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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Nowhere Ride	5	3.02	+1.98
Groovin' The Young Rascals	5	3.03	+1.97
Slanted And Enchanted Pavement	5	3.03	+1.97
Tres Hombres ZZ Top	5	3.42	+1.58
Odessey And Oracle The Zombies	5	3.42	+1.58
Oar Alexander 'Skip' Spence	4	2.46	+1.54
GI Germs	4	2.54	+1.46
Bookends Simon & Garfunkel	5	3.56	+1.44
Dire Straits Dire Straits	5	3.72	+1.28
Can't Buy A Thrill Steely Dan	5	3.72	+1.28

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Now I Got Worry The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion	1	2.52	-1.52
Queen Of Denmark John Grant	2	3.13	-1.13

5-Star Albums (9)

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Dire Straits

5/5

Sometimes it's hard to believe how good a debut album can be. Absolute classic, a great listen almost any time.

8 likes

Bubble And Scrape

Sebadoh

2/5

I had a hard time connecting with most of the songs on this album. Nothing carried a tune really and the lyrics just disappeared.

6 likes

Groovin'

The Young Rascals

5/5

Great album. It's another one of those where I already knew half of the songs, but hadn't quite figured out who the artist was.

2 likes

Slanted And Enchanted

Pavement

5/5

Apparently this is a total classic album that everybody has heard of and loves, except for me. I enjoyed it well enough, although some of it doesn't do anything for me (I can see the nostalgia factor).

1 likes

Now I Got Worry

The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion

1/5

Just couldn't get into it. I'm not sure how this is a must-listen.

1 likes

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Black Monk Time

The Monks

3/5

Not very captivating to me. Not enough melody for my liking at the moment.

Apocalypse Dudes

Turbonegro

4/5

Wall of sound punk rock with meedly meedly guitar solos! What's not to like? Good mosh pit music. I will say that I felt like I had enough by about 5 or 6 songs in and started skipping around looking for something more interesting.

Groovin'

The Young Rascals

5/5

Great album. It's another one of those where I already knew half of the songs, but hadn't quite figured out who the artist was.

Slanted And Enchanted

Pavement

5/5

Broken English

Marianne Faithfull

3/5

Lots of spoken word albums in this list. I really didn't like this album very much. I though the music and the backing band were good, but couldn't get into the vocals at all.

Tres Hombres

ZZ Top

5/5

What a classic!! Growely vocals, jamming blues guitar, slick drum riffs. I listened to "Master of Sparks" at least 5 times in a row - I couldn't get enough of it. I've heard a lot of songs off of this album, but not all of them, and not all together.

Superfuzz Bigmuff

Mudhoney

4/5

Born In The U.S.A.

Bruce Springsteen

4/5

Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space

Spiritualized

3/5

Eh. I know this one gets massive kudos for what it is, and in the psych circles this one gets brought up a lot. But personally it just doesn't really fit the bill and is a little lacking in spacey-ness and heavy on vocals.

Protection

Massive Attack

3/5

Personally I'm not really a Massive Attack fan, though I do appreciate that it was a part of the early downtempo/chillwave sort of sound.

Nowhere

Ride

5/5

I really enjoyed this album, I had never heard it before. Great musical sound and good vocals and harmonies. I never knew this was such a classic!

Dire Straits

5/5

Sometimes it's hard to believe how good a debut album can be. Absolute classic, a great listen almost any time.

Nothing's Shocking

Jane's Addiction

4/5

I've heard various songs by Jane's Addiction on the radio (my peak radio years were the 90's) but never gave anything a full play-through. I enjoyed most of the songs but skipped through a few (the end of Ted, Just Admit It.. couldn't hang onto that one). Good grungy processed fuzzy guitars and drums, and Perry Farrell grinding away on top of it.

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The Fall

3/5

I have to say, the style is a tough reach for me. I see it, I can understand it, but it doesn't touch me. That said, a coworker of mine is HUGELY nostalgic for The Fall, and this album in particular, so I have to give them major credit for being so influential.

Oar

Alexander 'Skip' Spence

4/5

This album was like a rollercoaster for me. Shifting between super melodic, reverby tenor vocals layered on top of one bass note at a time to chanting with a snare drum to almost pre-rock ballads you can picture playing on a piano with a lone spotlight overhead. Overall a beautiful album, interesting to read about 'Skip' Spence's life while playing through.

Coles Corner

Richard Hawley

4/5

Sea Change

Beck

3/5

A really nice listen, very somber and chill. Music to leave earth, and all its dumb stuff, in a spacesuit and float away to.

Exit Planet Dust

The Chemical Brothers

4/5

Good one! Groovy funky dancy beats, interesting vocals and just an overall good presentation. Seems more mature than 1995!

