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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Buenas Noches From A Lonely Room Dwight Yoakam	5	2.6	+2.4
Djam Leelii Baaba Maal	5	2.79	+2.21
Time (The Revelator) Gillian Welch	5	3.06	+1.94
Hejira Joni Mitchell	5	3.13	+1.87
The Healer John Lee Hooker	5	3.19	+1.81
Rum Sodomy & The Lash The Pogues	5	3.25	+1.75
Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds	5	3.32	+1.68
Nebraska Bruce Springsteen	5	3.32	+1.68
Court And Spark Joni Mitchell	5	3.35	+1.65
There's No Place Like America Today Curtis Mayfield	5	3.37	+1.63

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Black Sabbath Black Sabbath	1	3.83	-2.83
Hot Fuss The Killers	1	3.74	-2.74
Parklife Blur	1	3.38	-2.38
Hot Rats Frank Zappa	1	3.36	-2.36
Live And Dangerous Thin Lizzy	1	3.32	-2.32
The Visitors ABBA	1	3.2	-2.2
The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn Pink Floyd	1	3.11	-2.11
Behaviour Pet Shop Boys	1	3.04	-2.04
I See A Darkness Bonnie "Prince" Billy	1	2.97	-1.97
Physical Graffiti Led Zeppelin	2	3.92	-1.92

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Artist	Albums	Average
Joni Mitchell	3	5
Bob Marley & The Wailers	2	5
Bob Dylan	2	5

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Artist	Ratings
Black Sabbath	5, 1, 3
Led Zeppelin	5, 2

5-Star Albums (36)

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Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

5/5

Epic. Have only listened to Nick Cave in passing over the years, and this album was be to me. The range, intensity, and beauty of this album was striking.

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1-Star Albums (11)

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Unknown Pleasures

Joy Division

5/5

Incredible album for my first selection. Original, intense, and dark. Owned and listened to Substance since college but not this iconic album.

Maggot Brain

Funkadelic

4/5

First two songs are iconic and amazing. Side B was less compelling.

Moon Safari

Air

4/5

Ethereal, unique album

Bridge Over Troubled Water

Simon & Garfunkel

5/5

So many incredible songs on one album. The Only Living Boy in New York is my favorite, but the Boxer is not far behind. Honestly would prefer more stripped down versions of most songs.

Paranoid

Black Sabbath

5/5

Meat Is Murder

The Smiths

2/5

Had high expectations but disappointed

Melody A.M.

Röyksopp

3/5

Great vibes. Glad I listened to this one. Loses some interest toward the end but will be listening to it again

Djam Leelii

Baaba Maal

5/5

Fantastic album

Lady Soul

Aretha Franklin

5/5

Powerful and beautiful album. Owned this record for 30+ years and remains one my favorites.

Automatic For The People

R.E.M.

5/5

Incredible album with so many gorgeous songs. Will always favor the first three REM albums because of when and how I first heard them, but Automatic for the People is a perfect record from beginning to end.

Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs

Marty Robbins

2/5

Electric Prunes

The Electric Prunes

1/5

Goofy, dated, annoying

Crooked Rain Crooked Rain

Pavement

4/5

Such a distinctive sound. Great songs and lyrics.

Parklife

Blur

1/5

Mostly derivative of the kinks. I love the kinks but not this.

Axis: Bold As Love

Jimi Hendrix

5/5

Beautiful and innovative songs with so much texture

Court And Spark

Joni Mitchell

5/5

Jazz Samba

Stan Getz

3/5

Great vibe although quickly turns into background music

(Pronounced 'Leh-'Nérd 'Skin-'Nérd)

Lynyrd Skynyrd

2/5

Bongo Rock

Incredible Bongo Band

3/5

Cool sounds especially on songs with organ and horn section. Nice addition to 60s guitar instrumental rock.

Exodus

Bob Marley & The Wailers

5/5

Amazing record

Hot Rats

Frank Zappa

1/5

Terrible album, lacks musicality

Sound Affects

The Jam

3/5

After The Gold Rush

Neil Young

5/5

Hard to pick one but possibly my favorite Neil Young album

Third

Portishead

3/5

I think this album will grow on me with repeated listens. Unique textures and the lead singers haunting voice are the stand out qualities.

The xx

3/5

Chill

The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan

5/5

‘Girl from the North Country’ is one of the most beautiful folks songs ever. So many great songs on this album.

Tical

Method Man

2/5

The Joshua Tree

5/5

Anthemic and powerful and original

Led Zeppelin II

Led Zeppelin

5/5

Dub Housing

Pere Ubu

2/5

I appreciate the originality of this album and why it was influential. That said, not sure I would listen to it again.

