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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Dear Science TV On The Radio	5	3.16	+1.84
The Slider T. Rex	5	3.28	+1.72
The College Dropout Kanye West	5	3.31	+1.69
Channel Orange Frank Ocean	5	3.32	+1.68
Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs Derek & The Dominos	5	3.39	+1.61
Odelay Beck	5	3.46	+1.54
The Number Of The Beast Iron Maiden	5	3.58	+1.42
Let's Stay Together Al Green	5	3.76	+1.24
Red Dirt Girl Emmylou Harris	4	2.86	+1.14
Lazer Guided Melodies Spiritualized	4	2.92	+1.08

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Kid A Radiohead	1	3.71	-2.71
Unknown Pleasures Joy Division	1	3.48	-2.48
Gentlemen The Afghan Whigs	1	2.9	-1.9
All Hope Is Gone Slipknot	1	2.7	-1.7
Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness The Smashing Pumpkins	2	3.68	-1.68
Chore of Enchantment Giant Sand	1	2.64	-1.64
At Newport 1960 Muddy Waters	2	3.54	-1.54
Live And Dangerous Thin Lizzy	2	3.32	-1.32

5-Star Albums (12)

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Unhalfbricking

Fairport Convention · 1 likes

3/5

When to listen: hanging out and in a folksy mood. I enjoyed this album more and more as it went on, but it didn't move me one way or another.

Dub Housing

Pere Ubu · 1 likes

2/5

When to listen: In the mood to be screeched at. This is not an easy listen, but I do think the chorus of Pa(Ubu) Dance Party is a bop.

Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs

Derek & The Dominos · 1 likes

5/5

When to listen: In a old dive bar, on vinyl, major yacht rock vibes. From the reviews I see racism/anti vax vibes (0/5) and acknowledge of how much of the blues is stolen from African American culture (0/5) but damn I love this era of music. Five stars but hate myself for it…

1-Star Albums (5)

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Fulfillingness' First Finale

Stevie Wonder

4/5

When to listen: Want relaxed AND uplifted

Marquee Moon

Television

3/5

When to listen: Want to seem CBGB cool

Head Hunters

Herbie Hancock

4/5

When to listen: Intense jazz experience

Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

4/5

When to listen: Fall, Berkshires, homey-vibes

Led Zeppelin II

Led Zeppelin

4/5

When to listen: High school nostalgia, need to kick into high gear. Appreciate, then skip songs with excessive moaning.

The Dark Side Of The Moon

Pink Floyd

5/5

When to listen: For the hippie trippy ~experience~ A true no skip album that reminds me of high school, and the great Strong Songs ep breaking down the album

The Number Of The Beast

Iron Maiden

5/5

When to listen: Pump up or feel like a boss. Surprisingly loved this as a no skip. Made me think about and appreciate metal vocals and musicality.

Emperor Tomato Ketchup

Stereolab

4/5

When to listen: chill and funky vibes. Love the experience of listening to Stereolab but don't have much to say from a music theory standpoint—just that it was engaging and interesting!

Ramones

3/5

When to listen: feel like fighting the m-a-n, get amped. I was really debating between 3 and 4 stars, the songs themselves itself are great but as an album it's a lot of the same without evolution.

Gentlemen

The Afghan Whigs

1/5

When to listen: I wouldn't listen to this album again. It just... wasn't an experience that added anything to my life.

There's No Place Like America Today

Curtis Mayfield

4/5

When to listen: feeling like funk. Very enjoyable listen

I See A Darkness

Bonnie "Prince" Billy

4/5

When to listen: rainy or cold or moody or autumnal. Really enjoyed this album and discovering this artist

Bert Jansch

3/5

When to listen: mellow background banjo. Amped up my yen to learn the banjo. Lovely music, blended into the background though nothing really stood out to me.

Channel Orange

Frank Ocean

5/5

When to listen: feeling smooth or easy or sentimental. I really enjoyed this album even if a few songs I feel like were overplayed on TikTok. I think Frank Ocean is a genuinely impressive artist / this album top to bottom is a great listening experience.

Odelay

Beck

5/5

When to listen: feeling like the main character getting ready to leave the house. I loved that this album had a distinct sound / through line but added a new element to each song that fit, e.g. a saxophone or East Asian inspired melodies.

Unhalfbricking

Fairport Convention

3/5

When to listen: hanging out and in a folksy mood. I enjoyed this album more and more as it went on, but it didn't move me one way or another.

The Holy Bible

Manic Street Preachers

3/5

When to listen: feeling edgy and punky and cooler than I am. I genuinely enjoyed this album—would listen again!

At San Quentin

Johnny Cash

4/5

When to listen: Not sure I would again, not because it isn't amazing just because I don't need to. Great album, great music, but it just... is.

