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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Mouth Sounds Neil Cicierega	5	2.55	+2.45
Witness Modern Life Is War	5	2.66	+2.34
Bloody Kisses Type O Negative	5	2.71	+2.29
Oceanic ISIS	5	2.72	+2.28
Savage Sinusoid Igorrr	5	2.79	+2.21
Stage Four Touché Amoré	5	2.89	+2.11
Slip Quicksand	5	3.01	+1.99
Crack the Skye Mastodon	5	3.01	+1.99
The Mantle Agalloch	5	3.03	+1.97
Sunset Mission Bohren & Der Club Of Gore	5	3.14	+1.86

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Vs. Pearl Jam	2	3.64	-1.64
World Of Echo Arthur Russell	1	2.54	-1.54
A Deeper Understanding The War On Drugs	2	3.33	-1.33
Canciones 1989-2013 Extremoduro	1	2.29	-1.29
Rip It Off Times New Viking	1	2.26	-1.26
Imaginal Disk Magdalena Bay	2	3.17	-1.17
Brat Charli xcx	2	3.14	-1.14
Diamond Jubilee Cindy Lee	2	3.12	-1.12
TRON: Legacy Daft Punk	2	3.11	-1.11
Mad Dogs & Englishmen Joe Cocker	2	3.1	-1.1

5-Star Albums (27)

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Fear of a Blank Planet

Porcupine Tree · 4 likes

5/5

In my opinion prog is a juggernaut of a genre right now and I think a lot has to do with the fallout of this album. Where the genre used to be Yes-clones and Queensryche wannabees you've got things like Vola and Riverside, which just butterfly my crumpet. Amazing album, truly a thing of beauty!

Witness

Modern Life Is War · 3 likes

5/5

I want to thank the person who put this album in this list. Amazing, gripping, emotive (post?) Hardcore.

Oceanic

ISIS · 2 likes

5/5

Because of the band no longer existing I never dove deep in their discografie but this album is such a masterpiece that I have no other way. Let yourself be submerged by this.

Keep It like a Secret

Built To Spill · 1 likes

4/5

Conjures up images of roadtrips, lost love and youth gone by.

Look Sharp!

Joe Jackson · 1 likes

5/5

I thought I only knew Joe Jackson from the cover Anthrax madevof 'Got the time'. Turns out I know atleast two other songs andcthe guy makes a kickass record! No notes!

1-Star Albums (3)

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Kick

INXS

5/5

This was one of the great omissions of the book. Chockful of hits and a true juggernaut of the 80's.

Lateralus

TOOL

5/5

The fist time I listened to this album I was 13. Devouring every metal release I could get. This one I labeled boring. Took me a couple of years to change my mind. Sure it's a bit of a pretentious album, but it's a vivacious listen, with excellent musicianship.

Brand New Eyes

Paramore

4/5

My sister used to have this album and I heard it alot through our shared wall. It's quite energetic and in certain songs the riffage really stands out. Songwriting-wise it's focused on catchy hooks, and well, it works. This poppunk album mainly landed with girls, which is good, but should expand beyon that. Certainly more Fall Out Boy than Avril Lavigne.

Has A Good Home

Final Fantasy

3/5

It's a good indie album, nothing more, nothing less.

Images and Words

Dream Theater

3/5

Not a band I'm very excited about, but in little doses, I can stomach. I own the albums When dream an day unite and Octavarium, and I enjoy those just a tad more. But if you are into Dream Theaters brand of Prog Metal you won't be dissapointed

Keep It like a Secret

Built To Spill

4/5

Conjures up images of roadtrips, lost love and youth gone by.

Witness

Modern Life Is War

5/5

I want to thank the person who put this album in this list. Amazing, gripping, emotive (post?) Hardcore.

Don't Say No

Billy Squier

4/5

Some kick ass rock n roll. Energetic.

Alive Or Just Breathing

Killswitch Engage

4/5

While I blame this band partly for redefining what we qualify as metalcore, going from Merauder, All Out War, Congress and Liar to Bullet For My Valentine, Trivium and As I Lay Dying is quite the turnaround, they are a band whose early albums get a thumb up from me. Still quite hard, good to great riffwork, and decent pipes on the vocalist (I however do prefer Howard Jones). I would prefer no clean vocals, but they made that the cornerstone of their definition of metalcore, so what you gonna do?

