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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
S&M Metallica	5	3.26	+1.74
Metal Box Public Image Ltd.	4	2.42	+1.58
Low David Bowie	5	3.55	+1.45
Document R.E.M.	5	3.56	+1.44
Alien Lanes Guided By Voices	4	2.75	+1.25
Parallel Lines Blondie	5	3.76	+1.24
Oedipus Schmoedipus Barry Adamson	4	2.78	+1.22
Black Sabbath Black Sabbath	5	3.82	+1.18
American IV: The Man Comes Around Johnny Cash	5	3.89	+1.11
Music Has The Right To Children Boards of Canada	4	2.91	+1.09

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Lady Soul Aretha Franklin	2	4.05	-2.05
Graceland Paul Simon	2	3.73	-1.73
Bright Flight Silver Jews	1	2.68	-1.68
Bayou Country Creedence Clearwater Revival	2	3.64	-1.64
Tommy The Who	2	3.33	-1.33
Bert Jansch Bert Jansch	2	3	-1

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Graceland

Paul Simon · 1 likes

2/5

I was vibing a bit a first and then I wasn't. The whole thing is weird, but not a weird that I particularly enjoy.

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Automatic For The People

R.E.M.

4/5

I've heard of this band but never got around to listening to them, glad I finally did. They're like a more country Bowie, and remind Willow of "high winds and the smell of fish". I can see them playing this in a clapboard house on the east coast. "Nightswimming" was teetering towards "Dear Evan Hansen" at first, but grew on me. Would get high and just exist to this album. 7.5/10

Wild Is The Wind

Nina Simone

3/5

Blood Sugar Sex Magik

Red Hot Chili Peppers

3/5

Didn’t like this as much as some of the other Chilli Peppers songs I’ve heard, but it began to pick up further in.

The Fat Of The Land

The Prodigy

3/5

This is not the crab rave I remembered. Weird, but grew on me.

We Are Family

Sister Sledge

3/5

Ohh ok now I have context for ABBA The sisters have an amazing vocal harmony together, and the songs are all super catchy. The recording isn't the greatest (though that's probably due to the time period), and some of the songs could benefit from a radio edit.

Graceland

Paul Simon

2/5

I was vibing a bit a first and then I wasn't. The whole thing is weird, but not a weird that I particularly enjoy.

Live At The Harlem Square Club

Sam Cooke

4/5

"This ain't my dad, this is a cell phone." I really enjoyed the dynamics of each song here, even with the old recording technology they still felt lively and crisp.

Gasoline Alley

Rod Stewart

3/5

A bit to country for my taste, but I can appreciate the artistry and guitar work.

Music Has The Right To Children

Boards of Canada

4/5

Very vibe, reminded me of Will's music taste. 10/10 would study to again.

Lady Soul

Aretha Franklin

2/5

Nice, but not very memorable. Not my favourite of the soul album's I've listened to so far.

Black Sabbath

5/5

FUCK YEAH The fathers of heavy metal never miss

Bert Jansch

2/5

There are other instruments besides acoustic guitar

Bright Flight

Silver Jews

1/5

This is the music a wannabe hipster would say changed their life. SOAD for posers with a frontman who can’t sing in tune.

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector

Various Artists

4/5

Actually good Christmas music wow Modern artists have lowkey ruined these songs.

Born In The U.S.A.

Bruce Springsteen

4/5

I think Mom liked this more than me but I guess her enthusiasm was contagious. Don’t judge an album by its cover, I guess.

At Mister Kelly's

Sarah Vaughan

3/5

Cool sound, awesome vocals. I love the sound of old live recordings.

Group Sex

Circle Jerks

3/5

Misfits of they were not very good. Some songs grew on me, but not soon enough. Liked the album enough, but probably won't revisit it.

Close To The Edge

Yes

4/5

I actually really liked this one! Songs are long as hell but the overall sound is great. Very space-age 80s-esque.

Stripped

Christina Aguilera

3/5

Girl power ig? Cover is something else

Bayou Country

Creedence Clearwater Revival

2/5

Too Southern for me. Didn't mind the composition, but wouldn't hurt if they sped up the tempo.

