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You Love More Than Most

AlbumYouGlobalDiff
Goat
The Jesus Lizard
5 2.79 +2.21
Gordon
Barenaked Ladies
5 2.95 +2.05
In Between Dreams
Jack Johnson
5 3.2 +1.8
WORRY
Jeff Rosenstock
5 3.24 +1.76
Daisies Of The Galaxy
Eels
5 3.27 +1.73
Recipe for Hate
Bad Religion
5 3.28 +1.72
Sublime
Sublime
5 3.3 +1.7
Contra
Vampire Weekend
5 3.35 +1.65
August And Everything After
Counting Crows
5 3.37 +1.63
The Feeding of the 5000
Crass
4 2.68 +1.32

You Love Less Than Most

AlbumYouGlobalDiff
LUX
ROSALÍA
1 3.44 -2.44
Mm..Food
MF DOOM
1 3.3 -2.3
Que c'est triste Venise
Charles Aznavour
1 3.23 -2.23
Imaginal Disk
Magdalena Bay
1 3.21 -2.21
Untrue
Burial
1 3.1 -2.1
Djarimirri
Gurrumul
1 3.05 -2.05
Splendor & Misery
clipping.
1 2.98 -1.98
Misplaced Childhood
Marillion
1 2.97 -1.97
Rêver mieux
Daniel Bélanger
1 2.96 -1.96
After Hours
The Weeknd
1 2.94 -1.94

5-Star Albums (10)

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Geogaddi by Boards of Canada

Just like the Boards of Canada album in the main list, I forgot I was listening to it at one point.

Phantom Power by The Tragically Hip

I liked this. Seemed like good rock music.

RENAISSANCE by Beyoncé

I recognize she can sing. But I didn't care or get moved or even interested in any song on this album. It completely faded into the background as I was listening.

Queen somehow has some of the most amazing songs ever recorded while simultaneously having some of the most meh albums of all time. There is always at least one and usually two or three great songs on an album and the rest of it is just fine. Somebody is great, the rest of the album? It's okay.

1-Star Albums (18)

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Nearer My God by Foxing
Jan 12 2026

Pretty meh indie rock. I mean, I liked it fine, but forgot about it after listening.

Romance by Fontaines D.C.
Jan 13 2026

This wasn't bad at all. I'm not up too much on current music, so I didn't really know this band, but I'd listen to this again.

Thank Christ for the Bomb by The Groundhogs
Jan 14 2026

Completely new to me, but actually pretty good. The album I listened to had a completely unneeded 15 minute version of Soldier at the end, but without that, it's a better album.

People Watching by Sam Fender
Jan 15 2026

I thought this started pretty strong, but went downhill the more I listened. Never got bad, but got completely forgettable.

I Need to Start a Garden by Haley Heynderickx
Jan 16 2026

Never heard of this one before and really enjoyed her voice and listening to this indie/folk thing.

Grace And Danger by John Martyn
Jan 19 2026

I think I liked this one the least of the three I've heard (two on the original list now this one.) Just didn't do it for me at all.

Pulse by Pink Floyd
Jan 20 2026

I really liked the Pink Floyd we listened to in the main list. It was excellent. But I didn't get anything out of this album I didn't get from the studio ones.

RENAISSANCE by Beyoncé
Jan 21 2026

I recognize she can sing. But I didn't care or get moved or even interested in any song on this album. It completely faded into the background as I was listening.

Blue Is The Colour by The Beautiful South
Jan 22 2026

Alt-folk stuff, a genre I tend to like, but this one was a little all over the place. Not sure I needed a Tom Waits knockoff on the one song. I didn't hate it, but didn't love it.

Deltron 3030 by Deltron 3030
Jan 23 2026

It starts off interesting and sort of funny. But then it never varies up, at all, and continues to be the exact same thing for over an hour.

Boxer by The National
Jan 26 2026

I like this album and it's probably the National's best. I'll listen again.

Geogaddi by Boards of Canada
Jan 27 2026

Just like the Boards of Canada album in the main list, I forgot I was listening to it at one point.

