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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Supa Dupa Fly Missy Elliott	5	2.92	+2.08
Signing Off UB40	5	2.97	+2.03
Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo Devo	5	3.13	+1.87
Dance Mania Tito Puente	5	3.27	+1.73
Fear Of A Black Planet Public Enemy	5	3.34	+1.66
xx The xx	5	3.37	+1.63
Madman Across The Water Elton John	5	3.59	+1.41
To Pimp A Butterfly Kendrick Lamar	5	3.61	+1.39
Superunknown Soundgarden	5	3.66	+1.34
Palo Congo Sabu	4	2.69	+1.31

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Songs Of Leonard Cohen Leonard Cohen	1	3.38	-2.38
Garbage Garbage	1	3.38	-2.38
John Prine John Prine	1	3.22	-2.22
The Boatman's Call Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds	1	3.2	-2.2
Tubular Bells Mike Oldfield	1	3.1	-2.1
Berlin Lou Reed	1	3.1	-2.1
You're Living All Over Me Dinosaur Jr.	1	3.08	-2.08
New Wave The Auteurs	1	2.86	-1.86
Siamese Dream The Smashing Pumpkins	2	3.83	-1.83
Born In The U.S.A. Bruce Springsteen	2	3.7	-1.7

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Artist	Albums	Average
David Bowie	3	4.33

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Artist	Ratings
Leonard Cohen	1, 4

5-Star Albums (15)

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The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars

Popular Reviews

Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo

Devo

5/5

Great satire delivered in solid music

8 likes

Parallel Lines

Blondie

5/5

Obvi so good! And finally a strong female presence!

6 likes

Dare!

The Human League

4/5

This is kinda like Devo meets Bowie imo (but with a more pop vibe), I dig it!

6 likes

The Clash

2/5

They have some good songs but they're not on here, and it's all just british yelling over mediocre rock imo

6 likes

I’m a Lonesome Fugitive

Merle Haggard

4/5

A country classic and liked it more than I expected to :)

6 likes

1-Star Albums (8)

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Born In The U.S.A.

Bruce Springsteen

2/5

So repetitive! Not a big fan, very proudly american and theatrical I'm on fire is p good tho, my fave

Black Sabbath

5/5

Damn! Everyone kills it in this group. Ozzy is legendary obvi, guitar wails (and solos are much better than van halen imo), bass is dark and rich, and drums take it to the next level. Love NIB, love it all

The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars

David Bowie

5/5

Crime Of The Century

Supertramp

4/5

Surf's Up

The Beach Boys

3/5

Morrison Hotel

The Doors

4/5

Solid, nice n bluesy at the extremities with rock n roll center. Favorite was probably You Make Me Real, followed by Peace Frog (but what a title!)

A Nod Is As Good As A Wink To A Blind Horse

Faces

4/5

Solid rock album, fun vibes and lots of energy. Didn't know them before, so fun to discover!

From Elvis In Memphis

Elvis Presley

4/5

Solid, great voice and character. Wouldn't listen to it every day tho

The Joshua Tree

2/5

Pretty boring. Lots of wailing and not my fave

Nilsson Schmilsson

Harry Nilsson

4/5

very fun, what a difference between without you and coconut. I liked early in the morning and jump into the fire best (sick bass and drums).

Maverick A Strike

Finley Quaye

3/5

You've Come a Long Way Baby

Fatboy Slim

4/5

Very good, great flow. Songs were a bit long, but all bangers. Obvi faves were the hits, but You're not from Brighton was a happy surprise :)

New Wave

The Auteurs

1/5

This was some trish trash, like wtf is this doing on the list haha

Fractured Life

Air Traffic

3/5

Wasn't a big fan, kinda getting tired of this rock streak... I did like Empty Space and Pee Wee Martini though

Fear Of A Black Planet

Public Enemy

5/5

Solid album, obvi Faves were Can't do nuttin for ya, man and war at 33 1/3

The Real Thing

Faith No More

4/5

Pretty good and definitely better than other albums we've heard (*cough* auteurs *cough*), I liked the funky bass and blending of genres in some songs. Faves were Epic and Woodpecker from Mars

Wild Wood

Paul Weller

2/5

Big meh, the best song was the 1st one because the guitar was nice but or else it was p boring

I’m a Lonesome Fugitive

Merle Haggard

4/5

A country classic and liked it more than I expected to :)

The Boatman's Call

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

1/5

Trash, "music pour faire dodo"

Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

3/5

I get why people love this so much, but just not my cup of tea

I Should Coco

Supergrass

4/5

Very good, need to relisten to find faves but solid all around!

