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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Rock 'N Soul Solomon Burke	5	3.37	+1.63
Darkness on the Edge of Town Bruce Springsteen	5	3.42	+1.58
Butterfly Mariah Carey	4	2.48	+1.52
Hotel California Eagles	5	3.6	+1.4
Catch A Fire Bob Marley & The Wailers	5	3.63	+1.37
The Cars The Cars	5	3.67	+1.33

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Hounds Of Love Kate Bush	1	3.61	-2.61
Green R.E.M.	1	3.48	-2.48
You Want It Darker Leonard Cohen	1	3.33	-2.33
Tubular Bells Mike Oldfield	1	3.1	-2.1
Lady Soul Aretha Franklin	2	4.05	-2.05
The Bends Radiohead	2	4.01	-2.01
Night Life Ray Price	1	2.81	-1.81
Tusk Fleetwood Mac	2	3.46	-1.46
Music for the Masses Depeche Mode	2	3.37	-1.37
Pretenders Pretenders	2	3.35	-1.35

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Music for the Masses

Depeche Mode

2/5

Not my thing. Never understood why these guys had success. Musically sound, but nope.

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1-Star Albums (5)

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Blackstar

David Bowie

3/5

Bowie is whiny. Music is pretty good but not great.

Aja

Steely Dan

4/5

Like the jazz influenced rock.

I Should Coco

Supergrass

2/5

Average at best.

Music for the Masses

Depeche Mode

2/5

Not my thing. Never understood why these guys had success. Musically sound, but nope.

Catch A Fire

Bob Marley & The Wailers

5/5

This reminds me why Bob Marley is a legend. A great blend of revolutionary messaging with great grooves. There is even a teasing live song! The only complaint I have of reggae is the drum line and piano tend to be the same from song to song. I could listen to this all day.

Darkness on the Edge of Town

Bruce Springsteen

5/5

Peter Gabriel

4/5

Night Life

Ray Price

1/5

This is without a doubt a most forgettable album.

You Want It Darker

Leonard Cohen

1/5

Tough listen. Not much of a vocalist, very dark. Not my vibe.

The Cars

5/5

Great album. These songs define the 80s for me. Rock with electronic enhancements.

The Number Of The Beast

Iron Maiden

3/5

As a guitar player I can appreciate the extremely high level of guitar mastery. The blend of hard riffs with driving solos is really hard to pull off well. As a bad singer I can also appreciate when someone shouldn’t be singing. This album is a perfect example of why metal had so many bad singers for so many years. Also lyrics were written by someone who played too many table top RPGs. If submitted to a high school poetry class he would fail. So cringy.

You Are The Quarry

Morrissey

3/5

Easy listening, good jams and lyrics. Not really my thing but I get it.

Opus Dei

Laibach

2/5

Not my thing. It could be that I don’t understand the lyrics, but the music with the lyrics appears to be a joke within a joke.

The Pleasure Principle

Gary Numan

2/5

This album is why we don't let people use synths anymore. Cars is an all-time classic, so I can give him some credit for that, but an entire album is tough to enjoy.

Endtroducing.....

DJ Shadow

4/5

Hotel California

Eagles

5/5

The Visitors

ABBA

4/5

ABBA was better in their earlier albums but this is still good. Slipping through my fingers and When all is said and Done are great tracks.

Pornography

The Cure

2/5

Not my thing.

The Rising

Bruce Springsteen

4/5

Tidal

Fiona Apple

3/5

Dirt

Alice In Chains

4/5

Incredible album that takes me right back to my freshman year in college. I understand why some may find this to be lacking, as many of the songs are over-driven. Not all songs on this album are great (some are actually bad), but the overall musicality is very strong, the lyrics (particularly for the time) are well written. This is a defining album of grunge rock with, in my opinion, Nirvana's Nevermind and Pearl Jam's Ten rounding out the big three.

Cross

Justice

3/5

Dance music, fine in the club but not much.

If You Can Believe Your Eyes & Ears

The Mamas & The Papas

4/5

Amazing vocals! The album is dripping with hippie goo, but it is clear why this was such a great launch pad for the M&Ps.

Exile On Main Street

The Rolling Stones

3/5

Heroes

David Bowie

3/5

Rock 'N Soul

Solomon Burke

5/5

Dear lord this is a great album. How did I not find this earlier in life.

Butterfly

Mariah Carey

4/5

90's R&B...ish. The vocals, as expected, are amazing. She is extremely gifted, just not my thing. The vote is for the quality of the vocals and her range.

Pretenders

2/5

Brass in Pocket...classic. Unfortunately I'm not a huge fan and the rest of the album isn't for me. Don't get me wrong, there is definitely a lot of talent.

Blood On The Tracks

Bob Dylan

3/5

Not bad...average.

Highway 61 Revisited

Bob Dylan

3/5

Solid 3

James Brown Live At The Apollo

James Brown

4/5

Good live album, which isn't common. James Brown is a legend for a reason.