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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Punishing Kiss Ute Lemper	4	2.4	+1.6
Hms Fable Shack	4	2.76	+1.24
The Grand Tour George Jones	4	2.79	+1.21
Signing Off UB40	4	2.97	+1.03

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
It's Blitz! Yeah Yeah Yeahs	1	3.49	-2.49
Deep Purple In Rock Deep Purple	1	3.32	-2.32
Loveless My Bloody Valentine	1	3.17	-2.17
Berlin Lou Reed	1	3.09	-2.09
Teenage Head Flamin' Groovies	1	3.03	-2.03
Tical Method Man	1	2.94	-1.94
Master Of Puppets Metallica	2	3.72	-1.72
Jagged Little Pill Alanis Morissette	2	3.71	-1.71
Snivilisation Orbital	1	2.71	-1.71
Casanova The Divine Comedy	1	2.66	-1.66

Popular Reviews

The Grand Tour

George Jones · 7 likes

4/5

That’s good old country

Ananda Shankar

Ananda Shankar · 2 likes

3/5

Transcendental. I have been conditioned to associate Indian music (the sitar) with transcendentalism thanks to movies and George Harrison

Rock Bottom

Robert Wyatt · 2 likes

1/5

The interpretive dance equivalent of music

Punishing Kiss

Ute Lemper · 1 likes

4/5

Felt like a musical. The features are very noteworthy. Not the biggest fan of the vocals, but I loved the rest

1-Star Albums (10)

All Ratings

Hot Buttered Soul

Isaac Hayes

3/5

Groovy, love-making tunes

Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

2/5

A good example of average music from the late 60s era

It's Blitz!

Yeah Yeah Yeahs

1/5

Weak 808 pop, might re-listen to two songs but I wouldn’t bet on it

Chirping Crickets

Buddy Holly & The Crickets

2/5

Definitely the 50s. I few fun riffs and a few slow jams

Songs Of Love And Hate

Leonard Cohen

4/5

Aptly titled. Soft and full of emotions, enjoyable ride.

Eliminator

ZZ Top

2/5

Not the worst hair metal I’ve heard

Dog Man Star

Suede

3/5

Oasis, but raised by an abusive mother. Nice drums, vocals, and guitar riffs

Unknown Pleasures

Joy Division

3/5

Oooo mama. Starts strong but fades. Experimental and ahead of its time.

Jagged Little Pill

Alanis Morissette

2/5

Unique vocals over pop-py tracks. I enjoyed the poetry but her voice is annoying YEEAAAAYEEAAAA BAAABAAYYYYY

american dream

LCD Soundsystem

2/5

Minimalist experimental electronica. A few grooves, but I wouldn’t suggest listening sober.

On The Beach

Neil Young

2/5

Definitely not my favorite Neil album.

Deep Purple In Rock

Deep Purple

1/5

Exactly what I expected. Not got me

Apocalypse 91… The Enemy Strikes Black

Public Enemy

2/5

Love the political nature. Weak repetitive beats. Decent lyricism

All Hope Is Gone

Slipknot

2/5

Too heavy for me. Although surprisingly mellow at points. Teetered on pop-punk at times, maybe pop-metal?

Ananda Shankar

3/5

Transcendental. I have been conditioned to associate Indian music (the sitar) with transcendentalism thanks to movies and George Harrison

British Steel

Judas Priest

3/5

Not too heavy, couldn’t tell if it was more punk or hair metal. Pretty enjoyable

Mothership Connection

Parliament

3/5

No funkadelic, but still decent funk

Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

2/5

Didn’t listen to all of it, but wasn’t a big fan of what I did hear

Something Else By The Kinks

The Kinks

3/5

Hippie pop. Similar to the stones. Enjoyed some songs. Had high expectations for the kinks.

Channel Orange

Frank Ocean

3/5

Pretty amateur and minimal musically, mostly driven by drums and high reverb synths. Some good songs throughout, but you can see how much Frank improved with Blonde

A Short Album About Love

The Divine Comedy

3/5

Arranged well, with vocals up front. A cohesive love story.

Bayou Country

Creedence Clearwater Revival

3/5

Classic southern rock feel. Jam-band-esque. Good background noise

Casanova

The Divine Comedy

1/5

Felt like the soundtrack to a niche musical

Master Of Puppets

Metallica

2/5

Can’t upset the Manta-Ray! Classic dum-dum-dum-dum electric guitar, maybe started here? All i know is half of the songs sound like a douchebag’s motorcycle trying to start.

Tical

Method Man

1/5

Very boring repetitive beats. Decent transfers between tracks. Sorry method man, not interested.

