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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
BEYONCÉ Beyoncé	5	2.86	+2.14
Cross Justice	5	3.27	+1.73
Countdown To Ecstasy Steely Dan	5	3.28	+1.72
Live Through This Hole	5	3.31	+1.69
Diamond Life Sade	5	3.46	+1.54
Natty Dread Bob Marley & The Wailers	5	3.57	+1.43
The Score Fugees	5	3.69	+1.31
Palo Congo Sabu	4	2.7	+1.3
Doolittle Pixies	5	3.74	+1.26
Two Dancers Wild Beasts	4	2.74	+1.26

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
The Rolling Stones The Rolling Stones	1	3.24	-2.24
AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted Ice Cube	1	2.93	-1.93
This Nation’s Saving Grace The Fall	1	2.89	-1.89
Back In Black AC/DC	2	3.84	-1.84
At San Quentin Johnny Cash	2	3.78	-1.78
Alien Lanes Guided By Voices	1	2.75	-1.75
Jack Takes the Floor Ramblin' Jack Elliott	1	2.71	-1.71
New Boots And Panties Ian Dury	1	2.69	-1.69
Blood On The Tracks Bob Dylan	2	3.66	-1.66
Logical Progression LTJ Bukem	1	2.52	-1.52

5-Star Albums (12)

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Slippery When Wet

Bon Jovi · 1 likes

3/5

Pretty generic rock, which is not bad in and of itself, there’s some iconic songs on here. However, the album is heavily frontloaded and the second half did not really do it for me.

1-Star Albums (7)

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KIWANUKA

Michael Kiwanuka

4/5

His best album as a whole and you fly through the entire thing.

Paul's Boutique

Beastie Boys

3/5

Experimental, different, way ahead of its time.

Stand!

Sly & The Family Stone

3/5

The Score

Fugees

5/5

One of a kind!

Sticky Fingers

The Rolling Stones

5/5

Classic

Cheap Thrills

Big Brother & The Holding Company

4/5

Janis killed this!

The Specials

4/5

Did not expect to like this so much

A Date With The Everly Brothers

The Everly Brothers

2/5

Cute but not much too it

Homework

Daft Punk

4/5

Classic!

Jack Takes the Floor

Ramblin' Jack Elliott

1/5

Glad I’ve heard it… to never hear it again

Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs

Derek & The Dominos

3/5

Not bad! I liked the vibe, should give it a second listen tho

The Undertones

4/5

Some great songs on there

The Healer

John Lee Hooker

2/5

Peter Gabriel

3/5

Love the vibes, poppy and classy but I'm not sure I'll remember this

The White Album

Beatles

4/5

Fun and joyful pop. Love it!

Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots

The Flaming Lips

4/5

It's Too Late to Stop Now

Van Morrison

3/5

That was fun

At San Quentin

Johnny Cash

2/5

Okay but not my cup of tea

Countdown To Ecstasy

Steely Dan

5/5

Loved this! Need to relisten at one point

The Sensational Alex Harvey Band

2/5

C'est Chic

CHIC

3/5

Funky fun but Le Freak whipes out the rest of the album tbh

Hotel California

Eagles

4/5

Amazing! The first song sets the tone

Pyromania

Def Leppard

4/5

New Boots And Panties

Ian Dury

1/5

Erm no

Innervisions

Stevie Wonder

4/5

Another one I'll need to listen to again, loved the sound and his voice but did not pay attention all the way through

Californication

Red Hot Chili Peppers

4/5

I remember listening to this as a teenager and it’s still as good. The Peppers are somewhat overrated imo but there’s good stuff on this.

The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn

Pink Floyd

3/5

Me the entire time: is this Pink Floyd???

Morrison Hotel

The Doors

3/5

Instrumentals were fun and I do like Morrison’s voice on this, but it was just kinda boring. Nothing monumental

Tago Mago

Can

2/5

There's probably something to say about the impact and influence of this album but damn I cannot listen to this. I think this must be the first album I had to stop. First three songs were good but Aumgn took me out of it.

Trafalgar

Bee Gees

3/5

Loved the vocals, the rest not so much. I’m all here for a good and powerful ballad but too much is too much.

