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1-Star Albums

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You Love More Than Most

AlbumYouGlobalDiff
Roots
Sepultura
5 2.78 +2.22
British Steel
Judas Priest
5 3.29 +1.71
Deep Purple In Rock
Deep Purple
5 3.31 +1.69
L'Eau Rouge
The Young Gods
4 2.33 +1.67
Urban Hymns
The Verve
5 3.37 +1.63
Opus Dei
Laibach
4 2.39 +1.61
Foo Fighters
Foo Fighters
5 3.47 +1.53
Chocolate Starfish And The Hot Dog Flavored Water
Limp Bizkit
4 2.51 +1.49
Moss Side Story
Barry Adamson
4 2.52 +1.48
Illmatic
Nas
5 3.61 +1.39

You Love Less Than Most

AlbumYouGlobalDiff
Paul Simon
Paul Simon
1 3.5 -2.5
Parachutes
Coldplay
1 3.46 -2.46
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Kanye West
1 3.4 -2.4
Surf's Up
The Beach Boys
1 3.29 -2.29
Songs From A Room
Leonard Cohen
1 3.16 -2.16
Blood And Chocolate
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
1 2.91 -1.91
Quiet Life
Japan
1 2.86 -1.86
Siamese Dream
The Smashing Pumpkins
2 3.83 -1.83
Guitar Town
Steve Earle
1 2.79 -1.79
Lust For Life
Iggy Pop
2 3.6 -1.6

5-Star Albums (9)

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Production value is off the charts. Lyrical subject matter is kind of boring and repetitive. basically "I am great and I get a lot of woman to sleep with me" said in a few different ways. musically its hip hop so nothing to write home about. it was very difficuilt to remove the art from the artist in this case.Kanye is a twat that needs to be drawn and quatered publiccally along wiht the rest of the wealthy 1% of the world.

Parachutes by Coldplay

Sucked when it came out. Sucks in 2024. Boring mono tone songs with overly nasal vocals. Lyrical content is sad and Grey and boring. Every song uses the same structure. Waste of time to listen to.

1-Star Albums (9)

All Ratings (84)

Calenture by The Triffids
Jan 12 2024

Every song sounds the same. no song stood out, same beat same tempo same cadence. this should have been a single not an album. there are some songs that add small different elements but they stand out uncomfortably over the sound of the album. instead of adding a fresh take it creates an awkward unwanted strain on the ear. and that is saying something when the entire album feels monotone and depressed. I cant see this album having an impact but it somehow has. and I dont undertand how

2112 by Rush
Jan 13 2024

Shorter than I thought with only 6 songs. Great drumming.

Wild Gift by X
Jan 14 2024

fun up beat and all around great mixing. was not what I was expecting but I enjoyed it. just fun punk.

Deserter's Songs by Mercury Rev
Jan 15 2024

fun album. nothing amazing and no song stood out massively. I did not mind it but I wont go looking for it

Unhalfbricking by Fairport Convention
Jan 16 2024

album was ok. wont go looking for it again but I did not hate it

Paul Simon by Paul Simon
Jan 17 2024

Mundane songwriting. honestly nothing of substance was sung about on the album. everything felt like normal everyday things. now nothing against that. but at the time there were so many other songwriters doing something similar, while still adding a bit of substance in between the songs. honestly teh album bored me to tears. every song felt the same. slight variances in tempo and tone but they felt the same.

Bone Machine by Tom Waits
Jan 18 2024

Creepy sounding, weird dark lyrics. I like it. never heard anything like it before but I have known of the existence of it. over all very slow and not really my style so i wont go back to it but I did not mind it as much as some of the other albums I have listened to

I Am a Bird Now by Antony and the Johnsons
Jan 19 2024

not bad. again not my kind of music but its ok. short album, with rights issues on spotify south africa so I listened illigally and I am not afraid to say it. labels fuck around and artists suffer.

