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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Devil Without A Cause Kid Rock	4	2.06	+1.94
Like A Prayer Madonna	5	3.23	+1.77
Slippery When Wet Bon Jovi	5	3.29	+1.71
Synchronicity The Police	5	3.42	+1.58
Off The Wall Michael Jackson	5	3.78	+1.22
A Hard Day's Night Beatles	5	3.9	+1.1
A Night At The Opera Queen	5	3.96	+1.04

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Bossanova Pixies	1	3.38	-2.38
Bitches Brew Miles Davis	1	3.3	-2.3
Apocalypse 91… The Enemy Strikes Black Public Enemy	1	3.23	-2.23
Loveless My Bloody Valentine	1	3.17	-2.17
Machine Gun Etiquette The Damned	1	3.15	-2.15
Cypress Hill Cypress Hill	1	3.14	-2.14
Modern Life Is Rubbish Blur	1	3.13	-2.13
Your New Favourite Band The Hives	1	3.12	-2.12
Kimono My House Sparks	1	3.06	-2.06
Sister Sonic Youth	1	3.02	-2.02

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Beatles	3	4.67

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Artist	Albums	Average
Sonic Youth	2	1.5

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Apocalypse 91… The Enemy Strikes Black

Public Enemy

1/5

Can't do it. No way I'll get thru this whole album. I'm annoyed after the first 2:53 of the 1st song.

11 likes

Blood On The Tracks

Bob Dylan

2/5

There are some artists that should only be songwriters, NOT singer-songwriters. I'm sorry to say, but Bob Dylan is one of those artists. The man CAN NOT sing! I'll bury myself even deeper by adding that Bruce Springsteen is in the same boat, IMO.

9 likes

Synchronicity

The Police

5/5

This was one of my first "cassette tapes"! I LOVE this album!

4 likes

Devil Without A Cause

Kid Rock

4/5

I never turned off Kid when his songs came on the radio but I also never bought or listened to any of his albums all the way through. I still wouldn't buy this album or put it into my regular rotation, but some of the songs on this album still make me turn the volume all the way and bang my head to the beat!

1 likes

Soul Mining

The The

2/5

Did not enjoy the lead singer's voice AT ALL. Music was ok. 2 stars

1 likes

1-Star Albums (15)

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Loveless

My Bloody Valentine

1/5

I couldn't even make it through the 1st 3 songs. It's just chaotic noise. It was horrible. I hated it. I will never listen to another My Bloody Valentine song again.

Machine Gun Etiquette

The Damned

1/5

Listened to half the album this time but still turned it off. These are the best albums in history???? UGH!

Urban Hymns

The Verve

3/5

Step In The Arena

Gang Starr

2/5

Rap is just not for me.

AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted

Ice Cube

2/5

I've never been a fan of "gangsta rap" but I appreciate what Ice Cube has done for the music industry.

Dare!

The Human League

2/5

Maybe it's because I'm older but I don't enjoy this as much now as I did in the 80s.

Histoire De Melody Nelson

Serge Gainsbourg

2/5

A creepy concept album. The music is enjoyable. I would have enjoyed the album much more without the vocals. Not my thing. Won't listen again. From Wiki: "The Lolita-esque pseudo-autobiographical plot of the album involves the middle-aged Gainsbourg unintentionally colliding his Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost into teenage girl Melody Nelson's bicycle, and the subsequent seduction and romance that ensues."

John Prine

2/5

I thought I was a music lover. I haven't loved anything I've heard yet. Maybe I'm a heathen. Oh well, I'll keep trying.

The Slider

T. Rex

3/5

Fun classic-50's-rock-type album with some punk notes. Still not 100% my thing but more enjoyable than the majority of albums I've heard already.

Shaka Zulu

Ladysmith Black Mambazo

2/5

Not for me.

Dirty

Sonic Youth

2/5

Brutal Youth

Elvis Costello

2/5

I'm not a fan of Elvis' voice. It's too nasally and whiney.

Tea for the Tillerman

Cat Stevens

3/5

Play

Moby

3/5

I like a lot of Moby's songs, just not enough to want the entire album.

I Against I

Bad Brains

2/5

Cloud Nine

The Temptations

3/5

In Utero

Nirvana

2/5

I never listened to Nirvana with the exception of the songs that were on the radio. I could not make it thru the screaming in the 2nd song. Why does almost every album on this list have a lead singer that is always SCREAMING?! Ugh. I'm starting to doubt the validity of this list...

