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You Love More Than Most

AlbumYouGlobalDiff
Trans Europe Express
Kraftwerk
5 3.15 +1.85
Forever Changes
Love
5 3.22 +1.78
A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector
Various Artists
5 3.29 +1.71
Surf's Up
The Beach Boys
5 3.29 +1.71
Locust Abortion Technician
Butthole Surfers
4 2.39 +1.61
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Kanye West
5 3.4 +1.6
Odessey And Oracle
The Zombies
5 3.41 +1.59
Stand!
Sly & The Family Stone
5 3.43 +1.57
Odelay
Beck
5 3.45 +1.55
Crosby, Stills & Nash
Crosby, Stills & Nash
5 3.47 +1.53

You Love Less Than Most

AlbumYouGlobalDiff
The Queen Is Dead
The Smiths
1 3.67 -2.67
...And Justice For All
Metallica
1 3.41 -2.41
Rhythm Nation 1814
Janet Jackson
1 3.01 -2.01
Ten
Pearl Jam
2 3.91 -1.91
Deja Vu
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
2 3.7 -1.7
Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
The Smashing Pumpkins
2 3.68 -1.68
My Generation
The Who
2 3.4 -1.4
Blue Lines
Massive Attack
2 3.39 -1.39
Come Away With Me
Norah Jones
2 3.37 -1.37
At Fillmore East
The Allman Brothers Band
2 3.36 -1.36

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Crosby, Stills & Nash by Crosby, Stills & Nash

Perfect album, shame Neil Young had to go ruin such a great group.

Rising Above Bedlam by Jah Wobble's Invaders Of The Heart

Seen as John Lydon's a massive tory cunt now, this is a very good alternative. If PiL was pop and dub instead of prog and punk. Proper quality aye.

Forever Changes by Love

Still my least favourite Love album but christ, that's just a testament to how fucking good those three albums were.

Few bangers, otherwise pretty eh. Elton was capable of great highs but always struck me as a bit of a careerist rather than having any real artistic vision, so the majority of his output was pretty bland.

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Come Away With Me by Norah Jones
Dec 22 2021

Perfectly fine but fuckin blanddddddddddddd. See why nobody talks about her no more. Some nostalgia attached to a couple songs, as I imagine there is for anyone near my age but ehh.

Ágætis Byrjun by Sigur Rós
Dec 23 2021

very pretty, very chill, I will return to this.

Paul's Boutique by Beastie Boys
Dec 28 2021

like the 4th(?) rap album I've listened to in my life but aye it's good, it's fun. More of this, less of Metallica please

Come Find Yourself by Fun Lovin' Criminals
Dec 29 2021

prime sopranos soundtrack material. actual not bad tho, found myself getting into it the longer it went on.

The Wildest! by Louis Prima
Dec 30 2021

Probably the least interesting type of jazz, but as swing goes this is pretty fucking good. Found myself listening to Just a Gigolo again the next morning like.

My Generation by The Who
Dec 31 2021

Really goes to show how big a step up Rubber Soul was. Few good songs, but mostly pretty rote early 60s rock.

Pink Flag by Wire
Jan 03 2022

s'alright eh? Prime UK punk era, which usually means at least good, but just didn't grab us. I dunno.

Odessey And Oracle by The Zombies
Jan 04 2022

One of the best pop albums of the 60s, certainly after the Beatles and the Beach Boys. Right up there with the Kinks best work for me. Fucking tragedy this band only made two albums.

Jan 05 2022

it's ok, struggling to have any thoughts on this. I've never listened to any grunge, but this was not what I was expecting. Some good energy to it, but left me feeling rather underwhelmed.

Tusk by Fleetwood Mac
Jan 06 2022

Can't help but compare this to The Beatles' White Album. Lot of randomly assembled and disjointed songs with no tonal consistency and while I love the White Album it'd be an awful introduction the band. Unfortunately, this is my introduction to the band and it's left me feeling like I'm missing the context needed to enjoy it.

Stand! by Sly & The Family Stone
Jan 07 2022

Massive tunes all round, James Brown may have started funk but this is funk done proper, quality.

Forever Changes by Love
Jan 10 2022

Still my least favourite Love album but christ, that's just a testament to how fucking good those three albums were.

