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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Murder Ballads Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds	5	3.08	+1.92
Porcupine Echo And The Bunnymen	5	3.09	+1.91
D White Denim	5	3.21	+1.79
The Idiot Iggy Pop	5	3.22	+1.78
Home Is Where The Music Is Hugh Masekela	5	3.35	+1.65
Bossanova Pixies	5	3.37	+1.63
One Nation Under A Groove Funkadelic	5	3.42	+1.58
Murmur R.E.M.	5	3.42	+1.58
Blood Sugar Sex Magik Red Hot Chili Peppers	5	3.48	+1.52
The Wildest! Louis Prima	5	3.51	+1.49

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5-Star Albums (14)

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Morrison Hotel

The Doors

5/5

Essential Doors. Not my favourite of theirs, but a great summer album.

The World is a Ghetto

War

4/5

I remember this album but it was never one of my go to records.

With The Beatles

Beatles

4/5

Love early Beatles.

You Want It Darker

Leonard Cohen

4/5

Leonard's last album. Although I listened to it extensively when it came out, I never bought it. Worthy finale to an incredible opus.

One Nation Under A Groove

Funkadelic

5/5

Sadly this album doesn’t seem to be available on the streaming services. Only found it on YouTube. Fantastic. Best Funk I've ever heard.

The Gershwin Songbook

Ella Fitzgerald

4/5

Ella has one of the greatest voices ever.

Want Two

Rufus Wainwright

3/5

Surprised to see Rufus on this list. Proud Canadian. Excellent quality not too memorable for me.

Exodus

Bob Marley & The Wailers

5/5

OMG One of my desert island discs. Love love love.

Murmur

R.E.M.

5/5

This is the first REM I ever heard. They changed the world one college radio station at a time.

Steve McQueen

Prefab Sprout

4/5

Didn’t know this album but it’s very well crafted.

The Clash

5/5

Red Headed Stranger

Willie Nelson

4/5

Came to country later in my musical journey but man Willie makes it easy to love. Beautiful album.

The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators

The 13th Floor Elevators

3/5

Already know this is a great album. But isn't it called "The Psychedelic Sounds of..."?

Graceland

Paul Simon

4/5

Talking Heads 77

Talking Heads

4/5

Classic intro to the Talking Heads.

Hot Rats

Frank Zappa

4/5

Ultimate psychedelic guitar jams.

The Idiot

Iggy Pop

5/5

May be Iggy’s best solo album.

(Pronounced 'Leh-'Nérd 'Skin-'Nérd)

Lynyrd Skynyrd

3/5

Dire Straits

3/5

Only knew Sultans of Swing. Solid album.

Station To Station

David Bowie

5/5

Fantastic. One of most complete recordings. Indispensable.

Sex Packets

Digital Underground

3/5

Pelican West

Haircut 100

3/5

Well crafted but not really my bag.

Bossanova

Pixies

5/5

Great album bought it the day it came out.

Your New Favourite Band

The Hives

4/5

Great early 2000s revivalist garage rock infused with heavier modern elements.

White Denim

5/5

Wow this is a pleasant surprise. I've seen these guys live a couple of times. One of the best live acts of the last 15 years.

The Sounds Of India

Ravi Shankar

3/5

All Things Must Pass

George Harrison

4/5

Disintegration

The Cure

4/5

Better than I remember.

Strange Cargo III

William Orbit

3/5

Interesting ambient.

The Bends

Radiohead

4/5

First Radiohead album I bought. I guess I already knew "creep" but this disc was a revelation. Great video for High and Dry too.

Astral Weeks

Van Morrison

3/5

Familiar with this album but haven't listened to it lately. Looking forward to it.

Get Behind Me Satan

The White Stripes

3/5

Solid album but I prefer their earlier more raw stuff.

Legalize It

Peter Tosh

3/5

Sheer Heart Attack

Queen

4/5

She's So Unusual

Cyndi Lauper

3/5

80s memories.

Crossing the Red Sea With the Adverts

The Adverts

3/5

Fine example of classic punk with poorly played instruments.

Feast of Wire

Calexico

3/5

High quality but a bit on the country side for me.

The Wildest!

Louis Prima

5/5

A revelation for me. Jumping swing!

Blood Sugar Sex Magik

Red Hot Chili Peppers

5/5

Know this one well.

Merriweather Post Pavilion

Animal Collective

4/5

Home Is Where The Music Is

Hugh Masekela

5/5

Great great jazz album. A revelation for me.

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Shuggie Otis

4/5

Porcupine

Echo And The Bunnymen

5/5

An early classic from the best band of their genre and era.

The Stone Roses

3/5

Never a big fan. Some fun psych jams but overall pretty meh.

Raw Like Sushi

Neneh Cherry

3/5

Of its time. She’s got a great voice.

Roxy Music

4/5

Some great moments if not their best album.

Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea

PJ Harvey

4/5

Almost a comeback album. Great Patti Smith references

The Real Thing

Faith No More

4/5

A bit repetitive but I give these guys extra points for an “epic” early hip hop thrash crossover. 1989!

Crime Of The Century

Supertramp

4/5

This album was HUUUUGE in Montreal when I was very young. Stands up.

Murder Ballads

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

5/5

Wore this record out when it came out. One of my favourite album when I want to go to the dark side.