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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Siembra Willie Colón & Rubén Blades	5	3.31	+1.69
Channel Orange Frank Ocean	5	3.33	+1.67
All Directions The Temptations	5	3.45	+1.55
Straight Outta Compton N.W.A.	5	3.51	+1.49
Band On The Run Paul McCartney and Wings	5	3.66	+1.34
Master Of Puppets Metallica	5	3.72	+1.28
Parallel Lines Blondie	5	3.76	+1.24
Metallica Metallica	5	3.78	+1.22
Ananda Shankar Ananda Shankar	4	2.82	+1.18

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Sound of Silver LCD Soundsystem	1	3.42	-2.42
Shleep Robert Wyatt	1	2.5	-1.5
Hail To the Thief Radiohead	2	3.45	-1.45
Garbage Garbage	2	3.39	-1.39
Rock Bottom Robert Wyatt	1	2.39	-1.39
Brilliant Corners Thelonious Monk	2	3.33	-1.33
Eternally Yours The Saints	2	3.07	-1.07

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Artist	Albums	Average
Metallica	2	5

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Artist	Albums	Average
Robert Wyatt	2	1

5-Star Albums (8)

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Straight Outta Compton

N.W.A. · 1 likes

5/5

“You know I spell girl with a B,” is a crazy line. Still had my head bangin. Musically, it’s just angry me yelling. Culturally it’s a movement. I tried to leave this life behind, so I picked up R&B girlies… not a fan of how it makes me feel but maybe that’s a good thing.

Rock Bottom

Robert Wyatt · 1 likes

1/5

First thoughts, “oh, this is bad.” But then my second thoughts were, “is this playing backwards?” Third thoughts, “is he just heavy breathing into the microphone?” The best song was the first song that played when the album was over.

Shleep

Robert Wyatt · 1 likes

1/5

Well kids, don’t get drunk and fall through a 4th floor window and become paralyzed from the waist down or your music will suck as bad as Robert Wyatt’s.

1-Star Albums (3)

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The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill

Lauryn Hill

4/5

A Seat at the Table

Solange

4/5

Holy interlude. Tons of filler. With a good voice and a sister like Beyoncé I can see why she’s so sad. Couple songs added to the rotation.

Exodus

Bob Marley & The Wailers

4/5

Pleasantly surprised. Really enjoyable album, but it sounds like a big blur of one song. Aside from the bangers we already knew, the intros to The Heathen and Exodus might have been my favorite parts of the album. Robert knows how to pump out hits.

Sound of Silver

LCD Soundsystem

1/5

Terrible. Ahhhhh Flight of the concords 2.0 (did I do that right?). Would have picked this after the quadriplegic for dodgeball. They really thought they cooked with the line, “bells.” Should be used as an example of what not to do. All skips no hits. I’m not religious but I thanked god when this album ended.

Melodrama

Lorde

4/5

Lotta melodrama. Brings me back to roadtrips in the PNW for baseball. More nostalgia than actually enjoying the lyrics but overall enjoyable.

This Nation’s Saving Grace

The Fall

3/5

Lead singer sounds like Austin powers. Felt like my ears were being attacked. Paintwork felt like a half finished song.

Garbage

2/5

So much angst. “Sleep” sounds like a song in Dexter. Somehow listened to the delux album and caught 20+ songs. Wish I knew sooner I didn’t have to do that

Zombie

Fela Kuti

3/5

Crazy instrumentals. Great vibe. It’s interesting but I’m not interested. Spencer is going to love this. Ending your album with the applause from your live show is goated.

Tidal

Fiona Apple

3/5

Meh. Not for me. And what is that album cover photo??

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

Arctic Monkeys

3/5

Don’t know how to explain it but it sounds cleaner and less like “noise” than some of the other albums. More refined and newer than 90’s music, but not as nostalgic as 80’s

Blackstar

David Bowie

3/5

The whole album put me on edge and gave me a feeling of doom and death. I recommend it if you’re in need of a 13th reason. Good artistry though, Bowie still had it up to his deathbed

Siembra

Willie Colón & Rubén Blades

5/5

Now THIS is my vibe. Sounds like a lot of music was inspired by this. 10/10. Good stuff

Metallica

5/5

Just what I needed at 7am on a Tuesday at my desk job. 5/5

Kimono My House

Sparks

3/5

Fun, silly, light, playful… thank god for subtitles. Feels like I’ve heard it before. Low 3

Master Of Puppets

Metallica

5/5

Brings back memories of Guitar Hero. The guitar work is insane.

Straight Outta Compton

N.W.A.

5/5

Eternally Yours

The Saints

2/5

The man is a genius. But I’m not.

Brilliant Corners

Thelonious Monk

2/5

The man is a genius. But I’m not.

Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

3/5

Ehh. Uninteresting. Nostalgia carried it to a 3. Solid 3. Enjoyable but I don’t need to re listen

Haut de gamme / Koweït, rive gauche

Koffi Olomide

2/5

Teleports me to Disneyland. But its production isn’t that great. Solid but not great. Enjoyable but don’t need to listen to it again.

Femi Kuti

3/5

Feels familiar… like I’ve heard it before…. Fun, light uplifting. Not my thing but whatever.

Rock Bottom

Robert Wyatt

1/5

Get Behind Me Satan

The White Stripes

3/5

Better than the paraplegic Robert Wyatt. But still not great.

This Year's Model

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

3/5

This sounds like what Flight of the Concords parodies.

Heaven Or Las Vegas

Cocteau Twins

3/5

I have no strong feelings about this album. It was nice. It wasn’t for me. Hope Julia Loved it!

All Directions

The Temptations

5/5

FUNKY MUSIC SHO NUFF TURNS ME ON. Not a girly, but we LOVE RandB. A 9 hour album is kinda long and a little repetitive, but it was so good! Papa was a rolling stone?!?! CLASSIC

Gorillaz

4/5

Gets a 4 because they’re good but they can’t all be as good as Clint Eastwood.

Beach Samba

Astrud Gilberto

2/5

Whimsical. Not for me… this is a period piece

Parallel Lines

Blondie

5/5

Amazing! Split between a 4-5. There were some AMAZING nostalgic songs on here.

Music From The Penguin Cafe

Penguin Cafe Orchestra

3/5

Nice and interesting. Mostly good with some bad. You won’t catch me bumping this but they’re talented

Band On The Run

Paul McCartney and Wings

5/5

Amazing. So many great songs I’ve heard before. LOVE the sound of the instruments. Loved the singing most of the time but didn’t like one of the voices on the album.

Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space

Spiritualized

3/5

Feels like I’m floating in space. Amazing transition between songs 2-3. And 6-7🫴🫳 And I guess more of them than I’m going to liste but odd how it’s not all of them… The lowest possible 3 you could imagine.

Shleep

Robert Wyatt

1/5

Well kids, don’t get drunk and fall through a 4th floor window and become paralyzed from the waist down or your music will suck as bad as Robert Wyatt’s.

Ananda Shankar

4/5

“Very long sir.” Very enjoyable too, Ananda. Sitar? Good stuff.

Hail To the Thief

Radiohead

2/5

Sorry, Julia… this album is up there with Robert Wyatt for me. Whiny. I’m sure there’s some deep meaning behind the lyrics, but I can’t get behind how the music sounds.

Channel Orange

Frank Ocean

5/5