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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Live At Leeds The Who	5	3.32	+1.68
One Nation Under A Groove Funkadelic	5	3.43	+1.57
Queen II Queen	5	3.49	+1.51
To Pimp A Butterfly Kendrick Lamar	5	3.63	+1.37
Giant Steps The Boo Radleys	4	2.88	+1.12

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Blonde On Blonde Bob Dylan	1	3.48	-2.48
Guitar Town Steve Earle	1	2.79	-1.79
Music Madonna	1	2.69	-1.69
Young Americans David Bowie	2	3.61	-1.61
Franz Ferdinand Franz Ferdinand	2	3.57	-1.57
Aja Steely Dan	2	3.47	-1.47
Debut Björk	2	3.38	-1.38
Urban Hymns The Verve	2	3.36	-1.36
Music From Big Pink The Band	2	3.35	-1.35
Fun House The Stooges	2	3.28	-1.28

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Paranoid

Black Sabbath

4/5

I’ve known it as a general fact, but I’ve never heard how similar old metal/rock is to jazz until listening to this album. Neat.

Young Americans

David Bowie

2/5

First time I’ve ever listened to Bowie. Wish it was more of what he was known for and not the very blue-eyed, plastic soul sound that this album has. “Fame” was alright, wasn’t feeling the rest of it.

Superunknown

Soundgarden

3/5

I went back to listen to Soundgarden's earlier work while waiting to post my review, since none of them are part of the 1001 albums. "Superunkown" is definitely different from their more raw, gritty sound that they originally had. And I think it's for the worst. "Black Hole Sun" is the defining hit on this album. I quite liked “4th of July” and “Half.” I might be unique in that though. Those songs aren’t on their compilation albums. The rest of "Superunknown" is.. fine? Safe maybe?

Juju

Siouxsie And The Banshees

4/5

I love Depeche Mode. It was cool to hear one of the main bands that influenced them. Spooky punk. Nice.

Debut

Björk

2/5

I’m torn. There’s bits of this I liked. Other bits that were REALLY weird and out there. I respect what she did. Would I listen to it again, willingly or otherwise? Probably not

#1 Record

Big Star

3/5

It feels like all the ingredients are there, but it’s missing the sauce. Was cool to hear where the “That’s 70s Show” theme came from though

Guero

Beck

3/5

Music From Big Pink

The Band

2/5

Rattlesnakes

Lloyd Cole And The Commotions

3/5

Woodface

Crowded House

3/5

Blonde On Blonde

Bob Dylan

1/5

I’ve been doing this listening daily thing for close to 2 weeks now. This has been my least favorite album, I didn’t even finish it. The music behind the man is fine. But I really dislike the way Bob Dylan sings

Queen II

Queen

5/5

I love Queen so much. The loose Fantasy themes mixed with the band’s early rock stylings and beginnings of their signature dense vocal harmonies is *chef’s kiss.* Queen will just continue to getting more awesome moving forward.

Guitar Town

Steve Earle

1/5

Country is my absolute least favorite genre. I gave it 3 tracks, then stopped listening. Didn't want to waste half an hour of my time

All That You Can't Leave Behind

3/5

I was a monkey stealing honey from a swarm of bees

One Nation Under A Groove

Funkadelic

5/5

I pledge a groovallegiance to the funk

The Nightfly

Donald Fagen

2/5

Kinda torn with this album. I like jazz a lot, but The Nightfly is kinda missing like… some sauce. Some parts really hit. Most of it is just kinda.. milk toast. *Coming back to this review as I make my rating in the evening* I've learned that this is genre is called Yacht Rock. It feels like it's missing something. I'm not into it.

Yeezus

Kanye West

2/5

Feels like a crazy man’s fever dream. Only reason it’s not a 1 is because Daft Punk worked on it.

BEYONCÉ

Beyoncé

2/5

I want to give a 2.5, but I didn’t *dislike* any of it. I just would not choose to listen to this again given the option. But it’s fine. “Blows” production gave me heavy Justin Timberlake vibes (Oh, he worked in it lol) BUT the lyrics kinda really weren’t it. Honestly I was surprised just how many of the songs on the album are sexual in nature. With these highly produced albums with multiple hands involved I kinda wonder how much input the artists themselves actually get though.

To Pimp A Butterfly

Kendrick Lamar

5/5

Was going to give a 4. Jazz Fusion is my shit. But the monologue at the end of the album really moved me. So I’m giving it a 5. Will I listen to this album again? Probably not. But I genuinely enjoyed it for how it sounded and for what Lamar had to say.

Elastica

4/5

Billion Dollar Babies

Alice Cooper

2/5

I kinda think "School's Out" is a more interesting album than this one, honestly. I wouldn't choose to listen to this album again.

