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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
You've Come a Long Way Baby Fatboy Slim	5	3.34	+1.66
Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea PJ Harvey	5	3.38	+1.62
Guero Beck	5	3.45	+1.55
Blue Joni Mitchell	5	3.49	+1.51
Let's Stay Together Al Green	5	3.76	+1.24
Fromohio fIREHOSE	4	2.88	+1.12
The Sun Rises In The East Jeru The Damaja	4	2.91	+1.09
Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul Otis Redding	5	3.92	+1.08

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Reign In Blood Slayer	1	2.96	-1.96
Van Halen Van Halen	2	3.62	-1.62
Morrison Hotel The Doors	2	3.58	-1.58
Led Zeppelin IV Led Zeppelin	3	4.34	-1.34
The Man Machine Kraftwerk	2	3.31	-1.31
Cross Justice	2	3.27	-1.27
Close To The Edge Yes	2	3.19	-1.19
461 Ocean Boulevard Eric Clapton	2	3.11	-1.11
Bandwagonesque Teenage Fanclub	2	3.06	-1.06
Emperor Tomato Ketchup Stereolab	2	3.02	-1.02

5-Star Albums (7)

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Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea

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Shuggie Otis · 1 likes

3/5

Pretty good

461 Ocean Boulevard

Eric Clapton · 1 likes

2/5

tried to separate the art from the artist but failed. The music isnt awful but the artist is. I'm holding that against him.

1-Star Albums (1)

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Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

4/5

The White Album

Beatles

5/5

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector

Various Artists

4/5

didnt listen

Come Away With Me

Norah Jones

3/5

You've Come a Long Way Baby

Fatboy Slim

5/5

really liked it 5 stars

Pearl

Janis Joplin

4/5

Probably 3.5 rounded up to 4

Brilliant Corners

Thelonious Monk

4/5

liked it but not really a jazz fan. still 4 stars

I’ve Got a Tiger By the Tail

Buck Owens

2/5

Franz Ferdinand

4/5

This is so good. 4 stars

Machine Head

Deep Purple

4/5

Haven't heard it since I was very young. surprised how well it's held up.

Suede

4/5

I like this. very pleasant listening experience. 4 stars

Le Tigre

4/5

The Sun Rises In The East

Jeru The Damaja

4/5

i like this

This Is Fats Domino

Fats Domino

4/5

was ok. 4 stars

The Man Machine

Kraftwerk

2/5

Not for me. Electronic music makes me feel anious. I can absolutely appreciate the skill required to create this but not something I'd choose to listen to. 2 stars

Let's Stay Together

Al Green

5/5

obviously brilliant. 5 stars

Queen II

Queen

3/5

The New Tango

Astor Piazzolla

3/5

Its good. just not my thing 3 stars

Bitches Brew

Miles Davis

3/5

Parts of it are lovely and parts are chaotic. the chaotic parts made me feel anxious. I feel terrible about lowballing a classic but 3 stars from me.

The Velvet Underground & Nico

The Velvet Underground

4/5

Is This It

The Strokes

3/5

was just ok. I remember really liking it when it first came out though. 3stars

One Nation Under A Groove

Funkadelic

4/5

very enjoyable 4 stars

Close To The Edge

Yes

2/5

I know this is good quality music but I didnt enjoy it. 2 stars

Revolver

Beatles

4/5

Amnesiac

Radiohead

4/5

love Radiohead though this isn't my favourite. It really is great on a long drive. At least 4.

Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul

Otis Redding

5/5

Of course.

Guero

Beck

5/5

loved it. 5

Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1

George Michael

3/5

Parts of this are so compelling lyrically. A stirring declaration of an artist's identity, rejection of the contrived image that had been created for him (and by him). I'm afraid I just find the songs themselves dull. Would I listen to it again? Probably not. 2.5 rounded up to 3

Happy Sad

Tim Buckley

3/5

compelling voice. interesting arrangements. ultimately not for me

Green

R.E.M.

4/5

i do love REM 4?

Let It Bleed

The Rolling Stones

4/5

Iron Maiden

3/5

This is ok. Not a fan of the band or of heavy metal generally but its easier to listen to than I expected. 3 stars

Morrison Hotel

The Doors

2/5

Never liked The Doors

Van Halen

2/5

It didn't age very well.

If You're Feeling Sinister

Belle & Sebastian

4/5

Vol. 4

Black Sabbath

3/5

It's better than I expected,

Led Zeppelin IV

Led Zeppelin

3/5

Mama Said Knock You Out

LL Cool J

2/5

i wanted to like this but I didn't. Maybe it hasn't aged well? Maybe it's just me.

Bandwagonesque

Teenage Fanclub

2/5

The Downward Spiral

Nine Inch Nails

3/5

Fine but not for me

Unknown Pleasures

Joy Division

3/5

I'm really drawn to Ian Curtis' voice. What a tragedy he didn't have more time. Having said that it, I didn't connect with the songs. 3

The Velvet Underground

3/5

Ok but didn't love it as much as the Nico one 3.5 rounded down to 3.

Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea

PJ Harvey

5/5

Always loved this one. 5 stars

Eagles

3/5

Some good familiar tunes, but a lot was pretty boring. 3

People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm

A Tribe Called Quest

4/5

Apocalypse Dudes

Turbonegro

2/5

Sigh no. 2

Billion Dollar Babies

Alice Cooper

3/5

It's ok

Songs For Swingin' Lovers!

Frank Sinatra

3/5

Love big band music. Nothing new here but pleasant. Stupid album title

evermore

Taylor Swift

4/5

Emperor Tomato Ketchup

Stereolab

2/5

Just not a fan of techno. Didn't hate as much as the Kraftwerk earlier but it's also gettin a 2

Madman Across The Water

Elton John

3/5

A couple of big well-known songs but I found a lot of this album sort of boring. Sorry. 3

At Budokan

Cheap Trick

3/5

i never liked Cheap Trick but thiswas better than I remembered. 3

Here Come The Warm Jets

Brian Eno

4/5

I think of Eno more as a producer. Given my dislike of techno, I assumed I wouldn't like it. I was wrong. This is good.

Real Life

Magazine

3/5

Clever lyrics, good melodies, good music but for me it was sometimes derailed by annoying repitition (lyrics, electronic sounds) 3

Straight Outta Compton

N.W.A.

4/5

First rap group I heard. It was like having a secret portal to a community I would never belong to--though the casual misogyny bothered me I loved the experience.

Suzanne Vega

4/5

I remember loving 99.9 F⁰ but I don't remember much about this one. Love the imaginative/introspective lyrics.

Dusty In Memphis

Dusty Springfield

3/5

Lovely voice. I don't know that I'd call it soul but it's enjoyable to listen to. Maybe a bit pedestrian for me? 3.5

3 + 3

The Isley Brothers

3/5

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Elliott Smith