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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
A Little Deeper Ms. Dynamite	5	2.81	+2.19
São Paulo Confessions Suba	5	2.84	+2.16
New Gold Dream (81/82/83/84) Simple Minds	5	2.96	+2.04
Seventh Tree Goldfrapp	5	3.08	+1.92
Selling England By The Pound Genesis	5	3.18	+1.82
Little Earthquakes Tori Amos	5	3.22	+1.78
The Soft Bulletin The Flaming Lips	5	3.28	+1.72
Faith George Michael	5	3.28	+1.72
A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector Various Artists	5	3.3	+1.7
Neon Bible Arcade Fire	5	3.34	+1.66

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Out of Step Minor Threat	1	2.93	-1.93
Group Sex Circle Jerks	1	2.75	-1.75
Stankonia OutKast	2	3.55	-1.55
Third Soft Machine	1	2.44	-1.44
Bat Out Of Hell Meat Loaf	2	3.43	-1.43
Court And Spark Joni Mitchell	2	3.36	-1.36
They Were Wrong, So We Drowned Liars	1	2.12	-1.12
Microshift Hookworms	2	3.03	-1.03

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Artist	Albums	Average
Coldplay	2	5
Beatles	2	5

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A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector

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The Yes Album

Yes · 1 likes

3/5

feels like I'm flying in a spaceship. decent album.. and I get the transition, but not something I would throw on anytime

4-Star Albums (27)

1-Star Albums (4)

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Nevermind

Nirvana

5/5

ground zero record for me in retrospect -- and i remember i wasn't allowed to have it in the house so was limited to MTV and radio play. As an adult now getting into vinyl the clear demarkation between A and B side songs was eye opening... although I probably should have understood that at the time.

In The Court Of The Crimson King

King Crimson

3/5

I feel like I should be traveling through the woods in Game of Thrones while on mushrooms when listening to this.

Peter Gabriel

4/5

Fragile

Yes

4/5

Probably need a dedicated time to listen to straight through. Can see the appeal.

Rust Never Sleeps

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

4/5

Solid throughout. But again, it is Neil Young afterall.

A Rush Of Blood To The Head

Coldplay

5/5

Bossanova

Pixies

3/5

The Genius Of Ray Charles

Ray Charles

4/5

808 State

2/5

Acid house not my jam so ill leave it to the crowds to opine.

Your New Favourite Band

The Hives

4/5

I had no idea they were from Sweden, which sent me down a linguistics rabbit hole about why garage rock doesn’t really function in Swedish.

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector

Various Artists

5/5

A quintessential Christmas album. Stoke the wood stove, drop the needle, and have you kids rip open presents like its 1985. Spike the eggnog with a shot of your choice at the turn and slip back into when Christmas still mattered.

Green Onions

Booker T. & The MG's

4/5

They Were Wrong, So We Drowned

Liars

1/5

Confused

AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted

Ice Cube

3/5

Clearly talented. Raw and unrelenting. A bit too raw for me but I see it.

The Stranger

Billy Joel

5/5

Simply a classic

It's A Shame About Ray

The Lemonheads

4/5

Welcome to the Afterfuture

Mike Ladd

2/5

I listened patiently waiting for the moment to come where my mind opened to this one. It did not arrive.

James Brown Live At The Apollo

James Brown

4/5

Now i undersrand those SNL skits as a child.

Blunderbuss

Jack White

3/5

Wish they had 1/2 star options as this would be 3 1/2. I am generally a fan of his work, but this one did not hit me like the others.

You Are The Quarry

Morrissey

4/5

More Specials

The Specials

4/5

Indeed a special album. My higher rating than this crowd may be because The Specials are a bit new to me.. and new music generally is more intresting.

Revolver

Beatles

5/5

This album is very familiar to me. This may get better with age for me?

Planet Rock: The Album

Afrika Bambaataa

3/5

Beastie boy vibes

Repeater

Fugazi

3/5

Loud and chaotic with some mixin’s of delight. Shut the door I did like.

New Gold Dream (81/82/83/84)

Simple Minds

5/5

Chefs kiss. I could listen to this all day long.

Fleet Foxes

3/5

Low key and mellow throughout. Nothing absolutely brilliant, nothing bad either.

Parachutes

Coldplay

5/5

Still fantastic

Better Living Through Chemistry

Fatboy Slim

3/5

I probably need to listen to this another time through

Adele

4/5

A Little Deeper

Ms. Dynamite

5/5

I am only 20 deep on this journey, and in certain instances I have had moments of - holy crap, how have I never heard this song before. This happened multiple times here. Legit.

Third

Soft Machine

1/5

Reminds me of sitting through a av exhibit at a modern art museum.

At Newport 1960

Muddy Waters

3/5

pretty good but a bit repetitive

I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You

Aretha Franklin

4/5

Let England Shake

PJ Harvey

4/5

Maxinquaye

Tricky

4/5

Surf's Up

The Beach Boys

3/5

Head Hunters

Herbie Hancock

4/5

Stankonia

OutKast

2/5

Heartattack And Vine

Tom Waits

3/5

Joan Armatrading

3/5

Not my type of jam

Savane

Ali Farka Touré

3/5

Earthy and hypnotic

Blood Sugar Sex Magik

Red Hot Chili Peppers

4/5

some of the tracks are too harsh for my taste -- but the ones that slap.. slap. Castles Made of Sand of the deluxe edition pushed this up a bit for me, but is it an official track?

