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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Chelsea Girl Nico	5	2.63	+2.37
Spiderland Slint	5	2.97	+2.03
Queen Of Denmark John Grant	5	3.12	+1.88
Miriam Makeba Miriam Makeba	5	3.19	+1.81
Close To The Edge Yes	5	3.19	+1.81
The Next Day David Bowie	5	3.29	+1.71
British Steel Judas Priest	5	3.29	+1.71
Red Headed Stranger Willie Nelson	5	3.34	+1.66
Neon Bible Arcade Fire	5	3.34	+1.66
Smash The Offspring	5	3.36	+1.64

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin	1	4.08	-3.08
Jazz Samba Stan Getz	1	3.56	-2.56
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy Kanye West	1	3.41	-2.41
Music From Big Pink The Band	1	3.35	-2.35
Safe As Milk Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band	1	3.01	-2.01
Rage Against The Machine Rage Against The Machine	2	3.98	-1.98
Grace Jeff Buckley	2	3.74	-1.74
Slipknot Slipknot	1	2.68	-1.68
Superunknown Soundgarden	2	3.64	-1.64
A Love Supreme John Coltrane	2	3.63	-1.63

Artists

Favorites

Artist	Albums	Average
David Bowie	6	4.33
Radiohead	3	4.67
Pixies	2	5
Arcade Fire	2	5
R.E.M.	3	4.33

Least Favorites

Artist	Albums	Average
Kanye West	2	1.5

Controversial

Artist	Ratings
Muddy Waters	5, 2
The Band	4, 1

5-Star Albums (40)

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Popular Reviews

Da Capo

Love · 1 likes

3/5

Oh i was digging this for a while. But that last track lost it a star. Still pretty fun 60s madhouse stuff

4-Star Albums (95)

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector

1-Star Albums (10)

All Ratings

A Love Supreme

John Coltrane

2/5

Part 4 was quite nice and gets it a bonus star. The rest (minus the guy repeating “a love supreme”) I found irritating like somebody else’s kid badgering you nonstop for attention.

Wish You Were Here

Pink Floyd

5/5

Aja

Steely Dan

4/5

I avoided Steely Dan partially because the album cover looks like an evil muppet. Liked it more than expected though. It’s probable a 3 star, but I’ll give it 4 because it exceeded expectations.

Morrison Hotel

The Doors

4/5

The Chronic

Dr. Dre

2/5

Vol. 4

Black Sabbath

4/5

Surprised by how much I like this. Will be coming back to this for repeated listens.

Endtroducing.....

DJ Shadow

3/5

It was interesting. Had me at first buuut then lost me after a while and I think I gave up just before it was over. Bonus point for Changeling

Licensed To Ill

Beastie Boys

3/5

Colour By Numbers

Culture Club

3/5

Exile In Guyville

Liz Phair

3/5

At Fillmore East

The Allman Brothers Band

2/5

Selected Ambient Works 85-92

Aphex Twin

2/5

I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight

Richard Thompson

4/5

Sweetheart Of The Rodeo

The Byrds

2/5

The Score

Fugees

3/5

Guero

Beck

4/5

Let England Shake

PJ Harvey

4/5

Bonus star for being interesting

Raising Hell

Run-D.M.C.

4/5

Rum Sodomy & The Lash

The Pogues

3/5

Miriam Makeba

5/5

Red Dirt Girl

Emmylou Harris

3/5

With The Beatles

Beatles

3/5

Bad Company

3/5

This album really must have blazed the trail for middle of the road classic rock with lyrics that are mostly the title of the song on repeat.

Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim

Frank Sinatra

2/5

3 + 3

The Isley Brothers

4/5

Rings Around The World

Super Furry Animals

2/5

McCartney

Paul McCartney

3/5

Adele

2/5

Stankonia

OutKast

3/5

Penance Soiree

The Icarus Line

2/5

The Queen Is Dead

The Smiths

5/5

Document

R.E.M.

4/5

In The Wee Small Hours

Frank Sinatra

2/5

Golden Hour

Kacey Musgraves

4/5

Different Class

Pulp

4/5

Revolver

Beatles

3/5

Pet Sounds

The Beach Boys

4/5

First half is rather uninteresting, but starting at the instrumental Let’s Go Away for Awhile it gets interesting.

Either Or

Elliott Smith

2/5

Voice is amazing, combined with the instrumentation it’s magic… but boy does it make for a slow 37 minutes.

Sheer Heart Attack

Queen

5/5

Tusk

Fleetwood Mac

3/5

Oar

Alexander 'Skip' Spence

2/5

Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

4/5

Billion Dollar Babies

Alice Cooper

3/5

Surrealistic Pillow

Jefferson Airplane

3/5

Untitled (Black Is)

SAULT

4/5

Nixon

Lambchop

3/5

Garbage

3/5

Young Americans

David Bowie

4/5

Ah back in the day where you had a chance to release a classic album every year. “What’s it going to be this time?” “Well, there are these great backup singers in town and uhmmm some fuckin’ saxophone?” “It’s a hit!”

