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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Tank Battles Dagmar Krause	5	2.13	+2.87
Siembra Willie Colón & Rubén Blades	5	3.3	+1.7
Hot Rats Frank Zappa	5	3.36	+1.64
Parklife Blur	5	3.38	+1.62
My Generation The Who	5	3.42	+1.58
Fleet Foxes Fleet Foxes	5	3.43	+1.57
James Brown Live At The Apollo James Brown	5	3.46	+1.54
Talking Heads 77 Talking Heads	5	3.56	+1.44
The Score Fugees	5	3.69	+1.31
Violator Depeche Mode	5	3.7	+1.3

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Maxinquaye Tricky	1	3.04	-2.04
Konnichiwa Skepta	1	2.74	-1.74
Entertainment Gang Of Four	2	3.25	-1.25

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Artist	Albums	Average
The Who	2	5

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The Score

Fugees

5/5

I give The Score by Fugees a 5. So much fun. The instrumental harmonies uplift each track in a major way. I had heard “Ready or Not” before but I can’t believe I hadn’t heard anything else from this. The transitions between songs like “The Beast” and “Fu-Gee-La” are also incredible. The album rules and belongs in a cultural studies course about the 90s in America.

Parklife

Blur

5/5

Sounded punk to me at first listen but upon further inspection it is technically Britpop. I just let Modern Life is Rubbish play after this and got through like most of that because I couldn’t get away from Blur’s sound. Parklkfe is an awesome album with attitude.

So Much For The City

The Thrills

3/5

A little confused by the country influence that sort of creeps in during Old Friends New Lovers and becomes full force in Say it Ain’t So and Hollywood Kids. I loved Deckchairs and Cigarettes though. Conor Deasy’s voice is hit or miss, though it has hits!

Basket of Light

Pentangle

4/5

I thought it was Irish but I guess everything is British. Scratched a folk itch and felt really good to listen to while driving by horse farms on the way to work.

I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got

Sinead O'Connor

4/5

Beautiful. Emotional. Irish. Powerful

Hotel California

Eagles

3/5

The album’s namesake is iconic if a bit melodically repetitious. However the rest of the album isn’t nearly as strong

My Generation

The Who

5/5

Loved it!

Phaedra

Tangerine Dream

3/5

Good for D&D! I don’t know how exactly to score this one.

Konnichiwa

Skepta

1/5

1/5. Did not like the lyrics. Melodically and rhythmically uninspired. Though I did like the audio sample in Shutdown - “Black men dancing aggressively on TV, I’m so intimidated, I just don’t expect this on daytime television.” But overall I felt annoyed throughout. One more thought scares me; someone out there listens to this and thinks they’re a badass for it. And that scares me

Tank Battles

Dagmar Krause

5/5

Insane cooking in this album. I don’t know how I can knock anything for it.

Talking Heads 77

Talking Heads

5/5

Love these guys, the Heads that Talk.

Document

R.E.M.

3/5

3/5 and I mean that in the way a professor says a C or a B is still not bad. It was nice to hear the full album where It’s The End of the World as we Know It (and I feel fine) comes from. I also think a lot of the album is caveman music. It just has a certain unga-bunga to it.

James Brown Live At The Apollo

James Brown

5/5

Classy! You like jazz?

Locust Abortion Technician

Butthole Surfers

2/5

Like, I want to score these albums in an objective way but I just don’t know how to vibe with what was going on here.

Can't Buy A Thrill

Steely Dan

5/5

Love it. Essential.

Our Aim Is To Satisfy

Red Snapper

4/5

It’s night driving. It’s intellectual. It’s soothing. I like it!

...The Dandy Warhols Come Down

The Dandy Warhols

3/5

As the album progressed, it just compelled me les. Still not bad though.

Hot Rats

Frank Zappa

5/5

This album feels like it’s from the future. It’s got range and attitude. I had a review written and saved but somehow I lost it, but after the first few chords of Peaches en Regalia I knew this was the business.

Graceland

Paul Simon

4/5

Essential, pretty good

The Marshall Mathers LP

Eminem

4/5

I love the energy and lyrics behind everything here. “Kim” felt a bit long for my taste but I think it was just meant to be challenging. “Criminal” is such an awesome end to the album. 4/5 only because I know (vaguely) that Eminem grows and changes a lot as an artist after this.

Maxinquaye

Tricky

1/5

I’m really strugglin’ with this one. Some songs on this album start off as if they could be neat but they just kind of devolve immediately. I don’t know what state of mind this album could be good to connect with. True 1 star.

Brutal Youth

Elvis Costello

4/5

I love this! With this album club I’ve had a lot of “oh, that’s where that song comes from!” Rocking Horse Road was that moment for me. Excited for the next album to be different in terms of genre and style though.

Viva Hate

Morrissey

3/5

Not bad, still fun

Sticky Fingers

The Rolling Stones

4/5

Surrealistic Pillow

Jefferson Airplane

3/5

At a few points their sound didn’t seem super original, but still good.

Zombie

Fela Kuti

4/5

I love the stylistic range. I am in a chill bar when I listen to this.

Murmur

R.E.M.

3/5

Not bad but not particularly memorable

Truth

Jeff Beck

4/5

My girlfriend said she needs a cigarette after listening to this album and goddammit I may start smoking too. It’s so cool how music gets you into new things, like drugs. Drugs are cool. Anyway, great album with a lotta attitude.

Violator

Depeche Mode

5/5

I'm into the second song and I'm gonna make a leap of faith: I love it.

Younger Than Yesterday

The Byrds

4/5

Very cool! Very 60s!

My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts

Brian Eno

2/5

I love David Byrne. I love Talking Heads. But this was a foray into something different, which I usually appreciate, but I just didn't connect with it sadly.

Live At The Harlem Square Club

Sam Cooke

5/5

“Don’t fight it - we’re gonna FEEL it tonight.” The album begins with those words and it just lives up to them throughout. Also, another “so that’s where that song comes from” moment occurred for me with Bring It On Home to Me. 5 stars because I had a goddamn blast.

Either Or

Elliott Smith

3/5

Not bad, idk

Coles Corner

Richard Hawley

4/5

Made me feel things! I don’t listen to enough of this style and genre either.

Entertainment

Gang Of Four

2/5

This certainly was an album on the list

Who's Next

The Who

5/5

This album has presence. It’s unforgettable

A Girl Called Dusty

Dusty Springfield

4/5

The Low End Theory

A Tribe Called Quest

5/5

I’m not a rap expert but I get the sense that this is a very important album for the genre. Lyrics were a lot of fun.

1989

Taylor Swift

4/5

I have to give it a strong score. I wish I could give it a 4.5/5. It was just too influential. Also every track was legitimately good, so the album is strong as a whole.

Faust IV

Faust

2/5

Couldn’t finish both discs.

Freak Out!

The Mothers Of Invention

2/5

I think on more objective level I’d give this a 4 as a piece of art but it was just not fun to listen to. I appreciate some of the protest angles but they’re really buried among a mostly cacophonous sound. I understand how that’s the point but again it just wasn’t fun.

Green

R.E.M.

3/5

Frank

Amy Winehouse

4/5

I love her voice and the album has good attitude to it. Also the transition between There is no Greater Love and In my Bed was crazy.

Fleet Foxes

5/5

Just beautiful

Siembra

Willie Colón & Rubén Blades

5/5

You know, it felt like last year there was about a month where my Spotify weekly recommendations were just “oops, all tropical.” This album stood out among others I’ve listened to in the genre

E.V.O.L.

Sonic Youth

4/5