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You Love More Than Most
| Album | You | Global | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|
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The United States Of America
The United States Of America
|
5 | 2.61 | +2.39 |
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Ray Of Light
Madonna
|
5 | 3.02 | +1.98 |
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Duck Stab/Buster & Glen
The Residents
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4 | 2.03 | +1.97 |
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Germfree Adolescents
X-Ray Spex
|
5 | 3.07 | +1.93 |
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I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got
Sinead O'Connor
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5 | 3.26 | +1.74 |
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Faith
George Michael
|
5 | 3.28 | +1.72 |
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Melodrama
Lorde
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5 | 3.31 | +1.69 |
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Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs
Marty Robbins
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5 | 3.33 | +1.67 |
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Juju
Siouxsie And The Banshees
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5 | 3.33 | +1.67 |
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Africa Brasil
Jorge Ben Jor
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5 | 3.37 | +1.63 |
You Love Less Than Most
| Album | You | Global | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|
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Definitely Maybe
Oasis
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1 | 3.54 | -2.54 |
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The Suburbs
Arcade Fire
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1 | 3.49 | -2.49 |
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Disraeli Gears
Cream
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1 | 3.46 | -2.46 |
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Strangeways, Here We Come
The Smiths
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1 | 3.44 | -2.44 |
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Sound of Silver
LCD Soundsystem
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1 | 3.42 | -2.42 |
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Urban Hymns
The Verve
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1 | 3.36 | -2.36 |
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Meat Is Murder
The Smiths
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1 | 3.34 | -2.34 |
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Astral Weeks
Van Morrison
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1 | 3.26 | -2.26 |
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Only By The Night
Kings of Leon
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1 | 3.22 | -2.22 |
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Hypnotised
The Undertones
|
1 | 3.06 | -2.06 |
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Favorites
| Artist | Albums | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Stevie Wonder | 3 | 5 |
| Prince | 3 | 5 |
| David Bowie | 3 | 4.67 |
| Nick Drake | 2 | 5 |
| Bob Dylan | 4 | 4.25 |
| Beatles | 3 | 4.33 |
Least Favorites
| Artist | Albums | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Kings of Leon | 3 | 1.33 |
| The Smiths | 3 | 1.33 |
| The Verve | 2 | 1 |
| Oasis | 2 | 1.5 |
| Arcade Fire | 2 | 1.5 |
| The Byrds | 3 | 2 |
| The Who | 4 | 2.25 |
5-Star Albums (37)
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Nick Drake · 2 likes
5/5
This birthed an obsessive listening session of his three albums. Wow
Garbage · 2 likes
5/5
When you search “Garbage” in the keywords, naturally this is the biggest hit. Kid Rock being the second one is great, but also makes wonder why the hell that album is even on this list
Nick Drake · 1 likes
5/5
The best thing this project has done so far is introduce me to Nick Drake
Kings of Leon · 1 likes
1/5
To find out there are THREE Kings of Leon albums on this list?? Sure won’t think about all of the albums missing from this list whose spots are being filled by KINGS OF LEON
1-Star Albums (27)
All Ratings
2/5
Fine? Never been a U2 fan. Some songs I saved to playlists. “No Exit” was the highlight. Cher’s cover of “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For” eclipsed the original for me.
Daft Punk
4/5
Almost every electronic dance dj is influenced by Daft Punk, but very few can curate or craft an album even an ounce as good as their worst one. (Which to be clear is not this. Idk what is right now, but you know. Hyperbole)
Red Hot Chili Peppers
2/5
Not for me. Blending funk and alt rock is fun, but I’ve heard a lot of much better versions.
Radiohead
4/5
Okay this is my first time listening to any Radiohead album in full and I get it. After resisting all these years (for whatever reason), I have to admit this slaps.
Stevie Wonder
5/5
One of the quintessential albums for a reason. Endlessly listenable and timely. An album that changed the course of music history.
LCD Soundsystem
1/5
Sounds like the kind of music I’d pretend to like to try and get a boyfriend in college.
Sonic Youth
3/5
More like 3.25. A lot of good here. Didn’t quite connect fully with me. The title track and Tunic were my faves.
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
2/5
Happy for the noise music community. Not for me. I don’t want to get on a pedestal and say it’s bad, but it’s certainly lacking something I like when I listen to music - and I listen to some unconventional stuff. I listened to this album all the way through though!
