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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
The World is a Ghetto War	5	3.35	+1.65
Dirt Alice In Chains	5	3.46	+1.54
The Clash The Clash	5	3.53	+1.47
Dummy Portishead	5	3.71	+1.29
Master Of Puppets Metallica	5	3.72	+1.28
Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge Mudhoney	4	2.85	+1.15
Pet Sounds The Beach Boys	5	3.92	+1.08
Electric Ladyland Jimi Hendrix	5	3.93	+1.07
Led Zeppelin III Led Zeppelin	5	3.94	+1.06

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Rage Against The Machine Rage Against The Machine	1	3.98	-2.98
Back In Black AC/DC	1	3.84	-2.84
Graceland Paul Simon	1	3.72	-2.72
Music in Exile Songhoy Blues	1	3.32	-2.32
This Year's Model Elvis Costello & The Attractions	1	3.31	-2.31
Sweet Baby James James Taylor	1	3.23	-2.23
Le Tigre Le Tigre	1	3.15	-2.15
Porcupine Echo And The Bunnymen	1	3.09	-2.09
Music From The Penguin Cafe Penguin Cafe Orchestra	1	3.02	-2.02
Os Mutantes Os Mutantes	1	2.98	-1.98

5-Star Albums (9)

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The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars

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Master Of Puppets

Metallica · 1 likes

5/5

Incredible album. Thrash metal as a genre can get a little campy specially in the mid 80s. This album is different, it takes itself seriously. The production is impecable, a truly seminal piece of metal that has stood the test of time. Personally I think that Metallica never reached these heights ever again. It is their best work by far.

This Year's Model

Elvis Costello & The Attractions · 1 likes

1/5

Mhh it's kinda bad and very boring and repetitive. I don't get the fuss about elvis costello. Is it because the music press likes him because he represents them in some way?

1-Star Albums (15)

Spy Vs. Spy: The Music Of Ornette Coleman

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Rage Against The Machine

1/5

Kinda bad honestly. The album is very repetitive and the guitar production is tiny. It was like listening to one long song.

Master Of Puppets

Metallica

5/5

Dirt

Alice In Chains

5/5

Incredible record, tremendous vocals and instrumentals. Jerry Cantrel's riffs are amazing. Just an incredible and raw, emotional experience. It is a certified classic. I loved it.

Bossanova

Pixies

3/5

Really liked it. It is very emotional and droning at the same time. The production is great. It feels frantic at times. A few tunes will become a staple of my beer drinking sessions. Good record.

Born To Run

Bruce Springsteen

3/5

I liked it. It is a very emotional record. I had never listened to any Bruce Springsteen records fully I and can get the grandiosity. It is a personal, deep rooted album made for regular folks. There is something intensely blue collar about it. I think it was great, but I don't think that it is my cup of tea personally.

Illmatic

Nas

4/5

I really liked it. It surpassed my expectations a lot.

New York Dolls

4/5

I already liked this record. Incredible and raw piece of influential rock. Fun and sleazy.

Crosby, Stills & Nash

4/5

I had always heard about them but never really did. Really liked them and will listen to some more in the future.

Bryter Layter

Nick Drake

4/5

Incredible record. I never knew or even heard about this artist. But he was amazing. A truly haunting record. A real hidden gem for me.

Time Out

The Dave Brubeck Quartet

3/5

I know it is a classic record and I liked it. But honestly it was a bit underwhelming.

Aqualung

Jethro Tull

3/5

I liked it and there were some very good parts. I get why it is a classic album. But I don't think I will listen to it again. Very good record though.

The Stooges

4/5

I always liked this record and love the stooges. This record was a staple in my life when I was traversing a very rough patch. I love this record.

Celebrity Skin

Hole

2/5

Very underwhelming. Very repetitive. The instrumentation is awful. There are two great songs but the rest is not good at all.

Me Against The World

2Pac

4/5

Le Tigre

1/5

Honestly. The worst record I have ever heard. This is so bad!

The Stone Roses

3/5

Oedipus Schmoedipus

Barry Adamson

2/5

Very bad. I could barely finish it. I really didn't like it but not as bad as RATM and Le tigre.

Dog Man Star

Suede

3/5

I really liked it. It was an intense, yet melancholic record.

808 State

3/5

Really liked it! Sometimes electronic music can be a bit repetitive but this is not the case. Would recomend.

Fear Of Music

Talking Heads

3/5

Ananda Shankar

2/5

I didn't like it that much honestly. The covers were very uncanny.

Back In Black

AC/DC

1/5

Boy this was a long one. AC/DC is one of those sacred cow bands that were ubiquitous during my adolescence. I don't like them at all. This is a legendary record but it's awfuly repetitive and simplistic. It's just not my cup of tea. There are some better songs like "shake a leg" and "you shook me all night long". But if it wasn't for the challenge I would not have listened to this. It was rough!!!

Pink Moon

Nick Drake

3/5

I liked it a lot. I love this artist and I discovered it thanks to this challenge. I liked his debut album better but I really liked this one.

White Denim

3/5

pretty entertaining record. I liked it. It has some impressive instrumental parts but I doubt I will listen to any of it again. Solid record.

Fever To Tell

Yeah Yeah Yeahs

3/5

Odessa

Bee Gees

2/5

3 + 3

The Isley Brothers

3/5

Tom Tom Club

3/5

Graceland

Paul Simon

1/5

Sincere

Mj Cole

1/5

Some of the worst music I have ever listened to. Really repetitive and boring, bland. Music suited for a shopping mall or mid 90's hip café. It is awfully long. It is really, really bad. Awful choice. Is this guy the cousin of the dude making this list?