Parachutes

Coldplay

3/5

Bongo Rock

Incredible Bongo Band

3/5

Apache is iconic. I was really feeling it, then "Dueling Bongos" kinda killed the vibe and I couldn't get the feeling back

Music

Madonna

1/5

As someone who is only vaguely familiar with Madonna, I can just imagine someone not knowing anything about her, seeing this cover thinking it’s country, and then being seriously disappointed lol. On a related note, this album is awful.

If You're Feeling Sinister

Belle & Sebastian

2/5

Gorillaz

4/5

Strangeways, Here We Come

The Smiths

4/5

Being a big fan of Depeche Mode, I'm not sure how I've never heard of The Smiths. It's a more acoustic vibe, but they're very similar styles otherwise. Looking forward to their other albums on this list

Sister

Sonic Youth

2/5

Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)

Wu-Tang Clan

3/5

Fuzzy Logic

Super Furry Animals

3/5

Exodus

Bob Marley & The Wailers

3/5

It's a nice vibe, but I never realized Reggae felt so repetitive

The Doors

3/5

I feel like I can recognize how influential this may have been in the 60s. The organ is the most interesting part of the album. But it’s missing some sauce and the album itself is kinda just.. fine. The End was kinda wild lol

Lust For Life

Iggy Pop

3/5

Aja

Steely Dan

2/5

Same thoughts I had about Nightfly, I have about this album. I love Jazz. Something about this just doesn’t… vibe right. I’m not sure if I know how to verbalize or quantify it.

Live At Leeds

The Who

5/5

I ended up listening to the 25th anniversary version. It wasn't notated as such, but I'm glad I did. The venue felt really intimate, and the show itself was fun and wholesome. That was great. "Young Man Blues" is maybe more topical today than it has been in 60 years

Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea

PJ Harvey

3/5

Pearl

Janis Joplin

4/5

Dig Me Out

Sleater-Kinney

3/5

The Cars

4/5

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

Arctic Monkeys

3/5

Fun House

The Stooges

2/5

I'm sure this album/band influenced many of the artists I love today. But this album was very abstract and kinda rough to listen to

Dance Mania

Tito Puente

4/5

Because of how repetitive it tends to be, I'd give this a 3.5. But I can't, so 4. But I also think the repetitive nature is sort of the point. I imagine this was a go to album for Latin parties of any kind for many years.

Bat Out Of Hell

Meat Loaf

3/5

Honestly, the title and album art does not fit the music on the album. I was expecting something.. harder, more metal, or more gritty. This is something in the vain of Bruce Springsteen, Billy Joel, or Elton John. It's fine. But I would've hated to buy this album in the 70s based on this cover and then get like.. "Born in the USA" ass vibes lol

Vespertine

Björk

3/5

Licensed To Ill

Beastie Boys

4/5

Beastie Boys combined rap, hip hop, boom bap, punk, and rock all at once and kinda lean in one direction or the other whenever they feel like it. Is the rapping good? Not particularly. It seems like it’s meant to be more humorous. But the highs are great and the lows on the album are still a worthy listen. I’ve never really thought about it before now, but I’m sure Beastie Boys laid down a few of the roots that lead to Nu Metal, especially with some of their later work.

Sex Packets

Digital Underground

2/5

Cause I know I'm the poop, steaming hot Really funky samples and parts of the album are fun, but the runtime is quite long for no real reason. "Doowutchyalike" even makes a joke about it. 2.5 but can't so 2

Vol. 4

Black Sabbath

3/5

Changes and FX kinda ruin the whole vibe of the album for me.

At Budokan

Cheap Trick

3/5

Bookends

Simon & Garfunkel

3/5

Franz Ferdinand

2/5

Live / Dead

Grateful Dead

3/5

I thought this album was going to be pretty rad, until they started singing. It might be just me, but they're kinda more interesting when they're jamming when no one is singing.

Boy In Da Corner

Dizzee Rascal

2/5

I'm sure Grime was wild around the turn of the century. But honestly, these yoinky-sploinky ass beats have not really aged well. At least from the perspective of someone from the US. We'll see how I feel about the other Grime albums on the list, this was the first time I've ever been exposed to it. But as of right now, I ain't feeling it.

Parallel Lines

Blondie

4/5

Elvis Presley

3/5

Just some solid white washed Rock n Roll

Urban Hymns

The Verve

2/5

This album is way too long for no significant reason. I'm not sitting through all this

Giant Steps

The Boo Radleys

4/5

At Newport 1960

Muddy Waters

4/5

Reign In Blood

Slayer

2/5

This was pretty influential within the realm of metal at the time.. buuuuuuuut, I don't think it's aged very well. Or maybe I just don't like Thrash Metal. Oh well