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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Stripped Christina Aguilera	5	2.87	+2.13
Eagles Eagles	5	3.3	+1.7
Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs Marty Robbins	5	3.33	+1.67
Music in Exile Songhoy Blues	5	3.33	+1.67
Raising Hell Run-D.M.C.	5	3.51	+1.49
Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme Simon & Garfunkel	5	3.61	+1.39
Californication Red Hot Chili Peppers	5	3.7	+1.3
Dookie Green Day	5	3.79	+1.21
(What's The Story) Morning Glory Oasis	5	3.84	+1.16
Songs The Lord Taught Us The Cramps	4	2.84	+1.16

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Getz/Gilberto Stan Getz	1	3.65	-2.65
A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector Various Artists	1	3.3	-2.3
The Specials The Specials	1	3.3	-2.3
Duck Rock Malcolm McLaren	1	2.65	-1.65
Paul's Boutique Beastie Boys	2	3.47	-1.47
Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea PJ Harvey	2	3.39	-1.39
Nebraska Bruce Springsteen	2	3.31	-1.31

5-Star Albums (12)

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Pet Sounds

The Beach Boys · 1 likes

5/5

Just an absolute classic. Sloop John B is the standout for me on an album with multiple bangers and zero skips.

1-Star Albums (4)

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector

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Stripped

Christina Aguilera

5/5

Aguilera had pipes. I’d probably give 5 stars to an album of her just belting music scales for an hour. But this has fighter and beautiful on it, so definite 5.

Paranoid

Black Sabbath

5/5

Hotel California

Eagles

4/5

Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs

Marty Robbins

5/5

I’m a sucker for a simple old sound like this. Big Iron and El Paso are the bigger hits, but the rest of the album hits well for me.

Californication

Red Hot Chili Peppers

5/5

I think these guys are from California.

OK Computer

Radiohead

5/5

I expected to not like this album as much as I do. But I guess there’s good reason for it to be called Radiohead’s magnum opus.

A Night At The Opera

Queen

4/5

Bohemian Rhapsody and a few more bangers, plus some lighthearted silliness, and we nearly have a 5 star album. But I cannot give 5 stars to an album with whatever the hell is going on in The Prophets Song.

Make Yourself

Incubus

4/5

Some ups and downs on this album, but I can comfortably give it a 4. Drive is incredible.

Seventeen Seconds

The Cure

3/5

Easy listening, probably good study music. But it doesn’t really go anywhere. Maybe a 3.5, round to 3 for having a song titled “17 seconds” that lasts for 4 minutes.

Dookie

Green Day

5/5

Teehee, Dookie.

Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme

Simon & Garfunkel

5/5

It’s a beautiful album. Accomplishes a lot in only 28 minutes, some other artists could learn from that ability to keep it brief.

Pet Sounds

The Beach Boys

5/5

Just an absolute classic. Sloop John B is the standout for me on an album with multiple bangers and zero skips.

Gorillaz

3/5

Clint Eastwood is great, but it’s the only standout on the album. I’d do a 3.5 if I could, but this ends up as a 3 because I honestly got a little bored of the album.

Blood And Chocolate

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

3/5

Didn’t do much for me. Nothing terrible, but nothing that stood out as great either.

Garbage

3/5

It was ok. That’s all I have for it.

Green River

Creedence Clearwater Revival

4/5

I can almost hear the helicopters.

Slipknot

2/5

Pretty good except for 90% of the vocals.

Quiet Life

Japan

2/5

Kinda boring, don’t really know when I would want to listen to this. Give it 2 because nothing was great on it but I guess it didn’t make me physically ill.

Nebraska

Bruce Springsteen

2/5

You don’t have to release an album if it’s not good.

(What's The Story) Morning Glory

Oasis

5/5

Oh, hello you very enjoyable album. I’ll be listening to this one some more.

Out of Step

Minor Threat

4/5

Worked for me. Not perfect but nowhere near bad either. Also merry Christmas if you’re like me and looking at this instead of talking to in-laws.

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector

Various Artists

1/5

Unnecessary shit. 1 star.

Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea

PJ Harvey

2/5

I don’t understand why this is an album I need to listen to before I die. I’d have been fine without it.

Bad

Michael Jackson

4/5

Strange, troubled man. Good music though.

Cosmo's Factory

Creedence Clearwater Revival

4/5

It’s a really good album, probably a 4.5 if we had that. There’s a bit too much jamming that gets into meandering, but overall this was an enjoyable listen. I also realize that I had only ever heard the radio edit of Grapevine and that song is super long.

The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady

Charles Mingus

3/5

I don’t usually listen to jazz, and this album won’t change that habit. It’s just not for me.

In A Silent Way

Miles Davis

3/5

Back to back jazz albums? Today was rough listening.

Henry's Dream

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

4/5

Liked the sound, found myself nodding along happily. Brother my cup is empty was the standout track for me.

The Velvet Underground & Nico

The Velvet Underground

4/5

I was between 4 and 5 stars until halfway through Heroin. I liked the album as a whole, but it does get a bit grating. Maybe that’s the point, but that doesn’t mean I have to like it.

The Rising

Bruce Springsteen

3/5

It's way better than Nebraska, and actually ok to listen to. Between 3 and 4, go down to three because I can't find a real banger on this album.

Eagles

5/5

Banjo.

Axis: Bold As Love

Jimi Hendrix

4/5

It’s a good album, not earth shattering though.

Paul's Boutique

Beastie Boys

2/5

I didn’t know a single song on this album before, and I’d be fine knowing none after. Why include an album from a band with a bunch of hits when this album has zero?

Raising Hell

Run-D.M.C.

5/5

I really like this album. Super fun, and caught me off guard with how good Proud to be Black was. I’ll be listening to this again.

Songs The Lord Taught Us

The Cramps

4/5

I really enjoyed this. It’s not quite a 5 star album, but it has some real bops on it. Teenage werewolf sounded super familiar, not sure if I’ve heard it before or if someone copied that guitar

Hounds Of Love

Kate Bush

3/5

Not my thing but it’s at least interesting, and running up that hill is a bop.

Music in Exile

Songhoy Blues

5/5

I was so worried when I saw the number of listens this album had on Spotify, but I came away pleasantly surprised. It’s really cool to hear music by non-western artists, and this style of blues sounds great. I’m a bit too generous with 5 star reviews and I know I’m gonna revise some of those in the future, and this album fits snuggly in the “5 right now and probably a 4 later” category.

Bug

Dinosaur Jr.

3/5

This album is really let down by the lead vocals. Get a halfway competent singer and we’re looking at a 4+.

Duck Rock

Malcolm McLaren

1/5

1 star because fuck this guy.

Sticky Fingers

The Rolling Stones

4/5

Good not great. There are some questionable lyrics on this album, but it’s from 1971 so what can you expect?

Getz/Gilberto

Stan Getz

1/5

The only truly bad music is boring music, and this is super boring. Might actually be the worst music I’ve ever heard, because it is so incredibly boring.

The Specials

1/5

Sometimes a song would start, and id get a little excited. Like little bitch is really good for all of 10 seconds, then the ska happens.

The Scream

Siouxsie And The Banshees

3/5