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You Love More Than Most
Albums you rated higher than global average
| Album | You | Global | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chelsea Girl | 5 | 2.63 | +2.37 |
| Third/Sister Lovers | 5 | 2.79 | +2.21 |
| The Gilded Palace Of Sin | 5 | 2.93 | +2.07 |
| Eli And The Thirteenth Confession | 5 | 2.94 | +2.06 |
| For Your Pleasure | 5 | 2.98 | +2.02 |
| Imperial Bedroom | 5 | 3.01 | +1.99 |
| I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight | 5 | 3.05 | +1.95 |
| Time (The Revelator) | 5 | 3.06 | +1.94 |
| Armed Forces | 5 | 3.09 | +1.91 |
| Rid Of Me | 5 | 3.11 | +1.89 |
You Love Less Than Most
Albums you rated lower than global average
| Album | You | Global | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|
| Haut de gamme / Koweït, rive gauche | 1 | 2.61 | -1.61 |
| Darkdancer | 1 | 2.59 | -1.59 |
| Straight Outta Compton | 2 | 3.51 | -1.51 |
| Ready To Die | 2 | 3.37 | -1.37 |
| The Downward Spiral | 2 | 3.35 | -1.35 |
| Exit Planet Dust | 2 | 3.16 | -1.16 |
| 3 Years, 5 Months And 2 Days In The Life Of... | 2 | 3.15 | -1.15 |
| Street Life | 2 | 3.09 | -1.09 |
| Music For The Jilted Generation | 2 | 3.07 | -1.07 |
| Floodland | 2 | 3.04 | -1.04 |
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| Artist | Albums | Average |
|---|---|---|
| David Bowie | 5 | 5 |
| Prince | 3 | 5 |
| Radiohead | 6 | 4.33 |
| Bob Dylan | 4 | 4.5 |
| Bruce Springsteen | 4 | 4.5 |
| Stevie Wonder | 3 | 4.67 |
| Simon & Garfunkel | 3 | 4.67 |
| Elvis Costello & The Attractions | 3 | 4.67 |
| Pixies | 3 | 4.67 |
| The Who | 3 | 4.67 |
| Led Zeppelin | 2 | 5 |
| Pulp | 2 | 5 |
| The Kinks | 2 | 5 |
| Elliott Smith | 2 | 5 |
| Steely Dan | 2 | 5 |
| Pink Floyd | 2 | 5 |
| Joni Mitchell | 2 | 5 |
| Fleetwood Mac | 2 | 5 |
| Big Star | 2 | 5 |
| Nirvana | 2 | 5 |
| Neil Young & Crazy Horse | 2 | 5 |
| R.E.M. | 2 | 5 |
| Coldplay | 2 | 5 |
| Beatles | 2 | 5 |
| Black Sabbath | 3 | 4.33 |
| Jimi Hendrix | 3 | 4.33 |
| Neil Young | 3 | 4.33 |
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Supergrass
4/5
Great album with tight, catchy songs. Not much to add, really.
4 stars/8.5 out of 10
Best songs: Late In the Day, Richard III, Sun Hits the Sky, Going Out
Led Zeppelin
5/5
Always liked this album a lot but some of it never fully connected with me. On this listen a lot of it came together more. Still feel like it’s 4 or 5 songs too long but there’s so much great stuff it’s easy to overlook.
4.5 stars/9 out of 10
Carole King
5/5
Such a homey, lovely, plaintive album. Almost perfect, the song Smackwater Jack only flaw throughout the whole album.
5 stars
9.6 out of 10
Talking Heads
4/5
Not my absolute favorite Talking Heads but a great album. I prefer Fear of Music and Buildings and Food more.
Low 4.5 stars
8.9 out of 10
Radiohead
5/5
What is there to say about this album that hasn’t already been said? Really great but I like OK Computer and The Bends a little more.
4.5 stars (rounding up to 5 here)
9.2 out of 10
Hüsker Dü
4/5
Very good double album that would have been a fantastic single album. Loved Ice Cold Ice, Could You Be The One, She Floated Away and Charity, Chasity, Prudence and Hope.
4 stars
8.4 out of 10
Songhoy Blues
3/5
3.5 stars
7.5 out of 10
Ice Cube
4/5
Great album. I always preferred Ice Cube’s flow to most 90s era rappers.
4 stars
8.6 out of 10
Meat Puppets
4/5
Pulp
5/5
The best Britpop album. Easy.
