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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Aqualung Jethro Tull	5	3.44	+1.56
Queen II Queen	5	3.49	+1.51
Definitely Maybe Oasis	5	3.53	+1.47
My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts Brian Eno	4	2.79	+1.21
In Utero Nirvana	5	3.83	+1.17
Rip It Up Orange Juice	4	2.9	+1.1
The Dreaming Kate Bush	4	2.97	+1.03
Fever Ray Fever Ray	4	2.99	+1.01

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Achtung Baby U2	1	3.3	-2.3
1989 Taylor Swift	1	3.27	-2.27
Scissor Sisters Scissor Sisters	1	3.23	-2.23
Crazysexycool TLC	1	3.07	-2.07
Bad Michael Jackson	2	3.81	-1.81
Let's Get It On Marvin Gaye	2	3.78	-1.78
Back to Basics Christina Aguilera	1	2.75	-1.75
Appetite For Destruction Guns N' Roses	2	3.73	-1.73
Pearl Janis Joplin	2	3.72	-1.72
Lust For Life Iggy Pop	2	3.6	-1.6

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Artist	Albums	Average
Beatles	3	4.33

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Fleetwood Mac	5, 2

5-Star Albums (6)

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Popular Reviews

The Dreaming

Kate Bush

4/5

Idk what I was expecting from Kate Bush, but this wasn’t it.

1 likes

Juju

Siouxsie And The Banshees

3/5

I’d listen to this again

1 likes

Crazysexycool

TLC

1/5

This was a tough listen for me, didn’t make it through the whole thing

1 likes

Lost In The Dream

The War On Drugs

2/5

It all kind of blurred together for me

1 likes

1-Star Albums (8)

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Darkdancer

Les Rythmes Digitales

1/5

Superunknown

Soundgarden

3/5

Rip It Up

Orange Juice

4/5

Rumours

Fleetwood Mac

5/5

The World is a Ghetto

War

4/5

I like dis

Beautiful Freak

Eels

4/5

I liked the beginning of the album a lot but got a lil bored in the middle

Welcome to the Afterfuture

Mike Ladd

1/5

I don’t think I really like most hip hop

Queen II

Queen

5/5

Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)

Wu-Tang Clan

4/5

Odessey And Oracle

The Zombies

3/5

Definitely Maybe

Oasis

5/5

not as good as morning glory but a bloody banger of a debut album if 15 yo me has anything to say about it

Fever Ray

4/5

Sucker for a bamboo flute and mallets.

Seventh Tree

Goldfrapp

2/5

Is this dream pop? I got bored.

Siamese Dream

The Smashing Pumpkins

4/5

Back half of the album - starting with disarm - is where this really gets going for me. I like this album mostly because you can hear the beginnings of what you get in later albums like mellon collie

Daydream Nation

Sonic Youth

4/5

Not exactly an easy listen, but a very influential album and I like it a little more every time I hear it

American Gothic

David Ackles

2/5

I liked things about it like the dramatic piano bits, but I probably won’t listen to this again

Mothership Connection

Parliament

3/5

This is the album for you if you gotta have the funk but idk if I personally ever need the funk

Scissor Sisters

1/5

I really tried to find something nice to say about this album, but came up empty. Lock them up for that Pink Floyd cover.

Adele

3/5

This album really comes out swinging huh? Not my preferred genre but I can appreciate things about it

Scum

Napalm Death

2/5

I liked the beginning of scum the single. Human garbage was good too, but I’m not a fan of the dog barking over blast beats with endless cymbals sound (I suffer). Cool album art.

The Man Machine

Kraftwerk

4/5

Beep bop boop heavy on the bop

Crosby, Stills & Nash

3/5

Kinda one note for me

Germfree Adolescents

X-Ray Spex

4/5

That’s punk

Heroes

David Bowie

4/5

I like David Bowie a lot. This isn’t my favorite album of his, but it’s still full of forward thinking (1977!) and range.

Djam Leelii

Baaba Maal

3/5

It’s different

Boy In Da Corner

Dizzee Rascal

2/5

British rap comes across as deeply unserious to me, and this album - with tracks like “jus a rascal” - was no exception

Ray Of Light

Madonna

2/5

what Kent and LB said

Blue

Joni Mitchell

3/5

Chicago Transit Authority

Chicago

3/5

In Utero

Nirvana

5/5

Completely different feel than Nevermind, with the exception of Rape Me which was written during that time period. For this record they returned to their Bleach sound, which feels more authentically them. Scentless apprentice is a masterpiece with an absolutely nasty signature Grohl drum groove. I love that they put such a divisive song second on the record, especially on the tails of their more mainstream Nevermind success. I dare you to not tap your foot to Frances Farmer, Very Ape (a favorite), and Milk It. Dumb is a Cobain classic. It’s dark and hilarious with a haunting cello — has some nice ride cymbal action too. Pennyroyal tea is a perfect blend of their older grunge sound and their new softer experiments. I love how they transition back and forth between those sounds on this record. The cello returns to close out the album with the droning melancholic All Apologies. It’s a no skip 5/5 for me.