Surf's Up by The Beach Boys
Jan 11 2022

One of the better no-Brian albums, in part because it uses so much Smile material. But it also has one of my favourite Beach Boys tracks ever, Disney Girls, evokes a great sense of nostalgia while also critiquing the very same feeling. It does also have Student Demonstration March which is fucking awful sooooo

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness by The Smashing Pumpkins
Jan 12 2022

Yeah it's just really not my type of music. Saying that, there are some really nice backing instrumentals through out, and I did like a few songs, but when there's 28 songs that's not enough. It's really the vocal style that I have the biggest problem with but that comes with the territory. Not a bad album but really not for me.

Jan 13 2022

Few bangers, otherwise pretty eh. Elton was capable of great highs but always struck me as a bit of a careerist rather than having any real artistic vision, so the majority of his output was pretty bland.

The Queen Is Dead by The Smiths
Jan 14 2022

mr johnny is a talented man. mr morris is a cunt.

At Mister Kelly's by Sarah Vaughan
Jan 17 2022

Nice ligtweight, chilled lounge jazz. Nothing mindblowing, but it was ok. The few moments of audience interaction were the highlight to me, ehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh yeah

Countdown To Ecstasy by Steely Dan
Jan 18 2022

Feels like Todd Rundgren with a bit of the uniqueness sapped away, not a bad album but not particularly exciting either.

Melody A.M. by Röyksopp
Jan 19 2022

Flew by, fun album, nowt mind-blowin but I like it.

Trans Europe Express by Kraftwerk
Jan 20 2022

Phenomenal, still comes in just behind Autobahn for my favourite of theirs but it's close.

Out of Step by Minor Threat
Jan 21 2022

Aye it's fun, it's good, not biggest fan of vocals, but guitar work's quality.

Like A Prayer by Madonna
Jan 24 2022

Pretty fun stuff, Like A Prayer is a bop. Otherwise, quite standard 80s pop it seems to me, idk.

Cosmo's Factory by Creedence Clearwater Revival
Jan 25 2022

fun like aye, good energy to most the tracks and they didn't seem to take themselves too seriously. couple song had some proper ray davies' riffs like

Rattlesnakes by Lloyd Cole And The Commotions
Jan 27 2022

Started out interesting but quickly descends into pretty dreary 80s indie-pop.

Crosby, Stills & Nash by Crosby, Stills & Nash
Jan 28 2022

Perfect album, shame Neil Young had to go ruin such a great group.

Deja Vu by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
Jan 31 2022

Helpless and Our House are good like, just can't stand much of Neil Young like, man's voice really grates on us.

Bayou Country by Creedence Clearwater Revival
Feb 01 2022

Definitely preferred Cosmo's Factory, not bad music by any means but just doesn't hold much interest for us.

Crocodiles by Echo And The Bunnymen
Feb 02 2022

Was very excited for it initially but nah it is decent. Solid post-punk.

Rising Above Bedlam by Jah Wobble's Invaders Of The Heart
Feb 03 2022

Seen as John Lydon's a massive tory cunt now, this is a very good alternative. If PiL was pop and dub instead of prog and punk. Proper quality aye.

Disintegration by The Cure
Feb 04 2022

It's good, I like it. Very different to what I was expecting, not so hard and angsty, more new romantic and morose. Very sadboy but enjoyable.

Sunshine Superman by Donovan
Feb 07 2022

Fun like, but I was expecting to like it more. Donovan's one of those artists I've always been meaning to get round to but I don't think I'll bother now.

Elephant Mountain by The Youngbloods
Feb 08 2022

Good, fun 60's pop. Not particularly exciting or ground-breaking, but enjoyable and of good quality.

Murder Ballads by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Feb 09 2022

For the most part utterly depressing, but I did find myself getting into it more as the album went on. Especially like the Curse of Millhaven and O'Malley's Bar, "And with an ashtray as big as a fucking really big brick I split his skull in half" is a phenomenal lyric

Rhythm Nation 1814 by Janet Jackson
Feb 10 2022

One of the worst (and funniest) albums I've ever had to sit through. Half poor attempts at cliched Madonnaesque pop, half awful awful awfulllllllllllll """"""social commentary""""""" written by someone who has been stupid rich from the age of about 4 and maybe heard What's Going On on the radio once a few years back. Dreadful, terrible, awful but sometimes hilarious.

Atomizer by Big Black
Feb 11 2022

Fun, verryyyyyy similar to Minor Threat. Good, yes.

