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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
American Beauty Grateful Dead	5	3.24	+1.76
Red Headed Stranger Willie Nelson	5	3.34	+1.66
The Band The Band	5	3.35	+1.65
25 Adele	5	3.38	+1.62
Songs Of Leonard Cohen Leonard Cohen	5	3.38	+1.62
The Clash The Clash	5	3.53	+1.47
Playing With Fire Spacemen 3	4	2.55	+1.45
Bookends Simon & Garfunkel	5	3.55	+1.45
Hard Again Muddy Waters	5	3.6	+1.4
The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan Bob Dylan	5	3.61	+1.39

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
The Wall Pink Floyd	1	4.13	-3.13
The Man Machine Kraftwerk	1	3.31	-2.31
Tubular Bells Mike Oldfield	1	3.1	-2.1
The Rise & Fall Madness	1	3.05	-2.05
Yeezus Kanye West	1	2.76	-1.76
Boston Boston	2	3.7	-1.7
The Joshua Tree U2	2	3.67	-1.67
1984 Van Halen	2	3.49	-1.49
Reggatta De Blanc The Police	2	3.45	-1.45
Eliminator ZZ Top	2	3.37	-1.37

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Artist	Albums	Average
Bob Dylan	2	5

5-Star Albums (19)

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The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars

1-Star Albums (5)

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The Marshall Mathers LP

Eminem

3/5

Clever lyrics, didn’t love the beats, some repetitive themes about struggling with fame, wildly homophobic

Appetite For Destruction

Guns N' Roses

3/5

Pumps me up in the gym. Not a huge fan of Axls voice.

Playing With Fire

Spacemen 3

4/5

Some good songs, calming but repetitive

Smash

The Offspring

4/5

Love this album

Achtung Baby

2/5

Meh

Tubular Bells

Mike Oldfield

1/5

Highway 61 Revisited

Bob Dylan

5/5

Easy 5 stars

At San Quentin

Johnny Cash

5/5

One of my favorite live albums

Ramones

4/5

Fun album

Blood, Sweat & Tears

3/5

Actually enjoyed this album more than I thought I would

Foo Fighters

3/5

Fun listen but not their best work

Made In Japan

Deep Purple

2/5

Some talented musicians but really not my style

Will The Circle Be Unbroken

Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

4/5

Enjoyed as a bluegrass fan despite NGDB being a bit of a bubblegum bluegrass band. Once saw them live at a free concert at the state fair so I’m going to be a little generous with the rating

Homework

Daft Punk

3/5

Some catchy songs but not on the same level as Random Access Memories

Heaven Or Las Vegas

Cocteau Twins

4/5

I was listening to this while running and one of my earbuds died after the first song, but I enjoyed what I could hear. Was between a 3 and 4

The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars

David Bowie

5/5

Rare that an album has such a good concept and execution. Haven’t listed to this in a while and really enjoyed it

Talking Heads 77

Talking Heads

4/5

Psycho killer is an all time great but the rest of the album leaves me wanting a little more. Psycho killer bumps it to a 4

Home Is Where The Music Is

Hugh Masekela

4/5

Really well done

Murder Ballads

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

4/5

Some very cool songs but a bit much at times

Rapture

Anita Baker

3/5

Only half of the album was available for me on Spotify for some reason. Great voice, didn’t love the arrangements

The Wall

Pink Floyd

1/5

Some great music obviously but fuck Roger Waters

Low

David Bowie

4/5

Another Bowie Banger. I do prefer Ziggy Stardust however

Let England Shake

PJ Harvey

3/5

Nothing wrong with it but it didn’t really grab me

808 State

2/5

Some cool songs but I don’t think I’m the right audience for this

To Pimp A Butterfly

Kendrick Lamar

4/5

Very creative and well done

The Predator

Ice Cube

4/5

Not a lot of albums where anger is the prevailing emotion. Cathartic. Some good beats and lyrics as well

Wild Wood

Paul Weller

3/5

This is a 3.5 for me. Enjoyed the second half of the album more than the first half. It’s solid but not a lot of memorable songs a day after listening

