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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Freak Out! The Mothers Of Invention	5	2.84	+2.16
No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith (Live) Motörhead	5	3.06	+1.94
American Beauty Grateful Dead	5	3.24	+1.76
The Chronic Dr. Dre	5	3.33	+1.67
Brilliant Corners Thelonious Monk	5	3.33	+1.67
Endtroducing..... DJ Shadow	5	3.36	+1.64
Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire) The Kinks	5	3.39	+1.61
Maggot Brain Funkadelic	5	3.6	+1.4
Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) Wu-Tang Clan	5	3.61	+1.39
The Velvet Underground & Nico The Velvet Underground	5	3.62	+1.38

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Architecture And Morality Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark	1	3.05	-2.05
Highway to Hell AC/DC	2	3.66	-1.66
Chelsea Girl Nico	1	2.63	-1.63
The Number Of The Beast Iron Maiden	2	3.59	-1.59
Idlewild Everything But The Girl	1	2.58	-1.58
The Slider T. Rex	2	3.28	-1.28
Cross Justice	2	3.28	-1.28
Ocean Rain Echo And The Bunnymen	2	3.22	-1.22
Vivid Living Colour	2	3.2	-1.2
Permission to Land The Darkness	2	3.15	-1.15

5-Star Albums (15)

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Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire)

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Popular Reviews

No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith (Live)

Motörhead

5/5

Peak album from a band that was the best at what they did

3 likes

Who Killed...... The Zutons?

The Zutons

3/5

Meh. There were a few tracks I liked, but others that oddly annoyed me

1 likes

1-Star Albums (5)

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Maggot Brain

Funkadelic

5/5

Millions Now Living Will Never Die

Tortoise

4/5

Oedipus Schmoedipus

Barry Adamson

3/5

The Next Day

David Bowie

3/5

Queens of the Stone Age

4/5

The Velvet Underground & Nico

The Velvet Underground

5/5

Good Old Boys

Randy Newman

3/5

Talking Book

Stevie Wonder

5/5

Water From An Ancient Well

Abdullah Ibrahim

4/5

Sheer Heart Attack

Queen

4/5

Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire)

The Kinks

5/5

Permission to Land

The Darkness

2/5

Freak Out!

The Mothers Of Invention

5/5

Come Find Yourself

Fun Lovin' Criminals

2/5

Forever Changes

Love

3/5

B-52's

The B-52's

3/5

Electric Prunes

The Electric Prunes

2/5

American Beauty

Grateful Dead

5/5

Young Americans

David Bowie

3/5

Chelsea Girl

Nico

1/5

Kollaps

Einstürzende Neubauten

1/5

No thank you

Murmur

R.E.M.

4/5

One Nation Under A Groove

Funkadelic

4/5

Timeless

Goldie

3/5

Horses

Patti Smith

4/5

Tommy

The Who

4/5

Led Zeppelin II

Led Zeppelin

5/5

Solid through and through. Shout out to Willie Dixon

Pet Sounds

The Beach Boys

3/5

Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

3/5

Close To The Edge

Yes

4/5

Architecture And Morality

Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark

1/5

Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music

Ray Charles

3/5

In Utero

Nirvana

3/5

Some really good stuff on this album, although too much I just wanna skip past to give it any higher than 3/5

Come Away With Me

Norah Jones

4/5

The Undertones

3/5

Who Killed...... The Zutons?

The Zutons

3/5

Meh. There were a few tracks I liked, but others that oddly annoyed me

Qui sème le vent récolte le tempo

MC Solaar

4/5

Soooo solid. Legit 5 star French hip hop… although 4.3 US stars when you apply the exchange rate

Speakerboxxx/The Love Below

OutKast

4/5

Black Sabbath

4/5

Don't know if this is a 3 or a 4, but it’s definitely 1 star less than Paranoid… so, I listened to Paranoid and gave it a 5. Guess this is a 4?

Another Music In A Different Kitchen

Buzzcocks

3/5

Band On The Run

Paul McCartney and Wings

4/5

Ready To Die

The Notorious B.I.G.

