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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
This Year's Model Elvis Costello & The Attractions	5	3.31	+1.69
2112 Rush	5	3.37	+1.63
Tidal Fiona Apple	5	3.46	+1.54
Gorillaz Gorillaz	5	3.53	+1.47
Band On The Run Paul McCartney and Wings	5	3.67	+1.33
Jack Takes the Floor Ramblin' Jack Elliott	4	2.7	+1.3
Can't Buy A Thrill Steely Dan	5	3.73	+1.27
Tarkus Emerson, Lake & Palmer	4	2.79	+1.21
Third/Sister Lovers Big Star	4	2.79	+1.21
Beach Samba Astrud Gilberto	4	2.92	+1.08

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Rage Against The Machine Rage Against The Machine	2	3.98	-1.98
The White Room The KLF	1	2.78	-1.78
Cut The Slits	1	2.71	-1.71
Haut de gamme / Koweït, rive gauche Koffi Olomide	1	2.61	-1.61
Sound of Silver LCD Soundsystem	2	3.42	-1.42
Rock Bottom Robert Wyatt	1	2.39	-1.39
It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back Public Enemy	2	3.36	-1.36
L'Eau Rouge The Young Gods	1	2.32	-1.32
Entertainment Gang Of Four	2	3.26	-1.26
The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter The Incredible String Band	1	2.15	-1.15

5-Star Albums (9)

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Straight Outta Compton

N.W.A. · 1 likes

4/5

Really good overall. I’m not always listening to old school hip hop but it definitely hits when it hits

1-Star Albums (7)

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David Bowie

4/5

Very ambient. Maybe too ambient

It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back

Public Enemy

2/5

So that’s where “yeah boyyyyy” comes from. Some decent songs but a lot of the beats kinda sucked. Prob important for hip hop historically tho

Paul Simon

4/5

This guys pretty good he should join a band or something

I See You

The xx

3/5

Meh it’s very ok

2112

Rush

5/5

God I love rush. It ain’t easy being cheesy

Rumours

Fleetwood Mac

5/5

Excellent I liked all of the songs

The White Room

The KLF

1/5

Weird

Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

Wilco

3/5

Pretty decent just kinda slow I guess

The Clash

3/5

They sound too British

Hunting High And Low

a-ha

2/5

Take on me is great but the rest wasn’t

Germfree Adolescents

X-Ray Spex

2/5

I don’t like how they announce the name of the song at the start of each song

Buena Vista Social Club

4/5

it’s weird bc idk if I would ever just put this on but I still liked it

Natty Dread

Bob Marley & The Wailers

4/5

Pretty good, I prefer his more popular songs ig

Appetite For Destruction

Guns N' Roses

4/5

I like g&r (that stands for guns and roses; im just using slang) I only knew a few songs going in but I actually thought the whole album was decent and had a similar vibe which I like

Illinois

Sufjan Stevens

4/5

It’s really interesting and unique I wasn’t sure what to expect

Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots

The Flaming Lips

4/5

Very interesting sound effects lol but I liked it

Bummed

Happy Mondays

2/5

Not for me. I guess I liked the one Beatles song lol

Pyromania

Def Leppard

3/5

I’m conflicted bc this sounds cheesy and silly but is that not like most of classic rock?? Idk it’s fine overall

Exodus

Bob Marley & The Wailers

4/5

really good. jammin, 3 little birds, and one love all on one album. Very strong 4

Sound of Silver

LCD Soundsystem

2/5

Some ok songs but bad overall. A lot of songs were close to being good but either had bad vocals or bad sound effects

Melodrama

Lorde

3/5

pretty solid but I prefer her older somgs

This Nation’s Saving Grace

The Fall

3/5

It was fine

Garbage

4/5

I liked it!

Zombie

Fela Kuti

3/5

I like the instrumental part but kinda repetitive, not my cup of tea

Tidal

Fiona Apple

5/5

I really had no idea what to expect and I was very pleasantly surprised. She has a great voice I really enjoyed this

Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not

Arctic Monkeys

4/5

Pretty good

Blackstar

David Bowie

3/5

It was weird idk. Kinda liked the last 2 songs but the album was strange

Damaged

Black Flag

2/5

Too edgy

The Cars

4/5

Siembra

Willie Colón & Rubén Blades

4/5

Very groovy I liked it a lot

Metallica

4/5

Lots of classics on this album

Kimono My House

Sparks

3/5

The album was ok. I didn’t like the first song so that set a bad tone for me but there were some decent songs later on in the album

Master Of Puppets

Metallica

4/5

Slightly better than the last Metallica album (black album) but still a 4. I thought there was more musicality in this album despite it being heavy metal

Straight Outta Compton

N.W.A.

