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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
1989 Taylor Swift	5	3.26	+1.74
I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You Aretha Franklin	5	3.93	+1.07

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
The Infotainment Scan The Fall	1	2.72	-1.72
Bringing It All Back Home Bob Dylan	2	3.63	-1.63
Aladdin Sane David Bowie	2	3.61	-1.61
My Generation The Who	2	3.42	-1.42
Either Or Elliott Smith	2	3.39	-1.39
Home Is Where The Music Is Hugh Masekela	2	3.35	-1.35
This Year's Model Elvis Costello & The Attractions	2	3.32	-1.32
Deep Purple In Rock Deep Purple	2	3.32	-1.32
Surf's Up The Beach Boys	2	3.3	-1.3
Trout Mask Replica Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band	1	2.28	-1.28

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Duck Rock

Malcolm McLaren

2/5

Definitely funky, some cool old-school hip hop beats. The Appalachian folk tunes at the end were odd. Favorite song(s): Double Dutch.

Hot Fuss

The Killers

4/5

It’s rock, it’s glamour, it’s crying in the club at 2am. This is an album of anthems and is one of the best debut albums out there. Favorite song(s): Mr. Brightside, Somebody Told Me, All These Things That I’ve Done, On Top, Everything Will Be Alright

James Brown Live At The Apollo

James Brown

3/5

Enjoyed this album but prefer some of James Brown’s other work. Liked that it was live and I did feel like I was there at the Apollo watching a show. Favorite Song(s): I Don’t Mind, Lost Someone

Aladdin Sane

David Bowie

2/5

Not for me. Album felt like I was listening to show tunes or a musical. Favorite Song(s): Watch That Man

L.A. Woman

The Doors

3/5

This album oozes cool. Liked how the songs seemed to turn into jam sessions. Favorite Song(s): Love Her Madly, LA Woman

3 + 3

The Isley Brothers

3/5

Liked this one a lot, very groovy! Favorite Song(s): Listen To The Music, Summer Breeze pts. 1&2

Either Or

Elliott Smith

2/5

Not for me. All the songs sounded the same and I couldn’t get into it. Favorite Song(s): Say Yes

Trout Mask Replica

Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band

1/5

This one was bad, I understand why the album isn’t available to stream in the US. No favorite songs.

Devil Without A Cause

Kid Rock

2/5

Not a fan of Kid Rock but can appreciate how popular he was in the 90s. Favorite Song(s): Cowboy

Cosmo's Factory

Creedence Clearwater Revival

4/5

Love this album, classic CCW with some great covers. Favorite Songs(s) Run Through the Jungle, Who’ll Stop the Rain, Lookin Out My Backdoor

Aja

Steely Dan

3/5

Not bad, not great. I’m not big into Steely Dan, but liked the 70s rock/funk feel. Favorite Song(s): Peg

The Infotainment Scan

The Fall

1/5

I picked through this album and didn’t find anything really to like. No favorites.

Harvest

Neil Young

3/5

Despite it being sad, I enjoyed this album and it has a few songs that I enjoy listening to regularly. I’m not a huge Neil Young fan, but can appreciate the music. Favorite Song(s): Harvest, Heart Of Gold, Old Man, Alabama

Red Headed Stranger

Willie Nelson

4/5

Enjoyed this one as the album told a story. Classic Willie Nelson. Favorite Song(s): Time of the Preacher, Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain, Red Headed Stranger.