Abraxas

Santana

3/5

OYE COMO VA! QUE LINDO!

Led Zeppelin III

Led Zeppelin

3/5

Meh. Not great. Just immigrant song and tangerine.

Deserter's Songs

Mercury Rev

2/5

Sad, calming but beats felt robotic

The Only Ones

3/5

Good melodies. I feel like they influenced future bands

Snivilisation

Orbital

1/5

Early electronica. Not a fan

With The Beatles

Beatles

3/5

Mostly love songs. Some hits. Still early in their careers before an album became a cohesive work. Not my favorite

A Date With The Everly Brothers

The Everly Brothers

3/5

Classic early 60s rock

Duck Rock

Malcolm McLaren

3/5

What an eclectic combination of songs. I have no idea what I just listened to but well done.

Pet Sounds

The Beach Boys

4/5

Very smooth, incredible production. Thanks Brian.

Loveless

My Bloody Valentine

1/5

Did not think it was good, at all. Not of fan of the quiet-vocal mixing.

Heaven Or Las Vegas

Cocteau Twins

2/5

Soft, repetitive & poppy. Not for me

Halcyon Digest

Deerhunter

2/5

Soft, experimental, entertaining.

Is This It

The Strokes

4/5

One of the top debut albums by any band. So many hits

Dire Straits

4/5

Felt like a unique indie album

Kings Of The Wild Frontier

Adam & The Ants

2/5

Not the worst

The Predator

Ice Cube

3/5

Appropriately political. Pretty damn good. Great variety of beats.

Future Days

Can

2/5

Way ahead of its time. Not for me but damn did they influence a generation of indie artists

The Pleasure Principle

Gary Numan

2/5

Every song felt the same. Techno drum machine is repetitive. Probably influenced some 80s artists

Bookends

Simon & Garfunkel

4/5

Just really well done. Full of stories

Homework

Daft Punk

2/5

Side A was 90% house. Side B was more unique.

Rock Bottom

Robert Wyatt

1/5

The interpretive dance equivalent of music

New Wave

The Auteurs

2/5

Pretty minimalist. Felt like the only ones but softer

Parallel Lines

Blondie

3/5

A few big hits

Iron Maiden

3/5

Not as heavy as I expected considering Black Sabbath came 10 years before. Pretty good

The Madcap Laughs

Syd Barrett

2/5

Modern Leonard Cohen. Weak production

Rust In Peace

Megadeth

2/5

Pretty decent, just very repetitive.

Rio

Duran Duran

2/5

Oh the sounds of the 80s.

Mask

Bauhaus

2/5

Likely influential

Bubble And Scrape

Sebadoh

2/5

Punk. Randomness

All The Young Dudes

Mott The Hoople

3/5

Sweet jane! Not bad, weak melodies but enjoyable

New Forms

Roni Size

1/5

I do not see its value

Blood On The Tracks

Bob Dylan

3/5

Classic Bob Dylan. Sounded more repetitive and poppy though

Nothing's Shocking

Jane's Addiction

3/5

Classic punk. Lacks strong melodies, but entertaining.

Bat Out Of Hell

Meat Loaf

4/5

Really enjoyed it. Felt like a theatre production

Fleet Foxes

3/5

Typical early 2000s indie. Sounds like a mixture of Bon Iver and of monsters of men

She's So Unusual

Cyndi Lauper

3/5

Big hits. I really enjoyed it

Common

3/5

Decent beats on a hip hop album. Felt like a slower more raw kanye album

Mama's Gun

Erykah Badu

4/5

Incredible. Great production. Very fun

Kimono My House

Sparks

2/5

Not for me but i see its value

The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan

2/5

Felt very improvisational. Not my favorite Dylan record

Modern Kosmology

Jane Weaver

3/5

Enjoyable. Indie punk? Not a big fan of the vocals

Play

Moby

3/5

Felt like the accompaniment of an epic sci-fi action romance feature

A Grand Don't Come For Free

The Streets

2/5

Not for me. Focus on vocals for poetry

Electric Ladyland

Jimi Hendrix

3/5

Felt ad-libbed like freewheelin Bob Dylan

461 Ocean Boulevard

Eric Clapton

3/5

Heavy reggae inspiration. Some jams

Talking With the Taxman About Poetry

Billy Bragg

2/5

Early British indie. Not for me

Cosmo's Factory

Creedence Clearwater Revival

3/5

A few big hits. Feels like a jam band album

Raw Power

The Stooges

3/5

Definitely punk. Enjoyed most of it

The Wildest!