Joanna Newsom

4/5

This album made me disoriented. I’m tempted to give it a 2 star almost as much as a 4 star. I should give it three stars I suppose, but that is too average a score for this. Screw it, it’s creative and weird. Bonus point.

Buenas Noches From A Lonely Room

Dwight Yoakam

4/5

Had to set aside my prejudice against country music, and was rewarded. Great stuff this is.

Marquee Moon

Television

4/5

If You Can Believe Your Eyes & Ears

The Mamas & The Papas

4/5

Soul Mining

The The

3/5

Queen II

Queen

4/5

American Gothic

David Ackles

2/5

Tellin’ Stories

The Charlatans

3/5

The Downward Spiral

Nine Inch Nails

3/5

Groovin'

The Young Rascals

3/5

Will The Circle Be Unbroken

Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

4/5

Great stuff, but too much for listening to as an album. Good to keep in my back pocket when the mood strikes.

A Short Album About Love

The Divine Comedy

3/5

I was surprised this came out in 1997, while listening I assumed it had been made at least 10 years later. Similar in tone to 69 Love Songs by the Magnetic Fields, which is not a bad thing. I did like it… but it did start to wear me down after a while.

More Songs About Buildings And Food

Talking Heads

4/5

Highway 61 Revisited

Bob Dylan

5/5

Machine Head

Deep Purple

4/5

Low-Life

New Order

4/5

Heartattack And Vine

Tom Waits

4/5

New Gold Dream (81/82/83/84)

Simple Minds

3/5

The music always sounds like it is knocking on the door of something greater. The band seemed to nail it on Glittering prize. Everything else seems to come close but not quite get there.

Abbey Road

Beatles

5/5

Crazysexycool

TLC

2/5

Savane

Ali Farka Touré

3/5

Grace

Jeff Buckley

2/5

Strange Cargo III

William Orbit

3/5

Sound Affects

The Jam

3/5

Illinois

Sufjan Stevens

5/5

Red Headed Stranger

Willie Nelson

5/5

Exile On Main Street

The Rolling Stones

2/5

Surprisingly, a real slog.

Blood On The Tracks

Bob Dylan

4/5

808 State

3/5

Car Wheels On A Gravel Road

Lucinda Williams

3/5

I adore her voice and the music was good, but something about the album, maybe the songwriting, didn’t click with me. Might try out some of her other music.

Joan Armatrading

4/5

This does not sound out of the 70s. This music is 15 years ahead of its time. And it’s really good too.

In Utero

Nirvana

3/5

It’s oookay. Still don’t understand the mass appeal of Nirvana.

Dookie

Green Day

5/5

The Yes Album

Yes

4/5

Led Zeppelin

1/5

Franz Ferdinand

3/5

I’m giving it a 3 star. But it’s a really good 3 stars. It’s like you’re in college. You’re drunk and go out to the local place for a nice big chicken veggie wrap. It’s pretty good for you, it hits the spot and a few bites are even darn near transcendent. But you finish up and move on. Still, you think about that meal every now and then. If I owned this on CD back in the day I would enjoy it sure, but I could also give it away or sell it without missing it. Take Me Out is a really damn good song these fellows came up with. Among the best of its kind. As I said. Very strong 3 stars.

Forever Changes

Love

3/5

Bossanova

Pixies

5/5

Talking Book

Stevie Wonder

3/5

Slanted And Enchanted

Pavement

3/5

This band was always lauded as a touchstone for indie music, and i can completely see why. The importance and influence is clear. Still… always been in the three star zone for me.

Born In The U.S.A.

Bruce Springsteen

5/5

Blue

Joni Mitchell

4/5

Younger Than Yesterday

The Byrds

4/5

Interesting to hear these fellows experimenting and noodling around while keeping tight folk rock.

Back In Black

AC/DC

4/5

It’s basic hard rock music for 14 year olds. The hits are legitimately quite good. The rest can be quiiiiite bad. In my mid teens I once listened to 4 hours of ACDC on a car trip. That was enough to last me 25 years. It was fun to revisit. It kind of pains me, but i think I need to 4 star this one.

Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite

Maxwell

2/5

Does nothing for me. I have nothing against it, but I switched it off far sooner than albums i disliked more.

Heartbreaker

Ryan Adams

2/5

Funeral

Arcade Fire

5/5

It still hits but not like it did when I was in my early 20s. But isnt that in line with the theme of the album? Still fantastic and I can listen to it multiple times in a row.

