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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Tago Mago Can	5	2.79	+2.21
Superfuzz Bigmuff Mudhoney	5	2.94	+2.06
I'm Your Man Leonard Cohen	5	3.1	+1.9
Blur Blur	5	3.33	+1.67
The Band The Band	5	3.37	+1.63
Unknown Pleasures Joy Division	5	3.47	+1.53
Paul's Boutique Beastie Boys	5	3.47	+1.53
Marquee Moon Television	5	3.5	+1.5
Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere Neil Young & Crazy Horse	5	3.55	+1.45
The Cars The Cars	5	3.67	+1.33

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Let's Get It On Marvin Gaye	1	3.78	-2.78
Getz/Gilberto Stan Getz	1	3.64	-2.64
Born To Run Bruce Springsteen	1	3.64	-2.64
In A Silent Way Miles Davis	1	3.61	-2.61
1999 Prince	1	3.6	-2.6
Tusk Fleetwood Mac	1	3.46	-2.46
One Nation Under A Groove Funkadelic	1	3.42	-2.42
Diamond Life Sade	1	3.42	-2.42
Different Class Pulp	1	3.42	-2.42
My Aim Is True Elvis Costello	1	3.35	-2.35

5-Star Albums (18)

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The Dark Side Of The Moon

Pink Floyd

5/5

A masterpiece. A flawless record and on the (very) short list of greatest albums of all time.

5 likes

Master Of Puppets

Metallica

5/5

An absolute classic

3 likes

1999

Prince

1/5

Prince’s music is so bad. I can’t understand why he’s considered a legend at all. I don’t get it. I hate it. I absolutely hate his music.

1 likes

Tusk

Fleetwood Mac

1/5

That’s enough for me. In fact, that’s all for everyone. Not a single redeeming quality in my opinion.

1 likes

Faith

George Michael

1/5

80’s music is literally the worst. I hate it. I hate George Michael, I hate Prince, I hate New Order, I hate Talking Heads, I hate Tears for Fears. For fucks sake! Please dear god give me something from any other decade! I was born in 1980. Thank god I wasn’t aware of popular music until about 1992. I got to hear Nirvana, Alice In Chains, Soundgarden, Tool, Stone Temple Pilots, R.E.M. And do you know what? None of them wrote and performed fucking Father Figure!!!! This album is diarrhea for the ears. It’s so bad I am going to file a grievance against Carrie Underwood and the rock and roll hall of fame for including this abortion. I cannot stress to you enough how much I hate this self important, mewling, techno, whiny, grandiose, bullshit drivel. It is the antithesis of good music. Everyone who claims George Michael was some kind of musical genius and an influential artist should stop right now and listen to Monkey. Fuck you.

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Head Hunters

Herbie Hancock

4/5

Lady In Satin

Billie Holiday

2/5

I still don’t get why everybody says if you like Avenged Sevenfold, you’re gonna love Billie Holiday. I don’t really hear it. I am a huge Tool fan and everybody says Maynard is basically Billie Holiday. “oh, you like Simon and Garfunkel?” they say. Wait till you hear Billie and Holiday!” if I had a nickel for every time, I have heard her compared to Slayer, I’d be a freaking millionaire. Something must be wrong with me, I just don’t hear it.

Innervisions

Stevie Wonder

2/5

Aqualung

Jethro Tull

4/5

Have known and loved Aqualung and Locomotive Breath for years. When I heard Cross-Eyed Mary, I realized I also knew that song from the radio. It’s a very solid album but definitely propped up by about 4 songs, with Hymn 43 being the other standout song in my opinion.

Blur

5/5

Really liked this album. I have heard Song 2 3,443,679 times on the radio, just today. But have never heard any other songs by Blur. If I had heard this album when it came out and I was a teenager, it very well could have been one of my favorites.

I Should Coco

Supergrass

2/5

Appetite For Destruction

Guns N' Roses

4/5

Classic album. I’m just over it.

Master Of Puppets

Metallica

5/5

An absolute classic

Movies

Holger Czukay

3/5

Way better than I thought it would be. I don't know that I will ever listen to it again but it was a fun album to listen to while I was on a drive. Cool in the Pool and Hollywood Symphony stand out to me. Persian Love, however, is like the sonic equivalent of salty garbage. Without that song, it would be 4 stars.

...Baby One More Time

Britney Spears

1/5

I hated this album so so much. This kind of pop music never ceases to amaze me with its vapid lyrics and uninteresting music. But the appetite for this kind of sugary ear cancer is even more inexplicable. But… even with that being said…I hated it and I hate that it exists.