Magnolia Electric Co. by Songs: Ohia
Jan 28 2026

I'm a little torn on this one. I think it's pretty good, and would be a solid 4 if it wasn't for The Old Black Hen. I think I'll leave it as 4, but a little bit reluctantly.

Slip by Quicksand
Jan 29 2026

Pretty good post-hardcore emo-ish thing. Enjoyed it and will listen again.

California by Mr. Bungle
Jan 30 2026

There's some interesting stuff in here, that's for sure. But at no point did I enjoy it.

Feb 02 2026

This is the album I would've picked for the main list. I love this album.

Feb 03 2026

Queen somehow has some of the most amazing songs ever recorded while simultaneously having some of the most meh albums of all time. There is always at least one and usually two or three great songs on an album and the rest of it is just fine. Somebody is great, the rest of the album? It's okay.

John Dawson Winter III by Johnny Winter
Feb 04 2026

I liked some of it, some of it I didn't like. Good blues rock on a lot of the tracks. Probably a 3.5 but that one song that felt like a joke of a country song brings it down.

Nia by Blackalicious
Feb 05 2026

It's way too long. But it wasn't the worst of this type of music I've had to listen to.

Emotional Mugger by Ty Segall
Feb 06 2026

Lots of noisy/chunky guitar and I dug it.

Feb 09 2026

Listening to a mix of country and electronica was not what I was expecting when I woke up. Didn't hate it, but didn't love it, either.

Fine Line by Harry Styles
Feb 10 2026

It's fine, inoffensive, pop. My daughter enjoyed listening to it in the car.

Phantom Power by The Tragically Hip
Feb 11 2026

I liked this. Seemed like good rock music.

Feb 12 2026

This wasn't really for me. Some of it might've been a little bit interesting but it faded into the background so fast I forgot I was listening to it.

Year of the Cat by Al Stewart
Feb 13 2026

I really dug this for some reason. I think I've heard it a bunch before as it was an album my Dad had. It was good to revisit.

No Balance Palace by Kashmir
Feb 17 2026

This was a good listen, and I'd listen to it again.

Djarimirri by Gurrumul
Feb 18 2026

Not for me, even a little bit.

St. Jude by Courteeners
Feb 19 2026

Another album I listened to and forgot I was listening to it while it was on

Y Ahora Qué? by Reincidentes
Feb 20 2026

I enjoyed this quite a bit, way more so that I thought I would.

Apostrophe(') by Frank Zappa
Feb 23 2026

Like most Zappa I find some of it very interesting and some if it too weird for me. I liked this one about the same as the ones on the main list.

Goat by The Jesus Lizard
Feb 24 2026

Another brand new to me album and one I liked a lot. Like a whole lot. Not surprised to learn who produced it after reading about it afterwards. It's that driving guitar noise rock thing that I just really like.

Uncovered by Zamilska
Feb 25 2026

Not my typical style of music, but nothing here to really dislike, either. It was fine,

The Fame by Lady Gaga
Feb 26 2026

I have to admit that I've never listened to this before. My wife has, and she likes it a lot. I can see why, for a pure pop/pop-dance album, it's not bad. It's better than Madonna's later albums at least. The middle to middle to end of the album dragged a bit. Cut this down to 40 minutes and it's a very good album.

Fashion Nugget by CAKE
Feb 27 2026

CAKE might be the worst band I've ever seen play live, but this album is good.

Mar 03 2026

I didn't really enjoy this. Too much prog, too much of that almost parody of a vocal high pitch voice.

WORRY by Jeff Rosenstock
Mar 04 2026

This is such an amazing album. Probably Rosenstock's best and probably my favorite album to come out in the last 10 years. Ah crap, it's just about 10 years old now!

Ants From Up There by Black Country, New Road
Mar 05 2026

There's a few songs on here that I like but the album itself is just meh overall.

City Of Evil by Avenged Sevenfold
Mar 06 2026

Fast drums, shredding guitars, and vocals that aren't terrible. Seems like metal I would enjoy more than I did. It's fine.

Deadwing by Porcupine Tree
Mar 09 2026

Actually liked this more than I expected when I saw the genre. Wasn't too noodle-y which is good. A lot of alt-rock type influences which I enjoyed.

