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You Love More Than Most
| Album | You | Global | Diff |
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90
808 State
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5 | 2.7 | +2.3 |
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american dream
LCD Soundsystem
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5 | 3.17 | +1.83 |
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Dance Mania
Tito Puente
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5 | 3.28 | +1.72 |
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Surf's Up
The Beach Boys
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5 | 3.3 | +1.7 |
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Live At Leeds
The Who
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5 | 3.32 | +1.68 |
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Deep Purple In Rock
Deep Purple
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5 | 3.32 | +1.68 |
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Blur
Blur
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5 | 3.33 | +1.67 |
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Hot Rats
Frank Zappa
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5 | 3.36 | +1.64 |
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One Nation Under A Groove
Funkadelic
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5 | 3.42 | +1.58 |
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The Modern Dance
Pere Ubu
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4 | 2.48 | +1.52 |
You Love Less Than Most
| Album | You | Global | Diff |
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Graceland
Paul Simon
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1 | 3.73 | -2.73 |
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Dummy
Portishead
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1 | 3.71 | -2.71 |
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Brothers
The Black Keys
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1 | 3.57 | -2.57 |
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Document
R.E.M.
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1 | 3.56 | -2.56 |
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Violent Femmes
Violent Femmes
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1 | 3.49 | -2.49 |
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Odelay
Beck
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1 | 3.46 | -2.46 |
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The Soft Bulletin
The Flaming Lips
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1 | 3.28 | -2.28 |
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Don't Come Home A Drinkin' (With Lovin' On Your Mind)
Loretta Lynn
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1 | 2.97 | -1.97 |
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Elephant
The White Stripes
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2 | 3.85 | -1.85 |
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Automatic For The People
R.E.M.
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2 | 3.81 | -1.81 |
5-Star Albums (15)
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The Black Keys · 2 likes
1/5
oh brother this guy stinks
Leonard Cohen · 1 likes
2/5
Is it mean of me to think his voice sucks?
Madonna · 1 likes
4/5
did not know Madonna had game like this
Dusty Springfield · 1 likes
3/5
Felt very inspired then very critical and now I am here
Soundgarden · 1 likes
5/5
Rock and fuckin ROLL
1-Star Albums (9)
All Ratings
Arcade Fire
2/5
Eh. I'm sure there's another life where I would have felt this more.
Beatles
4/5
Timeless. Little repetitive, but short and sweet and timeless.
David Bowie
3/5
Talking Heads
3/5
The Offspring
2/5
I fell asleep
Pixies
3/5
Ages well over the course of the album
Pet Shop Boys
3/5
Would give 3.5 stars if possible
Deerhunter
4/5
Favorite one so far
Steely Dan
5/5
Easy
Elliott Smith
2/5
Meat Puppets
3/5
Surprised I enjoyed this more than I thought I would
Air
4/5
You know what? This rocks
808 State
5/5
This music fucks
Beck
1/5
I didn't think I'd ever actually reach for the one star button doing this
Boston
3/5
Dolly Parton
2/5
Feels like asking someone to eat Oregon Trail food and rate it
Jane's Addiction
4/5
Jurassic 5
4/5
The Strokes
5/5
Elton John
3/5
Surprisingly underwhelmed
R.E.M.
2/5
M m m m miiiiid
LCD Soundsystem
5/5
Wish I could 4.5 this but who cares! Life is too short to hate
3/5
Me when I fw Limp Bizkit now
Jorge Ben Jor
3/5
Count Basie & His Orchestra
3/5
Sigur Rós
2/5
First song bangs but tbh the rest struck me as a bunch of whiny screeching. Maybe I'm missing something #imightbeabitch
The Beach Boys
4/5
Way groovier than anticipated
The Flaming Lips
1/5
They thought "experimental music" meant experimenting with being ass lol
Actually really enjoyed a song or two, but a broken clock is right twice a day and we can’t give it credit for that
Fiona Apple
2/5
Radiohead
3/5
2.5 stars really, but it’s cool to think that this is what they’re sound was at the very beginning
Circle Jerks
3/5
Short, to the point. Feels hard for me to be too critical
Leonard Cohen
2/5
Is it mean of me to think his voice sucks?
