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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Tanto Tempo Bebel Gilberto	5	3.07	+1.93
Honky Tonk Heroes Waylon Jennings	5	3.14	+1.86
1989 Taylor Swift	5	3.27	+1.73
Chirping Crickets Buddy Holly & The Crickets	5	3.29	+1.71
Tommy The Who	5	3.34	+1.66
Court And Spark Joni Mitchell	5	3.35	+1.65
25 Adele	5	3.36	+1.64
The Band The Band	5	3.37	+1.63
Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs Derek & The Dominos	5	3.39	+1.61
Stardust Willie Nelson	5	3.39	+1.61

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
OK Computer Radiohead	1	4.1	-3.1
Rage Against The Machine Rage Against The Machine	1	4	-3
People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm A Tribe Called Quest	1	3.61	-2.61
Funeral Arcade Fire	1	3.56	-2.56
3 Feet High and Rising De La Soul	1	3.45	-2.45
Pornography The Cure	1	3.31	-2.31
Under Construction Missy Elliott	1	3.14	-2.14
Tubular Bells Mike Oldfield	1	3.1	-2.1
Dig Me Out Sleater-Kinney	1	3.08	-2.08
Felt Mountain Goldfrapp	1	3	-2

Artists

Favorites

Artist	Albums	Average
Queen	2	5
Marvin Gaye	2	5

Least Favorites

Artist	Albums	Average
Morrissey	2	1.5
Radiohead	3	2

Controversial

Artist	Ratings
David Bowie	5, 2, 3

5-Star Albums (27)

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1-Star Albums (18)

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All Ratings

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

Elton John

5/5

Fleet Foxes

2/5

I Against I

Bad Brains

1/5

There should be an option to give zero or a minus rating; awful; patnful listening

Walking Wounded

Everything But The Girl

2/5

Pleasant but monotonous; boring

Music for the Masses

Depeche Mode

3/5

Interesting; did not live - did nit hate it

Rocks

Aerosmith

4/5

“Rocks” rocks; one of Aerosmith’s better albuns

Olympia 64

Jacques Brel

1/5

Had to speed listen to this one; even at 30 seconds per track, that’s five minutes of my life. I’ll never get back. There really should be a way to rate zero.Any more albums like this and I’ll ask to get my money refunded.

Guero

Beck

4/5

Good rockin’ album; one of Beck’s better efforts; nice variations

Dig Me Out

Sleater-Kinney

1/5

Had to speed listen, again. Have never heard Sleater-Kinney before and hope to never again; Alternative music is not in my wheelhouse; gives me a headache.

Skylarking

XTC

4/5

Interesting; good variance; easy to listen to

If I Could Only Remember My Name

David Crosby

4/5

Interesting, easy to listen to; some tracks very reminiscent of CS&N

Appetite For Destruction

Guns N' Roses

3/5

The Queen Is Dead

The Smiths

2/5

Ponderous and not terribly enjoyable

One World

John Martyn

3/5

Urban Hymns

The Verve

4/5

Surprisingly pleasant

Metallica

3/5

Ok; hark rock but ptetty good hard rock

São Paulo Confessions

Suba

1/5

Had to speed listen, again. My Serbian is a little rusty.

Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs

Derek & The Dominos

5/5

Fantastic; it was so good, I listened to the whole album twice. Thusly, it’s actual rating is 10 stars.

Garbage

2/5

Not bad, just sortadepressing

Here's Little Richard

Little Richard

5/5

Classic

Funeral

Arcade Fire

1/5

“Funeral”……aptly named. R.I.P.

Viva Hate

Morrissey

1/5

Better than most of its ilk

Felt Mountain

Goldfrapp

1/5

Honky Tonk Heroes

Waylon Jennings

5/5

Classic Waylon. We lost the giant when he passed.