5 stars
Garbage
4/5
I loved this album as a teenager and guess what? I still love it now! It still holds up. Love Shirley’s attitude. She’s a badass.
4.5 stars
9.2 out of 10
TV On The Radio
4/5
Very cool album by a band that I always liked but never got fully into for some dumb reason. Definitely an album I’ll return to.
High 4 stars
8.6 out of 10
The Beach Boys
5/5
The Killers
4/5
Gillian Welch
5/5
Great album. Heard it years ago and it was better than I remember. Title track is my favorite.
4.5 stars
Donovan
4/5
Groovy album. Fan of Donovan’s hippy dippy far out thing.
4 stars
5/5
Fatboy Slim
3/5
Had this CD years ago. Hits are the clear highlights.
Low 3 stars.
Nitin Sawhney
2/5
Nice and boring, like something that plays in a new age shop while you shop for crystals.
2.5 stars
The Residents
2/5
This album is very unsettling. Now, I don’t mind unsettling but this is a bit too much for me. I get what they are doing. But I’m not sure I like it too much.
Ok, I kind of like Lizard Lady. That’s kind of funny.
But I think it is hard to tolerate this for 35 minutes.
2 stars
Muddy Waters
4/5
Shack
2/5
This is mostly a pretty pleasant but bland album. Why is this here? Nothing special and it’s way too long.
2.5 stars
Pavement
4/5
Heard this years and years ago and kind of hated it. I guess my ears have matured a lot and now I dig this.
4 stars
Big Brother & The Holding Company
4/5
The Go-Go's
5/5
Exhilarating, succinct pop songs. One of my favorite albums of the 1980s.
5 stars
Lupe Fiasco
3/5
Some very good songs: Kick, Push; Real, Daydreaming, Hurt Me Soul, AmericanTerrorist. Too long of an album. If trimmed could have been a 4 star album. As it stands:3.5 stars, 3 for this site.
Frank Black
3/5
Pretty good but too long!
3.5 stars, 3 stars for this project
The Temptations
4/5
Fantastic first half of the album. Ok second half. That equals 3.5 stars. Soooo…..I’ll be nice and round this up to 4.
Destiny's Child
2/5
Very puzzling entry. Is it because Beyoncé is involved? Quite possibly.
Best songs are the singles and Samantha Sang/Bee Gee’s cover. This album also showcases Beyoncé’s biggest flaw: her tendency to over sing. LOTS OF FILLER.
2.5 stars
Donald Fagen
4/5
Lovely smooth easy-listening deliciousness.
4.5 stars
4 for this project
Roxy Music
5/5
OutKast
3/5
Elliott Smith
5/5
Ian Dury
4/5
I like this! Not a perfect album but lots of fun. Favorite tracks include: Wake Up and Make Love to Me, Blockheads, Clever Trevor
3.5 stars but rounding up to 4 on this project.
The Velvet Underground
4/5
I can finally admit to liking Velvet Underground now I guess. Really cool
album.
4 stars
King Crimson
4/5
Doves
3/5
Another blandish-post Britpop band on this list. This is ok, but not doing too much for me.
Ryan Adams
3/5
Blur
4/5
Going 4 on this, always liked this album a lot but it is a bit too long. There’s an easy 4.5 to 5 star album here if they trimmed it down a bit.
King Crimson
4/5
Travis
3/5
Very nice pleasant album. 3.5 stars but 3 for this site.
Stevie Wonder
5/5
Buena Vista Social Club
3/5
Nice pleasant listen, seems like a mood album. When you are in the right mood it’s might be a fantastic album. That said I’m going 3.5 for this and 3 for the project.
Steely Dan
5/5
Probably my favorite Steely Dan album. Easy 5 stars.
Roni Size
2/5
David Bowie
5/5
John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers
4/5
Eagles
4/5
Pink Floyd
5/5
The Byrds
4/5
ABBA
4/5
Very enjoyable listen. Not a masterpiece by any means but well put together. Easy 4 stars.
Simon & Garfunkel
5/5
Joni Mitchell
5/5
Tears For Fears
5/5
Tom Waits
4/5
Fleetwood Mac
5/5
Sister Sledge
3/5
Van Morrison
4/5
The La's
3/5
Very nice but not essential
Billy Joel
4/5
Talking Heads
4/5
Elis Regina
3/5
Amy Winehouse
4/5
The Smashing Pumpkins
4/5
Giant Sand
3/5
Happy Mondays
3/5
Fine, kind of grates after a while.
