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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
10,000 gecs 100 gecs	4	2.9	+1.1
Before These Crowded Streets Dave Matthews Band	4	2.96	+1.04

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
I Am Earth, Wind & Fire	2	3.62	-1.62
Pinkerton Weezer	2	3.41	-1.41
Fully Completely The Tragically Hip	2	3.05	-1.05

Popular Reviews

All Hour Cymbals

Yeasayer

4/5

Rich & complex immersive stuff; love it! Good album

1 likes

4-Star Albums (5)

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Ultra Blue

Hikaru Utada

2/5

Glad to have been introduced to a new sub-genre of music, the true spirit of this project. Sadly a bit too repetitive, and the switch in and out of different languages started to irritate but overall it was nicely done

The Lion's Roar

First Aid Kit

3/5

A bit too country-esque for me but a very pleasant chilled and laid back vibe

Rip It Off

Times New Viking

2/5

Blurry. Like my hangover.

Grace And Danger

John Martyn

2/5

The 80s vibe jarred and ruined this for me. Solid Air was a better choice.

I Am

Earth, Wind & Fire

2/5

Polished & passable disco funk I suppose but it's all a bit tired and vapid. Good as it is, Boogie Wonderland can't carry the rest of the album

Fully Completely

The Tragically Hip

2/5

Very 90s (which is fine), very REM (which is less fine). It's not that it's bad, more that it just doesn't float my boat

Before These Crowded Streets

Dave Matthews Band

4/5

Knew nothing about this, really rather enjoyed it.

Fashion Nugget

CAKE

4/5

Like Beck with trumpets, which is not a bad thing at all. Not sure how I'd not listened to this before, think I might've got distracted by electronica through the 90s

10,000 gecs

100 gecs

4/5

Wow! That was fun, thank you!

Pinkerton

Weezer

2/5

Darker lyrics seem at odds with the band's jaunty style. The whole thing just doesn't work for.me, but I never was much of a Weezer fan for some reason

All Hour Cymbals

Yeasayer

4/5

Rich & complex immersive stuff; love it! Good album

Come And Get It

Rachel Stevens

2/5

A triumph of style over substance. Very much of it's time, a pretty vapid attempt to capture some kind of kitsch vibe.

Contra

Vampire Weekend

3/5

Competent and pleasant enough but nothing that Paul Simon didn't do 40 years ago

Script Of The Bridge

The Chameleons

4/5

Always a fan of their dark droning post-punk sound though by the end of it I sort of want to shout out 'Oh come on mate, cheer up a bit'. Surprised it wasn't on the original list, so good shout