Amnesiac

Radiohead

2/5

Queen II

Queen

5/5

Classic sounds of Queen; very enjoyable album

My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

Kanye West

2/5

I tried putting off, listening to this album as I could, bit the bullet and listened to to it. It was not as bad as I anticipated it would be; however not my kind of music; I am not asking for a refund today.

Songs From The Big Chair

Tears For Fears

5/5

Good variation

Kid A

Radiohead

3/5

Tubular Bells

Mike Oldfield

1/5

Meh. I almost gave a second star because it reminded me of The Exorist;; I lived in the Georgetown neighborhood when it was filmed, but no. One star only.

Led Zeppelin IV

Led Zeppelin

5/5

Yes; real music to which to listen

Remedy

Basement Jaxx

2/5

Surprisingly, I found that I quite liked this album; a little weird, but otherwise enjoyable.

Vol. 4

Black Sabbath

4/5

Very appropriate selection since Ozzie passed away the day before on July 22. Nice album, however, I am rounding down from 4.5 in rating.

Stardust

Willie Nelson

5/5

These classics are smoothly done by the red headed stranger.

Tea for the Tillerman

Cat Stevens

4/5

Queen Of Denmark

John Grant

2/5

Not bad, just lame

Cosmo's Factory

Creedence Clearwater Revival

5/5

BlueScooter rating rule: any album that gets listened to in its entirety twice in one day is an automatic five star

Southern Rock Opera

Drive-By Truckers

3/5

I generally really like Southern rock; this one not so much

Millions Now Living Will Never Die

Tortoise

2/5

Background noise; not offensive yet certainly not special

Under Construction

Missy Elliott

1/5

Tried to be open-minded about this (c)rap but even speed listening five or six tracks was just simply painful. * (still maintain that this reading system should have a zero available.)

The Band

5/5

Americana !

Smokers Delight

Nightmares On Wax

2/5

Booooring snoozefest

Imagine

John Lennon

4/5

One point penalty because of Yoko

I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You

Aretha Franklin

5/5

The Queen of Soul. YES!!!

Out Of The Blue

Electric Light Orchestra

4/5

Histoire De Melody Nelson

Serge Gainsbourg

2/5

Je n'en ai pas compris un mot, mais la musique était agréable

Tusk

Fleetwood Mac

4/5

Back At The Chicken Shack

Jimmy Smith

3/5

Meh…..

Don't Stand Me Down

Dexys Midnight Runners

2/5

I can understand why they disbanded after this album.

Wonderful Rainbow

Lightning Bolt

1/5

Seriously? No.

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness

The Smashing Pumpkins

3/5

The Velvet Underground & Nico

The Velvet Underground

3/5

Natty Dread

Bob Marley & The Wailers

3/5

Hms Fable

Shack

3/5

Quiet Life

Japan

2/5

Sign 'O' The Times

Prince

4/5

Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1

George Michael

3/5

Introducing The Hardline According To Terence Trent D'Arby

Terence Trent D'Arby

4/5

Liked it

She's So Unusual

Cyndi Lauper

4/5

Young Americans

David Bowie

5/5

Heroes

David Bowie

2/5

Let's Get It On

Marvin Gaye

5/5

Private Dancer

Tina Turner

3/5

I generally like Tina Turner, but some of these tracks were just weird

Hounds Of Love

Kate Bush

3/5

Meh

Happy Sad

Tim Buckley

3/5

Joan Baez

4/5

Deep Purple In Rock

Deep Purple

3/5

Modern Kosmology

Jane Weaver

2/5

No wonder as to why you’ve never heard of Jane Weaver

If I Should Fall From Grace With God

The Pogues

4/5

Marquee Moon

Television

4/5

Pleasantly surprising

Whatever

Aimee Mann

4/5

Legalize It

Peter Tosh

2/5

Not enough variation, mon

Buena Vista Social Club

3/5

Loses a bit in translation, but otherwise very pleasant musically

OK Computer

Radiohead

1/5

Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs

Marty Robbins

4/5

He was a terrific story-teller in song

Birth Of The Cool

Miles Davis

5/5

Classic - cool jaz

Pornography

The Cure

1/5

Nope

What's Going On

Marvin Gaye

5/5

The Age Of The Understatement

The Last Shadow Puppets

3/5

Court And Spark

Joni Mitchell

5/5

5 stores is not enough

Dog Man Star

Suede

2/5

Slayed?

