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Rumours

Fleetwood Mac

like several miniature Joni Mitchell’s Blues all aiming at one another—the rock soft, the drugs hard, the destruction mutually assured

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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Arular M.I.A.	5	2.83	+2.17
The Gilded Palace Of Sin The Flying Burrito Brothers	5	2.91	+2.09
Trans Europe Express Kraftwerk	5	3.15	+1.85
Chirping Crickets Buddy Holly & The Crickets	5	3.29	+1.71
B-52's The B-52's	5	3.3	+1.7
Melodrama Lorde	5	3.32	+1.68
Nebraska Bruce Springsteen	5	3.32	+1.68
L'Eau Rouge The Young Gods	4	2.33	+1.67
Court And Spark Joni Mitchell	5	3.35	+1.65
Paul's Boutique Beastie Boys	5	3.46	+1.54

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
1984 Van Halen	1	3.49	-2.49
Blood Sugar Sex Magik Red Hot Chili Peppers	1	3.48	-2.48
D White Denim	1	3.21	-2.21
Everything Must Go Manic Street Preachers	1	3.11	-2.11
Aha Shake Heartbreak Kings of Leon	1	2.94	-1.94
In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida Iron Butterfly	1	2.93	-1.93
Metallica Metallica	2	3.77	-1.77
Hms Fable Shack	1	2.76	-1.76
KIWANUKA Michael Kiwanuka	2	3.73	-1.73
Brothers In Arms Dire Straits	2	3.73	-1.73

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Artist	Albums	Average
Beatles	3	4.67
Miles Davis	2	5

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Dub Housing by Pere Ubu

not as good as Joni Mitchell’s Blue

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MTV Unplugged In New York by Nirvana

not as good as Joni Mitchell’s Blue

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Queen II by Queen

not as good as Joni Mitchell’s Blue

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Aja by Steely Dan

the Joni Mitchell’s Blue of sociopathic studio perfectionism

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D by White Denim

not as good as Joni Mitchell’s Blue

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4-Star Albums (30)

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Tea for the Tillerman by Cat Stevens

not as good as Joni Mitchell’s Blue

Zombie by Fela Kuti

not as good as Joni Mitchell’s Blue

KIWANUKA by Michael Kiwanuka

not as good as Joni Mitchell’s Blue

Lost In The Dream by The War On Drugs

not as good as Joni Mitchell’s Blue

Nevermind by Nirvana

the Joni Mitchell’s Blue of grunge (with a blue album cover to boot: Kurt really was a genius)

Fleet Foxes by Fleet Foxes

not as good as Joni Mitchell’s Blue

Aja by Steely Dan

the Joni Mitchell’s Blue of sociopathic studio perfectionism

Paul's Boutique by Beastie Boys

the Joni Mitchell’s Blue of shaking your rump

Darkness on the Edge of Town by Bruce Springsteen

not as good as Joni Mitchell’s Blue

Lust For Life by Iggy Pop

not as good as Joni Mitchell’s Blue

The Low End Theory by A Tribe Called Quest

the Joni Mitchell’s Blue of rap that’s not pop (if you call it that, then stop)

Rumours by Fleetwood Mac

like several miniature Joni Mitchell’s Blues all aiming at one another—the rock soft, the drugs hard, the destruction mutually assured

Ten by Pearl Jam

not as good as Joni Mitchell’s Blue

Faust IV by Faust

not as good as Joni Mitchell’s Blue

Metallica by Metallica

not as good as Joni Mitchell’s Blue

Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

not as good as Joni Mitchell’s Blue

Dummy by Portishead

the Joni Mitchell’s Blue of trip-hop

Speakerboxxx/The Love Below by OutKast

neither as good as Joni Mitchell’s Blue, to different degrees (Speakerboxxx: 3 / The Love Below: 2)

