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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Rum Sodomy & The Lash The Pogues	5	3.25	+1.75
The ArchAndroid Janelle Monáe	5	3.45	+1.55
Speakerboxxx/The Love Below OutKast	5	3.45	+1.55
The Gershwin Songbook Ella Fitzgerald	5	3.52	+1.48
At Newport 1960 Muddy Waters	5	3.54	+1.46
Bright Flight Silver Jews	4	2.68	+1.32
New Boots And Panties Ian Dury	4	2.69	+1.31
Life Thru A Lens Robbie Williams	4	2.73	+1.27
Live At The Harlem Square Club Sam Cooke	5	3.76	+1.24
Destroyer KISS	4	2.85	+1.15

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Zombie Fela Kuti	1	3.46	-2.46
Entertainment Gang Of Four	1	3.26	-2.26
The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars David Bowie	2	4.26	-2.26
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band Beatles	2	4.25	-2.25
I'm Your Man Leonard Cohen	1	3.09	-2.09
The Modern Lovers The Modern Lovers	1	3.05	-2.05
For Your Pleasure Roxy Music	1	2.98	-1.98
Back In Black AC/DC	2	3.84	-1.84
Is This It The Strokes	2	3.81	-1.81
Off The Wall Michael Jackson	2	3.8	-1.8

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Paranoid

Black Sabbath · 1 likes

3/5

Would have liked it more if it were a rock-opera. Bright costumes. Choreography. Lights.

Zombie

Fela Kuti · 1 likes

1/5

Wtf is this and why is it on this list

1-Star Albums (10)

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(What's The Story) Morning Glory

Oasis

4/5

Electric Warrior

T. Rex

2/5

I liked knowing the “big hit” song. That was a fun surprise. I wish we were stoned while listening. 3/10

Channel Orange

Frank Ocean

3/5

Wasn’t bad

1984

Van Halen

4/5

Catchy tunes. They had missed opportunities with lyrics though… about animals..

Bringing It All Back Home

Bob Dylan

3/5

I like harmonicas.

Come Away With Me

Norah Jones

2/5

Before And After Science

Brian Eno

2/5

It’s like a soundtrack from a traumatizing movie Brian would make me watch.

O.G. Original Gangster

Ice T

4/5

American IV: The Man Comes Around

Johnny Cash

4/5

Wild Is The Wind

Nina Simone

3/5

Tusk

Fleetwood Mac

3/5

Clube Da Esquina

Milton Nascimento

3/5

At Folsom Prison

Johnny Cash

3/5

Enjoyed the commentary between songs.

Make Yourself

Incubus

4/5

Goodbye And Hello

Tim Buckley

2/5

Paranoid

Black Sabbath

3/5

Would have liked it more if it were a rock-opera. Bright costumes. Choreography. Lights.

Let It Be

The Replacements

3/5

Black Sabbath

4/5

Wonderful musicians.

Vento De Maio

Elis Regina

4/5

Highway 61 Revisited

Bob Dylan

3/5

Oedipus Schmoedipus

Barry Adamson

2/5

This album gives me so much anxiety.

Winter In America

Gil Scott-Heron

3/5

Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul

Otis Redding

4/5

The Grand Tour

George Jones

2/5

Foxbase Alpha

Saint Etienne

2/5

One Nation Under A Groove

Funkadelic

3/5

Moondance

Van Morrison

4/5

Strange ordering of songs, but overall enjoyable.

The Idiot

Iggy Pop

2/5

Pretzel Logic

Steely Dan

3/5

I believe real fans call them “Scully Dan”.

Moon Safari

Air

4/5

Walking Wounded

Everything But The Girl

4/5

I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight

Richard Thompson

4/5

Sunshine Superman

Donovan

2/5

I’d give it a 2.5 if I could. Very strange, but had some decent songs.

