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Album	You	Global	Diff
Black Metal Venom	5	2.47	+2.53
Pictures At An Exhibition Emerson, Lake & Palmer	5	2.64	+2.36
KEAH** (Psalm 69) Ministry	5	2.71	+2.29
Apocalypse Dudes Turbonegro	5	2.89	+2.11
Tical Method Man	5	2.94	+2.06
Brown Sugar D'Angelo	5	2.96	+2.04
Pelican West Haircut 100	5	2.97	+2.03
O.G. Original Gangster Ice T	5	2.97	+2.03
Electric The Cult	5	3	+2
Nowhere Ride	5	3.02	+1.98

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Parachutes Coldplay	2	3.46	-1.46
Melodrama Lorde	2	3.32	-1.32

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Artist	Albums	Average
Led Zeppelin	3	5
Queen	3	4.67
Creedence Clearwater Revival	2	5
Deep Purple	2	5
Funkadelic	2	5
Miles Davis	2	5
AC/DC	2	5
Beatles	2	5
A Tribe Called Quest	2	5
Pink Floyd	2	5
Van Halen	2	5
David Bowie	4	4.25
The Who	3	4.33

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Solid mid-to-late 90s Brit rock sound. Reminds me of Oasis and (deeper cut) Kula Shaker, and the "bigness" of the best U2. I can see the path from something like Stone Roses to this album. Overall, cool vibes, lots of raw emotion and feelings of going nowhere and listlessness, but with a underlying feeling of hope as well, knowing it'll be ok even if it doesn't seem like it at the moment. "Bittersweet Symphony" is a masterpiece (song and video) Loving the vibe of "The Rolling People" "Velvet Morning" and "Lucky Man" "The Drugs Don't Work" is a heartbreaking realization that a relationship is over, and you can't escape the feelings any longer. Really great song of grief and personal loss. I'm thinking of Indy right now listening to this and getting emotional.

The harmonies are unreal. Great psychedelic tinged folk rock. Standouts beside the hits are "Somebody Groovy" and "You Baby"

Pain in the ass to find, had to build a playlist.

There's some great songs, and the story is interesting, but it's kind of a weird listen

There's some absolute bangers on here but a lot is a little too experimental

I'm going to rate it 4 stars because it's Ella Fitzgerald and I know some of these songs but it's over 3 hours long 😅

I love the vibraphone-esque tones on Soft Shock This album reminds me that there is a ton of great stuff out there that doesn't really make its way into the public listening sphere. Going into it I thought "this will be an easy 4 star" but it is better than I thought. The build and flow of the songs are masterful

Incredible instrumentation and tight funk and ska songs. The production and interestingly the stereo mix of the songs (their left/right mix) is really good, one song has a car go from one ear to the next, lots of sounds on one side or the other to sound very immersive. They really shine on those parts, like "King size (You're my little steam whistle)", "Baked Beans" and "Lemon Firebrigade". I actually like their biggest song "Love Plus One " the least. I think "Calling Captain Autumn" is my favorite I would totally play "Favorite Shirts (Boy Meets Girl)(12" Version)" in a new wave set Got some Joe Jackson vibes, particularly in the singing

"Free Will and Testament" "Alien" "Blues in Bob Minor" Floaty weird Indy rock. Reminds me of neutral milk hotel

Pre-disco Bee Gees. Some ok moments but mostly forgettable. "How can you mend a broken heart" "somebody stop the music" "Trafalgar" is like a lost Beatles track

"Orange Crush" is a classic "Turn You Inside Out" is great

"The Ox" is one of my new favorite classic rock jams

The heights are really good, like Prince, but there's a bunch of short bits or joke songs that kind of mess up the flow for me "Sweet Life" and "Pilot Jones" "Crack Rock" uses the drum beat from Led Zeppelin's "How Many More Times" "Pyramids" is awesome

Jupiter and Teardrop sounds like David Bowie

"Winterwood" sounds like it could be in a Tarantino movie The album would be a good, albeit niche, album but it's all kind of overshadowed by "American Pie"

"no body no crime" is a banger. The rest is...fine? Nothing jumps out to me but perfectly fine production, writing, composition, etc

The benchmark for these Christmas songs.

If aliens came down and I had to describe rock and roll to them I would just give them this album

Really pretty rainy day vibes. Poetic and interesting instrumentation. Production quality is top notch, it sounds amazing. It made me feel things

I could listen to just the backing tracks, they were fantastic. JTs voice is fine but fairly generic. There are some great songs on here though.

Not bad and some interesting parts but not my style at all

Practically a Greatest Hits album. Obviously the singles are fantastic, but special shout out to "Halo" and "Clean". "Clean" is one of the most menacing, sexy songs I think I've ever heard.

The album was good but the bonus live tracks were borderline unlistenable