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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Ananda Shankar Ananda Shankar	5	2.82	+2.18
Tigermilk Belle & Sebastian	5	3.23	+1.77
Either Or Elliott Smith	5	3.39	+1.61
Diamond Life Sade	5	3.44	+1.56
Moving Pictures Rush	5	3.57	+1.43
Abraxas Santana	5	3.72	+1.28
Appetite For Destruction Guns N' Roses	5	3.72	+1.28
Songs From The Big Chair Tears For Fears	5	3.74	+1.26
Sticky Fingers The Rolling Stones	5	3.87	+1.13

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Melodrama Lorde	1	3.32	-2.32
Introducing The Hardline According To Terence Trent D'Arby Terence Trent D'Arby	1	2.99	-1.99
Blood And Chocolate Elvis Costello & The Attractions	1	2.92	-1.92
James Brown Live At The Apollo James Brown	2	3.46	-1.46
Music for the Masses Depeche Mode	2	3.37	-1.37

5-Star Albums (10)

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

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Ananda Shankar

Ananda Shankar · 2 likes

5/5

Skeptical at first, I did research on it a little bit and suprisingly I adore it's sound. I instantly loved the cover of light my fire and a very romantic sounding mamata. When I read that this album uses the sitar as well as the ever present incorporation of classical indian music I can help but feel the same way how I felt and loved the album roots by sepultura. I know that it's a totally different comparison in so many ways but the incorporating of these native sounds, how sepultura incorporated tribal brazilian music to metal music is how I see this album. Adding traditional or classical sounds of a native country and pairing it with modern instruments like electric guitars and syths is a first a worst pairing but ends up as a match made in heaven

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

David Bowie · 1 likes

5/5

NOW THIS IS AN ABSOLUTE CLASSIC!!! I HONESTLY FEEL I WILL BE BIASED ON ALBUMS I KNOW THAT ARE ABSOLUTE BANGERS FOR ME!

Rapture

Anita Baker · 1 likes

3/5

Been trying to get into anita baker, this is my first album. Def a late night album that u wanna play in the background while getting hella intense with someone

Appetite For Destruction

Guns N' Roses · 1 likes

5/5

A banger, no further comments

1-Star Albums (3)

Introducing The Hardline According To Terence Trent D'Arby

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Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme

Simon & Garfunkel

4/5

It's got a folkish vibe to it, been meaning to get into songs from the 60s. This Album was released in 1966. It was alright, i don't want to biased by saying i'm not into folk music but I have been getting into some 60s. It's a nice album

Music for the Masses

Depeche Mode

2/5

it was okay, i'm not quite deep with depeche mode but I am aware of how new wave and synthpop during the 80s

Disraeli Gears

Cream

4/5

NOW THIS I'VE HEARD AND FAMILIAR WITH!!! I admit I only know sunshine of your love but hells yeah! I am biased rn since this fits right in my alley.

Sticky Fingers

The Rolling Stones

5/5

WILD HORSES!!!! yes i've heard this one before, nice to go through another listen. Prolly the first stones album that I heard I think thanks to wild horses

Brilliant Corners

Thelonious Monk

4/5

nice a jazz album, while listening to these albums I try to look them up and get to know what they are about. apparently this is a landmark album not only for Thelonious Monk but for jazz in general. Stocked about this because I wanna deep dive into some jazz

My Aim Is True

Elvis Costello

4/5

so apparently this is costello's debut. Def has some punk influence, but more bluesy if you ask me. I enjoyed this one, nice to finally hear his music

Hard Again

Muddy Waters

3/5

Definitely no doubt a blues album, nice addition to my knowledge of the genre. I listen to B.B. King and Stevie Ray Vaugn, so it's a sound that I am familiar with

Either Or

Elliott Smith

5/5

I am quite familiar with Elliot Smith, for me his songs always feel melancholic like there is a certain sadness to his works. Upon looking up this album which btw the only song I knew in this particular album was Say Yes and I believe this might just have been the time where I sat down and listened to the entirety of this album. It is no doubt intimate but not in a romantic way, a haunting experience since I do struggle with existentialism, self-destruction, and self-doubt as well as the failure to achieve inner peace. I certainly feel biased rating this as this feels rather personal.