Fear Of Music

Talking Heads

4/5

There are some great songs on here (got some groceries, some peanut butter!) but it’s not my favorite Talking Heads album. That comes later.

Actually

Pet Shop Boys

3/5

Fun synthy bop to work music that I’d not heard before. I wish we had 1/2 stars to dish out because I feel like this one is right between a 3 and 4 for me

Crossing the Red Sea With the Adverts

The Adverts

3/5

It's A Shame About Ray

The Lemonheads

2/5

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

Beatles

4/5

I don’t love the Beatles like some people love the Beatles but I can appreciate that this is a really strong and important album, even if it’s not one I’ll reach for often.

Ill Communication

Beastie Boys

3/5

Paranoid

Black Sabbath

4/5

This is an excellent album. If I could I’d give it 4.5/5

The Chronic

Dr. Dre

4/5

Psychocandy

The Jesus And Mary Chain

3/5

The Dreaming

Kate Bush

4/5

Idk what I was expecting from Kate Bush, but this wasn’t it.

Crime Of The Century

Supertramp

2/5

I listened to this while I was running and I don’t remember feeling anything (positive or negative) about it.

Heaven Or Las Vegas

Cocteau Twins

2/5

Another one where I felt nothing

1989

Taylor Swift

1/5

This is what the one star rating is for

Get Rich Or Die Tryin'

50 Cent

2/5

I enjoyed listening to parts of it. Is it good? Not so sure

Appetite For Destruction

Guns N' Roses

2/5

Juju

Siouxsie And The Banshees

3/5

I’d listen to this again

Back to Basics

Christina Aguilera

1/5

Why does this album have 40,000 songs on it?

Toys In The Attic

Aerosmith

2/5

I’m giving this two stars because I liked it slightly more than that Taylor Swift album

Close To The Edge

Yes

4/5

A Nod Is As Good As A Wink To A Blind Horse

Faces

2/5

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

The Kinks

3/5

Guero

Beck

3/5

It’s Beck

Triangle

The Beau Brummels

2/5

what did I just listen to

Tarkus

Emerson, Lake & Palmer

3/5

Exile On Main Street

The Rolling Stones

3/5

American Idiot

Green Day

4/5

It’s a really good album with a whole lot of range

Oxygène

Jean-Michel Jarre

3/5

Dreamy

Innervisions

Stevie Wonder

3/5

Meat Is Murder

The Smiths

3/5

Barbarism begins at home is a bop

Black Holes and Revelations

Muse

3/5

Surf's Up

The Beach Boys

4/5

A Walk Across The Rooftops

The Blue Nile

2/5

Didn’t do much for me

Wild Is The Wind

Nina Simone

4/5

I enjoyed this almost as much as In Utero so 4 stars

Lust For Life

Iggy Pop

2/5

Crazysexycool

TLC

1/5

This was a tough listen for me, didn’t make it through the whole thing

Brothers

The Black Keys

2/5

I’d like this more if I didn’t associate it with sandy bonnaroo sunscreen

Elephant

The White Stripes

4/5

Say what you will about Meg white but the white stripes wouldn’t be the white stripes without her. This is a really good album and her drumming suits it perfectly.

Vulnicura

Björk

3/5

I like Björk but the songs on this album were a little hit or miss for me. I don’t recommend listening to the first 1/4 of the album while sitting in traffic

Raising Hell

Run-D.M.C.

3/5

White Blood Cells

The White Stripes

3/5

Would give it 3.5 if I could. It’s good but it’s not their best

Warehouse: Songs And Stories

Hüsker Dü

2/5

Had a hard time making it all the way through this one

Berlin

Lou Reed

3/5

I like the Velvet Underground more than I like Lou Reed left to his own devices

Achtung Baby

1/5

Really do not care for U2

Straight Outta Compton

N.W.A.

3/5

Deja Vu

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

3/5

Tea for the Tillerman

Cat Stevens

3/5

Would give 3.5 stars if I could. I enjoyed this

Aqualung

Jethro Tull

5/5

The range. The piccolo. This has been one of my favorite albums since the moment I heard it when I was 12.

Blackstar

David Bowie

3/5

Live At Leeds

The Who

3/5

I like the who as much as the next guy but this was a lot

Music in Exile

Songhoy Blues

4/5

This was so unexpectedly good, I was singing along with them by the end.

