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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Ananda Shankar Ananda Shankar	5	2.82	+2.18

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
The Cars The Cars	1	3.67	-2.67
Brothers The Black Keys	1	3.57	-2.57
The Velvet Underground The Velvet Underground	1	3.53	-2.53
Chirping Crickets Buddy Holly & The Crickets	1	3.29	-2.29
Fever To Tell Yeah Yeah Yeahs	1	3.29	-2.29
All Mod Cons The Jam	1	3.25	-2.25
Everything Must Go Manic Street Preachers	1	3.11	-2.11
Ray Of Light Madonna	1	3	-2
Nixon Lambchop	1	2.75	-1.75
Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) Wu-Tang Clan	2	3.61	-1.61

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Nixon

Lambchop · 2 likes

1/5

Is this a prank of some kind? This is an entire album of family sitcom intros.

The Cars

The Cars · 1 likes

1/5

Solid pop but incredibly overrated by critics. The tamest of the New Wave. You really need a narrow US worldview or nostalgia to think this stands out. Any UK or German New Wave surpass them without even speeding.

1-Star Albums (9)

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Odelay

Beck

2/5

Chirping Crickets

Buddy Holly & The Crickets

1/5

Born To Run

Bruce Springsteen

3/5

Neon Bible

Arcade Fire

4/5

Smash

The Offspring

3/5

Electric Warrior

T. Rex

3/5

Time Out

The Dave Brubeck Quartet

4/5

Now we're talking.

The Cars

1/5

Ramones

3/5

The Velvet Underground

1/5

Brothers

The Black Keys

1/5

It's a mystery why this is on the list. Uncreative basic blues rock. Apparently it's part of some garage revival? I can put it on in the background without hurting but why shouldn't I put on some proper blues instead?

Dummy

Portishead

4/5

Never liked Portishead or Trip Hop all that much but it so clearly belongs on this list for its artistic value that I'll still give it a 4, even more so since it's the only album on the list.

All Mod Cons

The Jam

1/5

If this was ever special in some way it is now lost to history. Punk has come a long way since this pop band.

Jack Takes the Floor

Ramblin' Jack Elliott

2/5

Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)

Wu-Tang Clan

2/5

Pretty good Hiphop. Catch is, Hiphop is largely not music.

Tommy

The Who

3/5

Basically what happens when you try to be the Beatles but have less talent. Interesting ideas but no direction and limited command of their instruments. Nevertheless an important bioindicator in the music ecosystem to tell apart those who have a musical bone and those who don't; their fans.

Nixon

Lambchop

1/5

Is this a prank of some kind? This is an entire album of family sitcom intros.

Everything Must Go

Manic Street Preachers

1/5

So overrated

Fever To Tell

Yeah Yeah Yeahs

1/5

I made it 17 minutes into this squealing noisefest. I listen to crazy shit like Native Nod or Guts Pie Earshot but this is just grating.

Ray Of Light

Madonna

1/5

Should Madonna be on this list? Probably. With this album? Certainly not.

Mermaid Avenue

Billy Bragg

3/5

Billy Bragg, yeah, alright. I mean, honestly, I like him but you can die fine without having heard (of) him. What I really don't get is: Why this album and not "Life's a Riot with Spy vs Spy"? Listen to that instead.

Paranoid

Black Sabbath

3/5

The White Album

Beatles

4/5

Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea

PJ Harvey

2/5

It was tolerable enough to have running in the background until she started yelling. "If you can't sing just scream" is not good advice.

KE*A*H** (Psalm 69)

Ministry

3/5

Ananda Shankar

5/5