Toys In The Attic by Aerosmith
Feb 15 2022

aye, it's not bad. sweet emotion is a good song like. also, shorttttttt. so many of these albums are way too long, thank you aerosmith for knowing when to shut up.

Pictures At An Exhibition by Emerson, Lake & Palmer
Feb 16 2022

Mussorgsky's Pictures At An Exhibition fucking slaps, was pretty bored with this but then really picks up at baba yaga and gains this sense of fun that was missing from everything preceding. Also the crowd noise is immense and I love it.

Third by Portishead
Feb 17 2022

not at all what i was expecting, heard so much electronic stuff borrow from this or this borrows from so much electronic stuff. idk but either way it's very cool and unique and I've never really heard it's like in pop before. I really enjoyed this.

Superfly by Curtis Mayfield
Feb 21 2022

aye quality, lot chiller than I woulda thought. makes me wanna watch the film.

Odelay by Beck
Feb 22 2022

Very very very different to what I was expecting, my only previous exposure to Beck was Mermaid Avenue so. Beck sounds a lot cooler than he looks , which is lucky cos he looks a bit of a twat. Such a wide range of influences and styles but all blended together so cohesively, on another couple listens it probably will be a 5/5 so fuck it.

Are You Experienced by Jimi Hendrix
Feb 23 2022

quick, snappy, fun. Hey Joe is a fucking anthem and this is the (2nd) best version. Jimi's got a great set of pipes on him aside from his obvious talent on the guitar.

Home Is Where The Music Is by Hugh Masekela
Feb 24 2022

pretty slick, hugh's got a very unique sound on his trumpet like. it's nice.

Veckatimest by Grizzly Bear
Feb 25 2022

bland indie melancholy. every song is overlong and boring.

Is This It by The Strokes
Feb 28 2022

Good aye, would get a 4.5 if that was a thing but I'll be generous. Lotta nostalgia off of Someday and it's sent me into a spiral over the last few days of early 00s (slightly indie) pop

Locust Abortion Technician by Butthole Surfers
Mar 02 2022

Listened to this while extremely sleep deprived, this was a perfect fit. fuck knows if I'd like it when my brain's working tho.

Histoire De Melody Nelson by Serge Gainsbourg
Mar 03 2022

it's alright and it is fucking quickkkkk, but outside of being relatively unique it's not particularly good.

Five Leaves Left by Nick Drake
Mar 04 2022

Pretty chill but less interesting than the Nick Drake I'd heard before. Quite straightforward folk-pop.

Surfer Rosa by Pixies
Mar 07 2022

Where is my mind is a big tune and the rest are decent. Lot sillier and weirder than I was expecting, have to say.

Wild Wood by Paul Weller
Mar 08 2022

weird as that it's paul weller, weirder that it's from the 90s. Feels like some shitey unknown soft rocker from the mid 70s. expected better.

Palo Congo by Sabu
Mar 10 2022

good but unremarkable afro-jazz. I enjoyed it.

Risque by CHIC
Mar 11 2022

Lot of songs one here just as good as Good Time, but you can see why that was the hit. Not bad.

Definitely Maybe by Oasis
Mar 14 2022

Only recognise a couple songs off here, but a proper solid album.

1999 by Prince
Mar 16 2022

Little Red Corvette is the stand out for me, but this is full to the brim with catchy shit, not a bad song on here.

At Fillmore East by The Allman Brothers Band
Mar 17 2022

No way to justify the length of this album, these cunts cannot improvise well enough to fill a 15 minute solo.

Blackstar by David Bowie
Mar 18 2022

it's ok, pretty weird and depressing but in a variety of ways.

Blue Lines by Massive Attack
Mar 21 2022

what if mike skinner was a boring cringey cunt with no talent?

Live At The Star Club, Hamburg by Jerry Lee Lewis
Mar 23 2022

Pretty fun, but feels stale for 64. Wonder why they didn't choose something from earlier in his career?

Madman Across The Water by Elton John
Mar 24 2022

Admittedly I was only half listening but some good stuff here. I really like the wee banjo or whatever in Holiday Inn

Ten by Pearl Jam
Mar 25 2022

Can't fucking stand Eddie Vedder's voice, sorry. It's not a bad album by any means but it was fucking difficult to listen to for me.

School's Out by Alice Cooper
Mar 29 2022

Surprisingly fun and creative, wasn't expecting to enjoy this.

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