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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Slapstick Slapstick	5	2.9	+2.1
Gordon Barenaked Ladies	5	2.96	+2.04
My Brain Hurts Screeching Weasel	5	3.08	+1.92
Grand Prix Teenage Fanclub	5	3.19	+1.81
Transatlanticism Death Cab for Cutie	5	3.31	+1.69
GLOW ON Turnstile	5	3.38	+1.62
Give Up The Postal Service	5	3.46	+1.54
Repetition Unwound	4	2.84	+1.16
Squeezing Out Sparks Graham Parker	4	2.86	+1.14
St. Jude Courteeners	4	2.95	+1.05

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
LUX ROSALÍA	1	3.53	-2.53
Fear of a Blank Planet Porcupine Tree	1	3.2	-2.2
The art of Amalia Rodrigues Amália Rodrigues	1	3.09	-2.09
A Complicated Woman Self Esteem	1	3.09	-2.09
Ruin The Amazing Devil	1	2.89	-1.89
Spinvis Spinvis	1	2.86	-1.86
Sound Awake Karnivool	1	2.75	-1.75
Once Nightwish	1	2.74	-1.74
L'autre... Mylène Farmer	1	2.71	-1.71
A Day At The Races Queen	2	3.7	-1.7

5-Star Albums (8)

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GLOW ON

Turnstile · 2 likes

5/5

Such an amazing album. This is the album that rekindled my enjoyment of hard music. Tunes with energy and an ear for melody...such a great combo. Also an A++ live show. Look forward to seeing what they do in the future! 5/5

Once

Nightwish · 1 likes

1/5

Riddle: when does an hour seem infinitely longer than an hour. A: when you have to listen to Nightwish. 1/5

Look Sharp!

Joe Jackson · 1 likes

4/5

Love the vibe and attitude of the album. Seems like a fun band with catching songs. 3.5/5

Things We Lost In The Fire

Low · 1 likes

4/5

Had tried to get into Low in the past, but had only medium success. However, something clicked for me over the 2nd half of this album and I really enjoyed it. Moody, and you have to be in the right mood, but I think I will come back to this one. 4/5

1-Star Albums (11)

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Time's Up

Living Colour

2/5

Living Colour just doesn't do it for me. It sounds like the most generic 80's rock with absolutely nothing interesting about it. 1.5/5

Afrociberdelia

Chico Science

2/5

I suppose it is ok. Honestly the main attraction is that it isn't english and has a great Latin feel...not sure I would even entertain otherwise. 2/5

Savage Sinusoid

Igorrr

2/5

Better than I anticipated, especially when it started out terribly. Had some interesting moments...Art Metal. 2/5

An Empty Bliss Beyond This World

The Caretaker

3/5

Weird album...did a great job of achieving the mission statement. Haunting and surreal. Good ambient/background music. 3.5/5

The Black Parade

My Chemical Romance

2/5

Super overrated. Have always felt this could be in my wheelhouse, but may is it boring. 1.5/5

How To Be A Human Being

Glass Animals

3/5

Not nearly as good as the debut, the album still has some interesting moment. The production and style is uniquely Glass Animals. 3.5/5

City Of Evil

Avenged Sevenfold

1/5

I suppose it is better than most metal since it has a more melodic element, but still just god awful. 1/5

L'autre...

Mylène Farmer

1/5

Terrible. Europop but even worse. 1/5

Comfort To Me

Amyl and The Sniffers

4/5

Great pub rock. Really fun. I am sure it is amazing live. 4.5/5

Rêver mieux

Daniel Bélanger

2/5

Meh...whole lot of meh in this one. 2/5

Once

Nightwish

1/5

Riddle: when does an hour seem infinitely longer than an hour. A: when you have to listen to Nightwish. 1/5

