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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
The Band The Band	5	3.35	+1.65
Green R.E.M.	5	3.47	+1.53

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
OK Computer Radiohead	2	4.11	-2.11
Kimono My House Sparks	1	3.06	-2.06
La Revancha Del Tango Gotan Project	1	3.04	-2.04
Paul's Boutique Beastie Boys	2	3.47	-1.47
Play Moby	2	3.46	-1.46
Synchronicity The Police	2	3.41	-1.41
Only By The Night Kings of Leon	2	3.23	-1.23

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OK Computer

Radiohead · 1 likes

2/5

I appreciate the compositional skills of the song writers, I just don’t like the compositions. I would have liked this album if they actually “hit the gas” a few more times. The parts of Paranoid Android and Electioneering that got fired up were good. The rest of it was, for me, a melodramatic slog.

Only By The Night

Kings of Leon · 1 likes

2/5

I honestly feel like these songs would sound better if they weren’t trying so hard to sound like rock and roll. It’s adult contemporary music in a leather jacket. It has moments, but I overall didn’t like it.

1-Star Albums (2)

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Axis: Bold As Love

Jimi Hendrix

4/5

Surfer Rosa

Pixies

3/5

Remain In Light

Talking Heads

4/5

Court And Spark

Joni Mitchell

3/5

Green

R.E.M.

5/5

Synchronicity

The Police

2/5

Jazz Samba

Stan Getz

4/5

OK Computer

Radiohead

2/5

The Age Of The Understatement

The Last Shadow Puppets

4/5

I loved the dramatic sound of the album. At several moments it sounded like something that could have been made for a Bond movie. It’s self-aware of its bombast but not ashamed. It’s ironic how it sounds so elegant but thematically a little sleazy. A fun and compelling record.

Eliminator

ZZ Top

3/5

This is a glowing 3 star review. I am so happy that Eliminator exists. I don’t think it does anything unique or interesting, but dang it it’s fun. Just some dudes ripping sick riffs.

Greetings From L.A.

Tim Buckley

2/5

Like listening your sexed up weirdo buddy tell stories for a while. Can’t say I liked it very much. I appreciate the jams but my goodness this dude was a freak.

Green Onions

Booker T. & The MG's

4/5

Just a cool record. It’s amazing that you don’t even need an attuned ear to hear the influence Green Onions had on rock music.

La Revancha Del Tango

Gotan Project

1/5

I say 1 star but in reality this album did nothing for me. It’s not hatred, it’s no feelings. These songs never vied for my attention so they never got it.

Aftermath

The Rolling Stones

3/5

I think it’s dated-ness makes it difficult for me to enjoy. Paint it Black is one of the best songs ever written though. Also really enjoyed Going Home.

Darkdancer

Les Rythmes Digitales

3/5

I liked this more than I expected. Euro electronic music isn’t really my thing, but honestly I felt this one. 3 stars, solid “I like it.”

Skylarking

XTC

3/5

Pretty cool. I really liked Mermaid Smiled. I think it pulled off being playful in a “reminiscing youth” kind of way.

Paul's Boutique

Beastie Boys

2/5

Definitely not for me. My favorite parts of the album were when they were sampling a piece of music I liked and not what they were doing with it. My rating is a reflection of my taste and I am just not a hip hop head.

Common

4/5

I love 2000’s Kanye beats. Common is also a great storyteller. I enjoyed way more than I expected.

The Clash

3/5

My favorite song was the Junior Mervin cover. To my 2026 ears this record sounds like bog standard punk rock, but then you see it was released in the 1970s. Makes you wonder what innovative things we’re doing today that will sound vanilla in 50 years.

Kimono My House

Sparks

1/5

The lilting melodies used on every song is an effect that should be used sparingly, but Sparks elects to assault my ears for all of the albums runtime with it. About half way through I had to drop the volume to about half what I normally listen at because the entire tone of the album is grating. I hate this and it makes me angry.

Tres Hombres

ZZ Top

3/5

I like this one more than Eliminator I think. Cool riffs and grooves abound. They didn’t do anything revolutionary or particularly innovative, but it’s just cool rock music.

Play

Moby

2/5

I didn’t hate it, but most of the tracks outstayed their welcome. He introduces a sample, does some pretty cool layering and atmosphere around it for a *little bit* too long, then moves on. A little concision would have boosted the score.

James Brown Live At The Apollo

James Brown

4/5

Such beautiful songs performed so tightly. The band performing with Brown is very precise. I don’t usually love live albums but I think maybe the energy of the crowd is necessary to understanding James Brown. I enjoyed listening to this a lot.

The Band

5/5

Liked this a lot. So full of emotion, well performed, and on top of all that still fun. I’ve been on a lackluster streak of albums so this was a breath of fresh air.

The Doors

3/5

I came into this album expecting to give it a 1 or 2 because I was really only familiar with Light My Fire, which I am not a fan of. Some of the bluesier tracks I found quite enjoyable.

Only By The Night

Kings of Leon

2/5

Larks' Tongues In Aspic

King Crimson

3/5

I already know I love King Crimson. While this isn’t my favorite album of theirs, I appreciate its experimental nature. I think the experiment was a success, there is an outline of a style that would be done better later.

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

Beatles

4/5

The Beatles just had the sauce. Extremely well written songs, and very progressive and experimental for its time. I love this album, though it does sound dated. There’s been nearly 60 years of evolution in the rock and roll genre, so it’s not the album’s fault.

Whatever

Aimee Mann

2/5

I think Aimee Mann is a good song writer, I just can’t latch onto the style here. The style sounds like if you asked AI to generate an adult alternative song with female vocals.