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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Cafe Bleu The Style Council	5	2.88	+2.12
Dog Man Star Suede	5	3.01	+1.99
Debut Björk	5	3.38	+1.62
Chocolate Starfish And The Hot Dog Flavored Water Limp Bizkit	4	2.51	+1.49
Funeral Arcade Fire	5	3.55	+1.45
Black Holes and Revelations Muse	5	3.59	+1.41
Blood On The Tracks Bob Dylan	5	3.66	+1.34
Tarkus Emerson, Lake & Palmer	4	2.79	+1.21
Is This It The Strokes	5	3.81	+1.19
Siamese Dream The Smashing Pumpkins	5	3.82	+1.18

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Raising Hell Run-D.M.C.	1	3.5	-2.5
A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector Various Artists	1	3.3	-2.3
Kind Of Blue Miles Davis	2	4.05	-2.05
Swordfishtrombones Tom Waits	1	2.94	-1.94
When I Was Born For The 7th Time Cornershop	1	2.91	-1.91
Time Out The Dave Brubeck Quartet	2	3.83	-1.83
At San Quentin Johnny Cash	2	3.78	-1.78
With The Beatles Beatles	2	3.65	-1.65
In A Silent Way Miles Davis	2	3.62	-1.62
Marquee Moon Television	2	3.5	-1.5

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A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector

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Live At The Harlem Square Club

Sam Cooke

3/5

Loved the transitions, love Sam’s energy, The jazz and soul were strong here, love these Cooke songs are banger, felt like I was there at a concert which was cool. Songs were weaved together well with happy in beginning and then sad and relatable relationships with it ending on a happy note. Love my Sam Cooke.

Kind Of Blue

Miles Davis

2/5

I realize the impact. Miles Davis pushed jazz and ventured into what is known today as modal jazz. To me though I’m more of a Motown, fast pace, swing jazz guy. Overall I liked it but not something I would listen to again unless I’m studying or working.

I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You

Aretha Franklin

3/5

I love Aretha Franklin, love her voice within this album and the power she echos from it. She is the queen of soul. Love the soul within this project with all sorts of instrumentals, drums, piano, guitar, trumpet and much more. A very nice RnB and soul album that lead great impact.

Black Holes and Revelations

Muse

5/5

Absolutely peak, better than Radiohead. Knights of Condonia is cinema

In A Silent Way

Miles Davis

2/5

Better than Kind of Blues, liked the swing of it and this kind of jazz was nice.

Neon Bible

Arcade Fire

3/5

Really fun and different indie rock album, lot of cool instrumentals and vibe.

A Night At The Opera

Queen

3/5

Loved the experimentation with opera and rock. Love how all over the place the album is theme wise. Some songs didn’t stick out to me while some did. Very strong album but not one of my favorites.

Funeral

Arcade Fire

5/5

Absolute masterpiece, this album had great instrumentals with using guitar, piano, violins, and yes… kettle pots. This album discovers fears and anxieties of loss, through everything. This album resonates deep within me emotionally and confounds me in a way I’ve never felt before.

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector

Various Artists

1/5

Endtroducing.....

DJ Shadow

4/5

Very experimental and werid at first but as I listened through the more and more I liked it. It’s a masterpiece using samples to convey a story of how mere samples can become blossoms of art, using this eerie album as an example.

Queen II

Queen

3/5

Huh, so that’s why Queen is the goat.

Dirt

Alice In Chains

3/5

Very good rock album, deep and personally on drug addiction and coming up from rock bottom. An easy and strong 3.

Dusty In Memphis

Dusty Springfield

2/5

Album was pretty good, liked the vocals and instrumentation. Very soulful and lively but here’s the thing, this felt like Aretha Franklin but not as good in my opinion. I didn’t think this album was anything really special but it was nice.

Raising Hell

Run-D.M.C.

