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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Come And Get It Rachel Stevens	5	2.61	+2.39
McDonald and Giles Ian McDonald	5	3.07	+1.93
Daisies Of The Galaxy Eels	5	3.27	+1.73
Currents Tame Impala	5	3.51	+1.49
10,000 gecs 100 gecs	4	2.89	+1.11
Emotional Mugger Ty Segall	4	2.91	+1.09
Relatives in Descent Protomartyr	4	2.98	+1.02

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
L'Heptade Harmonium	1	2.83	-1.83
Sound Awake Karnivool	1	2.76	-1.76
Weighing Souls With Sand The Angelic Process	1	2.63	-1.63
Fashion Nugget CAKE	2	3.51	-1.51
Lateralus TOOL	2	3.41	-1.41
Transatlanticism Death Cab for Cutie	2	3.33	-1.33
The Best of The Hot 5 & Hot 7 Recordings Louis Armstrong	2	3.32	-1.32
Boxer The National	2	3.32	-1.32
Sublime Sublime	2	3.3	-1.3
Because the Internet Childish Gambino	2	3.28	-1.28

5-Star Albums (5)

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Homogenic

Björk · 3 likes

4/5

I think this was better than the Bjork Albums I had on the main list.

Transatlanticism

Death Cab for Cutie · 3 likes

2/5

Found this one a bit boring

Daisies Of The Galaxy

Eels · 3 likes

5/5

This is a great album

Weezer

Weezer · 1 likes

5/5

Very surprised this wasn't on the original list.

Goat

The Jesus Lizard · 1 likes

3/5

Some really good moments on this. But I did zone out a bit towards the end.

1-Star Albums (3)

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Live At Madison Square Garden

Vulfpeck

3/5

Get's a bit samey after a while. But it's very funky

Control

Pedro The Lion

2/5

Not as good as I hoped after looking at the project of the suggester.

Vedergällningen

Garmarna

2/5

Couldn't get into this

Funeral Dress

Wussy

2/5

Didn't quite hit it for me

St. Jude

Courteeners

3/5

No bad

From The Lions Mouth

The Sound

3/5

Enjoyed this one

All Hail West Texas

The Mountain Goats

3/5

Really liked the DIY feel of this

Misplaced Childhood

Marillion

2/5

found it a bit boring

Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera

3/5

Some good moments

Piñata

Freddie Gibbs

3/5

Too long But some great moments

Set Yourself On Fire

Stars

3/5

Enjoyed a lot of this

Weezer

5/5

Very surprised this wasn't on the original list.

Lahai

Sampha

2/5

Couldn't really get into this one

22, A Million

Bon Iver

3/5

Can't say I was blown away. But it was my first listen and it probably deserves a second.

Dogrel

Fontaines D.C.

4/5

Really enjoyed this. A couple of great songs at the end

Relatives in Descent

Protomartyr

4/5

This was good. You can hear the influence on bands like Idles

A City Dressed In Dynamite

That Handsome Devil

3/5

It's like the soundtrack from a Tim Burton animation. I didn't hate it.

Dimanche à Bamako

Amadou & Mariam

4/5

This one really surprised me. Did not expect to enjoy this as much as I did

Daisies Of The Galaxy

Eels

5/5

This is a great album

Things We Lost In The Fire

Low

3/5

Yeah, pretty good

Goat

The Jesus Lizard

3/5

Some really good moments on this. But I did zone out a bit towards the end.

Café Tacvba

2/5

Hmmm. It's a bit mental. Certainly eclectic. Some bits a really liked and then others I found annoying

Djarimirri

Gurrumul

2/5

I just couldn't get into this.

Pony Express Record

Shudder To Think

3/5

Pretty good

Continuum

John Mayer

3/5

I just found this one to be the musical equivalent of Pizza Express. It was good enough, but I wouldn't wanrt to eat there all the time.

A Live One

Phish

3/5

some of this was great. But it is also quite long.

Currents

Tame Impala

5/5

This deserves to be on the original list. It's brilliant.

The Rise And Fall Of A Midwest Princess

Chappell Roan

3/5

Better than I was expecting it to be.

Dead Man's Party

Oingo Boingo

3/5

This was pretty good.

Human Racing

Nik Kershaw

2/5

There's a couple of classics on here and then some other stuff... Sorry Nik

Come On Come On

Mary Chapin Carpenter

2/5

I just struggle with country

Give Up

The Postal Service

3/5

Enjoyed a lot of this

We Rock Hard

Freestylers

2/5

I think there is better dance music out there

Songs Of A Lost World

The Cure

3/5

Pretty good

Because the Internet

Childish Gambino

2/5

Found this one boring

Hand. Cannot. Erase.

Steven Wilson

3/5

Not bad. Some interesting stuff but some bits that I felt where overproduced.

The Hazards of Love

The Decemberists

4/5

Really enjoyed this

The Evil One

Roky Erickson

3/5

Bit nuts. Cool in places

Pop

GAS

2/5

Ambient is not really my thing

Bob Mould

3/5

Liked this

I Need to Start a Garden

Haley Heynderickx

3/5

When it started I thought it would be everything I hate. A singer songwrite singing in that annoying affected wayand oh so earnest. But in the end it wasn't that bad.

Get Fucked

The Chats

4/5

Loved this.

Nail

Scraping Foetus off the Wheel

2/5

Not for me this one

Lateralus

TOOL

2/5

It was OK.

Once

Nightwish

2/5

This, I did not like. A couple of times I found myself nodding along but then the nonsense kicked back in and I had to have a word with myself for getting sucked in.

Frosting On The Beater

The Posies

3/5

Some good tracks.

