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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Goat The Jesus Lizard	5	2.8	+2.2
Slip Quicksand	5	3.01	+1.99
Fully Completely The Tragically Hip	5	3.1	+1.9
Apostrophe(') Frank Zappa	5	3.17	+1.83
Deadwing Porcupine Tree	5	3.23	+1.77
Magnolia Electric Co. Songs: Ohia	5	3.28	+1.72
Ænima TOOL	5	3.4	+1.6
Quadrophenia The Who	5	3.47	+1.53
Mingus Ah Um Charles Mingus	5	3.7	+1.3
Piledriver Status Quo	4	2.84	+1.16

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Feed The Animals Girl Talk	1	2.97	-1.97
City Of Evil Avenged Sevenfold	1	2.65	-1.65
METAL FORTH BABYMETAL	1	2.53	-1.53
Give Up The Postal Service	2	3.46	-1.46
The Fame Lady Gaga	2	3.38	-1.38
Ants From Up There Black Country, New Road	2	3.35	-1.35
Brand New Eyes Paramore	2	3.33	-1.33
Que c'est triste Venise Charles Aznavour	2	3.2	-1.2
Chuck Sum 41	2	3.15	-1.15
Emotion Carly Rae Jepsen	2	3.04	-1.04

5-Star Albums (9)

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Deadwing

Porcupine Tree · 1 likes

5/5

Absolute masterpiece of modern progressive rock, Steve Wilson is absolutely brilliant. Hard to pick a favorite Porcupine Tree album but this one is the running for sure.

Feed The Animals

Girl Talk · 1 likes

1/5

It takes a special talent to ruin classic songs this badly, and this proves it in record time. What’s pitched as a “celebration” of pop history is really just dumpster fire of chopped-up hooks, smashed together with the subtlety of a car crash. Instead of clever mashups, you get a relentless barrage of samples with a thick layer of piss poor rapping..

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.

RENAISSANCE

Beyoncé · 1 likes

2/5

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

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

1-Star Albums (3)

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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.

La cagaste... Burt Lancaster

Hombres G

2/5

It wasn't bad.. I like the ska influenced songs.

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.

No Balance Palace

Kashmir

4/5

Perhaps the mood I was in but I really like this. Like a smoother version of Ride.

Djarimirri

Gurrumul

2/5

I was hoping to like like this a lot more than I did. It was ok not great.

St. Jude

Courteeners

2/5

Wow brit pop from the 2000's... It's so interesting..

Y Ahora Qué?

Reincidentes

3/5

This was really fun straight up punk/rock. One of those albums I was happy to listen to.

Apostrophe(')

Frank Zappa

5/5

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

Goat

The Jesus Lizard

5/5

Great pick. This album is a pure two-channel blaster. It’s the kind of record that begs to be played loud, big riffs and punchy drums. Pour a little booze, crank the volume, and let it rip.

Uncovered

Zamilska

2/5

I like the darker, heavier mood. I also enjoy the more atmospheric, ambient elements and wish there were more of them.

The Fame

Lady Gaga

2/5

Pop/Dance is not my style but this has some decent tracks.

Fashion Nugget

CAKE

4/5

What can I say it's a fun album.

Que c'est triste Venise

Charles Aznavour

2/5

It worked as background music, I've heard worse.

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.

Ants From Up There

Black Country, New Road

2/5

Mostly irritating..

City Of Evil

Avenged Sevenfold

1/5

Absolute crap.

Deadwing

Porcupine Tree

5/5

Absolute masterpiece of modern progressive rock, Steve Wilson is absolutely brilliant. Hard to pick a favorite Porcupine Tree album but this one is the running for sure.

Feed The Animals

Girl Talk

1/5

Quadrophenia

The Who

5/5

One of my all time favorite albums. Listen to this over and over in high school never seems get's old.

Emotion

Carly Rae Jepsen

2/5

Sugar sweet pop that sounds like everything else.

A City Dressed In Dynamite

That Handsome Devil

3/5

Weird, quirky and a bunch of genres toss in. I like it.

My Love Is Cool

Wolf Alice

4/5

Fun album, that pulls form an early 90's sound. I like it.

Chuck

Sum 41

2/5

Poorly executed punk metal. Go listen Strung Out's Suburban Teenage Wasteland Blues or Lagwagon's Hoss and see how's done.

Give Up

The Postal Service

2/5

Like Wonder Bread. Bland, soft, boring and very white.

Autobiografia

Duncan Dhu

3/5

80's Spanish Pop. Not bad but seriously a double is way too much.

Sublime

4/5

Heavy ’90s nostalgia on this one... it’s got all the hits, but it’s not their strongest work. 40oz. to Freedom is where they really nailed the blend of their influences and hit their peak.

The Feeding of the 5000

Crass

2/5

More spoken word (mumble) than real music. How to do you write the check to record this though?

L'autre...

Mylène Farmer

3/5

I have no idea why I didn't hate this.

Brand New Eyes

Paramore

2/5

Standard issue Pop/Emo punk, bland and boring.

Korn

2/5

Didn't like it when it came out and yeah it didn't age well.

Recipe for Hate

Bad Religion

4/5

Decent album by an amazing band.. Though there previous albums are much stronger. Still glas to see some BR on the list.

Young, Loud And Snotty

Dead Boys

3/5

Some fine classic US punk. Not quite the Ramones but then again who is.

Contra

Vampire Weekend

4/5

Man these guys really ride that line of going too pop very well. Just fun band to listen to. First album is a little stronger.

10 Days Out: Blues from the Backroads

Kenny Wayne Shepherd

4/5

This soundtrack is good but not as good the as the movie. Amazing group of artists on one record who are sadly all gone now.

Mingus Ah Um

Charles Mingus

5/5

Amazing Jazz album that should have been on the list from the first place.

A Black Mile To The Surface

Manchester Orchestra

3/5

Pretty good indie rock/pop, though for 2017 it's very novel. Still I enjoy it.

Grand Prix

Teenage Fanclub

4/5

Objectively, this album feels like a retread of their previous work and at times, it comes across as a clear homage to Big Star. That said, I have to admit how much I genuinely enjoy it.

Squeezing Out Sparks

Graham Parker

3/5

It's got that fun new wave late 70's sound. Hard to take mush issue with it but also not getting overly excited either.

I Can Hear The Heart Beating As One

Yo La Tengo

4/5

Great stuff.. So many indie bands of the 2000s try sounding like those folks.

Piledriver

Status Quo

4/5

Great boogie rock album from the 70's, can listen to this all day long.

Fully Completely

The Tragically Hip

5/5

It’s unfortunate I forgot how good this band is, I had friend who loved these guys. This was a great album to revisit, excellent pick! Probably a 4 but it brought back so great times.. So 5.

Ænima

TOOL

5/5

Brilliant album.. Major evolution from Undertow into more of the progressive space, they found there sound on this one. Tools fans are the best!

Piñata

Freddie Gibbs

2/5

If he was aiming to set a record for how many times you can say “bitch” in one album, mission accomplished. If he was trying to make anything resembling good music, doesn't work. Beats were tolerable.

Barton Hollow

The Civil Wars

3/5

Beautiful vocals and polished production really stand out here. That said, it can feel a bit tiresome if you’re not in the right mindset.

METAL FORTH

BABYMETAL

1/5

Ahh no..

Alive 2007

Daft Punk

3/5

I dig the energy not my wheelhouse but was a good listen.