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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Chirping Crickets Buddy Holly & The Crickets	5	3.29	+1.71
Elvis Presley Elvis Presley	5	3.38	+1.62
Coat Of Many Colors Dolly Parton	5	3.42	+1.58
Low David Bowie	5	3.55	+1.45
Maggot Brain Funkadelic	5	3.6	+1.4
L.A. Woman The Doors	5	3.67	+1.33
Histoire De Melody Nelson Serge Gainsbourg	4	2.75	+1.25
I’m a Lonesome Fugitive Merle Haggard	4	2.85	+1.15
Millions Now Living Will Never Die Tortoise	4	2.88	+1.12
A Night At The Opera Queen	5	3.96	+1.04

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Tommy The Who	2	3.34	-1.34
Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim Frank Sinatra	2	3.27	-1.27
Queen Of Denmark John Grant	2	3.13	-1.13

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Maggot Brain

Funkadelic

5/5

Super psychedelic funk with an incredible hard-rocking blues guitar sound. Fantastic album full of surprises. Maggot Brain and Super Stupid. Excellent.

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L.A. Woman

The Doors

5/5

Listened to the original vinyl album. Essential Doors sound with the band and Morrison in top form. Rich and textured analogue sound on this record. Classic.

Wild Is The Wind

Nina Simone

4/5

Incredible, versatile vocal performance with many moods. Excellent.

Rattus Norvegicus

The Stranglers

4/5

More New Wave or Art Pop than Punk. Sophisticated musically with a surprising lyrical sound, but with antisocial lyrics and a punk attitude.

Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

4/5

High energy, idiosyncratic music that broods and soars. Deserves a few more listens to appreciate the depths. Carry Me and O Children.

Led Zeppelin IV

Led Zeppelin

5/5

Listened to the original vinyl, CD and remastered CD of this hard rocking classic. Definitely benefits from the big bass and fuzzy sound of the big home stereo. Black Dog, Stairway to Heaven and Going to California never get old, even though I've heard them a million times. Just a great album.

Music for the Masses

Depeche Mode

4/5

Brooding goth electronica. Hit and miss.

A Night At The Opera

Queen

5/5

Perfect mix of crafty songwriting, smooth harmonies, crunchy glam guitar riffs and Freddy's soaring vocals (GOAT). A total masterpiece. One of the greatest records of the seventies, and the best album they produced.

Millions Now Living Will Never Die

Tortoise

4/5

Hypnotic and atmospheric music. Very interesting ambient sound.

Machine Head

Deep Purple

4/5

Roots of hard-driving blues metal. Great mix that sounds like a live band. Surprised by how much I enjoyed this record. Highway Star, Lazy and Space Truckin' are the highlights. Classic seventies rock.

Spy Vs. Spy: The Music Of Ornette Coleman

John Zorn

2/5

Pandemonium. Full frontal assault. Finds a more measured groove in the second half. Not really my cup of tea, but giving it two stars for talent and commitment.

Queen Of Denmark

John Grant

2/5

Low

David Bowie

5/5

Really love the many moods and textures of this transitional album. Low, Heroes and The Man Who Fell to Earth all seem to be pieces of the same puzzle. Atmospheric and introspective.

Oedipus Schmoedipus

Barry Adamson

3/5

An interesting and atmospheric album that's hit and miss. The instrumental tracks are much more effective than the spoken word oddities. This record might really benefit from having an actual film synced to it.

Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim

Frank Sinatra

2/5

The two styles don't quite mesh together. Sinatra seems flat and lifeless and the strings completely obscure Jobim's warmer, more intimate sound. Replacing the orchestra with a Brazilian combo might have produced a more authentic collaboration, but this thing is a dud. The last two tracks are the only ones worth listening to. More Jobim.

Foo Fighters

4/5

Really like the driving sound and the fact that he recorded the album himself. Handmade and authentic and still touring thirty years later.

Chirping Crickets

Buddy Holly & The Crickets

5/5

Classic album with a clean, beautiful sound. Some of the best songs of the early rockers. Easy to trace the influence on so many artists. Roots music for country swing, rockabilly and rock and roll.

(What's The Story) Morning Glory

Oasis

4/5

Not really an Oasis fan and was familiar only with the hits from this album. Postcard from the nineties that's a very solid record.

Tommy

The Who

2/5

One of those albums that I've heard the hit songs way too much on the radio, but have rarely listened to the rock opera as intended. Turns out there's a reason for that. Many of the tunes don't amount to much and the story falls flat. I saw the film at the drive-in in the seventies and that version gave the project a little more interest and color.

The Queen Is Dead

The Smiths

3/5

Maggot Brain

Funkadelic

5/5

Super psychedelic funk with an incredible hard-rocking blues guitar sound. Fantastic album full of surprises. Maggot Brain and Super Stupid. Excellent.

When I Was Born For The 7th Time

Cornershop

3/5

Enjoyed the East Indian influence and arrangements, but overall it's pretty lightweight British pop that doesn't really resonate for me.

Oracular Spectacular

MGMT

3/5

Some interesting songs here with a rich sound.

Sunday At The Village Vanguard

Bill Evans Trio

4/5

Beautiful recording that deserves a few more listens.

Coat Of Many Colors

Dolly Parton

5/5

Excellent album from a great singer songwriter. First three songs are the strongest and really capture her singular talent and personality.

Histoire De Melody Nelson

Serge Gainsbourg

4/5

I really liked the funk sounds and production quality. Hypnotic vibe with that gravelly voice. Would like to learn more about the story and listen again.

It's A Shame About Ray

The Lemonheads

3/5

Elvis Presley

5/5

Great early album from Elvis and his rockabilly band. Lays the foundation for so much that followed. A classic.

Neon Bible

Arcade Fire

3/5

The Beach Boys Today!

The Beach Boys

4/5