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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Dummy Portishead	5	3.71	+1.29
Bad Michael Jackson	5	3.81	+1.19
Introducing The Hardline According To Terence Trent D'Arby Terence Trent D'Arby	4	2.98	+1.02

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs Marty Robbins	1	3.33	-2.33
Physical Graffiti Led Zeppelin	2	3.9	-1.9
Transformer Lou Reed	2	3.66	-1.66
Wild Is The Wind Nina Simone	2	3.65	-1.65
Definitely Maybe Oasis	2	3.54	-1.54
Blunderbuss Jack White	2	3.39	-1.39
Pretzel Logic Steely Dan	2	3.39	-1.39
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers	2	3.38	-1.38
Back At The Chicken Shack Jimmy Smith	2	3.38	-1.38
Bad Company Bad Company	2	3.25	-1.25

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Speakerboxxx/The Love Below

OutKast · 1 likes

4/5

I've loved this album since it came out, but always The Love Below. As a teenager I didn't enjoy Speakerboxxx and basically only listened to it once. Paying better attention to it today, really enjoying Tomb of the Boom. Still love The Love Below!

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Led Zeppelin IV

Led Zeppelin

4/5

I really enjoy the instrumentation, it’s excellent. Robert Plant is actually my least favorite part!

Celebrity Skin

Hole

3/5

Solid alt-pop, even ahead of its time a bit maybe. Not much that sticks with me on first listen.

Vol. 4

Black Sabbath

3/5

Classic metal, heavy focus on guitar riffs and high-pitched singing. Not really for me but I can see how it was ahead of the trends at the time.

Doggystyle

Snoop Dogg

4/5

Classic 90s rap. Obsessed with sex and violence in a self-gratifying way. But very catchy, great beats, I was grooving most of the time I was listening.

This Is Fats Domino

Fats Domino

3/5

Very catchy, I would have enjoyed this at the time. I'd appreciate hearing the instruments more, I think the beats were great and seeing it live was probably much better.

Live Through This

Hole

3/5

Apple suggested there were rumors that Kurt Cobain had more influence on this album, and I can see why. It's much more grungy and Nirvana-like than Celebrity Skin. They are both good but in different ways!

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

2/5

I think I get the band name now. This was a little sappy for me. Good pop-rock for the time.

Back At The Chicken Shack

Jimmy Smith

2/5

Jazz is not really my thing. Background music at best for me.

Lady In Satin

Billie Holiday

2/5

Clearly an influence on Lana Del Rey. It was a little samey and boring for me, but there were some pretty songs.

Electric Prunes

The Electric Prunes

2/5

Post-Beatles pop-rock. Catchy and fun.

Speakerboxxx/The Love Below

OutKast

4/5

Blunderbuss

Jack White

2/5

Sounds like Jack White but less rock-y than I expected. Overall it's fine to listen to but nothing special.

Marquee Moon

Television

4/5

Like a more accessible version of meandering 70s prog-rock. I enjoyed it—if I had found this 20 years ago when I was into prog-rock I might have really enjoyed it.

Third

Soft Machine

3/5

Like a progressive/jazz jam band. I'm intrigued and enjoyed it but probably wouldn't really listen to it much.

Hejira

Joni Mitchell

3/5

Narrative pop music, pretty interesting

More Songs About Buildings And Food

Talking Heads

4/5

Very ahead of its time! This would have blown my mind at the time.

3 Feet High and Rising

De La Soul

3/5

Fantastic old-school hip-hop. Just a lot of fun.

Superunknown

Soundgarden

4/5

Chris Cornell, what a voice. I'm really glad he ended up here and not in a glam metal band.

Definitely Maybe

Oasis

2/5

I'm not a huge Oasis fan. It's certainly a classic but doesn't really hit for me.

Pink Flag

Wire

2/5

Not a huge fan of punk music, it's pretty same-y. I'm not sure about the punk scene as of 1977 but this felt more modern to me.

Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs

Marty Robbins

1/5

Music and melody was very simplistic, so I found it pretty boring. Definitely more western than what I’m used to as country.

Bossanova

Pixies

3/5

It's not quite my style but is still fun to listen to.

In Utero

Nirvana

4/5

A classic followup to Nevermind which made their sound a little more raw. I experienced this through the singles until a few years ago, when I finally listened to the whole thing. So it's hard to stand up to Nevermind which I listened to repeatedly for a long time, but I really appreciate the authenticity of the sound.

Eliminator

ZZ Top

3/5

Fun 80s rock. I think it blended the pop-metal styles of the time with some great beats to make an enjoyable record.

Bad Company

2/5

Apple describes this as "no-nonsense" and I think that's about right. I found it uninteresting but inoffensive.

One World

John Martyn

2/5

This does sound like the 70s to me, in that the musicality is quiet, subdued, and smooth. I prefer louder and more raw and did not enjoy this.

Bad

Michael Jackson

5/5

Nobody like Michael Jackson. Catchy and his vocal style is unmatched.

Sign 'O' The Times

Prince

3/5

I've never really listened to Prince, despite knowing lots of people love his music. This is funky and fun, but did sound like was mixed in the 80s. I'd probably enjoy it more with a heavier focus on the instruments.

Green

R.E.M.

4/5

Really enjoyed this! Very much in the vein of alternative that I enjoy, catchy and poppy but also having a unique sound that I enjoy.

Pretzel Logic

Steely Dan

2/5

A classic band I've never listened to before. It definitely sounded to me like 70s rock, understated, but with its own style (I particularly enjoyed the horns).

Transformer

Lou Reed

2/5

This was an interesting, low-energy album. Apple mentioned that Bowie produced it and in some ways I can see that. It was overall unremarkable and boring for me.

Sound of Silver

LCD Soundsystem

4/5

LCD Soundsystem has a very unique sound that is fun to come back to from time to time. I hadn't heard this album before but it's instantly recognizable.

Wild Is The Wind

Nina Simone

2/5

Copper Blue

Sugar

3/5

This is good old-fashioned early 90s alternative.

Dear Science

TV On The Radio

4/5

TV on the Radio is always fun to listen to. I enjoyed this album.

Introducing The Hardline According To Terence Trent D'Arby

Terence Trent D'Arby

4/5

I can't believe I've never heard this before! It's an incredible pop album, very of its time but also sounding unique. Some of the songs were not up to that level but overall I really enjoyed this album.

Court And Spark

Joni Mitchell

3/5

I haven't heard much of her but Joni Mitchell has a very unique sound. It's not really for me but it is impressive and captivating.

Home Is Where The Music Is

Hugh Masekela

3/5

Whatever

Aimee Mann

3/5

Dummy

Portishead