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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Yank Crime Drive Like Jehu	5	2.73	+2.27
S.F. Sorrow The Pretty Things	5	3.01	+1.99
Tigermilk Belle & Sebastian	5	3.22	+1.78
Bitches Brew Miles Davis	5	3.29	+1.71
Music From Big Pink The Band	5	3.35	+1.65
Either Or Elliott Smith	5	3.39	+1.61
The Köln Concert Keith Jarrett	5	3.39	+1.61
Dusty In Memphis Dusty Springfield	5	3.47	+1.53
The Wildest! Louis Prima	5	3.52	+1.48
Bryter Layter Nick Drake	5	3.52	+1.48

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Blunderbuss Jack White	1	3.39	-2.39
Master Of Puppets Metallica	2	3.72	-1.72
Follow The Leader Korn	1	2.65	-1.65
Hounds Of Love Kate Bush	2	3.63	-1.63
Lost In The Dream The War On Drugs	2	3.38	-1.38
Are You Experienced Jimi Hendrix	3	4.14	-1.14
Third Portishead	2	3.13	-1.13
The Rising Bruce Springsteen	2	3.05	-1.05

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Artist	Albums	Average
Beatles	4	5
David Bowie	2	5

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In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida

Iron Butterfly

3/5

It's ok, very 60s.

The Wildest!

Louis Prima

5/5

Bryter Layter

Nick Drake

5/5

Great, baroque folk/pop music. I personally have purposefully (for some reason) held off listening to Nick Drake. Still on the fence around his vocals, not personally a fan, I find them too contrived and affected. The music is fantastic, great songwriting. I hear the influence in 90s bands such as Belle and Sebastian, et al. Great album.

Parachutes

Coldplay

3/5

Mid-tempo rockers, turning the page on the quiet-loud-quiet from the grunge era, adding their touches of Radiohead influence and brit-pop bombastic singing, this album is ok, if not a bit repetitive. Seems to occupy a safe space in rock-n-roll here, nothing "edgy" or similar. Songs are decent and easy sing-a-longs (albeit not Beatles sing-a-long good).

American Idiot

Green Day

3/5

Stadium anthemic pop punk that carries on the punk tradition of social commentary. Coming out post 9/11, during the Bush administration, its Green Day's take on the current state of America and the decay it sees in suburbia and the american psyche. Its a concept album, I assume, that has that steel thread of a american character passing through this place and time in history. Overall, good songs, better than my previous album of Coldplay, but they're all generic 90s/early-00s rock.

Doolittle

Pixies

5/5

Kimono My House

Sparks

4/5

Blunderbuss

Jack White

1/5

I'm not sure why this on this list and not a White Stripes album. This album doesn't belong on a list like this.

Arrival

ABBA

4/5

First time listen. Dancing Queen has almost 2 Billion listens on Spotify, wow! Good Album, 4.

New Gold Dream (81/82/83/84)

Simple Minds

4/5

Its a nice album, ethereal 80s synths and reverb drums. Quite listenable, but dated as well. 4

Head Hunters

Herbie Hancock

4/5

4, quite synth heavy

Rage Against The Machine

3/5

Riff-heavy, guitar really seems to be the focus of this album. Has a real 90s feel. 1 listen, 3 stars

A Hard Day's Night

Beatles

5/5

5. The album begins with perhaps the most famous rattling chord in rock history to start an album. And it's the Beatles....5.

Crosby, Stills & Nash

4/5

I think this was the first vinyl LP I bought (1998 from the sticker), from the $1 bin of course :). One of rock's early supergroups, sounding like Simon & Garfunkel, just more 60s...man. The vocals, when singing together is great adding a layer of complexity to songs that are simple in their acoustic accompaniment. The strongest songs here written by Stills. 4

All Directions

The Temptations

4/5

70s soul funk. Great band. 4

Machine Gun Etiquette

The Damned

3/5

punk rock, kinda run-of-the-mill punk. 3.

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector

Various Artists

4/5

Elvis Presley

4/5

Melodrama

Lorde

3/5

Vol. 4

Black Sabbath

5/5

Seminal stoner metal, great overdriven, psych guitar riffing. Granted its Ozzy singing, but its not the focus really, it's all about them heavy riffs. The albums sequencing leans towards a live show with tracks bleeding into the next and perhaps a concept here. I've never really listened to Black Sabbath and I'm digging it. I'm going to have to get into more stoner metal. Probably a 4.5, but gotta round up here, I'm going to give it a 5.

