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You Love More Than Most
| Album | You | Global | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|
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G. Love And Special Sauce
G. Love & Special Sauce
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5 | 2.73 | +2.27 |
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Signing Off
UB40
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5 | 2.97 | +2.03 |
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Qui sème le vent récolte le tempo
MC Solaar
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5 | 3.09 | +1.91 |
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The Holy Bible
Manic Street Preachers
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5 | 3.15 | +1.85 |
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Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)
Eurythmics
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5 | 3.24 | +1.76 |
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The Undertones
The Undertones
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5 | 3.25 | +1.75 |
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Live At The Star Club, Hamburg
Jerry Lee Lewis
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5 | 3.26 | +1.74 |
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Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables
Dead Kennedys
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5 | 3.27 | +1.73 |
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System Of A Down
System Of A Down
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5 | 3.27 | +1.73 |
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The College Dropout
Kanye West
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5 | 3.31 | +1.69 |
You Love Less Than Most
| Album | You | Global | Diff |
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Rubber Soul
Beatles
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2 | 4.11 | -2.11 |
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Merriweather Post Pavilion
Animal Collective
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1 | 2.92 | -1.92 |
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Cosmo's Factory
Creedence Clearwater Revival
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2 | 3.9 | -1.9 |
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Highway 61 Revisited
Bob Dylan
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2 | 3.75 | -1.75 |
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Histoire De Melody Nelson
Serge Gainsbourg
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1 | 2.72 | -1.72 |
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Kid A
Radiohead
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2 | 3.71 | -1.71 |
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Adele
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2 | 3.69 | -1.69 |
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Blood On The Tracks
Bob Dylan
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2 | 3.66 | -1.66 |
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The Cars
The Cars
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2 | 3.65 | -1.65 |
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Chelsea Girl
Nico
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1 | 2.63 | -1.63 |
5-Star Albums (38)
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Serge Gainsbourg · 2 likes
1/5
Did not listen based on the subject matter.
The Mothers Of Invention · 1 likes
1/5
Feels like someone just discovered sound fx, or a racoon got loose in the recording studio.
G. Love & Special Sauce · 1 likes
5/5
Love this. It's great Sunday pottering music, has some great drumming too
1-Star Albums (5)
All Ratings
The Offspring
4/5
"Gotta Get Away" reminds me of Nirvana with the wailing chorus
But it's like a more upbeat Offspringed version and harmonies
Loved It'll Be a Long Time - different Offspring
Killboy Powerhead is a bit more punky, can imagine playing THPS to it
Enjoy what happned to you, it's a bit more ska-punk which I didn't know Offspring could do!
A mix of different rock styles
Generally 7/10, good punk album. 45 minutes is also an old school album length
Jimi Hendrix
5/5
4 tracks in, epic riffs from Crosstown Traffic followed by epic guitar solos
Can hear how this influenced bands much later eg kula shaker
Psychedelic dream
Hugh Masekela
2/5
The Stooges
3/5
Al Green
4/5
5/5
Love how (super)massive every song feels. It's classic Muse, perfectly put together, just as they were in concert.
Strings also add extra layer of epic
Public Image Ltd.
1/5
First song is discordant, rambling, screamy
Then a rant about religion
Then a discordant song with the same rant
The only song that is any different from the rest of the album had horrendously annoying Cockney voices speaking and screeching over the top
Le Tigre
3/5
I find the lyrics a bit cringe and the singer's voice annoying. It's fine when singing a melody but when shouting it grates a bit
Really repetitive lyrics
Although I love the backing music, it give me Hives vs Blondie vibes
60s throwbacks, love the tempo.
My my metrocard is a good track
Love the variety of music. It feels quite fun and poppy, lots of gimmicks that aren't terrible
3 or 4, can't decide
This one never made it to the UK, I can kind of see why
Fleetwood Mac
2/5
This album is long, far too long with little payoff. The pace of the majority of songs can only be described as glacial and they are so similar that when my Spotify cut out part way through I couldn't pick out the song I had just been listening to to restart.
