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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Back to Basics Christina Aguilera	5	2.75	+2.25
S.F. Sorrow The Pretty Things	5	3.01	+1.99
Groovin' The Young Rascals	5	3.04	+1.96
Close To The Edge Yes	5	3.19	+1.81
All Mod Cons The Jam	5	3.25	+1.75
Pretzel Logic Steely Dan	5	3.39	+1.61
Nilsson Schmilsson Harry Nilsson	5	3.43	+1.57
That's The Way Of The World Earth, Wind & Fire	5	3.5	+1.5
Rio Duran Duran	5	3.5	+1.5
Black Holes and Revelations Muse	5	3.59	+1.41

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Blonde On Blonde Bob Dylan	1	3.48	-2.48
Sweetheart Of The Rodeo The Byrds	1	2.83	-1.83
Highway 61 Revisited Bob Dylan	2	3.75	-1.75
Electric Warrior T. Rex	2	3.53	-1.53
Imagine John Lennon	2	3.45	-1.45
Green Onions Booker T. & The MG's	2	3.39	-1.39
Queens of the Stone Age Queens Of The Stone Age	2	3.29	-1.29
Ace of Spades Motörhead	2	3.28	-1.28
The Beach Boys Today! The Beach Boys	2	3.26	-1.26
Here Are the Sonics The Sonics	2	3.16	-1.16

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Blonde On Blonde

Bob Dylan · 1 likes

1/5

In 1966, this was probably neat, and the recording quality is good and the compositions are solid; but the songs all melt together, and I don't want to sing or dance, or feel a significant emotion from listening to them.

Groovin'

The Young Rascals · 1 likes

5/5

This is really nice! Nothing stands out as a bad track.

1-Star Albums (3)

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That's The Way Of The World

Earth, Wind & Fire

5/5

What you'd expect from EW&F + some prototypical party rap, wow

Abraxas

Santana

4/5

Wish You Were Here

Pink Floyd

5/5

Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not

Arctic Monkeys

4/5

Pretzel Logic

Steely Dan

5/5

Night by Night and Charlie Freak are out of this world

Femi Kuti

4/5

Warehouse: Songs And Stories

Hüsker Dü

3/5

Rage Against The Machine

5/5

Brilliant Corners

Thelonious Monk

4/5

Amazing Jazz pianist; in particular the opening track throws you into chaos and resolves to a reliable relief of assonance and consistent rhythm. But not all tracks astound so much as the title track. This album is also notably held back by the recording quality of the day-- its very fuzzy and in some songs you can hear musicians humming or keeping the beat. Keeping in mind the day and age this was released and the target it was released for this is near perfect. It might have difficulty holding up to modern production standards.

Vol. 4

Black Sabbath

3/5

Solid throughout, didn't wow me outside of the few prog-metal type influences.

The Trinity Session

Cowboy Junkies

4/5

Was not expecting to like this at all based on the title and the first notes; was blown away by the end by how much I appreciated the blues here. Not an everyday listen still.

Golden Hour

Kacey Musgraves

2/5

Slow burn is OK Lonely weekend is not my jam Butterflies is OK Space Cowboy is OK Mother is not my jam Love is a wild thing is not my jam Happy & Sad I didn't notice Velvet Elvis - disgust Wonder Woman - bored High Horse - this is neat Golden Hour - didn't notice Rainbows- OK 2/5

Franz Ferdinand

4/5

4/5?

Germs

2/5

Cool for history, not cool for me

Mothership Connection

Parliament

3/5

Iron Maiden

4/5

Lady In Satin

Billie Holiday

3/5

Its some slow jazz

All Mod Cons

The Jam

5/5

This is good; its fairly aged but would have been my jam in 78 (5/5??)

The Scream

Siouxsie And The Banshees

4/5

Sticky Fingers

The Rolling Stones

4/5

Tea for the Tillerman

Cat Stevens

3/5

A lot of sleepy songs, but the second half of the album really picks up; Father and Son is an obvious standout.

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

Arrested Development

4/5

Fever To Tell

Yeah Yeah Yeahs

4/5

Nilsson Schmilsson

Harry Nilsson

5/5

Woah 5/5!

