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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Sound of Silver LCD Soundsystem	5	3.42	+1.58
Parachutes Coldplay	5	3.46	+1.54
21 Adele	5	3.69	+1.31
American Idiot Green Day	5	3.76	+1.24
Live At The Harlem Square Club Sam Cooke	5	3.77	+1.23
Back In Black AC/DC	5	3.86	+1.14
The Sun Rises In The East Jeru The Damaja	4	2.92	+1.08

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Moon Safari Air	1	3.58	-2.58
My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts Brian Eno	1	2.79	-1.79
Orbital 2 Orbital	1	2.7	-1.7
Slipknot Slipknot	1	2.67	-1.67
A Grand Don't Come For Free The Streets	1	2.67	-1.67
Exile On Main Street The Rolling Stones	2	3.61	-1.61
2112 Rush	2	3.39	-1.39
Seventeen Seconds The Cure	2	3.38	-1.38
Ágætis Byrjun Sigur Rós	2	3.37	-1.37
Endtroducing..... DJ Shadow	2	3.36	-1.36

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Beatles	5	4.4

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Artist	Albums	Average
Air	2	1.5

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Slipknot

1/5

Genuinely tough to listen to. Can’t imagine enjoying this. A few not-terrible choruses, but otherwise will always be the official music of middle school children of divorce.

24 likes

The White Album

Beatles

5/5

Another fantastic Beatles album. Has something for everyone.

1 likes

1-Star Albums (5)

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OK Computer

Radiohead

4/5

The Soft Bulletin

The Flaming Lips

4/5

Typical Flaming Lips album. Good, borderline great.

Too Rye Ay

Dexys Midnight Runners

3/5

Nothing special, background music. All sound fairly similar.

Smash

The Offspring

3/5

Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

4/5

Slow at times, but good for the right setting. First artist that was new to me.

This Year's Model

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

3/5

Good at times, boring at times

Bitches Brew

Miles Davis

2/5

Great if you like jazz, not my style. Enjoyable nonetheless.

Orbital 2

Orbital

1/5

Horrendous

Done By The Forces Of Nature

Jungle Brothers

4/5

Awesome. Similar to Sugar Hill Gang, but better to me. Really enjoyed this one.

Modern Kosmology

Jane Weaver

4/5

Endtroducing.....

DJ Shadow

2/5

Would have been great with lyrics. Found the drum and bass only kind of boring, but good for what it was.

Germfree Adolescents

X-Ray Spex

4/5

Album was awesome. Wish it was on Apple Music. End of the album even better than the top. Meant to be played loud. Really liked Plastic Bag and Dayglo. Good transition time between rock and punk, can see both in this album.

New Gold Dream (81/82/83/84)

Simple Minds

2/5

Eh. Nothing special.

Station To Station

David Bowie

3/5

Golden Years was good. Otherwise boring. But decent in the right mood. Just no hits or memorable parts.

Sail Away

Randy Newman

3/5

Should be a 3.5, but not quite a 4.

BEYONCÉ

Beyoncé

2/5

Not a Beyoncé person, but could see why people like it.

Seventeen Seconds

The Cure

2/5

Boring. Music is fine, but slow at times. Could use some vocals.

In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida

Iron Butterfly

3/5

Average even in comparison to similar albums.

Revolver

Beatles

5/5

Amazing. Top to bottom.

Ray Of Light

Madonna

2/5

Eh. Not my thing.

The White Album

Beatles

5/5

Another fantastic Beatles album. Has something for everyone.

You're Living All Over Me

Dinosaur Jr.

2/5

Like a bad Foo Fighters. Nothing special.

Hypnotised

The Undertones

3/5

I Should Coco

Supergrass

4/5

The Sun Rises In The East

Jeru The Damaja

4/5

Treasure

Cocteau Twins

3/5

Less exciting version of the Cranberries. Not bad, but probably wouldn’t go out of my way to listen again.

Highway to Hell

AC/DC

4/5

Good album. Hadn’t heard most of these songs before.

american dream

LCD Soundsystem

4/5

Surprisingly good. Will definitely listen again.

Ritual De Lo Habitual

Jane's Addiction

3/5

Better than I thought, but okay.

New Boots And Panties

Ian Dury

3/5

Haven’t heard before. Just okay.

Ramones

4/5

Really good. The lyrics knock this down from a 5 star. Can get mumbly and hard to understand. Guitar and drums are amazing.

Virgin Suicides

Air

2/5

Never seen movie, so that might not help, but pretty boring instrumental soundtrack. Good for film maybe, but boring for listening to on its own.

