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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
The Lioness Songs: Ohia	5	3.09	+1.91
Deadwing Porcupine Tree	5	3.22	+1.78
Homogenic Björk	5	3.48	+1.52
Songs Of A Lost World The Cure	5	3.65	+1.35
A Day At The Races Queen	5	3.7	+1.3
Repetition Unwound	4	2.84	+1.16
Grace And Danger John Martyn	4	2.88	+1.12
Frosting On The Beater The Posies	4	2.95	+1.05
Penguin Eggs Nic Jones	4	2.97	+1.03
Odyssey Number Five Powderfinger	4	2.99	+1.01

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Katamari Damacy Various Artists	1	2.85	-1.85
Hadestown Anaïs Mitchell	2	3.2	-1.2
No Balance Palace Kashmir	2	3.15	-1.15
10 Days Out: Blues from the Backroads Kenny Wayne Shepherd	2	3.14	-1.14
Attack of the Grey Lantern Mansun	2	3.05	-1.05
A Salty Dog Procol Harum	2	3.03	-1.03
Foxes in the Snow Jason Isbell	2	3.02	-1.02
Cleopatra The Lumineers	2	3.01	-1.01
The Hypnogogue The Church	2	3.01	-1.01

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Hadestown

Anaïs Mitchell · 1 likes

2/5

I struggle with musical soundtracks - I love live theatre but the recordings always seem to be missing that vital element of the visual.

A Day At The Races

Queen · 1 likes

5/5

Imagine being in a band with Freddie Mercury and insisting on doing lead vocals yourself. Like write it, demo it but when it comes to recording... I mean... am i wrong? I've seen it written that “Drowse” is probably the least essential track in context—but not because it’s bad. It’s because the rest of the album is absurdly strong and unified. Which the album is. Easy 4.5/5

Singles

Future Islands · 1 likes

4/5

Seasons is an all time banger

Deadwing

Porcupine Tree · 1 likes

5/5

Bias exists. I love me some PT.

AmarElo

Emicida · 1 likes

3/5

Hesistant to be too harsh when I don't speak the language. The production was interesting.

4-Star Albums (19)

1-Star Albums (1)

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Rip It Off

Times New Viking

2/5

OK, so Pitchfork has this at 8.4/10 and my first impression was that the submitter was in the band? Truth is somewhere in between? I honestly don't know what to make of this. I mean it got better, not to the point of repeat listens but at least bearable. This is my first user submitted album so it has to be a 2, *just in case* I hear something worse than this so i have somewhere to go.

Come On Over

Shania Twain

3/5

Country isn’t my thing, is this country though? Dunno. But 12 singles off one album is hard to deny, a window to an age long gone. And Mutt Lange is a great producer.

In the Aeroplane Over the Sea

Neutral Milk Hotel

4/5

For everything I’d heard about it I was expecting a masterpiece. It’s good, not great. But I’d listen again I think. 3.5 rounded to a generous 4

Stupid Dream

Porcupine Tree

3/5

Keep It like a Secret

Built To Spill

4/5

An Empty Bliss Beyond This World

The Caretaker

2/5

Felt like I was on hold for an hour. Didn't hate it but it was definitely background music for me.

Brand New Eyes

Paramore

4/5

Really enjoyed that. Can't believe that [according to Last.fm] I'd only played Paramore 4 times in my life (well post 2006) - will do so more from now on.

Music For People In Trouble

Susanne Sundfør

3/5

L'Heptade

Harmonium

3/5

Against all my expectations, I enjoyed this.

Slip

Quicksand

3/5

Not bad, never heard them before but have now followed them online. Sounds like a cross between early Tool and every band in my local scene in the mid 90s!

Hurry Up, We're Dreaming

M83

3/5

Some great stuff early on but I'm always wary of the double album - you've got to have a lot so say, and I'm not sure M83 has quite enough.

Foxes in the Snow

Jason Isbell

2/5

I'm a massive fan of Jason Isbell - I did something with this album I haven't done in a decade or more - pre-order it and listen to it without any advance singles... sadly I was disappointed. I found myself wondering if these were actually b-sides from another project. I like the title track and a few others but nothing comes close to his previous best though

Frosting On The Beater

The Posies

4/5

Very familiar sound, loved the opening track!

Kick

INXS

3/5

A few stone cold classic songs here - will "Never Tear Us Apart" ever age? At the same time I think i'm more of a Listen Like Thieves person. The music that was so influential to me couldn't have happened without INXS I'm sure, I was just a little too young to get them back in the day, and now it feels like I've heard half this album (on the radio) 10,000 times. It's hard to be objective, so I'm just going with feels.

Repetition

Unwound

4/5

Never heard of them but enjoyed it!

