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You Love More Than Most
| Album | You | Global | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|
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Duck Rock
Malcolm McLaren
|
5 | 2.64 | +2.36 |
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The White Room
The KLF
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5 | 2.78 | +2.22 |
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Rejoicing In The Hands
Devendra Banhart
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5 | 2.81 | +2.19 |
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Mask
Bauhaus
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5 | 2.85 | +2.15 |
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Hypocrisy Is The Greatest Luxury
The Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy
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5 | 2.87 | +2.13 |
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Shadowland
k.d. lang
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5 | 2.87 | +2.13 |
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Apocalypse Dudes
Turbonegro
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5 | 2.89 | +2.11 |
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Fred Neil
Fred Neil
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5 | 2.92 | +2.08 |
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Spiderland
Slint
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5 | 2.97 | +2.03 |
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Welcome To The Pleasuredome
Frankie Goes To Hollywood
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5 | 3.12 | +1.88 |
You Love Less Than Most
| Album | You | Global | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|
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Doggystyle
Snoop Dogg
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1 | 3.36 | -2.36 |
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Live And Dangerous
Thin Lizzy
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1 | 3.32 | -2.32 |
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Teenager Of The Year
Frank Black
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1 | 3 | -2 |
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Vol. 4
Black Sabbath
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2 | 3.74 | -1.74 |
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Buena Vista Social Club
Buena Vista Social Club
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2 | 3.67 | -1.67 |
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Birth Of The Cool
Miles Davis
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2 | 3.63 | -1.63 |
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Fulfillingness' First Finale
Stevie Wonder
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2 | 3.57 | -1.57 |
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Butterfly
Mariah Carey
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1 | 2.48 | -1.48 |
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Antichrist Superstar
Marilyn Manson
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1 | 2.46 | -1.46 |
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Strangeways, Here We Come
The Smiths
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2 | 3.44 | -1.44 |
5-Star Albums (43)
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Gene Clark · 7 likes
5/5
Exactly the reason I wanted to do the 1001 Project.
Björk · 1 likes
5/5
I thought I hated Björk. Nope. I loved this and want to listen to more.
Marilyn Manson · 1 likes
1/5
I am unable to separate the art from the artist.
1-Star Albums (8)
All Ratings
Ray Charles
4/5
Nostalgia for me having grown up listening to Glenn Miller. What a trip to remember how influential Charles was!
Pink Floyd
4/5
Still songs to get high to. Or sit by a fire to. Or gaze wistfully from widow’s walk for our loved one to return to. Or to get murdered to on a dark street in a 1980s slasher.
Fiona Apple
4/5
I don’t know what to think of this album. It’s not made for me, but some of the tracks are so good and take risks. Heavy Balloon was my favorite.
Thin Lizzy
1/5
Maybe I’ve never been a 70s hard rock fan. Or a live album fan. I’m doing this project to try to explore more. But I was glad when this album was over. Every song just felt almost indistinguishable from the next and from any other hard rock band of the time.
Fleetwood Mac
5/5
So many bangers for wistfully looking out a window on an autumn road trip.
The Verve
5/5
Have always liked Bitter Sweet Symphony but never thought to get the rest of the album a shot. It was splendid!
The Pharcyde
2/5
Lord of bits that have been sampled in future songs and undoubtedly influential. But wow we’ve come a long way in lyrics…
Taylor Swift
3/5
Sad girl music for sad girls. Several earworms and certainly 5 stars for the people it’s intended for.
Burning Spear
3/5
Probably the only time I've sat down to listen to a Reggae album. Liked some of the political tones.
CHIC
5/5
This album has so many bangers that it’s a shame everyone only puts Le Freak on repeat.
The Pogues
4/5
Nobody told me the Pogues were awesome
Arcade Fire
4/5
Arcade Fire is one of the bands that makes me wish it was still 2004.
Blur
3/5
Fun, but mostly forgettable. Love Girls and Boys though. Also the song I guess too.
Frankie Goes To Hollywood
5/5
Their cover of Ferry Across the Mersey is the hidden gem.