4/5

Don't remember this album being like 15% intros and skits! Still great, but not quite a 5

Dr. Octagonecologyst

Dr. Octagon

4/5

Kool Keith/Dr. Octagon/Dr. Doom, you a bad mofo! I remember when this came out, if you didnt know, it was like you really didn't get hip hop (high school kids are judgey!). He's like the Finnegan's Wake of hip hop. Either you love it or don't get it

Microshift

Hookworms

3/5

Jazz Samba

Stan Getz

3/5

Delightfully average. Solid 3

Purple Rain

Prince

3/5

I like Prince sooo much more than I like Prince’s music. He's made some really good stuff, but the majority is just meh to me

Rust Never Sleeps

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

3/5

Never listened to a full Neil Young album. Was good, although nothing particularly remarkable

Surfer Rosa

Pixies

4/5

I feel surprisingly close to giving this a 5. Not my style, but this album planted one of the many seeds that became 90s alt rock, which feels pretty important, plus there's some real good songs here and it's solid from beginning to end, but still can't do it. Quantifying the qualitative is just tough, and I have to go with my gut over my brain when it comes to music. Solid 4

Vivid

Living Colour

2/5

For some of these tracks, I would have enjoyed reading the lyrics more than listening to the actual songs

Mama Said Knock You Out

LL Cool J

4/5

Frampton Comes Alive

Peter Frampton

4/5

Endtroducing.....

DJ Shadow

5/5

Game changing. Literally the first commercial album comprised entirely of samples. You couldn't even buy anything like this at the record store until DJ Shadow came around

Scum

Napalm Death

1/5

I'll acknowledge that this is music, although I don't have the ability to determine good from bad in this genre. All sounds the same, and I hope I never have to listen to this album again

Songs From The Big Chair

Tears For Fears

3/5

I know the hits, although never listened to a full album. I could have done without that

The Chronic

Dr. Dre

5/5

If you don't think this is a 5 star album then you’s a penguin-lookin’ motherfucker

Heartbreaker

Ryan Adams

3/5

Duck Rock

Malcolm McLaren

4/5

This was great. Such a fun album from a really cool point in hip hop history. Miss radio shows :(

Central Reservation

Beth Orton

3/5

Musical equivalent of petting an old cat. Enjoyable, a little redundant and unexciting, although still perfectly fine

Get Behind Me Satan

The White Stripes

3/5

Hearts And Bones

Paul Simon

3/5

Idlewild

Everything But The Girl

1/5

The Stone Roses

4/5

First few songs I felt like turning it off and coming back to it. Didn't think it was bad, just didn't feel like there was much to it and just wasn't in the mood to push through something I really didn't like for the sake of exploring new music. However, I'm glad I listened all the way through; there's some good stuff here. I am the Resurrection and Fools Gold ended this album on a high note. So solid. Definitely going to listen again

The Predator

Ice Cube

4/5

Angry Cube is dabest Cube

The Pleasure Principle

Gary Numan

3/5

No clue if it's true, but can't help but feel like Dan the Automator used more than 1 sample from this album to create the Dr. Octagonecologyst

Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space

Spiritualized

3/5

White Blood Cells

The White Stripes

4/5

The Number Of The Beast

Iron Maiden

2/5

Highway to Hell

AC/DC

2/5

At Folsom Prison

Johnny Cash

4/5

Good album, and thank you, Mr. Cash, for making it OK to sing about something “dark”. You changed American music

Trans Europe Express

Kraftwerk

3/5

Thank you for existing, you influenced so many other musicians, and I'm glad I listened to this album, although once was enough. Simplistic and sterile like a cold steel butcher’s table. What music would be if nobody had a soul. Or perhaps I just don't get it…

Basket of Light

Pentangle

4/5

That album sounded like my Spotify history, it was genre-diverse, although also sounded like nothing in my Spotify history. Jazzy in spots, folk rock throughout, some blues vibes, hints of chamber music, and even the occasional surprise sitar. Probably enjoyed it a little extra because it was new to me, but that was a super fun listen.

