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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Ungodly Hour Chloe x Halle	5	2.63	+2.37
Has A Good Home Final Fantasy	5	2.85	+2.15
RENAISSANCE Beyoncé	5	3	+2
Up Great Big Sea	5	3.02	+1.98
Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum Tally Hall	5	3.03	+1.97
Re Café Tacvba	5	3.04	+1.96
People The Burning Hell	5	3.18	+1.82
Hadestown Anaïs Mitchell	5	3.2	+1.8
John Coltrane And Johnny Hartman John Coltrane	5	3.49	+1.51
Fashion Nugget CAKE	5	3.49	+1.51

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
A Charlie Brown Christmas Vince Guaraldi Trio	1	3.91	-2.91
Stop Making Sense Talking Heads	1	3.8	-2.8
Vs. Pearl Jam	1	3.65	-2.65
Year of the Cat Al Stewart	1	3.13	-2.13
John Dawson Winter III Johnny Winter	1	2.85	-1.85
St. Louis To Liverpool Chuck Berry	2	3.69	-1.69
Alive 2007 Daft Punk	2	3.67	-1.67
Korn Korn	1	2.62	-1.62
Nail Scraping Foetus off the Wheel	1	2.42	-1.42
Look Sharp! Joe Jackson	2	3.4	-1.4

5-Star Albums (10)

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Hadestown

Anaïs Mitchell

5/5

Immediate 5*.

2 likes

GUTS

Olivia Rodrigo

3/5

fun listen! i felt very millenial in a awkward way though.

2 likes

Gordon

Barenaked Ladies

4/5

pretty decent, but not as moving as it was when i was 13. Funny how life works that way. 3 or 4.

1 likes

Excitable Boy

Warren Zevon

3/5

Alright. very earnest and winsome. I love werewolf of london, but can only take this singer in small doses.

1 likes

Great Big Sea

5/5

They walked so the longest johns could run. I don't hate this. Baseline of 4 stars easy. This is a definite 5 star album. It's like, top 5 albums for me. Great pick, 1001 Albums!

1 likes

1-Star Albums (8)

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Ungodly Hour

Chloe x Halle

5/5

I like this album a lot! 4 or 5 stars.

Cor-Crane Secret

Polvo

2/5

2 stars? I didn't have to stop it but I also got little pleasure from it.

Alive 2007

Daft Punk

2/5

Gritting my teeth with this one. Maybe in a lower stress time this would be alright, but eh

All Hail West Texas

The Mountain Goats

3/5

good and kinda like a male kimya dawson. I don't think I'd return to this particular album though.

Stretch 2

Arca

3/5

thunka thunka thunka. Not the worst to listen to at work but kinda meh.

Boxer

The National

4/5

Very entertaining. 4 stars, minus 1 just for being a little melancholy, but oh what music they make.

John Dawson Winter III

Johnny Winter

1/5

Awful album. like dad rock and blues had a baby. I respect his skill, it's just not mine.

HELLYEAH

1/5

not for me. 1.

WORRY

Jeff Rosenstock

2/5

like bad album rock. 2s.

Nail

Scraping Foetus off the Wheel

1/5

I hate this album. 1 or 2 stars. All noise, no payoff.

Young Team

Mogwai

4/5

Jam. not a lot of words, which is nice, and good vocal variety (flute, etc). Not really what I reach for first, but it's growing on me. Damn, they had to end with a flute song. +1 star for that.

Transatlanticism

Death Cab for Cutie

3/5

i like it! 3ish. Usually my jam but EOD I've heard them often.

Moffou

Salif Keita

2/5

Unable to access. 2s. Im sure its better if i could hear it.

Enema Of The State

blink-182

3/5

I've heard this. 3?

Funeral Dress

Wussy

2/5

beautiful mess. 2*

Great Big Sea

5/5

They walked so the longest johns could run. I don't hate this. Baseline of 4 stars easy. This is a definite 5 star album. It's like, top 5 albums for me. Great pick, 1001 Albums!

Café Tacvba

5/5

Really solid album! 4 bumped to a 5 because I did a relisten! definitely catchy music overall.

No.1 In Heaven

Sparks

3/5

early read, 3. Not unpleasant, but the kinda 80s music I would never have tolerated before 1001 albs.

Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum

Tally Hall

5/5

ok this is catchy. I have to give it a 5 cause i listened to it twice. maybe a 3rd.

