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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Odessa Bee Gees	5	2.72	+2.28
Oedipus Schmoedipus Barry Adamson	5	2.78	+2.22
Colour By Numbers Culture Club	5	2.84	+2.16
Tubular Bells Mike Oldfield	5	3.1	+1.9
Close To The Edge Yes	5	3.2	+1.8
Lady In Satin Billie Holiday	5	3.23	+1.77
In It For The Money Supergrass	5	3.23	+1.77
B-52's The B-52's	5	3.3	+1.7
Tommy The Who	5	3.32	+1.68
Brilliant Corners Thelonious Monk	5	3.33	+1.67

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Surfer Rosa Pixies	1	3.49	-2.49
Dirt Alice In Chains	1	3.46	-2.46
Let It Be The Replacements	1	3.26	-2.26
Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) Wu-Tang Clan	2	3.6	-1.6
Licensed To Ill Beastie Boys	2	3.53	-1.53
Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea PJ Harvey	2	3.38	-1.38
Ágætis Byrjun Sigur Rós	2	3.37	-1.37
Urban Hymns The Verve	2	3.36	-1.36
Juju Siouxsie And The Banshees	2	3.33	-1.33
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot Wilco	2	3.31	-1.31

Artists

Favorites

Artist	Albums	Average
David Bowie	5	4.6
Beatles	3	5
Michael Jackson	2	5
Stevie Wonder	2	5
The Who	3	4.33

5-Star Albums (54)

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1-Star Albums (3)

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Jazz Samba

Stan Getz

5/5

Doggystyle

Snoop Dogg

3/5

Not for me, but a fine album for some I am sure.

Out Of The Blue

Electric Light Orchestra

5/5

Cloud Nine

The Temptations

4/5

1989

Taylor Swift

4/5

Brilliant Corners

Thelonious Monk

5/5

Zombie

Fela Kuti

3/5

Licensed To Ill

Beastie Boys

2/5

The Chronic

Dr. Dre

3/5

Like Water For Chocolate

Common

4/5

Sweetheart Of The Rodeo

The Byrds

4/5

Sound of Silver

LCD Soundsystem

5/5

Seventeen Seconds

The Cure

5/5

Wasn't expecting this music from The Cure, it was delightfully "down tempo".

The Village Green Preservation Society

The Kinks

4/5

The Man Who

Travis

4/5

I wanted to like it more but there was just something lacking that I can't put a name to.

Blood On The Tracks

Bob Dylan

4/5

Duck Stab/Buster & Glen

The Residents

2/5

Just because you can doesn't mean you should. The sounds on this album were quite unsettling. I nearly stopped listening as it was making me physically ill.

Deserter's Songs

Mercury Rev

3/5

A good mix of genres, some tracks were unsettling, but most were listenable.

Who's Next

The Who

5/5

Black Sabbath

3/5

I can understand why those just a few years older than I am were in love with Black Sabbath it was ground breaking for the times. I don't know what came first wizard murals on vans or Black Sabbath, but I am sure there is some correlation.

Nixon

Lambchop

4/5

Cool tones, had trouble making out the lyrics but I think that they would be profound.

Moon Safari

Air

4/5

Nice chill listen while your work music.

Rocks

Aerosmith

3/5

Led Zeppelin III

Led Zeppelin

3/5

Elephant

The White Stripes

3/5

Let's Get It On

Marvin Gaye

4/5

Head Hunters

Herbie Hancock

5/5

3 Years, 5 Months And 2 Days In The Life Of...

Arrested Development

4/5

Since I Left You

The Avalanches

3/5

Remedy

Basement Jaxx

4/5

Aladdin Sane

David Bowie

4/5

Steve McQueen

Prefab Sprout

4/5

Disraeli Gears

Cream

4/5

Guero

Beck

4/5

Fleet Foxes

3/5

Californication

Red Hot Chili Peppers

4/5

Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes

TV On The Radio

3/5

This one was all over the musical map, some tracks were great some less so. The one that sounded like Bobby McFerrin was my favorite.

