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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Peggy Suicide Julian Cope	5	2.77	+2.23
Smokers Delight Nightmares On Wax	5	2.91	+2.09
O.G. Original Gangster Ice T	5	2.97	+2.03
Bluesbreakers John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers	5	3.16	+1.84
If You're Feeling Sinister Belle & Sebastian	5	3.18	+1.82
Shaft Isaac Hayes	5	3.24	+1.76
Inspiration Information Shuggie Otis	5	3.27	+1.73
Made In Japan Deep Purple	5	3.29	+1.71
Chirping Crickets Buddy Holly & The Crickets	5	3.29	+1.71
Sunday At The Village Vanguard Bill Evans Trio	5	3.31	+1.69

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Illinois Sufjan Stevens	1	3.5	-2.5
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy Kanye West	1	3.41	-2.41
Let England Shake PJ Harvey	1	3.15	-2.15
Music Has The Right To Children Boards of Canada	1	2.91	-1.91
Bright Flight Silver Jews	1	2.69	-1.69
Timeless Goldie	1	2.53	-1.53
Antichrist Superstar Marilyn Manson	1	2.47	-1.47
Melodrama Lorde	2	3.32	-1.32
The Soft Bulletin The Flaming Lips	2	3.28	-1.28
Rubber Soul Beatles	3	4.12	-1.12

5-Star Albums (23)

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Bright Flight

Silver Jews · 15 likes

1/5

Dull and lifeless, almost as if written to capture the feeling of a talentless hack who did unspeakable things to record executives to get an album produced.

1984

Van Halen · 11 likes

5/5

Love, love, love this album. Hey PJ Harvey, this is how to make music that people want to hear.

Shaft

Isaac Hayes · 4 likes

5/5

Fun and groovy. Watch yo' mouth!

Melodrama

Lorde · 4 likes

2/5

The William Shatner of synth pop.

Wild Is The Wind

Nina Simone · 4 likes

5/5

Dramatic, passionate, soulful. Real, unfiltered music sung by an intense artist with something to say. Fuck off Lorde.

1-Star Albums (7)

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Jazz Samba

Stan Getz

5/5

This is such a welcoming introduction to Stan Getz, it feels familiar immediately and sets a perfect mood.

Surrealistic Pillow

Jefferson Airplane

4/5

I recognize and acknowledge the revolutionary genius that went into this album, but it's a difficult listen for me.

Let England Shake

PJ Harvey

1/5

Hate this so much.

Electric Warrior

T. Rex

3/5

The distinctive sound and clever lyrics that made Bang a Gong fun and memorable, are spread too thinly over way too many lifeless and repetitive songs.

Modern Life Is Rubbish

Blur

4/5

Thoroughly enjoyed the music on this album, not so much the vocals.

On The Beach

Neil Young

3/5

Damn, Neil Young can be a bummer. A competent album, mostly a collection of culturally appropriated blues.

The Genius Of Ray Charles

Ray Charles

3/5

While Ray Charles was a genius, his amazing voice was overwhelmed by the big band horn section.

Melodrama

Lorde

2/5

The William Shatner of synth pop.

461 Ocean Boulevard

Eric Clapton

4/5

Gets better with each listening.

1984

Van Halen

5/5

Love, love, love this album. Hey PJ Harvey, this is how to make music that people want to hear.

Peggy Suicide

Julian Cope

5/5

Well... that was a fun ride.

La Revancha Del Tango

Gotan Project

4/5

Mostly enjoyable. Seems like the one socialist rap song didn't fit the mood of the rest of the album. Very similar to Skeewiff

The Predator

Ice Cube

4/5

Ice Cube was correct, I did need to check myself. I was just about to wreck myself. Thx Bro.

Rubber Soul

Beatles

3/5

Meh

...And Justice For All

Metallica

4/5

Not my jam, but can't deny the talent.

All Hope Is Gone

Slipknot

4/5

Really enjoyed the musicality, not the vocals so much. Why so angry?

Moving Pictures

Rush

5/5

Best album ever. Rush at the pinnacle of their creativity

Wild Is The Wind

Nina Simone

5/5

Dramatic, passionate, soulful. Real, unfiltered music sung by an intense artist with something to say. Fuck off Lorde.

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness

The Smashing Pumpkins

4/5

Not that sad. Enjoyable.

Triangle

The Beau Brummels

3/5

Hate it. Hate Dylan. Hate Dylan knock off's. Kind of grew on me after awhile.

Fear Of A Black Planet

Public Enemy

3/5

Ruff.

Smokers Delight

Nightmares On Wax

5/5

Grooving grooves.

Definitely Maybe

Oasis

4/5

More fun than I expected. Still, the nasally drone started to wear on me.

Either Or

Elliott Smith

3/5

Boring.

Vanishing Point

Primal Scream

2/5

I was really expecting some excitement based on the name of the band & the album title but this thing sucked.

Happy Trails

Quicksilver Messenger Service

4/5

A little self indulgent, but a lot of fun nevertheless.

The Soft Bulletin

The Flaming Lips

2/5

Whiny drivel. Shouldn't there be some minimum requirement that a singer should know how to sing?

