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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Vivid Living Colour	5	3.2	+1.8
I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got Sinead O'Connor	5	3.25	+1.75
Cross Justice	5	3.27	+1.73
The Yes Album Yes	5	3.31	+1.69
This Year's Model Elvis Costello & The Attractions	5	3.32	+1.68
Songs Of Leonard Cohen Leonard Cohen	5	3.38	+1.62
Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire) The Kinks	5	3.39	+1.61
Blackstar David Bowie	5	3.48	+1.52
Funeral Arcade Fire	5	3.57	+1.43
The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill Lauryn Hill	5	3.63	+1.37

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Blue Joni Mitchell	1	3.49	-2.49
Get Behind Me Satan The White Stripes	1	3.41	-2.41
Live And Dangerous Thin Lizzy	1	3.32	-2.32
1989 Taylor Swift	1	3.27	-2.27
You're Living All Over Me Dinosaur Jr.	1	3.08	-2.08
Harvest Neil Young	2	3.83	-1.83
Catch A Fire Bob Marley & The Wailers	2	3.63	-1.63
Come Away With Me Norah Jones	2	3.39	-1.39
Figure 8 Elliott Smith	2	3.33	-1.33
Horses Patti Smith	2	3.31	-1.31

5-Star Albums (11)

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

Popular Reviews

Blue

Joni Mitchell

1/5

I've seen this record in many greatest of all time lists... Why the hell?

2 likes

Figure 8

Elliott Smith

2/5

Not quite my style of melodies

1 likes

1-Star Albums (6)

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Blur

4/5

A couple of very boring songs here and there, but overall a fantastic album

Figure 8

Elliott Smith

2/5

Not quite my style of melodies

The Yes Album

Yes

5/5

Fantastic album

Rio

Duran Duran

3/5

Musically speaking, of the original 9 songs, 5 are bangers. Lyrically, they're pretty bad.

We Are Family

Sister Sledge

3/5

A bit repetitive

White Blood Cells

The White Stripes

3/5

I don't really know why, but I've never been able to get into Jack White's music. I can appreciate the talent, but I guess his music (solo or in the White Stripes) is not for me

Get Behind Me Satan

The White Stripes

1/5

I got White Blood Cells yesterday, so my review is the same: not a big fan of Jack White

Songs Of Love And Hate

Leonard Cohen

3/5

The lyrics are incredible as always. But also as always, the music isn't for me...

Cross

Justice

5/5

Banger after banger. This is the ultimate album for the gym.

The Beach Boys Today!

The Beach Boys

2/5

I understand their importance in music. But other than their most famous songs, the rest of their catalog has always been very repetitive to me

Highway to Hell

AC/DC

5/5

Two-word review: Fuck yeah!

Led Zeppelin III

Led Zeppelin

4/5

I was always reluctant with Led Zeppelin. I was wrong

Blackstar

David Bowie

5/5

A Blackstar. A different man. Such a perfect goodbye.

Horses

Patti Smith

2/5

Three amazing songs in the album. But the rest of it was mediocre to me, especially because there's something I just couldn't connect with: her voice

The Man Machine

Kraftwerk

4/5

It's crazy how it still sounds futuristic after almost 50 years of its release. Loved it.

Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite

Maxwell

2/5

The College Dropout

Kanye West

4/5

A visionary, one of the best producers ever, his pen fresh but already sharp. It's a shame what has happened with him in the last couple of years.

You're Living All Over Me

Dinosaur Jr.

1/5

I remember listening to one of their songs on a videogame long time ago and thinking: what the hell is this? This sucks! Now, after I read about their story and importance in music history I listened to this album, which I can only believe it's their best because it is on this list, and thinking: what the hell is this? This sucks!

The Chronic

Dr. Dre

4/5

Amazing, perhaps even better than 2001

Harvest

Neil Young

2/5

Two or three amazing songs. The rest is ok, just not for my regular taste.

Kick Out The Jams (Live)

MC5

3/5

Two great songs saved on my sixties playlist. This is not an album that I would come back to, but it was a great one time experience.

I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got

Sinead O'Connor

5/5

Rarely I expand my reviews outside of a couple of words of approval or dislike, but this one deserves its praise in a longer statement: This was a beautiful experience, I've never heard a song of hers other than "Nothing compares 2 U" and even when that song is a standout in the album, the rest is nothing but magical. I usually take an hour in my morning walk to experience the day's album and yesterday, by the time I got to "Three Babies" I was crying my eyes out as I was walking. And the beauty of it was that I didn't care for the people who watched me like that, that is the magic of this album for me: empathy. May she rests in peace, such a beautiful artist.