Brilliant Corners

Thelonious Monk

5/5

Monk has more than one 5 star album, and this is at least 4.5, so I'm rounding up. Sonny Rollins on sax, 5 songs, no let up, everyone gets a chance to do their thing. Just look at the album cover…

Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea

PJ Harvey

3/5

Patti Smith vibes, just not as good

The Wildest!

Louis Prima

3/5

Nothing's Shocking

Jane's Addiction

3/5

Crooked Rain Crooked Rain

Pavement

3/5

Nothing wrong with pavement, although also nothing special. Much like actual pavement

Like Water For Chocolate

Common

3/5

Good album, probably 4 stars, but can't get over how underwhelming the opening track is. Fela Kuti would have been disappointed

The Gershwin Songbook

Ella Fitzgerald

4/5

No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith (Live)

Motörhead

5/5

Peak album from a band that was the best at what they did

Let Love Rule

Lenny Kravitz

3/5

Morrison Hotel

The Doors

4/5

There was a time when this would have been an unquestionable 5 stars from me, and that would have been the case if I didn't relisten to the album. Maybe it's age, maybe I should have been day drinking while listening to this? Either way, there's a lot to appreciate here, just doesn't feel 5 stars

The Slider

T. Rex

2/5

Meat Puppets II

Meat Puppets

4/5

Knew the hits and that was it, had no idea they were this good. Great album

Neon Bible

Arcade Fire

4/5

Not the album to get into after a day of baseball, drinking, and sunshine, although just about right for the morning after. Glad I gave it a second chance. Did I hear cello? Glockenspiel? This is really well put together. Not something I'll likely go back to, but I can really appreciate what they put into this. Rounding up to 4 stars

L.A. Woman

The Doors

4/5

If I Should Fall From Grace With God

The Pogues

3/5

The soundtrack for Ireland if Disney added it to Epcot…

Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)

Wu-Tang Clan

5/5

Absolute game-changer. Before 36 Chambers, samples were limited to James Brown, Funkadelic, etc., then along comes RZA and you get Thelonious Monk, Barbara Streisand, etc., even Dick Van Dyke! Literally made the entire record store fodder for new music. Besides the beats and solid rhymes, you can't over look the unique production approach. As gritty and authentic as ODB! RZA is the Steve Albini of hip hop

Marcus Garvey

Burning Spear

4/5

Moss Side Story

Barry Adamson

2/5

…the soundtrack to movie I don't want to see

The Genius Of Ray Charles

Ray Charles

4/5

Master Of Puppets

Metallica

3/5

Real Life

Magazine

4/5

OK, have to acknowledge the influence these guys had on 80s punk and beyond. Heard of Magazine, mostly referenced by other musicians, although never explored their stuff myself. Not bad. The album rocks, although vocals detract a little bit. Also, found it odd to find out Barry Adamson was in the band. If I ignore my own musical tastes, this is 4 stars

Ocean Rain

Echo And The Bunnymen

2/5

Crime Of The Century

Supertramp

3/5

Tical

Method Man

4/5

White Light / White Heat

The Velvet Underground

2/5

A few good tracks, but mostly a collection of the worst Velvet Underground songs

Abbey Road

Beatles

5/5

Our Aim Is To Satisfy

Red Snapper

4/5

That was great. How haven't I heard this before?

Wild Is The Wind

Nina Simone

4/5

Great album. Four women is an amazing tune. Listened to this with a 19 year old black cat sitting on my lap, who seemed to dig it on a different level, although we both appreciated how the instruments complimented and didn't overwhelm the vocals. Perfect arrangement for a lazy Sunday afternoon

What's Going On

Marvin Gaye

3/5

Steve McQueen

Prefab Sprout

2/5

Steve McQueen would not approve

A Nod Is As Good As A Wink To A Blind Horse

Faces

3/5

Let It Bleed

The Rolling Stones