Paul Simon

3/5

ehhhhh not superb, some good music but like the lyrics are questionable

To Pimp A Butterfly

Kendrick Lamar

5/5

Awesome album, love all the features and kendrick using all the voices he can fit in there. Jazz and funk fills the album with incredible sound

Axis: Bold As Love

Jimi Hendrix

4/5

obviously incredible guitar, listened to this bad boi with headphones and that was an experience to be sure. At some points the sound was a bit overwhelming even

Heaven Or Las Vegas

Cocteau Twins

4/5

Very fun, solid all the way through. Nothing stood out particularly, so will need to listen again for faves

In Rainbows

Radiohead

4/5

I liked it a lot, very radiohead

Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo

Devo

5/5

Great satire delivered in solid music

Protection

Massive Attack

3/5

Sooooo ambient it was pretty boring. I like their later album, despite it also being super ambient, but this was just a bit long n slow for me

Faith

George Michael

3/5

Didn't need christian bad boy george michael in my life, still don't. Musically it works, and at some points ya it's groovin and fun, but these lyrics are nonsense and trying so hard to be a "good" bad boy. Listening to this reminds me of the book about christian sex

Here, My Dear

Marvin Gaye

3/5

Obvi a great musician, but this album was very monotone and super long!

1977

Ash

3/5

I had higher hopes for this album with the sick guitar at the beginning, but feel like it just kinda went straight to edgy rock that I wasn't as fond of

Tres Hombres

ZZ Top

4/5

I liked this one lot, it felt like classic rock and the songs come together

Searching For The Young Soul Rebels

Dexys Midnight Runners

3/5

pretty good, I liked their energy and the flow of the album. Nothing crazy tho

Rattus Norvegicus

The Stranglers

4/5

Solid album, loved Princess of the Streets! (or queen?) Quality dropped off a bit after that though, hanging around was a low point on the album

The xx

5/5

I already love this album, so still love it. Very chill, coherent, and a great duet

John Prine

1/5

twang twang twang i'm a country singer and I hate technology so put me back in my motel

Music From Big Pink

The Band

4/5

Really liked it! Very jammy, fun, and I liked how many people it seemed were involved. Many songs sounded like people just walked in, grabbed an instrument, and joined the fun

Your Arsenal

Morrissey

2/5

Really wasn't feeling this one. I heard a song I liked and I looked over and the album had ended and it was on autoplay...

Infected

The The

3/5

I liked this one quite a bit! Was expecting some heavy metal from the name, but it was chill and fun. Just short of 4 stars

Let's Stay Together

Al Green

4/5

not bad at all, I liked that the songs weren't super long but in this case they could've been even a bit longer

Tubular Bells

Mike Oldfield

1/5

Dawg whaatttttt It could've been organized into songs but no just gonna continuously put random sounds in for an hour...

Go Girl Crazy

The Dictators

4/5

lmao what an album. So punk, so camp, great irony. Love the personality, and some of the music

Graceland

Paul Simon

3/5

hmmmmmmm didn't particularly need any more paul simon... Some of it was good, he is after all a talented musician. I actually liked the alternate unreleased version of Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes but does that count if it's not really on the OG album??

Songs Of Leonard Cohen

Leonard Cohen

1/5

Not a fan, this could've put me right to sleep if I wasn't actively doing something else.

Odessa

Bee Gees

3/5

Not bad, but pretty unspectacular and less than I was hoping for from the bee gees

Midnight Ride

Paul Revere & The Raiders

4/5

This one was fun! I especially liked the last song, thought it was a very silly but fun premise. Would like to listen to the full album, as I only found it on youtube and some songs were unavailable :(

Parallel Lines

Blondie

5/5

Obvi so good! And finally a strong female presence!