Hunky Dory

David Bowie

5/5

It's David-frickin'-Bowie.

Sunday At The Village Vanguard

Bill Evans Trio

5/5

So smooth. Mmmm hmmmmm.

Inspiration Information

Shuggie Otis

5/5

Smooth grooves, funk, and psychedelic love. So good.

Locust Abortion Technician

Butthole Surfers

4/5

Sweet, sweet, butthole music.

The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady

Charles Mingus

5/5

Perfect.

Heroes

David Bowie

4/5

Great Bowie, but uneven.

Let's Get Killed

David Holmes

4/5

Groovin'

Electric Ladyland

Jimi Hendrix

5/5

Mind healed, palette cleansed and chakras aligned - I'm ready for more PJ Harvey. Hendrix is amazing and this album captures lightning in a bottle.

Music Has The Right To Children

Boards of Canada

1/5

Throbbing tedium.

Golden Hour

Kacey Musgraves

3/5

Not my jam, but she is clearly talented.

Paul's Boutique

Beastie Boys

4/5

Unexpected fun. Love the white boy false bravado. Only a couple of steps removed from rappin' grannies.

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

Arrested Development

4/5

Strong, interesting lyrics, old school mix of actual musicianship and a heavy beat.

Rattlesnakes

Lloyd Cole And The Commotions

3/5

The Who Sell Out

The Who

3/5

I'm inclined to give it a higher score than I otherwise might because it's the Who, but honestly it was not that interesting a listen.

Parallel Lines

Blondie

4/5

Fun, uneven, snapping and poppy. The singles on this album dominated the radio in the late 70s and they leave a fun impression. Some of the other songs are a little harder to deal with, but there are at least a couple of others that could have been singles.

My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

Kanye West

1/5

Gawd awful drivel, incessant drone, and pretentious barely begin to describe this work of a genius.

Bringing It All Back Home

Bob Dylan

3/5

The fun stuff is pretty enjoyable. The rest of it is repetitive filler drivel. Kudos if he can remember the lyrics to a couple of those songs

Made In Japan

Deep Purple

5/5

So good. Not always a fan of live albums, but this is live rock at it's best

At Fillmore East

The Allman Brothers Band

5/5

So much jams. All the jams. Jammy jam jams

Shaft

Isaac Hayes

5/5

Fun and groovy. Watch yo' mouth!

Timeless

Goldie

1/5

Waste of time. Drivel.

16 Lovers Lane

The Go-Betweens

3/5

Background fluff. Nothing exciting, nothing to remember.

Juju

Siouxsie And The Banshees

4/5

Fun throwback sound. Really enjoyed this album. Plus one point for a cool band name

Garbage

4/5

I didn't expect to like it, but it was a really enjoyable album minus one point for crappy band name.

Infected

The The

3/5

Decent but of fun. Very dated sound.

Bluesbreakers

John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers

5/5

An excellent blues album, even if you don't care about the groundbreaking sound design.

O.G. Original Gangster

Ice T

5/5

Muy bien . I love me some Ice T.

I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You

Aretha Franklin

5/5

Perfect R&B.

Introducing The Hardline According To Terence Trent D'Arby

Terence Trent D'Arby

4/5

Thoroughly enjoyable..

Truth And Soul

Fishbone

2/5

Frenetic. Some interesting stuff, but not my jam.

Fragile

Yes

5/5

So much excellence and amazing music. A few odd moments, but who cares.

The Undertones

3/5

Very much a sound of its times. Got repetitive pretty quickly.

Antichrist Superstar

Marilyn Manson

1/5

Fuck Mary Manson. He looks gross (strike one), he's a rapist (strike two), and he's a rapist (strike three).

Let's Get It On

Marvin Gaye

5/5

If You're Feeling Sinister

Belle & Sebastian

5/5

Tarkus

Emerson, Lake & Palmer

4/5

Violator

Depeche Mode

3/5

You've Come a Long Way Baby

Fatboy Slim

4/5

Pictures At An Exhibition

Emerson, Lake & Palmer

4/5

The Queen Is Dead

The Smiths

4/5

Enjoyable.

Bright Flight

Silver Jews

1/5

Dull and lifeless, almost as if written to capture the feeling of a talentless hack who did unspeakable things to record executives to get an album produced.

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

The Kinks

4/5

Fun, clever

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

5/5

The frickin' best

Untitled (Black Is)

SAULT

3/5

More fun than I expected, but not my cup of tea.

Wild Gift

3/5

It's alright. Nothing special. None of the songs left a lasting impression.

With The Beatles

Beatles

3/5

Nostalgic romp with a couple of standout hints of music to come. Felt very corny through most of it.

Brilliant Corners

Thelonious Monk

5/5

Mmmmm... tasty.

Illinois

Sufjan Stevens

1/5

It's awful to be filled with angst about the injustices of the world but have no talent for lyrics. I suppose it's worse to then inflict that lack of talent on the world.

Haunted Dancehall

The Sabres Of Paradise

3/5

Chirping Crickets

Buddy Holly & The Crickets

5/5

So many hits.

Let It Be

The Replacements

4/5

Good energy. Captured the alt sound of the time as well as any group.