Linkin Park
3/5
The Crusaders
2/5
My Bloody Valentine
4/5
3.5 as an album, but 4 for this. Loveless is a huge step above this. Great debut though.
Siouxsie And The Banshees
4/5
Fishbone
3/5
Putting 3.5 for RYM site but 3 for here. Lacks passion though it’s well played and performed. Does have cool moments. Freddie’s Dead is cool.
Hanoi Rocks
2/5
Why is this here? It’s ok, I guess.
Cheap Trick
4/5
Nick Drake
4/5
The Cure
3/5
Big Star
5/5
Nirvana
5/5
Sonic Youth
4/5
Madness
3/5
Franz Ferdinand
4/5
Frank Sinatra
4/5
The Sonics
4/5
Fun! 4 stars.
Count Basie & His Orchestra
3/5
Entertaining but a bit samey throughout.
The Streets
3/5
Sly & The Family Stone
4/5
Jane's Addiction
4/5
Belle & Sebastian
4/5
Elvis Costello
5/5
Nine Inch Nails
2/5
Cocteau Twins
5/5
Black Sabbath
4/5
Jimi Hendrix
5/5
Dolly Parton
4/5
John Lennon
4/5
Saint Etienne
3/5
Elliott Smith
5/5
Dire Straits
4/5
Sparks
4/5
Paul Simon
5/5
The Police
4/5
Depeche Mode
4/5
Eminem
3/5
Pink Floyd
5/5
Echo And The Bunnymen
4/5
Neil Young
4/5
Prince
5/5
Various Artists
5/5
The War On Drugs
4/5
High 4 stars
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
5/5
David Bowie
5/5
LCD Soundsystem
3/5
Jimi Hendrix
4/5
Peter Tosh
4/5
Radiohead
4/5
Stevie Wonder
4/5
Sinead O'Connor
4/5
Queen
4/5
Sex Pistols
3/5
Stan Getz
3/5
Simon & Garfunkel
4/5
The Dictators
2/5
The Kinks
5/5
The Smiths
4/5
The Doors
3/5
3.5 stars.
Yes
4/5
Creedence Clearwater Revival
4/5
Simon & Garfunkel
5/5
4/5
Buddy Holly & The Crickets
4/5
New York Dolls
4/5
2/5
Robert Wyatt
2/5
Ramones
4/5
Beastie Boys
4/5
Tori Amos
5/5
Amy Winehouse
5/5
Miriam Makeba
4/5
Sebadoh
2/5
Lloyd Cole And The Commotions
4/5
Gorillaz
3/5
Elton John
5/5
A Tribe Called Quest
4/5
Meat Loaf
4/5
PJ Harvey
5/5
Calexico
3/5
Digital Underground
2/5
Bill Evans Trio
3/5
Pretty cool live jazz album. Starts off kind of slow but picks up steam at the end. All Of You was pretty awesome. 3.5 stars for RYM and 3 for the site.
R.E.M.
5/5
My favorite REM album.
Don McLean
3/5
Nice, harmless singer/songwriter fare. 3.5 stars. Title track, Vincent, Empty Chairs the highlights.
Fela Kuti
3/5
Nina Simone
5/5
The Divine Comedy
4/5
Spiritualized
3/5
Ray Charles
4/5
Very nice, but has a strong easy listening vibe that is a bit too strong. BUT, it is Ray Charles so it’s highly tolerable. 3.5 stars but I’m bumping it to 4 on this site because I’m a nice person.
The Yardbirds
4/5
Justice
3/5
Janis Joplin
5/5
Pulp
5/5
Cocker’s lyrics are a delight on this. Almost as good as Different Class. 4.5 stars but 5 on site.
Queen
4/5
The Birthday Party
2/5
John Coltrane
5/5
Willie Nelson
4/5
4/5
Nick Drake
5/5
Jimmy Smith
3/5
Mylo
3/5
Frank Ocean
4/5
Youssou N'Dour
3/5
Stevie Wonder
5/5
T. Rex
4/5
The Byrds
4/5
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
4/5
Miles Davis
3/5
Black Sabbath
4/5
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
4/5
Jurassic 5
3/5
Big Star
5/5
Taylor Swift
4/5
Peter Frampton
3/5
Steve Winwood
3/5
Iron Maiden
4/5
Ray Charles
3/5
Television
5/5
Bob Dylan
5/5
Jefferson Airplane
4/5
3/5
The xx
3/5
Joe Ely
4/5
Fiona Apple
5/5
Joni Mitchell
5/5
Guns N' Roses
4/5
Deerhunter
4/5
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
5/5
Radiohead
4/5
Pixies
5/5
The Who
4/5
Koffi Olomide
1/5
N.W.A.
