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You Love More Than Most
Albums you rated higher than global average
| Album | You | Global | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|
| Back to Basics | 5 | 2.75 | +2.25 |
| Hypocrisy Is The Greatest Luxury | 5 | 2.88 | +2.12 |
| Rapture | 5 | 2.94 | +2.06 |
| Home Is Where The Music Is | 5 | 3.36 | +1.64 |
| Haunted Dancehall | 4 | 2.37 | +1.63 |
| Sincere | 4 | 2.38 | +1.62 |
| Hybrid Theory | 5 | 3.38 | +1.62 |
| Sign 'O' The Times | 5 | 3.45 | +1.55 |
| Speakerboxxx/The Love Below | 5 | 3.45 | +1.55 |
| Guero | 5 | 3.46 | +1.54 |
You Love Less Than Most
Albums you rated lower than global average
| Album | You | Global | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|
| Transformer | 1 | 3.67 | -2.67 |
| The Number Of The Beast | 1 | 3.59 | -2.59 |
| Coat Of Many Colors | 1 | 3.42 | -2.42 |
| The Village Green Preservation Society | 1 | 3.4 | -2.4 |
| Lost In The Dream | 1 | 3.38 | -2.38 |
| The Band | 1 | 3.37 | -2.37 |
| Nebraska | 1 | 3.31 | -2.31 |
| Rum Sodomy & The Lash | 1 | 3.25 | -2.25 |
| Something Else By The Kinks | 1 | 3.24 | -2.24 |
| Oxygène | 1 | 3.08 | -2.08 |
Artist Analysis
Favorite Artists
Artists with 2+ albums and high weighted score
| Artist | Albums | Avg | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prince | 3 | 5 | 4 |
| Michael Jackson | 3 | 5 | 4 |
| Stevie Wonder | 2 | 5 | 3.8 |
| Beatles | 2 | 5 | 3.8 |
| Beck | 3 | 4.33 | 3.67 |
Least Favorite Artists
Artists with 2+ albums and low weighted score
| Artist | Albums | Avg | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bruce Springsteen | 4 | 1.5 | 2.14 |
| The Byrds | 3 | 1.33 | 2.17 |
| The Kinks | 3 | 1.67 | 2.33 |
| Spiritualized | 2 | 1.5 | 2.4 |
| Dolly Parton | 2 | 1.5 | 2.4 |
| Gene Clark | 2 | 1.5 | 2.4 |
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1-Star Albums (41)
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Joy Division
3/5
The Offspring
4/5
Wu-Tang Clan
3/5
R.E.M.
3/5
Beastie Boys
3/5
Jeff Buckley
4/5
Bluesy and easy to listen to.
Johnny Cash
2/5
Roxy Music
2/5
Massive Attack
4/5
Run-D.M.C.
