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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Pump Aerosmith	5	3.11	+1.89
Eagles Eagles	5	3.3	+1.7
The Yes Album Yes	5	3.31	+1.69
Urban Hymns The Verve	5	3.36	+1.64
Blue Lines Massive Attack	5	3.39	+1.61
Different Class Pulp	5	3.42	+1.58
If You Can Believe Your Eyes & Ears The Mamas & The Papas	5	3.43	+1.57
Californication Red Hot Chili Peppers	5	3.7	+1.3
BEYONCÉ Beyoncé	4	2.86	+1.14
Kala M.I.A.	4	2.92	+1.08

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Low David Bowie	1	3.55	-2.55
La Revancha Del Tango Gotan Project	1	3.04	-2.04
Heroes David Bowie	2	3.62	-1.62
Young Americans David Bowie	2	3.61	-1.61
Devotional Songs Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan	1	2.58	-1.58
Natty Dread Bob Marley & The Wailers	2	3.57	-1.57
At Newport 1960 Muddy Waters	2	3.55	-1.55
Trout Mask Replica Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band	1	2.29	-1.29
Wonderful Rainbow Lightning Bolt	1	2.29	-1.29
The Idiot Iggy Pop	2	3.22	-1.22

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If You Can Believe Your Eyes & Ears

The Mamas & The Papas · 1 likes

5/5

Great album ! It's nice to have more references from the 60's, and most of the tracks would fit really well in a reading session.

1-Star Albums (5)

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Californication

Red Hot Chili Peppers

5/5

Real banger, 11/15 songs ended up in my playlist. - Knew Californication, Otherside and Scar Tissue beforehand. - Porcelain is probably the one that stands out the most by it's style yet it's really cool. Day 1 of cursing Spotify for refusing to play albums without Premium.

Low

David Bowie

1/5

Up to Sound and Vision : Album might be the type you play to have good background sound. Pretty repetitive so far. Almost a synthwave vibe on some tracks. Up to Weeping Wall : I'm bored.

Urban Hymns

The Verve

5/5

Just wow, damn. Gotta listen to Sonnet again some time. For some reason people love it, but it didn't quite enjoy it. Missing Come On/Deep Freeze. It's a 15 minutes track, so I was a bit lazy.

Eagles

5/5

Overall very chill tunes, either melancholic or cheerful, but quite laidback. Pretty relaxing. Solid album.

Out Of The Blue

Electric Light Orchestra

3/5

Decent but nothing really memorable ? Aside from Mr. Blue Sky which is an eternal banger lol.

Document

R.E.M.

3/5

Having trouble finding something that stands out, but overall it's a nice album so far (up to Fireplace). Will probably rate it 3/5, unless one of the three last ones feels special, then it will be a decent 4/5.

White Denim

3/5

Indie rock is cool but doesn't really match my vibe... Street Joy was pretty nice though.

Vauxhall And I

Morrissey

3/5

Just learned that he's the singer of the band The Smiths. Really nice voice, actually. Not too much out of the ordinary, though, but had a good time listening. Worth checking.

The Yes Album

Yes

5/5

You know it was great Especially A Venture Such a good album

Murder Ballads

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

3/5

Couldn't listen to the whole album, missing : - Crow Jane - O'Malleys Bar - Death is not the End Otherwise, very entertaining, thanks the various styles of songs, but also thanks to the lyrics of the songs, who ALL depict murder. Where the Wild Roses Grow is an absolute masterpiece. Really chilling song.

Eli And The Thirteenth Confession

Laura Nyro

3/5

Tones carrying both sorrow and cheer, with songs that can alternate between the two in a single track. Though the transition is pretty well done, it makes it hard for me to feel impacted. Whole album has a big "go with the flow" vibe (soul-ish style). Absolutely AMAZING voice.

Young Americans

David Bowie

2/5

I'm bored as hell, honestly. At least he has a nice voice, but this feels blank.

Trout Mask Replica

Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band

1/5

Didn't understand. Like, at all. I truly do not understand. Whole album is 1h10, I stopped after 10 minutes maximum.

Born To Be With You

Dion

3/5

Nice voice and tunes, nothing much out of the ordinary but still decent ?? Don't know what to say in particular... That's how average it felt lmao.

Cut

The Slits

2/5

For now it sounds more like reggae than punk rock to be fair... And I have trouble enjoying reggae 😅

Parklife

Blur

3/5

A lot of tracks (16) but not too long (album is 52 minutes). It was enjoyable, some songs deserve more attention than they got, some didn't struck my mind as much as it did with most people. Lot 105 serves no purpose and is, as such, indispensable.

The Idiot

Iggy Pop

2/5

Clearly felt Bowie's style, and I'm not sure if that's a compliment, given that I'm not a fan of his albums so far. Some tracks like Sister Midnight and China Girl were nice and I will probably listen to them again sometime, but overall it was... Meh.

Elvis Is Back

Elvis Presley

2/5

Light tones, very free-spirited ? I would say I was bored, but the album has many songs for such a short time (12 songs in ~30 minutes, average of 2:30 per song). At least the pace makes it easy to listen to, because it lacks content.

Led Zeppelin

4/5

Really good, although I've taken a better liking to the "rock style" ones rather than the slower paced ones. Which is ironic given the fact that the first the song by Led Zeppelin I've listen to was Stairway to Heaven. Amazing vocals and instrumentals.

