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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
The Köln Concert Keith Jarrett	5	3.39	+1.61
Sign 'O' The Times Prince	5	3.45	+1.55
Speakerboxxx/The Love Below OutKast	5	3.45	+1.55
Queen II Queen	5	3.49	+1.51
The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill Lauryn Hill	5	3.66	+1.34
Live At The Regal B.B. King	5	3.67	+1.33
The Low End Theory A Tribe Called Quest	5	3.7	+1.3
Talking Book Stevie Wonder	5	3.72	+1.28
Doolittle Pixies	5	3.74	+1.26
Songs From The Big Chair Tears For Fears	5	3.75	+1.25

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Nilsson Schmilsson Harry Nilsson	2	3.43	-1.43
Hybrid Theory Linkin Park	2	3.39	-1.39
British Steel Judas Priest	2	3.29	-1.29
Live At The Star Club, Hamburg Jerry Lee Lewis	2	3.27	-1.27

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Live At The Star Club, Hamburg

Jerry Lee Lewis · 1 likes

2/5

It was fine. Ya know, it’s funny. I didn’t know anything about this artist, but as soon as I started listening, I got some bad vibes. And then I read his wiki and it was confirmed that he was a weirdo. And I have a feeling that like Elvis, he as a white man profited off the creation of black people.

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Brothers

The Black Keys

3/5

3.75/5 Love the clear influence of blues, soul, and rock. Classic riffs. Production maintains a nice level of grunge and rasp without getting muddy. Is Unknown Brother automatically a Christmas song because it features sleigh bells? Didn’t feel any personal connection to it though, nor did anything still out as particularly exceptional.

Blood On The Tracks

Bob Dylan

4/5

Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols

Sex Pistols

3/5

Idk if it was just overly British but something didn’t particularly hit for me in the way I was expecting

Doolittle

Pixies

5/5

Effortlessly cool. Your favorite band’s favorite band type beat. The shifts from punk to surf to anywhere else feel natural. Monkey Gone to Heaven is probably THE song of the record, but I am a bit partial to Debaser and There Goes My Gun for a little easier of a listen.

Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not

Arctic Monkeys

4/5

I was in high school from 2012-2016 so obviously AM by the Arctic Monkeys was a foundational album for me. They had their signature sound from the start though. A little less commercially catchy, but just as strong. I’ve always loved the production on Alex Turner’s distinct vocals. Not sure how to describe it except to say that it sounds like they were recorded in voice notes without sounding shitty. It’s at least one aspect that led to them being a cornerstone of the indie sleaze scene.

Back To Black

Amy Winehouse

5/5

I’ve seen complaints recently that albums are getting shorter, but this is an excellent example of a perfectly concise, iconic record. Timeless sound in a modern setting. Listening reminds me of what a great we lost, wondering what she would have gone on to create.

Unknown Pleasures

Joy Division

4/5

One of those albums that I wouldn’t have been able to appreciate a few years ago because of the vocals. I can now see how cool and foundational it is though.

Germs

2/5

Fine. Didn’t really hit for me.

Arular

M.I.A.

4/5

In so many ways, seems like a clear precursor to Charli xcx. Really innovative and danceable beats. Playful but understatedly meaty lyrics.

British Steel

Judas Priest

2/5

Not my thing. Sounds like Jack Black in School of Rock, but I’d rather listen to Jack.

The Köln Concert

Keith Jarrett

5/5

Beautiful jazz improv. The live recording is so full of life.

Nilsson Schmilsson

Harry Nilsson

2/5

Lime in the Coconut has never really been my vibe

...The Dandy Warhols Come Down

The Dandy Warhols

3/5

Cool, drone-y grunge. Easy listening imo. Just didn’t shine enough to fall in love. It’s like a 3.5

Nothing's Shocking

Jane's Addiction

4/5

Really solid

Live At The Regal

B.B. King

5/5

I have not historically been a live album lover but god this is ELECTRIC. The energy that was in that room in 1964 is preserved eternally and it is undeniable. The first track of Every Day I Have the Blues is transformed from its lyrics of heartache to a prayer and a promise. Every day I’ve got this genre of music that transcends time and space and circumstance. It’s a lifeline and you feel the weighty importance of a Black man getting to sing in a room full of people.

Sunday At The Village Vanguard

Bill Evans Trio

4/5

Skylarking

XTC

4/5

I mean I love new wave and basically all of the genres that they straddle so I have no complaints

The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill

Lauryn Hill

5/5

An all-timer concept/story-telling album. The class discussion adds so much character. The only downside is that makes it a touch less listenable, to throw on aux. Perfect features. I kinda prefer the extended version with the cover of Can’t Take My Eyes Off of You.

Live At The Star Club, Hamburg

Jerry Lee Lewis

2/5

Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music

Ray Charles

4/5

Songs From The Big Chair

Tears For Fears

5/5

Head Over Heels is one of my favorite songs of all time, but really it’s a no skips album. Highly used in soundtracks for a reason.

Talking Book

Stevie Wonder

5/5

Stevie has such a unique relationship to melody, harmonies, groove. It feels like a gift to witness.

Music From Big Pink

The Band

3/5

Solid but not overly memorable

Hybrid Theory

Linkin Park

2/5

It’s not awful but nu metal is just not my thing. Just feeling like aggressively whiney or something.

Third

Soft Machine

3/5

First track was a bit much for someone not on psychedelics, but I think if they made some Fantasia style visuals I could vibe with it. Second and fourth tracks I was into. Third track, the vocals bothered me too much. I’d give it like a 3.5 for listenability.

Lust For Life

Iggy Pop

4/5

One of those albums that I didn’t realize was the influence for so many iconic songs.

Wish You Were Here

Pink Floyd

4/5

funky and good vibes

Damaged

Black Flag

3/5

Kollaps

Einstürzende Neubauten

1/5

Nahhhh sorry this is a little too creative for me

The Low End Theory

A Tribe Called Quest

5/5

Evident how influential it has been to the genre

New Gold Dream (81/82/83/84)

Simple Minds

3/5

Hideous album art. Reminiscent of a lot of my 80s favorites like Tears for Fears and Talking Heads.

In The Wee Small Hours

Frank Sinatra

4/5

Nice easy listening

Gorillaz

3/5

The concept of Gorillaz as a group is very interesting to me. Makes me feel a little bit like a boomer lol. Lots of genre bending and blending. A lot of the tracks start off very cool and I’m into it, but most drag on to a point that I’m annoyed and ready to skip to the next.

Licensed To Ill

Beastie Boys

3/5

These white boys weird fr

The Village Green Preservation Society

The Kinks

4/5

Really surprising that they weren’t equally famous as The Beatles. So so similar. I guess it’s that touch of edginess that makes them just a touch more obscure.

Music in Exile

Songhoy Blues

4/5

Glad this was brought to my attention. Really cool. Into the desert blues.

Figure 8

Elliott Smith

4/5

Another Green World

Brian Eno

3/5

The Bends

Radiohead