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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Damaged Black Flag	5	2.86	+2.14
Pretenders Pretenders	5	3.35	+1.65
Coat Of Many Colors Dolly Parton	5	3.42	+1.58
The Suburbs Arcade Fire	5	3.5	+1.5
Moving Pictures Rush	5	3.58	+1.42
Sex Packets Digital Underground	4	2.67	+1.33
Bitte Orca Dirty Projectors	4	2.69	+1.31
Snivilisation Orbital	4	2.71	+1.29
Next The Sensational Alex Harvey Band	4	2.71	+1.29
Kings Of The Wild Frontier Adam & The Ants	4	2.82	+1.18

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Pet Sounds The Beach Boys	2	3.93	-1.93
Sticky Fingers The Rolling Stones	2	3.87	-1.87
Moondance Van Morrison	2	3.71	-1.71
Getz/Gilberto Stan Getz	2	3.65	-1.65
At Mister Kelly's Sarah Vaughan	2	3.38	-1.38
Live At Leeds The Who	2	3.32	-1.32
Live And Dangerous Thin Lizzy	2	3.32	-1.32
Horses Patti Smith	2	3.31	-1.31
Clandestino Manu Chao	2	3.22	-1.22
No Other Gene Clark	2	3.18	-1.18

5-Star Albums (6)

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Juju

Siouxsie And The Banshees

3/5

I don't have much to say. It was a good album. Solid British rock, but wasn't necessarily my vibe.

1 likes

The Seldom Seen Kid

Elbow

3/5

A friend described this as a step below Coldplay, and I'm in line to agree.

1 likes

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Elvis Presley

3/5

I was familiar with a few of these songs, because of Elvis's popularity, but I don't know if I have ever actually listened to any of them until now. They were decent. I definitely liked the faster songs better. I enjoy the walking basslines on some of the tracks and the vibes and feels, however I don't see myself going out of my way to listen to this album again. It was fine....just not very compelling for me.

Tidal

Fiona Apple

3/5

Not my style of music, but I can see why she has fan. Her vocals are strong and soulful. The instruments bring a good backing to the music. Criminal was my favorite song on the album, it makes sense that it has the most streams.

The Score

Fugees

4/5

I like rap, but I don't listen to a lot of it. I enjoyed this album a lot. I was already familiar with "Killing Me Softly With His Song", but there were a few others that I had heard before but never realized with was by Fugees. Overall, I enjoyed the album.

At Fillmore East

The Allman Brothers Band

4/5

I usually don't enjoy live albums, but this one was alright. I like the bluesy feel of the band. Some of the songs went too long though....no song needs to be 23 minutes long.

Juju

Siouxsie And The Banshees

3/5

I don't have much to say. It was a good album. Solid British rock, but wasn't necessarily my vibe.

Purple Rain

Prince

4/5

It's Prince. What more is there to say? The hits are bangers, and even the B-sides are pretty good.

The World is a Ghetto

War

4/5

A good, funky album. I don't spend a ton of time listening to funk. Most of my experience comes from Vulfpeck. But this was good, I enjoyed it.

Street Signs

Ozomatli

4/5

Prior to this challenge I had only head "1234" by Ozomatli. A little surprised it wasn't on this album! Overall the sound was good and the beats were engaging. I liked it.

Maggot Brain

Funkadelic

3/5

Album was okay. It really picked up around Super Stupid.

Sticky Fingers

The Rolling Stones

2/5

Not my favorite album. I liked the first song, Brown Sugar, but the rest was pretty mid.

Machine Head

Deep Purple

4/5

Good album. I recognized a lot of the songs. A nice, driving rock to listen to while I was commuting.

Bongo Rock

Incredible Bongo Band

4/5

This one was actually kinda fun! Take popular songs and play bongos to them. Like if Donkey Konga was made in the 1970s

The Blueprint

JAY Z

3/5

It was alright. I'm not a rap guy. I know Jay-Z is important to the genre, but I wasn't really feeling it.

Here Come The Warm Jets

Brian Eno

2/5

This album was just noise to me. I usually listen to these while I work, but it was very distracting.

Pet Sounds

The Beach Boys

2/5

This album was boring. The Beach Boys are a boring band.

Buena Vista Social Club

4/5

A good, enjoyable album. It reminded me of the week I spent in Havana and makes me want to go back

Fever To Tell

Yeah Yeah Yeahs

4/5

An excellent example of indie rock. High energy, Karen O has amazing vocal, and then just when you're feeling good.....Maps drops and you're crying in the club.

The Good, The Bad & The Queen

4/5

The first song, their most popular song on the album, I wasn't a fan of. The final 30 seconds of it delved into just noise and I was worried that the rest of the album would go that way. However, as it progressed, it started to give me a vibe of The Flaming Lips mixed with Neutral Milk Hotel, two bands that I am a fan of. Overall I enjoyed it.

Technique

New Order

4/5

Good classic synthpop. This is like what I listen to on a regular basis.

Imagine

John Lennon

3/5

It was fine, I guess. But man, I don't really care for the Beatles.

Red Headed Stranger

Willie Nelson

3/5

I'm not a country guy, but it's hard to hate Willie

Searching For The Young Soul Rebels

Dexys Midnight Runners

3/5

I honestly didn't know they had other songs aside from Come On Eileen, and this album doesn't have that song at all! They had enough songs for at least TWO whole albums? Wow. Anyway, it was fine.