Elton John
3/5
I am an Elton fan and I’m perplexed by this album’s inclusion. For an artist to have multiple entries, they should all be exceptional works and this one doesn’t have the qualities of a Goodbye Yellow Brick Road for me. It’s not a bad album, just not a transcendent one. Tiny Dancer and Levon are incredible songs that anybody would make lifelong careers if those were the only hit songs they had.
Sonic Youth
3/5
I appreciate Sonic Youth more than I enjoy Sonic Youth. My second SY album on the list. (Which is wild because this is only my tenth album.) I much preferred Goo.
R.E.M.
3/5
No real gripes, but also doesn’t feel incredible. Of course I knew the song “The One I Love”, but I don’t think it ever hit me quite like during this album listen. That is an all timer song.
The Doors
2/5
I always found The Doors to be overrated, but listenable. This isn’t tear my ears off bad, but wow it is so reductive. This is the twelfth album I’ve listened through this project and I’ve only heard one album by a black artist and at least three white bands blatantly using black music (in a far less effective way than their predecessors)
The Jam
2/5
There’s one thing to make a fine album, but why is it on a list of albums I have to listen to? I quite disagree with that sentiment.
Terence Trent D'Arby
3/5
I agree with folks on the production of this album. It does hold back some of the songs. However, there’s a lot of great pop R&B tunes here so I won’t complain. Closer to a 3.25
Milton Nascimento
4/5
Radiohead
3/5
The Flying Burrito Brothers
3/5
Lynyrd Skynyrd
3/5
Better than I would have thought 🤷♀️
Sam Cooke
4/5
One of my favorite genre of live album where it’s someone who sounds incredible in studio and then we hear them live with rawer vocals and less clean instrumental and it’s suddenly transcendent. Very very few pop acts these days could ever hope to make a live album like this these days.
The Notorious B.I.G.
3/5
Great rapping skills and production. The misogyny and skits make it so juvenile. Some songs were saved. But this is mostly not for me
Alanis Morissette
5/5
I was born the year this album came out and I didn’t listen to it in full until I was 16. It was transformative for me then and I still love it today. I’ve seen Alanis live twice and she’s an incredible live act.
Prince
5/5
Incredible you can have a five star album that might not even be in your top three.
Led Zeppelin
3/5
Randy Newman
4/5
The Undertones
1/5
Sade
4/5
I’m an adult. I don’t have time for people who don’t like Sade.
Steely Dan
4/5
Funny this was back to back with Sade’s Diamond Life. Two different takes on smooth jazz. But I like this! Maybe more of a 3.5 but I’ll round up
Michael Jackson
4/5
* Off the Wall
* Bad
* Thriller
CHIC
3/5
Earth, Wind & Fire
3/5
The Byrds
2/5
Aside from Kim Gordon of Sonic Youth, no woman has more than four albums on this list. No black artist has more than four albums on this list. Somehow, The Byrds have five? Let’s be fucking for real.
Also I love that Wikipedia says this is their first album without Dylan material and the first song is a Dylan knock off.
Circle Jerks
1/5
Mercifully short
The Zombies
5/5
UB40
3/5
Beastie Boys
4/5
Queens Of The Stone Age
2/5
Green Day
4/5
Lambchop
2/5
Elbow
3/5
Like a 3.5
Bob Dylan
4/5
T. Rex
5/5
Iron Butterfly
3/5
Common
4/5
A good example of why this project is good for me. I don’t think this album was anywhere near my radar. (I was in fifth grade, smalltown Indiana when it came out) Good stuff!
Johnny Cash
4/5
T. Rex
4/5
The Charlatans
1/5
Generic. Just had to be there I guess
Stevie Wonder
5/5
Stevie is one of few artists that has truly earned multiple slots in this list
The Residents
4/5
I am unfortunately the audience for this one
Elliott Smith
3/5
Peter Gabriel
3/5
Fatboy Slim
2/5
The Isley Brothers
4/5
Nick Drake
5/5
This birthed an obsessive listening session of his three albums. Wow
Kanye West
3/5
I had never heard this album in full before so I wanted to listen from a “this album was important, but clearly the legacy has been tarnished” lens. I didn’t love it, but it did make me sad to think of this man who used to make music with purpose and how it quickly became another money making scheme for Kanye on top of him using his platform to either be an actual Nazi or to make the worst social experiment of all time. Time will tell? 3.25 star album. One star man.