Diamonds & Gasoline

Turnpike Troubadours

3/5

Catchy, enjoyable for once, but could this work out of any other country than America?

Take It From The Man

The Brian Jonestown Massacre

3/5

Pleasant but not my cup of tea for more than that

All Hour Cymbals

Yeasayer

3/5

Quite eclectic.

Fear of a Blank Planet

Porcupine Tree

5/5

Things We Lost In The Fire

Low

3/5

Englabörn

Jóhann Jóhannsson

4/5

Hauntingly beautiful in a minimalistisch setting. Nice discovery!

Pony Express Record

Shudder To Think

4/5

Som mathrocky goodness, it's not always palatable, but today i happen to be in the mood for it!

Night Drive

Chromatics

3/5

Blade Runner

Vangelis

3/5

Telefone

Noname

4/5

I'm not in the loop about new hiphop except what gets through via the media. It's not much to talk about, with exceptions. But this Noname makes me think that good hiphop still lives, it just doesn't get through to me. An R&B influence can tip the scale to the negative for me, but it's not the case for me. A quick tip of the hat to the production too.

After Hours

The Weeknd

2/5

Transmissions

STARSET

2/5

Triage

David Baerwald

3/5

Nonagon Infinity

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard

5/5

Like surfing on music. Tremendous fuzzy fun!

Somewhere In The Between

Streetlight Manifesto

4/5

Que c'est triste Venise

Charles Aznavour

4/5

Slip

Quicksand

5/5

TRON: Legacy

Daft Punk

2/5

Doesn't really scream Daft Punk to me. Other than that, it's exactly what it says: a score to a movie I have no interest in.

A1A

Jimmy Buffett

3/5

I like the general style of this but I'm a bit too young for the sentiment he sings about or too European for this particular slice of Americana.

Recipe for Hate

Bad Religion

5/5

I admire the line that Bad Religion walks between Punk and melody, certainly masters in their craft. Superhit American Jesus does jump out something fierce.

I Need to Start a Garden

Haley Heynderickx

4/5

This indiefolk needs a couple of listens to truly capture you. I had two partical tracks that roped me in and after that it clicked more and more.

Deep Down Happy

Sports Team

3/5

This was fun. And sometimes that's enough.

Look Sharp!

Joe Jackson

5/5

I thought I only knew Joe Jackson from the cover Anthrax madevof 'Got the time'. Turns out I know atleast two other songs andcthe guy makes a kickass record! No notes!

F♯ A♯ ∞

Godspeed You! Black Emperor

4/5

Always loved this band, but they make you wait for it, even when compared to bands in their ilk.

Brat

Charli xcx

2/5

This was as close to noise as pop can be.

Jaco Pastorius

5/5

A bassheavy funk/jazz album? Wow! This warrants a couple more listens but I enjoyed this tremendously.

No Balance Palace

Kashmir

5/5

I was gonna put a couple of references to artists I compare to this but after checking the date they started they probably influenced them. This was amazing for it's entire duration. Props!

Autobiografia

Duncan Dhu

3/5

I admire this, not every album has to be in english, but the duration messes with my ability to like it. It's good but not good enough for more than an hour.

Tales Of Mystery And Imagination

The Alan Parsons Project

4/5

Very upbeat for progrock and for avretelling of Poe's stories. That being said, musically this is the bee's knees.

The Lioness

Songs: Ohia

3/5

Erratic Cinematic

Gerry Cinnamon

4/5

Penguin Eggs

Nic Jones

4/5

L'autre...

Mylène Farmer

3/5

Madvillainy

Madvillain

4/5

Not Animal

Margot & The Nuclear So And So's

3/5

GLOW ON

Turnstile

5/5

Ruby Vroom

Soul Coughing

4/5

Cleopatra

The Lumineers

3/5

This was good but quite drawn out.

Contra

Vampire Weekend

4/5

The Simple Plan

August is Falling

3/5

Dimanche à Bamako

Amadou & Mariam

4/5

Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You

Big Thief

3/5

Vs.

Pearl Jam

2/5

Only Death is Real

Stray From The Path

4/5

Phantom Power

The Tragically Hip

3/5

Mouth Sounds

Neil Cicierega

5/5

Phenomenal!

