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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Bitches Brew Miles Davis	5	3.3	+1.7
Blood Sugar Sex Magik Red Hot Chili Peppers	5	3.49	+1.51
Jazz Samba Stan Getz	5	3.56	+1.44
Beggars Banquet The Rolling Stones	5	3.62	+1.38
Graceland Paul Simon	5	3.73	+1.27
Sticky Fingers The Rolling Stones	5	3.86	+1.14
The Contino Sessions Death In Vegas	4	2.9	+1.1

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill Lauryn Hill	1	3.65	-2.65
Stankonia OutKast	1	3.55	-2.55
It's Blitz! Yeah Yeah Yeahs	1	3.49	-2.49
Speakerboxxx/The Love Below OutKast	1	3.45	-2.45
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy Kanye West	1	3.4	-2.4
Beauty And The Beat The Go-Go's	1	3.39	-2.39
Channel Orange Frank Ocean	1	3.33	-2.33
Melodrama Lorde	1	3.32	-2.32
First Band On The Moon The Cardigans	1	3.29	-2.29
The Next Day David Bowie	1	3.29	-2.29

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Artist	Albums	Average
Led Zeppelin	3	4.67
The Rolling Stones	2	5

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Artist	Albums	Average
OutKast	2	1

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1-Star Albums (24)

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Night Life

Ray Price

3/5

A Rush Of Blood To The Head

Coldplay

4/5

Great album

We Are Family

Sister Sledge

2/5

Not my cup of tea

Stardust

Willie Nelson

3/5

Classic country, about as country as I can go. But listenable.

Sheer Heart Attack

Queen

3/5

Grace

Jeff Buckley

3/5

Channel Orange

Frank Ocean

1/5

Not my thing at all. Lasted 3 songs

good kid, m.A.A.d city

Kendrick Lamar

2/5

Not my style, but I understand it’s significance and value

Franz Ferdinand

3/5

Had heard this before and it's decent, but really Take Me Out is THE JAM here, with most of the rest being...ok.

Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols

Sex Pistols

4/5

Welcome To The Pleasuredome

Frankie Goes To Hollywood

2/5

S.F. Sorrow

The Pretty Things

4/5

Good album 💿 d not heard before

The Doors

4/5

Such a classic have listened to it dozens and dozens of times over the years. I Looked At You is an all time fave underrated tune.

The Marshall Mathers LP

Eminem

3/5

Hearts And Bones

Paul Simon

3/5

Don’t recall listening to this one before. Solid

Talvin Singh

1/5

It's "OK" I like the middle eastern/world influence but it's not really relaxing/grooving OR jamming.

The Gershwin Songbook

Ella Fitzgerald

3/5

Brothers

The Black Keys

4/5

Elephant

The White Stripes

4/5

Great album, owned the disc, good to be reminded of this one.

Suzanne Vega

3/5

Music From Big Pink

The Band

3/5

Good listen but it’s manly the weight & chest fever…

Beauty And The Beat

The Go-Go's

1/5

Struggled through this. Reminded my of a reporter friend in the early 90s, a guy who was all about this band. Never got that.

Graceland

Paul Simon

5/5

Second paul Simon only a couple dozen albums in - first repeat artist. Have listened to this one hundreds of times. All time classic & THE INTRO to African jams.

Crosby, Stills & Nash

3/5

My parents has this vinyl when I was a kid and I spun it in HS and college. Great harmonies and that classic CSN.

Selected Ambient Works 85-92

Aphex Twin

2/5

Adequate

Tanto Tempo

Bebel Gilberto

3/5

Decent

I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You

Aretha Franklin

3/5

Never listened before but of course heard lots of the tunes. Solid & a good example of why this exercise is good.

Tracy Chapman

4/5

Bright back funny memories and still resonates strongly lyrically

Melodrama

Lorde

1/5

Not my thing. Didn’t make it thru it.

Supa Dupa Fly

Missy Elliott

1/5

Definitely not my thing…couldn’t do it. But I tried….

Bringing It All Back Home

Bob Dylan

4/5

classic and a great listen to revisit

The Contino Sessions

Death In Vegas

4/5

Wow! Didn’t expect to see this one….

