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Album	You	Global	Diff
Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite Maxwell	5	2.9	+2.1
Central Reservation Beth Orton	5	3.05	+1.95
Pump Aerosmith	5	3.11	+1.89
Sign 'O' The Times Prince	5	3.45	+1.55
Speakerboxxx/The Love Below OutKast	5	3.46	+1.54
Tragic Songs of Life The Louvin Brothers	4	2.58	+1.42
The Genius Of Ray Charles Ray Charles	5	3.63	+1.37
The Stone Roses The Stone Roses	5	3.63	+1.37
Band On The Run Paul McCartney and Wings	5	3.67	+1.33
Honky Tonk Masquerade Joe Ely	4	2.68	+1.32

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
The Stooges The Stooges	1	3.25	-2.25
Isn't Anything My Bloody Valentine	1	2.75	-1.75
Live At The Witch Trials The Fall	1	2.64	-1.64
Blonde On Blonde Bob Dylan	2	3.5	-1.5
Pretenders Pretenders	2	3.35	-1.35
D White Denim	2	3.21	-1.21
Rain Dogs Tom Waits	2	3.2	-1.2
You're Living All Over Me Dinosaur Jr.	2	3.08	-1.08
Meat Puppets II Meat Puppets	2	3.02	-1.02
The Coral The Coral	2	3	-1

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Untitled (Black Is)

SAULT

4/5

Wasn't sure this would be for me during the first song, but the further I got into the album, the more it clicked for me. Excellent vibe music. Black lives matter

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The White Room

The KLF

3/5

An interesting vibe! Energetic but also chill music. Incredinly danceable

Ramones

3/5

Can recognize how iconic the music is here, esp Blitzkreig Bop, but just not my preferred flavor of music.

Who's Next

The Who

4/5

Real Classic Rock. A lot of variety of sound while still having a cohesive vision behind it. Will listen again, for sure.

Achtung Baby

4/5

Feels hard to quantify exactly what I'm looking for in an album. I know my favorite albums have songs that touch my soul, but is that from the chords, the lyrics, or the point in my life when I heard it? Loved lots of songs here, especially Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses. Will definitely listen to it again!

Chirping Crickets

Buddy Holly & The Crickets

3/5

The thing I've struggled with most in going back and listening to older music is the Seinfeld effect - I don't have context for what music was like *before* classic albums came out so I can't appreciate that innovation for what it is. I just hear it and go "oh, that sounds like a lot of other music I've heard." Definitely simple on the lyrics, but when every song makes me subconsciously tap my foot and move my body, I know Buddy Holly tapped into something *primal*

The Genius Of Ray Charles

Ray Charles

5/5

I just understood what music is supposed to be. The kind of music that makes me want to share it with everyone I know AND everyone I don't.

Your Arsenal

Morrissey

3/5

Nice sold rock sound. Definitely enjoyable, but not super memorable.

The Suburbs

Arcade Fire

4/5

Growing up in the suburbs might've broken me. Even as I've moved into urban spaces with people all around me, I still never make connections with my neighbors, live apart from community, and feel like I'm missing something fundamental about the human experience. But they were still my home, ya know? And I think this album taps into that dichotomy so well. The suburbs are Home, but they're also Damage, Separation, a source of some of America's damage and societal ailes. There's no easy feelings about them, no simple distillation of what the suburbs were and are.

The Atomic Mr Basie

Count Basie & His Orchestra

3/5

Solid big band music

Live At The Witch Trials

The Fall

1/5

Really just not my thing. Not a fan of this style of singing and did not connect with the lyrics and themes whatsoever.

Protection

Massive Attack

3/5

Some songs aren't my vibe here but the ones that are *really* clicked with me. Reminds me a lot of The Screen Behind the Mirror, of incredible Vibing Out music

Thriller

Michael Jackson

5/5

Would be a 5 just for Thriller but it also has 8 other perfect pop songs. No one has ever done it like Michael

Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

3/5

Tender, gentle, beautiful stuff. Ran over by songs like Round and Round, but didn't connect with the longer, less focused stuff like Down by the River

Our Aim Is To Satisfy

Red Snapper

2/5

Reminiscent of NES music where you have like 8 bars of music looped for a while to make a really long song. Not bad, but pretty forgettable

Talvin Singh

3/5

On paper I probably shouldn't like this - it can feel like a collection/mashup of a bunch of noise at times, but the whole thing felt surprisingly cohesive. Vibes on vibes on vibes. Except for "OK", this feels like a great night time drive playlist. Unfortunately falls off in the second half.

Music

Madonna

3/5

Wasn't expecting techno from Madonna tbh, but I think she does it pretty well! Think the album falls off in the second half, but there're a good number of songs I like in this

From Elvis In Memphis

Elvis Presley

4/5

Really can't go wrong with Elvis. Only thing keeping it from a 5 star is that there wasn't a big Standout Track from the album, but I did really enjoy every single song here. Will absolutely continue to listen to it.

Blonde On Blonde

Bob Dylan

2/5

Look I'm sure that Bob Dylan's lyrics are great but I genuinely cannot get past his voice. I just do not like the way he sings

3 Years, 5 Months And 2 Days In The Life Of...

Arrested Development

4/5

Genuinely loved this. A few songs had flow that struck me as "educational/anti-drug PSA" but talked about how love and partaking in community is all that'll save us and we need to overthrow the government, super tight.

Isn't Anything

My Bloody Valentine

1/5

Literally what were they even saying on this album? The sound mixing is so whacked to the point the already muted vocals just get overwhelmed.

