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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Sex Packets Digital Underground	5	2.67	+2.33
Shadowland k.d. lang	5	2.86	+2.14
Modern Kosmology Jane Weaver	5	3.08	+1.92
Pump Aerosmith	5	3.11	+1.89
Like A Prayer Madonna	5	3.22	+1.78
John Prine John Prine	5	3.22	+1.78
The Next Day David Bowie	5	3.3	+1.7
If I Should Fall From Grace With God The Pogues	5	3.33	+1.67
Debut Björk	5	3.37	+1.63
Elvis Presley Elvis Presley	5	3.38	+1.62

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
One Nation Under A Groove Funkadelic	1	3.42	-2.42
Forever Changes Love	1	3.22	-2.22
Marcus Garvey Burning Spear	1	3.19	-2.19
Close To The Edge Yes	1	3.19	-2.19
Smile Brian Wilson	1	3.05	-2.05
Germfree Adolescents X-Ray Spex	1	3.05	-2.05
Let It Bleed The Rolling Stones	2	3.82	-1.82
Atomizer Big Black	1	2.72	-1.72
Grace Jeff Buckley	2	3.72	-1.72
The Queen Is Dead The Smiths	2	3.66	-1.66

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Queen	2	5

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Sex Packets

Digital Underground · 5 likes

5/5

Unapologetically arrogant and objectifies women and men in a sexual storyline carried throughout the album. I fucking loved it.

Smile

Brian Wilson · 3 likes

1/5

What the actual hell ? That was just annoying

Modern Kosmology

Jane Weaver · 1 likes

5/5

Definitely something I will listen to again. She’s got a beautiful voice, you can have this in the background but also really focus on it. It can put you in a trance but not to sleep or make you drowsy. A nice surprise

Are You Experienced

Jimi Hendrix · 1 likes

5/5

He really is one of the greatest guitarists. This album can’t be overrated.

The Pleasure Principle

Gary Numan · 1 likes

2/5

It’s congruent, I’ll give it that. The vocals are lacking and what was novel the first couple songs becomes monotonous and annoying.

1-Star Albums (8)

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The Velvet Underground

4/5

Beautiful guitar work, which mostly, the vocals match. Lyrics are on par with the decade.

Pink Flag

Wire

3/5

Good drive. But fell apart there at the end.

If I Should Fall From Grace With God

The Pogues

5/5

Smile

Brian Wilson

1/5

What the actual hell ? That was just annoying

Queens of the Stone Age

2/5

Has a very unfinished sound, almost sloppy. Needs more refinement

Modern Kosmology

Jane Weaver

5/5

Either Or

Elliott Smith

5/5

The music is really welcoming in a life kinda sucks empathetic way. I really enjoyed being introduced to him. I have already listened to the album multiple times to listen more in depth to the lyrics and appreciate the whole sound he created.

The Stranger

Billy Joel

5/5

Billy Joel is fantastically talented. The lyrics in this album are great stories and woven with the instrumentals in a catchy way, making hit after hit. Great album.

Like A Prayer

Madonna

5/5

Great album, from the production to the individual songs. The album keeps things, at least musically, from getting to heavy, but she hides truly heart wrenching lyrics at times in pop music. It’s been a long time since I’ve listened to this album, listening to it now as a child psychiatrist, these lyrics could serve as trauma reaction case studies, I’ll be it lucrative trauma reaction, but nonetheless.

Fetch The Bolt Cutters

Fiona Apple

2/5

I really wanted to like this album, but she basically plays row, row, row the boat in most of the songs, but angrily.

The Score

Fugees

5/5

Flawless.

Arrival

ABBA

3/5

What was good was great, the rest was crap.

John Prine

5/5

Such a talented lyricist. I listened to each song as if I was watching a movie, waiting to see what. Happens next. The story telling, he makes it so visual and through it all, even in the saddest tracks, he places humor just right. Amazing

Sea Change

Beck

3/5

Monotone enough to read a book through.

Good Old Boys

Randy Newman

4/5

I think it was a good album, with lyrics that really paint a picture. “Guilty” was an awesome song, and “A Wedding in Cherokee County” was very entertaining. Political statements were not over bearing but we’re obvious enough. “Kingfish” was a completely correct description of some of the towns in Louisiana, New Orleans included, at least prior to Katrina. This album was wiser than it’s getting credit for.

Rumours

Fleetwood Mac

4/5

This album keeps such a good tempo. It’s actually one of my get-shit-done albums. Love this one.

