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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Crocodiles Echo And The Bunnymen	5	3.04	+1.96
Dirty Sonic Youth	5	3.1	+1.9
New York Dolls New York Dolls	5	3.12	+1.88
Daydream Nation Sonic Youth	5	3.29	+1.71
Blue Lines Massive Attack	5	3.39	+1.61
Punishing Kiss Ute Lemper	4	2.4	+1.6
Stand! Sly & The Family Stone	5	3.43	+1.57
Live At The Harlem Square Club Sam Cooke	5	3.76	+1.24
Grievous Angel Gram Parsons	4	2.87	+1.13
Who's Next The Who	5	3.89	+1.11

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Out Of The Blue Electric Light Orchestra	2	3.63	-1.63

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Artist	Albums	Average
Sonic Youth	2	5

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Mercury Rev

4/5

Blue Lines

Massive Attack

5/5

Was not familiar either this album, loved it a lot.

Underwater Moonlight

The Soft Boys

4/5

Soft Boys were led by Robyn Hitchcock who continues to tour and make interesting music and of whom I am a big fan. They disbanded shortly after it was released and I wasn’t aware of this album until 1984 or so early in Robyn’s solo career. This is an excellent album, with some great songss including “I Wanna Destroy You”, “Tonight”, “Positive Vibrations”, “”Queen of Eyes” and the title track.

Tusk

Fleetwood Mac

3/5

An interesting album, liked tne Lindsay Buckingham contributions most, could have been condensed into a single album, but at the likely at the expense of some of the weirdness and variety that is this album’s appeal.

Synchronicity

The Police

3/5

Hard for me to rate objectively in light of what followed (breakup of the band, Sting’s solo career in which I quickly lost interest). Some great songs, mammoth hits, on side 2. I enjoy side 1 less than probably everything by the Police that preceded it.

Lazer Guided Melodies

Spiritualized

4/5

Hypnotic and enchanting

Dirty

Sonic Youth

5/5

Maybe Sonic Youth’s most accessible album, but no less potent and still unique enough to have alluded largescale mainstream acclaim. A fantastic album.

O.G. Original Gangster

Ice T

4/5

A disturbing depiction of life in South Central LA delivered with more thought and perspective than I expected. Might have benefited from being truncated a bit, but a compelling and interesting listen.

Aladdin Sane

David Bowie

4/5

Bowie continued his run of great work here. Less satisfying to me than “The Rise of Ziggy Stardust” or “Hunky Dory”, but still an excellent album.

Low

David Bowie

3/5

Feels colder and more detached than previous work and with the exception of “Sound and Vision”, lacking what sounds like hits. I can imagine this one growing on me upon further listens, but not as immediately compelling as the albums recoded with the Spiders from Mats.

Brilliant Corners

Thelonious Monk

3/5

A genre of music I don’t listen to and haven’t developed an appreciation for. A challenge for me to absorb on just two listens.

Dirt

Alice In Chains

4/5

Not a huge fan of grunge, but this is as a great album, compelling, brutal and disturbing.

All Mod Cons

The Jam

4/5

Excellent album, echoing the early work of The Who and Kinks, with crashing guitars and tight three minute songs focused on life in Britain. The Jam’s introduction to many Americans, kicking off a run of great albums in a short period in the late 70’s, early 80’s.

Siembra

Willie Colón & Rubén Blades

3/5

Sounds great, but not a genre I’ve developed an appreciation for.

Sound of Silver

LCD Soundsystem

4/5

Unique, danceable and fun

Queen Of Denmark

John Grant

4/5

Compelling and clever from an artist I’d not previously heard of. Upon two listens reminds me of a less amusing, but not necessarily less intriguing Father John Misty.

Electric Ladyland

Jimi Hendrix

5/5

Phenomenal, including the amazing cover of “All Along the Watchtower”, including psychedelic British pop played with Hendrix’s unmistakable virtuosity.

Speakerboxxx/The Love Below

OutKast

3/5

At Mister Kelly's

Sarah Vaughan

4/5

Talking Heads 77

Talking Heads

4/5

Did not make the impression on me it did on others when released, but a strong debut, though not to me as interesting as what followed. At the time, I wasn’t introduced to Television’s first which I now find more exciting.

Grievous Angel

Gram Parsons

4/5

Gram Parsons’ albums and contribution to the Byrds “Sweetheart of the Rodeo” were instrumental in the birth of country rock. This feels as much the work of Emmylou Harris as him, influential for sure, perhaps more influential than great, but a very good album.

Arc Of A Diver

Steve Winwood

3/5

Nice to see Steve Winwood return to the the spotlight, but feels light, not essential.

Live At The Harlem Square Club

Sam Cooke

5/5

Fantastic live album!

Transformer

Lou Reed

4/5

Glammed up by David Bowie and Mick Ronson, a great album, though not quite as amazing as Lou’s work with the Velvet Underground. Ronson’s guitar playing is terrific as always.

Fear Of Music

Talking Heads

4/5

My favorite album by a band I like, but don’t absolutely love.

Don't Come Home A Drinkin' (With Lovin' On Your Mind)

Loretta Lynn

4/5

Great set of old school country from a female perspective.

Punishing Kiss

Ute Lemper

4/5

Had never heard of this album or Ute Lemper. I am a fan of some of her collaborators here, including Nick Cave, Elvis Costello and Tom Waits. Enjoyed this on first listen.

Floodland

Sisters Of Mercy

4/5

Back In Black

AC/DC

4/5

Doing what they do, with a brand new lead singer.

Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots

The Flaming Lips

3/5

AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted

Ice Cube

4/5

The Chronic

Dr. Dre

3/5

Debut

Björk

3/5

...Baby One More Time

Britney Spears

2/5

Led Zeppelin IV

Led Zeppelin

5/5

New York Dolls

5/5

Phenomenal and influential, incorporating the sound of the Rolling Stones with the glam look and feel of Bowie, Mott the Hoople and T. Rex.

Who's Next

The Who

5/5

Hybrid Theory

Linkin Park

4/5

Bossanova

Pixies

4/5

Somewhat disappointing to me upon it’s release, still not as impactful as Doolittle or Surfer Rosa, but sounds better now than I remembered.

Daydream Nation

Sonic Youth

5/5

Stunning, artsy and threatening, remains unique, a great band's best album.

Hunky Dory

David Bowie

5/5

Great album, even with far less glam rock crunch from Mick Ronson in comparison to the albums immediately preceding (Man Who Sold the World) and following (Ziggy Stardust)

Out Of The Blue

Electric Light Orchestra

2/5

Still struggle to warm up to ELO, long and inessential to me

Stand!

Sly & The Family Stone

5/5

Terrific blend of rock, soul and funk.

The Stone Roses

4/5

Crocodiles

Echo And The Bunnymen