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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Cut The Slits	5	2.71	+2.29
Songs The Lord Taught Us The Cramps	5	2.84	+2.16
American Beauty Grateful Dead	5	3.24	+1.76
Trout Mask Replica Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band	4	2.29	+1.71
The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady Charles Mingus	5	3.32	+1.68
Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs Marty Robbins	5	3.33	+1.67
Sea Change Beck	5	3.33	+1.67
Music From Big Pink The Band	5	3.36	+1.64
Endtroducing..... DJ Shadow	5	3.36	+1.64
Ready To Die The Notorious B.I.G.	5	3.36	+1.64

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Aqualung Jethro Tull	1	3.44	-2.44
Wish You Were Here Pink Floyd	2	4.3	-2.3
Hot Fuss The Killers	2	3.74	-1.74
Kid A Radiohead	2	3.71	-1.71
21 Adele	2	3.69	-1.69
Out Of The Blue Electric Light Orchestra	2	3.64	-1.64
Trafalgar Bee Gees	1	2.63	-1.63
Idlewild Everything But The Girl	1	2.58	-1.58
All Directions The Temptations	2	3.45	-1.45
Punishing Kiss Ute Lemper	1	2.4	-1.4

5-Star Albums (29)

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Kid A

Radiohead

2/5

I've always found Radiohead extremely boring, and nothing has changed.

1 likes

The Gershwin Songbook

Ella Fitzgerald

4/5

About as classic as it gets.

1 likes

1-Star Albums (4)

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The Number Of The Beast

Iron Maiden

4/5

Blood On The Tracks

Bob Dylan

4/5

The World is a Ghetto

War

3/5

Varied sound, very interesting and textured. Weirder than I thought it'd be. Kinda noodly, but some deep jams.

Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs

Marty Robbins

5/5

The Atomic Mr Basie

Count Basie & His Orchestra

4/5

Regal but swingin’

The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill

Lauryn Hill

5/5

Classic

Mothership Connection

Parliament

3/5

Good, but gets a little old after a while

Let Love Rule

Lenny Kravitz

4/5

Surprisingly interesting. Somewhere between Prince and Mooney Suzuki, or Elliot Smith even.

Exile On Main Street

The Rolling Stones

5/5

Wish You Were Here

Pink Floyd

2/5

A few cool moments. But mostly just boring.

Red Headed Stranger

Willie Nelson

4/5

A little forced, maybe? Nice melodies.

School's Out

Alice Cooper

3/5

Cool and snotty midwestern hard rock

Spiderland

Slint

2/5

This sounds like slint spiderland sounds. Fugazi but worse.

Os Mutantes

3/5

Fuzzy and young

KIWANUKA

Michael Kiwanuka

4/5

Not what I expected. Cinematic, and often quite lovely.

She's So Unusual

Cyndi Lauper

3/5

A moment in time. Prince's sound?

3 Feet High and Rising

De La Soul

5/5

Fun, weird, tons of samples. Skits that started the trend?

Hotel California

Eagles

3/5

Fine. Better than I thought, but boring.

Dare!

The Human League

2/5

Like Devo, but more stuck up and less fun.

Music From Big Pink

The Band

5/5

Crunchy dusk music from a house in the woods. A moment in time.

Aqualung

Jethro Tull

1/5

Kind of interesting musically. But nothing grabs me. And it sounds like there is weird pedophile-y stuff (really). Like a poorly fitted brown 70's suit with ornamental lapels.

The Soft Bulletin

The Flaming Lips

2/5

Meh. It's interesting I guess? Too showy, voice too soft, too cute.

Elastica

3/5

Didn't really know about Elastica, but had heard "Connection." Angular and melodic, poppy British (?) post-punk.

Kid A

Radiohead

2/5

I've always found Radiohead extremely boring, and nothing has changed.

Heroes

David Bowie

3/5

Dark and dangerous, but also too theatrical. I just don't LOVE Bowie.

Black Sabbath

3/5

Man this must have been crazy to hear in 1970. Dark, foreboding, hard but melodic. I prefer other hard rock from the era or Paranoid though.