Welcome to the Afterfuture by Mike Ladd

not as good as Joni Mitchell’s Blue

We Are Family by Sister Sledge

not as good as Joni Mitchell’s Blue

Hms Fable by Shack

not as good as Joni Mitchell’s Blue

L'Eau Rouge by The Young Gods

not as good as Joni Mitchell’s Blue

After The Gold Rush by Neil Young

Joni Mitchell’s Blue for boys

Horses by Patti Smith

not as good as Joni Mitchell’s Blue

Microshift by Hookworms

not as good as Joni Mitchell’s Blue

New Boots And Panties by Ian Dury

not as good as Joni Mitchell’s Blue

Gorillaz by Gorillaz

not as good as Joni Mitchell’s Blue

Five Leaves Left by Nick Drake

not as good as Joni Mitchell’s Blue

Aha Shake Heartbreak by Kings of Leon

not as good as Joni Mitchell’s Blue

Live At Leeds by The Who

not as good as Joni Mitchell’s Blue. funnier banter though

The Contino Sessions by Death In Vegas

not as good as Joni Mitchell’s Blue

Elvis Presley by Elvis Presley

not as good as Joni Mitchell’s Blue

Bad by Michael Jackson

not as bad as Joni Mitchell’s Blue

Meat Is Murder by The Smiths

not as good as Joni Mitchell’s Blue

Heaux Tales by Jazmine Sullivan

not as good as Joni Mitchell’s Blue

Hot Rats by Frank Zappa

not as good as Joni Mitchell’s Blue

In A Silent Way by Miles Davis

the Joni Mitchell’s Blue of copying and pasting as a compositional masterstroke

Music by Madonna

not as good as Joni Mitchell’s Blue

Doolittle by Pixies

the Joni Mitchell’s Blue of numerological cosmology

All Hope Is Gone by Slipknot

not as good as Joni Mitchell’s Blue

Songs From The Big Chair by Tears For Fears

not as good as Joni Mitchell’s Blue

She's So Unusual by Cyndi Lauper

the Joni Mitchell’s Blue of wanting to have fun

Queen II by Queen

not as good as Joni Mitchell’s Blue

Seventeen Seconds by The Cure

not as good as Joni Mitchell’s Blue

Doggystyle by Snoop Dogg

not as good as Joni Mitchell’s Blue

Devotional Songs by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

not as good as Joni Mitchell’s Blue

Brothers In Arms by Dire Straits

not as good as Joni Mitchell’s Blue

Melodrama by Lorde

the Joni Mitchell’s Blue of M(elo)D(ra)MA (bonus points for the blue album cover)

Hot Buttered Soul by Isaac Hayes

not as good as Joni Mitchell’s Blue

Red Dirt Girl by Emmylou Harris

not as good as Joni Mitchell’s Blue

Figure 8 by Elliott Smith

not as good as Joni Mitchell’s Blue

London Calling by The Clash

the Joni Mitchell’s Blue of phony Beatlemania biting the dust

American Idiot by Green Day

not as good as Joni Mitchell’s Blue

Boston by Boston

not as good as Joni Mitchell’s Blue

You Want It Darker by Leonard Cohen

not as good as Joni Mitchell’s Blue

Everything Must Go by Manic Street Preachers

not as good as Joni Mitchell’s Blue

Truth And Soul by Fishbone

not as good as Joni Mitchell’s Blue

Tracy Chapman by Tracy Chapman

the Joni Mitchell’s Blue of the Greater Boston metropolitan area

D by White Denim

not as good as Joni Mitchell’s Blue

NEU! 75 by Neu!

not as good as Joni Mitchell’s Blue

The Gilded Palace Of Sin by The Flying Burrito Brothers

the Joni Mitchell’s Blue of selling your lover’s clothes

Fulfillingness' First Finale by Stevie Wonder

not as good as Joni Mitchell’s Blue

I'm Your Man by Leonard Cohen

not as good as Joni Mitchell’s Blue

The Stone Roses by The Stone Roses

not as good as Joni Mitchell’s Blue

The Man Machine by Kraftwerk

not as good as Joni Mitchell’s Blue

Trans Europe Express by Kraftwerk

Joni Mitchell’s Blue for robots

Idlewild by Everything But The Girl

not as good as Joni Mitchell’s Blue

Mr. Tambourine Man by The Byrds

not as good as Joni Mitchell’s Blue

1984 by Van Halen

not as good as Joni Mitchell’s Blue

Antichrist Superstar by Marilyn Manson

not as good as Joni Mitchell’s Blue

GI by Germs

not as good as Joni Mitchell’s Blue

Document by R.E.M.

not as good as Joni Mitchell’s Blue

Dub Housing by Pere Ubu

not as good as Joni Mitchell’s Blue

Marquee Moon by Television

the Joni Mitchell’s Blue of five-minute guitar solos

Court And Spark by Joni Mitchell

the Joni Mitchell’s Blue of trying to follow up Joni Mitchell’s Blue

The Yes Album by Yes

not as good as Joni Mitchell’s Blue

Blunderbuss by Jack White

not as good as Joni Mitchell’s Blue

Forever Changes by Love

not as good as Joni Mitchell’s Blue

In The Court Of The Crimson King by King Crimson

not as good as Joni Mitchell’s Blue

Exit Planet Dust by The Chemical Brothers

not as good as Joni Mitchell’s Blue

Blood On The Tracks by Bob Dylan

tangled up in Joni Mitchell’s Blue

Crosby, Stills & Nash by Crosby, Stills & Nash

not as good as Joni Mitchell’s Blue

Ellington at Newport by Duke Ellington

not as good as Joni Mitchell’s Blue

Tellin’ Stories by The Charlatans

not as good as Joni Mitchell’s Blue

Unhalfbricking by Fairport Convention

not as good as Joni Mitchell’s Blue

Physical Graffiti by Led Zeppelin

not as good as Joni Mitchell’s Blue

Tres Hombres by ZZ Top

not as good as Joni Mitchell’s Blue

Django Django by Django Django

not as good as Joni Mitchell’s Blue

Orbital 2 by Orbital

not as good as Joni Mitchell’s Blue

Exodus by Bob Marley & The Wailers

not as good as Joni Mitchell’s Blue

Arular by M.I.A.

