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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Wonderful Rainbow Lightning Bolt	4	2.29	+1.71
Hot Rats Frank Zappa	5	3.36	+1.64
Five Leaves Left Nick Drake	5	3.46	+1.54
Blue Joni Mitchell	5	3.49	+1.51
Blood Sugar Sex Magik Red Hot Chili Peppers	5	3.49	+1.51
Queen II Queen	5	3.49	+1.51
Sex Packets Digital Underground	4	2.67	+1.33
Lam Toro Baaba Maal	4	2.73	+1.27
Vol. 4 Black Sabbath	5	3.74	+1.26
Connected Stereo MC's	4	2.95	+1.05

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Dire Straits Dire Straits	1	3.72	-2.72
To Pimp A Butterfly Kendrick Lamar	1	3.63	-2.63
Hybrid Theory Linkin Park	1	3.39	-2.39
It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back Public Enemy	1	3.36	-2.36
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot Wilco	1	3.31	-2.31
John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band John Lennon	1	3.24	-2.24
Teenager Of The Year Frank Black	1	3	-2
Franz Ferdinand Franz Ferdinand	2	3.57	-1.57
Parachutes Coldplay	2	3.46	-1.46
Either Or Elliott Smith	2	3.39	-1.39

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Artist	Albums	Average
Led Zeppelin	3	5
Black Sabbath	3	4.67

Least Favorites

Artist	Albums	Average
Wilco	2	1.5

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Young Americans

David Bowie · 1 likes

3/5

Are you forcing me to listen to all his albums in a month?

Queen II

Queen · 1 likes

5/5

*listened before the project* I really love the first two albums of Queen

4-Star Albums (51)

The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars

1-Star Albums (7)

It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back

All Ratings

Don't Stand Me Down

Dexys Midnight Runners

2/5

Nice bass, cliche lyrics, weird lead singer, is it pop? But really can’t say it is rock.

The Wildest!

Louis Prima

3/5

S’good

A Girl Called Dusty

Dusty Springfield

4/5

Nice singing

Station To Station

David Bowie

3/5

Have no idea why the list included that many David Bowie’s, he’s a good icon and artist but never that good as a musician or singer (I’m sorry) Back to this album, it didn’t strike me

Rumours

Fleetwood Mac

5/5

*listened before the project* Typically and classically nice, though not my favorite

Figure 8

Elliott Smith

3/5

A little too depressing…? Not my cup of tea but I don’t hate it

Blackstar

David Bowie

4/5

Ok, DB again. My favorite of his last album is the cover

Honky Tonk Heroes

Waylon Jennings

3/5

Not bad

BEYONCÉ

Beyoncé

3/5

…What? Honestly, better than I imagined before

Doolittle

Pixies

3/5

At least better than Nirvana

American Beauty

Grateful Dead

2/5

nah, decline with thanks

John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band

John Lennon

1/5

I don’t know what to say, maybe I should listen to this at least one time before I die, but it’s certainly not a very good experience.

Lazer Guided Melodies

Spiritualized

3/5

Floating

The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars

David Bowie

4/5

*listened before the project* I don’t hate him but No more David Bowie plz

Idlewild

Everything But The Girl

3/5

A little boring, nothing special

Ananda Shankar

2/5

Unfortunately I didn’t enjoy this

Young Americans

David Bowie

3/5

Are you forcing me to listen to all his albums in a month?

California

American Music Club

2/5

So boooooring

When I Was Born For The 7th Time

Cornershop

3/5

Worth listening to but I don’t like it, would be better if singing less

Sunday At The Village Vanguard

Bill Evans Trio

4/5

The bass…

Strangeways, Here We Come

The Smiths

4/5

What can I say, I never had a good impression on the smiths, but this one is better than the queen is dead

Paranoid

Black Sabbath

5/5

*listened before the project* the best heavy metal without No doubt

Safe As Milk

Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band

3/5

Some mediocre blues rock

Either Or

Elliott Smith

2/5

Nothing interests me

Toys In The Attic

Aerosmith

3/5

A band I knew but I never listened to any of their albums before, and today I understand why

Come Away With Me

Norah Jones

3/5

Beautiful voice but the music is boring

If I Could Only Remember My Name

David Crosby

3/5

A little folk, not that good

Black Sabbath

4/5

*listened before the project* As fantastic as usual though I prefer paranoid

Revolver

Beatles

3/5

Yeh it’s influential and classical but I still think it’s A little outdated. They were nothing but a pop band. my fav track of this album is Taxman, then yellow submarine, then tomorrow never knows.

