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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Devil Without A Cause Kid Rock	4	2.06	+1.94
Live Through This Hole	5	3.29	+1.71
Back to Mystery City Hanoi Rocks	4	2.68	+1.32
G. Love And Special Sauce G. Love & Special Sauce	4	2.74	+1.26
Alien Lanes Guided By Voices	4	2.75	+1.25
New Wave The Auteurs	4	2.86	+1.14
A Hard Day's Night Beatles	5	3.9	+1.1
Blood And Chocolate Elvis Costello & The Attractions	4	2.92	+1.08

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Highway 61 Revisited Bob Dylan	1	3.77	-2.77
Bringing It All Back Home Bob Dylan	1	3.64	-2.64
Hard Again Muddy Waters	1	3.61	-2.61
At Newport 1960 Muddy Waters	1	3.55	-2.55
3 Feet High and Rising De La Soul	1	3.45	-2.45
Kind Of Blue Miles Davis	2	4.06	-2.06
Brothers In Arms Dire Straits	2	3.74	-1.74
The Joshua Tree U2	2	3.67	-1.67
Born To Run Bruce Springsteen	2	3.64	-1.64
Illmatic Nas	2	3.6	-1.6

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White Blood Cells

The White Stripes

4/5

Wasn't too bad. Some good tunes, some familiar tunes. 4/5.

Hybrid Theory

Linkin Park

3/5

Not terrible. Some songs are definitely overplayed on the radio. Ah, here we go with the shitty rapping. CRAWLING IN MY SKIN! Not bad, but not great. 3.5/5, rounded up to 4.

Bridge Over Troubled Water

Simon & Garfunkel

3/5

A little mellow for my liking. A little too folksy for my liking, too. The Boxer has some interesting bass brass sounds (?) at the end, starting at about the 4:20 mark. Baby Driver - ew. Mouth farting noises are next level bad.

Bringing It All Back Home

Bob Dylan

1/5

Annoyingly yee-haw from the beginning. Any amount of mouth harmonica is too much mouth harmonica. All of these songs sound the fucking same. It's Alright Ma - Monotonous delivery, unpleasant voice, and it's fucking 7 minutes long. Wow. Glad it's over. 1/5.

Highway 61 Revisited

Bob Dylan

1/5

My Generation

The Who

4/5

Off to an energetic start. Also, so many versions of this album! And is that Marylin Manson on the cover under the "Who"? I know it's not, but daym. Not exactly my thing, but not terrible. I can see the appeal, and should explore more. 3.5/4 but closer to 4. At least it didn't get annoying like Bob Dyldo did.

Fragile

Yes

4/5

Ooh this is where that riff is coming from! Groovy! Energetic for the most part. Not bad at all.

The Predator

Ice Cube

2/5

Very aggressive. The opening to the first song is unnecessary. A lot of the spoken word stuff on this album is not necessary. Some rhymes are lazy. Repetitive. Got boring. I don't care about the lyrics, nor do I relate to them. Dull. Probably was important back in the day, but won't be returning to this.

Alien Lanes

Guided By Voices

4/5

28 songs in 41 minutes? Impressive. Starts off not terribly, but what is that background noise? Not terrible at all. Not something I'd listen on a regular basis, but not offensive to my musical sensibilities. Ex-Supermodel - is someone snoring in this song? Ok, it's beginning to get mildly offensive. Still, not the worst bodily sound to include in the song. Wasn't terrible overall. 3.5/5, kinda want this site to have granular ratings (stars are just silly), but oh well.

Back In Black

AC/DC

4/5

Daym he SCREECHES. But the booty rocks to the rhythm. I have a feeling that this has influenced at least some of Electric Six. Honestly, quite a bit better than I expected. Won't be listening to this on repeat, but did not hate the experience.

Court And Spark

Joni Mitchell

4/5

Nice change after AC/DC. Pleasantly melodic. But the age is felt. Jazzy, but not overly so. Fun, quick album. I enjoyed it.

Paul's Boutique

Beastie Boys

3/5

I get that it's influential and all, but really not my thing, in retrospect. A little abrasive on the ears with all the shouting and random mixed-in bits.

I See A Darkness

Bonnie "Prince" Billy

3/5

Ooh, pleasantly mild. Maybe a little too mild.

Surf's Up

The Beach Boys

3/5

Not bad but a little too mild. Expected more surf. Not sure why.

Home Is Where The Music Is

Hugh Masekela

2/5

Abrasive on the old ears.

At Newport 1960

Muddy Waters

1/5

"I put a tiger in your tank" what in the stupidest goddamn shit is this? "Got my moBRPPPRPPRPPRHRPRRHjo working!" - good on you, bud, just shut the fuck up now, please. Stupid repetitive garbage, not surprising this "jazz" thing went out of style.

Back to Mystery City

Hanoi Rocks

4/5

A lot of silly fun, I enjoyed it.

Led Zeppelin II

Led Zeppelin

3/5

Iconic but annoying. Maybe classic rock is not my thing. Drum solos are dumb. Overly long drum solos are idiotic.

