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Album	You	Global	Diff
Third Soft Machine	5	2.43	+2.57
I Am a Bird Now Antony and the Johnsons	5	2.84	+2.16
Oxygène Jean-Michel Jarre	5	3.08	+1.92
System Of A Down System Of A Down	5	3.27	+1.73
Sunday At The Village Vanguard Bill Evans Trio	5	3.32	+1.68
At Fillmore East The Allman Brothers Band	5	3.38	+1.62
One Nation Under A Groove Funkadelic	5	3.42	+1.58
...And Justice For All Metallica	5	3.43	+1.57
Dusty In Memphis Dusty Springfield	5	3.47	+1.53
People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm A Tribe Called Quest	5	3.61	+1.39

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Graceland Paul Simon	1	3.74	-2.74
Surfer Rosa Pixies	1	3.5	-2.5
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy Kanye West	1	3.41	-2.41
The College Dropout Kanye West	1	3.31	-2.31
In The Wee Small Hours Frank Sinatra	1	3.28	-2.28
Thriller Michael Jackson	2	4.22	-2.22
Miriam Makeba Miriam Makeba	1	3.19	-2.19
The Hissing Of Summer Lawns Joni Mitchell	1	3.12	-2.12
Tellin’ Stories The Charlatans	1	2.95	-1.95
Out of Step Minor Threat	1	2.93	-1.93

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The Jam

4/5

Pretty decent.

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Searching For The Young Soul Rebels

Dexys Midnight Runners

2/5

Not my jam. Horns and some version of early auto tuning by combined singing but slightly out of tune. Good melodies.

The Slim Shady LP

Eminem

4/5

Next level rhythm and rhymes. This feels like a first album that is coming out of the gates to get some attention. Speaking of very personal experiences, hard ones. The topics are shocking, intentionally, hitting the mark of schock but also feeling like a gimmick.the audio overlays of speaking distract from the music.

Young Americans

David Bowie

4/5

I love David Bowie, but this album didn't feel as great as ziggy stardust.

Chirping Crickets

Buddy Holly & The Crickets

3/5

Didn't love this but totally get how groundbreaking this music is.

Paul Simon

3/5

Again, didn’t love this album but I recognize it is great music. Innovative and unique. It has the calm playfulness I’m familiar with in Simon and Garfunkel with bits of spoken word sprinkled in.

People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm

A Tribe Called Quest

5/5

Best album I've heard in the past week. Favoriting this one for later. Great rhythm, solid narrative without being to much in a direction of explicit or silly, and great individual songs. I can get lost in this album.

...And Justice For All

Metallica

5/5

Again, didn’t love this album but I recognize it is great music. Innovative and unique. It has the calm playfulness I’m familiar with in Simon and Garfunkel with bits of spoken word sprinkled in.

Bitte Orca

Dirty Projectors

2/5

Difficult to listen to.

I Am a Bird Now

Antony and the Johnsons

5/5

At times I felt I was in church listening to a worship song, then in a dark smokey jazz club, then later in someone’s home listening to them express their love to the silence in night. Deep, moving, soft, lyrical, and soothing for my soul.

Common

2/5

Good rhythm and rhymes but didn't hook me in.

Speakerboxxx/The Love Below

OutKast

4/5

This is a great album.

Joanna Newsom

3/5

Disorganized, dissonant, but somewhat inspired.

Time (The Revelator)

Gillian Welch

3/5

Folksy and with soul, just didn’t catch mine.

Graceland

Paul Simon

1/5

Nope. Hate it.

Shalimar

Rahul Dev Burman

2/5

Umm.

Dust

Screaming Trees

3/5

Guitar is the highlight in this album.

Smash

The Offspring

3/5

ok. not great.

Electric Warrior

T. Rex

2/5

Pump

Aerosmith

3/5

I can't get into Aerosmith. Good songs but intentionally cool and without soul.

American Gothic

David Ackles

3/5

Beautiful, fun, and easy. Silly at times while setting the scene, a scene both jolly and solemn.

Elephant

The White Stripes

4/5

Better. Not great.

