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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Get Rich Or Die Tryin' 50 Cent	5	3.07	+1.93
The Joshua Tree U2	5	3.67	+1.33
I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You Aretha Franklin	5	3.93	+1.07

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
After The Gold Rush Neil Young	1	3.62	-2.62
Revolver Beatles	2	4.23	-2.23
London Calling The Clash	2	3.96	-1.96
Physical Graffiti Led Zeppelin	2	3.9	-1.9
Who's Next The Who	2	3.89	-1.89
In Rainbows Radiohead	2	3.86	-1.86
Kid A Radiohead	2	3.7	-1.7
Out Of The Blue Electric Light Orchestra	2	3.64	-1.64
Beggars Banquet The Rolling Stones	2	3.61	-1.61
Illinois Sufjan Stevens	2	3.5	-1.5

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Who's Next

The Who · 1 likes

2/5

not my tempo. 2.5

Cross

Justice · 1 likes

3/5

mostly fun, top 1001 album worthy though? questionable

1-Star Albums (2)

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At Folsom Prison

Johnny Cash

3/5

This was fun, I’ve never listened to JC before. I knew one song, albeit from TikTok.

After The Gold Rush

Neil Young

1/5

I enjoyed Southern Man, but would skip the majority of the album in the future.

Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not

Arctic Monkeys

3/5

Not my style per se, but easy listening. I’d have no problem putting this on in the background.

Odessey And Oracle

The Zombies

3/5

Seemed Beatles adjacent, but I was pleasantly surprised by how many songs I actually knew. Impressive album in terms of how many hits are still played today.

A Girl Called Dusty

Dusty Springfield

3/5

Vespertine

Björk

2/5

Not something I particularly cared for.

In Rainbows

Radiohead

2/5

Very final song in an episode of the OC. Chill and cool but not my thing.

Duck Stab/Buster & Glen

The Residents

1/5

Paul Simon

4/5

Not someone who has ever been on my radar, but I really enjoyed this. 3.5

Raising Hell

Run-D.M.C.

4/5

I understand why the Abbott Elementary teachers were horrified that their kids had never heard of Run DMC

Nixon

Lambchop

2/5

Raw Power

The Stooges

2/5

Not my thing at all :\

Arc Of A Diver

Steve Winwood

2/5

Good vibes. Nothing overly notable though

Fragile

Yes

2/5

Not bad but not my vibe. And why were some songs so long???

Rust Never Sleeps

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

3/5

Slayed?

Slade

3/5

Not bad tbh

Every Picture Tells A Story

Rod Stewart

3/5

Maggie May >>>>>>> Rod Stewart has such fun music overall

The Undertones

2/5

Loving the Derry accent, but not my thing

Green

R.E.M.

3/5

some classics for sure

Violent Femmes

3/5

blister in the sun!!!!!!!!!! gone daddy gone was fun! not really my style (like everything else I've listened to thus far, but I am having fun with it.

Eli And The Thirteenth Confession

Laura Nyro

2/5

pretty voice, interesting album concept, not something I'd revisit and no real standouts.

Achtung Baby

3/5

lots of classic singles from my childhood

Purple Rain

Prince

5/5

opening with let's go crazy and closing with purple rain, holy shit. also, this is pretty obviously a 5-star album from the jump despite never having heard it in its entirety.

Tommy

The Who

3/5

fine, some highlights (pinball wizard). not something I'd listen to on my own 2.5

Out Of The Blue

Electric Light Orchestra

2/5

album is too long and the best song was the only song I'd already heard 2 stars

Kid A

Radiohead

2/5

cool sound, but otherwise boring

Dire Straits

3/5

totally fine, easy listening, 2.5

London Calling

The Clash

2/5

fun sound, london calling is a classic. A few skips overall. 2 stars.

Endtroducing.....

DJ Shadow

2/5

chill background music, didn't really notice it while I worked tbh

Revolver

Beatles

2/5

good stuff is good, others not so much...

Sincere

Mj Cole

2/5

The Bones Of What You Believe

CHVRCHES

2/5

A little confused as to how/why the mother we share became the hit that it was.

Physical Graffiti

Led Zeppelin

2/5

not my thing

The Fat Of The Land

The Prodigy

2/5

uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

The Velvet Underground & Nico

The Velvet Underground

3/5

some highlights for sure

Phaedra

Tangerine Dream

3/5

wilddddddddddddddddddddd, feels like tripping

A Northern Soul

The Verve

3/5

all I know by the verve is bittersweet symphony, so this was interesting. unfortunately when you already know their best song, there's not as much excitement with the rest

Back To Black

Amy Winehouse

5/5

perfection — I've never actually listened to the entire album, but boy, what a gift!

The Seldom Seen Kid

Elbow

3/5

some good tracks/vibes, though the best song was a deluxe uk track?

