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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Ambient 1/Music For Airports Brian Eno	5	3.07	+1.93
Music From Big Pink The Band	5	3.36	+1.64
So Peter Gabriel	5	3.54	+1.46
People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm A Tribe Called Quest	5	3.61	+1.39
The United States Of America The United States Of America	4	2.61	+1.39
The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan Bob Dylan	5	3.62	+1.38
21 Adele	5	3.69	+1.31
Kid A Radiohead	5	3.71	+1.29
Grace Jeff Buckley	5	3.72	+1.28
Brothers In Arms Dire Straits	5	3.74	+1.26

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Hot Buttered Soul Isaac Hayes	1	3.43	-2.43
Scream, Dracula, Scream Rocket From The Crypt	1	2.77	-1.77
Live At The Witch Trials The Fall	1	2.64	-1.64
Punishing Kiss Ute Lemper	1	2.4	-1.4
Beauty And The Beat The Go-Go's	2	3.39	-1.39
Songs Of Leonard Cohen Leonard Cohen	2	3.38	-1.38
Dig Your Own Hole The Chemical Brothers	2	3.11	-1.11
Hunky Dory David Bowie	3	4	-1
The Coral The Coral	2	3	-1

5-Star Albums (13)

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1-Star Albums (4)

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Under Construction

Missy Elliott

4/5

ti esrever dna ti pilf ,nwod gniht ym tuP! Really loved this--somehow had never heard it before. SO many great featured artists.

Stardust

Willie Nelson

3/5

Not the Willie record I would have chosen as representative of his genius. This is is one of the greatest cover albums of all time, though.

3 Feet High and Rising

De La Soul

3/5

Take out the dumb skits and this is an all-timer

People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm

A Tribe Called Quest

5/5

Iron Maiden

4/5

Rock 'N Soul

Solomon Burke

4/5

Wonderful record that I had never heard!

Black Holes and Revelations

Muse

4/5

Songs Of Leonard Cohen

Leonard Cohen

2/5

Elvis Presley

4/5

Foundational!

Drunk

Thundercat

3/5

I really wanted to be blown away by this. Thundercat's talent is indisputable. But I found the tracks lacking in range and diversity. I wanted big jams as well the quiet contemplative and funny stuff that the WHOLE album basically is. All 24 tracks. Oops... I listened to Drank accidentally. Drunk is much better.

Django Django

3/5

This was new to me and felt like a more accessible Animal Collective. I liked it and need to remember to revisit!

Stankonia

OutKast

4/5

I don't think I'd ever listened to this whole record. It is clearly a classic. I'll be returning to a few of these tracks (beyond the obvious) for sure!

That's The Way Of The World

Earth, Wind & Fire

4/5

Classic!

Rattlesnakes

Lloyd Cole And The Commotions

2/5

I'd never heard of this band before... honestly, not that impressed.

Hot Buttered Soul

Isaac Hayes

1/5

There are moments of awesome here, but I will likely never listen to anything here again except maybe "Walk on By." My one-star reviews will be given on that basis.

We Are Family

Sister Sledge

3/5

Punishing Kiss

Ute Lemper

1/5

Destroy Rock & Roll

Mylo

3/5

Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs

Marty Robbins

4/5

One of my favorites!

The Stone Roses

3/5

Better than I remembered

Damaged

Black Flag

3/5

Black Flag is...adorable?

Dig Your Own Hole

The Chemical Brothers

2/5

In context--at a club--I'm sure this is really fun. But as casual listening... it's obnoxious.

Automatic For The People

R.E.M.

5/5

Probably my favorite REM record and an absolute 90s classic.

Heroes to Zeros

The Beta Band

2/5

Chirping Crickets

Buddy Holly & The Crickets

3/5

Some absolutely classic songs here. I appreciate the history, for sure.

Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim

Frank Sinatra

4/5

delightful.

Dookie

Green Day

3/5

Never my favorite 90s record, but the singles were fire.

Scream, Dracula, Scream

Rocket From The Crypt

1/5

No thanks

Peter Gabriel

3/5

Not my favorite PG--but I had forgotten how jazzy it is! Also, Solsbury is an all-time banger.

Sticky Fingers

The Rolling Stones

4/5

Classic is as classic does.

Grace

Jeff Buckley

5/5

This is just an incredible record. I blame Buckley for popularizing Hallelujah, though.

Moby Grape

3/5

Never heard of these dudes. Glad to be introduced to some excellent SF rock.

Hunky Dory

David Bowie

3/5

I like Bowie. I appreciate Bowie's genius. I wish I loved Bowie. I don't love Bowie.

Darkness on the Edge of Town

Bruce Springsteen

3/5

I like Born to Run better. This feels like one long song.

Let's Get It On

Marvin Gaye

4/5

Live At The Witch Trials

The Fall

1/5

This is post-punk? It feels like drunk punk. No thanks.