Cosmo's Factory

Creedence Clearwater Revival

4/5

Rum Sodomy & The Lash

The Pogues

5/5

Natty Dread

Bob Marley & The Wailers

3/5

Home Is Where The Music Is

Hugh Masekela

2/5

461 Ocean Boulevard

Eric Clapton

2/5

He sounds like Brian’s Kermit the Frog imitation.

Off The Wall

Michael Jackson

2/5

Why are these songs so long

Something Else By The Kinks

The Kinks

2/5

OK Computer

Radiohead

3/5

Dig Me Out

Sleater-Kinney

3/5

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

Faces

2/5

The Wildest!

Louis Prima

4/5

Chocolate Starfish And The Hot Dog Flavored Water

Limp Bizkit

3/5

They’re like the Beastie Boys meets Lincoln Park. In a good way.

Songs Of Leonard Cohen

Leonard Cohen

2/5

What kind of drugs was this man on?

Technique

New Order

3/5

Dummy

Portishead

2/5

Every song sounds the same. Not a great album to mow the lawn to.

The Stranger

Billy Joel

4/5

I had no idea he had such strong religious components. Very talented musicians.

Calenture

The Triffids

2/5

It’s like a bad movie-musical soundtrack

Nevermind

Nirvana

3/5

At San Quentin

Johnny Cash

2/5

Why is this the third time these songs are on this list?

Pink Flag

Wire

3/5

Fear Of A Black Planet

Public Enemy

3/5

The Atomic Mr Basie

Count Basie & His Orchestra

4/5

My Generation

The Who

3/5

My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

Kanye West

4/5

He was a lot better when he was openly dissing the Orange Monster.

Synchronicity

The Police

3/5

John Barleycorn Must Die

Traffic

2/5

Not really memorable.

Crime Of The Century

Supertramp

2/5

Gives me Queen vibes

Let It Bleed

The Rolling Stones

3/5

She's So Unusual

Cyndi Lauper

3/5

AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted

Ice Cube

3/5

Elephant Mountain

The Youngbloods

2/5

The Band

3/5

Machine Head

Deep Purple

3/5

During the first song I thought, “Hmm.. this sounds like the band who does ‘Smoke on the Water’.” I’ll be damned if a few minutes later I was right.

I'm Your Man

Leonard Cohen

1/5

Why is this even on the list? Who decided this?

Tubular Bells

Mike Oldfield

4/5

What a wild ride of emotions.

A Rush Of Blood To The Head

Coldplay

3/5

Club Classics Vol. One

Soul II Soul

2/5

The Renaissance

Q-Tip

4/5

Mothership Connection

Parliament

3/5

Bright Flight

Silver Jews

4/5

Groovin'

The Young Rascals

2/5

Bug

Dinosaur Jr.

2/5

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

The Kinks

2/5

The Score

Fugees

4/5

Ready To Die

The Notorious B.I.G.

2/5

Ellington at Newport

Duke Ellington

4/5

Jazz Samba

Stan Getz

4/5

I could listen to this all day.

American Idiot

Green Day

4/5

Cut

The Slits

1/5

Who made this list?

Fulfillingness' First Finale

Stevie Wonder

3/5

Entertainment

Gang Of Four

1/5

The repetitive lyrics drove me nuts.

Figure 8

Elliott Smith

3/5

Ok so I really thought at first he was related to Sam Smith

At Newport 1960

Muddy Waters

5/5

Buena Vista Social Club

4/5

Balanced instruments. Great vocals.

Public Image: First Issue

Public Image Ltd.

2/5

I swear some of these songs were part of soundtracks to disturbing videos Brian made me watch.

Blood Sugar Sex Magik

Red Hot Chili Peppers

3/5

L.A. Woman

The Doors

2/5

Hot Buttered Soul

Isaac Hayes

3/5

Trafalgar

Bee Gees

3/5

I was surprised by this one.

Graceland

Paul Simon

2/5

Darkdancer

Les Rythmes Digitales

3/5

Little too long.

Damaged

Black Flag

3/5

The ArchAndroid

Janelle Monáe

5/5

Blown away. Such talent.