2/5
Prince
5/5
Carpenters
3/5
The Afghan Whigs
4/5
Prince
5/5
Eric Clapton
4/5
Joanna Newsom
3/5
The Black Crowes
4/5
The Isley Brothers
4/5
Elastica
5/5
Jack White
3/5
Thin Lizzy
4/5
The Chemical Brothers
2/5
Merle Haggard
3/5
B.B. King
4/5
Led Zeppelin
5/5
Slayer
4/5
Doves
4/5
Iron Maiden
3/5
Wilco
5/5
Fleetwood Mac
5/5
The Cure
3/5
Curtis Mayfield
4/5
Boards of Canada
2/5
Rage Against The Machine
3/5
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
5/5
U2
4/5
Sometime I think, ugh, U2. Great. Then I listen to one of their albums and I think, yeah, this is very good. And that’s what I think of U2. A very good band that was shoved down our throats in the 80s and 90s as the best band out there, when they were merely a very good band. And this is a very good album. Definitely not a masterpiece, there’s some filler. The hits are great. 4 stars.
Black Sabbath
5/5
Blondie
5/5
Power-pop masterpiece and their best album. 5 stars.
Lenny Kravitz
3/5
System Of A Down
3/5
CHIC
4/5
Really enjoyed this. Funky, pretty, tasteful. Solid 4 stars.
Robbie Williams
2/5
Lame-o. I remember they really tried to make Robbie famous and the States but it just didn’t work. We saw through his bad boy persona and saw that he was a tool. Blahhhh.
2 stars
Simple Minds
3/5
Kind of mopey, a bit samey, a bit monotonous. The singles on the album save it from a lower rating. Another puzzling entry for this book.
3 stars
The Adverts
3/5
Pretty good punk album.
3.5 stars
The Stooges
4/5
Ladysmith Black Mambazo
3/5
Dolly Parton
4/5
Jeff Buckley
5/5
Brian Eno
4/5
Sonic Youth
4/5
Japan
4/5
Really cool album with awesome bass playing.
David Bowie
5/5
Run-D.M.C.
3/5
Dexys Midnight Runners
4/5
Really cool album. Has a surprising element of confessional songwriting. I think I understand why Rowland is highly regarded in his country.
The Notorious B.I.G.
2/5
The Mothers Of Invention
2/5
OutKast
4/5
Suede
4/5
David Bowie
5/5
This is great! Love David’s singing on this and the backing vocals are A+. Only misstep is The Beatles cover. Everything else is luscious. 4.5 stars but will round up to 5 for this project.
JAY Z
3/5
Janet Jackson
3/5
3.5 stars, great singles with ok filler
Jimi Hendrix
4/5
Fugazi
3/5
Bebel Gilberto
4/5
Nice easy listening Brazilian music. Good music to clean the house to. 3.5 stars but rounding up to 4 here.
R.E.M.
5/5
Deep Purple
4/5
Fela Kuti
3/5
Echo And The Bunnymen
4/5
Nirvana
5/5
Green Day
4/5
Taylor Swift
3/5
Red Hot Chili Peppers
4/5
Bob Marley & The Wailers
4/5
Really cool album, much preferred the second half of the album. Stir It Up is so sublime.
Neneh Cherry
3/5
Paul McCartney and Wings
5/5
Red Hot Chili Peppers
4/5
Leonard Cohen
4/5
Brian Wilson
4/5
Booker T. & The MG's
3/5
AC/DC
4/5
Jane's Addiction
4/5
Lou Reed
4/5
4/5
The Stooges
3/5
Bob Dylan
5/5
Bruce Springsteen
4/5
The Pharcyde
3/5
Fever Ray
4/5
Michael Jackson
4/5
808 State
3/5
Culture Club
3/5
3.5
Sufjan Stevens
3/5
3.5
Kate Bush
5/5
Drive Like Jehu
3/5
The Byrds
4/5
Thelonious Monk
4/5
Tangerine Dream
3/5
The United States Of America
4/5
Radiohead
5/5
Quicksilver Messenger Service
3/5
Fleet Foxes
4/5
Cyndi Lauper
5/5
Rod Stewart
5/5
The Police
3/5
3.5
Coldplay
5/5
Sisters Of Mercy
2/5
Britney Spears
2/5
4/5
Michael Jackson
4/5
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
3/5
Finally, a Nick Cave album I think is decent! Love the duets the most. 3.5 stars.