The title track is a gem and languishes at the end. Pity really as many may fall asleep before that. The other memorable songs aren't actually that good, they just have a bpm of over 40 so stick out. Also some of the quicker songs had flavours of country music, not for me.
I know Fleetwood Mac are revered but as someone new to them, based on this I really don't see why. Maybe I need to hear Rumours. +1 for title track. 2/5
Arctic Monkeys
5/5
Absolute belter of an album that took me straight back to the mid-2000s. The beat is somewhere between disco and rock that lends itself well to shouting along in a room full of partygoers. The lyrics are excellent and many songs refer to common, everyday experiences from the time, such as the anticipation of a night out, drunk texting your crush, or struggling to get a taxi home from the rank. Had so much fun I listened to it twice.
Red Hot Chili Peppers
4/5
It was a great album and classic Chilis but was too long
Public Enemy
4/5
Good to stick on in the background
Quite long. 3.5
Wire
4/5
Kate Bush
2/5
Radiohead
2/5
Boring and whiny. A couple of good tracks which saves it from a 1
Thelonious Monk
2/5
Everything But The Girl
3/5
Enjoyed the music, it's different and is of my time so there was some nostalgia. All of the songs sound samey and familiar, but none are actually the song you know .
It's nice to chill to.
Eminem
3/5
3. The content of the songs hasn't aged well. To a point where I'm shocked I was allowed to listen to it as a young teenager when it came out. The beats are good and Eminem is obviously very talented at crafting intricate and inventive pieces. Understanding his backstory and the contrast with the MMLP helps but I find it hard with highly rating an album that glorifies such violence against women
Stevie Wonder
5/5
The Allman Brothers Band
3/5
Wilco
2/5
Couple of good songs in the middle, but it was otherwise very samey and dull
Elvis Presley
2/5
Lots of crooning
Beatles
4/5
Revolution 9 pulls this album down to a 4, as does the length
Morrissey
4/5
Decent album. Politics aside, and looking at this only musically, it surprised me as I expected more demure music. The opening couple of tracks were surprisingly upbeat!
The Police
4/5
Loved how this is a mix of reggae, punk, and a hint of jazz. Great album that I enjoyed more than I thought I would.
Count Basie & His Orchestra
4/5
Loved the big band and swing side of this! It's the kind of jazz I prefer
Nico
1/5
I can only guess that this album is on the list to put all the other albums into perspective. There's no other explanation, because this is barely music.
Dead Kennedys
5/5
The Clash
5/5
It was really surprising! The mix of styles, all done really well. The Clash is so much more than the title track. It'll definitely go on the longer rotation
Queen
3/5
Soft Cell
4/5
It's wonderfully weird. Even if electro synth pop isn't your bag, it's a wild ride and they know how to write a catchy song. Also good to have an artist from Leeds on the list 🙌
Shivkumar Sharma
4/5
Would be good meditation music. Took the advice of reviews and listened to the Youtube version
Louis Prima
4/5
What a great party! The lyrics made me smile. So much energy. I wonder if my grandparents listened to him, I could picture them at a dance jiving away
The Doors
4/5
TV On The Radio
2/5
Started off badly, the first song is discordant and a lot of noise.
After 3-4 songs it got better, for a while, then dipped again. I'd describe it as erratic.
The mix of sound is epic but I prefer songs with more structure. It felt like a ramble rather than coherent songs.
Ambulance is a bit dull again because of the rambly, unstructured nature of it. I can deal with the acapella but it was repetitive.
Staring at the Sun is the only song with real development, although it was still droney
Was prepared to give it a 3 since it's just not my jam, but then You Could Be Loved split my eardrums.
The song is a powerful idea but the vocal is awful. Are people impersonating sheep at the end?
The Clash
4/5
3/5
GZA
2/5
Not my jam
Paul Simon
2/5
Miles Davis
3/5
Good for a dinner party
Soft Machine
2/5
Unstructured, random noises for so much of it. I'm not a jazz person and the jazzy stuff is actually the better part of this record. I don't want 18 minute songs.
Pentangle
3/5
Different but quute repetitive. Not in a rush to hear it again.
Fugazi
4/5
Great album, great band. Had heard of them but never heard them. Will be coming back to this one for sure.
