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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Playing With Fire Spacemen 3	5	2.54	+2.46
Loveless My Bloody Valentine	5	3.17	+1.83
Channel Orange Frank Ocean	5	3.31	+1.69
Melodrama Lorde	5	3.31	+1.69
Ágætis Byrjun Sigur Rós	5	3.37	+1.63
Blue Joni Mitchell	5	3.49	+1.51
Straight Outta Compton N.W.A.	5	3.51	+1.49
The Queen Is Dead The Smiths	5	3.66	+1.34
Remain In Light Talking Heads	5	3.67	+1.33
The Low End Theory A Tribe Called Quest	5	3.7	+1.3

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Shadowland k.d. lang	1	2.86	-1.86
American Idiot Green Day	2	3.76	-1.76
Histoire De Melody Nelson Serge Gainsbourg	1	2.75	-1.75
Slipknot Slipknot	1	2.67	-1.67
Buenas Noches From A Lonely Room Dwight Yoakam	1	2.6	-1.6
Moving Pictures Rush	2	3.58	-1.58
Calenture The Triffids	1	2.55	-1.55
Aja Steely Dan	2	3.46	-1.46
Black Metal Venom	1	2.46	-1.46
Beauty And The Beat The Go-Go's	2	3.39	-1.39

5-Star Albums (11)

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Moving Pictures

Rush

2/5

despite the high energy of this album, i found it quite underwhelming.

3 likes

Playing With Fire

Spacemen 3

5/5

I love shoegaze!!

2 likes

1-Star Albums (7)

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Songs For Swingin' Lovers!

Frank Sinatra

3/5

great songs and vibe overall, just incredibly repetitive

The Seldom Seen Kid

Elbow

3/5

My Aim Is True

Elvis Costello

3/5

Emergency On Planet Earth

Jamiroquai

4/5

fun, funky production throughout. also utilized sounds i don’t hear often in the music i listen to

Oracular Spectacular

MGMT

3/5

i’ve always loved the hits on this album, so i was sorta disappointed that the rest of the tracks didn’t impress me as much. not bad though, good production throughout.

If You Can Believe Your Eyes & Ears

The Mamas & The Papas

4/5

listened to this while driving home through rural illinois and felt like i was in a 60s road trip.

Teen Dream

Beach House

4/5

shi had me feeling like i was floating

Straight Outta Compton

N.W.A.

5/5

absolutely classic hip hop album. this whole project is peak west coast hip hop as the trio has undeniable chemistry absolutely delivering on every track. rip eazy-e

It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back

Public Enemy

4/5

Beauty And The Beat

The Go-Go's

2/5

sorta annoying

Brothers

The Black Keys

4/5

very solid garage rock album. some hits on here too that i completely forgot were by the black keys. enjoyable throughout.

The Stooges

3/5

The Boatman's Call

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

2/5

I enjoyed this at first but his vocals as well as the slow pacing of this album caused it to drag quite a bit

Lady In Satin

Billie Holiday

4/5

Only Built 4 Cuban Linx

Raekwon

4/5

Seventeen Seconds

The Cure

3/5

i’m a big fan of the cure but this album seemed to lack a lot of depth. some very good tracks but also a lot that just felt like interludes.

Music From Big Pink

The Band

3/5

Closer

Joy Division

3/5

Me Against The World

2Pac

3/5

good album, but despite tupac being considered the greatest of all time by many, none of the tracks really stood out to me.

Feast of Wire

Calexico

2/5

mariachi rock? not a huge fan but it was still an interesting listen.

Blue

Joni Mitchell

5/5

almost didn’t listen because it wasn’t on spotify, but i’m glad i didn’t skip. this album was absolutely amazing. felt very personal and had some incredible vocal performances. will be listening to more joni mitchell in the near future.

Rings Around The World

Super Furry Animals

2/5

the lead singer sounds like the guy from gorilla. not as good as gorillaz though.

The Age Of The Understatement

The Last Shadow Puppets

2/5

nothing special with this one. tried to focus on it more but none of the tracks hooked me.

Dummy

Portishead

4/5

enjoyed this one quite a bit, very easy listening. favorite song: roads

What's Going On

Marvin Gaye

5/5

listened to this one multiple times this weekend, such an incredible album. amazingly (and depressingly) this album released in 1971, but all of the critiques it had about society still completely apply today. marvin gaye also has one of the best voices ever in music, further carrying this album.

Thriller

Michael Jackson

4/5

not much to be said about this one. it’s thriller, the best selling album of all time with some of the most recognizable tracks in music. that being said, there were some songs that i wasn’t the biggest fan of, so i cant give it a perfect rating.

