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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Black Holes and Revelations Muse	5	3.59	+1.41
Hotel California Eagles	5	3.59	+1.41

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Debut Björk	1	3.38	-2.38
Future Days Can	1	3.01	-2.01
Live At The Witch Trials The Fall	1	2.64	-1.64
Tonight's The Night Neil Young	2	3.24	-1.24
Forever Changes Love	2	3.22	-1.22
Close To The Edge Yes	2	3.19	-1.19
Dear Science TV On The Radio	2	3.16	-1.16
Veckatimest Grizzly Bear	2	3.05	-1.05
Music From The Penguin Cafe Penguin Cafe Orchestra	2	3.01	-1.01

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Hotel California

Eagles · 1 likes

5/5

This is the easiest 5 of the list so far and probably a top 10 album ever. The themes of excess and lost love are executed perfectly. Fantastic guitar play and some of the best soft rock songs you’ll find. I have a theory that music nerds and critics like to hate on the Eagles just because it makes them seem more sophisticated. Sorry they didn’t make crappy experimental music like Captain Beefheart! I’m a little sympathetic to the idea they were overexposed (this and Their Greatest Hits are two of the best selling albums ever), but it’s been 50 years by now. At some point the “overexposure” wears off. Yeah the band is immensely popular, but there’s a reason for that. Their solos and melodies are crafted with precision and they can go hit for hit with pretty much anyone. This is the band’s best album by far. Thrilled to have gotten this, one of my favorites. Top songs: - Hotel California (of course) - New Kid in Town - Life in the Fast Lane - Wasted Time (the orchestral reprise is amazing) - Try and Love Again - The Last Resort

4-Star Albums (3)

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Close To The Edge

Yes

2/5

I can see the appeal, but not my favorite. Didn't like the singer's voice, and the music little too trippy for my taste. Felt like if Pink Floyd and Rush were combined. I'm not just not the biggest prog rock guy, and I don't see myself returning to any of the songs from here.

Music From The Penguin Cafe

Penguin Cafe Orchestra

2/5

First track got my hopes up, and I thought a lot of the more pop-centric pieces were similar to The Smile Sessions (which I loved). Too many ambient tracks for me, though. I can’t handle a minute of random beeps being a “song.”

Tonight's The Night

Neil Young

2/5

Unremarkable. I wanted to leave a higher rating but the title track is abysmal and somehow appears TWICE on the album.

Future Days

Can

1/5

This was horrible. It was so bad I might skip every future krautrock album

Country Life

Roxy Music

3/5

Black Holes and Revelations

Muse

5/5

Top songs: Starlight, Supermassive Black Hole (obviously), Soldier’s Poem, Assassin, City of Delusion, Knights of Cydonia I originally thought I’d only give 5s to albums everyone imagines (Abbey Road, Pet Sounds, etc.) to keep the “prestige” of the rating, and that Muse would certainly not reach that prestige. I guess I’m pretentious because this album rocks. 5/5 5/5

Abraxas

Santana

3/5

Solid album with some fun jams

Dookie

Green Day

4/5

Mentally when I listen to this, I’m controlling Tony Hawk as he skateboards around Alcatraz or the Zoo. Somewhere in the depths of the internet is a video of me playing the drums to “When I Come Around” back in my glory days. Top songs: Longview, Welcome to Paradise, Basket Case, When I Come Around

White Light

Gene Clark

3/5

Solid, but nothing special. Best songs: The Virgin, White Light

Debut

Björk

1/5

Songs are either incredibly dated or their beat sounds like a Crash Bandicoot level. First album for this I had to stop partway through.

Blood Sugar Sex Magik

Red Hot Chili Peppers

3/5

45 minutes too long. I don’t mind the Chili Peppers but this is way too much material for an album of theirs Top Song: Under the Bridge (of course)

Surrealistic Pillow

Jefferson Airplane

4/5

Solid psychedelic rock album. I liked how it wasn’t too trippy, like a lot of entries in the genre can be Top songs: Somebody To Love, How Do You Feel, Go To Her

Veckatimest

Grizzly Bear

2/5

Really mopey album that does nothing particularly well. This is the kind of music you hear when you're about to pay $20 for a burger that's served to you on a newspaper. "Two Weeks" is catchy and the only reason this isn't a 1.

Don't Stand Me Down

Dexys Midnight Runners

2/5

Completely forgettable

Forever Changes

Love

2/5

Completely forgot I listened to this a few hours later and was wondering what the album for today was

Pills 'n' Thrills And Bellyaches

Happy Mondays

2/5

Henry's Dream

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

3/5

Roger the Engineer

The Yardbirds

3/5

Had never really gotten the chance to listen to Jeff Beck, so I really appreciated the chance here. He has some great riffs. This album is nothing spectacular but really solid. Happy I listened.

The Rolling Stones

4/5

Really solid debut. I’m not a massive cover guy so I imagine I’d prefer an album of all the original songs, but still a great listen.

Life Thru A Lens

Robbie Williams

2/5

Abysmal writing. Some of the songs themselves aren't terrible, but they aren't particularly special either.

Dear Science

TV On The Radio

2/5

A Girl Called Dusty

Dusty Springfield