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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Eliminator ZZ Top	5	3.37	+1.63
Bat Out Of Hell Meat Loaf	5	3.42	+1.58
Chocolate Starfish And The Hot Dog Flavored Water Limp Bizkit	4	2.51	+1.49
Hotel California Eagles	5	3.59	+1.41
Beggars Banquet The Rolling Stones	5	3.61	+1.39
Van Halen Van Halen	5	3.62	+1.38
Boston Boston	5	3.7	+1.3
Appetite For Destruction Guns N' Roses	5	3.71	+1.29
Cosmo's Factory Creedence Clearwater Revival	5	3.9	+1.1

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
good kid, m.A.A.d city Kendrick Lamar	1	3.64	-2.64
Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) Wu-Tang Clan	1	3.61	-2.61
Debut Björk	1	3.38	-2.38
Meat Is Murder The Smiths	1	3.34	-2.34
Sunday At The Village Vanguard Bill Evans Trio	1	3.31	-2.31
Shaka Zulu Ladysmith Black Mambazo	1	3.08	-2.08
Better Living Through Chemistry Fatboy Slim	1	2.99	-1.99
In Rainbows Radiohead	2	3.86	-1.86
Jack Takes the Floor Ramblin' Jack Elliott	1	2.71	-1.71
Slipknot Slipknot	1	2.67	-1.67

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Meat Is Murder

The Smiths · 1 likes

1/5

Not a fan. Boring vocals and instruments. Not "catchy" hooks. No progress through the songs. Feels like a jam session with random moany vocals over top.

Van Halen

Van Halen · 1 likes

5/5

Excellent album. All the VH ones are great

1-Star Albums (11)

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Bert Jansch

3/5

Good folk-classical acoustic guitar. Nothing "catchy" but great passive background listening music. Good guitar to study for learning. Some classic country sounds. Angie is an all guitar track that is good. All short <3.5min songs.

Meat Is Murder

The Smiths

1/5

Not a fan. Boring vocals and instruments. Not "catchy" hooks. No progress through the songs. Feels like a jam session with random moany vocals over top.

Music for the Masses

Depeche Mode

3/5

Already heard most of the album. Good 80's electronic.

At Folsom Prison

Johnny Cash

3/5

A good live album with a bunch of good older hits.

If I Should Fall From Grace With God

The Pogues

3/5

A decent upbeat bluegrass style party vibe. Enjoyed but not something I would listen to actively.

I Should Coco

Supergrass

3/5

A decent British pop/rock album. I recognized “Alright” from some ads in the past. Nothing else too memorable. 3/5 would passively listen to.

Electric Prunes

The Electric Prunes

2/5

Some ok songs but some sound like they belong on a kids tv show. A bit odd. Not my kind of album.

Devotional Songs

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

1/5

Not interested at all

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

David Bowie

4/5

Great album with a few of my favorite Bowie songs on it.

Lust For Life

Iggy Pop

3/5

Decent album. Heard the passenger before. Definitely the best track. Keeping this album but not something I would listen to often.

Spiderland

Slint

2/5

Boring overall. Lyrics were washed out and nonsense. Music wasn't interesting

The Bends

Radiohead

3/5

Not bad. I already had this album. It is decent the whole way through, no real big good songs but a good listen.

Bug

Dinosaur Jr.

2/5

Album began ok. Last two songs were just annoying noise. "Don't" was terrible noise and "Keep the Glove" became noise as well. Not very memorable, but overall listenable.

Tres Hombres

ZZ Top

3/5

Already had this album. La Grange is a favorite of mine.

Reggatta De Blanc

The Police

4/5

Had this album already. Some great songs and popular hits. Easy to listen to.

Moving Pictures

Rush

4/5

Probably Rush’s best album. Not a big Rush fan but this has Limelight, YYZ, and Tom S Sawyer.

Apple Venus Volume 1

XTC

3/5

Ok album. At times it sounded like a movie soundtrack. I din not like River of Orchids (1st track) very odd and at times annoying. The rest was just there, not very good or bad.

Siembra

Willie Colón & Rubén Blades

3/5

Its decent. Salsa/spanish music that isn't my favorite but was an ok listen throughout. Would be fine to hear in a restaurant.

Here's Little Richard

Little Richard

3/5

One of their better albums. Not a big rush fan but this has limelight, yyz, and tom sawyer.

