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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Picture Book Simply Red	5	2.87	+2.13
Kala M.I.A.	5	2.91	+2.09
Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes TV On The Radio	5	2.94	+2.06
O.G. Original Gangster Ice T	5	2.98	+2.02
The Man Who Travis	5	3.01	+1.99
Exile In Guyville Liz Phair	5	3.02	+1.98
White Ladder David Gray	5	3.06	+1.94
Dear Science TV On The Radio	5	3.16	+1.84
Lost Souls Doves	5	3.16	+1.84
Fisherman's Blues The Waterboys	5	3.2	+1.8

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Rage Against The Machine Rage Against The Machine	1	3.98	-2.98
Pet Sounds The Beach Boys	1	3.92	-2.92
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy Kanye West	1	3.41	-2.41
Deep Purple In Rock Deep Purple	1	3.31	-2.31
1989 Taylor Swift	1	3.26	-2.26
Teenage Head Flamin' Groovies	1	3.02	-2.02
I See You The xx	1	2.97	-1.97
Tical Method Man	1	2.94	-1.94
Ys Joanna Newsom	1	2.8	-1.8
G. Love And Special Sauce G. Love & Special Sauce	1	2.73	-1.73

Artists

Favorites

Artist	Albums	Average
TV On The Radio	2	5
Joni Mitchell	2	5
Coldplay	2	5
Miles Davis	2	5
Led Zeppelin	3	4.33

Least Favorites

Artist	Albums	Average
The xx	2	1.5

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Fisherman's Blues

The Waterboys

5/5

Loved this album! Loved the Scottish/Irish folk music and Can Morrison vibes. Their Sweet Thing cover is my new favorite. Only complaint is that it’s the length of a feature film and not very conducive to this experiment.

After The Gold Rush

Neil Young

3/5

Not really my vibe but has some classics

Heroes

David Bowie

3/5

I love Bowie but within the rankings of all his albums I already know this is towards the bottom for me so regretfully, a 3

Mothership Connection

Parliament

2/5

It’s definitely funk, I know that because they keep saying it 😅 It’s a fun listen and I can hear their influence in lots of other bands but it’s probably not one I will seek out to listen to on my own.

Crime Of The Century

Supertramp

2/5

I enjoyed the first few songs and then my interest tapered off as the album went on. But I liked it more than I expected to.

Moondance

Van Morrison

5/5

Easy 5. Into the Mystic - one of the greatest songs of all time

The Specials

3/5

High school me would have loved this (and in fact did love their song “Ghost Town” which isn’t on this album) but now feels dated

Behaviour

Pet Shop Boys

2/5

This is fine as background music but don’t feel it’s worthy of being included on this list. I assume that if this made the cut there will be more Pet Shop Boys on the list since this contained none of their popular singles.

Country Life

Roxy Music

4/5

Really enjoyed this one!

Young Americans

David Bowie

4/5

Fame deserves 5+ stars on its own but the singles pull a lot of weight on this album so 4 overall

Close To You

Carpenters

4/5

I liked when it turned into a Dave Matthews jam session during the last song

The Contino Sessions

Death In Vegas

3/5

Enjoyed about half but a few of these should have stayed inside his head.

Zombie

Fela Kuti

5/5

Loved this!! Did not know this artist before

Nevermind

Nirvana

5/5

I mean, yeah 5 stars

Life's Too Good

The Sugarcubes

4/5

Fun album

Virgin Suicides

Air

3/5

Ok not great

Dirt

Alice In Chains

4/5

Solid album! 🤘

The Dreaming

Kate Bush

4/5

She’s so weird and I love her for that

Da Capo

Love

3/5

Fun album, nice and short but ultimately forgettable

Talking Heads 77

Talking Heads

4/5

Love

Endtroducing.....

DJ Shadow

2/5

Might be good for background music if you need to get some work done but not something I’ll seek out again

Pretzel Logic

Steely Dan

4/5

Really enjoyed this one

Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes

TV On The Radio

5/5

Love this band

Aladdin Sane

David Bowie

4/5

This album feels like an echo of Ziggy Stardust, with similar riffs used in new ways. you can hear him transitioning out of that era.

