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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Yeezus Kanye West	5	2.76	+2.24
Different Class Pulp	5	3.42	+1.58
Hard Again Muddy Waters	5	3.61	+1.39
Bringing It All Back Home Bob Dylan	5	3.64	+1.36

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
3 + 3 The Isley Brothers	2	3.59	-1.59
Songs For Swingin' Lovers! Frank Sinatra	2	3.52	-1.52
All Directions The Temptations	2	3.45	-1.45
Surf's Up The Beach Boys	2	3.3	-1.3
Car Wheels On A Gravel Road Lucinda Williams	2	3	-1

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The Dark Side Of The Moon

Pink Floyd

5/5

Genre-maker. One of the most influential records ever. Consistently good across each song.

Hard Again

Muddy Waters

5/5

This album is to Rock music what Latin is to all Romance languages.

Surf's Up

The Beach Boys

2/5

Despite its name, I think this is a very gloomy and mediocre record.

All Directions

The Temptations

2/5

I'm not big on R&B and Soul. This is probably an influential record, and I see how it might have even influenced vernacular American English. But I don't think it's good.

The Joshua Tree

3/5

This record sounds like a soundtrack to a time that will never come back. Has a few unmistakable hits, but it's not fantastic to me.

Bringing It All Back Home

Bob Dylan

5/5

I discovered Bob Dylan very late in my life (and his), but this is a fantastic record. Bob Dylan's 115th Dream made me smile wide as I reached the Amstel when I listened to the record.

MTV Unplugged In New York

Nirvana

5/5

I think this is great because of many reasons: it's acoustic and shows Cobain's skill, it's very well balanced, it shows the breadth of Cobain's musical influences, and it's raw. Genuine. A great record.

Bert Jansch

3/5

I mean it's tolerable, but it's just not that great. I don't really know why it became so popular. I also knew almost nothing of this man and his work, even though I thought I was a doctor in Rock (and related) music.

Arrival

ABBA

3/5

ABBA is just one of those lucky mixes of voice, instrumental, and show that just work. This record has many, lets the women show just how great they were at singing. When I Kissed the Teacher creeped me out a bit.

3 + 3

The Isley Brothers

2/5

Not my genre, but I can see this record being very influential. Summer Breeze sounds like a Metal solo...

Different Class

Pulp

5/5

I went into this record knowing one or two songs. I ended up loving it, all of it. It's a unique mix of poetry and melody.

Car Wheels On A Gravel Road

Lucinda Williams

2/5

Forgettable. I should like this, but I genuinely don't think it's good.

Yeezus

Kanye West

5/5

Another record where I go in without knowing more than two songs. I was shocked - it's an incredible album. I don't listen to Hip-Hop or Rap, maybe the techno sounds helped. But I love this record.

Low-Life

New Order

4/5

I listened to the album first with vocals, and thought it's a shocking mix of some of the worst singing and best instrumental I've ever heard. Then I listened to it without vocals, and it's truly a masterpiece.

Ágætis Byrjun

Sigur Rós

3/5

I've avoided Sigur Ros for years (decades, literally) and now I'm mildly surprised this very orchestral record. It's nice, I understand revolutionary, but ultimately not my thing.

Sulk

The Associates

2/5

I found this record quite extreme. The vocals are so exaggerated, it's almost as though this genre requires a performance like this - like how Black Metal needs growling and screaming. It's an odd mix of melody and dissonance. The lyrics are a bit creepy, but maybe that adds value? I didn't like it.

Chemtrails Over The Country Club

Lana Del Rey

4/5

This is the first time I listen to Lana Del Rey with intention and I have to admit she's not bad. The whispery singing isn't something I particularly care for but she has a deep, powerful voice and her lyrics are equal parts tragic and beautiful.

Feast of Wire

Calexico

4/5

This is a great record! I liked everything about it. I will probably put more effort into listening to this band.

Debut

Björk

3/5

It's interesting, but a bit forgettable? I think it's melodic (even when it's not) and I can see it being very influential. But nothing really stood out to me. It felt like she would not be capable of singing the same song the same way twice.

Songs For Swingin' Lovers!

Frank Sinatra

2/5

I found it very dissonant. Almost like he was either too slow or too fast for the band supporting him. The lyrics sounded shoehorned to me. The strongest sentiment it stirred in me was humour when I heard Makin' Whoopee...