Mm..Food

MF DOOM

2/5

tolerable, but dull. Not a relisten for me.

Puzzle

Biffy Clyro

3/5

entirely forgettable but has nice hooks.

Out Of Time

R.E.M.

3/5

pretty good! solid 3.

A Black Mile To The Surface

Manchester Orchestra

3/5

eh. 3.

Stop Making Sense

Talking Heads

1/5

Dang near unlistenable. 1 or 2 depending on how my day goes.

Music For People In Trouble

Susanne Sundfør

3/5

Earnest to a fault. A little too much so, but has moments where it reminds me of bjork or enjya. Not bad.

Year of the Cat

Al Stewart

1/5

Ultimate dad rock. 1 star pretty unlistenable.

Tomb

Angelo De Augustine

4/5

+1 for being family. Not craving, but like a less catchy

Silence Yourself

Savages

2/5

i dont remember this tbh.

In the Aeroplane Over the Sea

Neutral Milk Hotel

4/5

4? a classic, and one im voluntarily listening to twice. At its best moments it sounds like its peer the decemberists, but IDK if it has had quite the emotional reaction from me as them.

Carrie & Lowell

Sufjan Stevens

3/5

Too cool coming right after the other album with the high pitched guy. His sound is much more approachable, and I gave the other guy 4 so I expect at least a 4 here. Actually htis is an album about death and I found it incredibly distressing. Woof, I might still give it a 4 but I won't give it a relisten.

Recipe for Hate

Bad Religion

3/5

3. What kinda nickleback BS is this.

Phantom Power

The Tragically Hip

2/5

FIne? No recall at all. Like early REM.

10,000 gecs

100 gecs

4/5

Hello, autotune. Bananas, no bangers i remember but surprisingly weird and fun.

Because the Internet

Childish Gambino

3/5

its good. catchy but fun. 3. Not rated higher bc too many words for work.

Chocolate & Cheese

Ween

2/5

i didnt like this album but i don remember how i rated it so 2.

Peasant

Richard Dawson

4/5

This album is weird a.f. I dont mind it. Kinda remind me if I had a band and, well, actual musical talent, and a complete obliviousness for my lack of ability to sing.

Get Rich Or Die Ryan

Spose

2/5

all braggadocio and bluster but at least not afaict homophobic? 2-3 s?

Y Ahora Qué?

Reincidentes

3/5

Like a latin language green day with eerily disturbing cover art. 3.

Sublime

4/5

I've heard this one before! weird flashback of music. Catchy as hell. Predicting a 4. I'm enjoying it more than I expected, especially since their lead singer died.

Fear Inoculum

TOOL

3/5

who knows what nu metal is about. it's not bad... now anyway.

Lateralus

TOOL

2/5

just alright. 2 tool albums in a row. I think I liked the first one better. 2 or 3 stars. definitely not bad to have on in the background at work.

Under The Pink

Tori Amos

4/5

I've definitely heard this one before. at least 4 stars, 5 if its not overplayed for me. not especially craveable, but tori played so so many other artists I love can jam.

People

The Burning Hell

5/5

I really like this album! very listenable.

Control

Pedro The Lion

2/5

what kind of white nonsense is this? I'd enjoy this better if it didn't sound like it was slowed down to 65% speed.

Bon Iver

3/5

Dreamy, surrealist drowned cats.

Contra

Vampire Weekend

4/5

This should be fun. 4?

John Coltrane And Johnny Hartman

John Coltrane

5/5

i like it! set me up for an afternoon of jazz. exemplary example of the form

The Lion's Roar

First Aid Kit

2/5

i dont love this band, to the degree I was going to stop it midway through with a 1. The fem power aspect of me encouraged me to push through it, but it's not my taste in music especially

Young, Loud And Snotty

Dead Boys

2/5

Seems like it's going to rock. Rock for me though? Who can tell with one hit wonders and 70s music.

Gordon

Barenaked Ladies

4/5

pretty decent, but not as moving as it was when i was 13. Funny how life works that way. 3 or 4.

Dead Man's Party

Oingo Boingo

2/5

danny elfman is in it! wild. a slog 2s. but hey at least nightmare before christmas was a thing.

The Impossible Kid

Aesop Rock

3/5

rap! i dont hate it. Like a really punchy rap debut. Not bad, but not necessarily clicked for me. 3. A very talented rap virtuoso, but I don't think aurally the tunes worked for me as well as otherwise.