Cee-Lo Green... Is The Soul Machine

Cee Lo Green

3/5

Surprisingly, off to an energetic start. Honestly not terrible, as much as rap is not my thing. Oh, this is the dude who made Crazy, this figures.

Head Hunters

Herbie Hancock

3/5

Not bad, a little too long. Would give this 3.5 stars if I could, but we do whole stars only here.

Aqualung

Jethro Tull

2/5

Jethro Tull is how old now? Where's the flute? Also, this is so repetitive, my god. Not a fan.

Highway to Hell

AC/DC

3/5

It was alright.

Shleep

Robert Wyatt

3/5

Interesting start. Not disgusting overall. Not sure that I'd listen to this on repeat, but it's not off-putting to my ears.

Arc Of A Diver

Steve Winwood

2/5

Ye synths! It reeks of 80s tho. So no.

Disintegration

The Cure

3/5

Not bad, not spectacular, but definitely important.

Brothers In Arms

Dire Straits

2/5

Not a bad start, although it feels a little dated almost immediately. What is up with the 6+ minute long songs?

G. Love And Special Sauce

G. Love & Special Sauce

4/5

Honestly pretty interesting and unique.

In The Wee Small Hours

Frank Sinatra

3/5

Cute.

Ogden's Nut Gone Flake

Small Faces

3/5

Fun start! Not bad, but dated.

Urban Hymns

The Verve

3/5

It's alright, still hate that music video though. Some songs are better than others.

A Hard Day's Night

Beatles

5/5

Forgot how much I liked this album

Skylarking

XTC

3/5

It was alright, not anything special.

Kimono My House

Sparks

3/5

Oooh this one rocks hard. Forgot how much I liked this one too. Not all songs tho. Oh well.

Remain In Light

Talking Heads

3/5

It's alright, nothing special.

There's No Place Like America Today

Curtis Mayfield

2/5

Yay porn sounds! Dat bass slaps tho. Well, slapped. Hooked with the first song, lost with the rest of it. Here we go with JEEEZUS! And A MEN A MEN!

Licensed To Ill

Beastie Boys

3/5

Like A Prayer

Madonna

3/5

Madonna kinda rocks, actually.

Blood And Chocolate

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

4/5

I already hate the cover. But the music is solid. Can relate to the "I Hope You're Happy Now" a lot.

Lost Souls

Doves

3/5

Ooh, something not from 50 years ago. Fun! Ooh, instrumental? Is it instrumental? Wasn't instrumental but had its moments.

Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs

Derek & The Dominos

3/5

Not bad, a bit too long. Layla was cool, but also too long.

Appetite For Destruction

Guns N' Roses

4/5

Surprisingly fun

Illmatic

Nas

2/5

Aaand it sucks from the beginning. But then some parts are not terrible. But then some parts are terrible again!

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector

Various Artists

2/5

Eh, Christmas music.

Live Through This

Hole

5/5

It slapped hard.

Kind Of Blue

Miles Davis

2/5

Maybe if you like blues this would be good, but I don't like blues.

Devil Without A Cause

Kid Rock

4/5

The first song is a slapper! This is how you open an album! Love how almost every song has the explicit [E] in it, hehe. Child voices rapping profanities is... an interesting decision. Not a good one, though. Autotuned cowboy singing is also a strange thing. It was alright, but its age is showing in its cracks.

Goo

Sonic Youth

3/5

Not bad.

En-Tact

The Shamen

3/5

Not terrible but not exactly my thing.

Electric Warrior

T. Rex

3/5

Not bad, but not my thing.

2112

Rush

3/5

Not bad but not my thing again.

In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida

Iron Butterfly

3/5

Eh, it was nothing special.

New Wave

The Auteurs

4/5

Very fun, actually. Pleasant, mellow, but energetic at the same time, somehow.

Let Love Rule

Lenny Kravitz

2/5

I Built This Garden For Us - Wow this shit is hard to listen to. Rosemary - and here we go with jerking off to Jesus. This really sucks, what's the hype about?

Hard Again

Muddy Waters

1/5

Who would listen to this voluntarily?

Odelay

Beck

3/5

Starts hard. Nice. Some songs are experimental in a good way, others in a not so good way. Novacane is hard on the ears.

Queen II

Queen

3/5

Eh, it was alright, not Queen at its best by any means.

The Hour Of Bewilderbeast

Badly Drawn Boy

3/5

Ooh is that cello? I want to believe. Mmm, nice but a bit too mellow. Ok, the second song is better. It was alright, not my cup of tea generally, but not abrasive.

Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots

The Flaming Lips

3/5

Fun start. Songwriting is lacking. Again, too mellow. Interesting synths. It was alright, had its moments but nothing special. I expected more from the album cover.

Live At Leeds

The Who

2/5

Starts with a very familiar riff somehow. But good. Energetic. Live albums can be hit-and-miss, at least this one is intelligible. Too long, though. 2.5 stars, but rounded down.

Talking Heads 77

Talking Heads

4/5

Kinda fun actually.

Fisherman's Blues

The Waterboys

2/5

I tried. It had its moments, but it's too long and annoying.

Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret

Soft Cell

3/5

Not terrible. Some classics. Some hard to listen to, it's not particularly fresh. 3.5 stars. On the fence.