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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Rock 'N Soul Solomon Burke	5	3.36	+1.64
Bossanova Pixies	5	3.38	+1.62
The Number Of The Beast Iron Maiden	5	3.59	+1.41
69 Love Songs The Magnetic Fields	4	2.85	+1.15
Superfuzz Bigmuff Mudhoney	4	2.94	+1.06

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Blackstar David Bowie	1	3.48	-2.48
Play Moby	1	3.47	-2.47
Too Rye Ay Dexys Midnight Runners	1	3.12	-2.12
Music For The Jilted Generation The Prodigy	1	3.07	-2.07
Millions Now Living Will Never Die Tortoise	1	2.88	-1.88
In Rainbows Radiohead	2	3.84	-1.84
All Things Must Pass George Harrison	2	3.82	-1.82
90 808 State	1	2.69	-1.69
L.A. Woman The Doors	2	3.67	-1.67
The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill Lauryn Hill	2	3.63	-1.63

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808 State

1/5

When I put it on the dog left the room.

3 likes

Too Rye Ay

Dexys Midnight Runners

1/5

Not a fan. Tried it and still not a fan. Would reconsider if I was in Ireland at an outside pub and wine drunk.

1 likes

1-Star Albums (6)

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Bridge Over Troubled Water

Simon & Garfunkel

3/5

1999

Prince

4/5

At Newport 1960

Muddy Waters

4/5

Can't Buy A Thrill

Steely Dan

3/5

Moon Safari

Air

2/5

Space sounds! While I do love a good planetarium sound I like it more ambient and the feeling I get from this album is more on the “whimsical/silly” end. Although “New Star in the Sky” was a good one!

Talking Book

Stevie Wonder

3/5

I appreciate it for what it is and I do dig synth.

Goodbye And Hello

Tim Buckley

2/5

Paul's Boutique

Beastie Boys

4/5

Rock 'N Soul

Solomon Burke

5/5

The background singers! Also, wish I lost my virginity to this album.

The ArchAndroid

Janelle Monáe

4/5

Play

Moby

1/5

I don’t get it.

Truth And Soul

Fishbone

2/5

I guess I appreciate the energy but I found it mostly irritating.

The Rolling Stones

4/5

Young British dudes covering American Blues? I’m down.

Exodus

Bob Marley & The Wailers

3/5

Just pretty isn’t it? Vibes like a summer day.

Deja Vu

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

4/5

Dudes all so good you gotta name em all right?

Ocean Rain

Echo And The Bunnymen

4/5

Am I giving this a 4 JUST for Killing Moon? You bet it am.

McCartney

Paul McCartney

2/5

Maybe I’m amazed is a banger but I think the rest would need to marinate with me to have a larger impact.

Millions Now Living Will Never Die

Tortoise

1/5

I actually checked to make sure my speakers were working. When I realized they were I didn’t understand why I was made to listen to someone experimenting with Apple’s Garage Band.

In Rainbows

Radiohead

2/5

I like Radiohead. But not I have to say I like MOST Radiohead because this one was a snoozer.

Court And Spark

Joni Mitchell

3/5

Her voice is like butter. I like the review about Stevie Nicks dropping acid while hearing this record. Overa, not my thing but that voice is indeed enchanting.

Music For The Jilted Generation

The Prodigy

1/5

I had to bail 5 songs in. I felt annoyed and like I was in a store at the mall that has nothing of interest to me. Even the track with “reverse Star Wars” was annoying.

One World

John Martyn

2/5

With my newfound love of Scotland I wanted to like this more.

Rejoicing In The Hands

Devendra Banhart

3/5

Do…I like more folk music than I thought?

Dookie

Green Day

3/5

Pure 1994 nostalgia. There are some bangers in here is still listen to regularly.

It's Blitz!

Yeah Yeah Yeahs

2/5

Dance/synth from the 2010s ish wouldn’t normally be my thing but I LOVE Karen’s vocals with it. That said, this isn’t my favorite album of theirs. Rating 2 stars because I know I like the latest album better.

Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo

Devo

4/5

Just imagine finding this when it was released in the late 70’s. Even weirder then!

Heavy Weather

Weather Report

3/5

Well this is a surprise! The second track reminded me of the suspense part of a muppets movie. And it just got a bit funkier from there! So happy to know this!