Raekwon
3/5
Bob Marley & The Wailers
4/5
The Smashing Pumpkins
4/5
Long but exceptional at every turn
Orbital
4/5
Dangerously lit
Yes
3/5
Digital Underground
2/5
Thank goodness music evolves
Kanye West
3/5
Stan Getz
3/5
The xx
2/5
George Harrison
4/5
Sneaky goat
Red Snapper
3/5
Mildly pleasantly surprised
Eminem
3/5
I usually award threes as a result of distance from/apathy for the work, but this is an involved rating for me. I love the flow. I love the narrative arc, the persona, the feelings he’s tapping into. But I can’t help feeling like some of the music itself is just bad—scraping at my ears or something. I wish the star system better reflected how invested I am in the ratings I give.
Portishead
1/5
Hate to hate but … (jk I love to hate)
Basement Jaxx
3/5
Really down for whatever that was
Calexico
3/5
Really not my speed, but something undeniably enchanting about the whole thing. Feel like I just spent a couple hours with a stranger I met at a gas station of the 210 divining insights from lines in the desert sand.
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
3/5
Bob Dylan
3/5
The Clash
3/5
Rufus Wainwright
3/5
The streak of perfectly okay albums is alive and well
Rahul Dev Burman
3/5
What the hell, sure
Elvis Presley
3/5
OutKast
4/5
Adele
4/5
Capital p Pipes
Paul Simon
1/5
Utterly soulless. So devoid of soul that listening evokes a mild terror, even
The Who
5/5
Ohhhhhh how my heart has been stolen
Songhoy Blues
3/5
Kendrick Lamar
4/5
Foo Fighters
4/5
Neil Young
4/5
Radiohead
4/5
Feels like a couple of my recent albums have toed the line between 3 and 4 stars for me, and every time I’ve ultimately leaned toward 4. I think my hesitation has to do with re-listen value; save for homesick alien there’s very little I’d sample from this album a la carte. But I have also an unequivocal sense I’m listening to something really deliberate and polished, a project more expansive than mere metrics like re-listen value can grasp. Maybe I’m talking about production, or maybe I’m talking about soul—whatever it is, it pushes this inexplicably into higher-star territory.
The Mothers Of Invention
3/5
Sympathetic to this brand of strange
Solomon Burke
2/5
Just not my thing
Elton John
3/5
Elvis Costello
2/5
In a bad mood rn
Happy Mondays
3/5
Think it's just perfectly pleasant
The Cars
3/5
Dusty Springfield
3/5
Felt very inspired then very critical and now I am here
The Rolling Stones
5/5
No notes
Prefab Sprout
4/5
Maybe I was just in a wistful mood but this got me feeling some kinda way
Emmylou Harris
2/5
Sade
3/5
I get the comments about its overly silky smooth feel, but this really is quite enjoyable to listen to
Radiohead
4/5
I’m skeptical of anyone who calls this album a masterpiece, but so too am I skeptical of anyone who decries it as pointless whining. It sits very powerfully in between (although leaning masterpiece) and perfectly epitomizes what I love about Radiohead—fleeting pockets of brilliance, tucked in the folds of a much larger and more distressing sound. Uncomfortable that may be, is it not the truest reflection of our daily toils and rarer triumphs?
Bob Dylan
3/5
Sepultura
4/5
Fuck it what the hell this is great it’s all great it’s good feed me more mmhmm
Simon & Garfunkel
3/5
The Beach Boys
5/5
I don't know if it was a coincidence this album arrived the day after Brian Wilson's death, or maybe 1001 pulled some strings. Either way, after listening to this and learning more about Wilson I felt I saw The Beach Boys as they are for the very first time--not just a golden, saccharine vision of California but the oh so complex people elegizing it. This album is strangely intense, wistful; it lands on the ears as good vibes and simultaneously betrays a much deeper current of feeling. Thanks, Brian, for everything you did.
