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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Walking Wounded Everything But The Girl	5	2.98	+2.02
Honky Tonk Heroes Waylon Jennings	5	3.14	+1.86
American Pie Don McLean	5	3.28	+1.72
Nebraska Bruce Springsteen	5	3.32	+1.68
Court And Spark Joni Mitchell	5	3.35	+1.65
Dub Housing Pere Ubu	4	2.35	+1.65
Metal Box Public Image Ltd.	4	2.41	+1.59
Stand! Sly & The Family Stone	5	3.43	+1.57
Strangeways, Here We Come The Smiths	5	3.44	+1.56
All Directions The Temptations	5	3.45	+1.55

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Fever To Tell Yeah Yeah Yeahs	1	3.29	-2.29
Greetings From L.A. Tim Buckley	1	2.84	-1.84
Happy Trails Quicksilver Messenger Service	1	2.8	-1.8
(Pronounced 'Leh-'Nérd 'Skin-'Nérd) Lynyrd Skynyrd	2	3.74	-1.74
The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan Bob Dylan	2	3.61	-1.61
Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots The Flaming Lips	2	3.57	-1.57
Definitely Maybe Oasis	2	3.54	-1.54
Dirt Alice In Chains	2	3.46	-1.46
If I Should Fall From Grace With God The Pogues	2	3.33	-1.33
The Specials The Specials	2	3.29	-1.29

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Artist	Albums	Average
Bruce Springsteen	2	5
Joni Mitchell	2	5

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Artist	Albums	Average
Tim Buckley	2	1.5

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Different Class

Pulp · 1 likes

3/5

90's Britpop. Obsessed with sex and infidelity to a boring extent.

1-Star Albums (3)

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Sunshine Superman

Donovan

3/5

Rating 6. Solid album, but nothing memorable after the title song.

The Number Of The Beast

Iron Maiden

4/5

Surprisingly, a solid 8 for me. I'd listen again.

Tusk

Fleetwood Mac

4/5

7/10. Stevie Nicks's songs are luminous, but otherwise, I'm not hearing much that's interesting. It's hard to go wrong with Fleetwood Mac, but why this album instead of the self-titled album?

Speakerboxxx/The Love Below

OutKast

3/5

I like the jazzy tracks, interesting sounds, acoustic instruments on some songs, and the guys' sense of humor. But I wouldn't go out of my way to listen to it again. Good stuff, but not my taste. 6/10

Born In The U.S.A.

Bruce Springsteen

5/5

Not my favorite Springsteen album, but it's a classic for a reason. It's worth the price of admission just for I'm on Fire and Dancing in the Dark, not to mention Cover Me. 9/10

Dirt

Alice In Chains

2/5

Alice in Chains definitely has its own sound, but once you've heard one song, you've heard nearly all of them. Would? and Rooster are the only two interesting songs, and Would? is the only one I'd listen to again voluntarily. 4/10

Only By The Night

Kings of Leon

2/5

Meh. Nothing special. The singer's voice grew more and more annoying the longer the album went on. 3/10

Pretzel Logic

Steely Dan

3/5

I generally enjoy Steely Dan's jazzy vibes and vocal harmonies, but I'm not a fan of this one.

All Things Must Pass

George Harrison

5/5

The Only Ones

4/5

It grew on me with a second listen. No rest for the wicked.

Elephant Mountain

The Youngbloods

3/5

KIWANUKA

Michael Kiwanuka

5/5

What a great discovery! During the first few songs, I couldn't tell what decade I was listening to. He incorporates great sounds and techniques from multiple eras and creates a timeless album. Funk, jazz and gospel inspired, with beautiful vocals and dreamy soundscapes.

Deja Vu

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

3/5

Aside from a couple of songs, I don't find it memorable.

White Light

Gene Clark

4/5

A very comforting album. Maybe it's the acoustic guitar and harmonica, but I see myself sitting by a fire pit in the desert with a glass of red wine in hand, listening to this album.

Unknown Pleasures

Joy Division

3/5

The Rise & Fall

Madness

4/5

I Should Coco

Supergrass

3/5

Licensed To Ill

Beastie Boys

4/5

This album is pure fun.

Head Hunters

Herbie Hancock

4/5

Live At The Star Club, Hamburg

Jerry Lee Lewis

4/5

Ten

Pearl Jam

4/5

Violent Femmes

4/5

Ace of Spades

Motörhead

2/5

Seventh Tree

Goldfrapp

4/5

Easy listening, but interesting enough to go back for more. Vocals reminiscent of Cocteau Twins.

Snivilisation

Orbital

2/5

Is it ambient? Is it EDM? I don't care. It's boring.

Let's Stay Together

Al Green

5/5

A classic for a reason. I'll never get tired of hearing this album.

Nixon

Lambchop

3/5

Inoffensive, mildly interesting musak

KE*A*H** (Psalm 69)

Ministry

3/5

I respect it, but it's not for me.

