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1980

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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Sound of Silver LCD Soundsystem	5	3.42	+1.58
Born To Run Bruce Springsteen	5	3.63	+1.37
Doolittle Pixies	5	3.74	+1.26
Tapestry Carole King	5	3.91	+1.09

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Doggystyle Snoop Dogg	1	3.37	-2.37
Natty Dread Bob Marley & The Wailers	2	3.58	-1.58
Ellington at Newport Duke Ellington	2	3.43	-1.43
Synchronicity The Police	2	3.42	-1.42
Seventeen Seconds The Cure	2	3.38	-1.38
Surf's Up The Beach Boys	2	3.31	-1.31
Songs In The Key Of Life Stevie Wonder	3	4.07	-1.07

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Doggystyle

Snoop Dogg · 1 likes

1/5

Acknowledging that there were a few catchy hooks on the hits, between the cringy misogynistic and violent skits and the repetitive and repulsive lyrics, I wasn’t able to find enough redeemable qualities musically to merit more stars. I don’t require that artists share my values, but there was nothing remotely relatable about this album for me.

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The Genius Of Ray Charles

Ray Charles

4/5

Born To Run

Bruce Springsteen

5/5

Quintessential Springsteen. Don’t think I’ve ever listened to the album straight through and it was definitely worth it. Thunder Road and Jungleland made me look up piano tutorials to see if I could tackle them. Probably not.

Seventeen Seconds

The Cure

2/5

A Forest was the only skip on the Cure’s Greatest Hits. It’s a stand out track on this album. That said I didn’t hate the album and it was kind of cool to hear their earlier post punk roots.

Tapestry

Carole King

5/5

Great no skip album. One of the great songwriters.

Murmur

R.E.M.

3/5

Strangeways, Here We Come

The Smiths

4/5

Songs In The Key Of Life

Stevie Wonder

3/5

Joanna Newsom

3/5

I can appreciate the artistry. I had a copy of Milk-eyed Mender back when it was released, but hadn’t listened to this album yet. I’m no stranger to quirky singing, but this is one I’d need to come back to while in a specific mood to get the most from it.

Henry's Dream

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

3/5

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector

Various Artists

3/5

I usually don’t listen to mainstream Christmas music, but when I do, this is what I enjoy.

Surf's Up

The Beach Boys

2/5

Loved Feel Flows, probably because I recognized it from Almost Famous.

Ellington at Newport

Duke Ellington

2/5

Was a bit bored with this and wanted it to be over. Good ambiance music, but not for me to intentionally listen to.

Synchronicity

The Police

2/5

Hard to believe they included Mother in this.

Catch A Fire

Bob Marley & The Wailers

3/5

Pretzel Logic

Steely Dan

3/5

Great find. Hadn’t listened to Steely Dan before and am glad I discovered this along with Can’t Buy a Thrill. Will be in the rotation going forward.

Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul

Otis Redding

3/5

Nice album, but would have enjoyed listening to less cover songs so maybe not the album I would have chosen for the list.

Doggystyle

Snoop Dogg

1/5

The Boatman's Call

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

4/5

I’m admittedly drawn to unconventional, typically baritone singers, brooding poetic songwriting, and slow burn music. I first heard of Nick Cave from the Leonard Concert tribute concert. I’ve tried to get into him before and failed, but this time around I plan to incorporate him into my more regular rotation when the mood is right.

The Modern Dance

Pere Ubu

2/5

The high points for the album I actually kind of enjoyed, namely Non-alignment Pact and Humor Me, but the low points really dragged this album down. I’m fine with weird for the sake of weird, but when it’s actually unpleasant to the ears it’s hard to score this higher than 2 stars.

Heavy Weather

Weather Report

2/5

Sure. Production was strong, but there was probably a reason I’d never heard of this group.

Hot Rats

Frank Zappa

3/5

First experience with Zappa. Wasn’t disappointed.

Natty Dread

Bob Marley & The Wailers

2/5

Unfortunately was a bit bored with this one, but otherwise nice to experience some less popular Bob Marley tracks.