Louis Prima

4/5

Loved it. Sounds of the 50s

Queens of the Stone Age

2/5

Pretty repetitive. Not very impressed

Pelican West

Haircut 100

3/5

Meh. Light 80s

Double Nickels On The Dime

Minutemen

2/5

Funk rock?

Pills 'n' Thrills And Bellyaches

Happy Mondays

3/5

A few jams. Enjoyable

Calenture

The Triffids

2/5

Soft 80s heartbreak

The Band

3/5

Not a great start, but i love where it went

A Rush Of Blood To The Head

Coldplay

4/5

Well done

Entertainment

Gang Of Four

3/5

Felt a lot like the minutemen which i should’ve given 3 stars

Picture Book

Simply Red

3/5

Buena Vista Social Club

4/5

I feel it

Shaft

Isaac Hayes

3/5

One long groove

The Yes Album

Yes

4/5

Sounds very influential. Enjoyed

The Poet

Bobby Womack

3/5

Decent soul vibe

Groovin'

The Young Rascals

3/5

Early folk rock. I dig it

Nowhere

Ride

3/5

Confused by the genre. Enjoyed some tracks

Definitely Maybe

Oasis

2/5

If I Should Fall From Grace With God

The Pogues

3/5

Irish ska. Feels like it could be the soundtrack to Mario party

Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1

George Michael

4/5

For the genre and era, gold.

The White Album

Beatles

4/5

Yup. A few tracks that are just blatantly bad but with over 30 tracks and a handful of gems, it’s an easy 4.

American Idiot

Green Day

4/5

Better than I remember. A classic

Risque

CHIC

4/5

Jams

Every Picture Tells A Story

Rod Stewart

2/5

I do not like Rod Stewart’s voice

Melodrama

Lorde

3/5

Much better than i expected

Punishing Kiss

Ute Lemper

4/5

Felt like a musical. The features are very noteworthy. Not the biggest fan of the vocals, but I loved the rest

Superunknown

Soundgarden

2/5

Repetitive repetitive boring. A hit. Repetitive boring

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

Beatles

4/5

BIIIIILL-EEEEEEY SHEARS!

Licensed To Ill

Beastie Boys

4/5

Sexist as hell but damn good

Let It Bleed

The Rolling Stones

4/5

Definitely enjoyable. Feels very loose

John Prine

3/5

Discount Willie Nelson. Some talent but none of the songs truly grabbed me

Lady Soul

Aretha Franklin

3/5

Nothing spectacular but a few popular gems

Beach Samba

Astrud Gilberto

2/5

Meh. Not as samba as expect

The Village Green Preservation Society

The Kinks

4/5

Oh mama 60s folk rock

Viva Hate

Morrissey

2/5

Not much without the expert melodies of the smiths

Daydream Nation

Sonic Youth

3/5

Enjoyable besides the obnoxious vocals

Hms Fable

Shack

4/5

Thoroughly enjoyed. Few tracks i don’t care for though

Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge

Mudhoney

3/5

I see the appeal but not for me

Signing Off

UB40

4/5

Very enjoyable reggae

The College Dropout

Kanye West

4/5

But fuck Kanye

Crazysexycool

TLC

3/5

Meh

Electric Warrior

T. Rex

3/5

Berlin

Lou Reed

1/5

Quite boring

Floodland

Sisters Of Mercy

2/5

Meh

First Band On The Moon

The Cardigans

3/5

Definitely influenced alvvays

Machine Head

Deep Purple

2/5

Exactly what i expected. At least what I listened to of it

Architecture And Morality

Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark

4/5

I enjoyed the ride

Oar

Alexander 'Skip' Spence

2/5

Discount Jim Croce

In The Wee Small Hours

Frank Sinatra

2/5

Not the Sinatra record I’d recommend

Imagine

John Lennon

3/5

Classic but lots of songs i’m not fond of

In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida

Iron Butterfly

3/5

Psychedelic rock

Teenage Head

Flamin' Groovies

1/5

Extraordinarily bland

It's A Shame About Ray

The Lemonheads

4/5

Melancholic.

The Grand Tour

George Jones

4/5

That’s good old country

Aja

Steely Dan

4/5

Jazzy

Queen Of Denmark

John Grant

2/5

Bland

Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs

Marty Robbins

4/5

Love it

At Fillmore East

The Allman Brothers Band

2/5

Jam band

Leftism

Leftfield

2/5

Something/Anything?

Todd Rundgren

4/5

What a down to earth human

Remain In Light

Talking Heads

4/5

Parklife

Blur

4/5

Modern day Kinks