Violent Femmes
5/5
Joni Mitchell
3/5
All very samey. Lovely voice and bass though. I was intrigued by the chords and did some looking into it, then went round for one more go.
ZZ Top
4/5
Bob Dylan
4/5
Wild Beasts
2/5
William Orbit
2/5
Background music, felt like a film soundtrack
The Byrds
3/5
Red Hot Chili Peppers
5/5
This is peak Chilis. Mellow yet funky, outrageous bass from start to finish, some absolute bangers on here. It has a bit of filler which would take it down to a 4.5 but it's balanced out by just how good some of the other songs are.
Sonic Youth
3/5
Lots of great sound here and love the energy, but it's let down by its weird pretentiousness at times. Don't need to have several minutes of noise and feedback at the end of a song, this was true of many tracks. My friend Goo is just really cringe.
Pixies
4/5
Great, snappy songs. Will be revisiting.
Sarah Vaughan
3/5
Prince
4/5
Laura Nyro
3/5
The more upbeat, swingy bits made up for the wailing crooning.
AC/DC
4/5
Talking Heads
2/5
Norah Jones
3/5
Lovely voice, this was just a bit too samey and dull. The comparatively more upbeat songs pulled it to a 3. It has a time and place but I'm not going to revisit.
Beach House
2/5
Never seen a more appropriate album cover. This was just bland nothingness.
Sonic Youth
3/5
Some of the songs were incredible (Chapel Hill, Purr)
Others had painful whining/wailing voice or really basic lyrical structure that were so borderline cheesy they reminded me of primary school poems.
A way better album than Goo, but Sonic Youth just seem to have a mixed bag of tastes/sounds and only half of them are good.
Iron Maiden
5/5
Run to the Hills might be one of the best songs ever.
Slint
2/5
The Bees
2/5
Liked the reggae-inspired bits but it fizzled out into bland meh.
Don't enjoy songs where the lyrics consist of saying the same line over and over
The Mothers Of Invention
1/5
Feels like someone just discovered sound fx, or a racoon got loose in the recording studio.
Radiohead
3/5
As Radiohead albums go, this was a better one for me. But Thom Yorke's whiney voice just isn't for me.
The Prodigy
4/5
Holger Czukay
3/5
Arcade Fire
3/5
Duran Duran
4/5
R.E.M.
4/5
Radiohead
2/5
Accidentally lost my place on the album and couldn't work out which song was playing. They are all the same
Iggy Pop
4/5
Barry Adamson
4/5
I'm kinda here for this! Bit of a surprise but it's so different! Great background music
Jazmine Sullivan
3/5
Blur
4/5
Coldplay
4/5
The Everly Brothers
3/5
Loved the music and the harmonies, did not love the attitude toward women.
Cheap Trick
4/5
U2
4/5
Aretha Franklin
4/5
KISS
3/5
Willie Colón & Rubén Blades
5/5
MC Solaar
5/5
The Divine Comedy
3/5
Beck
4/5
Decent background music
Steely Dan
4/5
Thundercat
2/5
What is this.
A couple of tolerable songs, but a whole lot of dross to go along with it
Moby Grape
3/5
N.W.A.
4/5
Circle Jerks
4/5
Solange
3/5
Positives: beautiful voice, lovely harmonies, important subject matter.
Negatives: repetitive, vibe is too relaxed for the subject matter, couldn't really tell the songs apart.
Blondie
5/5
Nina Simone
4/5
Dexys Midnight Runners
4/5
Bob Dylan
2/5
Depeche Mode
3/5
Sinead O'Connor
3/5
Turbonegro
4/5
Traffic
3/5
Willie Nelson
4/5
The War On Drugs
2/5
XTC
3/5
Van Halen
5/5
The Divine Comedy
4/5
Love how gloriously camp this is. And a quirky time signature!
Ash
3/5
More hits on this than I realisef
Bob Dylan
2/5
If I never hear that harmonica again it'll be too soon.