My Bloody Valentine
2/5
No melodies anywhere. At least Loveless and Isn’t Anything had them.
2 stars
Adele
4/5
Arcade Fire
4/5
The Black Keys
4/5
Frank Zappa
3/5
Marty Robbins
3/5
Nico
5/5
Hugh Masekela
3/5
Solomon Burke
3/5
The Rolling Stones
5/5
The Electric Prunes
2/5
Radiohead
5/5
Duke Ellington
3/5
David Gray
3/5
Patti Smith
5/5
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
5/5
Megadeth
3/5
Alanis Morissette
5/5
Finley Quaye
2/5
Spiritualized
2/5
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
4/5
Johnny Cash
4/5
Circle Jerks
3/5
The Psychedelic Furs
4/5
Dr. Dre
3/5
Beastie Boys
4/5
Coldplay
5/5
Bruce Springsteen
5/5
Snoop Dogg
4/5
The Chemical Brothers
3/5
Norah Jones
4/5
Billy Bragg
4/5
Neil Young
5/5
The Style Council
2/5
Michael Jackson
3/5
The Who
5/5
Radiohead
3/5
Ali Farka Touré
3/5
Muddy Waters
3/5
Deee-Lite
3/5
Sonic Youth
4/5
Wu-Tang Clan
5/5
Marvin Gaye
5/5
Mott The Hoople
3/5
Ryan Adams
4/5
Yes
4/5
The Dave Brubeck Quartet
5/5
Fats Domino
3/5
Wild Beasts
3/5
The Verve
4/5
Dusty Springfield
5/5
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
2/5
Little Simz
4/5
The Band
5/5
Bonnie "Prince" Billy
4/5
The Jesus And Mary Chain
3/5
Steely Dan
5/5
Public Image Ltd.
2/5
Pixies
4/5
The Go-Betweens
4/5
Sheryl Crow
4/5
Bob Dylan
4/5
Neil Young
4/5
The Temptations
4/5
Earth, Wind & Fire
4/5
The Smiths
4/5
Robert Wyatt
4/5
The Clash
5/5
Fairport Convention
5/5
Bruce Springsteen
5/5
Malcolm McLaren
2/5
The xx
3/5
Arrested Development
2/5
Funkadelic
4/5
Kacey Musgraves
4/5
Soft Machine
2/5
Elbow
4/5
Neu!
3/5
Caetano Veloso
4/5
CHVRCHES
5/5
Pixies
5/5
The Charlatans
2/5
Bonnie Raitt
3/5
Scritti Politti
4/5
Talvin Singh
2/5
Tom Waits
4/5
Les Rythmes Digitales
1/5
Super lame!!!!! Laughably terrible. And is he opening a can of soda on his album cover?
He also looks like Seth Green from Can’t Hardly Wait. Very 1999 album cover.
The Pogues
3/5
Slade
3/5
Richard Thompson
5/5
Rush
4/5
Bob Dylan
4/5
Beatles
5/5
Bruce Springsteen
4/5
The Strokes
4/5
George Michael
3/5
Alexander 'Skip' Spence
3/5
White Denim
4/5
Living Colour
4/5
David Ackles
3/5
American Music Club
3/5
The Good, The Bad & The Queen
3/5
Johnny Cash
4/5
Deep Purple
5/5
Public Enemy
3/5
Sarah Vaughan
4/5
The Auteurs
4/5
Laura Nyro
5/5
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
5/5
Leonard Cohen
4/5
The Prodigy
2/5
Beatles
5/5
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
3/5
John Martyn
4/5
Marvin Gaye
4/5
Billie Holiday
3/5
Madonna
4/5
Beck
4/5
The Flying Burrito Brothers
5/5
Scissor Sisters
4/5
The Jam
4/5
Keith Jarrett
4/5
Frank Sinatra
4/5
Goldfrapp
4/5
Germs
2/5
Paul McCartney
5/5
The Who
5/5
David Bowie
5/5
Jeff Beck
4/5