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3.23
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2%
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1990
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Pop
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UK
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5
5-Star Albums
3
1-Star Albums

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You Love More Than Most

AlbumYouGlobalDiff
Bert Jansch
Bert Jansch
5 3 +2
Solid Air
John Martyn
5 3.17 +1.83
The Seldom Seen Kid
Elbow
5 3.24 +1.76
The Low End Theory
A Tribe Called Quest
5 3.7 +1.3

You Love Less Than Most

AlbumYouGlobalDiff
American Beauty
Grateful Dead
1 3.24 -2.24
Group Sex
Circle Jerks
1 2.75 -1.75
Scott 2
Scott Walker
1 2.63 -1.63
Pornography
The Cure
2 3.32 -1.32
Live At The Star Club, Hamburg
Jerry Lee Lewis
2 3.26 -1.26

5-Star Albums (5)

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One of my all-time faves. Every time I listen I'm reminded of my first Glastonbury festival when the Guardian was giving out bags with 'Throw those curtains wide/One day like this a year would see me right' on the side. Elbow were playing the Pyramid stage after Paolo Nutini, who was sloppy drunk and pretty terrible, but I met a nice girl who gave me one of those little packs of raisins. So anyway, I left partway through Nutini's set because I didn't know who Elbow were back then and I wanted to go and see Noah and the Whale or some shit. So now every time I listen to this masterpiece I get to remember how much of a moron I used to be. 10/10.

Pornography by The Cure

Maybe I've been jaded by the era of Softbois™️ but I can't listen to The Cure without fear of a man in Doctor Martens brogues busting through the wall like the Kool-Aid guy to tell me that I just *have* to try this new craft beer and also, actually, it's feminist of him to ask me for pictures of my tits

Group Sex by Circle Jerks

It felt like a load of 14-year-old edgelords wrote this because they thought it sounded cool. Punk just for the sake of it. The lyrics were juvenile with no real substance - hey, let's write a song about an orgy to piss off our parents, regardless of the fact that we're all virgins! Where's the rage against the machine, Kevin? Go to a protest or something.

American Beauty by Grateful Dead

God, I really can't stand the Grateful Dead. I've never understood the hype. And this apparently 'legendary' album...why anyone would choose to listen to 45 minutes of janky country-ish songs with off-key vocals is nothing short of deranged to me. I don't get it. Sue me.

Bert Jansch by Bert Jansch

I love love love this. Hauntingly beautiful. Gorgeous Tim Buckley-esque sound.

1-Star Albums (3)

All Ratings (22)

Ten by Pearl Jam
Sep 24 2021

Liked it. Couple of bangers i'll def listen to again.

Solid Air by John Martyn
Sep 27 2021

Loved it.

Abbey Road by Beatles
Sep 28 2021

Loved it since age 9.

The Chronic by Dr. Dre
Sep 29 2021

Bit much. Tried listening at 10Am and it wasn't the one.

Young Americans by David Bowie
Oct 05 2021

This isn't my favourite Bowie album but I still enjoyed it. Didn't much care for the cover of Across the Universe but other than that a solid listen.

Group Sex by Circle Jerks
Oct 06 2021

It felt like a load of 14-year-old edgelords wrote this because they thought it sounded cool. Punk just for the sake of it. The lyrics were juvenile with no real substance - hey, let's write a song about an orgy to piss off our parents, regardless of the fact that we're all virgins! Where's the rage against the machine, Kevin? Go to a protest or something.

Hms Fable by Shack
Oct 07 2021

Sounded like the type of thing you'd hear on the OC soundtrack. Pleasant enough. Also profoundly uninteresting.

American Beauty by Grateful Dead
Oct 08 2021

God, I really can't stand the Grateful Dead. I've never understood the hype. And this apparently 'legendary' album...why anyone would choose to listen to 45 minutes of janky country-ish songs with off-key vocals is nothing short of deranged to me. I don't get it. Sue me.

Modern Kosmology by Jane Weaver
Oct 11 2021

Glorious dreamy synth-pop. Hints of Goldfrapp and a lil bit of Hot Chip in there too - can't believe I hadn't discovered Jane Weaver before. I'm excited to listen to her other stuff. I'll defo be playing this album again too.

The Low End Theory by A Tribe Called Quest
Oct 12 2021

A classic. A legend. I'm not cool enough for this album.

Punishing Kiss by Ute Lemper
Oct 13 2021

It sounds like the kind of music that would get played in Debenhams at Christmas. 2 stars because she looks a bit like Gillian Anderson in the cover photo and I thought that deserved recognition.

Sail Away by Randy Newman
Oct 14 2021

Much Toy Story, very wow

Bert Jansch by Bert Jansch
Oct 15 2021

I love love love this. Hauntingly beautiful. Gorgeous Tim Buckley-esque sound.

Oct 18 2021

I used to have a poster of this album cover on my wall. I bought it at HMV. It went rather nicely with the pale blue/lime green I'd chosen as my decor. You can't tell me I didn't have taste as a 14-year-old.

Oct 19 2021

One of my all-time faves. Every time I listen I'm reminded of my first Glastonbury festival when the Guardian was giving out bags with 'Throw those curtains wide/One day like this a year would see me right' on the side. Elbow were playing the Pyramid stage after Paolo Nutini, who was sloppy drunk and pretty terrible, but I met a nice girl who gave me one of those little packs of raisins. So anyway, I left partway through Nutini's set because I didn't know who Elbow were back then and I wanted to go and see Noah and the Whale or some shit. So now every time I listen to this masterpiece I get to remember how much of a moron I used to be. 10/10.

Ghosteen by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Oct 20 2021

I listened to this in the background while i was working and didn't pay loads of attention. However it was soothing with lush instrumentation. I like Nick Cave but not enough to listen to him regularly.

Scott 2 by Scott Walker
Oct 21 2021

Nope, I hate that.

Live At The Star Club, Hamburg by Jerry Lee Lewis
Oct 22 2021

I'm sure this would've been dynamite to see and I'm sure he influenced many many people, but he's a nonce so 2 stars

Oct 25 2021

I enjoyed this more than i thought I would. It's OTT and ridiculous but so am I

Pornography by The Cure
Oct 26 2021

Maybe I've been jaded by the era of Softbois™️ but I can't listen to The Cure without fear of a man in Doctor Martens brogues busting through the wall like the Kool-Aid guy to tell me that I just *have* to try this new craft beer and also, actually, it's feminist of him to ask me for pictures of my tits

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Album origins are grouped into three buckets: US, UK, and everything else. “Other” means the artists you rate highest are from outside the US and UK.