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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Junkyard The Birthday Party	4	2.15	+1.85
Mermaid Avenue Billy Bragg	5	3.17	+1.83
Selling England By The Pound Genesis	5	3.19	+1.81
Tommy The Who	5	3.32	+1.68
Sea Change Beck	5	3.33	+1.67
All Directions The Temptations	5	3.45	+1.55
Odelay Beck	5	3.45	+1.55
Illinois Sufjan Stevens	5	3.5	+1.5
Funeral Arcade Fire	5	3.55	+1.45
Penthouse And Pavement Heaven 17	4	2.61	+1.39

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
(Pronounced 'Leh-'Nérd 'Skin-'Nérd) Lynyrd Skynyrd	1	3.74	-2.74
A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector Various Artists	1	3.29	-2.29
Metallica Metallica	2	3.77	-1.77
Grace Jeff Buckley	2	3.74	-1.74
...Baby One More Time Britney Spears	1	2.69	-1.69
Highway to Hell AC/DC	2	3.64	-1.64
good kid, m.A.A.d city Kendrick Lamar	2	3.64	-1.64
Sheer Heart Attack Queen	2	3.63	-1.63
The Genius Of Ray Charles Ray Charles	2	3.62	-1.62
Van Halen Van Halen	2	3.62	-1.62

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Artist	Albums	Average
Led Zeppelin	3	4.67
Beck	2	5
Beatles	2	5
The Who	2	5

5-Star Albums (16)

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...And Justice For All

Metallica · 1 likes

2/5

Meh. Love the idea that there is social justice lyrics but can’t follow.

1-Star Albums (3)

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector

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Penthouse And Pavement

Heaven 17

4/5

Okay - interesting, seemingly unique sounds for era. Good complex instrumentalities. Did not pay attention to the lyrics but supposedly they are good.

Deep Purple In Rock

Deep Purple

4/5

Surprised I had never heard it before. Very impressed.

The xx

3/5

Want to listen to it again. Not completely impressed.

All Directions

The Temptations

5/5

Sooo good. I can't believe I hadn't heard this album before.

Cloud Nine

The Temptations

4/5

Not nearly as good as All Directions but still a good listen.

To Pimp A Butterfly

Kendrick Lamar

4/5

Germfree Adolescents

X-Ray Spex

4/5

On second listen - really good. And the sax is so nice. R LOVED hearing Warrior in Woolworths.

Odelay

Beck

5/5

Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols

Sex Pistols

4/5

Music

Madonna

2/5

Meh

Bug

Dinosaur Jr.

4/5

Hard to tell how innovative it was for the time. It's good. 8 year old hated it.

Shadowland

k.d. lang

4/5

Are You Experienced

Jimi Hendrix

5/5

Very good. No input from the kids though.

Dire Straits

3/5

It was okay. Expected more. R thought it was just okay.

Superfly

Curtis Mayfield

5/5

Homework

Daft Punk

3/5

Ok. R did not like it. Thought it would be better.

Junkyard

The Birthday Party

4/5

Interesting. Better than expected. But got a bit bored with it towards the end. R liked it; H did not.

Led Zeppelin

4/5

Very good. Kids thought it was good. It dragged on a bit but you can't beat that opening of an opening song for a debut album.

Highway to Hell

AC/DC

2/5

Another great opening riff (two albums in a row - LZ's Good Times Bad Times was Friday). Rest of the album was meh at best.

Revolver

Beatles

5/5

So good. Unanimous 5. Deluxe version with new mix was good.

Two Dancers

Wild Beasts

3/5

Interesting. Surprised never heard of them. Would listen again. But not heavy rotation or desert island.

Whatever

Aimee Mann

3/5

Lilith Fairy. Would listen again. Hadn’t ever listened before. Solid 3.

This Year's Model

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

4/5

No good notes. Likes the songs.

Funeral

Arcade Fire

5/5

Very good. No notes.

All That You Can't Leave Behind

3/5

A 3+. Had not heard the album (but heard a few songs). Would not put it in same category as early U2 but better than expected. Somewhat surprised it made the list.

Beggars Banquet

The Rolling Stones

4/5

Uniquely good and unexpectedly good. Barely a 4 but still a 4.

