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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Shake Your Money Maker The Black Crowes	5	3.29	+1.71
You Want It Darker Leonard Cohen	5	3.32	+1.68
Eliminator ZZ Top	5	3.37	+1.63
1984 Van Halen	5	3.5	+1.5
Arrival ABBA	5	3.51	+1.49
Document R.E.M.	5	3.56	+1.44
Van Halen Van Halen	5	3.63	+1.37
Out Of The Blue Electric Light Orchestra	5	3.64	+1.36
Can't Buy A Thrill Steely Dan	5	3.72	+1.28
Dookie Green Day	5	3.79	+1.21

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
good kid, m.A.A.d city Kendrick Lamar	1	3.62	-2.62
Car Wheels On A Gravel Road Lucinda Williams	1	3	-2
Cut The Slits	1	2.71	-1.71
A Love Supreme John Coltrane	2	3.63	-1.63
Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots The Flaming Lips	2	3.57	-1.57
Five Leaves Left Nick Drake	2	3.46	-1.46
Coat Of Many Colors Dolly Parton	2	3.42	-1.42
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy Kanye West	2	3.41	-1.41
Fear Of A Black Planet Public Enemy	2	3.34	-1.34
First Band On The Moon The Cardigans	2	3.29	-1.29

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Van Halen	3	4.67

5-Star Albums (12)

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Emergency On Planet Earth

Jamiroquai · 1 likes

3/5

Can see why Jan likes this, very funky. That being said the songs can be quite long and other than a few they are quite mediocre so 3/5 for me

1-Star Albums (3)

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Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots

The Flaming Lips

2/5

Like random access memories and tame impala had a baby, decently groovy and funky but not quite to my liking. a little bit slow. A good song or two but the rest seemed like filler to me

All Directions

The Temptations

3/5

funky soul, but nothing that blew me away. run charlie run was a surprise

Hunky Dory

David Bowie

3/5

Love Bowie but this album is quite samey, at least two really good songs on here though

Made In Japan

Deep Purple

4/5

Quintessential 70s rock

Blur

3/5

Song 2 is an absolute classic rest of the album solid but not mind blowing

Out Of The Blue

Electric Light Orchestra

5/5

Phenomenal from start to finish

Born To Be With You

Dion

2/5

Didn't do much for me, nice background music I suppose

First Band On The Moon

The Cardigans

2/5

Didn't do much for me

Modern Life Is Rubbish

Blur

3/5

Nothing wrong with this album but for my money nothing to make it special either. Easy listening rock but no song stood out to me

Van Halen

4/5

Cut

The Slits

1/5

Apparently this album is influential and that's why it is included in this list. The only thing this album influenced me to do was turn it off

Fear Of Music

Talking Heads

3/5

Enjoyable

The Hour Of Bewilderbeast

Badly Drawn Boy

3/5

Very relaxing and enjoyable

Odelay

Beck

3/5

Needs another listen to properly form an opinion, but I did enjoy it

Arrival

ABBA

5/5

Hesitant to put this as a 5 because I'd say it's closer to 4.5 but it's undeniable the influence and scale of the songs on this album, not something I would listen to regularly but great nonetheless

Raw Power

The Stooges

4/5

Listened to this 2 or 3 times back to back, surprised by just how much I enjoyed this rock. I'm wondering if chili peppers and the foo took any inspiration from this album because it just reminds me of lots of their stuff

Coat Of Many Colors

Dolly Parton

2/5

I respect dolly as both a musician and a person but country is not my jam. A few nice instrumentals but other than that nothing here for me.

Underwater Moonlight

The Soft Boys

3/5

Enjoyable but not groundbreaking

Nothing's Shocking

Jane's Addiction

4/5

1st song has a really good instrumental - voice is a bit odd? Track 2 also has really fun percussion and guitar work, and it's that screaming that's not quite screaming that's actually enjoyable Didn't really enjoy song 3, just too long. Also apparently it's about Ted Bundy, fucking lol Really enjoyed the use of various instruments further down the album, like the steel drums and what I think was the violin.