Foo Fighters
2/5
Miles Davis
4/5
The Beach Boys
4/5
Seems way too on the nose for this to be a coincidence, but I guess I’ll see if a number of other people got this album today. Or maybe multiple Beach Boys albums were sent out today. (The day after Brian Wilson’s death if someone reads this in the future for some reason) I never heard this one in its entirety and it’s so good.
I saw Brian Wilson live in 2016 and he did the entirety of Pet Sounds. It was a great show and I did not take for granted I was in the presence of such an important figure.
Muddy Waters
3/5
Bob Marley & The Wailers
3/5
The Verve
1/5
Radiohead
3/5
Joni Mitchell
5/5
Todd Rundgren
3/5
The Darkness
2/5
Van Halen
3/5
One of those where I don’t know if it’s a great album, but it’s culturally significant so its placement is apt. Not for me, but I can’t deny Mr. Halen’s talents.
Peter Frampton
3/5
Dwight Yoakam
2/5
The Who
3/5
Big Star
2/5
Astrud Gilberto
4/5
Solomon Burke
3/5
Blondie
5/5
X-Ray Spex
5/5
Pentangle
4/5
Fela Kuti
4/5
Jimmy Smith
4/5
Paul Simon
3/5
The Soft Boys
2/5
Depeche Mode
4/5
The Modern Lovers
2/5
Hawkwind
2/5
I don’t understand the music these kids are listening to nowadays.
R.E.M.
3/5
Frankie Goes To Hollywood
4/5
Someone referring to this album as “cheesy” sounds like a two-time Reagan voter
The United States Of America
5/5
An album so of its own breed that you wonder how every album can’t be this kind of unique listening experience.
Kings of Leon
2/5
Marty Robbins
5/5
Slayer
2/5
Underworld
4/5
Jethro Tull
2/5
The Specials
3/5
The Style Council
2/5
The Velvet Underground
5/5
Simon & Garfunkel
4/5
Wild Beasts
3/5
The Icarus Line
1/5
David Bowie
4/5
Marvin Gaye
4/5
Black Sabbath
3/5
Hugh Masekela
3/5
U2
3/5
Echo And The Bunnymen
2/5
Curtis Mayfield
3/5
The Prodigy
3/5
Jean-Michel Jarre
4/5
Rufus Wainwright
2/5
Siouxsie And The Banshees
5/5
One of those albums where I wish I had been listening to it all my life and not just the last six years. Truly in my top 10 of all time.
Big Brother & The Holding Company
4/5
New Order
3/5
Nick Drake
5/5
The best thing this project has done so far is introduce me to Nick Drake
Bruce Springsteen
4/5
Primal Scream
1/5
Air
4/5
Oasis
1/5
One of my favorite memories is when I went to a concert that was Garbage and Noel Gallagher’s solo project.
Metric opened for them. After Garbage played, I turned to my partner and said “I got my money’s worth.” They agreed and we left.
It may have been the minority, but there were still a significant number of people returning to their cars that evening before he ever stepped foot on stage.
2/5
Two Oasis albums in a row… why would you do that to me
Bad Company
2/5
Bruce Springsteen
3/5
I like Springsteen, but his vocals on “Backstreets” is one of the most grating vocal performances I’ve EVER experienced
Buena Vista Social Club
4/5
Patti Smith
4/5
Deee-Lite
2/5
Television
3/5
Leonard Cohen
4/5
Lana Del Rey
3/5
Soft Machine
2/5
Cyndi Lauper
5/5
AC/DC
3/5
Beach House
2/5
Brian Eno
3/5
Radiohead
3/5
The Byrds
2/5
Dinosaur Jr.
2/5
Pretenders
4/5
David Crosby
1/5
The Coral
1/5
Frank Sinatra
3/5
The Smiths
1/5
Aimee Mann
2/5
Giant Sand
1/5
The Velvet Underground
4/5
Calexico
4/5
Elvis Costello
2/5
The Human League
3/5
Beatles
4/5
John Martyn
2/5
One of the best albums? Doubtful. One of the best album covers? Absolutely. Just wish it was used on something way more cerebral or flamboyant.
