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You Love More Than Most
Albums you rated higher than global average
| Album | You | Global | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|
| I’ve Got a Tiger By the Tail | 5 | 2.81 | +2.19 |
| I’m a Lonesome Fugitive | 5 | 2.85 | +2.15 |
| Blood And Chocolate | 5 | 2.92 | +2.08 |
| All That You Can't Leave Behind | 5 | 2.98 | +2.02 |
| evermore | 5 | 3.04 | +1.96 |
| White Ladder | 5 | 3.08 | +1.92 |
| Step In The Arena | 5 | 3.17 | +1.83 |
| Being There | 5 | 3.22 | +1.78 |
| 1989 | 5 | 3.27 | +1.73 |
| In The Wee Small Hours | 5 | 3.27 | +1.73 |
You Love Less Than Most
Albums you rated lower than global average
| Album | You | Global | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|
| You've Come a Long Way Baby | 1 | 3.35 | -2.35 |
| You Want It Darker | 1 | 3.34 | -2.34 |
| Talking Timbuktu | 1 | 3.13 | -2.13 |
| Kala | 1 | 2.91 | -1.91 |
| Roots | 1 | 2.78 | -1.78 |
| Highway 61 Revisited | 2 | 3.77 | -1.77 |
| Movies | 1 | 2.71 | -1.71 |
| Scott 2 | 1 | 2.64 | -1.64 |
| The Velvet Underground & Nico | 2 | 3.62 | -1.62 |
| Timeless | 1 | 2.53 | -1.53 |
Artist Analysis
Favorite Artists
Artists with 2+ albums and high weighted score
| Artist | Albums | Avg | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| Radiohead | 4 | 4.75 | 4 |
| Johnny Cash | 3 | 4.67 | 3.83 |
| Beatles | 3 | 4.67 | 3.83 |
| Taylor Swift | 2 | 5 | 3.8 |
| The Smashing Pumpkins | 2 | 5 | 3.8 |
| Kendrick Lamar | 2 | 5 | 3.8 |
| R.E.M. | 3 | 4.33 | 3.67 |
| The Who | 3 | 4.33 | 3.67 |
| David Bowie | 5 | 4 | 3.63 |
Least Favorite Artists
Artists with 2+ albums and low weighted score
| Artist | Albums | Avg | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scott Walker | 2 | 1.5 | 2.4 |
| Sepultura | 2 | 1.5 | 2.4 |
| Leonard Cohen | 2 | 1.5 | 2.4 |
5-Star Albums (56)
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Drops off in the second half, but still some good tracks there. And the first half of the album is about as good as can be. Nostalgia bomb.
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1-Star Albums (11)
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Count Basie & His Orchestra
4/5
The Cure
4/5
Great, until the last two tracks ("I'm a Cult Hero" and "I Dig You".) 4/5 rather than 5/5.
Lou Reed
3/5
Still not a fan of Lou Reed's "singing." Good groove on 2 - "Andy's Chest." 5 - "Walk On the Wild Side" still great; makes me want to listen to "Can I Kick It?"
9 - "New York Telephone Conversation." Definite skip.
3/5.
Joy Division
3/5
Not great, not bad. 3/5.
Fatboy Slim
1/5
Nope
The Velvet Underground
4/5
Much better than other VU/Lou Reed albums. 5/5 except for "The Murder Mystery" which was very 60s, very psychedelic, but not for me.
Radiohead
5/5
5 stars, no notes.
Lenny Kravitz
3/5
Meh. Not bad, not great.
The Divine Comedy
2/5
Thoroughly meh. 2/5
2/5
Meh. Trying to sound very much like The Clash but...eh. Miss America is good, due to the Gorillaz vibe. 2/5.
The Kinks
4/5
Very 60s, in a good way. 3.5/5
Queen
4/5
David Gray
5/5
Little Richard
4/5
Classic.
Iron Butterfly
4/5
Classic 60s.
Screaming Trees
4/5
Elastica
2/5
Eh. Not great not bad.
DJ Shadow
5/5
Reminiscent of lots of 90s electronica/DJs. Might not be for everyone, but it hits my sentimental button even if I never listened to it before.
Taylor Swift
5/5
John Coltrane
3/5
Not bad, just not really my thing. "Just play the notes!"
Pulp
2/5
Eh. Some of it is reminiscent of Velvet Underground. Pretty bland brit-pop all said.
Beach House
3/5
Not bad. Pretty standard millennial pop but some has a bit of a Death Cab and Fleet Foxes vibe.
