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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Kick Out The Jams (Live) MC5	5	2.91	+2.09
Vespertine Björk	5	3.18	+1.82
Bitches Brew Miles Davis	5	3.3	+1.7
The Downward Spiral Nine Inch Nails	5	3.34	+1.66
Court And Spark Joni Mitchell	5	3.35	+1.65
The Köln Concert Keith Jarrett	5	3.39	+1.61
Guero Beck	5	3.45	+1.55
Power In Numbers Jurassic 5	5	3.47	+1.53
Paul Simon Paul Simon	5	3.5	+1.5
Moving Pictures Rush	5	3.56	+1.44

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Chocolate Starfish And The Hot Dog Flavored Water Limp Bizkit	1	2.51	-1.51
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy Kanye West	2	3.4	-1.4
Teenage Head Flamin' Groovies	2	3.03	-1.03

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Michael Jackson	2	5

5-Star Albums (26)

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Murmur

R.E.M. · 3 likes

3/5

Jangly and catchy, but not exactly memorable

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness

The Smashing Pumpkins · 1 likes

5/5

A ridiculous masterpiece that holds up 30 years after release.

1-Star Albums (1)

Chocolate Starfish And The Hot Dog Flavored Water

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Natty Dread

Bob Marley & The Wailers

3/5

Sounds like exactly what I expected to hear. The musicality is great, but each track is very similar, and so it all kind of mushes together for me. It's vibey.

The Downward Spiral

Nine Inch Nails

5/5

Court And Spark

Joni Mitchell

5/5

Joni Mitchell's voice is amazing. Gilmore Girls vibes.

The Köln Concert

Keith Jarrett

5/5

No idea who this is. Catchy and positive piano playing. Makes me think a little of a bluesy Reich set of pieces.

Marquee Moon

Television

4/5

British Steel

Judas Priest

4/5

Solid riffs, several super popular songs that are still good despite overplay.

Apocalypse Dudes

Turbonegro

4/5

It's butt punk! Attitude and power chords of punk, but with tons of meedlies and squeedlies and silly song titles. It's wild.

From Elvis In Memphis

Elvis Presley

3/5

The Clash

3/5

Sounds like...The Clash

The Joshua Tree

4/5

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

Elton John

5/5

Absolutely classic. Jamaica song feels like an odd one, though.

Something/Anything?

Todd Rundgren

4/5

He's got a nice voice. Very 70s. Too long. Love his irreverence, though. Intro was surprising!

Hounds Of Love

Kate Bush

5/5

This whole album is banger after banger. An iconic voice and great 80s synth stuff.

Murmur

R.E.M.

3/5

Jangly and catchy, but not exactly memorable

Bitte Orca

Dirty Projectors

3/5

Third/Sister Lovers

Big Star

3/5

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

Beatles

5/5

After The Gold Rush

Neil Young

3/5

Yep, sounds like Neil Young. Some stuff I recognize from the radio or something. Voice is acquired taste, but harmonies are wonderful.

Stankonia

OutKast

4/5

Several very good songs. Flow is on-point. Could do without so many interstitial things, but eh.

Frank

Amy Winehouse

3/5

Bitches Brew

Miles Davis

5/5

Ominous, textural, moody vibes. Such good, very recommend

Vespertine

Björk

5/5

Love this album.

Play

Moby

4/5

Hunting High And Low

a-ha

4/5

Purple Rain

Prince

5/5

Fantastic. Holds up.

Bad

Michael Jackson

5/5

Classic. Full of bangers. "Just Leave Me Alone" is underrated.

Rumours

Fleetwood Mac

5/5

Basically perfect. No notes.

Born To Run

Bruce Springsteen

3/5

The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill

Lauryn Hill

4/5

Wonderful vocals over some great tracks. Very close to a 5.

