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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Southern Rock Opera Drive-By Truckers	5	2.82	+2.18
The Trinity Session Cowboy Junkies	5	3.07	+1.93
A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector Various Artists	5	3.3	+1.7
Straight Outta Compton N.W.A.	5	3.51	+1.49
Jazz Samba Stan Getz	5	3.57	+1.43
3 + 3 The Isley Brothers	5	3.59	+1.41
Bayou Country Creedence Clearwater Revival	5	3.65	+1.35
Born In The U.S.A. Bruce Springsteen	5	3.7	+1.3
American IV: The Man Comes Around Johnny Cash	5	3.89	+1.11
What's Going On Marvin Gaye	5	3.94	+1.06

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Rage Against The Machine Rage Against The Machine	1	4	-3
Vol. 4 Black Sabbath	1	3.75	-2.75
Blue Joni Mitchell	1	3.49	-2.49
Smash The Offspring	1	3.37	-2.37
You Want It Darker Leonard Cohen	1	3.33	-2.33
The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady Charles Mingus	1	3.32	-2.32
Dry PJ Harvey	1	3.24	-2.24
Machine Gun Etiquette The Damned	1	3.15	-2.15
I Am a Bird Now Antony and the Johnsons	1	2.84	-1.84
Doolittle Pixies	2	3.74	-1.74

5-Star Albums (14)

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A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector

1-Star Albums (11)

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Southern Rock Opera

Drive-By Truckers

5/5

Great album - love this one

The Atomic Mr Basie

Count Basie & His Orchestra

4/5

Tommy

The Who

2/5

Too weird. One or two good songs but doesn’t hold up as albumn

Lost In The Dream

The War On Drugs

4/5

Good songs mostly but mixed in with experimental atufd

Five Leaves Left

Nick Drake

4/5

Really good -

The Stone Roses

3/5

Vol. 4

Black Sabbath

1/5

Not my style but can see how some might like it

Bayou Country

Creedence Clearwater Revival

5/5

Short sweet and good with some classica

Bossanova

Pixies

2/5

Not my style but was a big one back in the day for some

The United States Of America

2/5

There is a reason I’ve never heard of this band. Maybe it was groundbreaking but it’s freaking weird.

Wonderful Rainbow

Lightning Bolt

1/5

Omg why?!? I’m sure punk is good for some. But not me

Exile In Guyville

Liz Phair

4/5

Such a seminal album that hit the Chicago music scene in my era.

Bridge Over Troubled Water

Simon & Garfunkel

5/5

What a classic. So many good ones and the rest is solid

Machine Gun Etiquette

The Damned

1/5

Punk not for me

(What's The Story) Morning Glory

Oasis

4/5

Good Brit pop. Not sure why it’s so huge but the songs are generally good

Talking Book

Stevie Wonder

4/5

Solid - even the deep cuts were good for a listen

2112

Rush

2/5

Never did like Rush for some reason. Too much screaming instead of singing. Music is occasionally ok

Surfer Rosa

Pixies

2/5

Again the pixies not my thing but better than the other.

Straight Outta Compton

N.W.A.

5/5

Amazing. Yes there are problems with misogyny and violence, but it is an amazing album and really speaks to their time and experience and it’s just damn good music

Rattus Norvegicus

The Stranglers

2/5

Not bad for punk. But not for me! One song i know

Since I Left You

The Avalanches

4/5

Inventive pop mixes. I like it fun

Germs

1/5

Ugh bad

Siamese Dream

The Smashing Pumpkins

4/5

Not perfect but great songs and epic from the era

Step In The Arena

Gang Starr

3/5

Tough 3 vs 4. I would listen again but nice pre party groove mix. Almost chill beats with more to it

Born In The U.S.A.

Bruce Springsteen

5/5

Such a familiar album - hard to view it as groundbreaking because I know it so well. Deep cuts are better than headlines

Hounds Of Love

Kate Bush

2/5

Meh. Maybe evocative of the 80s but not something I want to listen to much

Buffalo Springfield Again

Buffalo Springfield

4/5

Great classic rock. Good tunes

Chocolate Starfish And The Hot Dog Flavored Water

Limp Bizkit

3/5

Surprised me! Better than expected and kinda good. Not likely to be a long term fan but I get the appeal

Let England Shake

PJ Harvey

2/5

Odd

The xx

4/5

Simple. Groovy and meloncolic

Green

R.E.M.

4/5

Classic early alt rock once they hit big

Hybrid Theory

Linkin Park

3/5

Not my style usually but interesting and “In the End” was great

Kind Of Blue

Miles Davis

5/5

One of the classics. Holds up so well

3 + 3

The Isley Brothers

5/5

Some great ones and some good ones.

Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme

Simon & Garfunkel

2/5

Ugh. Why is this here? Two songs that matter and the rest is awful

The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady

Charles Mingus

1/5

I guess I respect the groundbreaking nature of this but the musical sensation was awful and could not listen

Jazz Samba

Stan Getz

5/5

Awesome. Such great jazz

Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

Wilco

3/5

Mixed. Some very good and some dreck.

Something Else By The Kinks

The Kinks

3/5

Solid album, interesting music one hit the rest was fine. Enjoyed listening, but would not need to do it again, but it did enjoy it.

Jagged Little Pill

Alanis Morissette

4/5

Great. Not perfect but great rock from the era

Led Zeppelin

5/5

Really really good. Hits and deep cuts did well

Blue

Joni Mitchell

1/5

Not my style. Appreciate the difference but not something I want to listen to

I Am a Bird Now

Antony and the Johnsons

1/5

Not my style. Appreciate the difference but not something I want to listen to

The Trinity Session

Cowboy Junkies

5/5

Total favorite and still holds up

Automatic For The People

R.E.M.

3/5

Not as good as some others but solid. Mixed songs

Seventh Tree

Goldfrapp

2/5

Meh

Traffic

4/5

Frank

Amy Winehouse

4/5

Impressive album

A Grand Don't Come For Free

The Streets

2/5

Interesting concept, strange execution. One good fun song, the rest not my style.

Nick Of Time

Bonnie Raitt

3/5

Good for time and a good story with her redemption and big hit, but the songs are just OK

Mothership Connection

Parliament

4/5

Great. Holds up. Weird but awesome. Fun listen.

Doolittle

Pixies

2/5

Not my style. One good song. Appreciated the album but not want to listen out again.

Boy In Da Corner

Dizzee Rascal

2/5

Not my thing

Diamond Life

Sade

4/5

Cosmo's Factory

Creedence Clearwater Revival

4/5

Good one!

Imagine

John Lennon

4/5

Some classics and some other good stuff

The Marshall Mathers LP

Eminem

3/5

There are so many problems with the lyrics, but the musicianship and wording is pretty amazing. Hate to support the guy, but it is an interesting album.

Music in Exile

Songhoy Blues

2/5

Fine stuff. World music

Mr. Tambourine Man

The Byrds

3/5

Solid. Classic

The Message

Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five

3/5

two classic innovations - rest is a transitional set - have to give a 3 b/c its impact