Buena Vista Social Club
3/5
Good album. Just not necessarily my thing.
Sly & The Family Stone
3/5
Good. Again not necessarily my thing.
The Doors
4/5
4/5
Good one. Different but I like it. Added.
Fugees
4/5
How have I never listened to this completely? Crazy.
Pink Floyd
5/5
The best. No notes.
The Waterboys
2/5
Ice Cube
4/5
Stevie Wonder
5/5
Legendary. 5/5
OutKast
4/5
Roxy Music
3/5
The United States Of America
2/5
Alanis Morissette
5/5
Coldplay
4/5
4.5 if I could
The Cure
3/5
Very Cure.
Yes
3/5
Booker T. & The MG's
3/5
Jerry Lee Lewis
3/5
Public Image Ltd.
2/5
Oh, atonal. My favorite. Oh...Lydon. Well, there you are.
3/5
The Gun Club
2/5
The Velvet Underground
2/5
Typical VU. Not for me.
Crowded House
4/5
ZZ Top
3/5
Holger Czukay
1/5
I can see how it's influential, but not a good listen.
Sinead O'Connor
4/5
Really good. Nothing Compares 2 U of course is great, but Black Boys on Mopeds is the standout.
Beastie Boys
4/5
The original. Only 4 stars since because Paul's Boutique is a 5.
Drops off in the second half, but still some good tracks there. And the first half of the album is about as good as can be. Nostalgia bomb.
Dire Straits
5/5
Buck Owens
5/5
Great country record.
Harry Nilsson
3/5
Super Furry Animals
4/5
Interesting. Very odd but surprisingly good. Some of the too-techno-y stuff was a bit overwhelming, but pretty good overall.
Derek & The Dominos
4/5
Good album. Too bad Clapton's such a prick.
The Rolling Stones
3/5
I mean, it's the Stones. Ok album, but Mick.
Also, Trump's usage of You Can't Always Can't What Your Want immediately downgrades the song.
Scott Walker
2/5
Eh. Fine 60s music, but nothing special. Would be interesting to know why it's on the list.
CHIC
3/5
Good, not my style really. Super influential, though, and has been sampled everywhere.
The Beach Boys
3/5
Weird. In a good way, but weird. Not for me necessarily, but maybe on a relisten.
Johnny Cash
5/5
The Black Keys
3/5
Fine, nothing special. If a liquor commercial was an album.
Beatles
5/5
CHIC
4/5
Groovy
Blur
2/5
How can I like Gorrilaz but not this? Who knows, but I do.
The Jam
3/5
Jimi Hendrix
4/5
Miles Davis
5/5
Grant Lee Buffalo
2/5
Okay. Nothing special.
Lucinda Williams
4/5
Makes Sheryl Crow looks like the generic knockoff.
Green Day
5/5
Elvis Presley
4/5
Yeah, that's Elvis alright.
Erykah Badu
3/5
Good one. Too much of the N bomb for me, personally, but great music/vocals.
Ray Charles
5/5
Dolly Parton
4/5
Dolly's the best.
Sheryl Crow
3/5
Fine. Not great.
Youssou N'Dour
4/5
How much was David Byrne influenced by this? Soooooooo much.
Yes
4/5
R.E.M.
5/5
Sepultura
1/5
Simple Minds
3/5
Good, not great. Very 80s.
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
4/5
Little Simz
4/5
Great surprise
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
5/5
John Lennon
4/5
Fairport Convention
4/5
Interesting. Some of it sounds very early 60s, others very psychedelic, others contemporary.
Can
4/5
WTF did I just listen to? In a good way, at least for the first half of the album. I can't believe this was made in 1971!
Gets pretty avant garde towards the back half of the album, but the first half is stunning.
The xx
4/5
Surprisingly good.
Afrika Bambaataa
3/5
Groundbreaking and influential, but not my favorite. Who You Funkin' With is probably the best on the album.
Joan Armatrading
3/5
Led Zeppelin
3/5
Manic Street Preachers
4/5
Beatles
5/5
Best Beatles album? Hard to say for sure, with Abbey Road, Rubber Soul and Sgt Peppers, but an amazing album nonetheless.
This album pack a punch, with the amount in just over half an hour, with no track longer than 3 minutes.
Emmylou Harris
4/5
Country Joe & The Fish
2/5
If the aliens land and ask "what did late 60s psychedelic rock sound like?" you can just play this album for them.
