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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Eli And The Thirteenth Confession Laura Nyro	5	2.94	+2.06
Future Days Can	5	3	+2
The Band The Band	5	3.35	+1.65
Blonde On Blonde Bob Dylan	5	3.48	+1.52
Head Hunters Herbie Hancock	5	3.54	+1.46
Illmatic Nas	5	3.6	+1.4
In The Court Of The Crimson King King Crimson	5	3.61	+1.39
To Pimp A Butterfly Kendrick Lamar	5	3.63	+1.37
Wild Is The Wind Nina Simone	5	3.64	+1.36
Can't Buy A Thrill Steely Dan	5	3.72	+1.28

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
The Specials The Specials	1	3.29	-2.29
Sheer Heart Attack Queen	2	3.64	-1.64
Aftermath The Rolling Stones	2	3.37	-1.37
You've Come a Long Way Baby Fatboy Slim	2	3.34	-1.34
Everything Must Go Manic Street Preachers	2	3.11	-1.11
Duck Stab/Buster & Glen The Residents	1	2.02	-1.02

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The Specials

The Specials · 1 likes

1/5

same damn groove every song bro

1-Star Albums (2)

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Marcus Garvey

Burning Spear

3/5

Haven't listened to much reggae so far in my life, but this album was decent. I love learning about historical events and figures through the medium of the album, especially when they're a blind spot to the eurocentric canon within academia. Musically the band was incredible. A very tight yet relaxed vibe. Pretty good

You've Come a Long Way Baby

Fatboy Slim

2/5

Almost engaging to me, I would be fine with this playing in the background of a bootleg jet set radio game.

Automatic For The People

R.E.M.

5/5

I love this album, so many great tracks. Sensitive and hopeful music.

Hunky Dory

David Bowie

5/5

Fantastic album, 1 or so tracks that aren't as fantastic though. Although, "Andy Warhol" doesn't ruin the album for me, it is still incredible.

Catch A Fire

Bob Marley & The Wailers

3/5

Pretty fun, bass playing is amazing and easily my favorite aspect of the album.

Sheer Heart Attack

Queen

2/5

Killer Queen is brilliant, the rest feels like a snooze fest.

Everything Must Go

Manic Street Preachers

2/5

Not super impressed. Not really an obnoxious album, but it doesn't stand out much to me as significant.

Green Onions

Booker T. & The MG's

4/5

Loved the keys in this album. Nice and low-key.

Can't Buy A Thrill

Steely Dan

5/5

One of my favorite albums of all time by my favorite band ever. Can't Buy A Thrill is pop-rock perfection.

Blonde On Blonde

Bob Dylan

5/5

Dylan at his most prolific. Double album with little fat, and songs that bring out feelings similar to a beautiful North American landscape.

1999

Prince

4/5

Really good album with multiple transcendent tracks. I could complain about the song lengths, but that seems to be a deliberate choice that works in the context of the album and the settings it was meant to be played in. Overall, still great but I don't listen to it as much due to a couple sleepers.

Songs From The Big Chair

Tears For Fears

3/5

80s pop is somewhat of a blind-spot for me. The 80s nostalgia bait slop that has shoved down our throats since I've been born has soured me to lots of stuff that sounds like this. "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" and "Head Over Heels" are fun, and some of the other tracks are spacey and texturally cool, but I don't think I'd check them out again. Still a decent record.

More Songs About Buildings And Food

Talking Heads

4/5

Pretty great album. Nearly every track has fantastic instrumental hooks, and Byrne's antics are pretty entertaining as well. Rhythm section is amazing, so many great moments between the keys, bass, and drums.

The Band

5/5

Great collection of tracks. Full arrangements and soulful performances.

Guero

Beck

4/5

Haven't listened to Beck seriously yet. A very refreshing album, lots of genres melded together in unique and pleasant ways. Really liked this one.

The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan

3/5

Pretty decent. A like the hits from this album, but there are some tracks that are a little tiresome. I like it a good amount, but his later stuff is really where I start to dig it.

Microshift

Hookworms

3/5

This album was okay. More interesting than not, but not many reasons to come back to. They use some psychedelic sounds, but I personally don't believe that it is a novel approach.

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

Elton John

4/5

Some absolute bangers here, super fun album. I don't know exactly what it is about Elton John's music that I don't completely resonate with, but there's some intangible factor that I just haven't got over yet. I think it's good and even great at points, but doesn't reach that upper tier for me.

Wish You Were Here

Pink Floyd

5/5

Practically perfect. Emotional, and mechanical.

Duck Stab/Buster & Glen

The Residents

1/5

Not my type of thing.

Only Built 4 Cuban Linx

Raekwon

4/5

Pretty good album. Great verses and beats, ice cream is goated.

Figure 8

Elliott Smith

4/5

Didn't expect to like this one as much as I did. Not as sad and gloomy as the other Elliott Smith stuff I've heard, but it's got enough to be distinctly him in my opinion. Good music.

Music for the Masses

Depeche Mode

3/5

Not bad, I expected to like it less than I did because I've heard depeche mode before and didn't love it. I still don't love it, but it was fine.

The Number Of The Beast

Iron Maiden

3/5

This album was a good surprise. I'm not the biggest metalhead, but I enjoyed this one alright.

Illmatic

Nas

5/5

Incredible album, great beats and lyrics.

Paranoid

Black Sabbath

5/5

Probably the best metal album I've heard. The low-key tracks on this album are just as good as the singles I feel. Just an amazing album all around.

Dub Housing

Pere Ubu

2/5

It was ok, I didn't really care for the vocals but the bass was fun.

I Am a Bird Now

Antony and the Johnsons

2/5

I thought it was alright. I honestly didn't like the main vocalist. His vibrato was really annoying.

In The Court Of The Crimson King

King Crimson

5/5

Perhaps the birth of prog, for some it might be the peak. It isn't for me personally, but it is still undeniably great.

Signing Off

UB40

2/5

Idk, it's ok. Pretty fun reverb, but when that's legit the entire album there are diminishing returns.

Appetite For Destruction

Guns N' Roses

3/5

I think this album was alright. I've probably just heard Sweet Child O Mine and Welcome to the Jungle too much, but the album didn't really hit me with anything I loved.

Born To Be With You

Dion

3/5

Didn't expect to enjoy this one. It was great. Phil Spector is insane and maybe a little glazed, but he did some undeniably good stuff.

Aftermath

The Rolling Stones

2/5

Idk, I don't care much for early stones.

So Much For The City

The Thrills

2/5

Fine. Love the cover art, the music is decent too. Don't love the vocalist.

Future Days

Can

5/5

Really cool. I've only listened to Tago Mago before this, but I think that I like this one a bit more. Clearly very influential while also being developed enough to be great on its own.

Head Hunters

Herbie Hancock

5/5

Absolutely love this album. A fun group of musicians clearly having fun, it is awesome.

The Specials

1/5

same damn groove every song bro

Leftism

Leftfield

2/5

Eh, it was alright.

Roots