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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Locust Abortion Technician Butthole Surfers	5	2.39	+2.61
Larks' Tongues In Aspic King Crimson	5	2.99	+2.01
Rid Of Me PJ Harvey	5	3.12	+1.88
James Brown Live At The Apollo James Brown	5	3.45	+1.55
Illinois Sufjan Stevens	5	3.5	+1.5
The Gershwin Songbook Ella Fitzgerald	5	3.52	+1.48
Arrival ABBA	5	3.52	+1.48
Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme Simon & Garfunkel	5	3.62	+1.38

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Moving Pictures Rush	1	3.57	-2.57
Hybrid Theory Linkin Park	1	3.39	-2.39
Eagles Eagles	1	3.3	-2.3
It's Too Late to Stop Now Van Morrison	1	3.25	-2.25
Greetings From L.A. Tim Buckley	1	2.85	-1.85
Rising Above Bedlam Jah Wobble's Invaders Of The Heart	1	2.6	-1.6
Hotel California Eagles	2	3.59	-1.59
Fulfillingness' First Finale Stevie Wonder	2	3.57	-1.57
Talking Heads 77 Talking Heads	2	3.56	-1.56
Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs Derek & The Dominos	2	3.38	-1.38

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All Ratings

Head Hunters

Herbie Hancock

3/5

First of my journey. It sets a high middle, I think. Made a chip dip with sour cream and mayo and Boursin and green onions and French onion soup mix. It’s Boxing Day 2025. The dip is for my mom’s house.

The xx

3/5

Maggot Brain

Funkadelic

4/5

I feel like this could have been a five under different circumstances. Had to have the volume relatively low while driving with the family to Newcastle after Boxing Day. My dad would love this album. Reminds me of some of the best parts of Frank Zappa.

Dookie

Green Day

3/5

The Clash

3/5

Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme

Simon & Garfunkel

5/5

It's Too Late to Stop Now

Van Morrison

1/5

This concert seems like a chore

Songs Of Leonard Cohen

Leonard Cohen

4/5

Fear Of Music

Talking Heads

3/5

The Gershwin Songbook

Ella Fitzgerald

5/5

Infected

The The

2/5

Fulfillingness' First Finale

Stevie Wonder

2/5

Survivor

Destiny's Child

3/5

Transformer

Lou Reed

4/5

The Next Day

David Bowie

4/5

Rising Above Bedlam

Jah Wobble's Invaders Of The Heart

1/5

James Brown Live At The Apollo

James Brown

5/5

Locust Abortion Technician

Butthole Surfers

5/5

1989

Taylor Swift

4/5

Billion Dollar Babies

Alice Cooper

2/5

Come Away With Me

Norah Jones

3/5

All Things Must Pass

George Harrison

3/5

Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor

Lupe Fiasco

3/5

Back At The Chicken Shack

Jimmy Smith

4/5

Cross

Justice

2/5

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

Arctic Monkeys

3/5

Arrival

ABBA

5/5

Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs

Derek & The Dominos

2/5

Hybrid Theory

Linkin Park

1/5

Larks' Tongues In Aspic

King Crimson

5/5

3 + 3

The Isley Brothers

4/5

Aqualung

Jethro Tull

3/5

Better Living Through Chemistry

Fatboy Slim

3/5

Eagles

1/5

Welcome to the Afterfuture

Mike Ladd

2/5

Made In Japan

Deep Purple

4/5

Faust IV

Faust

3/5

Purple Rain

Prince

5/5

going into this album I think I'd give it a 4 based on reputation alone, I've heard it before but never sat down and listened to it. Honestly, it was pacing at a 3 for me until the last song, Purple Rain, and then I listened to that song 3 times and decided to revisit the whole album again. This is the first time since Lark's Tongues in Aspic that I have immediately relistened to an album. and it's a 5, even the weaker songs are punched up because Purple Rain is an all time banger.

Talking Heads 77

Talking Heads

2/5

Lam Toro

Baaba Maal

2/5

Seventeen Seconds

The Cure

2/5

I don't know what I was expecting, but I certainly wasn't expecting this album to be this boring. It's not "bad" but gets a 2 for how underwhelmed I am.

#1 Record

Big Star

3/5

This (specifically the song Don't Lie to Me) reminds me of working at the pub in my early 20's and the cover bands that would come in on Fridays and rock out. Same energy, close my eyes and I can see a beer bellied guy named Kenny shredding for free pints and me slingin wings and popping my head out of the kitchen between orders to tend to the cigarette in the back corner. Terry and I would stay late and close up and she'd refill my pint glass like 6 times.

Private Dancer

Tina Turner

2/5

if this was released in any other decade I think I would've loved this, but the 80s make this album sound like it was edited with star wipes and written in comic sans. Her voice is a 5/5 but the music accompanying her brings this down to a 2. Oh ya, and those 80s sax solos can F right off.

Justified

Justin Timberlake

3/5

I'm having kind of the opposite experience than what I had yesterday with TT's Private Dancer - the music is so good but he's just such a dork. It's like going to a great party but there's one asshole there and he's ALWAYS right beside you. There should be a remix where they use these beats and Tina Turner's Private Dancer vocals (and vice versa - that may somehow make both albums better.) He's the worst part of every song, even the one's where he's not creepy pseudo-sexy (Cry Me a River) he still does his best to kill the mood.... This album doesn't need to be this long. Every song allows for him to just repeat the name of the song over and over again for 2 minutes...

