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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Fragile Yes	5	3.32	+1.68
The Suburbs Arcade Fire	5	3.5	+1.5
Born To Run Bruce Springsteen	5	3.64	+1.36
At San Quentin Johnny Cash	5	3.8	+1.2
All That You Can't Leave Behind U2	4	2.98	+1.02

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
In A Silent Way Miles Davis	1	3.61	-2.61
Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds	1	3.32	-2.32
The Boatman's Call Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds	1	3.2	-2.2
Exit Planet Dust The Chemical Brothers	1	3.16	-2.16
Berlin Lou Reed	1	3.1	-2.1
Dog Man Star Suede	1	3	-2
Led Zeppelin III Led Zeppelin	2	3.96	-1.96
Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge Mudhoney	1	2.84	-1.84
Basket of Light Pentangle	1	2.76	-1.76
Grace Jeff Buckley	2	3.71	-1.71

5-Star Albums (6)

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Basket of Light

Pentangle

1/5

Please make the bad album generator man stop.

4 likes

Grace

Jeff Buckley

2/5

Last Goodbye is a great song. The rest of the album is histrionic (been wanting to use that word in a sentence for a while).

1 likes

Led Zeppelin III

Led Zeppelin

2/5

This Zeppelin did not achieve lift off.

1 likes

1-Star Albums (9)

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Duck Rock

Malcolm McLaren

3/5

Berlin

Lou Reed

1/5

Always thought Lou Reed was overrated. This album confirmed my thoughts.

Odelay

Beck

4/5

Fun to listen to. Beck is a musical chameleon. I have zero idea what the lyrics are about though.

My Aim Is True

Elvis Costello

4/5

Some timeless songs. More like a 4.5 than a 4

Rio

Duran Duran

3/5

Duran Duran= So So. Hungry Like The Wolf is a good song; Rio is a great song. The rest of the album sounds like background music at a club in the early '80's (which it was).

Introducing The Hardline According To Terence Trent D'Arby

Terence Trent D'Arby

2/5

Was not familiar with the artist or the album. After listening, I realized I did not miss much after all these years. Unmemorable.

It's A Shame About Ray

The Lemonheads

3/5

It's a shame I can't give it 3.5 stars- some pretty well crafted tunes

Green River

Creedence Clearwater Revival

3/5

There are a couple classic songs on the album, but I found it very uneven. I know CCR and this album are highly regarded by many. I just feel that there were a lot of bands in this era and genre that were better (The Band, Allmans, Skynyrd, etc).

The Suburbs

Arcade Fire

5/5

A moody album with great songs that seem to flow together lyrically and musically. It feels like a rock opera. The two brothers in Arcade Fire are from The Woodlands in Texas, where I have a lot of family. It is a huge planned community- I can understand their melancholy.

The Boatman's Call

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

1/5

Depressing monotone music. I couldn't wait to get this album over with.

Reggatta De Blanc

The Police

3/5

Uneven and very basic songwriting but I give them an A for effort - The Police always bring a lot of energy.

Ray Of Light

Madonna

2/5

Not as bad as I feared, but completely forgettable.

In A Silent Way

Miles Davis

1/5

Different strokes for different folks. Not my thing

1984

Van Halen

2/5

Dirty

Sonic Youth

2/5

I was optimistic after the first song and then it went downhill fast. An assault on my eardrums.

Heaux Tales

Jazmine Sullivan

2/5

Grace

Jeff Buckley

2/5

Last Goodbye is a great song. The rest of the album is histrionic (been wanting to use that word in a sentence for a while).

At Folsom Prison

Johnny Cash

4/5

I am not a huge country fan but this is a special album. Every time I listen to songs from it I try to visualize the scene where it was recorded.

Imagine

John Lennon

3/5

Peanut butter and jelly are better together than apart. So were Lennon and McCartney.

Frank

Amy Winehouse

3/5

Easy listening but a snooze

Born To Be With You

Dion

3/5

Meh. BTW, the album linked on Spotify was too long because the rerelease combined Born to Be With you with another album, Streetheart.

Here, My Dear

Marvin Gaye

3/5

I like my Marvin more gritty. Give me "What's Going On" anytime!

The ArchAndroid

Janelle Monáe

3/5

I will say it was... interesting.

Face to Face

The Kinks

3/5

Classic Kinks - good but on the second tier of the British bands of the time.

Rubber Soul

Beatles

5/5

Not much to say. Everyone song great and no "filler"

A Rush Of Blood To The Head

Coldplay

4/5

Tuneful

Idlewild

Everything But The Girl

2/5

Nice elevator music

All That You Can't Leave Behind

4/5

Not a huge U2 fan but thought there were a lot of good songs- particularly early going.

Synchronicity

The Police

4/5

Uneven but a bunch of great songs.