John Lee Hooker
3/5
I enjoy Blues, but I’m not sure what I’m supposed to get from this album that’s substantially different.
Joy Division
4/5
I see why folks adore this album. Lovely dark bits make for some bright points. So different from anything else at the time.
Marvin Gaye
3/5
It’s good fuckin’ music. It’s good fucking music. Gaye is iconic, but it’s not an album I’d return to.
Beatles
4/5
So longggggg. But definitely some bright points and influential in scope.
Slint
5/5
Just...wow. I accidentally had found the last track ages ago and I loved. I can't believe this came out in '91.
Amy Winehouse
4/5
Wonderful soul and I think the first time I spent listening to an entire album. It's bang up work and shows what is possible in music
The Temptations
4/5
This can’t be the same band that did My Girl!
New Order
3/5
Neat and likable, but ultimately forgettable
Leonard Cohen
3/5
I left this album understanding better why people loved Cohen.
Bob Dylan
3/5
There are 1001 albums on this list. All of them are noteworthy. Some of them I won’t be able to say anything about. They’re not bad. They’re just them. This is one of them.
Charles Mingus
4/5
If classical and jazz had a baby and that baby went up to college and got a really good job and then always came home for the holidays and bought you a nice house and, when you retired, it put you in one of those nice communities with palm trees and where the water is clean and they came over on Sunday to watch Looney Tunes.
Eminem
3/5
Loved this album growing up. Lyrics in the genre have improved over 20 years, but it's without a doubt that Eminem has strongly influenced the genre. I'm still partial rather to the Marshall Mathers LP.
Black Sabbath
3/5
An album where my initial reaction is "Why weren't more people making better music in 1970?" But also an album that just...draaaags along.
A Tribe Called Quest
3/5
There's something special about 90s hip hop, but most of the time they seem a little static when it comes to their cadences.
Ministry
4/5
A treasure of psychobilly.
Cat Stevens
4/5
Fun, folksy, and Cat Stevens voice is incomparable.
The Charlatans
3/5
Good music to watch trains to.
Yes
4/5
Fun and punchy. I like to groove to it.
Stevie Wonder
2/5
I wanted more. Even the boogie tracks are too gentle.
Eagles
4/5
Very likable, like a familiar neighbor who always helps out.
The Smiths
4/5
Good music. It’s unfortunate Morrissey is a shit person.
Don McLean
3/5
I won’t turn Don McLean off, but I am never thinking “oh, I need some Don McLean.”
Wu-Tang Clan
3/5
Most original rap from this time period, but obviously some of the most original work musically ever.
Björk
5/5
I thought I hated Björk. Nope. I loved this and want to listen to more.
Tom Waits
4/5
Tom is the carnival I always want in the background and this album is no different.
Mudhoney
4/5
I like their energy.
The Sonics
3/5
The drawback is the number of covers. The upshot is knowing how garage rock compares to those covers.
Common
4/5
This is a bop.
Bruce Springsteen
3/5
Bruce is a wonderful person, but this album is mostly background music.
Jane Weaver
4/5
What music can be.
Dennis Wilson
4/5
Why are all The Beach Boys so good?
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
3/5
I feel like a bunch of these legends sound awfully the same.
The Cramps
4/5
This album gets better as it goes on.
Blur
2/5
I am pretty critical of bands with multiple albums on the list. Not sure if I get anything out of this I don't get from Parklife. Probably could have died without listening to it.
Baaba Maal
4/5
Funky, groovy, and generally a pleasure even if I have no idea what we're singing about.
Aerosmith
2/5
Meh. It's Aerosmith. It's fun, but I have to agree with the album's contemporary critics--it's just Aerosmith reheated. Obviously inspiring to a number of guitarist who ended up picking up the instrument *because* it's fun, but the dearth of decadent music and a bunch of people's nostalgia is not enough for me to be impressed by this on its own.
Paul Simon
5/5
Poppy, catchy, lyrically lovely. Something where my chief criticism is that You Can Cal Me Al lives rent-free in my head.
