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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Honky Tonk Heroes Waylon Jennings	5	3.14	+1.86
The College Dropout Kanye West	5	3.31	+1.69
Neon Bible Arcade Fire	5	3.34	+1.66
Stardust Willie Nelson	5	3.39	+1.61
1984 Van Halen	5	3.49	+1.51
Illinois Sufjan Stevens	5	3.5	+1.5
Franz Ferdinand Franz Ferdinand	5	3.57	+1.43
Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme Simon & Garfunkel	5	3.61	+1.39
Mothership Connection Parliament	5	3.61	+1.39
good kid, m.A.A.d city Kendrick Lamar	5	3.64	+1.36

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
In The Court Of The Crimson King King Crimson	1	3.6	-2.6
Licensed To Ill Beastie Boys	1	3.54	-2.54
Nevermind Nirvana	2	4.37	-2.37
Paranoid Black Sabbath	2	4.19	-2.19
The Madcap Laughs Syd Barrett	1	2.62	-1.62
Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols Sex Pistols	2	3.45	-1.45
Bossanova Pixies	2	3.37	-1.37
I Should Coco Supergrass	2	3.35	-1.35
American Pie Don McLean	2	3.28	-1.28
The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars David Bowie	3	4.26	-1.26

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good kid, m.A.A.d city

Kendrick Lamar

5/5

This isn't really a genre I listen to that often, but this album is really good! I'm glad to learn about it.

Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme

Simon & Garfunkel

5/5

I’d forgotten about how good these songs are! Very 60s.

Cheap Thrills

Big Brother & The Holding Company

3/5

Like Roadblock; more beat driven Not a huge Fan of the 60s rock sound Like the parts that sound more blues-y, as opposed to the straight rock Don't love the screaming The whole thing has a slightly unhinged feel about it; there's not a lot of dynamics, just a wall of sound in each song

After The Gold Rush

Neil Young

4/5

Like After the Gold Rush Don't like Neil Young's voice, but I like the songs themselves Like the melodiousness; like the piano-based ones better than the guitar Not crazy about harmonica Know Don't Let It Bring You Down from Annie Lennox, Love That song Love Birds

Green Onions

Booker T. & The MG's

3/5

I enjoyed the talent of the organist. I personally prefer vocal music. It's very 60s jazz/blues.

I Should Coco

Supergrass

2/5

I only listened to part of this; it was not really my thing. 90s alternative, but the few songs I listened to all seemed the same to me.

Illinois

Sufjan Stevens

5/5

Loved the complexity of the orchestration, the overall vibe, the lyrics

People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm

A Tribe Called Quest

4/5

Reminds me of Run DMC. Love Mr Mohammed Understand why it's considered so important

Songs Of Leonard Cohen

Leonard Cohen

3/5

I've heard Suzanne covered by someone. Lyrics are amazing in all the songs. It's really well done, but I'd prefer the songs interspersed with something more upbeat. Reminiscent of Bob Dylan.

Back to Mystery City

Hanoi Rocks

2/5

Repetitive. I don't love heavy rock anyway, and this was just all kind of forgettable.

There's A Riot Goin' On

Sly & The Family Stone

4/5

It was good - I like gunk in general. I was surprised I didn't know more of the songs.

Dear Science

TV On The Radio

3/5

I like this; there's only a couple songs I would listen to again, but I enjoyed it overall.

Bossanova

Pixies

2/5

Did not like Rock Music, skipped it. Like Allison - more reminiscent of the stuff I liked in high school/college. Fast forward through All Over the World. I'm not into this album for whatever reason.

Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols

Sex Pistols

2/5

Eh. I thought I liked punk, but maybe not. Energetic, but I didn't enjoy listening to the whole album. A song here and there mixed in with other music would be better.

Time Out Of Mind

Bob Dylan

4/5

Loved this, which I didn't expect to. I've never listened to Dylan because of his voice, but this was really good. Blues and Rock and ballads, and his voice actually didn't bother me, but fit with the music. I'll probably listen to this again.

The Madcap Laughs

Syd Barrett

1/5

Didn't listen to all of this. Psychedelic rock is not my thing.

The College Dropout

Kanye West

5/5

The only way I knew Kanye was through whatever news cycle... I didn't expect to like this album, but I did, quite a bit. I can hear how he has influenced other people. My son was excited to hear I was listening to this - he said this is Kanye's best album.