Porcupine

Echo And The Bunnymen

1/5

Very generic, underwhelming, repetitive and kinda of a cure/bauhaus knockoff. It was bad. I couldn't really finish it.

Led Zeppelin II

Led Zeppelin

4/5

Great record I had already listened to it before. It is a rock classic. From top to bottom.

The Genius Of Ray Charles

Ray Charles

3/5

B-52's

The B-52's

3/5

Surfer Rosa

Pixies

2/5

I liked one song that I already knew. Very disjointed album. I dislike repetitive albums but this literally sounds like an album written by different bands,

The World is a Ghetto

War

5/5

Some of the best stuff I have ever heard in this challenge. Truly inspired stuff. I don't really like this type of music but this really was great. City, country, city is gonna become a staple in my music listening, drinking fridays with my sister. It is great!

Architecture And Morality

Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark

3/5

Some of the stuff was interesting and uncanny. I like listening to something different for once i a while. I wouldn't listen to it again though.

Pelican West

Haircut 100

2/5

Something Else By The Kinks

The Kinks

4/5

At first I thought I was gonna hate it but honestly I liked almost every song. It is underwhelming in a good way.

Sea Change

Beck

3/5

White Blood Cells

The White Stripes

3/5

McCartney

Paul McCartney

3/5

Superfly

Curtis Mayfield

3/5

Sweet Baby James

James Taylor

1/5

bland and boring. This list has been filled with bad stuff!!! Who made this ?

Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1

George Michael

3/5

Killing Joke

2/5

pretty repetitive honestly. But not that bad.

Guero

Beck

4/5

Super interesting record. Very eclectic and very upbeat in some parts.

Spy Vs. Spy: The Music Of Ornette Coleman

John Zorn

1/5

I am an avid listener of black metal and I found this pretty interesting but in an experimental, yet absurd way. It is the ramblings of a mad man. It is bad, very bad.

Night Life

Ray Price

3/5

intersting I liked it

Garbage

3/5

Devotional Songs

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

3/5

I like this type of music as I liked "Krishna temple" by George Harrison a lot and like devotional music. So I'm biased and I understand why people dislike th is,

Led Zeppelin III

Led Zeppelin

5/5

what can I say. Its a masterpiece.

The United States Of America

1/5

awful, unlistenable dribble.

Station To Station

David Bowie

4/5

great record, really enjoyed it.

Only By The Night

Kings of Leon

3/5

good album I remember this mid 2010's music from when I was young and it really gives me some nostalgia for music I didn't like at the moment.

The Clash

5/5

This is the best I have heard in this list so far. Amazing record I had heard some songs from it but it is 10/10 top to bottom.

Talking Book

Stevie Wonder

3/5

Paul's Boutique

Beastie Boys

2/5

very repetitive and these guys are not good

Millions Now Living Will Never Die

Tortoise

1/5

i like minimalistic stuff but this is unbearable. I like dungeon synth and some of this stuff reminds me of it but this is awful-

Music for the Masses

Depeche Mode

4/5

excellent really liked it

Emperor Tomato Ketchup

Stereolab

2/5

Junkyard

The Birthday Party

2/5

Music in Exile

Songhoy Blues

1/5

I didn't like this. Very simplistic. I don't know who made this list.

Fred Neil

1/5

This Year's Model

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

1/5

Mhh it's kinda bad and very boring and repetitive. I don't get the fuss about elvis costello. Is it because the music press likes him because he represents them in some way?

The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars

David Bowie

5/5

An absolute masterpiece

Debut

Björk

3/5

Sweetheart Of The Rodeo

The Byrds

2/5

pretty normal and standard, not as bad as people said in the reviews but nothing to write home about

Remain In Light

Talking Heads

3/5

Interesting and unique in a very special way

Group Sex

Circle Jerks

2/5

pretty good and raw. Honest album. I like this type of music but it is also somewhat infantile.

Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge

Mudhoney

4/5

interesting and rough sounding. Weird in a good way. I liked it.

Home Is Where The Music Is

Hugh Masekela

2/5

All Things Must Pass

George Harrison

3/5

Slippery When Wet

Bon Jovi

3/5

I dont like hair metal but really enjoyed this one. Some songs are timeless pieces of pop.

Tommy

The Who

3/5

Electric Ladyland

Jimi Hendrix

5/5

Music From The Penguin Cafe

Penguin Cafe Orchestra

1/5

awful

Phrenology

The Roots

2/5

Scott 2

Scott Walker

2/5

kinda boring

Unknown Pleasures

Joy Division

4/5

great!

Darkness on the Edge of Town

Bruce Springsteen

2/5

The Last Of The True Believers

Nanci Griffith

3/5

pretty enjoyable but nothing to write home about.

Pet Sounds

The Beach Boys

5/5

amazing record

John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band

John Lennon

4/5

I don't like the beatles particularly and john lennon has always been a disgraced figure for me for many reasons. But damn, I really liked this record.

The Bends

Radiohead

3/5

Honestly, I was prepared to hate this. But this is a very sympathetic record. Palatable and very honest. I don't know if radiohead will become one of my staples but I enjoyed it.

Skylarking

XTC

2/5

Really unremarkable.

Dummy

Portishead

5/5

I loved it. What an experience. It's so ethereal. Surreal. One of the best gems this challenge has gifted me. It's truly great.

Os Mutantes

1/5

no thanks