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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs Marty Robbins	5	3.33	+1.67
The ArchAndroid Janelle Monáe	5	3.45	+1.55
War U2	5	3.47	+1.53
Out Of The Blue Electric Light Orchestra	5	3.63	+1.37
A Short Album About Love The Divine Comedy	4	2.76	+1.24
Foxbase Alpha Saint Etienne	4	2.94	+1.06

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Bookends Simon & Garfunkel	1	3.56	-2.56
Either Or Elliott Smith	1	3.39	-2.39
I Should Coco Supergrass	1	3.35	-2.35
Pump Aerosmith	1	3.11	-2.11
Straight Outta Compton N.W.A.	2	3.51	-1.51

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The ArchAndroid

Janelle Monáe · 1 likes

5/5

So you can’t tell an album from its cover! I saw the image and thought, “some stupid, lame R&B thing”. I was 100% wrong! Janelle is the real thing. I haven’t heard anything this fresh in a LONG time! I’m a big fan now and will be buying this record and checking out more of her work! 5/5!

1-Star Albums (4)

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The Gershwin Songbook

Ella Fitzgerald

3/5

Excellent recording and beautifully cleaned up. Ella was a world-class singer, and the nuances show with each version of the Gershwin song catalog. I grew up with this kind of music and really grew to hate weepy violins and big brass sections. I still hate that shit. Ella would have been better with a simpler, less bombastic arrangement.

Straight Outta Compton

N.W.A.

2/5

So I know this is a seminal work and part of this 1001 album thing I have to listen to before I die, but there’s only so much f%*k and f&$k that I can listen to. Ice T did a more succinct version of f@&k the police years later and managed not to beat a dead horse like these guys did.

Raw Power

The Stooges

3/5

Disintegration

The Cure

4/5

I got this album at the urging of my friend who was full on goth when it was released. Loved it then and it still holds up! It’s not a 5 in my book but a solid 4!

Live At The Harlem Square Club

Sam Cooke

4/5

This must have been one hell of a show! I admit that I don’t know much about Sam Cooke except that he was a (the) legendary soul man whose life was tragically cut short soon after this recording was made. I was amazed to hear the melodies that evoked so many rock and pop songs that were chart makers. I gotta dive into his stuff more!

Beggars Banquet

The Rolling Stones

3/5

A couple of good hits but I could never understand why some simple lads from England want to sound like a swamp band from the Deep South. The piano player was good at least. Keith was good as always.

The ArchAndroid

Janelle Monáe

5/5

Either Or

Elliott Smith

1/5

I am not a fan of bored, drug addled disaffected guys with guitars. I don’t understand the appeal of melancholy especially with vocalists that are so weak they can’t even be mixed properly.

Foxbase Alpha

Saint Etienne

4/5

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

Arctic Monkeys

4/5

Behaviour

Pet Shop Boys

3/5

I thought this was a middle-of-the-road effort from TPSB- the songwriting and product as always were top notch as always but none of the songs grabbed me.

Out Of The Blue

Electric Light Orchestra

5/5

This is the first record I purchased in 1977, and it is still one of my favorites. This album is what defines ELO and Jeff Lynne's songwriting talents. I mean, who writes a double record in two weeks that would go on to sell 10M+ copies? This one gets an 11!

Bookends

Simon & Garfunkel

1/5

A Short Album About Love

The Divine Comedy

4/5

Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs

Marty Robbins

5/5

Love this! I always wanted to add some Marty Robbin’s to my library and here it is! Most of my family is in El Paso and Mr Robbins is SO descriptive that you can really feel the place and put yourself in the saddle.

Pump

Aerosmith

1/5

I hated this album when it came out and I still hate it.

I Should Coco

Supergrass

1/5

You've Come a Long Way Baby

Fatboy Slim

3/5

I didn't know what to expect, having never listened to a FBS album in it's entirety. There were some good bits and not so good bits so I might wind up getting a copy for shits and giggles.

Isn't Anything

My Bloody Valentine

3/5

Didn't come up on Apple Music...

War

5/5

Great record- great stuff back when they were still hungry and not nearly as sanctimonious as they are now. A classic!