3 + 3

The Isley Brothers

3/5

Bright, sexy, classy. Floating in the city breeze. My favorite song on the album is "Sunshine," which has lowest plays out of all of them on spotify.

Whatever

Aimee Mann

3/5

Well written 'tambourine on the 2 and 4' pop rock. Nothing wrong with it. A little boring though.

Pacific Ocean Blue

Dennis Wilson

4/5

Moody but bright, perhaps reflective of the musician. Or the location and time?

The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady

Charles Mingus

5/5

Just, wow. One of my favorite jazz albums.

The Marshall Mathers LP

Eminem

3/5

A couple okay songs, a couple bad ones. I feel about this album now the way I did when it came out.

Queen II

Queen

3/5

Not horrible, but too dramatic and prog-y for my taste. Give me the pop songs!

Music for the Masses

Depeche Mode

2/5

A mood, to be sure. Kind of boring.

Back In Black

AC/DC

5/5

Classic.

Colour By Numbers

Culture Club

3/5

A jam or two, but mostly kinda sappy and boring. “Clowns caress you, figures undress your fear…”

Hot Rats

Frank Zappa

4/5

Real hard and real groovy. Crazy that this came out in 1969. Bitches Brew but rock.

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

Beatles

4/5

Five Leaves Left

Nick Drake

4/5

Soft and lovely, but haunting.

Machine Gun Etiquette

The Damned

3/5

More creative than Damned Damned Damned, but I prefer that straight ahead rock. You can tell with this album that they were heading toward glam/prog...

Pet Sounds

The Beach Boys

5/5

One of my top ten albums? One moment for this one stands out in particular, although there have been several. One afternoon in our sun-drenched little apartment, my future wife and I laid next to each other on the ground and just listened to this album. Sublime.

Raising Hell

Run-D.M.C.

3/5

A little dated, like all early hip hop, but full of jams. This must have been so exciting when it first came out.

James Brown Live At The Apollo

James Brown

5/5

Yet another album from Dad. They don't call him the king for nothing.

The Clash

5/5

Awesome.

Take Me Apart

Kelela

2/5

Not a fan of futuristic music, or EDM or R&B. Not my thing.

Franz Ferdinand

3/5

This came out during a time in my life where I was avoiding anything at all popular. Now I finally know these guys. Different than I thought. Like the strokes but more polite.

Ten

Pearl Jam

3/5

Straightforward grunge rock, a little more U2 than Nirvana. My opinion of Pearl Jam has always been about 3 stars, except for the music video where he jumps off the rafters.

(Pronounced 'Leh-'Nérd 'Skin-'Nérd)

Lynyrd Skynyrd

5/5

Not as good as live, but still pretty darn good. Turns out Free Bird is totally awesome. Thanks for suggesting I take another listen, Dad.

White Blood Cells

The White Stripes

5/5

Such a good, tight album. JW's best.

Pyromania

Def Leppard

4/5

Untitled (Black Is)

SAULT

3/5

This album sounds like 2020.

Endtroducing.....

DJ Shadow

5/5

The best late-night drive.

At San Quentin

Johnny Cash

5/5

Loose and rowdy. They sure don't make prison shows the way they used to.

Physical Graffiti

Led Zeppelin

3/5

Some good songs, some boring songs. Not my favorite LZ.

Neon Bible

Arcade Fire

3/5

i can't help but compare this to Funeral, and it doesn't come close. I had to look up Win Butler after so many reviewers here mentioned (typically) that they like the music but don't like him. I'm not sure he's guilty of anything, and if he is I don't care. This album would get 3 stars regardless.

Haut de gamme / Koweït, rive gauche

Koffi Olomide

2/5

Boring. Cool that's it's African, I guess?

Mama's Gun

Erykah Badu

3/5

Jazzy and hip, obviously. A little meandering for my taste.

Garbage

2/5

90s alt pop.

American IV: The Man Comes Around

Johnny Cash

4/5

Really good, direct, and affecting. I heard the other day that when Trent Reznor first heard Hurt, he realized it was no longer his song.

