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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
The Chronic Dr. Dre	5	3.32	+1.68
Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs Marty Robbins	5	3.33	+1.67
25 Adele	5	3.38	+1.62
Murmur R.E.M.	5	3.41	+1.59
Tidal Fiona Apple	5	3.46	+1.54
Zombie Fela Kuti	5	3.47	+1.53
Green R.E.M.	5	3.47	+1.53
Definitely Maybe Oasis	5	3.53	+1.47
Licensed To Ill Beastie Boys	5	3.55	+1.45
Boy In Da Corner Dizzee Rascal	4	2.56	+1.44

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Close To The Edge Yes	1	3.19	-2.19
Larks' Tongues In Aspic King Crimson	1	2.99	-1.99
The Stone Roses The Stone Roses	2	3.64	-1.64
Hounds Of Love Kate Bush	2	3.62	-1.62
Black Holes and Revelations Muse	2	3.59	-1.59
Third Soft Machine	1	2.44	-1.44
One Nation Under A Groove Funkadelic	2	3.42	-1.42
Songs Of Leonard Cohen Leonard Cohen	2	3.38	-1.38
Come Away With Me Norah Jones	2	3.38	-1.38
Figure 8 Elliott Smith	2	3.33	-1.33

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Artist	Albums	Average
R.E.M.	3	5
Beastie Boys	3	4.67
Prince	2	5
Adele	2	5

5-Star Albums (30)

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Graceland

Paul Simon · 4 likes

5/5

This album is art. But not Art.

Time Out

The Dave Brubeck Quartet · 1 likes

5/5

Take time out to listen. No notes on all the notes. Perfect.

Run-D.M.C.

Run-D.M.C. · 1 likes

4/5

They ran so we can fly

Tidal

Fiona Apple · 1 likes

5/5

Washed right over me.

The Lexicon Of Love

ABC · 1 likes

3/5

Lexicon for fine.

1-Star Albums (6)

All Ratings

Closer

Joy Division

2/5

Did not like, tbh. But I do hear why it was influential.

The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady

Charles Mingus

3/5

Good background music but it did not stand out vs. Davis, Brubeck, Coltrane et al.

Songs Of Leonard Cohen

Leonard Cohen

2/5

I seem to like the songs of Leonard Cohen more when they're performed by others.

Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

4/5

Apologies Nick Cave and the Bad Seed, I was unfamiliar with your game. This landed in the prime of my music listening years, so shame on everyone else for not getting this to me.

Raising Hell

Run-D.M.C.

3/5

Loved this so much as a kid. Still feels important, but a little less so 40 years later.

Natty Dread

Bob Marley & The Wailers

3/5

This is like when I go to a restaurant and eat something that I can tell is super well prepared and made from excellent ingredients, but it’s just not my jam.

Come Away With Me

Norah Jones

2/5

Pleasant. That’s all.

Ágætis Byrjun

Sigur Rós

3/5

Definitely an artifact of its time. Can’t tell if it inspired everything else that sounds like it, or if it was inspired by everything else.

Hotel California

Eagles

4/5

Easy listening at its finest. A pure distillation of the safest corners of mainstream American in the 70s.

Stand!

Sly & The Family Stone

3/5

So pushy.

Rio

Duran Duran

3/5

80s distilled. Love.

Elephant Mountain

The Youngbloods

2/5

Fine. Never heard it. Don’t need to again.

Oracular Spectacular

MGMT

4/5

Didn’t realize how much this was my personal soundtrack.

Live At The Regal

B.B. King

3/5

Good solid blues.

Black Holes and Revelations

Muse

2/5

Did not realize several songs I like were from this album. Regardless, I do not care for this album.

Close To The Edge

Yes

1/5

Yes to Yes. No to this.

Axis: Bold As Love

Jimi Hendrix

4/5

Jimi is what we knew he was.

Chicago Transit Authority

Chicago

4/5

Excuse me, I was unfamiliar with how hard you rock and how funky you are.

Cosmo's Factory

Creedence Clearwater Revival

4/5

‘Murica!

Hounds Of Love

Kate Bush

2/5

couple of good songs offset by over indulging the artist

Surrealistic Pillow

Jefferson Airplane

4/5

Groovy.