The Doors
3/5
Super Furry Animals
2/5
So THIS is why everyone hates on Britpop
Khaled
3/5
Bob Marley & The Wailers
5/5
Les Rythmes Digitales
2/5
Like a wannabe Daft Punk
Kraftwerk
3/5
DJ Shadow
3/5
Creedence Clearwater Revival
4/5
Kings of Leon
3/5
Loved that the sound is so of the 2000s and it took me back to fond memories of my formative teenage & uni years.
Nostalgia aside, there was one single I'd forgotten (Revelry) but the rest was a bit bland.
I've never liked Sex on Fire. 17 is gross and creepy.
Joni Mitchell
3/5
Nirvana
5/5
Blood, Sweat & Tears
3/5
Well that was confused
Radiohead
3/5
The best Radiohead album I've heard yet. They are best when Thom Yorke sounds less wailing cat. Still not in a rush to hear it again, though.
Aerosmith
4/5
Beatles
4/5
Air
4/5
Daft Punk
4/5
You can't deny Daft Punk are titans of house music. This normally wouldn't be my thing and I groaned when I saw the play time of 1h 15, but my toes were tapping the whole way through!
Black Sabbath
5/5
Weather Report
3/5
Heard this in every shopping centre in the 90s
Wilco
3/5
Lambchop
2/5
The Cure
4/5
G. Love & Special Sauce
5/5
Love this. It's great Sunday pottering music, has some great drumming too
Common
2/5
The Notorious B.I.G.
4/5
Boards of Canada
2/5
Dennis Wilson
2/5
Various Artists
4/5
Pearl Jam
5/5
The Sensational Alex Harvey Band
3/5
Barry Adamson
3/5
The Smashing Pumpkins
4/5
Finley Quaye
4/5
Great for a chilled summer day
Portishead
5/5
Great trip hop album
Dinosaur Jr.
3/5
Quite liked it, clearly from the pre-autotune era
Pink Floyd
3/5
It's fine. Some great songs on here but there is a lot of bloat. I got annoyed with the transitions
Iron Butterfly
3/5
Terrific 17 minutes of psychadelic rock to finish
Black Flag
3/5
Sonic Youth
3/5
Love the backing music, I can hear so many other bands who hadn't yet formed in there. However what really lets it down is the vocal, I can't stand shouting into the mic with no melody, it just ruins it for me and sounds tone deaf. Can do with less experimental stuff too but that's just personal preference
Prince
4/5
Peter Gabriel
3/5
Ella Fitzgerald
3/5
The Undertones
5/5
The Smashing Pumpkins
5/5
Jane's Addiction
3/5
Radiohead
4/5
I previously complained about the amount of Radiohead on this list. Album 5/6 and I can see why this one is here.
The Young Gods
3/5
I can appreciate this for what it is, but am fine only listening to it the once
Booker T. & The MG's
4/5
Great instrumental album that would be great while doing chores
Pretenders
4/5
The Jesus And Mary Chain
2/5
Goldfrapp
2/5
Dull
Crosby, Stills & Nash
3/5
The Temptations
3/5
James Brown
3/5
Great music but the screaming got old
TV On The Radio
4/5
When I saw this pop up I groaned; the last TV On The Radio album I had was dreadful. This is so much better.
Miles Davis
3/5
David Bowie
3/5
Why are all the songs so long. Not quite classic Bowie for me
Public Enemy
4/5
Rufus Wainwright
2/5
Enjoyed how the songs were structured, excellent buildup every time. But it was just dull otherwise
Steely Dan
2/5
The Stooges
2/5
So much woodwind abuse
Culture Club
2/5
Kanye West
5/5
Separating the art from the artist, great album.
Serge Gainsbourg
1/5
Did not listen based on the subject matter.
Suede
4/5
Having had the absolute treat of seeing Suede live, I can never give an impartial review of this. Full of bangers and you can feel the energy
Tina Turner
4/5
Solid 80s bangers
Beastie Boys
2/5
Feels blasphemous to say this all sounds like the same song.
The only exceptions are the songs with guitars in the background. Everything else was kind of filler
Bruce Springsteen
4/5
Those harmonies. That energy. Pure boss
Morrissey
2/5
George Harrison
4/5
The Monkees
3/5
The Flaming Lips
4/5
3.5, rounded up to 4. It's fine and I probably wouldn't seek it out again, but extra mark added for how different it is. A more tolerable Radiohead.
