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1990
Favorite Decade
Rock
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UK
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1
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You Love More Than Most

AlbumYouGlobalDiff
Mama Said Knock You Out
LL Cool J
5 2.89 +2.11

You Love Less Than Most

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Lady In Satin
Billie Holiday
1 3.23 -2.23
Call of the Valley
Shivkumar Sharma
1 2.92 -1.92
Red Headed Stranger
Willie Nelson
2 3.34 -1.34
Let It Be
The Replacements
2 3.26 -1.26
Virgin Suicides
Air
2 3.23 -1.23
Pacific Ocean Blue
Dennis Wilson
2 3.07 -1.07

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Holy damn wow. 1990?! 1990!!!!???!?! The whole album is good, with incredibly clever, powerful rhymes delivered perfectly, the mixing is great, the samples are minimal but effective--this is the perfect rap album, and I can't believe it happened in 1990. LL Cool J is the father of modern rap, and it's right here in this album. When he does the obligatory "I am the greatest at this and you suck" rap songs, a weird staple of all rap albums, I JUST NOD AND AGREE.

Cypress Hill by Cypress Hill

I mean, genius stuff. Punchy, fluid. Great mixing. Inventing things and reinventing things. Gritty and angry, but playful.

Doolittle by Pixies

Great 1989 alternative music--a bit punk, a bit itself. From the first track I knew them. (Debaser). The hits on this album are "Here Comes Your Man" and "Hey"--I also liked Debaser, I Bleed, Monkey Gone to Heaven--and Silver. Gouge Away is good too.

1-Star Albums (2)

All Ratings (25)

Band On The Run by Paul McCartney and Wings
Oct 04 2021

Title track is justifiable hit--clever, innovative, builds on what Beatles did. I liked Mrs. Vandebilt and Let Me Roll It... plenty of good tracks. But I'm done.

Oct 05 2021

Slow, lush, and ponderous. Didn't grab me.

xx by The xx
Oct 06 2021
Doolittle by Pixies
Oct 08 2021

Great 1989 alternative music--a bit punk, a bit itself. From the first track I knew them. (Debaser). The hits on this album are "Here Comes Your Man" and "Hey"--I also liked Debaser, I Bleed, Monkey Gone to Heaven--and Silver. Gouge Away is good too.

Femi Kuti by Femi Kuti
Oct 11 2021

I'd put it on. Well done.

Cypress Hill by Cypress Hill
Oct 12 2021

I mean, genius stuff. Punchy, fluid. Great mixing. Inventing things and reinventing things. Gritty and angry, but playful.

Lady In Satin by Billie Holiday
Oct 13 2021

The only kind of jazz I listen to recordings of, this still didn't quite find way into me. Sorry Billie!

Oct 14 2021

Love this. But will never listen to the whole album. Will probably never dip in again. great work though!

Oct 18 2021

So *that's* where that came from... ("Passin' Me By"... I've heard it remixed and used in other places.) There isn't anything else on the album I loved-- though "Oh Shit" is pretty good.

Red Headed Stranger by Willie Nelson
Oct 19 2021

Is this album the inspiration for Duval's "The Apostle"? I like how spare and clean the arrangements are. But I'm all set. Not for me.

Out of Step by Minor Threat
Oct 20 2021

Fine, good, 1983 hardcore. No hits for me to remember, but the skill is there.

Oct 21 2021

No one receiving? -Okay! This is interesting stuff. I don't know I'm in 1977. I will listen to more at some point.

Rising Above Bedlam by Jah Wobble's Invaders Of The Heart
Nov 02 2021

Eh. Opening track with Sinead O'Connor vocals was interesting...

Odessa by Bee Gees
Nov 04 2021

A weird one, for sure--this is not the Bee Gee hits that you know (like "Stayin' Alive"), it's a moody concept album, and it wasn't well-received (Wikipedia). But playing the opening track (Odessa, City on the Black Sea)--I get it. They're doing something with a bit more of a timeless sound. Most of the album has that oozy feeling that I dislike about music of the era, but some of it is timeless and innovative.

Moondance by Van Morrison
Dec 13 2022

It's almost a kind of... zydeco/Dr. John sound? I've heard Moondance of course, which I took to be a sort of Jazz standard. I liked "Crazy Love"... but overall, the album all sort of blurs together into that swaggery voice thing... I appreciate the talent, but I am not a fan.

Let It Be by The Replacements
Dec 15 2022

I should love this. I don't. Not sure why. Not punk enough anymore, and edging into an era of rock I'm all done with? I don't know. This bored me. Wild. Sorry!

Dec 23 2022

Holy damn wow. 1990?! 1990!!!!???!?! The whole album is good, with incredibly clever, powerful rhymes delivered perfectly, the mixing is great, the samples are minimal but effective--this is the perfect rap album, and I can't believe it happened in 1990. LL Cool J is the father of modern rap, and it's right here in this album. When he does the obligatory "I am the greatest at this and you suck" rap songs, a weird staple of all rap albums, I JUST NOD AND AGREE.

Take Me Apart by Kelela
Dec 28 2022

This is good. But I have a lot of trouble listening to (and understanding) R&B.

Jan 03 2023

Queen has 10 songs that everyone knows. And... and tons of other songs that nobody knows. A modern music listener could be forgiven for thinking of Queen as those 10 songs, and wishing, "gosh, wish I had more songs with Queen's sound!" Well... guess what? They're here. This was all... fine. But I've got enough Queen sound already? I guess.

Pacific Ocean Blue by Dennis Wilson
Jan 04 2023

It's... fine, I guess? People worked hard on making this album, and it sounds great. But I will never seek it out again.

Hypnotised by The Undertones
Jan 05 2023

Pretty great. Unhappy white boy punk music, smoother and less shouty than Ramones. Alternative rock from 90s/00s sounds like a descendent to this.

Green Onions by Booker T. & The MG's
Jan 06 2023

1962, electric piano awesomeness. Instrumental. Lovely. Listenable. Anytime.

Definitely Maybe by Oasis
Jan 09 2023

Okay--I vaguely recalled some of these songs, and thought it was pretty good, then wondered, "Wait, who's Oasis?" So I looked at their top songs--which are all from their later album and include... Wonderwall. Of meme fame. And Champagne Supernova, etc. I like this older album a bit better, it was more cluttered and had scratchy edges which I enjoyed. Overall though? This just isn't long-term-love music for me. It's good alt rock.

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Average rating: 2.84 (0.35 below global average).

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