Led Zeppelin III

Led Zeppelin

5/5

One of my favorite albums ever. Immigrant Song might be the greatest rock song under 3 minutes ever written. Although the rest of the album does have a decidedly different feel, songs like Friends, Celebration Day, and Out on the Tiles complement each other perfectly. Since I’ve Been Loving You is simply a masterpiece. I love every song on the album except for That’s the Way. Can we be real here? What’s the deal with so many people saying it’s their favorite LZ song? I contend that if THAT is your favorite song, you don’t really like Led Zeppelin. You just like that song. Please listen to it again. Really listen to it. It’s SUPER boring. Nothing happens. It’s 5 1/2 minutes of the same thing. Plus: “kissing tiny flowers”, ugh. I skip it almost every time. Other than that though, this album is a monster!

Marcus Garvey

Burning Spear

3/5

Not really my style of music, but I can appreciate the meaning behind it and its importance to reggae as a whole. Not bad but I wouldn't revisit.

Back In Black

AC/DC

4/5

This is definitely a classic album but I’ve been beat over the head with these songs for years. If I listen to our local classic rock station for two days, I will hear 8/10 songs on this album. The only 2 they don’t play are Let Me Put My Love Into You and Shake a Leg. They play all the other 8 songs All. The. Time. Great tunes but good Lord are the lyrics juvenile!

Getz/Gilberto

Stan Getz

1/5

No Not ok No

The Wildest!

Louis Prima

2/5

Not bad. Not really my thing. Was pleasantly surprised to recognize a song from Back to the Future so bonus points for that. Still, no.

More Songs About Buildings And Food

Talking Heads

4/5

So people really like this? Like unironlcally? I don’t get why anyone in 2023 would want to listen to this.

GREY Area

Little Simz

4/5

I liked this album much more than I expected. It starts off great with the first two songs, but as always happens with rap, it all starts to sound the same to me . Still, I think it is a well done album and worth a listen.

Axis: Bold As Love

Jimi Hendrix

4/5

I have never heard all but a handful of these songs. Great album!

Unknown Pleasures

Joy Division

5/5

I've always had a block on Joy Division. I've never listened to them until today. I had only read about them and every description includes the phrase "post-punk". To me that meant they were just like the Cure, Talking Heads, or The Smiths or something. I REALLY dislike those bands and that kind of music. I couldn't have been more wrong. I would give this album 5 stars just for Day of the Lords. It's the second track and I didn't even bother moving past it until I listened to it 4 times in a row. Awesome song! The entire album is now in my rotation and I'm a new fan.

Veckatimest

Grizzly Bear

1/5

Imagine being the guys in this band. Do you think they listen to what they created and think “yeah, this is really good.” There’s no way. This is an elaborate prank and they laugh at all the indie rock snobs who pretend to like this. My God this is awful. Fuck. So bad.

Frank

Amy Winehouse

2/5

I can certainly appreciate her talent. But this kind of music does nothing for me.

From Elvis In Memphis

Elvis Presley

2/5

Thanks, I hate it

Younger Than Yesterday

The Byrds

3/5

Kinda good

Clube Da Esquina

Milton Nascimento

1/5

Nope

Murmur

R.E.M.

4/5

I am a big R.E.M. fan. Although this isn’t one of my favorite albums, it’s still got some great songs. Monster is the album that got me hooked and this is a very different era and sound. Four stars for being the one that got it all started.

Bummed

Happy Mondays

1/5

Really really really really a lot of nothing. Boring and nondescript. I will never listen to this again.

Vento De Maio

Elis Regina

1/5

No more Portuguese please

Crosby, Stills & Nash

3/5

Pretty good album for a folk rock record. Wooden ships and Suite: Judy Blue Eyes are definite standouts.

Live And Dangerous

Thin Lizzy

2/5

Anytime I hear Thin Lizzy on the radio, I change the station. I have none of their songs on my playlists. They seem like cheesy disposable 70's rock to me. That said, I didn't hate this album. Massacre is a really good song. Still not something I would listen to again.

(Pronounced 'Leh-'Nérd 'Skin-'Nérd)

Lynyrd Skynyrd

5/5

I bought this CD as a teenager and listened to it heavily for a couple of years. An essential album.

Architecture And Morality

Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark

3/5

Wait, so was there only one new wave singer in the 80s? And every band just used the same singer? Because EVERY new wave band has a singer, who sounds exactly like this. The music is pretty decent though.

Rubber Soul

Beatles

3/5

I went through a pretty big Beatles phase as a teenager. I owned almost all of their albums. But I never bought Rubber Soul. I don’t think I had ever actually listened to the entire album. Now that I have, I stand by my decision not to purchase this record. There is just nothing exciting about it.

Sunshine Hit Me

The Bees

1/5

If I were to make a list of one million and one albums to hear before you die, this album would fall about 450 short of the cut line.

Songs The Lord Taught Us

The Cramps

1/5

So I just went to a Tool concert last night. You're telling me that today I have to listen to the Cramps? That's like spending the night with Scarlett Johannson then coming home to Lena Dunham. There's just no way to make it work.