The Gershwin Songbook

Ella Fitzgerald

3/5

longgggggggggggggggggggg but I enjoyed the sound overall. made it through disk 2, then just listened to the remaining songs with high play counts. standouts include: let's call the whole thing off

Back At The Chicken Shack

Jimmy Smith

4/5

right off the bat, why are these songs so long??? 5 minutes in, I get it. I'm at the chicken shack, if I think about it, the songs seemingly go on forever, but I don't actually notice because the music is good and the vibes are right, that's life, baby. I'm enjoying myself. 4 stars.

Homework

Daft Punk

2/5

I feel like I am listening to the z103.5 drive at 5 street mix. Not my fave, but there are some classics, though I am used to hearing much shorter versions of them when they're being mixed. Other notes: - Around the World is so much longer than I realized - Rock n Roll hurt my brain, and I hope to never hear it again - This whole album makes me feel like I'm in space in the 90s - Alive had me nodding my head a bit Easy listening, but overall not quite my tempo (iykyk). 2.5

A Walk Across The Rooftops

The Blue Nile

3/5

interestinggggggggg, the instrumentals were nice. chill vibes overall. I liked heatwave best, or maybe it's just the one I took notice of while I worked?

Get Rich Or Die Tryin'

50 Cent

5/5

I love this so much. I obviously knew the singles as a kid, but I have never listened to this album in its entirety.

Who's Next

The Who

2/5

not my tempo. 2.5

In A Silent Way

Miles Davis

4/5

2 songs and 40 minutes later, I want to go to a jazz club

Giant Steps

The Boo Radleys

3/5

much longer than I wanted, but pretty enjoyable listening overall

Cross

Justice

3/5

mostly fun, top 1001 album worthy though? questionable

In The Court Of The Crimson King

King Crimson

4/5

I had a great time listening to this

One Nation Under A Groove

Funkadelic

3/5

Dirty

Sonic Youth

2/5

not quite my tempo

Beggars Banquet

The Rolling Stones

2/5

fine, I just don't care???

Time Out Of Mind

Bob Dylan

2/5

Good thing Timmy Chalamet has pissed me off because I can't stand Bob Dylan and wouldn't want to have to suffer through that BD movie

Ill Communication

Beastie Boys

3/5

not bad, but not my thing

Aladdin Sane

David Bowie

4/5

weird and iconic. I get it.

I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You

Aretha Franklin

5/5

so good

Crosby, Stills & Nash

4/5

This was good. Something I'd love if it was more recent. I'll have to remember to come back to this. 3.5

Oxygène

Jean-Michel Jarre

3/5

Songs were a little long, but this is relatively inoffensive background music. Top 1001 albums of all time? Idk about that. I feel like I'm Ryan Gosling in space, this was chillllllllll

Illinois

Sufjan Stevens

2/5

this felt...... long. Chicago is such a standout, and the only song I knew going into this album. I wish more of the album sounded like that. I don't think I'd ever listen to this again in full.

Urban Hymns

The Verve

3/5

it's hard when you have an iconic hit that is known by all, regardless of what type of music they're typically into. this started off with a bang and then faded into background music for me. 2.5

Fetch The Bolt Cutters

Fiona Apple

3/5

Not really my thing, but it was fine??? 2.5

Orbital 2

Orbital

2/5

idk, this was released when I was 1, so it's not for me. weird, yes. cool, maybe? the last song made me feel like I was going insane. I'm once again questioning how these 1001 albums were selected.

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

3/5

foot tapping after the first few notes, automatic +1 star. not as good as I was hoping it would be, american girl is the clear stand out. 3 stars.

Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music

Ray Charles

4/5

first song had me tapping my feet. I get the RC hype (sorry for not getting it before, this was way before my time and not something I grew up listening to). 3.5

Debut

Björk

4/5

there is more to life than this sounds like I am in the club; I am obsessed.

3 + 3

The Isley Brothers

4/5

vibey, great sound, fun. I can't stand when albums put all the remixes and different versions at the end so eventually I did tune it out.

Deserter's Songs

Mercury Rev

3/5

Briefly thought I was listening to Death Cab for a minute. Does Endlessly sample Silent Night??? Delta Sun Bottleneck Stomp >>>>>

Fisherman's Blues

The Waterboys

4/5

We Will Not Be Lovers???? Holy shit. Blackbird mention??? This is actually so good, I got halfway through disk two without even realizing. Typically, I can't stand albums this long, but this is soooooooooo good. last song being 12 min is crazy, but I liked the album, so they're allowed this fauxpas

Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols

Sex Pistols

2/5

not quite my tempo

Machine Head

Deep Purple

4/5

I expected to hate this tbh. Great guitar solos, good vibe overall. 3.5

I'm Your Man

Leonard Cohen

2/5

respectfully WHAT