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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Heaven Or Las Vegas Cocteau Twins	5	3.41	+1.59
The Velvet Underground & Nico The Velvet Underground	5	3.61	+1.39
In A Silent Way Miles Davis	5	3.61	+1.39

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Violent Femmes Violent Femmes	1	3.5	-2.5
Smash The Offspring	1	3.36	-2.36
Melodrama Lorde	1	3.31	-2.31
The La's The La's	1	3.14	-2.14
Hotel California Eagles	2	3.59	-1.59
Moving Pictures Rush	2	3.56	-1.56
Gorillaz Gorillaz	2	3.53	-1.53
Parachutes Coldplay	2	3.46	-1.46
The Dark Side Of The Moon Pink Floyd	3	4.43	-1.43
Home Is Where The Music Is Hugh Masekela	2	3.35	-1.35

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Gorillaz

2/5

"I'm sure Clint Eastwood would like [the song]. He's an intelligent man." - Damon Albarn

Moving Pictures

Rush

2/5

Not as repulsive as I was expecting. I can kinda see why people like these guys. I'm also pretty confident I'll never listen to this again.

Graceland

Paul Simon

3/5

Torn between 3 and 4 for this. an immediate pleasure on the first few listens, but eventually all but the strongest 4 or 5 songs lose their luster. Still a lot to like here though

The Dark Side Of The Moon

Pink Floyd

3/5

Best songs are On The Run, Time, Any Colour You Like, Brain Damage

Surfer Rosa

Pixies

3/5

I like Doolittle better

Home Is Where The Music Is

Hugh Masekela

2/5

I was kinda excited for this because I'd never heard of this artist or album before, but it was a disappointment. Dull, overlong, too smooth.

Smash

The Offspring

1/5

I can't take this... Their hearts are in the right place at least. Did you know Dexter Holland has a PhD in molecular biology?

Heaven Or Las Vegas

Cocteau Twins

5/5

An all timer. Shimmering, ethereal, beyond "dreamy", conjuring a thick wave of sound that's warm but forceful. Emotive and human and dark but pure. Their other work that I've heard is good but they're on another level here. I went into this expecting I'd think a few tracks were a little weak, but everything on here shines.

Melodrama

Lorde

1/5

Come out Jack Antonoff I know you're there I just wanna talk

Rip It Up

Orange Juice

3/5

Cute! I don't think this inspires as much devotion in me as it apparently did for Simon Reynolds, but a nice surprise for a daily album Favorite tracks: "Mud In Your Eye", "Flesh of My Flesh" Least favorites: "Breakfast Time", "Louise Louise"

Illinois

Sufjan Stevens

4/5

Happy 20th birthday to the state of Illinois

Illmatic

Nas

3/5

A good album that doesn't hit in a big way for me. I can see what it's doing but I don't feel it

The La's

1/5

This dude dropped the lyric "If you look in your mind / Do you know what you will find" in the third song and I fully checked out. I'm sure it's a classic according to British rock journalists (and people who use the phrase "pop nuggets") (and Oasis fans) (and Oasis).

Cross

Justice

2/5

Not my thing. Some cool sounds, but the songs don't do a lot for me, and I'm not into the proto future funk production.

Hotel California

Eagles

2/5

Ultimately this is a miss, but this album is REALLY funny. Like "Wasted Time" is such a dull, interminable song, but then they begin the B-side with a string reprise of it? That's funny. There's also some good instrumentation, mostly on the title track but here and there on other tracks

I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight

Richard Thompson

3/5

There's an insufferable Renfaire vibe coming from a few of these songs (the worst being "Little Beggar Girl"), but there are a couple of songs on here that grew on me after a few listens. Giving this a 3 because I would consider listening to another Richard & Linda Thompson album. Shoot Out The Lights is the one I hear the most praise for, but I don't think it's in this list

The Velvet Underground & Nico

The Velvet Underground

5/5

I've been familiar with this album for at least 15 years, and I was ready to file it as "3 out of 5, inconsistent but there are some good tracks" or some shit like that. And then I listened to it again and remembered (and enjoyed) every song. My favorite tracks are everyone's favorites ("Venus in Furs", "Heroin") but every song has something fun or interesting going on. Kinda between 4 or 5 since there are a couple of weaker tracks but whatever

Figure 8

Elliott Smith

2/5

The one Elliott Smith album I never really cared for, even when I was big into his music. There are a couple of good songs, and plenty of little moments that show off Smith's charisma and style, but the songs feel overworked and saccharine. Listen to Either/Or, listen to From a Basement on the Hill, listen to New Moon.

LP1

FKA twigs

2/5

was thinking 3 because I like elements of this (e.g. the alarm at the end of "Lights On", the beat on "Numbers", the production on "Hours"), settled on 2 after I could barely recall a single song after three listens.

For Your Pleasure

Roxy Music

3/5

I don't care for Bryan Ferry's arch vocals, and some songs feel a little stiff, but there's a lot of great material here. my favorites are The Bogus Man and Grey Lagoons I think

Private Dancer

Tina Turner

2/5

didn't care for it, not my thing, it's fine, etc.

Parachutes

Coldplay

2/5

these songs are basically pleasant and catchy, if a little saccharine, with some neat effects here and there. but Chris Martin's vocals and especially lyrics are giving nothing, and I'm pretty sure I'll never put any of these songs on of my own will again. so 2.

Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo

Devo

4/5

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Getz/Gilberto

Stan Getz

4/5

from what I've heard, I like Getz a little less than Gilberto (whose self-titled from 1973 is worth checking out). but Getz is never bad, and neither is this record.

In A Silent Way

Miles Davis

5/5

perfect album! not much else to say about it. I've listened to it hundreds of times and I'm sure I'll listen to it hundreds more. wouldn't change a single moment of it. one of the most singular, gorgeous records ever made. love the glass breaking sound at 4:26 (and 16:23) on "Shhh/Peaceful".

Heaux Tales

Jazmine Sullivan

2/5

trying to understand the acclaim for this album a little better, I pulled open Pitchfork's 8.6/10 Best New Music review, where the reviewer helpfully suggested: 'read "Heaux" as "ho"'. thanks, I hadn't considered that I like the production on "Price Tags" though

Merriweather Post Pavilion

Animal Collective

3/5

"Also Frightened" is great, "Brother Sport" and "In The Flowers" are good, the rest is mostly fine.

Violent Femmes

1/5

gordon gano seems to really hate himself, which is relatable because i also fucking hate him

Bossanova

Pixies

4/5

this really grew on me after a few listens. maybe not as outwardly weird or noisy as their earlier stuff, but there's a sinister ambience to this album that's really interesting to me, and there are a lot of really strong songs

The Modern Lovers

4/5

I immediately enjoyed this. sloppy and amateurish in the best ways. "Roadrunner" and "Pablo Picasso" are definitely the peaks but every song's got something fun or interesting about it