Aqualung

Jethro Tull

3/5

Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables

Dead Kennedys

4/5

Reggatta De Blanc

The Police

3/5

Seventeen Seconds

The Cure

4/5

Siembra

Willie Colón & Rubén Blades

3/5

The United States Of America

2/5

Songs The Lord Taught Us

The Cramps

2/5

A Love Supreme

John Coltrane

3/5

Pills 'n' Thrills And Bellyaches

Happy Mondays

3/5

...The Dandy Warhols Come Down

The Dandy Warhols

3/5

Ramones

3/5

I’d really give it a 3.5

Vulgar Display Of Power

Pantera

4/5

Among The Living

Anthrax

3/5

Zombie

Fela Kuti

1/5

Wtf is this and why is it on this list

Disintegration

The Cure

3/5

Unhalfbricking

Fairport Convention

3/5

Rating only for musicians

Follow The Leader

Korn

1/5

These guys have some major issues.

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

Beatles

2/5

The Downward Spiral

Nine Inch Nails

2/5

Very disturbed songwriter.

The Specials

3/5

I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You

Aretha Franklin

4/5

The Modern Lovers

1/5

He needs sex addiction therapy.

Arular

M.I.A.

2/5

Catchy songs, but as an album there’s no growth, no flow.

Brilliant Corners

Thelonious Monk

3/5

Beggars Banquet

The Rolling Stones

3/5

Hot Fuss

The Killers

4/5

Crosby, Stills & Nash

3/5

I definitely thought this was a Black trio from the 1950s. I particularly enjoyed “A Song With No Words”.

C'est Chic

CHIC

3/5

Peter Gabriel 3

Peter Gabriel

2/5

It’s like Phil Collins and Lenny Kravitz found a xylophone and then wanted to be Billy Joel.

The Sensual World

Kate Bush

2/5

Ill Communication

Beastie Boys

2/5

Very surprised by my own rating.

The Gershwin Songbook

Ella Fitzgerald

5/5

She’s so talented. Loved it.

The Slider

T. Rex

3/5

Tracy Chapman

4/5

If I didn’t hear “Fast Car” in various renditions 100x a week I may have given it a 5.

Abraxas

Santana

4/5

Woodface

Crowded House

4/5

Roger the Engineer

The Yardbirds

3/5

Juju

Siouxsie And The Banshees

2/5

Remain In Light

Talking Heads

2/5

New Boots And Panties

Ian Dury

4/5

The dude really grew on my the more I listened. I found myself humming his tunes after listening to the album. I am surprised.

Queen Of Denmark

John Grant

4/5

Rumours

Fleetwood Mac

4/5

American Pie

Don McLean

3/5

American Beauty

Grateful Dead

2/5

Speakerboxxx/The Love Below

OutKast

5/5

Great flow

Live At The Harlem Square Club

Sam Cooke

5/5

Are You Experienced

Jimi Hendrix

3/5

Ray Of Light

Madonna

3/5

Would have rated higher if instrumentals were better. Great vocals.

Wish You Were Here

Pink Floyd

3/5

Would have rated higher if vocals were better. Great instrumentals.

Seventh Tree

Goldfrapp

3/5

Being There

Wilco

4/5

Siamese Dream

The Smashing Pumpkins

4/5

Thanks to years of Brian’s music pop-quizzing, I know it’s Billy Corgan.

The Fat Of The Land

The Prodigy

3/5

There's No Place Like America Today

Curtis Mayfield

3/5

Kid A

Radiohead

3/5

Vol. 4

Black Sabbath

3/5

Gris Gris

Dr. John

3/5

Live At The Star Club, Hamburg

Jerry Lee Lewis

4/5

Surprisingly fun.

Superunknown

Soundgarden

4/5

Don't Stand Me Down

Dexys Midnight Runners

3/5

Axis: Bold As Love

Jimi Hendrix

3/5

Moss Side Story

Barry Adamson

2/5

As singles, they're good. Makes total sense. As an album, I’m so stressed

Eliminator

ZZ Top

2/5

I appreciated the ode to TV dinners.

