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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Bat Out Of Hell Meat Loaf	5	3.45	+1.55
Bummed Happy Mondays	4	2.64	+1.36
Californication Red Hot Chili Peppers	5	3.7	+1.3
Dire Straits Dire Straits	5	3.72	+1.28
Nixon Lambchop	4	2.75	+1.25
A Night At The Opera Queen	5	3.96	+1.04
Car Wheels On A Gravel Road Lucinda Williams	4	3	+1

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Be Common	1	3.34	-2.34
Paranoid Black Sabbath	2	4.2	-2.2
Arular M.I.A.	1	2.83	-1.83
Vincebus Eruptum Blue Cheer	1	2.8	-1.8
Wild Is The Wind Nina Simone	2	3.64	-1.64
Beggars Banquet The Rolling Stones	2	3.63	-1.63
The Atomic Mr Basie Count Basie & His Orchestra	2	3.5	-1.5
Dusty In Memphis Dusty Springfield	2	3.47	-1.47
James Brown Live At The Apollo James Brown	2	3.46	-1.46
Selected Ambient Works 85-92 Aphex Twin	2	3.21	-1.21

5-Star Albums (7)

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The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars

Popular Reviews

Peace Sells...But Who's Buying

Megadeth

2/5

Megadeth to my ears. Srsly, if they'd spend some time thinking about some nice transitions, melodies, composition this could've been a great album.

2 likes

4-Star Albums (20)

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

1-Star Albums (3)

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Who's Next

The Who

4/5

Timeless classic but the drums sound garbage

Blue

Joni Mitchell

4/5

Perfect date night music, actually pretty good

Aftermath

The Rolling Stones

4/5

One of their better albums, has some nice songs but not the most exciting album ever

Back To Black

Amy Winehouse

4/5

Nonaned extreme stimme undso und crazy album aber halt jz auch eher nit so catchy -- würd i wieder anhören aber nit wirklich täglich

To Pimp A Butterfly

Kendrick Lamar

3/5

wenn i für jedes nigga an euro bekomm brauch i nimmer hackeln gehen In other news: die letzten 4 oder so songs actually ziemlich gut, der anfang naja, semi würd i mal sagen (mir egal ob er air max hat oder schnelle autos toll findet)

At Mister Kelly's

Sarah Vaughan

3/5

Yeah well, it's an excellent voice and a pretty impressive album but I'm not a jazz guy i guess

This Year's Model

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

3/5

Hmm, nice but also a bit on the boring side. Apparently being named Elvis isn't enough.

Tracy Chapman

4/5

This album is the reason we can give 4 stars.

We Are Family

Sister Sledge

4/5

Ja schon nice eigentlich

Modern Kosmology

Jane Weaver

2/5

Probably wouldn't remember I listened to this

A Night At The Opera

Queen

5/5

This could be the perfect album. Potentially the best first 40 seconds on an album, ever. If they'd only went one prog step further and actually made the songs align better to each other. Great experience until around song 5. This could be a 6/5.

Elvis Presley

3/5

Hmm obviously great artist but also not immensely catchy

Car Wheels On A Gravel Road

Lucinda Williams

4/5

Drum sound *very* juicy

The Velvet Underground

4/5

3/5 but extra points for the sound which is sooo much better than jimi hendrix sounds which i listened to before

Electric Ladyland

Jimi Hendrix

3/5

Oh Jimi if you'd only have lived in a world with proper recording equipment. This album is a 5/5 if you're a weird guitar nerd, for everyone else probably more like a 3/5.

Violator

Depeche Mode

3/5

If every song is like missing the last 15% of greatness. Still good album but could be so much more.

Buena Vista Social Club

3/5

Feels like drinking cuba libre -- nice taste, well made, nothing too exciting.

Peace Sells...But Who's Buying

Megadeth

2/5

Megadeth to my ears. Srsly, if they'd spend some time thinking about some nice transitions, melodies, composition this could've been a great album.

3 + 3

The Isley Brothers

3/5

3+3=3 Bit boring but also good here and there. Who's that lady tho?

Are You Experienced

Jimi Hendrix

3/5

Bit rough around the edges.

Sound of Silver

LCD Soundsystem

3/5

Nice album actually, would be nice if the kraftwerky start would be embraced more throughout the album.

I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You

Aretha Franklin

3/5

Ain't my jam but good

Traffic

3/5

Hmm, average average -- not the most exciting album but also not bad.

James Brown Live At The Apollo

James Brown

2/5

objectively great but not my thing I suppose

The Cars

3/5

There are two songs on there with >100m streams. I have never listened to either one before. Thing is, I wouldn't have missed them either.

Sign 'O' The Times

Prince

3/5

Ain't shabby m8

Wild Is The Wind

Nina Simone

2/5

omg why are there SOOOO many of those 60s jazz albums. she obviously can sing but dude i had enough jazz on this list.

Arular

M.I.A.

1/5

New Forms

Roni Size

2/5

Good ideas on there. Would listen to that on a hot summer day while drinking in a bar if it's in the background but not on purpose.

Low-Life

New Order

3/5

Hmm, good bit could need a hook, something exciting or something which makes me want to listen again.

Blood On The Tracks

Bob Dylan

3/5

Difficult album. Obviously packed with crazy good songs but also not really too exciting throughout.

Garbage

4/5

That ain't garbage

(What's The Story) Morning Glory

Oasis

4/5

Well, probably a 4.8 but not good enough for a 5.

Bummed

Happy Mondays

4/5

Bam! Nice one oida!