3/5
Way too much synthesizer drum machine for me
A Tribe Called Quest
5/5
Boards of Canada
2/5
Thin Lizzy
4/5
Talking Heads
3/5
Morrissey
3/5
Holger Czukay
3/5
The Blue Nile
2/5
Sex Pistols
2/5
The Beau Brummels
1/5
Everything But The Girl
4/5
Kraftwerk
2/5
Lucinda Williams
3/5
Bobby Womack
2/5
Suede
2/5
The Killers
3/5
The Yardbirds
4/5
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
2/5
Judas Priest
3/5
Big Brother & The Holding Company
3/5
Heaven 17
3/5
Dennis Wilson
3/5
A Tribe Called Quest
4/5
PJ Harvey
3/5
Liz Phair
2/5
Bob Dylan
3/5
John Martyn
4/5
The Flaming Lips
3/5
Air
2/5
Muddy Waters
3/5
Pere Ubu
3/5
Eminem
4/5
Fela Kuti
3/5
David Holmes
3/5
Barry Adamson
4/5
Jean-Michel Jarre
1/5
Nick Drake
3/5
Oasis
3/5
Mj Cole
4/5
DJ Shadow
3/5
Buddy Holly & The Crickets
3/5
Morrissey
2/5
Jefferson Airplane
2/5
GZA
2/5
Anthrax
3/5
The Byrds
1/5
3/5
Spiritualized
1/5
Marvin Gaye
4/5
Black Sabbath
3/5
Aretha Franklin
4/5
The Coral
3/5
PJ Harvey
3/5
Fleetwood Mac
3/5
Les Rythmes Digitales
3/5
The La's
3/5
Marvin Gaye
4/5
Little Richard
4/5
Depeche Mode
3/5
Devendra Banhart
2/5
The Rolling Stones
4/5
Lynyrd Skynyrd
3/5
Peter Frampton
4/5
Prince
5/5
The Band
1/5
Massive Attack
3/5
Pet Shop Boys
3/5
Kendrick Lamar
5/5
Scritti Politti
2/5
Alanis Morissette
3/5
Bruce Springsteen
1/5
Simon & Garfunkel
2/5
Ian Dury
2/5
Frank Black
2/5
Louis Prima
3/5
The Fall
2/5
Lupe Fiasco
3/5
Hanoi Rocks
2/5
Electric Light Orchestra
3/5
Def Leppard
3/5
Buck Owens
1/5
Lou Reed
1/5
The Kinks
1/5
Fugees
5/5
Robbie Williams
4/5
Talking Heads
3/5
Destiny's Child
4/5
Fleet Foxes
3/5
Jurassic 5
4/5
De La Soul
2/5
Love
3/5
Crosby, Stills & Nash
3/5
The War On Drugs
1/5
Dolly Parton
1/5
Tracy Chapman
3/5
Air
3/5
Bebel Gilberto
4/5
Blue Cheer
2/5
ZZ Top
4/5
Jimi Hendrix
4/5
X-Ray Spex
2/5
Manic Street Preachers
3/5
David Bowie
3/5
Stephen Stills
4/5
Steely Dan
3/5
MGMT
3/5
The Black Crowes
3/5
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
2/5
David Bowie
2/5
Fela Kuti
4/5
M.I.A.
3/5
Leonard Cohen
2/5
Ride
1/5
3/5
Stan Getz
3/5
Tom Waits
4/5
Thelonious Monk
3/5
Stevie Wonder
5/5
Haircut 100
3/5
Santana
4/5
Prince
5/5
Slint
3/5
The Mothers Of Invention
2/5
Bob Dylan
2/5
Ravi Shankar
3/5
Germs
2/5
Al Green
4/5
The xx
3/5
Madonna
2/5
Rush
3/5
Aretha Franklin
4/5
Spacemen 3
1/5
George Harrison
3/5
Peter Gabriel
3/5
Van Morrison
3/5
Rod Stewart
3/5
Jazmine Sullivan
3/5
King Crimson
4/5
The Beach Boys
3/5
Bonnie Raitt
4/5
Justin Timberlake
4/5
The Rolling Stones
2/5
WTF?! Sounded like country music to me.
U2
2/5
🥱
Rage Against The Machine
5/5
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
2/5
Eurythmics
3/5
Miles Davis
5/5
Pantera
4/5
AC/DC
3/5
Soul II Soul
3/5
Gene Clark
1/5
Isaac Hayes
4/5
Kanye West
3/5
George Jones
1/5
Yee haw, howdy howdy, yuck
Megadeth
1/5
The Verve
3/5
Sparks
3/5
OutKast
4/5
The Who
3/5
Drive-By Truckers
2/5
John Lennon
3/5
Willie Nelson
2/5
ZZ Top
3/5
White Denim
3/5
Radiohead
3/5
Linkin Park
5/5
Ladysmith Black Mambazo
3/5
Nick Drake
4/5
Ananda Shankar
3/5
Boston
3/5
LTJ Bukem
3/5
The Dave Brubeck Quartet
3/5
AC/DC
3/5
Meat Puppets
2/5
Alexander 'Skip' Spence
1/5
Adam & The Ants
2/5
Michael Kiwanuka
4/5
Miles Davis
4/5
Lambchop
3/5
The Smashing Pumpkins
3/5
Jimmy Smith
3/5
Pet Shop Boys
2/5
1/5
This has to be a joke!?