The Only Ones

2/5

A Night At The Opera

Queen

5/5

Finally! An album that I agree should be on this list!

Illinois

Sufjan Stevens

3/5

Pleasant background music for working, reading, etc.

Definitely Maybe

Oasis

3/5

Synchronicity

The Police

5/5

This was one of my first "cassette tapes"! I LOVE this album!

Second Toughest In The Infants

Underworld

2/5

Meh, lots of long repetitive songs, some of which were extremely annoying. I did, however, like one or two songs.

Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

3/5

In It For The Money

Supergrass

2/5

The White Album

Beatles

5/5

Vulgar Display Of Power

Pantera

2/5

I just can't listen to this genre of music. It's just noise to me.

Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots

The Flaming Lips

2/5

Ogden's Nut Gone Flake

Small Faces

2/5

Dusty In Memphis

Dusty Springfield

4/5

I'm giving this album solely because it was a pleasant surprise to hear Son of a Preacher Man! I never bothered to find out who sang the song. #PulpFictionFan

Oracular Spectacular

MGMT

3/5

Meh. I wish we could give half stars because this is just middle-of-the-road. 2.5 stars.

White Ladder

David Gray

3/5

Devil Without A Cause

Kid Rock

4/5

Music From Big Pink

The Band

3/5

"The Weight" is actually a song that I always thought was called "Take a Load Off, Fanny". LOL!

Marcus Garvey

Burning Spear

3/5

Reggae. Cool.

Paris 1919

John Cale

2/5

This didn't do much for me. A little slow-paced at times and just meh at others.

Rejoicing In The Hands

Devendra Banhart

1/5

Nope. After 3.5 songs... Just nope.

Dire Straits

3/5

I like the music but I'm just not a fan of Mark Knopfler's voice.

Sister

Sonic Youth

1/5

I thought I had pretty eclectic tastes when it came to music but I have found very few albums on this list so far that I've actually liked! I can't get thru this album either, 4.5 songs listened to.

Bitches Brew

Miles Davis

1/5

This is going to be a very divisive statement but screeching trumpets and other brass instruments are just awful sounding and give me a pounding headache. There is NO way I am going to make it thru the 1st 20+ minute song on this album let alone its entire playtime of 1 hour 45 minutes. It's a no from me.

If I Should Fall From Grace With God

The Pogues

2/5

I hate to rate some of these albums with less than 3 stars because they aren't bad, necessarily, they're just not my thing. But since we can't give 1/2 stars... Irish folk-punk music is NOT my thing. LOL

The Hissing Of Summer Lawns

Joni Mitchell

2/5

Again, just not my thing.

A Hard Day's Night

Beatles

5/5

The ONLY bad thing I have to say about it album is how short it is!

Gentlemen

The Afghan Whigs

2/5

Not a fan of the lead singer AT ALL. Not for me.

Smash

The Offspring

2/5

If I could give half stars, this would be a 2.5.

Haunted Dancehall

The Sabres Of Paradise

3/5

I would listen to some of these songs again.

Infected

The The

2/5

I’ve Got a Tiger By the Tail

Buck Owens

2/5

"Good 'ole boy" music. 2.5

Modern Life Is Rubbish

Blur

1/5

This Album Is Rubbish!

Africa Brasil

Jorge Ben Jor

3/5

The music is ok but I can't understand a word! ;-)

Kimono My House

Sparks

1/5

My God! I can't believe how many of the albums on this list are absolutely unbearable! I forced myself to listen to the entire album because I feel bad giving a low rating without hearing the whole thing but I will never get back the time I wasted on this noise.

Eagles

4/5

Finally! An album that is worthy of this list!

Cypress Hill

1/5

So far, all the songs sound alike, repetitive and annoying. It's like an ice pick to the brain. Literally. I'm 3 songs in and I have an excruciating headache.

Joan Baez

2/5

Not my thing.

Figure 8

Elliott Smith

3/5

Very quiet, relaxing album.

Parachutes

Coldplay

3/5

Sincere

Mj Cole

3/5

Good background music for a chill party or something like that.

Locust Abortion Technician

Butthole Surfers

2/5

Definitely not my thing!