Led Zeppelin III

Led Zeppelin

4/5

Excellence. What more is there to say

Revolver

Beatles

4/5

My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts

Brian Eno

4/5

This was fun to listen to and I felt that way for the whole hour

Pearl

Janis Joplin

2/5

The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn

Pink Floyd

3/5

Tres Hombres

ZZ Top

3/5

La grange really stands out. It’s so good that I expected more from the rest of the album

You've Come a Long Way Baby

Fatboy Slim

2/5

In The Court Of The Crimson King

King Crimson

4/5

The Velvet Underground

3/5

This is the best the velvet underground album imo but it’s still not my favorite

Hotel California

Eagles

4/5

It’s a classic for a reason.

Queens of the Stone Age

2/5

I don’t need to listen to this again

At Folsom Prison

Johnny Cash

4/5

La Revancha Del Tango

Gotan Project

2/5

The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter

The Incredible String Band

1/5

Moving Pictures

Rush

4/5

S&M

Metallica

2/5

Very few of these songs were improved by the addition of the orchestra

Black Sabbath

3/5

RIP ozzy 🤘

Low-Life

New Order

2/5

I expected to like this more based on other New Order I’ve heard

Tusk

Fleetwood Mac

2/5

Doesn't compare to Rumours

Bad

Michael Jackson

2/5

...And Justice For All

Metallica

4/5

One of the best Metallica albums there is tbh

Viva Hate

Morrissey

3/5

It's Morrissey

Billion Dollar Babies

Alice Cooper

2/5

Nothing's Shocking

Jane's Addiction

2/5

Station To Station

David Bowie

3/5

Bridge Over Troubled Water

Simon & Garfunkel

4/5

Beautiful songwriting

All Things Must Pass

George Harrison

3/5

Oracular Spectacular

MGMT

3/5

Just like that I'm waiting tables in college again

Dummy

Portishead

3/5

If I Should Fall From Grace With God

The Pogues

4/5

I enjoyed every minute of this

Elvis Is Back

Elvis Presley

3/5

Huh thank you very much

Odelay

Beck

3/5

It’s Beck

Will The Circle Be Unbroken

Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

3/5

Yeehaw but a little long

Group Sex

Circle Jerks

3/5

Blood On The Tracks

Bob Dylan

3/5

First half goes hard. I really liked Idiot Wind

Abbey Road

Beatles

5/5

Hey these guys are pretty good

Apocalypse Dudes

Turbonegro

2/5

I got very bored

Buena Vista Social Club

3/5

My Generation

The Who

3/5

Every boomer likes the who

John Barleycorn Must Die

Traffic

3/5

Flute solo in freedom rider goes crazy

Lost In The Dream

The War On Drugs

2/5

It all kind of blurred together for me

Urban Hymns

The Verve

2/5

Did not care for this

Court And Spark

Joni Mitchell

3/5

I mostly enjoyed this, especially lyrically.

Our Aim Is To Satisfy

Red Snapper

2/5

This ain’t it for me

The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady

Charles Mingus

3/5

I’d give this 3.5 if I could. I enjoyed it

Seventeen Seconds

The Cure

2/5

Spooky and sad. Not my favorite by The Cure

Protection

Massive Attack

2/5

Massive attack? More like hit or miss

Let's Get It On

Marvin Gaye

2/5

Welp

Kings Of The Wild Frontier

Adam & The Ants

2/5

Don’t be square has the funk and I liked the unexpected inclusion of a pirate song, otherwise I didn’t love this

Connected

Stereo MC's

2/5

This was fine

Hunting High And Low

a-ha

2/5

Naha

Hot Buttered Soul

Isaac Hayes

2/5

Goodbye And Hello

Tim Buckley

2/5

I got bored as hale

A Girl Called Dusty

Dusty Springfield

3/5

Preach it girl

The Cars

3/5

I understand why people like this but it was not just what I needed.

Cloud Nine

The Temptations

4/5

The drums across the whole album 🫶

Electric Music For The Mind And Body

Country Joe & The Fish

2/5

I don’t remember what this sounded like

Headquarters

The Monkees

2/5

I’m ready to listen to something that doesn’t fade into the background

Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs

Marty Robbins

3/5

I like the song about a deadly red saddle pad. yeehaw

Tanto Tempo

Bebel Gilberto

3/5

Physical Graffiti

Led Zeppelin

4/5

An album with Kashmir on it has to get a 4

(Pronounced 'Leh-'Nérd 'Skin-'Nérd)

Lynyrd Skynyrd

3/5

Ok so I don’t love lynyrd skynyrd by any means but this is one heck of a debut album (3.5/5 if I could)