Franz Ferdinand

3/5

Very solid 3.5 stars!

Ready To Die

The Notorious B.I.G.

4/5

Goooooooood

Blue Lines

Massive Attack

3/5

Perfect 3.4 stars album

Here's Little Richard

Little Richard

3/5

Felt a bit underwhelmed tbh

Twelve Dreams Of Dr. Sardonicus

Spirit

3/5

One of these albums I probably don't remember I listened to in a couple of days. It's not bad, it's just crazy average throughout the entire album.

Selling England By The Pound

Genesis

4/5

This album is at the absolute edge of being a crazy masterpiece, still they didn't manage to cross that line. Nearly every song wants me to push them a tiny inch more into the explosive power underlaying this album, yet they stay in calm and controllable waters. Potential 12/10.

Van Halen

4/5

Good album, would even be better without the song about sweet talking a women into having sex with him.

Common

1/5

Maybe I am just not a rap guy, maybe this album isn't actually this good. Anyways, it's simply a bit boring to listen to, it's like a sip of warm water.

Selected Ambient Works 85-92

Aphex Twin

2/5

Nearly fell asleep listening to this album.

Bubble And Scrape

Sebadoh

2/5

I guess they were highly influential but this album unfortunately lacks proper recording

Goodbye And Hello

Tim Buckley

3/5

Yeah well, like a sip of slightly warm water. I'd give it 2.5 but benefit of the doubt so 3.

Green

R.E.M.

3/5

Blood Sugar Sex Magik

Red Hot Chili Peppers

4/5

Weird but good weird.

Want Two

Rufus Wainwright

3/5

That has to be the weirdest intro ever. It's a very strange album and really not some easy listening but some of the songs are kinda good.

The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars

David Bowie

5/5

I mean, c'mon

Black Metal

Venom

2/5

holy moly make it stop. uninspired, boring and a weak voice, maybe i want my jazz albums back after all. i feel like i went to hell and back while listening to this cralbum (cralbum = crap album).

Back In Black

AC/DC

3/5

probably the best ac/dc album, which still makes it an ac/dc album after all

Sticky Fingers

The Rolling Stones

3/5

not a huge stones fan but ok album i guess

Night Life

Ray Price

3/5

Straight outta Sunday morning breakfast playlist. Extra points for the intro speech.

Music From The Penguin Cafe

Penguin Cafe Orchestra

3/5

Unexciting but not in a bad way; it's experimental but at least it's music, I guess? (Looking at you, Einstürzende Neubauten)

Future Days

Can

3/5

One CAN totally listen to this album and they CAN absolutely play their instruments! I guess this album CAN be your favourite album if you're very much into experimental stuff.

Blur

3/5

Well, guess Oasis won Britpop

Phaedra

Tangerine Dream

3/5

I mean it's not bad but it also feels like a 80's techno DJ rehersal session and it does not contain any real exiting moments

Californication

Red Hot Chili Peppers

5/5

Anything else than 5 stars would just be a disgrace

Hot Fuss

The Killers

4/5

Brutally good intro into the album, kinda could have made more out of the first song tho. The vocals don't carry the intro energy well I think. Obviously, there are a couple of pretty solid songs on there, overall it sounds a touch too much all-the-same to me. Solid 3.6/5 but cover art is nice so 4/5.

Rubber Soul

Beatles

3/5

Obviously an important album, just not too much of a beatles fan

Logical Progression

LTJ Bukem

2/5

Does honestly not offer enough to justify the slow emptiness

John Barleycorn Must Die

Traffic

2/5

This album feels like being stuck in traffic. You're comfortable, you have something to listen to, not total crap but also not the best radio station ever. But ultimately, you wait for it to end.

Dusty In Memphis

Dusty Springfield

2/5

ahhhh why are there SO MANY albums which are just the same soft blues jazz country on this list? shes singing great, the album is just boring tho

Rumours

Fleetwood Mac

5/5

i knew this is a 5/5 before listening. favorite song is the rope for sure!

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

The Kinks

4/5

Solid, well aged album. 3.5 stars but extra points for the consistency throughout all songs.

Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul

Otis Redding

3/5

hour 356 of listening to 60s blues mash songs which were surely all nice by then but now are kinda meh (unfortunately also thanks to the garbage recordings back then)

Stand!

Sly & The Family Stone

3/5

if i have to listen to another album of which the cover is a washed out, bad arrangement of even worse lit musicians on stages with different colored lights, i think i'll go insane music wise its ok and definetly better than the usual album of which the cover is a washed out, bad arrangement of even worse lit musicians on stages with different colored lights because there is at least some excitement and variation in there.

The Trinity Session

Cowboy Junkies

3/5

its actually quite good and her voice is great. could have a bit more going on tho and could have a bit more memorizable songs

Giant Steps

The Boo Radleys

3/5

I am Thinking of Ways to like this album more but ultimately it was kinda boring tbh.

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

3/5

Not bad but also not an album I'd miss I think.

Nilsson Schmilsson

Harry Nilsson

3/5

Imagine you have a honestly great album, arguably nearly 5 stars after 6 songs and then you butcher it with a fucking COCONUT song?! Honestly, strong start but second half couldn't keep up.

Vincebus Eruptum

Blue Cheer

1/5

They should probably try to re-record that once they're sober again. Complete torture.

Signing Off

UB40

3/5

Drums sound amazing, band is great, music is kinda boring tho.

The Sensational Alex Harvey Band

3/5

Najo, 3/5

Gentlemen