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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Metal Box Public Image Ltd.	5	2.41	+2.59
Devotional Songs Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan	5	2.58	+2.42
Kollaps Einstürzende Neubauten	4	1.9	+2.1
Ingenue k.d. lang	5	2.94	+2.06
Let Love Rule Lenny Kravitz	5	3	+2
Sister Sonic Youth	5	3.02	+1.98
Nothing's Shocking Jane's Addiction	5	3.18	+1.82
The Real Thing Faith No More	5	3.2	+1.8
Fisherman's Blues The Waterboys	5	3.2	+1.8
Ocean Rain Echo And The Bunnymen	5	3.22	+1.78

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Ambient 1/Music For Airports Brian Eno	1	3.07	-2.07
The White Album Beatles	3	4.18	-1.18
Oxygène Jean-Michel Jarre	2	3.08	-1.08

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Artist	Albums	Average
David Bowie	5	5
AC/DC	2	5
Nirvana	2	5
Jimi Hendrix	3	4.33

5-Star Albums (55)

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The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars

Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols

Popular Reviews

Heroes

David Bowie

5/5

ONE OF THE BEST SONGS EVER. ONE OF THE BEST SONGS EVER. ONE OF THE BEST SONGS EVER. ONE OF THE BEST SONGS EVER. ONE OF THE BEST SONGS EVER. ONE OF THE BEST SONGS EVER. ONE OF THE BEST SONGS EVER. ONE OF THE BEST SONGS EVER. ONE OF THE BEST SONGS EVER.

2 likes

...And Justice For All

Metallica

5/5

Started everything for the masses and still relevant all these years later.

1 likes

MTV Unplugged In New York

Nirvana

5/5

They played there back catalog as well as some great unknown covers. Well done and set the standard for MTV Unplugged.

1 likes

She's So Unusual

Cyndi Lauper

4/5

Classic 80s album

1 likes

B-52's

The B-52's

5/5

First time I heard Rock Lobster was as a 14 year old young straight man in a lesbian bar in San Antonio. The song came on and the place went wild. Packed the dance floor. Great intro to a great band.

1 likes

1-Star Albums (1)

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1989

Taylor Swift

5/5

I haven’t listened to but my daughter (of course) would give it 100 stars.

Are You Experienced

Jimi Hendrix

5/5

Brings back memories. Loved it

Ambient 1/Music For Airports

Brian Eno

1/5

Tried to listen to but …

The Gershwin Songbook

Ella Fitzgerald

4/5

Listened to it for the first time. Enjoyed Ella singing the standard.

Black Holes and Revelations

Muse

4/5

Good album but don’t love it.

3 + 3

The Isley Brothers

4/5

Heard the songs over the years but fully enjoyed listening to it.

2112

Rush

5/5

One of the first albums I ever bought after my parents gave me Rush ‘All the Worlds a Stage’ and the Beatles ‘Meet the Beatles’ as a 16 year old for Christmas. Got me ssoooooo into music. Lead me to finding and loving new bands to this day as a 62 year old.

...And Justice For All

Metallica

5/5

Started everything for the masses and still relevant all these years later.

Oxygène

Jean-Michel Jarre

2/5

Listened years ago and enjoyed then (3.5 then) but hasn’t held up to the test of time.

She's So Unusual

Cyndi Lauper

4/5

Classic 80s album

Beauty And The Beat

The Go-Go's

4/5

Classic 80s album. Great songs

The White Album

Beatles

3/5

One of my first albums - enjoyed it but liked didn’t excite me like my nosier albums at the time - Rush 2112.

Darkness on the Edge of Town

Bruce Springsteen

5/5

CLASSIC

Green

R.E.M.

5/5

Fantastic. Even on Kurt Cobain’s top 50 albums list in his journals. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-cobain-50/id1667648172?i=1000662513361

Dirt

Alice In Chains

5/5

That first opening sets it up for that the rest of the album. Wow

Brothers

The Black Keys

5/5

GREAT ALBUM. Got me into me and have me hooked for life.

Life's Too Good

The Sugarcubes

4/5

Classic intro to Bjork.

Appetite For Destruction

Guns N' Roses

5/5

The classic 99s album.

Live And Dangerous

Thin Lizzy

5/5

The cover says it all - a rocking album by a band in its prime.

Songs From The Big Chair

Tears For Fears

4/5

Good classics album w hits galore

Fever To Tell

Yeah Yeah Yeahs

5/5

Cccccccc lllllllllll aaaaaaaa ssssss sssss iiiiiii cccccc.

Iron Maiden

5/5

Bam. Off to the races w this classic.

good kid, m.A.A.d city

Kendrick Lamar

4/5

Good intro for me to hip hop

The Clash

5/5

Great intro to British punk.

Exile On Main Street

The Rolling Stones

4/5

Great intro to British blues

Tres Hombres

ZZ Top

4/5

Who knew Just three guys with basically three chords could kick it.

Back To Black

Amy Winehouse

5/5

Fantastic fantastic a pure classic. Her voice choice of songs is a masterpiece that she unfortunately did not have long live to see what it has become.

Led Zeppelin

5/5

Bum bum bum. Set the standard.

Highway to Hell

AC/DC

5/5

Hell ya. This is it. Classic Aussie Rock

(Pronounced 'Leh-'Nérd 'Skin-'Nérd)

Lynyrd Skynyrd

5/5

Intro to classic southern rock from GA/FLA. Simple Man is a true gem.

