Zeppelin	2	3.95	-1.95
Abraxas Santana	2	3.72	-1.72
So Peter Gabriel	2	3.54	-1.54
The ArchAndroid Janelle Monáe	2	3.45	-1.45
Tommy The Who	2	3.33	-1.33
Meat Is Murder The Smiths	2	3.33	-1.33

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The Man Who

Travis · 1 likes

3/5

Occasionally radioheadesque. Those parts stood out for me

1-Star Albums (4)

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Born To Run

Bruce Springsteen

4/5

Diverse, more than the "Thunder Road" hit for me. Interesting instrumentation

Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul

Otis Redding

4/5

Surprised about versions of popular songs.

Peter Gabriel

2/5

Gutes Album, reißt mich aber nicht mit. Nur ein Hördurchgang.

C'est Chic

CHIC

1/5

So gar nicht meins. Gepflegte 70s Pop-Langeweile

Adele

3/5

Better than expected, Varied,

The Band

3/5

Endlich die Quelle von "der Tag als Johnny Kramer starb" gelernt. Ansonsten üblicher classic rock

Aftermath

The Rolling Stones

3/5

UK vs US version.

Youth And Young Manhood

Kings of Leon

3/5

Typical first album.rougher, voice less annoying. Pretty good

Amnesiac

Radiohead

4/5

Grower. But Thom Yorke's voice can be so annoying. Need to listen more

Parallel Lines

Blondie

3/5

Some punk, some disco. The non-singles are more interesting

The ArchAndroid

Janelle Monáe

2/5

Ambitious, but meh

Buffalo Springfield Again

Buffalo Springfield

3/5

Abraxas

Santana

2/5

Don't like the hits, some songs OK

Emperor Tomato Ketchup

Stereolab

3/5

Weird. Not sure. Probably a 2.5, should listen to it more and to other material by that band.

All Directions

The Temptations

5/5

Keeper in my albums

Common

3/5

Violent Femmes

4/5

Great how it spearheaded indie , things like dashboard confessional. Keeper

System Of A Down

4/5

Toxicity still my favorite. Sorry

Tres Hombres

ZZ Top

3/5

Standard classic rock, with LA Grange an exception.

Frank

Amy Winehouse

3/5

I like the rough cd 2 more

Wild Is The Wind

Nina Simone

1/5

I understand the cultural significance, but did not click with me

White Light / White Heat

The Velvet Underground

3/5

What a noisy piece of art. Need to check out the mono version

Music From Big Pink

The Band

3/5

Better than the other band album, but still a 3

Merriweather Post Pavilion

Animal Collective

2/5

Exciting at first, then kind of annoying

Cosmo's Factory

Creedence Clearwater Revival

3/5

Axis: Bold As Love

Jimi Hendrix

3/5

Dookie

Green Day

3/5

Memories of youth.

Scream, Dracula, Scream

Rocket From The Crypt

3/5

Musically great, rough singing a bit too much over time

Ray Of Light

Madonna

4/5

Surprised by the minimal electronica. Perhaps I would like an instrumental version even better?

Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs

Derek & The Dominos

3/5

3.5, not enough listening time

Aqualung

Jethro Tull

4/5

Exciting. Not too much piping

Searching For The Young Soul Rebels

Dexys Midnight Runners

3/5

Tonight's The Night

Neil Young

2/5

The singing pulls it down for me

Very

Pet Shop Boys

2/5

Sound of Silver

LCD Soundsystem

4/5

Nice one, growing on me. Will explore them more!

Sticky Fingers

The Rolling Stones

3/5

3.5 I like the less known songs. Again very varied

Brown Sugar

D'Angelo

2/5

RnB.

Ritual De Lo Habitual

Jane's Addiction

3/5

May have liked it more in the 90s. Recognizing the relationship e.g. To Mothers Milk by RHCP

The College Dropout

Kanye West

2/5

Fear Of Music

Talking Heads

4/5

Roots for "the robocop kraus"?

Tommy

The Who

2/5

Doesn't excite me.

