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You Love More Than Most
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| Album | You | Global | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|
| Live 1966 (The Royal Albert Hall Concert) | 5 | 3.15 | +1.85 |
| Nothing's Shocking | 5 | 3.17 | +1.83 |
| This Year's Model | 5 | 3.33 | +1.67 |
| Hot Rats | 5 | 3.36 | +1.64 |
| Either Or | 5 | 3.38 | +1.62 |
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| Album | You | Global | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|
| Destroyer | 1 | 2.86 | -1.86 |
| Strangeways, Here We Come | 2 | 3.44 | -1.44 |
| Strangeways, Here We Come | 2 | 3.44 | -1.44 |
| C'est Chic | 2 | 3.34 | -1.34 |
| Risque | 2 | 3.27 | -1.27 |
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| Artist | Albums | Avg | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beatles | 2 | 5 | 3.8 |
| Talking Heads | 2 | 5 | 3.8 |
Popular Reviews
Jane's Addiction
Nobody knew what the hell was going on with this band as they were ahead of their peers shedding glam metal but still rocking hard pre-grunge. I feel bad for the folks who didn't hear this at its release in their or a friend's basement with their eyes wide and jaws dropped. It must have been like hearing The Beatles contemporaneously.
12 likes
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
This album is wild. Another one I'd only heard the singles from. You might as well classify this as a 1977 record, but I'd really love to play this blind for someone and ask them what year it was recorded. Amidst the elders of the British Invasion, California rock, disco, prog and punk, Elvis decides to just do his own mashup of 60s R&B, vintage Stones, reggae and punk without a hint of The Beatles (consider ELO at the time). But you can still hear the crooner in him that would lead to the Bacharach collab. Quite a flex not to open with "Pump It Up," which has a hint of the MC5. Elvis seems to have a lot in common with Springsteen tonally and lyrically, see "Lip Service." "Chelsea" has that nice reggae groove the Police would use to great effect. Then "Lipstick Vogue" tosses in a Motorhead beat before closing triumphantly on "Radio, Radio." Incredible. The SNL ban is laughable, of course, in hindsight.
12 likes
I remember the excitement surrounding the official release of the Manchester “Judas” concert (misnamed as RAH here on purpose). You know, no YouTube then so it was just a legendary story. That they edited the heckling out of this was slightly disappointing, but it’s an incredible set, and we finally got to see the “Judas” moment in Scorcese’s film later.
9 likes
Talking Heads
Every Heads record back in this period sounds like a complete different band, and it's amazing they caught mainstream success. Wish I could have seen them live once. Basically you'll have equal numbers of people saying this, "Remain in Light," and "Little Creatures" is their best album, but 2/3rds of them are wrong. This is the one, just because coming out in 1979 it doesn't really fit with punk, disco, new wave or rock, but yet it does.
6 likes
Elliott Smith
A couple of clear Heatmiser castaways here; Elliott really never traveled down that path again with the bigger studio budgets for his major label works. Had "Miss Misery" been able to make the record, it would be the complete apex of his early career. Still, a stunning work that makes you ache to still have him with us.
5 likes
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