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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Take Me Apart Kelela	5	2.76	+2.24
Copper Blue Sugar	5	2.98	+2.02
Tom Tom Club Tom Tom Club	5	3.03	+1.97
Savane Ali Farka Touré	5	3.03	+1.97
Underwater Moonlight The Soft Boys	5	3.06	+1.94
Street Life The Crusaders	5	3.09	+1.91
In Our Heads Hot Chip	5	3.1	+1.9
John Barleycorn Must Die Traffic	5	3.17	+1.83
From Elvis In Memphis Elvis Presley	5	3.34	+1.66
Eliminator ZZ Top	5	3.37	+1.63

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
New York Dolls New York Dolls	1	3.12	-2.12
Arise Sepultura	1	2.73	-1.73
Chelsea Girl Nico	1	2.63	-1.63
Tusk Fleetwood Mac	2	3.47	-1.47
OK Computer Radiohead	3	4.11	-1.11

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MTV Unplugged In New York

Nirvana · 1 likes

5/5

Great album. Nirvana and Clapton appearing on MTV and doing their unplugged concerts was quality entertainment. The subsequent recordings were terrific!

1-Star Albums (3)

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Wild Is The Wind

Nina Simone

4/5

Nina Simone's voice and piano add strength to the content of her lyrics. Her song "Four Women" are still relevant in these times, especially given the right-wing blow back to any person of color assertion of their self identity.

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness

The Smashing Pumpkins

5/5

Love this album! "Despite all my rage, I'm still just a rat in a cage!" Who hasn't felt that angst in their own life?

Bossanova

Pixies

4/5

Being from Chicago I was fortunate to have WXRT as the radio on which I kept my dial set. This station to only played classic rock music from the 60's and 70's, but as the years went on, they would play new and emerging music. I became aware of the Pixies by listening to 'XRT and from the music my son liked as well.

Electric Ladyland

Jimi Hendrix

5/5

What can I say that hasn't already be said? Jimi was the best rock and roll guitarist ever. This third album from Jimi Hendrix Experience is exceptional.

Madman Across The Water

Elton John

5/5

In my opinion, Elton John’s first 3 albums were the best! Every song on this classic piece of rock is terrific.

Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs

Marty Robbins

3/5

Although not usually a fan of country-western music, Marty Robbins iconic songs "El Paso" and "Cool Water" were popular when I was a child. This album was released when I was five years old, and although we weren't a musical family, the radio station my mom had on during the day would occasionally feature some of these songs.

Rumours

Fleetwood Mac

5/5

Although this is a without a doubt a great album, this current lineup was not my favorite. I became a fan of Fleetwood Mac in 1971 when I heard "Future Games" when I was a junior in high school. This led me look back and learn about the original line-up with Peter Green and Jeremy Spencer. So for me, my favorite Fleetwood Mac albums are "Future Games, Bare Trees", and "Mystery to Me." And I think it's a shame that Bob Welsh was included when the group was inducted to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Horses

Patti Smith

3/5

After 50 years, this album still holds up.

Kala

M.I.A.

2/5

I thought the production of this album was good. However, I'm not a big fan of this genre. But for those who enjoy this music, this is something they would enjoy.

In Our Heads

Hot Chip

5/5

I enjoyed the production value of this album. This was a new genre, but I am excited to hear more.

Reggatta De Blanc

The Police

5/5

This first album from the Police came out when I was 25 years old. It is a classic and still holds up well.

From Elvis In Memphis

Elvis Presley

5/5

The King at his best!

New Forms

Roni Size

3/5

I only liked one track from this LP. This genre doesn't appeal to me.

Who's Next

The Who

5/5

This is one of the all-time greatest albums by The Who. I have had this album in my collection of vinyl and compact discs since it was released in 1971. It is a classic and every track of this album is fanatastic.

All Directions

The Temptations

5/5

Enjoyed this classic soul LP. Great musical harmonies backed up by a kick ass band.

Underwater Moonlight

The Soft Boys

5/5

I had never heard of this group and I can't figure out why not. Eclectic and electric with unexpected lyrics. I found the very interesting.

Green

R.E.M.

5/5

I was a fan of R.E.M. during the 1980’s. The songs were catchy and the albums were well produced. I think of it now as pop music with a conscience.

Tom Tom Club

5/5

Power In Numbers

Jurassic 5

3/5

I found this to be surprisingly entertaining.