Calenture

The Triffids

1/5

Was going to try to listen to every album on this list but after two songs I realized this one would never ever remotely be something I would listen to. Who made this list? This album is utter shit!

Dookie

Green Day

5/5

Great album

Tical

Method Man

2/5

Meh

You Want It Darker

Leonard Cohen

4/5

Have never listened to cohen before. Was very pleasantly surprised. I’ll be listening to this again.

Parallel Lines

Blondie

2/5

Just not a fan. Slightly better than expected but would never revisit

Pet Sounds

The Beach Boys

3/5

This album is a known classic. But it’s still The Beach Boys.

Beggars Banquet

The Rolling Stones

3/5

One great song. One other ok song. The rest is garbage. 3 stars just for Sympathy for the Devil.

Dig Me Out

Sleater-Kinney

2/5

Not too bad except I can’t get behind the banshee wailing. Jenny is a decent song, but throw Michael Stipe’s voice on it and it would fit right in on REM’s Monster.

Channel Orange

Frank Ocean

2/5

OK. Not for me

Who's Next

The Who

5/5

Such an amazing album. Never listened to it before but over half of the songs are all time classics

Third

Portishead

4/5

Love me some Portishead but definitely not as good as the first two albums.

One Nation Under A Groove

Funkadelic

1/5

Not super good. Pretty Superbad™️

Selected Ambient Works 85-92

Aphex Twin

2/5

Uhhhhhh, it’s just computer music.

1999

Prince

1/5

Prince’s music is so bad. I can’t understand why he’s considered a legend at all. I don’t get it. I hate it. I absolutely hate his music.

World Clique

Deee-Lite

3/5

Sounds like the skating rink when I was 10. Kind of nostalgic.

Low-Life

New Order

2/5

As someone who grew up in the grunge/post-grunge era, I’ve been conditioned to not like this kind of music. So I don’t

Faith

George Michael

1/5

Music From The Penguin Cafe

Penguin Cafe Orchestra

3/5

Pretty good. I liked it.

The Velvet Underground

3/5

Street Signs

Ozomatli

3/5

Pretty good. Will I ever listen again? Nope.

Nixon

Lambchop

1/5

So so bad

In A Silent Way

Miles Davis

1/5

No thanks

Bringing It All Back Home

Bob Dylan

4/5

Very cool album

At Mister Kelly's

Sarah Vaughan

2/5

Nuh uh

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

Elton John

4/5

Lots of classic rock staples. Really good album, just not a huge fan of Elton John

Dire Straits

4/5

Great debut album. Some incredible guitar work here. Sultans of Swing is a definite standout.

The Cars

5/5

Such a great album! I had three of their cd’s when I was a kid. One of them being their greatest hits. I have never heard this album before. I think I never bought it because five of these songs are on the greatest hits. Strangely enough, Moving in Stereo is not one of them, but it might be my favorite Cars song. I forgot how enjoyable this band is to listen to.

First Band On The Moon

The Cardigans

3/5

I love 90’s music but this is pretty middle of the road.

The Band

5/5

Grievous Angel

Gram Parsons

2/5

I didn’t enjoy this. But only because it’s shit.

Music for the Masses

Depeche Mode

4/5

Didn’t expect to like this album. But the more I sat with it, the more I liked it. I generally hate 80s music: Prince, New Order, Talking Heads, the Cure, Blondie… you name it, all shit. I hate 80s music but this is a pretty damn fine album.

Hail To the Thief

Radiohead

4/5

I don’t know, it’s fine and everything, I mean it’s Radiohead so of course it’s good. But honestly, it’s not even one of my top five Radiohead albums. It’s four stars, just because it’s better than 85% of the albums on this list. But it’s not top-tier.

Behaviour

Pet Shop Boys

1/5

Imagine liking this. Ha ha JK nobody likes this. So dumb and so bad. I do not like this record. This album is actually gross. It’s not even mildly interesting. Best song: none of them Worst song: all of them

Want One

Rufus Wainwright

1/5

Rufus Wainwright? More like Rufus Wain…not…wright. I don’t know, I don’t write comedy. One star 👎

Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

4/5

Another album that I could see myself absolutely loving when I was younger. But for now, it just doesn’t grab me. Good album though.

461 Ocean Boulevard

Eric Clapton

2/5

Don’t like Clapton

Floodland

Sisters Of Mercy

3/5

A few really good songs. A couple really 80s songs.

Tusk

Fleetwood Mac

1/5

That’s enough for me. In fact, that’s all for everyone. Not a single redeeming quality in my opinion.

Time Out

The Dave Brubeck Quartet

4/5

I really like this album. I could definitely see playing this in the background regularly.

Live At Leeds

The Who

2/5

I hate live albums

The Sensual World

Kate Bush

2/5

Nah

Low

David Bowie

3/5

Pretty decent, but I can’t really say I’ll ever listen to it again.

