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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Live 1966 (The Royal Albert Hall Concert) Bob Dylan	5	3.15	+1.85
Horses Patti Smith	5	3.31	+1.69
The Man Machine Kraftwerk	5	3.31	+1.69
En-Tact The Shamen	4	2.43	+1.57
Electric Warrior T. Rex	5	3.54	+1.46
Mothership Connection Parliament	5	3.61	+1.39
In The Court Of The Crimson King King Crimson	5	3.61	+1.39
Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul Otis Redding	5	3.92	+1.08
Superfuzz Bigmuff Mudhoney	4	2.93	+1.07
Sunshine Hit Me The Bees	4	2.98	+1.02

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Born To Run Bruce Springsteen	2	3.63	-1.63
Chemtrails Over The Country Club Lana Del Rey	2	3.05	-1.05

5-Star Albums (7)

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Live 1966 (The Royal Albert Hall Concert)

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Exodus

Bob Marley & The Wailers

4/5

Title track is amazing, and the first three songs rip. The three mega hits are great in the context of the album.

The Gershwin Songbook

Ella Fitzgerald

3/5

Horses

Patti Smith

5/5

Stardust

Willie Nelson

4/5

First half is excellent, second half gets a little dull but still sweet.

Born To Run

Bruce Springsteen

2/5

Carried by a few excellent tracks, but nothing particularly exciting or interesting about this one. Thunder Road, Backstreets and Born to Run are the standouts.

Boston

4/5

Loses steam with Smokin and Hitch a Ride, but these songs all rule.

It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back

Public Enemy

4/5

Just when I was getting bored, Caught, Can I Get a Witness? came and reeled me back in for the rest of the album.

Mothership Connection

Parliament

5/5

Instant party when this album comes on. Every track is groovy, fun, a little goofy, and sonically adventurous. I loved it start to finish.

Here Come The Warm Jets

Brian Eno

4/5

Sets a cool vibe, and I enjoyed it quite a bit.

Tidal

Fiona Apple

4/5

I can't believe I never listened to this. The first half is perfect, slows down in the second but still very interesting and cool.

The Wildest!

Louis Prima

4/5

Boring at first, but there ends up being some pretty interesting stuff here. One of those albums that comes to an " oh THIS song" moment.

Chemtrails Over The Country Club

Lana Del Rey

2/5

Disappointing followup to Norman Fucking Rockwell, which is her best work by a lot. This album meandered and bored me. I don't particularly like her breathy way of singing, it works sometimes but really overdone here. Let Me Love You Like a Woman is really good, and Dance Till We Die is great. For Free is also pretty good.

Germs

2/5

Pretty straightforward punk rock. I like the music, but the growling vocals don't do it for me. It sounds like if Dave Mustaine sang for a punk band, and not in a great way. All the songs are fine, but I caught myself feeling bored despite the chaotic music. I usually love punk, especially from this era, but this one didn't do it for me. Maybe it would improve if I heard it at a different time.

Life's Too Good

The Sugarcubes

4/5

Really great album! Gives really strong Cure vibes, and Bjork's vocals are absolutely powerful and ethereal. As someone who only knows a bit of her work, I'm excited to get more into it.

Bookends

Simon & Garfunkel

4/5

Bookends is an appropriate title, because the start and finish to this album are phenomenal. The momentum built in the first two tracks hits a brick wall at Overs and doesn't really hit a good groove until Fakin' It. The middles songs are pretty, but not particularly interesting compared to the run at the end. 9/10

Machine Head

Deep Purple

4/5

Really good bridge between Black Sabbath and Led Zeppelin. Awesome bluesy guitar riffs and high energy vocal performances. My least favorite track is Highway Star, mostly because I hate songs about cars. Smoke on the Water is iconic, but not the best on the album. Lazy is probably my favorite here. 8/10

En-Tact

The Shamen

4/5

So cheesy at times, but I find it endearing. This album makes me nostalgic for the time in my life when I listened to lots of Stone Roses. 8/10

Jagged Little Pill

Alanis Morissette

4/5

Fantastic album! In my mind it was an angry album, but that's just because of You Oughta Know. This has really high highs, and its all so undeniably catchy. 9/10

The Slider

T. Rex

3/5

I see a huge influence on Oasis in this album, besides the usual comparison with cigs and alcohol. Great songs and lots of energy, light 7/10.