Guero

Beck

4/5

This was an interesting album.

The Healer

John Lee Hooker

4/5

John Lee Hooker is an American treasure.

Eliminator

ZZ Top

5/5

I have always been a fan of ZZ Top. There’s something about a hard rocking, power trio that speaks to me. This is a great album.

Is This It

The Strokes

4/5

Great album!

Queens of the Stone Age

Queens Of The Stone Age

4/5

Take Me Apart

Kelela

5/5

This album was excellent!

A Walk Across The Rooftops

The Blue Nile

3/5

I enjoyed the album, remembering it was of a time when pretentious lyrics were omnipresent.

OK Computer

Radiohead

3/5

(Pronounced 'Leh-'Nérd 'Skin-'Nérd)

Lynyrd Skynyrd

5/5

This is the classic southern rock. Obviously, this LP got a lot radio play on AM and FM stations. "Give Me Three Steps," "Simple Man, " "Tuesday's Gone," and, of course, "Free Bird" still receive a lot of airplay on current Classic Rock stations. I own this LP and it still gets a lot of play!

Tusk

Fleetwood Mac

2/5

In my opinion this is one of the worst Fleetwood Mac albums, produced by the most popular iteration of Fleetwood Mac. This 20 song LP is a complete abandonment of their blues origins.

Pearl

Janis Joplin

5/5

Classic album by one of rock and roll's finest singers. I remember watching Jane appear and perform in the late 1960's and early 1970's on Dick Cavett. She was amazing.

The Doors

5/5

The first Doors album. What an introduction to one of the best groups to come out of LA in the late 1960's. Every album the Doors released following their initial effort was an improvement on a perfect debut.

Chelsea Girl

Nico

1/5

I was never a fan of Nico. She has an interesting voice, but her songs seemed to have been more spoken than actually sung. She seemed off-key, and if not for her association with Andy Warhol, I doubt she would have received any recognition for her musicianship.

MTV Unplugged In New York

Nirvana

5/5

Great album. Nirvana and Clapton appearing on MTV and doing their unplugged concerts was quality entertainment. The subsequent recordings were terrific!

The Marshall Mathers LP

Eminem

3/5

Copper Blue

Sugar

5/5

This was a good LP. I enjoyed Bob Mould’s music ever since he started out with Hüsker Dü, so I was familiar with some of the tunes on this album. Very enjoyable in a punk, alt- rock way.

Street Life

The Crusaders

5/5

Great album.

Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire)

The Kinks

3/5

One of the first conception albums by the Kinks, one of the original “British Invasion” groups from the 1960’s. “Victoria” and “Shangri-La” were the 2 cuts that received the most airplay.A good, solid listen.

Bright Flight

Silver Jews

3/5

this was an interesting album. I was a little put off by the first track, but as the album progressed i came to appreciate the quirky lyrics, which were poetic than most popular lyrics, where the rhyme scheme seems more important than the actual message. Good album.

Arise

Sepultura

1/5

I’m not a fan of death/ thrash heavy metal. This album did not change that.

Savane

Ali Farka Touré

5/5

Although I could not understand the lyrics, the rhythm, melody, and overall tone of this music was quite appealing.

Ramones

5/5

This was a classic example of the late 1970's punk that came out of New York. I have always enjoyed the Ramones, and listening again to this after many years, I still found it enjoyable.

Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)

Wu-Tang Clan

4/5

This is a great album.

The Clash

4/5

Great album from one of the best puck rock groups to hit the scene in the late 1970's. The Clash only improved over time!

Abraxas

Santana

5/5

This second album from Santa showed their second album lived up to the hype that was generated by the first album. This album had hits that played in regular commercial AM radio popular rock stations. The whole album slayed on the rising FM radio stations that utilized album formats. This is a classic album! And Carlos Santana has continued to get better!

John Barleycorn Must Die

Traffic

5/5

Classic album by Steve Winwood, Chris Wood, and Jim Capaldi. When this album was released I wondered how the group would sound minus Dave Mason. The answer was - terrific!

Nilsson Schmilsson

Harry Nilsson

5/5

This is a great album full of Harry Nilsson's quirky songs.

Transformer

Lou Reed

5/5

Great album - almost transformative.

New York Dolls

1/5

Not a fan

B-52's

The B-52's

4/5

I really liked this album.

Urban Hymns

The Verve

3/5