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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Tommy The Who	5	3.33	+1.67
Document R.E.M.	5	3.55	+1.45
Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness The Smashing Pumpkins	5	3.68	+1.32
The Low End Theory A Tribe Called Quest	5	3.7	+1.3
Elephant The White Stripes	5	3.85	+1.15
Innervisions Stevie Wonder	5	3.87	+1.13

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Vanishing Point Primal Scream	1	2.82	-1.82
Nilsson Schmilsson Harry Nilsson	2	3.43	-1.43
The Dark Side Of The Moon Pink Floyd	3	4.43	-1.43
Hybrid Theory Linkin Park	2	3.39	-1.39
Blue Lines Massive Attack	2	3.39	-1.39
Pretzel Logic Steely Dan	2	3.39	-1.39
american dream LCD Soundsystem	2	3.17	-1.17
Devil Without A Cause Kid Rock	1	2.03	-1.03

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Artist	Albums	Average
Beatles	3	4.67

5-Star Albums (8)

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Hail To the Thief

Radiohead · 1 likes

4/5

Not my favorite Radiohead album, but I do love it.

Street Signs

Ozomatli · 1 likes

2/5

Wasn’t a fan of this one. Kinda cheesy.

1-Star Albums (2)

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Live At The Regal

B.B. King

3/5

Objectively very good, and I enjoyed listening to it. I used to love old blues like this, and I once saw BB live. Just not sure it really scratches that itch for me these days.

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector

Various Artists

3/5

As far as Christmas music goes, this album goes pretty hard.

Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots

The Flaming Lips

4/5

Not a perfect album, but I’ve loved it ever since it first came out.

Hybrid Theory

Linkin Park

2/5

I was never into the NuMetal thing, so I was surprised that I didn’t hate this, but it’s not really for me.

The Low End Theory

A Tribe Called Quest

5/5

I don’t listen to much hip hop, but I really enjoy this album.

Blue Lines

Massive Attack

2/5

Not super into this one. I liked the music/beats a lot better than the vocals.

Merriweather Post Pavilion

Animal Collective

2/5

I dunno. Just not for me, I guess.

Talking With the Taxman About Poetry

Billy Bragg

3/5

I enjoyed this one. Loved the political content, too.

Roots

Sepultura

3/5

I enjoyed this. I had never heard of this band before, and I’m not much of a metalhead, but I was definitely animated by this album. I don’t see myself listening to it regularly, but it would be great at the gym.

Document

R.E.M.

5/5

One of my all time favorites.

Vespertine

Björk

3/5

Reminds me of college.

With The Beatles

Beatles

4/5

Not my favorite Beatles album, but there are not bad Beatles albums.

Brothers

The Black Keys

4/5

Very good album. I like the Black Keys, but haven’t heard too much of their discography. Glad I listened to this one.

Foxbase Alpha

Saint Etienne

2/5

I wasn’t super into this one. Some good vocals, but a lot of it was just repetitive beats over weird recordings.

Tommy

The Who

5/5

An all time classic.

Nothing's Shocking

Jane's Addiction

3/5

A few really great songs, but inconsistent.

Dire Straits

3/5

Sultans of Swing is a great song, but the rest is kinda meh.

Machine Gun Etiquette

The Damned

3/5

Some great songs, but some skips, too.

Thriller

Michael Jackson

4/5

Not a no-skip album, but still damn good.

Elephant

The White Stripes

5/5

I’ve loved this album since it was brand new. It’s probably getting an extra star for nostalgia reasons, but I don’t care.

Exodus

Bob Marley & The Wailers

3/5

I’m trying to keep an open mind to genres I don’t normally listen to, but I just can’t get into this. That said, I didn’t hate it, and some songs had me tapping my foot.

Gentlemen

The Afghan Whigs

3/5

I enjoyed some of this, but it dragged at parts.

Liege And Lief

Fairport Convention

3/5

I had never heard of them before, but wasn’t expecting to like them much. But I enjoyed more than I thought I would.

Abraxas

Santana

4/5

Beautiful guitar, great rhythms.

Vanishing Point

Primal Scream

1/5

This was hard to get through. A lot of it felt like the background music to a hacker scene in a cheesy action movie.

Step In The Arena

Gang Starr

4/5

I think I’m learning I like hip hop more than I thought I did.

The Score

Fugees

3/5

Not sure this one’s for me, but i didn’t hate it at all.

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

Beatles

5/5

How do you not give this 5/5?

Public Image: First Issue

Public Image Ltd.

2/5

Some of it was good. None of it was great. The last song was unlistenable.

Zombie

Fela Kuti

4/5

I had never heard of this artist before. I really enjoyed this album. This is what this project is all about.

Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs

Derek & The Dominos

4/5

I really love the guitar on this.

Pelican West

Haircut 100

3/5

Not great, but dancy and fun. Very 80s.

Happy Trails

Quicksilver Messenger Service

2/5

Very meandering.

Five Leaves Left

Nick Drake

3/5

Too low energy for me to really love it, but it is beautiful and sad.

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness

The Smashing Pumpkins

5/5

One of my favorites from my teenage years. Still love it as much as I did then.

Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables

Dead Kennedys

4/5

Fast, fun, angry, political. Fantastic.

Hail To the Thief

Radiohead

4/5

Not my favorite Radiohead album, but I do love it.

Live And Dangerous

Thin Lizzy

3/5

On the one hand, it’s generic 70s power rock, but on the other hand, it does that well.

Seventeen Seconds

The Cure

3/5

I like this band, but I don’t know about this album.

Slayed?

Slade

2/5

Sounds fairly generic. Singer’s voice bothers me a little.

That's The Way Of The World

Earth, Wind & Fire

3/5

Street Signs

Ozomatli

2/5

Wasn’t a fan of this one. Kinda cheesy.

Want Two

Rufus Wainwright

3/5

Not super exciting but very pretty

For Your Pleasure

Roxy Music

2/5

I dunno. Wasn’t feeling this one.

James Brown Live At The Apollo

James Brown

3/5

It was okay

Pretzel Logic

Steely Dan

2/5

I wasn’t super into it.

Blur

3/5

I only knew Song 2 before this listen. The rest of the album is hit or miss.

Jazz Samba

Stan Getz

3/5

I mean, it’s pleasant background music.

Playing With Fire

Spacemen 3

2/5

What was this?

Country Life

Roxy Music

3/5

Better than the last one I heard of theirs.

Nilsson Schmilsson

Harry Nilsson

2/5

It’s fine but kinda cheesy.

Boston

3/5

Sometimes ‘70s power rock is what you need.

Post Orgasmic Chill

Skunk Anansie

3/5

Thought I’d like it less because of the name. It was alright.

Rio

Duran Duran

3/5

Fun 80s pop

Moving Pictures

Rush

4/5

Not a no skip, but some amazing songs.

3 Years, 5 Months And 2 Days In The Life Of...

Arrested Development

3/5

Didn’t love it, but I enjoyed it.

Fuzzy

Grant Lee Buffalo

3/5

I listened to a lot of 90s alternative music, but I don’t remember this one. I didn’t love it, but it still tapped into some comforting 90s nostalgia somehow.

Something Else By The Kinks

The Kinks

3/5

Waterloo Sunset is a great song, but there are some duds on here too.

Revolver

Beatles

5/5

Easy 5/5

Innervisions

Stevie Wonder

5/5

Another amazing album and all-time favorite.

Back to Basics

Christina Aguilera

2/5

I have negative associations with this generation of pop music, so I expected to hate it. I didn’t like it, but I think it is more generic than bad.

All Things Must Pass

George Harrison

4/5

There are many good songs on this album. But there are so many “meh” songs too. There are just a lot of songs. Probably could split it into a 5/5 album and a 3/5 album.

Apocalypse 91… The Enemy Strikes Black

Public Enemy

3/5

As with a lot of the hip hop on this list, I enjoyed more than o expected to. Not the best of the genre, but very listenable.

Broken English

Marianne Faithfull

2/5

Almost went 1/5. Didn’t enjoy this.

Truth And Soul

Fishbone

3/5

My cousin’s favorite band! I thought they were okay.

Bryter Layter

Nick Drake

3/5

Very soothing, but very low energy.

Survivor

Destiny's Child

3/5

I can tell this is objectively good, but I just have trouble getting into this genre.

american dream

LCD Soundsystem

2/5

Lots of synth noises that all sounded the same to me.

Darkness on the Edge of Town

Bruce Springsteen

3/5

I never really listened to much by Springsteen before. I really like some of the songs on this, but overall the album is just okay.

Fever To Tell

Yeah Yeah Yeahs

4/5

Great album, good nostalgia.

Close To The Edge

Yes

3/5

“Yes”? More like, “Okay, fine.”

All Hope Is Gone

Slipknot

3/5

I liked this better than I thought I would. I still found the combination of heavy metal with sort of Nickelback sounding rock a little jarring. It was best when the stuck to fast drums and guitar with growls.

The Village Green Preservation Society

The Kinks

3/5

A great song or two, but most of the album is bland.

Gold

Ryan Adams

2/5

I wasn’t really feeling this. Kind of generic sounding.

The Dark Side Of The Moon

Pink Floyd

3/5

A classic for sure, but most of this album is just weird background music.