Highway 61 Revisited

Bob Dylan

4/5

Love me some Dylan

American Pie

Don McLean

2/5

I know I should like this based on my other musical tendencies but I just don’t

Faith

George Michael

4/5

My birthday twin and one of my earliest celeb crushes, RIP king

Bat Out Of Hell

Meat Loaf

3/5

Love the theatrics of this album but found myself waiting for it to be over towards the end. But giving an extra point because TIL he’s from Dallas

Live Through This

Hole

5/5

Love it

Illinois

Sufjan Stevens

4/5

This album reminds me of college <3

Horses

Patti Smith

3/5

I get it but not really my vibe

Orbital 2

Orbital

1/5

First album in this challenge I have not been able to listen all the way through 😵‍💫

The xx

2/5

I have only heard the instrumental intro song before, which I love. Turns out their voices are annoying, not into it.

Stardust

Willie Nelson

4/5

Enjoyed this one, country meets crooner

Pink Moon

Nick Drake

5/5

One of all time favorites

Music for the Masses

Depeche Mode

3/5

If you take out the singles, this is what I imagine they'd play in a dystopian sci-fi sweatshop to set the mood and keep the worker bees in line

My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts

Brian Eno

2/5

Two musical geniuses/pioneers… one bland/forgettable album.

Kid A

Radiohead

4/5

Like it but not my fave from this band

Bummed

Happy Mondays

2/5

This sound like a bunch of 80s bands combined into one chaotic inescapable fever dream. I am skipping the second hour of remixes for my own sanity. This is the music you license when you can’t afford Duran Duran

New York Dolls

4/5

This one was fun, really enjoyed it. Would probably add it to the rotation

Superfuzz Bigmuff

Mudhoney

3/5

Can hear how they influenced 90s grunge and alt rock bands that I love, and enjoyed the mixture of punk-grunge. But also, a lot of screaming

Who's Next

The Who

3/5

Not a big fan of The Who, the singles are fine but this was forgettable for me

Timeless

Goldie

1/5

Literally could not finish this. Atrocious. I checked in on the progress because I was starting to get annoyed only to find there was still nine minutes left in the FIRST SONG. Please no more 2 hour electronica albums I'm at my limit. If I could give this zero stars I would

Out of Step

Minor Threat

3/5

Liked this one, especially the length compared to yesterday’s! Short and sweet punk album

Dusty In Memphis

Dusty Springfield

4/5

I like this! Love her voice

My Generation

The Who

4/5

I enjoyed this album a lot more than The Who album from 2 days ago

Green River

Creedence Clearwater Revival

5/5

Great album

Django Django

2/5

I don’t really get why this is on the list

Moon Safari

Air

3/5

Another one where I’m not sure why it’s included. Fine but totally mid

The Band

4/5

An album recorded in Southern California by a group of Canadians that encapsulates the Deep South and Americana folk rock in a way that feels authentic

Scream, Dracula, Scream

Rocket From The Crypt

4/5

I was skeptical based on name/album cover but this was highly enjoyable. I would have loved this in high school.

Cloud Nine

The Temptations

3/5

Yo this was good but the little kid crying for his mom threw me for a loop

Melodrama

Lorde

2/5

The music is fine. Her voice and the affectation she does is so, so obnoxious

Tragic Songs of Life

The Louvin Brothers

4/5

🎵🎤Satan lied to meeeeee, Satan lied to meeeeeee 🎶

Queen Of Denmark

John Grant

4/5

Wow how was this not on my radar… loved this. Like all the good parts of sufjan, Andrew Bird and Father John Misty with a David lynch sense of humor. Definitely going into the rotation.

Tusk

Fleetwood Mac

4/5

Great album. I like the one where they turn into a marching band.

Picture Book

Simply Red

5/5

Bro whatttttt 🤯💃

Rage Against The Machine

1/5

Mr. Madison, what you just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response, were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may G-d have mercy on your soul."

