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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Sweet Baby James James Taylor	5	3.24	+1.76
Imagine John Lennon	5	3.45	+1.55
1984 Van Halen	5	3.51	+1.49
Moon Safari Air	5	3.58	+1.42
The Joshua Tree U2	5	3.67	+1.33
Dummy Portishead	5	3.71	+1.29
Parallel Lines Blondie	5	3.76	+1.24
Who's Next The Who	5	3.91	+1.09
Fred Neil Fred Neil	4	2.92	+1.08
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road Elton John	5	3.93	+1.07

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Every Picture Tells A Story Rod Stewart	1	3.24	-2.24
More Specials The Specials	1	2.96	-1.96
Tarkus Emerson, Lake & Palmer	1	2.79	-1.79
Bright Flight Silver Jews	1	2.68	-1.68
Maggot Brain Funkadelic	2	3.6	-1.6
Low David Bowie	2	3.55	-1.55
Rust Never Sleeps Neil Young & Crazy Horse	2	3.53	-1.53
Tusk Fleetwood Mac	2	3.46	-1.46
Strangeways, Here We Come The Smiths	2	3.44	-1.44
A Girl Called Dusty Dusty Springfield	2	3.33	-1.33

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Artist	Albums	Average
Led Zeppelin	2	5

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Artist	Ratings
Fleetwood Mac	2, 5

5-Star Albums (16)

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Fred Neil

4/5

Can't believe I have never heard this album. So good. Will add to my vinyl collection.

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1-Star Albums (4)

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The Joshua Tree

5/5

I've always liked this album and it is on my vinyl wanted list. With or without still my favorite track.

Get Behind Me Satan

The White Stripes

4/5

Good album. Forgot how much I liked Doorbell and Denial Twist. Hadn't listened to them since mid-2000s.

The Velvet Underground & Nico

The Velvet Underground

4/5

Solid and on my vinyl wanted list.

Tidal

Fiona Apple

3/5

I was only familiar with Criminal on the album. I like some aspects of album, but I'm not a huge fan of Fiona's vocals. During this time (1996) I much preferred Alanis, Beck, Fugees, and Rage. In singer songwriter genre at the time, I preferred Sheryl Crow. Is Fiona more talented? Not sure, and I don't listen to Fiona or Sheryl regularly any more. That said, I'm glad I listened to Tidal in its entirety. Some good, "new to me" music.

Parallel Lines

Blondie

5/5

Love Blondie! And love this album. I would own it on vinyl if I didn't already have Best of Blondie. Favorites are the normies- One Way and Heart of Glass.

Peter Gabriel

3/5

Pretty good album. Solsbury Hill is such a good song. The rest of the tracks are unique and surprising. You would never know they are from the same album, but I like the variety.

Tarkus

Emerson, Lake & Palmer

1/5

Not a fan. These guys were on something strong when they decided this was an album ready to go. How did it go #1 in UK?

Pretenders

3/5

I was familiar with the album, but hadn't listened to it start to finish. Glad I did. Found some really great surprises, like Space Invader and The Wait. I've always liked Brass in Pocket. Makes me want to listen to other Pretenders albums.

Want Two

Rufus Wainwright

2/5

Strikes me as movie soundtrack music that works really hard to create a vibe, but the vibe is not something I would seek out. Peach Trees is relaxing, but the album overall has a hint of depression that I don't like. There are other albums with a depressing tone that I like better. Still, I had never heard the album but I'm glad I have now.

Moon Safari

Air

5/5

I could tell in the first 30 seconds of track 1 that I was going to love this album. I listen to this kind of electronic music while I work, so I'm always listening to bands like RJD2, Abakus, Aphex Twin, and Little People. I can't believe I've never heard this band. Love it and will be on rotation often.

Supa Dupa Fly

Missy Elliott

3/5

Great debut album, and kept getting better. I didn't realize Timbaland produced. Enjoyed listening start to finish.

Songs In The Key Of Life

Stevie Wonder

5/5

The giant with shoulders strong enough to support so many artists. Not my go-to when listening to background music, but such an amazing album.

Murder Ballads

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

3/5

Wasn't in the mood for this brooding style today. Will come back and listen later. What I heard was decent, but not enough to draw me in for the rest of the album.

Imagine

John Lennon

5/5

Enjoyed listening to the album start to finish. Some really great music in the shadow of one of the best album opening songs in the history of music.