Follow The Leader

Korn

1/5

Why are the drums so high in the mix and dry? The singer sounds like he's always on the brink of something, taking a shit, I'm not sure, but its like some affected stressed growl. This is just not my vibe. From a musical standpoint, there doesn't seem to be a great deal of melody or strong musicianship. This music stresses me out.

It's Blitz!

Yeah Yeah Yeahs

4/5

Wish You Were Here

Pink Floyd

5/5

I have not listened to this album or Pink Floyd in a long time. Remember getting into this in college, so years ago. The album dedicated to Syd Barrett is a great one, interesting songs and musicality abound in the album. 5.

If You Can Believe Your Eyes & Ears

The Mamas & The Papas

3/5

Triangle

The Beau Brummels

3/5

Blue Lines

Massive Attack

4/5

Chill soul with touches of rap. Vocals, particularly the rap ones) seem somewhat down in the mix whereas the music seems to take the top. Quite listenable. 4.

Throwing Muses

3/5

3. It's ok.

Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

5/5

5, love this record

Superfly

Curtis Mayfield

4/5

I'm between a 4 or a 5.

Yank Crime

Drive Like Jehu

5/5

Never listened to this. Quality punk.

Disintegration

The Cure

4/5

You Are The Quarry

Morrissey

3/5

Machine Head

Deep Purple

3/5

Feels like this album is the precursor to 80s metal.

Pretenders

3/5

Are You Experienced

Jimi Hendrix

3/5

Heroes

David Bowie

5/5

The Lexicon Of Love

ABC

4/5

Power In Numbers

Jurassic 5

3/5

Raising Hell

Run-D.M.C.

3/5

With The Beatles

Beatles

5/5

Led Zeppelin II

Led Zeppelin

4/5

S.F. Sorrow

The Pretty Things

5/5

This is quality psychedelic rock music. 5

Dusty In Memphis

Dusty Springfield

5/5

This is a record that you can put on anytime, anywhere and it will be alright.

Bookends

Simon & Garfunkel

3/5

America is a truly great song.

The Fat Of The Land

The Prodigy

3/5

Third

Portishead

2/5

Not a big fan

The Rising

Bruce Springsteen

2/5

Surprised to see this, given I wouldn't put it in Springsteen's best. These songs aren't good. It's nostalgia at a time I guess people needed it. Generic, crappily written songs. Sounds like songs you'd get from some local band that takes themselves way too seriously.

Play

Moby

4/5

From Elvis In Memphis

Elvis Presley

4/5

Parallel Lines

Blondie

3/5

Vulnicura

Björk

4/5

Veckatimest

Grizzly Bear

3/5

B-52's

The B-52's

3/5

After The Gold Rush

Neil Young

5/5

Tigermilk

Belle & Sebastian

5/5

Ramones

4/5

Either Or

Elliott Smith

5/5

That's The Way Of The World

Earth, Wind & Fire

3/5

Master Of Puppets

Metallica

2/5

too much double bass drum, not a fan.

Innervisions

Stevie Wonder

5/5

Live Through This

Hole

3/5

Violator

Depeche Mode

3/5

Enjoy the synths, but the industrial drums not a fan of.

Time Out

The Dave Brubeck Quartet

5/5

The playing of Paul Desmond is phenomenal. The entire band is great. Masterpiece.

Green River

Creedence Clearwater Revival

4/5

Wrote a Song for Everyone is such good song. The songs aren't musically complex, but the writing is top-notch and Fogerty's voice has that throaty, tiresome quality that lends itself to the tunes. The dude abides.

Our Aim Is To Satisfy

Red Snapper

4/5

First listen, never heard of this group. Digging the chill vibe. Like the jazz, trip hop thing. 4.

Haut de gamme / Koweït, rive gauche

Koffi Olomide

3/5

Lazer Guided Melodies

Spiritualized

4/5

First listen to this record, started with their next album many years ago. This band is fantastic.

Bitches Brew

Miles Davis

5/5

Miles, man, Miles....

Music From Big Pink

The Band

5/5

Get your cannonball to take me down line.... Caledonia Mission is a great song. And The Weight is one of the greatest songs in the canon of folk/popular music. The vocals from Rick, Levon, and Richard as they mix and on their own are simply wonderful. Not a bad tune on this record.

The Doors

4/5

The sound of the Doors, to me at least, is quite singular in pop music. The driving sound of Manzarek's classic 60's electric organ, Krieger's oft-overlooked fantastic guitar playing and jamming, Densmore, also overlooked, great drumming. The music is great with this band, but also seems fixed in that era. And then of course the iconoclast that is Morrison, a great singer in his own right and a fine lyricist, perhaps a bit too self serious. Would have been interesting what time would have brought to this band had they not halted when they did. This album itself has some of their best, from Break on thru, to their classic Light my fire, and of course The End, played famously in Apocalypse Now (one of my favorite movies). I feel like this band (and Morrison) has had a big influence on rock-n-roll style and life. 4.