Green Onions

Booker T. & The MG's

4/5

Pretty good

Nebraska

Bruce Springsteen

2/5

AM: Featured on Dad rock essentials

Illinois

Sufjan Stevens

3/5

I was not that interested in those too ‘Americana’ things

1977

Ash

2/5

Sleepy voice and punk rhythm, nothing strikes me.

Axis: Bold As Love

Jimi Hendrix

4/5

Wowwwww I prefer this one to electric ladyland, no matter like it or not Hendrix was such a genius

Let's Stay Together

Al Green

3/5

Didn’t touch me

808 State

3/5

Weird weird but still good, hard to believe it was an album in 1989

Elastica

4/5

*Listened before the project* Never imagined I’ve got this in 1001

Diamond Life

Sade

4/5

*Listened before the project* Smooth operator~~~

Superfuzz Bigmuff

Mudhoney

2/5

I hate grunge but much better than Nirvana, or till now I didn’t find any grunge worse than Nirvana

Behaviour

Pet Shop Boys

3/5

Being boring, and so it is/ beautiful and cute vocal

Remain In Light

Talking Heads

4/5

Calm and Crazy

Blue

Joni Mitchell

5/5

*listened before the project* Beautiful as always, lovely and lively

Murder Ballads

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

2/5

I’m sorry but I really have no idea what it is

Raw Like Sushi

Neneh Cherry

3/5

Cool but I don’t like rap

Appetite For Destruction

Guns N' Roses

4/5

*Listened before the project* Not my favorite of their albums cuz I really can’t stand axl rose’s singing in this album

The ArchAndroid

Janelle Monáe

4/5

Metropolis. I knew the singer from her featuring in we are young but I never knew she had such a conceptual album. Brilliant.

Disraeli Gears

Cream

4/5

I only listened to wheels of fire and haven’t listened to this album yet, hope I’ll like it too. I like it, but I still hate EC :)

Moon Safari

Air

3/5

Sounds 90s, a little boring, not interested

Juju

Siouxsie And The Banshees

4/5

Best gothic I’ve ever heard

Rattus Norvegicus

The Stranglers

2/5

No more new wave/punk plz

Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs

Marty Robbins

3/5

I’m not the audience

Getz/Gilberto

Stan Getz

3/5

I don’t like the man’s vocal

Low-Life

New Order

3/5

Not that bad, but I never had enough patience for post punk

Pornography

The Cure

2/5

I would loved it if I was still a teenager

Mama's Gun

Erykah Badu

4/5

Pretty smooth, but too light to this length

To Pimp A Butterfly

Kendrick Lamar

1/5

First time listening, sorry I didn’t find anything impressive. I don’t like hip hop/rap but I really appreciate MBDTF, this one no, he seemed to have too much ego to express and I would not like to accept that.

Parachutes

Coldplay

2/5

*listened before the project* are you now kidding me? Coldplay? If Coldplay is worth listening to then I deserve the Grammy

The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn

Pink Floyd

4/5

*listened before the project* Not their best

Dire Straits

1/5

*Listened before the project* Yeah I know, I know, many people like it, but to me Dad Rock is just a mug of cheap beer.

Everything Must Go

Manic Street Preachers

3/5

Not that good, not that bad. Would not refuse it, either would not recommend it.

Bright Flight

Silver Jews

2/5

Boring singing

Teenage Head

Flamin' Groovies

3/5

Sounds greasy, and why is tagged as psychedelic rock.

Pet Sounds

The Beach Boys

3/5

Listening to them is always like having a trip around countryside, remind me of good old days

Felt Mountain

Goldfrapp

4/5

An old film

Wonderful Rainbow

Lightning Bolt

4/5

I haven’t listened to any noise rock before, can’t say I like it, but this one is interesting, indeed.

Bayou Country

Creedence Clearwater Revival

3/5

Would recommended it if I had a father working as a farmer

Fuzzy Logic

Super Furry Animals

2/5

Sounds rather dim-witted

3 + 3

The Isley Brothers

3/5

Funky, Delightful, but I can’t recall any of them after listening

Ready To Die

The Notorious B.I.G.

4/5

What an intro

Are You Experienced

Jimi Hendrix

4/5

*Listened before the project* It’s just so awesome

Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

Wilco

1/5

sleepy, boring, I don’t really think those indies have anything meaningful to express, almost a piece of shit making nonsense

The Cars

3/5

Nice synth, but that’s all

More Songs About Buildings And Food

Talking Heads

3/5

Repetitive Maniac, not as good as remain in light, and they are not really post punk

Shaft

Isaac Hayes

3/5

Cool but there were much better OST in 70s

Boy In Da Corner

Dizzee Rascal

2/5

No more hip hop plz

Metal Box

Public Image Ltd.