Since I Left You by The Avalanches
Jan 22 2024

I have always bene a fan of Frontier Psychiatrist and it has featured on many playlist. but because I discovered the video on MTV back in the day I never did a deep dive on them so this is the first time I get to hear the entire album and i really enjoyed it a lot

Feast of Wire by Calexico
Jan 23 2024

Very Chill. did not mind it. wont go looking but i did enjoy it

Throwing Muses by Throwing Muses
Jan 24 2024

Pixies meets The Canberries. very enjoyale

Deep Purple In Rock by Deep Purple
Jan 25 2024

Fantastic listen. this has been the album I have enjoyed the most of everything I have listened to. it was a fresh change from everything else that just all blended into each other. this was a fresh new song every time. nothing blended into each other in an endless stream of the same sound on an album as so often happens.

Urban Hymns by The Verve
Jan 26 2024

I really enjoyed the Verve here. I am sad that the revenue for bittersweet symphone, that is arguably one of the most iconic songs in my life goes to the Rolling stones because some composer made a song that sounds enough like this that they managed to win a copyright lawsuit. it is part of the reason I refuse to listen to the stones because it is a greedy money grab by them where they put in zero effort and make money. even if the Verve sampled the Symphony version of that song as it is claimed it should not be revenue for the stones it should be for the producer. as for the rest of the album. very enjoyable. captures the point in time it came out very well and hold us all these years later.

Jan 27 2024

Possibly one of the greatest albums ever written. Every song on the album provides something that build up towards Bohemian rhapsody. I belive that song is the greatest song every written and this album just all feeds into it. I absolutely loved this

Opus Dei by Laibach
Jan 29 2024

Fantastic Dark and Gothic sound. I can clearly see how this album bled though into other influences. I really enjoyed it very much

Moon Safari by Air
Jan 30 2024

light lounge electronic music. some of it feels very familiar. but I cant quite place it. it was a pleasant listen even if its not something I would normally enjoy.

Siamese Dream by The Smashing Pumpkins
Jan 31 2024

not as Whininy ans nasal as I remember it. but it is still very whiny and very nasal. i am not at all a fan. but people around me are. and I have never understood why I really tried. I went in trying to fight my bias and be objective. but I failed. I just dont like his voice. but many others do. and that is fine. Personally if I never need to hear Billy Corgon again i will be very happy. the music was great but

Come Find Yourself by Fun Lovin' Criminals
Feb 01 2024

fun and upbeat. the music is very chill without sounding boring. I really enjoyed this album

Sunshine Hit Me by The Bees
Feb 02 2024

Relaxing. I dont get summer vibes from it. but that is becuase I am from a place where summer feels very different to what it would be like in Europe. I really did enjoy A Minha Menina a lot and wont be upset if it comes around again

The Libertines by The Libertines
Feb 03 2024

Fun to listen to would listen again.

Berlin by Lou Reed
Feb 04 2024

Fun and interesting listen. Really enjoyed it

A Girl Called Dusty by Dusty Springfield
Feb 05 2024

Enjoyable and feels very familiar. her voice is strong and soulful. I personally wont go looking for it again but I wont mind if it comes on in the background

Black Sabbath by Black Sabbath
Feb 06 2024

Seminal and fantastic. the tuning on the guitar to make it work. the use of the tritones to create a sense of malice in the sound. the lyrics having a darker theme. all around fantastic work that changed the world

Roots by Sepultura
Feb 07 2024

Fantastic album that I ahve listened to many of the songs from but never the entire album

Happy Trails by Quicksilver Messenger Service
Feb 08 2024

feels like the Doors. pretty average no weird instruments or key changes, just some nice and relaxing background noise.

Sulk by The Associates
Feb 09 2024

nothing wrong wht it but not for me. while the falsetto was impressive, there were moments where it felt like ti was showing off and did not fit into the song. like a guitar solo going on for jsut a little too long some parts of the falsettos were jsut slightly out of place for my liking. but I am not a critit

The Clash by The Clash
Feb 13 2024

upbeat music, angry lyrics. clear message to be shared. musically its mediocre by the standard of 2024 but the message remains relevant. the influence and impact can be seen and heard in so much music its too much to name.

