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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Chocolate Starfish And The Hot Dog Flavored Water Limp Bizkit	5	2.5	+2.5
Street Signs Ozomatli	5	2.87	+2.13
Larks' Tongues In Aspic King Crimson	5	2.99	+2.01
Coles Corner Richard Hawley	5	3.03	+1.97
Street Life The Crusaders	5	3.09	+1.91
Virgin Suicides Air	5	3.23	+1.77
Me Against The World 2Pac	5	3.25	+1.75
If I Should Fall From Grace With God The Pogues	5	3.33	+1.67
Urban Hymns The Verve	5	3.36	+1.64
Rock 'N Soul Solomon Burke	5	3.37	+1.63

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
American Idiot Green Day	1	3.77	-2.77
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy Kanye West	1	3.4	-2.4
Songs Of Leonard Cohen Leonard Cohen	1	3.38	-2.38
Home Is Where The Music Is Hugh Masekela	1	3.35	-2.35
The Yes Album Yes	1	3.31	-2.31
Mr. Tambourine Man The Byrds	1	3.22	-2.22
Manassas Stephen Stills	1	3.06	-2.06
Doolittle Pixies	2	3.74	-1.74
New Boots And Panties Ian Dury	1	2.69	-1.69
Pictures At An Exhibition Emerson, Lake & Palmer	1	2.64	-1.64

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Artist	Albums	Average
Air	2	5
Beastie Boys	2	5

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Chocolate Starfish And The Hot Dog Flavored Water

Popular Reviews

Larks' Tongues In Aspic

King Crimson · 1 likes

5/5

Thick sticky aural jam. I throughly enjoyed this album- and I don’t expect to.

Home Is Where The Music Is

Hugh Masekela · 1 likes

1/5

It’s a good album no doubt, just not my flavour.

1-Star Albums (11)

All Ratings

The Number Of The Beast

Iron Maiden

5/5

I truely believe it’s a metal masterpiece and an excellent depiction of its era. However, listening to it in 2025 I can’t help but think it’s theatre rock- it could and should be a Broadway musical. High energy and extremely animated. A good way to start the day, adds 2.5x speed to whatever you’re doing.

Amnesiac

Radiohead

3/5

Can appreciate the complexity of the arrangements but his voice just depresses me in a way that I don’t want to be.

If I Should Fall From Grace With God

The Pogues

5/5

Bringing It All Back Home

Bob Dylan

3/5

Okay

Music in Exile

Songhoy Blues

4/5

Blackstar

David Bowie

3/5

Purely rated on personal preference, it’s hard to be objective because I don’t enjoy the style of music. It’s very unique and an interesting listen.

Surrealistic Pillow

Jefferson Airplane

4/5

My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

Kanye West

1/5

Tuesday Night Music Club

Sheryl Crow

3/5

Odelay

Beck

3/5

It’s a good background album to have on maybe at work. It’s not overly enthralling nor offensive. It’s almost a blend of surf rock, groove and pop. I can see a small subset of bands sitting in this genre, non of which I’ve listened to since I was young.

Rumours

Fleetwood Mac

5/5

Time Out

The Dave Brubeck Quartet

3/5

I’m sure it’s a great album for the genre but It’s not for me

Stankonia

OutKast

5/5

And epic addition to the hip hop category, bringing an instrumental flavour relatively unheard from the south. I like it a lot

1999

Prince

5/5

I’ve honestly never listened to Prince in length, and I’m only sorry I didn’t sooner. I thought the album was an an education on how pop should be done. Untwined funk and soul- it was brilliant.

Dust

Screaming Trees

4/5

I really like this album, it reminded me of mashup between Alice in chains, audio space and a twist of country. An Easy listening album, nothing too polar about it.

Surf's Up

The Beach Boys

2/5

At Newport 1960

Muddy Waters

5/5

Not many things better than blues is there?

She's So Unusual

Cyndi Lauper

2/5

At San Quentin

Johnny Cash

4/5

Electric

The Cult

2/5

It didn’t blow my mind. It was a nice album to listen to but it didn’t evoke anything from within me

Moon Safari

Air

5/5

Licensed To Ill

Beastie Boys

5/5

Amazing album

Coles Corner

Richard Hawley

5/5

Was pretty nice actually.

Peter Gabriel 3

Peter Gabriel

3/5

A bit too scratchy and high for me personally but a wonderful album, not listened to anything similar- super unique

Savane

Ali Farka Touré

2/5

Not for me.

Meat Puppets II

Meat Puppets

2/5

Rust Never Sleeps

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

2/5

Black Sabbath

5/5

Blunderbuss

Jack White

3/5

The Next Day

David Bowie

2/5

I’m realising pretty quick that I’m not a Bowie fan, I know that’s a criminal offense- so I do apologise. Thankyou for the opportunity to listen however.

Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

Wilco

3/5

Street Signs

Ozomatli

5/5

Play

Moby

5/5

It really was a great pleasure to listen to this album, I enjoyed it alot. Peak 90s

London Calling

The Clash

3/5

Fun album, excellent for the 70s too

The Stone Roses

3/5

A Rush Of Blood To The Head

Coldplay

2/5

It wasn’t as outstanding as some of the other albums I’ve listened to, not to say it wasn’t good, just by comparison- was lacking a bit

Violent Femmes

5/5

Chirping Crickets

Buddy Holly & The Crickets

2/5

Ten

Pearl Jam

3/5

It was nice but it didn’t blow my mind in the way that other albums did.

Shake Your Money Maker

The Black Crowes

2/5

Green

R.E.M.

5/5

good kid, m.A.A.d city

Kendrick Lamar

5/5

Chelsea Girl

Nico

1/5

Really makes me feel better about my karaoke game. Really not for me this one, hard for my ears to swallow.

The Undertones

3/5

Was pretty good but not as iconic (for me) as something like the Ramones. Different styles I know but can’t give everyone high marks

The Genius Of Ray Charles

Ray Charles

4/5

Led Zeppelin

5/5

Thriller

Michael Jackson

5/5

Even if you don’t like him, the album was significant wasn’t it.

Psychocandy

The Jesus And Mary Chain

2/5

Can't Buy A Thrill

Steely Dan

5/5

What a great album! I didn’t realise how many songs I (first) knew, and (second) liked! It had an excellent range of tracks and tempos and thoroughly enjoyed it! Thankyou so much!

The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan

5/5

Pretty good. Can’t argue

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

Elton John

4/5

Chocolate Starfish And The Hot Dog Flavored Water

Limp Bizkit

5/5

You want to hate it but it’s almost a guilty pleaser. Outside of linking park, they’re the peak of nu metal- a mash of hip hop, scratching, metal by angry young men rejected by too many women. A Peak 2000s album that crossed from a sub-genre to mainstream.

Hot Fuss

The Killers

3/5

It was a pleasant listen, a good album for a spectrum of ages I’d say. Wasn’t as genre defining as some of the albums I’ve listened to

Nebraska

Bruce Springsteen

2/5

It didn’t blow me away. Johnny cash had more of a profound impact on me.

Back In Black

AC/DC

5/5

Pretty iconic. Raspy voice, instantly know who it is and what they’re about.

Traffic

2/5

Personal preference, nothing to do with the greatness of the album

Larks' Tongues In Aspic

King Crimson

5/5

Thick sticky aural jam. I throughly enjoyed this album- and I don’t expect to.

Rock 'N Soul

Solomon Burke

5/5

I feel bad for all the 5 stars I’ve given now, because this was 100% deserving. A great album

Born In The U.S.A.

Bruce Springsteen

3/5

This

You've Come a Long Way Baby

Fatboy Slim

4/5

Iconic album. Completion nostalgic for me. I remember when this came out on cassette and my mum dropped me at a friends house. My friend and I listened to it with one headphone each ontop of a stack of hay bails on a really sunny evening- that was way before the world went to shit. Fun album!

GREY Area

Little Simz

3/5

Really great album.

En-Tact

The Shamen

3/5

It’s like the 80s and 90s conceived an album in space.

The Wall

Pink Floyd

4/5

Blur

2/5

I thought I’d like it more to be honest. Some very impressive tracks on it though.

Being There

Wilco

2/5

Henry's Dream

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

2/5

Bug

Dinosaur Jr.

2/5

Channel Orange

Frank Ocean

2/5

MTV Unplugged In New York

Nirvana

3/5

Without knowing the band and lead singers history- it’s essentially listening to a raspy pained voice for a while.

I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got

Sinead O'Connor

2/5

I can see how influential this was, and what artists were inspired by this. It wasn’t something I’d listen to again but glad I listening to it- pretty good tracks on it but didn’t enjoy the entire album

Mr. Tambourine Man

The Byrds

1/5

Siembra

Willie Colón & Rubén Blades

4/5

Pretty good, uplifting and make you want to move your body

Mothership Connection

Parliament

2/5

The Queen Is Dead

The Smiths

5/5

This Is Hardcore

Pulp

3/5

Zombie

Fela Kuti

3/5

The Downward Spiral

Nine Inch Nails

4/5

Me Against The World

2Pac

5/5

Fetch The Bolt Cutters

Fiona Apple

2/5

Who's Next

The Who

4/5

Pretty long though

The ArchAndroid

Janelle Monáe

5/5

Absoluty stunning album

Cloud Nine

The Temptations

5/5

Great album

Goodbye And Hello

Tim Buckley

4/5

I actually really like the album personally, it feels like a big 60s edging experience. Like Jefferson aeroplane are about to bust-out on stage directly after.

