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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Calenture The Triffids	5	2.55	+2.45
I’ve Got a Tiger By the Tail Buck Owens	5	2.81	+2.19
Heartattack And Vine Tom Waits	5	3.07	+1.93
Sweet Baby James James Taylor	5	3.24	+1.76
Toys In The Attic Aerosmith	5	3.26	+1.74
Live At Leeds The Who	5	3.33	+1.67
Deep Purple In Rock Deep Purple	5	3.33	+1.67
Home Is Where The Music Is Hugh Masekela	5	3.36	+1.64
Elvis Presley Elvis Presley	5	3.38	+1.62
Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs Derek & The Dominos	5	3.39	+1.61

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Hail To the Thief Radiohead	1	3.44	-2.44
The Fat Of The Land The Prodigy	1	3.41	-2.41
Darkdancer Les Rythmes Digitales	1	2.59	-1.59
Odelay Beck	2	3.46	-1.46
Parachutes Coldplay	2	3.46	-1.46
Synchronicity The Police	2	3.42	-1.42
Amnesiac Radiohead	2	3.41	-1.41
Cross Justice	2	3.28	-1.28
Trans Europe Express Kraftwerk	2	3.15	-1.15

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Artist	Albums	Average
Talking Heads	2	5
David Bowie	3	4.33

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Artist	Albums	Average
Radiohead	2	1.5

5-Star Albums (32)

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Calenture

The Triffids

5/5

Well done album. I wish I had heard them before but unfortunately US radio is to Americentric.

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1-Star Albums (3)

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Odelay

Beck

2/5

Sorry but I just don't get his music. Most of the songs on this album are repetitive and a little boring. The only one I liked is Where it's at.

Home Is Where The Music Is

Hugh Masekela

5/5

This album is energetic. Masekela's playing is lyrical and emotive and the band offers a dynamic canvas for Masekela to work with.

Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots

The Flaming Lips

4/5

A interesting and enjoyable sonic experience that layers electronic music with vocals, guitar and percussion.

Lost In The Dream

The War On Drugs

4/5

An enjoyable listening experience!!

White Blood Cells

The White Stripes

4/5

This high energy album reminded me that you can still rock during a time boring techno dance music.

Synchronicity

The Police

2/5

This will probably be against prevailing opinion but this is my least favorite Police album. Except for the tracks "King of Pain" and "Wrapped Around Your Finger" this should not have been a best selling album. Plus the one song that should creep everyone, "Every Breath You Take", which is hilariously as a romantic song for weddings. The rest are a miss mash of different styles that gives Gordon Sumner (aka Sting) a pretentious and arrogant vibe.

Sincere

Mj Cole

2/5

I am not a fan of club music but MJ Cole's album is interesting although it becomes a bit too repetitive.

Catch A Fire

Bob Marley & The Wailers

5/5

A great album!!! I don't know why I got me thinking about why I stopped listening to reggae but this has helped remind me to put it back into my playlist rotation.

Remain In Light

Talking Heads

5/5

An excellent album containing a variety of Afro-rhythms which the band combines in a highly effective way with Byrne's lyrics.

Sweet Baby James

James Taylor

5/5

A very good album with some of the best songs ever written such "Sweet Baby James", "Fire and Rain" and "Country Road".

Revolver

Beatles

5/5

An excellent album with songs that are timeless.

Kollaps

Einstürzende Neubauten

2/5

I have never listened to Einstürzende Neubauten before nor have I ever paid attention to industrial punk or new wave music before. I don't need to listen to it again.

Green Onions

Booker T. & The MG's

4/5

A classic that influenced many artists since. Stax Records was were it was at.

Illinois

Sufjan Stevens

3/5

The musical style is both familiar and unusual at the same time. The lyrics are quirky and amusing like "John Wayne Gacy, Jr."

The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter

The Incredible String Band

2/5

Definitely a piece of late 1960's psychedelia. Thankfully I will never have to listen to it again.

3 Feet High and Rising

De La Soul

4/5

I am generally not a hip hop fan but I enjoyed this album a lot!!

Fulfillingness' First Finale

Stevie Wonder

4/5

Although I have always enjoyed Stevie Wonder's music I have never listened to any of his albums. I appreciate that it was placed on this list. Great Album.

Survivor

Destiny's Child

3/5

A well produced album but I'm not a fan of the music.

Darkdancer

Les Rythmes Digitales

1/5

Not a fan of electro dance music. Boring.

Don't Stand Me Down

Dexys Midnight Runners

3/5

Well produce but kind of boring.

Tapestry

Carole King

5/5

A classic!!

Goodbye And Hello

Tim Buckley

2/5

The music is very dated.

Trans Europe Express

Kraftwerk

2/5

Well done production but boring and repetitive.

A Grand Don't Come For Free

The Streets

2/5

Interesting lyrics but his voice lacks emotion.

Brothers

The Black Keys

5/5

A great recording. I was never into the Black Keys although I have had heard of them. I wasn't aware that this album was their breakthrough. All of the songs are good and "Everlasting Light" "Tighten Up" are stand outs.

Diamond Life

Sade

4/5

A well produced and performed album.

Foxbase Alpha

Saint Etienne

3/5

Interesting without being overly repetitive. Good production.

Maverick A Strike

Finley Quaye

3/5

A well produced album and a good listen.