L.A. Woman

The Doors

3/5

I've always hated the Doors, but have I ever really listened to the Doors? I don't know... well, now I have, they're fine, whatever, they're just ok. They border on really ok, but settle on just fine.

Greetings From L.A.

Tim Buckley

1/5

I have no interest in how horny this dude is.

Headquarters

The Monkees

2/5

Appetite For Destruction

Guns N' Roses

4/5

This album was great when I first heard it when I was 10 in Eric Brown's basement and it's still great now.

The Holy Bible

Manic Street Preachers

3/5

I was hovering between 2 and 3 for a rating but the last song settled it higher. It's an ok album with PCP being the standout track. Sad story about the singer, he looks sad-confused in all his pics.

Hotel California

Eagles

2/5

Better than the other Eagles album I was forced to listen to. The music is more sophisticated with some nice orchestral pieces. They're not trying to be country any more, just pure 100% unadulterated adult contemporary. I can smell the Lysol in the air as I am reminded of dusting an unused piano while 98.1 echoes through the background, it's 1990 and nothing I clean is clean enough. They're talented, they've improved a lot since their debut album but they're excruciatingly boring. 100% better than their debut which brings this rating up to a blistering 2.

Ragged Glory

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

4/5

My first Neil Young. I really like Neil Young. My dad really likes Neil Young. I've never heard this album before. What I love about this album a day experience is that it makes me have this conversation with myself, like what am I rating these on? I think of my relationship with the music now, my relationship when I first heard it, it's relationship with it's time, my relationship with my dad.... don't want to rate this too high because what if something else is higher, but why? I'm happy right now hanging out with these 10 minute songs, with these guys. I like the things Neil Young sings about, I like his voice, I like his guitar, I'm learning to like my dad.

Moving Pictures

Rush

1/5

This voice, man, wtf? I just can't with these guys... This is just not for me, I really wanted to have been wrong about Rush, thought I'd have a moment where I finally "got" them, but i did not "got", Rush is still not got by me. This is a looooong 39 minute album. You know how like if someone tells a racist/sexist joke and then you like call them out and are like "sorry what was that?" or "how is that funny?" and then they sort of have this moment of clarity when they say it again where they're embarrassed and (ideally) look inward and realise they're an idiot? That's what it must be like being a Rush fan and then having to prove it by making other people listen to this music.

Illinois

Sufjan Stevens

5/5

Wow. Listened twice. Wow.

Meat Puppets II

Meat Puppets

3/5

I'm finding that it's difficult to know what version of an album to listen to. Spotify seems to replace all original recordings with remastered stuff which usually adds an additional couple of bonus tracks, so when I originally listened to this album I thought it was too long and uneven, but I listened to an additional 7 bonus songs, so we're trying it again. You can certainly hear Kurt Cobain here, you can tell why they were such a big influence on him. it's better when it's shorter, it's fine.

My Aim Is True

Elvis Costello

4/5

For a debut album Elvis Costello arrives fully formed. I've always said about Elvis that if you don't like one of his songs that's ok because there'll be a new one on in like 2 minutes. Quick great sons, great energy, I kind of wish I dated a woman named Alison at some point in my life

Chemtrails Over The Country Club

Lana Del Rey

3/5

I've never listened to Lana Del Rey before, her voice is so haunting. On a different day, in a different mood I feel this album could be a 4 or a 2, but after two listens I think it settles on a 3. The songs all sort of sound the same and maybe it's that second listen that soured me a bit.

Let's Get Killed

David Holmes

2/5

I was excited to listen to this today, I have no real relationship with electronic music, so i'm coming in with an eager and open mind. This seems like it could be good background music, so maybe it's what I'm doing in the foreground (working) that is the issue? Drugs would help this, but alas... Songs mostly start out promising, some interesting conversation samples that blend into some cool beats that then just repeat, over and over(and over).... it's a little too long and - as I'm finding is my biggest complaint about the albums I don't like that much - boring.

Rid Of Me

PJ Harvey

5/5

missed this album when it first came out. I have had this blind spot for female artists most of my life which I am trying to remedy now, this album is helping with that. This album slaps. Ok.... Album is a high 4 but DEMANDS an immediate re-listen... Let's see how this goes. It goes well.

Fleet Foxes

3/5

If this were on the heels of my Sufjan 5 I may be more generous with my enjoyment, but after a PJ Harvey 5 I was hoping for some more edge. This album is about as edgy as a nap. A very dreamy, pretty nap. A dreamy, pretty nap with a bunch of guitar dudes.

Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde

The Pharcyde

3/5

This is a perfect example of why this project should allow half stars or be out of 10. This album is a solid 7/10, it’s not quite at that 4 level, but seems better than a 3. Why did all songs in the late 80s/early 90s all have a verse about accidentally being gender tricked into having relations with another man? Whatever, 3

Happy Sad

Tim Buckley

2/5

How have I had two Tim Buckley albums an no Beatles or Dylan, yet? This album seems more like what his music is usually like and less like the sex-folk of the previous album I had.

Lust For Life

Iggy Pop

3/5