Definitely Maybe

Oasis

4/5

The Chronic

Dr. Dre

3/5

We Are Family

Sister Sledge

3/5

Hounds Of Love

Kate Bush

2/5

To me, this really has a theatrical bend to it, it sounds like a cast recording of a Broadway musical. Not really my cup of tea.

Diamond Life

Sade

4/5

Hot Rats

Frank Zappa

4/5

Tres Hombres

ZZ Top

3/5

Joan Armatrading

4/5

My initial impression is influential on Tracey Chapman, the songs here are more fully fleshed out musically. That comparison aside, these songs are great. I hear a Bob Dylan influence here. Some of this also feels influential to indie-folk pop, particularly "Somebody Who Loves You."

The White Album

Beatles

5/5

Absolute 5.

Talvin Singh

3/5

I enjoy the soft synth sounds and some of the traditional Indian instrument crossover.

Blood And Chocolate

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

4/5

The College Dropout

Kanye West

4/5

Lost In The Dream

The War On Drugs

2/5

They sound like Don Henley and Ryan Adams. This isn't an album anyone needs to hear.

Debut

Björk

3/5

Pet Sounds

The Beach Boys

5/5

Absolute 5. This is a top ten pop album. These songs are just wonderful. The production and mix are tops.

John Prine

4/5

I love Paradise, what a great song!

Happy Trails

Quicksilver Messenger Service

2/5

I enjoy the experimental nature of the album, particularly the Calvary track. Overall, the album is a bit dull. 3.

Oracular Spectacular

MGMT

3/5

Crime Of The Century

Supertramp

3/5

Somewhere between Styx and Paul McCartney

Southern Rock Opera

Drive-By Truckers

4/5

Songs The Lord Taught Us

The Cramps

4/5

My Generation

The Who

4/5

I Don't Mind has a Beatles influence (and its a James Brown cover), would they ever admit to it :)? Well, its the Who, the early Who (even better ;)). And My Generation is absolute top 10 song of pop music.

The Köln Concert

Keith Jarrett

5/5

I really enjoy Jarrett's music, this is a great one. 5.

Jagged Little Pill

Alanis Morissette

3/5

This album feels like it hasn't aged well. It was kind of generic to me when it came out, feels generic now. I guess I can see why its on the list, there are some monster hits here.

The Message

Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five

4/5

Synth powered soul, funk, and rap, really great.

Chelsea Girl

Nico

4/5

Great tunes, enjoying the Dylan one.

Bossanova

Pixies

4/5

I like this album more than Doolittle.

My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

Kanye West

4/5

At Fillmore East

The Allman Brothers Band

3/5

Jammy, blues soloing. Kinda boring to me. 3.

Siembra

Willie Colón & Rubén Blades

3/5

New Boots And Panties

Ian Dury

4/5

Somewhat speak/sing style, with like blues, rock n roll, funk backing. Good stuff. 4

Africa Brasil

Jorge Ben Jor

3/5

More Songs About Buildings And Food

Talking Heads

3/5

Abbey Road

Beatles

5/5

Perhaps the greatest B-side in rock. My favorite B-side at least with some close runners-up of course. The medley's being the best thing of this record. I do adore Because and Sun King, just beautiful singing and harmonies. Oh, and the album includes two of Harrison's best songs, some of the best in rock history.

Iron Maiden

3/5

Close To The Edge

Yes

4/5

Only 3 songs

Phrenology

The Roots

4/5

I really like the more experimental tracks on this album. The range on this album is fantastic.

The Velvet Underground

5/5

Low

David Bowie

5/5

Great Bowie record, what an artist. 5.

Adele

3/5

I like the arrangements on this record, its not bombastic, there's some subtly here. Probably necessary, given Adele's powerful voice. Overall, the songs are generic and plain, nothing really special here.

Close To You

Carpenters

3/5

Karen Carpenter's voice is amazing. The songs are ok, instrumentation at times feels a bit cheesy, but maybe this was the genesis of such cheese. There are a few amazing songs on this record, so I can appreciate it, particularly `Close to You`, but its just not really my bag, but this record does belong on the list.

Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde

The Pharcyde

3/5

Old school rap.

Exodus

Bob Marley & The Wailers

4/5

Graceland

Paul Simon

3/5