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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith (Live) Motörhead	5	3.06	+1.94
The Next Day David Bowie	5	3.3	+1.7
Illinois Sufjan Stevens	5	3.5	+1.5
1984 Van Halen	5	3.5	+1.5
The Velvet Underground & Nico The Velvet Underground	5	3.61	+1.39
Remain In Light Talking Heads	5	3.67	+1.33
Off The Wall Michael Jackson	5	3.79	+1.21
Disintegration The Cure	5	3.86	+1.14
American IV: The Man Comes Around Johnny Cash	5	3.89	+1.11

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
The Specials The Specials	1	3.3	-2.3
Tapestry Carole King	2	3.91	-1.91
Innervisions Stevie Wonder	2	3.87	-1.87
Survivor Destiny's Child	1	2.85	-1.85
The Gershwin Songbook Ella Fitzgerald	2	3.53	-1.53
Bryter Layter Nick Drake	2	3.52	-1.52
Imagine John Lennon	2	3.45	-1.45
Cheap Thrills Big Brother & The Holding Company	2	3.42	-1.42
Beauty And The Beat The Go-Go's	2	3.39	-1.39
Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs Derek & The Dominos	2	3.39	-1.39

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Artist	Albums	Average
David Bowie	3	4.33

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Here's Little Richard

Little Richard

3/5

Tutti Frutti, oh Rudy

Dirt

Alice In Chains

3/5

Them Bones on Guitar Hero. Surprising number of songs that survived to modern radio era.

Van Halen

4/5

All timer and Janice likes it

Dookie

Green Day

4/5

Nostalgia bomb holds up

Gorillaz

3/5

Some standout tracks, never been my fav, good listen

Moving Pictures

Rush

3/5

Mega classic, feels truncated but songs are still 5-8 minutes. Guitar Hero sighting.

Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle

Bill Callahan

4/5

Really enjoyed it. Prolific singer songwriter, had heard an album before.

The Stranger

Billy Joel

3/5

Piano rock, surprised how much I liked it

Arise

Sepultura

2/5

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness

The Smashing Pumpkins

4/5

Low

David Bowie

4/5

Hard to believe it's from 77, can hear past and future influences

Dance Mania

Tito Puente

3/5

Surprisingly varied sound. Listened to a lot of classic salsa like this with Jaime

Truth

Jeff Beck

4/5

Was hearing some Zeppelin style before you shook me which solidified it. Recorded one year before zep

Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme

Simon & Garfunkel

4/5

Would be 5 stars if the mellowness was more my thing

Off The Wall

Michael Jackson

5/5

Easy 5 star

Parachutes

Coldplay

3/5

Yellow is such a banger, otherwise consistent but mildly forgettable album. Shades of pre-Kid A Radiohead, Dave Matthews, etc.

Electric Warrior

T. Rex

3/5

Opening track sucks you right in, great riffs, warm 70s rock sound.

Exodus

Bob Marley & The Wailers

3/5

Good vibes great listen

Tapestry

Carole King

2/5

Surprised by some tracks that everyone knows

Paul's Boutique

Beastie Boys

4/5

Just 3 guys who were having a good time

The Gershwin Songbook

Ella Fitzgerald

2/5

Le Tigre

4/5

Survivor

Destiny's Child

1/5

Doesn't really hold up. The singles are mildly nostalgic and still bump.

Sunshine Superman

Donovan

2/5

Not very accessible

Innervisions

Stevie Wonder

2/5

Funky jammy vibe. Janice really liked it.

Illinois

Sufjan Stevens

5/5

Devil Without A Cause

Kid Rock

1/5

First one I didn't make it through. Guess I don't want to be a cowboy.

Sound Affects

The Jam

2/5

Britrock but kind of boring

Will The Circle Be Unbroken

Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

2/5

Twangy. Long.

Beauty And The Beat

The Go-Go's

2/5

Had fun with it. Got Janice up and dancing around.

Cheap Thrills

Big Brother & The Holding Company

2/5

Decent, kinda boring

Rain Dogs

Tom Waits

3/5

Armed Forces

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

2/5

Jagged Little Pill

Alanis Morissette

4/5

Juju

Siouxsie And The Banshees

3/5

Surprised me

Court And Spark

Joni Mitchell

2/5

Didn't really resonate with me

The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn

Pink Floyd

4/5

Always loved pink floyd, hasn't listened to this album more than once before

The Last Broadcast

Doves

3/5

Surprised me. Didn't recognize any tracks though

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

Elton John

4/5

Remain In Light

Talking Heads

5/5

More of a 4.5 but rounded up. Really good and influence all my favorite bands.

