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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Palo Congo Sabu	5	2.7	+2.3
Grievous Angel Gram Parsons	5	2.87	+2.13
Treasure Cocteau Twins	5	3.1	+1.9
System Of A Down System Of A Down	5	3.27	+1.73
Tommy The Who	5	3.32	+1.68
Fragile Yes	5	3.32	+1.68
Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs Marty Robbins	5	3.34	+1.66
Songs Of Leonard Cohen Leonard Cohen	5	3.38	+1.62
Hybrid Theory Linkin Park	5	3.39	+1.61
The Köln Concert Keith Jarrett	5	3.39	+1.61

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Reggatta De Blanc The Police	1	3.44	-2.44
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot Wilco	1	3.31	-2.31
The Low End Theory A Tribe Called Quest	2	3.7	-1.7
The Queen Is Dead The Smiths	2	3.67	-1.67
Rock Bottom Robert Wyatt	1	2.39	-1.39
Nevermind Nirvana	3	4.37	-1.37
The Blueprint JAY Z	2	3.2	-1.2
Junkyard The Birthday Party	1	2.15	-1.15
Armed Forces Elvis Costello & The Attractions	2	3.08	-1.08
Sister Sonic Youth	2	3.01	-1.01

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Artist	Albums	Average
Nick Drake	2	5
Beatles	3	4.33

5-Star Albums (26)

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Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

Wilco · 1 likes

1/5

I would give this 0 stars if I could.

1-Star Albums (4)

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The Dreaming

Kate Bush

3/5

Kate bush is not to my taste apparently.

Born To Run

Bruce Springsteen

4/5

Surprised I'd never heard this album before. Really enjoyed it.

Hybrid Theory

Linkin Park

5/5

One of my favorite albums, easy 5-star

Play

Moby

4/5

Not sure how I missed this during my university days. Decent music, but I guess I am missing the nostalgia factors others have.

Pink Moon

Nick Drake

5/5

I love all Nick Drake's albums, and I am sad there are so few.

A Hard Day's Night

Beatles

4/5

There are a couple rough songs in this album, but the rest are great!

Electric Ladyland

Jimi Hendrix

3/5

It was ok, a bit of a messy sound compared to other stuff I've heard from him.

Wish You Were Here

Pink Floyd

4/5

Vol. 4

Black Sabbath

4/5

Laguna Sunrise is the best track here, but overall a great album.

Hail To the Thief

Radiohead

3/5

I think they have better albums, this was ok.

Treasure

Cocteau Twins

5/5

How I missed this until now is beyond me. Love the sound, love the album, need more.

Fulfillingness' First Finale

Stevie Wonder

5/5

I somehow hadn't heard this album before. "They won't go when I go" was an amazing track.

Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

Wilco

1/5

I would give this 0 stars if I could.

Space Ritual

Hawkwind

3/5

I tried to appreciate this one but it put me to sleep. :(

Darklands

The Jesus And Mary Chain

3/5

This one was ok, just not my favorite style of music.

Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs

Derek & The Dominos

3/5

It was ok.

Frank

Amy Winehouse

5/5

I can see myself listening to her music more often and wish there was more of it.

Figure 8

Elliott Smith

4/5

This one was very mellow, nothing exciting.

Palo Congo

Sabu

5/5

5 seconds in, 5 stars, GIMMIE MORE!

More Songs About Buildings And Food

Talking Heads

4/5

Pretty good, though I'm not a fan of the main singers voice which is probably why I don't listen to them regularly.

The Suburbs

Arcade Fire

4/5

I really enjoyed this, surprised i hadn't heard them before.

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

3/5

For some reason I always thought Tom Petty was a country singer and never listened before. That said... it was ok.

Third

Soft Machine

2/5

This one comes and goes. I like parts of it...

Sheer Heart Attack

Queen

5/5

It's queen, 5/5 every time.

Maggot Brain

Funkadelic

4/5

Yet anotehr artist I've never listend to even though I love funk. Pretty good album. :)

Off The Wall

Michael Jackson

5/5

One of my favorite albums

Adele

4/5

This album is already embedded in my subconscience

Heroes

David Bowie

3/5

I enojoyed some of the tracks, I assume not his best album?