Time Out

The Dave Brubeck Quartet

5/5

Quite good. Reyna liked it.

Wild Is The Wind

Nina Simone

4/5

Very slow. A poppy favorite artist.

...Baby One More Time

Britney Spears

1/5

Is This It

The Strokes

4/5

Big fan. Girls liked.

Happy Trails

Quicksilver Messenger Service

4/5

Psychedelic rocker. Glad to hear it for first time. More like this!

Debut

Björk

3/5

Ok. Didn’t listen much. No bangers (even for Bjork).

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

Elton John

4/5

Bangers and belters. Only one listen though. Girls liked it.

The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill

Lauryn Hill

4/5

A classic with great tunes. I wish I could pay closer attention to the lyrics.

Live And Dangerous

Thin Lizzy

2/5

High 2. Good rocker. But mostly by the numbers. Need more jam.

Kenya

Machito

4/5

New to me and great.

Aqualung

Jethro Tull

4/5

Surpassed expectations. Wanted to hear it more. Will come back to it. r liked it too.

Arrival

ABBA

3/5

Decent but did not meet expectations. Barely made a 3. Girls agree but loved the hits.

Talk Talk Talk

The Psychedelic Furs

3/5

New wave stuff. Decent. Wasn’t yearning for more. But worthy of 3.

The Queen Is Dead

The Smiths

3/5

Ended up less exciting as it went along. Hoped for more uniqueness.

The Message

Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five

4/5

Innovative. Wanted to hear again.

Come Away With Me

Norah Jones

3/5

Not as impressed with the overall album.

James Brown Live At The Apollo

James Brown

3/5

Enjoyed it more when directly listening. Energy off the charts but got repetitive .

Technique

New Order

2/5

Meh and middling New Wave. Some interesting innovative synthesizer use but otherwise blah.

Songs From A Room

Leonard Cohen

3/5

Good. Understandably considered excellent for those who may listen closely to lyrics - but I'm not one of those so not sure.

Let's Stay Together

Al Green

3/5

Pretty good stuff. Overall, the doesn’t quite make it to a four but definitely a solid three. Helena did not like it, but she was in a bad mood.

Frank

Amy Winehouse

3/5

Good stuff. Not the greatest album but her voice and styling is really good.

Reggatta De Blanc

The Police

3/5

Solid. Not quite four.

Mothership Connection

Parliament

4/5

So good. Funk is goood. Girks did not like and found lyrics annoyingly repetitive.

The Scream

Siouxsie And The Banshees

3/5

Not bad. Not my cup of tea. Worthy of a there. Would come back to it.

Femi Kuti

4/5

Good stuff. Not as good as Felan but made it over the himp to a 4.

C'est Chic

CHIC

2/5

A couple bangers but mostly one note.

Bookends

Simon & Garfunkel

4/5

Very good album. Kept wanting to hear it again and relisten.

Adele

4/5

Great album. Unanimous 4.

Treasure

Cocteau Twins

3/5

Interesting. Definitely a 3. Not quite a 4. Girls not fans of it.

Close To You

Carpenters

3/5

Good songs. Great last song. Surprising instrumentation. Barely a 3.

Bat Out Of Hell

Meat Loaf

3/5

Expected more from such a huge seller. Girls were meh. Nir did not want to listen to it.

War

3/5

Good songs but not as great as would have liked.

Savane

Ali Farka Touré

4/5

Liked it. Barely a 4. Would change if another album of his is better.

Tarkus

Emerson, Lake & Palmer

4/5

Very very good. Prog rock greatness.

2112

Rush

3/5

Hoped for better

Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not

Arctic Monkeys

3/5

Better than expected but songs were too similar. Loved the long song titles.

Natty Dread

Bob Marley & The Wailers

4/5

Great tunes. Not sure if it's the desert island Marley album, but very good reggae album.

In The Court Of The Crimson King

King Crimson

4/5

Very good songs. Short album. Would listen multiple times.

The Libertines

3/5

Barely a 3. Would listen again. Girls thought it was a 2.

Cee-Lo Green... Is The Soul Machine

Cee Lo Green

3/5

I thought it was going to be a two. However, a few songs are really good and bumped it up to three. Unfortunately, the lyrics we’re not appropriate for the girls so there’s no information as to whether they liked it or not.

