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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Liquid Swords GZA	5	3.29	+1.71
Africa Brasil Jorge Ben Jor	5	3.37	+1.63
Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs Derek & The Dominos	5	3.39	+1.61
Rust Never Sleeps Neil Young & Crazy Horse	5	3.51	+1.49
To Pimp A Butterfly Kendrick Lamar	5	3.63	+1.37
Time Out The Dave Brubeck Quartet	5	3.83	+1.17

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Tusk Fleetwood Mac	1	3.47	-2.47
Fear Of A Black Planet Public Enemy	1	3.34	-2.34
Lady In Satin Billie Holiday	1	3.23	-2.23
Pet Sounds The Beach Boys	2	3.93	-1.93
Highway to Hell AC/DC	2	3.64	-1.64
Born To Run Bruce Springsteen	2	3.63	-1.63
The Velvet Underground The Velvet Underground	2	3.53	-1.53
L'Eau Rouge The Young Gods	1	2.32	-1.32
This Year's Model Elvis Costello & The Attractions	2	3.31	-1.31
Little Earthquakes Tori Amos	2	3.22	-1.22

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Time Out

The Dave Brubeck Quartet · 1 likes

5/5

I mean I can't count how many times I've listened to Take Five. I remember driving around with my dad when I was a kid and it was always on the radio because he listened to smooth jazz 105.9, and this was one of the rare songs I loved as opposed to literally anything by Kenny G. But I haven't sat and listened to the rest of the album intently before and it is just brilliant. The push and pull of the tempo in Blue Rondo to start is genius, such a journey to go through in a nearly 7 minute track. Everybody in the band pulls their weight.

1-Star Albums (4)

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The Velvet Underground

2/5

What are these guys famous for? I guess standards were lower in the 60s. Idk. Vocals were giving bob dylan at times. Some kinda love was my favorite. “Some kinds of love are mistaken for vision”. I’m giving a solid 4/10 here boys.

Superunknown

Soundgarden

3/5

Green River

Creedence Clearwater Revival

4/5

Time Out

The Dave Brubeck Quartet

5/5

Out of Step

Minor Threat

2/5

I think I'm too old and lazy for this album these days. Only 21 minutes but it was a slog. I feel like I need to be in a mood to appreciate this more but I wasn't. Respect to the unfiltered punk rock vibes though

Liquid Swords

GZA

5/5

They don't make albums like this anymore. Shit slaps so hard. Production value is insane, lyrics are incredible. 10/10.

The Soft Bulletin

The Flaming Lips

3/5

Smash

The Offspring

3/5

Lady In Satin

Billie Holiday

1/5

Look - I love Billie Holiday. I stan Billie Holiday. But holy shit was this album a slog. It felt like one single 44 minute long song. I had to keep checking youtube to make sure I wasn't looping the same song over again. The only saving grace was the occasional trumpet line. Whole thing felt like the backtrack to a boring ass movie from the 50s.

Dig Your Own Hole

The Chemical Brothers

3/5

Listening to this makes me want to go do hooligan shit. Classic album but hard to listen through while sitting at a desk. Could probably just listen to the drum lines by themselves.

Pretzel Logic

Steely Dan

3/5

Yacht rockers rejoice! I have a soft spot for Steely Dan, my parents like them a lot so listening to them carries some feelgood nostalgia for me. Any major dude would tell you. For the album itself, not my favorite Dan album but I think there are still some gems in there like the title track Pretzel Logic. I think I would go 3.5 stars if I could but I'm leaning towards rounding down.

Fear Of A Black Planet

Public Enemy

1/5

Not entirely sure how to review this other than to say that this really isn't my jam. It's that style of early 90s rap where they just kind of yell and its noisy and loud and a bit frenzied. Did not really enjoy it.

Pet Sounds

The Beach Boys

2/5

I'm sure this would be a lot better if I was on acid but in the absence of that I did not enjoy it very much.

Little Earthquakes

Tori Amos

2/5

I think this album would go hard as fuck as a metal cover.

The Healer

John Lee Hooker

4/5

Great blues album. Don't think it's my favorite of all time but still incredibly good. 4 stars.

G. Love And Special Sauce

G. Love & Special Sauce

3/5

I had never heard of this band before, reminds me a bit of Beck. Was alright.

Africa Brasil

Jorge Ben Jor

5/5

This album is so much fun. I'd never heard of this guy before. Sofia said that he was pretty popular in Italy back in the day and they used to play his songs at the disco.

Picture Book

Simply Red

3/5

Such a quintessential 80s sound. Had a few good songs but didn't feel like it was straight bangers

Cypress Hill

3/5

I really enjoyed this one in high school

Too Rye Ay

Dexys Midnight Runners

2/5

Sounds like some shit Pat would listen to

Aqualung

Jethro Tull

4/5

Hadn't heard this before, was pretty awesome. Reminded me of Tenacious D a little bit.

Jazz Samba

Stan Getz

3/5

Really liked track 4 Samba Triste. Overall, samba isn't my favorite flavor of jazz but it is a solid album. Gonna have to go with a 3 for this cus while I respect the musicality it still sounds like high class elevator music to me

Born To Run

Bruce Springsteen

2/5

idk man I just don't enjoy listening to Bruce

Selected Ambient Works 85-92

Aphex Twin

4/5

Didn't like track 6 Green Calx, but everything else is straight bangers. Love Aphex Twin, could listen to this on repeat

The Doors

3/5

Solid album, I'd give 3.5 stars if I could.

The Number Of The Beast

Iron Maiden

4/5

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L'Eau Rouge

The Young Gods

1/5

My poor ears

No Other

Gene Clark

4/5

pretty solid album

Rust Never Sleeps

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

5/5

Made me want to go on a long drive out west with the windows down

To Pimp A Butterfly

Kendrick Lamar

5/5

Banger.

Run-D.M.C.

2/5

guitar went hard on track 2

The Age Of The Understatement

The Last Shadow Puppets

3/5

Close To The Edge

Yes

3/5

My mom used to listen to Yes growing up, the album with Owner of a Lonely Heart. I thought it was a pretty great song at the time. I think overall they make some really cool sounds, stuff that is in another world from what I hear today. That being said, this was not my favorite album

Kind Of Blue

Miles Davis

4/5

Kollaps

Einstürzende Neubauten

2/5

This Year's Model

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

2/5

Feel good 70s music! 2 stars.

Highway to Hell

AC/DC

2/5

Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs

Derek & The Dominos

5/5

What a great blues album, I'd never heard of these guys before

Cosmo's Factory

Creedence Clearwater Revival

4/5

Tusk

Fleetwood Mac

1/5

I actually really like Fleetwood Mac, but if this album was my first impression of them then I probably wouldn't. I see a lot of commentary online that this is their masterpiece album, their "White" album. Sounds like a load of garbage to me.

Marcus Garvey

Burning Spear

3/5

Giving this 3 stars cus I feel like if I were in a certain state of mind I would appreciate it a lot more

Birth Of The Cool

Miles Davis

3/5

Doggystyle

Snoop Dogg

4/5

Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle

Bill Callahan

3/5

I kinda liked it kinda didn't. I think I like the actual music and Callahan's voice, gives me kind of The National vibes at times. But it is a bit too spoken word for me and I think that just isn't my jam

The La's

2/5

There She Goes hits me in the nostalgia but otherwise can't say this is my favorite album. Lead singer has kind of a whiny voice and it annoys me

Cee-Lo Green... Is The Soul Machine

Cee Lo Green

2/5

I always liked the song Crazy, which I think was my total exposure to Cee Lo Green. He is definitely a super talented dude, but damn this album sucks.