Fleet Foxes

4/5

Lush, beautiful harmonies

Catch A Fire

Bob Marley & The Wailers

5/5

Bat Out Of Hell

Meat Loaf

2/5

A Date With The Everly Brothers

The Everly Brothers

3/5

Love hurts it’s such an incredible song, and I had not listened to their version. The rest of the album is pretty but less memorable.

Different Class

Pulp

3/5

Was not familiar with this one. Some great songs in the tradition of kinks and xtc.

Disintegration

The Cure

5/5

Dark, atmospheric, different any other parts of the cure’s music. Amazing album.

There's No Place Like America Today

Curtis Mayfield

5/5

Never heard this album, but it’s a great one.

Morrison Hotel

The Doors

2/5

Haven’t listened to the doors since high school. The organ is the most distinctive and engaging part of the sound to me.

For Your Pleasure

Roxy Music

2/5

Had high expectations. Best songs sounded like Bowie and the rest did not stand out,

Strangeways, Here We Come

The Smiths

3/5

Several stand out songs including girl with a coma.

Frank

Amy Winehouse

3/5

Solid but eclipsed by back to black

Roxy Music

4/5

Fuzzy

Grant Lee Buffalo

4/5

Another new album and artist. I loved the intensity of the songs.

Franz Ferdinand

3/5

Catchy

The Healer

John Lee Hooker

5/5

Incredible groove. Sometimes albums that pair underappreciated musicians from a prior generation with a cast of contemporaries fails to hold together, but this is an exceptional album. I’m in the Mood with Bonnie Raitt is the standout but many other great songs.

Music For The Jilted Generation

The Prodigy

2/5

Maybe this would grow on me or be better with the right drugs

Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

5/5

Amazing record, especially the first side. A bit less consistent on the second, bur hard to argue with an album that includes those first 4 songs.

The Nightfly

Donald Fagen

2/5

A couple songs stand out but reissued bland steely dan record.

Hail To the Thief

Radiohead

5/5

Went back and forth because Radiohead has a couple better albums, but this is amazing regardless. Sail to the moon is my current favorite among many other great songs.

Rum Sodomy & The Lash

The Pogues

5/5

To Pimp A Butterfly

Kendrick Lamar

5/5

Buenas Noches From A Lonely Room

Dwight Yoakam

5/5

Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

5/5

Epic. Have only listened to Nick Cave in passing over the years, and this album was be to me. The range, intensity, and beauty of this album was striking.

Hot Fuss

The Killers

1/5

Terrible album. Songs sound the same. No originality.

Live And Dangerous

Thin Lizzy

1/5

Cliche filled crap. A song about cowboys, another about cowgirls. The bar for a double live album should be high. This had bad songs, poor recording quality, and a pathetic album cover.

When I Was Born For The 7th Time

Cornershop

2/5

Fun and goofy at times. Appreciated the sitar and rhythmic dynamics. Hard to understand how its on the list.

Physical Graffiti

Led Zeppelin

2/5

This album was much weaker than I expected or remembered. A few standout songs, but a lot of filler.

Liquid Swords

GZA

3/5

Good listen. Appreciated the interweaving of dialogue from samurai films and creative lyrics.

Boy In Da Corner

Dizzee Rascal

3/5

Jarring and chaotic at times. Enjoyed this album. Will have to listen to it more to get a stronger opinion.

Country Life

Roxy Music

2/5

This is my second Roxy Music album, and I had higher expectations. Some songs were okay but overall the album felt derivative. Will give it another listen at some point.

Odessey And Oracle

The Zombies

2/5

Does not age well. Time of the season is a great song. The rest is filler.

All Mod Cons

The Jam

2/5

Another band trying to sound like the Kinks. This one is better than some of the other ones from the 90s.

In The Court Of The Crimson King

King Crimson

2/5

Melodramatic, spacey

Highway 61 Revisited

Bob Dylan

5/5

Extraordinary album. Magic energy and lyrics. Favorite song: ‘It takes a lot to laugh…’

The Libertines

4/5

New album for me. Great sound and range. Looking forward to listening to this more.

Parachutes

Coldplay

2/5

Feels gimmicky with over reliance on falsetto. Soulless.

The Visitors

ABBA

1/5

Disappointing. I like ABBA but not this album. The songs are listless and lack any groove or energy.

Blue

Joni Mitchell

5/5

Lush, gorgeous, and personal songwriting. Perfect album.

Either Or

Elliott Smith

4/5

Achingly beautiful

Pieces Of The Sky

Emmylou Harris

4/5

Gorgeous voice and amazing harmonies. ‘Too Far Gone’ and ‘Boulder to Birmingham’ are so rich and emotional. The album is overproduced with arrangements that detract from some of the songs. Fortunately, Emmylou Harris transcends these limitations of 1970s Nashville.