Led Zeppelin III

Led Zeppelin

3/5

This is between a 3 and a 4 for me. It's got some huge hits on it, and then it's got some ok stuff. I think I might actually be losing my affinity for Robert Plant's wailing.

In Our Heads

Hot Chip

4/5

Lady Soul

Aretha Franklin

5/5

Guero

Beck

5/5

This might be my new favorite Beck album after being a Midnite Vultures stan for years.

The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady

Charles Mingus

3/5

Solid jazz album.

Songs Of Love And Hate

Leonard Cohen

3/5

Interesting lyrics, decent voice. I can see why so many people cover him.

Automatic For The People

R.E.M.

4/5

Listened to it many times before so know it's great. Tons of hits.

Off The Wall

Michael Jackson

5/5

Near-perfect album

Get Behind Me Satan

The White Stripes

3/5

Not their best. It's between a 3 and a 4.

Rubber Soul

Beatles

4/5

A Night At The Opera

Queen

5/5

The Suburbs

Arcade Fire

3/5

Dookie

Green Day

5/5

Beggars Banquet

The Rolling Stones

4/5

Picture Book

Simply Red

3/5

Paul Simon

5/5

Teenage Head

Flamin' Groovies

2/5

I didn't even get halfway through. It was competent blues rock, but it just sounded like the Rolling Stones without the panache.

Highway to Hell

AC/DC

5/5

Rage Against The Machine

4/5

Fuzzy

Grant Lee Buffalo

3/5

Speakerboxxx/The Love Below

OutKast

4/5

Floodland

Sisters Of Mercy

3/5

Young Americans

David Bowie

3/5

Channel Orange

Frank Ocean

3/5

The Doors

4/5

Qui sème le vent récolte le tempo

MC Solaar

3/5

Locust Abortion Technician

Butthole Surfers

3/5

This album was an...experience. Was it pleasant? Unsure. It's a low 3/5 at best, because it's largely so odd and lacking in melody or structure, but it's still interesting.

Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

Wilco

3/5

Ten

Pearl Jam

5/5

Blur

4/5

Crime Of The Century

Supertramp

4/5

Murder Ballads

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

3/5

Garbage

4/5

Dummy

Portishead

4/5

Unhalfbricking

Fairport Convention

3/5

This was surprisingly nice to listen to, despite never hearing of this band before. A 3.5+ from me.

Destroyer

KISS

3/5

A Grand Don't Come For Free

The Streets

2/5

It's possible this Just Wasn't My Thing(tm), but besides a track or two, nothing really stuck with me.

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness

The Smashing Pumpkins

5/5

A ridiculous masterpiece that holds up 30 years after release.

Achtung Baby

3/5

Strong 3, but even though there are a lot of hits, the rest is so-so

Two Dancers

Wild Beasts

4/5

Remain In Light

Talking Heads

4/5

It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back

Public Enemy

3/5

Strong 3, for sure. Kind of starts to sound similar after a while.

Tonight's The Night

Neil Young

3/5

Stand!

Sly & The Family Stone

4/5

Californication

Red Hot Chili Peppers

3/5

I've heard the hits a million times, and they're still good. Parallel Universe is great, too. The others are...fine.

Highway 61 Revisited

Bob Dylan

3/5

Double Nickels On The Dime

Minutemen

4/5

One Nation Under A Groove

Funkadelic

4/5

Joan Baez

3/5

Your New Favourite Band

The Hives

4/5

In Utero

Nirvana

4/5

Odessey And Oracle

The Zombies

4/5

Elephant

The White Stripes

4/5

On The Beach

Neil Young

3/5

It's Neil Young.

Queens of the Stone Age

Queens Of The Stone Age

3/5

Drunk

Thundercat

4/5

Cloud Nine

The Temptations

3/5

Ritual De Lo Habitual

Jane's Addiction

3/5

Was hoping this album's non-radio hits were as good...but they were not. Solid effort, but not as exceptional as it could've been.