John Dawson Winter III

Johnny Winter

2/5

Ok I suppose. If your into sterile unremarkable 70s rock. 2/5

GLOW ON

Turnstile

5/5

Version 2.0

Garbage

4/5

Dug it far more than anticipated. 4/5

A Charlie Brown Christmas

Vince Guaraldi Trio

4/5

Classic. Better than I anticipated 4/5

Stage Four

Touché Amoré

3/5

Intense. But a decent listen. 3.5/5

God Shuffled His Feet

Crash Test Dummies

2/5

Extremely Canadian. I think that says it all. That isn’t pejorative either. 2.5/5

St. Jude

Courteeners

4/5

Pretty solid for one I had never heard of. Started off a lot stronger than the tail end. 3.5/5

10 Days Out: Blues from the Backroads

Kenny Wayne Shepherd

2/5

I imagine this would be pretty decent if you're into blues. Big confession time...I just don't understand the allure of blues. Every song sounds the same to me and even that sound is just mediocre. 2/5

Squeezing Out Sparks

Graham Parker

4/5

This one really surprised me. This is everything I had wanted Elvis Costello to be over the (seemingly) countless albums on the original list. This was fun, catchy and engaging. 4.5/5

Chet

Chet Baker

4/5

Very easy listening jazz, but interesting enough that it doesn't sound like elevator music. I can understand why this one should have been on the list. 4/5

Cold Fact

Rodríguez

3/5

Another one I had never had any exposure to. It sounds very off its era, and that isn't a bad thing. 3/5

Zuckerzeit

Cluster

3/5

Very similar to other Krautrock on the official list. Not sure it does much for me than any Kraftwerk album, but still a worthwhile listen. 3/5

The Animal Years

Josh Ritter

2/5

This is one that I have had exposure to over the years, but never really dove into it. I found it better than I remembered from early listens, but still nothing that is lasting or impactful. 2/5

A Day At The Races

Queen

2/5

I know it's Queen...and Queen is great....but this album is not great. I can't imagine what it would be like to be a Queen head in the mid 70s and be sorrily disappointed in this one after the Night at the Opera Masterpiece. 2.5/5

We Like It Here

Snarky Puppy

3/5

Decent, although I scratch my itch in this type of music through Go Go Penguin (or even BADBADNOTGOOD). Not unhappy I listened to it. 3/5

Repetition

Unwound

4/5

Pretty awesome. Have been enjoying harder music again lately and this fit the bill. 4/5

Songs Of A Lost World

The Cure

4/5

Not the most exceptional Cure album (that is an extremely high bar) it is still pretty amazing for such a late period album. 4/5

Gordon

Barenaked Ladies

5/5

My previous experiences with BNL mostly had to do with the live Rock Spectacle album. While a lot of those songs are present on this album, for whatever reason I think they pop more in the live album. That being said, the songcraft and whimsicalness of this album is top notch, and I was surprised by how much I enjoyed the complete package. 4.5/5

LUX

ROSALÍA

1/5

I just don't get it. I know this was one of the most critically heralded albums of 2025, but it was just so BORING. I realize I'm not a poptimist, but nothing about this was even catchy or interesting. 1/5

Chocolate & Cheese

Ween

3/5

Ween...freaking weirdos. 3/5

Look Sharp!

Joe Jackson

4/5

Love the vibe and attitude of the album. Seems like a fun band with catching songs. 3.5/5

Fully Completely

The Tragically Hip

3/5

Alas...yet again foiled by the Hip. Maybe it is my lack of Canadian DNA, but everything about this band just screams average to me. 3/5

Tragic Kingdom

No Doubt

2/5

Didn't like it in 1995, don't like it now. Definitely held back by oversaturation. I do have to admit the music is well composed, but I'm just not a pop bro. 2/5

All the Pretty Little Horses

Current 93

3/5

Not an easy listen, but I found myself enjoying it. The music almost became meditative. 2.5/5

Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer?

of Montreal

4/5

This was one of the only aughts Pitchfork darlings that I never really got into at the time. Shame on me. I must not have given a serious enough listen because this one is pretty great. 4/5

