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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Veckatimest Grizzly Bear	5	3.05	+1.95
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot Wilco	5	3.31	+1.69
You Want It Darker Leonard Cohen	5	3.32	+1.68
Figure 8 Elliott Smith	5	3.33	+1.67
25 Adele	5	3.38	+1.62
Sound of Silver LCD Soundsystem	5	3.42	+1.58
Five Leaves Left Nick Drake	5	3.46	+1.54
Aja Steely Dan	5	3.47	+1.53
Surfer Rosa Pixies	5	3.49	+1.51
Born To Run Bruce Springsteen	5	3.63	+1.37

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Doggystyle Snoop Dogg	1	3.36	-2.36
Natty Dread Bob Marley & The Wailers	2	3.57	-1.57
Ellington at Newport Duke Ellington	2	3.43	-1.43
Synchronicity The Police	2	3.41	-1.41
Seventeen Seconds The Cure	2	3.38	-1.38
The Chronic Dr. Dre	2	3.31	-1.31
Surf's Up The Beach Boys	2	3.3	-1.3
Everything Must Go Manic Street Preachers	2	3.12	-1.12
Hunting High And Low a-ha	2	3.12	-1.12
Songs In The Key Of Life Stevie Wonder	3	4.07	-1.07

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Artist	Albums	Average
Pixies	2	5
Led Zeppelin	2	5

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Artist	Ratings
The Cure	2, 5

5-Star Albums (19)

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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.

Histoire De Melody Nelson

Serge Gainsbourg · 1 likes

2/5

Well, I wanted to rate this a 3 or 4, but then I read the album description. Bummer.

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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.

Tago Mago

Can

2/5

I went into this totally blind and at first I was so excited to find something so good that I had never heard of before. Then the album fell off so hard with two tracks that I can only expect were created to piss people off and guarantee the band’s failure like a group of untalented middle school students trying their hardest to irritate anyone within earshot. Am I naive to expect that experimental music should still maintain some semblance of musical characteristics? What a shame.

Here's Little Richard

Little Richard

3/5

Doolittle

Pixies

5/5

Sound of Silver

LCD Soundsystem

5/5

NEU! 75

Neu!

3/5

Pretty cool to fall asleep to and I mean that in a good way. Could be listed on the Calm app. And then it’s kinda punk which was also nice.

The White Album

Beatles

4/5

Lots of silly filler in an otherwise amazing classic album. Could have been 5 if it was about ten songs shorter.

Elephant

The White Stripes

4/5

Never disliked what I had heard of the White Stripes, but never sought them out. I might be a new fan.

Bubble And Scrape

Sebadoh

3/5

“This sounds a lot like Dino Jr” I say to myself before learning that Lou Barlow is a founding member.

The Grand Tour

George Jones

3/5

1984

Van Halen

4/5

The Chronic

Dr. Dre

2/5

More palatable than Doggy Style.

3 Feet High and Rising

De La Soul

4/5

This is a fun hip hop album with some superb use of samples. Proof that you can make great rap music without overdoing the overt violence and misogyny. Just remove the skits and orgee tracks and you have a 5 star album.

Surfer Rosa

Pixies

5/5

Five Leaves Left

Nick Drake

5/5

Tonight's The Night

Neil Young

4/5

As a Neil Young album I’m tempted to give this closer to a 3, as there are better albums (Harvest, Goldrush, Harvest Moon), but still a solid 4 amongst the generator albums.

A Rush Of Blood To The Head

Coldplay

3/5

Achtung Baby

3/5

Station To Station

David Bowie

4/5

Everything Must Go

Manic Street Preachers

2/5

Meh.

Bert Jansch

3/5

Born In The U.S.A.

Bruce Springsteen

4/5

Sign 'O' The Times

Prince

3/5

Music in Exile

Songhoy Blues

3/5

Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not

Arctic Monkeys

3/5

A bit too poppy for my taste, but the talent and appeal is apparent.

Graceland

Paul Simon

5/5

Histoire De Melody Nelson

Serge Gainsbourg

2/5

Well, I wanted to rate this a 3 or 4, but then I read the album description. Bummer.

Fuzzy

Grant Lee Buffalo

2/5

Never heard of this before. Not bad by any stretch, but I could probably list 1,000 albums that are more deserving of its spot on this list.

Led Zeppelin II

Led Zeppelin

5/5

Hunting High And Low

a-ha

2/5

Can’t help but feel like this was included on the list for one track.

Want One

Rufus Wainwright

4/5

Hot Fuss

The Killers

3/5

Kid A

Radiohead

4/5

No Other

Gene Clark

3/5

British Steel

Judas Priest

3/5

I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You

Aretha Franklin

4/5

Automatic For The People

R.E.M.

