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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Lady In Satin Billie Holiday	5	3.23	+1.77
Songs Of Leonard Cohen Leonard Cohen	5	3.38	+1.62
The Köln Concert Keith Jarrett	5	3.39	+1.61
Darkness on the Edge of Town Bruce Springsteen	5	3.42	+1.58
Fleet Foxes Fleet Foxes	5	3.44	+1.56
It's Blitz! Yeah Yeah Yeahs	5	3.49	+1.51
Bookends Simon & Garfunkel	5	3.56	+1.44
Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots The Flaming Lips	5	3.57	+1.43
Machine Head Deep Purple	5	3.58	+1.42
Born In The U.S.A. Bruce Springsteen	5	3.69	+1.31

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Black Metal Venom	1	2.47	-1.47
Haunted Dancehall The Sabres Of Paradise	1	2.37	-1.37
Ready To Die The Notorious B.I.G.	2	3.36	-1.36
Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds	2	3.32	-1.32
Trout Mask Replica Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band	1	2.28	-1.28
The Blueprint JAY Z	2	3.2	-1.2
The Rise & Fall Madness	2	3.04	-1.04

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Artist	Albums	Average
Bruce Springsteen	2	5

5-Star Albums (17)

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Machine Head

Deep Purple

5/5

Fleet Foxes

5/5

One of my favorite albums when I was in college, a millennial folk dream. Super creative and influential songwriting

Moon Safari

Air

3/5

Debut

Björk

4/5

Reggatta De Blanc

The Police

3/5

The Velvet Underground & Nico

The Velvet Underground

4/5

At San Quentin

Johnny Cash

5/5

Tommy

The Who

4/5

last time I listened to this I gave it a 5, today it is a 4. I think it's a very cool concept and there are some great tunes on here as well :)

Another Green World

Brian Eno

3/5

New Wave

The Auteurs

4/5

I'm really surprised, but I liked this. They have a comforting, nostalgic sound and I was impressed. Don't know if I'd ever put it on again but fully enjoyed it while it was on.

Live At The Harlem Square Club

Sam Cooke

3/5

I love Sam Cooke. And these songs are great. But live albums from this era are just not my favorite. The banter with the audience almost feels unreal and the audience almost sounds like they’re not listening to him. Then the songs are mostly played very quickly and it’s just a list of them. Musically I enjoyed this and I would have loved to have been there, but from the perspective of listening as an album, it’s not my favorite.

Steve McQueen

Prefab Sprout

3/5

How do I say this kindly? It's inoffensive. I don't love it, but I don't hate it. They have a nice sound but it's a little white bread to me.

Talking Timbuktu

Ali Farka Touré

4/5

Such a unique vibe, a mixture of so many styles and a very sunny listen. Gave it 4 and not 5 because it went on a little long but I liked having this one on.

Here's Little Richard

Little Richard

3/5

Look, it's nice. The songs are all very similar, and they were amazingly groundbreaking and influential at the time, but now I think I only need one or two songs.

Horses

Patti Smith

4/5

This album is a force of nature and I know it deserves a 5, but I’m not a huge fan of the “singing” the entire time. Patti Smith is a total rockstar and she deserves better than this (my rating)

Ready To Die

The Notorious B.I.G.

2/5

Just not my cup of tea. I’m sure it’s someone’s.

Pearl

Janis Joplin

5/5

NO ONE sings like Janis.

Sheer Heart Attack

Queen

4/5

Trout Mask Replica

Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band

1/5

Look. Just because you can play polyrhythms doesn't mean I wanna listen to it

Five Leaves Left

Nick Drake

4/5

Nick Drake is always a breath of fresh air. I prefer his other albums, but his voice singing to me on my.mornimg commute is always welcome.

Moving Pictures

Rush

3/5

I really liked the song Limelight. I think they have a nice sound, but I'm not really drawn in enough to want to be a fan. Also his voice is kinda nasal

Black Sabbath

5/5

A great album. What else is there to say??

Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

2/5

What a slog

Music Has The Right To Children

Boards of Canada

2/5

Well made, but makes me feel nothing.

James Brown Live At The Apollo

James Brown

3/5

I like James Brown, he’s fantastic. I think the recording of this isn’t my favorite, I don’t love the constant audience screams and I always feel like the crowd interactions are very staged, even if they’re not. I wish I had been there, and I love the studio versions, but I’m not dying to listen to the live album.

