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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Freak Out! The Mothers Of Invention	5	2.82	+2.18
Dusty In Memphis Dusty Springfield	5	3.47	+1.53
To Pimp A Butterfly Kendrick Lamar	5	3.63	+1.37
The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill Lauryn Hill	5	3.66	+1.34
Faust IV Faust	4	2.78	+1.22
Whatever Aimee Mann	4	2.84	+1.16
Fred Neil Fred Neil	4	2.92	+1.08
Will The Circle Be Unbroken Nitty Gritty Dirt Band	4	2.98	+1.02

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Blackstar David Bowie	1	3.48	-2.48
Africa Brasil Jorge Ben Jor	1	3.37	-2.37
If You're Feeling Sinister Belle & Sebastian	1	3.19	-2.19
Soul Mining The The	1	3.17	-2.17
Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1 George Michael	1	3.17	-2.17
Steve McQueen Prefab Sprout	1	2.99	-1.99
Introducing The Hardline According To Terence Trent D'Arby Terence Trent D'Arby	1	2.98	-1.98
Led Zeppelin III Led Zeppelin	2	3.94	-1.94
A Northern Soul The Verve	1	2.92	-1.92
A Hard Day's Night Beatles	2	3.89	-1.89

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If You're Feeling Sinister

Belle & Sebastian · 16 likes

1/5

I found this album so boring, and that boredom transformed into irritation. It’s hard to explain. I just couldn’t stand it. I realize that this is objectively pleasant music so feel free to disagree but this was one of my least faves 1/5 sorry jare ❤️

Steve McQueen

Prefab Sprout · 1 likes

1/5

Nooo this was so bad 1/5

1-Star Albums (11)

Introducing The Hardline According To Terence Trent D'Arby

All Ratings

Physical Graffiti

Led Zeppelin

3/5

Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs

Derek & The Dominos

2/5

Africa Brasil

Jorge Ben Jor

1/5

Too loud

The College Dropout

Kanye West

4/5

Dirt

Alice In Chains

2/5

Lots of sounds. Lots of guitars going wah-wah-waaaooooowwwww!!! 2.5

Bossanova

Pixies

3/5

Bat Out Of Hell

Meat Loaf

4/5

L.A. Woman

The Doors

4/5

4.7. This album slapped me in the face with its funky baselines and electric organ. Idk what I thought the doors sounded like but this was not it. Jared and I strutted down the city sidewalks to the beat. I plan on doing some more struttin on 2nd listen today.

Smokers Delight

Nightmares On Wax

2/5

I’m pretty sure this album was made entirely using the pre-set beats and kooky sounds on the keyboard synthesizer I used in Mr. Clausen’s 3rd grade music class. the groove and chill vibes were there tho. 2.5 stars for easy listening 🍃🌲✌🏻

Surf's Up

The Beach Boys

2/5

Aside from being extremely ahead of its time on the issue of climate change, this album didn’t do it for me. Some songs had super corny lyrics, and honestly as soon as the song about feet (????) came on I was too confused to take it seriously.

It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back

Public Enemy

4/5

Makes me feel nostalgia for an era of hip hop I wasn’t even around for. Lots of energy, lots of ‘yeaaa boiiiiii’s from flava flav which is exactly what I needed. 3.7/5

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector

Various Artists

3/5

Makes me feel nostalgia for an era of hip hop I wasn’t even around for. Lots of energy, lots of ‘yeaaa boiiiiii’s from flava flav which is exactly what I needed. 3.7/5

Stardust

Willie Nelson

4/5

I loved this album. Listened on the plane after taking some NyQuil and it helped me peacefully drift off the sleep. 4/5

Peggy Suicide

Julian Cope

2/5

Typically I don’t look at the group’s reviews before listening or writing my own, but this time I accidentally saw the dismally low rating yall gave this album before I listened. tbh I was pleasantly surprised. Some poorly written lyrics but I didn’t hate the sound. However the deluxe edition went on for an extra hour so by the end I was begging for it to be over so we end up with a low rating after all. 2/5

