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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Achtung Baby U2	5	3.3	+1.7
Surf's Up The Beach Boys	5	3.31	+1.69
...And Justice For All Metallica	5	3.43	+1.57
Ellington at Newport Duke Ellington	5	3.43	+1.57
Unknown Pleasures Joy Division	5	3.47	+1.53
Bookends Simon & Garfunkel	5	3.56	+1.44
Scott 2 Scott Walker	4	2.64	+1.36
Ill Communication Beastie Boys	5	3.64	+1.36
The Score Fugees	5	3.69	+1.31
Bad Michael Jackson	5	3.81	+1.19

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Natty Dread Bob Marley & The Wailers	1	3.58	-2.58
Tommy The Who	1	3.34	-2.34
The White Album Beatles	2	4.18	-2.18
All That You Can't Leave Behind U2	1	2.98	-1.98
Signing Off UB40	1	2.97	-1.97
In Rainbows Radiohead	2	3.84	-1.84
Faust IV Faust	1	2.78	-1.78
Life Thru A Lens Robbie Williams	1	2.73	-1.73
After The Gold Rush Neil Young	2	3.63	-1.63
Morrison Hotel The Doors	2	3.59	-1.59

5-Star Albums (12)

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Tommy

The Who

1/5

As a musical, it's not good. As an album, it's really bad.

1 likes

The Soft Bulletin

The Flaming Lips

2/5

Intentionally weird. Annoying vocals. Didn't like them then. Still don't.

1 likes

1-Star Albums (7)

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Life Thru A Lens

Robbie Williams

1/5

The Man Machine

Kraftwerk

4/5

+1 for groundbreaking.

Songs From The Big Chair

Tears For Fears

4/5

+1 for nostalgia bangers.

The College Dropout

Kanye West

2/5

The Wildest!

Louis Prima

3/5

It was fine.

The White Album

Beatles

2/5

Pretty boring overall, and as an album it was disjointed and carries a lot of skippable tracks.

Talking Book

Stevie Wonder

4/5

Not his best album, and that says more about his best albums than it does this album.

Tommy

The Who

1/5

As a musical, it's not good. As an album, it's really bad.

Disintegration

The Cure

3/5

Thematically solid.

From Elvis In Memphis

Elvis Presley

2/5

Boring.

Antichrist Superstar

Marilyn Manson

2/5

I enjoy industrial metal and found this album mostly boring, as I did when it was released in the boom of that genre.

Surf's Up

The Beach Boys

5/5

Never heard anything besides Pet Sounds. I was pretty blown away to hear the direct influence on bands like The Pixies and Weezer. Really great album, prompts me to listen to their entire catalog.

Nilsson Schmilsson

Harry Nilsson

2/5

Never heard of him, but recognized a few songs. Bizarre album.

The Soft Bulletin

The Flaming Lips

2/5

Intentionally weird. Annoying vocals. Didn't like them then. Still don't.

Darklands

The Jesus And Mary Chain

2/5

Kind of a run of the mill late 80s album.

Ramones

3/5

Pretty pedestrian punk album. +1 for trailblazing.

Talking Timbuktu

Ali Farka Touré

3/5

An album that is more important than it is good. +1 for exposure of a talent like Ali Farka Touré. Some songs are just jams with too much space, and too long by half. Others are great. Most are saturated in the 90s obsession with chorus effects on guitar. He has better albums.

The Colour Of Spring

Talk Talk

3/5

Mostly good. It pushes boundaries without being experimental. The songwriting still remains familiar and accessible for the time period, and I can hear its influence on bands I grew up with in the following decade. For a 10 song album that runs an hour. There's too many duds. But I do want to hear more from their catalog and will do so for the songs that were really good.

Faust IV

Faust

1/5

Nein.

Led Zeppelin III

Led Zeppelin

4/5

It's not my favorite Zep album, but it ain't something I ever put down. The best tracks are legendary Jimmy Page or JPJ songwriting.

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

The Kinks

3/5

Very 60s, very English.

