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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Dig Me Out Sleater-Kinney	5	3.08	+1.92
John Prine John Prine	5	3.22	+1.78
Nebraska Bruce Springsteen	5	3.32	+1.68
Ágætis Byrjun Sigur Rós	5	3.37	+1.63
Play Moby	5	3.47	+1.53
The Suburbs Arcade Fire	5	3.5	+1.5
Here's Little Richard Little Richard	5	3.57	+1.43
Funeral Arcade Fire	5	3.57	+1.43
In The Court Of The Crimson King King Crimson	5	3.6	+1.4
Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) Wu-Tang Clan	5	3.61	+1.39

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Seventeen Seconds The Cure	1	3.38	-2.38
Tommy The Who	1	3.34	-2.34
Music Has The Right To Children Boards of Canada	1	2.91	-1.91
Black Sabbath Black Sabbath	2	3.83	-1.83
Isn't Anything My Bloody Valentine	1	2.75	-1.75
Deja Vu Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young	2	3.7	-1.7
Bayou Country Creedence Clearwater Revival	2	3.66	-1.66
Born To Run Bruce Springsteen	2	3.64	-1.64
3 + 3 The Isley Brothers	2	3.59	-1.59
Cheap Thrills Big Brother & The Holding Company	2	3.43	-1.43

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Artist	Albums	Average
Arcade Fire	2	5

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Bruce Springsteen	2, 5

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Tommy

The Who

1/5

This album is just a slog.

1 likes

Picture Book

Simply Red

2/5

How is this an "essential" album to listen to? It sounds like a producer just needed a placeholder, generic soft rock album for a middling 80s movie.

1 likes

1-Star Albums (5)

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American IV: The Man Comes Around

Johnny Cash

3/5

It's Johnny Cash at the end of his life, doing what he does best. Singing American classics and country staples. But, this has Hurt, which cemented his legacy.

Ágætis Byrjun

Sigur Rós

5/5

Gorgeous, serene, surreal soundscape. Need to listen to this over and over again.

Coat Of Many Colors

Dolly Parton

2/5

Lovely album. Not for me. Other than the title track, nothing stood out.

Bayou Country

Creedence Clearwater Revival

2/5

CCR never did it for me beyond the hits. Same here. Proud Mary is a classic. Born on the Bayou, I'll listen to again. The rest, I could lose. Blues, even blues rock, isn't for me.

Deja Vu

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

2/5

Opening song bangs (Carry On). Unsurprisingly, the Neil Young parts are the best. The rest is replacement level 60s folk rock.

Joan Armatrading

3/5

"Down to Zero" was my favorite song on the album. The rest is pleasant singer-song writer work that makes for great afternoon listening.

Live!

Fela Kuti

3/5

The long, jam-style jazz recordings are not normally my style. This is one of the best executions of it I have heard. While not on the original release, the added drum solo track is phenomenal; just mind-blowing work.

Spiderland

Slint

4/5

Post rock. Math rock. Whatever genre this is, I like the evolution from the punk that I was familiar with and love that it isn't grunge. Good Morning, Captain will be a song I revisit again and again.

Shake Your Money Maker

The Black Crowes

3/5

Fun southern rock album. The two big hits stand out (obviously) but the rest sounded like a fun time at a good bar.

Remain In Light

Talking Heads

3/5

First time listening, I did not like this album. Second time, connected with it more. I was on the wavelength they were using and, also have listened to a lot more Brian Eno (producer) since I last heard this. Probably primed my brain to accept it.

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness

The Smashing Pumpkins

4/5

Angsty music from the 90s. I'm never going to say no to that. Even though the album superficially sounds like it is not all connected, going straight through until the end, everything sounded like it all fit together. A testament to the song writing I guess.

Queen II

Queen

3/5

The best Queen album for me? It has the trademark Queen sound without being too much.

Eagles

3/5

This surprised me with its listenability. I thought it would be a slog considering my general dislike of the Eagles outside of a few songs. Shows me what I know. Guess it makes sense why they are are huge as they have been for the last 50 years.

Greetings From L.A.

Tim Buckley

3/5

I was not attracted to much of this album. But when it ended I found myself sad that it was over. The absence of his music haunted my mind for a few minutes. That must speak to something I liked that I cannot express in words.

Imperial Bedroom

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

2/5

This album is an example of my weakness as a music listener. I am sure that if I could pick up on the lyrics, storytelling in each song the first time listening, Elvis Costello would mean much more to me. But, I can't so he doesn't. His strength is in his lyricism and my weakness is in hearing that.