Franz Ferdinand

5/5

I like this - catchy melodies, indie rock that isn't just noise. Not every song sounds the same. It reminds me in places of Adam Ant.

More Songs About Buildings And Food

Talking Heads

4/5

I liked this - I only knew Talking Heads from what I had heard on the radio. I enjoyed all of these.

All Things Must Pass

George Harrison

4/5

This was good. I knew a couple of the songs already, and liked it more than I expected to.

The Scream

Siouxsie And The Banshees

3/5

I wanted to like this, given how much I've heard about this group. But I had a hard time with the vocals - they just grated on me. I can hear the influence they've had on other groups. It was just okay for me.

Smokers Delight

Nightmares On Wax

3/5

I liked this initially, but it started to get repetitive after a while. It was a little like Moby on Valium.

1984

Van Halen

5/5

Oh my gosh, this is reliving my high school years. I had forgotten about this album, but I loved the whole thing. It's just exuberant.

Songs In The Key Of Life

Stevie Wonder

4/5

I knew a bunch of these already. Loved this album.

The Cars

5/5

I loved every song on here, even the ones I didn’t already know. Really enjoyable! Pop/rock, with a quirky sense to it.

Microshift

Hookworms

4/5

Love The Soft Season. In general, like this album. Rock, but melodic and catchy. Driving rhythms in some songs, others with no drums and more atmospheric. Didn't like Boxing Day.

Fetch The Bolt Cutters

Fiona Apple

4/5

I was debating whether I'd give this 3 or 4 stars, but then I heard Relay and loved it, so that solidified this as a 4 for me. It's not actually something I'd listen to repeatedly, but I was engaged with the whole album from start to finish.

Nevermind

Nirvana

2/5

I know the singles that got released, and they're okay. I mostly don't love this style of music though. I can't understand most of what's being sung, so reading about how meaningful the lyrics are isn't helpful when I don't know what they are. I know this was a major album in terms of its impact in music at that time, but it's not my thing.

Ghosteen

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

3/5

This was interesting, but I probably wouldn't listen to it again.

The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars

David Bowie

3/5

This was very 70s sounding. I appreciated listening to it after having heard so much about it, but I probably wouldn't listen again.

Melody A.M.

Röyksopp

4/5

This was good chill-out music. Great if you're in the mood.

Mothership Connection

Parliament

5/5

Love love love this album! Love funk for its groove and joy.

In The Court Of The Crimson King

King Crimson

1/5

Not a fan of Prog rock. These all just seemed to drone on forever and I ended up skipping the last half of almost every song.

Kind Of Blue

Miles Davis

5/5

Colour By Numbers

Culture Club

4/5

I got really tired of the singles from this group when they came out, but I actually enjoyed this album more than I expected to. It's pop, fluff, but still fun and worth listening to.

Paranoid

Black Sabbath

2/5

Not a huge fan of heavy rock. I can listen to a few songs and then need something different. They're well done.

OK Computer

Radiohead

3/5

Didn't like the first song. Liked the third song quite a bit. Don't love the singer's voice, but find parts of every song unexpected and interesting. This is not an album I would listen to repeatedly. Liked Let Down.

Honky Tonk Heroes

Waylon Jennings

5/5

Love old country!

The Last Of The True Believers

Nanci Griffith

4/5

Stardust

Willie Nelson

5/5

Brilliant Corners

Thelonious Monk

3/5

I like Monk, but it's more an intellectual exercise, rather than enjoying the music for what it evokes.

Neon Bible

Arcade Fire

5/5

I did not know any Arcade Fire before this album, although I had heard the name. I really liked this!

Stephen Stills

4/5

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

Elton John

4/5

I debated about whether to give this a 3 or 4 - I absolutely loved the hits, those are the songs of my childhood. But some of the others felt a little unfocused. I decided on 4 ultimately because I could listen to this album again, and I really love the ones I do love.

Hot Shots II

The Beta Band

4/5

I was not familiar with this group but loved this album.

Amnesiac

Radiohead

3/5

Licensed To Ill

Beastie Boys

1/5

Do not like.

White Light

Gene Clark

3/5

American Pie

Don McLean

2/5

Obviously I know the title song, and I've always enjoyed it. The rest of this album is pretty forgettable though. Nothing really stuck out to me, until I got to Babylon, because I love choral lines.