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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Logical Progression LTJ Bukem	5	2.52	+2.48
Rising Above Bedlam Jah Wobble's Invaders Of The Heart	5	2.61	+2.39
My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts Brian Eno	5	2.79	+2.21
Bone Machine Tom Waits	5	2.86	+2.14
Fly Or Die N.E.R.D	5	2.86	+2.14
All Hail the Queen Queen Latifah	5	2.86	+2.14
You Are The Quarry Morrissey	5	2.86	+2.14
Joan Baez Joan Baez	5	2.96	+2.04
The Nightfly Donald Fagen	5	3.01	+1.99
Legalize It Peter Tosh	5	3.07	+1.93

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Off The Wall Michael Jackson	1	3.78	-2.78
Bad Company Bad Company	1	3.26	-2.26
Here, My Dear Marvin Gaye	1	3.21	-2.21
Are You Experienced Jimi Hendrix	2	4.16	-2.16
The Lexicon Of Love ABC	1	3.08	-2.08
What's Going On Marvin Gaye	2	3.94	-1.94
Electric Ladyland Jimi Hendrix	2	3.94	-1.94
Picture Book Simply Red	1	2.88	-1.88
Stripped Christina Aguilera	1	2.87	-1.87
Happy Sad Tim Buckley	1	2.78	-1.78

Artists

Favorites

Artist	Albums	Average
Radiohead	3	4.67
Talking Heads	2	5
Pixies	2	5
Pink Floyd	2	5
Beatles	3	4.33

Least Favorites

Artist	Albums	Average
Marvin Gaye	3	2

Controversial

Artist	Ratings
Elvis Costello & The Attractions	5, 2
Nick Drake	5, 2

5-Star Albums (55)

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Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols

Popular Reviews

Legalize It

Peter Tosh

5/5

Great songs and sounds. Strong start with "Legalize It." "Ketchy Shuby" bumps and "Brand New Second Hand" is a great diss track. The bits of piano really enhance the musical layering. Tosh singing on "Till Your Well Runs Dry" rather than reggae styling is really interesting. Only track I didn't really like was Igziabeher.

3 likes

This Year's Model

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

2/5

Meh

1 likes

Fly Or Die

N.E.R.D

5/5

Some great song... The front half of the album slays with a slight let down on the back half but still great

1 likes

Bad Company

1/5

Mercifully short generic dull "rock" that picks a line and repeated it 1000x. I get it, you are "ready for love." Blah.

1 likes

Rising Above Bedlam

Jah Wobble's Invaders Of The Heart

5/5

A gem! This is why we 1001

1 likes

1-Star Albums (8)

All Ratings

The Marshall Mathers LP

Eminem

4/5

Very skilled, not my style of content, a little bored by all the killing threats

Abbey Road

Beatles

4/5

A few really good songs - still don't love them but enjoy the weird vibes and trippy music

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector

Various Artists

3/5

The Specials

4/5

Lots of great song - band had a big effect and it still has lots of powerful and funny songs

Definitely Maybe

Oasis

3/5

I didn't quite get it but I could with more listens i think

Armed Forces

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

5/5

Unhalfbricking

Fairport Convention

4/5

1984

Van Halen

4/5

JUMP!

A Rush Of Blood To The Head

Coldplay

4/5

Songs Of Leonard Cohen

Leonard Cohen

2/5

This is not for me. All the same tunes for the most part and endless verses. Positives: I did Suzzane and Marianne. The production value is really good.

Ágætis Byrjun

Sigur Rós

5/5

So chill and cool and atmospheric and peaceful. Even cooler when you look up the translations and meanings of the songs.

The Soft Bulletin

The Flaming Lips

5/5

Wow, so awesome. The soundscape is so complex, the words wonderful, the tunes catchy, and they become more so the more you listen. A masterpiece!

Groovin'

The Young Rascals

2/5

Meh, kinda boring. Grooving was OK. Not my style. PS - Search for "The Rascals" on Spotify not "The Young Rascals" to see the full discography.

Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

4/5

Deep lyrics, good music, great voice, interesting vibe.

2112

Rush

4/5

Awesome

She's So Unusual

Cyndi Lauper

5/5

Awesome

Space Ritual

Hawkwind

3/5

Pretty cool!

That's The Way Of The World

Earth, Wind & Fire

4/5

It's got some great grooves and music. Really funky. Don't enjoy love songs enough to give it 5 stars but it's a 5 star production.

Bad Company

1/5

Mercifully short generic dull "rock" that picks a line and repeated it 1000x. I get it, you are "ready for love." Blah.

Viva Hate

Morrissey

4/5

Liked: Everyday is Like Sunday, Late Night Maudlin street, Suedehead, and the music behind the singing is really great. Pretty dang good overall! I hear the tides have turned against Morrisey though.

Deep Purple In Rock

Deep Purple

3/5

Hard driving music, Child in Time is especially good. Really enjoyed but -2 stars for the horrible keyboards/ organs.

Halcyon Digest

Deerhunter

3/5

Pretty decent

Dear Science

TV On The Radio

5/5

Awesome

Boston

3/5

Lots of classics

Ill Communication

Beastie Boys

4/5

16 Lovers Lane

The Go-Betweens

4/5

I'd give it a 4.5 but I'll round down to a 4. Easy listening and strong lyrics and acoustics. Strong tracks throughout with my standouts being Love Goes On, Streets, and Was There Anything I Could Do with Anything being my favorite.

Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire)

The Kinks

4/5

Funky, good lyrics, lots of varied musical styles, Shangri-La is a masterpiece.

Pills 'n' Thrills And Bellyaches

Happy Mondays

3/5

2.5 rounding up to 3. Unique music, some good tracks like Grandpa. Def a Manchester vibe. Oakenfold did a great job producing and this is a really funky album with beats, strings, brass, rapping, singing, and all sorts of interesting sounds and layers.

Legalize It

Peter Tosh

5/5

Rio

Duran Duran

3/5

Slapping bass.

Darklands

The Jesus And Mary Chain

4/5

Good stuff. Esp like Happy When It Rains

Bongo Rock

Incredible Bongo Band

5/5

5/5 why not. Funky! Pretty damn good. I would get down to this.

Bone Machine

Tom Waits

5/5

Love Waits voice... Take a bit of listening to understand him and then the words start popping out. Some of my favorites were Earth Died Screaming, All Stripped Down, Who Are You This Time, Murder in the Red Barn, and of course, I Don't Wanna Grow Up

Hunky Dory

David Bowie

3/5

Some amazing all time classics for the young homo sapiens on any planet

Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo

Devo

3/5

Couple of slapping songs, didn't get enough listens in to truly enjoy

Different Class

Pulp

2/5

Hmmm well I appreciate the subversion

Pretenders

3/5

Off The Wall

Michael Jackson

1/5

Three words... Boring, formulaic, bland.

One Nation Under A Groove

Funkadelic

5/5

Awesome will listen to more Funkadelica. The guitar work is stellar.

The Gilded Palace Of Sin

The Flying Burrito Brothers

3/5

Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite

Maxwell

3/5

Maxwell wants to have sex. Watch out crack of dawn.

The Contino Sessions

Death In Vegas

4/5

Needs more bass. I want to listen to this while drinking in a cement basement club wearing all black.

Goo

Sonic Youth

5/5

Yup, this is my type of music. Especially like Disappearer. It might have the best album art so far.

The Blueprint

JAY Z

4/5

H to the Izzo! Got to love all the strings. Did you know this and "Is This It" by the Strokes both released on 9/11? Both NYC releases and I learned a lot of people listen to this on the anniversary as a light spot in the dark. Girls has weird racial stuff but other than that it's solid

D.O.A. the Third and Final Report of Throbbing Gristle

Throbbing Gristle

3/5

Hard to rate this one... It's for sure music for an art installation at a modern art museum. A dark room, weird video, crazy dancing, or maybe a mechanical clock shortly turning as someone fixes a lift. +1 for the band name.