A Deeper Understanding

The War On Drugs

2/5

Every song kinda drones on...

Spirit of Eden

Talk Talk

5/5

Talk Talk had this in them? Holy smokes!

I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning

Bright Eyes

3/5

I need a few more listens but for now it's a 3.

Foxes in the Snow

Jason Isbell

3/5

Come On Over

Shania Twain

3/5

A Charlie Brown Christmas

Vince Guaraldi Trio

4/5

Charlie Brow isn't a cultural staple here like it is in other countries but I'm a bit familiar. This was really nice and perfect in the spirit of Christmas. To all tidings of joy!

King Tubbys Meets Rockers Uptown

King Tubby

4/5

Smell No Evil

Ookla The Mok

2/5

Joke got stale fast. And 27 songs?...

Café Tacvba

2/5

Quite long and without a distinct sound and/or voice.

Yellow & Green

Baroness

4/5

I kinda lost track of these guys after blue record so I'm 16 years behind. This album does lack a bit of the punch those first 2 had. Nevertheless still a very amusant album.

People

The Burning Hell

3/5

Nothing special but it's a good time.

What Did You Expect from The Vaccines?

The Vaccines

3/5

The Lion's Roar

First Aid Kit

5/5

I knew Emmylou ofcourse but thecrest is just as wonderful.

Spilt Milk

Jellyfish

3/5

Neon Golden

The Notwist

2/5

Discovery

Daft Punk

4/5

Moffou

Salif Keita

4/5

Savage Sinusoid

Igorrr

5/5

I dabbeled in breakcore before and artists like Venetian Snares, Droon, Sickboy (Milkplus) and Duran Duran Duran so I kinderen know where Igorrr is coming from. Other artists in the genre blended metal in their sound before (like Drumcorps) but none of them invaded the metalscene like Igorrr did. The opera could be a downfall but it doesn't bother me here. I must admit, the balls on the user who chose this album must be huge, that must be alot of negatives to see, i must guess. Great choice OP!

Control

Pedro The Lion

3/5

Wildflowers

Tom Petty

3/5

Mad Dogs & Englishmen

Joe Cocker

2/5

I'm not fond of live albums and Joe Cocker can't really keep my attention.

Oceanic

ISIS

5/5

Because of the band no longer existing I never dove deep in their discografie but this album is such a masterpiece that I have no other way. Let yourself be submerged by this.

The Grass Is Blue

Dolly Parton

4/5

Love me some up-tempo Dolly. Ballads aren't really my bag.

Rip It Off

Times New Viking

1/5

Singles

Future Islands

4/5

Daisies Of The Galaxy

Eels

4/5

I Like... Eels

Game of Fools

Koritni

3/5

Bluesy Hardrock that's way too oldschool for 2009. I can see the local divorced grandma's (let's be honest, there's no mothers or fathers listening to this anymore) taking the spotlight dancing to this.

Psychic

DARKSIDE

4/5

Odyssey Number Five

Powderfinger

3/5

World Of Echo

Arthur Russell

1/5

I really don't like giving an album a 1, I always search for something but for this one, I'm stumped. Experiment gone too far, lyrics uncomprehensible, productionwise not great. You like what you like, ofcourse, but I couldn't.

Time's Up

Living Colour

3/5

Circles

Mac Miller

3/5

Suzuki

Tosca

3/5

This album, a book, a hot bath and a glass of wine.

The Sunset Tree

The Mountain Goats

4/5

The Hypnogogue

The Church

3/5

Excitable Boy

Warren Zevon

5/5

Six

Mansun

4/5

Leak 04-13 (Bait Ones)

Jai Paul

2/5

I don't know what to do with this. It feels unfinnished.

Portishead

4/5

Puzzle

Biffy Clyro

3/5

Bleed American

Jimmy Eat World

4/5

Relies on the killers but there are a few fillers

Imaginal Disk

Magdalena Bay

2/5

Canciones 1989-2013

Extremoduro

1/5

Kinda curious how OP thinks this would be received. Musically this is decent, vocally one dimensional, and it's every close minded music lover's enemy... non english... oh no. But that's not the criticism here. It's that it's the entire catalog of this band running 3 and a half hours. This is longer than the Godfather 2, and that's what I was gonna do after today's album, but guess what? I didn't have enough time anymore...