Wonderful Rainbow

Lightning Bolt

1/5

While I'm always open to an "audio workout", this didn't transport any meaning for me.

Tea for the Tillerman

Cat Stevens

4/5

I like the slight darkness and layers

Hot Fuss

The Killers

4/5

Big gestures, great fun, oh the melodies

The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars

David Bowie

3/5

Getz/Gilberto

Stan Getz

4/5

Love the quiet mood, plus duet with a woman

Blonde On Blonde

Bob Dylan

3/5

Permission to Land

The Darkness

2/5

The voice is occasionally annoying

Talk Talk Talk

The Psychedelic Furs

4/5

We Are Family

Sister Sledge

3/5

Track 1 basis of will Smith song :)

White Blood Cells

The White Stripes

5/5

Dynamic, rough, varied and one that's in my vinyl collection

BEYONCÉ

Beyoncé

2/5

Not bad, but also not exciting to me

Selling England By The Pound

Genesis

3/5

3.5

Get Behind Me Satan

The White Stripes

4/5

Oracular Spectacular

MGMT

3/5

Some nice songs

Surfer Rosa

Pixies

4/5

Could easily be from the mid 90s. Melodies, Noise, joy

Stand!

Sly & The Family Stone

3/5

Everything Must Go

Manic Street Preachers

2/5

Can't stand them for a full album length

The Atomic Mr Basie

Count Basie & His Orchestra

4/5

I like this big band vibe, dynamics and the wind instruments

Iron Maiden

3/5

I prefer their later albums

american dream

LCD Soundsystem

4/5

Exciting like the others in the list. Not sure if it needed 3x LCD in the collection, but still a 3.5 with a tendency to 4

Buena Vista Social Club

3/5

3.25. A classic which introduced a to me new sound

Nevermind

Nirvana

5/5

How else to rate an album published in the formative years of a young to-be grunge / rock fan.

Africa Brasil

Jorge Ben Jor

3/5

Fun!

Ill Communication

Beastie Boys

5/5

Your New Favourite Band

The Hives

2/5

Dicke Hose Rock

Daydream Nation

Sonic Youth

4/5

British Steel

Judas Priest

2/5

The stadium pop rock tracks pulled it down for me.

A Hard Day's Night

Beatles

3/5

Finest boyband material

Welcome to the Afterfuture

Mike Ladd

3/5

Fun,

Kilimanjaro

The Teardrop Explodes

2/5

Parachutes

Coldplay

3/5

Probably best one from CP

Channel Orange

Frank Ocean

2/5

Probably great, just missed my taste by a mile

Deserter's Songs

Mercury Rev

4/5

Exciting. Love the classic Melodies in the background, and the noise

High Violet

The National

4/5

The Blueprint

JAY Z

3/5

Power In Numbers

Jurassic 5

4/5

Fun

Led Zeppelin III

Led Zeppelin

2/5

The voice annoys

Dare!

The Human League

3/5

80s proto synth pop. Prefer the darker songs vs "don't you want me"

Underwater Moonlight

The Soft Boys

3/5

Alternative Rock with 60s vibe, surf / beach boys inspiration. Neat, not what I expected for the early 80s

The Man Who

Travis

3/5

Occasionally radioheadesque. Those parts stood out for me

Blood On The Tracks

Bob Dylan

3/5

Just one listen. Love the story telling but ultimately not enthusiastic about it

Fragile

Yes

1/5

Did not listen much, but no excitement in first songs

Licensed To Ill

Beastie Boys

3/5

Cannot beat "ill communication" by a mile

Electric Prunes

The Electric Prunes

3/5

Neat

In A Silent Way

Miles Davis

4/5

Raw Power

The Stooges

4/5

Stones with more power. More roughness

Meat Is Murder

The Smiths

2/5

The voice annoys.

Savane

Ali Farka Touré

4/5

Love the mix of blues and Africa influences

Thriller

Michael Jackson

2/5

Some hits, some fillers. It has not aged well for me

Document

R.E.M.

3/5