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Album	You	Global	Diff
I’ve Got a Tiger By the Tail Buck Owens	5	2.8	+2.2
I’m a Lonesome Fugitive Merle Haggard	5	2.87	+2.13
Blood And Chocolate Elvis Costello & The Attractions	5	2.9	+2.1
All That You Can't Leave Behind U2	5	2.98	+2.02
evermore Taylor Swift	5	3	+2
White Ladder David Gray	5	3.05	+1.95
Golden Hour Kacey Musgraves	5	3.08	+1.92
Step In The Arena Gang Starr	5	3.17	+1.83
Fetch The Bolt Cutters Fiona Apple	5	3.2	+1.8
Being There Wilco	5	3.23	+1.77

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
You've Come a Long Way Baby Fatboy Slim	1	3.33	-2.33
You Want It Darker Leonard Cohen	1	3.31	-2.31
Talking Timbuktu Ali Farka Touré	1	3.13	-2.13
Here Come The Warm Jets Brian Eno	1	3.07	-2.07
Kimono My House Sparks	1	3.06	-2.06
Myths Of The Near Future Klaxons	1	3.05	-2.05
Kala M.I.A.	1	2.91	-1.91
Roots Sepultura	1	2.78	-1.78
Highway 61 Revisited Bob Dylan	2	3.75	-1.75
Yank Crime Drive Like Jehu	1	2.74	-1.74

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Artist	Albums	Average
Radiohead	5	4.8
Beatles	5	4.6
Pink Floyd	3	4.67
Johnny Cash	3	4.67
Taylor Swift	2	5
Miles Davis	2	5
Curtis Mayfield	2	5
Marvin Gaye	2	5
The Smashing Pumpkins	2	5
Kendrick Lamar	2	5
Aretha Franklin	2	5
The Who	4	4.25
David Bowie	7	4
Queen	3	4.33
R.E.M.	3	4.33
Nirvana	3	4.33
Steely Dan	3	4.33

Least Favorites

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Artist	Albums	Average
Scott Walker	2	1.5
Sepultura	2	1.5
Leonard Cohen	2	1.5
Brian Eno	4	2

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Kanye West	5, 4, 1

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Drops off in the second half, but still some good tracks there. And the first half of the album is about as good as can be. Nostalgia bomb.

Groovy

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Great, until the last two tracks ("I'm a Cult Hero" and "I Dig You".) 4/5 rather than 5/5.

Still not a fan of Lou Reed's "singing." Good groove on 2 - "Andy's Chest." 5 - "Walk On the Wild Side" still great; makes me want to listen to "Can I Kick It?" 9 - "New York Telephone Conversation." Definite skip. 3/5.

Not great, not bad. 3/5.

Nope

Much better than other VU/Lou Reed albums. 5/5 except for "The Murder Mystery" which was very 60s, very psychedelic, but not for me.

5 stars, no notes.

Meh. Not bad, not great.

Thoroughly meh. 2/5

Meh. Trying to sound very much like The Clash but...eh. Miss America is good, due to the Gorillaz vibe. 2/5.

Very 60s, in a good way. 3.5/5

Classic.

Classic 60s.

Eh. Not great not bad.

Reminiscent of lots of 90s electronica/DJs. Might not be for everyone, but it hits my sentimental button even if I never listened to it before.

Not bad, just not really my thing. "Just play the notes!"

Eh. Some of it is reminiscent of Velvet Underground. Pretty bland brit-pop all said.

Not bad. Pretty standard millennial pop but some has a bit of a Death Cab and Fleet Foxes vibe.

Good album. Just not necessarily my thing.

Good. Again not necessarily my thing.

Good one. Different but I like it. Added.

How have I never listened to this completely? Crazy.

The best. No notes.

Legendary. 5/5

4.5 if I could

Very Cure.

Oh, atonal. My favorite. Oh...Lydon. Well, there you are.

Typical VU. Not for me.

I can see how it's influential, but not a good listen.

Really good. Nothing Compares 2 U of course is great, but Black Boys on Mopeds is the standout.

The original. Only 4 stars since because Paul's Boutique is a 5.

Drops off in the second half, but still some good tracks there. And the first half of the album is about as good as can be. Nostalgia bomb.

Great country record.

Interesting. Very odd but surprisingly good. Some of the too-techno-y stuff was a bit overwhelming, but pretty good overall.

Good album. Too bad Clapton's such a prick.

I mean, it's the Stones. Ok album, but Mick. Also, Trump's usage of You Can't Always Can't What Your Want immediately downgrades the song.

Eh. Fine 60s music, but nothing special. Would be interesting to know why it's on the list.

Good, not my style really. Super influential, though, and has been sampled everywhere.

Weird. In a good way, but weird. Not for me necessarily, but maybe on a relisten.

Fine, nothing special. If a liquor commercial was an album.

Groovy

How can I like Gorrilaz but not this? Who knows, but I do.

Okay. Nothing special.

Makes Sheryl Crow looks like the generic knockoff.

Yeah, that's Elvis alright.

Good one. Too much of the N bomb for me, personally, but great music/vocals.

Dolly's the best.

Fine. Not great.

How much was David Byrne influenced by this? Soooooooo much.

Good, not great. Very 80s.

Great surprise

Interesting. Some of it sounds very early 60s, others very psychedelic, others contemporary.

WTF did I just listen to? In a good way, at least for the first half of the album. I can't believe this was made in 1971! Gets pretty avant garde towards the back half of the album, but the first half is stunning.

Surprisingly good.

Groundbreaking and influential, but not my favorite. Who You Funkin' With is probably the best on the album.

Best Beatles album? Hard to say for sure, with Abbey Road, Rubber Soul and Sgt Peppers, but an amazing album nonetheless. This album pack a punch, with the amount in just over half an hour, with no track longer than 3 minutes.

If the aliens land and ask "what did late 60s psychedelic rock sound like?" you can just play this album for them. Did "Leaving on a Jet Plane" steal from "Sad and Lonely Times" or vice versa? Is "Bass Strings" really not a Jefferson Airplane song?

Better than previous ones. Getting away from the britpop sound thankfully. 2.5/5.

Fine, just not my thing. I can appreciate the technical proficiency of it, but to atonal/improvisational for me.

Wow. That was...something. Why d'Ya Do It really surprised me.

Middle school in an album

Great album. Clapton's an ass.

Great album. Only 4 instead of 5 stars for not being Demon Days.

3.5

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