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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
G. Love And Special Sauce G. Love & Special Sauce	5	2.74	+2.26
Savane Ali Farka Touré	5	3.03	+1.97
Drunk Thundercat	5	3.12	+1.88
Fetch The Bolt Cutters Fiona Apple	5	3.2	+1.8
Shake Your Money Maker The Black Crowes	5	3.27	+1.73
Stardust Willie Nelson	5	3.39	+1.61
At Newport 1960 Muddy Waters	5	3.54	+1.46
Catch A Fire Bob Marley & The Wailers	5	3.62	+1.38
People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm A Tribe Called Quest	5	3.62	+1.38
Born To Run Bruce Springsteen	5	3.63	+1.37

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Yeezus Kanye West	1	2.75	-1.75
The Queen Is Dead The Smiths	2	3.67	-1.67
Now I Got Worry The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion	1	2.52	-1.52
Surfer Rosa Pixies	2	3.49	-1.49
We Are Family Sister Sledge	2	3.48	-1.48

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Catch A Fire

Bob Marley & The Wailers · 1 likes

5/5

Beautiful.

1-Star Albums (2)

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Van Halen

4/5

Awesome. Hadn't listened in ages, and it hasn't lost a thing.

MTV Unplugged In New York

Nirvana

5/5

Classic

This Year's Model

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

4/5

It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back

Public Enemy

4/5

I dont know how to rate a classic. Ive never listened to a lot of rap, because I felt like I couldnt relate to it, so I cant really compare this to anything else. But as a person who grew up through the ascendance of hip-hop, I can recognize skills when I hear it. It's not something that I would listen to a lot, but I do appreciate the skill and songs.

My Generation

The Who

4/5

Awesome- cant believe I never listened to this before. More raw, more punk, than later The Who.

Daydream Nation

Sonic Youth

4/5

Classic. I appreciate its influence, which I hear on many of the bands I love. That said, its not something I would listen to regularly.

You Are The Quarry

Morrissey

4/5

I've never been a Morrissey fan, but gave this a fair shake. The songs are beautiful. His voice is gorgeous. The production is lush. Still, just not my jam.

Fly Or Die

N.E.R.D

4/5

At Newport 1960

Muddy Waters

5/5

I'm not one of those people that really gets into the blues. That said, this recording is electric, and its influence on rock music is undeniable.

She's So Unusual

Cyndi Lauper

4/5

Adele

3/5

Adele has a beautiful voice, and she's a lovely person. Her songs are very emotionally touching and well written. It just is not my jam. I listenednto the entire album to give it a fair shake, and just can't see myself listening again on purpose.

Fleet Foxes

4/5

Celebrity Skin

Hole

4/5

I’ve Got a Tiger By the Tail

Buck Owens

4/5

My grandparents owned a little dive bar, and I remember these songs from the jukebox. It's a whole lot of memories. And Buck Owens - what a guitarist.

Abbey Road

Beatles

5/5

Perfect. No kotes

Catch A Fire

Bob Marley & The Wailers

5/5

Beautiful.

Odelay

Beck

3/5

Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables

Dead Kennedys

3/5

Violent Femmes

4/5

A classic, Ive loved it for years

Metallica

5/5

I never listened to much post-80s metal/rock until this album came out. Changed me. I'm not a Metallica fan, but I love this album.

I Am a Bird Now

Antony and the Johnsons

3/5

Dusty In Memphis

Dusty Springfield

3/5

Head Hunters

Herbie Hancock

4/5

Exceptional

La Revancha Del Tango

Gotan Project

4/5

Stardust

Willie Nelson

5/5

These standards are classic, well-crafted songs. Willie's unadorned voice brings a fresh sincerity to music that can often be a little overwrought.

Off The Wall

Michael Jackson

5/5

Jack Takes the Floor

Ramblin' Jack Elliott

3/5

Really love the bluesier songs, the folkier songs aren’t as appealing to me.

Nebraska

Bruce Springsteen

4/5

Searching For The Young Soul Rebels

Dexys Midnight Runners

3/5

NEU! 75

Neu!

3/5

Like this a lot more than expected. Thought it would be more industrial, but its (for the most part) melodic and trance-y. Will listen again.

People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm

A Tribe Called Quest

5/5

Drunk

Thundercat

5/5

Somehow, Id never heard of this Its going into heavy rotation.

Shake Your Money Maker

The Black Crowes

5/5

Timeless. Sounds like it was always supposed to exist. Chris Robinson's voice is raw and soulful without a hint of affectation, and the band plays like they've been doing it for decades. Seeing Things alone justifies every bit of praise this album gets. Essential.

Kenza

Khaled

3/5

Blackstar

David Bowie

3/5

Bowie's voice floats above the music like he's observing it rather than living in it. Technically brilliant and clearly with something to say, but the emotional detachment keeps it at arm's length for me. Mad respect but I just don't connect the way I need to.

G. Love And Special Sauce

G. Love & Special Sauce

5/5

Such light hearted musicality. I love when a talented group of musicians makes fun music like this. G. is a got dang treasure.

Harvest

Neil Young

5/5

Timeless and achingly human. Old Man and Heart of Gold are the obvious entry points but the whole album rewards the time spent listening. Neil's voice has never sounded more unguarded, and the sparse production lets every word land exactly where it should. A Man Needs a Maid always stops me in my tracks - the way the London Symphony Orchestra arrangement sweeps in under one of his most vulnerable lyrics, and it's just devastating every time Ive heard it in the last 40-some years.

Guero

Beck

4/5

Come Away With Me

Norah Jones

4/5

Slippery When Wet

Bon Jovi

3/5

Dance Mania

Tito Puente

4/5

Wish You Were Here

Pink Floyd

5/5

Fetch The Bolt Cutters

Fiona Apple

5/5

We Are Family

Sister Sledge

2/5

Savane

Ali Farka Touré

5/5

Stunning. The blues connection is undeniable — not influence, but origin. Touré's guitar touch is so light and precise it almost shouldn't hit as hard as it does. Familiar and completely foreign at the same time. Essential listening for anyone who loves the blues - its like listening to music genesis.

Sound of Silver

LCD Soundsystem

4/5

Are You Experienced

Jimi Hendrix

5/5

The real thing.

Soul Mining

The The

3/5

Soul Mining has moments of real brilliance — Uncertain Smile alone justifies the listen. Johnson's ambition is clear but the album is uneven, veering between genuinely affecting and slightly overwrought. Some excellent lyrics that really hit, but most are more interesting than immediately lovable. Worth returning to, not essential.

Moon Safari

Air

4/5

Let's Get Killed

David Holmes

3/5

Good stuff, not my vibe.

Channel Orange

Frank Ocean

4/5

Tracy Chapman

4/5

Pet Sounds

The Beach Boys

5/5

Entertainment

Gang Of Four

4/5

I came into this expecting more pure punk aggression, found something considerably more sophisticated. The rhythm section carries a funk groove that the guitar deliberately works against, and somehow it locks. The lyrics are sharp political writing delivered with real urgency and clever delivery. Surprised me.

The Queen Is Dead

The Smiths

2/5

Bookends

Simon & Garfunkel

4/5

Surfer Rosa

Pixies

2/5

I know this is a classic, but it just doesnt hit me the way I need it to. Frank Black misses me with something. The songs Kim sings on hit, though.

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The Temptations