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

Elton John

4/5

I had never listened to this one all the way through before but now I’m glad I did. Elton John is a gem and this album is fun and cheeky and deep all at the same time. Favorite Song(s): Bennie and the Jets, All the Girls Love Alice (but really, I loved the whole album)

Iron Maiden

3/5

Liked this one, but I do prefer Iron Maiden’s later stuff. Favorite Song(s): Phantom of the Opera, Iron Maiden

Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul

Otis Redding

4/5

Enjoyed this one. A lot of classics everyone knows and most songs have been famously covered a time or to. Favorite Song(s): Respect, My Girl, Satisfaction

1989

Taylor Swift

5/5

Easy five for this one even though this was my first time listening all the way through. This album has so many great songs and reminds me of being a teenager. Love her or hate her, Taylor knows how to make an album. Favorite Song(s): Welcome to New York, All You Had to Do Was Stay, Shake It Off, Bad Blood

Street Life

The Crusaders

2/5

Couldn’t get into this one. I like Jazz but only sometimes. Favorite Song(s): Rodeo Drive

This Year's Model

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

2/5

I was bored listening to this one and skipped through a lot of songs. Favorite Song(s): Pump it Up

Emperor Tomato Ketchup

Stereolab

2/5

This is just weird music, not bad, but weird. Not really for me, plus most songs are in French. Favorite Song(s): Les Yper-Sound

A Little Deeper

Ms. Dynamite

3/5

Enjoyed this one, loved the hip/hop/reggae vibes. Favorite Song(s): Dy-Na-Mi-Tee

Bringing It All Back Home

Bob Dylan

2/5

Not the Bob Dylan I like. No Favorite Songs.

Home Is Where The Music Is

Hugh Masekela

2/5

Liege And Lief

Fairport Convention

2/5

Green River

Creedence Clearwater Revival

4/5

Another banger. No notes. Favorite Song(s) Green River and the rest of the album.

Oracular Spectacular

MGMT

3/5

A few songs on this album have been so overplayed it was hard to listen to them (Kids, Electric Feel). That being said, I had never listened to the whole album before despite growing up with it. I liked the beginning songs but after Kids, the songs got weird. Solid 3. Favorite Song(s): Time to Pretend

Coles Corner

Richard Hawley

2/5

Dirty

Sonic Youth

3/5

The Who Sell Out

The Who

3/5

Actually enjoyed this side of The Who. Enjoyed the skit about baked beans. Very British, very cheeky. Favorite Song(s): Tattoo, I Can See For Miles.

People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm

A Tribe Called Quest

3/5

Classic hip hop with such great beats. Favorite Song(s): Can I Kick It

The Man Who

Travis

2/5

Nevermind

Nirvana

5/5

Easy 5. This album stands as one of the greatest out there despite being overplayed. Nirvana is the epitome of 90s grunge Favorite Song(s): the whole album

Out Of The Blue

Electric Light Orchestra

4/5

Loveless

My Bloody Valentine

2/5

Not for me. Too much witchy-90s vibes. Favorite Song(s): Honey Power

Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes

TV On The Radio

3/5

Kick Out The Jams (Live)

MC5

3/5

Enjoyed this one. Very old school punk, and liked it was a live album. Favorite Song(s): Ramblin Rose, Kick Out The Jams

Purple Rain

Prince

3/5

Will probably get hate for this but I’m just not a huge Prince fan. I respect him as a musical icon but the tunes aren’t for me. Favorite Song(s): Purple Rain - obviously.

Junkyard

The Birthday Party

1/5

How is this album even on this list? What did I just listen to? Favorite Song(s): none

Deep Purple In Rock

Deep Purple

2/5

Too many guitar solos and songs just took forever to build up. Couldn’t get into it. Favorite Song(s): Flight of the Rat

Moondance

Van Morrison

3/5

Pretty good, liked the jazz aspects a lot and Can has a great voice, very smooth and easy listening. Favorite Song(s): Moondance, Caravan

Exit Planet Dust

The Chemical Brothers

3/5

I like this more than I thought I would, reminds me of a bunch of 90s/2000s action movies. The songs were kind of long though and I don’t know when I would ever pick this up just to listen. Favorite Song(s): In Dust We Trust, Leave Home

I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You

Aretha Franklin

5/5

I had never listened to this full album before but I’m glad I did now. Every song is so good and full of soul, so easy to listen to. Favorite Song(s): The full album.

Surf's Up

The Beach Boys

2/5

This is just not the Beach Boys I know and love. Favorite Song(s): surfs up

My Generation

The Who

2/5