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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
The White Room The KLF	5	2.79	+2.21
Trans Europe Express Kraftwerk	5	3.15	+1.85
Kid A Radiohead	5	3.71	+1.29
A Northern Soul The Verve	4	2.91	+1.09

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Sweetheart Of The Rodeo The Byrds	1	2.83	-1.83
This Is Fats Domino Fats Domino	2	3.38	-1.38
Everything Must Go Manic Street Preachers	2	3.12	-1.12
Music From The Penguin Cafe Penguin Cafe Orchestra	2	3.01	-1.01

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The White Room

The KLF

5/5

Ever album on this project I think to myself "this is someone's favorite album". This is mine. Or at least my first favorite album of all time. This was the soundtrack of my senior year in high school and freshman year of college. It was acid house gone main stream and my gateway drug to early 90's warehouse raves in the Midwest US. I'm sure there are TONS of reviews on the cultural significance this album has, especially in the UK. (Watch the documentary on this band, Who Kiled the KLF, it's facinating) but I was so far removed from that and just listened to this on repeat. I literally busted out an old CD copy and found something to listen to it on.

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4-Star Albums (10)

The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars

1-Star Albums (1)

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Kid A

Radiohead

5/5

Forgot how great this album was. Never forget when my brother turned me on to it.

Natty Dread

Bob Marley & The Wailers

3/5

The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars

David Bowie

4/5

Holy crap. This is over 50 years old and sounds fresh. How have I not listened to this before. I now understand why folks hold Bowie in such high regard. This is the third album in my project and hear this has made the project worth it.

Shake Your Money Maker

The Black Crowes

3/5

Thing about albums is the transition between songs is unique. On this one, between tracks 1&2 and I instantly was back in college, drinking draft beer out of a red cup in a dingy basement.

Live At The Regal

B.B. King

4/5

Damn. I saw BB in like 2001 but to hear him in his prime… Now I know why he got the hype he got.

(Pronounced 'Leh-'Nérd 'Skin-'Nérd)

Lynyrd Skynyrd

4/5

I know these albums are on here for a reason. This one’s obvious. I know the band has some shady history, but good lord the Freebird solo…

Reggatta De Blanc

The Police

3/5

Was never a huge fan on the Police. Interesting to see this is from 1978. Thought it was from the 80’s

Everything Must Go

Manic Street Preachers

2/5

Sounds like generic 90’s alternative. Given this was released in 96, it’s hardly ground breaking. I suppose it’s someone’s favorite but a big “meh” here

Sweetheart Of The Rodeo

The Byrds

1/5

Holy crap. I generally like country music and this was bad

Ready To Die

The Notorious B.I.G.

3/5

I totally missed this era of music. Nice to revist

A Northern Soul

The Verve

4/5

I totally missed this era of music. Nice to revist

Giant Steps

The Boo Radleys

2/5

Felt like I was listening college radio in the 90’s.

This Is Fats Domino

Fats Domino

2/5

Fun look back. Not my first choice, but I can respect the significance

The White Room

The KLF

5/5

Birth Of The Cool

Miles Davis

4/5

Germs

2/5

If it weren’t for the Wikipedia description I wouldn’t have known who this is and would have chalked it up as generic punk. Cool to hear the birth of a genre

Violent Femmes

3/5

If you live anytime in Milwaukee, this gets engrained in you. Taking a fresh listen to this, it’s pretty good. Just overplayed in my sphere.

Elephant

The White Stripes

4/5

G. Love And Special Sauce

G. Love & Special Sauce

2/5

Court And Spark

Joni Mitchell

4/5

Surprised I liked this one. Not something I’d break out to put on in the background, but felt like I back riding in the back of my Mom’s 1975 Ford Maverick. This transported me back to the 70’s in the best way

Faust IV

Faust

3/5

My younger self would have loved the extremely experimental nature of this. Why this is one of the 1001 albums I must listen to, I have no idea, but generally enjoyed it, mainly because I used to seek stuff like this out.

Trans Europe Express

Kraftwerk

5/5

Wasn't familiar with this particular Kraftwerk album, but as someone who discovered German industrial and techno music in the late 80's, I love hearing some of the origin story. While not on this album, one of the highlights of my life was listening to "Autobahn" while driving 200 kph on the Autobahn, driving from Berlin to Munich.

Like A Prayer

Madonna

4/5

Reading the global reviews, man do people hate on 90's britpop (to be fair, the list seems to skew heavy on it). I liked this one. I recognized a few songs (the decade from 1995 to 2005 is sort of a sonic black hole for me as I was way too focused on growing my career).

Parklife

Blur

4/5

Live Through This

Hole

4/5

This is something that I missed when it was released but would have loved at the time

Music From The Penguin Cafe

Penguin Cafe Orchestra

2/5

I tried but nope. I don’t get it.