Manassas

Stephen Stills

3/5

Live / Dead

Grateful Dead

2/5

Paranoid

Black Sabbath

5/5

Is this experience making me realize I like metal?!

Red Dirt Girl

Emmylou Harris

4/5

When to listen: A melancholy spring or summer day. Longing. Yearning. Feeling enormous love. I think she's a wonderful singer and I enjoyed this album.

Chore of Enchantment

Giant Sand

1/5

When to listen: On drugs and want to see sounds. As an opera nerd I liked the integration but it wasn't enough to get me into the album.

Lazer Guided Melodies

Spiritualized

4/5

When to listen: spacey, trippy, chill vibes. Idk why this album got hate on here I think it's unique and a fun listen. Is it... essential? Maybe not. But enjoyable!

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

Elton John

5/5

When to listen: Want to feel good. Really anytime: cooking, cleaning, road trips, party. This was a fun one because I have this album on vinyl, the Irish man I was seeing found it for me in Dublin. Grew up in an Elton John family, and am a diehard for life. FIVE STARS!

Purple Rain

Prince

5/5

When to listen: Feeling 80s. So quintessentially 80s I love this album so much.

At Newport 1960

Muddy Waters

2/5

When to listen: Feeling bluesy. I know Muddy Waters can do more emotive blues, the kind that makes you want to get up and dance. That wasn't this album for me. Maybe it wasn't supposed to be?

The Slider

T. Rex

5/5

When to listen: Unoffensive (to the ears) punk mood. I really liked this sound, it felt like melodic but punk-y? At times it felt very Bowie-esque with a little bit of Rocky Horror Picture Show thrown in.

Unknown Pleasures

Joy Division

1/5

When to listen: Don't! I've seen the album iconography but had never sat down and listened to this album and I... didn't like it?! To me, it sounded like boring, harsh, industrial noise.

Let's Stay Together

Al Green

5/5

When to listen: relaxing, glass of wine, chill vibes. Have always loved this album and Al Green's voice

The Who Sell Out

The Who

4/5

When to listen: IDK if I would again, but I love I Can See For Miles and I can see how smart it is, how funny the little jingles are, and how dedicated to the concept album The Who is.

Introducing The Hardline According To Terence Trent D'Arby

Terence Trent D'Arby

3/5

When to listen: Need an 80s synth uplift moment. Some of the elements felt so dated, but damn does he have a gorgeous voice. But truly, many of the songs are catchy as hell I just couldn't get over the overly 80s elements. Def loved his cover of Who's Loving You!

Live And Dangerous

Thin Lizzy

2/5

When to listen: Guitar licks? IDK honestly I probably don't need to listen again. It all sounded very repetitive and didn't interest me.

All Hope Is Gone

Slipknot

1/5

When to listen: Want to raise my blood pressure, feel stressed, feel panicked. I tried to listen, I really did. .execute. was a tough listen, and it got slightly better throughout but not enough. I can respect the genre, respect the guitar skills, respect how much Slipknot means to others. But... doesn't mean I like it.

Dub Housing

Pere Ubu

2/5

When to listen: In the mood to be screeched at. This is not an easy listen, but I do think the chorus of Pa(Ubu) Dance Party is a bop.

Exile In Guyville

Liz Phair

3/5

When to listen: after a breakup.

Rust Never Sleeps

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

4/5

When to listen: Feeling oldies melancholy. Not sure how I'd feel about it paired with a rando guy doing magic tricks.

Songs Of Love And Hate

Leonard Cohen

3/5

When to listen: In a bed, with tea, in dreary weather, when feeling a deep pit of despair in your stomach. Look, Leonard Cohen is an impressive artist. This album is lovely, gritty, and complicated. It's just not all the way there (for me)

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness

The Smashing Pumpkins

2/5

When to listen: October moody. My college boyfriend had a few songs from this album in a mix he made me and I liked those songs, which made me think I’d like this album. But it was truly meh to moi.

Kid A

Radiohead

1/5

When to listen: to zone out, potentially after smoking a lot. What I liked about this album is that it was short. Techno mumbo jumbo not my vibe.

Dear Science

TV On The Radio

5/5

When to listen: To groove out while working or on a car ride. A few songs I liked more than others, like "Crying." But overall this was a great listen and I enjoyed it

Californication

Red Hot Chili Peppers

4/5

When to listen: Driving down the PCH, palm tree weather, sunshine. Great album, so nostalgic for my teenage years.

The College Dropout

Kanye West

5/5

When to listen: Don't listen to antisemitic musicians. Separating the art from the artist, this is a good album. Reminds me of college, Mark loved this album.

Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs

Derek & The Dominos

5/5

The Queen Is Dead

The Smiths

3/5

When to listen: Manic pixie melancholy. 'Twas a fun listen but nothing that grabbed me too intensely.