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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes TV On The Radio	5	2.94	+2.06
The Libertines The Libertines	5	3	+2
Music From The Penguin Cafe Penguin Cafe Orchestra	5	3.01	+1.99
Tanto Tempo Bebel Gilberto	5	3.07	+1.93
Inspiration Information Shuggie Otis	5	3.27	+1.73
The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady Charles Mingus	5	3.32	+1.68
Brilliant Corners Thelonious Monk	5	3.33	+1.67
Sea Change Beck	5	3.33	+1.67
There's No Place Like America Today Curtis Mayfield	5	3.37	+1.63
25 Adele	5	3.37	+1.63

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Born In The U.S.A. Bruce Springsteen	1	3.7	-2.7
Born To Run Bruce Springsteen	1	3.64	-2.64
Hounds Of Love Kate Bush	1	3.61	-2.61
Doggystyle Snoop Dogg	1	3.37	-2.37
Too Rye Ay Dexys Midnight Runners	1	3.12	-2.12
Tubular Bells Mike Oldfield	1	3.1	-2.1
Steve McQueen Prefab Sprout	1	2.98	-1.98
Red Dirt Girl Emmylou Harris	1	2.86	-1.86
A Walk Across The Rooftops The Blue Nile	1	2.86	-1.86
Gold Ryan Adams	1	2.84	-1.84

Artists

Favorites

Artist	Albums	Average
Metallica	3	5
Black Sabbath	3	5
Beastie Boys	3	5
Talking Heads	4	4.5
Bob Dylan	3	4.67
The Rolling Stones	3	4.67
Beck	3	4.67
Pink Floyd	2	5
Beatles	4	4.25

Least Favorites

Artist	Albums	Average
Bruce Springsteen	2	1
Dexys Midnight Runners	3	1.67

Controversial

Artist	Ratings
Emmylou Harris	1, 4

5-Star Albums (47)

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Californication

Red Hot Chili Peppers

3/5

Didn't age as well as other RHCP.

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1-Star Albums (17)

All Ratings

Abbey Road

Beatles

5/5

Fear Of Music

Talking Heads

4/5

Juju

Siouxsie And The Banshees

3/5

Physical Graffiti

Led Zeppelin

4/5

Marquee Moon

Television

4/5

Junkyard

The Birthday Party

3/5

Not without merit. Raw, gritty.

We Are Family

Sister Sledge

3/5

Talking Timbuktu

Ali Farka Touré

3/5

Metallica

5/5

Classic metal. Nice.

Elvis Presley

4/5

Who Killed...... The Zutons?

The Zutons

4/5

I favorited some songs. Vibe somewhere between Vampire Weekend and Deer Tick. Enjoyable.

The Modern Dance

Pere Ubu

4/5

Californication

Red Hot Chili Peppers

3/5

Didn't age as well as other RHCP.

Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music

Ray Charles

3/5

Just not for me.

Vulnicura

Björk

1/5

No thanks, Björk.

...And Justice For All

Metallica

5/5

Still rad as hell.

The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady

Charles Mingus

5/5

This is good jazz.

Violent Femmes

4/5

Blister in the Sun will always be an obnoxious song. I gave this album a listen anyway and loved it! Blister in the Sun is still no good though.

Deep Purple In Rock

Deep Purple

4/5

Red Dirt Girl

Emmylou Harris

1/5

No thanks.

Blunderbuss

Jack White

4/5

Hard not to like a Jack White project.

Stardust

Willie Nelson

4/5

Living legend, but a little sleepy. Not into it.

Cafe Bleu

The Style Council

2/5

Nope.

In Rainbows

Radiohead

3/5

Some talent here, but not into it.

Revolver

Beatles

5/5

One of the better albums.

The Coral

3/5

It's okay. A little homogenous. I enjoyed my listen. May not seek it out.

A Walk Across The Rooftops

The Blue Nile

1/5

This albums sucks. It's bad.

Green River

Creedence Clearwater Revival

4/5

A classic. Fogherty kills it.

Honky Tonk Heroes

Waylon Jennings

3/5

Just okay. A little sleepy. Wanted it to be more outlaw.

You Want It Darker

Leonard Cohen

4/5

I enjoyed it. I still don't get Leonard Cohen though. 🤔

Aqualung

Jethro Tull

4/5

I enjoyed this. All the classics of course, but the rest of the album too. These guys are musicians. This is very polished rock.

Songs From A Room

Leonard Cohen

4/5

I liked this better than the other Cohen album I 4-starred.

Pornography

The Cure

2/5

No.

Rock 'N Soul

Solomon Burke

4/5

Siamese Dream

The Smashing Pumpkins

5/5

90's classic.

Let England Shake

PJ Harvey

2/5

Meh.

Every Picture Tells A Story

Rod Stewart

4/5

Loved it.

