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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
We Like It Here Snarky Puppy	5	3.15	+1.85
Okonokos My Morning Jacket	5	3.16	+1.84
In Between Dreams Jack Johnson	5	3.2	+1.8
The Universe Smiles Upon You Khruangbin	5	3.35	+1.65
This Land Gary Clark Jr.	5	3.4	+1.6
Polygondwanaland King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard	5	3.43	+1.57
World Of Echo Arthur Russell	4	2.54	+1.46
Stories Avicii	4	2.57	+1.43
Oceanic ISIS	4	2.72	+1.28
Hall of the Mountain King Savatage	4	2.87	+1.13

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Last Splash The Breeders	2	3.45	-1.45
The Shape Of Jazz To Come Ornette Coleman	2	3.29	-1.29
Rip It Off Times New Viking	1	2.25	-1.25

5-Star Albums (6)

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This Land

Gary Clark Jr. · 1 likes

5/5

Would be a wild move to give my added album anything other than a 5. Had a crisis choosing between this and another one of his albums Black and Blu but ultimately picked this because it was the first album that came to my head when I heard that we got to add an album to this list once finishing. Guitar Man and Low Down Rolling Stone are two of my favorite all time songs. Plus so many other face melters

Hall of the Mountain King

Savatage · 1 likes

4/5

That was just a straight up sick metal album. Hilarious that this band turned into Trans Siberian Orchestra. Strange Wings was a great song.

Okonokos

My Morning Jacket · 1 likes

5/5

Whoever put this on here fuckin rules! This is a top live album for me. Absolutely love MMJ! So many absolute jams on here from their earlier days. Steam Engine (shout our Shakey Knees) Run Thru, and can't ever forget Dodante which I wish was 35 minutes long. Could honestly list every song as being incredible. One of the easiest 5s I could give

Oceanic

ISIS · 1 likes

4/5

Unexpected enjoyable album, did not have high hopes look at the genre type. This was like metal shoegaze it felt like where the instrumentals were just a continuous noise it felt like. The vocals were a little too sludgy for me but I really liked to instrumentals throughout the whole album.

4-Star Albums (12)

1-Star Albums (1)

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Temple of Thought

Poets of the Fall

2/5

Late highschool early college me would have absolutely loved this album. Unfortunately for 2026 James, this type of music has completely fallen off of my enjoyment radar unless they are songs that I already knew. Very sad boi music. The Happy Song at the end was very randomly weird and good though.

Join Us

They Might Be Giants

2/5

That was just a bit too goofy for me. I think I would like them if I only heard a couple of songs here or there, but I did not need to listen to a whole 18 song album.

Up To Here

The Tragically Hip

3/5

Sounds like Canadian Drive By Truckers, but much better I must say. This is just some good ol fashioned, no nonsense, southern/folk rock with hard driving guitar. But still lands as a mid to high 3

Triage

David Baerwald

2/5

Nothing ever felt right about that album. As soon as something enjoyable would happen it would then turn really strange. Was definitely so cool parts that I liked but overall was not great. The Waiter song was one of the most annoying songs I have heard and I need it to disappear form my mind. I guess this is a highish 2

Suzuki

Tosca

3/5

Had some pretty cool beats, but was never anything better than good background music

News at 11

Cat System Corp.

2/5

That was a pretty weird and lazy way of doing an album. As much as I love me some local on the 8s jazz fusion which I think shaped my music taste from when I was a kid, I really didn't need 30 minutes of it to end this album. Especially in horrific quality. I am not sure which human chose this as their one and only album to add. But we are all a little bit stupider and may god have mercy on their soul. LOOOOOOOOW LOW 2, just because local on the 8s jams

How to Operate With a Blown Mind

Lo Fidelity Allstars

3/5

Some decent heavy beats in a fair amount of songs but others were quite bad/boring. Overall I'd say I liked it a good amount but not more than a 3 but it was a high 3

The Shape Of Jazz To Come

Ornette Coleman

2/5

Just a little bit too improvy for my liking. Sure it is a good jazz album for those who like this style, just not for me

The Best of The Hot 5 & Hot 7 Recordings

Louis Armstrong

3/5

That was some of the oldest timey trumpet I've ever heard. Was nice to listen to but got quite repetitive. Glad I only listened to the 55 minute version on Spotify rather than the 4.5 hour version listed on the wiki

This Land

Gary Clark Jr.

