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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Live 1966 (The Royal Albert Hall Concert) Bob Dylan	5	3.14	+1.86
Brilliant Corners Thelonious Monk	5	3.33	+1.67
Blur Blur	5	3.33	+1.67
My Aim Is True Elvis Costello	5	3.34	+1.66
Either Or Elliott Smith	5	3.39	+1.61
1999 Prince	5	3.59	+1.41
People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm A Tribe Called Quest	5	3.61	+1.39
Pink Moon Nick Drake	5	3.65	+1.35
Superunknown Soundgarden	5	3.65	+1.35
Buena Vista Social Club Buena Vista Social Club	5	3.67	+1.33

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Arrival ABBA	1	3.52	-2.52
Strangeways, Here We Come The Smiths	1	3.44	-2.44
Close To You Carpenters	1	3.12	-2.12
Stripped Christina Aguilera	1	2.87	-1.87
The Queen Is Dead The Smiths	2	3.66	-1.66
Calenture The Triffids	1	2.55	-1.55
Pretenders Pretenders	2	3.35	-1.35
Wish You Were Here Pink Floyd	3	4.3	-1.3
Achtung Baby U2	2	3.3	-1.3
Eagles Eagles	2	3.29	-1.29

5-Star Albums (11)

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Live 1966 (The Royal Albert Hall Concert)

People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm

Popular Reviews

The Slim Shady LP

Eminem · 1 likes

3/5

i totally get that this was a MOMENT, but not my jam

1-Star Albums (5)

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Songs From The Big Chair

Tears For Fears

3/5

Either Or

Elliott Smith

5/5

A beautiful time capsule

Coat Of Many Colors

Dolly Parton

4/5

Classic

Brothers

The Black Keys

3/5

Heavy bass!

The Queen Is Dead

The Smiths

2/5

Smiths are not my jam but I do appreciate them

Green Onions

Booker T. & The MG's

3/5

Hell yes

Scream, Dracula, Scream

Rocket From The Crypt

2/5

No thanks but appreciate this time capsule for what it is!

Buena Vista Social Club

5/5

A beautiful audio postcard

Pornography

The Cure

4/5

heavy, dark, moody. genre creating. xo

Pink Moon

Nick Drake

5/5

A perfect album for smooching in the dark and cuddling

Rings Around The World

Super Furry Animals

2/5

Wasnt entirely sure why I hadnt listened to SFA when the britpop boom was happening but now I know i wasnt missing much.

A Girl Called Dusty

Dusty Springfield

3/5

quintessential blue-eyed soul. love any song under 3 min that is so sonically expansive. Adele's predecessor by nearly 50 years. I'm Gonna Leave you is a highlight

Wish You Were Here

Pink Floyd

3/5

core memory of seeing this tape in my dad's collection. next to his stereo setup in the living room that lived in the enormous media cabinet. Overall Wish you were here is the highlight, the rest of the album is less memorable. But Shine on you Crazy diamond is fun and expansive

Stripped

Christina Aguilera

1/5

this is not for me. thank you please.

Adele

4/5

All the bangers, all the lungs, straight up sanging

Rubber Soul

Beatles

5/5

A beautiful bridge for what was to come for them post 1965! A top favorite of mine

Trans Europe Express

Kraftwerk

4/5

So fun. Did not realize what an impact this album had on so many of their contemporaries. Franz Schubert is the highlight here

Rip It Up

Orange Juice

2/5

Not really my jam - rip it up is the star here but the rest is kind of forgettable

My Aim Is True

Elvis Costello

5/5

just perfect.

Butterfly

Mariah Carey

2/5

A definitive r+b 90s moment. But not her strongest album

A Walk Across The Rooftops

The Blue Nile

2/5

Beautifully orchestrated - and feels very lead gray skies/Irish. Vocals give pogues vibes a bit.

Tellin’ Stories

The Charlatans

2/5

Less good Oasis

Hard Again

Muddy Waters

4/5

Beautiful

Kings Of The Wild Frontier

Adam & The Ants

3/5

Definitely a moment and pushed pop punk forward before it was ever called that

Rum Sodomy & The Lash

The Pogues

2/5

I can appreciate the Pogues but this aint really my jam. too much hurdy gurdy and tin whistles i suppose.

Pretzel Logic

Steely Dan

4/5

I LOVE STEELY DAN.

A Date With The Everly Brothers

The Everly Brothers

3/5

I love a 50s baby bop. the OGs of blue eyed soul.

Live 1966 (The Royal Albert Hall Concert)

Bob Dylan

5/5

this recording of this performance is a gift. this is a perfect concert. perfect music. dylan at his most powerful.

Dear Science

TV On The Radio

2/5

This is ok - TVOTR never really stood out to me for whatever reason.

Electric Warrior

T. Rex

4/5

Hell yes. Thank you glam rock.

Walking Wounded

Everything But The Girl

2/5

This is ok. Definitely a time capsule

Third

Portishead

4/5

Moody, ethereal, with far reaching influence that still feels relevant

Hounds Of Love

Kate Bush

3/5

definitely very 80s in moments, but stand out, timeless moments. Kate Bush walked so Tori Amos and all the Lilith babes could even be.

Achtung Baby

2/5

u2 is just not for me.

Emergency On Planet Earth

Jamiroquai

2/5

overall this is fine and good but makes me want to listen to Kamasi Washington and Sly Stone more than anything

I Should Coco

Supergrass

3/5

a britpop classic

Nilsson Schmilsson

Harry Nilsson

4/5

i love this album. timeless.

Siamese Dream

The Smashing Pumpkins

3/5

reminds me of hot topic in the Mall of America and music videos and James Iha. Peak 90s nostalgia here

Life Thru A Lens

Robbie Williams

2/5

Let's Stay Together

Al Green

4/5

Trafalgar

Bee Gees

2/5

not for me thanks!

Brothers In Arms

Dire Straits

4/5

yessssss

Beyond Skin

Nitin Sawhney

3/5

i am loving this. i love a direct and clear artist's message and such a strong vision behind the album. definitely feels like performance art and less like a typical "album"

Vol. 4

Black Sabbath

3/5

Destroyer

KISS

2/5

Well ok now! Lol

Let It Be

The Replacements

4/5

Hell yes

Pretenders

2/5

As much as I bow to Chrissy H and her trailblazing, this album is...boring.

I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight

Richard Thompson

3/5

always fun to encounter something completely new. some great moments and some meh.

Gris Gris

Dr. John

4/5

weird and perfectly 1968 - a good reference for my friends king gizzard

Bandwagonesque

Teenage Fanclub

2/5

knew the name but have never listened to them. very 90s alternative

My Generation

The Who

3/5

Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor

Lupe Fiasco

4/5

Kick push! Daydreaming!

Green River

Creedence Clearwater Revival

4/5

total bangers.

Fred Neil

3/5

Elvis and Leonard cohen

Bat Out Of Hell

Meat Loaf

4/5

i mean this is a masterpiece. it doesnt do a ton for me but it's amazing.

Tical

Method Man

4/5

At Folsom Prison

Johnny Cash

4/5

Brilliant Corners

Thelonious Monk

5/5

The Score

Fugees

4/5

Amazing and perfect. Timeless

Arrival

ABBA

1/5

a few bangers but as an overall album, no thanks

Heartbreaker

Ryan Adams

4/5

this is a perfect album that im so kind of torn up about loving. frozen in time, it is perfect. in retrospect, less so. Also minus one star for the reissue with all the rearranged songs

Close To You

Carpenters

1/5

This is so boring

1989

Taylor Swift

4/5

Hell yes

Parallel Lines

Blondie

3/5

Heart of glass is the jam