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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Sign 'O' The Times Prince	5	3.45	+1.55
Fulfillingness' First Finale Stevie Wonder	5	3.56	+1.44
Idlewild Everything But The Girl	4	2.58	+1.42
In The Court Of The Crimson King King Crimson	5	3.6	+1.4

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
What's That Noise? Coldcut	1	2.78	-1.78
Nixon Lambchop	1	2.75	-1.75
Moondance Van Morrison	2	3.71	-1.71
The Marshall Mathers LP Eminem	2	3.49	-1.49
We're Only In It For The Money The Mothers Of Invention	1	2.47	-1.47
Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs Derek & The Dominos	2	3.39	-1.39
Sunday At The Village Vanguard Bill Evans Trio	2	3.32	-1.32
Private Dancer Tina Turner	2	3.3	-1.3
Heartattack And Vine Tom Waits	2	3.07	-1.07

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Freak Out!

The Mothers Of Invention

3/5

I respect the chaos, but it’s giving “theater kids discover LSD.” Some songs slap, others feel like they’re actively bullying me for listening. Historic, sure, but I’m not rushing back.

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1-Star Albums (3)

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Sunday At The Village Vanguard

Bill Evans Trio

2/5

Very interesting as I’ve never listened to a jazz record before. Made me feel sophisticated, but I will never listen to this on my own.

This Is Fats Domino

Fats Domino

3/5

This is so much spicier than I was expecting, I can imagine people having a good time with this when it came out.

Five Leaves Left

Nick Drake

4/5

I am a sucker for folky singer-songwriter music, so this was a really fun album to get generated today! Gorgeously atmospheric but emotionally restrained. Leaves me wanting a bit more.

Tusk

Fleetwood Mac

3/5

The kind of album that would be significantly better if some songs were removed, and even so, still wouldn’t be great. The production also kind of sounds like shit. I can’t help but think that if I was born decades earlier and bought this physically when it came out because I do like lots of Fleetwood Mac songs, I would be so disappointed. It just doesn’t sound polished enough for a band this successful. I did add a few of the songs to my playlist though.

Gorillaz

3/5

I don’t have anything interesting to say, this was kind of boring. The band has some great songs in their catalogue that I listen to a lot and this album only has Clint Eastwood. Maybe I’ll check out another album by them.

Can't Buy A Thrill

Steely Dan

4/5

I guess the heart in my gen z female body is a dad

What's That Noise?

Coldcut

1/5

It's like it was a goal to go into the studio to see how many awful sounds you can string together to make a song. And there's 13 of them. And it's long as fuck.

Sign 'O' The Times

Prince

5/5

It feels like a diary written by someone who’s way cooler than me but somehow still relatable.

Moondance

Van Morrison

2/5

Sounded like beige wallpaper. Not bad, not painful, just aggressively fine.

Freak Out!

The Mothers Of Invention

3/5

I respect the chaos, but it’s giving “theater kids discover LSD.” Some songs slap, others feel like they’re actively bullying me for listening. Historic, sure, but I’m not rushing back.

Queen II

Queen

4/5

This album is pure fantasy cosplay rock. Very fun.

Killing Joke

2/5

Feels like being trapped in a factory where the machines are slightly off-beat. Respect the influence, but I was bored out of my mind.

The Marshall Mathers LP

Eminem

2/5

It sounds great and I get the appeal, but the edgelord lyrics are rough to sit through. I’m not a prude or easily offended, I just know when someone’s trying way too hard. It’s just a pretty cringe listening experience.

Nixon

Lambchop

1/5

Coma-inducing

Iron Maiden

3/5

Raw, scrappy, and fun

In The Court Of The Crimson King

King Crimson

5/5

Chaotic, beautiful, theatrical. Absolute beautiful find, and why I started doing this challenge!

Private Dancer

Tina Turner

2/5

Obviously amazing vocals, but feels like an album built around a couple hits and a lot of filler.

OK Computer

Radiohead

5/5

One of the best-aged albums ever created. Although, it is such a shame that Radiohead started the trend of white sad boy music but it was almost worth it.

Idlewild

Everything But The Girl

4/5

It’s tender, and surprisingly honest about domestic life and motherhood, which you never hear sung about. A quiet little gem.

Oar

Alexander 'Skip' Spence

2/5

Was super intrigued reading the Wikipedia article and was immediately disappointed.

The Fat Of The Land

The Prodigy

3/5

Way better than I expected, but it still feels like one of those “you had to be there” albums.

Led Zeppelin II

Led Zeppelin

5/5

I was surprised to realize I knew every song on this, it teleported me straight back to childhood, playing my DS in my dad’s car on long Sunday drives to my mom’s house. Nostalgia aside, the riffs and energy are still great.

Heartattack And Vine

Tom Waits

2/5

There’s a lot of talent here, great musicianship and great storytelling lyrics, but I just cannot with his voice. Gravelly growl blues is not for me.

Vulnicura

Björk

3/5

Weird in a way I usually enjoy, but this one just felt monotone. Beautiful strings and all, but I found myself zoning out instead of being drawn in. Respect it, but I won’t revisit. I loved reading the reviews about how this had an impact on people so I added a star.

Head Hunters

Herbie Hancock

3/5

As far as instrumentals go, this is really good, funky, tight, and fun. But personally, music without lyrics doesn’t impact me much unless it’s tied to a movie or game. Cool listen, not my thing.

Beyond Skin

Nitin Sawhney

2/5

The first two songs had me interested, then it totally lost me musically. This is more of a statement than something to be enjoyed.

Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs

Derek & The Dominos

2/5

I read Eric Clapton's Wikipedia because I know people hate him and omg holy shit lol.

John Barleycorn Must Die

Traffic

3/5

Kind of fun, not anything particularly interesting about it.

Fulfillingness' First Finale

Stevie Wonder

5/5

This album is just gorgeous start to finish. Warm, soulful, and ridiculously beautiful. Every track feels alive and heartfelt.

We're Only In It For The Money

The Mothers Of Invention

1/5

Nonsense stitched together with sound effects.

Twelve Dreams Of Dr. Sardonicus

Spirit

3/5

Cool in theory, and I get why people rate it highly, but it didn’t leave a huge impact on me. Some psychedelic moments were fun and weird, but a lot of it just blurred together. Not boring, just not that memorable either. Solid but nothing I’ll revisit.

It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back

Public Enemy

4/5

Political and managed to land. Although I enjoyed it, every song felt a bit same-y which gets exhausting after an hour.

Chirping Crickets

Buddy Holly & The Crickets

4/5

Adorable.

Picture Book

Simply Red

2/5

Ugh. I expect these albums to be really good and/or culturally significant. Where does this even fall? It’s FINE.

Night Life

Ray Price

3/5

This was cute. I actually enjoyed listening to it, but it never really went beyond that.

Raw Power

The Stooges

4/5

Messy, chaotic, and pretty fun the whole way through. Definitely rough around the edges, but that’s part of the charm. I actually liked this a lot.

Californication

Red Hot Chili Peppers

3/5

Some great songs, and lots of terrible ones.

Odessey And Oracle

The Zombies

4/5

This was so pretty. Dreamy harmonies and just the right touch of sadness. It’s melodic the whole way through, never boring, and a couple tracks really stuck with me. Loved this one. The most liked review was also awesome to read.

Young Americans

David Bowie

4/5

So smooth and dramatic