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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
The Dreaming Kate Bush	5	2.98	+2.02
Lady In Satin Billie Holiday	5	3.23	+1.77
Mr. Tambourine Man The Byrds	5	3.23	+1.77
Like A Prayer Madonna	5	3.23	+1.77
Mama's Gun Erykah Badu	5	3.25	+1.75
Bitches Brew Miles Davis	5	3.29	+1.71
Celebrity Skin Hole	5	3.3	+1.7
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	3.41	+1.59

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
The Boatman's Call Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds	1	3.19	-2.19
Fire Of Love The Gun Club	1	2.98	-1.98
90 808 State	1	2.7	-1.7
Space Ritual Hawkwind	1	2.69	-1.69
Black Metal Venom	1	2.46	-1.46
...And Justice For All Metallica	2	3.42	-1.42
Haunted Dancehall The Sabres Of Paradise	1	2.38	-1.38
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	2.29	-1.29

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Artist	Albums	Average
Johnny Cash	2	5
Bruce Springsteen	2	5

Least Favorites

Artist	Albums	Average
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds	2	1.5

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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

The Flaming Lips

5/5

this is such a great album. so unique, so catchy

The Blueprint

JAY Z

2/5

Not my favorite

Walking Wounded

Everything But The Girl

3/5

I like the songs more than the way they sound

A Girl Called Dusty

Dusty Springfield

4/5

It's admittedly old fashioned but girlie can saaangg

Kala

M.I.A.

4/5

Doesn't sound like anything else whatsoever. She's a bit of a weird person BUT this is pretty good

Lady In Satin

Billie Holiday

5/5

No one sings like Billie

Joan Baez

4/5

She’s got the most beautiful voice. It’s a little one note for a whole album but I enjoyed it

Tapestry

Carole King

5/5

Masterpiece

Quiet Life

Japan

2/5

Perfect new wave. But sadly I don’t like new wave.

Marcus Garvey

Burning Spear

3/5

Not my favorite style but well done

KIWANUKA

Michael Kiwanuka

5/5

So freaking good

Cosmo's Factory

Creedence Clearwater Revival

5/5

I mean there are so many good songs on this

Sunshine Superman

Donovan

2/5

Booooring

Straight Outta Compton

N.W.A.

3/5

I’m a poser

Transformer

Lou Reed

3/5

It’s alright. Don’t hate it, don’t love it

White Blood Cells

The White Stripes

4/5

I like

Hybrid Theory

Linkin Park

4/5

This was the HOTTEST shit when I was in middle school and therefore I feel it is cool to like this

Birth Of The Cool

Miles Davis

4/5

Fire Of Love

The Gun Club

1/5

rough. and a little racist

The Dreaming

Kate Bush

5/5

she's so cool

Back In Black

AC/DC

5/5

I mean what can you even say? This sets the bar for heavy metal

Dookie

Green Day

5/5

yeah. a classic, better with every listen

Tanto Tempo

Bebel Gilberto

3/5

Inoffensive

The Marshall Mathers LP

Eminem

5/5

There’s nothing like it really. Something about his sound

Nevermind

Nirvana

5/5

Incredibly good

808 State

1/5

Diamond Life

Sade

4/5

The groove is immaculate. Every once in a while I was thinking that they also all sound the same, but it's a killer sound so who cares

The Queen Is Dead

The Smiths

5/5

Morissey is annoying but his band rocks

Dare!

The Human League

4/5

I was expecting to just be waiting for the last song, but this was a fun listen all the way through!

Songs In The Key Of Life

Stevie Wonder

5/5

Stevie's a genius and it's a pleasure to listen to this

Actually

Pet Shop Boys

2/5

Dated, annoys me

The Man Machine

Kraftwerk

3/5

Insane. I feel like I am inside a film.

Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)

Eurythmics

3/5

This album feels dated to me. I liked listening to it (and I LOVED the song Sweet Dreams of course) and I like Annie Lennox, but I don't need that much 80s synth in my life

Van Halen

5/5

what is it about this band? is it nostalgia? I love it so much.

Surrealistic Pillow

Jefferson Airplane

5/5

Fantastic. Grace is amazing

(What's The Story) Morning Glory

Oasis

5/5

The best britpop. By a mile

Lost Souls

Doves

2/5

Mr. Tambourine Man

The Byrds

5/5

Every time I listen to this it gets better. They may not be the most groundbreaking, but they have a great sound, and the arrangements are lush. A pleasure.

Illinois

Sufjan Stevens

5/5

One of my absolute favorite albums. The concept is genius, the songs are devastating, and only sufjan can arrange using the weirdest instruments and yet it’s gorgeous. Ugh

Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1

George Michael

3/5

Some nice songs, but it’s dated as hell and VERY cheesy

The Suburbs

Arcade Fire

5/5

how did I never listen to this before? It's really everything Indie Rock should be. fantastic

Bitches Brew

Miles Davis

5/5

A masterclass in creativity. I'd be curious how much it helps to be into jazz already, because it's not an easy listen. But it changed the musical world.

The Boatman's Call

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

1/5

Just dreary. All of the songs have a small chord progression that loops for 5 minutes at a time. I understand that there is some poetry going on but without any vocal inflection at all, I don't care about the poetry. Just dragged on and on and on and made me feel depressed.

Femi Kuti

4/5

Put me in a wonderful mood! The kutis are a talented bunch.

Like A Prayer

Madonna

5/5

Loved this

1999

Prince

4/5

I really enjoyed this, Prince's extreme horniness aside. However; every song could benefit from being a good two minutes shorter, and then maybe another song thrown in there? But yes. Completely danceable

Nixon

Lambchop

2/5

This in theory could be nice, but nothing stuck. It felt a bit lifeless to be honest. If I need to hear this before I die... Well

Dub Housing

Pere Ubu

3/5

how to describe this? fun noise. don't know if I'd relisten but it's certainly different in a way I respect

Live At The Regal

B.B. King

4/5

I mean, I wish I had been there

The Contino Sessions

Death In Vegas

2/5

Just did not stick. I did not hate myself while listening to it, but it sort of washed over me and was gone, and I looked at my phone a few times hoping it would be over and yet also did not notice when it had ended.

Toys In The Attic

Aerosmith

3/5

Fine. Classic rock is classic rock, I don’t know how you could be obsessed with this

The Beach Boys Today!

The Beach Boys

4/5

Too pleasant not to like

Odelay

Beck

5/5

Okay, first time I gave this 2 stars, but I get it now. Listened to it on the road and felt it.

The Clash

3/5

Fun? Repetitive?

New York Dolls

3/5

As everyone has said, a punky version of the stones. Not what I expected, and a fun listen

The Joshua Tree

4/5

It's insane that the first three songs are the opening of this album, such heavy hitters. The rest is "nice"

...And Justice For All

Metallica

2/5

I can't deal with this album. It doesn't do it for me AND it doesn't sound good.

Space Ritual

Hawkwind

1/5

Every second I hate it more. Like being abducted by aliens and the sound itself is also shit

At Folsom Prison

Johnny Cash

5/5

Everything about this is genius

Celebrity Skin

Hole

5/5

They are so cool. This is so cool.

Truth

Jeff Beck

3/5

Fine! Pleasant, but too many blues tunes at the back half that just sound like.. the blues. He deserves credit for being considered one of the best guitarists of all time but the songwriting is not much more than just pleasant

Mama's Gun

Erykah Badu

5/5

The first time I listened to this I gave it one star. And I was absolutely wrong. A masterpiece

Morrison Hotel

The Doors

4/5

Alright, you know?

Phrenology

The Roots

4/5

Too long, but groovy as hell. The playing, oof