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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter The Incredible String Band	5	2.15	+2.85
Better Living Through Chemistry Fatboy Slim	5	2.99	+2.01
Vento De Maio Elis Regina	5	3.01	+1.99
Safe As Milk Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band	5	3.01	+1.99
The Modern Lovers The Modern Lovers	5	3.05	+1.95
Pieces Of The Sky Emmylou Harris	5	3.11	+1.89
The Hour Of Bewilderbeast Badly Drawn Boy	5	3.12	+1.88
The Slider T. Rex	5	3.28	+1.72
Sunday At The Village Vanguard Bill Evans Trio	5	3.31	+1.69
From Elvis In Memphis Elvis Presley	5	3.35	+1.65

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn Pink Floyd	1	3.11	-2.11
Brothers In Arms Dire Straits	2	3.74	-1.74
Born In The U.S.A. Bruce Springsteen	2	3.7	-1.7
Highway to Hell AC/DC	2	3.65	-1.65
Machine Head Deep Purple	2	3.58	-1.58
Franz Ferdinand Franz Ferdinand	2	3.57	-1.57
Calenture The Triffids	1	2.56	-1.56
War U2	2	3.47	-1.47
Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols Sex Pistols	2	3.45	-1.45
Amnesiac Radiohead	2	3.42	-1.42

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Artist	Albums	Average
Bob Marley & The Wailers	2	5

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Bryter Layter

Nick Drake

5/5

Violator

Depeche Mode

3/5

I now understand heroes nights at Manray. I liked the songs, but I felt the energy got repetitive and I was pretty much done halfway through. If I was dancing, I think I would’ve liked it more. However, just listening on the subway didn’t get me as into it.

Songs In The Key Of Life

Stevie Wonder

5/5

Obviously incredible. Whats more to say!

Nevermind

Nirvana

4/5

If the job of music is to articulate a feeling, this album has done it. Packaging genuine angst, anger, and frustration in poppy punky rock riffs without sounding commercial or insincere is rare and incredibly well done in this album. In my opinion it’s a bit front loaded with the hits but who could blame em

Franz Ferdinand

2/5

Besides the standout tracks I found this album to be pretty bland indie haze, repetitive and not grabbing my attention.

Tapestry

Carole King

5/5

Stunning, raw, contemporary, a true gem. Foundational songwriter turned expressive singer of her own stories.

Green

R.E.M.

3/5

I enjoyed this album as background music. On a close listen I noticed synthesized elements of Americana rock, punk, pop, etc. They blended these elements enough to make very palatable alt rock music, but overall nothing incredibly unique and ground breaking.

The Stone Roses

3/5

Decent! Some fun tunes.

Out of Step

Minor Threat

4/5

Full of bright and powerfully directed energy!

The Specials

4/5

Interesting blend of reggae ska and punk elements that reflect the angst of the working class in the British scene.

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness

The Smashing Pumpkins

4/5

sounds like something i should be nostalgic for. I would have adored this in high school. As for now I’m more appreciative that I now hear it and can see it as a landmark in its time, that I understand the intended or unintended referential modern music that is linked back to this moment.

Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul

Otis Redding

5/5

perfect album

This Is Hardcore

Pulp

4/5

War

2/5

I don’t know why I hate U2 so much. Idk if it’s the way it’s recorded or the musical tone or vocal tone but this album pisses me off!! No thank you!! (Bloody Sunday is a good song tho)

American IV: The Man Comes Around

Johnny Cash

5/5

Johnny Cash doesn’t cover songs, he sings them and re-shapes them until you could never imagine them as anything but his.

From Elvis In Memphis

Elvis Presley

5/5

The Wildest!

Louis Prima

5/5

Exploding with energy and talent!

Wonderful Rainbow

Lightning Bolt

2/5

High energy wasn’t in the mood for it but it was fun I guess

Suede

2/5

i’m really not into this genre of music, the creamy whiny voices with the extra reverb, the big epic wits in the songs, it all just seems royal cheesy.

The Hour Of Bewilderbeast

Badly Drawn Boy

5/5

Adored it. Felt like a poppy nick drake— every song felt so well thought out and beautifully arranged.

The Slim Shady LP

Eminem

2/5

I could rate this different ways based on the lenses I could look through. This album certainly defined hip hop for a generation, it’s clever, and the hooks/beats are great. Eminem has a distinct voice. However that voice is that of a 13 year old boy trying to piss his mom off with violent misogynistic language. So….

Disintegration

The Cure

4/5

Good background party

Throwing Muses

3/5

enjoyable alternative indie rock, didn’t grab me too much but overall OK.

The Modern Lovers

5/5

Best Boston album of all time

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