Talk Talk Talk

The Psychedelic Furs

4/5

Never heard of them but this was a very satisfying listen. I liked his somewhat subdued vocals

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness

The Smashing Pumpkins

4/5

Blood On The Tracks

Bob Dylan

2/5

Actually surprised I liked some songs on here as I’m no Dylan fan at all. I was somewhat entertained and there were a few songs winning me over until he decides to pull out a nasal note or weird cadence, not for me

BEYONCÉ

Beyoncé

5/5

I'd probably rate this somewhere between 4 and 5, it is certainly not her best work. But to counter some clearly biased reviews: 5 stars for this iconic album.

Africa Brasil

Jorge Ben Jor

4/5

The soundtrack for The White Lotus set in Brazil. This is a record to shake!

Searching For The Young Soul Rebels

Dexys Midnight Runners

3/5

Os Mutantes

4/5

Doolittle

Pixies

5/5

Obviously I knew a few songs on here, but I was quite unfamiliar with the Pixies. What a shame! This is an album, cohesive, loud, personal, hit after hit. One of my favorite discoveries so far.

Bitches Brew

Miles Davis

4/5

Eclectic and experimental

S.F. Sorrow

The Pretty Things

2/5

Palo Congo

Sabu

4/5

More of this please! This is what I signed up for: world music with power and grit, something I never would’ve discovered without this. Gimme more

Adele

2/5

Hot take: Hello is the only really good and memorable song on this. The rest falls flat

From Elvis In Memphis

Elvis Presley

4/5

This was so much fun to listen to, and when you have Suspicious Minds on it. Bonafide classic!

Cross

Justice

5/5

Nostalgia and good beats combined

Disintegration

The Cure

5/5

Born To Run

Bruce Springsteen

3/5

I fell asleep while listening, so should probably listen to it again… but don’t know if it speaks well for the album anyway

Live Through This

Hole

5/5

It’d probably rate it a bit below 5 but damn, camp rock this well delivered deserves more

New Wave

The Auteurs

3/5

Not sure about the vocals, they also get quite lost in the instrumentals most of the time. I did like a bunch of songs though, Bailed Out in particular

Figure 8

Elliott Smith

4/5

Not something I would be able to listen to everyday, but I thoroughly enjoyed listening to this. Soft, vulnerable and unique

The Man Who

Travis

2/5

Wanna hear someone moan for almost 50 minutes straight? No, me neither.

Lust For Life

Iggy Pop

3/5

Not impressed. There’s some fun riffs, very Bowie-esque which I liked. But everything in between, lyrically, sometimes spoken word, is not it. Solely for The Passenger it gets another star.

Slipknot

2/5

This hybrid screaming-singing-rapping is not for me. It was dreadful but not as bad as I expected for some reason

Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

4/5

It’s nearly perfect tbh

The Rolling Stones

1/5

I love The Stones but there’s absolutely no reason for this to be on this list, except that its their debut… but it’s just bad, it really is. Snoozefest

Quiet Life

Japan

3/5

I liked the first half of the album, the second not so much.

Natty Dread

Bob Marley & The Wailers

5/5

There’s a lot of songs from Bob Marley that I casually knew, but I never dived deeper into his repertoire. What a joy to discover this album for the first time, a master class in reggae!

Diamond Life

Sade

5/5

Why is this the perfect Sunday album?

Songs From The Big Chair

Tears For Fears

5/5

Absolute top-notch production, combined with the Tears of Fears flair. What’s not to love?

You're Living All Over Me

Dinosaur Jr.

3/5

This is the soundtrack for a rock horror flick, in a good way. Vocally I was not enjoying it as much, but the instrumentals and overall atmosphere pulled me in.

Let It Bleed

The Rolling Stones

4/5

The Seldom Seen Kid

Elbow

4/5

Mostly mesmerized by the voice, but I thoroughly enjoyed this listen. The production takes some interesting turns as well so a very engaging and complete record.

Back In Black

AC/DC

2/5

There’s a time and a place for this, but it’s not in my ears at 11 PM.

