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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
The Stranger Billy Joel	5	3.86	+1.14
Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul Otis Redding	5	3.92	+1.08

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Amnesiac Radiohead	1	3.42	-2.42
After The Gold Rush Neil Young	2	3.62	-1.62
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band Beatles	3	4.25	-1.25

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Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

Beatles

3/5

This album was difficult for me to rate, both because it’s the first album we got and because the reputation and impact of the Beatles is often better than their music itself. I love the exciting, rock tones in some of the songs but overall feel that other than the notoriety, many of the songs are a little… milquetoast. Season: Late Spring Favorite Song: Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band

Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul

Otis Redding

5/5

Lots of covers. Such a mature sound for his age. I cannot begin to imagine what kind of music he may have released had he been around longer. Season: Late Winter Favorite Song: Down in the Valley

After The Gold Rush

Neil Young

2/5

Ok but I do like folk music. Maybe not my favorite genre but recently, I have been listening to a lot of folk. I just… can’t get past Neil Young’s voice in some of these songs. Unfortunately, that is a big sticking point for me. I will say that I like some of this other work, especially group recording that he’s done. Season: Early Fall Favorite Song: Only Love Can Break Your Heart

Diamond Life

Sade

4/5

A great album, Sade’s voice is warm and comforting. I don’t feel like any of the songs are super stand out for me, but the overall tone of the album is captivating. Season: True Winter Favorite Song: Smooth Operator

The Stranger

Billy Joel

5/5

This album is what late summer sounds like when you grew up upper middle class in the same town your mother grew up lower middle class. And nothing you do can actually be all that unique because her experiences overshadow yours. I cannot possibly expand on that thought. Also, I am physically incapable of being normal about Movin’ Out. Season: Late Summer Favorite Song: Movin’ Out (Anthony’s Song)

Amnesiac

Radiohead

1/5

‘What if I had a mental breakdown early in the album and then the rest of the songs were just my breathing exercises?’ One of these songs gave me actual motion sickness. Also I listen to music largely for the lyrics and I kept thinking I could almost hear words but I couldn’t which was deeply unsatisfying. If I had to rank it based on the individual songs, I think it overall would get a 2. But ranking it based on my experience with the album as a whole, I have to give it a 1. I could not fully recover from listening to Pulk/Pull Revolving Doors. Season: Psychosis/Late Autumn Favorite Song: Knives Out