Peter Gabriel
4/5
Garbage
5/5
When you search “Garbage” in the keywords, naturally this is the biggest hit. Kid Rock being the second one is great, but also makes wonder why the hell that album is even on this list
Rush
4/5
I like doing this project because I find out that Rush is actually a really fun band despite some weird bias I had in my brain they’d just be some other rock group on the list.
The Specials
2/5
MC Solaar
4/5
Beck
3/5
The Auteurs
1/5
Kings of Leon
1/5
To find out there are THREE Kings of Leon albums on this list?? Sure won’t think about all of the albums missing from this list whose spots are being filled by KINGS OF LEON
The Cure
4/5
Sinead O'Connor
5/5
Prefab Sprout
3/5
Malcolm McLaren
2/5
Supertramp
2/5
Prince
5/5
Jazmine Sullivan
3/5
OutKast
4/5
The White Stripes
3/5
The Beau Brummels
2/5
Steely Dan
2/5
Buddy Holly & The Crickets
2/5
This reminded me of working at Goodwill and Wednesdays would be senior Wednesdays where senior citizens could get a discount that day. They’d play a segregated sock hop radio that consisted of the same 50 songs every Wednesday and sometimes they’d loop if you worked long enough of a shift. One or two Little Richard songs would be my breath of relief. That being said, at least three songs from this album were a part of that playlist and therefore I cannot objectively rate this without the bias of retail trauma.
The Clash
3/5
Sparks
4/5
Jefferson Airplane
2/5
I like the two big hits on here, but you’d do much better with Volunteers or even The Worst of Jefferson Airplane
Kraftwerk
4/5
Billie Holiday
4/5
Reading these reviews…
Some music needs to be listened with your heart and not with your brain.
R.E.M.
3/5
Funkadelic
4/5
The Fall
1/5
Mercury Rev
4/5
Sonic Youth
3/5
Blue Cheer
2/5
Paul Revere & The Raiders
3/5
Thundercat
4/5
Fleetwood Mac
5/5
Super Furry Animals
2/5
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
2/5
Coldplay
2/5
The Verve
1/5
Well this certainly made my work commute worse
SAULT
3/5
Slipknot
2/5
This isn’t for me, but I will say I’m happy to enjoy some music with some actual emotion and energy. The drummer is on fucking fire.
Kendrick Lamar
4/5
Janis Joplin
4/5
Kraftwerk
4/5
Depeche Mode
4/5
Little Richard
4/5
Missy Elliott
4/5
Rush
3/5
Talking Heads
3/5
Crowded House
2/5
I actually really like their debut album. This one is just okay.
Nine Inch Nails
3/5
Bill Evans Trio
3/5
The Streets
1/5
Charles Mingus
3/5
The Temptations
4/5
Simon & Garfunkel
4/5
Ride
2/5
The Afghan Whigs
2/5
Lauryn Hill
5/5
King Crimson
3/5
John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers
2/5
Van Morrison
1/5
Count Basie & His Orchestra
4/5
Fishbone
3/5
Anthrax
2/5
The Smiths
2/5
Jungle Brothers
4/5
Marvin Gaye
4/5
Suicide
2/5
I didn’t like it exactly, but I was expecting something far more grating based on these reviews.
Norah Jones
4/5
1/5
Did not realize I opened up the spin-off: 1001 Albums You Should Listen to Before You Turn 14
Leonard Cohen
3/5
Cream
1/5
CHVRCHES
4/5
Minor Threat
2/5
My Bloody Valentine
2/5
Talking Heads
3/5
Elvis Presley
4/5
Living Colour
3/5
Lorde
5/5
Bruce Springsteen
4/5
Iggy Pop
3/5
The Stooges
3/5
Talking Heads
4/5
The Thrills
2/5
Tricky
3/5
Lou Reed
5/5
Iron Maiden
2/5
Coldplay
2/5
Stan Getz
4/5
Adele
4/5
Shivkumar Sharma
4/5
Magazine
3/5
Adele
4/5
Nanci Griffith
4/5
Miles Davis
2/5
2Pac
2/5
R.E.M.