Idlewild

Everything But The Girl

1/5

Didn’t make it thru. Too much of a mix of kenny g, índigo girls & Ben fold, none of which i like. Tried listening while starting a work day & it hot off to a goober-y start.

Teenage Head

Flamin' Groovies

3/5

Well, they intrigued me right away with the “Teenage Head” title, as this a.m. my 18 yr old son was prattling on about being excited to “get back on the creatine,” i said muttered to myself “damned teenage brain.” & comin off of the 1001 suggested Everything But The Girl listen, this was a welcome change. Heard off them before and maybe listened once (maybe in the last 6 mo after seeing the name in Creem) before. Some kinda Stones Exile/iggy reminiscent vibes to start. “shakin all over” cover definitely caught my ear, “that’ll be the day” not as much. The run of covers at the end isn’t bad, just all sounds kinda the same. Makes me curious about the band’s later efforts, which I may check out. After the album, Spotty fed me “Shake Some Action” next, which I think I may have heard a long time ago. It’s “ok” This band aligns with The Pretty Things in terms of really old bands I never discovered before - highlighting the value of this exercise.

Madman Across The Water

Elton John

3/5

Never listened to this in entirety, heard a bunch of the songs, obviously. Good album. Not as good as brick rd tho

Abraxas

Santana

4/5

Great album, good to revisit. Hope you’re feeling better is one of my fave Santana songs off the beaten path & mothers daughter.

Risque

CHIC

3/5

American IV: The Man Comes Around

Johnny Cash

4/5

Blood Sugar Sex Magik

Red Hot Chili Peppers

5/5

Best rhcp album, last of the really good ones

Skylarking

XTC

1/5

Ugh. Not my jam.

Eternally Yours

The Saints

3/5

Wanted to listen to this band as I’d never heard before but they were highly regarded in Creem. It’s ok

Born To Run

Bruce Springsteen

4/5

The Clash

4/5

One of the albums I have downloaded on the phone!

Lazer Guided Melodies

Spiritualized

3/5

Pretty good chill/spacey tunes I’d never heard of

Elvis Presley

2/5

Never listened to an entire Elvis album til now. It's about what I recalled of Elvis. Flashing back to Brian Logan's house the day Elvis died and his mom flipping out....

Buffalo Springfield Again

Buffalo Springfield

3/5

Probably listened to this in its entirety ack in college. Good one.

The Predator

Ice Cube

2/5

Never heard this and don’t really recall hearing any of the songs. Interesting but not my style.

Tellin’ Stories

The Charlatans

2/5

Like Oasis light, which is not really worth it.

Led Zeppelin II

Led Zeppelin

5/5

One of my most listened to albums proffered thus far. A complete classic start to finish.

Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim

Frank Sinatra

3/5

Great classic album that reminds me I don't listen to Frank enough.

Triangle

The Beau Brummels

2/5

Heard of band but didn’t know anything about them. Album was meh.

Surfer Rosa

Pixies

3/5

Ok album with some great songs on it and some that weren’t really listenable, even driving up the ski hill with my 18 yr old hard music liking son…

Tank Battles

Dagmar Krause

1/5

Not my jam

Step In The Arena

Gang Starr

3/5

It’s listenable rap for me, which is saying something. Good beats & groovy enough. The Meaning of the Name is my favorite tune on it. I do love their tune It’s Getting Hectic w/ the Brand New Heavies.

First Band On The Moon

The Cardigans

1/5

Meh. Knew their big hit wasn’t crazy about it, and this album didn’t change my mind…

At San Quentin

Johnny Cash

4/5

Great snapshot of our society at that time and good listen

Bitches Brew

Miles Davis

5/5

Classic

Nilsson Schmilsson

Harry Nilsson

3/5

First listen. Only knew “coconut”. Not bad but not something I’d listen to again.

The Fat Of The Land

The Prodigy

4/5

Great album, takes me back to the early 2000s!

Dirty

Sonic Youth

3/5

American Beauty

Grateful Dead

4/5

Another classic I’ve listened to dozens (more)? Of times, between albums, cassettes discs & streams. Just about every tune is good or great.