King Crimson
4/5
This is so fucking good
Leonard Cohen
3/5
I thought all of the songs here were beautiful, but this is still a really generous 3 - the timbre of Cohen's voice just doesn't sit right with me
DJ Shadow
3/5
good background music
George Michael
3/5
Jethro Tull
2/5
B.B. King
3/5
Oasis
4/5
The Rolling Stones
3/5
Beck
3/5
Since Odelay I’ve been dreading the next Beck album, but I must say I was pleasantly surprised by this. Obviously a little wonky but not in the grating, inaccessible way I was expecting
Air
3/5
Johnny Cash
4/5
Never knew about his prison tour. The fact alone he’s at San Quentin makes this at least 4 stars, and his humor doesn’t hurt either
Black Sabbath
4/5
Julian Cope
3/5
The fact this is a 3 despite its length is meant to be a compliment. Really do think it came alive in the back half
Rocket From The Crypt
3/5
Missy Elliott
3/5
Stan Getz
4/5
The Stooges
4/5
Lou Reed
3/5
I know and can feel how important this album is as I listen, but the deadpan voice doesn’t quite do it for me. Feels like discount Jim Morrison
John Prine
2/5
I think my open-mindedness is wearing thin. I don’t doubt this is a good album for people who like country, and the lyrics are indeed sharp, but it’s just not for me
Siouxsie And The Banshees
4/5
Booker T. & The MG's
3/5
As charming as I find the concept here, this 3 still feels like a stretch. Something about these songs feels ever so slightly cloying, or maybe unfinished and over-polished at the same time. That said, they certainly put a smile on my face
Carole King
4/5
This was gorgeous. Perfectly pleasant without being excessively sentimental; King's voice is a blessing to the ears.
Adam & The Ants
3/5
I feel like this was good but not particularly memorable, although I also feel somehow that’s my fault
Pixies
3/5
Crosby, Stills & Nash
3/5
Moby
3/5
Iron Maiden
3/5
Jacques Brel
2/5
Feels like it’s kind of off limits for a 1 because I don’t speak French
But know that I was close
Black Sabbath
4/5
Tom Waits
2/5
This feels like a caricature of music
Queen
3/5
Nick Drake
4/5
Not typically my jam but there’s some magic at work here
Massive Attack
3/5
I think, in general, trip hop has catastrophic flop potential for me - only because so much of it is trying to emulate something only Massive Attack has. Not my fav album of theirs but lightning in a bottle no less
Justice
2/5
Daft punk pigeonholed into Fortnite lobby
Hole
3/5
Simon & Garfunkel
3/5
The White Stripes
2/5
The Flaming Lips
3/5
Something small-town and nostalgic about this; sounds are weird but welcome
The Temptations
3/5
Anita Baker
3/5
Holy pipes
Creedence Clearwater Revival
4/5
Kendrick Lamar
3/5
Strong 3. Obviously iconic, landing nicely on the ears
Jeru The Damaja
2/5
Good flow but not much head-bopping production
The Stooges
4/5
Frank Black
2/5
I think this is good but for some reason I was really annoyed it didn’t end sooner than it did
Deep Purple
3/5
I think I liked this
Queen
3/5
I can’t really say that Queen is my sound but I’m not sure Queen isn’t my sound either
Lloyd Cole And The Commotions
4/5
Fugazi
4/5
Dwight Yoakam
3/5
Not really my jam. But I listened to this while in a lonely room in Guatemala, and for this it gets a 3.
Pixies
4/5
Led Zeppelin
4/5
Iron Butterfly
3/5
Very Doors-y. I thought both lyrics and tune were pretty milquetoast - until the last song, and then I became about this album
Beatles
4/5
Heard some songs off this before but wasn't familiar with the album. Fucking banggggggs
Pere Ubu
4/5
Pretty down for whatever tf is happening
N.W.A.