3 Feet High and Rising

De La Soul

5/5

So many layers, musically and lyrically. Brilliant and creative.

Let It Bleed

The Rolling Stones

5/5

Classic

Hypnotised

The Undertones

3/5

New to me. I appreciate the energy and range.

Abraxas

Santana

3/5

Great groove and distinctive sound. Not a huge fan of the extended 'jams', but I appreciate the innovation and significance.

Zombie

Fela Kuti

4/5

Amazing groove, and loved reading about the political context and reaction to this album.

I Am a Bird Now

Antony and the Johnsons

3/5

Listened to this twice. I was skeptical but warmed up to it some on a second pass. I also appreciated some of the later songs on the album more than the first few. A bit too many vocal runs but moving at times.

The Stranger

Billy Joel

5/5

Sentimental attachment to this and other Billy Joel albums from 70s and early 80s. Amazing storytelling and musicianship on his best album.

Transformer

Lou Reed

3/5

Perfect day is a perfect song. Satellite of love if fantastic too, and, of course, Walk on the wild side is iconic. The rest is very forgettable.

Behaviour

Pet Shop Boys

1/5

Elevator music

The College Dropout

Kanye West

3/5

Nebraska

Bruce Springsteen

5/5

Bossanova

Pixies

2/5

The first two Pixies albums are so great and innovative. This album feels like a band quickly losing steam. Few standout songs, and some feel like weaker versions of one’s on the first two albums.

Remain In Light

Talking Heads

4/5

Amazing rhythm and songwriting.

Tracy Chapman

5/5

Pure, authentic, heartbreaking at times

...And Justice For All

Metallica

2/5

At its best, this album is powerful and cathartic. The rest of the time it feels redundant and boring.

GREY Area

Little Simz

4/5

Really liked this album.

Freak Out!

The Mothers Of Invention

2/5

Mixture of styles - 50s rock, psychedelic, etc. A few noteworthy songs- wowie zowie, help I’m a rock.

Scream, Dracula, Scream

Rocket From The Crypt

2/5

Solid, listenable record. Sounds like it has more in common with garage rock tradition than other mid-90s indie bands.

Violent Femmes

5/5

Incredible, propulsive bass lines. Catchy and humorous lyrics. Innovative without taking itself too seriously. Perfect.

The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn

Pink Floyd

1/5

Was this album included because it was an early example of psychedelic rock or because rock critics can’t help but overrate Pink Floyd? Songs about evil cats, buttercups, and unicorns.

Peter Gabriel

2/5

One great song - Solsbury Hill - and a lot of mediocre to poor ones.

Sound of Silver

LCD Soundsystem

4/5

Original, propulsive

Black Sabbath

1/5

This is short album went on forever. Felt like a heavy metal dirge. I was expecting it to be great after listening to Paranoid in the first week of ratings.

Colour By Numbers

Culture Club

1/5

Pretty forgettable.

Vincebus Eruptum

Blue Cheer

2/5

Basic blues rock. Solid cover of summertime blues, but the original is better.

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

Arctic Monkeys

2/5

New to me. Like the overall vibe, but seems very derivative of the strokes. All of the songs are at the same tempo.

Hejira

Joni Mitchell

5/5

Beautiful album. So much depth and range in Mitchell’s voice. Blue will always be the favorite, but this ids excellent in every way.

Born To Be With You

Dion

3/5

Nice 70s pop rock

Let's Stay Together

Al Green

4/5

Beautiful

Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)

Wu-Tang Clan

4/5

Appreciate the ensemble style, sampling, and creativity.

Time (The Revelator)

Gillian Welch

5/5

Perfect album. Great songwriting, guitar work by Rawlings, and harmonies.

Pet Sounds

The Beach Boys

5/5

True classic. God only knows may be the most beautiful pop song ever written.

Guero

Beck

4/5

Groovy. Appreciate Beck's restlessness and the coherent sound of this album.

First Band On The Moon

The Cardigans

2/5

OK pop. Seems like they poured all of their effort into the hit song because the others sound the same as each other and not well crafted.

Vol. 4

Black Sabbath

3/5

Solid, lacks the drive and standout songs of paranoid

Darklands

The Jesus And Mary Chain

3/5

Solid 80s alternative rock album. Great guitar tone.

I See A Darkness

Bonnie "Prince" Billy

1/5

I appreciate the lofi vibe in general, but this doesn't go anywhere.

Rage Against The Machine

5/5

Epic.

Head Hunters

Herbie Hancock

5/5

Love this album. Few artists can do something this expetimental and musical at the same time.

Joan Armatrading

3/5

First listen for me. Incredible tone and range. Some of the arrangements feel dated in a way that hasn't aged too well. Appreciated more stripped down songs like "somebody who loves you". Will listen again.