Green River

Creedence Clearwater Revival

4/5

Had this album. Another good classic rock album with a few hits. Easy listen through.

Heaven Or Las Vegas

Cocteau Twins

2/5

Ok music that sounded like the Cranberries but I couldn't understand any lyrics. Boring overall.

Led Zeppelin III

Led Zeppelin

4/5

Great album. Starts out great with Immigrant song. Overall enjoyable.

John Barleycorn Must Die

Traffic

3/5

It was pretty enjoyable as passive listening. Some jazz flute and good guitar. Jam band vibes

The Stone Roses

3/5

It was ok. Mostly forget it by the time I wrote this so not very memorable or bad.

Are You Experienced

Jimi Hendrix

5/5

Had this album already and knew most songs on it. Excellent start to finish with many of Jimi’s hits.

Bat Out Of Hell

Meat Loaf

5/5

I already had this album and listen to it often. Excellent start to finish with some of his best hits.

Duck Stab/Buster & Glen

The Residents

1/5

This might be the weirdest and worst album I have ever heard. Like some kind of horror kids music with weird screeching and nonsense lyrics. Not sure instruments were even used. Just awful.

Songs Of Love And Hate

Leonard Cohen

2/5

Kind of boring throughout. Good acoustic guitar and vocals but seemed overall ramble and pointless.

The Genius Of Ray Charles

Ray Charles

4/5

Great piano, vocals, and lyrics the whole way through. Easy to put on and listen to over dinner or a time to relax

Dire Straits

3/5

Already had this album. A nice easy listen. None of their big hits but all clearly their style.

Now I Got Worry

The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion

2/5

It was ok. Not my favorite genre with the yellish lyrics. Won't download the album.

Celebrity Skin

Hole

3/5

I have heard the title track before but not the others. Title was the most catchy and the rest was decent.

You Want It Darker

Leonard Cohen

2/5

People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm

A Tribe Called Quest

2/5

Average sounding rap/hip hop from the early 90's. Long album I had on while working. nothing exciting or annoying. 2/5

Electric Warrior

T. Rex

4/5

Overall pretty good. Never knew they sang “Bang a Gong”. I enjoyed the listen.

Ellington at Newport

Duke Ellington

3/5

Some good casual big band music.

Hot Fuss

The Killers

4/5

I remember this album release. All good songs. Great listen

One Nation Under A Groove

Funkadelic

3/5

Good funky grooves

Disraeli Gears

Cream

4/5

Great album. Some classic hits and nothing bad!

Stardust

Willie Nelson

3/5

Never was a big fan. All ok songs but not too catchy or interesting.

Talking Timbuktu

Ali Farka Touré

2/5

Outside of my type of music preference, but most were decent songs that had enjoyable vibes.

Music From The Penguin Cafe

Penguin Cafe Orchestra

3/5

It was a mix of odd and enjoyable. I would listen to it but wont keep it in my library

Viva Hate

Morrissey

3/5

Meh it was fine. I had it on while working and didn’t even notice when the album ended

The Number Of The Beast

Iron Maiden

3/5

One of their best albums

With The Beatles

Beatles

3/5

All the Beatles albums are good

The White Album

Beatles

3/5

Another great Beatles album

Steve McQueen

Prefab Sprout

3/5

Light rock. Ok songs, not very memorable

Trafalgar

Bee Gees

3/5

Had this one already. It's not bad. Nothing overly memorable. Ballad heavy

Harvest

Neil Young

4/5

Had this album already (50th anniversary deluxe with the live tracks included). Great album.

Boston

5/5

Excellent debut album from Boston. Basically perfect.

The Suburbs

Arcade Fire

4/5

Pretty good start to finish. Tempo of all songs being similar can get monotonous when listening through the full album.

Isn't Anything

My Bloody Valentine

2/5

Nothing memorable. Some songs felt very repetitive and drab/annoying and i felt like skipping them. Deleted it

Station To Station

David Bowie

4/5

Golden years and station to station were the bigger hits from this album. Overall consistent good music. Not an album with Bowie's biggest hits, but good start to end.

Parallel Lines

Blondie

3/5

Some of their hits, good overall

L.A. Woman

The Doors

3/5

Good album, has their best song in my opinion "Riders on the Storm"

White Ladder

David Gray

2/5

I’m found myself wanting to skip songs. Some were good but dragged on and the singer got annoying. Very meh

Jack Takes the Floor

Ramblin' Jack Elliott

1/5

Too odd old-school country like. Not into it.

Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea

PJ Harvey

2/5

It was ok. Forgettable and deleted it after

The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan

2/5

Not overly great. I like some Bob Dylan and his music writing skills are good. Usually prefer covers of his music.

Achtung Baby

2/5

It's ok. Never enjoyed U2. Repetitive sounds, guitar and christian rock type vibes.

Live / Dead

Grateful Dead

2/5

People seem to love or hate the Grateful Dead. I’m not a fan.

Chirping Crickets

Buddy Holly & The Crickets

3/5

Some good 50s rock with a few songs I have heard before. Keeping the album

Screamadelica

Primal Scream

2/5

I have heard "Movin on up" many times before. Good song. The rest of the album got a bit strange and not very exciting. I won't be keeping the album.

War

2/5

Still not a fan of U2. They’re just ok

Van Halen

5/5

Excellent album. All the VH ones are great

Double Nickels On The Dime

Minutemen

3/5

Very long album. Some good songs though. Nothing super catchy or dull. Just a good groove the whole way.

KE*A*H** (Psalm 69)

Ministry

2/5

Meh nothing memorable. Too hard and noisy

Debut

Björk

1/5

Struggled listening to this one. Singing was annoying and music was just nonsense thumpy stuff.

Fleet Foxes

3/5

At San Quentin

Johnny Cash

3/5

A good live set.

NEU! 75

Neu!

2/5

Decent instrumental album. Chill and enjoyable

Illmatic

Nas

2/5

It wasn’t very memorable. Not my type of rap.

Fulfillingness' First Finale

Stevie Wonder

3/5

Some good songs. Worth listening to and keeping

Brilliant Corners

Thelonious Monk

2/5

Meh wasnt that moving. Felt a bit random and repetitive.

Dirt

Alice In Chains

4/5

Great album with great songs. Can be a bit drawn out to listen to the full album straight. Has many hits.

Franz Ferdinand

3/5

Pretty good throughout. I only knew "Take Me Out" before. Not tempted to skip but also not a big groove

Slipknot

1/5

Just bad. All yelling and mash noise.

Blue

Joni Mitchell

2/5

It was ok. Wasn't really feeling interested in any of it. Not very memorable.

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness

The Smashing Pumpkins

4/5

Great album.

London Calling

The Clash

3/5

A few good songs. Already had this album

I'm Your Man

Leonard Cohen

3/5

Decent and relaxing

Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim

Frank Sinatra

3/5

Enjoyable and relaxing

Woodface

Crowded House

3/5

Decent but not too memorable

The Dark Side Of The Moon

Pink Floyd

5/5

Perfect all the way through

Aladdin Sane

David Bowie

3/5

Some solid Bowie tracks

The Boatman's Call

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

3/5

Ok easy listen

GREY Area

Little Simz

2/5

Meh. Was happy when it was over

Time (The Revelator)

Gillian Welch

2/5

Kind of meh. All songs similar

Appetite For Destruction

Guns N' Roses

5/5

Perfection all the way through.

Amnesiac

Radiohead

2/5

Still not a fan of Radiohead at all. That was tough to finish.

More Specials

The Specials

2/5

It was ok. Not too kemorable

Treasure

Cocteau Twins

3/5

Ok overall. Some tracks got a little odd on vocals. Chill and dramatic feeling vibes.

Lady Soul

Aretha Franklin

3/5

Ok overall. Some tracks got a little odd on vocals. Chill and dramatic feeling vibes.

Eliminator

ZZ Top

5/5

Excellent. Some of their best songs

Wild Is The Wind

Nina Simone

2/5

Got a bit painful to finish listening to that voice

Live At The Regal

B.B. King

3/5

american dream

LCD Soundsystem

3/5

Some funky and catchy vibes

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector

Various Artists

3/5

Good old fashioned Christmas music

Live At The Harlem Square Club

Sam Cooke

4/5

Great!

Beggars Banquet

The Rolling Stones

5/5

A good listen start to finish with done hits

The Coral

3/5

Decent vibes and instrumentals

Happy Sad

Tim Buckley

3/5

It’s ok

Cosmo's Factory

Creedence Clearwater Revival

5/5

Excellent with many hits

My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

Kanye West

2/5

I survived the listen. It’s ok party or club noise but the lyrics are pointless trash in most songs. Runaway is by far the most memorable. The rest was meh.