Rumours

Fleetwood Mac

5/5

Hypocrisy Is The Greatest Luxury

The Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy

2/5

great messages - but the music itself a bit harsh for me.

World Clique

Deee-Lite

4/5

And to think all these years they were just a 1 hit wonder.

Hms Fable

Shack

3/5

The Velvet Underground & Nico

The Velvet Underground

3/5

i struggle with some of the tracks - enjoy some of the others. another cover art jem of course.

Chore of Enchantment

Giant Sand

4/5

at first, was alarmed at the number of tracks... but give a run through and it has some ephemeral magic to it. a musicians album.

John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band

John Lennon

3/5

Marquee Moon

Television

4/5

Great guitar play and perfect amount of edge for my taste.

Close To You

Carpenters

4/5

pleasantly surprised by my enjoyment of this album. def low key listening but still delightful.

Out of Step

Minor Threat

1/5

great cover art. too raw for my taste

The Low End Theory

A Tribe Called Quest

5/5

classic then -- classic now.

Exodus

Bob Marley & The Wailers

5/5

Jamming

Lam Toro

Baaba Maal

3/5

Medúlla

Björk

4/5

super interesting project -- but what else would you expect with Björk. Rounding up this one for its uniqueness.

Paul's Boutique

Beastie Boys

5/5

Dense but great. A classic illustration of how marketing drove sales back in the day. An album that would be impossible to make today.

Music for the Masses

Depeche Mode

4/5

Big, dark, and moody like you would expect. Def in my rotation, but wasn't ground-breaking.. but maybe i've listened to it too much historically.

The Soft Bulletin

The Flaming Lips

5/5

Faith

George Michael

5/5

We Are Family

Sister Sledge

3/5

Court And Spark

Joni Mitchell

2/5

great voice... boring album

The Yes Album

Yes

3/5

feels like I'm flying in a spaceship. decent album.. and I get the transition, but not something I would throw on anytime

Madman Across The Water

Elton John

5/5

Previously just liked a couple of the radio hits of his... this album opened my eyes and emotions to his talent and soul.

The Atomic Mr Basie

Count Basie & His Orchestra

3/5

decent big band record. not my type of music, but appreciated the album.

Bat Out Of Hell

Meat Loaf

2/5

Deep Purple In Rock

Deep Purple

3/5

classic rock - but nothing too eye opening

Neon Bible

Arcade Fire

5/5

pretty amazing. Period of time in my life where I stopped exploring music so i did not know. Now I do.

Either Or

Elliott Smith

5/5

A masterpiece that floored me the first time I heard it many years ago.. and still. A talent that was taken away from our earth way to early.

Trans Europe Express

Kraftwerk

3/5

I get it as needing to be on the list, but way to repetitive.

Horses

Patti Smith

3/5

Hard to ignore Velvet Underground influence and despite its importance to the '70s NY scene, was a good 1 time listen to appreciate music history, but too much of the same.

Seventh Tree

Goldfrapp

5/5

A must-listen. Throw this on during a country drive and let the album wash over you and re-live your memories. Perfect soundtrack for finding a little peace on the road.

A Girl Called Dusty

Dusty Springfield

3/5

Had no clue she was from England all these years. I guess Adele and Amy Winehouse weren't as much the trailblazers that I thought.

Dirt

Alice In Chains

4/5

I remember Rooster from back in the day... given that this is not my typical type of music -- still a few tracks I enjoyed.

Are You Experienced

Jimi Hendrix

5/5

This was one of the few CDs I owned as a kid, and I really have I had it other than it was recommended by Tower Records. Even on my cheap CD player it was more than an experience -- it was the soundtrack to playing Sega Genesis in my stingy basement.

Skylarking

XTC

3/5

Dear God is a banger... rest is nothing special to me.

I Against I

Bad Brains

3/5

another genre that's not my style... thanks for serving it up though.

Elephant

The White Stripes

4/5

Wish You Were Here

Pink Floyd

4/5

Microshift

Hookworms

2/5

Ultimately feels like something I have heard before.... many times before... and the songs all sound the same. Opener is OK.

Teen Dream

Beach House

4/5

friday night lights as an album -- its enjoyable, but not unique enough to get top billing

To Pimp A Butterfly

Kendrick Lamar

5/5

some of his lyrics are a bit edgy for me -- but you have to appreciate the talent.

São Paulo Confessions

Suba

5/5

this album blew my mind. each track is an adventure, and anyone who is into music theory should drop everything and listen to this now. be patient though -- these aren't your usual tracks.

Group Sex

Circle Jerks

1/5

chaotic... not my thing. couldn't appreciate it.

Fulfillingness' First Finale

Stevie Wonder

5/5

simply amazing from top to bottom

Hard Again

Muddy Waters

3/5

A Hard Day's Night