Slapstick

5/5

Man...this fits exactly into what I would describe as "mehester"core circa 1998. As someone who tried to push his high school band in a ska-punk direction (and is from ~ 2 hrs away from Chicago) it is shocking to me I have never heard of Slapstick before today. Great fun tunes. Shame they broke up before really getting started. 4.5/5

Goat

The Jesus Lizard

2/5

Expected TJL to be a little more unlistenable than it ended up being. It wasn't bad, but also nothing I would return to. 2/5

Blade Runner

Vangelis

2/5

It is atmospheric and moody? Is it anything remarkable in either of those characteristics...no. Great movie, good music, boring stand alone listen. 1.5/5

Barton Hollow

The Civil Wars

2/5

Felt the same way about this one as I did back in 2011...snoozefest. The songs are ok for what they are but it is certainly nothing special. 1.5/5

Are You Shpongled?

Shpongle

3/5

I was completed Shpongled. Honestly this is the type of album I enjoy on this list...one I had never been exposed to in the past that opens me up to new types of music. 3/5

Shack-man

Medeski, Martin & Wood

2/5

I wouldn't ever choose to listen to a jazz fusion (rates below jam bands in my book) but this isn't unlistenable. 2/5

Psychic

DARKSIDE

3/5

DARKSIDE is one of those elusive projects...I always really want to love it but it never quite gets above a "huh interesting" for me. 3/5

Pop

GAS

2/5

I am not entirely adverse to Ambient, but this one was just a little too repetitive. Long songs without a lot of variation. Was glad I was reading while listening or I would have lost all attention. 1.5/5

Millennium

Backstreet Boys

2/5

Perhaps slightly better than I expected, but still utter rot. 1.5/5

Highway Prayers

Billy Strings

4/5

I typically love Bluegrass. Any while I much prefer Trampled by Turtles when it comes to modern takes, this one was solid overall. 3.5/5

The Lion's Roar

First Aid Kit

3/5

Solid folk...Emmylou is such a beautiful song. Overall it is nice to listen to but I don't think it is great. 3.5/5

The Mantle

Agalloch

3/5

When I see albums like this on this list (especially user submitted) I usually roll my eyes. Most metal of this ilk is so incredibly "samey" that it is always chore to listen to. Not this one. Enjoyed the blend of many different genres...definitely seemed like folk metal. 3.5/5

Weezer

5/5

Blue Album...stone cold killer of a album. Top 10 on my all time list. No skips. Such amazing song writing and production to match. 5/5

Transatlanticism

Death Cab for Cutie

5/5

Amazing album. While I may rate it below "We have the facts..." it is still an absolute classic. 5/5

The art of Amalia Rodrigues

Amália Rodrigues

1/5

Really long. I appreciate it for what it is, but what it is is something I hope to never listen to again. 1.5/5

Ruin

The Amazing Devil

1/5

Wow! That was god awful! Sounds like it comes from the most budget Ren Faire troupe. 1/5

Sing To God

Cardiacs

2/5

Weird...not entirely terrible, but certainly a difficult listen. 2/5

Vedergällningen

Garmarna

2/5

Unremarkable. 2.5/5

Things We Lost In The Fire

Low

4/5

How to Operate With a Blown Mind

Lo Fidelity Allstars

3/5

Better than I recall...another where I owned this in my youth but didn't give it enough time when I purchased. 3/5

Whipped Cream & Other Delights

Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass

3/5

Exactly what you think it would be. Nothing bad, but would only ever be situational. 2.5/5

A Live One

Phish

2/5

Have tried and tried and tried, but I just don't love Phish. I even owned this album in my youth, but something about 30 min jam sessions just doesn't work for me. 2.5/5

Fear of a Blank Planet

Porcupine Tree

1/5

Nothing special or really all that interesting about this one. It is just there...1.5/5