Hounds Of Love

Kate Bush

4/5

Night Life

Ray Price

4/5

Honkey Tonk Elvis/Roy Orbison but conceptually Tom Waits ? I like

I Am a Bird Now

Antony and the Johnsons

3/5

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness

The Smashing Pumpkins

5/5

Blood And Chocolate

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

4/5

Apocalypse Dudes

Turbonegro

2/5

Could be a classic if it the CD had gotten stuck in a friend’s car in High School. Alas, that did not happen and I list interest pretty fast. Still neat to see this on the list.

Violator

Depeche Mode

4/5

Gorillaz

4/5

Pink Moon

Nick Drake

3/5

Led Zeppelin II

Led Zeppelin

3/5

I really did not care for Led Zeppelin I, so number 2 surprised me. The music is a lot of fun. Robert plant is still very unpleasant to listen to.

My Aim Is True

Elvis Costello

4/5

It sounds like he is just showing off. Yeah dude, you’re good. Probably needed to be 4 stars just for Watching the Detectives

Ágætis Byrjun

Sigur Rós

5/5

The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars

David Bowie

5/5

An absolute favorite if mine.

Orbital 2

Orbital

4/5

Fulfillingness' First Finale

Stevie Wonder

2/5

Grievous Angel

Gram Parsons

3/5

16 Lovers Lane

The Go-Betweens

3/5

Millions Now Living Will Never Die

Tortoise

4/5

Can't Buy A Thrill

Steely Dan

4/5

Infected

The The

2/5

It’s got all the ingredients…. But I don’t like it.

Our Aim Is To Satisfy

Red Snapper

3/5

Surf's Up

The Beach Boys

2/5

Close To The Edge

Yes

5/5

Da Capo

Love

3/5

Oh i was digging this for a while. But that last track lost it a star. Still pretty fun 60s madhouse stuff

Scum

Napalm Death

1/5

I do welcome some variety in this list and there are a few reasons I am tempted to give some stars for this record. 1, it sounds like it would be a blast to have attempted to play in Rock Band. 2, it is 28 tracks packed into 33 minutes. But it’s not my bag but it does induces lots of smiles and eye rolls. “Oh, the boys are at it again” I listened through but think it is fair enough to judge this one after 5 or so tracks. So yeah, i got some amusement out if it but I don’t get the opportunity to vote 1 stars very often so I am going to give this the honor.

Hard Again

Muddy Waters

5/5

At first I was just happy to hear blues from an actual bluesman rather than classic rockers. Album starts out fine but really won me over in the second half. A good time with good music.

Femi Kuti

2/5

The Libertines

2/5

Makes me want to yell at those kids in the garage to Pipe Down in there!!!

The Next Day

David Bowie

5/5

I was (pleasantly) surprised to see this one here. It got lots of attention when it landed, but was largely forgotten and overshadowed by Blackstar. I had to listen twice to be sure, but imma go ahead with FIVE stars. It has been a while but remember all these songs. They are all distinctive but fit together as a collection. Kind of like a “best of” collection but with all brand new songs.

Pump

Aerosmith

4/5

It doesn't get much more Aerosmith than this. This is the kind of album that gets you incessant radio play for the next 35 years. This is the kind of album that gets you a fucking Roller Coaster. (But it’s no Honkin’ on Bobo)

Dummy

Portishead

3/5

Green River

Creedence Clearwater Revival

4/5

The Sensational Alex Harvey Band

4/5

A weird surprise.

Chelsea Girl

Nico

5/5

Blood Sugar Sex Magik

Red Hot Chili Peppers

2/5

Woof, I was expecting better You can tell the band has some chops, but not a great listen at all.

Every Picture Tells A Story

Rod Stewart

3/5

Now I know why Rod Stewart, always seemed old. Clearly Old Rod must have found a way to time travel into his own Young Rod body. No young man sounds like this. Maggie May gets a full bonus star for this album.

#1 Record

Big Star

3/5

Floodland

Sisters Of Mercy

3/5

Smash

The Offspring

5/5

These guys did an amazing job playing hopscotch on the line between goofball punk and self serious alt rock. A fun listen

Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables

Dead Kennedys

4/5

Arise

Sepultura

2/5

Here's Little Richard

Little Richard

3/5

Aqualung

Jethro Tull

4/5

High Violet

The National

3/5

Happy Sad

Tim Buckley

3/5

Foo Fighters

4/5

Nighthawks At The Diner

Tom Waits

4/5

Liquid Swords

GZA

3/5

Maggot Brain

Funkadelic

4/5

The Boatman's Call

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

3/5

Roots

Sepultura

2/5

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector

Various Artists

4/5

The Man Machine

Kraftwerk

4/5

Yeezus

Kanye West

2/5

Neon Bible

Arcade Fire

5/5

The Band

4/5

Faith

George Michael

3/5

Heroes to Zeros

The Beta Band

3/5

White Light

Gene Clark

3/5

MTV Unplugged In New York

Nirvana

3/5

Step In The Arena

Gang Starr

4/5

Ingenue

k.d. lang

4/5

Started out sounding like a not unpleasant “2” rating. Hard to focus on, a bit too easy listening. But half way through the record it began catching my attention with Season of the Hollow Soul and I didn’t even see Constant Craving coming, a great song I have not heard in decades. So half the album is a 2 and the second half is a 4. Hmmmm K.D. Has an amazing voice but is not flashy at all with it, which I kind of respect…. But I also want to hear her chops. The record has led me to checking out her other work which I do not often do. She is not quite wha I want her to be, but that is my problem not hers. In any case, I have been intrigued so I’ll boost the score up a notch.