Paranoid

Black Sabbath

5/5

Heaux Tales

Jazmine Sullivan

1/5

Nope. Too R&B for me.

Off The Wall

Michael Jackson

3/5

It was okay.

The La's

3/5

Meh.

There's No Place Like America Today

Curtis Mayfield

5/5

Love it.

Synchronicity

The Police

3/5

I wanted to like this so much more. It was just okay.

In A Silent Way

Miles Davis

5/5

Chirping Crickets

Buddy Holly & The Crickets

3/5

Not bad. I wouldn't mind if it was on but I wouldn't seek it out.

The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan

5/5

Perfection.

Madman Across The Water

Elton John

4/5

James Brown Live At The Apollo

James Brown

4/5

Fun listen.

Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols

Sex Pistols

4/5

Fear Of A Black Planet

Public Enemy

3/5

Did not listen.

Thriller

Michael Jackson

4/5

King of pop...

In Utero

Nirvana

5/5

Still awesome.

Steve McQueen

Prefab Sprout

1/5

Bad.

British Steel

Judas Priest

4/5

Superunknown

Soundgarden

5/5

Grunge classic.

Songs From The Big Chair

Tears For Fears

3/5

Hits only at the hits.

Brilliant Corners

Thelonious Monk

5/5

Love this guy.

Chemtrails Over The Country Club

Lana Del Rey

3/5

It was okay. A little homogenous. Hard to tell one song from the next. Lyrically strong.

Abraxas

Santana

4/5

Awesome.

Sticky Fingers

The Rolling Stones

5/5

This album is a monster.

Sheer Heart Attack

Queen

3/5

It was not as good as I would have liked it to be.

Pieces Of The Sky

Emmylou Harris

4/5

Much better than the other Emmylou Harris album.

Transformer

Lou Reed

5/5

Coolest scene in all of music history.

Moving Pictures

Rush

4/5

Good.

Dig Your Own Hole

The Chemical Brothers

3/5

Just okay. Mainstream techno.

Licensed To Ill

Beastie Boys

5/5

FUN Album!!!

Let's Get Killed

David Holmes

4/5

Enjoyed.

The Poet

Bobby Womack

3/5

Just okay.

Figure 8

Elliott Smith

3/5

It's okay for the background.

Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul

Otis Redding

5/5

I enjoyed this.

Cut

The Slits

4/5

Girl punk. Good. I would listen again.

Adele

5/5

Loved this. Adele can SING!

Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle

Bill Callahan

3/5

Not bad but a little sleepy. Okay for the background.

Kid A

Radiohead

4/5

Much better than Rainbows.

Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire)

The Kinks

4/5

It was good.

Franz Ferdinand

3/5

Just okay.

Lady In Satin

Billie Holiday

3/5

Too sleepy.

Tanto Tempo

Bebel Gilberto

5/5

Loved listening to this. Floaty and feel good. Nice music.

Different Class

Pulp

2/5

Meh. It's kind of broody.

Exit Planet Dust

The Chemical Brothers

3/5

Sounds like the other one.

Infected

The The

2/5

Bad.

Sulk

The Associates

1/5

What the fuck is this?

On The Beach

Neil Young

4/5

Dusty In Memphis

Dusty Springfield

4/5

Night Life

Ray Price

4/5

More Songs About Buildings And Food

Talking Heads

4/5

Classic.

Joan Armatrading

4/5

Sleeper album! Who ever heard of this lady?! Loved listening to this. She's got a Tracy Chapman vibe, whom I don't personally enjoy. But it sure worked here! Nice album.

In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida

Iron Butterfly

3/5

Did not enjoy as much as I thought I would. 😞 IAGD was obviously a very fun listen. And a classic Simpsons reference. 😉

Welcome to the Afterfuture

Mike Ladd

3/5

Just okay.

Back In Black

AC/DC

5/5

Classic. This is good guitar rock.

Natty Dread

Bob Marley & The Wailers

4/5

Classic.

Kenya

Machito

4/5

Great! Fun to listen to.

Let It Bleed

The Rolling Stones

5/5

Mic and Keith's baby. Love this album.

The Velvet Underground

5/5

Kings of cool.

Moss Side Story

Barry Adamson

3/5

I don't get it?

Devotional Songs

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

4/5

I enjoyed this.

A Hard Day's Night

Beatles

3/5

Meh

School's Out

Alice Cooper

3/5

Just okay. I expected to enjoy it more.

Music

Madonna

2/5

Did not enjoy. It was a techno album.

From Elvis In Memphis

Elvis Presley

3/5

People listen to Elvis for Elvis, not the band. The music was a little I inspired. The album as a whole was a little homogenous, but a couple stars.

Atomizer

Big Black

3/5

It was okay. Sounded like a pre-NIN, way less refined. Enjoyed a few tracks.