The Velvet Underground
5/5
Simply Red
3/5
Röyksopp
4/5
The Undertones
4/5
MGMT
5/5
Starts strong with wonderful anchors. But the real treasure is in the last three tracks, elevating this from popular ear candy to something ethereal and wonderful.
The Clash
3/5
Gene Clark
5/5
Exactly the reason I wanted to do the 1001 Project.
Missy Elliott
4/5
Lambchop
3/5
This is so close to good, but sometimes I can’t let my ears wrap around some things, like vocal choices, that distract me from perhaps fully enjoying it.
Bruce Springsteen
3/5
I am pretty critical of artists with multiple albums on the list. Not sure if I get anything out of this I don't get from Nebraska, and multiple albums means other noteworthy ones are lost. Probably could have died without listening to it, but the title track is strong enough to keep this rating up a little.
Willie Nelson
3/5
Cypress Hill
2/5
Nick Drake
5/5
Lenny Kravitz
3/5
The Monks
3/5
Metallica
5/5
Dinosaur Jr.
2/5
Elliott Smith
4/5
Teenage Fanclub
4/5
Bauhaus
5/5
Orange Juice
3/5
Tina Turner
2/5
The Cure
5/5
The Shamen
3/5
a-ha
3/5
Jurassic 5
5/5
Pink Floyd
2/5
Morrissey
3/5
Daft Punk
4/5
Rage Against The Machine
4/5
Gotan Project
4/5
David Ackles
3/5
Bebel Gilberto
3/5
Tori Amos
3/5
Marilyn Manson
1/5
I am unable to separate the art from the artist.
Adele
3/5
The Lemonheads
3/5
Lauryn Hill
3/5
Miles Davis
4/5
Buddy Holly & The Crickets
5/5
Prefab Sprout
4/5
Emmylou Harris
3/5
Queens Of The Stone Age
3/5
Beyoncé
4/5
Electric Light Orchestra
5/5
Shack
3/5
Harry Nilsson
2/5
The Killers
5/5
Tears For Fears
5/5
Elvis Presley
3/5
Holger Czukay
3/5
Gang Starr
3/5
Sister Sledge
5/5
Turbonegro
5/5
Orbital
4/5
Stan Getz
3/5
Ice Cube
3/5
The Jesus And Mary Chain
5/5
Can
3/5
The The
4/5
ZZ Top
3/5
Robert Wyatt
1/5
The Smiths
2/5
Black Sabbath
2/5
The Human League
3/5
David Bowie
3/5
Jorge Ben Jor
4/5
Blondie
4/5
Manu Chao
5/5
Sigur Rós
5/5
Elliott Smith
3/5
Devendra Banhart
5/5
Radiohead
4/5
Cowboy Junkies
3/5
Brian Eno
3/5
James Taylor
3/5
Miles Davis
3/5
Mekons
3/5
Lupe Fiasco
3/5
Miles Davis
2/5
This is my third Miles Davis album. Even though this is as good as the others, I give a vote towards the spirit of “before you die.” In my opinion, we could find 1-2 different albums and someone on their death bed doesn’t need to waste their time after Kind of Blue or Bitches Brew.