Cheap Thrills

Big Brother & The Holding Company

2/5

Janis Joplin, Jazz/Funk/Psychedelia, just not for me. I recognize the artistry. Her voice was one of a kind. But this is the second time I've listened to this album and both times I couldn't wait for it to end.

Born To Run

Bruce Springsteen

2/5

Thunder Road; Born to Run. All-time classics. The rest felt like standard-bear 70s stadium rock that I could do without.

Pictures At An Exhibition

Emerson, Lake & Palmer

2/5

An psychedelia interpretation of one of my favorite 'classical' pieces? 50/50 shot I'd love it or hate it. Disliked most of it but I give the credit to ELP for doing this. It is a piece that fits well with the genre.

The Velvet Underground & Nico

The Velvet Underground

3/5

When I was a (very young) man of a certain age, I bought this album on CD and listened to it all the time. I thought it would teach me about life, music, everything. I think this will probably the be last time I listen to it. Not that it wasn't worthwhile or good. Just that I'm not that guy any more and this music isn't for the new guy I am.

Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots

The Flaming Lips

4/5

Sci Fi themed album from my teenage years? Of course this sits in my heart.

Adele

5/5

All time. Timeless. There is no one like Adele.

Here's Little Richard

Little Richard

5/5

5 stars because it is stone cold classic and a foundation for the music I love so much.

In Rainbows

Radiohead

3/5

I've always respected Radiohead more than I liked them. The intricate musicality, the ambition, I could tell it was exceptional in them more than most bands. But I could never grasp it all at once to fully appreciate it. This listen was slightly different as I finally started to *like* some songs in a way I never did before. I wanted to relisten to this album right after finishing it; something I've never done with a Radiohead album before. Am I growing?

The La's

3/5

Three stars only because I can hear the influence this had on some of my favorite music in the coming decade.

Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea

PJ Harvey

4/5

Changed my mind on this from 4 years ago. The album does trail off in the last quarter or so but the first half is so strong. I'm coming back to this.

The Suburbs

Arcade Fire

5/5

Nostalgic for this kind of alienation. I wonder if this music would have felt underwhelming if we knew what was coming after 2010. Still, wove itself into my soul in 2010 and will always be there.

The Visitors

ABBA

4/5

I can't believe there is an ABBA album I had never heard a song off of before. So many times while listening to this, I heard echoes, saw ghosts, or otherwise experienced glimpses of other songs--ABBA songs but also so many songs to come after. The influence this band had.

Blood On The Tracks

Bob Dylan

3/5

I recognize that this is entirely a "Me" problem but I have such trouble connecting with Bob Dylan's music because I'm not a "lyric getter" unless I actively follow along with them in front of my while listening. Because his writing is so intricate, it is impossible for me to follow along with any song unless I listen to it 5, 6, or 7 times at least. With some, this is not a problem because they are so beautiful that I'm willing to do that. But, most of his work, most of this album, do not hold my attention like that. This time, I did read every lyric as I listened to this album. As expected, it was incredible. But, I do not want that to be the way I can enjoy an album. Nothing against Bob, his acclaim is well-earned. Just is not for me.

Tommy

The Who

1/5

This album is just a slog.

In The Court Of The Crimson King

King Crimson

5/5

Any album that can get me to stop in my tracks and bring me to the brink of tears gets 5 stars. Epitaph, whew, what a song.

Frampton Comes Alive

Peter Frampton

3/5

Rumours

Fleetwood Mac

5/5

The Fat Of The Land

The Prodigy

4/5

John Prine

5/5

Time Out

The Dave Brubeck Quartet

5/5

Tigermilk

Belle & Sebastian

3/5

C'est Chic

CHIC

2/5

Will The Circle Be Unbroken

Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

3/5

Another Green World

Brian Eno

3/5

Only By The Night

Kings of Leon

4/5

...Baby One More Time

Britney Spears

2/5

Thriller

Michael Jackson

4/5

Does it matter that half of the album is barely mid-tier filler songs when it has the run of The Girl is Mine, Thriller, Beat It, and Billie Jean? No, it does not.

Trans Europe Express

Kraftwerk

3/5

Fun House

The Stooges

3/5

Rubber Soul

Beatles

4/5

Psychocandy

The Jesus And Mary Chain

3/5