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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
B-52's The B-52's	5	3.3	+1.7
On The Beach Neil Young	5	3.46	+1.54
War U2	5	3.46	+1.54
Blue Joni Mitchell	5	3.49	+1.51
Buena Vista Social Club Buena Vista Social Club	5	3.67	+1.33
Californication Red Hot Chili Peppers	5	3.69	+1.31
Dire Straits Dire Straits	5	3.72	+1.28
(Pronounced 'Leh-'Nérd 'Skin-'Nérd) Lynyrd Skynyrd	5	3.74	+1.26
Tracy Chapman Tracy Chapman	5	3.79	+1.21
Physical Graffiti Led Zeppelin	5	3.9	+1.1

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Different Class Pulp	1	3.42	-2.42
Loveless My Bloody Valentine	1	3.19	-2.19
Electric The Cult	1	3.01	-2.01
Roots Sepultura	1	2.78	-1.78
A Grand Don't Come For Free The Streets	1	2.64	-1.64
Definitely Maybe Oasis	2	3.54	-1.54
Who Killed...... The Zutons? The Zutons	2	3.15	-1.15
Modern Life Is Rubbish Blur	2	3.13	-1.13
Seventh Tree Goldfrapp	2	3.08	-1.08
Myths Of The Near Future Klaxons	2	3.06	-1.06

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Dire Straits

5/5

I really liked this album, simple instrumental and loops for the most part but still fun to listen to. I could hear Sultans of Swing inspiration in multiple songs.

Blonde On Blonde

Bob Dylan

3/5

Bob Dylan is a great visionary but. His vocal range is just so monotone sounding almost spoken word much of the time

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

4/5

This album is short but good. Lots of filler though there are some straight classics on this album

Pyromania

Def Leppard

3/5

So far really getting a more commercial radio vibe from this album, it’s almost too safe and boring. After reading that this was a move to being more of a radio friendly sound it makes sense. Not a bad album but largely uninspiring and lot of repetitive hooks and choruses that feel like many songs should end 30 seconds before it’s over. A couple of good hits and nice guitar solos but this one is pretty average for me.

Physical Graffiti

Led Zeppelin

5/5

I have listened to this album many times before. No skips for me. I learned that ot is a compilation of unreleased songs from various points throughout their recording career, so much variation it truly is an incredible album

Eliminator

ZZ Top

3/5

Pretty basic 80’s rock album some good hits but not memorable

Vento De Maio

Elis Regina

4/5

Darkdancer

Les Rythmes Digitales

3/5

Infected

The The

4/5

This was fantastic, upbeat and fun to listen to

Doolittle

Pixies

3/5

Paranoid

Black Sabbath

5/5

Rock 'N Soul

Solomon Burke

3/5

Coat Of Many Colors

Dolly Parton

3/5

Machine Gun Etiquette

The Damned

3/5

Aha Shake Heartbreak

Kings of Leon

2/5

Who Killed...... The Zutons?

The Zutons

2/5

Rio

Duran Duran

4/5

Black Metal

Venom

2/5

The Man Machine

Kraftwerk

3/5

Cool concept but not music that I would seek out myself

Buena Vista Social Club

5/5

This album is really fun. I’m not super knowledgeable about Latin music but this is great. Upbeat but sooooo smooth and chill, just makes me want to sit outside a bodega on a hot day and drink light beer.

Broken English

Marianne Faithfull

2/5

Kinda boring honestly

Arc Of A Diver

Steve Winwood

3/5

Pretty typical sounding early 80s solo artist album to me. Not amazing but some nice vocals and production. Upbeat and a little funky too

Selling England By The Pound

Genesis

3/5

OK Computer

Radiohead

5/5

Pretenders

3/5

Some great songs but overall pretty middle of the road for me

Definitely Maybe

Oasis

2/5

So milquetoast

Van Halen

3/5

This album is radio city but it’s not bad just way overplayed

For Your Pleasure

Roxy Music

3/5

Aja

Steely Dan

4/5

Great album, fun to listen to. Steely Dan is a master at piano and composition

Zombie

Fela Kuti

3/5

Kinda feels like a lot of other albums I’ve reviewed where this is only really on here for some contextual reason and not because of the actual music. Not to say that the music on this one is bad

Live And Dangerous

Thin Lizzy

3/5

It’s good but not really super into it personally

Dig Me Out

Sleater-Kinney

4/5

Meat Puppets II

Meat Puppets

3/5

Smash

The Offspring

3/5

Solid, some good hits. Singing is kinda monotone though.

