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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Out of Step Minor Threat	5	2.93	+2.07
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot Wilco	5	3.31	+1.69
Fear Of A Black Planet Public Enemy	5	3.34	+1.66
Marquee Moon Television	5	3.5	+1.5
Graceland Paul Simon	5	3.73	+1.27
Green River Creedence Clearwater Revival	5	3.77	+1.23
Bridge Over Troubled Water Simon & Garfunkel	5	3.96	+1.04

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
G. Love And Special Sauce G. Love & Special Sauce	1	2.74	-1.74
Black Holes and Revelations Muse	2	3.59	-1.59
Rio Duran Duran	2	3.5	-1.5
25 Adele	2	3.38	-1.38
Bad Company Bad Company	2	3.25	-1.25

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Dookie

Green Day

4/5

Blistering speed, biting power chords, and pop hooks that endure. Criticism of this album, by and large, misses the point. If you think this installment is lazy or boring, please consider these kids were stoned out of their minds when they made it.

Black Holes and Revelations

Muse

2/5

Starlight is a good song but I couldn't sit thru all the rock opera. 🙉

Rio

Duran Duran

2/5

A little bit too much party going on here. Great artwork, and vocal performances are wonderful. I would much rather listen to the Cure or Depeche Mode.

Green River

Creedence Clearwater Revival

5/5

Timeless

Goldie

2/5

Bad reviews say it sucks. Good reviews say it's best enjoyed tuning out. That's all you need to know.

The Hour Of Bewilderbeast

Badly Drawn Boy

3/5

Recommended if you like Los Campesinos!, Dismemberment Plan, Bright Eyes... I gave it a 3 because it's a relatively unremarkable, but inoffensive bit of indie rock. It's a well-crafted set of songs, but it's about 20 minutes too long.

Stardust

Willie Nelson

3/5

Lovely if a bit sleepy

G. Love And Special Sauce

G. Love & Special Sauce

1/5

Cringe

Bridge Over Troubled Water

Simon & Garfunkel

5/5

They never made a dud.

Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle

Bill Callahan

4/5

Important voice in indie music

Californication

Red Hot Chili Peppers

4/5

RHCP are an amazing trio (Anthony Kiedis is a figment of our imagination). Californication is the only good album this band ever made

Out of Step

Minor Threat

5/5

Minor Threat made Hardcore. Ian MacKaye goes on to form Embrace, inventing Emo. Emo activates Gerard Way to get into Music. Gerard Way starts My Chemical Romance after witnessing 9/11. Inspired by MCR, Stephanie Meyer writes the Twilight series. Twilight is adapted to film. Kristen Stewart invites Ellen to.............. It's good.

Odessey And Oracle

The Zombies

3/5

Pleasant memories of my parents. Love the hippie dippie acid rock of the 60s

Swordfishtrombones

Tom Waits

3/5

Tom Waits decides to freak it---not a 5 like Rain Dogs, but worth a listen!

Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

Wilco

5/5

Timeless perfect 10

Parachutes

Coldplay

4/5

You can't deny the influence of this record!

The White Album

Beatles

4/5

Too many filler tracks to be a 5. That said, It's still a masterpiece. The inner Beatles tension is felt by some of the heavier tracks, which in some cases fell inspired by Hendrix, but that's just me. I think John outshines Paul on this album. Best Ringo track with Don't Pass Me By, and George's incredible While My Guitar Gently Weeps, whilst being unknowingly cucked by Eric Clapton.

There's A Riot Goin' On

Sly & The Family Stone

4/5

Nothing, and I mean nothing can top the tone of a precision bass with flat wound strings.

Bad Company

2/5

So mid it's insulting

Elephant

The White Stripes

4/5

Best White Stripes album hands down. 4/5 cuz Jack don't know how to close an album

Adele

2/5

There are like two dozen producers, songwriters and engineers on this album. Far too many for it to be this mid.

Fisherman's Blues

The Waterboys

3/5

In the rear view, Springsteen and Bowie. Straight ahead, Radiohead, The Killers and Arcade Fire. HOLY SHIT THEY COVERED VAN MORRISON? Sweet Thing is an all timer and it works!

Pornography

The Cure

4/5

This one is so dark. It was fun to listen to because I know more about The Cure's hits and I don't think I'd heard any of these songs since I was a kid!

Station To Station

David Bowie

4/5

Bowie is an alien god. But he's not an infallible alien god because Golden Years is his worst radio hit. It's the only blemish on an otherwise perfect album.

Fear Of A Black Planet

Public Enemy

5/5

Chuck D is so real good lord. Most based rap album of its generation. It's an hour but not one wasted minute.

Back In Black

AC/DC

3/5

Coincidence that Back in Black was released the same year as Michelle Remembers...? I think not. This album feels like the gayest devil you can imagine licking your ear and saying, "Welcome to the 1980s." If you think this album is for idiots or you're sick of hearing these songs on the radio, try this: Listen for the influence from CCR, Vanilla Fudge and Neil Young. Ah that's better.

Sunday At The Village Vanguard

Bill Evans Trio

4/5

Gorgeous and vibey. Perfect listening for a quiet rainy day.

Marquee Moon

Television

5/5

How rare to produce an album that could have been dropped any year! 1977's Marquee Moon could have been released in the 1980s as peers of Pixies, or in the 90s as peers of Pavement, or the 2000s as peers of the strokes, or the 2010s as peers of Car Seat Headrest, or the 2020s as peers of Geese.

Kings Of The Wild Frontier

Adam & The Ants

3/5

Better than I expected but wouldn't go back to

Graceland

Paul Simon

5/5

You've Come a Long Way Baby

Fatboy Slim

3/5

"Fatboy slim? More like white boy retarded!" - Chris Rock