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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Violent Femmes Violent Femmes	5	3.49	+1.51

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
good kid, m.A.A.d city Kendrick Lamar	1	3.63	-2.63
Blonde On Blonde Bob Dylan	1	3.49	-2.49
Permission to Land The Darkness	1	3.15	-2.15
Hunky Dory David Bowie	2	4	-2
Yank Crime Drive Like Jehu	1	2.71	-1.71
The Low End Theory A Tribe Called Quest	2	3.7	-1.7
Blood On The Tracks Bob Dylan	2	3.67	-1.67
Aladdin Sane David Bowie	2	3.61	-1.61
Maggot Brain Funkadelic	2	3.6	-1.6
Licensed To Ill Beastie Boys	2	3.55	-1.55

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Back At The Chicken Shack

Jimmy Smith · 1 likes

2/5

Fine for what it was... All Organ and brass. Just not my instruments.

Maggot Brain

Funkadelic · 1 likes

2/5

This is my 2nd attempt at this album. It came up earlier this year, it wasn't good then. But good now. Sleigh Bells sampled the only good 39 seconds from the entire album.

1-Star Albums (4)

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Slanted And Enchanted

Pavement

3/5

OK, kind of generic 90s rock

Transformer

Lou Reed

3/5

It's OK. Couple good songs, otherwise background noise.

All Directions

The Temptations

4/5

Interesting, surprised how sad it was. Quite the story it tells. New some songs, hadn't listened as intently before.

Back At The Chicken Shack

Jimmy Smith

2/5

Fine for what it was... All Organ and brass. Just not my instruments.

Blunderbuss

Jack White

4/5

Forgot about this album. FIrst listen was slow to get into, some dumb lyrics. Eventually listened to it a bunch, good stuff.

Sea Change

Beck

3/5

A bit boring for Beck. Had really expected more. Great lullaby album.

Who Killed...... The Zutons?

The Zutons

3/5

Just an OK album. A bit country but not overly so.

More Specials

The Specials

3/5

Generic, OK for background music.

Superunknown

Soundgarden

4/5

Solid album, a few songs that aren't great but mostly really good.

The Low End Theory

A Tribe Called Quest

2/5

90s rap. It's OK but rather listen to a lot of other music.

Apple Venus Volume 1

XTC

3/5

Live / Dead

Grateful Dead

2/5

Just couldn't get into it.

Hms Fable

Shack

3/5

It's fine, fairly standard late 90s rock.

The Cars

4/5

Overall a pretty good album. Lots of his, a couple misses.

Endtroducing.....

DJ Shadow

4/5

A surprise hit. Not really my style of music but I enjoyed every song on your album.

Nick Of Time

Bonnie Raitt

2/5

Tough to get through. All sounds the same, drums never change across the album. 80s slow country pop, ugh.

You've Come a Long Way Baby

Fatboy Slim

3/5

30 words across the entire album. It's pretty good despite the ridiculous repetitiveness.

Green River

Creedence Clearwater Revival

3/5

Classic rock, short album, mix of good with OK.

On The Beach

Neil Young

2/5

Neil Young.... It got a 2 star because it was somehow better than expected... But barely.

The World is a Ghetto

War

3/5

It's fine. Put it on in the background.

Ray Of Light

Madonna

3/5

Good enough. Some nice songs but a lot of the same vibe.

Aladdin Sane

David Bowie

2/5

David Bowie makes a 70s musical album. No thanks.

Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

Wilco

3/5

It's OK. Not much more to say.

More Songs About Buildings And Food

Talking Heads

3/5

Had hoped for more. Still an OK album

Surf's Up

The Beach Boys

3/5

3 star in the realm of all albums. 2 star would be generous if rating Beach Boys only.

Moon Safari

Air

4/5

A nice chill album. First song is a banger.

From Elvis In Memphis

Elvis Presley

4/5

Honestly better than expected. Some bangers and nothing I didn't like. Kentucky Rain hits hard.

Permission to Land

The Darkness

1/5

No, glam rock at its worst. Terrible singer, boring music.

The Wall

Pink Floyd

4/5

Some very good tracks, really wanted to rare 5,but unfortunately a few songs bring it down.

Moving Pictures

Rush

4/5

Better than expected, will listen again.

Station To Station

David Bowie

3/5

Not terrible for David Bowie, this could play in the back ground.

Reggatta De Blanc

The Police

3/5

Not bad. Better than expected.

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector

Various Artists

4/5

Classics with classics

Violent Femmes

5/5

Love it, great album!

Odelay

Beck

3/5

Some highs and some lows. Lots of noise with a few great songs.

The Specials

3/5

Not my style, but I really enjoyed the first song and the rest of the album was better than expected.

Thriller

Michael Jackson

4/5

It's good, thriller doesn't really fit the vibe of the album but it's a classic. The Paul McCartney song is terrible

Sound Affects

The Jam

3/5

It's fine, nothing outstanding or terrible.

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

4/5

On a forced 5 scale, it's 3.5 making it a 4. Good stuff

Licensed To Ill

Beastie Boys

2/5

Worse than expected. Guy can't get over how good his rhymes are and all the girls he gets as a result. Ridiculous lyrics and the songs all sound the same.

Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes

TV On The Radio

3/5

I had hoped for more. It was just ok in the end.

Very

Pet Shop Boys

3/5

Better than expected, but obtaining just average.

...The Dandy Warhols Come Down

The Dandy Warhols

4/5

Great album. Surprised me, didn't expect so many to hit.

Live!

Fela Kuti

3/5

Truly much better than expected.

Lady Soul

Aretha Franklin

3/5

It's fine. I'm not a big fan but this album has some classics and she's the queen of soul!

Maggot Brain

Funkadelic

2/5

This is my 2nd attempt at this album. It came up earlier this year, it wasn't good then. But good now. Sleigh Bells sampled the only good 39 seconds from the entire album.

Blonde On Blonde

Bob Dylan

1/5

No no no no no. Bob Dylan's ridiculously terrible voice married with a harmonica? Gross. Barely survived listening to the entire thing.

Roxy Music

2/5

Pretty boring honestly

Fear Of Music

Talking Heads

3/5

OK background music, expected more out of them.

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