The United States Of America

3/5

Germs

2/5

At Newport 1960

Muddy Waters

3/5

solid, i know it’s old but the production brings it down a bit for me

Is This It

The Strokes

4/5

one of my favorite albums by the strokes, very consistent throughout

Sail Away

Randy Newman

2/5

Nixon

Lambchop

2/5

All Directions

The Temptations

3/5

Automatic For The People

R.E.M.

4/5

Arc Of A Diver

Steve Winwood

3/5

this might be the cheesiest 80s album i’ve ever heard.

Rejoicing In The Hands

Devendra Banhart

2/5

not bad, just not my style at all

Ace of Spades

Motörhead

3/5

Eagles

3/5

some really good songs on here, but also a lot of mid ones

Too Rye Ay

Dexys Midnight Runners

3/5

come on eileen (this album was fine)

Ray Of Light

Madonna

3/5

good but way too saturated

Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

4/5

The Grand Tour

George Jones

2/5

country

Calenture

The Triffids

1/5

my first 1, why is this one here

Hail To the Thief

Radiohead

4/5

this one is sorta hard to review, it’s not as good from a radiohead perspective, but is an amazing album nonetheless. pacing is a bit confusing at times, but this is really such a cool sounding album.

Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme

Simon & Garfunkel

4/5

well paced, relaxing, overall great album

Fromohio

fIREHOSE

3/5

this project was okay, just felt a bit underwhelming. all of the midwest references were neat though.

Loveless

My Bloody Valentine

5/5

The album that got me into shoegaze music, and a staple of the genre.

Life's Too Good

The Sugarcubes

4/5

did not realize bjork would be on here. great vocals throughout.

Moving Pictures

Rush

2/5

despite the high energy of this album, i found it quite underwhelming.

Untitled (Black Is)

SAULT

2/5

i was expecting some very meaningful/powerful tracks on this one, but the lyrics all seemed pretty shallow. the production was also just okay, got repetitive fast.

Live At The Regal

B.B. King

3/5

despite not normally liking the production of live albums, this one was actually pretty good. the sound was a bit repetitive, but it sounds good so i can’t complain too much.

Violator

Depeche Mode

4/5

turns out 80s synth pop doesn’t have to be super corny. this really impressed me overall.

Chris

Christine and the Queens

2/5

first album back after a while, and it was very underwhelming. although this is not necessarily a bad sounding electronic pop album, nothing really popped out to me. this as well as a lot of the songs dragging on a bit too long led to this one feeling quite saturated.

Hms Fable

Shack

2/5

mid brit pop album. nothing stood out here, but it could’ve been worse.

The Low End Theory

A Tribe Called Quest

5/5

such a pivotal album for hiphop, one of the best ever. the boom-bap beats and jazz influence throughout make this such an easy and seamless listening experience.

The Cars

4/5

this one is great, so many hits on here. very high 4 just a couple of tracks keep it from being perfect.

American Beauty

Grateful Dead

2/5

I guess I wasn't high enough to enjoy this (poorly mixed) album.

Haunted Dancehall

The Sabres Of Paradise

1/5

Man, this sucked. I'm normally a fan of electronic music but on a lot of these tracks it felt like they were pressing random buttons on a soundboard. Almost felt comical at times. I could probably name 1001 electronic albums better than this one.

Live At The Star Club, Hamburg

Jerry Lee Lewis

4/5

Actually good for a live album. Dude was going crazy on the piano especially.

The Queen Is Dead

The Smiths

5/5

I love Morrissey!!!

Armed Forces

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

3/5

slurs caught me off guard, otherwise okay album

Channel Orange

Frank Ocean

5/5

Frank Ocean PLEASE drop another album.

Bossanova

Pixies

4/5

Not as good as some other albums by the Pixies, but still a very solid rock album.

Hunky Dory

David Bowie

4/5

I had never listened to a David Bowie album before, and I went in very excited. It wasn't quite everything I expected it to be, but still had some very strong tracks and none of the lows were very low.

The Next Day

David Bowie

3/5

Wow back to back Bowie albums. This was not as good as Hunky Dory, still consistent but did not have as many standout tracks.

Shaft

Isaac Hayes

2/5

This was okay, but was also just a movie soundtrack. I don't think I needed to listen to this, I could've just watched the movie.

No Other

Gene Clark

2/5

This was fine, just not my style. Too country for me.

Protection

Massive Attack

4/5

This was great, good production, good vocals. I enjoy some of the longer tracks as well.