3/5
Kraftwerk
3/5
Fine if not enjoyable
Tracy Chapman
3/5
Stevie Wonder
4/5
Gorgeous
Beastie Boys
4/5
Solid beats + solid flow = solid ranking
R.E.M.
1/5
Feeling HATEFUL lfg!!
Sufjan Stevens
3/5
perfectly funday for monday. thank you sufjan
Slade
3/5
Serge Gainsbourg
3/5
funkable
Siouxsie And The Banshees
2/5
I usually like them I’m sorry but I was cooking while listening and cracked a rotten egg and my whole place smelled weird and this music was compounding the strangeness and I felt like I was in an ad for a punk horror movie and it was so weird and I’m so sorry Siouxsie
Fela Kuti
3/5
Depeche Mode
3/5
Love Depeche Mode. Feel like a supervillain in an aerobics leotard just challenged me to a dance off for the fate of the world
4/5
I really do fw these guys. Is that weird? Who else fw these guys?
Paul McCartney
4/5
Dude. i thought george harrison won the post-breakup solo album war, but this was insance
Janelle Monáe
2/5
Erm he's right behind me isn't he ahh album
Al Green
3/5
Lovely but rather forgetful after the first song
Van Halen
2/5
Willie Nelson
2/5
Buena Vista Social Club
3/5
John Lennon
3/5
The Black Keys
1/5
oh brother this guy stinks
John Coltrane
4/5
Bruce Springsteen
3/5
Bruce really isn’t my generation. But he’s my mom’s, and she’d be upset if I gave him anything less than a 3
Terence Trent D'Arby
2/5
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
3/5
Buddy Holly & The Crickets
2/5
Blur
5/5
Bang bang bang bang BANG
Everything But The Girl
2/5
Wild Beasts
3/5
Lynyrd Skynyrd
3/5
Derek & The Dominos
4/5
Arcade Fire
2/5
The B-52's
3/5
You know, I kinda fuck with "thrift shop aesthetic"
Prince
2/5
The Streets
3/5
Mesmerizing voice, lyricism
Beastie Boys
4/5
The Rolling Stones
3/5
Def Leppard
3/5
I want to start paying more attention to these albums because my head's in the gutter - I think this was good? Maybe? Starting to blend together a bit with every album on either side, and I think that's maybe a reflection of the music but mostly one of me
Run-D.M.C.
2/5
Classic, obvs. Not really sure how I feel about the actual sound - kind of caricature-y, although I'm not entirely sure of what. Glad I heard it regardless
Dinosaur Jr.
3/5
Quiet, a little indistinct but good
Funkadelic
5/5
jesus christ i love these guys. super fun to go off spotify - feels like im really digging into sound when i do so and not deferring to routine. and what a sound to dig into. it's just groovy!
The Prodigy
4/5
oh yes
Ray Charles
3/5
“Oh that’s where that’s from” experience. Not bad
3/5
rockslop
Gram Parsons
2/5
Beastie Boys
3/5
The Police
3/5
Emmylou Harris
2/5
Pretty voice. Not my thing
Jimi Hendrix
4/5
This is so, so awesome. First heard this in January and it was probably a favorite find of the year. Not a full five - there are moments I zone out or think to myself "what's happening?" - but otherwise every track here is just so poetic, so fluid, a boon to the soul
Michael Jackson
4/5
Cracked some code. It just sounds fire
Marvin Gaye
4/5
im pregnant
Television
4/5
Sneaky gem? Who are these guys? Title track is a masterpiece
Burning Spear
3/5
Sometimes I think my ratings of these albums are entirely circumstantial, or based solely on how much each jibed with what I was doing when I decided to listen - a system that makes this more of a journaling project than one of musical expansion. Whatever. I'm not a huge reggae fan, but for some reason it's a pretty good soundtrack to waking up at 5am and washing the pile of dishes you left in your sink
The Thrills
2/5
I'm probably being a little harsh here. But to me this lead singer's voice overlaps with that of the guy from the flaming lips in an ugly venn diagram
Cat Stevens
2/5
Guns N' Roses
4/5
This, to me, feels like the epitome of 1001 albums for someone (like me) without an entirely proper musical education. You learn about the bangahs!