Blood And Chocolate by Elvis Costello & The Attractions
Feb 15 2024

boring and un-inspired. droning vocals nothing special in the songs at all. this straight up does not deserve to be on the list and was a complete waste of my time.

Moss Side Story by Barry Adamson
Feb 16 2024

intersting listen and very good ambient noise. I felt like I had a movie on in the background. and to be honest it was good enough that I found my brain wanting to go look for the movie to actually watch the visuals that go with the sound. very fun experience and I feel my life is slightly better for listening to it.

Bongo Rock by Incredible Bongo Band
Feb 17 2024

chill background music. unoffensive and relaxing.

OK Computer by Radiohead
Feb 18 2024

Slow, Whiny depressed but very very good.

Disintegration by The Cure
Feb 19 2024

slow music with a sad sound. happy lyrics sung in a sad way. not for everyone and personally not a fan but i did not mind it.

Feb 20 2024

slow and hard listen. being a double album made it worse. I enjopy some of the songs but as a whole this album as not a good listen.

Street Signs by Ozomatli
Feb 21 2024

sadly only had one song available in south africa on spotify and that one song did not impress me enough to try and find a different way to pirate it. the good old men in suits deciding who can listen to what win again.

L'Eau Rouge by The Young Gods
Feb 22 2024

Enjoyed the music. had a very aggressive industrial feel. and the Growly sound of the lead singer reminded feels more like a late 90's industrial sound than something from the 80's. if someone played this for me and told me it was Til Linderman making a French album produced by Trent Reznor I would believe it.

Smash by The Offspring
Feb 23 2024

Absolutely Fantastic Album. holds up all these years later. I have a bias as I havae been a fan of the Offspring since the 90's and I do listen to this album at least once a year. but I listen to this that often because I think it is that good.

Darkness on the Edge of Town by Bruce Springsteen
Feb 24 2024

I really struggled to listen though this album. droning vocals basic music. great lyrics but it feels very dated as a non American in 2024.

Garbage by Garbage
Feb 25 2024

Fantastic album but I do feel like it has 2 songs on it and 90% of the album is either a stupid girl clone or an only happy when it rains clone

Surfer Rosa by Pixies
Feb 26 2024

Loud, disjointed. aggressive sounds and very hard to listen to if you are not in the mood for a sound that is all over the place. it is still good and things like where is my mind and Gigantic stand out like a lighthouse in a sotrm. over all I was not a fan but I feel like that was more a mood driven thing and on a different day this could have been much more enjoyable.

A Seat at the Table by Solange
Feb 27 2024

Musicaly a very goof album. I felt very disconnected from the content as I am not american and I am white from a country where White people are the minority. so the contemnt while powerful and valid in its own context felt very disconnected from my personal experiences. that does not invalidate the struggles at all

Reign In Blood by Slayer
Feb 29 2024

Fast Aggressive. loud. angry. its everything you want from Slayer. and if you do not know then this is a great way to get to know them. Angel of death and Raining blood are amazing songs that changed music. the opening riff of raining blood is instantly recognizable. by the standards of deathcore and DEath metal the lyrics are clean.

Closer by Joy Division
Mar 06 2024

good album

Lazer Guided Melodies by Spiritualized
Mar 07 2024

Weird. chill lounge music. idnt hate it. but I can see why it needed a gimic to se;ll. the music alone would not do it

Fun House by The Stooges
Mar 08 2024

proto punk so lots of noise, disconnected sounds. not for everyone. personally did not enjoy but I think that could have been more mood related than anything else

good kid, m.A.A.d city by Kendrick Lamar
Mar 10 2024

fantastic piece of art. Very far removed from what I listened to. not at all a Genre I enjoy but the way the album was put together, the messages in it, the story telling. he managed to draw me in an I enjoyed this so much more than I was expecting to. one of the best albums I have listened to on this journey

Guitar Town by Steve Earle
Mar 11 2024

mundane hillbilly crap. this was as annoying to listen to as country and western. I want the 39mins I spent listening to this horsecock back.