3 Years, 5 Months And 2 Days In The Life Of...

Arrested Development

3/5

Fragile

Yes

4/5

I had a lot of fun listening to this album. Short and sweet with lots of little guitar and keyboard solos. Some dank chamber music interludes as well. 4/5

You've Come a Long Way Baby

Fatboy Slim

4/5

this album gives me kids-jumping-around-in-a-bouncy-house vibes. At times the repetition got old but for the most part it was one of the most fun albums I’ve heard so far

Back In Black

AC/DC

2/5

I found myself rolling my eyes at a lot of the lyrics - sexual innuendos abound - and vocals sound like a wailing cat but the classics are classics so 2 stars for that

Opus Dei

Laibach

3/5

One listen through and some googling left me wanting to learn more about this band and the cultural context. Loved the intimidating chanting and bullfrog vocals 3/5

Meat Is Murder

The Smiths

2/5

I would have reeaally liked this without the vocals 2/5

Parachutes

Coldplay

3/5

The vibe of the early 2000s. I never listened to much Coldplay, the hits are nostalgic and his voice is actually really beautiful but most of the songs were kinda blah. 3/5

Clandestino

Manu Chao

4/5

Excellent from start to finish, listened 2.5 times yesterday and for sure will listen again 4.5/5

Automatic For The People

R.E.M.

3/5

A Nod Is As Good As A Wink To A Blind Horse

Faces

3/5

Feeling pretty lukewarm about this album. There were good parts and some parts that irritated me which all averaged out to “alright”. 2.7/5

Dummy

Portishead

4/5

We Are Family

Sister Sledge

4/5

Disco gives me life. I already had several song from this album saved, now I got to fill in the blanks. 4.5/5

Ananda Shankar

2/5

Sitar covers of classic rock hits…not something I would choose for myself but I respect the fact that it exists

The Köln Concert

Keith Jarrett

4/5

Beautiful and calming. Put me right to sleep on the train 4/5

Station To Station

David Bowie

3/5

3.5/5 Golden Years earns this entire review

Moving Pictures

Rush

4/5

LP1

FKA twigs

3/5

That's The Way Of The World

Earth, Wind & Fire

4/5

Rio

Duran Duran

2/5

Hungry like the wolf slaps but it’s the only thing this album has going for it 2.2/5

My Generation

The Who

4/5

A mix of a lot of different styles coming together in a cohesive and enjoyable way. Loved it 4/5 + extra points for intentional stuttering

If You're Feeling Sinister

Belle & Sebastian

1/5

American Beauty

Grateful Dead

3/5

Odessa

Bee Gees

2/5

This album had me so confused start to finish. I checked 3 times within the first song that the artist really was The Bee Gees. Song about having an orphanage full of 35 kids really threw me for a loop, followed by an ode to Thomas Edison. Then a symphony to close it all out. Idk what to say about all this but I guess 2.7/5

Faust IV

Faust

4/5

Interesting with so many dif sounds and felt very ahead of it’s time 4/5

Queen II

Queen

4/5

Loved it 4.7/5

...And Justice For All

Metallica

3/5

Having never listened to Metallica before I didn’t know what to expect but I actually really enjoyed listening to this 3.7/5

Soul Mining

The The

1/5

Nah

World Clique

Deee-Lite

3/5

~ The Wiggles do house music ~ Goofball lyrics with fun beats and silly sounds

Destroyer

KISS

2/5

Never listened to kiss and was surprised how upbeat their music is. I think every single song was just generally about Rock and Roll music. I think it’s cute how much they love it. Overall an adorable little album 2.5/5

First Band On The Moon

The Cardigans

3/5

Good tunes 3.7/5

Tres Hombres

ZZ Top

3/5

I feel like my dad would love this 3.5/5

Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1

George Michael

1/5

Extremely corny and melodramatic and way too smooth jazz at times but you can tell he really put a lot of heart into it 🥲 1.7/5