Dire Straits

4/5

Doesn’t get much better than Mark Knopfler on guitar

Led Zeppelin II

Led Zeppelin

3/5

I don’t hate Zeppelin but they’ve just never really done it for me

Vanishing Point

Primal Scream

2/5

Some cool stuff in there but also a little disorganized and muddy

The Stone Roses

3/5

It was fine but unremarkable

The Last Broadcast

Doves

3/5

A Rush Of Blood To The Head

Coldplay

3/5

A few songs that I like a lot but it’s still Coldplay so I can only rate it so high

Deloused in the Comatorium

The Mars Volta

2/5

Not my favorite iteration of this genre

Sheer Heart Attack

Queen

4/5

Not my favorite queen album but Freddy is still great

Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle

Bill Callahan

4/5

Great writing, songs are really well put together. Enjoyed this one

Music

Madonna

3/5

Was dreading having to listen to this but it was more fun and better than expected

3 Feet High and Rising

De La Soul

4/5

Loving the old school rap albums

Come Away With Me

Norah Jones

4/5

I remember listening to this on repeat in the 9th grade. Still hits

The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan

5/5

Automatic 5 stars. Some of the best song writing ever

Gentlemen

The Afghan Whigs

2/5

Didn’t do it for me

Stankonia

OutKast

4/5

Really fun album

Gris Gris

Dr. John

4/5

Really enjoyed this. Good vibes

Siembra

Willie Colón & Rubén Blades

4/5

Great album. Especially as a warmup to the Bad Bunny halftime show

The Joshua Tree

2/5

I just can’t with U2

Speakerboxxx/The Love Below

OutKast

3/5

Did not enjoy quite as much as the last OutKast album

The Modern Dance

Pere Ubu

3/5

Some really cool songs and then some others that should have been left on the cutting room floor

Rid Of Me

PJ Harvey

4/5

Some powerful stuff here. Emotion really comes through. Nicely done

London Calling

The Clash

4/5

Such a classic and fun to listen to

Peace Sells...But Who's Buying

Megadeth

2/5

Some cool shredding but not really my jam

2112

Rush

3/5

Rush always reminds me of I Love You Man

Oracular Spectacular

MGMT

5/5

Great album. Very creative. Brings back good memories

Kenya

Machito

4/5

Love Caribbean/afro style jazz. Very find and unpretentious

Yeezus

Kanye West

1/5

Did not listen to this bullshit

Foxbase Alpha

Saint Etienne

4/5

Enjoyed this a lot more than I thought I would. Reminds me of an earlier version of the avalanches

Stand!

Sly & The Family Stone

3/5

Interesting album. Some good songs, some cheesy songs, some aggressive songs. Not quite sure what to make of it

69 Love Songs

The Magnetic Fields

3/5

Started strong, but many of these songs were somewhat forgettable. Props for taking on such a big project. Did not listen to the whole thing

In Our Heads

Hot Chip

2/5

Now this is some synth noodling

Bookends

Simon & Garfunkel

5/5

Great song writing as always from these two. America is one of my favorite songs of all time

Eliminator

ZZ Top

2/5

Music for pickup truck commercials and montages in cheesy sports movies. We’re supposed to pretend this is good because they have long beards or something

Felt Mountain

Goldfrapp

2/5

Quite forgettable

Ellington at Newport

Duke Ellington

4/5

Always love the duke

Diamond Life

Sade

4/5

Surprisingly very fun. Some bangers on this album

Red Headed Stranger

Willie Nelson

5/5

This was great. Really playing within himself

The Gilded Palace Of Sin

The Flying Burrito Brothers

3/5

Decent but forgettable

The Chronic

Dr. Dre

3/5

Ice cube did a better version of this. The skits got a little tedious as well

Axis: Bold As Love

Jimi Hendrix

5/5

I mean it’s Jimi

Eternally Yours

The Saints

3/5

I don’t know. It was fine I guess but pretty forgettable

The Band

5/5

Love The Band and love this album. Easy 5 stars for me

Hard Again

Muddy Waters

5/5

Finally got a blues album. Lot of soul here

Siamese Dream

The Smashing Pumpkins

5/5

Hadn’t listened to this whole album before but I really enjoyed it

Now I Got Worry

The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion

3/5

Pretty fun album

Adele

5/5

One of the best voices ever and pretty decent writing

So Much For The City

The Thrills

2/5

Ehh this was kind of lame

The Rise & Fall

Madness

1/5

This was a tough listen. Like bad British circus music

The Man Machine

Kraftwerk

1/5

I made some similar songs on garage band in 9th grade

Kala

M.I.A.

