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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Orbital 2 Orbital	5	2.7	+2.3
Ritual De Lo Habitual Jane's Addiction	5	3.19	+1.81
Clandestino Manu Chao	5	3.22	+1.78
Synchronicity The Police	5	3.42	+1.58
One Nation Under A Groove Funkadelic	5	3.43	+1.57
In A Silent Way Miles Davis	5	3.61	+1.39
Dummy Portishead	5	3.71	+1.29
Bad Michael Jackson	5	3.81	+1.19
Infected The The	4	2.92	+1.08

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
The Visitors ABBA	1	3.2	-2.2
Buenas Noches From A Lonely Room Dwight Yoakam	1	2.6	-1.6
Lost In The Dream The War On Drugs	2	3.39	-1.39

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Lost In The Dream

The War On Drugs

2/5

I was excited after reading their extremely pretentious description on Spotify but the result is underwhelming. I was really hoping for some genre bending/blending, instead it's just a dylan/orbison/petty not-quite coverband that delves into sound scapes ala Wilco meets Brian Eno. Clearly skilled at recording and arrangement, but the drums are the same on every track (just different speed) and it kills the vibe for me. It ends up sounded very bland and kinda boring. It leans way too heavily on a Tom Petty/Orbison wilburys vibe for me. THere are moments where I'm excited for what might be coming only to be disappointed by the same bland pop beat, again.

36 likes

Orbital 2

Orbital

5/5

amazing...halycon on and on is a classic. studio masters before digital studios

7 likes

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Rage Against The Machine

4/5

Great album all the way through, surprised I hadn't heard a few of the tracks before

Step In The Arena

Gang Starr

4/5

Fantastic, obvious root and influence of many mcs to come

Clandestino

Manu Chao

5/5

Wish I knew this when it came out and not a decade later

Low-Life

New Order

4/5

Not my favorite, stylistically mostly, but there are some bangers on here, can hear the influence on a ton of bands to come

Synchronicity

The Police

5/5

Amazing, one of my favorite

The Seldom Seen Kid

Elbow

4/5

How have I never heard of this band before now? A bit melodramatic overall butt obvious talent with some interesting song writing and arrangement

Bad

Michael Jackson

5/5

Amazing not as great as thriller but a solid album all the way through. Somebody on the sound engineering team learned with gating was

Infected

The The

4/5

Wow I forgot about the the, very '80s but clearly very talented! an interesting listen but only "liked" one song for later listening. The man clearly had a lot of talent and energy.

The Visitors

ABBA

1/5

A little underwhelmed I was excited to hear something other than their heads and it's not very exciting

C'est Chic

CHIC

4/5

So much better than expected, solid all the way through

Buenas Noches From A Lonely Room

Dwight Yoakam

1/5

I hate country, I tried but couldn't make it through the first song

Picture Book

Simply Red

3/5

These guys are a better band than I remember. There are some really good tunes on here, but all of it is just outside of my style preferences. It's very dated to the eighties.... instrument choice and production wise

Dummy

Portishead

5/5

Love it, one of my favorite from college

In A Silent Way

Miles Davis

5/5

nice.... this is so easy to listen to, makes me understand Miles Davis as a thing, so many of his "top hits" are pretty esoteric to come into cold not having heard his foundational stuff. Really happy to be made aware of this one!!!

Orbital 2

Orbital

5/5

amazing...halycon on and on is a classic. studio masters before digital studios

Before And After Science

Brian Eno

3/5

More interesting than I expected at points, but droning and dull overall. I've never really "got" this vibe

One Nation Under A Groove

Funkadelic

5/5

One of my all time favorite albums...each song a banger.

Disintegration

The Cure

4/5

There a few good tunes on here, but they all start to sound the same to me after a while, no very innovative within their feel

Tellin’ Stories

The Charlatans

2/5

meh... the singers voice is too whiny (at least for my current mood).

All Hail the Queen

Queen Latifah

3/5

Feels ahead of it's time, but also dated. That said it's got great vibes and I starred a few tunes.

Metallica

3/5

Interesting that this would be here instead of ...and justice for all. This album, though mature in some aspects, feels too tame and radio friendly. Like many bands that find fame and tour relentlessly, IMHO the songwriting sounds like it suffers from a thought process along the lines of "this will sound good in an arena" that can only come with experience of doing that, but I believe takes away from the raw energy and emotion of the previous albums which feel more bent towards headphone consumption.

Lost In The Dream

The War On Drugs

2/5

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector

Various Artists

4/5

Merry Christmas!!

Ritual De Lo Habitual

Jane's Addiction

5/5

Apparently written before nothings shocking, this can be considered their first,and imho best album. Check's off all boxes: sounds like no one else, no skip-over tracks, has a consistent and overarching vibe without all the songs sounding the same. If this were a sci fi novel I'd be talking about their world building craftsmanship. Three Days alone is worth buying a copy of this album for yourself. 11 stars.

Snivilisation

Orbital

3/5

It's really good, and a step up from the previous album, but this is the second orbital album on the list, it's not different enough for me to get too excited about.

Teenager Of The Year

Frank Black

3/5

Sounds like all the other Frank Black albums... it's good but it's just shy of really good. He clearly was a HUGE influence in the pixies, but his solo albums always serve as proof that any band is greater than the sum of its parts.