Screamadelica

Primal Scream

2/5

2.5 stars

Made In Japan

Deep Purple

2/5

Not for me.

Future Days

Can

3/5

Nice ambient background music.

Paul Simon

3/5

It's Paul Simon. Not a favorite but still, it's Paul Simon. 3.5 :)

Scott 2

Scott Walker

2/5

Sounds like a bad movie soundtrack.

Tigermilk

Belle & Sebastian

2/5

The Colour Of Spring

Talk Talk

2/5

Meh. 2.5.

Sign 'O' The Times

Prince

3/5

Def not one of my favorite Prince albums but it's still Prince. (3.5 stars)

Court And Spark

Joni Mitchell

2/5

2.5 stars

Fever Ray

2/5

Nice bg music for work or reading. 2.5 stars.

Life's Too Good

The Sugarcubes

2/5

I was going to say that the singer sounds an awful lot like Björk, then I looked them up and found out that the lead singer was, in fact, Björk! This is hit or miss for me. Like Björk's solo music, I like some of the songs and can do without the others. 2.5 stars

Blackstar

David Bowie

2/5

Not my David Bowie. Made it thru the album just out of respect.

At Newport 1960

Muddy Waters

3/5

I really enjoy good blues music. I should listen to it more. 3.5 stars.

Cosmo's Factory

Creedence Clearwater Revival

3/5

Ten

Pearl Jam

2/5

I was never a big fan of Pearl Jam. Just ok. 2.5 stars.

Aftermath

The Rolling Stones

2/5

Never was a Stones fan either... 2.5 stars.

Millions Now Living Will Never Die

Tortoise

2/5

Off The Wall

Michael Jackson

5/5

<3 Michael

We Are Family

Sister Sledge

3/5

O.G. Original Gangster

Ice T

2/5

2.5 just because it's Ice T.

The Chronic

Dr. Dre

2/5

Lust For Life

Iggy Pop

2/5

Scott 4

Scott Walker

2/5

Meh.

Bummed

Happy Mondays

2/5

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

The Kinks

2/5

Nope.

São Paulo Confessions

Suba

2/5

Blood Sugar Sex Magik

Red Hot Chili Peppers

2/5

2.5 stars

Live At Leeds

The Who

2/5

2.5 stars

I'm Your Man

Leonard Cohen

2/5

Teen Dream

Beach House

2/5

Plays like a bad 70s movie credit-roll song.

Nothing's Shocking

Jane's Addiction

3/5

Jazz Samba

Stan Getz

3/5

Raising Hell

Run-D.M.C.

3/5

3.5 stars

1999

Prince

3/5

3.5 stars.

Bert Jansch

2/5

2.5 stars

Every Picture Tells A Story

Rod Stewart

2/5

2.5 stars

Rock 'N Soul

Solomon Burke

3/5

I enjoyed this album. It reminded me of watching the movie Dirty Dancing.

Remain In Light

Talking Heads

2/5

This album made me realize I'm not a big fan of Talking Heads. Their 4 big hits (that I know of) are enough for me.

Back At The Chicken Shack

Jimmy Smith

3/5

3.5 stars. I really like jazz.

Tarkus

Emerson, Lake & Palmer

2/5

Tubular Bells

Mike Oldfield

2/5

Which came 1st? The song or the movie? Google says the album was a slow sell until the title track was used in the movie. 2.5 stars

Queen II

Queen

4/5

FINALLY! Another album that deserves to be on this list! Not the best Queen album, IMO, but definitely worthy of this list.

Like A Prayer

Madonna

5/5

Madonna is one of my all-time favorite artists.

Apocalypse 91… The Enemy Strikes Black

Public Enemy

1/5

Can't do it. No way I'll get thru this whole album. I'm annoyed after the first 2:53 of the 1st song.

If You're Feeling Sinister

Belle & Sebastian

2/5

Abbey Road

Beatles

4/5

Blood On The Tracks

Bob Dylan

2/5

Electric Music For The Mind And Body

Country Joe & The Fish

2/5

Sticky Fingers

The Rolling Stones

2/5

Never was a HUGE Stones fan, so 2.5 stars.

Led Zeppelin III

Led Zeppelin

3/5

3.5 stars

Highway to Hell

AC/DC

4/5

Your New Favourite Band

The Hives

1/5

I just couldn't finish the album, and I REALLY tried. This genre of music does not appeal to me at all.

