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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Hypnotised The Undertones	5	3.06	+1.94
Fun House The Stooges	5	3.28	+1.72
C'est Chic CHIC	5	3.34	+1.66
Home Is Where The Music Is Hugh Masekela	5	3.35	+1.65
Stand! Sly & The Family Stone	5	3.43	+1.57
Live! Fela Kuti	5	3.44	+1.56
Talking Heads 77 Talking Heads	5	3.56	+1.44
1999 Prince	5	3.6	+1.4
At San Quentin Johnny Cash	5	3.8	+1.2

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Bad Michael Jackson	1	3.8	-2.8
Black Holes and Revelations Muse	1	3.59	-2.59
Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere Neil Young & Crazy Horse	1	3.54	-2.54
Parachutes Coldplay	1	3.46	-2.46
Hybrid Theory Linkin Park	1	3.39	-2.39
xx The xx	1	3.36	-2.36
Mr. Tambourine Man The Byrds	1	3.22	-2.22
Solid Air John Martyn	1	3.17	-2.17
Throwing Muses Throwing Muses	1	2.99	-1.99
Joan Baez Joan Baez	1	2.96	-1.96

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Hybrid Theory

Linkin Park · 1 likes

1/5

This has really dated. Very samey.Emo White Rap Rock. Best consigned to the waste bin of history and never spoken about again.

1-Star Albums (16)

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Talking Heads 77

Talking Heads

5/5

Timeless really, 47 years old and could be released today. Contains the classic Psycho Killer a track so fresh it would be a hit if released in 2024.

Parachutes

Coldplay

1/5

This is beyond rubbish. What drivel. Like a soft rock Cranberries rip off. Hate it

Figure 8

Elliott Smith

2/5

Boring is being kind. No passion or emotion even with terribly serious subject matter. Not sure why it made this list

Blue Lines

Massive Attack

4/5

Absolute classic. The fusion of drum,bass and rap. Brilliant. Unfinished symphony - BOOM!

Bad

Michael Jackson

1/5

Sorry - No nonces. Pass. Got any Rolf Harris Albums? How about Gary Glitter?

Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

1/5

Very dated. Maybe meant more back then. Not sure it would make this list if being compiled now. That awful soft rock, white mid west easy listening FM station stuff that clogs the airwaves

Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music

Ray Charles

4/5

Lovely. A timeless fusion of swing,blues and country showcasing this amazing voice. Brilliant

Porcupine

Echo And The Bunnymen

2/5

Cure lite. At best. Poppy and reflective of the era. Doesn't deserve to be on this list

Coat Of Many Colors

Dolly Parton

4/5

God bless this lady. I personally loathe C&W but her mix of traditional country and her gospel/church roots does not compel me to turn it off ASAP. Genuine feeling and emotions as she sings. Deserves its place here over others.

Throwing Muses

1/5

What absolute drivel. Listen before you die? Id have been happy to miss out. A crappy Siousxie tribute band playing folk rock trying to pass themselves off as post punk. Quite close to the worst album I've ever heard.

Stand!

Sly & The Family Stone

5/5

Brilliant. Not a bad track on the album and the Soul/Funk/Rock of the era is still as vibrant today as it was 50 odd years ago. Influential but also danceable.

Clube Da Esquina

Milton Nascimento

3/5

Certainly didnt expect to find "important" Brazillian albums but there you go. Bit tedious? Not my thing at all

Aqualung

Jethro Tull

3/5

Concept prog-rock for 1970's Uni students. Not absolutely terrible and the flute isnt as bad as other reviewers might think. Lindisfarne meets Pink Floyd maybe? Not an "important" album and probably deserves its place

If I Should Fall From Grace With God

The Pogues

4/5

The band that the Dropkick Murphy's wanted to be. Great poetry and a blend of Irish Folk and post punk. Shane McGowan taken too early. Bloody loved it

1999

Prince

5/5

"I was dreaming when I wrote this" Just fucking brilliant. Prince is up there with Elvis, Lennon and McCartney etc as a true great. Deservedly in this list and quite possibly top 10. "All bangers, all the time" as Kendall says in Succession 5 because I cant give it more.