Moby Grape

4/5

Really liked it! kinda put it off for a bit since I was busy (and I kept trying to listen to it while writing my paper about the movie but had to keep pausing to watch the movie so I gave up) but I was pleasantly surprised! I liked the beginning of the album more than the middle/end tho, I will admit

Beautiful Freak

Eels

3/5

Interesting, nothing crazy for me though. Raspy voice kinda gets old imo

Tracy Chapman

4/5

Very good! This is what good acoustic music sounds like to me! And more women!

The Clash

2/5

They have some good songs but they're not on here, and it's all just british yelling over mediocre rock imo

Live Through This

Hole

3/5

It was pretty good, nothing to write home about though. I liked the punk direction but thought they could've differentiated themselves a bit more with that

Manassas

Stephen Stills

2/5

meh, not really my thing

Pretzel Logic

Steely Dan

4/5

Great one! Super good music, but the lyrics were sometimes like wtf dawg

Sweetheart Of The Rodeo

The Byrds

2/5

Way more country than I expected, and the content was all so negative!

Signing Off

UB40

5/5

Awesome, a classic imo and so chill Didn't know they were british but knowing this list it checks out

Exodus

Bob Marley & The Wailers

5/5

a classic, obvi!

Virgin Suicides

Air

2/5

Maybe one song held up on it's own but as a whole it was so dark and the last song really spooked me/got to my bad feelings :( Maybe goes well with the movie, but wouldn't keep it on the list. 2 stars because production was p good but boring

Debut

Björk

3/5

First (partial) listen was meh, but 2nd listen was much better and I digged it :)

Grace

Jeff Buckley

3/5

The beginning had hope, was kinda like muse/radiohead with the singing but then it got way more religious (or maybe I just started paying attention to the lyrics?) and then it bumped again at the end

Wish You Were Here

Pink Floyd

5/5

Incredible piece of music imo, great album, very cohesive for it's time 😉

Wild Is The Wind

Nina Simone

4/5

powerful, deep, and energetic. Super good album, but towards the end there were a bit more questionable songs

Deserter's Songs

Mercury Rev

3/5

Some good songs, but got really weird at some points

If You Can Believe Your Eyes & Ears

The Mamas & The Papas

4/5

Solid album, very fun and I didn't know some of these songs were even the mamas and the papas (maybe they're covers?)

Diamond Life

Sade

4/5

I knew what I was getting into kinda with sade, but was very pleasantly surprised, actually liked it more than I expected :)

Germfree Adolescents

X-Ray Spex

2/5

not memorable, singer was p bad but funny name

Hunky Dory

David Bowie

4/5

Very good album, obvi!

In A Silent Way

Miles Davis

4/5

A banger, but maybe the longest banger ever

The Coral

2/5

Not really my thing, every song was the same and basically young adult singalongs

The Who Sell Out

The Who

3/5

Solid album, good musicians but not my fave

Let's Get It On

Marvin Gaye

5/5

super good all the way through, with such a strong start

Moon Safari

Air

2/5

why another air album? We wonder

Soul Mining

The The

4/5

Didn't have super high hopes for this one but I thought it was super good! I rarely pay so much attention to the drums but they really led the way here, and the bass lines were pronounced and funky, so i was a big fan!

Introducing The Hardline According To Terence Trent D'Arby

Terence Trent D'Arby

3/5

This was solid, if not too religious. Kinda weird at some points for sure

British Steel

Judas Priest

4/5

Solid metal album, great guitar and fun and not too british haha

Supa Dupa Fly

Missy Elliott

5/5

so good! so many killer features and production is on point on every single track!

Station To Station

David Bowie

4/5

Can you even go wrong with bowie? This is a testament to no

Dance Mania

Tito Puente

5/5

Honestly a great album, full of life! very nice listen, would def get this record

Dare!

