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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Ys Joanna Newsom	5	2.8	+2.2
Foxbase Alpha Saint Etienne	5	2.94	+2.06
Murder Ballads Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds	5	3.08	+1.92
They Were Wrong, So We Drowned Liars	4	2.12	+1.88
Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor Lupe Fiasco	5	3.13	+1.87
Forever Changes Love	5	3.22	+1.78
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot Wilco	5	3.3	+1.7
A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector Various Artists	5	3.31	+1.69
Joan Armatrading Joan Armatrading	5	3.33	+1.67
Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea PJ Harvey	5	3.38	+1.62

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
A Love Supreme John Coltrane	1	3.63	-2.63
Make Yourself Incubus	1	3.08	-2.08
Mott Mott The Hoople	1	2.95	-1.95
Dookie Green Day	2	3.79	-1.79
(Pronounced 'Leh-'Nérd 'Skin-'Nérd) Lynyrd Skynyrd	2	3.75	-1.75
Songs From The Big Chair Tears For Fears	2	3.74	-1.74
Ill Communication Beastie Boys	2	3.65	-1.65
Beggars Banquet The Rolling Stones	2	3.62	-1.62
1999 Prince	2	3.6	-1.6
Now I Got Worry The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion	1	2.52	-1.52

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Artist	Albums	Average
Dire Straits	2	5
Radiohead	2	5
Beatles	3	4.33

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Artist	Ratings
The Who	5, 3, 2

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Popular Reviews

Murder Ballads

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

5/5

I sure hope he was just joking about all that stuff.

7 likes

Elvis Presley

3/5

Yeah this is what elvis sounded like

2 likes

Nighthawks At The Diner

Tom Waits

3/5

Some cool, unique stuff going on. I’m sure I’d like this more if my favourite show was friends and my favourite drink was whiskey and my favourite pastime was eating cigarettes.

2 likes

Hail To the Thief

Radiohead

5/5

Not the best radiohead album but better than most albums on this list.

2 likes

Master Of Puppets

Metallica

5/5

A perfect metal album.

1 likes

4-Star Albums (53)

1-Star Albums (7)

All Ratings

Strangeways, Here We Come

The Smiths

4/5

That's The Way Of The World

Earth, Wind & Fire

4/5

Pretty good soul album!

Is This It

The Strokes

3/5

Good album when it’s good, lame when it’s lame.

Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

Wilco

5/5

This album rocks. Awesome, beautiful, melancholic. Grabs you and holds you close for the 50 min runtime. Never listened to before but I’m glad I did.

Lady Soul

Aretha Franklin

3/5

Okay album, some good moments but I was bored by some songs.

Superunknown

Soundgarden

4/5

Great grunge album so diverse and not a bad song on it. A worthy memory. RIP Chris Cornell

Entertainment

Gang Of Four

2/5

I can see its influence on rock music but I still found most of the songs on the album uninteresting but occasionally a good song would come on. Not one to come back to.

Getz/Gilberto

Stan Getz

4/5

Lovely.

Master Of Puppets

Metallica

5/5

A perfect metal album.

(Pronounced 'Leh-'Nérd 'Skin-'Nérd)

Lynyrd Skynyrd

2/5

A little too old fashioned for me, free bird was fine though.

Joanna Newsom

5/5

Beautiful album, wish it was on Spotify. I struggle to describe it.

Songs From The Big Chair

Tears For Fears

2/5

Not a fan.

Dookie

Green Day

2/5

The songs felt far too monotonous and felt like power chords for 40 mins. I added a star for basket case as that’s been an ear worm.

Blood, Sweat & Tears

4/5

A little weird at times but overall a lovely album.

Live And Dangerous

Thin Lizzy

2/5

Often felt quite lacklustre, picked up pace about mid way through but then lost it. Also overdubs on a live album? Seriously?

Bayou Country

Creedence Clearwater Revival

3/5

I liked some stuff from the album and could see myself listening to it more but it does sound dated.

Nebraska

Bruce Springsteen

4/5

Nice little acoustic album, i could come back to this.

Mott

Mott The Hoople

1/5

This is ass like pink floyd if they were boring and imitating themselves ironically. Guitar parts were ok though sometimes.

Can't Buy A Thrill

Steely Dan

4/5

Kinda fun!

Pelican West

Haircut 100

3/5

Repetitive guitars but over all not bad.

Duck Rock

Malcolm McLaren

2/5

Local man gets keyboard. No one stopped him, why?

Cupid & Psyche 85

Scritti Politti

1/5

Not good.

She's So Unusual

Cyndi Lauper

3/5

Not bad but not my cup of tea.

Superfuzz Bigmuff

Mudhoney

4/5

Good noisy grunge. Great!