Phrenology

The Roots

3/5

Vanishing Point

Primal Scream

2/5

The Velvet Underground

3/5

Stand!

Sly & The Family Stone

3/5

I was not prepared for that rollercoaster of lyrics. Almost did a spit-take with my driving cereal.

Step In The Arena

Gang Starr

4/5

Manassas

Stephen Stills

3/5

Little “yee haw” for me.

Violent Femmes

3/5

Great instrumentals, but most of the songs were kind of disturbing.

Fly Or Die

N.E.R.D

3/5

Great musicians.

Surfer Rosa

Pixies

2/5

Female vocalist is very talented. Male vocalist is screechy and gives me anxiety.

E.V.O.L.

Sonic Youth

3/5

Misheard a lot of lyrics

Young Americans

David Bowie

3/5

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector

Various Artists

4/5

I have an urge to watch “Home Alone”.

Can't Buy A Thrill

Steely Dan

4/5

I listened while shoveling snow and pretended it was the soundtrack to a movie montage. It helped.

Blonde On Blonde

Bob Dylan

2/5

His cadence drives me nuts.

Life Thru A Lens

Robbie Williams

4/5

I like the rhymes.

Green

R.E.M.

4/5

Introducing The Hardline According To Terence Trent D'Arby

Terence Trent D'Arby

3/5

Had a Michael Jackson meets Temptations feel.

Blood, Sweat & Tears

2/5

Not what I was expecting.

The Age Of The Understatement

The Last Shadow Puppets

3/5

It’s like a Bond soundtrack

Tres Hombres

ZZ Top

3/5

NEU! 75

Neu!

2/5

I liked the instrumental songs.

Come Find Yourself

Fun Lovin' Criminals

3/5

Aja

Steely Dan

2/5

If You're Feeling Sinister

Belle & Sebastian

2/5

Midnight Ride

Paul Revere & The Raiders

2/5

The Last Broadcast

Doves

4/5

They have a “A Perfect Circle” meets “The Fray” sound. Pleasantly surprised with how much I enjoyed the album.

Back At The Chicken Shack

Jimmy Smith

4/5

The album cover earned it a one-point higher rating.

Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs

Derek & The Dominos

4/5

Very excited there’s a whole album dedicated to my 🐎 Layla-bayla.

Appetite For Destruction

Guns N' Roses

3/5

Actually a very sweet album. While the band name is akin to a 1999 AOL username (“choose something you like”, see mine: poniesdogs because horsespuppies was already taken). I enjoyed how it felt from the heart in certain songs.

Is This It

The Strokes

2/5

Each song starts with the same exact chords.

Shalimar

Rahul Dev Burman

2/5

Locust Abortion Technician

Butthole Surfers

1/5

Just … why?

1977

Ash

3/5

The Low End Theory

A Tribe Called Quest

4/5

Deep Purple In Rock

Deep Purple

2/5

Virgin Suicides

Air

2/5

The Clash

2/5

Violator

Depeche Mode

3/5

Scott 2

Scott Walker

1/5

Would not be surprised if he were named in a certain large file…

Definitely Maybe

Oasis

2/5

Back In Black

AC/DC

2/5

For Your Pleasure

Roxy Music

1/5

Franz Ferdinand

3/5

Blunderbuss

Jack White

2/5

The Gilded Palace Of Sin

The Flying Burrito Brothers

2/5

Sound of Silver

LCD Soundsystem

3/5

They remind me of “Cake” and also give me flashbacks to working in a restaurant where the prep chef forced us all to listen to shitty techno and repeatedly changed the Bluetooth password to the speaker.

Pearl

Janis Joplin

3/5

Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots

The Flaming Lips

2/5

It’s …. Strange.

The Real Thing

Faith No More

3/5

Too Rye Ay

Dexys Midnight Runners