She's So Unusual

Cyndi Lauper

3/5

She’s got a couple good hits on this, the rest is…. Well it’s ok

Peter Gabriel

4/5

This was actually a really fun album. Lots of emotion without being overbearing. Production is on point as well

Oxygène

Jean-Michel Jarre

3/5

This reminds me of Gabe’s soundscapes in The Office. I could go on a drive in a hover car with this on repeat

In The Court Of The Crimson King

King Crimson

3/5

Bad Company

4/5

Kenza

Khaled

3/5

At Mister Kelly's

Sarah Vaughan

4/5

Roots

Sepultura

1/5

Seems like one of those albums that’s on here just for context, the only good thing about this isomer the guitar work, even then it’s not that great

Larks' Tongues In Aspic

King Crimson

3/5

Nice music but missing something for me

Purple Rain

Prince

5/5

Prince was horny!!!

Songs In The Key Of Life

Stevie Wonder

5/5

This is amazing

Come Away With Me

Norah Jones

4/5

Norah Jones = female John Mayer

Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea

PJ Harvey

4/5

It’s got that early 2000s timelessness. Really makes me feel nostalgic for a different time

Blue

Joni Mitchell

5/5

Just pure talent. Probably one of the best albums I’ve ever listened to ever. Such amazing visual storytelling with just words. Pure talent with amazing execution

Back to Mystery City

Hanoi Rocks

3/5

Sounds like a generic rock stuck between the late 70s and 80s. Good mix of both styles

British Steel

Judas Priest

3/5

Basic early 80s “metal” not bad but not stand out for me

On The Beach

Neil Young

5/5

Can't Buy A Thrill

Steely Dan

4/5

I like this. Lots of bluegrass and country elements in the background. Nobody plays the piano like Steely Dan

My Aim Is True

Elvis Costello

3/5

Pretty good, kinda generic for me

New Boots And Panties

Ian Dury

2/5

Sign 'O' The Times

Prince

4/5

It’s Prince so it’s a mix of compositional genius and being straight horny!!

Tapestry

Carole King

4/5

This is pretty nice, not combo of multiple styles but doesn’t lean too much into one thing

Modern Life Is Rubbish

Blur

2/5

I think this is good but it’s not super engaging for me. The instrumentals are good but the singing is eh

(Pronounced 'Leh-'Nérd 'Skin-'Nérd)

Lynyrd Skynyrd

5/5

Classic album. Not much more today. Amazing mix of blues, bluegrass, rock. Immaculate

A Girl Called Dusty

Dusty Springfield

3/5

If Adele was born in the mid-late 1900s, I can tell Adele probably listened to a Dusty Springfield album or two. She seems to face a lot of heartbreak but otherwise great vocals and backing music.

Blood Sugar Sex Magik

Red Hot Chili Peppers

4/5

This is good but some of the riffs and bass lines can be a bit repetitive but some good classics in this one. I haven’t listened to a ton of Red Hot Chili Peppers before but I’m enjoying a lot of the deep cuts

Chelsea Girl

Nico

2/5

Californication

Red Hot Chili Peppers

5/5

Magnum Opus of RHCP

Butterfly

Mariah Carey

2/5

This is ok, Mariah is very talented but most of this doesn’t hit for me

Electric

The Cult

1/5

It’s like they’re trying to be motley cruë, not interesting to me

Different Class

Pulp

1/5

This is just…. Not good

B-52's

The B-52's

5/5

A true masterpiece

Get Rich Or Die Tryin'

50 Cent

4/5

This album is great for a debut album. I would give it 5 but there is a bit too much filler on this which makes the album flow kinda drag at points. Amazing ton of hits on this one though

The Hissing Of Summer Lawns

Joni Mitchell

4/5

This is good, I like a lot of the more experimental stuff and the more jazz inspired musical style. Overall I enjoyed it

Parklife

Blur

3/5

Eh this is ok. I’m kinda tired of how much UK pop music is on this list though

My Generation

The Who

3/5

Solid album for a debut but it doesn’t move me in any profound way. Instrumentals are good, vocals are good, this album is just kinda forgettable but in a kinda good way

Joan Armatrading

4/5

Amazing vocal talent and great songwriting. Never heard of Joan before but glad I was introduced to her, this is what this list is supposed to be about. Love the blues/country influence as well. Totally hear what could have influenced Tracy Chapman.

The Rising

Bruce Springsteen

2/5

Tracy Chapman

5/5

Myths Of The Near Future

Klaxons

2/5

Fuzzy Logic

Super Furry Animals

3/5

At Folsom Prison