2/5

I just posted ‘the post-punk is just a bunch of sneaky jerks messing around’ and you recommended another one for me today. Ok, To be honest I really can’t appreciate this but it did have some special points I couldn’t even clarify.

The Chronic

Dr. Dre

3/5

You’ve been torturing me with those shit almost a whole week

A Seat at the Table

Solange

3/5

Oh a quite new one, I don’t think it’s bad but do I really need to listen to this?

Legalize It

Peter Tosh

4/5

Look at the cannabis…

This Is Fats Domino

Fats Domino

3/5

You know I would like this, but, it’s not that passionate

Highway 61 Revisited

Bob Dylan

3/5

Much better than I imagined before (I never listened to him cuz I thought I may hate his work, m sorry)(but I still don’t like him)

Berlin

Lou Reed

3/5

Zzz…

461 Ocean Boulevard

Eric Clapton

4/5

I’m not intended to say anything mean but can you just stop whining then it would be much better

The Joshua Tree

3/5

I thought it would be boring, so it is but at least the music doesn’t bother me

Let It Be

The Replacements

2/5

…thought it was Beatles

L.A. Woman

The Doors

4/5

I like it except Jim’s vocal

At Mister Kelly's

Sarah Vaughan

4/5

I cannot say anything mean to a voice like this

Heartbreaker

Ryan Adams

3/5

At least I felt the heart break in it

Scream, Dracula, Scream

Rocket From The Crypt

2/5

I was so unprepared for this shit, didn’t see anything worth listening to

Fromohio

fIREHOSE

3/5

Good, but A little lack of style

Five Leaves Left

Nick Drake

5/5

Beautiful and melancholy green, like sunshine in autumn

Phaedra

Tangerine Dream

3/5

Dubbed for a movie

Tank Battles

Dagmar Krause

3/5

The lyrics should not be English, and why each song is that short?

Tusk

Fleetwood Mac

4/5

Didn’t touch me as Rumors but still good, maybe A little bit too long. Stevie Nicks is absolutely fabulous. I love her.

Want Two

Rufus Wainwright

3/5

Whining like a ghost

The Suburbs

Arcade Fire

3/5

First time listening to them, they are ok to me, but just ok

Foxbase Alpha

Saint Etienne

3/5

Good? Yes. Worth listening? No.

Hybrid Theory

Linkin Park

1/5

? Most obsolete thing I listened to in my life

I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got

Sinead O'Connor

4/5

*listened before the project* She was…so special, ice in fire.

The Only Ones

2/5

The singing is sooo bad

Synchronicity

The Police

4/5

Only listen to EBYT before, and now I’m doubting why EBYT belongs to this album??

Dirty

Sonic Youth

3/5

Among all the indies they are definitely better, maybe

Blunderbuss

Jack White

2/5

Never liked him or white stripes

Vol. 4

Black Sabbath

5/5

Nothing else to say

Urban Hymns

The Verve

3/5

Radiohead is that you?

Triangle

The Beau Brummels

2/5

A more country version Beatles

The Stooges

3/5

Punk is never my type

Franz Ferdinand

2/5

Boring

KIWANUKA

Michael Kiwanuka

3/5

Very mature, I don’t feel I like it but at least I don’t hate it

Being There

Wilco

2/5

You again! Better than yankee hotel foxtrot, still long and boring

Pictures At An Exhibition

Emerson, Lake & Palmer

3/5

Why can’t you just create a prog tag, and I think ELP definitely had better albums than this

All Things Must Pass

George Harrison

4/5

Soothing

Elephant Mountain

The Youngbloods

3/5

Suit for driving through mountains

Orbital 2

Orbital

3/5

I don’t understand why so many people hate electronica (though I don’t think this one is good either)

Blood Sugar Sex Magik

Red Hot Chili Peppers

5/5

I luv this…so funky! 74 minutes is a bit too long but I didn’t get bored

Real Life

Magazine

3/5

This is not for me

Foo Fighters

3/5

Not bad, but didn’t have anything can hook me

Trout Mask Replica

Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band

2/5

Hello, where are you going

The Stranger

Billy Joel

3/5

I think it’s pop

Lam Toro

Baaba Maal

4/5

Why the score is that low

Play

Moby

3/5

Try to convince me with those repetitive sentences, hell no

(What's The Story) Morning Glory

Oasis

4/5

*Listened before the project* Wanna say something really offensive to them but I really love champagne supernova, and it is too embarrassing to admit that. btw fuck u Liam Gallagher you are real piece of s**t

Innervisions

Stevie Wonder

4/5

Impressive, a blind man’s inner vision

White Light

Gene Clark

3/5

Listening to this album reminds me of my dad’s socks

Savane

Ali Farka Touré

3/5

I ‘kind of’ like it

Daydream Nation

Sonic Youth

2/5

So confusing

Songs From The Big Chair

Tears For Fears

3/5

Sounds 80s, just sounds like 80s! Everybody wants to rule the world~ oh I didn’t know it’s theirs

A Little Deeper

Ms. Dynamite

2/5

No no no no no, the flow is so weird…

At Newport 1960

Muddy Waters

4/5

This is true music.

