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688

Albums Rated

3.66

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63%

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1980

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Folk

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Cheerleader

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125

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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Rock Bottom Robert Wyatt	5	2.39	+2.61
Bummed Happy Mondays	5	2.65	+2.35
Bright Flight Silver Jews	5	2.67	+2.33
Happy Sad Tim Buckley	5	2.79	+2.21
Scott 4 Scott Walker	5	2.8	+2.2
Apple Venus Volume 1 XTC	5	2.83	+2.17
69 Love Songs The Magnetic Fields	5	2.85	+2.15
This Nation’s Saving Grace The Fall	5	2.89	+2.11
D.O.A. the Third and Final Report of Throbbing Gristle Throbbing Gristle	4	1.89	+2.11
Broken English Marianne Faithfull	5	2.9	+2.1

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Make Yourself Incubus	1	3.08	-2.08
The Stranger Billy Joel	2	3.86	-1.86
21 Adele	2	3.69	-1.69
Californication Red Hot Chili Peppers	2	3.68	-1.68
Garbage Garbage	2	3.39	-1.39
L'Eau Rouge The Young Gods	1	2.33	-1.33
Live At Leeds The Who	2	3.31	-1.31
Bad Company Bad Company	2	3.24	-1.24
Bongo Rock Incredible Bongo Band	2	3.24	-1.24
The Seldom Seen Kid Elbow	2	3.23	-1.23

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Artist	Albums	Average
Bob Dylan	6	4.83
David Bowie	8	4.63
R.E.M.	4	5
Beatles	5	4.6
Stevie Wonder	4	4.75
Prince	3	5
The Rolling Stones	4	4.5
Miles Davis	3	4.67
The Smiths	3	4.67
Talking Heads	3	4.67
Beastie Boys	3	4.67
Pink Floyd	3	4.67
The Specials	2	5
Nick Drake	2	5
Lou Reed	2	5
XTC	2	5
The Velvet Underground	2	5
PJ Harvey	2	5
Van Morrison	2	5
Led Zeppelin	5	4.2
Bruce Springsteen	4	4.25
Steely Dan	4	4.25
Radiohead	4	4.25
Kraftwerk	3	4.33
Black Sabbath	3	4.33
Joni Mitchell	3	4.33
Marvin Gaye	3	4.33
Neil Young & Crazy Horse	3	4.33

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1-Star Albums (5)

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This album, and in particular the singles, was ubiquitous in my formative years. It has aged unbelievably well for what was seen as somewhat of a kitsch project. Justin Hawkins is also famously one of the nicest men in rock, plaudits for that alone.

The singles still sound fine, the production isn’t varied or interesting enough to have aged this album particularly well though.

There are better nu-metal albums. There is even a better Korn album. Nothing here has the raw immediacy of, for example, Ball Tongue. The bass playing is exceptional. Everything else oscillates wildly between being neutered to facilitate airplay (the guitars and production) or being grossly offensive (the infantile lyrics and vocal delivery).