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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables Dead Kennedys	5	3.27	+1.73
Slippery When Wet Bon Jovi	5	3.29	+1.71
Live And Dangerous Thin Lizzy	5	3.32	+1.68
Hybrid Theory Linkin Park	5	3.39	+1.61
Moon Safari Air	5	3.57	+1.43
Franz Ferdinand Franz Ferdinand	5	3.57	+1.43
Black Holes and Revelations Muse	5	3.59	+1.41
The Queen Is Dead The Smiths	5	3.67	+1.33
Master Of Puppets Metallica	5	3.73	+1.27
Blood And Chocolate Elvis Costello & The Attractions	4	2.92	+1.08

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Ready To Die The Notorious B.I.G.	1	3.36	-2.36
Cee-Lo Green... Is The Soul Machine Cee Lo Green	1	2.65	-1.65
Sincere Mj Cole	1	2.38	-1.38
Blue Lines Massive Attack	2	3.38	-1.38
The Downward Spiral Nine Inch Nails	2	3.34	-1.34
You Want It Darker Leonard Cohen	2	3.32	-1.32
Channel Orange Frank Ocean	2	3.32	-1.32
A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector Various Artists	2	3.3	-1.3
Closer Joy Division	2	3.22	-1.22

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Jazz Samba

Stan Getz

3/5

You Want It Darker

Leonard Cohen

2/5

Chill vibes though nothing really jumped out at me from the album as a whole.

Deep Purple In Rock

Deep Purple

4/5

Good ol classic rock feat some noodly guitars

Moon Safari

Air

5/5

Lots of variance. A fun listen!

Songs For Swingin' Lovers!

Frank Sinatra

3/5

Cee-Lo Green... Is The Soul Machine

Cee Lo Green

1/5

This one was a slog to get through. Admittedly, this isn't my typical musical fare but the album just felt very disjointed overall.

The Gershwin Songbook

Ella Fitzgerald

3/5

Musically pleasing but so, so very long.

Franz Ferdinand

5/5

Hot damn!

Here's Little Richard

Little Richard

4/5

Some good ol rock n roll

Haut de gamme / Koweït, rive gauche

Koffi Olomide

2/5

Aggressively 90's, but not necessarily in a negative way. Did feel like it overstayed its welcome after the first few tracks.

Murder Ballads

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

4/5

Musically was a bit middling for me but the lyrics put it over the top.

The Doors

3/5

Closer

Joy Division

2/5

I understand there's some greater context at play with the album but it just made 0 impression on me.

Venus Luxure No. 1 Baby

Girls Against Boys

3/5

Fine rock-ish music. Just unmemorable to me but not bad or offensive to my tastes.

You've Come a Long Way Baby

Fatboy Slim

3/5

There's some really solid parts of this album but also elements that drag on to the edge of annoyance. Pretty likeable overall

Sincere

Mj Cole

1/5

Started out strong with a cool piano riff but only went downhill from there.

Truth

Jeff Beck

3/5

Some solid classic rock

Rust Never Sleeps

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

4/5

A Love Supreme

John Coltrane

4/5

Haven't listened to a ton of jazz but this was solid. Nice instrumentals

Black Monk Time

The Monks

4/5

The songs are mostly fine overall as rock tracks. There's a few weird ones i think i kind of dig

The Bends

Radiohead

4/5

Haven't listened to radiohead aside from a few songs. This is pretty sweet!

Raw Power

The Stooges

4/5

Really liked the instrumentation but it was difficult for me to get past the clipping.

Like Water For Chocolate

Common

2/5

Not my usual fare in terms of genre. The production and jazz elements were nice but there were some elements I just had a really difficult time getting into.

The Modern Dance

Pere Ubu

3/5

Sheet Music

10cc

3/5

Some solid rock tracks mixed with some more weird of avant garde elements. Some of the tracks feel very modern in their messaging.

Power In Numbers

Jurassic 5

3/5

Hip hop is not my usual genre but this was pretty enjoyable! Was more upbeat than a lot of what I've heard in the field.

Live And Dangerous

Thin Lizzy

5/5

Hot damn! I am biased towards this genre but I'm quite pleased with this excuse to check out some songs I've never heard by them. Lots of rockin instrumentation!

Oracular Spectacular

MGMT

3/5

Aside from the big track off the album (Kids) which I was familiar with due to it's popularity when I was in school, this is a fine but overall pretty forgettable album.

Siamese Dream

The Smashing Pumpkins

4/5

Not a lot of the tracks stood out that much to me but this was an enjoyable listen and there's a few songs I'll likely go back to later.

Physical Graffiti

Led Zeppelin

4/5

Bit of a surprise how much of this one I knew from it being played around me as a kid. A solid, enjoyable rock album!

Black Holes and Revelations

Muse

5/5

Great energy! Really enjoyed this one

3 Feet High and Rising

De La Soul

4/5

Not my usual genre but this one was quite fun! There were a couple of offputting tracks (orgee) but overall a solid listen.