Rocks

Aerosmith

4/5

Joe Perry best work, probably Aerosmiths best album.

Morrison Hotel

The Doors

2/5

Mostly boring.

...And Justice For All

Metallica

5/5

One of the best metal albums ever.

Mothership Connection

Parliament

4/5

+1 for popularizing funk and classic bangers. But there's a lot of theatrics that waste space on this album.

Unknown Pleasures

Joy Division

5/5

A trailblazing album for generations of post-punk acts. Thematically consistent, and oke of a kind (even from Joy Division).

Tidal

Fiona Apple

4/5

It's a beautiful album, perhaps buried among other piano pop songwriting in the late 90s. That's a shame if listeners not familiar with Fiona Apple missed this one.

Elastica

4/5

This is an over-produced pop-punk album and I've always loved it.

Tusk

Fleetwood Mac

2/5

Thoroughly unenjoyable. The album has no identity. Stevie isn't even featured until the fifth song. I wouldn't recommend this album to even fans of Fleetwood Mac.

Ellington at Newport

Duke Ellington

5/5

Exceptional. And anyone reading this who hasn't made it to a Newport Jazz Festival, if this is your thing, definitely go.

What's Going On

Marvin Gaye

5/5

Eternal. Fantastic vibe and songwriting.

Safe As Milk

Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band

2/5

Genre defying, and silly to the point of annoying. Still, there are really great guitar riffs buried in here. Not a total waste of time.

Natty Dread

Bob Marley & The Wailers

1/5

Boring.

Songs In The Key Of Life

Stevie Wonder

5/5

Musically inspiring. Wonderful lyrics. Timeless.

Hypnotised

The Undertones

3/5

Haven't heard of this band. The album was fine, but didn't push me to discover more about their catalog.

Let's Get It On

Marvin Gaye

4/5

Licensed To Ill

Beastie Boys

3/5

I grew up with this album. Rap was getting very big, and this album is a good representation of that time. But I wouldn't recommend someone who wants to hear Beastie Boys for the first time start hear. In retrospect, many of their albums are better than this one. Many other albums of the era are better than this one too.

Tank Battles

Dagmar Krause

2/5

Not for me. All I could think was this is a KMFDM demo tape without distortion. So +1 for that.

Deep Purple In Rock

Deep Purple

3/5

Deep Purple in Rock is fun. They're all over the place in every song, but in a very consistent way throughout the album. There's so much SoCal vibe on this which is quite a feat for a band out of London.

Manassas

Stephen Stills

4/5

Really fantastic songwriting and even better guitar playing. If Crosby, Stills & Nash is the only exposure someone has to Stephen Stills, I definitely recommend hearing the fully electric approach he has on Manassas.

Zombie

Fela Kuti

4/5

To my ears this is a perfect blend of jazz and funk. Highly recommend Fela.

Teenage Head

Flamin' Groovies

3/5

Despite the stuff they're known for being on the back half of the album, I enjoyed the first half much more.

Vol. 4

Black Sabbath

4/5

This is metal. Holds up over decades.

Strangeways, Here We Come

The Smiths

3/5

Not a fan of Morrissey, or even the Smiths. But this was a pretty upbeat version of both, and I like it.

Tago Mago

Can

2/5

Absolutely terrible. I'm only giving 2/5 because the drummer and percussion honestly is fantastic. But, 35-40% of this album isn't even music.

Rejoicing In The Hands

Devendra Banhart

4/5

I've never heard of this artist. I very much enjoyed this and will listen to more of his catalog. In particular, for a folk album in the 2000s, when a lot of artists were coming forth in the acoustic, alternative bluegrass, whatever you call it genres, I wish this hadn't been lost on me.

That's The Way Of The World

Earth, Wind & Fire

3/5

This album is just not funky enough for me. They have better albums.

Marquee Moon

Television

4/5

Really great, and eternal classic new wave.

Apocalypse Dudes

Turbonegro

3/5

I begrudgingly like this. Every track I was ready to write off, another band trying to sound like their favorite rockers. I can't place what made this much more endearing. Recommended for early 90s hair metal fans.

