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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
The Poet Bobby Womack	5	3.21	+1.79
Brilliant Corners Thelonious Monk	5	3.33	+1.67
At Mister Kelly's Sarah Vaughan	5	3.38	+1.62
Zombie Fela Kuti	5	3.47	+1.53
Songs For Swingin' Lovers! Frank Sinatra	5	3.52	+1.48
Mothership Connection Parliament	5	3.61	+1.39
Violator Depeche Mode	5	3.7	+1.3
Can't Buy A Thrill Steely Dan	5	3.72	+1.28
Grace Jeff Buckley	5	3.72	+1.28
Dire Straits Dire Straits	5	3.72	+1.28

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Achtung Baby U2	1	3.3	-2.3
Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo Devo	1	3.13	-2.13
G. Love And Special Sauce G. Love & Special Sauce	1	2.74	-1.74
Suicide Suicide	1	2.46	-1.46

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Public Image: First Issue

Public Image Ltd.

2/5

Not a fan of the intro to this album. AnnaLisa was also a chaotic song with no direction. The guitar is fantastic of course but so is all the rock/prog instrumental in this late 70s era. And after listening to the outro this is a 4/10 album. Just don’t like the vocals and the themes. There’s no direction but the instrumental is pretty good

Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

4/5

Yeah that’s some good shit. Not my favorite album of his but definitely solid. 8/10

Let's Get It On

Marvin Gaye

5/5

Mmmfgh. Not my favorite album of his and it’s a little repetitive thematically but damn it’s so good. 9/10

Parachutes

Coldplay

4/5

Despite the deserved hate this is a pretty good album. Consistent themes, great instrumentals and vocals. Some songs were ehhhh but others felt like Jeff Buckley. 7.5/10

Metallica

3/5

Not their best album by a long shot. Frankly generic almost to the point of Disney-level corniness. Maybe I just don’t know enough rock/metal history to judge this album’s place in time. Enter Sandman and The Unforgiven are my favorites from this one, but most of the rest sounds the same. 6.5/10

The Velvet Underground

4/5

Enjoyed the progression of this album. Some parts were nothing special but they still contributed to the story. 8/10

Heartbreaker

Ryan Adams

3/5

Solid foundations and some good songs. The whole composition was boring however. Clearly his first album given the shaky vocals. 6.5/10

En-Tact

The Shamen

2/5

If geometry dash was a crappy game they’d use this album for music. Just funky enough for a bland UK audience. This was an embarrassing listen in the daytime. Some of the tracks were alright, probably better on drugs. 3/10

Germs

2/5

Exile In Guyville

Liz Phair

3/5

Cool instrumentals but bland vocals. Some songs are unique and have energy but many were the same monotonous slur of words. 6.5/10

Channel Orange

Frank Ocean

4/5

Coolio. Crack rock to pyramids is great. Still a lot of fluff in this one compared to Blonde. 8/10

Brilliant Corners

Thelonious Monk

5/5

I’m a fan of all things Monk so this is not a subjective review. 9/10

Diamond Life

Sade

3/5

Never realized how good the sax is for this group. Sades voice is so smooth but some of the songs are poorly composed. Particularly the last one on this album was awful. 6.5/10

Can't Buy A Thrill

Steely Dan

5/5

Such a banger album. Each song works together but is also unique so it doesn’t feel repetitive. Only detraction is I don’t always like Fagens vocals. 9/10

Made In Japan

Deep Purple

4/5

7/10. Legendary setlist but also really annoying at points

Pornography

The Cure

3/5

I quite like the cure but this wasn’t their best by far. 6/10

Suicide

1/5

Tried to give it the benefit of the doubt and it disappointed me at every turn. 2/10

Pink Moon

Nick Drake

4/5

Simple and thoughtful. 8/10

Grace

Jeff Buckley

5/5

Biased review because I had already loved this album. The progression of emotion is perfect, his voice is unique and trained, the composition of each song is solid. I’ll admit there’s a little filler. 9.5/10

At Mister Kelly's

Sarah Vaughan

5/5

Surprisingly short but no complaints. Beautiful voice from this era. The mixing was ok for a live album. 9/10

Meat Is Murder

The Smiths

3/5

Idk why Morrissey started barking in the second to last song. Liked the general vibe but disliked the more experimental songs. 7/10

Achtung Baby

1/5

Just not my type of rock. Feels bland and corporate. “One” was pretty good. The instrumentals are just too flat overall. it’s like if Coldplay had bad production. 2/10

Black Sabbath

4/5

Being assigned this right after Ozzy died is wild. The birth of metal rock right here. Whole thing sounds like it was composed in a graveyard. 8/10

Dire Straits

5/5

So smooth and cool. Beautiful but got a little tired of some vocals. 9/10

Physical Graffiti

Led Zeppelin

4/5

8.5/10 I listened to this maybe 3 months ago and loved it. Not my favorite of theirs but definitely a banger. Some filler present in the second half

Crime Of The Century

Supertramp

4/5

Over hated album. Definitely has its flops but the sound is defined and well made. 8/10

Who Killed...... The Zutons?

