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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
If I Should Fall From Grace With God The Pogues	5	3.32	+1.68
Doggystyle Snoop Dogg	5	3.36	+1.64
Playing With Fire Spacemen 3	4	2.55	+1.45
To Pimp A Butterfly Kendrick Lamar	5	3.64	+1.36
Live At The Regal B.B. King	5	3.67	+1.33
21 Adele	5	3.69	+1.31
Histoire De Melody Nelson Serge Gainsbourg	4	2.72	+1.28
Brutal Youth Elvis Costello	4	2.8	+1.2
Tago Mago Can	4	2.8	+1.2
Destroy Rock & Roll Mylo	4	2.88	+1.12

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Out Of The Blue Electric Light Orchestra	2	3.63	-1.63
The Libertines The Libertines	2	3	-1

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Garbage

Garbage · 1 likes

3/5

Does not do anything for me - it never did. I know the singles from back when they were released but they were never my favorite and the rest of the album is more of the same.

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The Bends

Radiohead

5/5

Aja

Steely Dan

3/5

Not my thing. If I am going to listen to that type of music I would much rather prefer Frank Zappa

Doggystyle

Snoop Dogg

5/5

Always a classic from start to finish. No skips.

At Mister Kelly's

Sarah Vaughan

4/5

Good classic 50’s jazz, or at least my limited understanding of it. Not really my jam but solid example.

What's Going On

Marvin Gaye

5/5

Classic.

Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots

The Flaming Lips

4/5

Nostalgic album from college. I never got the Flaming Lips before or after this album but this one really clicked.

Come Find Yourself

Fun Lovin' Criminals

3/5

Not my jam. Very 90’s. A little soul coughing, a little beastie boys. Which sounds great but did not really do it for me.

Boston

4/5

So associated with the 70’s and the movies and shows that try to capture that time period. Pretty solid listen but it’s hard to listen to it without evoking other entertainment at this point.

Garbage

3/5

Does not do anything for me - it never did. I know the singles from back when they were released but they were never my favorite and the rest of the album is more of the same.

Music in Exile

Songhoy Blues

4/5

This album is amazing and happy to see it on the list.

Tonight's The Night

Neil Young

4/5

Neil Young is a bit of a blind spot for me so happy to liste to one of his classic albums

All Hope Is Gone

Slipknot

2/5

I can appreciate putting a Slipknot album in the mix but not this one.

Aqualung

Jethro Tull

4/5

Classic

Rock 'N Soul

Solomon Burke

4/5

Lovely old school R&B

Destroy Rock & Roll

Mylo

4/5

I have always loved this record

Brutal Youth

Elvis Costello

4/5

Costello is a blind spot for me and I always enjoy his stuff when I listen to it but none of it ever really sticks.

Moby Grape

2/5

Album not available on Apple Music. Definitely not my jam. Hippy folk r&b - Grateful Dead, etc. No thank you

Nebraska

Bruce Springsteen

4/5

The boss doing country. Very solid.

Live At The Regal

B.B. King

5/5

Phenomenal recording.

Get Behind Me Satan

The White Stripes

4/5

I don’t normally dig The White Stripes but this is a solid record. I enjoy the songs they don’t sound like typical Stripes the most.

Back To Black

Amy Winehouse

5/5

Absolute classic.

Country Life

Roxy Music

4/5

Great for what it is, 70’s glam/psych rock but not really my jam. I feel like they have inspired so much of the music of later years that it is hard to go back to the roots of the sound without it sounding like it’s been done before.

War

4/5

U2 was always a bit of a joke to me since I only knew them by their 90’s songs and stadium tours. It is interesting to go back to when they were still a bit raw.

Horses

Patti Smith

4/5

Vulnicura

Björk

3/5

It’s hard for me to get into a Björk album. They all end up sounding more or less the same. Her voice is so singular.

Histoire De Melody Nelson

Serge Gainsbourg

4/5

What a character. Personally I greatly prefer his reggae/dub record aux armes et cetera.

Talking With the Taxman About Poetry

Billy Bragg

4/5

Never heard of this guy before but it’s a good listen. Really made me think of my father in law. Strong Pogues energy. Raucous and driven.

If You Can Believe Your Eyes & Ears

The Mamas & The Papas

4/5

Classic 60’s listen

Tago Mago

Can

4/5

Solid kraut rock album, but for my money I will always be a Faust man.

John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band

John Lennon

4/5

Mother is one of the most gut wrenching songs. Soul bearing music.

Chemtrails Over The Country Club

Lana Del Rey

4/5

Not my vibe. Can respect the songwriting and appeal but I have never caught onto the Del Rey style.

Odessey And Oracle

The Zombies

4/5

Classic psych rock album. Good stuff.

