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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Lost Souls Doves	5	3.16	+1.84
Tusk Fleetwood Mac	5	3.47	+1.53
Getz/Gilberto Stan Getz	5	3.65	+1.35
(Pronounced 'Leh-'Nérd 'Skin-'Nérd) Lynyrd Skynyrd	5	3.75	+1.25
Basket of Light Pentangle	4	2.76	+1.24
American Idiot Green Day	5	3.77	+1.23
Black Sabbath Black Sabbath	5	3.82	+1.18
Dog Man Star Suede	4	3	+1

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Time (The Revelator) Gillian Welch	1	3.06	-2.06
At Newport 1960 Muddy Waters	2	3.54	-1.54
Queen II Queen	2	3.49	-1.49
Lost In The Dream The War On Drugs	2	3.39	-1.39
Smash The Offspring	2	3.37	-1.37
Golden Hour Kacey Musgraves	2	3.09	-1.09
Kind Of Blue Miles Davis	3	4.05	-1.05
Skylarking XTC	2	3.03	-1.03

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Kind Of Blue

Miles Davis

3/5

A classic I had listened to before. I like it but I also find the sharp saxophone kind of grating by the time I'm halfway through the album. Maybe if it was mixed a little differently I'd find it more pleasant.

Music From Big Pink

The Band

3/5

(Pronounced 'Leh-'Nérd 'Skin-'Nérd)

Lynyrd Skynyrd

5/5

Nice album while working on a Friday afternoon. Bright, warm, fun.

Queen II

Queen

2/5

Amnesiac

Radiohead

3/5

I always liked the idea of Radiohead more than I actually listened to their music. And they're kinda intimidating. Yes, they make music. But.. you know, music nerds' music. But I liked this.

Dog Man Star

Suede

4/5

Doolittle

Pixies

3/5

At Newport 1960

Muddy Waters

2/5

Recording and mixing is SO good for a live album. You know me, Luke, I'm not a blues man. But this is pretty nice.

Ragged Glory

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

3/5

Nice to listen to musicians just jam, with no real urgency to wrap up a song or keep it structured tightly. Sounds like dudes in a room, making music together. This is a compliment.

Black Sabbath

5/5

So sick. RIP Ozzy.

Buena Vista Social Club

3/5

The musicianship.. just astounding.

Birth Of The Cool

Miles Davis

3/5

I find this much more pleasant than Kind of Blue. For one, it's calmer. I think the instruments are more varied and mixed better.

Ramones

3/5

Classic. Lots of the same if we're being honest.

Chris

Christine and the Queens

3/5

Pretty harmless French pop.

Time (The Revelator)

Gillian Welch

1/5

Despite the guilt I feel, I must give this one star. It's just truly not my thing.

Bayou Country

Creedence Clearwater Revival

3/5

I like CCR. This is fine, fun, but nothing really stuck to me.

Smash

The Offspring

2/5

There's probably a time and place for this but it didn't work well for me on a Friday afternoon while working.

Lady Soul

Aretha Franklin

4/5

Classic stuff. The sheer weight and power of Aretha's legacy guarantees this four stars.

Phrenology

The Roots

3/5

Due to give this one another listen. I liked what I was hearing but didn't give it enough attention.

OK Computer

Radiohead

5/5

Maybe the first album I've received on here that I'm quite familiar with. A real, obvious classic.

Skylarking

XTC

2/5

Who's Next

The Who

3/5

Live / Dead

Grateful Dead

2/5

Never really got the Grateful Dead thing. I understand their live shows are what give birth to the culture/legend surrounding the band. But I've never known how to engage with them. An album that begins with a 23min song may not be the right place. That said, it's nice to listen to people jam while I work.

Fever To Tell

Yeah Yeah Yeahs

3/5

That's The Way Of The World

Earth, Wind & Fire

3/5

Lost In The Dream

The War On Drugs

2/5

This has a lot of what I like, or at least what I liked ten years ago when this album was released. Some moody heartlock rock. But I find that the instrumentation (mainly the drums?) don't vary much across the tracks, meaning all the melody and, I don't know, musical ideas (?) are coming from the vocals only. I think that's what separates this greatly from my very special boys, The Killers, who have a sound but try lots of weird stuff, some of which doesn't work great, but at least makes each song stand apart. This review may annoy people who know anything at all about music but I'm pretty sure this is at least B- music criticism.

Heroes

David Bowie

3/5

Aha Shake Heartbreak

Kings of Leon

2/5

The Age Of The Understatement

The Last Shadow Puppets

3/5

I didn't love this. Flory loves this. I think my opinion has been swayed.

The Stranger

Billy Joel

4/5

Oh yeah.

A Grand Don't Come For Free

The Streets

3/5

Need to finish listening. Honestly, really fascinating. As a piece of music, I do not find this pleasant to listen to. But I love the lyrics and this hyper local, small stakes storytelling. Slice of life rap. It's kinda incredible.

Band On The Run

Paul McCartney and Wings

4/5

Document

R.E.M.

4/5

This kicked off a long day of listening to REM.

All Things Must Pass

George Harrison

4/5

George woke up day one post-Beatles ENERGIZED.

Nick Of Time

Bonnie Raitt

2/5

Talking Heads 77

Talking Heads

3/5

Lost Souls

Doves

5/5

Yeah. That's my stuff.

British Steel

Judas Priest

3/5

I appreciate the musicianship but I always think I'll love metal bands more than I do.

Golden Hour

Kacey Musgraves

2/5

First third of the album I was into. I just can't do 30-40min of this type of music in one go.

Fleet Foxes

4/5

A few months ago I experienced the strongest feelings of homesickness I've felt since moving to Argentina. And it was triggered by a Fleet Foxes song. I don't feel homesick very often so these guys must have captured something real. This listen didn't give me such a sensation but I've got to give these guys a solid rating for their ability to provoke so much emotion.

The Seldom Seen Kid

Elbow

4/5

I'll be coming back to this one.

Brothers

The Black Keys

4/5

Back To Black

Amy Winehouse

5/5

American Idiot

Green Day