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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
This Year's Model Elvis Costello & The Attractions	5	3.31	+1.69
L'Eau Rouge The Young Gods	4	2.32	+1.68
Brilliant Corners Thelonious Monk	5	3.33	+1.67
The Band The Band	5	3.35	+1.65
Zombie Fela Kuti	5	3.47	+1.53
Disraeli Gears Cream	5	3.47	+1.53
Straight Outta Compton N.W.A.	5	3.51	+1.49
Natty Dread Bob Marley & The Wailers	5	3.57	+1.43
Haut de gamme / Koweït, rive gauche Koffi Olomide	4	2.61	+1.39
Highway to Hell AC/DC	5	3.64	+1.36

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
69 Love Songs The Magnetic Fields	1	2.85	-1.85
Shleep Robert Wyatt	1	2.51	-1.51
Hail To the Thief Radiohead	2	3.45	-1.45
Dub Housing Pere Ubu	1	2.35	-1.35
The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter The Incredible String Band	1	2.15	-1.15
Kimono My House Sparks	2	3.06	-1.06

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Artist	Albums	Average
Bob Marley & The Wailers	2	5

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Artist	Albums	Average
Robert Wyatt	2	1.5

5-Star Albums (13)

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Damaged

Black Flag · 1 likes

3/5

Classic hard core punk!. This album came out when I was a freshman in college. Not my everyday listen but a good album

Master Of Puppets

Metallica · 1 likes

3/5

I thought the album was ok. Solid hard rock but nothing really jumped out as special

Straight Outta Compton

N.W.A. · 1 likes

5/5

Great old school rap! I added a bunch of songs to my favorites.

Tarkus

Emerson, Lake & Palmer · 1 likes

2/5

I was looking forward to this but wow. A 20 minute song that went too long, a holocaust rhyme and poor vocals.

1-Star Albums (4)

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Natty Dread

Bob Marley & The Wailers

5/5

Appetite For Destruction

Guns N' Roses

4/5

This came out when I was in my mid 20s. GNR were huge. Many good songs especially Sweet Chill of Mine and Paradise City.

Illinois

Sufjan Stevens

3/5

This album was not my vibe. I found it very boring

Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots

The Flaming Lips

4/5

Not my vibe but I thought this album was good and well done. A good listen

Bummed

Happy Mondays

3/5

Total Cure-like 80s vibe band. Very basic songs but ok. I don’t recall them or any of their songs

Pyromania

Def Leppard

4/5

This was a really good heavy metal album. Big hits off of this one. I had thought they were from Germany but they’re from the UK.

Exodus

Bob Marley & The Wailers

5/5

This is an iconic album not just a reggae album. It came out at a time (1977) when disco and glam rock were at their height and punk was on the horizon. The music spoke to the times. I was planning to see Bob Marley in 1981 but he passed away at 36 before his tour reached UMass.

Sound of Silver

LCD Soundsystem

4/5

Interesting album. I didn't know what to make of it. Was it electric, punk, alternative, or what. Very listenable and enjoyable.

Melodrama

Lorde

3/5

A bit too angsty for me.

This Nation’s Saving Grace

The Fall

4/5

Classic 1985 punk! I really enjoyed the album. I was fun. A lot of Bowie influences.

Garbage

4/5

Really good rock album. I enjoyed it

Zombie

Fela Kuti

5/5

I don’t listen to jazz but I really enjoyed this album

Tidal

Fiona Apple

4/5

I liked a couple of her songs when they came out but hadn’t listened to much of her stuff. Not bad.

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

Arctic Monkeys

3/5

I thought this was ok. His vocals started to be irritating. But not a bad album

Blackstar

David Bowie

4/5

Not his best album but I always loved Bowie. He’s always interesting especially this goodbye album.

Damaged

Black Flag

3/5

Classic hard core punk!. This album came out when I was a freshman in college. Not my everyday listen but a good album

The Cars

5/5

I hadn’t listened to this album in a long time. Amazing.

Siembra

Willie Colón & Rubén Blades

4/5

I don’t listen to salsa but this album was very listenable. Good beats and rhythms

Metallica

4/5

I have a couple of Metallica songs on my favorite list but I haven’t listened to a whole album. Solid rock album all the way around. A great listen.

Kimono My House

Sparks

2/5

I didn’t know what to make of this.

Master Of Puppets

Metallica

3/5

I thought the album was ok. Solid hard rock but nothing really jumped out as special

Straight Outta Compton

N.W.A.

5/5

Great old school rap! I added a bunch of songs to my favorites.

Eternally Yours

The Saints

4/5

Interesting album. The arrangement with horns and some of songs were less punky.