S.F. Sorrow

The Pretty Things

5/5

Pretty awesome for 68; lots of depth and experimentation without sacrificing good musicality

Modern Kosmology

Jane Weaver

3/5

Electric Warrior

T. Rex

2/5

Mask

Bauhaus

2/5

I can't really get behind the vocals; it's chaotic and rough. Some instrumentals are similar, some use more common patterns. It's an interesting piece of art. But I'd never want to listen to it on my own or in a group even

Killing Joke

3/5

Totally fine, but not really wowing me. Would listen again in the right environment.

Sound Affects

The Jam

4/5

The Beach Boys Today!

The Beach Boys

2/5

Can't dig it. I'm sure it was somewhat of a new sound at the time, but it sounds like worse buddy holly to me; most songs have only one thing going on. Do you wanna dance, Help Me Rhonda, I'm so Young are OK.

E.V.O.L.

Sonic Youth

4/5

Pretty cool, groundbreaking without losing popular appeal

Surf's Up

The Beach Boys

3/5

Starting to hear some yes-type sounds; interesting

Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme

Simon & Garfunkel

5/5

Lazer Guided Melodies

Spiritualized

4/5

super cool

Coles Corner

Richard Hawley

4/5

Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire)

The Kinks

3/5

Anti war stuff for the intro, fairly predictable now Shangri-La surprised me (in a good way) They seem pissed about WWII but it's not clear why (a little /s) The album generally gets better as it goes on from a weak / stereotypical start

L.A. Woman

The Doors

4/5

The Changeling - 5/5 Love Her Madly - eh Been Down So Long - eh Cars Hiss By My Window - eh L.A. Woman - eh L'America - 4/5 Hyacinth House - 5/5 Crawling King Snake - 4/5 The WASP (Texas Radio and the Big Beat) - eh Riders on the Storm - 3/5

Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables

Dead Kennedys

3/5

Os Mutantes

2/5

This is really not my vibe; the last few songs are OK

Highway 61 Revisited

Bob Dylan

2/5

Like a Rolling Stone is (of course) pretty good; it starts to drag quickly

Young Americans

David Bowie

5/5

Close To The Edge

Yes

5/5

Blonde On Blonde

Bob Dylan

1/5

Darkness on the Edge of Town

Bruce Springsteen

4/5

It's all good, there aren't really any bangers for me after one listen through though

Back to Basics

Christina Aguilera

5/5

Great production and vocals; very distinct style

The Dark Side Of The Moon

Pink Floyd

4/5

It's a very nicely produced album with a big emotional swing; and I can see getting lost in it. But, I don't think individual songs really work by themselves. It's a great album but I wouldn't go back to listen to any individual parts of it for entertainment, and couldn't put it on in the background either, as its too interesting for other things to be happening during it, unless you're alone and not doing anything else.

The Suburbs

Arcade Fire

3/5

Nothing wrong with it, and I would put it on sometimes, but there's a laziness or sluggishness that kept me from being more interested or engaged. Sprawl II stood out as a good listen for me.

808 State

3/5

Sweetheart Of The Rodeo

The Byrds

1/5

Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

3/5

It's ok; giving a little bit like bowie

The Who Sell Out

The Who

2/5

I Can See For Miles obviously is a standout track here; the rest is experimental but not captivating or very enjoyable in general

Forever Changes

Love

4/5

Pump

Aerosmith

2/5

Speakerboxxx/The Love Below

OutKast

4/5

Violent Femmes

3/5

Totally decent; burns its best songs first then fades into (genre-defining?) punk standards

Parklife

Blur

4/5

Rio

Duran Duran

5/5

Rio, Hungry like the Wolf, hold back the rain, save a prayer are all great

Two Dancers

Wild Beasts

3/5

Seems cool but not really enthralling for me, a little too chill and a little too intentionally weird. Probably amazing while high.

Queens of the Stone Age

Queens Of The Stone Age

2/5

I don't get it; I could think about it and get it but I don't think I would enjoy it still

Songs Of Leonard Cohen

Leonard Cohen

3/5

Reggatta De Blanc

The Police

3/5

Message in a Bottle is obviously a classic and it holds up, although I can never really get used to how the Police let their songs end by fading out instead of writing an ending Walking on the Moon and Bring on the Night are nice What the heck is On Any Other Day doing? It's cartoon punk?

