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1990s

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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Illmatic Nas	5	3.6	+1.4
Boston Boston	5	3.71	+1.29
Metallica Metallica	5	3.79	+1.21
In Utero Nirvana	5	3.83	+1.17
Caetano Veloso Caetano Veloso	4	2.85	+1.15
Physical Graffiti Led Zeppelin	5	3.91	+1.09

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Cupid & Psyche 85 Scritti Politti	1	2.39	-1.39
Purple Rain Prince	3	4.02	-1.02

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Artist	Albums	Average
Nirvana	2	5

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In The Wee Small Hours

Frank Sinatra

3/5

This album gave me very mixed feelings. I love a good Sinatra song, and in his best his voice just carries you through the story he’s telling with his whole heart. Some songs veer too far into cheese territory (rhyming “love” and “above” is a red flag) or have really strange pacing (think your grandpa drinking at the piano and trying to make his own #1 hit that just won’t materialize). While it did have some standouts, some of it was flat out skippable.

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Boston

5/5

A road trip album for sure.

In Utero

Nirvana

5/5

A classic, very much vibes.

Different Class

Pulp

3/5

While I found some of this enjoyable the album devolved into some performance-art-level weirdness that I couldn’t embrace.

Closer

Joy Division

4/5

Vibes but not what I would characterize as an album I would listen to any time. For the mood it fits, it hits.

The Clash

4/5

I don’t know whether to be amazed or depressed that a near-50-year-old album is relatable.

Rid Of Me

PJ Harvey

4/5

Major grunge girl vibes.

Roots

Sepultura

2/5

I understand that for the genre this is foundational etc but the style is too abrasive to be anything other than a very occasional listen.

Physical Graffiti

Led Zeppelin

5/5

This IS rock music. I just listened and understood.

Reggatta De Blanc

The Police

3/5

This is the music they play when you go to the grocery store mid morning on a weekday. Not terrible, not great, just eh.

Music in Exile

Songhoy Blues

3/5

Solid listen. Some songs carried a lot of similarity to others but worth the experience.

Locust Abortion Technician

Butthole Surfers

2/5

This album is only getting two stars from me because of the song “Human Cannonball”. This wasn’t music, it was performance art…had to listen under the influence to experience anything except “WTAF”

Nevermind

Nirvana

5/5

This album swings between agitation, desperation and melancholy in a way that most bands simply cannot.

Caetano Veloso

4/5

This album makes me think of Miami and the way it rains, which is wild because the artist is Brazilian.

Songs Of Leonard Cohen

Leonard Cohen

3/5

The storytelling aspect of this album is off the charts. The melancholic tone, while appropriate to the subject matter, is…polarizing.

Illmatic

Nas

5/5

A storytelling hallmark of its era, but still hits like all good memories of the early 90s do. Solid gold.

Dire Straits

4/5

Solid listen, road trip vibes

Rock 'N Soul

Solomon Burke

3/5

I appreciate this for the kind of music it is but this album is more “introspective scenes in The Sopranos” music than it is “classic R&B road trip” type music.

Cupid & Psyche 85

Scritti Politti

1/5

This album is what happens when the weird lonely kid creates a YouTube channel but instead of being a hidden gem, it’s every bit as bad as you might imagine.

Crossing the Red Sea With the Adverts

The Adverts

3/5

I got into this album not knowing what to expect and being pleasantly surprised. While I’m not sure how frequently it would be in rotation I can see this album keeping me company. Not a complete lyrical masterwork but rhythmically satisfying.

Purple Rain

Prince

3/5

The songs that hit on this album hit HARD, but it veers too much into theatrical territory for me to consider this essential.

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

Elton John

4/5

This album is full of bangers. Elton and Bernie did their big one. Very enjoyable.

Mothership Connection

Parliament

4/5

This is weird, but GOOD weird. It’s a complete vibe. While this isn’t music I’m always in the mood for, I recognize how this album influenced many artists I do love to listen to.

Strange Cargo III

William Orbit

3/5

This album is the music they played in mall stores so you could vibe while buying clothes. It’s a very inoffensive atmosphere type music that is essential 90s.

808 State

3/5

Interesting to hear 808 instrumentals, the album is strictly vibes but I can hear what evolved from it.

I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You

Aretha Franklin

4/5

They don’t call her the queen for no reason.

In The Wee Small Hours

Frank Sinatra

3/5

Metallica

5/5