Sweetheart Of The Rodeo

The Byrds

2/5

Old people country western music. Not the worst, just not my preference.

Peace Sells...But Who's Buying

Megadeth

3/5

Metal album. Pretty straight forward.

3 Years, 5 Months And 2 Days In The Life Of...

Arrested Development

4/5

Live Through This

Hole

2/5

Eh. Music is decent. Vocals are boring.

Let's Get It On

Marvin Gaye

3/5

Should be a 3.5, but realistically I won’t go out of my way to listen to it again. It was better than expected though.

Parachutes

Coldplay

5/5

Amazing album. Top to bottom.

Maggot Brain

Funkadelic

4/5

Actually really good. Reminded me of Awaken My Love from Childish Gambino. Can tell he pulled from this genre and maybe even this album a lot. First instrumental guitar riff song was cool, but even better once you got to the rest of the album.

Connected

Stereo MC's

3/5

Not as bad as the other reviews think, just casual east listening. Kind of reminded me of Cake. Not something I’d search out, but better than other albums I’ve given a 3 to.

The Last Broadcast

Doves

2/5

Snore

Actually

Pet Shop Boys

2/5

Chelsea Girl

Nico

2/5

Not for me. Didn’t seem too great even ignoring that.

Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul

Otis Redding

4/5

Good relaxing music

Hunting High And Low

a-ha

2/5

Master Of Puppets

Metallica

4/5

4.5/5 is more appropriate, very good and will relisten.

Happy Trails

Quicksilver Messenger Service

2/5

Boring. A full album of the boring parts of other albums.

You Want It Darker

Leonard Cohen

4/5

Would be a 5 if there was a bit more singing, but really good either way.

Truth

Jeff Beck

3/5

Rip It Up

Orange Juice

2/5

Boring

Bad Company

2/5

iTunes describes this as “no nonsense 70s hard rock” but I have a hard time believing this was ever HARD rock. Perhaps just a victim of following Metallica in my list, but easy boring songs.

Axis: Bold As Love

Jimi Hendrix

3/5

Headquarters

The Monkees

3/5

Just a lesser Beatles or Beach Boys album. Good background music, but nothing stands out.

Kid A

Radiohead

3/5

Normally enjoy Radiohead, just not so much for this album.

Murder Ballads

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

2/5

From reading the other reviews, seems like there are deeper meanings to each song, but musically I just don’t enjoy it, so I can’t get into it.

Let's Get Killed

David Holmes

2/5

Would make for an awesome old school rap album if it had lyrics, but just eh without.

The Slim Shady LP

Eminem

4/5

Eagles

4/5

The Beach Boys Today!

The Beach Boys

4/5

Not their best, but still good.

Sweet Baby James

James Taylor

3/5

Third

Portishead

2/5

Fire Of Love

The Gun Club

2/5

Led Zeppelin II

Led Zeppelin

4/5

Daydream Nation

Sonic Youth

3/5

Very minimal exposure to Sonic Youth beforehand. Probably better after a few listens.

Kenya

Machito

4/5

A bit distracting for background work music, but pretty good. Good coffee shop music.

Slipknot

1/5

Genuinely tough to listen to. Can’t imagine enjoying this. A few not-terrible choruses, but otherwise will always be the official music of middle school children of divorce.

Paris 1919

John Cale

2/5

Kind of a James Taylor vibe, but not as good.

The Pleasure Principle

Gary Numan

4/5

Definitely of it’s time, but I enjoyed it. Could see how it’s not for everyone. A little slow, but great if you are into the synth/futuristic sound. Don’t know why, but I really like the cover art. Perfect fit the album. Like he’s discovering something new.

Sea Change

Beck

3/5

A Beck album. Enjoyable, but nothing earth shattering

Vento De Maio

Elis Regina

3/5

Enjoyed it more than I expected, but tough with it not being English.

Viva Hate

Morrissey

2/5

The Hour Of Bewilderbeast

Badly Drawn Boy

3/5

Deja Vu

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

4/5

Felt Mountain

Goldfrapp

3/5

Interesting sound. Sounds like Lana Del Rey mixed with David Bowie, but not as good as that might sound. Most songs sound like they could be the opening credits to an HBO show or Bond movie.

Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

Wilco

4/5

Gorillaz

3/5

Wanted to like it, but was just background music.

Modern Life Is Rubbish

Blur

2/5

Feels very dated. Some 80s sounds, but slower. Nothing interesting.