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

Elton John

5/5

One of the best albums ever recorded.

Car Wheels On A Gravel Road

Lucinda Williams

3/5

I had never heard any songs on this album, but I typically like alt country and this was no different. Enjoyed listening.

Ctrl

SZA

2/5

Half way through the album and it just isn't something I would put on my home speakers for background. I like a lot of hip-hop but this isn't an album that clicks for me. I also listened to SOS and find I like that album quite a bit more.

evermore

Taylor Swift

3/5

I like the opening songs, strong start out of the gate.

Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs

Derek & The Dominos

3/5

Love the bluesy feel and the guitar work between Eric and Duane Allman is just so good.

New Wave

The Auteurs

2/5

Killing Joke

2/5

Cool industrial sound for 1980; Completely unknown to me and probably would have listened to them in the 90s

Coat Of Many Colors

Dolly Parton

3/5

Starts off strong with title track. A national treasure.

Tusk

Fleetwood Mac

2/5

Recording sessions were described as a 'cocaine blizzard' lol Maybe I'm too basic, but I prefer Rumours any day of the week. I appreciate they were going for experimental, but not all experiments work out.

A Girl Called Dusty

Dusty Springfield

2/5

Decent album. Thought I would like it more start to finish.

Rejoicing In The Hands

Devendra Banhart

2/5

Never heard a song from this album, but I enjoyed it. This is a good example of why I wanted to listen to each of these albums- for discovery. That said, the instrument tracks sound better than the vocals, in terms of clean recording. I'm not sure if this was a design decision or faults in the studio. The more I listened, the more I wanted to listen to just the instruments while filtering vocals out. The warble/vibrato on such chill songs drives me crazy.

Unknown Pleasures

Joy Division

4/5

I heard New Order before I heard Joy Division. I preferred New Order and had a tough time understanding the appeal of Joy Division until very recently. It took a video from Henry Rollins on his vinyl collection talking about Unknown Pleasures for me to give it another chance. I guess I've changed in musical tastes because I'm starting to get it now. The album was competing with Off The Wall, The Wall, London Calliing, and Breakfast in America. Easy for me to draw the line from this album to what would become alt.

The Message

Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five

3/5

The birth of hip-hop was so cheesy, and fantastic. Laid the groundwork for some amazing artists.

Low

David Bowie

2/5

1999

Prince

3/5

Crocodiles

Echo And The Bunnymen

2/5

Rarely listen to the band but I enjoyed hearing this album for the first time.

Dire Straits

4/5

Sultans is sublime. Guitar on this album is just so satisfying. Timeless.

The Gershwin Songbook

Ella Fitzgerald

3/5

Bryter Layter

Nick Drake

4/5

Born To Be With You

Dion

3/5

Don't Come Home A Drinkin' (With Lovin' On Your Mind)

Loretta Lynn

2/5

Talking Heads 77

Talking Heads

3/5

Fred Neil

4/5

Can't believe I have never heard this album. So good. Will add to my vinyl collection.

Let It Bleed

The Rolling Stones

4/5

Maggot Brain

Funkadelic

2/5

Like the music and enjoy funk, but I just don't have it on regular rotation.

Blue

Joni Mitchell

4/5

Born In The U.S.A.

Bruce Springsteen

4/5

Bubble And Scrape

Sebadoh

2/5

At Folsom Prison

Johnny Cash

4/5

Kind Of Blue

Miles Davis

5/5

Peter Gabriel 3

Peter Gabriel

2/5

Bayou Country

Creedence Clearwater Revival

4/5

Exit Planet Dust

The Chemical Brothers

2/5

More Specials

The Specials

1/5

Violent Femmes

3/5

The Dark Side Of The Moon

Pink Floyd

4/5

The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan

3/5

Rust Never Sleeps

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

2/5

Elvis Presley

4/5

Led Zeppelin II

Led Zeppelin

5/5

Cheap Thrills

Big Brother & The Holding Company

3/5

Good album but not something I would listen to start to finish at home. But Piece of My Heart is genius and sometimes you just want raspy Janis vocals.

Picture Book

Simply Red

2/5

I like Holding Back the Years, but for some reason the rest of the album was sad and I didn't finish it.

Live At The Harlem Square Club

Sam Cooke

4/5

Franz Ferdinand

3/5

Manassas

Stephen Stills

3/5