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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Armed Forces Elvis Costello & The Attractions	5	3.09	+1.91
The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn Pink Floyd	5	3.11	+1.89
New York Dolls New York Dolls	5	3.12	+1.88
All Mod Cons The Jam	5	3.25	+1.75
#1 Record Big Star	5	3.26	+1.74
Moondance Van Morrison	5	3.71	+1.29
All Things Must Pass George Harrison	5	3.82	+1.18
Gold Ryan Adams	4	2.84	+1.16
Kilimanjaro The Teardrop Explodes	4	2.86	+1.14
Cosmo's Factory Creedence Clearwater Revival	5	3.93	+1.07

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Destroy Rock & Roll Mylo	1	2.89	-1.89
Vulnicura Björk	1	2.79	-1.79
Violator Depeche Mode	2	3.7	-1.7
Justified Justin Timberlake	1	2.68	-1.68
Foo Fighters Foo Fighters	2	3.5	-1.5
Antichrist Superstar Marilyn Manson	1	2.48	-1.48
Kenya Machito	2	3.27	-1.27
Highly Evolved The Vines	2	3.03	-1.03

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Artist	Albums	Average
Pink Floyd	2	5

5-Star Albums (11)

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Moondance

Van Morrison

5/5

Anyone who rates this lower than 5 stars should be removed from the list.

2 likes

Destroy Rock & Roll

Mylo

1/5

To call this album monotonous is being generous. Why anyone needs to listen to this album is a mystery to me.

1 likes

1-Star Albums (4)

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Spiderland

Slint

2/5

Incredibly mediocre. Clearly ripping off the Cocteau Twins, and not nearly as good as Red House Painters (who are basically a better version of this exact same band).

Deja Vu

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

4/5

A classic that holds up well. Most underrated song on the album is clearly Almost Cut My Hair. But if I'm nitpicking, I would definitely have picked 4-Way Street over the studio album.

Guero

Beck

3/5

Just another mediocre pop album by Beck. Some catchy riffs but its a little repetitive.

Swordfishtrombones

Tom Waits

3/5

Great artist but clearly not his best work. A relatively unremarkable disc, in my opinion.

Violator

Depeche Mode

2/5

Aren't these supposed to be the top albums of all time? It must not be because otherwise this couldn't possibly make the list. Yes, there are two decent songs on the album but Johnny Cash did a vastly superior cover or Personal Jesus and Policy of Truth (like everything else Depeche Mode did) is basically soulless pop. It only warrants two stars because there are two singles on the disc.

#1 Record

Big Star

5/5

Finally, a disc worthy of 5 stars! How can so many great songs be jammed into 37 minutes??

You're Living All Over Me

Dinosaur Jr.

3/5

Not bad but not great. I've never loved this band and this disc hasn't changed that opinion.

Destroy Rock & Roll

Mylo

1/5

To call this album monotonous is being generous. Why anyone needs to listen to this album is a mystery to me.

Odessa

Bee Gees

2/5

Interesting album, though still mediocre. I don't think I'd ever listen to it again. Still better than their disco-era music.

The Clash

4/5

I didn't love this album when it first came out but it's grown on me over the years. There are some classic songs and great guitar riffs but its hit or miss (like everything the Clash did).

Moondance

Van Morrison

5/5

Anyone who rates this lower than 5 stars should be removed from the list.

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fIREHOSE

2/5

Extremely mediocre.

All Mod Cons

The Jam

5/5

An excellent album by one of my favorite bands. I wouldn't call it their best disc but its loaded with classics.

Bug

Dinosaur Jr.

2/5

Mediocre album by a somewhat overrated band (in my opinion)

Trout Mask Replica

Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band

3/5

This is much weirder - and less interesting - than I remembered.

Wish You Were Here

Pink Floyd

5/5

Classic album. Not my favorite (that would be Piper at the Gates of Dawn) but its still worthy of 5 stars.

Gold

Ryan Adams

4/5

Very good album. A little pop for my taste, but solid rock and roll.

I See A Darkness

Bonnie "Prince" Billy

2/5

Uninteresting. I must be missing something but I don't get the appeal.

New York Dolls

5/5

I can't believe I missed this album when it was posted a couple weeks ago. Its a classic. While its not a 5 star album based on the music, it deserves the rating it was so incredibly original and influential.

Hejira

Joni Mitchell

3/5

Not my favorite (Joni, or this album), but still a solid album

Kenya

Machito

2/5

Sounds like a movie soundtrack, which is fun for about 5".

Live At The Harlem Square Club

Sam Cooke

4/5

I'm new to this list but this is the first disc I've listened to that I'd never heard of and need to own.

Aqualung

Jethro Tull

3/5

This is an album that really hasn't held up as well as I had expected. Still a decent album but not as great as I had expected.

The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars

David Bowie

5/5

Obviously 5 stars.

There's A Riot Goin' On

Sly & The Family Stone

4/5

Some great cuts on this album and the band is/was incredible but its got hits and misses. A great fusion of soul and some serious rock riffs.

Venus Luxure No. 1 Baby

Girls Against Boys

2/5

Pretty boring. Channeling the least interesting elements of 80's punk/metal. Not the worst I've ever heard (or paid money to see in concert) but not worth inclusion on this list.

Parallel Lines

Blondie

3/5

Hard to believe they were playing this at CBGB's. Still, its gets a 3 rating - mostly for nostalgia.

Band On The Run

Paul McCartney and Wings

4/5

I bought this album when it first came out but I don't think I've listened to it straight through for 50 years. Its not bad. Pretty heavy on the McCartney pop, but not bad.