Feed The Animals by Girl Talk
Mar 10 2026

This is a perfectly enjoyable to listen to series of mashups. But is it an album? That I'm not sure about.

Quadrophenia by The Who
Mar 11 2026

I think this is the first time I listened to this album all the way through. And my first impressions are that this is not my favorite The Who album.

Emotion by Carly Rae Jepsen
Mar 12 2026

Talyor Swift Lite

A City Dressed In Dynamite by That Handsome Devil
Mar 13 2026

This was weird but not in a bad way. I could see listening to this again.

My Love Is Cool by Wolf Alice
Mar 16 2026

This was a new one to me, but I enjoyed it. I'll check this one out again.

Chuck by Sum 41
Mar 17 2026

This is not my favorite Sum 41 album, but it's fine, I guess. Nothing new here, and I'd probably listen to another of their albums before this one, but I probably wouldn't turn it off, either.

Give Up by The Postal Service
Mar 18 2026

This is good and I'll listen to it again. Both of my daughters, independently and on different days, asked if it was a new Owl City album.

Autobiografia by Duncan Dhu
Mar 19 2026

Meh, I didn't enjoy ths.

Sublime by Sublime
Mar 20 2026

I have listened to Sublime way to much to not give this the 5 it deserves.

Mar 23 2026

I enjoyed this. Maybe, even for a punk fan like me, it might've been a bit too niche, but I liked it.

L'autre... by Mylène Farmer
Mar 24 2026

I didn't really enjoy this

Korn by Korn
Mar 26 2026

I didn't enjoy the first albumin the main list. And I liked this one less.

Recipe for Hate by Bad Religion
Mar 27 2026

American Jesus hits just as hard in 2026 as it did in 1993. Not Bad Religion's best album, but it's still excellent and I loved hearing it again.

Young, Loud And Snotty by Dead Boys
Mar 30 2026

I quite enjoyed listening to this one! Not quite a 5, but not far off.

Contra by Vampire Weekend
Mar 31 2026

Indie college pop that hits all the notes I want from that. If I was to choose one album from them, it probably would've been their first, but this is a great one as well.

10 Days Out: Blues from the Backroads by Kenny Wayne Shepherd
Apr 01 2026

I really like blues albums and this seemed to be a good one, but I sort of wish it was just a great blues album from one artist instead of a pseudo-greatest hits album.

Mingus Ah Um by Charles Mingus
Apr 02 2026

I think I liked this one a little more than the Mingus album we had on the original list, I felt it was more accessible. But I did not finish the original list and think "You know what we need? More jazz."

Grand Prix by Teenage Fanclub
Apr 06 2026

I don't think I liked this quite as much as Bandwagonesque but I liked it a lot.

Squeezing Out Sparks by Graham Parker
Apr 07 2026

I liked this. Felt like early Elvis Costello and we all know we need more music like that on the list.

Piledriver by Status Quo
Apr 09 2026

Pretty standard 70s rock. But it was good.

Fully Completely by The Tragically Hip
Apr 10 2026

I liked this one a lot, The Tragically Hip are a band that I don't know as much about as I should

Ænima by TOOL
Apr 13 2026

I could see this getting up to a 4 at some point, but it's not quite there yet for me. I liked it a lot more than I was expecting to and some of the more industrial experiments were very interesting and entertaining. My biggest problem with Tool is my same problem I have with King Crimson, it's their fans. Tool fans are the vegans of music fandom. You won’t have to ask.

Piñata by Freddie Gibbs
Apr 14 2026

When listening to the main list I made it a point to never skip a song and listen to each and every one. And I really thought that would continue, but I realized life is too short to listen to music I hate as much as this.

Barton Hollow by The Civil Wars
Apr 15 2026

This worked for me for a while, but there's no real variation in any of the songs and it leaves me feeling very meh by the end.

METAL FORTH by BABYMETAL
Apr 16 2026

BABYMETAL are a joke band, right? That's the only thing that makes sense. Even if I can find some pleasure in a single song, the fact that they have multiple albums boggles my mind.