Idlewild

Everything But The Girl

2/5

Not for me.

Time Out Of Mind

Bob Dylan

4/5

Pretty good for a later album. Still got it!

Bad

Michael Jackson

4/5

It's fucking good.

Songs For Swingin' Lovers!

Frank Sinatra

4/5

Closer

Joy Division

2/5

No thanks. I don't get it?

At San Quentin

Johnny Cash

4/5

Good stuff. So foreign to me that there was a time where there could be a prison show. What a scene to imagine.

Gris Gris

Dr. John

3/5

Music to trip to.

Smokers Delight

Nightmares On Wax

4/5

A+ ambiance.

Peter Gabriel

4/5

A little theatric.

Smash

The Offspring

4/5

From my formative years.

The Score

Fugees

5/5

It's on the short list for greatest rap album of all time.

Murder Ballads

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

2/5

No thanks.

Pretenders

3/5

Wanted to enjoy.

Trafalgar

Bee Gees

3/5

Not that bad. Enjoyed it more than I thought I would.

Rock Bottom

Robert Wyatt

2/5

Hotel California

Eagles

4/5

Enjoyed it more than I expected.

Achtung Baby

3/5

The Gershwin Songbook

Ella Fitzgerald

4/5

New Gold Dream (81/82/83/84)

Simple Minds

2/5

Not into it. Too 80s synth.

Buena Vista Social Club

4/5

Gold

Ryan Adams

1/5

Surf's Up

The Beach Boys

4/5

Liked this way more than I thought I would. It's not the poppy Beach Boys you have in mind when you think of the Beach Boys.

Electric

The Cult

3/5

Not bad. A little homogenous sounding. I'd enjoy listening to this again.

Bringing It All Back Home

Bob Dylan

5/5

At Folsom Prison

Johnny Cash

4/5

Isn't Anything

My Bloody Valentine

2/5

Couldn't find it! Listened to other MBV album and it was not my thing.

The Suburbs

Arcade Fire

3/5

The Healer

John Lee Hooker

4/5

Treasure

Cocteau Twins

2/5

Smile

Brian Wilson

2/5

Nope.

Green Onions

Booker T. & The MG's

4/5

Good. No lyrics.

Protection

Massive Attack

4/5

A standard of the genre. An easy listen.

Goo

Sonic Youth

4/5

Led Zeppelin II

Led Zeppelin

5/5

A Seat at the Table

Solange

4/5

Not for me, but not without merit. I like the social justice bend here in the lyrics.

Duck Rock

Malcolm McLaren

3/5

The Message

Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five

3/5

Talking Heads 77

Talking Heads

5/5

Illmatic

Nas

5/5

Bitches Brew

Miles Davis

4/5

Axis: Bold As Love

Jimi Hendrix

4/5

Searching For The Young Soul Rebels

Dexys Midnight Runners

2/5

The Wall

Pink Floyd

5/5

Pet Sounds

The Beach Boys

4/5

Doggystyle

Snoop Dogg

1/5

Fuck trump-loving Snoop.

Come Away With Me

Norah Jones

5/5

Odessa

Bee Gees

3/5

Funeral

Arcade Fire

4/5

Better than I expected. I'd listen again.

In It For The Money

Supergrass

3/5

Not bad.

Lam Toro

Baaba Maal

3/5

All Hope Is Gone

Slipknot

4/5

Power In Numbers

Jurassic 5

3/5

A Short Album About Love

The Divine Comedy

1/5

Modern Life Is Rubbish

Blur

4/5

Straight Outta Compton

N.W.A.

4/5

Let It Be

The Replacements

4/5

Paul Simon

3/5

Amnesiac

Radiohead

3/5

The Fat Of The Land

The Prodigy

3/5

Music From The Penguin Cafe

Penguin Cafe Orchestra

5/5

Microshift

Hookworms

3/5

3 Feet High and Rising

De La Soul

3/5

OK Computer

Radiohead

3/5

Lady Soul

Aretha Franklin

4/5

Fear and Whiskey

Mekons

4/5

Like it!

1999

Prince

2/5

Not for me.

Orbital 2

Orbital

4/5

Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes

TV On The Radio

5/5

Sound of Silver

LCD Soundsystem

2/5

16 Lovers Lane

The Go-Betweens

3/5

Rubber Soul

Beatles

4/5

Illinois

Sufjan Stevens

5/5

Live And Dangerous

Thin Lizzy

3/5

Too Rye Ay

Dexys Midnight Runners

1/5

Born In The U.S.A.

Bruce Springsteen

1/5

Fuck the Boss. trump-loving shitbird motherfucker.