Idlewild

Everything But The Girl

3/5

Sunshine Hit Me

The Bees

4/5

Feels somewhat ahead of its time on the first track, reminds me of the chillwave indie that dominated after Mac Demarco broke. Overall very cool and chilled out psychedelic pop album. 8/10

The Stranger

Billy Joel

4/5

This is one of those albums loaded with hits that you didn't realize were all on one album. Scenes from an Italian Restaurant was a nice surprise, I had only ever heard the bottle of red, bottle of white opening. Tracks 3 and 9 are just a little too cheasy for me, but still good. Strong 9/10

Live 1966 (The Royal Albert Hall Concert)

Bob Dylan

5/5

I'm sure everything I could say about this has been said. Captures a really cool transition for Dylan. The Desolation Row is one of the best out there, and the electric half shows some Grateful Dead style jamming.

Virgin Suicides

Air

3/5

I love Air, and there is a lot here to love. The problem with this being a soundtrack is that it is made to accompany the subject, not necessarily to be the subject. Maybe is I had seen the movie I would appreciate this more, but it feels like every time there is an interesting or compelling moment, it's fleeting. A lot to really love here, but also lots of filler. Maybe you could say that about other Air albums, but I hope Moon Safari will be on this list. 6/10

In The Court Of The Crimson King

King Crimson

5/5

Stone cold classic. I've loved this album for a long time, and I'm so happy to revisit it 10 years after I discovered it. I just wish Moonchild's length was cut somewhat. Very Strong 9/10

The Rise & Fall

Madness

4/5

I could only listen to 6 songs available to me, but they were excellent. I see a straight line between this and Modern Life is Rubbish by blur.

Olympia 64

Jacques Brel

2/5

Very charming, but ultimately not my thing. I do love the Song Amsterdam, but I prefer the Scott Walker version. 3/10

The Man Machine

Kraftwerk

5/5

As a huge LCD fan, this album hits at a primal level for me. Every song is great, no notes. Simply perfect, and the best album I've heard so far on this list. 10/10

B-52's

The B-52's

4/5

Super fun and clunky in a good way! Always loved the hits but this is the first full album I've heard of theirs. Glad to dive deeper on them! 8/10

Future Days

Can

4/5

When it's good it's great, but it does meander in parts. Very strong 7/10

Superfuzz Bigmuff

Mudhoney

4/5

An album that meant a hell of a lot to me in high school. It brought some interesting memories, and it was interesting to see which songs resonate with me 17 years later. 8/10

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Lynyrd Skynyrd

4/5

G. Love And Special Sauce

G. Love & Special Sauce

3/5

The vibe is similar to early Beck, but it's not as good as early Beck. Pretty good 6/10

Time (The Revelator)

Gillian Welch

4/5

Home Is Where The Music Is

Hugh Masekela

4/5

Electric Warrior

T. Rex

5/5

As good as anything Bowie put out.

Rocks

Aerosmith

4/5

Very surprising to me, I always hated Aerosmith. I was going to skip this one, but two days later I saw it in Kurt Cobain's top 50 and got curious. You can really hear the influence on grunge bands, especially Mudhoney. Very solid 8/10

Liege And Lief

Fairport Convention

4/5

Coat Of Many Colors

Dolly Parton

4/5

Love Dolly the woman, now I love Dolly the musician. Incredibly sweet and aggressively optimistic. 9/10

Suede

4/5

Tracy Chapman

4/5

The Poet

Bobby Womack

4/5

Trans Europe Express

Kraftwerk

3/5

I love the opening track and the final two, but the rest meanders a bit. Some songs, like Hall of Mirrors, are a particular slog. One thing the midsection has going for it is the influence on dungeon synth. 5/10

Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul

Otis Redding

5/5