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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space Spiritualized	5	3.15	+1.85
Goo Sonic Youth	5	3.24	+1.76
Heaven Or Las Vegas Cocteau Twins	5	3.38	+1.62
Aja Steely Dan	5	3.46	+1.54
Illinois Sufjan Stevens	5	3.49	+1.51
People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm A Tribe Called Quest	5	3.61	+1.39
Hounds Of Love Kate Bush	5	3.61	+1.39
After The Gold Rush Neil Young	5	3.63	+1.37
In Rainbows Radiohead	5	3.84	+1.16
Exodus Bob Marley & The Wailers	5	3.94	+1.06

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Aftermath The Rolling Stones	1	3.38	-2.38
Deep Purple In Rock Deep Purple	1	3.32	-2.32
Cross Justice	1	3.27	-2.27
Lost Souls Doves	1	3.16	-2.16
461 Ocean Boulevard Eric Clapton	1	3.12	-2.12
Let Love Rule Lenny Kravitz	1	3	-2
I See You The xx	1	2.99	-1.99
A Night At The Opera Queen	2	3.96	-1.96
Sheet Music 10cc	1	2.96	-1.96
Led Zeppelin III Led Zeppelin	2	3.95	-1.95

5-Star Albums (14)

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Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space

People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm

Popular Reviews

Melodrama

Lorde

4/5

Not a love, but a very strong like. The title is apt; this is big music. Cinematic and widescreen, big-hearted and grandiose. Wish everything was as strong and compelling as Supercut, alas not everything is on par with that high point. But, it all comes from a truly unique voice.

1 likes

Gentlemen

The Afghan Whigs

1/5

Greg Dulli, blessed with one of the most punchable faces in rock, couldn't find a melody if its location was programmed into a fucking GPS. The vocal performances ping-pong back and forth between two modes: faux-sinister whispering and tuneless scream-shouting, in a failed attempt to emote their way past the total lack of lyrical substance. And it's made all the worse by the way this album radiates pretentiousness. I'm down with 90s indie and alt-rock, but this is some awful shit. Ruined a beautiful morning walk.

1 likes

1-Star Albums (13)

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Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)

Wu-Tang Clan

4/5

After The Gold Rush

Neil Young

5/5

Heartbreak on every level: personal, interpersonal, political, national. Sad and lovely. And perfect.

Music for the Masses

Depeche Mode

3/5

Didn't hate it, but not sure I loved it, either. Seems frozen in its late-80s context, so it's hard to get past the production and arrangement choices to connect with the songs. So it's all about the sounds. Some are captivating, some annoying and opaque because of the overwhelming coldness of the synths. Learned to truly respect David Gahan as a singer and the way his voice weaves with the synthetic production. A solid, middle of the road 3 for me.

Melodrama

Lorde

4/5

Appetite For Destruction

Guns N' Roses

2/5

Pros: Attitude, snarl, sound, band vibe; guitar playing and vocal gymnastics. History: put Hair Metal in the rearview mirror. Cons: songwriting, misogyny, stupidity, Steven Adler (terrible drumming), and a couple of obvious filler tracks. It’s a shame because this should be a record I go back to. But I won’t.

MTV Unplugged In New York

Nirvana

5/5

Pros: beautiful performances, incredible set list, all the pure, raw talent of Nirvana—from Kurt’s voice, to Dave’s unbelievable musicianship, from the against-the-grain choices to the dynamics and sensitivity of the individual performances—on vivid, aching display. Just a perfect live album capturing the band in an entirely unexpected, naked way. A breathtaking masterpiece. Cons: not a single thing.

Can't Buy A Thrill

Steely Dan

4/5

Pros: groundbreaking fusion of jazz, R&B, rock, and nihilism. And killer playing throughout. Denny Diaz omg. In addition: the hooks! And it all feels so casual and as if it were just there, all along. Con’s: some weaker songs in the back half. An amazing debut and a point toward the future.

Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space

Spiritualized

5/5

Exodus

Bob Marley & The Wailers

5/5

Hotel California

Eagles

4/5

In The Wee Small Hours

Frank Sinatra

2/5

Frank, Frank, Frank. Listen, buddy, I know you’re going through a rough patch, but there’s lots of fish in the sea, okay? You just gotta pick yourself up and get yourself back out there. I know it’s been bad, and I know you miss her, but maybe it’s for the best, right? But I’ll tell you this: nothing’s gonna change if you just sit around singing these sad-sack songs all day. Listen, it’s okay to lick your wounds, but you gotta make some changes, buddy. How’s about we go out tonight? No pressure… we’ll just go out get a drink or two and have a couple laughs. You’ll see. You’ll feel better. The journey of a thousand miles starts with a single step, am I right? Let’s get things moving in a positive direction, Frankie. I love you, man. You know that, right?

