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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Pink Flag Wire	5	3.21	+1.79
D White Denim	5	3.22	+1.78
Amnesiac Radiohead	5	3.41	+1.59
Pink Moon Nick Drake	5	3.65	+1.35

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Queens of the Stone Age Queens Of The Stone Age	2	3.3	-1.3
At Budokan Cheap Trick	2	3.1	-1.1

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At San Quentin

Johnny Cash

3/5

Aurally inoffensive.

Queens of the Stone Age

Queens Of The Stone Age

2/5

From a modern perspective, this could be the play-along soundtrack to a how-to play rock music for beginners coursebook. Very standard, good execution, not-quite-boring but nothing special, for the most part. With Walkin on the Sidewalks, the album starts to exhibit a handful of interesting moments.

Bridge Over Troubled Water

Simon & Garfunkel

4/5

Album that manages to hide a lot of complexity under a very pop surface, effortlessly integrating influences from other genres. Highlight: So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright

The Next Day

David Bowie

4/5

Überraschend gut für einen 65-jährigen Altmusiker. Gibt nicht viele, die nach so einer Karriere noch viel hörenswertes machen. Highlight: If You Can See Me

Led Zeppelin

4/5

One of the classic Classic Rock albums. Manages to exhibit all the standards of the genre without being formulaic or stale.

Odessa

Bee Gees

3/5

Aurally inoffensive.

Pink Flag

Wire

5/5

Super fun and unorthodox album. Has been a regular listen for a while.

If You Can Believe Your Eyes & Ears

The Mamas & The Papas

3/5

Aurally inoffensive.

Hard Again

Muddy Waters

3/5

Quintessential Blues, probably not necessary to ever hear any other Blues, as it's all just more of this.

White Denim

5/5

Fantastic

With The Beatles

Beatles

3/5

Surely the Beatles are always very listenable, but this one seems like one of the least interesting, maybe even the worst, Beatles album overall. Very interesting as a point in the Beatles' evolution, but musically mediocre, to me.

Get Rich Or Die Tryin'

50 Cent

4/5

Surprised by this one, apparently as a kid I wasn't yet aware of how influential and cool this album was??? So yeah, apart from the usual criticism of gangsta rap re:chauvinism, i think this is a fantastic record.

Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs

Marty Robbins

4/5

Surprisingly great sound quality for how old it is, also surprisingly fun!

Blood Sugar Sex Magik

Red Hot Chili Peppers

3/5

Definitely too long, not sure if it can be called very good. It for sure showed off the unique Chili Peppers sound, but lots of filler songs that nobody really needs to hear... Highlight is obviously Under the Bridge.

System Of A Down

3/5

Never managed to like most metal, so it's a bit hard to judge. Definitely way more interesting than a lot of other well-known metal i've heard. Can't listen to the whole album for extended periods of time, sadly, since it morphs into a very annoying background noise after a few minutes. Highlight: Sugar

The Gilded Palace Of Sin

The Flying Burrito Brothers

3/5

One of the best country albums i've heard. Also maybe the only one. Really not my kind of music, so i'm going diplomatic on this with 3 stars.

Signing Off

UB40

3/5

Surprisingly interesting dub, with cool moments like the unexpected saxophone, or some 70s rock-like guitar licks. The fake accent is a bit off-putting. Always good to have Thatcher criticism, so that's another plus!

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

Arctic Monkeys

4/5

Very nostalgic about this album and still a pleasure to listen to.

Morrison Hotel

The Doors

4/5

Not the best Doors album imo, but certainly showcasing their classic blues-rock sound.

A Little Deeper

Ms. Dynamite

2/5

Great production, but otherwise unremarkable from a modern perspective. Ignoring the effect it may or may not have had at the time.

Amnesiac

Radiohead

5/5

One of the lesser known Radiohead albums, and one of the more unusual ones. One of the first albums here that I listened to twice in a row. Clearly Life in a Glasshouse is super cool, but i found You and Whose Army to have such a nice build-up that it might take the favourite spot.

The Clash

4/5

Prototypical punk rock, defining for the whole genre. The signature Clash sound, but less polished than the later albums. Still a great listen and fun to see how the band developed from here.

A Hard Day's Night

Beatles

4/5

Classic Beatles, very listenable, all very well-known but still quite nice!

Violator

Depeche Mode

4/5

Sehr nice.

At Budokan

Cheap Trick

2/5

It has the hits, but I feel like neither the sound nor the band's live performance make this worth listening over the studio versions.