Eliminator

ZZ Top

2/5

It’s just not my style. It quickly fades into “background 80’s guitar” in a way I don’t find inspiring.

Blackstar

David Bowie

1/5

Wut.

Hunting High And Low

a-ha

3/5

This was solid! I of course never listened to the whole album and now I’m glad I did. Maybe I’ll dance to it at Manray one night.

Tanto Tempo

Bebel Gilberto

4/5

Well wasn’t this just lovely! I wouldn’t have thought to go Bossa Nova and I am so so happy we did!

Too Rye Ay

Dexys Midnight Runners

1/5

Not a fan. Tried it and still not a fan. Would reconsider if I was in Ireland at an outside pub and wine drunk.

All Things Must Pass

George Harrison

2/5

Sigh. I can’t get into the vibe. And it was so long it felt like a slog.

British Steel

Judas Priest

2/5

Cheesy.

Dirt

Alice In Chains

4/5

Early 90’s grunge! What’s not to love. Other than the drug worship lyrics. The sound influenced some of the bands I listen to today. Plus Would? from the Singles soundtrack? C’mon.

Henry's Dream

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

2/5

Dramatic vocals in a way I do not like.

Face to Face

The Kinks

3/5

I dig this energy! Some of these are familiar or maybe just been ripped off over time. Glad I finally got to listen to it!

The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady

Charles Mingus

4/5

I don’t often reach for jazz but when I come upon it and it’s good, I deeply appreciate it. This included.

Let It Bleed

The Rolling Stones

4/5

It’s a classic for a reason

The Sensual World

Kate Bush

2/5

So her voice is mysterious and pretty. I think maybe I just associate it with adult things I didn’t want to understand from the 80s? Like how mauve was a popular color?

Felt Mountain

Goldfrapp

3/5

This was confusing. Is it creepy clown music? Or is it hauntingly beautiful and strange? And why am I oddly captivated by it?

Halcyon Digest

Deerhunter

3/5

Seemed almost like more like “trip hop” than Indie rock at times, I dig it! Nice find!

At Mister Kelly's

Sarah Vaughan

4/5

Well isn’t this a lovely surprise! “Out yonder where the blue begins, The moon will guide us as we go drifting along…Let’s build a stairway to the stars”

Superfuzz Bigmuff

Mudhoney

4/5

90’s grunge so I already like it but the vocals and raw energy is so distinct! I just really like them.

Foo Fighters

2/5

Not their best. Gotta start somewhere though. Seeing it live is better than this production.

Appetite For Destruction

Guns N' Roses

4/5

The non major hits on this are even better than I thought!

Sunshine Hit Me

The Bees

2/5

It didn’t offend but didn’t hook me either.

L.A. Woman

The Doors

2/5

This morning I said “I like the Doors”. I realize now I meant “I like the EARLY Doors”. I admit I like Riders on the Storm but note how different it is from the rest of the album.

Nixon

Lambchop

3/5

I am in need of a very chill vibe right now so this started out on a high note for me. It was like a more modern day easy listening. And then it got weird. Giving it a 3 though cause of the vibe I needed.

Metallica

3/5

I like the earlier stuff better but this this at my 90’s heart strings.

Bossanova

Pixies

5/5

“ From distant star to this here bar The me, the you, where are we now? Hurray the blues of everyone ALLYSON” Enough said.

Songs In The Key Of Life

Stevie Wonder

3/5

So like the other Stevie album I’m going with a 3 because I do appreciate it for what it is. This whole album gives me Sesame Street flashbacks? I hadn’t heard Saturn before and I love it!!

The Number Of The Beast

Iron Maiden

5/5

Runn too the hiiiiiiillllls

808 State

1/5

When I put it on the dog left the room.

The Man Machine

Kraftwerk

2/5

I’d tap my toe to it in a waiting room.

Master Of Puppets

Metallica

4/5

I like to say “planetarium” instead of “sanitarium”. This one is sort of played to death in our home. I associate it with bar pizza. And now I’m hungry.

Joan Armatrading

3/5

What a tender jazzy little album! Love and Affection was JUST on a show I was watching so I was so happy to hear it again so soon!

The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill

Lauryn Hill

2/5

I know it’s important. It’s not my vibe.

Unhalfbricking

Fairport Convention

3/5

I admit it now. I like some folk. That Percy song also got me through some brutal traffic.

Fear Of A Black Planet