Sea Change

Beck

5/5

Don't Stand Me Down

Dexys Midnight Runners

2/5

Five Leaves Left

Nick Drake

3/5

Midnight Ride

Paul Revere & The Raiders

3/5

Garbage

3/5

461 Ocean Boulevard

Eric Clapton

4/5

Ambient 1/Music For Airports

Brian Eno

3/5

Odelay

Beck

5/5

Autobahn

Kraftwerk

3/5

Vol. 4

Black Sabbath

5/5

I’m a Lonesome Fugitive

Merle Haggard

4/5

(What's The Story) Morning Glory

Oasis

3/5

Close To The Edge

Yes

2/5

Yank Crime

Drive Like Jehu

4/5

Born To Run

Bruce Springsteen

1/5

Guero

Beck

4/5

...Baby One More Time

Britney Spears

2/5

Jack Takes the Floor

Ramblin' Jack Elliott

4/5

The Village Green Preservation Society

The Kinks

4/5

You're Living All Over Me

Dinosaur Jr.

4/5

Tical

Method Man

3/5

Live!

Fela Kuti

4/5

Berlin

Lou Reed

4/5

Sail Away

Randy Newman

3/5

Talvin Singh

3/5

Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea

PJ Harvey

4/5

The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway

Genesis

3/5

Killing Joke

4/5

Time Out

The Dave Brubeck Quartet

5/5

The Rolling Stones

4/5

KE*A*H** (Psalm 69)

Ministry

3/5

A Girl Called Dusty

Dusty Springfield

3/5

The Dark Side Of The Moon

Pink Floyd

5/5

Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not

Arctic Monkeys

4/5

Take Me Apart

Kelela

1/5

Master Of Puppets

Metallica

5/5

C'est Chic

CHIC

3/5

A Nod Is As Good As A Wink To A Blind Horse

Faces

4/5

Blue Lines

Massive Attack

3/5

Paul's Boutique

Beastie Boys

5/5

Tracy Chapman

2/5

Street Signs

Ozomatli

2/5

Hounds Of Love

Kate Bush

1/5

Countdown To Ecstasy

Steely Dan

4/5

Screamadelica

Primal Scream

3/5

Rings Around The World

Super Furry Animals

3/5

Sign 'O' The Times

Prince

3/5

Disraeli Gears

Cream

5/5

At Fillmore East

The Allman Brothers Band

4/5

Station To Station

David Bowie

3/5

Blur

3/5

Superfly

Curtis Mayfield

4/5

Pink Flag

Wire

4/5

3 + 3

The Isley Brothers

4/5

Kollaps

Einstürzende Neubauten

1/5

Chelsea Girl

Nico

3/5

Jagged Little Pill

Alanis Morissette

5/5

Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables

Dead Kennedys

3/5

Highly Evolved

The Vines

3/5

Can't Buy A Thrill

Steely Dan

4/5

The Low End Theory

A Tribe Called Quest

4/5

Parallel Lines

Blondie

4/5

Seventeen Seconds

The Cure

3/5

One Nation Under A Groove

Funkadelic

3/5

Not on Spotify? 🤔

Songs In The Key Of Life

Stevie Wonder

4/5

Purple Rain

Prince

3/5

The Libertines

5/5

Logical Progression

LTJ Bukem

2/5

Surfer Rosa

Pixies

4/5

Inspiration Information

Shuggie Otis

5/5

Rust Never Sleeps

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

4/5

In The Court Of The Crimson King

King Crimson

4/5

Heroes

David Bowie

2/5

Deloused in the Comatorium

The Mars Volta

2/5

Pyromania

Def Leppard

3/5

Definitely Maybe

Oasis

3/5

Ill Communication

Beastie Boys

5/5

Buffalo Springfield Again

Buffalo Springfield

3/5

Lost In The Dream

The War On Drugs

3/5

Seventh Tree

Goldfrapp

3/5

B-52's

The B-52's

3/5

Freak Out!

The Mothers Of Invention

4/5

Morrison Hotel

The Doors

5/5

Olympia 64

Jacques Brel

4/5

The Real Thing

Faith No More

4/5

Remain In Light

Talking Heads

5/5

Millions Now Living Will Never Die

Tortoise

2/5

Black Metal

Venom

4/5

It's Blitz!

Yeah Yeah Yeahs

4/5

Black Sabbath

5/5

Emperor Tomato Ketchup

Stereolab

3/5

Tea for the Tillerman

Cat Stevens

4/5

Live At The Regal

B.B. King

3/5

Tubular Bells

Mike Oldfield

1/5

Let Love Rule

Lenny Kravitz

3/5

Pretzel Logic

Steely Dan

2/5

Sister

Sonic Youth

4/5

Ágætis Byrjun

Sigur Rós

2/5

The Sensational Alex Harvey Band

2/5

Low

David Bowie

3/5

Darklands

The Jesus And Mary Chain

3/5

Live At The Harlem Square Club

Sam Cooke

3/5

Oar

Alexander 'Skip' Spence

1/5