1/5

Exodus

Bob Marley & The Wailers

4/5

I like Bob Marley, he is peak Regae

Sticky Fingers

The Rolling Stones

4/5

Very good

Time Out

The Dave Brubeck Quartet

2/5

Again just like miles Davis, great jazz to walk to and listen to but to me personally it was like ground breaking jazz to my ears, but it was very nice.

More Songs About Buildings And Food

Talking Heads

4/5

Really good indie rock album.

Blood And Chocolate

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

4/5

Thought album was really good. Loved the rock and roll with classic rock mix. Just a very nice album.

Disintegration

The Cure

5/5

Loved the album, Nate it’s not punk rock get your facts straight

Rage Against The Machine

4/5

You've Come a Long Way Baby

Fatboy Slim

2/5

Odelay

Beck

2/5

Killing Joke

3/5

Really good, a solid 3

The Atomic Mr Basie

Count Basie & His Orchestra

3/5

Love swing jazz

Buena Vista Social Club

3/5

Miracha band was fire

Led Zeppelin

3/5

Nothing crazy, just some sexy rock.

If I Could Only Remember My Name

David Crosby

2/5

Cool songs and story but messy putting it together.

The Cars

4/5

I found this album really interesting. I loved the retro and electronic synth rock of this album. Probably a 3 but I really like how it sounds.

Siembra

Willie Colón & Rubén Blades

4/5

SALSA!

Black Sabbath

3/5

This is not peak Black Sabbath but it’s pretty good, I loved the western folk rock within it. However we all know that when one becomes paranoid it becomes peak from within.

A Nod Is As Good As A Wink To A Blind Horse

Faces

2/5

Decent folk rock, some strong songs but some slow burns I feel.

Green Onions

Booker T. & The MG's

3/5

Overall a pretty good album. They really thought they invented the electric organ… or maybe they did…

Cafe Bleu

The Style Council

5/5

This album is gorgeous and I love it!

People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm

A Tribe Called Quest

4/5

This album was fantastic

Private Dancer

Tina Turner

2/5

I liked the funk and disco and occasional rock to this album but ultimately it wasn’t for me.

Debut

Björk

5/5

1 of the most visual albums I have ever listened to. Never gonna be a sound like björk

Fetch The Bolt Cutters

Fiona Apple

2/5

I like the message, freeing yourself from traumatic and toxic situations, I think the album was well put together but wasn’t for me.

Dare!

The Human League

3/5

Really like the electronic retro dance music.

Coat Of Many Colors

Dolly Parton

3/5

This was fantastic country and folk

Music in Exile

Songhoy Blues

2/5

Loved the instrumental and desert blues but felt like the lyrics didn’t match well with the rhythm and beat

Apple Venus Volume 1

XTC

4/5

This was great.

When I Was Born For The 7th Time

Cornershop

1/5

I don’t know where to start. This album was a mess and the middle was a slog to get through. There were 4 takeaway songs and the 2 and other 2 were the start and endings. All the middle stuff was just boring. I don’t think it was a total lost cause again some songs were good but it’s really close to a 1.

Bad

Michael Jackson

4/5

Did anyone catch on good friends the Stevie wonder hidden feature? Yeah man this was fantastic pop and a rnb album that still gives that groove.

Achtung Baby

4/5

I really enjoyed this rock band, they are also doing modern albums too :)

Sunday At The Village Vanguard

Bill Evans Trio

2/5

Good piano jazz

Sheet Music

10cc

3/5

It’s really interesting, has a lot of different musical themes.

Tarkus

Emerson, Lake & Palmer

4/5

Bright Flight

Silver Jews

2/5

I really didn’t like how lazy his voice sounded. It was ok but definitely not for me.

Siamese Dream

The Smashing Pumpkins

5/5

Some of the best rock and dreamy rock you could ever listen to

The Chronic

Dr. Dre

3/5

The beats and beat switches are immaculate

Marquee Moon

Television

2/5

It wasn’t even bad, just was not exciting to me.

Skylarking

XTC

3/5

It was really good but there are some ups and downs with this one. A solid 3.