The Undertones

3/5

The songs were short at least and sometimes catchy

Very

Pet Shop Boys

2/5

Needed some oomph

Bossanova

Pixies

2/5

I think there is one Pixies song I like and it was not on this album. Note: screaming is not singing.

Fear Of Music

Talking Heads

2/5

An appropriately titled album- most of the songs wee musically unimpressive. I like later TH much better.

Live At The Regal

B.B. King

4/5

Wow. That would have been fun to see live.

Exit Planet Dust

The Chemical Brothers

1/5

I guess I needed chemicals to enjoy

Born To Run

Bruce Springsteen

5/5

Can I give it a six?

Deep Purple In Rock

Deep Purple

2/5

Hard rock parody

Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire)

The Kinks

4/5

Enjoyed it - kind of a shorter, poor man’s Tommy

The Rolling Stones

3/5

Early Stones mostly playing covers of early rock songs. Thankfully their songwriting skills evolved.

Neon Bible

Arcade Fire

4/5

Like The Suburbs a bit more but really solid overall

Dookie

Green Day

4/5

My kids got me the Dookie CD for Father's Day 30 years ago, I believe. Thankfully I don't think they understood some of the lyrics. And I like the album better now than way back when. I am going to round up to a 4.

Electric Warrior

T. Rex

3/5

I banged the gong and now I am gone.

The Healer

John Lee Hooker

2/5

I guess the telltale sign was I favored the songs that featured others (Santana, Bonny Raitt) that I like and could not get into the more bluesy JLH solo songs.

Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge

Mudhoney

1/5

Painful

Moving Pictures

Rush

2/5

Not my favorite Canadian import. Geddy Lee's singing grates on my eardrums.

Illmatic

Nas

2/5

I am not going to run out and buy a Nas album, but this was not nearly as bad as I feared. Most songs had an actual tune, and I understood at least 20% of the lyrics if I tried real hard to listen.

Os Mutantes

2/5

Loved the lyrics

Parachutes

Coldplay

4/5

I felt I should have been drinking a glass of red wine while making dinner on a Saturday night while listening. It was all mellow.

Bryter Layter

Nick Drake

3/5

Alas Nick we hardly knew ye. What a shame.

Dog Man Star

Suede

1/5

I felt like the 1001 Album Generator person was punishing me by making me listen to this. Bad music and silly lyrics.

Pink Moon

Nick Drake

3/5

Listened to this after listening to Bryter Layter. Pink Moon is a great song but only 2 minutes long. Tasty but not filling. Can we move on from Nick Drake now?

La Revancha Del Tango

Gotan Project

2/5

I kept waiting for the songs to morph into something more but that rarely happened.

Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

1/5

Are we done with the Nicks yet? Pretty please?

Thriller

Michael Jackson

5/5

5 stars for the album. 10 starts for the Thriller video.

Hounds Of Love

Kate Bush

2/5

Meh

Remedy

Basement Jaxx

1/5

This is an album I need to listen to before I die?

Basket of Light

Pentangle

1/5

Please make the bad album generator man stop.

At San Quentin

Johnny Cash

5/5

Led Zeppelin III

Led Zeppelin

2/5

This Zeppelin did not achieve lift off.

Unknown Pleasures

Joy Division

2/5

Blackstar

David Bowie

2/5

I gave it two stars for sentimental reasons, but there is so much better Bowie out there. Call me old school, but I did not like the ChaChaChanges in this album.

People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm

A Tribe Called Quest

4/5

I like Ham 'N' Eggs and I liked this. Good samples, funny lyrics

Crocodiles

Echo And The Bunnymen

2/5

All the songs just blended together into an unappetizing mix.

London Calling

The Clash

4/5

A tad long but there are a few real gems in there.

If I Could Only Remember My Name

David Crosby

2/5

I love all the iterations of CSNY, but this David Crosby album just did not do much for me.

The Beach Boys Today!

The Beach Boys

4/5

Songs From The Big Chair

Tears For Fears

4/5

Enough great songs on this classic new wave album to overcome the filler

Disraeli Gears

Cream

4/5

Cream: three guys putting out a lot of sound. Sunshine of Your Love is an all-time classic. Ulysses a wahwah wonder.

Fragile

Yes

5/5

YES! Always been a big Yes fan and tho there is some filler, Roundabout is a masterpiece. Long Distance Runaround, Heart of the Sunrise are great songs as well. Jon Anderson's voice sounds great, Rick Wakeman a wizard on the keyboards. Yes sir I'll have another.

From Elvis In Memphis

Elvis Presley

3/5

I prefer the rocking Elvis to the crooning version that was on this album. Suspicious Minds one of my favorite Elvis songs.

Horses

Patti Smith

2/5

Patti Smith, to me, is a female Lou Reed. Both are revered for evoking a time, a place, an attitude, and for the lyrics of their songs. Their music- not so much. To me, the music is what matters. Patti Smith's most played song is a Bruce Springsteen cover. Enough said.