Autobahn

Kraftwerk

3/5

Pacific Ocean Blue

Dennis Wilson

3/5

Pet Sounds

The Beach Boys

4/5

The Score

Fugees

3/5

The one hit that people know isn't representative of their sound. Enjoyed the album

Black Sabbath

3/5

Strangeways, Here We Come

The Smiths

4/5

Feels almost… pretentious? but still great

Bridge Over Troubled Water

Simon & Garfunkel

3/5

Way more energy than I expected, quite liked it

The Specials

1/5

Reggae britpop ska? I can see how it was influential maybe but not my favorite

Nilsson Schmilsson

Harry Nilsson

3/5

Without you > Coconut > Let the good times roll is certainly an all timer of three track groupings. Enjoyed this one, beatles-esque, apparently he worked with Lennons solo career bandmates

Dire Straits

4/5

Need to listen again

Back To Black

Amy Winehouse

3/5

Plenty of soul. Janice liked it more than me

No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith (Live)

Motörhead

5/5

Five stars for the lead guitarist

Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs

Derek & The Dominos

2/5

Hot Rats

Frank Zappa

4/5

There's No Place Like America Today

Curtis Mayfield

3/5

Decent, jazzy. Learning that Janice really likes soul and jazz

Can't Buy A Thrill

Steely Dan

4/5

Good 70s rock

Zombie

Fela Kuti

3/5

Bit harsh but overall interesting

Songs For Swingin' Lovers!

Frank Sinatra

4/5

Perfect for driving through the Scottish countryside

Kala

M.I.A.

2/5

One great single, mildly annoying

3 + 3

The Isley Brothers

3/5

Lots of samples

Music From Big Pink

The Band

3/5

Ellington at Newport

Duke Ellington

4/5

Getz/Gilberto

Stan Getz

3/5

Paranoid

Black Sabbath

4/5

RIP Ozzy

Goodbye And Hello

Tim Buckley

2/5

Songs In The Key Of Life

Stevie Wonder

4/5

Objectively good, not really my thing compared to other jazz/funk type stuff

American IV: The Man Comes Around

Johnny Cash

5/5

So dep and gravelly

Bryter Layter

Nick Drake

2/5

Enjoyed the arrangements, sax piano flute added to folk

Done By The Forces Of Nature

Jungle Brothers

4/5

Original vibes, pre-sample sounds, cool time capsule

1984

Van Halen

5/5

One of Janice's favs. I like their early work. Still great

Talking Book

Stevie Wonder

4/5

The Next Day

David Bowie

5/5

I need to listen to more Bowie

Rum Sodomy & The Lash

The Pogues

3/5

Wish this popped up when we were in Dublin last week

Hot Buttered Soul

Isaac Hayes

4/5

Had low expectations but really enjoyed it. Funky and musical

The Velvet Underground & Nico

The Velvet Underground

5/5

Somehow sounds both old and modern

Imagine

John Lennon

2/5

It’s fine. He needed the other Beatles

Black Holes and Revelations

Muse

4/5

Nostalgic and one of the surprisingly best live shows at ACL fest

Underwater Moonlight

The Soft Boys

2/5

Bit of a shrug. Decent and can see how it was a stepping stone for new sounds

All Hope Is Gone

Slipknot

2/5

Everything I don't like about metal music

Hot Fuss

The Killers

3/5

Like a B+ on a neutral listen. Pretty vanilla and mainstream sound for supposed indie rock. No one likes it more than Brandon Flowers

Catch A Fire

Bob Marley & The Wailers

3/5

Nevermind

Nirvana

5/5

The overplaying of radio tracks downplays the excellence of the album as a whole

Green Onions

Booker T. & The MG's

3/5

70s detective/buddy cop theme music. I swear several songs are used in movies.

Walking Wounded

Everything But The Girl

2/5

Interesting sound for a bridge album from 90s pop to indie pop

Disintegration

The Cure

5/5

Not surprised to really enjoy this one. Tons of comparisons to indie/alt bands over the years sinces

Low

David Bowie

4/5

Kind of experimental. Unexpected wordlessness