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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway Genesis	5	3.07	+1.93
Dust Screaming Trees	5	3.16	+1.84
Achtung Baby U2	5	3.3	+1.7
My Aim Is True Elvis Costello	5	3.35	+1.65
Aftermath The Rolling Stones	5	3.38	+1.62
Darkness on the Edge of Town Bruce Springsteen	5	3.42	+1.58
Synchronicity The Police	5	3.42	+1.58
A Rush Of Blood To The Head Coldplay	5	3.44	+1.56
Aja Steely Dan	5	3.46	+1.54
Oracular Spectacular MGMT	5	3.61	+1.39

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) Wu-Tang Clan	1	3.61	-2.61
Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret Soft Cell	1	2.87	-1.87
Black Sabbath Black Sabbath	2	3.83	-1.83
Remedy Basement Jaxx	1	2.68	-1.68
Highway to Hell AC/DC	2	3.66	-1.66
Paul Simon Paul Simon	2	3.51	-1.51
American Gothic David Ackles	1	2.48	-1.48
The Köln Concert Keith Jarrett	2	3.39	-1.39
This Is Fats Domino Fats Domino	2	3.38	-1.38
Debut Björk	2	3.37	-1.37

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Artist	Albums	Average
Nirvana	2	5
The Rolling Stones	2	5
Pink Floyd	2	5

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Artist	Ratings
AC/DC	2, 5

5-Star Albums (23)

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The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway

Genesis

5/5

An early favorite

1 likes

1-Star Albums (5)

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Sign 'O' The Times

Prince

4/5

Liked it, but others appeal to me more

Band On The Run

Paul McCartney and Wings

5/5

A favorite McCartney album w songs from my youth. We’ve seen him live in recent years and these songs have really held up

Oracular Spectacular

MGMT

5/5

Great listeb

In Utero

Nirvana

5/5

Let It Bleed

The Rolling Stones

5/5

Honky Tonk Heroes

Waylon Jennings

4/5

Done By The Forces Of Nature

Jungle Brothers

3/5

Wasn’t for me

Parallel Lines

Blondie

4/5

High energy, 70’s beat. A lot of fun and an easy album to enjoy

My Aim Is True

Elvis Costello

5/5

Everything Must Go

Manic Street Preachers

3/5

#1 Record

Big Star

2/5

Not my favorite

The Man Machine

Kraftwerk

2/5

Not my type of music, but they are talented

Surf's Up

The Beach Boys

2/5

Tago Mago

Can

2/5

Too weird for me

The Dark Side Of The Moon

Pink Floyd

5/5

Classic. As Rich says, no brainer. One of the most original albums of its time and it stands up today

Paul Simon

2/5

2 hits that played constantly when I was young, but the rest of the album, while introspective the songs were melancholy and wouldn’t drive me back for another listen

Violent Femmes

3/5

Cheap Thrills

Big Brother & The Holding Company

4/5

Not a huge Janis fan, but this album really captured her as a force of nature. I enjoyed the album musically and appreciated the sound of the late 60’s.

Black Sabbath

2/5

Nothing here that would make me want to listen to more. Though I did like later albums, I was never a huge fan

Let's Get It On

Marvin Gaye

3/5

I liked let’s get it on which was on the radio all the time when I was growing up. The rest of the album was ok, but all sounded very similar. His later songs w Tammy Terrell were much more enjoyable.

Good Old Boys

Randy Newman

3/5

He never appealed to me

War

4/5

Bayou Country

Creedence Clearwater Revival

3/5

Station To Station

David Bowie

4/5

I’m 50/50 on this one. Love golden years, tvc15 And stay. The rest of the album doesn’t do much for me.

The Köln Concert

Keith Jarrett

2/5

Not my bag baby

Highway to Hell

AC/DC

2/5

Titke track was it for me

Brothers

The Black Keys

4/5

Really enjoyed the first 5 or 6 songs but a lot of what they did started to sound very similar

Darkness on the Edge of Town

Bruce Springsteen

5/5

Great follow-up to born to run and it’s full of songs that I still love today.

Superfly

Curtis Mayfield

3/5

I recall a number of these songs from 70’s radio. They were hits at the time but feel dated to me now.