Ill Communication

Beastie Boys

4/5

Classic that I have not listened to in ages. Some real bangers that I completely forgot about. A bit too long since their schtick can get repetitive but I feel that way about every Beastie album.

Copper Blue

Sugar

3/5

Just so 90’s. I was never a fan of Husker Du and that grunge/not grunge sound. I’m not sure if it’s the guitar tones or the vocal work but it just does not do it for me.

To Pimp A Butterfly

Kendrick Lamar

5/5

All time classic.

Let's Stay Together

Al Green

4/5

Super groovy, although for my money I would always just go with the classic best of Al Green.

Abraxas

Santana

4/5

Solid album. Not totally my jam but some classic cuts.

Sunshine Superman

Donovan

3/5

Super psychedelic. Makes me think of Austin Powers. Some classics on here but it also is easy to see how it became a bit of a parody.

Liege And Lief

Fairport Convention

4/5

I can dig the folky, borderline eerie sounds of the album. Not one I would spin regularly and if comes for British/Irish folk I am going with the Pogues but happy to be introduced to a band I had never heard of.

Dookie

Green Day

4/5

I always resented Green Day. Coming up at this time I was down with pop punk with Offspring, Lagwagon, NoFX, etc but this band seemed like it was blessed by the gods of radio/MTV undeservedly. Tres Cool is a legend regardless.

If I Should Fall From Grace With God

The Pogues

5/5

Amazing.

Led Zeppelin II

Led Zeppelin

4/5

Classic

The Libertines

2/5

British garage rock is not my thing. I like the garage rock sound generally speaking, and certainly American bands that do it well, but I just found this boring.

Rings Around The World

Super Furry Animals

3/5

I remember SFA being a thing back in college and always dismissed it based on the people listening to them. Having actually listened to them now, I can see the appeal but it’s not my thing. British psych-pop. Well done but I’ll pass.

Traffic

3/5

So much British music this week. Unfamiliar with the band but can hear their influences in later music. Interesting but not my thing.

Appetite For Destruction

Guns N' Roses

4/5

Such a grimy record. I don’t think I have ever listened to it all the way through and just knew the hits. Classic and mildly cringy.

Adele

5/5

Absolute modern classic. No skips.

Playing With Fire

Spacemen 3

4/5

Super fuzzy psych drone record from the 80s that seems ahead of its time. Not something I would put on a regular rotation but an interesting spin. I can hear their influence in bands today.

Emperor Tomato Ketchup

Stereolab

4/5

Super fun listen that was never on my radar. I knew the name of the band but was not familiar with their stuff.

Beauty And The Beat

The Go-Go's

4/5

Pure 80’s fun. Quick, light blast from the past and so of their era there is no mistaking their sound and place.

London Calling

The Clash

5/5

What’s left to say that hasn’t been said.

Out Of The Blue

Electric Light Orchestra

2/5

Not my scene. Bombastic yacht rock. Over the top pop synths. I get why some of them are classics but I’ll pass.

Want One

Rufus Wainwright

3/5

Good find. Voice reminds me of Thom Yorke and there are some Radiohead adjacent vibes. Could grow on me. First song grabbed me but much of the others fell into the background.

Chore of Enchantment

Giant Sand

3/5

Never heard of them before. Have this pseudo Leonard Cohen whisper sing/talking thing. Super low key. Not really my style.

The La's

4/5

Such a 90’s time capsule. Great British pop prior to the Oasis onslaught. Adorable.

Back In Black

AC/DC

3/5

Growing up this what I associated with AC/DC and it wasn’t until I was older that I learned their older stuff was way better. I never liked this band because of this record. Sure the title song is solid but the rest is just lowest common denominator hard rock.

The Fat Of The Land

The Prodigy

4/5

Classic electronic record. Showed how confrontational and aggressive electronic music could be instead of just dance/rave/party soundtracks.

The Message

Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five

4/5

Class if only for The Message.

Mr. Tambourine Man

The Byrds

3/5

Not really my jam. Very of an era and that specific sound I just never really got into. The trebley guitars were a nice precursor to some later sounds but the overall hippie/70s vibe I can't help finding overdone.

Songs For Swingin' Lovers!

Frank Sinatra

3/5

A whole album of crooning is a too much for me. A song here-and-there sprinkled into a larger swing record is fine but the I find the voice annoying after awhile. The music is great though. I do love the big band swing sound.

Pearl

Janis Joplin

4/5

what a voice.

Metallica

4/5

I can't count the number of times I listened to this record back in the day when I was a teen. Absolute classic of my youth, but I don't know that it aged all that well. knowing what I know about heavy music now this was mainly special due to its reach and popularity. Still has some serious bangers but also some that were overplayed to death.

Life Thru A Lens

Robbie Williams

2/5

No thank you.