The Isley Brothers
4/5
Christina Aguilera
4/5
Q-Tip
4/5
Herbie Hancock
5/5
Ray Charles
5/5
Joni Mitchell
4/5
Common
2/5
OutKast
5/5
Teenage Fanclub
2/5
Tricky
3/5
Beastie Boys
2/5
Tom Waits
3/5
Antony and the Johnsons
4/5
The Saints
2/5
Stevie Wonder
5/5
Since I'm now a grandfather, I guess I'll have to use this album as "granny bait." Outstanding...every track!
Taylor Swift
3/5
The Adverts
2/5
Black Sabbath
4/5
Frank Sinatra
3/5
Iron Maiden
1/5
Rocket From The Crypt
3/5
The Smiths
2/5
Talking Heads
3/5
Pet Shop Boys
2/5
Elton John
3/5
Missy Elliott
3/5
The Style Council
4/5
Dexys Midnight Runners
3/5
Dire Straits
3/5
Genesis
3/5
Television
3/5
4/5
Moby Grape
2/5
The Pretty Things
2/5
Supergrass
4/5
The White Stripes
3/5
Ozomatli
4/5
Finley Quaye
3/5
Bruce Springsteen
2/5
k.d. lang
3/5
Grateful Dead
3/5
Sigur Rós
2/5
The White Stripes
4/5
Hugh Masekela
5/5
The Doors
3/5
The Rolling Stones
3/5
Haha, I struggled with the only song written by The Stones themselves.
My Bloody Valentine
2/5
I felt like a zombie just gazing at my shoes. Not for me, dog.
David Bowie
4/5
Depeche Mode
3/5
The Auteurs
3/5
Elvis Presley
3/5
Fiona Apple
4/5
The Cramps
2/5
Mike Ladd
3/5
Well, I at least found it to be very creative hip-hop.
Blur
2/5
The Notorious B.I.G.
4/5
My wife hates his masaganistiic lyrics...I love his beats.
Ali Farka Touré
2/5
The The
3/5
Iggy Pop
2/5
Scott Walker
3/5
Lenny Kravitz
3/5
Madonna
3/5
Franz Ferdinand
3/5
Keith Jarrett
3/5
Mercury Rev
3/5
Sam Cooke
4/5
Willie Nelson
3/5
I thought Willie's voice/style worked well covering these classics.
Coldplay
4/5
Mott The Hoople
3/5
The Rolling Stones
2/5
Muddy Waters
3/5
Pavement
3/5
Violent Femmes
2/5
John Coltrane
4/5
Tim Buckley
2/5
Bruce Springsteen
1/5
Beck
5/5
My Bloody Valentine
3/5
Prince
5/5
Stunning! Prince was an absolute genius.
Pink Floyd
4/5
JAY Z
3/5
Japan
3/5
Johnny Cash
3/5
Nirvana
4/5
3/5
George Michael
4/5
Sly & The Family Stone
4/5
The Byrds
2/5
Led Zeppelin
4/5
The Jesus And Mary Chain
2/5
Buena Vista Social Club
4/5
Talvin Singh
4/5
It was like a modern version of a jazz experience. I found the music deep and interesting. Also, the sub-bass was well used
Marianne Faithfull
2/5
The Clash
2/5
Patti Smith
3/5
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
2/5
Sly & The Family Stone
3/5
Radiohead
3/5
Method Man
3/5
Run-D.M.C.
3/5
Bob Dylan
3/5
The Birthday Party
3/5
It's difference but it's not horrible like I was expecting.