Chocolate Starfish And The Hot Dog Flavored Water

Limp Bizkit

4/5

This album was so unique and interesting. I believe it was the first rock/hiphop album

Ready To Die

The Notorious B.I.G.

2/5

This one is tough because I feel it has a lot of ups and downs. Overall I could see myself listening to some of the tracks again and coming back to this project.

Reggatta De Blanc

The Police

2/5

I just didn’t care for this when listening to it. Like there are some interesting beats but I just found it very underwhelming.

Swordfishtrombones

Tom Waits

1/5

Holy snooze fest. Only like 3 good songs and 2 of them are good cause my smoker isn’t chirping.

Public Image: First Issue

Public Image Ltd.

1/5

This album was very ambitious and creative but it turned out to be a terrible creation. It’s just terrible to listen to.

Dog Man Star

Suede

5/5

This album was incredible. Wasn’t feeling the first 3 tracks but then it just picked up from there and was astonishing. Going back heroine and we are the pigs aren’t even that bad and the intro is ok. Overall just a phenomenal album with emotion all over the place. Fast and slow, rock and orchestration.

Hail To the Thief

Radiohead

4/5

This one is really tough because on one hand I really enjoyed this electronic, alien like rock that conveyed this eerie story but on the other hand do I think it is a 4? Yes, yes I do.

Deja Vu

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

3/5

This albums chemistry was fantastic, songs were good and overall a really solid piece of work.

Blood On The Tracks

Bob Dylan

5/5

This album is phenomenal and will go down as one of the deepest love/heart break albums of all time.

The Renaissance

Q-Tip

3/5

Overall a fantastic funky hip hop album

For Your Pleasure

Roxy Music

4/5

This was fantastic, loved the sax.

Back At The Chicken Shack

Jimmy Smith

3/5

This is green onions but better because more jazz is incorporated.

Abraxas

Santana

3/5

Great Latin album with lots of cool sounds like the electric organ and chimes.

Under Construction

Missy Elliott

4/5

This was a fantastic, hiphop record that brought old school beats and a nice flow by Missy.

Is This It

The Strokes

5/5

This album makes me very happy and filled with life.

Feast of Wire

Calexico

4/5

Really cool south western Latin music here.

The Suburbs

Arcade Fire

2/5

I’m disappointed. I thought this would be the album in arcade fire’s discography that would fight against there beautifully crafted soul reaching album funeral. This album was just so on and off for me. I really like crawl 1 and 2 and some others like suburbs but none of these songs compare to any on funeral. Overall it was a total disappointment as I did get some good songs but also some misses and no songs that really touched me except crawl 1 and 2

Horses

Patti Smith

3/5

Great poetic punk rock.

Caetano Veloso

2/5

Very bland and not a lot going on.

Tuesday Night Music Club

Sheryl Crow

2/5

I really liked how she incorporated jazz, disco all into folk rock and country but I only liked a few songs on here and it felt very lack luster.

It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back

Public Enemy

4/5

I was very mixed on this but after a second listen I really enjoyed the chemistry and rawness on this record and it’s just so bad ass.

Superunknown

Soundgarden

4/5

Fantastic grunge album.

Doolittle

Pixies

3/5

This was a really weird experimental album that wasn’t totally for me but I like how werid it is so I’m giving it a low 3.

In Our Heads

Hot Chip

3/5

This album was interesting with its pop centric electro dance sounds.

The Poet

Bobby Womack

3/5

Decent soulful blues but nothing crazy.

At San Quentin

Johnny Cash

2/5

Eh it was a once and done album, the balls of Johnny cash cannot be understated.

With The Beatles

Beatles

2/5

This was very meh

Crime Of The Century

Supertramp

3/5

Really cool physiodelic music.

Rhythm Nation 1814

Janet Jackson

3/5

I thought it was good, first leg felt very repetitive but then the later half started to feel unique per song. Overall really good dance music along with good messaging.