Steve McQueen

Prefab Sprout

1/5

Nooo this was so bad 1/5

Moon Safari

Air

3/5

A few excellent songs including one about me so I’ll give it a 3.2/5

The xx

4/5

Listened to this a lot in college, loved it then and now 4/5

Revolver

Beatles

4/5

One of my most listened to albums thanks to a handful of Beatles albums being loaded onto my first iPod by my friend’s brother back in the day. An excellent album but as Bill Hader said I could do without the Balinese stuff 4.5/5

Led Zeppelin III

Led Zeppelin

2/5

2.5/5

Gorillaz

3/5

Aside from a couple hits, I didn’t love this album. Surprised me considering bc Demon Days is one of my all time faves. I think I like the more hip hop influences gorillaz that came later 3/5

I Should Coco

Supergrass

4/5

Really enjoyed this one. Fun sound and a wide variety of styles mixed together 4/5

Fisherman's Blues

The Waterboys

2/5

I feel like this band would be way more fun to play in than to listen to. Also interesting how Scottish folk music can sound so much like American folk music. Lots of fiddle…too much fiddle 2/5

Bryter Layter

Nick Drake

3/5

Very peaceful 3/5

Deep Purple In Rock

Deep Purple

2/5

They really know how to rock 2.7/5

Vespertine

Björk

4/5

I wish I had started listening to bjork years ago, loved it 4.3/5

Let's Stay Together

Al Green

4/5

So pleasant 4/5

Is This It

The Strokes

4/5

Yes 4.5/5

Time Out Of Mind

Bob Dylan

3/5

Actually not bad 3/5

Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul

Otis Redding

4/5

I would describe his singing style as both incredibly smooth and somewhat unhinged 4/5

Fulfillingness' First Finale

Stevie Wonder

2/5

It was fine 2.5/5

Maxinquaye

Tricky

3/5

Tubular Bells

Mike Oldfield

4/5

Fred Neil

4/5

Gold

Ryan Adams

1/5

Altogether not great 1.5/5

Songs Of Leonard Cohen

Leonard Cohen

4/5

Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim

Frank Sinatra

3/5

I like Frank Sinatra but have listened to too much of his music to in my life to be really stoked on it now 3.5/5

Savane

Ali Farka Touré

4/5

I loved this!

Buenas Noches From A Lonely Room

Dwight Yoakam

3/5

Nice and twangy classic country. Something very pleasant about the sound of old country music but why they gotta talk about killing their wives so much 3/5

Blackstar

David Bowie

1/5

I gotta be honest I really didn’t like it 1/5

Ágætis Byrjun

Sigur Rós

3/5

Ethereal 3.8/5

Will The Circle Be Unbroken

Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

4/5

Longest album ever but it didn’t get boring. Had me hootin and hollerin 4/5

Common

3/5

Bayou Country

Creedence Clearwater Revival

3/5

It was alright 3/5

Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots

The Flaming Lips

2/5

A little less boring than I thought it would be but still kind of boring 2/5

The Score

Fugees

4/5

4.5/5

Miriam Makeba

3/5

A weem ba wep 3.5/5

Oracular Spectacular

MGMT

4/5

I loved it then I love it now 4.75/5

You Want It Darker

Leonard Cohen

2/5

Raspy but good to nap to 2.5/5

A Short Album About Love

The Divine Comedy

2/5

Strange and entertaining 2.5/5

Entertainment

Gang Of Four

3/5

I actually liked most of it 3.7/5

A Grand Don't Come For Free

The Streets

3/5

Introducing The Hardline According To Terence Trent D'Arby

Terence Trent D'Arby

1/5

No 1/5

Halcyon Digest

Deerhunter

3/5

Very pleasant 3/5

Hounds Of Love

Kate Bush

3/5

Melodramatic 3/5

Cee-Lo Green... Is The Soul Machine

Cee Lo Green

1/5

Why Cee lo why did you do this 1/5

A Hard Day's Night

Beatles

2/5

I listened to this one many times as a youngster and this was the first time I realized that I dont really like it 2/5