Mm..Food

MF DOOM

5/5

Silent Alarm

Bloc Party

3/5

Nuyorican Soul

3/5

California

Mr. Bungle

3/5

Homogenic

Björk

5/5

Whipped Cream & Other Delights

Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass

5/5

So this was scratching an itch I didn't know I had. Great stuff, will revisit!

Stop Making Sense

Talking Heads

4/5

Before These Crowded Streets

Dave Matthews Band

2/5

As a European, I only know this band as a punchline on sitcoms. Although it's a bit less dumb than I expected, it doesn't do anything for me. I will not see this band as a joke though, so that's something.

Diamond Jubilee

Cindy Lee

2/5

I managed an hour, but 2 hours would have killed me. Make it 40 minutes and this would have been a "fine, here's a 3" kinda record.

Stories

Avicii

2/5

This was very dull.

Yeti

Amon Düül II

4/5

Joyous slab of weird. Yes please!

Djarimirri

Gurrumul

3/5

Argus

Wishbone Ash

3/5

You & I

Rita Ora

2/5

I'm quite surprised Rita Ora is married to Taika Waititi. He's a man that does not always delivers, but his personality is always in his work. His spouse however, arrived at the studio, received the lyrics, sang them once (probably got ironed out in post-production), and bailed. This doesn't just lack soul, it lacks personality and interest by the people making it.

Romance

Fontaines D.C.

5/5

One of those bands that tends to play the hip, youthful festivals. So I always assumed they weren't for me. But this album, my god, delivers to a T. Energetic postpunk, yes, it's youthful, yes it's hip, but I don't necessarily feel like I can't be the audience. Perhaps one day, they'll see me at one of those swanky festivals.

Carolina Confessions

The Marcus King Band

4/5

Very honest and full with soul.

I Can Hear The Heart Beating As One

Yo La Tengo

3/5

Under The Pink

Tori Amos

3/5

The Great Outdoors Jam

Pigeons Playing Ping Pong

3/5

The chosen albums are not to be included in the original books, I get that. People will choose albums that mean alot to them. If you think the album that you chose should be included, I've got a horse to sell you (not looking at INXS, Weezer and that Supertramp album) but this user didn't do itself any favour. A live recording; a long album; long songs and a non-known band to boot. Oh and it's a jam band. Sharpen uour knives! I couldn't do much with it to be honest. But looking at his page this user seems to be a person who just generally likes music, and I know sometimes it stings when your chosen album gets shit upon. So, in the spirit of positivity breeding positivity, I'm gonna give this a 3.

The Rise And Fall Of A Midwest Princess

Chappell Roan

4/5

Everything I know Of Chappel Roan, and it's not much, is purely red carpet stuff and apparently one song. This is energetic pop with a high sex drive. Nothing wrong with that!

Barafundle

Gorky's Zygotic Mynci

3/5

Save Rock And Roll

Fall Out Boy

3/5

Not the Fall Out Boy album I suspected to encounter here. Decent, very full sound. But personally I like them a bit less polished.

Diorama

Silverchair

3/5

Sunset Mission

Bohren & Der Club Of Gore

5/5

I always thought Darkjazz was too agressive of a term. I call this Jazz Noir. The Youtube for one of these songs used ro be amazing. Everybody felt the vibe and created an ominous story, one sentence at the time. I know this leans on its atmosphere, but what an atmosphere!

Get To Heaven

Everything Everything

4/5

The Rocky Horror Picture Show

Various Artists

4/5

If you don't know the movie, this must be weird. But this is so freaking good.

METAL FORTH

BABYMETAL

4/5

This really is a window to metal in this day and age. Not only is this Japan infused lifestyle the shit at the moment, including with every metalhead I seem to encounter, but nearly every song is a feature with one of the biggest or most hyped bands at the moment. Poppy, Slaughter to Prevail, Spiritbox, Bloodywood, Electric Callboy, Polyphia, Tom Morello... I may not like these artist (except Bloodywood, amusing band and Tom Morello is a staple of the genre) but you can't deny they are part of the cultural zeitgeist. Musically they are what they are. It's the metal equivalent of these J-Pop girlbands. Personally I would go with their debut, it was fresh and more catchier, but that's just me.