In Utero

Nirvana

3/5

Huh, I don't know what to think. I feel like I should like this more than I did. Ps. I had no idea Dave Grohl was the drummer for the last four years of Nirvana. Also, Sonic Youth was friends with them and recommended a new record label when they blew up.

Nighthawks At The Diner

Tom Waits

4/5

Pour me a cup of mud, friend. The perfect album to listen to if the world has turned black and white and you are alone, solving the mystery of why your ex left you, why you drink alone, and what's for breakfast. Tom's gravel and silk voice carries on - not near as serious as the previous album of his that was generated. I don't think I'll listen to this one as much but I did like "better off", "warm beer", "big joe" and a couple others.

Fulfillingness' First Finale

Stevie Wonder

4/5

I can't deny Stevie Wonder's talent (though this album didn't blow me away too much). He plays almost every instrument on all the songs. His obsessive and driven musical creation process results in great sounding music (but I hear he was hard to work with). He'd work for 12 hours on a song and then call back the studio musician at 2 AM to rework a song. Boogie on Reggie Woman is lovely. As a Phish fan I was so happy to hear the original, what a fun surprise. "You Haven't Done Nothin" is also a great hit piece on Regan.

The Rising

Bruce Springsteen

2/5

It sounds good (he's got a pretty voice) but it doesn't move me. Meh dad rock. I did like a couple of the songs but probably will never spin this again. Maybe if I was from the East Coast and had a deeper connection to 9/11.

Surf's Up

The Beach Boys

4/5

Huh, an album that discusses the greatness of trees, water, and feet. Surfs down!

Happy Sad

Tim Buckley

1/5

What? You really need headphones to listen this one. Boring except for all the chimes.

We Are Family

Sister Sledge

5/5

This one bops. Feels nice to give a good rating.

Sheet Music

10cc

3/5

Always been a big fan of 10cc. Love the first-half of the album.

S&M

Metallica

3/5

Long

All Things Must Pass

George Harrison

3/5

Superunknown

Soundgarden

5/5

High notes on mailmen are superb. Chris Cornell has a powerful voice. Like this more than the Nirvana alblum we listened to. Black Hole Sun is such a classic. Spoonman spoons.

Blue

Joni Mitchell

5/5

Amazing voice, amazing guitar player, A Case of You is so good

My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts

Brian Eno

5/5

Great! Such a cool electric techno sample gasm.

Modern Kosmology

Jane Weaver

2/5

It was good but was it 1001 good? No.

Gasoline Alley

Rod Stewart

3/5

Didn't think I liked Rod Stewart, turns out I do! The bluegrass, piano, guitar, funky number shoot it up in stars, the plain rock sends it down. Hobo and Lady day are at the top for me but plenty to like on this one.

John Barleycorn Must Die

Traffic

2/5

Didn't wow me

Blackstar

David Bowie

3/5

It wasn't bad, wasn't great, but I did really like Girls Love Me

Let's Get It On

Marvin Gaye

3/5

I listened but not enough to get a real feel so 3 stars it is. Let's get it on.

Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

5/5

Full of good and sad songs

Every Picture Tells A Story

Rod Stewart

2/5

Not as good as the previous one

The Downward Spiral

Nine Inch Nails

5/5

Good stuff

Electric Warrior

T. Rex

3/5

Enjoyed this one but some of the love songs were a little much for me. Really really liked Cosmic Dancer, a brilliant song for the ages.

Physical Graffiti

Led Zeppelin

3/5

Huh turns out I don't like Led Zeppelin

In A Silent Way

Miles Davis

4/5

First jazz, I enjoyed this short two track album. Would be fun to own on vinyl.

It's A Shame About Ray

The Lemonheads

4/5

Solid 90s

Aqualung

Jethro Tull

4/5

Aqualung is such a weird song. I listed to this album a lot in my teens.

