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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
1989 Taylor Swift	5	3.27	+1.73
Sunday At The Village Vanguard Bill Evans Trio	5	3.31	+1.69
L'Eau Rouge The Young Gods	4	2.32	+1.68
Be Common	5	3.35	+1.65
Blood Sugar Sex Magik Red Hot Chili Peppers	5	3.49	+1.51
Mothership Connection Parliament	5	3.61	+1.39
Live At The Regal B.B. King	5	3.67	+1.33
(Pronounced 'Leh-'Nérd 'Skin-'Nérd) Lynyrd Skynyrd	5	3.75	+1.25
Strange Cargo III William Orbit	4	2.77	+1.23
Black Sabbath Black Sabbath	5	3.82	+1.18

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Nebraska Bruce Springsteen	1	3.31	-2.31
Exile In Guyville Liz Phair	1	3.02	-2.02
A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector Various Artists	2	3.3	-1.3

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Parallel Lines

Blondie

4/5

I overall enjoyed the album, there are some hits but the songs in the middle of the album weren't quite as good. You can definitely tell it was on the early edge of the new wave era.

Common

5/5

I'm not sure how I never listened to this album before, but it is a classic. I heard the singles off the album and they are great, but the rest of the album keeps it going as well. I am a sucker for that era of Kanye, so it was right up my alley.

Eagles

4/5

The hits are well known and’s good, and some of the other songs were just ok. But overall I enjoyed the album.

Cosmo's Factory

Creedence Clearwater Revival

5/5

Hit after hit, the album sounds like relaxing outside in the summer with a beer.

Here's Little Richard

Little Richard

3/5

I appreciate this album, but it just wasn’t for me. The songs are very dated of course, but every song sounded pretty much the same.

Nebraska

Bruce Springsteen

1/5

I’ve never been the biggest Springsteen fan. I especially don’t understand the hype about this album, I found it to be very boring. Not all these albums are for everyone I suppose.

Pieces Of The Sky

Emmylou Harris

4/5

I’m not usually a big country music fan, but I rather enjoyed this album. Older country definitely hits different than modern country, I don’t even feel like it’s the same genre at all.

Back to Mystery City

Hanoi Rocks

2/5

Pretty generic glam metal, it’s listenable but not remarkable. I never heard of the band before and I’ll probably forget about them before too long to be honest.

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector

Various Artists

2/5

I’m not really a Christmas music fan, and most of these aren’t the versions you typically hear, so it’s not something I’m really interested in to be honest.

Diamond Life

Sade

3/5

I liked it more than I thought I would going into listening to it. Lots of sax.

Black Sabbath

5/5

Truly an amazing album. The fact that this album invented heavy metal and still holds up today is a testament to its greatness.

Life Thru A Lens

Robbie Williams

2/5

A couple songs at the start of the album were alright, but the rest of the album was generic and boring. It’s an album not really for me.

1989

Taylor Swift

5/5

Say what you want to say about it, but the album is full of catchy songs and bangers. I want to find a way not to rank it so high, but it is really good.

Speakerboxxx/The Love Below

OutKast

4/5

I love Outkast, but I had never listened to this entire double album before; I guess I thought the 2:15 length was too daunting. Obviously there are some of their classics on this album, but most of the songs were actually really great. I also enjoyed the juxtaposition between the two albums, but I give it a 4 just because I think I prefer some of their older songs and albums just a little more. But overall, I did enjoy this a lot.

The Bones Of What You Believe

CHVRCHES

3/5

The album was interesting but a lot of songs sounded the same. I liked the synth but the album was just alright.

Strange Cargo III

William Orbit

4/5

I enjoyed this album and found it very interesting, the beginning of the album hooked me but the last few songs weren’t as memorable. I’ve been getting into instrumental ambient music lately and being on the techno side, this album really did scratch an itch.

Rumours

Fleetwood Mac

5/5

A masterpiece. What else is there to say?

(Pronounced 'Leh-'Nérd 'Skin-'Nérd)

Lynyrd Skynyrd

5/5

Classic southern rock, half the songs on the album are staples, and the others are all pretty good, except I didn’t ready care for Mississippi Kid. But the other songs are all great, so I have to give it 5 stars.

Orbital 2

Orbital

3/5

The album certainly got off on the wrong foot just repeating “time becomes a loop“ over and over, but I found the rest of the album interesting. It wasn’t my favorite techno album, but I could get into it.

Blood Sugar Sex Magik

Red Hot Chili Peppers

5/5

A classic album I’ve listened to so many times over the years. Flea’s bass really stands out to me in any Chili Peppers song, but this album might be the peak RHCP experience. It’s a little bloated with some of the songs at the end of the album, but the first 12 or so songs are just dynamite and worthy of a 5 star rating.

Live At The Regal

B.B. King

5/5

This was a great blues album. I loved the live energy and the brass band. BB King really was a master at his craft.

British Steel

Judas Priest

3/5

I enjoyed the album, especially the hits, but some of the songs towards the end really blur together. I do like heavy metal, but I think I prefer Black Sabbath a little more.

Exile In Guyville

Liz Phair

1/5

This album was very boring to me, every song sounded the same and the style just isn’t for me. I’m not sure how some people ranked it the best album of 1993, but I guess people just have different taste than I do.

What's That Noise?

Coldcut

2/5

I found some of the album interesting, but it was a lot of noise. It was basically just sample after sample, so it wasn’t my favorite.

Sunday At The Village Vanguard

Bill Evans Trio

5/5

Very good jazz album. It’s hard for me to differentiate between different jazz albums, but I really did enjoy it.

L'Eau Rouge

The Young Gods

4/5

I enjoyed the gritty sound, even though I don’t speak French and had no idea what they were saying.

Moss Side Story

Barry Adamson

2/5

I didn’t really understand this album. I know it was for a made up crime film, but I don’t understand what was so great about it.

The xx

3/5

Intro is great, but most of the other songs blended together. I think it’s a little too soft for me.

The Joshua Tree

3/5

It was fine but not remarkable. The first half of the album was better than the second half; the second half was just very quiet and didn’t really pique my interest.

Mothership Connection

Parliament

5/5

This album is a masterpiece, every song is bumpin’. I have listened to it many times before, but I listened again to make sure every song is fun and fits the album, and honestly the entire album is great.

At Mister Kelly's

Sarah Vaughan

3/5

The album was good, but I just couldn’t get into it. I listened to BB King’s Live at the Regal recently and thought that was much more entertaining. But I still enjoyed this album.

Natty Dread

Bob Marley & The Wailers

3/5

I’ve always found Bob Marley’s hits very good and his other songs not as interesting, and this album was no different. I had never heard the studio version of No Woman No Cry, and I can see why the live version is the most well known version. It was an alright album, but not my favorite.

Lust For Life

Iggy Pop

3/5

I liked the beginning of the album specifically, of course Lust for Life and The Passenger, but the end of the album was unremarkable with some definitely some cringy lyrics. I got David Bowie vibes while listening, and what do I find out after listening that he collaborated and helped produce the album, so points for that.

Colour By Numbers

Culture Club

4/5

I generally liked the album, I was surprised to see it was rated relatively lowly. There were some of their biggest hits, and the songs were pretty fun. Overall an enjoyable listen.