Carrie & Lowell

Sufjan Stevens

4/5

Very emotional. Hitting home hard right now.

10,000 gecs

100 gecs

2/5

Allright, I'm getting old, I get it!

A.M.

Wilco

3/5

Don't Throw Stones

THE SPORTS

4/5

The Midnight Organ Fight

Frightened Rabbit

3/5

Paid In Full

Eric B. & Rakim

4/5

Fun to have an old school hiphop passing through.

Harbor Lights

Bruce Hornsby

3/5

Jazz infused soft rock, not wow.

You'd Prefer an Astronaut

Hum

3/5

Hearing all the praise, I was looking forward to this, but I was a little underwhelmed.

TEKKNO

Electric Callboy

4/5

Fun and cheese. Very german.

Frosting On The Beater

The Posies

3/5

Version 2.0

Garbage

3/5

Comparing this with the selftitled... I'm certainly less impressed, bummer

Grace And Danger

John Martyn

3/5

Deltron 3030

4/5

Bloody Kisses

Type O Negative

5/5

Man, so good. R.I.P. to this legend.

Ultra Blue

Hikaru Utada

2/5

Practically all mid tempo ballads and very alike songwise. I got bored.

Afrociberdelia

Chico Science

3/5

Exile On Coldharbour Lane

Alabama 3

3/5

Give Up

The Postal Service

5/5

Ben Gibbard could cite the phonebook and I would still think it's awesome. But this flows well together.

Wincing The Night Away

The Shins

3/5

Apostrophe(')

Frank Zappa

4/5

Thank Christ for the Bomb

The Groundhogs

3/5

Once Upon a Rhyme

David Allan Coe

4/5

Crack the Skye

Mastodon

5/5

Boys And Girls in America

The Hold Steady

3/5

Hand. Cannot. Erase.

Steven Wilson

3/5

Bob Mould

3/5

Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer?

of Montreal

3/5

Cor-Crane Secret

Polvo

3/5

Feed The Animals

Girl Talk

3/5

Very high energy and the juxtaposition between the genres got a nod of approval and a chuckle out of me. A bit too long however. For mashup, a 3 is probably the highest i could ever give.

The Mantle

Agalloch

5/5

Post classic!

My Morning Jacket

3/5

Artpop

Lady Gaga

2/5

C'mon Gaga, you can do better

10 Days Out: Blues from the Backroads

Kenny Wayne Shepherd

3/5

Last Splash

The Breeders

3/5

Was hoping on a bomb, but this was just decent to me.

Souvlaki

Slowdive

4/5

Mac DeMarco

3/5

Milo Goes to College

Descendents

4/5

Great punkrock

Separation Sunday

The Hold Steady

4/5

This vocal delivery works when all the pieces flow together. And fortunately that's the case here.

Modal Soul

Nujabes

4/5

I Am

Earth, Wind & Fire

4/5

As good as the one on the mainlist.

Welcome To The Beautiful South

The Beautiful South

3/5

My Love Is Cool

Wolf Alice

3/5

To Be Kind

Swans

2/5

Beautiful Midnight

Matthew Good Band

3/5

Pop Art

Transvision Vamp

4/5

The Texas-Jerusalem Crossroads

Lift To Experience

2/5

After 10 songs and an hour, I don't think my opinion will shift with the last song of half an hour, so I skipped that. This was not for me. Snail pace, too long and not much going on.

Come On Come On

Mary Chapin Carpenter

3/5

The Shape Of Punk To Come

Refused

4/5

Flood

They Might Be Giants

3/5

This album was a tad stupid. Fun, you know, but in a stupid way.

Nia

Blackalicious

4/5

Soulful and vibey. Great stuff

Stage Four

Touché Amoré

5/5

As a youth, 'Parting the sea...' by this band was my go to for progressing breaking up. Now that I'm older and different (and more serious) kinds of loss affect me, this album hits me right in the gut. I ugly cried hard reading the lyrics and listening to the music. Awesome choice even though it doesn't make me particulary happy.

Flower Boy

Tyler, The Creator

3/5

Alive 2007

Daft Punk

3/5

Ok, I guess. Though, live album is a bit cheating imo.