Dilate

Ani DiFranco

3/5

A Live One

Phish

2/5

Ok, straight up. A 30 minute song is just taking the piss. I gave it a good listen, I know some very nice people with reasonable music taste who love Phish, plus I already listen to Dave Matthews so this is just an extended version of that right. Really extended. But man, it was a lot. Closing track as excellent I will say.

Yeti

Amon Düül II

3/5

I dig it

Psychic

DARKSIDE

2/5

The Lion's Roar

First Aid Kit

4/5

This band is great, this album no exception

Lemonade

Beyoncé

3/5

Really strong production throughout — each track builds its own distinct sound, and there’s a lot to admire in the detail and craft. And yet sometimes I struggle to connect with the music though (not that i'm the target audience); it often doesn’t quite feel *about* anything, even when there’s a clear narrative framework like there is here. Because of that, I respect this more than I like it.

Home Sweet Home

Kano

2/5

Pinkerton

Weezer

3/5

Some of these songs were the soundtrack to my final year of high school. My band tried to play El Scorcho but I could never quite nail that solo. The Good Life remains my favourite ever Weezer song but, relistening for the first time in... i don't know how long... Last.fm says 10 years, I don't feel as connected to these songs (outside of the two mentioned) as I once did. Thanks for the flashback though

No Balance Palace

Kashmir

2/5

Clarity

Jimmy Eat World

3/5

All Hour Cymbals

Yeasayer

4/5

HELLYEAH

2/5

Just goes to show that everything can be somebody's favourite. I reviewed this for my university magazine back in the day, I thought it was great I'd get all these CDs for free - then I listened to them. This isn't the worst one I was sent, which says what I need it to say.

Grace And Danger

John Martyn

4/5

Slapstick

3/5

Ska punk is not my favourite branch of punk, but it was a decent listen. +1 for the cover of a song from Back to the Future

Zuckerzeit

Cluster

2/5

Join Us

They Might Be Giants

2/5

My housemates asked me to turn it down

Quadrophenia

The Who

3/5

I’ve listened to a lot of this band, I feel like they have better records.

Dimanche à Bamako

Amadou & Mariam

3/5

Good different

Revolution

Q65

2/5

Penguin Eggs

Nic Jones

4/5

Love the Nick Drake vibes

Peasant

Richard Dawson

3/5

10 Days Out: Blues from the Backroads

Kenny Wayne Shepherd

2/5

Many have said it better than me but blues (outside of Robert Johnson and Django - got a soft spot there) I just don't get. This is probably it at it's finest and it's ok. I don't get why this is more important than any other though. Monday open mic nights with 60 minutes blues jams while I was waiting to play next have biased me perhaps.

Cleopatra

The Lumineers

2/5

Album was OK. Didn't move me much either way - the band's Spotify bio though... stat central - tell me why you make music, what it means to you, rather than how many streams you have, Jeez.

People

The Burning Hell

3/5

Wow, some variety here. I had to turn to Google to convince me I wasn't listening to Jimmy Pop Ali singing here. Interesting, not my thing totally though.

Mouth Sounds

Neil Cicierega

3/5

This would go down well at a party I reckon. I'm too old for parties though.

God Shuffled His Feet

Crash Test Dummies

3/5

Spanish Train And Other Stories

Chris de Burgh

2/5

Great story from the submitter - I suspect my submission will be as much story as album quality too. I'd love to give this more but it didn't do much for me, sorry. "Lady in Red" is my karaoke go to though.

The Hazards of Love

The Decemberists

4/5

Daisies Of The Galaxy

Eels

4/5

There's just something about these guys - there's an edge, but also a beauty

Songs Of A Lost World

The Cure

5/5

Has A Good Home

Final Fantasy

3/5

Interesting...

Homogenic

Björk

5/5

Thank Christ for the Bomb

The Groundhogs

3/5

Solid 3/5

Weighing Souls With Sand

The Angelic Process

2/5

I don't mind a bit of doom... some Pallbearer goes over OK, I even sat through that album that had one 70 minutes long song... the name escapes me... but man, I just can't with this.

Erratic Cinematic

Gerry Cinnamon

3/5

Nice find!

Atrocity Exhibition

Danny Brown

2/5

Reading about this I thought I would hate it, like looking for the zero button. Some of the beats got me though, and i went looking for the lyrics to see if they were as clever as i'd been told. 2.5 but i gotta round down on this one.

To Be Kind

Swans

3/5

This graduated from a 1 to a 3 as it progressed. I can’t see me ever needing to hear it again though.

Deadwing

Porcupine Tree

5/5

Bias exists. I love me some PT.