The Joshua Tree

4/5

Comes out of the gate amazingly hard. After that the songs are mostly average, but the production and “sound” of the album remains remarkable and just… BIG. Don’t love the album overall, but got to give it kudos.

James Brown Live At The Apollo

James Brown

3/5

Meat Puppets II

Meat Puppets

3/5

Junkyard

The Birthday Party

1/5

I thought I could get myself to give this a 2. Alas, no. They can make a two and a half minute song feel. Really. Long.

C'est Chic

CHIC

3/5

Rage Against The Machine

2/5

Remedy

Basement Jaxx

2/5

Brothers In Arms

Dire Straits

5/5

Dirty

Sonic Youth

3/5

The xx

2/5

They have a unique sound and they perform it well, but the vocal styling is not for me. So credit to them, but I really want to check out half way through the album.

Casanova

The Divine Comedy

3/5

My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

Kanye West

1/5

You Want It Darker

Leonard Cohen

4/5

Destroy Rock & Roll

Mylo

4/5

Crosby, Stills & Nash

2/5

It’s like sitting down to eat a whole plain cheese pizza. At first it is like magic how the three elements come together. Cheese, sauce, dough. Amazing. But after a while it gets cold and the cheese gets rubbery. Ya need some toppings on there. I guess Neil Young is pepperoni? I don’t know. The metaphor is wearing thin (like the novelty of these dudes harmonizing!)

Green Onions

Booker T. & The MG's

4/5

Kimono My House

Sparks

4/5

Supa Dupa Fly

Missy Elliott

3/5

Blackstar

David Bowie

5/5

Seventh Tree

Goldfrapp

4/5

Appetite For Destruction

Guns N' Roses

5/5

Didn’t expect to like this one so much. Talk about rock and roll turned up to 11.

Wonderful Rainbow

Lightning Bolt

2/5

They are doing something, and I appreciate that. Just intriguing enough to keep me listening. Was considering three stars for the originality but then 30,000 monkeys hit… so yeah.

The Age Of The Understatement

The Last Shadow Puppets

3/5

Born To Be With You

Dion

1/5

Terribly uninteresting.

White Blood Cells

The White Stripes

5/5

Dry

PJ Harvey

3/5

Black Holes and Revelations

Muse

5/5

A bit cheesy but man, it’s a good time

Hysteria

Def Leppard

2/5

I appreciate that they have a unique “sound” but after a while all the tracks start to “sound” the same, which is the “sound” of flipping through the channels on cable tv in the 90s.

Third

Soft Machine

3/5

Well. That was interesting. (In polite Midwestern Mom voice)

Sunshine Superman

Donovan

4/5

Abraxas

Santana

3/5

Fragile

Yes

3/5

Who Killed...... The Zutons?

The Zutons

4/5

Heroes

David Bowie

3/5

Oxygène

Jean-Michel Jarre

4/5

The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter

The Incredible String Band

1/5

Boy, it’s a hard album to ignore. It really won’t let your mind wander too far. It’s like when Jack Napier fell into the Vat of acid and became the Joker. Except it was a Celtic chap that fell into the acid and Boy howdy was there a lot of acid involved with this record. I’m glad it exists and I’m so happy to be done with it. I want to give it an extra star for being unique… but I think it belongs in the special 1 star club because it is a special album and two stars would not honor that fact.

Elvis Presley

3/5

A Girl Called Dusty

Dusty Springfield

3/5

Station To Station

David Bowie

4/5

The Number Of The Beast

Iron Maiden

4/5

Didn’t love it but certainly liked it more than expected. But hot DAMN, those guitars.

Speakerboxxx/The Love Below

OutKast

3/5

Wild Gift

4/5

Jazz Samba

Stan Getz

1/5

Track 1 thoughts: I tend not to love Jazz or Samba… but maybe I like JazzSamba! Track 2 thoughts: well maybe I don’t? The rest: This is spiraling me into a poisonous foul mood and I have no idea why.

Nevermind

Nirvana

4/5

Synchronicity

The Police

3/5

Treasure

Cocteau Twins

4/5

Odelay

Beck

3/5