Abraxas

Santana

4/5

Get this one on vinyl

Different Class

Pulp

3/5

90's Britpop. Obsessed with sex and infidelity to a boring extent.

Mott

Mott The Hoople

3/5

A solid 1970's rock album, but it feels like others have done the same things better. There's nothing special or memorable about it.

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector

Various Artists

4/5

Sound of Silver

LCD Soundsystem

3/5

Stand!

Sly & The Family Stone

5/5

Wild Wood

Paul Weller

4/5

Chris Stapleton but in the 90's

Rage Against The Machine

3/5

Dance Mania

Tito Puente

4/5

Heartbreaker

Ryan Adams

2/5

Virgin Suicides

Air

4/5

Fulfillingness' First Finale

Stevie Wonder

5/5

The Undertones

3/5

Face to Face

The Kinks

3/5

Fragile

Yes

4/5

The Holy Bible

Manic Street Preachers

3/5

The Specials

2/5

Ska is blah, imo. The vocals are nothing special either.

Pearl

Janis Joplin

5/5

Tracy Chapman

5/5

LP1

FKA twigs

2/5

Maverick A Strike

Finley Quaye

4/5

...And Justice For All

Metallica

4/5

Strangeways, Here We Come

The Smiths

5/5

Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not

Arctic Monkeys

4/5

Teen Dream

Beach House

3/5

Exodus

Bob Marley & The Wailers

4/5

Superunknown

Soundgarden

5/5

This is a fantastic album that rewards a listener with a good set of headphones. Muti-layered with interesting sounds. There's lots to admire here, both musically and lyrically. The lyrics for Fell on Black Days are poetry. Spoonman is great fun and has an interesting time signature. There are many great songs, like Fresh Tendrils and the title track, that were never released as singles too.

American Pie

Don McLean

5/5

An album that feels like a dream of a long lost home. You can really hear the Irish influence.

The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan

2/5

The thing about Bob Dylan, yes, he's an amazing song writer. Legendary. But he's got an annoying voice and an annoying harmonica. There are very few Dylan songs I like or can even stand to listen to. And none of them are on this album.

1999

Prince

4/5

You can't go wrong with a classic Prince record. This one came out just before he reached his pinnacle with Purple Rain.

Blue

Joni Mitchell

5/5

Mama Said Knock You Out

LL Cool J

3/5

All Directions

The Temptations

5/5

Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea

PJ Harvey

4/5

A sadder, more thoughtful Chrissie Hynde.

Peggy Suicide

Julian Cope

4/5

Ill Communication

Beastie Boys

4/5

Band On The Run

Paul McCartney and Wings

3/5

If I Should Fall From Grace With God

The Pogues

2/5

Fun House

The Stooges

3/5

Songs From The Big Chair

Tears For Fears

5/5

Revolver

Beatles

3/5

Raw Power

The Stooges

3/5

Oracular Spectacular

MGMT

4/5

Brothers

The Black Keys

4/5

The Dreaming

Kate Bush

3/5

I admire her, but this is more challenging than I like my music to be. It's like a cross between Bjork and Les Mis. Too experimental electronica for musical theater, too musical theater for experimental electronica.

Protection

Massive Attack

3/5

The albums before and after this one, Blue Lines and Mezzanine, seem like more complete visions. I like some individual songs (Karmacoma, Sly) and always love Tracy Thorn's and Nicolette's vocals, but too many tracks seem like rejects from Blue Lines. I think 1001 albums should keep Blue Lines and Mezzanine and let this one go. It's not Massive Attack's best work.

Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots

The Flaming Lips

2/5

Yawn

Good Old Boys

Randy Newman

3/5

Emergency On Planet Earth

Jamiroquai

4/5

Marquee Moon

Television

3/5

I’ve Got a Tiger By the Tail

Buck Owens

4/5

Happy Trails

Quicksilver Messenger Service

1/5

Justified

Justin Timberlake

3/5

OK, it's a solid pop album. And?

Black Sabbath

5/5

Where has this album been all my life and why am I just now discovering it? When I was a kid, I saw the heavy metal album covers, thought they were creepy, and avoided the whole thing. People just talked about how it was satanic and about Ozzy biting the heads off birds and whatnot. Nobody ever told me it was actually good music, even without all the theatrics.

I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight

Richard Thompson

3/5

Highway 61 Revisited

Bob Dylan

3/5

Natty Dread

Bob Marley & The Wailers

3/5

Heroes

David Bowie

4/5

Life's Too Good

The Sugarcubes

4/5

Happy Sad

Tim Buckley

2/5

The music is all right, I guess, but I can't really listen to it because I know how he abandoned his son (who at the end of the day was the superior musician). I can usually separate the art and the artist, but not here. I'll leave it to others to analyze it.

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

4/5

GREY Area

Little Simz

3/5

The Clash

3/5

Peter Gabriel

5/5

Loveless

My Bloody Valentine