British Steel by Judas Priest
Mar 15 2024

fantastic album. Rob's falsetto's perfectly match the guitar tone and in some songs the contrast really works. the lyrical content managed to stay relevant more than 50 years later without trying to hard. you can not only relate to the issues being discussed but the issues are still around. especially on songs like breaking the law. the song was true in 1979 when it came out. it was true when I left school in the early 2000's and it is true now. the world is run by people about to retire who make choices based on the world they lived in instead of the world as it works now.

Phrenology by The Roots
Mar 16 2024

Fantastic listen. Brilliant musicality and lyrics that are hard hitting and relivant

Mar 19 2024

Production value is off the charts. Lyrical subject matter is kind of boring and repetitive. basically "I am great and I get a lot of woman to sleep with me" said in a few different ways. musically its hip hop so nothing to write home about. it was very difficuilt to remove the art from the artist in this case.Kanye is a twat that needs to be drawn and quatered publiccally along wiht the rest of the wealthy 1% of the world.

Songs From A Room by Leonard Cohen
Mar 20 2024

not for me. boring. sad. and monotone

Halcyon Digest by Deerhunter
Mar 24 2024

Background noise at best. Very repetitive. Forgettable and I won't be going back

Aftermath by The Rolling Stones
Mar 25 2024
Justified by Justin Timberlake
Mar 26 2024

i grew up wiht this playing on MTV and the singles getting a lot of radio play. this was my first time listening thought the album. and honestly Its not for me. Timberland has a big influence and that cuts though the sugery sweet artificial flavour of the bubblegum pop this album was set up for. but you can feel the tonal change in the album compared to the pop music of a few years earlier. the feel is darker even in more light hearted songs. you can truely feel the change away from the happy pop of N'sync and the backstreet boys or even Britney spears and Cristina Agrilaria that I consider the peers of this album, even though they were before 11/09/2001 that event changed the world around it to a point where it could be felt on this album. more minor keys in the music, less majour keys slower tempo. Over all this album is less happy than you would expect of a pop album and more sober feeling. yes its not for me but taking teh album into acocunt for its time and you can almost see it as leading the charge in pop music to be less bubblegum and more serious.

Murmur by R.E.M.
Mar 27 2024

I can understand the impact and see how many bands took insperation. but I do not like the way the lead singer sings. there is something so whiny about his voice. while this is not something he ever says he feels like someone who is complaning that women dont want nice guys anymore

Endtroducing..... by DJ Shadow
Mar 28 2024

chilled background noice that was very plesant. not what I was expeciong but a fun listen

Vol. 4 by Black Sabbath
Mar 29 2024

Changes is an amazing song and really stood out. The rest of the album was good as well

Mar 30 2024

Nothing special. One beat used for all the songs everything just meshed into one boring drone

Too Rye Ay by Dexys Midnight Runners
Apr 04 2024

everything sounded like come on Ilene. every single song.

Parachutes by Coldplay
Apr 05 2024

Sucked when it came out. Sucks in 2024. Boring mono tone songs with overly nasal vocals. Lyrical content is sad and Grey and boring. Every song uses the same structure. Waste of time to listen to.

All Mod Cons by The Jam
Apr 06 2024

Fine background noise but nothing special

Billion Dollar Babies by Alice Cooper
Apr 12 2024

feels ahead of its time even now. does not feel like it came out in the 70's feels like it was a mid to late 80's sound. I enjoyed it but i will likel not revisit the album again

Quiet Life by Japan
Apr 15 2024

boring and mundane. not at all worth a listen

Surf's Up by The Beach Boys
Apr 16 2024

just skip it. its so bland and boring. songs are slow and depressing. I was expecting some fun upbeat surf rock instead I got a slow depressed collection of life advice from what felt like sterotypical Youth pastors. WTF is take care of your feet pete?

Goo by Sonic Youth
May 03 2024

it was fine

25 by Adele
May 06 2024
Frank by Amy Winehouse
Jun 21 2024

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