Disintegration

The Cure

5/5

The Real Thing

Faith No More

3/5

A rocking good time and although their music can get too monotonous “Epic” is a classic anthem.

The Fat Of The Land

The Prodigy

1/5

Delusional and repetitive electronic dance music that becomes noise pollution.

The Next Day

David Bowie

3/5

Good album but none of the songs are memorable.

Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire)

The Kinks

3/5

A definitive Kinks album well produced and performed. The only issue for was that none of the songs stood out and there was nothing impress the listener.

(Pronounced 'Leh-'Nérd 'Skin-'Nérd)

Lynyrd Skynyrd

5/5

A Rock n Roll classic!! The first four songs are some of the best southern rock songs every produced "I Ain't the One", "Tuesday's Gone", "Gimme Three Steps"and "Simple Man"; then hhey hit it out of the ballpark with, "Free BIrd", their eighth and last track.

Natty Dread

Bob Marley & The Wailers

4/5

Natty Dread shows what Marley could do without Bunny Wailer or Peter Tosh. "No Woman, No Cry" is one of my favorite Marley tunes.

Harvest

Neil Young

5/5

One of my all time favorite albums by one of my favorite artists. This album is one of the first vinyl records I ever purchased and it brings back good memories when I listen to it. When I was a teenager we were having family visit and my grandmother was at our home and I was listening to this in our living room. I saw my aunt and uncle drive up to our house and I made the comment that I better shut off the music and my 74 year old grandmother replied, "Don't shut that off! I like this music!" No better praise can be made.

Live At Leeds

The Who

5/5

This album shows how strong of a live act The Who was.

The Wall

Pink Floyd

5/5

A great album by one of my favorite bands

Young Americans

David Bowie

5/5

Great album that shows how Bowie could bridge the style of glam rock to a more bluesy and soulful record. Great tunes like "Young Americans" and "Fame" with an interesting version of the Beatles "Across the Universe"

Parachutes

Coldplay

2/5

Listening to this album helped with my insomnia.

Deep Purple In Rock

Deep Purple

5/5

A great way to hear the beginning of Heavy Metal.

Tarkus

Emerson, Lake & Palmer

4/5

An electronic exploration. Don’t need to listen to it again

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector

Various Artists

4/5

A Christmas Treasure! Giving it 4 stars because of Spector's commentary at the end. I kept thinking about him going to prison for murdering a woman. Not a very Christmasy ending.

Calenture

The Triffids

5/5

Well done album. I wish I had heard them before but unfortunately US radio is to Americentric.

Talking Heads 77

Talking Heads

5/5

An excellent debut album. Psycho Killer is one of their best songs.

Highway to Hell

AC/DC

5/5

Didn't need to listen because I have listened to this more times than I can count. Great record!!

Sheet Music

10cc

4/5

An innovative prog pop/rock album.

Station To Station

David Bowie

5/5

Another excellent recording

Emperor Tomato Ketchup

Stereolab

3/5

Well produced but I find the use of looped tracks a tad bit repetitive.

Songs In The Key Of Life

Stevie Wonder

5/5

A classic.

Hail To the Thief

Radiohead

1/5

Boring, repetitive and pretentious.

Aqualung

Jethro Tull

5/5

An excellent example of psychedelic music transforming into progressive rock.

Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul

Otis Redding

5/5

Soulful renditions of of blues, ballads and rock music

Elvis Presley

5/5

The first rock’n roll album to get to number 1!! Elvis is l/was the King

Future Days

Can

4/5

Entertaining and unusual Can's music on Future Days is not repetitive or boring.

Blonde On Blonde

Bob Dylan

5/5

The voice for a generation.

Odessey And Oracle

The Zombies

4/5

A example of 1960’s psychedelic rock. The song “Time of the Season” still rocks

I’ve Got a Tiger By the Tail

Buck Owens

5/5

A classic example of the Bakersfield sound.

Heartattack And Vine

Tom Waits

5/5

An excellent example of a singer/songwriter’s creativity.

To Pimp A Butterfly

Kendrick Lamar

5/5

A Hip Hop tour de force.

The Low End Theory

A Tribe Called Quest

4/5

A jazzy hip hop album.

Toys In The Attic

Aerosmith

5/5

This hard rock album still holds up and there isn't a bad song in the whole lot.

Sign 'O' The Times

Prince

4/5

Prince had a good sound and his album was well produced. Just never got into his music.

Close To The Edge

Yes

4/5

Never was a Yes fan but I do realize their talent as musicians. This album has good production values and sound.

Mothership Connection

Parliament

5/5

A great funk album.

Jazz Samba

Stan Getz

5/5

A great introduction to the bossa nova style jazz.

Cross

Justice

2/5

Irritating. Gave my daughter a headache while we were listening.

John Barleycorn Must Die

Traffic

3/5

A great band but none of these songs appeals to me.

Transformer

Lou Reed

4/5

An interesting sophmore solo effort for Lou Reed. Of course most are familiar with "Walk on the Wild Side" but for me "Perfect Day" is the standout song of the album.

Tusk

Fleetwood Mac

5/5

A decent album and follow up to the wildly successful Rumours album.

Zombie

Fela Kuti

5/5

A great introduction to Afrobeat.

3 Years, 5 Months And 2 Days In The Life Of...

Arrested Development

4/5

An enjoyable listen.