The Blueprint

JAY Z

3/5

That's The Way Of The World

Earth, Wind & Fire

5/5

There's No Place Like America Today

Curtis Mayfield

5/5

Feast of Wire

Calexico

4/5

Coat Of Many Colors

Dolly Parton

4/5

The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan

4/5

Moving Pictures

Rush

5/5

Revolver

Beatles

5/5

Teenager Of The Year

Frank Black

2/5

The Man Machine

Kraftwerk

4/5

Colour By Numbers

Culture Club

5/5

Very repetitive, but that was the norm for the time.

Close To The Edge

Yes

5/5

Synchronicity

The Police

5/5

Not all hits, and a couple of tracks sound like bad Beetles.

Devotional Songs

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

4/5

Sail Away

Randy Newman

4/5

New Wave

The Auteurs

3/5

Lady Soul

Aretha Franklin

5/5

Parklife

Blur

3/5

Back In Black

AC/DC

5/5

S&M

Metallica

4/5

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

Beatles

5/5

Dirt

Alice In Chains

1/5

Oedipus Schmoedipus

Barry Adamson

5/5

The World is a Ghetto

War

5/5

Sound Affects

The Jam

4/5

Peter Gabriel

5/5

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness

The Smashing Pumpkins

3/5

One Nation Under A Groove

Funkadelic

5/5

Mama Said Knock You Out

LL Cool J

3/5

Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots

The Flaming Lips

4/5

Bat Out Of Hell

Meat Loaf

4/5

KIWANUKA

Michael Kiwanuka

5/5

3 + 3

The Isley Brothers

5/5

Odessey And Oracle

The Zombies

4/5

Bossanova

Pixies

3/5

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

Loretta Lynn

3/5

Good Ol' Western music of it's time. Reminds me of hard times trying to relate to my step dad, and of my sister singing on the porch.

Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul

Otis Redding

4/5

Some good covers of known songs

Destroyer

KISS

4/5

Brought back memories of my misspent youth.

The Velvet Underground

3/5

Siembra

Willie Colón & Rubén Blades

4/5

Straight up Latin music

Butterfly

Mariah Carey

4/5

On her way to Divadom

Remain In Light

Talking Heads

4/5

Some innovative beats for the time that are repeated throughout the album

Medúlla

Björk

4/5

I had no idea how versatile an artist they are, wow!

16 Lovers Lane

The Go-Betweens

3/5

I was surprised that I never heard of this group, as I was into this vibe back when the album was released. In the end it started to sound like it was a generic form of the music from this time.

Technique

New Order

4/5

Better base than I had expected, but in the end sounded like generic soundtrack for the time.

Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

Wilco

2/5

Well I listened to it, not a bad album, I didn't like the "warbling", but that could just be due to it being a sign that something isn't right when setting up audio circuits.

School's Out

Alice Cooper

4/5

Having been a big Alice Cooper fan, I found myself overwhelmed by this album, perhaps it was the head space I was in at the time of re-listening to it. I cleared my head with some Tubular Bells.

Blue

Joni Mitchell

5/5

Poignant lyrics by a beautiful voice

Floodland

Sisters Of Mercy

2/5

Not for me.

Street Signs

Ozomatli

2/5

Latin rap, for a guy who is meh about both genres

Let It Be

The Replacements

1/5

There have and always be angry young men, I think more so in Great Brittan, this album is that in audible form.

Deja Vu

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

4/5

Give me some of that ol time rock n roll

It's Too Late to Stop Now

Van Morrison

4/5

I was the surprised by the way this album walked between jazz and soul.

Juju

Siouxsie And The Banshees

2/5

A lot of screaming, I wasn't in the right mood for this album.

The Bends

Radiohead

3/5

Modern Life Is Rubbish

Blur

2/5

I am looking for background music with these 1001 albums, I found this album to be background noise. Perhaps if I was in a different mind set at the time of listening my evaluation would be different.

At Fillmore East

The Allman Brothers Band

3/5

If you were wondering where the cross were it is right her on this album, blues meets jazz. As a baby baby boomer this is one of the groups I knew existed but never really experienced.

Illinois

Sufjan Stevens

5/5

Loved it, a lot of that is because I never heard of the artist before, the other part of it was that it fits my soundscape quite well.

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

Elton John

5/5

The Stone Roses

4/5

There were ups, and there were downs. Some awesome bass, and some definite Beetles vibes.