Pornography

The Cure

3/5

Arguably quite a one-note album, enjoyable songs on here but they are all too similar

Emergency On Planet Earth

Jamiroquai

3/5

Can see why Jan likes this, very funky. That being said the songs can be quite long and other than a few they are quite mediocre so 3/5 for me

Like A Prayer

Madonna

3/5

Like a prayer is very catchy and I really enjoyed the collab with Prince but this isn't really an album that I personally would listen to very often. Still liked it

Loveless

My Bloody Valentine

2/5

I don't know, just kind of lacked heart I think

In Utero

Nirvana

4/5

You Want It Darker

Leonard Cohen

5/5

Really beautiful lyricism and gospel sounds. A very distinct voice as well.

Will The Circle Be Unbroken

Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

3/5

Quite enjoyable, not usually my type of music but I found myself having more fun than expected

The Who Sell Out

The Who

3/5

Not a single song really stood out to be honest, though I did enjoy the album as it is unique and the references to pirate radio was fun

S.F. Sorrow

The Pretty Things

3/5

Probably needs another listen, it was alright though

OK Computer

Radiohead

5/5

Definitely understand the comparisons between radiohead and muse so it's no surprise I enjoyed this as much as I did

Morrison Hotel

The Doors

3/5

It was pretty good, not really my music though but the first couple of songs are very catchy

Tellin’ Stories

The Charlatans

3/5

This feels unfair on this album but I feel like throughout the process of this 1001 albums thing I have listened to soooo many British punk rock bands from this era. There's nothing wrong with this but I'm just getting sick of the lack of variety? How can all these albums be influential when they all sound the same? I'll give it a 3 because this wasn't a fair assessment and the music isn't bad

Revolver

Beatles

5/5

Beautiful music in this album, no notes

Hard Again

Muddy Waters

4/5

Really enjoyable, not really a genre I have listened to much but this album was fun

There's No Place Like America Today

Curtis Mayfield

3/5

Very funky but slightly repetitive

The Message

Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five

4/5

Fun album, the message is obviously a standout

Deserter's Songs

Mercury Rev

2/5

Quite boring honestly

The Sounds Of India

Ravi Shankar

3/5

Very interesting insight into music I haven't heard much of. Not something I could listen to regularly but the music is very enchanting

Rip It Up

Orange Juice

4/5

Pretty fun, nothing groundbreaking but I enjoyed it quite a lot

Fear Of A Black Planet

Public Enemy

2/5

Not really my type of thing, it's not inherently bad just not my music

Catch A Fire

Bob Marley & The Wailers

4/5

Really enjoyed it

With The Beatles

Beatles

3/5

Good all round but I preferred revolver

Rattus Norvegicus

The Stranglers

3/5

Decent but nothing groundbreaking

Tanto Tempo

Bebel Gilberto

4/5

Really enjoyable and different to stuff I normally listen to

Ritual De Lo Habitual

Jane's Addiction

3/5

Yeah I mean it's nothing special

Eliminator

ZZ Top

5/5

Really enjoyed the album from top to bottom

Protection

Massive Attack

2/5

Not my thing

Car Wheels On A Gravel Road

Lucinda Williams

1/5

Boring

Risque

CHIC

4/5

Not a surprise that I enjoyed this, Nile makes excellent music

White Ladder

David Gray

2/5

It was alright, slightly boring I would argue

Everything Must Go

Manic Street Preachers

3/5

Decent

Before And After Science

Brian Eno

3/5

Need to give it another listen

Rum Sodomy & The Lash

The Pogues

3/5

Very distinct voice, and some of these songs were very catchy

good kid, m.A.A.d city

Kendrick Lamar

1/5

Not for me

Can't Buy A Thrill

Steely Dan

5/5

Surprised how much fun I had listening, Geoff is really on to something here

The Yes Album

Yes

4/5

4/5, once again surprised by how much fun this was

Teen Dream

Beach House

3/5

Nice and soothing albeit slightly dull

Billion Dollar Babies

Alice Cooper

3/5

Fun

Songs From The Big Chair

Tears For Fears

3/5

A few songs I really liked whilst the rest was quite middle of the road

Funeral

Arcade Fire

3/5

Reminded me to listen to more arcade fire, but I prefer the suburbs as an album

At Mister Kelly's

Sarah Vaughan

3/5

Not really a jazz person but this was fun, I think if I was there for this recording I'd have a good time but it's not something I can see myself listening to much in the future