Songs The Lord Taught Us

The Cramps

2/5

No nonono, what is this singing…? It’s beyond my understanding

Slayed?

Slade

2/5

Oh, put on your clothes and shut up

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector

Various Artists

3/5

It’s so sweet and special to listen to an album like this today!

Who's Next

The Who

4/5

*Listened before the project* Not my favorite of them

Palo Congo

Sabu

3/5

Latin

Hot Rats

Frank Zappa

5/5

*listened before the project* Crazy in many ways, and it’s one of my favorite albums of this year

American IV: The Man Comes Around

Johnny Cash

3/5

First time listening, very impressive work, never thought I’ve accepted it

The Velvet Underground

4/5

So sweet, and I can see their influence upon…many

In Our Heads

Hot Chip

3/5

Fell asleep

Queen II

Queen

5/5

*listened before the project* I really love the first two albums of Queen

I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You

Aretha Franklin

4/5

Talented performer

Bluesbreakers

John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers

4/5

Saying I don't like it would be too disingenuous.

...The Dandy Warhols Come Down

The Dandy Warhols

3/5

bland and didn’t worth listening to

Hounds Of Love

Kate Bush

4/5

*listened before the project* One of the best white pop albums, and the cover is so gorgeous. But the second half is still exhausting.

You're Living All Over Me

Dinosaur Jr.

3/5

3-4, so hard for me to leave the score

Music in Exile

Songhoy Blues

4/5

Very imaginative and nice grooving (thought it was a little bit like talking heads??)

Pretenders

4/5

*listened before the project* I like her singing style:)

The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady

Charles Mingus

4/5

avant-garde, just following down the line he created

Led Zeppelin IV

Led Zeppelin

5/5

*listened before the project* I have nothing else to claim ^^

My Generation

The Who

4/5

*Listened before the project* You just can’t deny this one is good

Aftermath

The Rolling Stones

3/5

*listened before the project* UK version cover. Still, I think This album should started from paint it black

Solid Air

John Martyn

2/5

can’t hear clearly what he’s singing about, certainly not my vibe

Elephant

The White Stripes

3/5

*listened before the project* As I said, I don’t like them, but this one is direct and simple, so it is not that bad

Speakerboxxx/The Love Below

OutKast

4/5

Never would've guessed it can be this good just from the cover

Pink Moon

Nick Drake

4/5

Very intrinsic, cursed to be a lonely one

Imperial Bedroom

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

3/5

This one’s cute

Faith

George Michael

3/5

Old fashioned love song

Unknown Pleasures

Joy Division

3/5

*listened before the project* I never liked this album (except the cover)

Porcupine

Echo And The Bunnymen

3/5

Acceptable. What else? I can’t come up with

Connected

Stereo MC's

4/5

Dance and dancing to it! I have nothing to say to people who don't like this album

Songs From A Room

Leonard Cohen

3/5

Thoughtful, but I’m not interested

Kind Of Blue

Miles Davis

4/5

A dream team's masterpiece. I always think his work is cold as ice, but not that hard to touch

Pink Flag

Wire

3/5

Sounded like he was choking on his own vomit

Purple Rain

Prince

5/5

*listened before the project* One of the Best of 80s, An absolutely outstanding pop album. He’s always so creative, captivatingly unrestrained and wildly eccentric

Led Zeppelin

5/5

*listened before the project* Taking off! And you already knew that:)

Sex Packets

Digital Underground

4/5

Pretty good, a little bit too long for each track. Shouldn’t it be tagged as funk?

Selling England By The Pound

Genesis

4/5

First time listening, it is more like pop music using classical instruments and structures (compared with other prog), i didn’t see the necessity in it. But it sounds good.

Car Wheels On A Gravel Road

Lucinda Williams

3/5

Chill, and nostalgic. I may like it if I heard it ten years earlier. It’s a kind of albums you can’t even recall three days later.

Siembra

Willie Colón & Rubén Blades

3/5

Colorful Carnival dancing, I can’t tell it’s good or not

That's The Way Of The World

Earth, Wind & Fire

4/5

I knew my hunch about liking this one was right