Kings Of The Wild Frontier

Adam & The Ants

4/5

It was good, fun 80s pop rock

Smile

Brian Wilson

3/5

When I saw this was a solo project, I was expecting a different sound. But as I listened to it and read about it, I learned it was a self-published release of a shelved Beach Boys album and definitely hit that vibe. Some of the songs were good, some were a little weird (did not expect to hear goats until I noticed the track title was "Barnyard")

The Velvet Underground

3/5

When I think of "rock bands" this isn't what I was thinking of or really desiring. I prefer faster stuff. But I'm not saying this was bad. If I was just chilling and hanging out with friends, this would be a good background to our activities.

Fulfillingness' First Finale

Stevie Wonder

4/5

This would be a good album for a dinner party. Something to have on in the background while you're cooking and mingling. I vibed with it pretty well.

The Suburbs

Arcade Fire

5/5

This is the kind of vibe I've been looking for. Some fast-paced, fun rock.

Here's Little Richard

Little Richard

4/5

Little Richard is fun. I liked this album. I would absolutely listen to it again!

Surrealistic Pillow

Jefferson Airplane

3/5

It was an okay album. Obviously "White Rabbit" and "Somebody to Love" were great songs, that's why they get tons of airplay on classic rock radio. The other songs were good, but not great. I didn't hate them, but I didn't love them.

This Is Fats Domino

Fats Domino

3/5

Ten

Pearl Jam

3/5

Vulnicura

Björk

2/5

An entirely forgettable album

At San Quentin

Johnny Cash

4/5

I like rockabilly a lot, however I don't like live albums. Alas...

The Seldom Seen Kid

Elbow

3/5

A friend described this as a step below Coldplay, and I'm in line to agree.

Gorillaz

3/5

The hits were good. The rest was pretty meh

Endtroducing.....

DJ Shadow

4/5

90s hip-hop with some turntable elements. Say no more, fam.

Songs From The Big Chair

Tears For Fears

3/5

Elephant Mountain

The Youngbloods

3/5

Perfectly serviceable 60's background music

Countdown To Ecstasy

Steely Dan

3/5

Odelay

Beck

3/5

Reggatta De Blanc

The Police

3/5

Exile On Main Street

The Rolling Stones

3/5

You've Come a Long Way Baby

Fatboy Slim

3/5

Speakerboxxx/The Love Below

OutKast

4/5

Abraxas

Santana

3/5

Can't Buy A Thrill

Steely Dan

4/5

Moby Grape

3/5

Celebrity Skin

Hole

4/5

Damaged

Black Flag

5/5

Parachutes

Coldplay

3/5

Automatic For The People

R.E.M.

4/5

Crosby, Stills & Nash

3/5

Vol. 4

Black Sabbath

4/5

Good Old Boys

Randy Newman

3/5

Meat Is Murder

The Smiths

3/5

Kind Of Blue

Miles Davis

4/5

Felt like I should have been hosting a fancy dinner party

Water From An Ancient Well

Abdullah Ibrahim

4/5

Clube Da Esquina

Milton Nascimento

2/5

Disraeli Gears

Cream

4/5

Bookends

Simon & Garfunkel

3/5

Born In The U.S.A.

Bruce Springsteen

4/5

Swordfishtrombones

Tom Waits

2/5

Man, I really don't like Tom Waits

AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted

Ice Cube

4/5

Great album. Eazy-E is still my favorite NWA rapper, but I can get down with some Ice too

Rock 'N Soul

Solomon Burke

3/5

Sounded like generic 60s rock. Nothing stood out, and it sounded like a bunch of other stuff I've already listened to.

Peter Gabriel

4/5

All Directions

The Temptations

3/5

Was not expecting them of all bands to be dropping N-bombs. Really caught me off guard on the 2nd song.

Sex Packets

Digital Underground

4/5

Rum Sodomy & The Lash

The Pogues

4/5

Phaedra

Tangerine Dream

3/5

Ambient music that made me want to take drugs and look at space for a while

1984

Van Halen

4/5

Queen II

Queen

4/5

This album was a trip (complimentary)

Want Two

Rufus Wainwright

3/5

Another boring album. I played it while working and it never really hooked me

Coles Corner

Richard Hawley

3/5

Aqualung

Jethro Tull

4/5

Aqualung and Locomotive Breath was good. The rest of the songs were okay

From Elvis In Memphis

Elvis Presley

3/5

Five Leaves Left

Nick Drake

3/5

Dig Your Own Hole

The Chemical Brothers

4/5

Coat Of Many Colors

Dolly Parton

5/5

Oxygène

Jean-Michel Jarre

4/5

Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme

Simon & Garfunkel

3/5

Horses

Patti Smith

2/5

Moving Pictures

Rush

5/5

Broken English

Marianne Faithfull

3/5

System Of A Down

4/5

KIWANUKA

Michael Kiwanuka

3/5

Remain In Light

Talking Heads

4/5

Me Against The World

2Pac

4/5

Jazz Samba

Stan Getz

4/5

Aha Shake Heartbreak

Kings of Leon

3/5

Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

3/5

Pretenders

5/5

Blue

Joni Mitchell

3/5

Behaviour

Pet Shop Boys

4/5

Armed Forces

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

4/5

The Village Green Preservation Society

The Kinks

3/5

The Clash

4/5

At Mister Kelly's

Sarah Vaughan

2/5

The Trinity Session

Cowboy Junkies

4/5

Movies

Holger Czukay

3/5

Wasn't as bad as I was expecting. I see "experimental rock" from the 70s and I assume it's just gonna be noise. But this was coherent. It was more jam bandy which isn't my thing, but wasn't terrible.

Paul's Boutique

Beastie Boys

4/5

Oracular Spectacular

MGMT

4/5

Snivilisation

Orbital

4/5

The Joshua Tree

4/5

Let It Be