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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter The Incredible String Band	5	2.15	+2.85
Swordfishtrombones Tom Waits	5	2.95	+2.05
Sunshine Superman Donovan	5	3.09	+1.91
Virgin Suicides Air	5	3.24	+1.76
Protection Massive Attack	5	3.25	+1.75
25 Adele	5	3.37	+1.63
At Mister Kelly's Sarah Vaughan	5	3.38	+1.62
Hard Again Muddy Waters	5	3.62	+1.38
A Love Supreme John Coltrane	5	3.63	+1.37
Dire Straits Dire Straits	5	3.72	+1.28

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Too Rye Ay Dexys Midnight Runners	1	3.12	-2.12
Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin	2	4.1	-2.1

5-Star Albums (14)

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Shalimar

Rahul Dev Burman

3/5

I did like this album, but I wonder how familiar the author of 1001 albums is with Indian music and whether they would have selected this movie soundtrack if they had the same breadth of familiarity that they obviously have with american & english music.

34 likes

Swordfishtrombones

Tom Waits

5/5

1 and 5 are equally valid ratings. Personally I have a lot of patience for goofy, borderline-unlistenable shit as long as it doesn't take itself too seriously. I like this halloween music.

30 likes

Madman Across The Water

Elton John

4/5

I enjoyed the theatricality so much more than I thought I would. A classic with a lot of sincerity, but Indian Sunset certainly does not stand up.

8 likes

Adele

5/5

I'm surprised I've never sat down and listened to the whole album before. What a tour de force.

7 likes

Too Rye Ay

Dexys Midnight Runners

1/5

I found this album extremely grating. I forced myself to stick with it but it almost became the first of these albums I didn't listen through all the way.

1 likes

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Made In Japan

Deep Purple

3/5

Impressive live album, long, fun solos, call and response, dorky but they know what they're about

There's A Riot Goin' On

Sly & The Family Stone

4/5

Funky and disillusioned

Deloused in the Comatorium

The Mars Volta

4/5

Emo flavored prog rock - as the genre might suggest, it is a very pretentious album! However, it's so unself-conscious about it that it circles back around to being delightful in the same way that an all-out campy halloween display is delightful. I'm charmed. Don't get too distracted by the nonsensical lyrics because each instrumentalist is impressive and essential in their own right. Favorite track - Cicatriz Esp, Televators

Hunky Dory

David Bowie

4/5

I can appreciate it, but I still can't say I'm a Bowie fan. Favorite track - Life on Mars?, Andy Warhol

Tigermilk

Belle & Sebastian

4/5

tempted to knock off another star just for 'You're Just a Baby'

Madman Across The Water

Elton John

4/5

I enjoyed the theatricality so much more than I thought I would. A classic with a lot of sincerity, but Indian Sunset certainly does not stand up.

Spiderland

Slint

4/5

I would agree with the reviews that describe this album as "greater than the sum of its parts" and "before its time". You can really hear a direct line to bands like Ought, Old Country New Road, Parquet Courts, and so on. Favorite track: Nosferatu Man

At Mister Kelly's

Sarah Vaughan

5/5

Usually not a fan of live albums but on this one the ambient noise only adds to the experience.

The Visitors

ABBA

4/5

ABBA! There is so much range in this album. "Slipping Through My Fingers" still makes me cry sometimes thinking about my relationship with my mom :') Other favorite tracks: The Day Before You Came, Cassandra

Disintegration

The Cure

3/5

Some bangers and some clunkers. Not for me.

Swordfishtrombones

Tom Waits

5/5

1 and 5 are equally valid ratings. Personally I have a lot of patience for goofy, borderline-unlistenable shit as long as it doesn't take itself too seriously. I like this halloween music.

Led Zeppelin

2/5

Couldn't get past the non-stop creepy dirtbag lyrics. Including such gems as "'Cause I got a little schoolgirl, and she's all mine", "Said you messed up my happy home/Made me mistreat my only child", and "Lots of people talk, and few of them know/Soul of a woman was created below, yeah". I've had enough Robert Plant beleaguering his girlfriend for a lifetime.

Kind Of Blue

Miles Davis

5/5

I don't have anything to add

Let's Stay Together

Al Green

5/5

I can't believe I've missed out on this album until now!

Power In Numbers

Jurassic 5

4/5

A stellar album with no skips. It makes me overwhelmed to think how much amazing music I have yet to hear considering I missed this.

Tres Hombres

ZZ Top

4/5

American blues rock classic. Not every song on the album is a winner but overall quite fun. Favorite track is of course la grange.

Raw Power

The Stooges

4/5

The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter

The Incredible String Band

5/5

I really enjoyed this.

Too Rye Ay

Dexys Midnight Runners

1/5

I found this album extremely grating. I forced myself to stick with it but it almost became the first of these albums I didn't listen through all the way.

Adele

5/5

I'm surprised I've never sat down and listened to the whole album before. What a tour de force.

Shalimar

Rahul Dev Burman

3/5

Sweetheart Of The Rodeo

The Byrds

3/5

The Band

4/5

I wouldn't have guessed this was written in 69. Not every song was for me but overall I enjoyed it.

Astral Weeks

Van Morrison

4/5

Pleasantly surprised as an only-brown-eyed-girl-knower-normie

Head Hunters

Herbie Hancock

4/5

Something new for me. Funky and fun.

Sunshine Superman

Donovan

5/5

This album unexpectedly really touched me. As another reviewer said, there is not a trace of cynicism in it.

Cosmo's Factory

Creedence Clearwater Revival

4/5

A legendary album. I put it on while making dinner and the vibes are just right.

Punishing Kiss

Ute Lemper

2/5

This is just so much

Hard Again

Muddy Waters

5/5

Amazing energy top to bottom. Mannish boy is a great opening track. That is a charismatic album.

3 + 3

The Isley Brothers

4/5

Fun, classic, a bit cheesy

A Love Supreme

John Coltrane

5/5

A love supreme

Oar

Alexander 'Skip' Spence

3/5

This is the first one I didn't quite make it through. There were a lot of songs I liked like Weighted Down, but I also found the vocal affects and left/right split of the recording pretty irritating at times.

Virgin Suicides

Air

5/5

an ambiance

Veckatimest

Grizzly Bear

4/5

A blast from the world of middle school for me. I got a little more out of it this time, maybe.

Nevermind

Nirvana

5/5

Can't beat it

The Village Green Preservation Society

The Kinks

4/5

This was pretty silly

Dire Straits

5/5

pretty cool

Unknown Pleasures

Joy Division

3/5

Well, at least now I know what the t-shirts are referring to.

I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight

Richard Thompson

3/5

I enjoyed it but it didn't stand out to me, this one probably won't be a repeat listen

The Holy Bible

Manic Street Preachers

4/5

I need another listen before I decide if it's a bit too smug

Protection

Massive Attack

5/5

Massive attack is always very cool

Shaft

Isaac Hayes

4/5

You know shaft is one bad mother.. Surprised to see this here. Pretty funky if a bit dated.

AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted

Ice Cube

3/5

Overall a classic. I enjoyed the skits and samples, even when they skewed a bit silly. The one-note misogyny interfered with some of the other commentary for me, though. I also had a hard time differentiating a lot of the songs.

Rattus Norvegicus

The Stranglers

3/5

Very British

Songs From The Big Chair

Tears For Fears

4/5

I thought I hated "everybody wants to rule the world" but this album is full of bops

Sound of Silver

LCD Soundsystem

4/5

Resonant, funky, indulgent, a bit repetitive, and oh so nostalgic.