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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Haunted Dancehall The Sabres Of Paradise	5	2.37	+2.63
Atomizer Big Black	5	2.72	+2.28
The Sensual World Kate Bush	5	3.17	+1.83
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot Wilco	5	3.3	+1.7
James Brown Live At The Apollo James Brown	5	3.46	+1.54
Chocolate Starfish And The Hot Dog Flavored Water Limp Bizkit	4	2.48	+1.52
Dummy Portishead	5	3.71	+1.29

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Rio Duran Duran	1	3.49	-2.49
The College Dropout Kanye West	1	3.31	-2.31
Eli And The Thirteenth Confession Laura Nyro	1	2.94	-1.94
Green R.E.M.	2	3.48	-1.48
The Specials The Specials	2	3.3	-1.3
Henry's Dream Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds	2	3.11	-1.11

5-Star Albums (8)

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The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars

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Immigrés

Youssou N'Dour

4/5

Although only 4 songs, the album takes me on a journey with many stops along the way to taste and experience a range of human emotions. I love the eclecticism of instruments, beats, and voices throughout the album. I certainly detect his influence in some of Peter Gabriel's music of this era as well.

James Brown Live At The Apollo

James Brown

5/5

I don't usually care for live albums, but this is crispy as hell. Sound quality is fantastic. I get it.

Rio

Duran Duran

1/5

Ill admit i have a lot of assumptions about this music and the people who listen to it, but I'll give it a chance. After listen: boring and safe, not into it.

The Number Of The Beast

Iron Maiden

3/5

Meh, not into the vocals. I get that it was probably groundbreaking for its time, but I personally can't get into it.

Violent Femmes

4/5

Pleasantly surprised by this. Reminds me a bit of the Decemberists, like a pale brass folksy color. Scaled-back/simple version of 2010s folk rock revival.

Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire)

The Kinks

4/5

This was a fun one! Reminded me of early Beatles.

Atomizer

Big Black

5/5

Haunted Dancehall

The Sabres Of Paradise

5/5

Pleasantly surprised by how much i loved this

The Clash

4/5

Classic

Natty Dread

Bob Marley & The Wailers

4/5

Very chill and created some good vibes. J liked it too

The Specials

2/5

Do I detect the origins of ska? 'Do The Dog' feels like I'm watching America's Funniest Home Videos Also sensing Jimi Hendrix

John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band

John Lennon

3/5

There were some good songs and some boring songs.

Is This It

The Strokes

4/5

What a great first album. It's fun and easy to listen to

Rock 'N Soul

Solomon Burke

3/5

The Gershwin Songbook

Ella Fitzgerald

3/5

Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

Wilco

5/5

One of my favs. I can sense vestiges of their older albums like Being There or Summerteeth, and also a look forward toward Sky Blue Sky

The Message

Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five

3/5

Synth out the gate! Lots of simple lyrics and hype energy, in a classic funky alt 80s way. I've heard "It's Nasty" before for sure. Scorpio is a bop. I'm sensing some early Daft Punk in the vocals.

Raising Hell

Run-D.M.C.

3/5

Classic, but it feels a bit repetitive

Paul's Boutique

Beastie Boys

3/5

Chocolate Starfish And The Hot Dog Flavored Water

Limp Bizkit

4/5

Honestly I love this, though I realize I didn't appreciate it AT ALL when I was younger.

Your Arsenal

Morrissey

3/5

I've heard some of these melodies before, but didn't know they were Morrissey. Pretty good stuff, and probably wouldve been better if I were to have listened to it in the 80s. Id give it a 3.5 if I could.

Highway 61 Revisited

Bob Dylan

4/5

A classic

At Folsom Prison

Johnny Cash

3/5

I get that this is an absolute classic, and he was appealing to the crowd of inmates at Folsom, but I wasn’t overly moved by it

The Dark Side Of The Moon

Pink Floyd

5/5

Much better late at night under certain conditions, but considered a classic for a reason

Green

R.E.M.

2/5

The Sensual World

Kate Bush

5/5

Scissor Sisters

3/5

NGL I hear how Djo was influenced by this album. His voice and singing style is very similar. I'm surprised how much I like it.

The College Dropout

Kanye West

1/5

Not gonna listen to this d-bag

The Chronic

Dr. Dre

3/5

Eli And The Thirteenth Confession

Laura Nyro

1/5

Not a fan. Her voice is yelly and a bit grating to my ears. Feels corny.

Rising Above Bedlam

Jah Wobble's Invaders Of The Heart

3/5

Henry's Dream

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

2/5

Illinois

Sufjan Stevens

4/5

One of the greatest contributions to the indie revival during the aughts.

Strangeways, Here We Come

The Smiths

3/5

Dummy

Portishead

5/5

Love this album. It's haunting and ahead of it's time. I honestly hear their influence on a lot of recent pop like older Billie Eilish.

Vulnicura

Björk

3/5

Very cinematic and dramatic, but I like it. I've noticed that most of the Icelandic artists I've heard have an underlying similar sound. I'd give 3.5/5 if I could, because this heavily depends on what mood I'm in.

Buena Vista Social Club

4/5

I honestly loved this

Africa Brasil

Jorge Ben Jor

3/5

The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars

David Bowie

5/5

Fantastic. Can't believe I've never listened...I'm embarrassed

This Year's Model

Elvis Costello & The Attractions