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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Violent Femmes Violent Femmes	5	3.49	+1.51
Boy In Da Corner Dizzee Rascal	4	2.56	+1.44
Hounds Of Love Kate Bush	5	3.62	+1.38
Heaux Tales Jazmine Sullivan	4	2.68	+1.32
Kick Out The Jams (Live) MC5	4	2.91	+1.09

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan Bob Dylan	1	3.62	-2.62
Fulfillingness' First Finale Stevie Wonder	1	3.57	-2.57
On The Beach Neil Young	1	3.46	-2.46
The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady Charles Mingus	1	3.32	-2.32
Nighthawks At The Diner Tom Waits	1	3.01	-2.01
All That You Can't Leave Behind U2	1	2.98	-1.98
World Clique Deee-Lite	1	2.87	-1.87
Happy Sad Tim Buckley	1	2.78	-1.78
Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme Simon & Garfunkel	2	3.62	-1.62
The Gershwin Songbook Ella Fitzgerald	2	3.52	-1.52

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American Beauty

Grateful Dead · 1 likes

2/5

Not good. Some songs are catchy, but good lord are the Dead overrated

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Heaux Tales

Jazmine Sullivan

4/5

Pleasant R&B album. A few too many intros, not enough songs, but it plays into the theme of each song exploring female sexuality in a different way.

Ill Communication

Beastie Boys

3/5

Fun mix of punk and rap. Sabotage is great. Started to feel like songs were all too similar towards the end of the album.

The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan

1/5

Album sucks. I hate Bob Dylan, especially when he rambles.

The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady

Charles Mingus

1/5

About as tolerable as a jazz ballet can be. Not my thing in the slightest. At least it isn't too long.

More Songs About Buildings And Food

Talking Heads

3/5

It's alright. Its Talking Heads, so you know what you're getting into. Catchy, but all the songs kind of run together.

Music in Exile

Songhoy Blues

4/5

Really good. Can't understand the lyrics, but it sounds great regardless. Southern sounding guitar, twangy with an afro twist.

Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo

Devo

4/5

Fun and weird. Some real bangers. Jocko Homo is iconic

The College Dropout

Kanye West

3/5

Not the best Kanye album.

Surrealistic Pillow

Jefferson Airplane

4/5

Good Stuff. Hippie rock that holds up really well. Somebody to Love and White Rabbit are the only songs I knew going in and was pleasantly surprised with the rest of the tracks.

Liquid Swords

GZA

4/5

Good stuff.

Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

3/5

Fairly neutral on this album. Some songs whip, others go for a tad too long. Not bad by any means, but not one I anticipate will have repeat listens

Unknown Pleasures

Joy Division

2/5

Midnight Ride

Paul Revere & The Raiders

3/5

American Beauty

Grateful Dead

2/5

Not good. Some songs are catchy, but good lord are the Dead overrated

My Generation

The Who

3/5

Classic rock. Nothing unexpected. My Generation remains a banger.

Born To Run

Bruce Springsteen

4/5

1st half is way better than the last half. Great album though. I see why Meatloaf ripped it off, lol

Miriam Makeba

3/5

Not bad. Not my thing, but I appreciate it. Mbube is familiar, yet new.

The Gershwin Songbook

Ella Fitzgerald

2/5

I'm not a jazz head. this isn't my thing, but I can recognize that its a good rendition of "not-my-thing."

Violent Femmes

5/5

Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde

The Pharcyde

4/5

Really fun. Great songs that are a blast to throw on.

Innervisions

Stevie Wonder

3/5

Diamond Life

Sade

2/5

3 Feet High and Rising

De La Soul

4/5

Good stuff. Fun and upbeat with some classics. Skits are a bummer, but at least they're short.

If I Should Fall From Grace With God

The Pogues

4/5

Fun, catchy, high energy. Some of the songs sound very similar, but they're all enjoyable.

Feast of Wire

Calexico

3/5

Paul Simon

3/5

The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn

Pink Floyd

3/5

Treasure

Cocteau Twins

2/5

Interesting, atmospheric, alt rock. Not something I would listen to, but I don't mind it on.

...And Justice For All

Metallica

4/5

classic metallica.

Tea for the Tillerman

Cat Stevens

3/5

Pleasant sounding. Catchy songs that I found myself sing later.

A Girl Called Dusty

Dusty Springfield

3/5

High Violet

The National

2/5

Too mellow

Five Leaves Left

Nick Drake

2/5

Not really my style of music

Boy In Da Corner

Dizzee Rascal

4/5

Really like this. Each song feels unique. Can see the influence of Dub, DnB and electronic on the production. You don't find rap like this very often stateside.

You Want It Darker

Leonard Cohen

3/5

Not bad, just not something I see myself putting on again. The title track is best.

Fulfillingness' First Finale

Stevie Wonder

1/5

Highly Evolved

The Vines

3/5

Kala

M.I.A.

3/5

Kick Out The Jams (Live)

MC5

4/5

Definitely Maybe

Oasis

3/5

Roger the Engineer

The Yardbirds

2/5

Rio

Duran Duran

4/5

Pure 80s synth pop. Iconic

James Brown Live At The Apollo

James Brown

2/5

On The Beach

Neil Young

1/5

Savane

Ali Farka Touré

3/5

Brothers

The Black Keys

3/5

I saw the track list and was surprised that a) there were a bunch of songs I had already heard and liked, and b) there were a bunch of songs that I hadn't. After listening to the album I can confidently say that Black Keys have a shotgun approach to their songs. A few memorable songs that I'd pick to listen, a handful that I wouldn't skip, and about half the album that is just mediocre. Definitely pick and choose songs instead of listening to the whole thing.

The Köln Concert

Keith Jarrett

3/5

One of the better piano performances I have heard.

World Clique

Deee-Lite

1/5

Second Toughest In The Infants

Underworld

3/5

Not bad background music

Dire Straits