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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Blackstar David Bowie	5	3.48	+1.52
Dummy Portishead	5	3.71	+1.29
American IV: The Man Comes Around Johnny Cash	5	3.89	+1.11
Talking With the Taxman About Poetry Billy Bragg	4	2.97	+1.03

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Tommy The Who	1	3.33	-2.33
Apple Venus Volume 1 XTC	1	2.84	-1.84
Boston Boston	2	3.71	-1.71
It's Blitz! Yeah Yeah Yeahs	2	3.49	-1.49

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Dire Straits

3/5

Dad rock at its best. Good riffs. Probably would grow on me a bit if I listened more. Great production. 70’s clean and open. Would sound great on a good set of speakers.

Rage Against The Machine

4/5

4.5/5 - A favorite in early high school. Still sounds strong and powerful. The lyrics seem more pertinent than ever with fascist ICE picking people up off the street. More young men should probably be listening to this instead of whichever alt right podcast is currently trending. Had a lot of fun listening to this one again.

It's Blitz!

Yeah Yeah Yeahs

2/5

American IV: The Man Comes Around

Johnny Cash

5/5

First 5 star album. Stunning album. The American albums are a great example of artists putting out high quality recordings at the end of their career. So much emotion and feeling in these songs. Really enjoy this every time I give it a spin.

Sign 'O' The Times

Prince

4/5

4.5 - probably a 5. Will listen again soon.

At Fillmore East

The Allman Brothers Band

3/5

Boston

2/5

This Year's Model

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

4/5

Mama's Gun

Erykah Badu

3/5

Talking With the Taxman About Poetry

Billy Bragg

4/5

To Pimp A Butterfly

Kendrick Lamar

4/5

Nebraska

Bruce Springsteen

4/5

Always a favorite. Have bounced off most of the other Springsteen albums but I’m sure more will be on the list and I’ll give them an another try. 4 to 4.5 for me.

Vauxhall And I

Morrissey

3/5

Always a favorite. Have had hits and misses with the re

Car Wheels On A Gravel Road

Lucinda Williams

3/5

With The Beatles

Beatles

4/5

Blackstar

David Bowie

5/5

Listened to this a week or so ago for the 10 year anniversary. What a way to go out. This album was very special to me that year it came out. I burned it on a cd and drove around in my mom’s car listening to it over and over. Some killer tracks and a brilliant end to a brilliant career. First Bowie album from the list so far. Excited for the next one.

Steve McQueen

Prefab Sprout

3/5

3 maybe 4 stars. Had seen the name before but never listened to anything by the band. What a wonderful treat. First half is very strong and the second half has some decent tracks. This is why this list is so fun at times. Discovering gems like this is exactly what I was hoping for. First listen, Faron Young, Bonny, Appetite, and Desire As stood out. Will listen again later this week.

Apple Venus Volume 1

XTC

1/5

Miriam Makeba

4/5

Another wonderful discovery from this project. Enjoyed this immensely. What a beautiful voice. I agree One More Dance does not fit and detracts from the rest of the album a bit but this quirky album is a breath of fresh air. 4.5 /5

Tommy

The Who

1/5

I did not like this very much. For its time, I can see how important it was. Very weird album and concept. For 1969 this would have been pretty unique I imagine. I just found it mostly boring. We all love Pinball Wizard but not a lot else I loved or liked or wanted to listen to again. I don't know The Who outside of singles so interested to see if any of their other albums land higher.

Songs In The Key Of Life

Stevie Wonder

5/5

Like Water For Chocolate

Common

3/5

Dummy

Portishead

5/5

Porcupine

Echo And The Bunnymen

3/5

First time listening. 3.5. Need to listen again. Some great songs and sounds. Enjoyed discovering it today!