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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
The Score Fugees	5	3.69	+1.31

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Young Americans David Bowie	1	3.62	-2.62
Parklife Blur	1	3.38	-2.38
Scissor Sisters Scissor Sisters	1	3.23	-2.23
Raw Power The Stooges	2	3.32	-1.32
The Yes Album Yes	2	3.31	-1.31
Fifth Dimension The Byrds	2	3.07	-1.07
I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight Richard Thompson	2	3.05	-1.05

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Back In Black

AC/DC

3/5

Not my cup of tea. I can imagine very limited scenarios in my life where I would want this music playing. It is cohesive as a project though with innuendo and euphemism applied consistently. The drumming and guitar work are steady and strong with high production quality throughout. Vocal performance also very good.

Songs From The Big Chair

Tears For Fears

3/5

Moody and emotional style but doesn’t evoke any strong emotion for me. The 4 songs from this album that play on the radio are sufficient and I wouldn’t recommend a start to finish listen.

Achtung Baby

4/5

Should get more consideration as a contender for U2’s best album.

Pretzel Logic

Steely Dan

3/5

Easy enough to listen to. Not enough standouts to get a 4.

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

Elton John

4/5

Enduring singles highlight this 50+ years-old album that is playable start to finish.

Apocalypse 91… The Enemy Strikes Black

Public Enemy

3/5

I enjoy cohesive and themed albums but this is monotonous. Adds appreciation for the hip hop revolution that followed in 93.

From Elvis In Memphis

Elvis Presley

4/5

Shocked at how enjoyable of a listen this was start to finish. Smooth and soothing with most songs on the short side to keep things flowing well.

L.A. Woman

The Doors

4/5

Engaging song mix highlighted by classic singles.

Van Halen

3/5

Exhibit A why this subgenre of music has faded. Does not hold up today against other classic rock songs and albums from the 70’s despite the guitar exploits and occasional vocal highlights.

461 Ocean Boulevard

Eric Clapton

3/5

Easy listening just not very interesting aside from Motherless Children and I Shot the Sheriff.

Channel Orange

Frank Ocean

4/5

Smooth melodies and lyrics that produce vivid mental pictures

Scissor Sisters

1/5

I was a bored listener

Young Americans

David Bowie

1/5

Nothing close to the Bowie songs that I enjoy. Shows range I guess.

The New Tango

Astor Piazzolla

3/5

Not my wheelhouse. Don’t know how to rate the xylophone playing, etc. Easy enough to listen to. Have listened through a few times and will surely play this again.

The Yes Album

Yes

2/5

Ho hum

Either Or

Elliott Smith

3/5

Was not familiar with him. Listened through a few times enjoying more each time.

What's Going On

Marvin Gaye

3/5

Lady Soul

Aretha Franklin

4/5

Warehouse: Songs And Stories

Hüsker Dü

3/5

All Directions

The Temptations

4/5

This was a pleasant surprise. Great mix of enjoyable songs with an all time classic.

Kings Of The Wild Frontier

Adam & The Ants

3/5

Interesting enough. A Venn diagram intersecting Bowie, the Smiths, Sex Pistols in varying proportions.

I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight

Richard Thompson

2/5

Bat Out Of Hell

Meat Loaf

3/5

Some undeniably catchy ballads.

Raw Power

The Stooges

2/5

I like some of their songs. But none of these.

Django Django

3/5

Easy listen. Punchy music to put on if you can’t decide what you want to listen to but want a bit of up vibe. Got to Gatineau, got to Gatineau…

Electric Prunes

The Electric Prunes

3/5

Ahead of its time and diverse. Ex. Sold to the Highest Bidder would fit alongside These Old Shoes from 2007 War Elephant album of Deer Tick.

Foo Fighters

4/5

Toys In The Attic

Aerosmith

3/5

So Much For The City

The Thrills

2/5

A mix of skilled and unskilled musicians. Judging by the album cover they didn’t want to leave anyone out. Didn’t love the vocals. This type of album encourages others with insufficient talent. Album concept = sing about different cities in California to give the impression that the songs are not all the same. But it’s not a 1.

Born To Be With You

Dion

2/5

Too long and lacking standout songs.

The Score

Fugees

5/5

Timeless. Lauryn Hill in her rapping prime blended into songs with some of the smoothest melodies in the history of hip hop.

Honky Tonk Masquerade

Joe Ely

3/5

Not a masquerade. This is honky tonk. Play at your next hootenanny. Couple ear worms raise it from a 2 to a 3. “I keep my fingernails long so they click when I play the piana”…

Parklife

Blur

1/5

“It’s nothing special” - Blur. Except especially too long. Almost gave it a 2 because Girls and Boys has some precursor/ancestral hints to The Killers Somebody Told Me. But dragged down by too much rubbish as the Brits would say.

Fifth Dimension

The Byrds

2/5

Uneventful and unremarkable.