Hand. Cannot. Erase.

Steven Wilson

4/5

+1 cause i listened to it again. It's a neat experimental album.

After Hours

The Weeknd

3/5

#1 in the world, wow. So much autotune though.

Look Sharp!

Joe Jackson

2/5

sounds like another elvis costello sound alike from the first few bars. I skipped the end of the song. 2 stars is generous but I'm grateful today.

Telefone

Noname

4/5

Very chill and very fun! good listen. 4 stars for me. Gotta love the Chi girlies.

Korn

1/5

True 1 star for me. I made it through half of one song before deciding it had to go.

Currents

Tame Impala

3/5

Acceptable neo-hipster nonsense. Catchy but fluffy.

Savage Sinusoid

Igorrr

3/5

Uh oh. Three vivid screams right up front. not really my vibe. 1 Weirdly, it got better. I'll bump it to 3 for being well outside my comfort zone, but also cool.

Vs.

Pearl Jam

1/5

For me this is 1 star album. I'm sure they invite folk and rock into their music but for me, this isn't necessarily working as a genre of music.

22, A Million

Bon Iver

3/5

Pretty good. dreamy. IDK if i even finished it but it all kinda sounds the same, so sure.

Nia

Blackalicious

4/5

Sassy n'fun. It is an album that grew on me over multiple days.

The Shape Of Punk To Come

Refused

3/5

The last track is literally the author grunting and groaning for several minutes. It's weird music, but sometimes I guess that's what early punk feels like. 3 stars from me.

Witness

Modern Life Is War

2/5

thrash metal bs.

Fantasies

Metric

3/5

that one catchy song (gimmie sympathy). still, a band i'd listen to again.

Frosting On The Beater

The Posies

3/5

better than i thought it would be. I like the idea of frosting.

Ocean Avenue

Yellowcard

4/5

Popular hit song. 3? but im listening to the live version so if i end up listening to the full album on spotify idk. ok i listened to it 2x fun 4 stars for anything with a violin.

Ænima

TOOL

2/5

vom. 99% chance of 1. it wasnt as bad as all hat but I'm still not really here for it.

Boys And Girls in America

The Hold Steady

3/5

like Billy Joel and Elton John had a baby. And he was straight. its decent. 3. (Specifically with regards to STUCK BETWEEN STATIONS and the entire album really). half a point bc i ended up listening to other music like it all morning, which wasn't the worst attempt.

Things We Lost In The Fire

Low

2/5

so so so sad. I don't enjoy listening to this, but some do apparently. 2

Discosis

Bran Van 3000

3/5

Like the band "Air" if it had some more modern songs. It might rate higher than a 3, but I think 3 is all i have in me to rate today.

Mouth Sounds

Neil Cicierega

4/5

A very solid, mindbending (mouthbending?) 4. Like the best of mixes except crazier.

Geography

Tom Misch

3/5

something very kenny g about this rnb. no shade, just rubbing weird against my anxiety today.

The Lioness

Songs: Ohia

3/5

good, chill energy, 3-4 stars. a litle too sad to listen too daily, but a fun listen.

Excitable Boy

Warren Zevon

3/5

Alright. very earnest and winsome. I love werewolf of london, but can only take this singer in small doses.

Join Us

They Might Be Giants

3/5

Decent jam! I forgot how little TMBG there's been on this list. Feels like a very random pick. I would think they would have picked FLOOD their 1990 album with birdhouse, istanbul, etc. 3 or 4, if only because I never made the connection between Decemberists and Cake and TMBG kinda being at the intersection of each of them.

St. Louis To Liverpool

Chuck Berry

2/5

dull. not unlistenable, but not my jam. 2*.

Romance

Fontaines D.C.

2/5

like a more emo green day for 2024. 2 * for being a slog.

Melt My Eyez See Your Future

Denzel Curry

3/5

I wanted to like this more than I did. I will admit to not being entirely sure what I thought of it, as I listened Friday and then the weekend happened. but I'd rate it a 3 generously, probably a 2.

Hadestown

Anaïs Mitchell

5/5

Immediate 5*.

Has A Good Home

Final Fantasy

5/5

gosh, i love this album so far. Cello is a immediate 5 * sound for me. His other albums are like, 3-4 range but this one is great! Thank you to whatever user that suggested this!