We Are Family

Sister Sledge

4/5

Bar mitzvah parties were never the same after this dropped

The Madcap Laughs

Syd Barrett

2/5

Meh

This Is Fats Domino

Fats Domino

3/5

Classic

Technique

New Order

3/5

Bopped my head to this while making deviled eggs for Thanksgiving

Aftermath

The Rolling Stones

3/5

Some bops and some flops

Fetch The Bolt Cutters

Fiona Apple

5/5

She’s the best

White Ladder

David Gray

5/5

I’ve loved this album since high school. This Year’s Love still makes me cry, apparently

Rio

Duran Duran

5/5

Le Tigre

3/5

The Village Green Preservation Society

The Kinks

3/5

Joan Baez

4/5

Love her voice

From Elvis In Memphis

Elvis Presley

3/5

Not my fave but he’s still popular for a reason

Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor

Lupe Fiasco

3/5

Chris

Christine and the Queens

4/5

Fun album, I wasn’t familiar going into it!

Songs From The Big Chair

Tears For Fears

5/5

Loved this

Tical

Method Man

1/5

Not into the pro-PLO messaging

Court And Spark

Joni Mitchell

5/5

Joni forever

Urban Hymns

The Verve

3/5

Just made me want to listen to Oasis instead

Parachutes

Coldplay

5/5

Cannot calculate how much of my high school homework was completed while listening to this album on a loop. A perfect album for the yearners out there, no notes

american dream

LCD Soundsystem

4/5

Weirdly I just relistened to This is Happening yesterday. Giving this one 4 stars because TIH is superior but this one’s still great

The Marshall Mathers LP

Eminem

3/5

My feelings about Eminem and his lyrics are too complicated for this review

Is This It

The Strokes

5/5

Yes, this is it

White Denim

3/5

I have unresolved roommate ptsd around this album unrelated to the album itself so I cannot judge it fairly

Casanova

The Divine Comedy

3/5

If I had heard this in my teens I would have loved it

Locust Abortion Technician

Butthole Surfers

2/5

I prefer Pepper over any of this

Adele

4/5

Love Adele but this isn’t my favorite album of hers

Rumours

Fleetwood Mac

5/5

Perfection

Feast of Wire

Calexico

2/5

Music for straight millennial white men who prefer unseasoned food and IPAs

The Man Machine

Kraftwerk

3/5

Music for fans of space mountain

The Man Who

Travis

5/5

The 5est of 5s

Treasure

Cocteau Twins

3/5

Underwhelmed

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector

Various Artists

4/5

Not as good as the rat pack Christmas album but very enjoyable

The Stranger

Billy Joel

5/5

No notes, one of the best songwriters of all time

Welcome To The Pleasuredome

Frankie Goes To Hollywood

4/5

Really enjoyed the first half of this up through the born to run cover then it got a little long

The La's

2/5

The La’s? More like the Blah’s

Can't Buy A Thrill

Steely Dan

4/5

Love them

Deserter's Songs

Mercury Rev

3/5

Enjoyed but I won’t remember listening to this a month from now

Eternally Yours

The Saints

2/5

Meh

Head Hunters

Herbie Hancock

4/5

Used to play chameleon in marching band lol

The Chronic

Dr. Dre

2/5

Man they really hate women

All Things Must Pass

George Harrison

5/5

Great song writer

Heavy Weather

Weather Report

3/5

Bookmarking this for the next time I want to feel like I’m a) watching the opening credits to an 80s movie, or b) stuck in an elevator

Bookends

Simon & Garfunkel

5/5

The combo of Voices of Old People followed by Old Friends definitely gut punched me unexpectedly

NEU! 75

Neu!

