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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Bright Flight Silver Jews	5	2.69	+2.31
Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots The Flaming Lips	5	3.57	+1.43
1999 Prince	5	3.6	+1.4
The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan Bob Dylan	5	3.62	+1.38
Transformer Lou Reed	5	3.67	+1.33
American Idiot Green Day	5	3.77	+1.23
Olympia 64 Jacques Brel	4	2.78	+1.22

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
The Queen Is Dead The Smiths	1	3.67	-2.67
System Of A Down System Of A Down	1	3.27	-2.27
Reggatta De Blanc The Police	2	3.45	-1.45
Aqualung Jethro Tull	2	3.44	-1.44
...And Justice For All Metallica	2	3.42	-1.42
The Chronic Dr. Dre	2	3.32	-1.32
John Barleycorn Must Die Traffic	2	3.17	-1.17
Microshift Hookworms	2	3.02	-1.02

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Fever To Tell

Yeah Yeah Yeahs

3/5

An explosive opener with date with the night. In 2003, as a first introduction to the band, really sets the tone. I remember the year this was released, MTV did an online contest where you had to draft artists as a record producer in a fantasy football-style contest. The higher your artist charted IRL, the more points you got. Foolishly picked the yeah yeahs as my number one because it was one of the few indie or rock artists that was new and doing something that sounded so good. Obviously, they had staying power but let's just say I did not win the contest. My favorite Karen O is when she is shrieking/barking. Stylistically, though, it's not my favorite sound sustained through an album, this has highs and lows for me. Obviously maps is going to show up on best of lists all the time.

Mothership Connection

Parliament

4/5

I discovered Parliament as a child by watching the movie PCU. So like, funk wasn't an integral part of my childhood. But I learned to play bass as a teenager and loved being exposed to funk. Parliament is like the band in the genre that I would recommend to most people looking for something new to listen to.

Document

R.E.M.

3/5

Cloud Nine

The Temptations

3/5

Really thown by the track arrangement here; was excited to see 10 songs, 35 minutes, awesome. Then, like 7 minutes into runaway child, running wild I realized my assumption that I'd be hearing something classic, digestible, wasn't going to pan out.

Transformer

Lou Reed

5/5

Ughhh, goddammit, I'm a hipster. 5/5, an incredible, influential album. Growing up listening to skatepunk and going to DIY shows at fire halls and rec centers, essentially backed my way into appreciating this. Of it's course it's a top album.

Rising Above Bedlam

Jah Wobble's Invaders Of The Heart

3/5

Microshift

Hookworms

2/5

This was fine enough to put on and listen to while I was working; I didn't know them before and I probably won't seek them out again when I have other things that I already like that are kind of in this space.

The Wall

Pink Floyd

5/5

A SEMINAL album for me. Rating 5/5 now, before listening, I've already played this end to end many many times. Discovered pink floyd in 9th grade after buying a vinyl 'wish you were here's at a yard sale for $1. Jumped quickly to the wall because of the film, and love the follow up final cut that's so thematically tied to it. I love the cyclical nature of this album so much.The build to jarring, so many good transitions. This really set the tone to my 14 year old brain, as far as what an album *could* be and it's a high standard.

Channel Orange

Frank Ocean

3/5

Speakerboxxx/The Love Below

OutKast

3/5

Faith

George Michael

3/5

The Chronic

Dr. Dre

2/5

Influential, obviously, there are times where I just found myself drawn into the beat and flow of what was happening; it just didn't age well for me, personally.

Blonde On Blonde

Bob Dylan

3/5

None of my favorite Dylan songs on this one, obviously a classic, 'Iwant you' is a standout.

The Modern Dance

Pere Ubu

3/5

Seventh Tree

Goldfrapp

3/5

Aqualung

Jethro Tull

2/5

Pre-Listening: oh great, another album that I have listened to, but not for like two decades! Looking forward to revisiting.

Songs In The Key Of Life

Stevie Wonder

4/5

System Of A Down

1/5

This one's just not for me

...And Justice For All

Metallica

2/5

Heaux Tales

Jazmine Sullivan

3/5

At San Quentin

Johnny Cash

4/5

Kid A

Radiohead

3/5

Ramones

4/5

Giant Steps

The Boo Radleys

2/5

Olympia 64

Jacques Brel

4/5

The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan

5/5

Kind Of Blue

Miles Davis

5/5

The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators

The 13th Floor Elevators

3/5

Vincebus Eruptum

Blue Cheer

3/5

British Steel

Judas Priest

4/5

Grace

Jeff Buckley

4/5

American Idiot

Green Day

5/5

Maybe it's the nostalgia, maybe it's the frustration with the current state of fascist America governance, but I'm this is a five-star album. And by the time this was released, I was pretty firmly into local DIY punk and hardcore scenes, so this wouldn't have been big on my radar, outside of the obvious hits.

When I Was Born For The 7th Time

Cornershop

3/5

Oh, it's the "brimful of asha" group, I recognize the name. ... yep

Bright Flight

Silver Jews

5/5

Silver Jews is a top 10 band for me. And time will break. The world is one of my favorite songs; it was a joy to spend time listening to this full album, it's short, it's tight, 5/5 for sure b

Fragile

Yes

3/5

1999

Prince

5/5

John Barleycorn Must Die

Traffic

2/5

Surrealistic Pillow

Jefferson Airplane

4/5

Yeah, okay, I'm into the psycahadelia

The Queen Is Dead

The Smiths

1/5

Ew, morrisey. You're not getting my stream-pennies. There are so many good covers of smith songs, plus johnny marr solo work that I'll listen to before I support morrisey..

Garbage

3/5

A really solid album, I was surprised how the lead-in to super vixen, the first track, came right back to me. I probably haven't listened to this full album since it came out, but a lot of it holds up. My preference now is for a tighter experience, so I'd probably skip a few consistently

Buffalo Springfield Again

Buffalo Springfield

3/5

If I Should Fall From Grace With God

The Pogues

4/5

Let It Bleed

The Rolling Stones

4/5

Reggatta De Blanc

The Police

2/5

Young Americans

David Bowie

4/5

At Newport 1960

Muddy Waters

4/5

Ellington at Newport

Duke Ellington

4/5

Scum

Napalm Death

3/5

Man, me 20 years ago was really into this. I hear the influence and appreciate it. 28 songs in 33 minutes? This was an incredible back-to-back with the previous day's album, nine songs at 1H 06.

Under Construction

Missy Elliott

3/5

Birth Of The Cool

Miles Davis

4/5

From Elvis In Memphis

Elvis Presley

3/5

Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots

The Flaming Lips

5/5

Yeah, this holds up entirely as a cohesive album, beginning to end. So so good.

So Much For The City

The Thrills

2/5

A Girl Called Dusty

Dusty Springfield

4/5

It's a compilation, so they were really able to curate this one; strong start, VERY GOOD ending. There are a lot of classic Dusty songs here.

Abbey Road

Beatles

5/5

I want to find the Beatles overrated. Because they were so big and popular and when I was younger, I generally equated that with people that I didn't care for or about. But goddamn this album is good. I've really expanded what I've listened to since I was a teenager, and I've listened to a good amount of The Beatles and this is obviously some of their best. In my mind, the grouping of golden slumbers/ carry that weight/ the end is the best Beatles run.

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

4/5