4/5

Really good overall. I’m not always listening to old school hip hop but it definitely hits when it hits

Eternally Yours

The Saints

4/5

Much better than the other recent punk albums

Brilliant Corners

Thelonious Monk

3/5

Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

4/5

My family listens to a lot of Neil Young so this is nostalgic for me. I don’t think I’ve heard any of these songs before but I liked it

Haut de gamme / Koweït, rive gauche

Koffi Olomide

1/5

It just wasn’t good it did nothing for me

Femi Kuti

4/5

Had no idea what to expect but it was so groovy and fun lol

Rock Bottom

Robert Wyatt

1/5

Man.

Get Behind Me Satan

The White Stripes

3/5

I kinda liked some of the songs like Little Ghost, but I was overall disappointed. Not bad but just not what I wanted

This Year's Model

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

5/5

I actually really liked this despite never hearing about him before

The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter

The Incredible String Band

1/5

I thought this was so cringe. There were a couple of decent parts or instrumental moments but I just couldn’t listen to this

Heaven Or Las Vegas

Cocteau Twins

4/5

Much better upon a second listen. I like the vibe a lot, the songs all lowkey sound the same tho. But they sound good lol

All Directions

The Temptations

4/5

Just the vibe I needed for my drive to work. A little bit slow I guess but I thought it was really nice

Gorillaz

5/5

Great album overall, so many songs I hadn’t heard before. My favorite imaginary band

Beach Samba

Astrud Gilberto

4/5

Really solid! The parade song was kind of a vibe killer tho ngl

Parallel Lines

Blondie

4/5

Music From The Penguin Cafe

Penguin Cafe Orchestra

3/5

Some really good moments but also some weird ones. I kinda liked it tho

The United States Of America

2/5

Band On The Run

Paul McCartney and Wings

5/5

Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space

Spiritualized

3/5

Shleep

Robert Wyatt

2/5

This bloke can’t sing!

Ananda Shankar

3/5

Pretty cool just not my vibe really

Hail To the Thief

Radiohead

4/5

I knew none of the songs but the vibe was pretty good overall. I enjoyed ut

Very

Pet Shop Boys

4/5

Fun vibe!

Shaka Zulu

Ladysmith Black Mambazo

3/5

Solid

Channel Orange

Frank Ocean

4/5

Had such a good time listening to this. A couple songs weren’t as elite but still a great album

Devil Without A Cause

Kid Rock

1/5

Bro wants to be the beastie boys but he’s a hick and makes bad music. A few songs were catchy at the absolute best

The College Dropout

Kanye West

3/5

It’s a great album, didn’t love the skits in between songs. In light of recent Kanye events I think a 3 is warranted

Elephant Mountain

The Youngbloods

4/5

I’ve never heard any of this before but I thought it was really good! Kinda weird how there’s like 3 different songs that are 10 seconds long

Music in Exile

Songhoy Blues

3/5

Pretty cool! A couple songs were kinda basic I guess but it all sounded good

L'Eau Rouge

The Young Gods

1/5

Yeah I couldn’t listen to this. Maybe the instrumentals were good but the vocals were so French

A Nod Is As Good As A Wink To A Blind Horse

Faces

4/5

I had Stay with Me saved before i listened and completely forgot about that lol. Really good overall, pretty consistent vibe

Highway to Hell

AC/DC

3/5

Kinda realized all their songs sound the exact same. They’re still so classic though, I think I just prefer their other albums

Songs The Lord Taught Us

The Cramps

3/5

I kinda like the weird vibe they have, but also it was kinda just obnoxious sometimes

Illmatic

Nas

4/5

I thought this was great

Mama's Gun

Erykah Badu

4/5

Can’t believe I’ve never heard of her before this!

Led Zeppelin II

Led Zeppelin

5/5

Thought it was great overall. I didn’t like Moby Dick but every other song was awesome

Vivid

Living Colour

3/5

I thought this was actually pretty solid. They’re kinda doin too much tho you can tell. This is a 3.5 but rounding down to 3

Disraeli Gears

Cream

4/5

I was a tiny bit disappointed my this album. Obviously Sunshine of your Love is great but the rest were kinda whatever. 3.5 but round up to 4

m b v

My Bloody Valentine

3/5

Not really for me but I thought it sounded ok

Group Sex

Circle Jerks

2/5

I kinda thought it was annoying, all the songs were just kinda noisy. I do appreciate that it was a short album

Space Ritual

Hawkwind

3/5

Very weird but I kinda liked the instrumentals in between whatever strange things they had to say

Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea

PJ Harvey

4/5

Thought this was pretty good!

