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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Sunshine Hit Me The Bees	5	2.99	+2.01
Devil Without A Cause Kid Rock	4	2.05	+1.95
Risque CHIC	5	3.27	+1.73
The ArchAndroid Janelle Monáe	5	3.45	+1.55
We Are Family Sister Sledge	5	3.48	+1.52
The Gershwin Songbook Ella Fitzgerald	5	3.52	+1.48
Songs For Swingin' Lovers! Frank Sinatra	5	3.52	+1.48
Gorillaz Gorillaz	5	3.53	+1.47
Moving Pictures Rush	5	3.57	+1.43
Machine Head Deep Purple	5	3.58	+1.42

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Unknown Pleasures Joy Division	1	3.48	-2.48
Talking Heads 77 Talking Heads	2	3.56	-1.56
Doggystyle Snoop Dogg	2	3.37	-1.37
Lady Soul Aretha Franklin	3	4.05	-1.05

5-Star Albums (14)

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System Of A Down

System Of A Down · 1 likes

3/5

This wasn't my jam in junior high and it's not my jam now

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Greetings From L.A.

Tim Buckley

3/5

Not quite my jam, but fav track was probably Hong Kong Bar. Very old school sort of noise for noises sake

White Blood Cells

The White Stripes

5/5

Really enjoyed the garage rock, low sound quality and pure concentrated focus

Ramones

4/5

Every song sounded like a remix of the first one. Luckily I dig the sound

Doolittle

Pixies

4/5

What a crazy mix of music. Everytime I thought I had this album figured out it came out of nowhere with a musical break-turn. They wanted to try every genre and succeeded

Aja

Steely Dan

4/5

Everytime I've heard of this band I envisioned blue grass or dad rock. Was not expecting the smooth saxophone and sounds.

Document

R.E.M.

4/5

Very iconic singing voice. The bangers are bangers, but the rest of it grinds

Risque

CHIC

5/5

Groovy dark disco.

Talking Heads 77

Talking Heads

2/5

Just not a fan of the singers voice. Psycho killer is maybe the most interesting piece on the album which is probably why it's stretched so far into the zeitgeist

The Gershwin Songbook

Ella Fitzgerald

5/5

Absolute behemoth of an album. This feels like an eternal building block on the musical timeline. Very fun revisiting so many songs from singing classes of yor

Machine Head

Deep Purple

5/5

Late night drive home rocking out to this album. Not my usual jam, but the true rock does something to the soul

Who's Next

The Who

4/5

Got a little lost listening to this with so many different versions of the same songs. Pretty sure I listened to the whole album over four-ish days but may have missed a song or two

Elvis Is Back

Elvis Presley

4/5

Surprising mix of Doo-Wop and "please me Kennedy", with a strong end of classic what I would call Elvis. Enjoyable listen

Bridge Over Troubled Water

Simon & Garfunkel

4/5

Enjoyed the album, but there were a few songs that tipped it out of the five star range

Mothership Connection

Parliament

4/5

Interplanetary funk. Playing with the listener as much as the music. Probably 4.5 if I could give halves

Rip It Up

Orange Juice

3/5

I liked the riff line in a few songs, but overall didn't blow me away

Adele

5/5

Wasn't sure what to expect going into this album but it thoroughly impressed me. A true heartbreak album, He Won't Go maybe being a standout of the songs I hadn't already heard

You Are The Quarry

Morrissey

2/5

I can handle a little of that Smiths singing voice, but not an entire album unfortunately.

Unknown Pleasures

Joy Division

1/5

Repetitive lyrics and melodies that repeated for four minutes per song. Maybe the least exciting singing voice I've heard. - Post Punk, gothic rock, new wave, punk rock

We Are Family

Sister Sledge

5/5

Am I... into disco?

Truth And Soul

Fishbone

4/5

This really grew on me. Eclectic mix of different styles and genres all jammed into one album with some surprisingly good songs within. Although they weren't all hits

The Dark Side Of The Moon

Pink Floyd

5/5

I get it now. I started one track just to get a taste of this before bed. Surely I'll recognize most of the music from this hugely referenced album. Before you know it I was laying in the dark, transported. Not at all what I pictured when I'd heard this talked about. What a vision

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector

Various Artists

4/5

Totally enjoyable Christmas album. But can never beat my own classic tastes

Zombie

Fela Kuti

4/5

First two tracks really rocked me, but I lost some steam by the end of the album. Nevertheless I was tapping along to the entirety

The ArchAndroid

Janelle Monáe

5/5

Is this prog rock? I still don't know but I really enjoyed this

Treasure

Cocteau Twins

4/5

Maybe 3.5. Really interesting music

In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida

Iron Butterfly

2/5

Nothing wrong with it, but pretty forgettable

Live At The Harlem Square Club

Sam Cooke

5/5

Doggystyle

Snoop Dogg

2/5

This must be.. satire?.. I'm not sure how else you defend the egotistical, misogynistic lyrics. At least he managed to tell us how large his balls are in each song At least it made me feel SOMETHING??

At Newport 1960

Muddy Waters

3/5

I hate to say it, but this felt entirely forgettable

Chocolate Starfish And The Hot Dog Flavored Water

Limp Bizkit

3/5

Incredibly apt album name which maybe earned it an extra star on its own

Sunshine Hit Me

The Bees

5/5

I really enjoyed this. Vibes hit strong for me

Devil Without A Cause

Kid Rock

4/5

Not my jam, but it did create an entire genre of music so there must be something here. "I'm outta sight like the planet Mars" - inaccurate

Can't Buy A Thrill

Steely Dan

5/5

Oh THIS is Steely Dan

Lady Soul

Aretha Franklin

3/5

Nothing wrong with this, but nothing truly exciting either. You Make Me Feel is a classic for good reason, I'd say this is closer to 4 but didn't quite make it

Armed Forces

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

4/5

Like drinking a Cuba libre

16 Lovers Lane

The Go-Betweens

2/5

Hoo boy, not often a sound is just grating to my ears

Elvis Presley

3/5

Elvis, although I'm not sure how many were covers of other songs. Still I can see why people had to dance to this

Rio

Duran Duran

3/5

Rio is a banger song, but of the remainder nothing caught my attention too strongly

System Of A Down

3/5

This wasn't my jam in junior high and it's not my jam now

Stephen Stills

4/5

Permission to Land

The Darkness

3/5

I believe in a thing called love was a surprise on this album, but overall didn't grab me

Gorillaz

5/5

Unique sound and concept paired with catchy music

Moving Pictures

Rush

5/5

Yeah, it's worth the hype

Honky Tonk Masquerade

Joe Ely

3/5

Honky Tonk is right. If I gave this another listen I'd probably rank it higher, but I was running a 5k pr at the time and I honestly don't remember much

Brothers In Arms

Dire Straits

4/5

Let It Bleed

The Rolling Stones

4/5

The first and last songs in this album are rock solid, but the middle was a little lacking for me

Fear Of Music

Talking Heads

3/5

Definitely a higher rate than the first Talking Heads album I listened to

Songs For Swingin' Lovers!