Who's Next

The Who

3/5

Good fun, I need to listen again for sure

Rio

Duran Duran

3/5

Some good songs on here

Exile On Main Street

The Rolling Stones

4/5

Very enjoyable album

Joan Armatrading

4/5

The album really grew on me as it went on, excellent instrumentals

Five Leaves Left

Nick Drake

2/5

Nice use of various instruments, nice background music but not something I could listen to much of for an extended period of time

The Boatman's Call

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

4/5

Surprised by how fun this was

Let It Bleed

The Rolling Stones

4/5

Really fun album from start to finish, classic rock

Darkness on the Edge of Town

Bruce Springsteen

3/5

Good, but I thought I'd enjoy it more than I did

My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

Kanye West

2/5

I mean this is not really my music, and so went in with little expectations.. but I can see why people think that Kanye is a very talented musician despite being a troublesome character. Some of these songs were like 4 but the album as a whole, for me, is a 2

NEU! 75

Neu!

3/5

Cool background music I guess

In The Court Of The Crimson King

King Crimson

4/5

Really unique, and I enjoyed it a lot

All Directions

The Temptations

3/5

funky soul, but nothing that blew me away. run charlie run was a surprise

Vauxhall And I

Morrissey

3/5

Fifth Dimension

The Byrds

4/5

Good fun, true sound of the 60s

Teenage Head

Flamin' Groovies

3/5

Was definitely groovy

One Nation Under A Groove

Funkadelic

4/5

Funky af

British Steel

Judas Priest

4/5

Really fun hard rock, two songs made my playlist so

A Love Supreme

John Coltrane

2/5

The Modern Lovers

3/5

I enjoyed it but it started to get quite repetitive

Broken English

Marianne Faithfull

4/5

Punky, I liked it. Good fun and the last track was very funny

Buena Vista Social Club

3/5

Lovely background music

Dookie

Green Day

5/5

Want to give it a 4.5 but I'll round to 5 cause I had fun! Enjoyed it a lot

Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs

Derek & The Dominos

4/5

Layla is the standout but I enjoyed this

Haunted Dancehall

The Sabres Of Paradise

2/5

I actually quite liked one of the earlier songs, Duke of Earlsfield. This type of music doesn't usually put me off but this album was too one note.

Shake Your Money Maker

The Black Crowes

5/5

Really enjoyed that - classic rock and roll

My Aim Is True

Elvis Costello

4/5

I enjoyed it! Easy listening for sure

Here's Little Richard

Little Richard

4/5

Roaring and very enjoyable

GREY Area

Little Simz

2/5

Not really my thing, some of the background and instrumentals are good but this genre doesn't appeal to me. I feel bad ranking it down but this is a personal ranking soooo...

Meat Is Murder

The Smiths

3/5

It's good, but the album is quite samey and I got bored. Sorry

Talking Heads 77

Talking Heads

4/5

I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You

Aretha Franklin

3/5

Funky and easy listening but I did get bored

Arrival

ABBA

4/5

Obviously very impressive this many notable songs came from one album

The Specials

3/5

One or two really good songs but otherwise fairly middling for me

Ray Of Light

Madonna

3/5

The album grew on me as it went.. Sounded quite experimental from what little other stuff I have heard from Madonna.

A Northern Soul

The Verve

4/5

Really enjoyed this, easy listening and fun

Honky Tonk Heroes

Waylon Jennings

4/5

Makes me kind of like country

Disintegration

The Cure

4/5

Enjoyed this

Document

R.E.M.

5/5

Van Halen

5/5

This whole album was really fun

Countdown To Ecstasy

Steely Dan

4/5

Not as good as other steely Dan albums but I still enjoyed it a lot

Metal Box

Public Image Ltd.

2/5

Two one note for me, I got quite bored

Bookends

Simon & Garfunkel

3/5

An appropriately named album because I think the strongest songs bookend it. The entire album is very mellow and relaxed but I did find myself getting a little bit bored in the middle. The start and end of the album are very fun songs though so I think it saves this from being lower

1984

Van Halen

5/5

Really fun album from start to finish imo, not surprised that I liked it so much really