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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Haunted Dancehall The Sabres Of Paradise	5	2.37	+2.63
Winter In America Gil Scott-Heron	5	3.25	+1.75
Cross Justice	5	3.27	+1.73
The Chronic Dr. Dre	5	3.33	+1.67
Hybrid Theory Linkin Park	5	3.39	+1.61
Amnesiac Radiohead	5	3.41	+1.59
Aja Steely Dan	5	3.46	+1.54
Straight Outta Compton N.W.A.	5	3.51	+1.49
Stankonia OutKast	5	3.55	+1.45
Mothership Connection Parliament	5	3.61	+1.39

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Rubber Soul Beatles	2	4.12	-2.12
Tom Tom Club Tom Tom Club	1	3.03	-2.03
Pills 'n' Thrills And Bellyaches Happy Mondays	1	2.98	-1.98
Vanishing Point Primal Scream	1	2.83	-1.83
In Utero Nirvana	2	3.83	-1.83
Histoire De Melody Nelson Serge Gainsbourg	1	2.75	-1.75
21 Adele	2	3.69	-1.69
Funeral Arcade Fire	2	3.56	-1.56
At Newport 1960 Muddy Waters	2	3.55	-1.55
Queen II Queen	2	3.49	-1.49

5-Star Albums (14)

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Cross

Justice

5/5

Legendary, timeless album. It's a feat that this even exists, and it's something that has a magic to it that has not yet been replicated. Every song is stellar and unique.

1 likes

Songs Of Love And Hate

Leonard Cohen

3/5

Top-tier poetry, but not as interesting through the lens of music

1 likes

1-Star Albums (4)

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Birth Of The Cool

Miles Davis

5/5

One of the most important albums of all time. Genre-defining, epoch-inducing. Importance cannot be overstated.

The Chronic

Dr. Dre

5/5

All-timer

The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill

Lauryn Hill

5/5

One of the most influential albums of all time. Perfect, no notes.

Hybrid Theory

Linkin Park

5/5

This album helped me get into music, and for that it will always be perfect.

Aja

Steely Dan

5/5

Straight Outta Compton

N.W.A.

5/5

At Newport 1960

Muddy Waters

2/5

This is exactly the type of blues I could do without, but I have to recognize that he's many people's favorite musician's favorite musician

Low

David Bowie

3/5

Get Rich Or Die Tryin'

50 Cent

4/5

Way too much middle school nostalgia to be objective.

Queen II

Queen

2/5

I just don't gel with Queen. I hadn't heard most of these songs before though, and did enjoy "The Loser in the End" I would rather listen to Zeppelin

Histoire De Melody Nelson

Serge Gainsbourg

1/5

The music was actually somewhat interesting (especially the first 2 songs), but the lyrical content is beyond fucked. So French.

Infected

The The

3/5

The sound profile is cool and diverse, if quite disjointed. Typical of 80s. Not something I would ever choose to listen to (the vocals are not for me), but worth checking out if you're into well-crafted lyrics.

C'est Chic

CHIC

3/5

I HATED the first two songs, but Nile Rodgers is a legend. While a little too straightforward disco for me, there are a few bangers mixed in with the blandness. (Savior Faire, At Last I am Free

The Low End Theory

A Tribe Called Quest

5/5

Come on now. Easy 5.

Odelay

Beck

2/5

I feel like I just missed the boat on Beck. Maybe earlier in life it could have worked for me, but it feels basic, boring, and flat.

Quiet Life

Japan

2/5

I'm more into the synthwave elements than the glam rock. The quality kind of fizzles out for me as the album goes on

Adele

2/5

I don't think it's possible to be anything close to objective on this album with so many evergreen songs heard in department stores and public spaces for a decade+. One extra star for the earworm of it all.

Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea

PJ Harvey

3/5

Tom Tom Club

1/5

I must be missing some context or something, but as a raw listen, this is pretty trash. One hit wonder and even the hit is only recognizable for the sample (shoutout Return of the Mack!)

Stankonia

OutKast

5/5

All timer.

Gorillaz

4/5

Not something I listen to regularly, but I can't deny the creativity

Cross

Justice

5/5

Legendary, timeless album. It's a feat that this even exists, and it's something that has a magic to it that has not yet been replicated. Every song is stellar and unique.

Rid Of Me

PJ Harvey

2/5

Gahd damn, that's a lot of muted guitar. Too much if you ask me. I don't think I've ever said that before.

Abbey Road

Beatles

4/5

I am notoriously not a Beatles fan, but I'm not gonna sit here and say this is bad. I do enjoy some of these.

Teenage Head

Flamin' Groovies

3/5

Kinda fun, but real sloppy, and not in a punk kind of way.

Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

4/5

This was moving. I somehow haven't given Neil a fair shake up to now, and I'm glad to hear this album in full. Will seek out more.

Channel Orange

Frank Ocean

2/5

Too poppy for my taste, yet somehow also feels flat. Bargain-bin R&B masquerading as something more. I'll go listen to some Ne-Yo instead. I did enjoy Andre 3000 though.

Foxbase Alpha

Saint Etienne

3/5

The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan

4/5

Impeccable songwriting as always from Bob, but just not that pleasant to listen to him perform

Sign 'O' The Times

Prince

3/5

Diverse and high-concept, with a few bangers that feel innovative even now (If I Was Your Girlfriend). Also a famous use of the Linn drum. I feel I'll never quite fully get it without having lived through the 80s

Songs Of Love And Hate

Leonard Cohen

3/5

Top-tier poetry, but not as interesting through the lens of music

Let's Stay Together

Al Green

3/5

Elegant in it's simplicity, if missing a little magic.

Haunted Dancehall

The Sabres Of Paradise

5/5

Never heard of this before, but wow this is wild. 4am music. A perfect fit for the Warp label. Going to spend some more time with this.

Rubber Soul

Beatles

2/5

Not for me.

...Baby One More Time

Britney Spears

3/5

I meannnnn, definitely a few all-time earworms here

Talk Talk Talk

The Psychedelic Furs

3/5

Need to be in the right mood for this, butbwow Dumb Waiters is absolutely sick

Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs

Marty Robbins

2/5

Shout-out to El Paso for it's place in Grateful Dead songbook. Otherwise not really a fan of the smooth, straight-ahead, and of it's time nature of this music.

Vanishing Point

Primal Scream

1/5

I like dub, ambient, and noise, but this didn't scratch the itch of any of that. Put me to sleep and not in a good way.

Deep Purple In Rock

Deep Purple

3/5

They're good at what they do. Fun if a bit rough

Songs Of Leonard Cohen

Leonard Cohen

3/5

Pills 'n' Thrills And Bellyaches