Blue

Joni Mitchell

5/5

Bringing It All Back Home

Bob Dylan

4/5

I feel like I’ve read a dozen books by the time I’m done listening to this, and yes that is more than the number of songs. It’s wonderful. That said, I do find Bob Dylan exhausting at times.

Moss Side Story

Barry Adamson

4/5

Horror movie meets Pink Panther, which made sense when I went back and looked at the title of the album. So, well done.

One Nation Under A Groove

Funkadelic

1/5

This could have been a good album with no vocals and songs lasting 1 to 2 minutes shorter

Electric Prunes

The Electric Prunes

3/5

Closer

Joy Division

2/5

Not for me

Mermaid Avenue

Billy Bragg

2/5

This is two albums mushed together. There’s a folk album that’s lovely, has a Johnny Cash feel at times. The first two tracks of the record are beautiful, unfortunately the female vocalist is not heard again. Then there’s the other album with occasional 90s counting crows, Tom pretty esque sounds. It really wasn’t a good mix.

The Doors

5/5

Every song is perfectly executed, remembered and recognized decades later. Iconic

In Utero

Nirvana

5/5

Shaft

Isaac Hayes

3/5

I mean it’s an album you can just chill out to, but it’s nothing to write home about.

A Love Supreme

John Coltrane

5/5

Wonderful. Solos from piano, trumpet, saxophone, drums. It was like you sat down at a bar and just listened to a whole set.

Elvis Presley

5/5

Awesomely paced album. I’d never listened to it, but I can see why he had such musical influence.

Daydream Nation

Sonic Youth

3/5

The Wildest!

Louis Prima

5/5

This is absolutely wonderful! The entire album works together with the same drive and tempo with some alterations that still follow the same mood. You could just put this on and the entire thing would keep you up and moving.

Walking Wounded

Everything But The Girl

3/5

Dusty In Memphis

Dusty Springfield

5/5

Beautiful, lyrics taking you on a subtly sensual path. Dusty’s voice is smooth and melodic with clear diction such that you can appreciate where each song takes you.

Are You Experienced

Jimi Hendrix

5/5

He really is one of the greatest guitarists. This album can’t be overrated.

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness

The Smashing Pumpkins

4/5

Aptly named. Nostalgia aside, the vocals were never well balanced, something they did fix in the remastered versions.

Marcus Garvey

Burning Spear

1/5

This is the same song 10 times. Drum roll, same rhythm (4/4 with a heavy backbeat) , monotonous ending.

The Pleasure Principle

Gary Numan

2/5

It’s congruent, I’ll give it that. The vocals are lacking and what was novel the first couple songs becomes monotonous and annoying.

Violator

Depeche Mode

5/5

Songs From The Big Chair

Tears For Fears

3/5

A couple of gyms. The album flows pretty well. He’s a good vocalist. Instrumentals match the decade, but the sum just doesn’t equal up to the parts.

Savane

Ali Farka Touré

4/5

Really fantastic guitar work.

The ArchAndroid

Janelle Monáe

5/5

Some tracks are seamless in their transition making it more like one long piece with movements, which is interesting given the album starts with an overture. The songs themselves are love letters intertwined with political statements or statements about society as a whole. A great album.

Haut de gamme / Koweït, rive gauche

Koffi Olomide

3/5

Admittedly I don’t speak French, but nothing sets this album apart from others in the genre

Purple Rain

Prince

5/5

There’s always a back beat that keeps even the ballads driving you forward. His music is timeless and has elements of music from decades that proceeded him. Whether you like him or not, He’s pure genius when it comes to composition. The iconic beginning to “When Doves Cry” and “Purple Rain;” when you can hear two chords and know the song, that’s talent. His whole album follows in that vein. one-of-a-kind mastery.

More Songs About Buildings And Food

Talking Heads

2/5

This guy sounds like he’s got a broken noise and is being constantly punched in the diaphragm in cut time. I’d say the guitar solos were repetitive and too long lived, but at least they give you respite from his verbal hiccups.

Germfree Adolescents

X-Ray Spex

1/5

For the love of God, DICTION!!!!!

S.F. Sorrow

The Pretty Things

3/5

I feel like I went from bluegrass to psychedelic space rock to alternative.

To Pimp A Butterfly

Kendrick Lamar

2/5

Not for me

The Dark Side Of The Moon

Pink Floyd

5/5

Hard to give a non bias review when it brings back so many memories. But truly, this is an amazing album

Something Else By The Kinks

The Kinks

4/5

Good album. At first I was afraid it was going to be too repetitive, but there was good variation while staying connected to the album as a whole.

Aftermath

The Rolling Stones

4/5

I never knew how misogynistic The Rolling Stones were. Sure, they were musically influential but damn.

All Mod Cons

The Jam

4/5

I listen to it several times and it never really grab me but I can understand and hear the talent and it’s musical influence

Songs The Lord Taught Us

The Cramps

2/5

This is as if Elvis had ideas of reference, some homicidal ideation sand delusions of grandeur thrown in for good measure.

Coat Of Many Colors

Dolly Parton

5/5

Risque

CHIC

4/5

Great dance album for the time. Really held the beat even with very different songs at times. Really beautiful vocals as well with harmonies that fit right into the era.

The Clash

5/5

Qui sème le vent récolte le tempo

MC Solaar

4/5

I love the overlaying beats. Vocals are impressive, I only with I understood French. But, I know enough to know he is incredibly talented with the language

Forever Changes

Love

1/5

Bleck. Not worth listening to the whole thing. This has been done better.

Rocks

Aerosmith

4/5

There’s no denying this is Aerosmith. Each song, you can hear and know exactly who it is, but not in a Nickelback way. This album is, simply put, fantastic rock.

Brothers

The Black Keys

5/5

Fantastic. Playing within blues with overlays of almost a reggae feel but not enough to be obnoxious. “Howling’ for You” is wonderful example of that. I downloaded this album halfway through and listened to it twice in a row. Solid piece of work.

Hypocrisy Is The Greatest Luxury

The Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy

4/5

Poetically incredible, I wish the musicality of individual songs were a bit differentiated which is why it’s losing a star, but overall impressive album.

Let It Bleed

The Rolling Stones

2/5

I just don’t get it, why all the fuss? The music is sloppy.

Bossanova

Pixies

4/5

Unique sound. The vocals fit with instrumentals in a subtle way but it really works. Aside from “Rock Music” the album was nicely congruent.

Back To Black

Amy Winehouse

4/5

Surprisingly a really good album. She had an amazing voice. The album has a blues feel to it yet very contemporary at the same time.

Raising Hell

Run-D.M.C.

5/5

Super catchy, though it’s not my style, It’s obviously an amazing album. The lyrics alone are worth 5 stars, but the flow of beat/rhythm kept while not being monotonous throughout the album is down right impressive.

Atomizer

Big Black

1/5

Not my thing. Couldn’t get through it

Entertainment

Gang Of Four

2/5

The first three songs use the exact same rhythm and really blend together into one long song. By “Return the Gift” we start to hear some better diversity but in the very next track half way through we’re back to the exact same sound. Not enough diversity throughout the album. It became quite boring

Songs In The Key Of Life

Stevie Wonder

3/5

Would be a great set of two albums As it stands it was a mess of back-and-forth mismatched music.

Rock 'N Soul

Solomon Burke

3/5

Haunted Dancehall

The Sabres Of Paradise

1/5

This started off sounding like high schools messing around, but it ended sounding like pretentious high schoolers messing around.

Heaven Or Las Vegas

Cocteau Twins

4/5

Really good album. Great flow. Vocals and instrumentals well balanced. Added to my favorites

Deserter's Songs

Mercury Rev

2/5

Sorta of like Bob Dylan meets a theremin.

Too Rye Ay

Dexys Midnight Runners

3/5

Interesting mix of folk and pop and maybe rock?

Out Of The Blue

Electric Light Orchestra

2/5

Forgettable

Face to Face

The Kinks

3/5

Like the beetles

Marquee Moon

Television

4/5

Very unique blend, well done album, cohesive.

Deja Vu

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

5/5

Great album. Classic sound with intriguing lyrics. “Teach Your Children” and “Helpless” are wonderful songs that have made my favorite lists now.

Pearl

Janis Joplin

5/5

Cheap Thrills

Big Brother & The Holding Company

4/5

Janis Joplin makes this album, the rest it’s purely decorative

A Seat at the Table

Solange

3/5

I like the message but the whispery musicality just didn’t work for me

Fever Ray

2/5

If you remove the vocals entirely, I MIGHT listen to it again.

The Poet

Bobby Womack

3/5

Decent. Naming it “the poet “ is bit pretentious

Sheer Heart Attack

Queen

5/5

Amazing. Queen has perfect harmonies, their use of dynamics, mix of guitar and choral quartet is iconic. Freddie died too young.

Ramones

4/5

The Beach Boys Today!

The Beach Boys

4/5

Barbershop. Has heresy chord progressions and harmonies

The Cars

5/5

Not one bad or even mediocre track on this album. Fantastically put together. Near perfect album.

Skylarking

XTC

3/5

Such mixed feelings. The album flows incredibly well but the album is kind of a mess. Then again, it is skylarking.

Achtung Baby

3/5

Really bouncing between styles and moods. I like U2, but this album as a whole isn’t for me.

Pills 'n' Thrills And Bellyaches

Happy Mondays

4/5

Good flow, but songs are diverse enough it keeps you interested. Love the lyrics.

Crime Of The Century

Supertramp

2/5

Sex Packets

Digital Underground

5/5

Unapologetically arrogant and objectifies women and men in a sexual storyline carried throughout the album. I fucking loved it.

The Queen Is Dead

The Smiths

2/5

It should work, it just doesn’t. It sounds like repetitive whining.

The Hour Of Bewilderbeast

Badly Drawn Boy

3/5

Pleasantly surprised. A nice 90’s feel; the album really flows well.

Shadowland

k.d. lang

5/5

So rich with emotion, and she has such a raw, talented voice. This album has become a favorite.

Rhythm Nation 1814

Janet Jackson

2/5

This was entirely disappointing. Glimpses of talent towards the end of the very loooong album, but they’re not worth waiting for, and cliché statements made about love, racism and such. She should leave those to her brother.

The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan

5/5

That guitar strumming with those lyrics. It brings you to another place and time. His poetry is artful as it is real and a masterpiece when he sings it.

Veckatimest

Grizzly Bear

4/5

Interesting mixture of folk and rock

The Next Day

David Bowie

5/5

As magical as his first albums. It’s solid, each track fitting and perfectly performed

Black Metal

Venom

2/5

Just not for me; can’t get through it.

Infected

The The

3/5

Thematically and musically cohesive. Not what I expected. It does fall apart a bit at the end.

Goo

Sonic Youth

2/5

I’m not sure how they made it as a band. It’s as if they gathered up all the instruments that they could get, caused as much feedback as possible and inconsistently sang off beat then finished each song with a long masterbatory outro.

The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill

Lauryn Hill

5/5

What left is there to say? This album is phenomenal. Ms Hill I has true genius and it shines through with every note of this record.

Scott 2

Scott Walker

2/5

Definitely hasn’t aged well. While the lyrics and intense and his voice is clear and talented, the pieces just don’t add up to a good sum. Next

Grace

Jeff Buckley

2/5

Hunting High And Low

a-ha

3/5

Melodrama

Lorde

3/5

Personality disorder aside it is Thematically consistent. Well produced. She has good vocals. It just got a bit repetitive.

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

Beatles

4/5

New Gold Dream (81/82/83/84)

Simple Minds

4/5

I really enjoyed this album. The bass was great throughout each track. The only thing was that I had a difficult time hearing the lyrics.

Juju

Siouxsie And The Banshees

2/5

Repetitive. Sounds like one long song.

Debut

Björk

5/5

Good album. Her music is really unique and even when her voice isn’t as strong or pleasant it’s almost forgivable due to what’s she’s putting out. I enjoy how she also stays away from the sad girl trope.

Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul

Otis Redding

5/5

Calenture

The Triffids

3/5

Definitely Maybe

Oasis

2/5

I thought all the songs sounded the same but then I realized it was still track 2. There’s unnecessary use of a poorly developed falsetto. Then again, maybe that was just track 4, I’ve lost all sense of time as everything just draggggggggs on.

Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols

Sex Pistols

4/5

As someone recently pointed out to me, I am not a punk rocker. I don’t like super loud, angry guitar playing for one. And, I don’t like it on this album. I can however hear and appreciate the influences the Sex Pistols had on future bands. Over all, their diction is surprisingly good. Hearing all the words among the ruckus is impressive.

A Night At The Opera

Queen

5/5

Perfection

Strange Cargo III

William Orbit

4/5

Really nice flow. Relaxing, made me sleepy but in a good way. Then it sort of falls apart at the end.

Penthouse And Pavement

Heaven 17

3/5

Nothing to write home about.