Repeater

Fugazi

2/5

Did not like, angry screaming young man.

Smile

Brian Wilson

4/5

Great old school harmonies, and instrumentals. While listening I heard how music transitioned from 50's be bop, to 60's surfer music. I never made that connection before.

Permission to Land

The Darkness

3/5

40% of it was okay, the rest was showing off guitar skills.

Leftism

Leftfield

4/5

Great grooves, chilling and pumping somehow at the same time.

Catch A Fire

Bob Marley & The Wailers

4/5

Exactly what one would expect, with a nice cover thrown in.

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

3/5

Straight ahead rock n roll from the early 70's

I’m a Lonesome Fugitive

Merle Haggard

2/5

Some of these song lyrics have not aged well. This takes me back to driving out to the farm as a kid.

The Trinity Session

Cowboy Junkies

4/5

Take Me Apart

Kelela

3/5

Some nice female vocal neo-soul

Bryter Layter

Nick Drake

3/5

I had heard this distinctive voice before but never knew who it was.

Low-Life

New Order

4/5

Swordfishtrombones

Tom Waits

3/5

Tommy

The Who

5/5

This is a classic album for a reason!

Mermaid Avenue

Billy Bragg

3/5

Better than I was expecting

Play

Moby

5/5

These tunes slotted themselves right into my aural esthetic.

Electric Ladyland

Jimi Hendrix

4/5

Hypnotised

The Undertones

2/5

Meh

This Is Hardcore

Pulp

2/5

Very much hear some Bowie in this album.

The Healer

John Lee Hooker

4/5

Quintessential Blues

A Hard Day's Night

Beatles

5/5

This album was perfect for it's time, and every time. The harmonies are superb.

Isn't Anything

My Bloody Valentine

4/5

The right music for the mood I wanted to be in.

Imagine

John Lennon

5/5

A classic with only a couple of C grade tracks.

Odessa

Bee Gees

5/5

Station To Station

David Bowie

5/5

only 6 tracks, pity.

People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm

A Tribe Called Quest

3/5

Some now classic hip hop.

Nothing's Shocking

Jane's Addiction

2/5

This game me a headache

Rumours

Fleetwood Mac

5/5

A great album, without too many surprises.

Low

David Bowie

4/5

Still finding his feet but better than a lot of albums recommended on here.

Thriller

Michael Jackson

5/5

1.5 unfamiliar tracks on this one, I personally thought he peaked with "The Wall"

Will The Circle Be Unbroken

Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

4/5

After a while all the tracks became the same. How fast can you pic a banjo string. I didn't realize this was a 2 disc set, then bonus tracks. I liked the Joni Mitchel cover.

Whatever

Aimee Mann

3/5

Meh

Young Americans

David Bowie

5/5

Sounds good, we were all young once.

Don't Stand Me Down

Dexys Midnight Runners

4/5

Pretty good album, but hasn't aged well in my opinion. Listen to One Of Those Things and not think about Werewolves in London, I dare you.

Surrealistic Pillow

Jefferson Airplane

4/5

Back in the day when pot was less potent, but the penalty was much worse, is when this album is from.

Dance Mania

Tito Puente

4/5

Has a good beat, easy to dance to, unfortunately my Anglo-Saxon hips would embarrass the rest of me if I were to try to dance to this. Fortunately I was alone in my office. Unfortunately the window is transparent. Fortunately I don't care.

Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea

PJ Harvey

2/5

My reviews often talk of angry young men making recordings, well this is a breath of fresh air from an angry young woman making a recording. As I am no longer young a lot of this music isn't for me.

Violent Femmes

4/5

Surprisingly good.

Gentlemen

The Afghan Whigs

2/5

I had never heard of this group, and I can't say I am sad about it. Not my cup of tea.

Lady In Satin

Billie Holiday

5/5

A treasure to the ears.

Strangeways, Here We Come

The Smiths

4/5

So this is who the Smiths are, I had heard of them, but wasn't sure if I ever "Heard" them.

Melodrama

Lorde

3/5

One hit, the rest was background?

Either Or

Elliott Smith

3/5

Not for the me I am now. but maybe for the me that was?

