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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy Kanye West	5	3.4	+1.6
Frank Amy Winehouse	5	3.46	+1.54
Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music Ray Charles	5	3.5	+1.5
The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill Lauryn Hill	5	3.65	+1.35

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
The Next Day David Bowie	1	3.29	-2.29
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band Beatles	2	4.25	-2.25
Paul's Boutique Beastie Boys	2	3.46	-1.46
Opus Dei Laibach	1	2.39	-1.39
Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs Marty Robbins	2	3.33	-1.33
This Year's Model Elvis Costello & The Attractions	2	3.31	-1.31
MTV Unplugged In New York Nirvana	3	4.2	-1.2
Music For The Jilted Generation The Prodigy	2	3.07	-1.07
Imperial Bedroom Elvis Costello & The Attractions	2	3	-1

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Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music

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Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music

Ray Charles

5/5

mostly romance, lots of smooth and controlled vocals and really nice instrument tones. Very enjoyable overall

Frank

Amy Winehouse

5/5

really nice sound and iconic voice. I would listen to this again a bunch

Red Headed Stranger

Willie Nelson

3/5

i usually would dislike country but this album wasn't very over the top and had some good sounds I enjoyed, but I don't think I would revisit it much at all.

Hotel California

Eagles

3/5

definitely a quality album. I see the appeal and eagles has a chill, strong sound, but I cannot see myself relistening to it much at all

Paul's Boutique

Beastie Boys

2/5

I was interested by the sound at first, but it never really developed and the vocals/lyrics never interested me. I can rock with hip hop, but this seemed mindless and too punky for me.

Natty Dread

Bob Marley & The Wailers

4/5

Bob Marley is nice like that

Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs

Marty Robbins

2/5

2.67, good storytelling and cool sound but I would never listen to this again it wasn’t interesting to me

Aqualung

Jethro Tull

3/5

Sounded musically authentic, and I generally enjoyed the instrumentals and vocals, but most of the record doesn't match my taste so I can't see myself returning

Femi Kuti

3/5

cool culture, great music, and I love long songs (6+ minutes). however, I can't see myself revisiting anytime soon

This Year's Model

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

2/5

apparently I'm gonna have to listen to 5 more of this guy's records, and I don't really care for it

Meat Is Murder

The Smiths

3/5

A little repetitive and generally didn't fit my taste, but the smiths are pretty good overall and surprised me with some songs like Well I Wonder

Modern Kosmology

Jane Weaver

3/5

The Architect was groovy, but most of the album didn't interest me as much.

Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space

Spiritualized

3/5

definitely a vibe, but it just wasn't mine. slight chance I revisit someday though

LP1

FKA twigs

3/5

eerie, electric, unique. I like modern music that takes advantage of modern production tools. this just wasn't my vibe though.

Crosby, Stills & Nash

3/5

I like the instrumentals but I just wouldn’t relisten any time soon

Ellington at Newport

Duke Ellington

4/5

smooth, lovely, but I don’t like listening to the “live” part of this live album

Traffic

3/5

Good band but didn’t interest me enough to revisit any time soon

The La's

3/5

like 3.3/5. they had me hooked for a song but then would make we want to stop listening the next.

Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge

Mudhoney

3/5

I actually enjoyed the first half of this album, but the ladder half was much more disappointing for me. I also didn't feel as though there were memorable moments or catchy songs on this album, which usually brings me back.

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

Beatles

2/5

Didn’t care for this record much at all. Usually at least one song gets me or has something interesting for me but I just didn’t get that here

Raising Hell

Run-D.M.C.

4/5

Fun, original, and creative

Run-D.M.C.

4/5

I’m familiar with a lot of melodic rap or modern production in hip hop so seeing where it came from or the earlier stages of rap was enjoyable and fun

Chocolate Starfish And The Hot Dog Flavored Water

Limp Bizkit

2/5

just seems so immature and weird but some of the production was pretty interesting

Opus Dei

Laibach

1/5

didn't care for the concept, didn't enjoy the hour-long anthem music, never want to hear these vocals again

Back At The Chicken Shack

Jimmy Smith

4/5

really love this music, but I wish there was a little more song structure with some sort of repeated hook or instrumental story-telling of sort. maybe it's there and I'm just missing it though

Pornography

The Cure

3/5

dark and interesting, but I don't think I would revisit anytime soon

Untitled (Black Is)

SAULT

3/5

I see why it’s in here because it was politically relevant or significant for the time but this album was pretty boring for me. Also, I don’t get why it’s called untitled with its title in parenthesis

Ten

Pearl Jam

3/5

might go hard in a rhythm game

Movies

Holger Czukay

3/5

The two longer tracks were pretty good, but I don't care for this

Live!

Fela Kuti

4/5

i like it. funky, groovy, and energetic. cool environment

Brothers

The Black Keys

3/5

Only a couple songs like Black Mud and Too Afraid to Love you were really grooving for me. Also, I don’t understand what’s up with this album cover. Most of this album was too average to stand out as a classic on this list. It’s missing the X factor

The Next Day

David Bowie

1/5

I hadn't heard of David Bowie, though I've heard a lot of his popular songs. I'm not so sure, but I feel like this shouldn't have been the albun that represents him on this list. Especially for a 2010s record, and especially for a very experienced artist, this didn't interest me at all. felt disorganized

The Healer

John Lee Hooker

3/5

I like some of his other records more

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector

Various Artists

3/5

fun christmas music, but I felt some of the less interesting songs made the hits hit less

MTV Unplugged In New York

Nirvana

3/5

I really like live albums, but I felt like too much of this record was dull. I'm definitely missing the hype somewhere but at the end of the day I can't force myself to rate it high just because

Rubber Soul

Beatles

4/5

I don’t know the Beatles well, so listening was pretty new for me. It makes sense why their music is classic. I like their choices on the instrumentals as they all felt intentional and well thought. No significant highs for me on this record though.

Music For The Jilted Generation

The Prodigy

2/5

I’m sure the jilted generation enjoyed this a lot more than I did

Doggystyle

Snoop Dogg

3/5

This album is good and very well-produced, but for me today I can’t really sit down to listen to it. I think that this era of hip hop emphasized too much profanity and superficiality

Axis: Bold As Love

Jimi Hendrix

3/5

I've heard a lot of good things about Jimi Hendrix, but for the most part, I just wasn't impressed. Still solid, but I didn't really enjoy listening

The Gershwin Songbook

Ella Fitzgerald

4/5

very traditional nice jazz

Maggot Brain

Funkadelic

4/5

A lot of good sounds on this. I’ll definitely be revisiting

Rust Never Sleeps

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

4/5

harmonica is so tuff

Vauxhall And I

Morrissey

3/5

I like mellow music, but I prefer it with some more musicality and better vocals..

Songs For Swingin' Lovers!

Frank Sinatra

4/5

very classic very swing

A Northern Soul

The Verve

3/5

Very average

Hot Buttered Soul

Isaac Hayes

4/5

very groovy classic

The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill

Lauryn Hill

5/5

lauryn hill is the goat. rnb, hip hop, reggae, she can do it all

Neon Bible

Arcade Fire

3/5

I think the concept is pretty interesting but the music didn't interest me enough to think about relistening

My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

Kanye West

5/5

I dont even think this is his best album but its very influential, creative, and has some of the best hip hop records in Runaway and Devil in a New Dress so it's hard not to give it 5 stars

Morrison Hotel

The Doors

4/5

pretty groovy, good 70s music

Imperial Bedroom

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

2/5

like when you get some good food but have no sauce to put on it