At Fillmore East

The Allman Brothers Band

4/5

Another classic, had this on vinyl. Always good to get back to some screaming guitars with great organ from Gregg….

Speakerboxxx/The Love Below

OutKast

1/5

Not my thing….

MTV Unplugged In New York

Nirvana

4/5

Another classic

The Nightfly

Donald Fagen

4/5

Great album, had heard a few of these & always thought they were S.D. tunes. Can’t go wrong with that smooth groove sound. Maybe heard this back in college?

Jazz Samba

Stan Getz

5/5

Great one I’d never heard. Downloaded it right away.

Street Signs

Ozomatli

2/5

Shaft

Isaac Hayes

3/5

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector

Various Artists

3/5

Odessey And Oracle

The Zombies

2/5

Emergency On Planet Earth

Jamiroquai

1/5

The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators

The 13th Floor Elevators

2/5

Wanted to like this but it didn’t catch me right

Kid A

Radiohead

4/5

S&M

Metallica

2/5

Sticky Fingers

The Rolling Stones

5/5

Top 25 album? Fave or 2nd fave stones am um

(Pronounced 'Leh-'Nérd 'Skin-'Nérd)

Lynyrd Skynyrd

3/5

Solid album beyond the hits

In A Silent Way

Miles Davis

4/5

Great listen, never heard it. Miles is the man but I’m still learning to lean into it…

Apocalypse Dudes

Turbonegro

3/5

Interesting

New Forms

Roni Size

1/5

Hot Fuss

The Killers

3/5

Solid album I hadn’t heard in years (but only listened to in entirety probably once). Bunch of popular tunes though….

Blonde On Blonde

Bob Dylan

4/5

Classic, listened on vinyl, the cassette & CD…

White Blood Cells

The White Stripes

4/5

Great disc, was pretty revolutionary when it came out. I think i Got the disc from a BMG offer! 😂

Paul Simon

3/5

Solid album I hadn’t heard in years (but only listened to in entirety probably once). Bunch of popular tunes though….

American Idiot

Green Day

3/5

Double Nickels On The Dime

Minutemen

2/5

Songs From The Big Chair

Tears For Fears

2/5

Stankonia

OutKast

1/5

Not my thing and not listenable

Electric

The Cult

4/5

Mothership Connection

Parliament

3/5

Classic funk

The Trinity Session

Cowboy Junkies

3/5

Led Zeppelin III

Led Zeppelin

4/5

Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music

Ray Charles

3/5

Paul's Boutique

Beastie Boys

4/5

In retrospect I dig this. I did not when it came out😂

Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul

Otis Redding

4/5

Great album

It's Blitz!

Yeah Yeah Yeahs

1/5

Ok not my jam

Adele

2/5

What's Going On

Marvin Gaye

3/5

Synchronicity

The Police

4/5

Takes me back to childhood….still holds up.

Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge

Mudhoney

3/5

Snivilisation

Orbital

2/5

I like this type of music but this one didn’t resonate

From Elvis In Memphis

Elvis Presley

2/5

Modern Kosmology

Jane Weaver

2/5

Beyond Skin

Nitin Sawhney

2/5

Fishscale

Ghostface Killah

1/5

Unfinishable

My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

Kanye West

1/5

Nah

The Modern Lovers

3/5

Another Green World

Brian Eno

3/5

It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back

Public Enemy

3/5

Songs Of Leonard Cohen

Leonard Cohen

2/5

Peter Gabriel

3/5

Hadn’t listened to in decade(s?). Good still way out there but good transition from Genesis is really interesting as he grew into the pop star.

Led Zeppelin

5/5

Top 25 all time album - maybe top 10, have listened to it in its entirety so many times, maybe 200 - 40 years at 5 times a year? May be a lot more. Listened today while power skiing (nearly rage skiing) & sung most of the album while jamming hard, made me miss Shady a lot.

Peter Gabriel

4/5

Great album taking me back to fun days, just enough Gabriel weirdness to make it so that I enjoyed it versus just being pop radio songs.

Justified

Justin Timberlake

1/5

I tried, I really did….skip skip skip, mid album bail…

The Man Machine

Kraftwerk

2/5

I’d rather listen to Neil’s Transfomer.

The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill