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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
War U2	5	3.46	+1.54
Zombie Fela Kuti	5	3.46	+1.54
In A Silent Way Miles Davis	5	3.61	+1.39
Pink Moon Nick Drake	5	3.65	+1.35
Blood On The Tracks Bob Dylan	5	3.66	+1.34

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
The ArchAndroid Janelle Monáe	1	3.45	-2.45
Siembra Willie Colón & Rubén Blades	1	3.33	-2.33
Cross Justice	1	3.27	-2.27
Hypnotised The Undertones	1	3.06	-2.06
All That You Can't Leave Behind U2	1	2.98	-1.98
Back In Black AC/DC	2	3.84	-1.84
Van Halen Van Halen	2	3.62	-1.62
That's The Way Of The World Earth, Wind & Fire	2	3.5	-1.5
All Directions The Temptations	2	3.45	-1.45
Green Onions Booker T. & The MG's	2	3.39	-1.39

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Definitely Maybe

Oasis

4/5

It was all downhill from here 4.1/5

Gorillaz

4/5

good debut, hate them now

Paul Simon

4/5

Surrealistic Pillow

Jefferson Airplane

3/5

first listen. never been a big JA fan, but respect their place in rock history. this is fine.

Green Onions

Booker T. & The MG's

2/5

the album cover and title track are stone cold classics. the rest - meh.

Pornography

The Cure

3/5

i love the cure. this is not one of my favorites of theirs.

War

5/5

stone cold classic

Peggy Suicide

Julian Cope

2/5

listened to this years ago and it didn't stick. it's fine, nothing terrible here. maybe i'll try again next decade

Zombie

Fela Kuti

5/5

It's Fela. It's a Five.

Oxygène

Jean-Michel Jarre

2/5

not my thing but i respect where this was coming from in 1976 and it's importance in electronic music history

Now I Got Worry

The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion

2/5

while i probably enjoy this a little more than when i first (and last) heard it back in '96, it's still not an album that anyone MUST hear before they die

That's The Way Of The World

Earth, Wind & Fire

2/5

first time intentionally sitting down to listen to Earth, Wind & Fire. 70's soul/lite funk. there are much better representatives of this out there IMO, but respect.

Siembra

Willie Colón & Rubén Blades

1/5

nah

Dirt

Alice In Chains

4/5

at times it leans closer to metal than grunge for my usual tastes, but there is no denying layne's greatness.

Tusk

Fleetwood Mac

3/5

enjoyed this more than the last time i listened to this album 6 or 7 years ago. some greats songs, some not so great songs.

Cheap Thrills

Big Brother & The Holding Company

3/5

i've never been a huge fan of janis but there is no denying the raw fuzz and rock on this 1968 release. and that crumb artwork! respect.

All That You Can't Leave Behind

1/5

nope. one of my most beloved bands turned to shite. will not listen.

In A Silent Way

Miles Davis

5/5

chill. this is the good stuff.

Morrison Hotel

The Doors

3/5

i LOVED the doors in high school. some memories are best left in the past. edit post listen: this is less cringe than i had expected. maybe that's just nostalgia.

All Directions

The Temptations

2/5

not overly familiar with the temptations outside of the singles. this was fine. kinda drags on the second half for me.

Vulnicura

Björk

2/5

pretty indifferent to bjork, but this was better than anticipated. still probably wouldn't reach for it again at any time.

Chelsea Girl

Nico

3/5

been a minute since i last heard this one. it's fine. prefer my nico with the velvet underground vs solo.

Abraxas

Santana

4/5

hell yeah a lost gem (to me) that i hadn't heard since my friend back in high school would play this tape constantly in his nissan sentra. memories....

Pink Moon

Nick Drake

5/5

perfection

Fragile

Yes

4/5

god i hate prog. at least i thought i did. this album kinda kicks ass.

Buena Vista Social Club

3/5

i'd like to go to cuba some day

OK Computer

Radiohead

4/5

sometimes i wish they didn't grow up so quickly

Twelve Dreams Of Dr. Sardonicus

Spirit

2/5

happy to have listened - it's a great example of why i'm doing this project. but unlikely to revisit.

Hypnotised

The Undertones

1/5

never heard this before. interesting how it sounds so far ahead of it's time. not for me though.

Metallica

3/5

i'm big enough to separate the negative associations i have with this album and the people who love it and admit that for the genre - which i generally despise - this is a "great" album.

Dare!

The Human League

2/5

i was excited for this one. but nothing really grabbed me here as i'd hoped.

Space Ritual

Hawkwind

2/5

another one i was excited about. great spacy, trippy grooves -- but overall didn't dig the spoken word intermissions and it ultimately just went on way too long.

Blood On The Tracks

Bob Dylan

5/5

while i'm far from a Dylan apologist, a classic is a fucking classis. five bloody stars.

Are You Experienced

Jimi Hendrix

5/5

great

High Violet

The National

2/5

eh. i love the first few albums, but after that they are all the same for me: decent.

Cross

Justice

1/5

i remember the hype when this came out, and listening and it just wasn't for me. let's see if time has done it any favors. update: nope, still not for me.

Back In Black

AC/DC

2/5

in the spirit of this project i will put aside my pre-conceived judgement and memories/associations of this and my childhood and older brothers tormenting me, and listen with an open ear. ok this isn't anywhere near as terrible as i expected. big, dumb, fun rock. still don't think i'd ever reach for this purposefully in the future.

The Sensual World

Kate Bush

4/5

i didn't really care for kate bush as a youngster, but over the years i've grown to really enjoy her voice. but i never went beyond Hounds of Love. mistake, this is great.

Violator

Depeche Mode

4/5

Born To Run

Bruce Springsteen

3/5

i mean...i'm sorry, bruce just ain't my thing. i love a few songs, hate a few, indifferent to most. that said, this IS an album that one should listen to before they die.

There's No Place Like America Today

Curtis Mayfield

4/5

love this album cover. love curtis.

Van Halen

2/5

i didn't want to listen to this. but in the spirit of "the project".... more bid, dumb, fun rock. i don't hate it. childhood memories, etc.

Casanova

The Divine Comedy

2/5

i used to really like these, but then i didn't - and i had forgotten why. happy to re-visit, but i now remember why i stopped listening. just too much.

Ill Communication

Beastie Boys

3/5

just re-visited this one recently, and it was much better than i remembered.

Welcome To The Pleasuredome

Frankie Goes To Hollywood

2/5

what a weird album. of course i knew the singles, but the rest? so disjointed, but i didn't hate it. one and one with this though.

Stephen Stills

3/5

never as good as the sum of CSN(Y), but still a good album

The ArchAndroid

Janelle Monáe

1/5

it's like a fun summer blockbuster movie. it's fine. once. would not care to revisit. post listen edit: it's like that blockbuster movie that is way too long and you couldn't wait for it to end. this is just not for me.

Lady In Satin

Billie Holiday

2/5

great voice, historical importance, blah blah blah - sure...respect, but i've no desire to listen to this.