Dr. Octagon
3/5
Astor Piazzolla
3/5
Otis Redding
4/5
James Taylor
3/5
Jane's Addiction
3/5
Dusty Springfield
3/5
Buzzcocks
2/5
Sebadoh
2/5
Michael Jackson
5/5
Earth, Wind & Fire
5/5
PJ Harvey
3/5
The Avalanches
4/5
Supertramp
4/5
Buffalo Springfield
3/5
Sugar
2/5
Primal Scream
3/5
The Rolling Stones
2/5
Joy Division
2/5
Paul Simon
3/5
Nina Simone
3/5
Led Zeppelin
4/5
Carole King
4/5
Creedence Clearwater Revival
3/5
Nirvana
4/5
Scott Walker
3/5
Mylo
4/5
Pixies
3/5
Talk Talk
2/5
Magazine
2/5
Throwing Muses
3/5
Bruce Springsteen
2/5
Napalm Death
1/5
The Slits
3/5
Cyndi Lauper
3/5
Dwight Yoakam
1/5
Is there a half star option?
Queen Latifah
3/5
The Crusaders
4/5
Public Enemy
3/5
Grizzly Bear
3/5
Soundgarden
3/5
Frank Zappa
3/5
Fairport Convention
3/5
Neil Young
2/5
Tito Puente
3/5
Nirvana
4/5
Britney Spears
2/5
I guess this is why I missed this decade for music. Way too poppie for me
Ice Cube
3/5
3/5
Super Furry Animals
3/5
Various Artists
4/5
Dinosaur Jr.
2/5
Snoop Dogg
4/5
Pixies
2/5
FKA twigs
3/5
The Police
3/5
The Mamas & The Papas
3/5
Throbbing Gristle
1/5
SZA
3/5
Bob Marley & The Wailers
3/5
Einstürzende Neubauten
1/5
Brian Eno
2/5
Björk
4/5
Beatles
5/5
Tom Waits
4/5
Stereo MC's
3/5
Led Zeppelin
3/5
Bob Marley & The Wailers
3/5
Cheap Trick
4/5
Parliament
3/5
The Everly Brothers
2/5
Kate Bush
2/5
The Beta Band
3/5
B.B. King
4/5
The Strokes
3/5
Joan Armatrading
4/5
David Bowie
3/5
Doves
3/5
Common
3/5
Arrested Development
4/5
Led Zeppelin
4/5
Marvin Gaye
3/5
Pavement
2/5
Beatles
5/5
The Zombies
2/5
Culture Club
3/5
Os Mutantes
2/5
Beck
4/5
Steely Dan
5/5
Supergrass
3/5
Pulp
2/5
The Specials
2/5
Kid Rock
3/5
System Of A Down
4/5
Blur
3/5
Elton John
3/5
The Who
2/5
Joni Mitchell
3/5
Stereolab
3/5
Carpenters
3/5
Nico
1/5
The Cars
3/5
The Cure
2/5
Paul McCartney and Wings
3/5
Eagles
3/5
David Bowie
3/5
Mudhoney
2/5
Brian Eno
3/5
Richard Hawley
3/5
Hot Chip
3/5
The Associates
2/5
Tom Waits
4/5
Jimi Hendrix
4/5
Dolly Parton
2/5
Elliott Smith
3/5
Ramblin' Jack Elliott
2/5
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
2/5
2/5
I hear chaotic dueling saxophones and an occasional hint of a tune
Daft Punk
2/5
Justice
3/5
Bee Gees
1/5
Jethro Tull
4/5
Morrissey
2/5
Dire Straits
3/5
Venom
1/5
The Smiths
3/5
Blood, Sweat & Tears
4/5
Beach House
3/5
Madness
3/5
Missy Elliott
3/5
Echo And The Bunnymen
2/5
Dinosaur Jr.
2/5
Terence Trent D'Arby
3/5
Milton Nascimento
4/5
The Cardigans
4/5
Adele
3/5
The Byrds
1/5
Slipknot
3/5
The drummer is the star in my book. Also, I feel that there is quite a bit of musical creativity that is, unfortunately, overwhelmed by the screammo.