Entertainment

Gang Of Four

4/5

Illinois

Sufjan Stevens

5/5

A desert island album.

Cypress Hill

3/5

Another Green World

Brian Eno

4/5

Cool sounds. Would Relisten again.

Get Behind Me Satan

The White Stripes

3/5

Your New Favourite Band

The Hives

2/5

Illmatic

Nas

3/5

I liked this a little more than expected.

Too Rye Ay

Dexys Midnight Runners

3/5

It's pretty good and am surprised I haven't heard anything beyond the one-hit wonder song.

good kid, m.A.A.d city

Kendrick Lamar

2/5

It was fine.

Ill Communication

Beastie Boys

4/5

Lots of good tracks and instrumentals.

Aha Shake Heartbreak

Kings of Leon

2/5

So meh. Waste of a spot.

Songs From The Big Chair

Tears For Fears

3/5

Wanted better bangers from the songs I hadn’t heard.

The Poet

Bobby Womack

2/5

Who's Next

The Who

5/5

So good. Five stars easily

From Elvis In Memphis

Elvis Presley

2/5

Meh. Good voice but they’re not his songs. And nothing too interesting.

The New Tango

Astor Piazzolla

4/5

So interestingly good and innovative. But need to be in the right mood. Not a desert island record but worthy of five stars otherwise. Thus only 4.

Madman Across The Water

Elton John

4/5

Good prog rock tones and some real bangers.

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector

Various Artists

1/5

Fear Of A Black Planet

Public Enemy

4/5

Lyrics good. Samples good.

At Mister Kelly's

Sarah Vaughan

3/5

Armed Forces

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

4/5

Good stuff but need to lyrics more closely.

m b v

My Bloody Valentine

3/5

Ok but not as good as original. Ashlee and the girls hated it.

Sunday At The Village Vanguard

Bill Evans Trio

4/5

Really good.

Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

4/5

Really good. Almost a five but will hold off for rust never sleeps.

Licensed To Ill

Beastie Boys

3/5

A classic but the lyrics....

L.A. Woman

The Doors

3/5

Ok.

Music From The Penguin Cafe

Penguin Cafe Orchestra

4/5

Very cool stuff. Reminds me of Kronos Quartet. Definitely something to listen to again.

British Steel

Judas Priest

2/5

Meh but girls liked it. One or two bangers.

On The Beach

Neil Young

4/5

Nice stuff. Never heard any of the songs on the album though.

Heroes

David Bowie

3/5

Good but different. I may need another listen or two before fully appreciating it. Sadly that means for now it only gets a 3.

Wish You Were Here

Pink Floyd

4/5

Excellent album. maybe even a 5

Vulgar Display Of Power

Pantera

2/5

It was okay. A few decent moments but truly could not tell what makes it great.

Station To Station

David Bowie

4/5

Great album

Bringing It All Back Home

Bob Dylan

4/5

Very good.

Stephen Stills

2/5

A banger and some good ones but if I never listen again I will be okay. Neil Young would have made it a 3.

Woodface

Crowded House

3/5

All new to me. Interesting. Probably won’t listen again. But high 2 gets it a 3.

Disintegration

The Cure

3/5

Good songs. Some better than others. But not enough to make it to a four.

...And Justice For All

Metallica

2/5

Meh. Love the idea that there is social justice lyrics but can’t follow.

The Fat Of The Land

The Prodigy

2/5

Barely listenable but two bangers get it two a 2.

The Seldom Seen Kid

Elbow

3/5

Good stuff from a band I never heard before. Would listen again.

S.F. Sorrow

The Pretty Things

4/5

People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm

A Tribe Called Quest

4/5

Surprisingly really liked it.

The Clash

4/5

Very good. But not as good as the great London Calling. Barely a 4.

The Suburbs

Arcade Fire

4/5

Solid album. Not their best, but definitely a four.

KIWANUKA

Michael Kiwanuka

3/5

Nice music. Would listen again and recommend but not a 4.

First Band On The Moon

The Cardigans

2/5

Nothing too interesting.

Gris Gris

Dr. John

4/5

Gets better with each listen

Gorillaz

3/5

Good music. I’ve listened again, but not something I put on a heavy rotation at all. Good mix of genres.