No Other

Gene Clark

3/5

Was a good listen

Street Life

The Crusaders

5/5

Sensational. This is by far the best album I’ve listened to, objectively. Top 1%

The Cars

3/5

Germs

3/5

Medium well done punk, at its finest.

Merriweather Post Pavilion

Animal Collective

4/5

I liked the long builds and the first half of the album was great. There were a few tracks that were industrially scratchy/repetitive- so you have to be in the right mood for it. But a great album, very interesting

New Boots And Panties

Ian Dury

1/5

Can’t say i appreciated this album in any way. Not my jam at all.

Eliminator

ZZ Top

5/5

Fun album

(What's The Story) Morning Glory

Oasis

5/5

Quite legendary, so many global bangers

Bongo Rock

Incredible Bongo Band

4/5

Frank

Amy Winehouse

3/5

The Yes Album

Yes

1/5

Not for me Clive

Rattus Norvegicus

The Stranglers

2/5

Home Is Where The Music Is

Hugh Masekela

1/5

It’s a good album no doubt, just not my flavour.

Lost In The Dream

The War On Drugs

2/5

It didn’t blow me away

Songs Of Leonard Cohen

Leonard Cohen

1/5

Millions Now Living Will Never Die

Tortoise

2/5

Rapture

Anita Baker

3/5

Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs

Marty Robbins

2/5

Jagged Little Pill

Alanis Morissette

5/5

A little screechy at points but I thoroughly enjoyed this!

16 Lovers Lane

The Go-Betweens

2/5

Sounded a bit like a soundtrack to every late 80s summer camp movie ever made. That or a homes and gardens theme track

Clandestino

Manu Chao

2/5

Movies

Holger Czukay

4/5

Sounds like Shaft and Les Claypools daddy took acid then had an orgy whilst on a yoga retreat. It’s Good, but you have to be in the mood for it.

Doolittle

Pixies

2/5

A Love Supreme

John Coltrane

2/5

Machine Gun Etiquette

The Damned

2/5

Ill Communication

Beastie Boys

5/5

Sampling, industrial, slight punk influence- was really good

American Idiot

Green Day

1/5

Abhorrent

Tapestry

Carole King

4/5

Great album

Manassas

Stephen Stills

1/5

Didn’t blow my mind. I had no affection for it

Natty Dread

Bob Marley & The Wailers

4/5

Devil Without A Cause

Kid Rock

1/5

Pretty difficult to get into an album celebrating statutory rape and racial slurs. I see it’s unique in the sense of it’s genre as cowboy nu metal / trash-hop. Very depicting of an era of influence over of American pie loving Gen X men. It’s not a guilty pleasure- it’s just guilty and ears want to press charges.

Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes

TV On The Radio

4/5

I like it

The Velvet Underground & Nico

The Velvet Underground

4/5

Arrival

ABBA

5/5

Pump

Aerosmith

3/5

The Gershwin Songbook

Ella Fitzgerald

4/5

Beautiful

Everything Must Go

Manic Street Preachers

2/5

Hardly life changing is it. Sounds like the generic backing track to literally any high school surf movie, really not sure how it’s made it on the list tbh.

Berlin

Lou Reed

2/5

Urban Hymns

The Verve

5/5

If I could describe this album it would be like telling your friends about a surreal evening you had in the 90s without video phones. Summary; finding yourself at a mulholland drive after party where the walls are textured and the furniture is furry. Robbie Williams decides to muster up the courage to leave the couch he’d sat in without moving for two hours, to start jamming with the band, who you later found out was Radiohead (before they’d dropped acid). It’s good. I’d say worthy of the list :)

Untitled (Black Is)

SAULT

3/5

Pretty good.

Tres Hombres

ZZ Top

3/5

One of the better white guy+ guitar combinations out there. Pairs well with smoked brisket dining but isn’t life changing

Pictures At An Exhibition

Emerson, Lake & Palmer

1/5

Call of the Valley

Shivkumar Sharma

4/5

A very good album. No matter where I am in the world this would likely transport me to a healing place. Perfect for those walking amongst us who like to appropriate breathwork or yoga from South Asian culture. Probably a good soundtrack to have on if someone was having a bad trip.

Live At The Regal

B.B. King

5/5

Legendary

Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

2/5

The Bones Of What You Believe

CHVRCHES

4/5

I liked this album. Like a 10% influential derivative of ‘the knife’ made be a very young Scottish twang band.

Pieces Of The Sky

Emmylou Harris

2/5

Virgin Suicides

Air

5/5