The Downward Spiral

Nine Inch Nails

2/5

There were some songs i could get down with but a lot just felt too edgy for me to enjoy

In It For The Money

Supergrass

4/5

Did not know this band at all before but i really enjoyed the groove of the earlier tracks especially. I do enjoy some solid rock beats

Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

3/5

Some nice tracks though some were a bit long/meandering at times

Highway 61 Revisited

Bob Dylan

4/5

Nice to hear more than just the 'hits'. Nice lyricism

Sweet Baby James

James Taylor

3/5

Very bluesy, a fun listen

Walking Wounded

Everything But The Girl

2/5

Just fine. Forgettable and likely not an album I'd listen to again

Don't Stand Me Down

Dexys Midnight Runners

3/5

Pretty good, no real standouts but i did enjoy the violin

Cosmo's Factory

Creedence Clearwater Revival

4/5

So bluesy, so great

Mr. Tambourine Man

The Byrds

4/5

Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1

George Michael

4/5

An enjoyable listen! Some nice gospel influences and varied instrumentation. A few songs toward the end dragged a bit but overall nice!

Garbage

4/5

Definitely not garbage. Some awesome instrumentals!

Lady In Satin

Billie Holiday

3/5

A very good performance, just none of it really stood out to me.

Fear Of A Black Planet

Public Enemy

3/5

Not my typical genre but this was a solid listen! I think some tracks could have been cut in the interest of run time.

Wild Is The Wind

Nina Simone

3/5

A bit on the slower side for my tastes. Some great piano and vocal performances.

Blue Lines

Massive Attack

2/5

Fine I guess, just rather boring and samey for most of the tracks

Searching For The Young Soul Rebels

Dexys Midnight Runners

3/5

Quite good! Greatly enjoyed the brass!

The Real Thing

Faith No More

4/5

Very solid rock album! Really enjoyed the bass in particular!

Hot Buttered Soul

Isaac Hayes

3/5

Some nice soulful tracks

Halcyon Digest

Deerhunter

3/5

Nice chill indie rock

Metal Box

Public Image Ltd.

3/5

Has nice instrumentals though a few tracks did get a bit out there to hold my interest

Five Leaves Left

Nick Drake

4/5

Nice acoustic tracks, very soothing

Arrival

ABBA

4/5

I was only familiar with their mega hits before this. This was a fun listen! More varied than I'd had in mind going in

Music in Exile

Songhoy Blues

4/5

Hell yeah! Some great guitar playing! Very bluesy!

White Denim

4/5

Some nice solid rock tracks with some more chill tunes sprinkled in

The Next Day

David Bowie

4/5

Hell yeah! Ziggy!

Blood And Chocolate

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

4/5

Enjoyable! Some upbeat rock tracks

Guitar Town

Steve Earle

3/5

Had some fun guitar parts. Not the biggest country fan but this was an enjoyable listen

Giant Steps

The Boo Radleys

3/5

This had some fun upbeat tracks and nice variety but, by the end, it felt like it was running together for me

Let's Get It On

Marvin Gaye

3/5

Fine, just fine. Well performed but a lot of the songs were very samey to me

Porcupine

Echo And The Bunnymen

3/5

Some nice instrumentals and instrumentation for some of the tracks but nothing really stand out for me

Apocalypse 91… The Enemy Strikes Black

Public Enemy

4/5

Not my usual but this had some nice beats!

Hybrid Theory

Linkin Park

5/5

Definitely biased on this one! Nice to give the full album a listen since I don't think I've ever listened straight through

Master Of Puppets

Metallica

5/5

Hell yeah! Fantastic guitar work!

At Mister Kelly's

Sarah Vaughan

4/5

A funny and spirited live performance!

Call of the Valley

Shivkumar Sharma

4/5

Very enjoyable! Definitely different than a lot of the offerings I've had from the list so far. Some tracks can get a bit repetitive, but overall a nice listen!

Channel Orange

Frank Ocean

2/5

Fine with a few interesting stylistic choices on certain tracks but overall unmemorable

The Holy Bible

Manic Street Preachers

4/5

Great instrumentals and overall a fun, energetic album!

Rid Of Me

PJ Harvey

4/5

Very gritty - really enjoyed the second half of the album in particular

The Queen Is Dead

The Smiths

5/5

Great album! Energetic with good variety amongst the tracks

Solid Air

John Martyn

4/5

Super groovy blues!

Slippery When Wet

Bon Jovi

5/5

Hell yeah! Great rock with some classics on this album!

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector

Various Artists

2/5

It's a christmas album. Went on a bit long for my tastes but fine, just fine.

In A Silent Way

Miles Davis

4/5

Great energy with a lot of variance between tracks!

Killing Joke

3/5

Fine but mostly faded into background noise for me aside from a few moments

Kollaps

Einstürzende Neubauten

2/5

This is a weird one yet strangely enthralling at times

British Steel

Judas Priest

4/5

Solid rock tracks!

Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo

Devo

4/5

This is a delightful mix of weird and cool rock

Maggot Brain

Funkadelic

3/5

Nice funk album though the ending track is odd

Ready To Die

The Notorious B.I.G.

1/5

Has some good musicality with the beats and melodies and (at times) lyricism - way too much of the album is just: 'i pull them bitches with mah big ol DICK'. Thoroughly unenjoyable excepting a handful of tracks

That's The Way Of The World

Earth, Wind & Fire

4/5

Quite the palate cleanser from the last album. Some nice upbeat tunes!

Dire Straits

4/5

Good rock, so good. Sultans of swing is a balm for my soul

The Colour Of Spring

Talk Talk

3/5

A lot of big noise without saying much. Enjoyable enough with some varied instrumentals though

Exile On Main Street