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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
White Blood Cells The White Stripes	5	3.67	+1.33
I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You Aretha Franklin	5	3.94	+1.06

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Physical Graffiti Led Zeppelin	1	3.91	-2.91
Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness The Smashing Pumpkins	1	3.67	-2.67
1999 Prince	1	3.6	-2.6
Led Zeppelin II Led Zeppelin	2	4.11	-2.11
Time Out The Dave Brubeck Quartet	2	3.83	-1.83
Club Classics Vol. One Soul II Soul	1	2.82	-1.82
L.A. Woman The Doors	2	3.66	-1.66
Stankonia OutKast	2	3.55	-1.55
Tidal Fiona Apple	2	3.45	-1.45
Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire) The Kinks	2	3.39	-1.39

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The Village Green Preservation Society

The Kinks · 1 likes

4/5

God save Donald Duck Being rather unfamiliar with the kinks this album felt like it was a response to the Beatles. However it came about I rather enjoyed it.

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Stankonia

OutKast

2/5

Court And Spark

Joni Mitchell

4/5

Physical Graffiti

Led Zeppelin

1/5

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...And Justice For All

Metallica

3/5

Every song is 4 minutes too long

Moving Pictures

Rush

4/5

The first half of the album is beyond played out. A great listen but only for a rare occasion.

Soul Mining

The The

2/5

Had no idea what to expect from this. Wouldn’t have guessed the most mid new wave effort with more than a hint of pretentiousness.

Hard Again

Muddy Waters

4/5

traditional blues lyrics used women, the devil, trains, etc. as allegories so they could complain about slavery, racism, and oppression without saying the quiet part out loud. Not that I think women should be used as a metaphor for slavery, but it was a different time! It does make modern white dudes covering/stealing the songs even more sus though. I don't have the receipts, but there are some really good essays out there that take a deep dive on the subject if you want to get your nerd on. That being said I enjoy some good horny blues.

Time Out

The Dave Brubeck Quartet

2/5

Some beautiful melodies but they got so lost in the groove it became a whole new song and when they realized it they made no effort to work back to the original piece and would just abruptly slam back into it.

1999

Prince

1/5

Why is this album on this list? There’s 2 hits and they aren’t even that good. Songs that just go on and on doing nothing. Up to this point in his career there wasn’t too many defining tracks but they were coming soon! It’s hard to say you like prince but don’t like the bits where he’s finding himself. Which also is weird because he knew what he was but this feels like he hadn’t quite leaned in. And maybe prince is best when he’s being the most prince he can be which sadly isn’t this album.

Buena Vista Social Club

3/5

How do you rate an album in a language you don’t understand? Musically I enjoy some songs more than others. It’s a perfectly fine background soundtrack but hard to give it a fair shake when I don’t know what they’re singing about. It’s a shame I can’t fully appreciate this legendary group.

The Village Green Preservation Society

The Kinks

4/5

God save Donald Duck Being rather unfamiliar with the kinks this album felt like it was a response to the Beatles. However it came about I rather enjoyed it.

Club Classics Vol. One

Soul II Soul

1/5

So you’re either so full of yourself claiming your music is going to become classics or it’s a greatest hits album and in that case why would that be on this type of list? Either way I made it halfway through and wasn’t familiar with a single song. So much for being classics. And then I heard back to life start. Wow something I’ve heard before. But not enough to keep me willing to listen.

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector

Various Artists

4/5

Merry Christmas from a freak! Songs are great though

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

The Kinks

2/5

Not as enjoyable as the last kinks album. Each song sounded more samey and none stood out to me.

3 Feet High and Rising

De La Soul

3/5

3 is the magic number. 3 songs of note, 3 members in the group, 3 out of 5.

Seventh Tree

Goldfrapp

2/5

It sounds like they realized they couldn’t compete with the black keys and muse and decided to try to hang with the Indy Canadian bands and realized they couldn’t do that either. So they said ok let’s make a song for a melancholy spring morning and slightly alter it for a whole album. While it’s fine in the background it in no way deserves any attention.

Chelsea Girl

Nico

2/5

I enjoyed the instrumentation but this really felt like it was included because of who she knew and how she got there. Not because the music was any advancement or achievement. Unless most depressing was a criteria for this list. The most enjoyable moment was when wrap your troubles in dreams started and I discovered danger doom sampled that for their song korn dogz.

More Specials

The Specials

3/5

As described, more of the specials but nothin special

Hounds Of Love

Kate Bush

4/5

Such a witchy album!

L.A. Woman

The Doors

2/5

A bad album from a good band. And not just bad compared to their prior work. This is just all over the place trying different styles and not even sounding good in their own style.

Peter Gabriel 3

Peter Gabriel

3/5

Was stoked for some Peter Gabriel. Having only listened to the hits before this was a weird experience. Was also just a weird album. Thought the first song was nine inch nails.

I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got

Sinead O'Connor

3/5

I was a fan until I learned about her involvement in project beast note. I was on edge all day looking for Stromboli. Thankfully I wasn’t involved with any of that but it still always stresses me out.

Le Tigre

4/5

Tidal

Fiona Apple

2/5

Pretzel Logic

Steely Dan

3/5

There’s times when I realize a song is by steely Dan and I think maybe I do like steely Dan. And then there’s times I realize a song is by steely Dan and I think mane I don’t like steely Dan. Maybe that’s what pretzel logic means.

The Queen Is Dead

The Smiths

4/5

My Aim Is True

Elvis Costello

3/5

Armed Forces

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

3/5

Led Zeppelin II

Led Zeppelin

2/5