Siamese Dream

The Smashing Pumpkins

5/5

The Score

Fugees

5/5

This album surprised me on how it still captivates. It's a time capsule of the mid-90s references, but musically and a really great production still last. This is an album that must be heard for anyone remotely interested in 90s hip-hop.

Scott 2

Scott Walker

4/5

I have no idea who this is, or even what era it comes from. I really enjoyed the lyrics being so crass. This is like something Robbie Williams would do.

Black Sabbath

3/5

Don't start here if you've never listened to Black Sabbath. These are almost ideas of better songs from later albums. It's fine, but not a stand out.

All That You Can't Leave Behind

1/5

This is just so bland and boring and overproduced.

Moondance

Van Morrison

3/5

A great representation of the era without being boring. Van Morrison is a unique assortment of instrumentation and styles, but with the production techniques that keep it in the Classic Rock sound I grew up with.

Sea Change

Beck

3/5

Not the Beck album I'd recommend to a newcomer. But once you're into Beck, this is a great vibe once and a while.

Street Life

The Crusaders

3/5

Nothing super special. A good mix of soul and jazz.

After The Gold Rush

Neil Young

2/5

I don't like Neil Young.

Bookends

Simon & Garfunkel

5/5

Wasn't really expecting to like this so much, but it's just a really great album of folk songwriting. Chord progressions are interesting. Words are full enunciated, almost like ASMR. Vocal harmonies are so well blended. These guys are masters. I can't decide if the parts of the album that aren't music are worth docking a star. I guess if I'm deliberating, it's fine. They blend into the songs well enough, and contextually.

GREY Area

Little Simz

3/5

It was fine. I liked it. Not interesting enough to check out her other stuff anytime soon.

Bad

Michael Jackson

5/5

Fantastic. For pop music to have this much longevity is amazing.

The Slider

T. Rex

3/5

Enjoyable

This Is Hardcore

Pulp

2/5

Power In Numbers

Jurassic 5

3/5

I love J5. This album isn't nearly their best. A few tracks everyone would like for hip hop and rap, but otherwise kinda over produced. I'm also not a fan of the cross genre collabs in general. So the collab tracks on here, despite being with artists I like, are super lame.

Ill Communication

Beastie Boys

5/5

This is it. This is the best Beastie Boys album and among the top 50 or 100 hip hop and rap albums of all time. The instrumental tracks aren't even out of place. The whole vibe of the album cohesive. The collab rappers fit well. Highly recommend. Essential listening for anyone peripherally interested in the genre or group.

Exit Planet Dust

The Chemical Brothers

4/5

Solid instrumentation to match up with solid dance beats. The album is among their best.

Peter Gabriel

4/5

Extremely well produced album. Its World genre influences are really a time capsule of the mod-80s, but isn't gimmicky here. Despite the upbeat nature of Big Time and Sledgehammer, this is a album you have to be in the mood for if you're going to listen in full. Mostly moody themes, and slower tempo music.

Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music

Ray Charles

3/5

I really enjoy all this, but it's too much altogether. Terribly named too.

Signing Off

UB40

1/5

I just can't stand reggae.

Third

Soft Machine

1/5

Not something I could get into. This really went past my tolerance for jams, psychedelic vibes, and jazz flutes.

Lust For Life

Iggy Pop

3/5

Unexpectedly good and enjoyable noise.

B-52's

The B-52's

3/5

It's fine if you know what to expect, but it's not their best.

Back to Mystery City

Hanoi Rocks

3/5

If you wanted 80s British rock, you got it right here.

MTV Unplugged In New York

Nirvana

4/5

A unique performance for Nirvana with some well above average song choices. Rather than just playing acoustic instruments with the same album arrangement, there's a different feel for most of the songs vs their album versions.

Achtung Baby

5/5

Their best album. An absolute time capsule of pop rock.

In Rainbows

Radiohead

2/5

Largely boring.