Exodus

Bob Marley & The Wailers

4/5

Not bad,not too into reggae so I’m perhaps being too generous, more of a 3.5/5 tbh.

The Dark Side Of The Moon

Pink Floyd

5/5

It rarely gets better than this.

Cloud Nine

The Temptations

2/5

Fine I think? I forgot so probably nothing special.

In A Silent Way

Miles Davis

4/5

4.5 Kinda weird but I can appreciate that given its year. Also really beautiful. Big fan!

Southern Rock Opera

Drive-By Truckers

3/5

3.5. Nice guitar tones, not really into country but definitely interesting and diverse enough to be a fun listen. Kinda loses some of its coherency midway through though.

All Directions

The Temptations

4/5

Really great.

The Boatman's Call

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

4/5

Love nick cave. There were some interesting choices musically that I’m not sure panned out too well but it’s a nice quiet album. I’d give it a 4.

Pump

Aerosmith

2/5

☹️

At Fillmore East

The Allman Brothers Band

2/5

Some good riffs and moments but the solos were far too long and boring and since there’s so many it ruined the experience.

Nighthawks At The Diner

Tom Waits

3/5

Some cool, unique stuff going on. I’m sure I’d like this more if my favourite show was friends and my favourite drink was whiskey and my favourite pastime was eating cigarettes.

Shaka Zulu

Ladysmith Black Mambazo

2/5

Interesting album, didn’t think it would be an acappella. Not my thing really.

Truth And Soul

Fishbone

2/5

Some good songs, just not too keen on the clown-ahh music

Straight Outta Compton

N.W.A.

4/5

Pretty cool. Maybe like a 4.5?

The Hour Of Bewilderbeast

Badly Drawn Boy

4/5

Not bad, quaint. Maybe - 3.724/5?

Rings Around The World

Super Furry Animals

3/5

Every 90s British band just had a child together and it’s these guys!

Dire Straits

5/5

Dang, this is pretty good!

Meat Is Murder

The Smiths

4/5

Not bad.

The Infotainment Scan

The Fall

2/5

Would be a lot better if they ditched the singer and 80s keyboards.

Double Nickels On The Dime

Minutemen

2/5

Okay but it really could have done with 10 good songs instead of having 40 mid songs

Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music

Ray Charles

3/5

Good but not for me.

Deja Vu

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

5/5

Damn.

Who's Next

The Who

5/5

Wowee

Come Away With Me

Norah Jones

4/5

Pretty cool!

A Short Album About Love

The Divine Comedy

3/5

I liked the strings and instrumentals but I’m not too keen on the vocals.

Adele

2/5

21 was better

1999

Prince

2/5

Yeah, noo.

Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea

PJ Harvey

5/5

Wowzers.

Highly Evolved

The Vines

3/5

Meh, nothing you’ve not heard before.

No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith (Live)

Motörhead

2/5

I can’t believe they played ace of spades 12 times back to back!

Aja

Steely Dan

2/5

I just don’t get Steely Dan, it started off cool but progressively I just lost more and more interest.

Violent Femmes

3/5

It’s like nirvana but they forgot the distortion pedal 😔

Better Living Through Chemistry

Fatboy Slim

4/5

Like a 90s boiler room set

Mama Said Knock You Out

LL Cool J

3/5

LL Cool J? More like… cool

3 + 3

The Isley Brothers

5/5

Damn good.

Spy Vs. Spy: The Music Of Ornette Coleman

John Zorn

3/5

Up its own arse but we’re all already there anyway.

Millions Now Living Will Never Die

Tortoise

4/5

Can’t believe this came out in the 90s, so many sounds you’d expect to hear today

The Fat Of The Land

The Prodigy

4/5

Had a lot of beeps and zeeps

Blue Lines

Massive Attack

3/5

Wow that’s a lotta reverb

More Songs About Buildings And Food

Talking Heads

2/5

I want less songs about buildings and food

American Pie

Don McLean

4/5

My oh my

Garbage

4/5

Liars

Made In Japan

Deep Purple

2/5

Honk snooo ahh album

Bridge Over Troubled Water

Simon & Garfunkel

5/5

No complaints here.

Vol. 4

Black Sabbath

3/5

Supernaut?? More like super-mid!!

Get Behind Me Satan

The White Stripes

5/5

Just so fun!

Who Killed...... The Zutons?

The Zutons

2/5

Man what a snooze fest

Logical Progression

LTJ Bukem

3/5

Was halfway through listening to the album when I found out I was listening to the wrong album. Pretty cool drum n bass album though but definitely dated.

Nilsson Schmilsson

Harry Nilsson

4/5

You put the lime in the coconut, the limes really good but coconut's gone off

Shadowland

k.d. lang

3/5

I’m not American but this is some good country music

Beggars Banquet

The Rolling Stones

2/5

Starts off iconic, and I can’t remember the rest it was so dull.