My Generation

The Who

3/5

Not as good as I had hoped.

Queen Of Denmark

John Grant

4/5

Good old fashioned music to listen to. I am sure the lyrics are deep, but I didn't listen for them.

Red Dirt Girl

Emmylou Harris

3/5

Some nice vocals.

Songs In The Key Of Life

Stevie Wonder

5/5

This is what pop music should be.

The Visitors

ABBA

4/5

Familiar voices, familiar instrumentation, just no familiar songs to sing along with.

All Things Must Pass

George Harrison

5/5

Bookends

Simon & Garfunkel

5/5

Wow that album was short. Good things come in small packages.

B-52's

The B-52's

5/5

Pure retro, retro gold.

Tubular Bells

Mike Oldfield

5/5

There is more depth in this album than I remember.

The Low End Theory

A Tribe Called Quest

4/5

The College Dropout

Kanye West

2/5

Surfer Rosa

Pixies

1/5

Not a fan of real rock, I like mine softer.

The Gershwin Songbook

Ella Fitzgerald

5/5

Pure joy

Headquarters

The Monkees

3/5

Silliness throughout.

Signing Off

UB40

4/5

Some fantastic bass lines

Urban Hymns

The Verve

2/5

Didn't like

A Northern Soul

The Verve

2/5

Fear Of Music

Talking Heads

3/5

They still needed some work at this point, but are well on their way to greatness.

Lost In The Dream

The War On Drugs

3/5

Good but maybe not for me, getting old you know.

Me Against The World

2Pac

2/5

Blunderbuss

Jack White

3/5

I have heard of this artist, but I don't think I have heard this artist, thank you for this opportunity.

Adele

5/5

A great voice, a great message, and a great person!

The Marshall Mathers LP

Eminem

3/5

Truth And Soul

Fishbone

4/5

Another band I have heard of but not heard. They have a lot of range.

The Wildest!

Louis Prima

5/5

Excellent, energetic album!

Bitte Orca

Dirty Projectors

4/5

Pretty good stuff for a an old guy like me.

Bayou Country

Creedence Clearwater Revival

4/5

Seven solid tracks of it's time

Bad

Michael Jackson

5/5

Not all of them were hits, but they could have been.

Speakerboxxx/The Love Below

OutKast

3/5

Not for me, but good for what it is.

1984

Van Halen

4/5

Still holds up after all this time, I had no idea that the drummer was that good.

Crime Of The Century

Supertramp

4/5

Overall I preferred Breakfast in America but this is a good one too.

Brutal Youth

Elvis Costello

4/5

Pretty darn good album.

Dry

PJ Harvey

2/5

Not for me.

Pretenders

5/5

Elvis Presley

4/5

The beginnings of something new, that is very old.

Wild Gift

2/5

This must have been what all the other kids who were into "alternative" music were listening to while I was in high school. I guess I was more into the new wave to have discovered this then. If I had my life may have been different, or I would have just tuned it out?

Talking Book

Stevie Wonder

5/5

An excellent album

All Mod Cons

The Jam

3/5

Never heard of them, the music was good, just not great.

Wish You Were Here

Pink Floyd

4/5

This is a great album for letting music wash over you while doing something else. I think it would be a great album if you were doing nothing else as well.

Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)

Wu-Tang Clan

2/5

It is alright.

The ArchAndroid

Janelle Monáe

5/5

Why has it taken so long for me to hear this album? The width and breath of her talent is amazing, very cinematic at times.

In It For The Money

Supergrass

5/5

You can't judge a band by their cover, or their name, I was expecting bluegrass, and instead got something else. What is was I am not exactly sure.

Lost Souls

Doves

3/5

Deep Purple In Rock

Deep Purple

3/5

As a baby baby boomer, I have lived at the edge of time where this music was popular, so I don't get it, but those who were older in my life were formed by this music, so this explains somethings.

Ramones

3/5

Every generation has it's angry young man music, this was mine. I do think that this was the peak of the genre!

Manassas

Stephen Stills

3/5

Listened to it twice and nothing stuck with me.

Rock Bottom

Robert Wyatt

4/5

I now know where Laurie Anderson got some of her inspiration

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