Was ready to give this a 4 until 1984 hit. Listening to that song is worse that living in an actual Orwellian nightmare.
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You Love More Than Most
| Album | You | Global | Diff |
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A Grand Don't Come For Free
The Streets
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5 | 2.64 | +2.36 |
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Yeezus
Kanye West
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5 | 2.75 | +2.25 |
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Djam Leelii
Baaba Maal
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5 | 2.79 | +2.21 |
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Only Built 4 Cuban Linx
Raekwon
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5 | 2.84 | +2.16 |
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Ghosteen
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
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5 | 2.95 | +2.05 |
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Future Days
Can
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5 | 3.02 | +1.98 |
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Exile In Guyville
Liz Phair
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5 | 3.03 | +1.97 |
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You're Living All Over Me
Dinosaur Jr.
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5 | 3.08 | +1.92 |
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Scum
Napalm Death
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4 | 2.08 | +1.92 |
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Murder Ballads
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
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5 | 3.08 | +1.92 |
You Love Less Than Most
| Album | You | Global | Diff |
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Brothers
The Black Keys
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1 | 3.55 | -2.55 |
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Fear Of Music
Talking Heads
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1 | 3.47 | -2.47 |
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More Songs About Buildings And Food
Talking Heads
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1 | 3.42 | -2.42 |
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Bongo Rock
Incredible Bongo Band
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1 | 3.25 | -2.25 |
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Ocean Rain
Echo And The Bunnymen
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1 | 3.23 | -2.23 |
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Fetch The Bolt Cutters
Fiona Apple
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1 | 3.2 | -2.2 |
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The Pleasure Principle
Gary Numan
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1 | 3.15 | -2.15 |
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Rattus Norvegicus
The Stranglers
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1 | 3.15 | -2.15 |
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The Wall
Pink Floyd
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2 | 4.13 | -2.13 |
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Autobahn
Kraftwerk
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1 | 3.09 | -2.09 |
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Favorites
| Artist | Albums | Average |
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| Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds | 5 | 4.6 |
| Kanye West | 3 | 4.67 |
| The Smashing Pumpkins | 2 | 5 |
| Radiohead | 6 | 4.17 |
| Miles Davis | 4 | 4.25 |
Least Favorites
| Artist | Albums | Average |
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| The Mothers Of Invention | 2 | 1.5 |
| Happy Mondays | 2 | 1.5 |
| Echo And The Bunnymen | 3 | 2 |
| Roxy Music | 3 | 2 |
| Talking Heads | 4 | 2.25 |
Controversial
| Artist | Ratings |
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| Talking Heads | 1, 3, 1, 4 |
| Kate Bush | 1, 4, 3 |
| Michael Jackson | 2, 5, 3 |
| Pixies | 4, 2, 5 |
| Kraftwerk | 3, 4, 1 |
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Sounds like if a supercomputer in a lab was tasked with making pop music, but still, kinda slaps
I was hoping to give this 1 star just to spite the millions of 45 year old guys on reddit who call hip hop ‘mumble crap’ and have vitriolic opinions on the star wars sequels, and proselytise this album wherever possible - buuut it wasn’t that bad. It also wasn’t ‘that’ good.
I was expecting worse after everything I’d seen here. But tbh, there were moments that didn’t feel too far off a film score or some ambient music, which is to say, not unpleasant. That being said, most of the album was challenging, and I don’t really want to listen again. But it was artistically interesting, particularly considering when it was released.
Some big slappers up front but tapered off towards the back.
I feel like I should’ve liked that more than I did. Maybe if I was a twenty something in London when it dropped it would have blown my mind, but I don’t know. I’m learning I’m not a massive trip hop head.
‘audio jungle dot com’
So, so boring
this book’s rose-tinted obsession with mediocre new wave tests my patience more and more every week
Cover goes pretty hard
It's fine, but why is it on this list? Of all the electronic music in the world?
GTA 3 Head Radio/Lips 103 ass album - just not as good
i hate new wave i hate new wave i hate new wave i hate new wave i hate new wave I HATE NEW WAVE I HATE NEW WAVE I HATE NEW WAVE I HATE NEW WAVE I HATE NEW WAVE I HATE NEW WAVE I HATE NEW WAVE I HATE NEW WAVE I CAN'T DO THIS ANYMORE
I've had 2 and 4 now. If I get Scott's 1 and 3 on this list I'm going to stage a mass burning of the 1001 albums book.
Was ready to give this a 4 until 1984 hit. Listening to that song is worse that living in an actual Orwellian nightmare.
The only good elvis Costello album. Trust me, I’ve heard all of them
I’m convinced the author of this book would think to himself, ‘hmm, perhaps I should aim for greater representation. Shall I dip into the vast history of hip hop? Shall I pick one of the great jazz albums? I could, but I only like post-punk and new wave… fuck it, I'll just include a black punk band. Yyyep that’ll do. Anyway, had elvis costello released anything new since I started this train of thought?’
Bloody hell this bloke loves canals
Loved this except for track one. What in the Toyota Hilux commercial was that?
Sometimes something with a good message can be awful.