The Rolling Stones
3/5
The National
4/5
Wilco
3/5
Frank Sinatra
4/5
John Grant
3/5
Incubus
3/5
Paul McCartney and Wings
3/5
Finley Quaye
2/5
Screaming Trees
3/5
The Offspring
4/5
Beatles
3/5
Big Star
2/5
Robbie Williams
2/5
Arcade Fire
3/5
The Slits
3/5
Ramblin' Jack Elliott
4/5
Red Hot Chili Peppers
4/5
Brian Eno
3/5
Thelonious Monk
4/5
Christina Aguilera
3/5
The Smiths
3/5
Lou Reed
3/5
Solomon Burke
4/5
Liz Phair
3/5
G. Love & Special Sauce
4/5
AC/DC
4/5
Judas Priest
4/5
PJ Harvey
3/5
Nine Inch Nails
3/5
5/5
Public Enemy
4/5
Everything But The Girl
2/5
Ian Dury
3/5
Beck
3/5
3/5
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
4/5
The Flaming Lips
3/5
Beatles
3/5
Travis
2/5
Erykah Badu
3/5
Van Morrison
3/5
The Who
3/5
Gillian Welch
3/5
Joni Mitchell
3/5
The Smashing Pumpkins
4/5
The Afghan Whigs
3/5
The Beau Brummels
3/5
Bob Marley & The Wailers
4/5
The Cult
2/5
The Flaming Lips
3/5
Venom
3/5
Coldplay
4/5
Simple Minds
4/5
Siouxsie And The Banshees
5/5
The Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy
5/5
Santana
5/5
Leonard Cohen
5/5
Holy fuck.
The Police
5/5
Michael Jackson
5/5
Deep Purple
3/5
Bonnie Raitt
2/5
Yes
2/5
Rod Stewart
3/5
The Mamas & The Papas
3/5
The White Stripes
5/5
Peter Gabriel
3/5
The Clash
4/5
The Band
2/5
The Stooges
3/5
The Black Crowes
3/5
Elvis Costello
2/5
R.E.M.
3/5
Carole King
4/5
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
5/5
The Rolling Stones
3/5
Willie Nelson
2/5
Dolly Parton
3/5
Bobby Womack
3/5
Haircut 100
3/5
Nick Drake
3/5
Snoop Dogg
1/5
Malcolm McLaren
5/5
Super Furry Animals
3/5
Led Zeppelin
4/5
Dr. John
2/5
I like how weird this is. Like…Louisiana Tom Waits.
Small Faces
3/5
Frank Sinatra
3/5
Kid Rock
1/5
Pentangle
4/5
Megadeth
2/5
Joni Mitchell
2/5
Slipknot
4/5
The Band
2/5
Depeche Mode
4/5
3/5
Nightmares On Wax
4/5
Scritti Politti
1/5
Johnny Cash
4/5
Billie Holiday
3/5
Fred Neil
5/5
Jefferson Airplane
4/5
The Byrds
3/5
Metallica
4/5
Mariah Carey
1/5
Frank Zappa
3/5
Badly Drawn Boy
4/5
Sonic Youth
3/5
Patti Smith
4/5
The KLF
5/5
Stephen Stills
3/5
Guns N' Roses
3/5
Pixies
3/5
Bruce Springsteen
3/5
Portishead
5/5
Amy Winehouse
3/5
Marty Robbins
5/5
Supergrass
3/5
Buena Vista Social Club
2/5
T. Rex
3/5
Dr. Dre
4/5
The Cardigans
3/5
Hugh Masekela
4/5
Soft Machine
2/5
Kate Bush
4/5
Duran Duran
4/5
LCD Soundsystem
5/5
Ash
3/5
John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers
2/5
Jethro Tull
3/5
The Cure
3/5
Sepultura
2/5
John Martyn
4/5
Frank Ocean
3/5
Duke Ellington
3/5
Garbage
4/5
Beastie Boys
3/5
Frank Black
1/5
Curtis Mayfield
3/5
White Denim
3/5
R.E.M.
4/5
Jah Wobble's Invaders Of The Heart
4/5
Joni Mitchell
2/5
Arctic Monkeys
4/5
Norah Jones
3/5
k.d. lang
5/5
Calexico
4/5
Bob Marley & The Wailers
3/5
Maxwell
4/5
Germs
2/5
Elvis Presley
3/5
King Crimson
3/5
Aimee Mann
3/5
The Who
3/5
The Doors
4/5
Led Zeppelin
3/5
The Beta Band
3/5
Moby
4/5
Björk
3/5
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
2/5
Earth, Wind & Fire
3/5
Gorillaz
4/5
Linkin Park
4/5
The Everly Brothers
3/5
The Dave Brubeck Quartet
5/5
Neneh Cherry
3/5
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
2/5
The Who
3/5
5/5