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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Club Classics Vol. One Soul II Soul	5	2.82	+2.18
Melodrama Lorde	5	3.31	+1.69
The Man Machine Kraftwerk	5	3.31	+1.69
You've Come a Long Way Baby Fatboy Slim	5	3.33	+1.67
The Downward Spiral Nine Inch Nails	5	3.34	+1.66
Lost In The Dream The War On Drugs	5	3.38	+1.62
Fleet Foxes Fleet Foxes	5	3.43	+1.57
Gorillaz Gorillaz	5	3.53	+1.47
Moving Pictures Rush	5	3.56	+1.44
The Number Of The Beast Iron Maiden	5	3.57	+1.43

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Kid A Radiohead	1	3.71	-2.71
Blood On The Tracks Bob Dylan	1	3.66	-2.66
Illmatic Nas	1	3.6	-2.6
Stankonia OutKast	1	3.55	-2.55
Ready To Die The Notorious B.I.G.	1	3.36	-2.36
I Should Coco Supergrass	1	3.35	-2.35
Siembra Willie Colón & Rubén Blades	1	3.33	-2.33
Horses Patti Smith	1	3.31	-2.31
The White Album Beatles	2	4.17	-2.17
Younger Than Yesterday The Byrds	1	3.13	-2.13

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Fleet Foxes

Fleet Foxes · 2 likes

5/5

1/1 Haven't listened to much folk music before but I really liked this album. Good autumn vibes with it and I'll definitely pick up a vinyl copy of it

Fun House

The Stooges · 1 likes

2/5

1/20 Nothing really stood out to me. Not really a fan of punk music

Funeral

Arcade Fire · 1 likes

3/5

1/27 Meh

Aha Shake Heartbreak

Kings of Leon · 1 likes

1/5

1/28 Don't like it. The singer sounds like a worse Peter Gabriel. Just awful

One Nation Under A Groove

Funkadelic · 1 likes

3/5

1/24 Funk album from the 70's. Was okay. Nothing stood out to me

1-Star Albums (24)

Chocolate Starfish And The Hot Dog Flavored Water

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Bryter Layter

Nick Drake

4/5

Began the list on 12/31/25 Pretty good folk album that I wouldn't mind having on vinyl. 4/5

Fleet Foxes

5/5

1/1 Haven't listened to much folk music before but I really liked this album. Good autumn vibes with it and I'll definitely pick up a vinyl copy of it

Blonde On Blonde

Bob Dylan

2/5

1/2 Music itself was okay but nothing really stood out to me. I don't like Bob Dylan's voice

Can't Buy A Thrill

Steely Dan

3/5

1/2 Debut album of Steely Dan. Pretty good classic rock. Good to find the source of the song "Have you had enough" as I hear that song a lot but didn't know it was from Steely Dan.

Born In The U.S.A.

Bruce Springsteen

4/5

1/3 Still a classic. Have a lot of nostalgia with this album as it was one of the first ones I had when I was a kid and it was given to me by dad on cassette.

Stankonia

OutKast

1/5

1/4 Nope. Don't like this. Never liked rap music and this album did not help change my mind on it

Ágætis Byrjun

Sigur Rós

4/5

1/5 Pretty good album. Very new age/cosmic/dreamy vibes to it. Will listen again

Talking Timbuktu

Ali Farka Touré

4/5

1/6 Interesting world music. Will keep it in rotation

Club Classics Vol. One

Soul II Soul

5/5

1/7 Really good old school R&B and dance album. Will pick this one up for sure

The Idiot

Iggy Pop

3/5

1/8 Not bad. Never heard anything from Iggy Pop before. Very David Bowie-esque

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

Elton John

4/5

1/9 Classic album. Heard the big hits from this before but never listened to a full album from Elton John. Good stuff

Ready To Die

The Notorious B.I.G.

1/5

1/10 Gangsta rap. Don't like it

Pink Moon

Nick Drake

3/5

1/11 Not bad. All acoustic folk album. Good autumn vibes

James Brown Live At The Apollo

James Brown

3/5

1/12 Not bad. Classic live R&B album, but dont see myself listening to it again

Good Old Boys

Randy Newman

4/5

1/13 Good album. Will listen to this more at night or when I need a drink. Didnt expect the lyrics of the first song, lol

Raw Power

The Stooges

3/5

1/14 Another Iggy Pop album. This time with his band The Stooges. Not a bad album, can see the influence it had but don't see myself listening to it again

The Boatman's Call

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

3/5

1/15 Good somber album to listen to when alone or at night

Sheer Heart Attack

Queen

5/5

1/16 Classic Queen album. Not much more to be said about it. A masterpiece

Ctrl

SZA

2/5

1/17 Some interesting moments but for the most part I really didnt like this one.