5/5

Rip It Off

Times New Viking

1/5

Hmmmm 4 thousand monthly listens on Spotify, did this guy put his own band on here? I really really do not like intentionally lo-fi music. I could not listen to this whole album it started giving me a massive headache. Sounded like it was recorded through a Speak and Spell

World Of Echo

Arthur Russell

4/5

That was incredibly strange but so wildly intriguing. I wanted it to keep going so I listened to the last 4 bonus songs as well. I really don't know if it was good or not, it was more just so trippy and was all in my mindfuzz the whole time. I think I am going to go with a low 4 here mainly because of the uniqueness of this strange trip of an album

The Devil And God Are Raging Inside Me

Brand New

4/5

This album had some really good high energy songs that I enjoyed, but a few too many really emo songs. Especially the song that ended it that was a terrible ending. Was nice to get an emo rock album on here that we had rarely any of so it was a nice mixup.

Blade Runner

Vangelis

4/5

Was a bit skeptical going into this being a soundtrack for a movie have never seen, but this was a pretty sweet album. The immense amount of vaporwave throughout the whole album was pretty bitchin'

Angel Dust

Faith No More

3/5

Midlife Crisis just injected me with the ultimate nostalgia drug. RV sounds like mfing Tom Waits. There were some things that I really liked about that album but mostly things I didn't. Much heavier than Faith no More that I am accustomed to. The ending song sounded like a different album. Does not deserve a 2 but it has to be a low 3. Kevin is a Jizzlobber

Hurry Up, We're Dreaming

M83

4/5

That was an incredibly satisfying album to listen to. Did not mind at all that it was an hour and 15 minutes long, I enjoyed every minute. Midnight City to kick it off really sets the tone and it does not turn back from the cool electronic spacey nature. Very solid 4.

Goat

The Jesus Lizard

2/5

That was a lot of noise and quite annoying. Low 2

Last Splash

The Breeders

2/5

Pretty depressing and noisy and just not my type of music. Cannonball is a song that I knew but have not heard in a long time

Fantasies

Metric

4/5

I really liked that album just some good rock with synths thrown in and a female singer with a great voice to go along with everything. Pretty much everything I was hoping for when reading about the album beforehand

Boys And Girls in America

The Hold Steady

3/5

Glad we are finally getting into some good albums this past week or so, because the first 5 or so albums from the user submitted ones did not give me high hopes for other peoples music tastes. This was a really fun high energy punk-ish sort of rock album. Really unique guitar sounds that added some nice flavor to this album. Same Kooks was sweet caught my self head banging a bit to that one. The slow songs were kind of whack and brought down the mood, but the fast songs outweighed them but I think this still only gets a mid to high 3

Stories

Avicii

4/5

Such a baller album that I have never listened to but wish I have a long time ago. I don't think I've actually ever listened to a full Avicii album now that I think of it. Just has some great chill electronics which made it such an easy listen. This style of electronic music is what has hooked me into the genre. Going to be giving this a relisten and it lands in a very high 4. Not quite epic enough for a 5.

Almoraima

Paco de Lucía

3/5

Some incredible strumming that's for sure. Was getting a little old until the standing bass came in on Plaza Alta, that song was a heater once that happened. Ended with some more really good strumming. Not something I would ever seek out to listen to but still cool to listen to for 35 minutes once.

Maestro

Kaizers Orchestra

4/5

Was a bit skeptical going into that album in the first couple songs being a little strange to start off, but this really grew on me as it went through. Had some really cool metalish type songs I believe Blitzregn Baby and Auksjon were my favorites. Also had some mega duds though scattered throughout. I'd say it was strong enough for a low 4 though.

Hall of the Mountain King

Savatage

4/5

That was just a straight up sick metal album. Hilarious that this band turned into Trans Siberian Orchestra. Strange Wings was a great song.

I And Love And You

The Avett Brothers

3/5

Started off a little too mushy for me in the first couple of songs. But rounded out nicely into a very solid folk album.