The Chronic

Dr. Dre

4/5

One, two, three and to the four…

Penance Soiree

The Icarus Line

3/5

Strokes-y, but sometimes better (and sometimes worse). Still a great record that I had never heard of.

Greetings From L.A.

Tim Buckley

2/5

Timmy needs a cold shower.

Doggystyle

Snoop Dogg

3/5

Snoop Doggy Dogg and Dr. Dre still at the door...

2112

Rush

3/5

Rush is a great band that I don't really like.

The Wildest!

Louis Prima

4/5

Fantastic record. I'll be going back to this one. Shooby-dooby!

This Is Hardcore

Pulp

3/5

This is fine. Def understand Pulp's place in britpoptopia. I wish the songs were better.

Peter Gabriel

5/5

This is my favorite PG and the first in a trilogy of masterpieces: So --> Us --> Up

Casanova

The Divine Comedy

3/5

Funny!

The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan

5/5

five or six absolute all-timers (out of 13) is enough for a five-star rating, right? Or maybe it's this: if more than one song on the record can almost bring me to tears. FIVE STARS

Getz/Gilberto

Stan Getz

4/5

I like this a lot. It's a once a year listen, for sure. For that and the iconic album art -- 4 stars.

James Brown Live At The Apollo

James Brown

3/5

This was fine. JB, a legend. Not likely to go back to it.

All That You Can't Leave Behind

3/5

Tempted to rate this as a 3, but it has like four bangers on it. Is it as good War, JT, Acht, or even Zooropa? I don't think so. So compared to the 4s and 5s there, I guess it has to have a 3. 3.5 officially.

Architecture And Morality

Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark

3/5

Weird, but cool 80s weird.

Bitches Brew

Miles Davis

3/5

Wonderful album that is only listenable once a decade.

Tarkus

Emerson, Lake & Palmer

2/5

It's like Pink Floyd, but way less interesting.

My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

Kanye West

4/5

Qui sème le vent récolte le tempo

MC Solaar

3/5

I liked this but am not likely to listen again.

At Folsom Prison

Johnny Cash

4/5

The United States Of America

4/5

Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables

Dead Kennedys

3/5

Adele

5/5

This five-star rating surprised me, but it has zero skip tracks, so ::Fire::!

Hejira

Joni Mitchell

4/5

This album doesn't have any real singles, but it has VIBE for days.

The Dreaming

Kate Bush

3/5

beautiful and weird

Transformer

Lou Reed

3/5

Not really my thing, but I get it.

Moondance

Van Morrison

4/5

I just love the sound of VM's voice. I could listen for days.

Kid A

Radiohead

5/5

Reinvention.

Nixon

Lambchop

2/5

Beauty And The Beat

The Go-Go's

2/5

Honestly, disappointing. One-single album that establishes the band's sound but doesn't yet really allow them to shine.

The Good, The Bad & The Queen

3/5

I like this. I should listen again sometime.

The Coral

2/5

This was fine. I likely won't ever listen again.

John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band

John Lennon

4/5

This album feels embattled. Lennon is embattled. A direct comparison with McCartney's first record makes it all the more so. Lennon is broken, bleeding, hurting, needing. Macca is like exuberant. Who broke up the Beatle's now? Someone is conspicuously carrying that weight...

The Cars

4/5

Solid, wide-ranging, eccentric, power pop! Love it. That this was the debut is even more impressive.

Gentlemen

The Afghan Whigs

3/5

Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite

Maxwell

3/5

Not really my thing, but OK

The Clash

4/5

Great! I wish I was more of a fan.

No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith (Live)

Motörhead

4/5

AWESOME!!

Off The Wall

Michael Jackson

5/5

Rio

Duran Duran

4/5

Such a vibe!

Green River

Creedence Clearwater Revival

4/5

This is also a vibe.

Dirt

Alice In Chains

3/5

Something about this didn't then and doesn't still appeal to me. Too heavy? Too much butt-rock remnant? Not sure. I like one song a lot, the rest... less.

In The Wee Small Hours

Frank Sinatra

4/5

I liked this very much.

At Fillmore East

The Allman Brothers Band

3/5

Headquarters

The Monkees

4/5

What strikes me most here is that NONE of the big Monkees hits are on this record, yet it remains SOLID. Really enjoyed this one, which was new to me.

Technique

New Order

4/5

I'm a fan, but this one is a weird choice for the 1001. No singles.

Ambient 1/Music For Airports

Brian Eno

5/5

For what it is, this is the end-all, be-all.

good kid, m.A.A.d city

Kendrick Lamar

4/5

Kendrick raps about experience far from my own. His genius is undeniable, but this isn't ever going to be everyday listening for me. Even so, I think this is a near masterpiece. TPAB will come up at some point, and while I like the jazz influence on that record, this one feels more embedded in KL's personal life and the culture of the street.

Sister

Sonic Youth

4/5

Me likely.

Innervisions

Stevie Wonder

5/5

I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You

Aretha Franklin

4/5

One absolute classic and ten more bangers..

Oracular Spectacular