Siamese Dream

The Smashing Pumpkins

3/5

Somehow I thought this band was from the mid 2000s my bad 2.5/5

Whatever

Aimee Mann

4/5

First half I didn’t love possibly d/t some anti 90s prejudice but by the end I really started to enjoy it 3.75/5

Drunk

Thundercat

3/5

I don’t love every song but I respect how unique it all is 2.75/5

Blonde On Blonde

Bob Dylan

2/5

I’m sorry Jared its just too much harmonica sometimes 2.5/5

Licensed To Ill

Beastie Boys

2/5

Lol

Elephant

The White Stripes

4/5

Rumours

Fleetwood Mac

5/5

I almost never do this but 5/5

The Grand Tour

George Jones

3/5

Pleasant 3/5

Five Leaves Left

Nick Drake

3/5

Pleasant 3/5

Hearts And Bones

Paul Simon

2/5

At first it was nice but I slowly started to feel like I was listening to the music from the full house theme song paired with annoyingly cute and overly poetic lyrics and I just didn’t like it 1.5/5

Smile

Brian Wilson

4/5

Love those harmonies. Good vibrations is one of the happiest sounds to my ears 3.75/5

Kind Of Blue

Miles Davis

4/5

Very nice, makes me feel like I’m in a classy restaurant 3.5/5

Neon Bible

Arcade Fire

3/5

Idk why but to me arcade fire’s music always sounds like it’s made in a post apocalyptic society. I think its because I was reading Hunger Games back when I first listened to the Suburbs album 2.5/5

Thriller

Michael Jackson

4/5

Hit after hit. Baselines so groovy I ignored the little squeaks and oohs and aahs that once bothered me enough to think I didn’t like MJs music 4/5

Veckatimest

Grizzly Bear

2/5

I’ve listened to that one song a million times but the rest didn’t really sound like anything to me 2/5

Songs The Lord Taught Us

The Cramps

1/5

No 1/5

Arrival

ABBA

3/5

Dancing queen and Fernando could earn a 5/5 on their own in my opinion but sadly they were dragged down 2 stars by I Kissed The Teacher 3/5

Electric Ladyland

Jimi Hendrix

3/5

It was fine. Good guitar playing 3/5

Superfly

Curtis Mayfield

3/5

2.5/5

Being There

Wilco

3/5

It was fine 2.5/5

The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan

4/5

Good storytelling 3.75/5

Coat Of Many Colors

Dolly Parton

4/5

Comforting and uplifting 3.7/5

At Mister Kelly's

Sarah Vaughan

3/5

Jazzy 3/5

Behaviour

Pet Shop Boys

2/5

Smooooth 80s sounds of the 90s 2/5

Ritual De Lo Habitual

Jane's Addiction

2/5

Nah 1.5/5

Hot Rats

Frank Zappa

3/5

Weird good 3/5

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

Beatles

4/5

Kimono My House

Sparks

3/5

Wild and weird and fun and I loved learning that our very own Susie rahn owns this album and is an OG Sparks fan 3/5

The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill

Lauryn Hill

5/5

A neat perfect album in my opinion 4.5/5

Eliminator

ZZ Top

2/5

They really know how to rock out 2/5

Daydream Nation

Sonic Youth

3/5

It was alright 2.5/5

Sound of Silver

LCD Soundsystem

4/5

One of those albums that didn’t sound like anything to me the first time I listened, but now that I’ve heard it a bunch of times over the years it’s hard to believe I didn’t realize how great it was that first time. Very nostalgic and sentimental feelings from these sounds 3.75/5

Nilsson Schmilsson

Harry Nilsson

4/5

Loved it 3.5/5

To Pimp A Butterfly

Kendrick Lamar

5/5

Another near perfect album that fails to get old and remains interesting every time I listen 4.8/5

Dusty In Memphis

Dusty Springfield

5/5

So fun and lovely. Shocking news: dusty was born and raised in London!! 4.5/5