Aja

Steely Dan

2/5

Really enjoyed it at first, but it got old fast. I would rather just listen to an actual jazz album.

NEU! 75

Neu!

4/5

What a cool album. First half was more atmospheric/space rock, which I really enjoyed. Then it breaks into punk on the track "Hero," very cool now and must have been VERY cool in 1975.

Black Metal

Venom

1/5

I do not like metal, and this did not change that. Struggled to get through this one.

The Downward Spiral

Nine Inch Nails

2/5

I might've just not been in the right mood for this, but it was just way too noisy and chaotic for me. I do recognize why this album is so respected though as there were a LOT of cool sounds annd production throughout the entire thing. Doesn't seem like my thing now, I do want to give it another listen in the future though.

American Idiot

Green Day

2/5

Green Day only has one good album. This album is not Dookie.

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

3/5

This was decent, a little rough around the edges but that is to be expected for a debut album.

Histoire De Melody Nelson

Serge Gainsbourg

1/5

This guy needs to get the mic out of his mouth. Also looked up what the album was about, as it is in French, and the dude is just a pedophile.

Buenas Noches From A Lonely Room

Dwight Yoakam

1/5

Country. I swear to god it all sounds the same and I cannot STAND it.

Bone Machine

Tom Waits

2/5

For me the voice is extremely unappealing, but there is some decent music in here.

Talking Book

Stevie Wonder

4/5

A lot of great very funky and fun tracks on here. A couple did feel like filler though, keeping this one from a perfect rating.

Selling England By The Pound

Genesis

3/5

Not what I was expecting from a Genesis album. The longer tracks were cool, but overall I found this one never really hooked me.

Manassas

Stephen Stills

2/5

This one was really long and I just could not get into it.

Permission to Land

The Darkness

2/5

Sonically, this is not a bad album. I'm just really not a fan of harder rock music, and I don't see myself coming back to anything here.

Adele

3/5

I did not realize that so many of Adele's HUGE hits were on one album. This whole thing is pretty much just a collection of pop songs that had a chokehold on 2015. Not bad by any means, Adele has an amazing voice, just too poppy for me.

Ágætis Byrjun

Sigur Rós

5/5

Why is Icelandic music always so damn good? This album is a hidden gem. Very ambient and almost ethereal sounding on a lot of tracks, I really enjoyed this and will be listening again.

Slanted And Enchanted

Pavement

2/5

I listened to this entire album yesterday and I don't remember a single thing about it.

The Colour Of Spring

Talk Talk

3/5

This was alright, but don't see myself coming back to much here.

Dookie

Green Day

4/5

The only good Green Day album. No punk-ballad BS, great songs throughout.

Oar

Alexander 'Skip' Spence

2/5

The background of this album is fascinating, but I did not find that it translated to the music very well.

Raw Like Sushi

Neneh Cherry

2/5

There was way too much going on here. Wasn't too bad at first but it really starts to drag towards the middle and back half of this album.

C'est Chic

CHIC

4/5

Fun, funky, dance album.

Hot Rats

Frank Zappa

3/5

Production was very fun and avant garde at times. I did enjoy this listen, but do not see myself coming back to this album often.

Cross

Justice

4/5

I'm a sucker for some good French House music.

The Gershwin Songbook

Ella Fitzgerald

3/5

This was great, but not for 3 hours.

The Poet

Bobby Womack

4/5

Great album, high highs and not really any lows.

Risque

CHIC

3/5

Not as good as the other CHIC album that I recently reviewed. Still fun, but not as many standout tracks on this one.

GREY Area

Little Simz

4/5

I forgot how hard Little Simz is. One of the greatest females MCs ever.

Chore of Enchantment

Giant Sand

2/5

Not really my genre, and this one really dragged.

The Score

Fugees

4/5

Lauryn Hill is just too good.

A Hard Day's Night

Beatles

4/5

My days of hating the Beatles are over. Not as good as their later stuff but I still enjoyed this record.

Playing With Fire

Spacemen 3

5/5

I love shoegaze!!

Oxygène

Jean-Michel Jarre

4/5

As a sum of its parts this was good, but no individual track really stood out to me. I wish it tapped more into the ambient sound and was not so noisy at certain points.

Let's Get It On

Marvin Gaye

4/5

While listening to this album I learned that Marvin Gaye was shot and killed by his father.

Melodrama

Lorde

5/5

As much as I liked Pure Heroine, I should've listened to this earlier. Lorde has an amazing voice and this album flows seamlessly.

Slipknot

1/5

Metal is just not my thing at all.

Shadowland