The Human League

4/5

This is kinda like Devo meets Bowie imo (but with a more pop vibe), I dig it!

Quiet Life

Japan

2/5

This is pretty sleepy, boring music. Alien and A Foreign Place were highlights, but this is at best driving music

Madman Across The Water

Elton John

5/5

Man this guy can sing! Loved it, and found some songs to be way more gospel-like than I expected but I dig it

Berlin

Lou Reed

1/5

I really wasn't a fan of this one, I'll have to agree with the early critics and call this hot garbage and wtf was up with the lyrics, especially at the end and then the part where it just sounds like everyone's dying??

Bert Jansch

4/5

pretty good actually! I liked it more than I expected, and the vibe it gave off really reminded me of the canadian national film bureau movies I was watching

Rust In Peace

Megadeth

3/5

This was metal alright. Nothing craaaazy but sick guitar

Green River

Creedence Clearwater Revival

3/5

It was good, but not really my thing.

...And Justice For All

Metallica

4/5

Very cool, but one thing I wasn't crazy about is how many of the songs had no ending, they just stopped (and sometimes changed partway through like they know how to do a transition but not at the end of a song?) Also, fun fact: Keegan's house used to be owned by Lars Ulrich, the drummer

Rum Sodomy & The Lash

The Pogues

4/5

A fuckin banger, although sometimes the subject matter (if I even understood it) was totally wild

You're Living All Over Me

Dinosaur Jr.

1/5

This was pretty bad. Singing was drony, instruments all over the place, it was noise

Arrival

ABBA

4/5

some classics on here, but not a huge huge fan of abba overall. Interesting to see early pop

Dear Science

TV On The Radio

3/5

Not bad, some very catchy songs but nothing to write home about, either

Let's Get Killed

David Holmes

3/5

It wasn't bad, but pretty sleepy and uneventful. I liked the james bond remix, and Don't Die Just yet was good too. Skits were fun

Here Are the Sonics

The Sonics

4/5

The cover art did not prepare me for what I heard! I liked it a lot, and surprised it's so old tbh

Palo Congo

Sabu

4/5

Very fun! man can drum, and the singing was fun but maybe a bit repetitive

No Other

Gene Clark

3/5

I feel like I recognize a lot of these songs but they're all kinda similar so maybe it was just every one after the 1st one haha. Sick album art, and no other was my fave off this

Siamese Dream

The Smashing Pumpkins

2/5

Idk man, really not my thing. I like the metal influences, the rock, and what led here, but not what we got here particularly

Synchronicity

The Police

4/5

Very nice album :) I liked the title song in 2 parts, it tied together the album as a unified piece and the change in tone towards more desperation as it progressed was great

Unknown Pleasures

Joy Division

2/5

I was kinda excited to listen to this because I've seen this album cover a million god damn times (maybe the most reused album art ever?) but it was kinda a big meh for me and it all kinda blended together, and then when I payed closer attention I asked myself wtf is going on with the melody

Superunknown

Soundgarden

5/5

I really dig this. I like how it was heavy, but also clear what they wanted to get across and not overcrowded. Great songs, black hole sun is a classic obvi

Apocalypse 91… The Enemy Strikes Black

Public Enemy

4/5

Solid all the way through, but I still liked fear of a black planet better. Great commentary all the way through

Odelay

Beck

4/5

I liked it a lot! But I like Beck and this was fun

Unhalfbricking

Fairport Convention

3/5

Interesting and well-done, but not my favorite

Devil Without A Cause

Kid Rock

2/5

I was ready to listen to something kinda wild, but this was difficult to listen to. Some good parts, and it is interesting as a genre-mixing album, but he brought in all the parts I'm not fond of from each genre it seems

I'm Your Man

Leonard Cohen

4/5

I like this one so much better than the last leonard cohen album. Thought his voice was great n deep, and the synth popped

Born To Run

Bruce Springsteen

3/5

This was fun! The lyrics were way less repetitive and the rhythm was more solid throughout.

Elephant

The White Stripes

4/5

Great album. Some songs are a bit whiny tho, maybe a bit cliché and overplayed at this point