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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Back In Black AC/DC	5	3.84	+1.16

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Electric Warrior T. Rex	1	3.54	-2.54
Hail To the Thief Radiohead	1	3.44	-2.44
The Slider T. Rex	1	3.28	-2.28
Rubber Soul Beatles	2	4.12	-2.12
Life's Too Good The Sugarcubes	1	3.08	-2.08
Back To Black Amy Winehouse	2	4.02	-2.02
Signing Off UB40	1	2.97	-1.97
More Specials The Specials	1	2.95	-1.95
Take Me Apart Kelela	1	2.75	-1.75
Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness The Smashing Pumpkins	2	3.68	-1.68

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Hail To the Thief

Radiohead · 1 likes

1/5

Not my idea of a good time. There are some Radiohead songs that I enjoy, but I didn't like the over-experimental mess this was. I found myself unable to find a "hook" in any of this.

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Illinois

Sufjan Stevens

2/5

What a wild ride....and not in a good way. This sounded like something a 12 year old would create in their basement.

Urban Hymns

The Verve

2/5

Overall, a pretty good listen. There were a few songs that sounded like they were going towards Oasis. Some that sounded a little newer.

Queen II

Queen

2/5

You can see where it's headed. There was a bit of what Queen became in a few of these tracks, but for the most part it was a mess. I wasn't exactly sure what it was trying to be.

Hail To the Thief

Radiohead

1/5

Not my idea of a good time. There are some Radiohead songs that I enjoy, but I didn't like the over-experimental mess this was. I found myself unable to find a "hook" in any of this.

Madman Across The Water

Elton John

4/5

This was really good. It starts off with one of the greatest songs from the 70's in Tiny Dancer and just kept going from there. I really enjoyed it.

More Specials

The Specials

1/5

This was truly awful to listen to. I had no idea how this got made and who thought anyone else should listen to it. It's like they took the worst part of some different genres like SKA, reggae and pop and blended it together with terrible voices. I wish I could get that time back. I suffered thru it for the cause but boy I wish I didn't need to.

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness

The Smashing Pumpkins

2/5

I loved this album when it first came out and I was much younger. Listening to it now was much different. There were some really great tracks and then multiple songs in a row that just felt like filler. There was no need to make this a double album since a lot of the songs could have been left in Billy's head instead of making it to the studio.

Take Me Apart

Kelela

1/5

Generic early 00's R&B. There were no standout songs. Her voice was nice, but nothing that seemed different from a lot of what was being pumped out at that time.

Back To Black

Amy Winehouse

2/5

I remember the time period when this came out. I wasn't really a fan then because it sounded so much like artists that did before and better. I get it. I think she has a cool voice, and there are a few tracks that are pretty good, but I still think there were others a long, long time ago that did it significantly better.

Blackstar

David Bowie

2/5

I REALLY liked the music on this. Unfortunately, Bowie's voice dragged it down. He has some great albums where his voice complements what is happening behind it. I know he was older when this was released, but it doesn't change the fact that he stretched what he could do too far. Many artists release albums at the end of their career/life and they lean into it.

Rubber Soul

Beatles

2/5

I don't hate the beatles, but they definitely aren't at the top of my list of bands either. This was ok, but I wouldn't put on again.

Signing Off

UB40

1/5

This was terrible. At first I thought maybe it just wasn't my genre of music, and maybe I just needed to be more open-minded. Nope. It sucked.

Heaven Or Las Vegas

Cocteau Twins

4/5

This was really good. I had friends that were fans of theirs back in the day, but I never really listened to them. It was good from beginning to end and had a really cool vibe. I'll definitely listen again and look at more of their stuff. It sucks that I'm 15 albums into the "challenge" and this is the first one I liked and rated above 2 stars.

In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida

Iron Butterfly

2/5

It wasn't terrible, but definitely not my style of music choice. I listened and didn't have a strong opinion on it. Obviously, I knew the main song from the album. Everything else was stuck between the 60's psychedelic and 70's rock.

Life's Too Good

The Sugarcubes

1/5

This was awful. I had to force myself to get thru it. Just nothing I liked.

The Slider

T. Rex

1/5

I've seen the list of the 1001 albums, and I know there are some great ones coming, but I am struggling thru these at the moment. This was another awful choice, and I don't hate music from this era. It was just bad.

Back In Black

AC/DC

5/5

Absolutely incredible album from beginning to end. AC/DC isn't even really music I listen to much, but this is the perfect example of something that should be on a list like this.

Doggystyle

Snoop Dogg

2/5

I remember this album being massive when it came out. The flows and beats are still there, and just as incredible, but the lyrics and the corny skits are so bad. I found myself bopping along and then all of the sudden I would be overwhelmed with cringe and embarrassment.

Electric Warrior

T. Rex

1/5

I am three weeks into this and two albums from T. Rex have already come up. I have the same opinion on this one as the other one....it sucks. I have nothing else to say about it.

Sheer Heart Attack

Queen

3/5

Really good Queen album. Not great. Not bad. Right down the middle. I do love stone cold crazy.

The Poet

Bobby Womack

3/5

Decent. There were some really cool hooks in some of the songs. The bass player was fantastic. Overall, not great, but was not a waste of time to listen to either.

Siembra

Willie Colón & Rubén Blades

3/5

Not my type of music, but I thought it was good.

Supa Dupa Fly

Missy Elliott

2/5

Mediocre rap from that era. There were a few hits, a bunch of filler, and some really cringy skits. For the most part, this is just Timbaland.

The Beach Boys Today!

The Beach Boys

2/5

This was painful to listen to. I gave it one more star than I probably should have.

Mama's Gun

Erykah Badu

3/5

She has some really great vocals but the whole thing was kinda boring.