Buenas Noches From A Lonely Room

Dwight Yoakam

2/5

Green Onions

Booker T. & The MG's

2/5

It's fine, but instrumental organ proto rock isn't my thing

Stand!

Sly & The Family Stone

4/5

Pretty nice!

The Bends

Radiohead

4/5

Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots

The Flaming Lips

3/5

Imagine

John Lennon

2/5

Strangeways, Here We Come

The Smiths

4/5

1984

Van Halen

3/5

Obviously a few classics on here, but the second half of the album doesn't maintain the peak of the beginning. Loses a little from the big songs being overused in commercials and movie trailers, etc.

All That You Can't Leave Behind

3/5

The World is a Ghetto

War

4/5

Dare!

The Human League

3/5

Experimental in a way that would be refined by dozens of artists over the next decade; in isolation from its history the production of the album seems unrefined and simple; but the monotone vocals leave it a distinct style and beyond it's biggest hit (Don't You Want Me) it's listenable and several tracks are catchy.

Black Sabbath

3/5

Solid, points for having this sound in 1970; nothing sticks out as a banger though

Kollaps

Einstürzende Neubauten

1/5

Certainly something

Wild Is The Wind

Nina Simone

5/5

Very powerful songs. Four Women (focused on the cover) might be one of the weakest songs, it sounds like something out of a musical, and it does show a lot of range but as a piece to listen to it's not giving very much.

Halcyon Digest

Deerhunter

3/5

Pretty neat; not bad music but focuses on meaning over enjoyment

The Queen Is Dead

The Smiths

4/5

Solid throughout, there is a light obviously stuck around but bigmouth and mr shankly also are quite nice

3 Feet High and Rising

De La Soul

3/5

Rumours

Fleetwood Mac

4/5

Bangers through the middle, solid through the end Starts out a little weak with Never Going Back Again in 3rd

Born In The U.S.A.

Bruce Springsteen

4/5

Not generally my style but good all the way through-- beyond the hits, surprised by Downbound Train and I'm on Fire

Arrival

ABBA

3/5

Obviously has some good pop songs; not terribly surprising in any of the songs which I wasn't already familiar with.

Groovin'

The Young Rascals

5/5

This is really nice! Nothing stands out as a bad track.

Who's Next

The Who

5/5

In A Silent Way

Miles Davis

5/5

Here Are the Sonics

The Sonics

2/5

Black Holes and Revelations

Muse

5/5

Invincible is good; Exo-politics is really good; knights of cydonia is an all time banger

This Is Hardcore

Pulp

3/5

A good amount of meaning but not very listenable or fun or danceable or singable

...The Dandy Warhols Come Down

The Dandy Warhols

3/5

Really good start but the tail of the album really didn't need to be there?

Suzanne Vega

4/5

Ill Communication

Beastie Boys

4/5

Unknown Pleasures

Joy Division

3/5

I didn't notice this was from the 70s at first, and thought 'this is just less impactful interpol', 2/5, but flipping it around these guys deserve some credit; some tracks remind a lot of ultravox

If You're Feeling Sinister

Belle & Sebastian

3/5

Ace of Spades

Motörhead

2/5

Ace of Spaces as a song has a long cultural tail and stands out as the first song on the album, until you get to the rest of the album which is little different song-by-song from Ace of Spades.

Let It Bleed

The Rolling Stones

4/5

Pretty nice; Gimme Shelter and Can't Always Get What You Want are great opening and ending tracks, legendary; the rest isn't bad, a little standard wrt the 60s rebel energy. 4/5.

In Utero

Nirvana

5/5

5/5 clearly, somehow it is both the most punk and rebellious sound while staying completely enjoyable to listen to, even for songs like 'Rape Me'; Heart Shaped Box somehow stands out as a pop-friendly song even though its chorus is extremely discordant

Porcupine

Echo And The Bunnymen

3/5

Starts out really nice but sort of drags as it goes on

Sulk

The Associates

2/5

It's good at what it's going for, but not my jam as it's going for intentionally confusing and a little hard to listen to