Melodrama

Lorde

3/5

Some catchy songs. Good thoughout

Bluesbreakers

John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers

3/5

Decent easy listening. Nothing super memorable

At Mister Kelly's

Sarah Vaughan

3/5

Great singing and piano

Get Rich Or Die Tryin'

50 Cent

4/5

Some great songs and good throughout

Bad

Michael Jackson

4/5

Great album with some of his best hits

Live!

Fela Kuti

2/5

Some great instrumental work but also some annoying vocals and far too many overbearing long boring drum solos.

Shaka Zulu

Ladysmith Black Mambazo

1/5

This was painful

Chocolate Starfish And The Hot Dog Flavored Water

Limp Bizkit

4/5

So bad it's good? Always liked this album

In Rainbows

Radiohead

2/5

Another rather bland Radiohead album of Whitney forgettable nonsense. Still don’t get it.

Rio

Duran Duran

4/5

Many hits and entertaining start to finish.

Different Class

Pulp

4/5

Good vibes and some interesting songs. Enjoyed it overall.

Entertainment

Gang Of Four

2/5

It was ok but all felt like the same song

Talking With the Taxman About Poetry

Billy Bragg

2/5

Felt like a long list of depressing and forgettable bar songs

Ritual De Lo Habitual

Jane's Addiction

3/5

Its ok. Has some of their hits

Surfer Rosa

Pixies

2/5

Where is my mind was the only good song

What's Going On

Marvin Gaye

3/5

Ok easy listening

Exile On Main Street

The Rolling Stones

3/5

Decent start to finish. A couple hits.

Hot Shots II

The Beta Band

2/5

Very meh. I have already forgotten it all

Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs

Marty Robbins

3/5

Good but not something I would listen to very often

Parklife

Blur

3/5

It’s ok. Nothing too memorable or bad

Off The Wall

Michael Jackson

3/5

good kid, m.A.A.d city

Kendrick Lamar

1/5

Sunday At The Village Vanguard

Bill Evans Trio

1/5

Very odd like solos pointless that are pointless

Night Life

Ray Price

3/5

3 Feet High and Rising

De La Soul

2/5

Pretty meh. Like a joke album like Afroman? But not funny.

Master Of Puppets

Metallica

3/5

Decent album A bit hard to listen to start to finish (too much fast tempo at once). Some of their greater songs too.

Foo Fighters

3/5

Great album. The long drawl mid-song in Exhausted is annoying but the rest is just solid rock.

Permission to Land

The Darkness

3/5

I had heard "I believe in a thing called love" before but not the rest of this album. It was pretty good. Some were very "AC/DC" sounding.

Better Living Through Chemistry

Fatboy Slim

1/5

Super annoying and repetitive. So bad

The Soft Bulletin

The Flaming Lips

2/5

It was ok. Nothing too memorable or catchy. Nothing that made me want to skip songs

Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)

Wu-Tang Clan

1/5

Very meh rap the whole way. Not my kind of music

Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs

Derek & The Dominos

3/5

Decent set of songs that i guess were all covers? Little wing and Layla were the best

Rust Never Sleeps

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

4/5

Great album. Some awesome songs. Can be a bit hard to listen to so much Neil Young straight (Voice can get naggy). Still love most of his music

Violator

Depeche Mode

4/5

Pretty good start to finish with some hits

S&M

Metallica

4/5

A bunch of hits live. good album

Fear Of Music

Talking Heads

2/5

Most of the songs are forgettable and similar. Just ok

Let It Be

The Replacements

2/5

The best songs were instrumentals or more musically focused. The rest are more punk generic and forgettable. Was ok

Live Through This

Hole

3/5

"Violet" is great and I had heard before. The rest was less memorable and began to blur together.

Either Or

Elliott Smith

2/5

Singing and musical quality is great but I found myself mostly bored with forgettable songs.

Hotel California

Eagles

5/5

Excellent start to finish

Marquee Moon

Television

3/5

Decent. Sounded a bit like the Rolling Stones at times

Songs From The Big Chair

Tears For Fears

4/5

Great easy listening start to finish with some memorable hits.

Superfuzz Bigmuff

Mudhoney

3/5

It was ok. Forgettable