Latin Mass

Os Mundi

3/5

Extremely interesting concept. 2.5/5

The Shape Of Punk To Come

Refused

3/5

Can see the influence it had on others, but it never really took off like I expected. 3/5

I Had a Dream That You Were Mine

Hamilton Leithauser

4/5

A surprisingly good album at the time, this one holds up pretty well. HL has such cool voice with a ton of range. Would have loved to see these two team up again. 4/5

Symbolic

Death

2/5

Not my cup of tea, but it seem ok for what it was. 1.5/5

Spinvis

1/5

Background music. 1.5/5

Give Up

The Postal Service

5/5

Iconic. Shocking it wasn't on the original list. One of those temporary moments of genius. 5/5

Romance

Fontaines D.C.

4/5

Fontaines is a great band. Romance is probably only my 3rd or 4th favorite by them though. That being said it is still a wonderful album. 4.5/5

Mouth Sounds

Neil Cicierega

3/5

This one tries a little too hard. Much prefer Girl Talk. 2.5/5

Metallic K.O.

The Stooges

3/5

Love the energy of the Stooges...audio quality almost makes this unlistenable though. 3/5

Triage

David Baerwald

2/5

Nothing special. Not one I had heard of before. 2/5

Sound Awake

Karnivool

1/5

Just soooo boring. Maybe the most sterile, uninspired and generic rock schlock I have heard. 1/5

Grace And Danger

John Martyn

3/5

Like other JM...which isn't all that bad. Probably nothing I go back to though. 3/5

Discipline

King Crimson

4/5

Much better than I anticipated! Not really all that proggy..definitely funky. Really can hear the AB influence come through, and also helped me understand his impact on so many Talking Heads albums as well. 4/5

The Lioness

Songs: Ohia

3/5

Average singer songwriter far. Never felt that Jason Molina was all that special...but have tried so many times. 2.5/5

Watch Out!

Alexisonfire

2/5

Not my cup of tea, but not terrible either. 2/5

Afraid Of Sunlight

Marillion

1/5

Looks like it should be metal, but it was somehow worse. Nothing interesting or redeeming about this lame rock. 1/5

The Decline of British Sea Power

Sea Power

3/5

I have listed to some Sea Power in the past...this album seemed to have more range than other offerings. 3/5

Check Your Head

Beastie Boys

4/5

One of the better BBoys albums in my opinion. Love the jammy musical pieces. 3.5/5

Because the Internet

Childish Gambino

4/5

This one surprised me! Had a lot going on and would probably benefit from multiple listens. 4/5

Mm..Food

MF DOOM

3/5

Madvillany was the extent of my Doom exposure prior to this listen. Liked this far more...really interesting production and rapping. 3.5/5

Control

Pedro The Lion

2/5

Seemed like a boring take on singer songwriter emo. 2/5

Emotion

Carly Rae Jepsen

4/5

I am by no means a Poptimist, but if I get a hankering, CRJ is usually my go-to. Emotion has some absolute bangers that make for a really fun listen. 4.5/5

Grand Prix

Teenage Fanclub

5/5

Likely my favorite TFC album. Starts off insanely strong, and while it does tail off in the 2nd half, is still an amazing listen. 5/5

My Brain Hurts

Screeching Weasel

5/5

Fun album...love SW. Ben is able to take everything that is great about the Ramones and amplify it to an 11. While I listened to far more Boogada at the time, the MBH and onward stuff is just lighter (and ultimately better imo). The song crafting and pop sensibilities are off the chart. 4.5/5

American Football

4/5

Such a classic. As a pretty big emo fan in circa 2001, I was always aware of American Football but it wasn't something that I ever delved into with any seriousness. Have come to enjoy it much more in the past 5 years. 4/5

A Complicated Woman

Self Esteem

1/5

To think I was actually excited to give this one a try...nothing catchy about it, just boring, down tempo electro pop (now with choirs!). Almost too self-serious at times. I found myself counting down the minutes until it was over so I could move to something else. 1/5