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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Group Sex Circle Jerks	5	2.75	+2.25
Nebraska Bruce Springsteen	5	3.31	+1.69
You Want It Darker Leonard Cohen	5	3.32	+1.68
A Rush Of Blood To The Head Coldplay	5	3.44	+1.56
Snivilisation Orbital	4	2.7	+1.3
Vulnicura Björk	4	2.79	+1.21

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
The College Dropout Kanye West	1	3.31	-2.31
Abraxas Santana	2	3.72	-1.72
Lost In The Dream The War On Drugs	2	3.38	-1.38
Bossanova Pixies	2	3.37	-1.37
Run-D.M.C. Run-D.M.C.	2	3.12	-1.12

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Armed Forces

Elvis Costello & The Attractions · 1 likes

3/5

Honestly, most of my enjoyment from this album came from the surprise that was Goon Squad, something that's genuinely hilarious now. Like, this is fine, but not anything I'll think about past Goon Squad being hilarious.

Run-D.M.C.

Run-D.M.C. · 1 likes

2/5

This has... aged super poorly. Run D.M.C. are fuckin' nerds, I don't know how else to put it. Their songs are like "I went to school and got good GRADES/My teacher said I get an A/Now that makes me really COOL/And if you do drugs you're a FOOL" like damn these guys need to get shoved into fucking lockers. Nerdcore was never cool. I dunno man, every song on this album sounds exactly like the DK Rap. I get that's both the point of the DK Rap, which is supposed to sound like a Run D.M.C. song, and that music has just changed a ton, but this just aged so poorly.

1-Star Albums (1)

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good kid, m.A.A.d city

Kendrick Lamar

3/5

The first track mentions Master Splinter who is a good rat. It's solid.

Abraxas

Santana

2/5

This is fine but not really my thing and there was nothing in here that made me go "hell yeah this kicks ass" besides some really good guitar.

You Want It Darker

Leonard Cohen

5/5

This is basically just Leonard Cohen saying cool shit over a beat, and it's fucking rad as all hell

Pink Moon

Nick Drake

3/5

I think this man was sad. It's a dramatic album for good reason.

Moon Safari

Air

3/5

Solid beats that were pretty cool to listen to.

I Should Coco

Supergrass

4/5

A lot of really cool songs, but I'm so sick of hearing Alright, I'm going to be real with you.

Snivilisation

Orbital

4/5

I Wish I Had Duck Feet is a fucking banger. Several really cool songs. Feels like it'd be music featured in the hit video game Cyberpunk 2077.

Nebraska

Bruce Springsteen

5/5

I think this is the album that makes me finally "get" Bruce Springsteen, which seems weird but nah actually he's really cool.

(Pronounced 'Leh-'Nérd 'Skin-'Nérd)

Lynyrd Skynyrd

4/5

Easy to see why Lynyrd Skynyrd made it big. They have style right out the gate. Most of the songs kick ass, though I'll fully admit that I'm tired of hearing Simple Man and Free Bird. That said, Mississippi Kid is fucking awful. What was going on there, seriously?

The College Dropout

Kanye West

1/5

This gets 1 star because Kanye West is fucking insane. But like, damn, this album is still amazing and would get 5 if Kanye wasn't Kanye. Jesus Walks is an all timer, We Don't Care and School Spirit are great, and Last Call just being a 12 minute interview over a beat is a really fun thing to listen to. Don't be a weirdo nazi shithead tho.

S.F. Sorrow

The Pretty Things

3/5

Defecting Grey and Baron Saturday are both pretty good, but overall this is just fine. I get it's like a rock opera sorta thing, but it's just fine.

Bossanova

Pixies

2/5

Honestly? Outside of "Is She Weird" I have little to say about this. I liked what I've heard of Pixies before, but this album is almost entirely 100% forgettable. There's not a single track (again, besides Is She Weird) that I thought about for even a moment while it was actively playing. Background noise dad rock.

Vulnicura

Björk

4/5

I like Bjork as a person, I like Bjork as an artist, I don't think I really get it. The music is beautiful, her singing is beautiful, her lyrics are crazy, and if you told me this was an album about an alien navigating human relationships, I'd believe you. I liked this quite a bit. I don't think I'll ever listen to it again.

Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs

Derek & The Dominos

3/5

Honest answer: outside of Layla, I just did not find anything I actually gave a shit about on this album. I'm sure it's good, and there's good stuff, but I was zoned out for almost out of it and nothing here brought me back in. This feels like an album my dad would make me listen to while staring at me to judge my reactions. Layla is an absolute classic, though.

Soul Mining

The The

4/5

Solid. I didn't care much for I've Been Waitin' For Tomorrow (All of My Life) so I went in worried, but the rest of this is solid. I particularly liked Giant. That said, why does the singer sound like LemonDemon?

A Rush Of Blood To The Head

Coldplay

5/5

This has several classics on it (Clocks, The Scientist, In My Place) so you already knew it was going to be good, but the rest of this album is also just good. What can I say, I had a good time here. Easy five stars.

Armed Forces

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

3/5

Group Sex

Circle Jerks

5/5

Deny Everything made me worried, because this started by sounding like that kind of Punk that people listen to in movies where they want you to think it's edgy nonsense. But then I Just Want Some Skank sold me on the album entirely. Hilarious way to end that song. Operation and Group Sex are funny, Back Against the Wall is great, and Paid Vacation was the song that made me decide this deserved a 5. Is it good? Debatable. Is it a group of people angry and yelling in a way only they can do? Absolutely.

Lost In The Dream

The War On Drugs

2/5

With the exception of Burning, which was solid, this whole album floated by me without evoking a single emotion. It exists. It feels generic as all hell. I genuinely couldn't tell you what actually would make this "guitar while being sad" album stand out from any of the others.

Run-D.M.C.

2/5

There's A Riot Goin' On

Sly & The Family Stone

4/5

Funky as all hell. Solid album. I know this isn't "the" version of Thank You, but it's really good. Family Affair and You Caught Me Smilin' are great. Well worth it. The five seconds of silence in the middle of the album that makes up the title track caught me off guard though.

Marquee Moon

Television

4/5

Probably my first big surprise since starting this: someone I've never heard of and clicked with pretty quickly. This is a cool as all hell album, and one I may revisit. Marquee Moon is long but great, and Prove It ending with just the cool "This case is closed" is a 10/10. Enjoyed this a lot.

Under Construction

Missy Elliott

4/5

I'll be honest: I thought Intro / Go To The Floor was kind of embarrassing, but after that, I enjoyed the hell out of this. Fun lyrics, great beats, and Missy kicks ass. Gossip Folks, Work It, and Pussycat are all great, but Slide is probably my favorite on the album. Also, nearly every track on this album starts with the line "This is a Missy Elliott exclusive" like she's Geoff at the Game Awards.

Hysteria

Def Leppard

4/5

Didn't care for Women so I figured this would just be generic 80s rock metal, but actually, the rest of this was a vibe. Rocket absolutely kicks ass and is the standout for me. Animal and Don't Shoot Shotgun are both fun as well, and Pour Some Sugar On Me continues to be an absolute classic. Hella fun.

Olympia 64

Jacques Brel

2/5

This album had too much going against it for me. The biggest two being that it's in French and that it's a live recording. There was very little likely to get me past those two issues, and the fact that a lot of the songs sound the same certainly didn't help. Not for me at all, guy is an incredible singer though.