Disintegration

The Cure

3/5

I was puzzled by the choice of this album, given that it seems like the tail end of the Cure's career (it clearly wasn't, even before they were reborn with a album in 2024, but I think of them as an 80's band). Though after listening to the full disc, I have to say its a decent choice. Its much more polished than their early work, and Smith's voice and guitar are crisp. That said, I prefer the early discs, which had more of a Joy Division feel.

Something Else By The Kinks

The Kinks

3/5

I feel like a broken record but this is another odd choice. Its a decent album but hardly their best (or even in the top handful). Still, there are some great songs (e.g., Waterloo Sunset, obviously, and David Watts - though the the Jam do a better cover of the latter) mixed in with an otherwise unremarkable collection. That said, you've got to love a 60's rock album with no songs longer than 3 minutes

Groovin'

The Young Rascals

4/5

Never listened to this album before so I'm surprised by how many classic songs there are. And a couple that I've never heard that were surprisinly good (Sueno was my favorite). For an absurdly pop LP, its pretty impressive.

B-52's

The B-52's

4/5

Great album. Never one of my favorites but a really original sound.

Vulnicura

Björk

1/5

Is there no way to give zero stars?

Foo Fighters

2/5

I saw the Foo Fighters last year at the Jazz Fest. We left after about 25 minutes, bored by their repetiveness. This disc is a good reminder of why.

Justified

Justin Timberlake

1/5

Another terrible disc (and another "can't I give zero stars?"). Has someone hijacked this list in order to drive music lovers insane?

In Utero

Nirvana

3/5

Always thought this band was a little overrated - and this disc is a good example of that. Decent but certainly not exceptional.

Chelsea Girl

Nico

3/5

Much better than I remembered, though its a spotty record. I do love the cover of These Days (I think she might have been the first person to record it - long before Jackson recorded it himself).

Dirty

Sonic Youth

4/5

Didn't need to download this one since its on my regular playlist. Definitely one of their best discs and some great Thurston Moore guitar work.

All Things Must Pass

George Harrison

5/5

Spectacular disc(s) - it was a triple album, if I recall correctly. Really shows how much George's talents were overshadowed by the rest of the group.

Movies

Holger Czukay

2/5

Haven't listened to this guy in ages - and it hasn't aged well. His early work was more inventive. This is much less interesting.

Henry's Dream

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

4/5

I'm a huge Nick Cave fan, and have most (but not all) of his catalog. That said, while this is a solid disc, its definitely not one of his best. This, like many other sub-optimal picks (in my short time on this list) makes me wonder whether some selections (like this one) are largely random - i.e.,. someone who knows that there should be some Nick Cave on this list but doesn't know his work well enough to choose one of his best disc. Still, the guitar on I Had a Dream, Joe is brilliant and Nick's lyrics (and voice) are always spectacular.

Another Green World

Brian Eno

4/5

One of Eno's most accessible discs - that I probably haven't listed to since college. I think it holds up quite well. I would have given it a 3.5 if half starts were possibe but I'm leaning up to a 4 given how influential he was/is.

Armed Forces

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

5/5

Couldn't be an easier 5-star pick. This is one of my favorite albums - and musicians, of all time. I actually saw him on the tour for this album and he was unbelievable.

Water From An Ancient Well

Abdullah Ibrahim

3/5

Listenable but nothing special. A good example of why he's always been a mid-level player.

Highly Evolved

The Vines

2/5

A mediocre disc by a band that completely passed me by. Not terrible, just not very interesting. Apparently I wasn't missing much.

Antichrist Superstar

Marilyn Manson

1/5

Noise. Utterly unappealing in every way. Its like they took the worst elements of metal and fused it all together.

Pictures At An Exhibition

Emerson, Lake & Palmer

2/5

Never cared for this band, and that impression hasn't improved with age. They're just plain boring.

Crime Of The Century

Supertramp

3/5

Some decent pop music that holds up OK, but was only OK 3-star music 50 years ago. This is what you get with too much emphasis on synthesizers.

Kilimanjaro

The Teardrop Explodes

4/5

I've always liked this band (and Julian Cope's solo work) but they've completely slipped off the radar. its a shame, since they were always a solid band, even if largely unremarkable. I'm giving them 4 stars partly out of nostalgia (its probably a 3.5).

The Infotainment Scan

The Fall

3/5

A classic punk band from my youth. More melodic than most of their contemporaries - and they had definitely mellowed by the time this disc came out. Thoroughly enjoyable.

Feast of Wire

Calexico

4/5

Great band, great disc. Not their best (that's Garden of Ruin, IMO), but Not Even Stevie Nicks is a great song.

Kick Out The Jams (Live)

MC5

3/5

Clearly a cult classic but I imagine they were better live.

Cosmo's Factory

Creedence Clearwater Revival

5/5

I'd forgotten what a great album this is! Just the extended jam/bridge in Ramble Tamble alone makes the album, but add in one classic after another - not to mention the 11" version of Heard it Through the Grapevine! Such an incredibly tight band that disappeared way to soon (and no, John Fogerty's solo work just doesn't compare).

A Night At The Opera

Queen

3/5

Classic 70's rock. Still listenable but pretty mediocre - then and now (I'm in love with my car? Really?). Other than a couple classics and solid vocals, its no more interesting now than it was back when it came out.

The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn

Pink Floyd

5/5

Brilliant album. Syd at his best, lyrically and musically. A completely different band than what they became when Gilmour replaced him but so much more interesting. Really, who else could have written Interstellar Overdrive?

Buena Vista Social Club

4/5

I liked this a lot more when it first came out but it not feels pretty repetitive. Still, its very tight musically and easy to listen to.

Electric Ladyland

Jimi Hendrix

5/5

Brilliant. Unarguably his best studio work - though all 3 are 5-star albums. Not only does this begin with an insane little instrumental, but its got some of his best work - including (but certainly not limited to) the best cover of All Along the Watchtower ever.