Nick Drake
3/5
Neil Young
3/5
I liked this, and his voice, more than I was expecting
Killing Joke
4/5
Fiery smooth, all at once
Femi Kuti
3/5
Herbie Hancock
5/5
So much excellence in so few tracks
Pink Floyd
5/5
Gonna use this box to say that "any color you like" is among the most underrated songs of the century
Suzanne Vega
3/5
Morrissey
3/5
Kind of annoying but also not bad?
Joan Armatrading
2/5
I have no memory of ever listening
Rage Against The Machine
3/5
loud
Deep Purple
5/5
This was really really good. Lunging for a 5 to feel something
Madonna
4/5
did not know Madonna had game like this
David Bowie
3/5
The Divine Comedy
1/5
it's never this dramatic
Aretha Franklin
4/5
Creedence Clearwater Revival
4/5
Manic Street Preachers
2/5
The Chemical Brothers
4/5
Grimy. In your face. Great
CHIC
4/5
Groovyyy
Ray Charles
3/5
One of those albums that feels difficult to relate to others. It's Ray Charles!
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
4/5
My GOATS as always
Sam Cooke
4/5
Never really think of swing seriously, but this was banging. Might even come back
Soundgarden
5/5
Rock and fuckin ROLL
The Waterboys
3/5
This was fun at first abut about an hour too long
Fats Domino
2/5
Just kinda tough to get into man
Dire Straits
4/5
Simon & Garfunkel
3/5
Peter Tosh
3/5
Various Artists
4/5
This made me quite happy
Cocteau Twins
4/5
They’ve cornered this one sound but man is it delicious
Sister Sledge
4/5
Paul Simon
2/5
Meh
Deee-Lite
4/5
Such a sucker for groove like this. Hard not to love
The Velvet Underground
4/5
R.E.M.
4/5
Not usually a rem guy but I really enjoyed this. Soft, wandering
Johnny Cash
4/5
Such an awesome concept
Sly & The Family Stone
4/5
gwoovy
Arrested Development
3/5
The Kinks
3/5
MGMT
4/5
Stevie Wonder
4/5
Nina Simone
4/5
Tito Puente
5/5
even when an album sounds like 5 stars to me, i have a tendency to get cold feet - i'm looking for an opus - but this kind of shit just breaks through for some reason. it was 38 minutes of perfect idea, perfect exectuion; no, there WAS a depth of feeling; no, i DONT care about how this album is positioned in its genre or how it changed everything that came after. fuck you. i liked this. 5 stars.
Björk
4/5
texture - great word
4/5
Wonderful
Violent Femmes
1/5
At first I thought this was merely mediocre, but no, no; this, in fact, is asswipe
Yes
3/5
i'm probably influenced by other reviews, but this one doesn't feel particularly distinct - good, yes; memorable, no
Ice Cube
3/5
Pentangle
2/5
i'm hungover and don't remember how this was. wait, no, this was mediocre
Nirvana
4/5
Janis Joplin
3/5
Cypress Hill
3/5
Peter Frampton
4/5
I enjoyed
Echo And The Bunnymen
3/5
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
3/5
tom pretty okay
3/5
Actually enjoyed this more than I thought I would. Bono appetit
1/5
I might have only given this a 2 but it's a pretty sad sack of an album
The Beach Boys
3/5
Megadeth
4/5
Fuck yeah
Nirvana
4/5
Bangahhh
Bob Dylan
4/5
sue me
Astor Piazzolla
2/5
started strong but outstayed its welcome tbh
Kraftwerk
4/5
come stay at the spotted ox hostel and eat four or five sausages
Janet Jackson
2/5
Red Hot Chili Peppers
4/5
maybe, deep down, i am unc and chopped and washed
Frank Zappa
5/5
this got my rats hot for sure
The La's
4/5
call me really fucking stupid but i thought this was perfectly good fun