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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Dr. Octagonecologyst Dr. Octagon	5	2.7	+2.3
Underwater Moonlight The Soft Boys	5	3.06	+1.94
Every Picture Tells A Story Rod Stewart	5	3.24	+1.76
John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band John Lennon	5	3.25	+1.75
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot Wilco	5	3.31	+1.69
Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs Derek & The Dominos	5	3.38	+1.62
Surfer Rosa Pixies	5	3.5	+1.5
The Clash The Clash	5	3.53	+1.47
Funeral Arcade Fire	5	3.56	+1.44
Exile On Main Street The Rolling Stones	5	3.6	+1.4

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Aja Steely Dan	1	3.47	-2.47
Smash The Offspring	1	3.36	-2.36
The Yes Album Yes	1	3.31	-2.31
Something/Anything? Todd Rundgren	1	3.03	-2.03
Very Pet Shop Boys	1	2.94	-1.94
The Queen Is Dead The Smiths	2	3.66	-1.66
Don't Stand Me Down Dexys Midnight Runners	1	2.6	-1.6
Madman Across The Water Elton John	2	3.58	-1.58
Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots The Flaming Lips	2	3.57	-1.57
Violent Femmes Violent Femmes	2	3.49	-1.49

5-Star Albums (16)

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The Hissing Of Summer Lawns

Joni Mitchell · 1 likes

2/5

I didn't dislike this but I can't engage with it. It's pleasant background music

Maggot Brain

Funkadelic · 1 likes

5/5

Classic. Title track is a killer

Is This It

The Strokes · 1 likes

4/5

In my youth I dismissed this band as another Lou Reed/Television wannabe. In my old age I welcome them as Lou Reed /Television wannabes.

Bad Company

Bad Company · 1 likes

2/5

Listening to this album I feel like they heard Humble Pie and decided to copy them without any of the personality or charisma. This is background music on a classic rock station. You won't change the channel but you're glad when the next song comes up.

1-Star Albums (6)

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The Queen Is Dead

The Smiths

2/5

Smash

The Offspring

1/5

Really poor album. I love punk rock but they ain't it

The Bends

Radiohead

5/5

I do like this.

Exile On Main Street

The Rolling Stones

5/5

The best album of all time.

Madman Across The Water

Elton John

2/5

Indian Sunset is gruesome and cringe worthy, even for the 70's. Holiday Inn was ok actually. I do like Homie Clothes So Tiny Damn, Son. All the songs are too fussy and some of the strings are oppressive. What is the deal with that chorus on Nasties? I didn't care for his piano playing. It sounds the same on every song.

Bongo Rock

Incredible Bongo Band

3/5

Very interesting. I liked hearing the original source of samples for some hip-hop classics, but this is not something I would listen to again.

The Stone Roses

4/5

I'm surprised that I haven't listened to this before. It's a good album. I liked the Resurrection and Waterfall songs. I will listen again, but solid album at one go.

Pet Sounds

The Beach Boys

4/5

I didn't register but everybody knows this album is good..God Only Knows and Caroline No are top-ehelon

Basket of Light

Pentangle

2/5

Nothing really stood out. The songs with the male singer are a drag. The woman singer sounds much better. I feel like this would be better without vocals as background music for a BBC period piece.

Africa Brasil

Jorge Ben Jor

4/5

Glad I heard this. Reminds me of City of Good soundtrack (I'm well aware that it predated that movie, but it's what I, a white boy from the USA heard). I loved it

The Seldom Seen Kid

Elbow

2/5

Weather to Fly is that straight-up Beatles descending chromatic but it works well. Overall group reminds me of British Sea Power and a little of early Coldplay. Not bad. Oof the Fix is in song is terrible

The Clash

5/5

Stunning album. I'm partial to the US pressing which came out with Complete Control added because that's the one I grew up with. The UK version is flawless.

Skylarking

XTC

2/5

I liked the first track. Then it seemed like every other track was a slip. I made it few several though and it was better than I remembered but Dear God is one of the worst songs ever recorded.

Songs From The Big Chair

Tears For Fears

4/5

The hits really are the ones that stand out. A whole lot of sax on the album tracks. Head Over Heels is a terrific song that I kind of forget exists.

Cypress Hill

3/5

Good beats but never a fan of B Real's flow

Station To Station

David Bowie

5/5

Title track is a wonder. Love TVC15. Word on a Wing and Wild is the Wind are two of Bowie's best vocals. This is one of his best works

The Yes Album

Yes

1/5

The Hissing Of Summer Lawns

Joni Mitchell

2/5

I didn't dislike this but I can't engage with it. It's pleasant background music

Aja

Steely Dan

1/5

Blech

Something/Anything?

Todd Rundgren

1/5

Wuss rock was invented in 1972

Superfly

Curtis Mayfield

5/5

The best soundtrack ever

John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band

John Lennon

5/5

Vento De Maio

Elis Regina

4/5

Blue Lines

Massive Attack

2/5

Not for me.

Electric Prunes

The Electric Prunes

2/5

There were a few good tracks but I was bored.

Every Picture Tells A Story

Rod Stewart

5/5

An all time great

Bayou Country

Creedence Clearwater Revival

5/5

L'Eau Rouge

The Young Gods

2/5

Interesting

The Low End Theory

A Tribe Called Quest

5/5

God-tier

Five Leaves Left

Nick Drake

4/5

Really prettty

Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs

Derek & The Dominos

5/5

Funeral

Arcade Fire

5/5

With The Beatles

Beatles

3/5

Ogden's Nut Gone Flake

Small Faces

4/5

They're a good band. There's a few songs here that are a little too English music hall sounds that are pretty annoying. I didn't care for the narration. It was too precious and detracted from good songs like Son of a Baker

Maggot Brain

Funkadelic

5/5

Classic. Title track is a killer

Underwater Moonlight

The Soft Boys

5/5

Now I Got Worry

The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion

3/5

Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

Wilco

5/5

Poor Places is slept-on

Dr. Octagonecologyst

Dr. Octagon

5/5

Absolute classic from the greatest MC of all time

Live Through This

Hole

4/5

There are several good songs and some clunkers. Love's more of a presence than a singer, but the overall sound is good. Miss World was a hit but I do not care for it. Violet, Jennifer's Body and Doll Parts are good.

Killing Joke

4/5

I Should Coco

Supergrass

3/5

It's a pretty good album

Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots

The Flaming Lips

2/5

I think it's time for people to recognize what I've known for a long time. The Flaming Lips are not a special band. This album is better than the rest of their oeuvre but I will not ever seek this out again.

Violent Femmes

2/5

Blister in the Sun is not great. There are some decent tracks here besides that

Don't Stand Me Down

Dexys Midnight Runners

1/5

It couldn't keep my attention

Surfer Rosa

Pixies

5/5

Brilliant album

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