3/5

NEU thanks

I’m a Lonesome Fugitive

Merle Haggard

3/5

It’s aight

Kind Of Blue

Miles Davis

5/5

If liking jazz is cool consider me Miles Davis

Transformer

Lou Reed

5/5

So good

Strangeways, Here We Come

The Smiths

4/5

Morrissey can be a little too relatable unfortunately

Shaka Zulu

Ladysmith Black Mambazo

4/5

Makes me want to listen to Paul Simon

London Calling

The Clash

3/5

Fine but too long

Appetite For Destruction

Guns N' Roses

3/5

This is the cd I used to listen to to amp myself up before math club competitions

Superunknown

Soundgarden

3/5

Did not expect to struggle through this one but I did

Screamadelica

Primal Scream

2/5

A month from now I won’t remember this album at all 👋

Led Zeppelin

4/5

Love the Led

Odessa

Bee Gees

3/5

Not what I expected when I saw it was a Bee Gees album

Achtung Baby

3/5

Not a U2 fan but I like some of the singles

Innervisions

Stevie Wonder

4/5

Mr. Tambourine Man

The Byrds

2/5

Blah

A Girl Called Dusty

Dusty Springfield

4/5

Love her voice

The Slim Shady LP

Eminem

2/5

Aged like milk

Off The Wall

Michael Jackson

4/5

Dear Science

TV On The Radio

5/5

Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle

Bill Callahan

4/5

This was new to me and I really enjoyed it. His voice reminds me of Lou Reed.

Electric Ladyland

Jimi Hendrix

4/5

Electric Music For The Mind And Body

Country Joe & The Fish

2/5

Live At The Harlem Square Club

Sam Cooke

4/5

The Atomic Mr Basie

Count Basie & His Orchestra

4/5

Straight bops

Highway to Hell

AC/DC

4/5

🤘

Boston

5/5

Boston

Rings Around The World

Super Furry Animals

3/5

Led Zeppelin IV

Led Zeppelin

5/5

I am here for hobbit rock

Definitely Maybe

Oasis

4/5

Oasis will now be stuck in my head for 5 business days

Twelve Dreams Of Dr. Sardonicus

Spirit

2/5

This was included as a joke right?

Fire Of Love

The Gun Club

3/5

Mid

Sign 'O' The Times

Prince

4/5

Lauv

Teenage Head

Flamin' Groovies

1/5

I am BEGGING for no more psychedelic rock

Blunderbuss

Jack White

4/5

If You Can Believe Your Eyes & Ears

The Mamas & The Papas

3/5

At Mister Kelly's

Sarah Vaughan

4/5

Speakerboxxx/The Love Below

OutKast

5/5

Logical Progression

LTJ Bukem

4/5

Good background music

Let's Stay Together

Al Green

4/5

Different Class

Pulp

4/5

L.A. Woman

The Doors

4/5

Dummy

Portishead

3/5

Deep Purple In Rock

Deep Purple

1/5

Joanna Newsom

1/5

Hey so what the fuck is this voice

Rapture

Anita Baker

3/5

A Rush Of Blood To The Head

Coldplay

5/5

This album remind me of high school math homework

Lost Souls

Doves

5/5

I loves doves

Pet Sounds

The Beach Boys

1/5

I cannot stand the beach boys

Ágætis Byrjun

Sigur Rós

4/5

This slaps

Clandestino

Manu Chao

4/5

Come Away With Me

Norah Jones

5/5

You Want It Darker

Leonard Cohen

4/5

Lenny coco forever

My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

Kanye West

1/5

Have to recuse myself from this one on the grounds of Kanye being an antisemitic POS

Honky Tonk Masquerade

Joe Ely

3/5

Texas folk music hits the nostalgia button for me

Wild Is The Wind

Nina Simone

4/5

Vol. 4

Black Sabbath

3/5

Fun House

The Stooges

3/5

Sure fine whatever

Sea Change

Beck

3/5

Paul's Boutique

Beastie Boys

4/5

Neon Bible

Arcade Fire

2/5

Heard a radio interview with them years ago and it was so pretentious it gave me a permanent ick and has ruined any potential enjoyment of their music.

Vivid

Living Colour

3/5

I liked the one that sounded like it was from Rent

Chemtrails Over The Country Club

Lana Del Rey

4/5

Paul Simon

4/5

Let's Get It On

Marvin Gaye

3/5