Cheap Thrills

Big Brother & The Holding Company

4/5

JJ has such a great voice. Great guitar work, psychedelic and hard rock. Modern and timeless sound

Beautiful Freak

Eels

5/5

Another great 90s album. I especially liked Susan's House but lots of good selections and it all followed a theme

...Baby One More Time

Britney Spears

1/5

No, just no. I don't care how many copies it sold. I don't care if it is Britney bitch.

Ray Of Light

Madonna

4/5

Can't say I've ever listened to a full Madonna album before, this is really good! Great dance music, lush soundscapes, great voice, great beats, I'm impressed. No wonder people like her so much. It's a little too long though.

Document

R.E.M.

3/5

Liked the last song best, can't quite get over his voice

Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols

Sex Pistols

5/5

Is This It

The Strokes

5/5

I love everything about this album, perfection! One of my favorite albums of all time by one of the greatest bands of all time.

Power In Numbers

Jurassic 5

5/5

I forgot I listened to this a lot in highschool!

For Your Pleasure

Roxy Music

2/5

Back In Black

AC/DC

3/5

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

Elton John

3/5

Some great songs

Trans Europe Express

Kraftwerk

4/5

Kid A

Radiohead

5/5

So good

To Pimp A Butterfly

Kendrick Lamar

5/5

A great, deep, meaningful album. Great cover art. Angry, sad, funny, all rolled into one.

Stripped

Christina Aguilera

1/5

Just not good... Made it halfway in

Manassas

Stephen Stills

3/5

Some really good stuff! Enjoyed the variety of blues, bluegrass, and vocals.

Illinois

Sufjan Stevens

3/5

Starts great but then just goes on for so long! Cut 10 songs and I would love this one.

Younger Than Yesterday

The Byrds

3/5

Some great songs, worth more listen with headphones and weed.

Sex Packets

Digital Underground

2/5

Sex packets is not near as cool if a concept as these guys think it is. Cringe rap.

The Joshua Tree

3/5

It was good but I thought I would like it more. I bet I would with more listens or if I had listened to it when it came out.

Rising Above Bedlam

Jah Wobble's Invaders Of The Heart

5/5

A gem! This is why we 1001

Slippery When Wet

Bon Jovi

3/5

I thought I would hate it and I didn't!

I’ve Got a Tiger By the Tail

Buck Owens

3/5

Nice to have some classic country.

The Healer

John Lee Hooker

2/5

A bit boring and love focused. I bet he would be cool live.

Signing Off

UB40

3/5

I enjoyed this one!

Fifth Dimension

The Byrds

3/5

Not bad

It's Blitz!

Yeah Yeah Yeahs

5/5

Really takes me back. I think I knew every track on this one. 2009... KC radio and 96.5. Great cover art.

Moss Side Story

Barry Adamson

4/5

Good career inspiration! Want to join a punk band? Stay up all night learning to play the bass, audition, and get it! Want to start making movie soundtracks? Make a soundtrack to a non-existent movie and then turn that into a new career. Both things that Barry Adamson did. The music is also pretty good and totally different than most of this list. It's fun to read the title tracks and imagine what is happening in each of the 4 tracks. Nice find 1001.

The Slider

T. Rex

4/5

Liked the Rabbit song and liked the whole thing enough to listen to it 3 times.

The Rolling Stones

2/5

Meh

The Who Sell Out

The Who

4/5

Weird but fun

Music Has The Right To Children

Boards of Canada

4/5

Remain In Light

Talking Heads

5/5

Weird and great

Queen Of Denmark

John Grant

3/5

Some good songs

Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge

Mudhoney

3/5

Eh.. PS I'm upgrading the previous John Grant album to 5 stars

Surfer Rosa

Pixies

5/5

An all time classic 100/100

Metallica

5/5

Ah memories

Chirping Crickets

Buddy Holly & The Crickets

2/5

Boring

Paul's Boutique

Beastie Boys

2/5

Turns out I don't really enjoy the Beastie Boys

This Year's Model

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

2/5

Meh

1999

Prince

3/5

sex

Will The Circle Be Unbroken

Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

3/5

Good old country with lots of stars

Duck Rock

Malcolm McLaren

4/5

Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret

Soft Cell

3/5

All Directions

The Temptations

5/5

Papa was a rolling stone!

