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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Frampton Comes Alive Peter Frampton	5	3.19	+1.81
Kenya Machito	5	3.27	+1.73
Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols Sex Pistols	5	3.45	+1.55
Oracular Spectacular MGMT	5	3.62	+1.38
21 Adele	5	3.69	+1.31
Live At The Harlem Square Club Sam Cooke	5	3.76	+1.24
Go Girl Crazy The Dictators	4	2.84	+1.16
Gasoline Alley Rod Stewart	4	2.95	+1.05

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Bringing It All Back Home Bob Dylan	1	3.63	-2.63
Bitches Brew Miles Davis	1	3.3	-2.3
Killing Joke Killing Joke	1	2.99	-1.99
In Rainbows Radiohead	2	3.85	-1.85
The Man Machine Kraftwerk	2	3.31	-1.31
Fun House The Stooges	2	3.28	-1.28
The Soft Bulletin The Flaming Lips	2	3.28	-1.28
Teen Dream Beach House	2	3.26	-1.26
Protection Massive Attack	2	3.25	-1.25
Spy Vs. Spy: The Music Of Ornette Coleman John Zorn	1	2.23	-1.23

5-Star Albums (6)

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Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols

Popular Reviews

Exit Planet Dust

The Chemical Brothers · 6 likes

2/5

I would contend this is not one of the 1000 albums I needed to hear before I die.

Teen Dream

Beach House · 4 likes

2/5

I think they forgot that the drum machine can go faster than 60 beats per minute. But really, this was a boring, non-descript, self-indulgent album.

Kenya

Machito · 3 likes

5/5

I loved this album. You can inject big band music right into my veins

1-Star Albums (4)

Spy Vs. Spy: The Music Of Ornette Coleman

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Aftermath

The Rolling Stones

3/5

I'm not a big rolling stones fan, and this album reinforced that. I like Under my Thumb and Paint it Black, and I appreciate the song writing, but it still just sounds like a garage band that is never quite in sync.

White Blood Cells

The White Stripes

4/5

I'm always impressed at how full of a sound they get with 2 (occasionally 3) instruments. The songs were pretty varied, and while I felt like the last half of the album lost a bit of steam, it was a good listen.

Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire)

The Kinks

4/5

I enjoyed this album. In some places it sounds really dated, like they were trying to knock off the beatles, but the songs that didn't fall into that pattern were really good.

Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols

Sex Pistols

5/5

I'm very partial to british punk, but listening again I am reminded how good, and brutal, songs like No Feelings, God Save the queen, and anarchy in the uk are. Such great punk.

Abraxas

Santana

4/5

I wasn't expecting the majority of the album to be instrumental, but I enjoyed it a lot despite that. I could see myself putting this on in the background while I work.

Bringing It All Back Home

Bob Dylan

1/5

An assault on my ears. I have not, do not, and will not ever understand the appeal of Bob Dylan.

Dire Straits

4/5

Mark Knopfler is a very talented guitarist, but the song writing on this album leaves something to be desired. Despite that, Sultans of Swing is a special song.

Hms Fable

Shack

2/5

Queen II

Queen

3/5

A fun listen. This album was much campier than I expected. Brian May also really shows off on this album. No song really stood out to me though

Kenya

Machito

5/5

I loved this album. You can inject big band music right into my veins

Sweet Baby James

James Taylor

3/5

I expected more from this album. The folk songs were good, but the rock and funk songs felt forced.

Homework

Daft Punk

3/5

This was OK. I'm guessing this is on here because it mainstreamed electronic music or was very influential in some way. It was a little lost on me, though.

Searching For The Young Soul Rebels

Dexys Midnight Runners

2/5

The only redeeming thing about this album was the horn section, and I usually hate horns used in this way. The singing and song writing are putrid.

Bitches Brew

Miles Davis

1/5

I had very high hopes for this, but it was mostly noise. I don't think this lives up to the historical hype.

Music From The Penguin Cafe

Penguin Cafe Orchestra

2/5

It was OK. Certainly not the worst album we've been given, but not exactly special, either. The musicianship is certainly good, but the experimental nature was really self-indulgent and makes repeat listening unlikely.

Off The Wall

Michael Jackson

4/5

The disco sound is definitely dated, but there are some really good songs on this album. I can't believe this was his fifth solo album. I thought it was his first.

The Lexicon Of Love

ABC

2/5

Very 80s, very synth. Just OK overall.

Wild Gift

2/5

This album would have benefitted from the following: 1. A competent producer. 2. A vocal coach to teach the two singers how to harmonize in more than one interval 3. A new lead vocalist The first four songs on this album were really terrible. It got better towards the end, which is the only reason this gets 2 stars instead of 1.

Are You Experienced

Jimi Hendrix

4/5

I really enjoyed this album, despite the really crappy sound quality of the songs I was listening to.

Boston

4/5

Very fun album.

