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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Slip Quicksand	5	3.05	+1.95
Apostrophe(') Frank Zappa	5	3.16	+1.84
Magnolia Electric Co. Songs: Ohia	5	3.34	+1.66
Hall of the Mountain King Savatage	4	2.81	+1.19
Emotional Mugger Ty Segall	4	2.91	+1.09

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Nearer My God Foxing	2	3.04	-1.04

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RENAISSANCE

Beyoncé · 1 likes

2/5

Never got the hype. Some interesting music but overall boring.

Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You

Big Thief · 1 likes

4/5

I really love this band, and this album in particular stands out. They have a classic sound, yet it still feels new and fresh... if that makes sense.

Hall of the Mountain King

Savatage · 1 likes

4/5

I really want to like Savatage more than I do, but as someone who isn’t much of a power metal fan, their sound leans a bit too heavily in that direction. I can only take so much of the grand, theatrical intensity before it starts to wear on me. That said, there’s undeniably a lot of strong material here. This album like much of their catalog features some very well-crafted songs and ambitious songwriting. Even if the style isn’t entirely my thing, I can still appreciate the musicianship of these guys. 3.5

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Nearer My God

Foxing

2/5

Honestly, I couldn’t wait for this album to be over. It’s faux-indie rock, meticulously engineered to hum politely in the background of a Starbucks.. safe, soft, spineless, weak and completely allergic to risk.

Romance

Fontaines D.C.

3/5

Toothless, overly polished alt-rock. Perfectly listenable, but it never gives you a reason to get excited.

Thank Christ for the Bomb

The Groundhogs

4/5

Gritty and moody... I love it. It’s a little uneven overall, but Garden and Strange Town are clear highlights. A solid 3.5 stars on its own, but considering this is the same group that gave us Cherry Red, I’ll bump it up to 4 stars.

People Watching

Sam Fender

3/5

War on Drugs lite.. It's fine but really nothing exciting and interesting.

I Need to Start a Garden

Haley Heynderickx

4/5

First time listen and this was very good. Bookmarked for future listens.

Grace And Danger

John Martyn

3/5

A few excellent tracks and some genuinely strong bass work, but the album is ultimately weighed down by too many early-’80s adult-contemporary misfires. A 2.5

Pulse

Pink Floyd

3/5

I love Pink Floyd, and I actually saw them on this tour... the concert itself was phenomenal. That said, I never would have picked this album for the list. Delicate Sound of Thunder is the stronger post-Waters live release, and even that wouldn’t make my cut. This one lands at about a 2.5, at best.

RENAISSANCE

Beyoncé

2/5

Never got the hype. Some interesting music but overall boring.

Blue Is The Colour

The Beautiful South

2/5

The folk tracks were by far the best but those were too few. Blackbird on the Wire, The Sound of North America and the really awful Liar's Bar really sunk this album.

Deltron 3030

3/5

Interesting at first but became really repetitive, but I like the originality and a different concept for this genre.

Boxer

The National

3/5

Mumbling indie pop: all vibes, no hooks, and gets old real fast.

Geogaddi

Boards of Canada

3/5

I really enjoyed this one.. the way the album evolves and shifts over its runtime keeps it engaging throughout. Cool stuff.

Magnolia Electric Co.

Songs: Ohia

5/5

I absolutely love this album. Heavy Ditch Trilogy era Neil Young vibes all over it. Fantastic pick!

Slip

Quicksand

5/5

Genre blurring album with one foot planted in metal and the other in hardcore/post-hardcore. Tool’s Undertow and this record arrived at roughly the same time, and both felt like pivotal moments pushing beyond their core scenes and broadening the range of influences they were willing to pull from.

California

Mr. Bungle

3/5

It's some good moments but it's my least favorite Mr Bungle album.

Daisies Of The Galaxy

Eels

3/5

Alt/Indie pop. It's a good listen but just a little boring for my taste. 3.5

A Day At The Races

Queen

3/5

The operatic excess is overdone and wears out its welcome quickly. Still, it’s hard to dismiss an album that features “Tie Your Mother Down.”

John Dawson Winter III

Johnny Winter

3/5

It's good straight up blues rock album, no complaints on that. I just think his first 3 solo efforts are much better.

Nia

Blackalicious

4/5

Wow, this was so good.. like, seriously good. Everything just works, and I love that they sampled Andy Fraser’s bass line from Mr Big by Free. Killer bass line.

Emotional Mugger

Ty Segall

4/5

Really good album by Ty. That thick, fuzzy sound is great. It’s an interesting pick from his catalog.. not my first choice, but definitely a solid one.

Exile On Coldharbour Lane

Alabama 3

3/5

While this was interesting and I liked the sound, which is creative and unique, listening to a full album of it started to feel repetitive. I probably won’t revisit it, but it was still worth a listen.

Fine Line

Harry Styles

2/5

Boring bland modern pop..

Phantom Power

The Tragically Hip

3/5

It’s a decent album, but it lacks the luster of the band’s earlier work. By this point, their creative momentum seemed to be waning, and the music doesn’t quite capture the same energy or innovation that once defined them.

Year of the Cat

Al Stewart

4/5

A laid-back album... best enjoyed on a warm summer evening, sitting out on the deck with a few gin and tonics in hand.

Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You

Big Thief

4/5

I really love this band, and this album in particular stands out. They have a classic sound, yet it still feels new and fresh... if that makes sense.

Apostrophe(')

Frank Zappa

5/5

One of the more straightforward rock albums by Zappa. Just a fun record to listen. Great pick.

Fashion Nugget

CAKE

4/5

What can I say it's a fun album.

Hall of the Mountain King

Savatage

4/5

WORRY

Jeff Rosenstock

3/5

Cool, let’s remake a ’90s pop-punk album. It’s not terrible everything’s tight, the hooks work, the guitars are crunchy but it also feels like a time capsule nobody bothered to update. Every chorus sounds like it’s been pulled from the same late ’90s Blink-182 album.