Slade

2/5

Rage Against The Machine

1/5

A Night At The Opera

Queen

5/5

Swordfishtrombones

Tom Waits

2/5

Not awful-awful, but pretty-awful; at least it made me feel better about my singing ability

White Blood Cells

The White Stripes

4/5

Never heard of these guys before, but they’re really OK

Back to Basics

Christina Aguilera

3/5

Odessa

Bee Gees

3/5

Tommy

The Who

5/5

Rust Never Sleeps

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

4/5

Home Is Where The Music Is

Hugh Masekela

3/5

Another Music In A Different Kitchen

Buzzcocks

2/5

Tom Tom Club

2/5

Not much there

Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge

Mudhoney

2/5

It’s not called Grunge for no reason

The Number Of The Beast

Iron Maiden

2/5

Music in Exile

Songhoy Blues

3/5

Suede

4/5

The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn

Pink Floyd

3/5

Pretzel Logic

Steely Dan

4/5

Meat Is Murder

The Smiths

4/5

Scott 4

Scott Walker

1/5

Strangeways, Here We Come

The Smiths

3/5

Music From Big Pink

The Band

4/5

Paul Simon

5/5

A true classic

Abraxas

Santana

5/5

Kick Out The Jams (Live)

MC5

2/5

Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)

Eurythmics

3/5

Mildly interesting

...The Dandy Warhols Come Down

The Dandy Warhols

2/5

Chirping Crickets

Buddy Holly & The Crickets

5/5

February 3, 1959 - the day the music died

White Ladder

David Gray

3/5

Locust Abortion Technician

Butthole Surfers

1/5

Drop the word surfer and this band has the perfect name. Head bangers and not very good ones, at that.

Stand!

Sly & The Family Stone

4/5

The Poet

Bobby Womack

4/5

A Girl Called Dusty

Dusty Springfield

4/5

Classic

Pelican West

Haircut 100

2/5

Adele

5/5

Face to Face

The Kinks

4/5

Vauxhall And I

Morrissey

2/5

Basket of Light

Pentangle

4/5

3 Feet High and Rising

De La Soul

1/5

Even speed, listening was a waste of time

Dummy

Portishead

3/5

Even considering the electronic aspects, it was surprisingly pleasant for the most part

Nixon

Lambchop

3/5

Even speed, listening was a waste of time

Boston

5/5

Yes! Actual rock n roll

Fear Of Music

Talking Heads

2/5

No so much

In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida

Iron Butterfly

4/5

Mott

Mott The Hoople

4/5

Master Of Puppets

Metallica

2/5

gave me a headbangerheadache

Tres Hombres

ZZ Top

5/5

Outstanding rock

Tanto Tempo

Bebel Gilberto

5/5

pleasant

Dry

PJ Harvey

2/5

Actually

Pet Shop Boys

3/5

Blackstar

David Bowie

3/5

Buenas Noches From A Lonely Room

Dwight Yoakam

4/5

Arrival

ABBA

4/5

A Northern Soul

The Verve

2/5

1989

Taylor Swift

5/5

Green Onions

Booker T. & The MG's

3/5

1984

Van Halen

4/5

At Folsom Prison

Johnny Cash

5/5

Classic cash with some funny stuff here

Kollaps

Einstürzende Neubauten

1/5

Even speed listening 15 seconds per track didn’t save this album; again there should be the ability for a negative score rating

People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm

A Tribe Called Quest

1/5

Very literal redeeming value here