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness

The Smashing Pumpkins

4/5

Moving Pictures

Rush

4/5

Lots of great songs! Some kinda weird moments

Venus Luxure No. 1 Baby

Girls Against Boys

3/5

I thought this was fine. Don’t really feel one way or the other about it

Playing With Fire

Spacemen 3

2/5

69 Love Songs

The Magnetic Fields

2/5

I thought some of them were pretty good but there’s a lot of mid to bad ones and there’s also 69 which is just too much

Cheap Thrills

Big Brother & The Holding Company

4/5

Really cool to hear this style

Tarkus

Emerson, Lake & Palmer

4/5

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

Beatles

4/5

Really cool to listen to the full album, there were so many songs I hadn’t heard before. Some kinda weird ones but even those sounded pretty good

Third/Sister Lovers

Big Star

4/5

Pretty good just kinda slow

The Band

4/5

Great album

It's Blitz!

Yeah Yeah Yeahs

4/5

Pleasantly surprised with this, I had only heard heads will roll before

James Brown Live At The Apollo

James Brown

4/5

I liked that it was live but there was a lot of screaming lol

Hybrid Theory

Linkin Park

4/5

Yes it’s kinda cringe but I think the hype outweighs it. It’s pretty nostalgic at this point for me

Dirt

Alice In Chains

4/5

Love his voice. I prefer their lighter songs but still great. Would is a really good song

Ritual De Lo Habitual

Jane's Addiction

4/5

I thought Jane Says was gonna be on this album and that may have pushed it to 5. I only knew one song but I thought this was good

NEU! 75

Neu!

2/5

I liked the first two-ish songs but it kinda just got weird and worse after that

All Mod Cons

The Jam

3/5

Nothing burger British stuff. Not bad but didn’t do anything for me

After The Gold Rush

Neil Young

4/5

Inspiration Information

Shuggie Otis

4/5

Almost put me to sleep in a good way

Daydream Nation

Sonic Youth

3/5

Transformer

Lou Reed

3/5

Apocalypse 91… The Enemy Strikes Black

Public Enemy

3/5

Marquee Moon

Television

3/5

Decent

Tea for the Tillerman

Cat Stevens

3/5

A Date With The Everly Brothers

The Everly Brothers

3/5

Revolver

Beatles

5/5

Peak

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

Arrested Development

4/5

The Queen Is Dead

The Smiths

3/5

Bore-issy

Rage Against The Machine

2/5

Doing too much

Penance Soiree

The Icarus Line

3/5

School's Out

Alice Cooper

3/5

I’ll always remember hearing schools out when the school year would end. It’s a little cheesy but still fun. Rest of the album is very ok

Guero

Beck

4/5

The Slider

T. Rex

3/5

It’s fine

Let's Stay Together

Al Green

3/5

Didn’t do much for me. Thought it was solid but the songs kinda sounded the same

People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm

A Tribe Called Quest

4/5

Tanto Tempo

Bebel Gilberto

4/5

Figure 8

Elliott Smith

3/5

White Blood Cells

The White Stripes

4/5

Murmur

R.E.M.

4/5

Fragile

Yes

4/5

Whimsical

Songs For Swingin' Lovers!

Frank Sinatra

4/5

Meat Puppets II

Meat Puppets

3/5

Ray Of Light

Madonna

2/5

Darkness on the Edge of Town

Bruce Springsteen

3/5

Jack Takes the Floor

Ramblin' Jack Elliott

4/5

Machine Gun Etiquette

The Damned

3/5

Eliminator

ZZ Top

4/5

Slippery When Wet

Bon Jovi

4/5

Cut

The Slits

1/5

Bad!

Destroyer

KISS

2/5

Yeah not great. Maybe one good song

Can't Buy A Thrill

Steely Dan

5/5

So good. Not one bad song 🎶

Bringing It All Back Home

Bob Dylan

4/5

Machine Head

Deep Purple

4/5

Sea Change

Beck

4/5

Fromohio

fIREHOSE

3/5

Meh

Arise

Sepultura

2/5

Entertainment

Gang Of Four

2/5

More Brit-slop punk. Not bad but why are there so many albums just like this

Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music

Ray Charles

4/5