2/5
The Psychedelic Furs
4/5
Steely Dan
4/5
Sister Sledge
3/5
Ladysmith Black Mambazo
4/5
The Cramps
3/5
Jurassic 5
4/5
The Black Keys
2/5
Jeff Buckley
3/5
Deep Purple
3/5
Basement Jaxx
1/5
Klaxons
2/5
Various Artists
4/5
Prince
5/5
Common
3/5
Fugees
4/5
Green Day
3/5
Beatles
4/5
George Michael
5/5
The Who
2/5
OutKast
4/5
King Crimson
3/5
Dexys Midnight Runners
2/5
The Police
2/5
The Smashing Pumpkins
3/5
U2
2/5
3/5
Pearl Jam
3/5
Morrissey
1/5
Madonna
4/5
Kate Bush
5/5
Bob Dylan
4/5
Happy Mondays
2/5
Erykah Badu
4/5
Arcade Fire
2/5
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
3/5
Traffic
2/5
Led Zeppelin
2/5
Ray Charles
4/5
Beatles
5/5
Blur
4/5
The Stone Roses
3/5
Soul II Soul
3/5
Aerosmith
2/5
Stevie Wonder
5/5
Coldcut
3/5
Creedence Clearwater Revival
3/5
Turbonegro
2/5
Pixies
3/5
Tina Turner
4/5
Simon & Garfunkel
4/5
David Bowie
5/5
Robert Wyatt
3/5
The Who
2/5
Harry Nilsson
3/5
Queen
3/5
Neil Young
3/5
Bob Dylan
5/5
Eagles
3/5
2/5
50 Cent
2/5
The Cure
3/5
Miles Davis
3/5
The Who
2/5
Brian Eno
4/5
Dr. Dre
3/5
Franz Ferdinand
3/5
Arcade Fire
1/5
The Jesus And Mary Chain
2/5
Stan Getz
3/5
Scott Walker
1/5
Scissor Sisters
4/5
Songhoy Blues
4/5
The Sensational Alex Harvey Band
2/5
Dagmar Krause
3/5
Peter Gabriel
4/5
Ramones
2/5
Fun Lovin' Criminals
1/5
Björk
5/5
Electric Light Orchestra
3/5
The Smiths
1/5
Wilco
2/5
Grateful Dead
2/5
Ray Charles
4/5
Kings of Leon
1/5
Three albums from these guys on this list??? Why. WHY.
Taylor Swift
3/5
N.W.A.
3/5
The Sugarcubes
4/5
The Beach Boys
3/5
Moby
4/5
Van Morrison
3/5
Soundgarden
2/5
Red Hot Chili Peppers
2/5
3/5
Pet Shop Boys
3/5
Jorge Ben Jor
5/5
Johnny Cash
4/5
Leftfield
3/5
Al Green
3/5
Led Zeppelin
4/5
Madonna
5/5
Queen
3/5
A Tribe Called Quest
4/5
Suede
3/5
Super Furry Animals
2/5
Bob Dylan
4/5
Khaled
2/5
The Youngbloods
3/5
Creedence Clearwater Revival
3/5
Joni Mitchell
4/5
Bonnie "Prince" Billy
2/5
The Temptations
4/5
Quicksilver Messenger Service
2/5
Simply Red
2/5
David Bowie
5/5
Haircut 100
2/5
Michael Kiwanuka
4/5
Eagles
2/5
The Clash
4/5
The Adverts
3/5
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
3/5
Tracy Chapman
5/5
Pet Shop Boys
4/5
Duran Duran
4/5
Spiritualized
4/5
The Lemonheads
2/5
Fleet Foxes
3/5
The Jesus And Mary Chain
3/5
Simple Minds
4/5
Amy Winehouse
5/5
The Byrds
2/5
Fairport Convention
4/5
Crosby, Stills & Nash
3/5
Robbie Williams
3/5
The Slits
4/5
Christina Aguilera
3/5
George Harrison
5/5
2/5
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
4/5
The Doors
2/5
Gene Clark
2/5
Isaac Hayes
3/5
Tito Puente
3/5
4/5
Radiohead
3/5
Throwing Muses
2/5
Beyoncé
4/5
Digital Underground
2/5
Sufjan Stevens
4/5
Brian Eno
4/5
ABBA
4/5
Bob Marley & The Wailers
4/5