I’m a Lonesome Fugitive

Merle Haggard

4/5

Classic Merle, I probably wouldn't be able to tell this album from his other earlier ones. But great stuff.

Tellin’ Stories

The Charlatans

2/5

Didn't know these guys, apparently it's a British thing. Not bad, not great.

Ready To Die

The Notorious B.I.G.

5/5

From the intro, with top billin', subway noises, and west coast trolling, this album hits hard. One of the classic examples of golden era hip hop, skits and all.

Oracular Spectacular

MGMT

4/5

So that's who wrote all these catchy songs! Pretty fun album, both angular and smooth.

Hms Fable

Shack

2/5

The author must be British...

Vol. 4

Black Sabbath

3/5

Messy and seems long.

Architecture And Morality

Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark

3/5

Didn't think I'd like it, but pretty cool actually. Very cinematic, cooler John Hughes.

Pink Moon

Nick Drake

4/5

If you're in a Nick Drake kind of mood, nothing hits better. Wearing a sweater looking sadly out the window.

Violator

Depeche Mode

4/5

Lots of jams!

NEU! 75

Neu!

4/5

Also better than I thought it was gonna be. Listening on good headphones helps.

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

The Kinks

3/5

Some good songs, but too British for me

Cloud Nine

The Temptations

3/5

Apparently this album marked the beginning of a new funkier direction for the Temptations. But it's not the most interesting funk direction. It's not bad...

Out Of The Blue

Electric Light Orchestra

2/5

Some great melodies, obviously very Beatles-y. But too peppy and clean production for my taste.

Juju

Siouxsie And The Banshees

4/5

Like heavy dark syrup.

Peter Gabriel

3/5

Cool soundscapes. Well, not cool exactly. Kind of dorky. But cool.

Vauxhall And I

Morrissey

3/5

Now my heart is full!? Like the Smiths but without the angst. Turns out I may have enjoyed that part the most.

Trafalgar

Bee Gees

1/5

If you're gonna be theatrical, at least go hard.

Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul

Otis Redding

5/5

Sublime.

Common

4/5

I remember being disappointed when this came out, but it's not bad! Light and groovy, but also introspective.

Viva Hate

Morrissey

3/5

Probably the best Morrisey I've heard. But I just can't imagine putting this on instead of the Smiths.

Back At The Chicken Shack

Jimmy Smith

4/5

I've always wanted to like Jimmy more than I do. Is there such a thing as too much groove?

Rage Against The Machine

5/5

One of my top 20 albums for sure, maybe higher (you know how those things go). I can't count the amount of times I went out skating with this on the discman.

There's No Place Like America Today

Curtis Mayfield

4/5

Very pretty, sparkling syrup. Can't deny it is good, but not something I'd listen to often.

(What's The Story) Morning Glory

Oasis

3/5

Jangly and melodic, harder than I thought. But man, so many British albums on here!

Blunderbuss

Jack White

3/5

Some great songs on here, but I've generally liked solo JW less than with a group, and this is no exception. I miss the rambling neo-western hard feel of the Dead Weather, and the simplicity of White Stripes (more Meg drumming please). Songs on here like Hypocritical Kiss and then Weep Themselves to Sleep are just boring.

The Slider

T. Rex

4/5

TRex is great, although this isn't as great as EW.

Sail Away

Randy Newman

4/5

Great songwriting! The first song blew me away. Musically, I prefer the songs with a band.

Appetite For Destruction

Guns N' Roses

4/5

Three of the best rock songs ever, a handful of other solid songs, and then just some boring filler. Would give it 3 stars if not for the big three.

Pretenders

4/5

If you don't like the pretenders you're either too soft or too hard. Get over it!

Another Green World

Brian Eno

3/5

I'm sure I'm not the first one to call this album boring. Kinda cool I guess, but just wasn't super interested in anything.

Shaft

Isaac Hayes

3/5

I'd pick another blaxploitation movie over this one. It's fine!

Lam Toro

Baaba Maal

2/5

Meh

All Directions

The Temptations

2/5

Can't get past the Spotify album version's horrible stereo mixing. But this would likely get 2-3 stars on a strong listen anyway. Yeah Eddie Kendricks' departure didn't kill the Temptations, but they woulda been better with him.

