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You Love More Than Most
Albums you rated higher than global average
| Album | You | Global | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|
| A Live One | 5 | 2.48 | +2.52 |
| Eye | 5 | 2.68 | +2.32 |
| Squeezing Out Sparks | 5 | 2.87 | +2.13 |
| Boys And Girls in America | 5 | 2.9 | +2.1 |
| Diary | 5 | 2.93 | +2.07 |
| Funeral Dress | 5 | 3 | +2 |
| All Hail West Texas | 5 | 3.01 | +1.99 |
| Mad Dogs & Englishmen | 5 | 3.05 | +1.95 |
| Get Fucked | 5 | 3.09 | +1.91 |
| Hammersmith Odeon, London '75 | 5 | 3.12 | +1.88 |
You Love Less Than Most
Albums you rated lower than global average
| Album | You | Global | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino | 1 | 3.05 | -2.05 |
| Piledriver | 1 | 2.8 | -1.8 |
| Korn | 1 | 2.64 | -1.64 |
| Because the Internet | 2 | 3.21 | -1.21 |
| Somewhere In The Between | 2 | 3.16 | -1.16 |
| Brat | 2 | 3.15 | -1.15 |
| Come On Over | 2 | 3.11 | -1.11 |
| Puzzle | 2 | 3.05 | -1.05 |
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Phish
I love Phish and this is from the era that I discovered them. I'm not big on convincing people why something I love is good, if you don't get it, it's okay, if you hate it, that's fine too. I will say that Trey, Gordo, Page and Fishman are four of the best musicians working today and this band is tight as fuck. A lot of people feel that their studio material is vastly inferior to their live stuff but I think that's over-stating it, they actually have some pretty great studio albums (Rift, A Picture of Nectar, Hoist, Billy Breathes and The Story of the Ghost are all good) that are maybe a better starting point than this. But this is kind of like Phish's Europe '72 (if you'll excuse me for making an over used comparison to the Dead) in that it's not a recreation of the live Phish experience but a good compilation of great performances from a certain period in the band's career. When I first heard this it was soon after my first show (it literally was released a week later) which had blown my mind and I was hungry for more. Eventually, I got into tape trading (the band allowed people to record their shows and some tapers would make copies for anyone who sent them blank cassettes and postage, this is a more fair comparison to the Dead who's fans pioneered this early form of viral marketing) but for a time this was my only way to hear live music, on demand from my new favorite band and hear great versions of Harry Hood, Gumbo, Chalkdust Torture, You Enjoy Myself and The Squirming Coil.
5 likes
Anaïs Mitchell
This is great and as a side note, Ani DiFranco should have an album on this list.
5 likes
Tame Impala
About a quarter of the user submitted albums that have generated for me have been by Australian artists and I'm not mad about it.
3 likes
The B-52's
OMFG some bands have more than one album on the list, what's the big deal?
2 likes
Bran Van 3000
I swear to God if you had asked me about Bran Van 3000 before today I would've told you they were a White Zombie side project. Why did I think that? Anyway I think the stuff on this album that's an eclectic mix of hip hop, club music, funk, soul and psychedelia is great, it reminds me of fun stuff like Dee-Lite, De La Soul, Gorillaz, Pizzicato 5, Cibo Mato and maybe late period Beastie Boys. The last third of the album veers into more conventional pop music; I don't hate it but it's a little jarring. I think if they left out the more pop stuff this would be a five star album but the pop stuff is pretty good so I'll still give it four.
2 likes
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