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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Good Old Boys Randy Newman	5	2.86	+2.14
Marquee Moon Television	5	3.5	+1.5
The Velvet Underground & Nico The Velvet Underground	5	3.62	+1.38
The Stone Roses The Stone Roses	5	3.64	+1.36
Transformer Lou Reed	5	3.67	+1.33
Headquarters The Monkees	4	2.86	+1.14

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Paul's Boutique Beastie Boys	1	3.46	-2.46
Doggystyle Snoop Dogg	1	3.37	-2.37
The Suburbs Arcade Fire	2	3.5	-1.5
Frank Amy Winehouse	2	3.46	-1.46
Iron Maiden Iron Maiden	2	3.4	-1.4
Africa Brasil Jorge Ben Jor	2	3.37	-1.37
Youth And Young Manhood Kings of Leon	2	3.09	-1.09

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Doggystyle

Snoop Dogg · 1 likes

1/5

This is so far from my personal taste I almost struggle to believe some people actually enjoy it. It's groovy but in terms of lyrics I'd say it perfectly matches the tacky, tasteless cover.

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Elephant Mountain

The Youngbloods

4/5

Brilliant. Joyful, love the vibe, especially enjoyed the first half

Violent Femmes

3/5

Give the guy what he wants he sounds desperate

Transformer

Lou Reed

5/5

Hey honey, take a walk on the wild side

Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul

Otis Redding

3/5

Paul's Boutique

Beastie Boys

1/5

Hell no. Great arrangements and bass though. I'll quote another review by saying "Good background music. Shite foreground music."

Hotel California

Eagles

4/5

It's probably easier to enjoy this album if you're not from the US. I must admit I was completely unaware of the controversy surrounding the Eagles, something I am only finding out now through the reviews I'm reading here. As an Italian listener, this album doesn't feel like "supermarket music", I'd say there's only a couple of songs that are widely recognized as big classics here, and with good reason: Hotel California and Life in the Fast Lane are absolute gems. While the other tracks don’t quite reach the same heights, I still found the album very enjoyable overall.

Wish You Were Here

Pink Floyd

5/5

I doubt even my own mother would care about MY opinion on this absolute masterpiece. Also, just to give her credit, she's the one who introduced it to me.

The Specials

4/5

My dad is a huge Madness fan. Turns out the love for ska revival is a hereditary trait. I didn't really know The Specials, besides of course having heard "A message to you Rudy" before, but I'm glad I do now. I found myself humming "Too much too young" on my way to work.

Doggystyle

Snoop Dogg

1/5

This is so far from my personal taste I almost struggle to believe some people actually enjoy it. It's groovy but in terms of lyrics I'd say it perfectly matches the tacky, tasteless cover.

Live At The Witch Trials

The Fall

2/5

Had they been american it would have been a 1. Anyway, it's a no from me.

Frank

Amy Winehouse

2/5

An undeniably great voice that, for reasons beyond my comprehension, does nothing for me. I found it almost painful to listen to more than 3 songs in a row. Sorry Amy.

Adele

3/5

I simply ADORE Adele's voice and the whole album was better than I remembered.

Green River

Creedence Clearwater Revival

3/5

I expected to like this more than I did. Still pretty cool.

Odelay

Beck

4/5

So bizarre. Some songs definitely didn't meet my taste, some others I absolutely loved! I really wanted to listen to the whole thing just to see what would come up next — and yet it still felt surprisingly coherent as a whole. Cool.

Mermaid Avenue

Billy Bragg

3/5

That's The Way Of The World

Earth, Wind & Fire

4/5

Looks like all of us were biased, all of us were wrong. Great stuff

Oxygène

Jean-Michel Jarre

4/5

Blood On The Tracks

Bob Dylan

4/5

I really struggle getting into Dylan's music but this album is the best I've heard so far. And kind of my most prized possession but that's a story for another day

Marquee Moon

Television

5/5

So. fucking. cool.

Iron Maiden

2/5

I'm giving this album a 2 but I have nothig bad to say about it. I can see why it's considered a classic, I can see why so many people love it. I just really hate heavy metal with a burning passion.

Youth And Young Manhood

Kings of Leon

2/5

Meh, pretty dull to be honest

The Yes Album

Yes

3/5

Ahh the Yes. I'm fond of them

The Suburbs

Arcade Fire

2/5

Meh

The Stone Roses

5/5

10/10 Absolute gold.

Songs From A Room

Leonard Cohen

4/5

I’m fascinated by how we love, hate, like, or dislike voices for reasons that are entirely personal — and almost impossible to explain. While I fully recognise the grandeur of Bob Dylan, the sound of his voice has always bothered me. Same goes for David Byrne, whose voice severely hurts my brain in ways I cannot express. I couldn't explain exactly why I love Leonard Cohen and could easily listen to his entire discography back to back on a regular Thursday evening, but I sure do.

At San Quentin

Johnny Cash

3/5

Red Headed Stranger

Willie Nelson

3/5

Songs For Swingin' Lovers!

Frank Sinatra

3/5

Blur

4/5

I am one month older than this album and probably have the strangest association with it: nothing says Christmas like “Song 2” by Blur! My uncle used to play it every Christmas Eve when I was a little girl. I was the only child in a group of adults and was always pampered by everyone present. I would dance around and go wild in my red velvet dress, and when the “woo-hoo” part came, one of my relatives would take my hands and lift me up in a big jump. It’s a core memory for me, and I’ve loved the song ever since.

Africa Brasil

Jorge Ben Jor

2/5

Headquarters

The Monkees

4/5

Lovely stuff

Good Old Boys

Randy Newman

5/5

I'd give this a 10/5 if I could

Electric Warrior

T. Rex

4/5

Pretty repetitive, but they're repeating music I really like so I won't complain

Is This It

The Strokes

4/5

Yes it is!! Effortlessly cool, i love this album.

The Queen Is Dead

The Smiths

4/5

I am finding it significantly harder to rate the albums that I already know and regularly listen to. So yeah, this is great of course, nothing to add.

Step In The Arena

Gang Starr

3/5

Once again, here to state that I don't like rap. That being said, I'm surprised at how much I enjoyed this record. I couldn't tell you exactly what it is, but something works

The Velvet Underground & Nico

The Velvet Underground

5/5