Selling England By The Pound

Genesis

2/5

Even as a child of late 70s and early 80s radio, I was not familiar with this brand of Genesis. I think it’s best everyone went their separate ways and flourished.

Welcome To The Pleasuredome

Frankie Goes To Hollywood

2/5

Relax. It’s better than you might guess.

Definitely Maybe

Oasis

5/5

Definitely definitely

Nebraska

Bruce Springsteen

4/5

Better album than state.

Tank Battles

Dagmar Krause

1/5

Nope

Jagged Little Pill

Alanis Morissette

3/5

Ahhh the late 90s were really something.

Remain In Light

Talking Heads

4/5

Remain listening.

Who's Next

The Who

5/5

This is next.

Little Earthquakes

Tori Amos

2/5

I didn’t like this album when I was in college even though everyone said it was the best. 25+ years later, still don’t.

Graceland

Paul Simon

5/5

This album is art. But not Art.

Elvis Is Back

Elvis Presley

2/5

Back to where? Not the top.

Live And Dangerous

Thin Lizzy

4/5

Ashamed to have liked this so much. But here we are.

Survivor

Destiny's Child

3/5

It was destiny that Beyoncé would break out.

If You Can Believe Your Eyes & Ears

The Mamas & The Papas

4/5

My ears were surprised by their range.

Reign In Blood

Slayer

2/5

Slay.

The New Tango

Astor Piazzolla

2/5

It took more than two tries to finish listening.

Juju

Siouxsie And The Banshees

3/5

Orange Juice meets Kate Bush?

Third

Soft Machine

1/5

Third? Last.

Purple Rain

Prince

5/5

Prince? More like a king, amirite?

Tanto Tempo

Bebel Gilberto

3/5

Perfectly pleasant.

The Stranger

Billy Joel

5/5

It’s strange to me this album isn’t discussed more.

Rust Never Sleeps

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

3/5

Some songs as sharp as steel. Some weak as rust.

Buffalo Springfield Again

Buffalo Springfield

4/5

Surprised again by their range.

Led Zeppelin II

Led Zeppelin

5/5

Led Zeppelin is #1

NEU! 75

Neu!

3/5

New to me.

Forever Changes

Love

2/5

When I listen to this, I imagine a bunch of guys running around in Robinhood costumes. 🤷‍♂️

All Mod Cons

The Jam

3/5

Feels influential. Heard lots of other groups in here.

The Bends

Radiohead

5/5

Perfect.

Boy In Da Corner

Dizzee Rascal

4/5

Why isn’t there more UK rap. I likee.

Parallel Lines

Blondie

4/5

Debbie Harry always answers the call.

Beauty And The Beat

The Go-Go's

3/5

Was torn between a 2 or a 3, but ultimately had to go go with a 3 because it reminded me of grade school.

Sex Packets

Digital Underground

2/5

My childhood memories didn’t live up to my adult experience.

Signing Off

UB40

2/5

I almost signed off early.

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

The Kinks

4/5

Why didn’t anyone tell me this was so good?

Station To Station

David Bowie

4/5

Tight, fast, enjoyable ride to the station

Boston

5/5

Apologies, Boston. I had forgotten your game.

Made In Japan

Deep Purple

2/5

Not as deep into this as I thought I’d be

Parachutes

Coldplay

4/5

If you’re an astronomer high in the sky and you fall, you need a parachute.

3 Years, 5 Months And 2 Days In The Life Of...

Arrested Development

3/5

25 years since I listened to this. Will probably be another 16.

New York Dolls

4/5

New York awesomes, tbh

The Renaissance

Q-Tip

2/5

There is no album I’ve listened to more than Midnight Marauders. Sadly, this is not Midnight Marauders.

Mothership Connection

Parliament

4/5

I didn’t realize just how much Parliament walked so 90s rap could run.

Pearl

Janis Joplin

4/5

Truth in naming.

Garbage

4/5

Instantly transported back to university. In a good way.

Adele

5/5

All 21 are exceptional.

Walking Wounded

Everything But The Girl

2/5

Everything but me

School's Out

Alice Cooper

2/5

I’m out, forever.

Zombie

Fela Kuti

5/5

actually very alive.

One Nation Under A Groove

Funkadelic

2/5

What the funking funk?

