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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Rust In Peace Megadeth	5	3.24	+1.76
Music in Exile Songhoy Blues	5	3.33	+1.67
The World is a Ghetto War	5	3.35	+1.65
Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols Sex Pistols	5	3.45	+1.55
Zombie Fela Kuti	5	3.46	+1.54
Time Out The Dave Brubeck Quartet	5	3.83	+1.17

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Hybrid Theory Linkin Park	1	3.39	-2.39
The Next Day David Bowie	1	3.3	-2.3
Made In Japan Deep Purple	1	3.29	-2.29
In Rainbows Radiohead	2	3.85	-1.85
Automatic For The People R.E.M.	2	3.81	-1.81
Cut The Slits	1	2.71	-1.71
21 Adele	2	3.7	-1.7
A Love Supreme John Coltrane	2	3.63	-1.63
Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs Derek & The Dominos	2	3.39	-1.39
A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector Various Artists	2	3.3	-1.3

5-Star Albums (7)

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Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols

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In Rainbows

Radiohead · 1 likes

2/5

Got bored, didn't finish. There are sections of wonderful musicality that I really enjoyed, but the album as a whole lacks contrast from track to track. It's very same-y. Also, Thom Yorke's vocals have pretty much always bored me. In my book, Radiohead is one of those bands that is an amazing group of musicians all but ruined by their vocalist. Please, give me more of the band and less of... that guy. Too bad in this case Yorke is central to their process.

1-Star Albums (4)

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Adele

2/5

Abraxas

Santana

4/5

The Bends

Radiohead

3/5

Live At The Regal

B.B. King

3/5

Rubber Soul

Beatles

5/5

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector

Various Artists

2/5

Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs

Derek & The Dominos

2/5

It's fine. There are some absolutely legendary tracks buried in here and I have nothing but love for Duane Allman, but let's be honest. It's 1970 boomer guitar noodling for the most part. It's a very excellent specimen of 1970 boomer guitar noodling, but I think there's enough of it out there. Some underrated highlights IMO are Key to the Highway, Have You Ever Loved a Woman, and Nobody Knows You. Everyone knows Layla, fewer people know how messed up the backstory is.

A Love Supreme

John Coltrane

2/5

No thank you. I have all the respect for Coltrane and I love a good jazz ensemble, but I need a touch more structure. If I ever need to wipe an ear worm out of my head though, this album would probably do it.

She's So Unusual

Cyndi Lauper

3/5

Better than I expected. Definitely heard the early punk influence and Talking Heads vibes. I've never been a big fan of 80s pop and this isn't really my cup of tea, but I'd definitely take it over Madonna, Wham, or Whitney Houston.

Virgin Suicides

Air

4/5

Love it. It reminds me of some later stuff I've gotten into that is more laid back, almost background music. I could absolutely add this to my rotation for listening to during work. I like the instrumental focus, the low-key psych-rock shoegazer vibe. I'll dock it just one star because it's not ideal as a standalone work, which should be expected from a film score. I'll almost certainly check out more work from Air though.

In Rainbows

Radiohead

2/5

Marquee Moon

Television

4/5

The Next Day

David Bowie

1/5

I'm a fan of Bowie. Not so much this album.

Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols

Sex Pistols

5/5

Countdown To Ecstasy

Steely Dan

2/5

There a couple of good grooves in this album, but that's as much as I feel like I can say for it. Got bored, DNF'd. 2 stars because it's not actively grating.

Pictures At An Exhibition

Emerson, Lake & Palmer

2/5

There a couple of good grooves in this album, but that's as much as I feel like I can say for it. Got bored, DNF'd. 2 stars because it's not actively grating.

Automatic For The People

R.E.M.

2/5

It's... fine? Again, got bored and DNF'd

Seventeen Seconds

The Cure

4/5

I honestly never cared for The Cure too much but this album hits. Not 100% my cup of tea but I enjoyed it overall. I've never given any of their albums a full listen and I'm glad I did for this one.

Hybrid Theory

Linkin Park

1/5

nnnope

Cut

The Slits

1/5

Nope. I really hope I get to some good music soon or I'm going to start regretting this 1001 albums thing. I've had a couple of good albums and the rest is just kinda grating. I'm down with supposedly "groundbreaking" work that might not be the best quality or most accessible all the time, but this is really trying my patience

Band On The Run

Paul McCartney and Wings

4/5

I was ready to hate this as just another batch of Dad Rock but honestly, this is pretty good. Very Paul McCartney in all of the standard great and also sometimes a bit boring ways. Solid album, I'm glad it was short.

You Are The Quarry

Morrissey

2/5

Well that was bland and self-indulgent. I tolerated it. I've begun reserving one-star ratings for albums that actively offend me and this isn't quite that bad.

The World is a Ghetto

War

5/5

I loved every minute of this album! The 2010s soul revival really had my heart with groups like Sharon Jones and the Menhan Street Band and it led me to some of the OG groups like The Meters and others. However, War never quite made it onto my listening routine even though I had heard of them. I'm going to have to listen to the rest of their catalog now, if it's half as great as this album I'll be a happy man.

The Downward Spiral

Nine Inch Nails

3/5

I fully recognize from an artistic standpoint what makes this a great album. It just doesn't really do anything for me. I'm quite sure 99% of that is having grown up in a world that came after this album, I've heard this kind of thing a million times and it's worn out. The shock value is gone. What once surely felt raw and real now feels cliche and overdone. Frankly, I think too many edgelords took cultural artifacts like this album and made it their whole personality and just ruined it. 3 stars to try and be fair.

Maverick A Strike

Finley Quaye

2/5

This album doesn't belong on any lists, seriously. Giving it 2 stars only because it isn't actively offensive to my ears.

Zombie

Fela Kuti

5/5

Made In Japan

Deep Purple

1/5

Great band. Why this album though? Unless you're already a hardcore fan of a band, nobody wants to listen to a live album. There are VERY few exceptions to this rule, and this isn't one of them.

Music in Exile

Songhoy Blues

5/5

Yes! Something new and great! I loved this. I'm a big fan of desert blues, starting with Tinariwen a few years ago which then led to Mdou Moctar, all great artists. I can understand why this isn't everyone's cup of tea due to the language barrier, but let's be honest, most of us don't know the lyrics to half of English pop songs, I certainly can barely understand Nirvana, let alone global superstars like Sai or Bad Bunny for those of us who don't speak Korean or Spanish. The music speaks for itself, I don't need to know the words. This album hits nice and hard, give me more!

Songs In The Key Of Life

Stevie Wonder

4/5

Great album, I'm a little embarrassed that I never gave it a full listen despite loving half the tracks on it. My only gripe is that it runs long, it's hard to find a 2 hour block to actually enjoy an album like this.

Songs From The Big Chair

Tears For Fears

3/5

I liked that better than I expected. New Wave was never really my jam, but the first half of this album was quite enjoyable. I like the overall mood and style basically aside from the vocals.

Rust In Peace

Megadeth

5/5

Oh man, 15 year old me LOVED this album. I still dig some thrash metal here and there and 80s/90s Megadeth absolutely ranks. My musical tastes have expanded since then and 37 year old me expected to be somewhat bored with this particular album, but nope. 5/5 this album absolutely fucks.

Head Hunters

Herbie Hancock

4/5

Highway 61 Revisited

Bob Dylan

3/5

Listened to this a lot as a teenager, kinda had enough of it.

Time Out

The Dave Brubeck Quartet

5/5

I love me some compound time signature jams, and this is the OG!

Giant Steps

The Boo Radleys

2/5

Not my thing, but not actively offensive