This Year's Model

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

4/5

Graceland

Paul Simon

3/5

Germs

3/5

Tidal

Fiona Apple

4/5

Who Killed...... The Zutons?

The Zutons

4/5

Despite not knowing this band, I'm now a full-fledged Zutonite.

Kind Of Blue

Miles Davis

4/5

Tigermilk

Belle & Sebastian

3/5

Exit Planet Dust

The Chemical Brothers

3/5

...And Justice For All

Metallica

4/5

Coat Of Many Colors

Dolly Parton

4/5

The Infotainment Scan

The Fall

3/5

Strong 3. Never heard them. The "singing" gets pretty monotonous after a while, but the music's cool. More varied in genre than I would've thought. Padded with way too much live/b-side stuff, though.

Music for the Masses

Depeche Mode

4/5

Out Of The Blue

Electric Light Orchestra

4/5

Paranoid

Black Sabbath

5/5

55 years old, and still slaps.

Truth And Soul

Fishbone

4/5

OK Computer

Radiohead

5/5

Foo Fighters

4/5

Brothers In Arms

Dire Straits

3/5

Money for Nothing is straight fire. The rest are...fine.

This Is Fats Domino

Fats Domino

3/5

Justified

Justin Timberlake

3/5

Cry Me a River and Rock Your Body are still solid. The rest of it...is fine. Well-produced and catchy like you'd assume, but not overly memorable. Also, the whole thing is too long. I got tired of listening to it near the end and just stopped.

evermore

Taylor Swift

4/5

Moving Pictures

Rush

5/5

A classic. The whole thing is brilliant and brilliantly-played.

Metallica

4/5

Tago Mago

Can

3/5

Groovy and oddly interesting

Madman Across The Water

Elton John

4/5

Title track is an all-timer, for sure, but the rest of the album is quite strong and up there with any other Elton John album.

She's So Unusual

Cyndi Lauper

3/5

Sign 'O' The Times

Prince

3/5

Prince is unique. He has an unmistakeable voice, lots of talent, and a great work ethic. There's plenty here to like, but there's also...too much. And only a handful of songs really stand out.

In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida

Iron Butterfly

2/5

The title track is still good, but it's not as good as I remember. The other tracks are...fine.

Harvest

Neil Young

3/5

Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle

Bill Callahan

4/5

This was a surprising 4/5 for me. Never heard of this artist, nor was I familiar with any of his band's (Smog) output. It was weird and trippy and entrancing.

Led Zeppelin IV

Led Zeppelin

4/5

Brothers

The Black Keys

3/5

Django Django

4/5

Pleasantly surprised by this! Has some real 80s flavor.

Another Music In A Different Kitchen

Buzzcocks

4/5

Blue Lines

Massive Attack

3/5

Excellent production but not my favorite Massive Attack album

Kenza

Khaled

2/5

Nice pop album. Imagine cover unnecessary. Too long.

Songs In The Key Of Life

Stevie Wonder

4/5

Chocolate Starfish And The Hot Dog Flavored Water

Limp Bizkit

1/5

This is what happens when toxic masculinity goes unchecked.

If You Can Believe Your Eyes & Ears

The Mamas & The Papas

4/5

Illmatic

Nas

4/5

Rip It Up

Orange Juice

4/5

Surprisingly awesome. Lead singer is great.

Are You Experienced

Jimi Hendrix

4/5

You've Come a Long Way Baby

Fatboy Slim

4/5

Listened to this so much in college (00s) that I didn't even need to listen to it this time. Excellent big beat, uh, beats, and memorable vocals (one that comes to mind I probably shouldn't type here ;P).

Duck Rock

Malcolm McLaren

4/5

Had no idea what to expect, and enjoyed myself quite a bit. An interesting mix of stuff to listen to.

American IV: The Man Comes Around

Johnny Cash

3/5

In The Court Of The Crimson King

King Crimson

5/5

This is a masterpiece.

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