Randy Newman
3/5
Maxwell
4/5
Richard Thompson
1/5
Curtis Mayfield
3/5
Butthole Surfers
1/5
Björk
2/5
John Cale
2/5
Pretenders
3/5
Bad Company
3/5
The Pogues
1/5
I felt like I was in a pub singing Irish drinking songs with folks who'd had one too many pints.
Kacey Musgraves
2/5
Tangerine Dream
3/5
Dexys Midnight Runners
3/5
Slade
3/5
The Mars Volta
4/5
Talking Heads
3/5
Brian Eno
2/5
Joni Mitchell
3/5
Taylor Swift
2/5
2/5
David Ackles
2/5
1/5
Youssou N'Dour
4/5
LCD Soundsystem
2/5
Roxy Music
2/5
Eminem
5/5
Femi Kuti
4/5
Todd Rundgren
1/5
Christina Aguilera
5/5
Paul McCartney
3/5
The Magnetic Fields
1/5
3 hours of strangeness.
Grant Lee Buffalo
2/5
American Music Club
2/5
Radiohead
3/5
New Order
3/5
Kings of Leon
4/5
Underworld
2/5
The Verve
2/5
The Boo Radleys
2/5
Aphex Twin
4/5
The Sensational Alex Harvey Band
3/5
The Damned
3/5
a-ha
3/5
It's just so dated.
Led Zeppelin
4/5
Manic Street Preachers
3/5
Siouxsie And The Banshees
2/5
Calexico
3/5
The Gun Club
3/5
This better than most punk, however it's just background music to me.
Neil Young
3/5
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
2/5
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
2/5
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
1/5
How do I describe auditory torture? Listening to this two hours of "a pickin' and a strummin' "
Def Leppard
2/5
The Divine Comedy
2/5
Jimi Hendrix
4/5
Faith No More
4/5
This is just so musically interesting! The styles on the tracks have great diversity.
Marilyn Manson
4/5
Simply Red
4/5
Very soulful and has aged well for an 80s album.
Cornershop
3/5
The Electric Prunes
1/5
Slipknot
4/5
Ali Farka Touré
3/5
Funkadelic
3/5
Not a typical Greorge Clinton sound. It felt more like background music.
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
3/5
The Hives
2/5
The Fall
2/5
Love
2/5
Shack
2/5
Garbage
3/5
The Doors
3/5
Tom Tom Club
4/5
The Beta Band
3/5
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
3/5
Brian Wilson
2/5
The Flying Burrito Brothers
1/5
Duke Ellington
4/5
Michael Jackson
5/5
Sheryl Crow
3/5
Leonard Cohen
2/5
He sounds like a creepy crooner to me.
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
3/5
Can
2/5
The Beach Boys
2/5
The Kinks
1/5
The Lemonheads
3/5
Kraftwerk
3/5
The Monkees
2/5
Malcolm McLaren
3/5
Serge Gainsbourg
3/5
Background music with a creepy whispering voice
Billy Joel
4/5
The National
2/5
I found this to be musically boring.
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
2/5
My word...Ghosteen sounded like a ghost-town. Yawn!
Suede
3/5
Van Morrison
4/5
Small Faces
2/5
Circle Jerks
2/5
Kanye West
3/5
Roni Size
4/5
Public Image Ltd.
3/5
The vocalist(s) remind me of untrained garage band singers. Too often they are out of tune. They are musically interesting, however.
The Police
4/5
Pixies
3/5
Bad Brains
3/5
Kings of Leon
2/5
Super Furry Animals
3/5
They received a score boost because Spike from Notting Hill was once a member
George Michael
3/5
Tina Turner
3/5
TV On The Radio
4/5
Ryan Adams
3/5
All of the country twang songs get a 2 for me. There are some more progressive song that brought the score up.
The Cult
2/5
Tom Waits
4/5
Tom Waits is just cool. Every time I listen to him I can imagine myself at a a table in a small club with a drink in my hand digging his vibe.