Black Monk Time

The Monks

4/5

Fly Or Die

N.E.R.D

5/5

Some great song... The front half of the album slays with a slight let down on the back half but still great

The Band

4/5

Music From The Penguin Cafe

Penguin Cafe Orchestra

4/5

Listened while walking around the airport, it was nice!

Liquid Swords

GZA

4/5

What a classic - great beats and lyrics. Ninjas for life!

What's Going On

Marvin Gaye

2/5

Meh

Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)

Eurythmics

3/5

High Violet

The National

2/5

I like the National but the song do run together a bit.

Electric Ladyland

Jimi Hendrix

2/5

Maybe I need headphones and more weed - the listen in the car was a little interrupted.

Mothership Connection

Parliament

3/5

Good stuff

Dummy

Portishead

5/5

Love it

Mermaid Avenue

Billy Bragg

4/5

Aladdin Sane

David Bowie

2/5

Protection

Massive Attack

5/5

Really enjoyed this one

Lazer Guided Melodies

Spiritualized

2/5

Didn't seem that special

Are You Experienced

Jimi Hendrix

2/5

Weird that I didn't get into this so much

The Pleasure Principle

Gary Numan

4/5

Seventh Tree

Goldfrapp

5/5

Loved this one very unusual. Clow is such a great song.

Tommy

The Who

2/5

Band On The Run

Paul McCartney and Wings

5/5

Got to be 5/5 just for how many times I replayed it. Lots of fun songs, don't the wheel one so much.

Ghosteen

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

3/5

Not sure so defaulting to 3

Tonight's The Night

Neil Young

4/5

I enjoyed these songs. Neil Young is good and I like his voice.

You've Come a Long Way Baby

Fatboy Slim

5/5

Great! Lots of great bangers. Trip/acide house big beats.

Picture Book

Simply Red

1/5

Skylarking

XTC

4/5

Great songs very unique... Ween, Phish, 80s music, experimental. Dear God, Grass, and others were great.

Harvest

Neil Young

4/5

5 stars just for Heart of Gold and Old Man but I wish more songs on this one grabbed me

Teen Dream

Beach House

2/5

Gold

Ryan Adams

2/5

Call of the Valley

Shivkumar Sharma

4/5

Blood Sugar Sex Magik

Red Hot Chili Peppers

2/5

Found this underwhelming but I love that the bass is so emphasized for a change instead of being a background instrument.

The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter

The Incredible String Band

4/5

A lot better than my previous album, The Red Hot Chili Peppers. These guys blow them away. Pretty listenable and not worthy of the 1 star hate though all the funny reviews did make me laugh.

The Lexicon Of Love

ABC

1/5

Meh, very boring

Life's Too Good

The Sugarcubes

4/5

Great bit of musical history - I'm not surprised the critics focused on Bjork - of course they did! Guys voice annoyed.

Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)

Wu-Tang Clan

4/5

New York Dolls

4/5

Selected Ambient Works 85-92

Aphex Twin

5/5

Songs For Swingin' Lovers!

Frank Sinatra

4/5

Tuesday Night Music Club

Sheryl Crow

3/5

Ananda Shankar

2/5

As I drove in my hot car from Bend to Redmond I found this more and more annoying.

Djam Leelii

Baaba Maal

2/5

I would probably like more if 1) I could understand the lyrics 2) it wasn't so repetitive and Islamic prayer influenced sounding but 3) respect to him just not my thing

The Queen Is Dead

The Smiths

3/5

Virgin Suicides

Air

3/5

Cosmo's Factory

Creedence Clearwater Revival

3/5

Live At The Witch Trials

The Fall

3/5