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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Midnight Ride Paul Revere & The Raiders	5	3	+2
Queens of the Stone Age Queens of the Stone Age	5	3.29	+1.71
So Peter Gabriel	5	3.54	+1.46
KIWANUKA Michael Kiwanuka	5	3.74	+1.26
Merriweather Post Pavilion Animal Collective	4	2.9	+1.1

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Head Hunters Herbie Hancock	1	3.55	-2.55
Spiderland Slint	1	2.98	-1.98
Second Toughest In The Infants Underworld	1	2.86	-1.86
Illinois Sufjan Stevens	2	3.5	-1.5
Sign 'O' The Times Prince	2	3.45	-1.45
Eliminator ZZ Top	2	3.38	-1.38
Exile In Guyville Liz Phair	2	3.02	-1.02

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The Wall

Pink Floyd · 1 likes

5/5

Somehow I'd never listened to this in full before but it is extremely up my alley. I'm only a quarter into the album and it's already 5 stars for me.

1-Star Albums (3)

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Welcome to the Afterfuture

Mike Ladd

3/5

The mix of spoken word poetry and the clever turns of phrase kept me engaged. There were some really impressive tracks but on the whole it didn’t really hook me and don’t think I will be listening to this album again.

Heaven Or Las Vegas

Cocteau Twins

4/5

I had heard some of their earlier stuff but this was the first time listening to this album. I really enjoyed it, I can foresee putting this on when I need something chill to listen to when focusing on work. Very dreamy, very vibey.

Queen II

Queen

3/5

The ArchAndroid

Janelle Monáe

4/5

Head Hunters

Herbie Hancock

1/5

This album was the perfect reminder of why I hate listening to jazz.

Peter Gabriel

5/5

PG is my main music guy so I will happily listen to this again for the millionth time with fresh ears but the versatility! The range and power of his voice! The Kate Bush! Peter Gabriel is a genius and this album is his thesis statement (and it’s not even my favourite of his work).

The Joshua Tree

3/5

This was … fine. I still get emotional hearing With or Without You because it reminds me of the brilliant finale of The Americans but otherwise this album was basically just background noise to me.

The Man Machine

Kraftwerk

3/5

This is firmly Not For Me but I understand why other people vibe with it.

Strange Cargo III

William Orbit

2/5

I did not enjoy this at all but it feels unfair to give it 1 star so I’m grudgingly rounding up to 2 because it’s not bad, it’s just very much not for me

Kind Of Blue

Miles Davis

4/5

Listening to this while squinting at a computer screen trying to focus on my work made me feel like a dollar store version of Carrie Mathison from Homeland (complimentary)

The Wall

Pink Floyd

5/5

Somehow I'd never listened to this in full before but it is extremely up my alley. I'm only a quarter into the album and it's already 5 stars for me.

The Number Of The Beast

Iron Maiden

3/5

This is another solidly Not For Me album, but I can appreciate the artistry behind it and why other people like it. I can't believe I enjoyed an Iron Maiden album more than Herbie Hancock (never again) but life is a rich tapestry, I guess.

Rage Against The Machine

4/5

Having only heard the higher profile singles from this album, I enjoyed getting to listen to every track all the way through. Certainly captures my mood given the way 2025 keeps 2025ing in newly creative and horrible ways.

Penthouse And Pavement

Heaven 17

2/5

This is solidly … fine … but I will stick to Duran Duran for my 80s synth pop needs.

Kala

M.I.A.

3/5

I tried to go in with an open mind but the Qanonsense she's been spewing the past few years really made it difficult to finish listening. I'll give what I did hear a solid 3.5/4 (other than paper planes which gets a 5 by default because it has reached icon status)

Eliminator

ZZ Top

2/5

There is an entire song about TV Dinners I cannot ever listen to this again!!!!

C'est Chic

CHIC

3/5

It's fine. Not my genre but I can appreciate why it was so popular.

Merriweather Post Pavilion

Animal Collective

4/5

I didn't listen to Animal Collective much when they were in their heyday but this album makes me nostalgic either way. I love rediscovering artists that I didn't pay as much attention to at the time.

KIWANUKA

Michael Kiwanuka

5/5

Only two songs in and I’m already obsessed, such a great new discovery for my music library! ETA post listening to the whole thing: LOVE. 5/5

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector

Various Artists

4/5

Horrible man, great Christmas album

Grace

Jeff Buckley

4/5

An incredible album that reaches into your chest and plucks at your soul like it's a string on a harp

Foo Fighters

3/5

Solid album, I can see why people like it, but for me all of the songs blend together. Not something I’m likely to listen to again.

Live Through This

Hole

3/5

This is also … fine. A few more standout tracks for me than the Foo Fighters album I got yesterday (love the synchronicity, wondering if I’ll get Nirvana next) but overall not something I’m likely to listen to again.

Spiderland

Slint

1/5

Fifteen seconds into the first track and I can already tell this is a not for me album

Synchronicity

The Police

3/5

I’m in the strange position of loving everything about this band with the exception of the sound of Sting’s voice. So like, 5/5 for instrumentals and 3/5 when you include vocals. This feels like an extremely niche problem to have.

Jazz Samba

Stan Getz

4/5

Jazz is not my genre but this was really pleasant background music while I reading, will keep it save to my library

Sign 'O' The Times

Prince

2/5

I went into this fully expecting to vibe with the album but am discovering it is just … not for me. Similar to Queen, I’m realizing I prefer his singles over listening to a full album.

Midnight Ride

Paul Revere & The Raiders

5/5

I LOVE IT. I’d somehow never heard of this band before (I, a Canadian, went ‘the Boston historical horse guy?’) but this is so much fun, will absolutely be a repeat listen

Exile In Guyville

Liz Phair

2/5

Tragically, this is not for me. I feel like it *should* be based on who I am as a person but I just don’t vibe with it.

Second Toughest In The Infants

Underworld

1/5

I managed thirty seconds of each song and even that was too much

Superunknown

Soundgarden

3/5

I liked this overall, a few standout tracks for me but probably not an album I would listen to again in full

Illinois

Sufjan Stevens

2/5

The Clown Killer song? Really? I did not enjoy this album.

Bug

Dinosaur Jr.

2/5

The whiniest lead singer voice I’ve encountered since being forced to listen to Simple Plan as a teenager. This album is not for me.

Elephant Mountain

The Youngbloods

4/5

The deeper I get into this challenge, the clearer it becomes I would have THRIVED as a teenager in the 60s.

Queens of the Stone Age

5/5

A perfect album. Definitely will be listening to this again (I’m more familiar with their 2000s stuff so it was fun to go back to their earlier work).