Born To Run

Bruce Springsteen

3/5

3.5/5. Not nostalgic for me, but could see how people would give this a 5.

Back To Black

Amy Winehouse

4/5

3.5/5. Not my genre, but was enjoyable anyways.

Armed Forces

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

2/5

Costello just doesn’t do it for me. 2 is probably harsh, but it’s just not clicking. He sounds like someone I would like, but I just never get there.

Exile On Main Street

The Rolling Stones

2/5

Nebraska

Bruce Springsteen

4/5

A little less harmonica would have done it for me, but really good relaxing/driving/campfire album.

Superfly

Curtis Mayfield

4/5

Pretty good

The Real Thing

Faith No More

4/5

3.5/5 Good, but not something I would search out.

Live At Leeds

The Who

3/5

Drunk

Thundercat

3/5

Wanted to like it, just slow. Good background music.

Ill Communication

Beastie Boys

4/5

Not my favorite album by them, but lots of good songs on here.

Unknown Pleasures

Joy Division

3/5

Slippery When Wet

Bon Jovi

4/5

Biggest hold against it is the overplaying of the big songs on this album, but I suppose that’s not on him. Good album.

With The Beatles

Beatles

3/5

Decent album, but lower end for the Beatles. Before they were interesting.

Fleet Foxes

3/5

Slow

The Cars

4/5

Talking Heads 77

Talking Heads

3/5

Generic

2112

Rush

2/5

I get why people would like it, just not my thing.

Live At The Harlem Square Club

Sam Cooke

5/5

Not something I would’ve picked, but really enjoyed it.

Tusk

Fleetwood Mac

4/5

Sound of Silver

LCD Soundsystem

5/5

1999

Prince

4/5

Dated, but good

Fever To Tell

Yeah Yeah Yeahs

4/5

Golden Hour

Kacey Musgraves

4/5

3.5/5. Pretty good for a newer country album.

Red Headed Stranger

Willie Nelson

2/5

Slower than I would like, but I guess that’s what you listen for.

Surrealistic Pillow

Jefferson Airplane

4/5

Pyromania

Def Leppard

4/5

Apocalypse 91… The Enemy Strikes Black

Public Enemy

4/5

Was probably wild in 91 when this came out

Hysteria

Def Leppard

4/5

Really good, but perhaps mostly nostalgia.

Make Yourself

Incubus

3/5

Achtung Baby

3/5

3.5/5 sounds like Oasis did a summer abroad in the Outback, but a little more buttoned up.

Remain In Light

Talking Heads

4/5

3.5/5 fun but strange if you are paying attention more.

Born In The U.S.A.

Bruce Springsteen

4/5

Back In Black

AC/DC

5/5

Full of great songs

My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts

Brian Eno

1/5

Incoherent noise

Murmur

R.E.M.

3/5

Eh. Just generic R.E.M.

A Grand Don't Come For Free

The Streets

1/5

Lyrics and production are do miserable. I must be missing a huge amount of contact for how many 5 trains this got. Lyrics don’t even go along with the beats in most songs. Feels completely disconnected. Sounds like someone making an ironic British rap song. Ali G vibes without the irony.

Black Sabbath

3/5

3.5/5 Better than I expected.

Step In The Arena

Gang Starr

4/5

Common

4/5

Strangeways, Here We Come

The Smiths

4/5

Surprised by this one. Actually really enjoyed this album. Had never listened to The Smiths previously.

Under Construction

Missy Elliott

3/5

2.5/5

Rumours

Fleetwood Mac

5/5

The Undertones

4/5

Actually really enjoyed this

Deloused in the Comatorium

The Mars Volta

3/5

Unique, and they really go for it, not sure what I think.

Among The Living

Anthrax

3/5

3.5/5 Better than I expected.

A Hard Day's Night

Beatles

4/5

American Idiot

Green Day

5/5

Moon Safari

Air

1/5

Boring

AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted

Ice Cube

2/5

In context, this was probably better than stand alone. Everything is really dated, but some decent story telling, but often corny.

Ragged Glory

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

3/5

Iron Maiden

4/5

Not their greatest, but still good.

American Beauty

Grateful Dead

3/5

Can see why people like it. Just wasn’t anything special after first listen. Never have listened to Grateful Dead though. Sounds like many of the bands of that time.

Machine Head

Deep Purple

4/5

Ágætis Byrjun

Sigur Rós

2/5

Good background music. If I wasn’t familiar with them before I would probably just be bored though.

Mothership Connection

Parliament

4/5

3.5/5 not a huge funk fan, but was a fun listen

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