Pump

Aerosmith

5/5

Now THIS is some rock and roll, man. Every song a banger while also having consistently unique sound. Will absolutely be listening again

Natty Dread

Bob Marley & The Wailers

3/5

Nice! Liked it but didn't super connect with it. Never heard any Marley before and it was nice to fill in that history.

At Newport 1960

Muddy Waters

3/5

Solid stuff! Not super remarkable but will definitely listen to it again in the future.

Head Hunters

Herbie Hancock

3/5

Ooooo we got a GROOVE here. Really liked the first song, the rest didn't get me to schmoove quite as much.

Tragic Songs of Life

The Louvin Brothers

4/5

This list might have a special sense cause right when I was wanting some country, it delivered. Toe-tapping goodness

Cosmo's Factory

Creedence Clearwater Revival

3/5

Solid rock album but the middle blurred together.

Pretenders

2/5

Just kinda ran through me

Boston

3/5

Nice rock n roll album! Always good to hear where iconic songs come from

Logical Progression

LTJ Bukem

2/5

Too repetitve for me, even as someone who likes house music/techno

One World

John Martyn

4/5

It's like I got transported to a car driving on the highway, going 70 miles per hour, in total harmony with the world. Really liked this one.

Devil Without A Cause

Kid Rock

2/5

Honestly started out alright but just kept piling on questionable line after sexist line. I think this is what racist old white dudes think all rap is.

My Generation

The Who

3/5

Solid rock album, but I liked Who's Next more

Get Behind Me Satan

The White Stripes

3/5

Pretty good, but didn't stick with me.

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Shuggie Otis

4/5

I am One with the Funk. Grooving till the end of time

Gentlemen

The Afghan Whigs

3/5

Liked it overall! Really need to listen to it again but just didn't quite have time

You're Living All Over Me

Dinosaur Jr.

2/5

I know it's a style but I just do not care for limper, dissonant singing like this. Guitar riffs are cool though

Exodus

Bob Marley & The Wailers

3/5

Second Marley album - it's decent for me, but I'm just not drawn to Marley's sound that much. Ah well.

At Folsom Prison

Johnny Cash

4/5

Just really good, solid country. Good covers, good voice, good instrumentals.

Underwater Moonlight

The Soft Boys

3/5

I've bounced off a lot of British Rock but I enjoyed this one!

Among The Living

Anthrax

3/5

Really nice to get another sampling of another genre. Not quite what I want out of metal but man I do just love this genre of music.

Central Reservation

Beth Orton

5/5

Felt like it cut right to me.

The Score

Fugees

4/5

Love getting hip-hop on here cause I do need to explore it more but I have no idea where to start. Loved a lot of this but that Chinese Restaurant skit had me scratching my head for sure

Let's Stay Together

Al Green

4/5

Mmmmmm what a voice man, what romance

Music for the Masses

Depeche Mode

4/5

Big, unfortunate W for the English here. Might come back and bump this up to a 5, but I'm for sure coming back to listen to it in the future

Bert Jansch

4/5

Really good folk album

Younger Than Yesterday

The Byrds

3/5

Solid rock album! Liked it more than a lot of the other rock I've heard so far

Sign 'O' The Times

Prince

5/5

As a Minnesotan, I feel immense pride every time I listen to Prince. And this is some of my favorite Prince I've heard so far

Brothers In Arms

Dire Straits

3/5

Solid rock but not super my thing

Master Of Puppets

Metallica

4/5

Great metal here. Love classic albums popping up, they're like gigantic keys of music history

Untitled (Black Is)

SAULT

4/5

Wasn't sure this would be for me during the first song, but the further I got into the album, the more it clicked for me. Excellent vibe music. Black lives matter

Rain Dogs

Tom Waits

2/5

Definitely not my thing, felt like an album from Captain Hook at the bar in Shrek 2

On The Beach

Neil Young

3/5

Solid! Liked the music but none really stuck with me

...And Justice For All

Metallica

3/5

Really enjoyed some songs on here, but definitely just breezed through me at points. Master of Puppets just stuck with me a lot more

Meat Puppets II

Meat Puppets

2/5

Lyrics I can barely hear combined with thin, dissonant scoring = not my thing

Tank Battles

Dagmar Krause

2/5

Like a rejected musical coming to haunt me

Scott 2

Scott Walker

3/5

Ehhhhhh I'm not sure about this one man. Some good songs but I never caught a cohesive direction for the album

Born To Run

Bruce Springsteen

4/5

Loved this! Haven't listened to any Springsteen before but I'm looking forward to more. Good variety of sounds and solid songs themselves

Bayou Country

Creedence Clearwater Revival

3/5

Solid rock album, standard stuff.

The Velvet Underground & Nico

The Velvet Underground

3/5

Was groundbreaking at the time, but now just sounds standard. Cool to go back into music history

Licensed To Ill

Beastie Boys

3/5

Like it but don't love it. The trading off of lines starts to feel like a forced gimmick and not something natural around halfway through

The Gershwin Songbook

Ella Fitzgerald

4/5

Too long to listen to all 40 songs here but I really dug what I managed to listen to

That's The Way Of The World

Earth, Wind & Fire

3/5

Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea

PJ Harvey

4/5

Something/Anything?

Todd Rundgren

4/5

The Stone Roses

5/5

I've been super inconsistent on liking the rock albums supplied here but this SUPER worked for me. Great vocals, solid backing tracks, and always tried a bunch of different sounds. Will for sure return to this in the future.

Honky Tonk Masquerade

Joe Ely

4/5

Bringing It All Back Home

Bob Dylan

4/5

Fleet Foxes

4/5

The Colour Of Spring

Talk Talk

3/5

The Coral