Manu Chao
4/5
Leonard Cohen
3/5
Magazine
3/5
Manic Street Preachers
5/5
There was never any way I could be unbiased in a review of this. But listening to it with a purpose, as I did today, I found it even more brilliant.
Joan Armatrading
4/5
Aretha Franklin
5/5
Pet Shop Boys
3/5
Van Morrison
3/5
Eagles
4/5
Creedence Clearwater Revival
2/5
Isaac Hayes
4/5
The Rolling Stones
3/5
Ananda Shankar
2/5
4/5
Mudhoney
4/5
One to come back to for sure
Beatles
2/5
The Beatles have a lot of great records, but I don't think this is as epic as some of them.
Caetano Veloso
3/5
Saint Etienne
2/5
Beatles
3/5
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
4/5
Marianne Faithfull
3/5
Some bangers on here, some dull songs too. 3 seems fair
Tracy Chapman
5/5
Dire Straits
4/5
D'Angelo
3/5
Bob Dylan
3/5
In the great Bob Dylan debate, I sit firmly on the side of "this guy can't sing".
However, this is actually better than a lot of his other stuff
Muddy Waters
5/5
The Strokes
5/5
So many memories brought back from this!
The Velvet Underground
3/5
Loses points for Nico's tone deaf drawling, which ruined some otherwise good music
The Chemical Brothers
4/5
Sam Cooke
4/5
New Order
4/5
Eurythmics
5/5
The Black Keys
4/5
Jerry Lee Lewis
5/5
Separating the art from the artist, as the guy really was a piece of work, this was really good. Not the kind of music I normally listen to, but you can't deny the energy going on on this record.
Bruce Springsteen
5/5
R.E.M.
4/5
Air
4/5
Brilliant for background concentration music
Elliott Smith
5/5
This just hits so right for me, but I get it won't be to everyone's taste. Sounds like it was on the soundtrack to every film in 2003
Joni Mitchell
4/5
Cocteau Twins
2/5
Not sure what to make of this.
Coldplay
4/5
Cyndi Lauper
4/5
System Of A Down
5/5
Buena Vista Social Club
4/5
Haircut 100
4/5
The Monks
4/5
Keith Jarrett
5/5
Well this is just stunning piano improvisation. Perfect concentration music for working
Destiny's Child
2/5
The Boo Radleys
2/5
Eminem
4/5
Sigur Rós
4/5
Great for concentration
George Michael
4/5
A Tribe Called Quest
4/5
Adele
2/5
The Cramps
4/5
Yes
4/5
Roundabout is a banger.
Not normally a prog rock fan but this was pretty great tbf
The Verve
5/5
Little Richard
3/5
5/5
Prefab Sprout
2/5
The Cars
2/5
The White Stripes
4/5
UB40
5/5
Dizzee Rascal
4/5
Earth, Wind & Fire
3/5
The Coral
3/5
Portishead
4/5
Turns out I love trip hop
David Bowie
3/5
Spiritualized
3/5
Metallica
4/5
The Jesus And Mary Chain
3/5
Pixies
4/5
Grateful Dead
2/5
The Rolling Stones
3/5
Can't you hear me knocking kinda sucks
Rush
3/5
Neil Young
2/5
Amy Winehouse
2/5
I thought I would enjoy this more than I did. Not my kind of music and the lyrics got a bit boring after a while
2/5
Radiohead
4/5
Normally can't stand Radiohead but this is a great album. That time signature!
Great for having on in the background while getting stuff done
John Lennon
3/5
Baaba Maal
4/5
Perfect chill music
Marvin Gaye
3/5
Nice voice but I kinda wish he'd vary his subject matter
M.I.A.
4/5
Depeche Mode
5/5
Missy Elliott
3/5
The Who
4/5
Kelela
2/5
The Pogues
5/5
I see who Dropkick Murphys were influenced by!
Top energy
Joni Mitchell
3/5
Primal Scream
2/5
Gary Numan
3/5
Animal Collective
1/5
Flamin' Groovies
3/5