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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
American Beauty Grateful Dead	5	3.24	+1.76
Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul Otis Redding	5	3.92	+1.08

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Out Of The Blue Electric Light Orchestra	2	3.64	-1.64
Illinois Sufjan Stevens	2	3.5	-1.5

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

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The Suburbs

Arcade Fire · 1 likes

4/5

From the first time I heard this in 2010 I was in love. And every time after that I've listened to it, The Suburbs still holds up. Maaaaybe it's a little long but this could easily go 5 stars on a different day (and may be edited up in the long run).

4-Star Albums (11)

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Wish You Were Here

Pink Floyd

5/5

Just listened to this and now gladly doing it again on the 50th anniversary remix. One of the first albums I truly loved when getting into music in junior high. Only low point to me is Welcome to the Machine which is a bit too drudgy. But easy five stars for this prog rock masterpiece.

Aftermath

The Rolling Stones

3/5

Not my favorite Rolling Stones record but one I was familiar with. Under my Thumb always sounds so unnerving. Love that one. The album does have a nice vibe of garage rock which is nice

Violator

Depeche Mode

4/5

Murmur

R.E.M.

4/5

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector

Various Artists

3/5

Some obvious classics which elevate the entire album.

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

David Bowie

5/5

Kind Of Blue

Miles Davis

4/5

Not a jazz guy at all but I can appreciate this and always have

Introducing The Hardline According To Terence Trent D'Arby

Terence Trent D'Arby

2/5

The Slider

T. Rex

4/5

Out Of The Blue

Electric Light Orchestra

2/5

When people say dad rock this is what I think of. And I'm 41.

It's Blitz!

Yeah Yeah Yeahs

4/5

Rage Against The Machine

4/5

Better Living Through Chemistry

Fatboy Slim

3/5

When I listen to Fatboy Slim I think its great for the first fifteen minutes

Illinois

Sufjan Stevens

2/5

By all accounts I should like this but it just seems so pretentious. And I love the arcade fire so that's a lot coming from me

Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul

Otis Redding

5/5

An absolute gem and one of the greatest soul records of all time.

Ten

Pearl Jam

4/5

Would absolutely go 4.5 stars or even five if it didn't drop off ever so slightly in the the of side b. Slide State of Love and Trust in there and it's a different story

The Velvet Underground

3/5

My third favorite velvet underground record. A bit more esoteric in my opinion but still pretty great

New Wave

The Auteurs

2/5

Sounded like a derivative sound of something else I don't like

Fly Or Die

N.E.R.D

3/5

Wasn't familiar with it but immediately put don't worry about it on my personal playlist

Tom Tom Club

3/5

Can we get Talking Heads, mom? We have Talking heads at home. But seriously a fine fine album. Crazy the amount of influence genius of love has had for the last 40-odd years.

Diamond Life

Sade

3/5

In some ways Sade was a direct influence on Red hot chili peppers (horniness)

Licensed To Ill

Beastie Boys

4/5

Maybe with retrospective it's a bit juvenile but these samples and rhymes are still all-timers. Any album that kicks off with the drums from When the Levee Breaks immediately catches my attention.

American Beauty

Grateful Dead

5/5

The greatest American band of all time.RIP Bobby

On The Beach

Neil Young

3/5

The Score

Fugees

4/5

The great songs are great and the not great songs are pretty good too. I could listen to Lauryn Hill sing the phone book

The Suburbs

Arcade Fire

4/5

Channel Orange

Frank Ocean

3/5

Would be closer to 3.5 stars on a more detailed rating and on the right day in the right mood 4. I still remember catching an odd future show at fader fort at sxsw I'm maybe 2011 and being amazed.

When I Was Born For The 7th Time

Cornershop

3/5

This was honestly headed to 2 stars because back in the day I couldn't stand brimful of asha and everything sounded the same to me. But then side b happened and the album got better. So I guess 3 stars since it got weirder.

Back To Black

Amy Winehouse

4/5

Peel away all of the substance abuse and mental health issues. Peel away all of the hospitalizations and legal troubles. They're all part of a larger tragedy about how we lose great great artists way too soon. Remove all of that and you still have this amazing phenomenal voice that is still mesmerizing.