4/5

Tical

Method Man

3/5

Solid debut album with standout tracks, All I Need, Release yo Delf, Mr. Sandman.

Adele

5/5

Going into this I thought, “Okay, there’s going to be 2 hit singles with a ton of filler like most modern pop albums”, but this really did feel like a quality record with pretty great songwriting throughout. I have a newfound respect for Adele as an artist. While she’s not my style exactly I feel like this album will withstand the test of time many years from now.

Back to Basics

Christina Aguilera

2/5

This was a slog. To put out a double album and have not a single one be memorable makes me really question why this is included in the list. I give two stars for at least drawing on good influences, but I would never consider this to be influential in itself. The “dedication to fans” bit was pretty amusing though given that it was just playing fans’ dedication to Christina.

Common

3/5

Boston

3/5

First revisit to this album in 23ish years, and maybe musical maturity is realizing that Hitch a Ride is the best song on the album. Don’t know why but I was getting Air Supply vibes if Air Supply tried to be a metal band. A bit cringey, but nevertheless a pretty strong good feelings album.

London Calling

The Clash

5/5

Call of the Valley

Shivkumar Sharma

3/5

Pretty chill spa music. Great for weekend background music.

Daydream Nation

Sonic Youth

4/5

You Want It Darker

Leonard Cohen

5/5

American IV: The Man Comes Around

Johnny Cash

4/5

All Hail the Queen

Queen Latifah

2/5

Emperor Tomato Ketchup

Stereolab

4/5

Nice find. I’m into this. Not my first exposure to stereolab, but have never paid much attention before now.

Remain In Light

Talking Heads

4/5

Searching For The Young Soul Rebels

Dexys Midnight Runners

3/5

Kings Of The Wild Frontier

Adam & The Ants

3/5

In A Silent Way

Miles Davis

3/5

Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle

Bill Callahan

4/5

This album got a blank stare from me when it turned up as I have never heard of Bill Callahan nor Smog and I had no idea of even what genre to expect. Well I am now becoming a fan of both. This may be my favorite discovery on the generator thus far. I deduct one star for the final track being extremely repetitive and 7 minutes too long. Otherwise the songwriting, accompaniment and unconventional singing were all a win for me.

Rust In Peace

Megadeth

3/5

Tragic Songs of Life

The Louvin Brothers

3/5

Highway 61 Revisited

Bob Dylan

5/5

Bob made me appreciate music and songwriting. This album punches you in the gut from the first second to the last.

Eternally Yours

The Saints

3/5

Not bad actually.

Junkyard

The Birthday Party

3/5

Not the easiest listen but could suit the right mood.

Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols

Sex Pistols

4/5

Smash

The Offspring

3/5

Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes

TV On The Radio

3/5

I wanted to like it more than I did. This feeling wasn’t helped by the last minute and a half of You Could Be Love. Minus one star for that.

On The Beach

Neil Young

4/5

Superunknown

Soundgarden

3/5

Goodbye And Hello

Tim Buckley

3/5

On paper I should like this, but was just wanting it to be over. Giving it a very begrudging 3 for some respectable songwriting.

Too Rye Ay

Dexys Midnight Runners

3/5

Disintegration

The Cure

5/5

Tubular Bells

Mike Oldfield

3/5

The bells are not as tubular as I had hoped.

Low

David Bowie

4/5

Sound and vision 👌🏼

Rock 'N Soul

Solomon Burke

4/5

Californication

Red Hot Chili Peppers

4/5

In Rainbows

Radiohead

5/5

Sheet Music

10cc

4/5

Live At The Harlem Square Club

Sam Cooke

4/5

Foo Fighters

3/5

Swordfishtrombones

Tom Waits

4/5

Blood And Chocolate

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

4/5

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness

The Smashing Pumpkins

4/5

Led Zeppelin

5/5

...Baby One More Time

Britney Spears

2/5

Aja

Steely Dan

5/5

Frampton Comes Alive

Peter Frampton

3/5

GREY Area

Little Simz

3/5

The Stranger

Billy Joel

4/5

The Atomic Mr Basie

Count Basie & His Orchestra

3/5

Trio

Dolly Parton

4/5

I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got

Sinead O'Connor

4/5

Early on in the album I had settled on a 3 rating, but by the end I didn’t expect to enjoy as much as I had.

(Pronounced 'Leh-'Nérd 'Skin-'Nérd)

Lynyrd Skynyrd

4/5

Always kind of disliked these guys for their diss track on Neil Young, but have never given them a proper chance. The truth is I like southern rock and this is a great band.

American Idiot

Green Day

3/5

Done By The Forces Of Nature

Jungle Brothers

3/5

At Folsom Prison

Johnny Cash

4/5

Peter Gabriel

3/5

I See You