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487

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2.9

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45%

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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
I Am a Bird Now Antony and the Johnsons	5	2.84	+2.16
Bone Machine Tom Waits	5	2.85	+2.15
Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes TV On The Radio	5	2.93	+2.07
Swordfishtrombones Tom Waits	5	2.94	+2.06
Sunshine Hit Me The Bees	5	2.98	+2.02
Veckatimest Grizzly Bear	5	3.04	+1.96
You've Come a Long Way Baby Fatboy Slim	5	3.33	+1.67
Sound of Silver LCD Soundsystem	5	3.43	+1.57
Illinois Sufjan Stevens	5	3.5	+1.5
Brothers The Black Keys	5	3.53	+1.47

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Born To Run Bruce Springsteen	1	3.63	-2.63
Hotel California Eagles	1	3.58	-2.58
Darkness on the Edge of Town Bruce Springsteen	1	3.42	-2.42
Bat Out Of Hell Meat Loaf	1	3.41	-2.41
Eliminator ZZ Top	1	3.36	-2.36
C'est Chic CHIC	1	3.34	-2.34
If I Should Fall From Grace With God The Pogues	1	3.32	-2.32
Shake Your Money Maker The Black Crowes	1	3.28	-2.28
The Slim Shady LP Eminem	1	3.27	-2.27
Rust In Peace Megadeth	1	3.24	-2.24

Artists

Favorites

Artist	Albums	Average
Radiohead	3	5
Tom Waits	2	5
The Smashing Pumpkins	2	5
Beatles	4	4.25
Led Zeppelin	4	4.25

Least Favorites

Artist	Albums	Average
Bruce Springsteen	2	1
Elvis Costello & The Attractions	3	1.67
Pet Shop Boys	2	1.5
CHIC	2	1.5
Eminem	2	1.5
Metallica	3	2

5-Star Albums (26)

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The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars

Popular Reviews

Kinda lost me at "king of the bongo" but I thought this was overall quite enjoyable

Gorgeous

1-Star Albums (38)

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

All Ratings (487)

Two good songs and then bluuuurgh

Jeff still fresh

Some surprisingly interesting moments early on but the rest of it kinda washed over me

Aside from a moment of questionable banter, this is a good time! Would listen again

So close to a 5 but the last few songs kinda lost me

Interesting in places but not really vibing with the vocal sampling thing here, especially in the first few tracks

Like it was written by 12 year olds, and with nothing musically interesting enough to make up for that

Solidly mediocre

Always love Benny and the Jets and, hell, even the title track, but for me this pretty much fizzles out after that

Some of the lyrics in here made me want to give this less but I gotta admit it's a solid listen

Awful

More dull than I remember The Who being... one of these stars is probably only because of Baba O'Riley

Listened to about a minute from another room and that was plenty. Absolutely not my jam

But I think Albie gives it a 4 🕺

You know what, I'm into it

Probably only gets a 3 because of my very specific Almost Famous nostalgia

YES

For a hot second this was a 3 because I really like Child in Time but unfortunately everything else is a massive bore

Title track very good, everything else less interesting

Feels harsh but I'm never going to touch this again

A classic and a Good Time

Pleasant but dull

Let's just pretend I wasn't enthusiastically dancing to "welfare mothers make better lovers" with my son. That aside, this was a good listen! Albie seal of approval

Probably more of a 4.5, but I enjoyed every song (and so did Albie)

I don't think this is my kind of jazz... feels like the soundtrack to an 80s Disney caper

I put this on in the car and Albie instantly fell asleep and I think I agree with that assessment

Quite torn between a 2 and a 3 here. Couple of good songs but the rest very meh

Bit yawny

Was actually quite enjoying the first few tracks but then it just all got quite boring beyond that

Listened from the other room and that was already too much. Blergh

Oh no I hate this too (sorry Chris)

Kinda lost me at "king of the bongo" but I thought this was overall quite enjoyable

Dull

More of a 2.5 but rounding up because nostalgia

Started off a 4 but ended up more of a 3.5

S'fine

Admittedly didn't get very far into this. The Slim Shady violence shtick wasn't funny then and it's unlistenable now

Bit dull innit

I quite liked a few of these tracks but the overall effect was a bit... dreary?

Imagine just make me think of Gal Gadot now but this is a really solid album

A couple of standouts here but the rest is a bit dull. Foo Fighters dull is quite listenable though

Definitely not for me either

Probably a 3.5 but I thought it just never quite reached the heights of the first track

I didn't hate it but it seemed kinda all over the place and some of it was really grating

I don't hate all of it

I actually kinda liked this! Hectic, sometimes a bit grating, but sometimes great

Stop it with the Bruce now

This was fine I guess, but with a rubbish closing song. I found it hard to pay any attention to this while it was on

Much more interesting than I expected

Probably more of a 3.5, but I really enjoyed this

I don't think I hated this as much as everyone else but it's definitely a one and done

Probably a 2.5 - real conflicted on this one. Wasn't vibing on first listen but picked up a lot more on second. A couple of these songs I really liked. And of course there's **that** song. RIP

Probably a 2.5 but I doubt I'll listen again

1.5 but rounding down for "I think the funky days are here again"

Oh, THOSE tubular bells

This kind of thing wasn't really my jam back in the day but I enjoyed this one more than I expected to

This takes me back to pretending to discover Pink Floyd for the first time as a teenager after actually first hearing them through my parents

All Sinatra is Christmas vibes

Prob a 3.5. Background music, but the very good kind

Fun, and the live aspect is actually beneficial for once. Also toddler approved

A classic, but not 100% bangers

3.5 I reckon

Ewww

Would've been a 5 easy back in the day, but it's still very good even if some of that is nostalgia. This is the glory days of KOL back when you couldn't understand anything they said

Prob a 2.5. I found myself vibing with this more than expected (especially I Can't Stand the Rain) but I'm not about to throw on some Tina anytime soon

Easy

Used to love that first song back when I was a yoof, but I found the rest of the album a bit too murky and unmemorable

Prob this is somewhere between 2 and 3 but overall it's interesting enough to make me generous

Couple of boring songs in the middle there but the rest elevates it. Ditto on the funeral sads front though

Really more of a 3.5 but rounded up cause the hits are still really good

So good, every song is a winner

It was a 2 and then a 3 and then very much back to a 2 again

A bit all over the place, but way more interesting than Steely Dan

Prob a 2.5, but I was bored more often than I was not

It's OK, but the singer sounds like a little goblin man and I can't get past it

It's OK? But I'm not super into the vocalist

Just so not my jam it's unlistenable