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3.21
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You Love More Than Most

AlbumYouGlobalDiff
Swordfishtrombones
Tom Waits
5 2.94 +2.06
Connected
Stereo MC's
5 2.94 +2.06
Music From The Penguin Cafe
Penguin Cafe Orchestra
5 3.02 +1.98
Teenage Head
Flamin' Groovies
5 3.02 +1.98
Modern Kosmology
Jane Weaver
5 3.08 +1.92
The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter
The Incredible String Band
4 2.15 +1.85
Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)
Eurythmics
5 3.24 +1.76
Something Else By The Kinks
The Kinks
5 3.25 +1.75
Since I Left You
The Avalanches
5 3.28 +1.72
Fun House
The Stooges
5 3.28 +1.72

You Love Less Than Most

AlbumYouGlobalDiff
Thriller
Michael Jackson
1 4.22 -3.22
Kind Of Blue
Miles Davis
1 4.04 -3.04
Sheer Heart Attack
Queen
1 3.62 -2.62
Songs For Swingin' Lovers!
Frank Sinatra
1 3.51 -2.51
The Atomic Mr Basie
Count Basie & His Orchestra
1 3.5 -2.5
My Generation
The Who
1 3.4 -2.4
Iron Maiden
Iron Maiden
1 3.4 -2.4
The Downward Spiral
Nine Inch Nails
1 3.36 -2.36
Ready To Die
The Notorious B.I.G.
1 3.36 -2.36
xx
The xx
1 3.35 -2.35

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Pixies 2 5
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Yeah Yeah Yeahs 2 5
The Kinks 2 5

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The xx 2 1
Iron Maiden 2 1.5
Frank Sinatra 2 1.5

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The Queen Is Dead by The Smiths
Sep 09 2024

Alright like. To be fair, the two greatest hits albums have all the best smiths songs, which makes the albums defunkt...

Sep 10 2024

Lisstened to this album a gozillion times. Certainly enough times for one life. I can quite explain why it now annoys me and has done for a long while. Wrote the above during the first song when the buzzy low tones were wigging out my laptop speakers. Album gets better as it goes on and chills out. Really it just reminds me of a dick scottish person i used to work with who played it over and over agin when he used to wash the boat. Cant escape the negative connotations.

Sep 11 2024

Cant listen to this one in front of the kids. Not becasue i dont like swearing, its just that I can be arsed to deal with being asked what a motherfucker is right now. Express yourself is the best track. Reminds me of quiggins in liverpool. The crazy old retro vintage department store. You had to go here to buy records and tee shirts like this before the internet. Dope album, for sure a cornerstone of rap music, but not really my thang...

The Downward Spiral by Nine Inch Nails
Sep 12 2024

There is a reason that the US military use Nine Inch Nails music as a form of torture in places Guantanamo Bay and Abu Ghraib. Because its unbearable.

Electric Warrior by T. Rex
Sep 13 2024

At last something I've wanted to listed to. Marc Bolan was for sure a genius. I once met a guy called Marc who's mum named.him after Marc Bolan, and his initials were also M.A.R.C.... Cosmic dancer is a a proper song. It is used so well on the opening scene of the film Billy Elliott. Bolan's guitar is easily recognisable throughout the album.

American Idiot by Green Day
Sep 17 2024

This album reminds me of winter in Cannes when it came out it. Coincidentally I was in Cannes when it came up in the list. Some Jungian synchronicity shit going on there.... The music is alright like. The way the songs seamlessly meld into one another is a bit weird.... At the time it was a bit weird hearing Americans show any anti American sentiment, so that was cool.

Music From The Penguin Cafe by Penguin Cafe Orchestra
Sep 18 2024

I resisted the temptation to Google this album and artist before the review..... Never heard this music before but it feels nostalgic and familiar.... What an amazing sound. Vibrant and youthful. Sumptuous strings and cranking keys. Sounds like some sort of amazing theme tune to a TV show or semi Avant Garde film.... This is what I came to this list for! To be exposed to good old shit that's new to me.

Kid A by Radiohead
Sep 23 2024

Overrated

Tea for the Tillerman by Cat Stevens
Sep 25 2024

Not a bad song in the album.... Weird how loads of people freaked out that he changed his name to Yusuf, when he was called bloody CAT before. I've never met a man called cat.

Want Two by Rufus Wainwright
Sep 26 2024

listened to track one and gave up

Moondance by Van Morrison
Oct 07 2024

Can only listen to so much van the man.... It's the combination of his fake American accent, and the jazziness of it all. I want to like it more.

Tracy Chapman by Tracy Chapman
Oct 08 2024

"everything is so political nowadays" seems like it always was. Great album. Makes me and probably thousands of others want to pickup a guitar and play.

Ready To Die by The Notorious B.I.G.
Oct 09 2024

Shite. Too noisy.

Swordfishtrombones by Tom Waits
Oct 11 2024

Belter album. Can't wait to listen to it with the kids..... Best song for me is Frank's wild years. Blazing imagery.

Hard Again by Muddy Waters
Oct 14 2024

Need to listen again. Love that guitar tone.

The Fat Of The Land by The Prodigy
Oct 15 2024

couple of belters and plenty of filler. Listened on a short road trip and my mates couldnt handle it. Had to listen to some Ray Lamontagne to chill the fuck out.

The Wildest! by Louis Prima
Oct 16 2024

Megga boppy can't wait to play it for the kids.

The Pleasure Principle by Gary Numan
Oct 17 2024

How the fuck did Gary numan get a time machine and travel into two different decades to ripoff mgmt and basement jax to record that mashup for the song M.E.?.... Mint album.