I Against I

Bad Brains

2/5

I am against I against I

Vol. 4

Black Sabbath

4/5

4 more volumes! 4 more volumes!

Aja

Steely Dan

3/5

Smooth.

Gorillaz

3/5

Monkey business, tbh.

Phaedra

Tangerine Dream

2/5

Bad dream.

American Idiot

Green Day

5/5

Stupidly good.

Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)

Wu-Tang Clan

3/5

It was fine. Sorry.

They Were Wrong, So We Drowned

Liars

1/5

Liars. YOU were wearing.

Cloud Nine

The Temptations

3/5

More like cloud 4.5 or 5.

Time Out

The Dave Brubeck Quartet

5/5

Take time out to listen. No notes on all the notes. Perfect.

Penthouse And Pavement

Heaven 17

3/5

Crqp. I liked this.

Hearts And Bones

Paul Simon

3/5

Can’t look past the Cars song.

Music Has The Right To Children

Boards of Canada

2/5

This music has no right to me.

The Next Day

David Bowie

2/5

Next, please.

Stankonia

OutKast

4/5

Stanky. In a good way.

Sound of Silver

LCD Soundsystem

4/5

OLED is better, but this is still pretty good

Music From Big Pink

The Band

3/5

Big pink is light without the weight.

Kenza

Khaled

3/5

Yes?

69 Love Songs

The Magnetic Fields

3/5

I was surprisingly attracted to this album, though the absurd length did repel me.

Steve McQueen

Prefab Sprout

3/5

Perfectly fine!

Murmur

R.E.M.

5/5

Murmur? Shout, please!

From Elvis In Memphis

Elvis Presley

4/5

Thanks, Elvis.

Trout Mask Replica

Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band

1/5

This is a poor replica of a good album.

My Generation

The Who

4/5

My generation, too.

Entertainment

Gang Of Four

3/5

Moderately entertaining.

Modern Life Is Rubbish

Blur

3/5

…But this album isn’t

Aladdin Sane

David Bowie

3/5

Perfectly sane.

Licensed To Ill

Beastie Boys

5/5

The illest.

California

American Music Club

2/5

This isn’t the California I know.

Hybrid Theory

Linkin Park

3/5

They must hate how often they get confused for Limp Bizkit.

That's The Way Of The World

Earth, Wind & Fire

4/5

Can you dig it? I dig it.

The Atomic Mr Basie

Count Basie & His Orchestra

3/5

More like a grenade than a bomb.

At Mister Kelly's

Sarah Vaughan

3/5

Gee, mister. Thanks.

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector

Various Artists

4/5

For little old me?

Wish You Were Here

Pink Floyd

5/5

Me too.

Calenture

The Triffids

3/5

This album is a venomous stinger

The Lexicon Of Love

ABC

3/5

Lexicon for fine.

Ramones

5/5

Ramones.

I See A Darkness

Bonnie "Prince" Billy

3/5

No wonder he sees dark. He so sad.

Let England Shake

PJ Harvey

2/5

You should shake this rec. it’s mid.

The Stone Roses

2/5

Tbh never understood all the hype about these guys. Not sad they did stop.

Master Of Puppets

Metallica

4/5

Had me on a string.

Harvest

Neil Young

4/5

I picked this.

All That You Can't Leave Behind

4/5

So close to five stars but I left one behind.

In The Court Of The Crimson King

King Crimson

3/5

Maybe not king but a prince at least?

Pretzel Logic

Steely Dan

3/5

Tied myself in knots trying to justify a higher score.

Paul's Boutique

Beastie Boys

4/5

Paul’s Boutique always has what you’re looking for.

Shaka Zulu

Ladysmith Black Mambazo

3/5

Paul?

The Chronic

Dr. Dre

5/5

Chronically amazing

The Undertones

4/5

Undertones of me liking this a lot.

A Grand Don't Come For Free

The Streets

4/5

Worth every penny

Odessey And Oracle

The Zombies

3/5

I do not forsee enjoying this as much as I did.

Groovin'

The Young Rascals

3/5

Groovy

Bringing It All Back Home

Bob Dylan

4/5

Bring this album home. You’ll love it. Trust me.

Who Killed...... The Zutons?

The Zutons

4/5

Me? I’m the damn fool who shot ‘em!