Rain Dogs

Tom Waits

4/5

I've heard at least two covers of his music without having heard the originals. His style is growing on me, but sometimes covers are better. ^^;

Rock Bottom

Robert Wyatt

1/5

Stopped at second track. Hate this.

The Number Of The Beast

Iron Maiden

5/5

Great album!

Antichrist Superstar

Marilyn Manson

4/5

4 stars only because there is one great track and then a bunch of slightly less great tracks.

Shadowland

k.d. lang

2/5

I made it about half way. I really hate country music. ^^;

Reggatta De Blanc

The Police

1/5

White reggae. Just... no.

Songs For Swingin' Lovers!

Frank Sinatra

5/5

It's SInatra, 'nough said.

Odessey And Oracle

The Zombies

5/5

Excellent album, love The Zombies.

Elephant

The White Stripes

3/5

The album just seemed to blur together. I like the first track.

Come Find Yourself

Fun Lovin' Criminals

3/5

I liked scooby snacks, the rest of the album was decent, just not my favorite style of music.

Songs Of Leonard Cohen

Leonard Cohen

5/5

Loved it!

Birth Of The Cool

Miles Davis

5/5

It's jazz, pretty much always a 5 from me.

Brothers

The Black Keys

4/5

This was pretty good, I've heard a few of their songs but first time I listened to a whole album.

OK Computer

Radiohead

4/5

This is one of their better albums, most of the songs are great!

The Lexicon Of Love

ABC

4/5

Really enjoyed this.

With The Beatles

Beatles

4/5

Really solid album overall, though their later recordings have higher fidelity and a couple of the songs are not my cup of tea.

Superunknown

Soundgarden

5/5

I'm only halfway through and LOVE ALL OF IT! So much going on and fun to listen to!

At San Quentin

Johnny Cash

3/5

Songs are great but not a fan of live albums.

Nevermind

Nirvana

3/5

I think I heard most of these for the first time playing Rockband. Some good stuff but a few of the tracks are just screaming.

The Blueprint

JAY Z

2/5

Not a fan of the "sexy women dance around while someone brags about how much cash they have" genre. Music was ok I guess?

Music

Madonna

2/5

Not her best album. I guess autotune was new at the time, but not something I enjoy.

Tommy

The Who

5/5

Excellent!

It's Blitz!

Yeah Yeah Yeahs

5/5

Excellent!

Hunting High And Low

a-ha

4/5

I don't think I've ever listened to anything but the one hit song on this album. It was pretty good.

Copper Blue

Sugar

4/5

It's not easy listening, but it's easy to listen to.

Pink Moon

Nick Drake

5/5

One of my favorite albums EVER.

Are You Experienced

Jimi Hendrix

4/5

System Of A Down

5/5

System Of A Down, 'nough said

Eli And The Thirteenth Confession

Laura Nyro

4/5

Shocked I have never heard her before! Will be listening to more for sure!

Rubber Soul

Beatles

5/5

This may be my favorite beatles album.

The Low End Theory

A Tribe Called Quest

2/5

Not a fan of rap, mostly because of the sexism... but I just don't enjoy the style in general.

After The Gold Rush

Neil Young

5/5

Already in my list of favorite albums. :)

The Queen Is Dead

The Smiths

2/5

Meh.

Murmur

R.E.M.

3/5

Neither loved nor hated.

Sister

Sonic Youth

2/5

A couple of songs were ok, but genrally just a wall of noise for me.

Home Is Where The Music Is

Hugh Masekela

4/5

Enjoyed this one. :)

Moon Safari

Air

4/5

Pretty good, not what I expected out of the 90s

Disintegration

The Cure

3/5

Very easy listening, but nothing stood out.

Tragic Songs of Life

The Louvin Brothers

2/5

Old country... not my thing.

Play

Moby

4/5

Copy of previous non group review: "Not sure how I missed this during my university days. Decent music, but I guess I am missing the nostalgia factors others have."

461 Ocean Boulevard

Eric Clapton

4/5

Really enjoyed this, though I was surprised there were a few cover songs.

I Should Coco

Supergrass

4/5

This prompted a discussion with by husband on how UK pop was about a decade ahead of US pop because this sounds like it came out of 2005.

Diamond Life

Sade

4/5

Hadn't heard any of this except for the radio hit, the rest was pretty good.