Superunknown

Soundgarden

3/5

good kid, m.A.A.d city

Kendrick Lamar

5/5

What a moment when this came out. Wow. Still his best overall album.

Stardust

Willie Nelson

5/5

So pretty.

The Joshua Tree

4/5

I spent years hating U2, not sure why. This is pretty good!

Idlewild

Everything But The Girl

1/5

No thanks

Court And Spark

Joni Mitchell

4/5

Good, more angular than Blue.

Sea Change

Beck

5/5

Wow, this album blew me away. Perfect for a hazy fall evening with the fam. Maybe the most slept on album for me on this whole list.

Ellington at Newport

Duke Ellington

4/5

A few awesome songs. I listened to the complete show, and it was maybe a little much. The classic LP may be a better choice.

Cut

The Slits

5/5

So cool, and one of the best covers ever. Maybe my favorite reggae-influenced punk album? Hmmm...

The Message

Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five

2/5

Some songs 4.5, some 1. Average or less overall.

Hard Again

Muddy Waters

5/5

Hard and classic Chicago blues, hard to argue with.

Rapture

Anita Baker

2/5

Well done, just a little too adult contemporary for my taste.

Adele

2/5

Meh.

Aftermath

The Rolling Stones

4/5

I prefer a bit earlier or later Stones, but this is still awesome.

MTV Unplugged In New York

Nirvana

4/5

Heavy.

The Holy Bible

Manic Street Preachers

2/5

MORE British music? Ugh.

Punishing Kiss

Ute Lemper

1/5

She should be in musicals. Maybe she is. I don't care.

Get Behind Me Satan

The White Stripes

3/5

uneven, even for JW. But not bad. 4 for songs, 3 for the whole album.

The Velvet Underground

5/5

Hard and quiet

The Gershwin Songbook

Ella Fitzgerald

4/5

About as classic as it gets.

16 Lovers Lane

The Go-Betweens

2/5

British adult contemporary?

Seventh Tree

Goldfrapp

2/5

I want a list made by an American

Harvest

Neil Young

5/5

A desperate peace.

Paranoid

Black Sabbath

4/5

Heavy. This seems like just as much a cultural touchpoint as Altamont in terms of the end of the 60's.

American Beauty

Grateful Dead

5/5

Sublime

Trout Mask Replica

Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band

4/5

Cool but weird :shrug:

G. Love And Special Sauce

G. Love & Special Sauce

4/5

Hasn't held up quite as well as I thought it would since I was 17, but still some jams.

Dookie

Green Day

5/5

Hell yeah

The Fat Of The Land

The Prodigy

3/5

Definitely my favorite British electronica. Probably by a long, long shot.

Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)

Wu-Tang Clan

5/5

One of the illest ever.

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness

The Smashing Pumpkins

3/5

Some of these songs rip. But some are kind of boring piano? Also seems super long. And his voice is annoying.

Guero

Beck

4/5

Fun! I've never LOVED Beck, but he's a great musician I always like listening to.

Songs The Lord Taught Us

The Cramps

5/5

About as cool as it gets.

Devotional Songs

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

3/5

In Rainbows

Radiohead

3/5

Liked this one more than I thought I would. But still so boring.

Live!

Fela Kuti

4/5

Live would be 5 stars for sure.

You've Come a Long Way Baby

Fatboy Slim

3/5

Some really fun tracks, but totally different level than Shadow.

Doolittle

Pixies

5/5

loud and weird but also catchy.

69 Love Songs

The Magnetic Fields

4/5

Some good songs but feels a little detached in a hipstery way.

Make Yourself

Incubus

3/5

Wow so 90's. Don't like his voice. And a good example of why anything that came from Sublime sucks.

Hot Fuss

The Killers

2/5

Boring. The Killers are for normies who dress like they're not.

Madman Across The Water

Elton John

3/5

It's not bad, I just don't dig 6 minute piano-driven ballads.

Ghosteen

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

3/5

Didn't listen. I'm sure it's raw and difficult and overwhelming.