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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle Bill Callahan	5	3.02	+1.98
Pump Aerosmith	5	3.11	+1.89
Meat Is Murder The Smiths	5	3.34	+1.66
xx The xx	5	3.35	+1.65
Dusty In Memphis Dusty Springfield	5	3.47	+1.53
The Marshall Mathers LP Eminem	5	3.47	+1.53
Superunknown Soundgarden	5	3.65	+1.35
Live At The Harlem Square Club Sam Cooke	5	3.76	+1.24
American IV: The Man Comes Around Johnny Cash	5	3.87	+1.13
Gris Gris Dr. John	4	2.88	+1.12

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Hot Buttered Soul Isaac Hayes	1	3.43	-2.43
Beyond Skin Nitin Sawhney	1	2.76	-1.76
Blackstar David Bowie	2	3.48	-1.48
Sea Change Beck	2	3.33	-1.33
The Renaissance Q-Tip	2	3.24	-1.24
The Poet Bobby Womack	2	3.22	-1.22

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Freak Out!

The Mothers Of Invention · 1 likes

3/5

Quirky. Zappa always feels more like watching a performance than listening to music. I appreciate him, but rarely listen (even to the records I own).

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Bookends

Simon & Garfunkel

4/5

Getz/Gilberto

Stan Getz

4/5

Hot Buttered Soul

Isaac Hayes

1/5

Good voice, but incredibly boring music.

Eliminator

ZZ Top

3/5

Soms strong songs. Very consistent. I like the exploration into new wave. But also a bit simplistic, and repetitive, across the entire album. For an 11th album, some pretty strong tracks.

Born In The U.S.A.

Bruce Springsteen

3/5

3.5. The mix is so telly and full of reverb, I woukd probably rate an acoustic version higher. Some really strong songs. But too many songs at the top of his vocal range.

Mama Said Knock You Out

LL Cool J

2/5

Not sure why this rap album made this list. It's fine, but not especially good. Also not really my style.

The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill

Lauryn Hill

4/5

Really strong record. Never listened to it in full, beyond the hits, but I enjoyed it.

Emperor Tomato Ketchup

Stereolab

4/5

This was a fun record. Creative, wild. Had not heard it before, but will check their other records as well.

Blackstar

David Bowie

2/5

OK, but not really my thing. Good background band, creative.

Dusty In Memphis

Dusty Springfield

5/5

What else do you want from a record? Have this on vinyl in the office. Solid 5

Copper Blue

Sugar

2/5

The 90s called, they want their mediocre alternative music album back. Never heard of this, for a reason. It is.... Fine.

My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts

Brian Eno

3/5

Creative, but not too enjoyable to listen to.

Screamadelica

Primal Scream

3/5

Did not know it, but it was a pretty nice set of songs, diverse, fun to have on in the background. No killer songs on here, but the album is interesting.

Superunknown

Soundgarden

5/5

Always thought I needed to like this record, and that I didn't. But after listening to it for the first time in years, I really enjoyed it! Even caught myself singing along. Also how are black hole sun and spoon man so casually track 7 and 8? I think this is a really great record, glad I listened to it again.

Back In Black

AC/DC

3/5

You see jokes online about how the lead singer would have auditioned, and the rest of the band thinking 'yeah, this is a great voice for heavy metal'. There is not a lot of range beyond yelling, and the songs sounds quite the same because of it. OK, but slightly boring.

Freak Out!

The Mothers Of Invention

3/5

Quirky. Zappa always feels more like watching a performance than listening to music. I appreciate him, but rarely listen (even to the records I own).

Picture Book

Simply Red

3/5

found this surprisingly nice to listen to. High quality. Never really to the point that a song will become a favorite, but much beter than I thought

Bright Flight

Silver Jews

3/5

I listened to it 3 times but it was not enough to know what I think about it. It might be music I like if it grows on me more (common with lofi indie, which is one of my favorite genres) but having it presented as 'one of 1000 records to listen to' is not the right context for an evaluation.

Live At The Harlem Square Club

Sam Cooke

5/5

This is just a party. Hearing a live record of these great songs is such a good insight into what a great performer he was.

Meat Is Murder

The Smiths

5/5

I love the smiths, not their best, but still great.

White Ladder

David Gray

4/5

I was pretty into this record in 1997. It is still pretty OK, the songs are solid, some good, but the production is really well done, which boosts it a point for me.

Pump

Aerosmith

5/5

The record is strong overall. There's some songs that are absolute bangers and difficult not to sing along to. Jamie's got a gun lifts it to 5 stars for me. It was one of the first songs I remember hearing as an early teenager that made an impression.

Crossing the Red Sea With the Adverts

The Adverts

3/5

Decent punk record, nothing too special about it.

At Folsom Prison

Johnny Cash

4/5

Another strong live record. Of course the setting is horrible, the audience is horrible, the lyrics are horrible, but it is a really strong perfromence.

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

Arctic Monkeys

3/5

The record is ok, I have listened to it once in a while over the last decade, but somehow I never return to it. I think the songs are just not enough my thing.

The Poet

Bobby Womack

2/5

I listened 3 times, but I have to say no song on there was memorable. I think I will forget about this album shortly.

Tellin’ Stories

The Charlatans

2/5

A bit too much Britpop for me.

Nothing's Shocking

Jane's Addiction

3/5

It's a creative rock band, with a unique sound. Not something I would put on by myself.

Pearl

Janis Joplin

4/5

Strong record, some classic songs.

Bitches Brew

Miles Davis

3/5

I love Miles Davis, but always found this a difficult album to get into. I got a little closer, but not there yet.

Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle

Bill Callahan

5/5

This is a truly excellent album that I never heard of. The first recommendation here that is, in my opinion, a direct hit. I love the songs and the performance.

No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith (Live)

Motörhead

4/5

From all meat/rock records, I think this is a strong one. Classic tracks, honest playing, got to respect it.

Beyond Skin

Nitin Sawhney

1/5

This was so bad! Even in the 90s this would have annoyed me. Incomprehensible how this ended up on this list. Mediocre at best.

The Marshall Mathers LP

Eminem

5/5

I have his best of on Vinyl. He knows how to play the popstar controversy game, and is also one of the best rappers in the world. Some really strong tracks on this record.

Nilsson Schmilsson

Harry Nilsson

4/5

I loved this. Some good songs, very (maybe just a bit too) diverse, great voice. It's not surprising to learn he was good friends with John Lennon.

Pet Sounds

The Beach Boys

5/5

Classic, great songs. God only knows in itself deserves 5 stars

Low

David Bowie

3/5

I guess I am just not so much of a Bowie fan. Second record, now an older one, and it is also fine but not something I would return to.

Come Find Yourself

Fun Lovin' Criminals

4/5

I feel I liked this album more and less over the years. I have it on vinyl, play it every now and then, and liked it quite a lot on a sunny day in the garden

The xx

5/5

Great album. I have a copy on vinyl and should listen more to it. Excellent songs.

The Cars

4/5

Didn't know this, but a strong album.

Who's Next

The Who

4/5

Several classics songs, strong record overall

No Other

Gene Clark