Singles

Future Islands

4/5

Seasons is an all time banger

A Salty Dog

Procol Harum

2/5

Odyssey Number Five

Powderfinger

4/5

Some Aussie representation! Bear with me. This an interesting one for me. Massive early influence, and—at least in my opinion—one of the “big four” of ’90s Australian rock alongside Silverchair, Something for Kate, and You Am I. I’ve got a long history with them. I worked for their publisher, saw them live 20+ times, and was cheering when they topped the Hottest 100. I even played in a Powderfinger tribute band (for 3 rehearsals). But over the years, I’ve started to look at them more critically. I never quite got from the music the same intellectual depth they showed in interviews. At times, it feels like the focus was on writing anthems for the masses—great ones, undeniably—but often without that deeper layer (with a few notable, more personal exceptions in the catalogue). Odyssey Number Five isn’t my favourite of theirs. I’d take Internationalist and Vulture Street over it pretty comfortably. Part of that might just be fatigue—I’ve heard “My Happiness” so many times I can barely hear it anymore. It was a staple of the busking circuit in the early 2000s, back when coins mattered and pubs still shut at midnight. It’s still music I enjoy hearing when it comes on—but I’ve always had this lingering feeling that they could’ve taken more risks. For a band that thoughtful, I sometimes wish they’d aimed less for the middle and more for the edges.

The Hypnogogue

The Church

2/5

Once Upon a Rhyme

David Allan Coe

2/5

30 Something

Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine

3/5

Temple of Thought

Poets of the Fall

2/5

Katamari Damacy

Various Artists

1/5

I've sworn to listen to every album, it's someone's favourite after all and I appreciate the dedication you've put in to listening to 1100+ albums. So i tried, 3 restarts. I made it through, but this is too different for me, sorry.

Forced Witness

Alex Cameron

3/5

Only God Was Above Us

Vampire Weekend

3/5

Sublime

3/5

The Lioness

Songs: Ohia

5/5

Yeah, this is my jam. Can't believe I've never heard of this before.

Real Life

Joan As Police Woman

4/5

Geogaddi

Boards of Canada

2/5

Tragic Kingdom

No Doubt

3/5

I saw this and thought yes! Immediate 5. Mostly based on memories from high school… then I listened, I don’t remember half of these tracks. And some I loved (Spiderwebs mainly) have dated badly IMO. For mine, Don’t Speak and Sunday Morning stand the test, but not much else. Thanks for the flash back though!

Attack of the Grey Lantern

Mansun

2/5

METAL FORTH

BABYMETAL

3/5

Cool

Stranger In Town

Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band

4/5

Probs should have been in the main list

AmarElo

Emicida

3/5

Hesistant to be too harsh when I don't speak the language. The production was interesting.

Que c'est triste Venise

Charles Aznavour

3/5

Hadestown

Anaïs Mitchell

2/5

I struggle with musical soundtracks - I love live theatre but the recordings always seem to be missing that vital element of the visual.

The Colour And The Shape

Foo Fighters

4/5

This or the next album are hands down peak FF. What I loved about the Foos in the 90s was probably what i came to tire of, you always knew what you were going to get. Few risks, few experiments - a greatest hits act. Which is fine, sometimes I wish i had a band like that. But this takes me back, to jam rooms in high school, painstakingly learning Monkey Wrench only to discover that Hey Johnny Park was far more fun to play.

Walls of Jericho

Helloween

3/5

I like some metal, generally thrash is a bit beyond me but this was ok. It's always the voice though, I'd like a little more grit and a little less opera

Recipe for Hate

Bad Religion

4/5

Bad Religion are my 11th most listened to artist according to Last fm, so yes, I'm familiar with this record. I haven't listened to them in 18 months since finishing Greg Graffin's book which I found to be a massive disappointment, i wrote on GoodReads "They say don’t meet your idols and maybe don’t read their memoirs either. I wanted to enjoy this book so much and expected to, being that I hold Graffin's lyric writing on the level above a lot of other musicians. This book, however, contained many detailed stories about seemingly irrelevant events and repeated declarations of naïveté or innocence of popular culture, while passing over the creation of five albums in one chapter. I’ve previously read a book bio of the band and much preferred that one." Maybe this is my gateway back in, some cracking tracks here - thanks to the submitter for relighting the fire.

A Day At The Races

Queen

5/5

Somewhere In The Between

Streetlight Manifesto

3/5

The Black Parade

My Chemical Romance

4/5

At one point in my life i thought MCR was just like all the other third grade shit going round in the early 90s. I was pretty wrong there.

The Mantle

Agalloch

4/5

Is this actually really good, or was I just surprised by how much I liked it (expecting it to be terrible). Anyway, a good listen!