Joni Mitchell’s Blue, quieten down, I need to make a sound

Nebraska by Bruce Springsteen

Joni Mitchell’s Blue, but gray

Lost In The Dream by The War On Drugs

not as good as Joni Mitchell’s Blue

Me Against The World by 2Pac

not as good as Joni Mitchell’s Blue

Fifth Dimension by The Byrds

not as good as Joni Mitchell’s Blue

Vulgar Display Of Power by Pantera

not as good as Joni Mitchell’s Blue

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band by Beatles

picture yourself in a boat on a river with tangerine trees and Joni Mitchell’s Blue

Black Metal by Venom

not as good as Joni Mitchell’s Blue

Happy Sad by Tim Buckley

not as good as Joni Mitchell’s Blue

Deep Purple In Rock by Deep Purple

not as good as Joni Mitchell’s Blue

Buenas Noches From A Lonely Room by Dwight Yoakam

not as good as Joni Mitchell’s Blue

Bummed by Happy Mondays

not as good as Joni Mitchell’s Blue

Giant Steps by The Boo Radleys

not as good as Joni Mitchell’s Blue

The Number Of The Beast by Iron Maiden

not as good as Joni Mitchell’s Blue

B-52's by The B-52's

the Joni Mitchell’s Blue of doing all sixteen dances

Odessey And Oracle by The Zombies

not as good as Joni Mitchell’s Blue

At Fillmore East by The Allman Brothers Band

not as good as Joni Mitchell’s Blue

Make Yourself by Incubus

not as good as Joni Mitchell’s Blue

Sulk by The Associates

not as good as Joni Mitchell’s Blue

Head Hunters by Herbie Hancock

the Joni Mitchell’s Blue of 1970s crossover-jazz experimentation (more so than anything Joni Mitchell tried that decade)

Blood Sugar Sex Magik by Red Hot Chili Peppers

not as good as Joni Mitchell’s Blue

Surfer Rosa by Pixies

not as good as Joni Mitchell’s Blue

Kind Of Blue by Miles Davis

kind of Joni Mitchell’s Blue

Odelay by Beck

not as good as Joni Mitchell’s Blue

Spiderland by Slint

not as good as Joni Mitchell’s Blue

Shadowland by k.d. lang

not as good as Joni Mitchell’s Blue

Penance Soiree by The Icarus Line

not as good as Joni Mitchell’s Blue

C'est Chic by CHIC

not as good as Joni Mitchell’s Blue

Green by R.E.M.

not as good as Joni Mitchell’s Blue

MTV Unplugged In New York by Nirvana

not as good as Joni Mitchell’s Blue

Hotel California by Eagles

not as good as Joni Mitchell’s Blue

This Is Fats Domino by Fats Domino

not as good as Joni Mitchell’s Blue

It's A Shame About Ray by The Lemonheads

not as good as Joni Mitchell’s Blue

Reign In Blood by Slayer

not as good as Joni Mitchell’s Blue

Young Americans by David Bowie

not as good as Joni Mitchell’s Blue

Yank Crime by Drive Like Jehu

not as good as Joni Mitchell’s Blue

Rubber Soul by Beatles

the Joni Mitchell’s Blue of dumb puns (e.g., Rubber Soul? I hardly know her)

Abbey Road by Beatles

not as good as Joni Mitchell’s Blue

All Mod Cons by The Jam

not as good as Joni Mitchell’s Blue

Palo Congo by Sabu

not as good as Joni Mitchell’s Blue

Franz Ferdinand by Franz Ferdinand

not as good as Joni Mitchell’s Blue

Paranoid by Black Sabbath

the Joni Mitchell’s Blue of frowning all the time

Heroes to Zeros by The Beta Band

not as good as Joni Mitchell’s Blue

Parklife by Blur

not as good as Joni Mitchell’s Blue

In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida by Iron Butterfly

not as good as Joni Mitchell’s Blue

What's That Noise? by Coldcut

not as good as Joni Mitchell’s Blue

Deja Vu by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

not as good as Joni Mitchell’s Blue

Band On The Run by Paul McCartney and Wings

not as good as Joni Mitchell’s Blue

Copper Blue by Sugar

not as good as Joni Mitchell’s Blue

Bayou Country by Creedence Clearwater Revival

not as good as Joni Mitchell’s Blue

Tapestry by Carole King

the album recorded one studio over from Joni Mitchell’s Blue

1989 by Taylor Swift

not as good as Joni Mitchell’s Blue

Elephant Mountain by The Youngbloods

not as good as Joni Mitchell’s Blue

Live At The Harlem Square Club by Sam Cooke

not as good as Joni Mitchell’s Blue

Chirping Crickets by Buddy Holly & The Crickets

the Joni Mitchell’s Blue of not fading away