Brilliant Corners

Thelonious Monk

5/5

I don’t listen to jazz often and haven’t listened to T Monk. This album was fantastic.

Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

3/5

I’m a big Neil Young fan. His second album had a couple of great songs. Cinnamon Girl, Down by The river and Cowgirl in the Sand. But overall this was slow and not too memorable

Haut de gamme / Koweït, rive gauche

Koffi Olomide

4/5

Very interesting album. I loved his sound.

Femi Kuti

4/5

This was a great surprise. I liked the rhythms and vocals. Very listenable

Rock Bottom

Robert Wyatt

2/5

Terrible. The songs weren’t memorable and the vocals were bad.

Get Behind Me Satan

The White Stripes

3/5

I thought this White Stripes album was decent. Nothing impressive jumped out though

This Year's Model

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

5/5

Outstanding second album. So many great songs. One of my favorites

The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter

The Incredible String Band

1/5

This was horrible. I couldn’t listen to the whole thing.

All Directions

The Temptations

4/5

I grew up hearing a lot of Temptations hits on the radio. But I haven’t listened to their collective work. I was really impressed.

Gorillaz

4/5

I haven’t listened to the Gorillaz much. Really good album. Put some songs in my rotation

Beach Samba

Astrud Gilberto

4/5

Buttery and smooth. Really good.

Parallel Lines

Blondie

5/5

I’m a big fan of Blondie. They were part of the New Wave movement. Heart of Glass was a huge hit.

Music From The Penguin Cafe

Penguin Cafe Orchestra

4/5

Very pleasant and well done

The United States Of America

2/5

I thought this was terrible. Not surprised they only had one album

Band On The Run

Paul McCartney and Wings

4/5

Enjoyed listening to the entire album. Some songs weren’t that great though

Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space

Spiritualized

3/5

Interesting sound.

Shleep

Robert Wyatt

1/5

Horrible. The lyrics were the worst.

Ananda Shankar

4/5

Very good background music. The cover songs were funny to hear but wel done

Hail To the Thief

Radiohead

2/5

The arrangements and sound was ok. I could not take the vocals.

Very

Pet Shop Boys

4/5

I thought the album had some good songs.

L'Eau Rouge

The Young Gods

4/5

I was only able to listen to half of the album. My French didn’t help with the lyrics. Overall I thought it was good

A Nod Is As Good As A Wink To A Blind Horse

Faces

4/5

I thought the album was good but mixed. Rod Stewart is awesome

Highway to Hell

AC/DC

5/5

AC/DC rocks! This album came out by senior year in high school. It was a big hit.

Songs The Lord Taught Us

The Cramps

4/5

Great classic punk. Reminded me of clubbing in the 80s.

Illmatic

Nas

4/5

I hadn’t listened to Nas before. Really good. I saved some songs

Mama's Gun

Erykah Badu

4/5

It was very listenable but every song sounded the same

Led Zeppelin II

Led Zeppelin

5/5

All the songs are on my playlist. Jimmy Page is an absolute genius. Watch “Making Led Zeppelin”. Amazing

Vivid

Living Colour

3/5

The album had one hit. The rest were mediocre

Disraeli Gears

Cream

5/5

Classic psychedelic rock. Amazing trio

m b v

My Bloody Valentine

2/5

The sound on most songs were scratchy and difficult to listen to

Group Sex

Circle Jerks

4/5

Good classic hard core punk. Good in small doses

Space Ritual

Hawkwind

3/5

Wildly interesting sound. A couple songs were ok. Some like Awaking were bazaar

Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea

PJ Harvey

3/5

Some good songs. But her voice can’t carry the slow songs.

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness

The Smashing Pumpkins

4/5

Got through most of the double album. I hadn’t listened to their range. Not bad

Dub Housing

Pere Ubu

1/5

Terrible. I’ll never get back those 35 minutes

Moving Pictures

Rush

4/5

Great album. Solid

Venus Luxure No. 1 Baby

Girls Against Boys

3/5

Not too bad

69 Love Songs

The Magnetic Fields

1/5

I couldn’t listen to the whole album

Cheap Thrills

Big Brother & The Holding Company

4/5

Joplin has incredible vocals.

Tarkus

Emerson, Lake & Palmer

2/5

I was looking forward to this but wow. A 20 minute song that went too long, a holocaust rhyme and poor vocals.

Histoire De Melody Nelson

Serge Gainsbourg

2/5

Wish I knew the lyrics. Seven years of French didn’t help. Very listenable

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

Beatles

5/5

I hadn’t listened to the whole album in a long time. Masterpiece

Third/Sister Lovers

Big Star

2/5

I thought it was bland and slow.

The Band

5/5

Hadn’t heard songs in a long time. Had Cripple Creek Ferry in my head all day