Lazer Guided Melodies

Spiritualized

3/5

I also enjoyed this album quite a lot. Despite being "one of the greats", I don't enjoy LaGWAFIS, but Lazer Guided Melodies feels like a whole different vibe.

The Scream

Siouxsie And The Banshees

3/5

Hmm. I did enjoy the album, but I don't suspect it's one I'll be reaching for often.

Jagged Little Pill

Alanis Morissette

4/5

A total classic, an enjoyable angsty album! Never listened to the whole thing through before.

Life's Too Good

The Sugarcubes

3/5

This one was a wild listen. I think I really only liked "Birthday" but I can definitely appreciate not only this band and album, but that Bjork has such a wide range of styles and a powerful leading voice. The chanting/speaking guy in the background tainted a lot of songs for me.

At Newport 1960

Muddy Waters

4/5

Never listened to any Muddy Waters before (except maybe on the radio or something). I really enjoyed this album! Live blues. What's not to like?

Blood And Chocolate

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

2/5

Now I Got Worry

The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion

1/5

Just couldn't get into it. I'm not sure how this is a must-listen.

Back In Black

AC/DC

5/5

Total classic headbanger hard rock. Every song is a hit!

Queen Of Denmark

John Grant

2/5

Ehhh didn't do anything for me. Vocals are actually very good, music is ok, lyrics are odd and I guess this just isn't a mood I'm feeling.

Pump

Aerosmith

4/5

Great album, lots of classics. Definitely acts its age.

Bookends

Simon & Garfunkel

5/5

What a classic! So pretty, such good music, harmonies, lyrics, everything.

Seventeen Seconds

The Cure

3/5

Bubble And Scrape

Sebadoh

2/5

I had a hard time connecting with most of the songs on this album. Nothing carried a tune really and the lyrics just disappeared.

Odessey And Oracle

The Zombies

5/5

What a classic! Not a bad song on the album. Beautiful harmonies, groovy psychedelic music. Love it.

Ritual De Lo Habitual

Jane's Addiction

3/5

Ehh just ok for me. Like a lot of bands I do like them better live than studio recorded. But still, I just think Jane's Addiction isn't quite for me.

Crosby, Stills & Nash

4/5

Can't believe I had never listened to this one all the way through, a total classic full of great tunes.

You Are The Quarry

Morrissey

2/5

Ew, just could not get into this one. Listened to the first few tracks, skipped through the rest. Sorry.

Talvin Singh

3/5

Interesting! All kinds of influences and styles present behind groovy beats and fun instrumentals. I'll give this one another listen in a week or so and see how it settles.

Everything Must Go

Manic Street Preachers

3/5

Enjoyable but not really memorable.

Rocks

Aerosmith

4/5

Another classic rock classic.

Appetite For Destruction

Guns N' Roses

4/5

What a classic! Not every song is worth listening through but the amount of absolute bangers on this album is mind blowing. And to think it was a debut album that started off with Welcome to the Jungle!

Brown Sugar

D'Angelo

3/5

Nice! I like it! Easy to listen to and not something I'd normally bring up. 3.5/5 for me.

New Forms

Roni Size

3/5

I can appreciate that this was somewhat either ground-breaking or genre-defining, but DNB isn't really for me. And the vocals didn't make up for anything. A good album, well produced.

Exile In Guyville

Liz Phair

4/5

Good one! I dig her voice and the music - somehow both relaxing and uncomfortable at the same time. Will listen again.

Machine Gun Etiquette

The Damned

4/5

The Lexicon Of Love

ABC

3/5

Yeah I enjoyed this album! Not something I would have ever chosen on my own, which I appreciate. Funky 80's groove and better than decent vocals.

The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators

The 13th Floor Elevators

4/5

Classic weird psychedelic rock. Some of it rocks, some of it wallows, some of it is just plain strange. A favorite, for sure.

Can't Buy A Thrill

Steely Dan

5/5

Absolutely loved this album. A few songs wound up forgettable, but the whole thing was worth a double listen-through.

Trans Europe Express

Kraftwerk

4/5

A total classic! Really enjoyable listen despite some of the tracks being quite repetitive.

Connected

Stereo MC's

3/5

Definitely enjoyed this one, a good blast into the past for sure. Good beats, good music, good lyrics and good vocals all add up to a fun retro (90's) listen!

A Girl Called Dusty

Dusty Springfield

4/5

Loved it! A total classic - this is another one of those albums that I've listened to and heard song after song that I recognized but never knew who sang it. Definitely will listen again. Great Sunday morning vibe.

Different Class

Pulp

3/5

Eh, had a hard time getting into it. Brit rock pop stuff... not really for me.

Fun House

The Stooges

4/5

Fun early punk! A few songs I didn't care for but overall a good listen. And hard to believe it's from so long ago now.

Call of the Valley

Shivkumar Sharma

4/5

Loved it! Beautiful.