Pinkerton

Weezer

3/5

3 stars, except for butterfly which is a gutpunch of an ending vulnerability binge. Not a bad way to listen. Still, 3 stars in my ill-informed opinion.

The Lonesome Crowded West

Modest Mouse

2/5

Im not so much a fan. Even if those are marina towers? But they're actually the westin seattle

Piledriver

Status Quo

2/5

the one song available online means I don't have to listen to the whole album, so that's good news. 2 or 3 otherwise.

The Texas-Jerusalem Crossroads

Lift To Experience

2/5

Not a bad jam bad and really easy to listen, but also where are they now??

Stories

Avicii

2/5

power-pop. let's try it. relentlessly positive! like to the point of being saccharine. 3, but it might be too mean.

Sound Awake

Karnivool

3/5

Thusfar looks like an eyeball and sounds like a car backfiring. Points for being catchy. i was a little harsh for that first half-song.

TRON: Legacy

Daft Punk

2/5

Was not to my taste listening to old movie soundtracks, but whatever floats your boat, buds.

Souvlaki

Slowdive

3/5

Like a sleepy, honeyed version of nyquil. Not a bad, relaxing album when I'm stressed, but a little dull and mushy when I want to feel things.

GUTS

Olivia Rodrigo

3/5

fun listen! i felt very millenial in a awkward way though.

Magnolia Electric Co.

Songs: Ohia

4/5

i dig this album! like a 4. reminds me of a bluesier weepies.

Mad Dogs & Englishmen

Joe Cocker

3/5

He's dad rock extreme and I admire him for it.

Piñata

Freddie Gibbs

3/5

fun! very west coast rap. Not bad listen.

In Between Dreams

Jack Johnson

3/5

I think I feel nostalgically about this album. it's been too long though.

Come On Over

Shania Twain

4/5

Ooof. speaking of nostalgic albums, this is one I listened the S*** out of back in the day. i woudlnt say its especially relevant to my life now, but man does this album make me feel like a woman. 4 stars!

Atrocity Exhibition

Danny Brown

3/5

this is FILTHY lol. 3?

Moa Anbessa

Getatchew Mekurya

3/5

it's got swag. kinda punk meets blues sax? pretty wild, im not sure I like it? But I respect it. fun and sassy. 3?

Blizzard Of Ozz

Ozzy Osbourne

3/5

very dad rock, but catchy. 3.

Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You

Big Thief

3/5

Tolerable, but wish it had been half as long of an album. It's just a lot to get through. 3.

A Beginner's Mind

Sufjan Stevens

3/5

Pretty good! I don't love this album specifically, but I like the idea of it and I gotta support my hom(o)ies.

Human Racing

Nik Kershaw

2/5

This is so 80's. I'm less averse than I used to be, but I'd still rather hear paint dry. 2.

Damien Rice

4/5

I love Damien Rice I think. Blower's daughter might be overplayed, but I'm really curious about the other ones. Gosh this album is sad. Still a 4 for the pleasure it gave me back in the day.

Stella

Yello

4/5

Memorably, one of the duo looks uncannily like Stan Lee. Expecting another bland, homogeneous 80's hit. 3. I'll bump it to 4. It's a great work listen, relatively few words and very musically forgettable. That damn "coke" sound effect that you hear everywhere came from here! Go figure.

RENAISSANCE

Beyoncé

5/5

easy listen! 5, unless I hit a mood.

Afraid Of Sunlight

Marillion

3/5

Dad rock, but not terrible. Like a hug from some stranger's dad. Still good, but definitely not your own.

How To Be A Human Being

Glass Animals

3/5

fun album. IDK if I'm cool enough to appreciate it though. it doesnt speak to me directly, 3 stars.

Choirs Of The Eye

Kayo Dot

3/5

I've forgotten everything about this album, but I do remember it sounding epic and being relatively innocuous. So.... 3?

Geogaddi

Boards of Canada

2/5

tedious and distracting to listen to at work. Saved from 1 star bc this Boards of Canada album has beware the friendly stranger, a really cool song I've used in LARPing. IDK what else though.

Oceanic

ISIS

2/5

smooth jazz punk rock. nothing else like it AFAICT, if only i actually liked it.

No Talking Just Head

The Heads

2/5

I dont. dig this. 2 stars is generous.

Please Don't Take Me Back

Martha

3/5

Fun and plastic. 3?