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Album	You	Global	Diff
The Who Sell Out The Who	5	3	+2
I'm Your Man Leonard Cohen	5	3.1	+1.9
461 Ocean Boulevard Eric Clapton	5	3.12	+1.88
The Modern Dance Pere Ubu	4	2.48	+1.52
Talking Heads 77 Talking Heads	5	3.56	+1.44
Born To Run Bruce Springsteen	5	3.64	+1.36
Gold Ryan Adams	4	2.84	+1.16
New Wave The Auteurs	4	2.86	+1.14
The Gilded Palace Of Sin The Flying Burrito Brothers	4	2.93	+1.07
Heavy Weather Weather Report	4	2.99	+1.01

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Emergency On Planet Earth Jamiroquai	2	3.27	-1.27

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Artist	Albums	Average
Beatles	2	5

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People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm

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Frank Zappa

4/5

This is great! I remember it all but it's been a really long time since I listened to the whole album. Most of the songs are lyric free which I like, as it's hard to sing along to Zappa without feeling awkward. I'm not a Jazz expert but I find this accessable.

People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm

A Tribe Called Quest

4/5

Laid back, fun, low fi. I've never listened to this before. I can hear how it has influenced subsequent artists. Very good.

Live At The Regal

B.B. King

4/5

That's a good show!

Dookie

Green Day

4/5

The band is tight and the lyrics are true and bleak, I know they were poor suburban kids in my bones. I was worried for these guys at the time, but I think they have made it to a good place. I'm glad as it makes it easier to enjoy the album.

Lady Soul

Aretha Franklin

4/5

She is very good! Her voice is amazing and the songs are great.

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness

The Smashing Pumpkins

4/5

It's good - I worry the songs in the middle get lost but I can't see a way to repackage it three normal sized albums, I respect the artist's choice to make a big statement. The grunge/ alt rock labels from the time obscures it, I think the harder songs are more like Prog Metal. It's cool!

The Bends

Radiohead

4/5

It's good. It's better the second and third listen through, the first time I didn't pick up on all the subtleties, it's only a bit arena rock, underneath the hood there is alot more going on. I need to hear more from these guys.

Blood Sugar Sex Magik

Red Hot Chili Peppers

4/5

Californication

Red Hot Chili Peppers

3/5

It's good, but not as good as Blood Sugar Sex Magik. The lyrics are better, the music is good but somehow not quite as good.

The Dark Side Of The Moon

Pink Floyd

5/5

The best!

Horses

Patti Smith

4/5

Very good, reminds me of Lou Reed. 4.49 stars.

Back to Mystery City

Hanoi Rocks

3/5

Glam punk. The missing link between glam rock and hair metal. Sort of like listening to Guns and Roses for the first time, or Kiss without knowing it's Kiss. The music is good without biographical distraction 3.49 stars

Emergency On Planet Earth

Jamiroquai

2/5

It's not for me.

I'm Your Man

Leonard Cohen

5/5

Owns his older voice, bold synth use. I love his early stuff but it's rare for an artist to create something so new in their mid 50's.

The Band

4/5

It's very good, but I have listened to it too much. I wish the Band could have found a way to stay together and stay creative. I'm sad about how it ended up. 4.49 stars.

Meat Is Murder

The Smiths

4/5

A great, original record by a great original band. Too good to last.

The Chronic

Dr. Dre

3/5

The samples / music is great, funky. The words and lyrics are not for me. 2.75 stars.

Wild Is The Wind

Nina Simone

4/5

Very good. Jazzy blues with piano. 4.25 stars

The Libertines

4/5

Post Punk Indy Rock. 4 stars.

Dog Man Star

Suede

4/5

Great! Pretenseious but cool.

Different Class

Pulp

4/5

It's really good. It might be better than Blur, top Britpop.

Morrison Hotel

The Doors

4/5

It's better than I would have guessed. Bluesy. 3.7 stars.

Gold

Ryan Adams

4/5

I love most of Ryan Adams albums. The sexual misconduct allegations are so incongruous with his lyrics that it's hard to accept the music on its own merits, but on its own merits I really like it. 4 stars

Miriam Makeba

4/5

This is great! I will check out more from this artist.

Hounds Of Love

Kate Bush

4/5

Kate Bush is pretty pretty good. Art Rock. 4.49 stars

Close To You

Carpenters

4/5

The arrangements are beautiful. The 1970's were a long time ago, the world was different - sometimes the music seems so mild, but this was the sort of music you could listen to with your older relatives and it's still really good. I wish Karen had a happier and longer life

Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

Wilco

4/5

Very good!

Close To The Edge

Yes

4/5

Prog-tastic!

Born To Run

Bruce Springsteen

5/5

5 Stars. Maximalist band, hi-fi wall of sound with fairy tale lyrics. Strongly rooted to a mythical time and place. This is the centre of the Springsteen-verse, everything else can be related to this album.

Follow The Leader

Korn

3/5

It's metal music with rap lyrics... Its ok but it doesn't stand out for me.

Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs

Marty Robbins

4/5

A fine Album by a great singer.

Sheer Heart Attack

Queen

4/5

Good! A bit heavier than some of their later stuff. Hard Rock Harmony. 3.9 stars

Tidal

Fiona Apple

4/5

This is great! Reminds me of Tori Amos.

Live Through This

Hole

4/5

It's pretty good. 3.75 stars.

(What's The Story) Morning Glory

Oasis

4/5

Good! Well executed anthem/ arena rock

The Köln Concert

Keith Jarrett

4/5

Really cool. This is totally new for me, will listen again. 4.25 stars

No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith (Live)

Motörhead

4/5

Fantastic! 4.49 stars

Illinois

Sufjan Stevens

4/5

Really really good. 4.33 stars

Seventeen Seconds

The Cure

4/5

Gloomy, goth-y, great.

Abbey Road

Beatles

5/5

Murder Ballads

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

4/5

Delivers what it promises, but a bit too heavy on the murder ballads for my taste 3.85 stars

Heavy Weather

Weather Report

4/5

Jazzy! Reminded me of late 70's Joni Mitchell and sure enough, she used most of this band on a few of her albums. Pretty mellow but still very interesting.

All Things Must Pass

George Harrison

4/5

Really good. 4.45 stars

New Wave

The Auteurs

4/5

This is awesome 4.49 stars... Very interesting.

Berlin

Lou Reed

4/5

It's an interesting concept, but the violence in the lyrics becomes hard to carry. Dispute being quite good, I couldn't listen to this very often.