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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Off The Wall Michael Jackson	5	3.8	+1.2
Chris Christine and the Queens	4	2.81	+1.19
Bad Michael Jackson	5	3.81	+1.19
Tapestry Carole King	5	3.91	+1.09
Come Find Yourself Fun Lovin' Criminals	4	2.92	+1.08

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Five Leaves Left Nick Drake	1	3.46	-2.46
Garbage Garbage	1	3.39	-2.39
This Is Fats Domino Fats Domino	1	3.36	-2.36
You Want It Darker Leonard Cohen	1	3.32	-2.32
System Of A Down System Of A Down	1	3.27	-2.27
Clandestino Manu Chao	1	3.22	-2.22
Halcyon Digest Deerhunter	1	3.05	-2.05
Os Mutantes Os Mutantes	1	2.98	-1.98
Rejoicing In The Hands Devendra Banhart	1	2.81	-1.81
Scott 4 Scott Walker	1	2.8	-1.8

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Artist	Albums	Average
Michael Jackson	3	5

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Artist	Albums	Average
Nick Drake	2	1.5

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1-Star Albums (12)

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Surfer Rosa

Pixies

2/5

Yo that shit was cheeks…. Jk - appreciate the obvious influence on grunge music.. most of it lacked musicality for my taste but not all of it! Raw and high energy

The College Dropout

Kanye West

4/5

Miss the old Kanye. Pretty legendary debut album. Only have a surface level knowledge of Kanye but the lyricism here is some of his best imo. Beats are inventive and well-engineered. That said, nothing had me hitting the download button, but really good album. Will probably give it another listen soon

Pretzel Logic

Steely Dan

4/5

A Steely Dan album is like a box of chocolates. I’d heard this album talked about plenty but never listened front to back. Walter Becker and Donald Fagen are clearly virtuosos musically - always some intricate progressions and arrangements. The first 3 tracks had me ready to give this one 5 stars, but I found things getting less interesting by the middle. Glad I discovered that banger “Night by Night” though! 🔥 Any Major Dude rocks as well, and of course Ricky is a certified classic

Achtung Baby

3/5

Not a huge fan of U2. Nothing inherently wrong with this album, just didn’t stand out for me with anything besides the couple of hits.

Off The Wall

Michael Jackson

5/5

Banger album. In my opinion even the lows are high, and the highs more than make up for them. I’ll give it 5 stars

Garbage

1/5

“The queerest of the queer” yeah that’s you lol 😂 This band really lived up to their name with this one… nah not terrible haha but nothing memorable for me here personally. Thinking closer to 1.5

Searching For The Young Soul Rebels

Dexys Midnight Runners

3/5

Always interesting to check out the hidden albums of one-hit-wonders. I could drink to this! Maybe didn’t earn any downloads from me - but a fun listen overall.

Under Construction

Missy Elliott

3/5

Gotta love early 2000s rap at least a little. Lots of impressive features on this album. Well produced. Lyrics are pretty corny but it gets points for the laughs lol. Can’t say I considered many tracks bangers.

You Want It Darker

Leonard Cohen

1/5

Reading poetry over music doesn’t really do it for me, But there were a couple tunes I kind of enjoyed. Props to a Canadian Legend though - I’ll try this again in another 30 years - maybe then I’ll get it.

Hunky Dory

David Bowie

4/5

Some great songs here! Classics and stuff i hadn’t heard. Even the ‘skips’ have something kind of genius about them honestly. Guy’s a legend

Pretenders

2/5

Pretenders are very hit or miss for me. Just about all misses here unfortunately

Chris

Christine and the Queens

4/5

Expected very little from this when I heard the first French lyrics.. actually ended up quite liking almost every song - with the only complaint that I didn’t understand most of it. Then wouldn’t you know it, the second half is the English versions. This album kinda rules

System Of A Down

1/5

Can’t say I really enjoyed any of this. I can appreciate metal as much as the next guy, but to me this was just loud and heavy for the sake of being loud and heavy

Songs From The Big Chair

Tears For Fears

4/5

A couple of these were definitely “filler”. But those three big hits more than pull their weight.