Walking Wounded

Everything But The Girl

3/5

Chill. Meditative.

1989

Taylor Swift

3/5

Ok, got it.

Odessey And Oracle

The Zombies

3/5

Somewhat interesting. Not what I'd expect for a group called The Zombies.

Tellin’ Stories

The Charlatans

1/5

Legit hate it. Noisy. Loud. And largely uninspired. Layers of instruments and sounds tripping over each other.

Aja

Steely Dan

2/5

The high production standards mentioned in the wiki article are noticeable. The music. . . Is not my style.

In The Wee Small Hours

Frank Sinatra

1/5

In Rainbows

Radiohead

5/5

Unique sounds. I would have expected to dislike the music as a popular English rock band but there is soul. A unique voice that isn’t trying to be something but is authentic about who they are.

The Rise & Fall

Madness

2/5

Experimental. Buttoned up.

Haut de gamme / Koweït, rive gauche

Koffi Olomide

1/5

no.

At Fillmore East

The Allman Brothers Band

5/5

Yes to the blues.

Night Life

Ray Price

2/5

Feel good songs from an era distant enough that I can both relate to the experiences and the experiences remain foreign.

Red Dirt Girl

Emmylou Harris

3/5

This is chill and echoes of Aimee Mann.

Run-D.M.C.

2/5

Rough around the edges but cool approach.

Thriller

Michael Jackson

2/5

Find.

Exile In Guyville

Liz Phair

4/5

Third

Soft Machine

5/5

Love it.

Highway to Hell

AC/DC

5/5

Yep.

Apple Venus Volume 1

XTC

1/5

Not my fav. I may just start to do number ratings.

John Prine

4/5

ok. 4/5 for the quirky uniqueness.

The Wildest!

Louis Prima

4/5

Surprisingly good. 4/5. Would not save for a playlist though. Okay. Listening further and I am following Louis Prima on Spotify. I didn’t expect to like this so much. Still 4/5. But it wasn’t gimmicky at all like the opening song. Fun, stylish, rhythmic.

Superfly

Curtis Mayfield

4/5

4/5. great soul.

Arc Of A Diver

Steve Winwood

1/5

Couldn’t finish it. 1/5.

(Pronounced 'Leh-'Nérd 'Skin-'Nérd)

Lynyrd Skynyrd

4/5

very good. 4/5.

Surf's Up

The Beach Boys

4/5

Best beach boys album I've listened to.

Isn't Anything

My Bloody Valentine

3/5

Decent.

Getz/Gilberto

Stan Getz

5/5

Great.

Mama Said Knock You Out

LL Cool J

4/5

Pretty good.

Surfer Rosa

Pixies

1/5

Terrible. 1/5.

Good Old Boys

Randy Newman

4/5

Randy Newman is great.

Fly Or Die

N.E.R.D

2/5

meh.

Hotel California

Eagles

2/5

Not my thing.

System Of A Down

5/5

Love.

Medúlla

Björk

4/5

Pretty good.

Wonderful Rainbow

Lightning Bolt

1/5

Nope

Home Is Where The Music Is

Hugh Masekela

4/5

Started strong but devolved.

Follow The Leader

Korn

1/5

Nope. Never.

Remedy

Basement Jaxx

3/5

Ok.

2112

Rush

4/5

Great.

The Suburbs

Arcade Fire

4/5

I liked this one, but it felt like it was straddling a jam band and chill rock.

One Nation Under A Groove

Funkadelic

5/5

Awesome, but hard to find a place to stream.

Fisherman's Blues

The Waterboys

4/5

Good album.

Sticky Fingers

The Rolling Stones

4/5

I thought I'd dislike this but was pleasantly surprised. Less produced and rougher arond the edges makes me feel more connected to the music. And feels authentic. 4/5.

Triangle

The Beau Brummels

2/5

Fun and weird but I couldn’t finish.

Tarkus

Emerson, Lake & Palmer

2/5

okayish.

Boston

4/5

Wonderful story on the creation of this album.

Dusty In Memphis