Getz/Gilberto

Stan Getz

3/5

The staple of bossa nova. It’s relaxing and has that long summer night feel, which I love. The vocals mix so well with the instrumentals and really elevate each other. However, this is probably the lightest light of jazz which doesn’t make it all that interesting. Besides The Girl from Ipanema, I couldn't distinguish any of the songs from one another. Solid background music but that’s it.

Queen II

Queen

3/5

This clearly laid the groundwork for later Queen but it’s too all over the place for my liking. They were experimenting and I’m glad they did, but therefore the album misses cohesiveness.

Alien Lanes

Guided By Voices

1/5

This simply doesn’t sound good… objectively. There’s the occasional somewhat decent song but overall just a mish mash of sounds.

Hot Buttered Soul

Isaac Hayes

4/5

This sounds both very old school, and yet super fresh. Truly a trailblazer.

Highway 61 Revisited

Bob Dylan

3/5

Still not fond of his voice. I read there’s 7 albums from Dylan on here, mentally preparing myself

Slippery When Wet

Bon Jovi

3/5

Pretty generic rock, which is not bad in and of itself, there’s some iconic songs on here. However, the album is heavily frontloaded and the second half did not really do it for me.

The Last Of The True Believers

Nanci Griffith

3/5

Cute lil country album but that’s about it.

Tommy

The Who

4/5

I was scared of the duration but props to them, as a concept album this was well thought out. Not every song was to my liking but very unique in their delivery and story-wise.

James Brown Live At The Apollo

James Brown

4/5

The vibes are immaculate

Time Out Of Mind

Bob Dylan

2/5

Third Bob Dylan album I think and nope, I still cannot stand his voice. It’s probably the worst of the three so far, but the instrumentals are fine. Make You Feel My Love is a great song, but it sounds horrendous when he sings it.

At Fillmore East

The Allman Brothers Band

2/5

I mean I get it, they’re good at what they do. They know how to jam but seriously, it’s interesting for the first two songs and that’s it. Another hour with screams and yapping thrown in between, was not necessary.

Spiderland

Slint

2/5

Surprisingly, I didn’t completely hate this. I liked the athmosphere they tried to create and the lyrics were interesting (when they were understandable). Not keen on the spoken word and the “vocals” in general.

AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted

Ice Cube

1/5

This album reeks of small dick energy

Straight Outta Compton

N.W.A.

2/5

Highly influential for its sound and flow, rightfully so as there are some gems on here. However hating on other minorities to uplift yourself, is not it and sadly, there’s a lot of that, A LOT!

Play

Moby

3/5

It’s way too extensive for what it is, but gotta respect the man and his craft.

Ten

Pearl Jam

5/5

Nebraska

Bruce Springsteen

4/5

Not typically my taste but it’s a nice stripped down album.

The Cars

4/5

It needs some time for the engine to warm up, but when it does there’s some amazing tracks on here. True to their own sound.

Logical Progression

LTJ Bukem

1/5

I didn’t hate the music, it was just there. But for a compilation album of 3 hours to be included on this list, no thank you… skip

Here, My Dear

Marvin Gaye

4/5

Both new and old school stuff from Mr. Gaye, but very raw and emotional. There’s an interesting juxtaposition between the music and his storytelling, I loved it. The soul and funk are still lingering on.

Two Dancers

Wild Beasts

4/5

The instrumentals and percussion had me in from beginning to end. The voice reminded me of Anohni, whom I love, so that was only a bonus. Captivating listen!

Dire Straits

3/5

For a debut album, this is pretty solid and it has Sultans of Swing. They know how to play the guitar but I’m not really thrilled by it, lots of the same and vocally there’s not a lot happening.

This Nation’s Saving Grace

The Fall

1/5

They are obviously a “post”-something because wth was that: instrumentals all over the place, production abysmal, lyrics inaudible, vocals non-existent… there was not much to like tbh. Occasionally a fun riff I guess, that’s about it.

Woodface

Crowded House

3/5

This felt mellow which I liked, but it loses steam halfway through. Very accessible music and easy to listen to but there’s not much differentiation because of it.