Spy Vs. Spy: The Music Of Ornette Coleman

John Zorn

1/5

Nope

Go Girl Crazy

The Dictators

4/5

This was a good listen. I think proto punk aptly describes this.

Either Or

Elliott Smith

3/5

A little bland. Very college rock. Some songs reminded me of Rilo Kiley. I could see how this influenced early 2000s indie rock.

The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn

Pink Floyd

3/5

I knew that Pink Floyd started out as a psychedelic band, so this album wasn't coming out of left field. I'm glad that their tastes evolved.

Dummy

Portishead

3/5

Very much lo-fi beats. Sounds like coffee shop music, and I don't mean that in a bad way. Not my cup of tea, but enjoyable none-the-less.

The Downward Spiral

Nine Inch Nails

4/5

I enjoyed this much more than I thought I would. I feel like this album was more influential than I ever know. A lot of the songs sounded very 90s in a good way, like a lot of other bands were trying to replicate the sound.

A Night At The Opera

Queen

4/5

Fun album. Better than I expected honestly

Murder Ballads

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

4/5

I really wanted to like this album, but the stories that the songs told didn't really do much for me. The songs all kind of sounded the same.

All Directions

The Temptations

3/5

Papa was a rolling stone is a great song, but the rest of this album is just OK. I prefer earlier Temptations. By the way, WOW track 2 dropped a lot of N-bombs on us.

Sheer Heart Attack

Queen

3/5

Live At Leeds

The Who

4/5

I'm not a huge fan of the Who, but this is pretty good.

Ingenue

k.d. lang

3/5

First Band On The Moon

The Cardigans

4/5

I overall liked this album. Lovefool is a fun song. Lost some steam in the back half, but that was a weird iron man cover

Southern Rock Opera

Drive-By Truckers

3/5

I thought I'd like this, but it got a little repetitive.

Fun House

The Stooges

2/5

way too jam band for my liking

The Soft Bulletin

The Flaming Lips

2/5

Could not get into this

The Boatman's Call

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

2/5

These songs all sounded the same. I didn't care for the style, but even assuming I did, the songs are all one long, slow dirge.

Court And Spark

Joni Mitchell

3/5

I respect the hell out of Joni Mitchell. I think I would have rated this lower if I had been blind to the artist. Overall, well done, but not for me.

Moondance

Van Morrison

3/5

I appreciated the variety in songs. Moondance is a nice jazz song. The rest of the album is fine, but not something that I would listen to again.

Exit Planet Dust

The Chemical Brothers

2/5

I would contend this is not one of the 1000 albums I needed to hear before I die.

Lady In Satin

Billie Holiday

4/5

Really really good. Would listen again.

Heartbreaker

Ryan Adams

4/5

I really liked this album. The lead song is really good, and the rest of this album was well-crafted, heartbreaking music.

In Rainbows

Radiohead

2/5

Maybe one catchy song. Otherwise, pretty boring and self indulgent. The most memorable part of this album was it's release price.

Live At The Harlem Square Club

Sam Cooke

5/5

Really fun album. Looking forward to listening to this again.

Urban Hymns

The Verve

4/5

Solid late 90s rock.

Teen Dream

Beach House

2/5

I think they forgot that the drum machine can go faster than 60 beats per minute. But really, this was a boring, non-descript, self-indulgent album.

Quiet Life

Japan

3/5

This was OK. I'm not a new-wave guy, but the songs were varied and some were catchy.

Butterfly

Mariah Carey

2/5

It was fine, but ultimately not for me. I couldn't finish the last two tracks .

Gasoline Alley

Rod Stewart

4/5

Fun album.

Bandwagonesque

Teenage Fanclub

4/5

Fun album. Well done 90s alt rock

S&M

Metallica

3/5

Cool concept but Metallica is not my jam

Vivid

Living Colour

3/5

Good background music

Frampton Comes Alive

Peter Frampton

5/5

This was really good. The talk box lives rent free in my head

The Pleasure Principle

Gary Numan

3/5

I'm not a big new wave guy, but this album was decent

New Boots And Panties

Ian Dury

2/5

Juvenile, not a fun listen

Wish You Were Here

Pink Floyd

4/5

The title track is a fantastic rock song. The rest of the album isn't really my speed.

Electric Warrior

T. Rex

3/5

Not a bad listen, but probably won't seek it out again

Killing Joke

1/5

This was terrible. My ears hurt halfway through the second song

B-52's

The B-52's

3/5

I really like the vibe of this album, but all the songs could have been 2 minutes shorter

Station To Station

David Bowie

3/5

Good. Not really my jam

Adele

5/5

Really good album. Excellent vocals and song writing

Oracular Spectacular

MGMT

5/5

College nostalgia dictates that I give this 5 stars. But really there are some great songs on here. Electric Feel has been in my brain for 15 years

The Man Machine

Kraftwerk

2/5

Too electronic for me

Protection

Massive Attack

2/5

This was boring. Early 90s electronic was neither that good nor that influential

Suede

2/5

Meh