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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Coat Of Many Colors Dolly Parton	5	3.42	+1.58
Mothership Connection Parliament	5	3.61	+1.39
Better Living Through Chemistry Fatboy Slim	4	2.99	+1.01

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Vincebus Eruptum Blue Cheer	1	2.8	-1.8
Next The Sensational Alex Harvey Band	1	2.71	-1.71
The Number Of The Beast Iron Maiden	2	3.58	-1.58
Parklife Blur	2	3.38	-1.38
Before And After Science Brian Eno	2	3.08	-1.08

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What's Going On

Marvin Gaye

4/5

L.A. Woman

The Doors

4/5

Mothership Connection

Parliament

5/5

So much in here that became foundations, lyrics, samples, themes. And really good!

Aftermath

The Rolling Stones

4/5

Lady Soul

Aretha Franklin

4/5

So many classics

Straight Outta Compton

N.W.A.

3/5

Some innovative stuff here, but I don’t love the style

Before And After Science

Brian Eno

2/5

Violator

Depeche Mode

4/5

Classic pop with so many gems and a bunch of other decent songs

Kenza

Khaled

2/5

Parallel Lines

Blondie

3/5

A few great songs, otherwise sort of a relic of punk-pop

Vincebus Eruptum

Blue Cheer

1/5

Boring mediocre late 60s rock

Urban Hymns

The Verve

3/5

Such a 90s album. One fantastic song and a few decent ones.

The Stooges

3/5

One of those foundational albums that I want to like more, but this style of slow growly punk just isn’t my thing. I can see how it inspired a lot of subsequent stuff, though.

Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea

PJ Harvey

3/5

It’s alright, not great. Some creative rhythms but nothing that really lands for me. I think it’s a weird energy somewhere between emo and late 90s female singer-songwriters.

Better Living Through Chemistry

Fatboy Slim

4/5

Great beats and rhythms, not as amazing as his follow-up You’ve Come A Long Way, Baby, with its clever vocal samples and mixed-up beats, but still quite good.

Dire Straits

4/5

Second-best album from one of my favorite bands

Get Behind Me Satan

The White Stripes

4/5

Really good - creative rock with a heavy guitar beat backed by soft drums and piano

Beyond Skin

Nitin Sawhney

3/5

Quite eclectic, some vocal-driven, some heavy with sampling, some more like beat-centered dance music. And a mix of languages. Wild that this is one album.

Playing With Fire

Spacemen 3

2/5

Some really interesting songs here, but the album is just so dang slow overall. Repetitive, methodical. In a word, mostly boring.

Lady In Satin

Billie Holiday

4/5

Such great songs, and amazing voice. Though this album doesn’t show as much range as I’d like.

Highway to Hell

AC/DC

3/5

I get why this was such a big deal, but it's a bit tedious

Seventeen Seconds

The Cure

3/5

Some great songs, though kind of monotone and tedious

Live At The Regal

B.B. King

4/5

Great emotional blues, so much power and depth

Parklife

Blur

2/5

Punk-ish Britpop, feels sort of sanitized and in an awkward phase of the music

The Sensational Alex Harvey Band

1/5

Like a mix of southern rock and Gwar, with sound quality that just doesn't land for me. I find very little redeeming in this.

Millions Now Living Will Never Die

Tortoise

2/5

Like instrumental rock techno, each track slow and repetitive with variations on a theme. I can see why people might like this, but I find it boring.

The Number Of The Beast

Iron Maiden

2/5

It’s classic metal, and closer to rock than a lot of stuff, which makes it more accessible. I can appreciate it but not enjoy it.

Coat Of Many Colors

Dolly Parton

5/5

Great album, good songs, evocative, powerful.

The New Tango

Astor Piazzolla

3/5

As with many albums on here, I can see the appeal, but doesn't really do it for me. It's fine background music.

One Nation Under A Groove

Funkadelic

4/5

Side one is a 5, with three amazing funk tracks. Side two is a 3 for me; as with many of these albums, I can see why people would like it, but I find it meh.

Dear Science

TV On The Radio

4/5

Quirky, some songs poppy and synthy, some more like straight rock songs. It's up and down for me, but interesting.

(What's The Story) Morning Glory

Oasis

4/5

A couple fantastic songs that were unavoidable for years, and are to me emblematic of how this style of music can convey feelings. But the rest feel kinda bland.

Power In Numbers

Jurassic 5

4/5

My second-favorite J5 album after Quality Control. Great rhythms and dynamic between the various members.