Parallel Lines

Blondie

5/5

Finally some good fu king music. I can see why the popular songs off this album are the well-known ones, but the others are still worthwhile. Great sound, great energy, iconic performances.

Something/Anything?

Todd Rundgren

4/5

I feel like Moe would make us listen to this album. This seems like a rock classic, I'm surprised I haven't heard it before.

Metal Box

Public Image Ltd.

4/5

Depressed Bon Jovi? Actually really good, love the sound and the moving tempo.

Music for the Masses

Depeche Mode

4/5

This album sounds like a lost childhood and broken promises. painfully beautiful, I regret seeing this band as shallow before.

American IV: The Man Comes Around

Johnny Cash

5/5

Wait this is way better than expected. This guy can stay in Spencer's. "Personal Jesus" cover is great, if I had known Rick Ruben had worked on this I probably would've listened to it sooner. Time to put my cowboy hat back on.

Dirty

Sonic Youth

4/5

Love the grungy rock feel, great sound. Some songs were a bit whiny for me, but otherwise good.

Seventeen Seconds

The Cure

4/5

Heard of the Cure, expected them to be heavier but this was nice. Very relaxing music without it being boring.

S&M

Metallica

5/5

A fresh take on some classic metal. I love the energy they bring to this recording, and how it’s brighter than the original songs. Their songwriting is insane, but I didn’t listen to them that much due to the sub-par recording quality—their live performance is the second chance I needed.

Aja

Steely Dan

4/5

Do ya like jazz? Yk what I actually really vibed with this, I feel like a lot of jazz albums are too drawn out but this one was really well composed.

Pearl

Janis Joplin

3/5

Feels like I've heard her name hundreds of times before, but never heard her songs. Good lyricism and political commentary, but not really my style.

The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan

3/5

Yoo wait I remember this from "American Pie". Some good songwriting, but the instrumentation (or lack thereof) gets grating after a while. Put the harmonic down, white boy.

Sound Affects

The Jam

4/5

Gonna give it a good rating for that title alone. Feels nostalgic, like it lives in the radio of a shitty car from the late 90's.

AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted

Ice Cube

3/5

Never listened to Ice Cube, actually pretty good. Got a bit repetitive after a while though.

Tommy

The Who

2/5

Sounds like a musical (derogatory). I liked the songs where they shut up.

2112

Rush

3/5

Gonna be honest I feel like this band is a little overrated. Good, but nothing to write home about. Also kind of racist??

More Specials

The Specials

2/5

This was awful to listen to after just waking up.

In The Court Of The Crimson King

King Crimson

4/5

So whimsical, it almost carries you away. Never heard anything quite like it, but I want more.

Back To Black

Amy Winehouse

4/5

Idk why but I thought she was from the 60s? She’s got an amazing voice that carries so much soul.

Oedipus Schmoedipus

Barry Adamson

4/5

This was freaky and groovy and all around a good time. Storybook section felt a bit out of place though.

Off The Wall

Michael Jackson

4/5

Oh he's groovin

Low

David Bowie

5/5

Beautifully iconic, as per usual with Bowie. Glad to have listen to something of his that was less mainstream.

Africa Brasil

Jorge Ben Jor

4/5

Pretty sure this is the first non-English album of the challenge. Didn't;t know what to expect, but it was very cool and well-produced.

Private Dancer

Tina Turner

4/5

This was actually a banger. Yet another artist I've needed to listen to. Even though the album was long, I didn't really mind the extra versions of songs since they kept things fresh.

Cypress Hill

3/5

Not what is was expecting at all with those visuals, but pretty good.

Alien Lanes

Guided By Voices

4/5

This was actually really cool. I want to try and recreate the vocal tone for some of my own stuff.

A Night At The Opera

Queen

4/5

A mastery of composition and recording techniques. Would have given it five stars but "'39" totally threw me off. What in the Lumineers was that.

Document

R.E.M.

5/5

The cat left when I started this, but I liked it. Never realised this was the "End of the World" album, but it made it that much more iconic. Cat ended up coming back.