Did "Leaving on a Jet Plane" steal from "Sad and Lonely Times" or vice versa? Is "Bass Strings" really not a Jefferson Airplane song?
Blur
3/5
Better than previous ones. Getting away from the britpop sound thankfully. 2.5/5.
Keith Jarrett
2/5
Fine, just not my thing. I can appreciate the technical proficiency of it, but to atonal/improvisational for me.
Marianne Faithfull
4/5
Wow. That was...something. Why d'Ya Do It really surprised me.
Pet Shop Boys
3/5
Middle school in an album
Cream
4/5
Great album. Clapton's an ass.
Gorillaz
4/5
Great album. Only 4 instead of 5 stars for not being Demon Days.
Nine Inch Nails
3/5
Digital Underground
3/5
Beatles
4/5
Elvis Presley
4/5
Echo And The Bunnymen
3/5
Michael Jackson
4/5
The Byrds
3/5
Emmylou Harris
3/5
Alexander 'Skip' Spence
2/5
Jimi Hendrix
4/5
Rufus Wainwright
3/5
Tori Amos
2/5
The Go-Go's
2/5
Bert Jansch
4/5
Soft Machine
1/5
Brian Eno
2/5
The Stooges
3/5
Massive Attack
5/5
Talking Heads
4/5
A Tribe Called Quest
4/5
Tom Tom Club
2/5
Queen Latifah
3/5
Ali Farka Touré
1/5
Fats Domino
3/5
Rod Stewart
3/5
Fishbone
2/5
Isaac Hayes
4/5
Richard Thompson
4/5
Bruce Springsteen
3/5
David Holmes
3/5
3.5
Otis Redding
5/5
Gang Starr
5/5
Prefab Sprout
4/5
Kanye West
5/5
Bon Jovi
3/5
2.5
Lambchop
2/5
Killing Joke
3/5
Nick Drake
3/5
Pavement
3/5
Beck
4/5
Curtis Mayfield
5/5
The Pogues
2/5
The Icarus Line
3/5
Magazine
3/5
Marvin Gaye
5/5
Echo And The Bunnymen
3/5
Red Snapper
2/5
Songhoy Blues
2/5
Hawkwind
2/5
LL Cool J
2/5
Nirvana
4/5
The Zombies
4/5
Frank Sinatra
5/5
The Smashing Pumpkins
5/5
The Police
5/5
Tito Puente
3/5
The Bees
4/5
XTC
3/5
Sade
4/5
Taylor Swift
5/5
The Who
4/5
David Bowie
3/5
Hot Chip
2/5
PJ Harvey
4/5
Don McLean
4/5
Nina Simone
4/5
Paul McCartney
4/5
Bauhaus
2/5
4/5
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
4/5
Talking Heads
3/5
Bill Callahan
4/5
Cocteau Twins
4/5
Abdullah Ibrahim
3/5
Lynyrd Skynyrd
3/5
James Brown
4/5
The Clash
4/5
The Dandy Warhols
3/5
The Crusaders
2/5
Rage Against The Machine
5/5
fIREHOSE
4/5
Tricky
4/5
Thin Lizzy
4/5
Echo And The Bunnymen
4/5
Frankie Goes To Hollywood
3/5
Kanye West
4/5
Kraftwerk
4/5
The Who
4/5
Bob Marley & The Wailers
4/5
The KLF
2/5
New York Dolls
4/5
Billy Joel
5/5
Michael Kiwanuka
3/5
OutKast
4/5
Stephen Stills
3/5
Bob Dylan
2/5
Robert Wyatt
2/5
Wilco
5/5
The Boo Radleys
3/5
R.E.M.
4/5
The White Stripes
5/5
Raekwon
4/5
Linkin Park
2/5
Pixies
2/5
Garbage
3/5
Van Morrison
3/5
5/5
Slipknot
2/5
The Coral
2/5
Louis Prima
3/5
Nightmares On Wax
3/5
Bob Dylan
4/5
Tim Buckley
2/5
Solomon Burke
4/5
Bob Marley & The Wailers
3/5
Laura Nyro
4/5
Simon & Garfunkel
4/5
William Orbit
3/5
Grizzly Bear
2/5
The Thrills
2/5
Deep Purple
3/5
Incredible Bongo Band
3/5
Goldie
1/5
Bruce Springsteen
3/5
Grateful Dead
3/5
Led Zeppelin
4/5
The Pogues
2/5
The Strokes
3/5
Brian Eno
3/5
Madonna
3/5
Muddy Waters
4/5
Elliott Smith
3/5
Sepultura
2/5
The Flaming Lips
5/5
Radiohead
4/5
Megadeth
2/5
The Cure
4/5
The Rolling Stones
2/5
Nanci Griffith
4/5
Dwight Yoakam
4/5
The Beach Boys
4/5
Björk
3/5
Sugar
3/5
Bad Company
4/5
Bill Evans Trio
3/5
Pulp
3/5
Spiritualized
2/5
Beastie Boys
5/5
Fleetwood Mac
5/5
Funkadelic
3/5
Bad Brains
3/5
Beck
5/5
Ananda Shankar
2/5
The Byrds
4/5
Koffi Olomide
3/5
R.E.M.