Here's Little Richard

Little Richard

4/5

It all comes down to that voice. Just one of the most glorious things to ever happen to popular music—the grit, the bell-like tone, the vibrato, the precision runs. Set the template for every single belter and shouter to ever follow. Also has aged incredibly well. Not a note on this album sounds antiquated. Everything in it is still alive in the music today. Incredible. “Ready Teddy” is a ripper from start to finish.

Eliminator

ZZ Top

2/5

The Apex Mountain of dumb rock. You gotta give the ZZers credit for moving their boogie thang into a more contemporary, early-80s wrapping. But the lyrical sentiments have aged like milk, making this a tough listen in 2025. The idea of “fun” in rock has changed a lot in 42 years. A solid 2.

The Downward Spiral

Nine Inch Nails

3/5

Architecture And Morality

Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark

3/5

Wanted to be surprised and absorbed by this, but wasn’t.

People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm

A Tribe Called Quest

5/5

Just incredible. Loved all of it!

Rattlesnakes

Lloyd Cole And The Commotions

2/5

Perfectly serviceable jangle pop. Thought I was going to have a revelatory experience after Perfect Skin and Speedboat, but it seemed like the rest of the album just fizzled from there. Some great guitar tones and playing, but didn’t enthrall me.

Fun House

The Stooges

4/5

Station To Station

David Bowie

4/5

David Bowie has always been an abstraction for me. As much as I've been told to admire him and his art over the course of his career, he has never really connected with me. It might be his voice or his lyrical curiosities, or just the way most things he does seem to have an icy, intellectual remove for me. But this album finally did it for me. "Word on a Wing" and "Wild is the Wind" finally hit me in heart more than the head. I felt it and it seemed like I got it. At last. The production values of this album are also amazing. A great sounding record. Golden Years alone seems like masterclass in guitar sounds and mixing. Not a 5, but certainly a 4.

Moon Safari

Air

4/5

There’s something to be said about an album that—within just a few notes—instantly transports you back to the time and place where you first heard it. I think that means it’s powerful and unique. I think that’s a testament to connecting with the head and the head. I think that’s about making music that has meaning and staying power. I think I always thought of this album as lightweight. Upon listening again, I think it has gravitational power—a true landmark in late 90s music. It creates its own unforgettable world. A great album and a minor classic.

Aftermath

The Rolling Stones

1/5

I know this is supposed to be a landmark album and all, but, um....no. I can't believe this album is mentioned in the same breath as Rubber Soul.

Pieces Of The Sky

Emmylou Harris

4/5

A very strong album, front-to-back, with some beautiful and incredibly powerful moments. "Boulder to Birmingham" is simply one of the greatest songs ever written.

Led Zeppelin III

Led Zeppelin

2/5

All told, feels like kind of a lightweight album. Some real and incredible highs surrounded by what seems like a lot of filler. Somehow, I was exposed to the fact that you can hear John Bonham’s kick drum pedal squeak during Since I’ve Been Loving You and now it’s all I can hear. Ugh.

Gentlemen

The Afghan Whigs

1/5

Rising Above Bedlam

Jah Wobble's Invaders Of The Heart

1/5

Hounds Of Love

Kate Bush

5/5

A revelation. Having never really listened to her work, just based upon a whole host of things, I would have thought it would have been kind of…twee…? But I was really engrossed by her voice and her artistic VOICE. Despite my attempts to dismiss this album as pretentious and posturing, I just kept getting, I guess…charmed by it. By the earnestness of the whole thing. And you can hear so much of the good part of the future 80s in this music (digital instrumentation applied smartly and with heart, instead of cold and icy). The Morning Fog was an amazing first-time listen. A classic. Brava!

Jazz Samba

Stan Getz

4/5

System Of A Down

4/5

Revolver

Beatles

5/5

The Doors

4/5

Armed Forces

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

4/5

In Our Heads

Hot Chip

2/5

Chirping Crickets

Buddy Holly & The Crickets

3/5

My Aim Is True

Elvis Costello

4/5

The Colour Of Spring

Talk Talk

4/5

No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith (Live)

Motörhead

3/5

Californication

Red Hot Chili Peppers

4/5

Vauxhall And I

Morrissey

3/5

Siembra

Willie Colón & Rubén Blades

3/5

Hard Again

Muddy Waters

4/5

The Bones Of What You Believe

CHVRCHES

3/5

Heaven Or Las Vegas

Cocteau Twins

5/5

Cross

Justice

1/5

In Rainbows

Radiohead

5/5

Smokers Delight

Nightmares On Wax

2/5

Largely forgettable Trip-Hop. Some pleasant moments, but unremarkable and burdened by songs that stay long past their welcome. I won’t come back for more.

Rio

Duran Duran

3/5

Get Behind Me Satan

The White Stripes

2/5

Country Life

Roxy Music

4/5

Dub Housing

Pere Ubu

2/5