Alive 2007 by Daft Punk
Apr 17 2026

It's fine. Not a huge fan of the genre but they are good at it.

Crack the Skye by Mastodon
Apr 20 2026

This was fine. Not really my thing but I enjoyed it.

Reconstruction Site by The Weakerthans
Apr 21 2026

I liked this a lot. Could see it becoming a favorite.

Artaud by Pescado Rabioso
Apr 22 2026

It was just shy of okay for me.

Super Ape by The Upsetters
Apr 23 2026

I liked listening to some dub!

Kick by INXS
Apr 24 2026

The 80s condensed into a single album. It’s fine, if you like that 80s sound, which I do in small doses. The singles are better than the rest of the album

Stormcock by Roy Harper
Apr 27 2026

I don't know, maybe I wasn't in the right frame of mind, but this one didn't click for me.

Gemstones by Adam Green
Apr 28 2026

I thought this was fine. I like The Moldy Peaches and was hoping it would be more like that.

The Empyrean by John Frusciante
Apr 30 2026

I thought the guitar work was good, but I got so bored by the end.

30 Something by Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine
May 01 2026

Didn't know this one. Didn't hate it

Cleopatra by The Lumineers
May 04 2026

This album starts off okay and I enjoyed it quite a bit. But then it keeps going. And going. And going. And never changing.

In Between Dreams by Jack Johnson
May 05 2026

You can call me a basic bitch, but I just love this album. It's perfect for what it's trying to do.

Latin Mass by Os Mundi
May 06 2026

Did not enjoy this

Come On Over by Shania Twain
May 07 2026

The main list showed me I didn't dislike country as much as I thought I did. This album did the opposite.

Sunbather by Deafheaven
May 08 2026

I thought was going to like this when the music started, that shoegaze/post-punk type guitar and drums were great. Then the vocals started. I couldn't stand that. This was a chore to get through.

Afrociberdelia by Chico Science
May 11 2026

This is for someone, but that someone is not me.

May 12 2026

You know how they say not to judge a book by it's cover. Yeah, I did. I was right. This is terrible

After Hours by The Weeknd
May 14 2026

I am flabbergasted that The Weeknd is popular enough to have played The Super Bowl. It makes no sense to me.

Puzzle by Biffy Clyro
May 15 2026

Pretty good! Decent emo vibes but with a Foo Fighters sound. I liked this.

Z by My Morning Jacket
May 18 2026

I've listened to this album before and liked it, and this was no different. It's a good album. Great? Not quite, but good isn't bad at all!

Get To Heaven by Everything Everything
May 19 2026

This was a little better than fine, but not a lot. I'll have to revisit this one in the future and see if it grabs me on a second listen.

Souvlaki by Slowdive
May 20 2026

I tried to explain to my daughters what shoegaze was but they didn't ever quite get it. But I like it.

Once Upon a Rhyme by David Allan Coe
May 21 2026

I liked this more than I thought I would from the cover. But I find that I like outlaw country a lot more than I thought. I hate modern country, but they made some killer albums in the 70s

Untrue by Burial
May 25 2026

Complete waste of time. Just do the exact same thing on repetition and call it a song.

Songs Of A Lost World by The Cure
May 26 2026

I didn't like this as much as I did The Cure albums on the main list. But it's fine

The Italian Flag by Prolapse
May 27 2026

I enjoyed this one, except for the last track.

LUX by ROSALÍA
May 28 2026

Hated this

Rêver mieux by Daniel Bélanger
May 29 2026

I really disliked this one and couldn't finish it.

Moa Anbessa by Getatchew Mekurya
Jun 01 2026

So strange, I expected to hate this one and I ended up quite enjoying it. Mix of jazz with some punk/post-punk/maybe a touch of ska? It was interesting for sure.

Zaireeka by The Flaming Lips
Jun 02 2026

It may have been an interesting experiment, but I would prefer if they made 1 really good album instead of whatever this was.

Discipline by King Crimson
Jun 03 2026

I liked some of this a lot. And I disliked some of this quite a bit too.