In A Silent Way

Miles Davis

3/5

Not up to others kind of way.

The La's

3/5

BLah bLah bLah.

Ready To Die

The Notorious B.I.G.

4/5

Ready to listen.

Diamond Life

Sade

4/5

This was smooth.

Dusty In Memphis

Dusty Springfield

3/5

Not as dusty as I expected.

Talking Book

Stevie Wonder

4/5

When Stevie talks, listen.

Fuzzy

Grant Lee Buffalo

3/5

It’s no big red letter day.

Adele

5/5

25 is 100

Speakerboxxx/The Love Below

OutKast

4/5

Did this album get longer since it was released?!

Chelsea Girl

Nico

2/5

These Days saved it from a 1.

Innervisions

Stevie Wonder

4/5

Tusk

Fleetwood Mac

3/5

Horn.

Spiderland

Slint

2/5

I hate spiders.

A Walk Across The Rooftops

The Blue Nile

3/5

I too wish I was David Byrne.

Heroes

David Bowie

3/5

Heroes set the floor at 3.

Will The Circle Be Unbroken

Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

3/5

These were some nitty gritty old songs.

The Gershwin Songbook

Ella Fitzgerald

4/5

So many good songs. But come on. SIX discs?!?!

Ill Communication

Beastie Boys

5/5

This album is sick.

Happy Trails

Quicksilver Messenger Service

3/5

Not sure we’ll meet again.

Deja Vu

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

5/5

So good there’s nothing else like it.

Run-D.M.C.

4/5

They ran so we can fly

Stardust

Willie Nelson

4/5

Delightfully magical.

Porcupine

Echo And The Bunnymen

3/5

Echoes of Orange Juice.

Amnesiac

Radiohead

3/5

Classic Radiohead. Impeccably produced. Boundary pushing. Impossibly impenetrable.

The Doors

5/5

Once you walk through, you’ll never hear music the same.

Wild Gift

3/5

Not very wild?

Is This It

The Strokes

5/5

It is.

GREY Area

Little Simz

4/5

Torn between 3 and 4. You might say it was in a grey area!

Tidal

Fiona Apple

5/5

Washed right over me.

Pieces Of The Sky

Emmylou Harris

4/5

Sounds of a budding star.

Connected

Stereo MC's

3/5

I connect with this.

Let It Bleed

The Rolling Stones

5/5

I vant to suck your blood!

Dog Man Star

Suede

2/5

Dog Man Few Stars

It's Too Late to Stop Now

Van Morrison

3/5

Five stars for music. Zero stars for being a douche. Averages to 2.5, rounds up to 3.

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

Beatles

5/5

Getting Best

Larks' Tongues In Aspic

King Crimson

1/5

Biting my tongue

The Specials

3/5

More special than I thought. Less than I want for a higher score.

1999

Prince

5/5

Listen any year.

Clandestino

Manu Chao

3/5

So clandestine I’d never heard of it.

Exit Planet Dust

The Chemical Brothers

2/5

Yes. Let me exit.

Figure 8

Elliott Smith

2/5

Too sad to write review

This Is Fats Domino

Fats Domino

4/5

Very phat.

Joan Armatrading

4/5

I wouldn’t trade this album for many others.

Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs

Marty Robbins

5/5

Happy trails indeed.

Let's Stay Together

Al Green

4/5

Ok. Let’s.

Green

R.E.M.

5/5

An evergreen classic.

The Stooges

3/5

Above average student.

Fly Or Die

N.E.R.D

3/5

Or float?

Sheer Heart Attack

Queen

4/5

I heart it.

461 Ocean Boulevard

Eric Clapton

4/5

Wish Eric could live here again, physically and mentally.

1977

Ash

2/5

Liked them better when they were called Oasis.

Highway 61 Revisited

Bob Dylan

5/5

I’d drive that road any time.

Tago Mago

Can

3/5

I can… not believe the age of this album.

Protection

Massive Attack

3/5

Had protected myself from listening previously. Wish I hadn’t!

Hejira

Joni Mitchell

2/5

Wish I liked her music more.

War

4/5

Not to start a fight but I don’t love as much as I remembered

Make Yourself

Incubus

2/5

Make myself sound like creed?

Automatic For The People

R.E.M.

5/5

Automatic five star.