Crossing the Red Sea With the Adverts

The Adverts

3/5

Huh? Wasn’t bad but I wouldn’t be listening to them going forward

Planet Rock: The Album

Afrika Bambaataa

2/5

Maverick A Strike

Finley Quaye

3/5

It’s a little underwhelming. I like a more upbeat sound

Green Onions

Booker T. & The MG's

4/5

Fetch The Bolt Cutters

Fiona Apple

4/5

Fragile

Yes

3/5

Low

David Bowie

4/5

Not all that popular, but I’ve always love sound and vision

Heavy Weather

Weather Report

3/5

Astral Weeks

Van Morrison

4/5

Dookie

Green Day

4/5

I like Green Day but their rhythms make me feel tense if I listen too long

It's A Shame About Ray

The Lemonheads

3/5

American Gothic

David Ackles

1/5

I didn’t see why this was made It was the oddest compilation I have ever heard. Sounded like open mic night at the local dive bar Too harsh?

Birth Of The Cool

Miles Davis

4/5

Talented. Not my cup of tea, but high quality sounds

Joan Armatrading

4/5

Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite

Maxwell

4/5

I enjoyed this album Good vibe and seems really talented

Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea

PJ Harvey

4/5

Great album. Enjoyed it much more than I thought I would. Fiona appleish at times?

Rage Against The Machine

4/5

Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret

Soft Cell

1/5

Ugh

Scott 4

Scott Walker

2/5

Too weird for me

With The Beatles

Beatles

5/5

Finally!!! Did they make anything that wasn’t great?

Synchronicity

The Police

5/5

Bossanova

Pixies

4/5

Back In Black

AC/DC

5/5

Their best

Rumours

Fleetwood Mac

5/5

Hard to argue with this being a classic.

Live And Dangerous

Thin Lizzy

3/5

Saw them at my school for a special assembly They had a couple of decent songs

Germfree Adolescents

X-Ray Spex

2/5

Songs For Swingin' Lovers!

Frank Sinatra

3/5

He was a talent in his time. Does nothing for me

Smash

The Offspring

3/5

A Rush Of Blood To The Head

Coldplay

5/5

I’m not a fan, but they have a distinctive sound and their songs are pretty good. Talented guys

Time Out

The Dave Brubeck Quartet

3/5

Not my style

What's Going On

Marvin Gaye

5/5

Great voice and vide

Remedy

Basement Jaxx

1/5

Ugh

The Yes Album

Yes

3/5

Good songs, I always found them fun, but not compelling

In A Silent Way

Miles Davis

3/5

Duck Rock

Malcolm McLaren

3/5

Not what I expected, pretty good

Club Classics Vol. One

Soul II Soul

2/5

Morrison Hotel

The Doors

4/5

I loved the doors. Just wished they were around when I discovered them

Come Away With Me

Norah Jones

4/5

I like her voice. Great style. Very soothing

The Cars

4/5

Unique sound of my teens and 20’s. I’ve always liked them. Never my top tier, but I like listening to them every so often

Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)

Wu-Tang Clan

1/5

Didn’t enjoy. I’m not afraid of the f word but stringing a bunch of f’s & mf’s isn’t my idea of a good song writing

Ritual De Lo Habitual

Jane's Addiction

2/5

Just one hit on this album and it was all I liked

Heroes

David Bowie

3/5

Definitely different. Experimental and at times odd? Not a lot to sing along to

The Madcap Laughs

Syd Barrett

2/5

Not sure I get him.

The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway

Genesis

5/5

An early favorite

Soul Mining

The The

3/5

Music in Exile

Songhoy Blues

4/5

I loved the sound

Arc Of A Diver

Steve Winwood

4/5

He’s a talented guy. Had his time in the forefront

Me Against The World

2Pac

3/5

Exodus

Bob Marley & The Wailers

5/5

One of my favorite albums

Dare!

The Human League

3/5

Central Reservation

Beth Orton

4/5

I enjoyed this album. He voice was great and the music was very good. I would listen to her again

Moby Grape

3/5

Bridge Over Troubled Water

Simon & Garfunkel

4/5

Not a huge fan. I liked a lot more of Paul Simon’s solo stuff. But Cecelia was on the radio constantly when I was young. Bridge over troubled water is a good song, but slow. Another case, of a very good album, just not my cup if tea

The Modern Lovers

3/5

MTV Unplugged In New York

Nirvana

5/5

Loved this album. Very talented guys. Ended too soon

All Directions

The Temptations

3/5

I like the temptations but this isn’t their best

Double Nickels On The Dime

Minutemen