Wincing The Night Away by The Shins
Jun 04 2026

I like The Shins fine enough. They're better than just okay. But not great.

Take It From The Man by The Brian Jonestown Massacre
Jun 08 2026

I really enjoyed listening to this album. New to me, but good pick

MOMENTUM by Calibro 35
Jun 10 2026

I didn't really enjoy this one. Not skippable, but nothing I'd put on again.

Mm..Food by MF DOOM
Jun 11 2026

I really don't get MF DOOM. Everyone keeps saying that it's great but I don't like it at all. Completely uninteresting.

Lemonade by Beyoncé
Jun 12 2026

This was probably my favorite Beyoncé album I listened to. I didn't like it, but it was my favorite.

Jane Doe by Converge
Jun 15 2026

Terrible

Portishead by Portishead
Jun 16 2026

It was fine

Jun 17 2026

Not a fan. Some of the quiet loud quiet dynamics are typically what I like, but this one didn’t do it for me

One Time for All Time by 65daysofstatic
Jun 18 2026

This could have been pretty interesting with some lyrics.

Old No. 1 by Guy Clark
Jun 19 2026

Not really for me

The Decline by NOFX
Jun 22 2026

I love NOFX, but this EP always seemed a bit like a gimmick. Wish it was Punk in Drublic or War on Errorism

Fuzz by Chucklehead
Jun 23 2026

My kids liked this a lot more than I did

Come And Get It by Rachel Stevens
Jun 24 2026

Totally generic and bland pop

Jun 25 2026

I might've just been in the right mood, but I enjoyed this one quite a bit. Haven't had many of the user albums I've actually liked, so when I get one, I might rate it a bit higher.

The Earth Is Not a Cold Dead Place by Explosions In The Sky
Jun 26 2026

Maybe one of my favorite totally instrumental albums we’ve listened to. Would’ve been better with lyrics.

1, 2, Kung Fu! by Boy Azooga
Jun 29 2026

Listened to this yesterday and thought at the time it was pleasant. I can’t remember it today

Harbor Lights by Bruce Hornsby
Jun 30 2026

I actually really enjoyed listening to this one. Will try it again sometime.

L'Heptade by Harmonium
Jul 01 2026

Unbelievably boring

The Monitor by Titus Andronicus
Jul 06 2026

One of the better albums that I’ve listened to recently of the user albums. Good stuff

Eye by Robyn Hitchcock
Jul 07 2026

This was fine, I guess?

Toxicity by System Of A Down
Jul 09 2026

Liked this WAY more than I expected to.

London 0 Hull 4 by The Housemartins
Jul 10 2026

Not aware of this before, but not unenjoyable. Would listen again.

Funky Kingston by Toots & The Maytals
Jul 13 2026

I didn't know I needed a reggae version of Country Roads in my life. But I really, really did.

Imaginal Disk by Magdalena Bay
Jul 14 2026

Hated this. Hated the singer's voice. Hard pass for me.

Jul 15 2026

I didn't like this one at all. I liked Whatever People Say so I was surprised by how much I didn't like this

Angel Dust by Faith No More
Jul 20 2026

It was fine, I guess?

Jul 21 2026

I was surprised by how much I enjoyed this album. Never really listened to Primus before, will have to try some more.

The Mantle by Agalloch
Jul 23 2026

This was probably the best "Doom Metal" I've heard. I still didn't enjoy it much.

New York by Lou Reed
Jul 24 2026

Every time I listen to Lou Reed I want it to be Transformer. This is not Transformer.

The Rocky Horror Picture Show by Various Artists
Jul 28 2026

I don't think it works quite as well as an album as some other music albums do, but it's still pretty great.

Speak for Yourself by Imogen Heap
Jul 31 2026

This was fine as well. Nothing I really need to hear again.

Gordon by Barenaked Ladies
Aug 03 2026

I've listened to this album so many times and would gladly put it on again right now.

Songs For The Deaf by Queens Of The Stone Age
Aug 04 2026

This is such an amazing album that I can even overlook the fake radio thing that's not really useful.

Under The Pink by Tori Amos
Aug 10 2026

It's fine. Still just not a Tori Amos fan

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