Haunted Dancehall

The Sabres Of Paradise

1/5

No thank you

Born To Be With You

Dion

2/5

Pleasant, but did nothing for me.

Black Metal

Venom

1/5

There's better metal than this. Also the production is atrocious and most of the riffs are just Motorhead

Paul's Boutique

Beastie Boys

3/5

For what it is, it's good. Wouldn't choose to listen to it

Darkness on the Edge of Town

Bruce Springsteen

5/5

MY FAVORITE MAN!! maybe besides my husband but maybe not

Vanishing Point

Primal Scream

3/5

Not as bad as I thought! The good songs are great and the bad songs are pretty terrible but overall I was into it

Blood On The Tracks

Bob Dylan

4/5

Good but not my favorite Dylan

Born In The U.S.A.

Bruce Springsteen

5/5

Great stuff

Speakerboxxx/The Love Below

OutKast

4/5

A great album, but very long

Sign 'O' The Times

Prince

3/5

Zombie

Fela Kuti

4/5

Groovy

The Rise & Fall

Madness

2/5

Only the hit. The rest not so much

Pornography

The Cure

3/5

I like their sound, but didn't care for any of the songs

Seventeen Seconds

The Cure

3/5

Liked it!

Songs Of Leonard Cohen

Leonard Cohen

5/5

Better with every listen. The king of songwriting and his voice is still in good shape in this album

The Scream

Siouxsie And The Banshees

4/5

they're very cool

Either Or

Elliott Smith

4/5

Really good. I have to be in the mood for it though.

Basket of Light

Pentangle

4/5

Very much of it's time, which I like! This is a cult I would probably join

Fever Ray

4/5

would be even better if they left out all the weird mouth noises. Also it's pretentious

Graceland

Paul Simon

5/5

A masterpiece.

Rejoicing In The Hands

Devendra Banhart

4/5

Welcome to the Afterfuture

Mike Ladd

2/5

C'est Chic

CHIC

4/5

A joy to listen to. Sometimes the songs go on a little long but who doesn’t love a little disco

I Should Coco

Supergrass

3/5

One song clearly better than the rest. Not my favorite type of music but it’s listenable

Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music

Ray Charles

4/5

Disintegration

The Cure

5/5

Fantastic

Franz Ferdinand

4/5

A great sound, very nostalgic

Locust Abortion Technician

Butthole Surfers

2/5

I hate this less than the first time I heard it

Foxbase Alpha

Saint Etienne

2/5

Of its time. I certainly didn't need to hear this before I died.

Selling England By The Pound

Genesis

3/5

I respect it. Not something I'd want to have on and listen to but the sound is nice and the concept is solid

Pet Sounds

The Beach Boys

5/5

A classic. THE HARMONIES

Traffic

4/5

It's Blitz!

Yeah Yeah Yeahs

5/5

Okay this rocks

The Köln Concert

Keith Jarrett

5/5

Reading about this concert helped a lot. I had a similar experience (though I'm not Keith Jarrett) when I travelled overseas for a show and they presented me with a keyboard that was literally a toy. 4 octaves, plastic, no pedals. I completely freaked out and didn't want to play. Had to rework my whole set and it was terrifying. Hearing this concert in it's mastery and knowing that it was an incredibly stressful case of improvisation.. it's IMPRESSIVE

Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor

Lupe Fiasco

4/5

Pleasantly surprised! Holds up well after 20 years, nice mix of hip-hop and r&b, a nice listen!

Raw Like Sushi

Neneh Cherry

3/5

Dated but fun. Buffalo stance is by far the best song

Penance Soiree

The Icarus Line

3/5

I cannot believe I didn’t hate this but I did not. It’s like dirtier strokes or the white stripes

Bookends

Simon & Garfunkel

5/5

Loved finally listening to this one

Entertainment

Gang Of Four

3/5

Listenable, but not mind blowing

Illmatic

Nas

4/5

Better with every listen. I love the clean,very bopable music behind the rapping itself, and any hip-hop album under a hour and a half is already well rated in my book

Suede

3/5

It's okay. There's better britpop out there.

Dummy

Portishead

4/5

Was really surprised by this! It aged well

So Much For The City

The Thrills

2/5

It’s.. fine. The accent is killing me tho

Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots