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75
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3.49
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7%
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You Love More Than Most

AlbumYouGlobalDiff
Live And Dangerous
Thin Lizzy
5 3.33 +1.67
Joan Armatrading
Joan Armatrading
5 3.34 +1.66
Haunted Dancehall
The Sabres Of Paradise
4 2.37 +1.63
Dirt
Alice In Chains
5 3.46 +1.54
The Suburbs
Arcade Fire
5 3.49 +1.51
Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots
The Flaming Lips
5 3.56 +1.44
Moving Pictures
Rush
5 3.56 +1.44
Idlewild
Everything But The Girl
4 2.58 +1.42
A Grand Don't Come For Free
The Streets
4 2.63 +1.37
Moondance
Van Morrison
5 3.68 +1.32

You Love Less Than Most

AlbumYouGlobalDiff
Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
The Smashing Pumpkins
2 3.68 -1.68
A Rush Of Blood To The Head
Coldplay
2 3.43 -1.43
Hybrid Theory
Linkin Park
2 3.39 -1.39
1989
Taylor Swift
2 3.26 -1.26
The Bones Of What You Believe
CHVRCHES
2 3.16 -1.16

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The Suburbs by Arcade Fire

Love this record. Start to finish it is great. Favorite son is Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains). Reminds me of growing up and nails the aprehension I feel for my children's future. It's nostalgia and dread all at once but in the best way. Technology and development are changing the world from what we grew up in to an uncertain future and no assurances of our place in it.

Haunted Dancehall by The Sabres Of Paradise

This record is a mood. I like it and I will listen again. Wilmot is my favorite track.

All Ratings (75)

Funeral by Arcade Fire
Jul 09 2022

Started somewhat slow but then really came on towards the end. The hit was Wake Up and it's a great song. Rebellion is great. Definitely an Arcade Fire album. Deep song meanings and such a wonderfully distinct sound. I think it will need to be listened to again to appreciate it fully.

Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots by The Flaming Lips
Jul 10 2022

This is a fantastic album. Etherial sounds throughout. Themes of love and self reflection. It's a trip from start to finish. I want to listen to it again, and I want to listen to it again with my mind slightly altered.

The Suburbs by Arcade Fire
Jul 11 2022

Love this record. Start to finish it is great. Favorite son is Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains). Reminds me of growing up and nails the aprehension I feel for my children's future. It's nostalgia and dread all at once but in the best way. Technology and development are changing the world from what we grew up in to an uncertain future and no assurances of our place in it.

Jul 12 2022

An album of 4 chord breakup songs. The music is okay, but not really my sort of thing. The big tracks are catchy and the appeal is obvious.

Blood Sugar Sex Magik by Red Hot Chili Peppers
Jul 13 2022

Funky. Soulful. Fun as hell. Addiction, lust, love, philosophy of life. Hits from start to finish. Flea's bass and Fruchante's guitar are awe inspiring, Kiedis's lyrics are insane at times and deeply powerful others. Chad Smith holds it all together with precision drumming throughout.

Aftermath by The Rolling Stones
Jul 14 2022

Early Stones with heavy blues influence. A lot of tounge in cheek digs at society of the times, just as sharp today as then.

Van Halen by Van Halen
Jul 15 2022

I remember hearing this as a kid when my dad played the vinyl. Headbanging then and headbanging today. Insane riffs from Eddie catapults this record into the stratosphere. Van Halen taught a lot of people how to rock. Tap tap TAPAROOO, ERUPTION!!!

Tidal by Fiona Apple
Jul 16 2022

Fiona's haunting voice and poignant lyrics with her piano holding it all together. Great album. New favorite track is "The First Taste" with a smooth bossanova sound and a well told story. "Pale September" is beautiful.

Live At The Star Club, Hamburg by Jerry Lee Lewis
Jul 17 2022

Non stop audio assault. Relentless energy start to finish. It must have been something to have been there to see this man live. He went 100 miles an hour his whole life and didn't care who he pissed off.

Clandestino by Manu Chao
Jul 18 2022

Good vibes and chill sound. Caribbean influence with spanish flair. This is the first album I hadn't heard before being recommended here and I like it. Maybe not an everyday listen, but around a campfire with friends would be the perfect ambiance. Pass the puff and relax into the mood.

Endtroducing..... by DJ Shadow
Jul 19 2022

Essential trip hop. Excellent album and has a spot in regular rotation.

Jul 20 2022

Mid 90s electronic. I remember them from the Trainspotting soundtrack but never listened to anything else from them. Couple of bangers on there.

Joan Armatrading by Joan Armatrading
Jul 22 2022

Had never heard of this and now I am a big fan. What a great sound. Steel guitar solos, electric guitar, soulful vocals. Just great music.

Jul 24 2022

This one surprised me. A few songs were old favorites, but some new good songs and the original of a song I didn't know was a cover.

Let Love Rule by Lenny Kravitz
Jul 25 2022

It is the acoustic equivalent of a mid 90s cross colors hoodie.

1984 by Van Halen
Jul 26 2022
Birth Of The Cool by Miles Davis
Jul 27 2022

Couldn't name a Miles Davis track, but I know several albums and this one doesn't disappoint. Felt more up beat than Kind of Blue, but that makes sense even just from the titles. Great listen

1989 by Taylor Swift
Jul 28 2022

Better than I had expected. There were a couple of tracks I liked and a few I didn't. Blank Space and Style were good, and you can't help but dance to Shake it Off.

Haunted Dancehall by The Sabres Of Paradise
Jul 29 2022

This record is a mood. I like it and I will listen again. Wilmot is my favorite track.

Dusty In Memphis by Dusty Springfield
Jul 30 2022

I had no idea this would be classified as a rock album, but it deffinitely is. Just the one massive hit off this record but a lot of good songs are there to hear.

Superfuzz Bigmuff by Mudhoney
Jul 31 2022

The center of punk and rock fusing into grunge. Don't look too close or you'll go blind.

Horses by Patti Smith
Aug 01 2022

I can hear a lot of bands that came after Patti in this album.

A Hard Day's Night by Beatles
Aug 02 2022

Who doesn't like early Beatles. Classic songs throughout.

Technique by New Order
Aug 03 2022

It is an interesting mix of early electronica and new wave melodies. Not bad

Aug 04 2022

It was behind the TV the whole time! Haven't listened to this in a while and it was nice to revisit. Mike Skinner was criminally underrated.

Aug 05 2022

This is punk rock. Well informed and insightful lyrics, fast paced and driving sound, middle finger to the establishment. I think I have to go overthrow a government now.

Heroes by David Bowie
Aug 06 2022

While not my favorite Bowie album, this one is still high on the list. It's such a departure from the earlier work of Ziggy. Great sound and rocking grooves drive this record.

Infected by The The
Aug 07 2022

I liked Slow Train to Dawn.

The Yes Album by Yes
Aug 08 2022

Syncopation and Chris Squire on bass. Yes Yes Yes!

Let's Get It On by Marvin Gaye
Aug 09 2022

Another great from Marvin Gaye. This is the record to put on when it's time to get down.

Go Girl Crazy by The Dictators
Aug 10 2022

If this is truly the birth of punk rock, it's obvious. 30 minutes of classic punk.

Back To Black by Amy Winehouse
Aug 11 2022

Great album and an amazing talent. Damn shame what they did to her. So much soul and emotion bottled up in this record.

Odessa by Bee Gees
Aug 12 2022

Didn't know the BeeGees did epic concept albums. Don't think I needed to know. Soaring sounds and odd subject matter. Not something I want to hear again, but glad I was able to hear this side of a band I thought was just disco pop.

Aug 13 2022

If you don't like this that's okay, but just know that you are wrong. One of the greatest hip hop records of all time not only on it's own but for everything that came after it.

Duck Rock by Malcolm McLaren
Aug 14 2022

A record from 1983 that sounds like it sampled every hip hop album since 1990. Then it has some caribbean vibes and African influence to boot. What a wild ride.

Bayou Country by Creedence Clearwater Revival
Aug 15 2022

The best of the unbelieveable CCR run? I think so.