4/5
The Zutons
4/5
The Isley Brothers
4/5
Hugh Masekela
3/5
The Pretty Things
3/5
Neil Young
3/5
Kendrick Lamar
5/5
Sister Sledge
4/5
The Magnetic Fields
2/5
The Dave Brubeck Quartet
5/5
Tracy Chapman
4/5
Creedence Clearwater Revival
4/5
Röyksopp
4/5
Peter Tosh
3/5
Johnny Cash
5/5
The Cult
3/5
Violent Femmes
3/5
Nick Drake
3/5
The Go-Betweens
3/5
Steely Dan
5/5
Johnny Cash
4/5
Syd Barrett
2/5
Public Enemy
4/5
Public Enemy
4/5
Lorde
3/5
Morrissey
4/5
Franz Ferdinand
3/5
Depeche Mode
4/5
T. Rex
3/5
Radiohead
5/5
Creedence Clearwater Revival
4/5
The Offspring
2/5
Scott Walker
1/5
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
1/5
The Band
3/5
Jungle Brothers
2/5
De La Soul
3/5
Leonard Cohen
1/5
Black Sabbath
4/5
David Ackles
2/5
Black Sabbath
4/5
The Notorious B.I.G.
4/5
Guided By Voices
3/5
Cheap Trick
4/5
Skunk Anansie
3/5
Kendrick Lamar
5/5
John Grant
4/5
Wire
3/5
Elton John
5/5
Thelonious Monk
4/5
James Taylor
4/5
Leonard Cohen
2/5
Bob Dylan
3/5
Elis Regina
3/5
Traffic
4/5
A Tribe Called Quest
5/5
Faith No More
3/5
Big Star
4/5
Talk Talk
4/5
Arctic Monkeys
4/5
Bob Dylan
4/5
Bee Gees
2/5
Jurassic 5
4/5
Morrissey
4/5
The Shamen
2/5
AC/DC
4/5
Snoop Dogg
5/5
Leftfield
3/5
Pavement
3/5
The Who
5/5
Boards of Canada
2/5
Merle Haggard
5/5
Anthrax
4/5
Steely Dan
4/5
Peter Gabriel
3/5
ABBA
4/5
Sigur Rós
3/5
Rush
5/5
The Undertones
3/5
The Smashing Pumpkins
5/5
Soundgarden
5/5
The Dictators
2/5
Billy Bragg
4/5
The White Stripes
4/5
The Doors
4/5
My Bloody Valentine
2/5
The Only Ones
2/5
Radiohead
5/5
David Bowie
3/5
Gary Numan
2/5
The Verve
5/5
Queens of the Stone Age
4/5
Nitin Sawhney
2/5
Os Mutantes
2/5
Talking Heads
4/5
Neu!
4/5
Jefferson Airplane
4/5
The Police
4/5
David Bowie
5/5
The Fall
2/5
Goldfrapp
4/5
Run-D.M.C.
4/5
TLC
4/5
King Crimson
2/5
Pretenders
3/5
Elvis Presley
3/5
Metallica
4/5
The 13th Floor Elevators
3/5
Ray Charles
4/5
Kelela
2/5
4/5
M.I.A.
1/5
Santana
4/5
Scritti Politti
4/5
The Saints
3/5
Arcade Fire
2/5
Pixies
3/5
Queen
4/5
Pink Floyd
4/5
Creedence Clearwater Revival
4/5
Throwing Muses
3/5
The Chemical Brothers
3/5
Oasis
5/5
Everything But The Girl
4/5
Napalm Death
1/5
Motörhead
3/5
Jorge Ben Jor
4/5
Neil Young
4/5
Aretha Franklin
5/5
David Bowie
4/5
Kate Bush
3/5