Garbage

5/5

Love this album. Five count en five stars

Unknown Pleasures

Joy Division

5/5

Was so excited to see the artwork for this to pop up. Instantly recognizable for the cover and automatically hearing the opening chords of Disorder in my head. Layer on Ian’s voice and you have one of the most influential albums ever.

Back In Black

AC/DC

5/5

Was shocked by the death of Bon Scott but the band came back w a vengeance and set themselves at the top of rock mountain with this.

Heroes

David Bowie

5/5

Don't Stand Me Down

Dexys Midnight Runners

3/5

Never really liked the band. Average album.

Aladdin Sane

David Bowie

5/5

The Real Thing

Faith No More

5/5

Have the Faith

War

5/5

Fantastic album that got a 1,000 college radio stations to spin up 1,000,000 new U2 fans. Great album

Juju

Siouxsie And The Banshees

5/5

Just listened to this the other day and it has stood up to the test of time

Foo Fighters

4/5

The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars

David Bowie

5/5

Really set him apart from other artists of the time. Really imaginative work.

Bat Out Of Hell

Meat Loaf

3/5

Rolling raucous but not really up my alley. Good but not great.

Violent Femmes

4/5

Set up a generation for intro to alternative and indie music.

MTV Unplugged In New York

Nirvana

5/5

They played there back catalog as well as some great unknown covers. Well done and set the standard for MTV Unplugged.

Rust Never Sleeps

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

5/5

Hey hey my my I love this album.

Nevermind

Nirvana

5/5

Most consider this the start of grunge. They’re wrong but a great way to get into it.

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

Beatles

4/5

I know people love the Beatles and their melodies but for the most part I don’t listen to lyrics.

Black Sabbath

5/5

Today is the day after Ozzy died and 18 days after his final show. A million bands owe their existence to this album.

Hail To the Thief

Radiohead

4/5

My initial intro to Radiohead that portends greatness.

Natty Dread

Bob Marley & The Wailers

4/5

Not as good as Exodus in my mind but a damn good album.

Madman Across The Water

Elton John

4/5

Private Dancer

Tina Turner

4/5

Ingenue

k.d. lang

5/5

Let Love Rule

Lenny Kravitz

5/5

Classic w great songs.

On The Beach

Neil Young

4/5

Brothers In Arms

Dire Straits

5/5

A summer classic. Buddy introduced it to me and blasted it in his jeep all Summer.

The Stooges

5/5

Seminal record that is part of the start of punk a few years later. Iggyz’s snarl says it all.

Jagged Little Pill

Alanis Morissette

5/5

Summer of my wedding including a fly in my Chardonnay

At Fillmore East

The Allman Brothers Band

4/5

Tracy Chapman

5/5

Fast car is the bomb

The Next Day

David Bowie

5/5

Southern Rock Opera

Drive-By Truckers

4/5

Nothing's Shocking

Jane's Addiction

5/5

That first song sets the up the rest of the album.

Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols

Sex Pistols

5/5

Not quite the first punk album but definitely the one that had a large part of the world talking. Talking about how the world was going to hell because of the music and punk style. Something to be proud about actually!!

Queen II

Queen

5/5

Low

David Bowie

5/5

Sister

Sonic Youth

5/5

Birth Of The Cool

Miles Davis

5/5

Catch A Fire

Bob Marley & The Wailers

5/5

Bayou Country

Creedence Clearwater Revival

4/5

Some classics. Good into to souther rock and carries to next level by Drive By Truckers.

Ocean Rain

Echo And The Bunnymen

5/5

Got into Echo by randomly finding Crocodiles in a local record store. The atmosphere, vocals and guitar was impressive. Ocean Rain took it up 5 notches.

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

5/5

Band On The Run

Paul McCartney and Wings

3/5

Physical Graffiti

Led Zeppelin

3/5

Good but not great Zep

The Seldom Seen Kid

Elbow

4/5

Good album and nice intro to Elbow.

Axis: Bold As Love

Jimi Hendrix

3/5

Bam innovative guitar that changed the world.

A Night At The Opera

Queen

4/5

1999

Prince

5/5

Electric Ladyland

Jimi Hendrix

5/5

Brilliant bluesy master work.

The Bends

Radiohead

4/5

Pornography

The Cure

5/5

All Cure albums should be on here.

Tuesday Night Music Club

Sheryl Crow

4/5

Metal Box

Public Image Ltd.

5/5

Wow. What an album. Introduced me to post punk.

Purple Rain

Prince

4/5

Good strong album. Liked his stuff but didn’t love it all at the time. Come to appreciate him.

Led Zeppelin IV

Led Zeppelin

4/5

Kollaps

Einstürzende Neubauten

4/5

Good intro to industrial rock and punk.

Licensed To Ill

Beastie Boys

4/5

Strangeways, Here We Come

The Smiths

4/5

Ah the Smiths. Morissey and Jimmy Marr made some wonderful songs. Too bad they’ll never out out new music.

B-52's

The B-52's

5/5

First time I heard Rock Lobster was as a 14 year old young straight man in a lesbian bar in San Antonio. The song came on and the place went wild. Packed the dance floor. Great intro to a great band.

Fisherman's Blues

The Waterboys

5/5

Love this band after a roommate turned me on to them.

Paul's Boutique

Beastie Boys

5/5

Junkyard

The Birthday Party

3/5

Wow has Nick Cave changed from this album.

Elephant