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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Bright Flight	5	2.68	+2.32
Music Has The Right To Children	5	2.91	+2.09
Figure 8	5	3.32	+1.68
On The Beach	5	3.47	+1.53
Electric Warrior	5	3.54	+1.46
To Pimp A Butterfly	5	3.61	+1.39
Is This It	5	3.82	+1.18
Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret	4	2.87	+1.13
London Calling	5	3.98	+1.02

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
L.A. Woman	1	3.67	-2.67
Black Holes and Revelations	1	3.59	-2.59
Chicago Transit Authority	1	3.2	-2.2
Apple Venus Volume 1	1	2.85	-1.85
Bookends	2	3.56	-1.56
Play	2	3.47	-1.47
Bat Out Of Hell	2	3.45	-1.45
Fragile	2	3.32	-1.32
Hunting High And Low	2	3.12	-1.12

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Fleet Foxes

4/5

1999

Prince

4/5

Some great tracks on here, but some drag a bit on the second half. Solid 4/5.

Figure 8

Elliott Smith

5/5

A classic and, IMO, one of his best. Five stars

Bookends

Simon & Garfunkel

2/5

Not a huge fan of Simon and Garfunkel. 2.5 stars.

Fear Of A Black Planet

Public Enemy

4/5

A classic. I'd say parts haven't held up as well as "It Takes a Nation" but it's still great. Mid 3 to low 4 out of 5.

Band On The Run

Paul McCartney and Wings

3/5

Bright Flight

Silver Jews

5/5

David Berman is one of the best songwriters of all time and this is one of his best.

To Pimp A Butterfly

Kendrick Lamar

5/5

A Night At The Opera

Queen

3/5

Queen is not a band I've every real cared or thought much about. Their brand of theatrical, over the top, operatic, rock never appealed to me much. I like my rock music more sleezy and unpolished. Add to that that I tend to ignore overplayed "classic hits" that I tend to hear all the time whether I want to or not and this is a band I've ignored. All of that said, there are some bangers on this album. The best song here is '39, which is stripped down and doesn't even really sound like Queen. I'll give it 3/5 stars. Not my favorite, but solid.

Moondance

Van Morrison

4/5

Doggystyle

Snoop Dogg

3/5

This came out when I was in middle school and it was a huge album. Has it aged well? Yes and no. Production is top notch, but the album is plagued by dumb skits and misogynistic lyrics. Still a classic but not perfect.

Dig Me Out

Sleater-Kinney

4/5

Apple Venus Volume 1

XTC

1/5

I really did not enjoy this. Not sure who this album is for. Seems well liked by critics, but I pretty much hated it.

Chelsea Girl

Nico

3/5

KIWANUKA

Michael Kiwanuka

4/5

Electric Warrior

T. Rex

5/5

Run-D.M.C.

3/5

London Calling

The Clash

5/5

Legalize It

Peter Tosh

3/5

Endtroducing.....

DJ Shadow

4/5

Bat Out Of Hell

Meat Loaf

2/5

Maggot Brain

Funkadelic

4/5

At Folsom Prison

Johnny Cash

3/5

I understand some of the appeal of Cash, but for me it's more style than substance. In that I mean that the mythology around Cash is bigger that the substance of his records. He has limited vocal range and it shows. There are plenty of better country artists, if Cash is even Country. I like a few of the songs here and even like this album, but I don't think it's worthy of the iconic status that it has.

New Wave

The Auteurs

3/5

L.A. Woman

The Doors

1/5

Of all the bands from the 1960's and 70's, the Doors might be the most overrated. These are mostly blues songs done poorly. Jim Morrison sounds terrible throughout the album. I'm unimpressed.

Play

Moby

2/5

I like electronic music, but this, to me, seems like an odd pick for this project. If someone set out to make an album with the goal of selling as many tracks as possible to people interested in making car commercials, this is probably what it would sound like. I think there's better electonic music out there and Moby strikes me as a one trick pony.

Hunting High And Low

a-ha

2/5

One World

John Martyn

2/5

Music Has The Right To Children

Boards of Canada

5/5

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

Beatles

5/5