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1990

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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Beyond Skin Nitin Sawhney	5	2.76	+2.24
Millions Now Living Will Never Die Tortoise	5	2.89	+2.11
Melodrama Lorde	5	3.32	+1.68
Ágætis Byrjun Sigur Rós	5	3.37	+1.63
Queen II Queen	5	3.49	+1.51
That's The Way Of The World Earth, Wind & Fire	5	3.5	+1.5
Moving Pictures Rush	5	3.57	+1.43
The Number Of The Beast Iron Maiden	5	3.58	+1.42
Life Thru A Lens Robbie Williams	4	2.73	+1.27
Club Classics Vol. One Soul II Soul	4	2.82	+1.18

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Rio Duran Duran	2	3.5	-1.5
The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter The Incredible String Band	1	2.15	-1.15

5-Star Albums (9)

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Blue Lines

Massive Attack · 1 likes

4/5

I've enjoyed what I heard from their album Mezzanine, and really enjoy Heligoland, had no idea they’d been in the game for so long. Fun to hear the clear foundation for a lot of electronic music today. Especially the music that leans toward that cinematic feel. Wish I could give half stars so I could give 4.5 instead of 4.

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The Atomic Mr Basie

Count Basie & His Orchestra

4/5

Time Out

The Dave Brubeck Quartet

4/5

Love when an album reminds you that music is supposed to be fun.

The Number Of The Beast

Iron Maiden

5/5

If you can't handle me at my Iron Maiden (Run to the hills) then you don't deserve me at my Kate Bush (Running UP that hill.) I was shocked at how many songs from this album I knew. Loved every second. Forget 5/5. This was a 10/10.

Melodrama

Lorde

5/5

I don't even need to relisten to this to know it deserves SIX out of five stars. (But I did relisten.) (Because this is her best album.)

Blue Lines

Massive Attack

4/5

Headquarters

The Monkees

4/5

Very very fun. As the “I’m a believer” band I expected this to be more mindless pop and was so happy to see that if I’d been young when this came out it would’ve been on REPEAT. Love when an album just has a bunch of clips the band fucking around in the studio.

Ágætis Byrjun

Sigur Rós

5/5

They would make an album that was entirely dishwasher sounds and I’d still eat that shit up. 100/10

Astral Weeks

Van Morrison

3/5

The music itself was fine but I’m not a huge fan of this dude’s voice.

Music From Big Pink

The Band

4/5

Millions Now Living Will Never Die

Tortoise

5/5

Queen II

Queen

5/5

yes

Bluesbreakers

John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers

4/5

Club Classics Vol. One

Soul II Soul

4/5

Fun! I love anything with a beat that isn't annoying or boring. Checks those boxes easily.

That's The Way Of The World

Earth, Wind & Fire

5/5

Fun, iconic, timeless, etc.

Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music

Ray Charles

4/5

Gotta love anything that makes country music palatable.

Heartbreaker

Ryan Adams

4/5

For as much as I'm averse to country I fucking love relatively-contemporary folk music. Calling this genre "alternative country" is so pretentious. Just say folk you cowards.

The New Tango

Astor Piazzolla

3/5

I kept forgetting it was a live album until the audience applause would jump-scare me. Not a genre I'd listen to on my own but I'd be a dirty liar if I said I wasn't bouncing around and vibing hard to it.

Rio

Duran Duran

2/5

I have tried so hard to like their music over the years. I don't know what I'm missing. Maybe the part of the human brain that develops an appreciation for this particular brand of 80s synth-pop never finished cooking for me. Meh

Dry

PJ Harvey

3/5

Once again, I wish we could do half stars so I could give it 3 and a half. I've liked some stuff I've heard from her, but hadn't heard anything from this album and am a smidge disappointed with it, but it was still a good vibe.

Djam Leelii

Baaba Maal

3/5

It started off strong and I thought I'd have at least a 4 star review here, but I was less of a fan of the second half of the album. Every goddamn guitar strum was a 10/10 though.

Pearl

Janis Joplin

3/5

It was somehow exactly like I expected but also nothing like I expected.

Beyond Skin

Nitin Sawhney

5/5

I love when an album feels like it's own movie. This was a 4.5 for me but I'm giving it a 5 because whatever.

Off The Wall

Michael Jackson

3/5

Is it an iconic album? Yes. Is it objectively good? Also yes. Do I despise the sight and sound of MJ? Again: yes. This is a generous three.

Introducing The Hardline According To Terence Trent D'Arby

Terence Trent D'Arby

3/5

Liked it more than I thought I would. Wish I could give half stars so this could be a 3.5 instead.

Strangeways, Here We Come

The Smiths

3/5

I’ll never not laugh my ass off at the song Girlfriend in a Coma. I will also never be able to take Morrissey seriously no matter how many sadboy songs he sings/pens.

Life Thru A Lens

Robbie Williams

4/5

Love this album cover. I've heard of him but never listened until today and I'm pleasantly surprised; it sounds pretty similar to a lot of the alt-rock + pop-punk movement that took off in the late 90s/early 00s, so it's interesting to see a glimpse of the precursors of the era.

Space Ritual

Hawkwind

3/5

I kept forgetting it was a live album, which is enjoy, since I typically fucking despise live albums. I also typically enjoy when I can't exactly tell where one song ends and another begins, but this one was a bit...much in that regard. Meh. 2.5 rounded up for this one.

Heroes

David Bowie

4/5

I can’t believe I’m giving a Bowie album 4 stars.

Soul Mining

The The

3/5

Scott 2

Scott Walker

3/5

I feel wholly indifferent to it.

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

Beatles

4/5

Yeah yeah we get it they’re good I guess

There's No Place Like America Today

Curtis Mayfield

4/5

Love how solid of a listen this is. Didn’t think I was in the mood for soul music today but that just goes to prove how much I fucking know.

Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul

Otis Redding

5/5

Do I love soul??? I think I might love soul. Or maybe I just love this album. Much to consider this week.

The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter

The Incredible String Band

1/5

Genuinely disappointed that I didn't like this. Sometimes I forget that just because something is innovative, doesn't mean it's good </3

Eagles

3/5

Liked the 2nd half of the album far more than the first. Maybe 3.5 overall

Devotional Songs

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

2/5

That sure was music. 2.5 I guess

Moving Pictures

Rush

5/5

Incredibly showstopping perfect no notes

Among The Living

Anthrax

2/5

Disraeli Gears

Cream

3/5

Didn’t leave much of an impression but it was better than I thought it would be at least.

All Things Must Pass

George Harrison

4/5

I liked it more than I thought I would, but god was I dreading this listen when I saw that the regular remastered version was over 2 hours and the deluxe was over FOUR hours. Hello?? Sir, enough.

Entertainment

Gang Of Four

4/5

I apparently have a soft spot for this type of punky anti-establishment music, because I usually hate the cadence of British talk-rapper music SO much (except for you Charli xcx, who is without fault) but this I didn't mind.