Remedy

Basement Jaxx

1/5

Truly terrible electronica. Just so predicatable and tedious. The sort of shit a club plays at 9pm when no one is in yet. 1 because thats as low as you can go.

Fun House

The Stooges

5/5

Brilliant, absolutely brilliant. Iggy pop is 77 - how did he ever last that long? Down on the Street is my favourite track. Protopunk at its absolute finest.

The xx

1/5

What uninspired drivel this album is. Beyond hated it. What a dreary decade. Can I give it zero

Tago Mago

Can

1/5

Sorry. Influential it may be but Pink Floyd meets art school improv group is not my thing. Sounds like an acid trip and maybe that's what you need to enjoy it. Not for me

Rumours

Fleetwood Mac

5/5

A true classic. 5 all day long. Stevie Nicks vocals are timeless and this album has to be in any collection. Shows what copious amounts of drugs and hatred can create. Brilliant

Fred Neil

3/5

Every track is pretty much the same. Safe, tame middle of the road jangly pop that harmonises and offends no one.

Mr. Tambourine Man

The Byrds

1/5

Samey and boring . Clean cut young white people who your gran would have loved. Cant stand this. Hippy shit - glad no one even thinks making this horrible bland music is a good idea any more

Melodrama

Lorde

4/5

Really good stuff. Unusual for music this new to actually have any originality and not be recycled pop designed to be forgotten in minutes

Black Holes and Revelations

Muse

1/5

Synthetic Radiohead. Just so sterile and uninteresting.

Miriam Makeba

4/5

I had never heard of her but how beautiful. She has a great voice and this is a well constructed and excellently produced album. Released 64 years ago and it captures the musical tones of the era really well while blending the African influence. Brilliant

American Gothic

David Ackles

1/5

"Can I borrow a feeling" by Kirk Van Houghton vibes. It isn't "waiting to be discovered" it's just horrible and shouldn't have been anywhere near this list.

C'est Chic

CHIC

5/5

Disco at it's very finest. A while since I listened right through and even longer since I danced to it. Doesn't pretend to be anything it isn't. Just banging dance music. Rhythms hardwired into brains of people who have never heard it.

At San Quentin

Johnny Cash

5/5

100% absolutely deserves to be in this list. A classic and every track brilliant.

Stripped

Christina Aguilera

1/5

Awful pop

Goo

Sonic Youth

2/5

Pretentious art school wankers meet Y2K high school rock. Not terrible just a typical album of the era.

Live!

Fela Kuti

5/5

Every so often you listen to an album that is a pure pleasure. Brilliant fusion of African rhythm, fund with rock overtones An absolute classic and I feel better for having heard it. Shut up and take my 5

Fire Of Love

The Gun Club

3/5

Interesting hill billy punk. Ok I guess, not a favourite. Musically good and well put together. Vocalist ruins it.

The Queen Is Dead

The Smiths

3/5

Haven't listened for some years and this has horribly dated. Twee, Lloyd Cole clones. If it doesn't age well it isn't a classic

Home Is Where The Music Is

Hugh Masekela

5/5

Brilliant. Brought joy to my day. Never heard it before and loved it .Wonder if this influenced early Jazz Funk pioneers like the Crusaders? Shut up and take my 5

Among The Living

Anthrax

1/5

No, not having this. Awful high school rock band with terrible vocals. Get in the bin. Boring is the nicest thing I can say about it

m b v

My Bloody Valentine

1/5

What could possibly have got this drivel on the list. Sound like the worlds worst high school band tuning up in someones garage (badly)

Joan Baez

1/5

Boring just beyond boring

Hybrid Theory

Linkin Park

1/5

This has really dated. Very samey.Emo White Rap Rock. Best consigned to the waste bin of history and never spoken about again.

Hypnotised

The Undertones

5/5

Brilliant - I bought it and I still love it.

Solid Air

John Martyn

1/5

Why does drivel like this make the list? Too many ageing hippies who think this stuff is relevant to anyone. Hated it.

The Band

2/5

Interesting album. Not my style at all. Early yacht rock for Rednecks? Up on Cripple Creek is an ok song but rest is pretty meh.