I'm Your Man by Leonard Cohen
Oct 18 2024

Disjointed and anachronistic but some good.

xx by The xx
Oct 21 2024

irritated the fuck out of me when it vcame out and it was everywhere, all supermarkets, car radios, barber shops, pre gig warm up music, old lady ballroom dances, played this album. Watchin the live performaces of the girl playin one note repeatedly on a 2000dollar guitar seems weird. Wasnt into it then, still not into it now. Overrated shite.

Truth by Jeff Beck
Oct 23 2024

meh

Oct 24 2024

Hella jesusy cover.... I always struggle to listen to more than a few simple minds songs in a row..... Reverb drenched vox and big synths stress me out.

Blood On The Tracks by Bob Dylan
Oct 29 2024

Like the old saying goes, one awesome opening track doth not an awesome album make...

Melodrama by Lorde
Oct 31 2024

rich kiwi girl pretending to be poor sings all songs and melodies in the same way and calls it an album. Meh.

Sister by Sonic Youth
Nov 01 2024

toooo noisy

Femi Kuti by Femi Kuti
Nov 06 2024

not enough words

Blur by Blur
Nov 11 2024

Some bangerz. Need another listen to appreciate the others more.

Nov 12 2024

This is what I came for. Exposure to shit I would never listen to otherwise..... One of my fave doves songs is built upon the KC song Moonchild 🤯

Copper Blue by Sugar
Nov 14 2024

Listened to first few tracks. Shite so far. Friends soundtrack on repeat.

Immigrés by Youssou N'Dour
Nov 21 2024

Alright like

At Fillmore East by The Allman Brothers Band
Nov 22 2024

Love live music, HATE live albums.

Illinois by Sufjan Stevens
Nov 25 2024

I should like it. But I dont. Background (Illi) Noise

Low by David Bowie
Nov 27 2024

Mint album. Took me down a joy division rabbit hole too. Which was nice.

Rock 'N Soul by Solomon Burke
Nov 29 2024

Need another listen.

My Generation by The Who
Dec 02 2024

The Who are overrated. Skip and go straight to Small Faces

Gasoline Alley by Rod Stewart
Dec 04 2024

Need another listen, but liked it

Pink Flag by Wire
Dec 05 2024

Will deffo listen again.

Doolittle by Pixies
Dec 10 2024

This album was originally underrated. Then it somehow became overrated, listening again in 2024, it's definitely underrated again!

Thriller by Michael Jackson
Dec 17 2024

Why is there paedo shit in the list? Wasn't this guy cancelled?

Fred Neil by Fred Neil
Dec 18 2024

Alright like

It's Blitz! by Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Dec 24 2024

amazing albu, Karen O is an artistic genius

Modern Kosmology by Jane Weaver
Dec 25 2024

amazing albu, Karen O is an artistic genius

Paris 1919 by John Cale
Dec 27 2024

Wanted to like it more. Will have another listen.

Dec 30 2024

This album feels like being able to walk into the house where i grew up and sit on our couch and watch the fireplace. Ancient comfort. Not a Nirvana fan, but the quiet acoustiqueness allows me to sit and listen and enjoy. I think I'm just happy.

L.A. Woman by The Doors
Dec 31 2024

Plenty of filler here but the bangers keep it bouyant....

A Girl Called Dusty by Dusty Springfield
Jan 01 2025

So many bangers in here! Stuff of legends

Pearl by Janis Joplin
Jan 07 2025

ace

Odessa by Bee Gees
Jan 09 2025

i like the disco era beegees best.

Since I Left You by The Avalanches
Jan 10 2025

absolute belter of an album. Goes to show that sampling is a true artform. Taking anothers work and building upon it is one of the main tenets of humanity

Hot Rats by Frank Zappa
Jan 13 2025

willie the pimp!

At Newport 1960 by Muddy Waters
Jan 14 2025

Mad how the rolling stones are just a covers band.

Exodus by Bob Marley & The Wailers
Jan 20 2025

Bob had the magic. Still reaching down through the generations.

The White Album by Beatles
Jan 21 2025

A disjointed cacophony but still One of my faves.

Queen II by Queen
Jan 22 2025

A rare fear to put the best song on the album at the end! Also the best but of the song is the end of the song!..... To many high harmonies for me which lost a star.

Stripped by Christina Aguilera
Jan 24 2025

I wonder what my 22 year old self would think of my 44 year old self for sitting and listening to an entire Christina Aguilera album with an open mind..... Anyway I can see why some people might like it, but like eating seafood and cold water swimming. It's not for me.

Sound of Silver by LCD Soundsystem
Jan 27 2025

Yeah good like. North American scum. So weird to imagine an American picking up on Brits hating on them. Greatest country in the world? Bring back jingoism. Arm up. God bless America. Yeah right.

Armed Forces by Elvis Costello & The Attractions
Feb 05 2025

yeah good like

Kind Of Blue by Miles Davis
Feb 10 2025

Jazzy trumpets do my head right in.

London Calling by The Clash
Feb 18 2025

Epic Album, I Was never a clash fan, but I'm on a constant upward trend toward being a superfan!

Run-D.M.C. by Run-D.M.C.
Feb 19 2025

Alright like

Hot Fuss by The Killers
Feb 24 2025

Absolute belter. It's rare to meet someone who doesn't dig the killers....

The Wall by Pink Floyd
Feb 25 2025

Good but overrated. People reminisce about the days of the double LP albums, but there's some shite there with the good.

The Score by Fugees
Mar 03 2025

Golden days

Back In Black by AC/DC
Mar 26 2025

Epic album, stands out so far from its peers that its a household name worldwide.

Heroes by David Bowie
Apr 01 2025
So by Peter Gabriel
Nov 16 2025
Tommy by The Who
Nov 29 2025
Want One by Rufus Wainwright
Dec 08 2025
Oar by Alexander 'Skip' Spence
Dec 19 2025

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