Deep Purple
3/5
Bill Evans Trio
4/5
Raekwon
3/5
Digital Underground
4/5
Incubus
4/5
Charles Mingus
4/5
The Monks
2/5
Spiritualized
2/5
John Grant
3/5
Janis Joplin
3/5
Joni Mitchell
3/5
Tori Amos
2/5
Jacques Brel
3/5
Black Sabbath
3/5
Tears For Fears
3/5
Alice In Chains
4/5
Peter Gabriel
4/5
R.E.M.
2/5
Marty Robbins
3/5
I got that warm and fuzzy feeling from childhood when I watched western movies.
Nas
3/5
The Mothers Of Invention
3/5
The xx
3/5
Peter Tosh
3/5
James Brown
2/5
Gene Clark
2/5
Bob Dylan
4/5
Funkadelic
3/5
Deep Purple
3/5
Baaba Maal
3/5
Paul Simon
4/5
Paul Simon
3/5
The Go-Go's
3/5
Metallica
4/5
Jorge Ben Jor
4/5
The Sabres Of Paradise
4/5
Guided By Voices
2/5
The Who
3/5
Beck
4/5
Genesis
3/5
Frankie Goes To Hollywood
2/5
Kings of Leon
3/5
Ray Price
2/5
ABBA
3/5
The Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy
5/5
The Youngbloods
3/5
Happy Mondays
3/5
Donovan
3/5
David Bowie
4/5
Sonic Youth
3/5
Willie Colón & Rubén Blades
4/5
Frank Sinatra
3/5
The Young Rascals
4/5
Hole
4/5
Pearl Jam
4/5
Bon Jovi
3/5
Motörhead
2/5
Van Morrison
2/5
Coldplay
4/5
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
3/5
Echo And The Bunnymen
2/5
Laura Nyro
3/5
Miles Davis
3/5
Brian Eno
3/5
Sufjan Stevens
3/5
Beth Orton
3/5
4/5
Portishead
3/5
Michael Jackson
5/5
3/5
3/5
The KLF
3/5
John Lee Hooker
3/5
Songhoy Blues
3/5
The Darkness
3/5
Cocteau Twins
2/5
John Lennon
3/5
Slayer
1/5
Every track sounds the same:/ Not for me, dog.
Queens of the Stone Age
3/5
Gang Of Four
2/5
Pink Floyd
3/5
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
3/5
Some good oldies
The Modern Lovers
2/5
Sounded like a band of high school boys from the 60s playing in someone's parents garage
The Smashing Pumpkins
3/5
Astrud Gilberto
3/5
Aimee Mann
1/5
Amy Winehouse
4/5
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
3/5
50 Cent
4/5
Orange Juice
3/5
Booker T. & The MG's
3/5
The Sugarcubes
3/5
Basement Jaxx
4/5
Fever Ray
3/5
Jah Wobble's Invaders Of The Heart
4/5
Peter Gabriel
2/5
David Gray
4/5
Steve Earle
1/5
808 State
3/5
Billy Bragg
2/5
Radiohead
4/5
U2
3/5
Brian Eno
2/5
Faust
3/5
Pink Floyd
3/5
Manu Chao
4/5
The Kinks
3/5
Frank Ocean
4/5
Lauryn Hill
4/5
The Dandy Warhols
4/5
Arcade Fire
3/5
Miriam Makeba
3/5
David Crosby
4/5
Scissor Sisters
4/5
Donald Fagen
4/5
TLC
4/5
Sarah Vaughan
4/5
Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
4/5
Little Simz
4/5
N.E.R.D
4/5
Elastica
4/5
Red Snapper
4/5
Aerosmith
3/5
Eels
4/5
Sonic Youth
2/5
Overly monotonistic sound.
The Shamen
3/5
Syd Barrett
2/5
Suicide
2/5
The song frankie sounded like a horror movie in my ears!
Anita Baker
5/5
Weather Report
4/5
Adele
4/5