Aladdin Sane by David Bowie
Aug 16 2022

Jean Genie, Cracked Actor, and an interesting cover of 'Let's Spend the Night Together' were the highlights.

Is This It by The Strokes
Aug 18 2022

Love this record

Chirping Crickets by Buddy Holly & The Crickets
Aug 19 2022

Weee ooooo this sounds just like Buddy Holly.

Brothers In Arms by Dire Straits
Aug 20 2022

Weee ooooo this sounds just like Buddy Holly.

Nebraska by Bruce Springsteen
Aug 21 2022

Kind of a mellow album from what I knew of The Boss. Good listening American music

Imperial Bedroom by Elvis Costello & The Attractions
Aug 22 2022

Elvis Costello is fine. It does mostly sound like the same song on repeat, but I wojuldn't call it bad music.

Moondance by Van Morrison
Aug 23 2022

SO many classics on this record. Excellent

Songs Of Love And Hate by Leonard Cohen
Aug 24 2022

The iconoic voice of Cohen is grating, but the message is powerful. Amazing poetry but musically I prefer it in small doses.

Can't Buy A Thrill by Steely Dan
Aug 25 2022

Easy listening. Amazing musicianship, these guys can flat out play. Surprisingly deep lyrics and themes. I had heard all the hits on the radio and knew they were very talented musicians, but I was never into it enough to actually listen. I have a new appreciation for Steely Dan.

Idlewild by Everything But The Girl
Aug 26 2022

This is music to get romantic with. Like Led Zepplin IV in Fast Times but better

Joan Baez by Joan Baez
Sep 10 2022

Beautiful voice. Some interesting covers that I hadn't heard before. Not something I would normally listen to, but I am glad to have heard it.

Sep 11 2022

This sounds like the orgins of The Dropkick Murphys. Irish folk and punk fusion with some middle eastern and spanish influence as well. What a wild mix of sound that comes together in a wonderfully strange way.

Screamadelica by Primal Scream
Sep 12 2022

Good sound with a few standout tracks that I liked. Damaged and Movin on Up were favorites.

Hybrid Theory by Linkin Park
Sep 13 2022

Linkin Park was super cool when I was 20. 20 years later, not so much. Lyrically interesting but the music just doesn't do anything for me almost to the point of being annoying.

Smokers Delight by Nightmares On Wax
Sep 16 2022

Nice ambient trip hop. Relaxing for work or studying

Bossanova by Pixies
Sep 17 2022

Pixies are great and this is a good album.

Here, My Dear by Marvin Gaye
Sep 28 2022

It's a Marvin Gaye record. Good soul/R&B. Amazing voice. Social commentary. Good stuff

Ogden's Nut Gone Flake by Small Faces
Sep 29 2022

Kind of lost in the era and genre. Nothing really jumps out to me.

Revolver by Beatles
Sep 30 2022

A key album in The Beatles transition from a live act to a studio band. Lots of experimental sounds with the earlier pop song style. Great album.

Darklands by The Jesus And Mary Chain
Oct 01 2022

Melancholy rock sound.

Dirt by Alice In Chains
Oct 02 2022

Top notch start to finish. Lane's voice is haunting and soothing at the same time. Excellent

Planet Rock: The Album by Afrika Bambaataa
Oct 03 2022

The original hip hop songs in one album. I didn't think I would see a 'Best Of' record on here, but here we are.

Are You Experienced by Jimi Hendrix
Oct 04 2022

His career was so short all the hits are on one record. Could listen over and over.

Franz Ferdinand by Franz Ferdinand
May 05 2023

Bought this when it came out. Still slaps.

Live And Dangerous by Thin Lizzy
May 06 2023

What an incredible live album. Pure energy start to finish. Crank it up and hold on. Excellent!

The Idiot by Iggy Pop
May 08 2023

It's okay to separate the art from the artist.

Catch A Fire by Bob Marley & The Wailers
Jun 14 2023

The roots without all of the over production

L'Eau Rouge by The Young Gods
Jun 15 2023

Well that was definitely something.

May 12 2026

None of the famous big hits but an interesting album with good songs and unique sound.

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