My User Albums Journey

User Albums Journey

Exploring beyond the book, one album at a time

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1990

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Rock

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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Chocolate Synthesizer Boredoms	5	2.11	+2.89
Super Ape The Upsetters	5	3.2	+1.8
Portishead Portishead	5	3.47	+1.53

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning Bright Eyes	1	3.43	-2.43
Boxer The National	1	3.33	-2.33
One Time for All Time 65daysofstatic	1	3.15	-2.15
Somewhere In The Between Streetlight Manifesto	1	3.14	-2.14
Okonokos My Morning Jacket	1	3.11	-2.11
Zach Bryan Zach Bryan	1	3.07	-2.07
Fear Inoculum TOOL	1	3.05	-2.05
A Salty Dog Procol Harum	1	3.04	-2.04
Slip Quicksand	1	2.99	-1.99
In Keeping Secrets Of Silent Earth: 3 Coheed and Cambria	1	2.99	-1.99

5-Star Albums (3)

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Hamilton

Lin-Manuel Miranda · 3 likes

1/5

Show tunes - not for me.

Chocolate Synthesizer

Boredoms · 1 likes

5/5

This was a journey! I knew the name, but not the band. Absolutely loved this - crazy noise. A messy playful bundle of strangeness, I'm off to seek out more Boredoms now.

Super Ape

The Upsetters · 1 likes

5/5

Super indeed. A lot of the backing here is recognisable from Perry's seventies Black Ark output, which made this even more enjoyable, and a great intro to his amazing production work. A particular highlight is Dub Along and its bittersweet vocal refrains, but this is a brilliant record from start to finish.

1-Star Albums (22)

People Who Eat People Are The Luckiest People In The World

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Fear Inoculum

TOOL

1/5

This wasn't quite what I was expecting. But I also didn't enjoy it beyond the first 20 seconds or so. Too bombastic for me.

People Who Eat People Are The Luckiest People In The World

AJJ

1/5

I assumed this was one bloke – the kind of bloke who turns up at parties and plays their guitar to get attention. The fact that it takes so any of them to make such a basic noise is a surprise. Every track sounds the same, and I think it is mean to be funny, but it's hard to tell. Good for them for persuading someone to put this out, I guess, but I bailed after about 4 songs.

Act IV: Rebirth In Reprise

The Dear Hunter

1/5

Dear Hunter, No. Overblown stadium sing-a-long indie.

What Did You Expect from The Vaccines?

The Vaccines

2/5

Honestly, I think I expected a bit more. I remember liking one or two of their songs at the time and this is bouncy enough. But it got a bit repetitive after a few songs. And I don't like the voice, even though i couldn't tell you why.

Boxer

The National

1/5

Whiny and morose. Not for me.

Neon Golden

The Notwist

2/5

This wasn't quite what I expected, having heard the name but not the music. Maybe I was mixing them up with someone like World Of Twist. Quirky than I imagined, it has the feel of independent music of the time, prefacing artists like Clap Your Hands. I would probably have loved this at the time, but it sounded dated now, to these ears. Have heard worse, but nothing really grabbed me as it trundled along to its conclusion.

The Italian Flag

Prolapse

3/5

Terrible name, terrible artwork. Given that, the music itself was more interesting than I expected. Lots of influences thrown in there, making it sound interesting, rather than confused, as they somehow all pull together. An edited single album would have been better, but given the length of the tracks, spreading out a little makes some kind of sense. Not bad.

Mac DeMarco

2/5

Pleasant, not earth-shattering. Like the slight wonkiness.

Piano Bar

Charly García

1/5

One of the many reasons I would never go to a piano bar. bailed during 2nd song. Awful.

Body Talk

Robyn

3/5

I don't mind a bit of quirky electro-pop, but an hour + was way more than I needed. This started off bouncy and fun, but got a bit repetitive after a few tracks. Good, but not great.

Chocolate Synthesizer

Boredoms

5/5

This was a journey! I knew the name, but not the band. Absolutely loved this - crazy noise. A messy playful bundle of strangeness, I'm off to seek out more Boredoms now.

When Smoke Rises

Mustafa

1/5

Thankfully only 23 minutes long, although I think I managed about 5. One-note dreary balladeering. Not for me.

Transient

Gaelle

1/5

Bland and obvious.

Oceanic

ISIS

1/5

Turgid. Gave up after about 3 songs.

Discipline

King Crimson

2/5

Odd mix of overblown proggy-ness and early 80s styling, with synths & fretless bass thrown in there seemingly at random. The 80s stuff was a nice nostalgia trip, but this was too indulgent to hold my attention for long. Better than I hoped, but as pompous as I expected in the main.

Super Ape

The Upsetters

5/5

Slip

Quicksand

1/5

Abut all I got from this is that there is a genre called 'post-hardcore' and that it's not a genre I like. Obvious, ploddy and shouty.

Zach Bryan

1/5

Load of ballads. Not for me.

City Of Evil

Avenged Sevenfold

1/5

Silly.

Geography

Tom Misch

1/5

Bland R&B. Did nothing for me.

Slapstick

1/5

Wacky. Not in a good way. To be fair, I have never met a ska punk band that I like. And this continues that trend.

Okonokos

My Morning Jacket

1/5

Stadium indie, mixed with MOR rock. I love the Tennessee Fire album, but this was two discs too long.

A Salty Dog

Procol Harum

1/5

Folk. Not for me.

I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning

Bright Eyes

1/5

Managed about 3 songs before bailing. Obvious and samey.

Hamilton

Lin-Manuel Miranda

1/5

Show tunes - not for me.

Somewhere In The Between

Streetlight Manifesto

1/5

Jack of all trades...

Portishead

5/5

This is a great album. As good as the first, if not better. But it wasn't the first, and is in the same vein, so somehow it doesn't seem as impactful. The songs are great, the sound is too. I like it. A lot.

Telefone

Noname

2/5

Didn't mind this but nothing really jumped out at me. Peasant, but not spectacular.

In Keeping Secrets Of Silent Earth: 3

Coheed and Cambria

1/5

Lasted about 2 songs in. Overblown emo rock.

O Monstro Precisa De Amigos

Ornatos Violeta

1/5

I don't know if it's good or bad that I can't understand the lyrics, but the music wasn't moving me. Bailed fairly early on this one.

Bloody Kisses

Type O Negative

2/5

I almost bailed in this,. But then Summer Breeze came on. Fairly obvious heavy rock in places, but the odd flash of humour saves this a little. And a few less obvious sound textures. Not one I'd rush to play again, but not as bad as first feared.

Gotcha! Gotcha! Gotcha!

Gotcha!

1/5

RHCP have a LOT to answer for. Terrible 'artwork'.

One Time for All Time

65daysofstatic

1/5

Inoffensive, bland, aimless noodling. Reminds me a bit of Mogwai. Not a compliment.

Fully Completely

The Tragically Hip

2/5

Fairly standard rock fare. REM-lite. Not my thing.