Joanna Newsom

3/5

Reminds me of Bjork. 2.5 stars The album consists of five tracks with song durations ranging from 7 to 17 minutes that deal with events and people who had been important in Newsom's life in the year previous to recording. These events include the sudden death of Newsom's best friend, a continuing illness and a tumultuous relationship. The album was named after the city of Ys, which according to myth was built on the coast of Brittany and later swallowed by the ocean. The album's title was the last element to be confirmed and was a result of a dream that Joanna had which featured the letters Y and S and a book recommended by a friend that contained reference to the myth. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ys_(Joanna_Newsom_album)) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0

Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs

Derek & The Dominos

3/5

Early Clapton. Generic bluesy-rock. 2.5 stars

Can't Buy A Thrill

Steely Dan

3/5

I remember hearing Steely Dan on the radio as a kid. This is a decent album but I'll probably never listen to it in its entirety again. 2.5 stars

Buena Vista Social Club

2/5

Traditional Cuban music. OK for what it is but it's not my thing. 2.5 stars

One Nation Under A Groove

Funkadelic

2/5

Not for me. 2 stars

Soul Mining

The The

2/5

Did not enjoy the lead singer's voice AT ALL. Music was ok. 2 stars

My Generation

The Who

3/5

I never was much of a Who fan. DOCTOR WHO, yes! But THE Who, not so much. ;-) 2.5 stars

Rust Never Sleeps

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

2/5

Add Neil Young to my list of "singer/songwriters" who should just stick to writing songs. 2 stars

A Girl Called Dusty

Dusty Springfield

3/5

The album is not available on YouTube Music nor could I find it on Spotify so I created my own playlist of the songs and listened to it on Spotify. Who knew I'd know (remember) so many of these songs! Just goes to show how old I am. ;-) 3 stars

Trafalgar

Bee Gees

2/5

"The album was a moderate hit in the United States". More like a one-hit-wonder with "How Can You Mend a Broken Heart?". Had to force myself to finish the album. 1.5 stars

Slippery When Wet

Bon Jovi

5/5

BON JOVI FOREVER!!!!!!!!!! I may be biased but Bon Jovi is the GOAT and my favorite band of all time!!!!

All Directions

The Temptations

2/5

2.5 stars

Aha Shake Heartbreak

Kings of Leon

1/5

Interesting album cover... Made it halfway thru the 5th song and just could not continue.

White Light

Gene Clark

2/5

Meh

A Rush Of Blood To The Head

Coldplay

2/5

I never really made a point to listen to Coldplay. I hear their songs on the radio but they never really made an impression on me. Aside from a few songs, this style of music is just not for me. The overall melancholy, sad vibes of most of their songs are not something I care to listen to on any sort of regularity.

Black Metal

Venom

1/5

I feel bad for giving low ratings just because I don't like a particular genre of music, but for my own sake, I need to know to stay FAR, FAR AWAY from this! 1 star!

I Am a Bird Now

Antony and the Johnsons

2/5

Very unique voice. Interesting but probably won't listen again.

Shake Your Money Maker

The Black Crowes

2/5

You know when you hear a song and you go "OH! So this is _______!" Yeah, that with this group. LOL A Black Crowes song every now and then is ok, but I won't be listening to another album of theirs from start to finish.

Playing With Fire

Spacemen 3

1/5

WTF?!?!? I had to skip songs because they are LITERALLY painful to listen to! Several minutes later... I can't even with this album. Had to shut it off. It's just excruciating noise!

Bossanova

Pixies

1/5

More screaming... Another album that I won't finish listening to.

Peace Sells...But Who's Buying

Megadeth

1/5

1st thought upon seeing the album... "Oh Lordy, here we go with more noise!" LOL And.... I'm out. This is just MORE FUCKING NOISE!!!!!!!!!!!! Jesus Christ, I must be getting old! So much music sounds like noise to me now. Or maybe it always was just noise and I was too young to care!

461 Ocean Boulevard

Eric Clapton

3/5

Before listening: I should be able to get thru a Clapton album, right? After listening: Yes, LOL. I was easily able to listen to this entire album because it's actual MUSIC and not just horrible, head-splitting noise! Was never a "fan" of Clapton but I do enjoy the tunes when I hear them.