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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Channel Orange Frank Ocean	5	3.32	+1.68
Catch A Fire Bob Marley & The Wailers	5	3.63	+1.37
Boston Boston	5	3.71	+1.29
Apple Venus Volume 1 XTC	4	2.84	+1.16
A Northern Soul The Verve	4	2.91	+1.09
Ten Pearl Jam	5	3.91	+1.09
Lazer Guided Melodies Spiritualized	4	2.92	+1.08
Electric Ladyland Jimi Hendrix	5	3.94	+1.06
Moby Grape Moby Grape	4	2.95	+1.05

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
The Velvet Underground & Nico The Velvet Underground	2	3.61	-1.61
The Marshall Mathers LP Eminem	2	3.48	-1.48
Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols Sex Pistols	2	3.45	-1.45
Tonight's The Night Neil Young	2	3.23	-1.23

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Boston

Boston · 1 likes

5/5

Absolutely love this album. Guitars are soaring, vocals are incredible. Every song is great.

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Lynyrd Skynyrd

4/5

Very fun southern and blues rock, some songs were very reminiscent of classic blues songs

There's No Place Like America Today

Curtis Mayfield

4/5

Loved the instrumentation, great messages. Mixed feelings of the vocals, sometimes great sometimes not my cup of tea.

A Rush Of Blood To The Head

Coldplay

4/5

Love the vibes, more contemplative and proggy in some parts than more recent Coldplay albums

Highway 61 Revisited

Bob Dylan

4/5

Wasn't sure I'd like it because I've never connected with Bob Dylan's vocal style, but I really enjoyed it! Loved the blues elements, the instrumentation, and storytelling. Some of the songs do run long.

Catch A Fire

Bob Marley & The Wailers

5/5

Amazing music

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector

Various Artists

3/5

Some classics, some boring songs

Channel Orange

Frank Ocean

5/5

Love his voice, the production is very fun and varied. Classic.

Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols

Sex Pistols

2/5

Johnny rotten is super annoying. I still bounce off of this album, though I appreciate its influence on tons of music I love.

Led Zeppelin II

Led Zeppelin

5/5

Incredible instrumentation, has a depth and complexity to it that is often under-imitated by influencees. Definitely a classic.

Red Dirt Girl

Emmylou Harris

3/5

Boston

5/5

Absolutely love this album. Guitars are soaring, vocals are incredible. Every song is great.

Tidal

Fiona Apple

4/5

I liked it much more than I expected, my perception of Fiona Apple is more poetic/arty than music I usually like. This album was really musically compelling and jazzy, though a little meandering sometimes. I wouldn't be surprised if this keeps growing on me.

The Marshall Mathers LP

Eminem

2/5

Feels very childish, in subject matter and when Eminem sings hooks. Though horrorcore in general is definitely not for me. Stan and Eminem's sometimes-used rap skill pull it up a bit.

Bringing It All Back Home

Bob Dylan

4/5

Love the blues songs and like the folk songs. Meandering overlong sometimes, but felt more approachable and catchy than Highway 61 Revisited.

Apple Venus Volume 1

XTC

4/5

I really liked the orchestral elements and complex/experimentally riffs. A fair amount of the songs are a very nice mix of experimentality and catchiness, I was bobbing my head to several of them. Sometimes the lyrics were overly clear-cut/cheesy (Your Dictionary especially).

The Notorious Byrd Brothers

The Byrds

3/5

Definitely lots of Beatles influence, enjoyed the psychedelic elements (some of the instrumentals were quite fun), but for lots of songs both the instruments and vocals felt a bit dull, nothing stood out/took center stage

Songs In The Key Of Life

Stevie Wonder

5/5

So much musical skill on display! And really fun to listen to.

You Want It Darker

Leonard Cohen

4/5

I didn't expect to like this album. But here we are. His delivery, the poetic nature of the lyrics, and his penchant for mystical/religious symbolism all added a mythical element to the music for me. The instrumentation was usually simple and didn't evolve much throughout the songs, but the cadence and statements/nature of the lyrics still made me often feel like there was rising tension to successive verses. Also I'm a sucker for gravelly voices.

A Northern Soul

The Verve

4/5

Very enjoyable listen, I liked the guitar work a lot. It felt somewhat familiar to music I know well but with more psychedelic elements.

Joan Armatrading

4/5

Really enjoyed the blues elements and the guitar work!

The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars

David Bowie

4/5

Ágætis Byrjun

Sigur Rós

4/5

Great ethereal post-rock vibes

Hounds Of Love

Kate Bush

4/5

This album became very interesting. Cool sounds, unusual chords, and ethereal vocals. Felt kinda progressive. It was a lot of fun!

At San Quentin

Johnny Cash

4/5

I love Johnny Cash's voice and enjoy his guitar work. Not always big on live albums, but it's cool to hear his rapport and connection with the inmates.

Moby Grape

4/5

Initially I thought I'd be bored, I don't always like (what I perceive to be) early-Beatles-like sound. But this album revealed lots of cool multifaceted elements. The guitars weaving together was really good, as well as the complex basslines. Lots of musical skill on display!

Astral Weeks

Van Morrison

3/5

Mixed feelings, I really like some of the guitar work and musicianship, but sometimes felt a bit detached/disengaged.

Electric Ladyland

Jimi Hendrix

5/5

Incredible. Blues elements, jazzy complexity, rock sound experimentation, there's so much going on here. Loved it!

James Brown Live At The Apollo

James Brown

4/5

Good stuff, though this particular album being live hurts rather than helps (screaming).

Buffalo Springfield Again

Buffalo Springfield

4/5

This one's on the edge of 3 and 4 for me, I've listened to it a couple of times and alternate between feeling disconnected and interested. I really like the musicianship (including a bari sax solo!).

Tonight's The Night

Neil Young

2/5

Not a fan of his voice, and the storytelling style of the songs felt a bit repetitive/simple ("<person> was an <occupation>" or something about walking down the street). It's possible he's telling important stories or making points, but being so separated from the zeitgeist/living context I don't feel compelled enough to go learn.

Lazer Guided Melodies

Spiritualized

4/5

Sucked me in, I really enjoyed the dreamy vibes, it feels like I'm floating in space. Occasionally a bit repetitive, otherwise I really enjoyed it.

Ten

Pearl Jam

5/5

*Andy Dwyer making Eddie Vedder mouth noises* So good! I didn't listen to these guys as much growing up but I listened to tons of bands who were inspired by them. Love the heaviness, his gravelly voice, such great stuff!

Lost In The Dream

The War On Drugs

4/5

Very enjoyable listen, at points got close to a 5 for me. It's like if the Killers made a Bob Dylan album. Powerful emotions, I love the long shifting songs.

The Velvet Underground & Nico

The Velvet Underground

2/5

I tried to like this, but I didn't get a lot out of it. The more conventional dimension of the music is kinda boring to me, and the more experimental dimension is painful rather than intriguing/engaging. I know the album is very influential and ahead of its time, but it doesn't really speak to me.

Os Mutantes

3/5

It's always harder when I don't speak the language, since there's a whole dimension I can't engage with. This rating doesn't say anything about the music's objective/historical quality, just how it hits me specifically. Very complex and varied instrumentals that I mostly liked a lot.