The Zutons

3/5

British punkish rock. Astonishingly mid. Some fun tunes but the songs just didn’t have much depth . 6.5/10

Songs For Swingin' Lovers!

Frank Sinatra

5/5

I can see how this could be repetitive for some but it’s really just lovely all around. No complaints, Sinatras voice and style is timeless 9.5/10

A Hard Day's Night

Beatles

5/5

This must have been crazy to experience in 1964. Not the perfect album but it’s damn good. “And I love her” is one of the best love songs ever. 9/10

Station To Station

David Bowie

3/5

Last 2 songs were great. I know Bowie is a legend and a genius but a lot of his work just isn’t my thing. This album was meh overall. 6.5/10

G. Love And Special Sauce

G. Love & Special Sauce

1/5

The backing beats and instrumental was actually not bad. It was like if sublime forgot how to make a clean sound. Too bad the vocalist here ruined the whole thing top to bottom. 2/10

Low

David Bowie

3/5

Well produced album, prog rock experimental sound. Once again Bowie is just not my thing. Pink Floyd has a lot of similar albums but their stuff is cohesive whilst this is more random. 6/10

Live At The Witch Trials

The Fall

3/5

Good instrumentals. The laziest vocal performance ever. This combination made most of the album boring. 5/10

Live At Leeds

The Who

4/5

Violator

Depeche Mode

5/5

The most I’ve enjoyed an album so far in this list. Couldn’t put this one down. Halo or Policy of Truth were my favorites. 10/10

Dusty In Memphis

Dusty Springfield

4/5

Nothing stands out but yeah it was well made. 7.5/10

Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo

Devo

1/5

No absolutely not. The riffs were promising but everything else blew. 2/10

Let It Bleed

The Rolling Stones

4/5

A real testament to their songwriting and musical talents. 8/10

A Wizard, A True Star

Todd Rundgren

3/5

This album was not Todd’s strongest. He reached pretty far out of his comfort zone for some songs, and while it’s good to experiment he should’ve left some of these tracks behind. 6/10

1999

Prince

3/5

Got boring quickly, this early 80s synth stuff blended with Princes voice just doesn’t do it for me. Still good songwriting and production. 7/10

Ramones

4/5

Back To Black

Amy Winehouse

5/5

Banger. Not every song is perfect but Amy does a damn good job. She maintains her style but offers variety. 9/10

Countdown To Ecstasy

Steely Dan

3/5

Okay album with nice riffs. Kinda unremarkable soft rock. 6/10

Le Tigre

3/5

Such a beautiful cross section of punk rock. This album is really significant to how the sound of punk evolved into the 2000s. The lyrics are meaningful and pretty on beat for this genre. The vocals totally ruined this album for me personally though. She uses the same voice in every song and has no flexibility. 7/10

Zombie

Fela Kuti

5/5

This album reeks of contempt for the Nigerian government. Just 4 tracks but each with their own unique approach. Banger, need more like this. 9/10

Being There

Wilco

3/5

I would have rated it higher if it wasn’t so long. The lyrics still hit me pretty hard. 7/10

Legalize It

Peter Tosh

4/5

An album that requires some sunshine to enjoy. I’m always gonna love an album that has an agenda so 8/10

Southern Rock Opera

Drive-By Truckers

2/5

Some cool riffs but about 45 minutes too long. 3.5/10

Axis: Bold As Love

Jimi Hendrix

4/5

Prime experimental Hendrix. Lovely stuff but kinda choppy for an album. 8/10

The Poet

Bobby Womack

5/5

Good ol 80’s soul music. I love this kind of stuff. Good variety, not really experimental. 9/10

Parallel Lines

Blondie

5/5

9/10. The instruments can get repetitive but it’s such a well defined sound.

Highly Evolved

The Vines

3/5

Cool, nothing special. I like this genre but this album seems like it does more copying than creating. Still sonically sound so 7/10

Reggatta De Blanc

The Police

4/5

Good sometimes great songs, but no flow as an album. I like The Police a lot but this isn’t really their best. Still good stuff 7/10

Mothership Connection

Parliament

5/5

That sweet funky mmmgh. Just the right number of tracks to not feel repetitive. 9/10