Nevermind

Nirvana

5/5

In Uteros better but still

Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme

Simon & Garfunkel

3/5

Unremarkable but not bad

Adele

4/5

I’ve always liked Adele but there were some dull songs here.

Fetch The Bolt Cutters

Fiona Apple

2/5

Honk snooooo… First song was cool, like Trent Reznor mixed with PJ Harvey cool, otherwise boring, forgot I listened to it tbh.

Ill Communication

Beastie Boys

2/5

Listen up y’all it’s a boring ass album with like one good track

American Gothic

David Ackles

3/5

Dunno why the ratings so low, some people must hate fun.

Third

Soft Machine

2/5

Boring but the occasional good part, glad 20 minute songs died.

The Queen Is Dead

The Smiths

4/5

Lotta people wanting to fuck morrissey in these reviews…

The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady

Charles Mingus

3/5

Aw hall nah prog jazz??

Now I Got Worry

The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion

1/5

“Y’all got any good albums?” “We got abysmal dogshit.”

Bright Flight

Silver Jews

2/5

Sounded like country. Don’t like country.

Chirping Crickets

Buddy Holly & The Crickets

3/5

Woah is this guy a weezer reference?

Triangle

The Beau Brummels

2/5

Boring, nothing special here.

Meat Puppets II

Meat Puppets

3/5

Hmm, fun energy but the vocals were lacking and music at times good, overall mid.

Document

R.E.M.

3/5

After reading the reviews here i cant help but feel like I missed something, maybe I need to come back to this one.

Crooked Rain Crooked Rain

Pavement

3/5

Some parts I really like but the vocals and music occasionally really lack, some production could also have lifted this album. Overall though, not bad.

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector

Various Artists

5/5

Seems topical considering recent events

Foxbase Alpha

Saint Etienne

5/5

This album was great. Do I think that it is one of the 1001 albums that I must listen to before I died? Yes. It was a great album.

A Hard Day's Night

Beatles

4/5

I liked it.

Among The Living

Anthrax

3/5

Not bad but not great.

Fly Or Die

N.E.R.D

4/5

If you don't like this you hate fun.

Bossanova

Pixies

5/5

Wowzers, talk about a great old time!

Hail To the Thief

Radiohead

5/5

Not the best radiohead album but better than most albums on this list.

This Year's Model

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

2/5

This really didn't grab me

Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim

Frank Sinatra

3/5

Original was better

Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs

Derek & The Dominos

4/5

It wasn't bad but often boring but often objectively good.

Oxygène

Jean-Michel Jarre

4/5

You know its gonna be barmy when the artist is on the adhd hyperfocus playlist

Joan Armatrading

5/5

She's just incredible.

Diamond Life

Sade

3/5

Objectively decent but I don't fw jazz.

Suicide

4/5

I kinda fw this, but no one can know.

British Steel

Judas Priest

4/5

It'd be breaking the law to go any lower!

Youth And Young Manhood

Kings of Leon

3/5

Dang, even the singer was bored, little to no musical variety.

KIWANUKA

Michael Kiwanuka

5/5

Took me by surprise, very good!

Gentlemen

The Afghan Whigs

3/5

Honestly, it had some good parts but they were unfortunately overcast by dogshit parts like the unvaried music and ass vocals. Overall okay though.

16 Lovers Lane

The Go-Betweens

3/5

Good music to zone out to.

Smash

The Offspring

2/5

Ugh.

Konnichiwa

Skepta

4/5

As far as as grime goes, it's really good, you can do alot worse but I've never been too fond of grime.

Different Class

Pulp

2/5

This sounds far older than 30 years old, doesn't help it's boring either. A feeling caller love was good though.

Deserter's Songs

Mercury Rev

4/5

Great songs but the odd interludes drag it down a bit for me, but overall great.

With The Beatles

Beatles

4/5

This is great, but it's not amazing yet.

Revolver

Beatles

5/5

Shite haircuts, good music though.

Treasure

Cocteau Twins

4/5

Could really do with a mix that brings out the vocals more but is overall really interesting and cool.

Talking Book

Stevie Wonder

4/5

Soulful soul music by soulful man with alot of soul.

Public Image: First Issue

Public Image Ltd.

1/5

This stinks.

Clube Da Esquina

Milton Nascimento

3/5

Couldn't understand the words but I understood the music. I also understood the music got a bit bland after awhile.

Wild Gift

3/5

Little dated and simple for me. Still okay though.

Bookends

Simon & Garfunkel

3/5

Probably my least favourite of Simon and garfunkels do far but still not bad.