Blue

Joni Mitchell

4/5

Beautiful album

Myths Of The Near Future

Klaxons

4/5

Liked it and kept wanting to Relisten.

Swordfishtrombones

Tom Waits

3/5

Teen Dream

Beach House

3/5

Nothing spectacular but definitely enjoyable.

We Are Family

Sister Sledge

2/5

One good song (extended version ftw). Great instrumentation though.

Tusk

Fleetwood Mac

3/5

Would relisten. Not that innovative despite trying to be “post-rock” supposedly.

Led Zeppelin II

Led Zeppelin

5/5

Such a great album.

Blood And Chocolate

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

3/5

Something/Anything?

Todd Rundgren

3/5

(Pronounced 'Leh-'Nérd 'Skin-'Nérd)

Lynyrd Skynyrd

1/5

Can’t separate the art from the artist. Confederacy apologists.

Here's Little Richard

Little Richard

3/5

Off The Wall

Michael Jackson

3/5

Good opening but too much of the back half was mehish

Punishing Kiss

Ute Lemper

2/5

Felt Mountain

Goldfrapp

2/5

Doggystyle

Snoop Dogg

2/5

American IV: The Man Comes Around

Johnny Cash

4/5

Very good.

Led Zeppelin IV

Led Zeppelin

5/5

Maggot Brain

Funkadelic

4/5

Selected Ambient Works 85-92

Aphex Twin

3/5

Interesting. Innovative for the times.

Hot Buttered Soul

Isaac Hayes

4/5

The White Album

Beatles

5/5

Pearl

Janis Joplin

3/5

Good singing but hard to get it to a 4.

Guitar Town

Steve Earle

3/5

Not as good as later, more overtly political (and less country) work. But still good.

The Genius Of Ray Charles

Ray Charles

2/5

It’s good but won’t ever revisit.

Green

R.E.M.

4/5

Van Halen

2/5

Meh at best.

Exodus

Bob Marley & The Wailers

4/5

Stardust

Willie Nelson

4/5

Rain Dogs

Tom Waits

3/5

At Newport 1960

Muddy Waters

3/5

Amnesiac

Radiohead

4/5

evermore

Taylor Swift

2/5

Selling England By The Pound

Genesis

5/5

Lady In Satin

Billie Holiday

3/5

It’s fine and lovely.

Grace

Jeff Buckley

2/5

Talking Book

Stevie Wonder

4/5

The Trinity Session

Cowboy Junkies

2/5

This one just didn’t do it.

Tago Mago

Can

4/5

Tommy

The Who

5/5

Blur

2/5

Hejira

Joni Mitchell

4/5

The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators

The 13th Floor Elevators

3/5

Behaviour

Pet Shop Boys

2/5

Sheer Heart Attack

Queen

2/5

Electric Warrior

T. Rex

3/5

Safe As Milk

Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band

3/5

Bluesy goodness

Here Come The Warm Jets

Brian Eno

4/5

Ramones

3/5

Metallica

2/5

Can't Buy A Thrill

Steely Dan

4/5

This Is Fats Domino

Fats Domino

3/5

A Girl Called Dusty

Dusty Springfield

2/5

Juju

Siouxsie And The Banshees

3/5

Good that sounded the same yeah OK well put it. I have one.

Ágætis Byrjun

Sigur Rós

4/5

Grievous Angel

Gram Parsons

3/5

This Nation’s Saving Grace

The Fall

3/5

Germs

3/5

Bad

Michael Jackson

4/5

Barely a 4. Girls convinced me based on number of bangers.

Dusty In Memphis

Dusty Springfield

2/5

Wild Gift

4/5

Tonight's The Night

Neil Young

4/5

Sea Change

Beck

5/5

Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs

Marty Robbins

3/5

Back To Black

Amy Winehouse

3/5

Histoire De Melody Nelson

Serge Gainsbourg

4/5

Meat Puppets II

Meat Puppets

3/5

Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

3/5

Would listen again.

Lust For Life

Iggy Pop

2/5

Kimono My House

Sparks

3/5

Mermaid Avenue

Billy Bragg

5/5

So great but oddly not as spectacular as I remembered. Still 5.

A Night At The Opera

Queen

3/5

Would listen again.