If I Should Fall From Grace With God

The Pogues

4/5

I heard the first song and I thought I couldn't possibly enjoy it, I was wrong. A couple of fillers but overall a great experience.

The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill

Lauryn Hill

5/5

A few years ago, during another listening challenge for the greatest albums ever, I rated this record the lowest possible grade. It was also fun to feel myself edgy calling it "extremely overrated". But I was wrong and I admit it. 3 skips (including the intro) amongst a 16 songs tracklist is incredible, and I'm not completely sure about those skips...

Vivid

Living Colour

5/5

When I was a teenager I listened to "Cult of Personality" and thought it was one of the most boring and overrated songs ever. And I lived with that prejudice for decades... I was so goddamn wrong. This is, so far, the best album I've heard during this challenge.

Smash

The Offspring

4/5

There's one thing always keeps me from becoming a super fan of The Offspring: Holland's voice Great music though

From Elvis In Memphis

Elvis Presley

4/5

S&M

Metallica

3/5

Sign 'O' The Times

Prince

4/5

This challenge has made me reconsider some of the takes I made in my youth. Artists that I thought overrated have gradually become some of my favorites. First it was David Bowie, now it's Prince.

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

The Kinks

5/5

The Beatless? I'm kidding, they're awesome

Devil Without A Cause

Kid Rock

1/5

This album works as a time capsule, filled with the most horrendous trends of the music from the 90's. I kept listening from start to finish because it was funny. Not fun, but funny, like LOL funny. I feel like something changed in me. it might have been my IQ.

Revolver

Beatles

3/5

7/10 I've read a lot of rankings placing Revolver as their best work. To me it is far from that. It's not a bad album but to me it feels like a mixture of their previous pop albums and their more experimental work yet to come. Also, 'Yellow Submarine' might be their worst song ever...

Blue

Joni Mitchell

1/5

I've seen this record in many greatest of all time lists... Why the hell?

1989

Taylor Swift

1/5

Those spice-less food memes sure are accurate. It is extremely unfair that other "Pop" artists and projects fall into the same category as her. And I'm not even talking about 70's pioneers or 80's kings or queens of the genre, but contemporary acts that get a minuscule percentage of the attention that she gets...

She's So Unusual

Cyndi Lauper

3/5

6/10 Even when her voice can get extremely annoying at times, it is a good pop record.

Life Thru A Lens

Robbie Williams

3/5

6/10 Quite generic but Robbie's voice is always great

Doggystyle

Snoop Dogg

3/5

Catch A Fire

Bob Marley & The Wailers

2/5

Paranoid

Black Sabbath

4/5

Amazing, groundbreaking.

Funeral

Arcade Fire

5/5

This year's 'Pink Elephant' was such a disappointment. But it's beautiful to know that this and 'The Suburbs' will always be there to wash away the bad taste.

Songs Of Leonard Cohen

Leonard Cohen

5/5

His most "uplifting" when it comes to music. The lyrics remain undefeated. Such a master.

When I Was Born For The 7th Time

Cornershop

2/5

From the very start I knew this just wasn't for me.

Ten

Pearl Jam

4/5

Back In Black

AC/DC

4/5

Cons: they sound the same every album Pros: they sound the same every album

Come Away With Me

Norah Jones

2/5

I tried it for a couple of songs, it is nice music. Just not for me.

Time Out

The Dave Brubeck Quartet

3/5

This Year's Model

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

5/5

9/10 There are some artists that I should have listened to earlier, I didn't because I thought I would be more interesting if I skipped what many people thought to be great, I was wrong. Elvis Costello has just joined that list...

The Colour Of Spring

Talk Talk

2/5

Live And Dangerous

Thin Lizzy

1/5

No matter the artist, live albums are NOT for me

Sea Change

Beck

4/5

Appetite For Destruction

Guns N' Roses

3/5

5/10 I've tried my best to never be a hateful person regarding anyone's music. I understand that every production is difficult even if the final result is not of my liking... Having said that, 'Paradise City' is the worst song ever made for me... And yes, that includes the pop garbage you find on the radio every day. The album itself is not bad, but I have a predisposition when it comes to Guns and Roses...

Like Water For Chocolate

Common

3/5