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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
I See A Darkness Bonnie "Prince" Billy	5	2.98	+2.02
Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire) The Kinks	5	3.39	+1.61
The Village Green Preservation Society The Kinks	5	3.4	+1.6
Hounds Of Love Kate Bush	5	3.62	+1.38
Chelsea Girl Nico	4	2.63	+1.37
More Specials The Specials	4	2.95	+1.05

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness The Smashing Pumpkins	1	3.68	-2.68
Dirt Alice In Chains	1	3.47	-2.47
...And Justice For All Metallica	1	3.42	-2.42
Elvis Presley Elvis Presley	1	3.38	-2.38
Inspiration Information Shuggie Otis	1	3.27	-2.27
Channel Orange Frank Ocean	2	3.33	-1.33
American Beauty Grateful Dead	2	3.24	-1.24

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Artist	Albums	Average
The Kinks	2	5

5-Star Albums (5)

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Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire)

1-Star Albums (5)

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Stankonia

OutKast

3/5

Some great songs, but album is too long and dragged down by skits.

Court And Spark

Joni Mitchell

3/5

Not my bag. Not bad per se, but doesn’t move me. Might suffer from the hype.

Physical Graffiti

Led Zeppelin

4/5

One of my favorite bands, but this album is 6 songs too long. How’s this for a better track listing: 1. In the Light 2. Custard Pie 3. In My Time of Dying 4. Houses of the Holy 5. Trampled Under Foot 6. Down by the Seaside 7. Bron-Yr-Aur 8. Kashmir 9. The Wanton Song 10. Ten Years Gone

...And Justice For All

Metallica

1/5

I remember loving this as 13 year old, but, man, it’s boring! The sound of the drums is a dead horse that doesn’t need any more beating, but really there are just no dynamics on this record - just one continuous sound. It’s possible these songs would rule re-recorded today with boutique pedals and a drummer with emotions.

Moving Pictures

Rush

4/5

Perfect prog-pop mix of nostalgia, cheese, and emotion.

Soul Mining

The The

3/5

Didn’t move me, but was pleasant as a soundtrack to the work day.

Hard Again

Muddy Waters

4/5

Time Out

The Dave Brubeck Quartet

4/5

1999

Prince

3/5

The Village Green Preservation Society

The Kinks

5/5

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector

Various Artists

4/5

For a Christmas album, this is a banger - rating reflects this specificity.

Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire)

The Kinks

5/5

Proto-indie rock, without which we'd probably be missing out on so much fun, twee, modern music.

3 Feet High and Rising

De La Soul

3/5

Seventh Tree

Goldfrapp

3/5

A fine album - it didn't move me, but it was pleasant to listen to.

Chelsea Girl

Nico

4/5

More Specials

The Specials

4/5

I weighting the rating based on the half of the album I love. The more they ditch ska and embrace experimentation, the better they get. I don’t think Gorillaz, and other trippy, eclectic bands, would exist without this album.

Hounds Of Love

Kate Bush

5/5

💯perfect album, no notes.

L.A. Woman

The Doors

3/5

Not a bad album, but it's buoyed by Morrison's voice. Without that, it's just a collection of mostly mid-tier blues rock.

Peter Gabriel 3

Peter Gabriel

4/5

Le Tigre

3/5

I love every one of these songs individually, but I tire of them fairly quickly as an album. Perfect mixtape fodder, boring album.

Pretzel Logic

Steely Dan

3/5

Incredible musicianship. Schmaltzy, saccharine smoothness. Pretentious pricks.

The Queen Is Dead

The Smiths

4/5

Such a good album. Despite all his faults, Morrissey is one of the greatest lyric writers of the 20th century, although the music doesn't always live up to them. Just shy of a 5 star album.

My Aim Is True

Elvis Costello

3/5

Fun, danceable album, but I wish I liked his voice.

Armed Forces

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

3/5

Led Zeppelin II

Led Zeppelin

4/5

SCC. A couple of stinkers, but mostly perfect.

White Blood Cells

The White Stripes

3/5

I appreciate the White Stripes for doing something different, I've never been able to get behind them fully. LIkes: Lyrics, melodies, and energy level. Dislikes: Jack's voice and guitar tone.

I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You

Aretha Franklin

3/5

Nothing but respect for Aretha - she can do no wrong with her voice, and this is entirely a pleasant experience. But...is this an album, or a compilation of ballads? There is no adventure or excitement here, just a perfect voice singing bog-standard R&B/soul grooves.

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness

The Smashing Pumpkins

1/5

A month in to this project, and I've reached the first album I couldn't finish. A couple of good songs, but they weren't kidding when they called it infinite.

Close To The Edge

Yes

4/5

Good shit, but didn’t get to listen closely enough for a review. Will definitely revisit.

Channel Orange

Frank Ocean

2/5

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Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

4/5

Had only heard the hits, which are SCCs. The rest of the album isn't exactly groundbreaking, but it sure was fun.

Penthouse And Pavement

Heaven 17

2/5

Probably deserves a higher rating, but I know nothing about the genre except I don't really enjoy it. Based on the number of bands associated with Heaven 17 I imagine they're groundbreaking in some way. Good for them.

Floodland

Sisters Of Mercy

4/5

Felt like a vampire in a night club.

Dirt

Alice In Chains

1/5

The. Worst.

War

4/5

A very good, but not perfect, album. In a world where U2 followed this thread they could have done great things; instead, their God complex kicked in and they were reduced to producing drivel (with an occasional bright spot) catered to hollow masses.

Ananda Shankar

3/5

This was fine. Not amazing by any standards. Maybe it was more groundbreaking at it's release?

Melodrama

Lorde

3/5

Compared to her contemporary pop-girlies, this is very listenable. Still not my bag.

Inspiration Information

Shuggie Otis

1/5

Boring background funk

Bayou Country

Creedence Clearwater Revival

4/5

The is album makes my choogles choog:

Elvis Presley

1/5

During the first track I thought, "This is going to be an easy 4 or maybe even 5, despite the terrible mix." By track two I was proven wrong. By track 3 I was annoyed by his voice and the audio levels. By track 4 I remembered why I don't listen to Elvis. The deification of Elvis Presley is a great example of how the lack of choice can influence the popularity of mediocre talent.

I See A Darkness

Bonnie "Prince" Billy

5/5

Stone cold classic. Lyrics that cut through the faf. Strong songwriting delivered with great fragility.

Aja

Steely Dan

3/5

Good for a lark, but not something I come back to a lot. I was just talking to a friend about Steely Dan last week and told them they're the kind of band I like on a play list, but not the kind of band who's records I would collect. Also, they're insufferable, pretentious dorks (trust me - takes one to know one), which makes them hard to like.

American Beauty

Grateful Dead

2/5

Every once in a while I listen to some live Dead and it's okay, but not spectacular. Album Dead doesn't move me at all.

Thriller

Michael Jackson

5/5

Too bad about the pedophilia or whatever was going on.

Siamese Dream

The Smashing Pumpkins

3/5

I finished it! Listened to it twice, even. Not entirely my cup of tea, but there are couple of bangers and nothing that pissed me off.