Electric Ladyland

Jimi Hendrix

4/5

There’s everything before Jimi, and there’s everything after. A handful of songs here that don’t make me run them on repeat, but I agree that everyone should listen to this at least once in their life

A Love Supreme

John Coltrane

2/5

Wish I was more into jazz, but I don’t think I’m smart enough.. Was fine in the background while I worked, but not my thing. Points for musicianship though

#1 Record

Big Star

4/5

Wow, where have these guys been hiding? Great album. I don’t remember how it felt to hear those classic 70s albums for the first time, but it must feel close to this. I especially liked the guitar work.

Bitte Orca

Dirty Projectors

2/5

Songs are ambitious and interesting, but I can’t say I plan to listen again.

Playing With Fire

Spacemen 3

1/5

Did not like it. Just about everything was either annoying, boring, or straight up bad

Jazz Samba

Stan Getz

3/5

Much more accessible than the John Coltrane album we ranked. I actually enjoyed the jazz instrumentals over the samba rhythms, and found it easier to follow than just about any jazz album I’ve heard.

Hail To the Thief

Radiohead

2/5

Never really liked Radiohead. This kind of solidified that lol

Let's Get Killed

David Holmes

2/5

I could dig this as a movie score, but as a stand-alone album I didn’t really connect with it.

Os Mutantes

1/5

Starting to lose it with this book lol. Remind me why everyone “must” hear this before they die?

Golden Hour

Kacey Musgraves

4/5

Great voice and very well-written songs

Siembra

Willie Colón & Rubén Blades

2/5

Couple tunes were a vibe - instrumentally really good but not something I’d come back to

Hot Buttered Soul

Isaac Hayes

3/5

Almost didn’t believe this one was from the 60s. Guy was ahead of his time, and clearly had a big influence. Majority of the album didn’t hit me real hard but still solid

461 Ocean Boulevard

Eric Clapton

3/5

Always been a Clapton fan. Twelve-bar blues format often gets tiring for me quickly, but these blues songs keep it fresh and he offers lots of tunes outside of that format.

Bringing It All Back Home

Bob Dylan

2/5

Always been kind of fascinated with the Dylan obsession. The voice and songs are kind of annoying to me.

Let's Get It On

Marvin Gaye

3/5

Guy’s got soul!

The Chronic

Dr. Dre

4/5

Great production

Step In The Arena

Gang Starr

4/5

Love the 90s beats. The same phrasing structure gets a bit old is all

Apocalypse 91… The Enemy Strikes Black

Public Enemy

3/5

I can appreciate the innovation at the time. Nothing really connecting with me though

The Rise & Fall

Madness

2/5

Didn’t really enjoy any of this. Pretty much found everything, even the one big hit, kind of annoying.

Rage Against The Machine

4/5

Can’t deny that it fires me up lol. And gotta love Tom Morello’s guitar. Pretty groundbreaking

Disraeli Gears

Cream

3/5

Trippy. Clapton is great, I usually feel like I need to be on psychedelics to fully appreciate a Cream album though.

Halcyon Digest

Deerhunter

1/5

💩

Liege And Lief

Fairport Convention

3/5

This one surprised me. Heavy Celtic vibes which I’m a sucker for. Vocals and instrumentals are great

Moondance

Van Morrison

3/5

Classic album - too much filler I think unfortunately

This Is Fats Domino

Fats Domino

1/5

I’m sure this was groundbreaking in 1957 - but it really doesn’t connect with me at all

Exile On Main Street

The Rolling Stones

4/5

Stones rule

Infected

The The

3/5

Didn’t expect this much funk! A few good tunes here

AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted

Ice Cube

3/5

Love the simplicity of 90s rap beats, much more than I love the simplicity of 90s rap flow

Atomizer

Big Black

1/5

Very little musicality. Not for me

The Downward Spiral

Nine Inch Nails

2/5

Didn’t hate it, also didn’t like it

Franz Ferdinand

2/5

Not many tracks that held my interest for long

Bad

Michael Jackson

5/5

👑

Figure 8

Elliott Smith

2/5

Some good songwriting, but a lot of it is overly complex and hard to connect with. Got bored quickly. Vocals are another low point, but instrumentation is pretty good

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

4/5

Good album. Too much filler to consider a great album, but a couple of all-time classics that almost make up for it.

Rio

Duran Duran

3/5

Everything comes together nicely. Love these hits, and I could see myself coming back to it again and giving it a higher rating in the future

Scott 4

Scott Walker

1/5

Probably not coming back to this guy