The Dark Side Of The Moon

Pink Floyd

5/5

A masterpiece. A flawless record and on the (very) short list of greatest albums of all time.

Dance Mania

Tito Puente

2/5

I would never choose to listen to this.

Phaedra

Tangerine Dream

2/5

I don’t get it

Made In Japan

Deep Purple

3/5

Of all the live albums I’ve heard, this is certainly one of them!

Since I Left You

The Avalanches

4/5

Frontier Psychiatrist is fantastic. The rest is ok.

Roger the Engineer

The Yardbirds

3/5

Pretty good. Nothing earth shattering

James Brown Live At The Apollo

James Brown

2/5

I learned a while back that just because someone is considered a legend and highly influential, doesn’t mean I have to like them. So here goes. I don’t like James Brown.

Elvis Is Back

Elvis Presley

1/5

Elvis may have been cool then, but who cares now? Seriously. What impact does Elvis have 60 years later? Not much. Like seriously, Elvis has some iconic hits. But there are exactly zero on this album, so what’s the point? Why the hell is this album on this list? It’s utterly unimportant.

Gold

Ryan Adams

3/5

Fully expected to hate this album. And then I didn’t.

Rattlesnakes

Lloyd Cole And The Commotions

3/5

I should’ve hated this album. But somehow I didn’t. It’s making me question everything I thought I knew about myself. I might even listen to it again. Dear God what has happened to me?

You've Come a Long Way Baby

Fatboy Slim

4/5

So good

I'm Your Man

Leonard Cohen

5/5

I’m giving this album 5 stars because I accidentally only gave Cohen’s You Want It Darker 4 stars. This album is not as good, but definitely 4 stars.

Paul's Boutique

Beastie Boys

5/5

Great album

Moon Safari

Air

2/5

What a joke. As if this album belongs on any list. It shouldn’t even be listed in their own discography. It’s just nothing.

Oxygène

Jean-Michel Jarre

2/5

The whole album feels like a Steve Miller Band intro.

The Beach Boys Today!

The Beach Boys

2/5

Grew up listening to The Beach Boys. They sound so utterly the same I can’t even remember which ones I knew as a kid.

Tago Mago

Can

5/5

Really cool. I liked it a lot

Station To Station

David Bowie

4/5

Pretty damn good

Superfuzz Bigmuff

Mudhoney

5/5

This Year's Model

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

4/5

A few really good songs and fantastic drumming throughout. I get why people love this but it’s not really my thing

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector

Various Artists

4/5

Pretty good for Christmas music

Marquee Moon

Television

5/5

This was so good!

Get Rich Or Die Tryin'

50 Cent

3/5

Better than a lot of rap but that’s not saying much

Black Sabbath

5/5

Monster album. One of my all-time favorites

Let's Get It On

Marvin Gaye

1/5

Nope. Hate it

Cupid & Psyche 85

Scritti Politti

1/5

This is one of the worst things I have ever heard. This album sounded outdated the day it came out. Obviously they put a few joke albums on this list because this is utter shit. 0/5

War

4/5

It’s no Joshua tree, but still a great album

Rumours

Fleetwood Mac

5/5

I’ve Never been a big fan of Fleetwood Mac, but it’s hard not to recognize the brilliance of this album. Nine of the 11 songs are played frequently on classic rock radio with only Songbird and oh daddy, not receiving airplay on my local stations. Apparently cocaine and relationship drama really got the creative juices flowing.

The Renaissance

Q-Tip

3/5

Pretty good album. I will never listen to it again

Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

5/5

Neil young’s music is great. Just wish he wasn’t such a bitch of a liberal whiner. Shut up and sing asshole.

Blackstar

David Bowie

4/5

Pretty good album

My Aim Is True

Elvis Costello

1/5

I don’t understand the appeal at all. It’s so boring and so bad. His voice is like Billy Joel’s to me. So bland and unpleasant so they just pronounce words weirdly and make a really unpleasant back of the throat drawn out vowel sound. It’s miserable to try to listen to. Hated it

Born To Run

Bruce Springsteen

1/5

Bruce Springsteen is right up there with the most overrated American artists of all time. I would never choose to listen to his music and do anything I can to avoid it.

Diamond Life

Sade

1/5

Nope. Can’t do it.

A Hard Day's Night

Beatles

4/5

Different Class

Pulp

1/5

I fail to see what makes this stand out over anything else. It could’ve been somebody just banging out the same note on a piano the entire album and I would not have noticed the difference.

Heroes

David Bowie

2/5

And the creator of this list sure had a hard on for Bowie. It’s like all of his music. Just OK.

What's That Noise?

Coldcut

1/5

A Love Supreme

John Coltrane

2/5

Serious question. Do people listen to this on purpose?

3 Feet High and Rising

De La Soul

3/5