Transatlanticism

Death Cab for Cutie

2/5

Found this one a bit boring

The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking

Roger Waters

2/5

Couldn't get into this

Poesía Básica

Extrechinato y Tu

2/5

Hmmm OKish

Oil of Every Pearl's Un-Insides

SOPHIE

2/5

Not for me

Blink-182

blink-182

2/5

Found this a bit formulaic

You'd Prefer an Astronaut

Hum

3/5

Quite enjoyed this one

Animals

Pink Floyd

4/5

This is good

McDonald and Giles

Ian McDonald

5/5

This was a very pleasant surprise. I thought it was great.

The Best of The Hot 5 & Hot 7 Recordings

Louis Armstrong

2/5

I didn't find that this really did it for me

Emotional Mugger

Ty Segall

4/5

This one I really liked.

L'Heptade

Harmonium

1/5

Did not really enjoy this one.

Leak 04-13 (Bait Ones)

Jai Paul

2/5

OK but not really my cup of tea

Discosis

Bran Van 3000

2/5

Found this a bit meh

Sound Awake

Karnivool

1/5

Nah, did not like this

Please Don't Take Me Back

Martha

2/5

Nothing on here that blew me away.

We Like It Here

Snarky Puppy

3/5

It was OK

Sublime

2/5

Another one that was alright, but not great

Weighing Souls With Sand

The Angelic Process

1/5

Nah Not for me

People

The Burning Hell

3/5

The first half of this was pretty entertaining. Some of the more theatrical elements started to annoy a little over time.

Game of Fools

Koritni

2/5

It's not really breaking any new ground.

Join Us

They Might Be Giants

3/5

Enjoyed this

Nonagon Infinity

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard

4/5

Got to love a bit of King Gizzard

Spilt Milk

Jellyfish

3/5

It was OK

When Smoke Rises

Mustafa

2/5

Did not really like this

Nurture

Porter Robinson

3/5

undecided.... needs another listen so a safe 3* as a holding rating

I And Love And You

The Avett Brothers

3/5

Pretty good

Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit

Courtney Barnett

4/5

I really enjoyed this one. It's great

Fashion Nugget

CAKE

2/5

Alright, but nothing that blew me away.

10,000 gecs

100 gecs

4/5

I really liked a lot of this.

Silent Alarm

Bloc Party

4/5

This is a good one

Homogenic

Björk

4/5

I think this was better than the Bjork Albums I had on the main list.

No.1 In Heaven

Sparks

3/5

Interesting listen

King Tubbys Meets Rockers Uptown

King Tubby

4/5

If you love dub you'll love this

"Awaken, My Love!"

Childish Gambino

3/5

Some great moments on this, but...

Souvlaki

Slowdive

2/5

It's shoegaze so it's a bit boring in places.

Peasant

Richard Dawson

3/5

Ramshackle and quite lovely in places

Moffou

Salif Keita

2/5

It's OK, good in places but not really for me

Night Drive

Chromatics

4/5

Really quite enjoyed this

The Shape Of Punk To Come

Refused

2/5

found this one difficult to get into

Rose Mountain

Screaming Females

4/5

Enjoyed this one a lot. Good tunes

I Am

Earth, Wind & Fire

3/5

It's fun.

Fear Inoculum

TOOL

2/5

Not for me

La cagaste... Burt Lancaster

Hombres G

2/5

Not too sure why this is on here, obv there are people really like this

Come And Get It

Rachel Stevens

5/5

I'm sensing deep irony in this suggestion and therefor I support your humour

Super Ape

The Upsetters

4/5

It's baking today, so this feels very relevant.

Great Big Sea

2/5

I bit too much shanty for me

Gotcha! Gotcha! Gotcha!

Gotcha!

2/5

Good in places, annoying in others

Bleed American

Jimmy Eat World

3/5

Starts strong, I felt it tailed off a bit towards the end.

Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You

Big Thief

4/5

Enjoyed this an awful lot more than I expected. Have listened again since. Even got a nod from my kids "Mm your listengin to Big Thief!"

Out Of Time

R.E.M.

4/5

It's a very good album with some great songs on it

The Monitor

Titus Andronicus

3/5

Enjoyed this one.

Portishead

4/5

Not sure this is as good as Dummy, but still really enjoyable.

All Hour Cymbals

Yeasayer

4/5

I liked this

My Brain Hurts

Screeching Weasel

3/5

Shouty but fun

How to Operate With a Blown Mind

Lo Fidelity Allstars

3/5

Some good moments

The Animal Years

Josh Ritter

3/5

Nice enough

Comfort To Me

Amyl and The Sniffers

4/5

Really enjoyed this

Lemonade

Beyoncé

2/5

Not generally my bag at all. But I didn't hate it

Get Rich Or Die Ryan

Spose

2/5

I'm not sure if I actually finished this. But I'm not going to go back and start it again. This felt a bit bloated and self indulgent. OK in places.

Gemstones

Adam Green

2/5

This one just annoyed me for the most part.

Nuyorican Soul

3/5

Good vibes if you are in the mood for it

Kick

INXS

3/5

This was everywhere. Has it aged well, not sure

Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino

Arctic Monkeys

4/5

first listen this annoyed me but it grew on me after a couple more

Cleopatra

The Lumineers

3/5

Not bad

Dilate

Ani DiFranco

2/5

I got so far but had to switch her off with 4 songs to go. Not for me and I can't stand that vocal tick

Silence Yourself

Savages

3/5

Was a bit Sonic Youth I thought

Boxer

The National

2/5

Hmmm, got a bit bored tbh

A1A

Jimmy Buffett

2/5

Not really one for me

Metallic K.O.

The Stooges

3/5

It's very rough and the sound quality is terrible. But you do have to love Iggy and the Stooges

Grace And Danger

John Martyn

2/5

Sometimes listening can be too easy...