3/5

Some cool songs and influences from a lot of different genres. But a little sloppy

Talk Talk Talk

The Psychedelic Furs

3/5

This was fine but not memorable

Boston

2/5

Pretty tough to get through

American IV: The Man Comes Around

Johnny Cash

3/5

Love Johnny Cash but it’s tough when legends put out music 30 years past their prime

m b v

My Bloody Valentine

2/5

Not for me. I don’t get it. It’s just noise

That's The Way Of The World

Earth, Wind & Fire

3/5

This was actually pretty fun. Much better than expected

Paul's Boutique

Beastie Boys

3/5

Not my favorites album of theirs but still solid

Pills 'n' Thrills And Bellyaches

Happy Mondays

3/5

Nothing wrong with it but it didn’t really get me going

Electric Prunes

The Electric Prunes

3/5

A little like psychedelic Beatles

Is This It

The Strokes

5/5

This was great. Love the strokes

Songs Of Leonard Cohen

Leonard Cohen

5/5

Some of the best song writing ever

Rubber Soul

Beatles

5/5

Still holds up. It’s so pleasant on the ears. Like a sound bath or something

1984

Van Halen

2/5

There is some nostalgia with these songs being in movie montages but I cannot actually enjoy listening to this hot garbage

The Clash

5/5

This album gets me hyped

New York Dolls

3/5

Pretty fun album

Dub Housing

Pere Ubu

2/5

Started out pretty interesting. Some unique sounds. But got annoying by the end

Bat Out Of Hell

Meat Loaf

3/5

Let's Stay Together

Al Green

5/5

So smooth

Dookie

Green Day

4/5

Never been a huge Green Day fan but I did enjoy this

My Aim Is True

Elvis Costello

4/5

Super upbeat fun album. Some real bangers in there

The Modern Lovers

4/5

Some very cool punk grooves. Really tight for a debut album

Fuzzy Logic

Super Furry Animals

3/5

Live!

Fela Kuti

4/5

Great vibes

Reggatta De Blanc

The Police

2/5

Pretty lackluster other than message in a bottle

Chocolate Starfish And The Hot Dog Flavored Water

Limp Bizkit

2/5

Obviously this is pure garbage musically. But in a hilarious way. Which is what earned the second star

Neon Bible

Arcade Fire

4/5

Not my top Arcade Fire album but still enjoyed thoroughly. Very recognizable sound and good writing

Parachutes

Coldplay

3/5

Coldplay is always so meh to me

American Beauty

Grateful Dead

5/5

Such good vibes. Good writing, great jams.

Ágætis Byrjun

Sigur Rós

3/5

Some interesting and unique sounds. Has a cool vibe but I’m not sure I’m the target audience for Icelandic post rock

Scream, Dracula, Scream

Rocket From The Crypt

2/5

Pretty boring. Just kind of became background music for me

Me Against The World

2Pac

3/5

Some good writing but musically not my favorite

Songs For Swingin' Lovers!

Frank Sinatra

3/5

Nothing wrong with the music itself but it makes me feel like I’m in an Italian American restaurant with lots of pictures on the walls. About to be underwhelmed by a Caesar salad and overcooked spaghetti

Your New Favourite Band

The Hives

3/5

Fun but unremarkable

Moondance

Van Morrison

5/5

Brilliant musically despite him being an insufferable douche

Merriweather Post Pavilion

Animal Collective

2/5

Too bubblegum and poppy for me. Just didn’t click