Natty Dread

Bob Marley & The Wailers

2/5

Some tracks will have a niche place in my playlist, but overall this isn't really my style. I do recognise the tones of voice and instrumentals proper to reggae, but getting familiar with it isn't enough to make me like it constantly for now...

Vespertine

Björk

2/5

Really great voice, a style that I could really like, but unfortunately the instrumentals are really weird and disturbing— sometimes they are straight up annoying. Most tracks are also really long (~6 minutes), which makes them hard to listen to when some moments don't sound right. Deserves to be remembered, though. Some albums may be better.

Rust Never Sleeps

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

3/5

Quite good, reminds me of country. Harmonica might be a little too much for me, but folk rock is a genre that is to be appreciated.

Licensed To Ill

Beastie Boys

4/5

First time listening to an hip-hop album, and I gotta say that it's a nice change of pace. Some tracks feel like the song isn't going anywhere, but some show a real harmony in the rhythm, tempo and rhymes.

Different Class

Pulp

5/5

Most people I read in the comment sections on the songs compare Pulp to Blur and Oasis because of the genre they share (being Britpop) but honestly their style is really different from them, although in a good way. Very nice finding.

London Calling

The Clash

4/5

An enjoyable album, with a few memorable songs, but that's pretty much it. Many songs (19 songs) for 5-6 better than average tracks. Otherwise, it's pure The Clash, which is a style I enjoy but wouldn't listen 24/7. Nice experience overall !

At Newport 1960

Muddy Waters

2/5

Jazz is pretty boring in my opinion... Half of the album is just the same songs (and no, I don't mean a B-side).

The Velvet Underground

3/5

Pretty chill, will have to go back to it some other time to explore what's been done.

Heroes

David Bowie

2/5

Overall pretty boring... I STILL don't like Bowie's style. Some songs are "normal", though : Beauty and the Beast is a nice addition to my playlist and I already knew Heroes (by far the most popular track of the album) Under Pressure is still his best lmao.

The Wall

Pink Floyd

5/5

Pour pain, war, helplessness, injustice and trauma into a bowl, and stir until it somehow comes out as soothing.

Pump

Aerosmith

5/5

Classic Aerosmith here, with the instrumentals and the vibe that comes without saying with them. Very solid album.

Lady Soul

Aretha Franklin

4/5

First time trying soul, and it's actually pretty good. I don't enjoy those moments when the singer just blows it, though, it mostly hurts my ears... But great album overall.

If You Can Believe Your Eyes & Ears

The Mamas & The Papas

5/5

Great album ! It's nice to have more references from the 60's, and most of the tracks would fit really well in a reading session.

BEYONCÉ

Beyoncé

4/5

Stopped at Blue because it's current 23:30, but great album. Reading while listening to it was very enjoyable, Beyonce does wonders with her voice, puts the emotion where and when it sounds the best.

Boston

4/5

Pretty much my style when it comes to rock. Very solid reference !

Aha Shake Heartbreak

Kings of Leon

3/5

Nothing much to say here. Their rock seems to be greatly influenced by country, which I'm not a fan of. Some songs (the first) were nice, but their best productions clearly aren't in this album.

Born In The U.S.A.

Bruce Springsteen

4/5

I was a bit sceptical because, well, 'Murica and shit. But it's actually pretty cool. I remembered I already knew Dancing in the Dark, which is a very solid track on its own.

La Revancha Del Tango

Gotan Project

1/5

Glorified elevator music. Like, what.

Trans Europe Express

Kraftwerk

2/5

Great instrumentals, but the song takes almost two minutes to get interesting, when it actually gets interesting. Otherwise, it's just boring.

Pornography

The Cure

3/5

The album was very different from what I'm used to with The Cure. The tone was much more somber, and I admin I don't know what to think of it at the moment. I do admit that it was enjoyable, at least.

NEU! 75

Neu!

3/5

Really original — so much that I'm not sure it would fit in my playlist — but a nice experience, especially while reading. One track was literally 10 minutes long, which was a bit annoying to be honest.

Devotional Songs

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

1/5

Just listened to the first one, and immediately understood I wouldn't be able to go all the way.

Time Out Of Mind

Bob Dylan

3/5

Didn't get to fully listen to it, but I like it.

Rumours

Fleetwood Mac

5/5

Already listened to it. Like, it's just perfect. I mean I'll listen to it again no problem. But it's perfect. Did I mention it's perfect ?

Traffic

2/5

Mediocre at best... Some tracks feel repetitive and empty, the instrumentals and rhythm really don't appeal to me either. Pretty boring.

The Gershwin Songbook

Ella Fitzgerald

3/5

Didn't listen to it because it's 3 hours long, so I'll just give it average.

Kala

M.I.A.

4/5

Nice vibes, although I have absolutely no idea how I'll add those tracks to my playlist, because it's a completely new style to me.

Ocean Rain

Echo And The Bunnymen

4/5

Nice. That's all. The New Wave vibe works wonders.

Blue Lines

Massive Attack

5/5

Hard to describe, but amazing to read to.

A Northern Soul

The Verve

4/5

Underrated. Great instrumentals, and overall really easy to listen to. There's something in the tone that's really unique to The Verve, that I can't really describe, but that makes the whole album mesmerising.

I Should Coco

Supergrass

3/5

It was alright, but not memorable.

Screamadelica

Primal Scream

3/5

Nothing much to say here...

Gris Gris

Dr. John

2/5

Not a fan of jazz.