The Modern Dance

Pere Ubu

2/5

It was aight, but not sold

Tigermilk

Belle & Sebastian

5/5

I like it, the sound seems to be just right up my alley. Jangle-pop ish, for sure indie sounding. This is what I love about the 90s, a sound like this seems familiar to the era. Love this album

Ananda Shankar

5/5

Abraxas

Santana

5/5

dope album, that's all. I only knew santana from smooth with rob thomas of matchbox 20 but dayyum my love for intrumental makes this album a great experience

Exodus

Bob Marley & The Wailers

3/5

First marley album I listened to, it's nice to get some variety. Also this album has some of his greatest hits

Feast of Wire

Calexico

3/5

it's got a nice latin feel to it

Moving Pictures

Rush

5/5

Hells yeah, I have been looking forward to this. I am a fan of tool but I know Rush is like the grand-daddy of prog-rock

Blood And Chocolate

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

1/5

this my second elvis costello album. it's okay so far but nothing really stands out

Melodrama

Lorde

1/5

Typical pop record, not impressed

Songs From The Big Chair

Tears For Fears

5/5

Eli And The Thirteenth Confession

Laura Nyro

3/5

it's got those jazz hits to it

Bayou Country

Creedence Clearwater Revival

4/5

TBH all I know about CCR is fortunate son, this album slaps!!

James Brown Live At The Apollo

James Brown

2/5

My very first introduction to james brown

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

David Bowie

5/5

NOW THIS IS AN ABSOLUTE CLASSIC!!! I HONESTLY FEEL I WILL BE BIASED ON ALBUMS I KNOW THAT ARE ABSOLUTE BANGERS FOR ME!

Diamond Life

Sade

5/5

so fckn smooth, honestly first time really listening to a sade record. I'm familiar with smooth operator and hang on to your love. With its blend of smooth jazz, soul, and pop, this fits right up my alley

Introducing The Hardline According To Terence Trent D'Arby

Terence Trent D'Arby

1/5

it's alright, not impressed so far

Rapture

Anita Baker

3/5

Been trying to get into anita baker, this is my first album. Def a late night album that u wanna play in the background while getting hella intense with someone

Lady In Satin

Billie Holiday

4/5

Just goes to show that raw emotions, as haunting as it seems, a tough listen you can say but this emotionally-orchestrally charged album is a masterpiece

The Velvet Underground

3/5

it was okay, pale blue eyes was the highlight for me and that ending track was good. overall it's an okay album

Elvis Presley

3/5

I know some elvis songs but this def my first album of his, it was okay. Nice to have this as an addition to my growing 50s music library

Metal Box

Public Image Ltd.

2/5

it was alright? experimental no doubt, post-punk ish, reminds me of television by marquee moon but I like that better. not too punk for me

Bone Machine

Tom Waits

3/5

Bone Machine is a powerful, brooding album that captures the grief, disillusionment, and fragility of life. With its intense themes and raw sonic textures, it stands as a unique milestone in Tom Waits’ career, showcasing his artistic evolution and willingness to push the boundaries of music.

Get Behind Me Satan

The White Stripes

3/5

A total shift from what they were initially, experimental no doubt and it works. Rare cases of an artists or a band who decides to totally shift sounds and nails it

Appetite For Destruction

Guns N' Roses

5/5

A banger, no further comments

Who's Next

The Who

3/5

I know a few songs off this album, it does feel awfully lot of an experimental song. Who's Next is a perfect storm of power, innovation, and heart. It's The Who at their most mature, bold, and emotionally complex—a record that both defined and defied its era. It's not just a classic—it's essential.

Hot Buttered Soul

Isaac Hayes

3/5

A radical reinvention of soul music, Hot Buttered Soul is Isaac Hayes at his most fearless and cinematic. With only four tracks, Hayes stretched the boundaries of the genre — layering orchestras, wah-wah guitars, and sprawling monologues over heartbreak classics like "Walk On By" and "By the Time I Get to Phoenix." It's raw emotion dressed in velvet, a record that trades radio-friendliness for uncompromising artistry. Bold, hypnotic, and deeply influential, it set the stage for soul to become grand, philosophical, and endlessly expressive. A masterpiece of mood, groove, and vulnerability.

American Beauty

Grateful Dead

4/5

American Beauty showcases the Dead at their most emotionally resonant and compositionally refined. It’s an album that doesn’t require you to be a full-blown Deadhead to appreciate — it speaks to anyone who’s ever been on the road, felt lost, fallen in love, or sought meaning through music.

Bringing It All Back Home

Bob Dylan

3/5

Bringing It All Back Home is the album where Bob Dylan shattered folk tradition, electrified poetic songwriting, and permanently expanded what rock music could express.

Morrison Hotel

The Doors

4/5

Morrison Hotel is The Doors stripping everything back to raw, sweaty blues-rock basics. After their more experimental and orchestral phase, this album feels like a return to a grimy bar stage — loose, dangerous, and full of swagger. Tracks like “Roadhouse Blues” and “Peace Frog” groove hard, while quieter moments like “Blue Sunday” and “Indian Summer” add emotional contrast. Jim Morrison sounds confident, feral, and poetic all at once.