Murder Ballads

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

5/5

I sure hope he was just joking about all that stuff.

In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida

Iron Butterfly

2/5

Plain old boring music.

Live At Leeds

The Who

3/5

Old but not quite gold, its okay.

The Stone Roses

4/5

Some good stuff, need to listen to more.

They Were Wrong, So We Drowned

Liars

4/5

I don't think I got it.

Green Onions

Booker T. & The MG's

3/5

Good but quite repetitive. Green onions was great though.

Lust For Life

Iggy Pop

4/5

I don't lust for iggy but the music was pretty good.

Halcyon Digest

Deerhunter

4/5

I don't think I'm sad enough for this

Tubular Bells

Mike Oldfield

3/5

Not a fan. Would've been miles better had he divided up the songs. Had his moments though.

Brothers In Arms

Dire Straits

5/5

Damn!!! These guys are good!!!

Blur

4/5

I only knew song 2, but everything else was top notch, crazy distorted guitars, Albarns Bowie like vocals, it all just messed together so so well. They're kinda like an evil gorillaz. 4.5/5.

Survivor

Destiny's Child

3/5

This wasn't too bad. Just sounds really dated, cool though. Like a 3.5.

Behaviour

Pet Shop Boys

2/5

Was listening to it, then I forgot I was, must have been real interesting.

Fulfillingness' First Finale

Stevie Wonder

5/5

He's got the funk.

Ten

Pearl Jam

4/5

I don't think I 100% got it, may need a revisit, but damp, every single part put their all into it.

Welcome to the Afterfuture

Mike Ladd

3/5

This was a hard one to collect my thoughts on, some parts were so out there I didn't enjoy it, others were filled with intent & purpose & beauty & beats that fuck. Challenging to say the least. Rating somehow seems impossible, definitely not a 1, wouldn't call it a 5 either. Most poignant album so far.

Imagine

John Lennon

3/5

Some parts are good, some parts are just meh, some are shite.

Everything Must Go

Manic Street Preachers

3/5

Not quite my tempo.

Mr. Tambourine Man

The Byrds

4/5

Generally not a fan of a good deal of old albums as i find them mostly boring and generic but this one was really good!

Peter Gabriel

4/5

Hot vocals & insttumentals.

Dummy

Portishead

5/5

Damn, chuffed to listen to this.

The Score

Fugees

5/5

You've already heard it before, you already love it.

Rip It Up

Orange Juice

3/5

Pretty okay 80s sounding 80s album

The Slim Shady LP

Eminem

4/5

Edgy as all hell but theres a charm here.

Make Yourself

Incubus

1/5

This sucks.

Future Days

Can

2/5

Im starting to think i dont like prog

Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor

Lupe Fiasco

5/5

Everything is consistent & great, from instruments to flow to vibe, its still brilliant.

Songs Of Leonard Cohen

Leonard Cohen

3/5

I was gonna give it a 4 but then he started loudly moaning at the end.

american dream

LCD Soundsystem

3/5

It was okay, im not a big fan of his previous work and i thought most of this to be decent but nothing crazy, the ocassional track that does grab you, however.

Forever Changes

Love

5/5

I thought it was gonna be really generic 60s psych but i really enjoyed it, very varied and fun.

Exile On Main Street

The Rolling Stones

4/5

Very good but it got very repetitive, couldve done with being half as long as well

Raising Hell

Run-D.M.C.

3/5

Alot of songs I grew up on, overall its not all too interesting, fun though.

Hard Again

Muddy Waters

5/5

Really loved this, the production, the guitars, the piano, it was all brilliant blues.

All Hail the Queen

Queen Latifah

2/5

Not too keen on this, very mid 80s but decent production.

Oracular Spectacular

MGMT

5/5

Soundtrack of the late 2000s. Just a perfect album.

Kenya

Machito

3/5

Crime movie montage music.

Happy Trails

Quicksilver Messenger Service

4/5

Really enjoyed the guitar riffs and solos going on here.

Surfer Rosa

Pixies

4/5

A little too crazy for a 5 but i can appreciate it.

Heroes

David Bowie

5/5

Loved this, pop tunes everyone loves sit next crazy instrumentals and it somehow works.

Signing Off

UB40

4/5

I'm not into reggae at all, looking at the cover I thought it was going to be punk, but I was pleasently suprised by how good it was. Good instrumentation, powerful lyrics with themes weaved throughout the album, and a good mix as well.

Sunshine Superman

Donovan

4/5

The ass production made it sound like i was listening on vinyl instead of digital, otherwise good folk music.

Morrison Hotel

The Doors

5/5

Man i like the doors

Punishing Kiss

Ute Lemper

1/5

"He provided tne brains, she peovided the breasts"??? Awful, i couldnt finish.