Beautiful Midnight

Matthew Good Band

2/5

This sounded like the band No Vacancy from School of Rock that won the Battle of the Bands. Just an incredibly mid alternative rock album that was way too long for what it produced.

We Like It Here

Snarky Puppy

5/5

Feed me all of the Jazz Fusion you'd like, i would listen all day. Just such an entertaining form of music where you just never know where it is going to go and what instruments are going to pop up next. I feel like I have heard of these guys before but just can't put a finger on where. Anyways, I switched this to a 5 because I listened to it for a third time in 2 days and found more and more things to absolutely love about it

The Shape Of Punk To Come

Refused

4/5

Was a bit hesitant going in seeing that this was a hardcore punk album which I am not a huge fan of generally. But this album was pretty awesome. It was just the right amount of hardcore for me, sounded a good bit like Rage Against the Machine at times. Was really going full throttle at work while blasting this. Definitely exceeded expectations.

Out of the Blue

Debbie Gibson

2/5

Had a few parts that were fun, but was overall just some absolute 80s dance-pop shite. I just want to listen to more Snarky Puppy.

First Utterance

Comus

3/5

What in tarnation was that entire album?? I felt like I was involuntarily thrown into a k-hole. Especially the very end of that last song where it was alternating left and right headphones. 3/5 would recommend doing every drug on planet earth and listening to this.

Okonokos

My Morning Jacket

5/5

Oceanic

ISIS

4/5

The Universe Smiles Upon You

Khruangbin

5/5

Listening to Khrungbin just always puts me in a great mood with how smooth the music is. Especially when it is 68 degrees out and I have my windows open in my house. People Everywhere is a top song. Mr White and White Gloves are also standouts. Not the strongest of 5s but I can't give this anything different

Mac DeMarco

3/5

Freaking Out the Neighborhood is a really good song. All of the other songs just kind of came and went. Wasn't bad just not very memorable.

Life Goes On

Carla Bley

2/5

That was a lot of yazzy yazz. Not my type of music at all.

Atrocity Exhibition

Danny Brown

3/5

That was a really interesting rap album and a style I have never heard before. Was very rough at points which overall made it a bit of a difficult listen but there were parts that were very cool. Can respect it, but not for me

Lateralus

TOOL

4/5

Tool is one of the most unique sounding bands in the fact that their songs don't really have a specific pattern that they ever follow. It makes for such a cool listen because every song stays fresh. I have never listened to this album fully, just a lot of the songs individually and it was quite a journey. Parabol into Parabola is awesome. This one was hard to rate because I love Tool as a whole but I think this album just fell a little bit short of a 5. That last song was creepy as fuc too

Speak & Spell

Depeche Mode

3/5

Had some fun beats and tunes in it the whole time, but have never been able to really jive with the singer of Depeche Mode. Just a little too goofy sounding for me. Low 3

Y Ahora Qué?

Reincidentes

3/5

These songs would be on the soundtrack to Spanish Tony Hawk Pro Skater

Reconstruction Site

The Weakerthans

3/5

Some nice catchy indie beats at a decent amount of times. A few of the songs I really liked some were a bit boring. High 3

The Ideal Crash

dEUS

4/5

Really unique rock album with all different types of styles that I enjoyed. I am not going to do any research but it seems like every song was like 6+ minutes long which I know is a turnoff for some people but I like it. Everybody's Weird and Ideal Crash were fun. Overall nice enjoyable album

Polygondwanaland

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard

5/5

Crumbling Castle and Fourth Color are the 2 songs that got me hooked on Gizz after Dan and I were driving home from Wisp and heard Cyboogie come on Sirius XM, so we instantly went back to College Park basement and turned on the KEXP to find out more about what these guys were about. Since then it has been quite a ride in my life with Gizz. Ranked this as my 8th favorite album by them when we did our rankings. Loyality is a top song for me by them it is jsut so awesome. Easy easy 5

In Between Dreams

Jack Johnson

5/5

Such a nice soothing album to listen to while I wanted to seriously punch a PM at work right square in his big fat face. Thanks Jack for calming me down. I always forget how many absolute hits of his are on this album. Could listen to this album in any situation. Not a typical 5 by me, but it is just such a dang chill and good album.