Wild Is The Wind

Nina Simone

3/5

1/18 Really good R&B/Soul album. Was surprised to hear the source of the sample from The Weeknd's song Given Up on Me was from this album's title track

Gorillaz

5/5

1/19 Classic debut album from the Gorillaz. Nothing but bangers here

Fun House

The Stooges

2/5

1/20 Nothing really stood out to me. Not really a fan of punk music

Elastica

2/5

1/21 90's Britpop. Nothing really stood out to me unfortunately

Central Reservation

Beth Orton

3/5

1/22 Pretty good

The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill

Lauryn Hill

4/5

1/23 Not bad for a hip hop album

One Nation Under A Groove

Funkadelic

3/5

1/24 Funk album from the 70's. Was okay. Nothing stood out to me

Pink Flag

Wire

2/5

1/25 Punk music from the 70's. Never really was a fan of punk music, they all sound the same and are always so short

Are You Experienced

Jimi Hendrix

5/5

1/26 Classic rock album. Nothing bad to say about it

Funeral

Arcade Fire

3/5

1/27 Meh

Aha Shake Heartbreak

Kings of Leon

1/5

1/28 Don't like it. The singer sounds like a worse Peter Gabriel. Just awful

The Message

Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five

3/5

1/29 Classic old-school hip hop. Really the only type of rap that's tolerable to me

Smash

The Offspring

3/5

1/30 Not bad. Just makes me think of Tony Hawk Pro Skater or Crazy Taxi

Mama Said Knock You Out

LL Cool J

3/5

1/31 A couple of okay moments but not something I would listen to again. Just not a fan of rap

Melodrama

Lorde

5/5

2/1 Really good synthpop album. Reminds me a lot of Chvrches

The Number Of The Beast

Iron Maiden

5/5

2/2 Classic metal album. Not a single bad track on it

Younger Than Yesterday

The Byrds

1/5

2/3 Boring

Legalize It

Peter Tosh

3/5

2/4 Not bad reggae album. Don't see myself listening to it again.

Idlewild

Everything But The Girl

3/5

2/5 Was okay

Moving Pictures

Rush

5/5

2/6 Classic progressive rock album. One of Rush's best and not a bad song on it

Shleep

Robert Wyatt

1/5

2/7 Boring

Atomizer

Big Black

3/5

2/8 Chaotic, loud, and messy. Punk and the beginnings of industrial rock with this album. Reminds me of Tetsuo the Iron Man soundtrack. good one to listen to while playing an FPS game

Station To Station

David Bowie

3/5

2/9 First David Bowie album I've ever listened to today. Not bad

The Man Machine

Kraftwerk

5/5

2/10 Classic Kraftwerk album from 1978. The Robots and Neon Lights are still bangers. Love this album

Everything Must Go

Manic Street Preachers

3/5

2/11 Not bad

Another Green World

Brian Eno

3/5

2/12 Nothing stood out. Just an average prog rock album

She's So Unusual

Cyndi Lauper

4/5

2/13 Classic new wave debut album from Cyndi Lauper. Good songs on it but my favorite will always be the goonies theme

You Are The Quarry

Morrissey

1/5

2/14 Bland, boring, forgettable. Shit album

Who Killed...... The Zutons?

The Zutons

3/5

2/15 Pretty good

Exile On Main Street

The Rolling Stones

3/5

2/16 This is the first time I've listened to a Rolling Stones album all the way through. It's okay but I'm not interested in listening to it again.

Transformer

Lou Reed

3/5

2/17 Was okay

Tapestry

Carole King

4/5

2/18 Heard a few of these songs before. The whole album is good soft rock and some of the lyrics resonate with me right now. I like it.

Pump

Aerosmith

4/5

2/19 Classic album. Love in an Elevator, Janie's Got a Gun, and The Other Side are bangers.

Green

R.E.M.

3/5

2/20 Was okay. Heard the song Stand many times at work but never knew the title or band that played it

Violator

Depeche Mode

5/5

2/21 Only heard Personal Jesus and Enjoy the Silence before. Whole album is full of bangers! Masterpiece!

Behaviour

Pet Shop Boys

3/5

2/22 Pretty good but prefer some of the previous albums from Pet Shop Boys more

Imagine

John Lennon

2/5

2/23 Was okay. Glad I never heard the Imagine song during the covid year with the cringe attempt by celebrities to appear human. Other than that, I never really liked the Beatles or anything from the band members. Too overrated to me

Stand!

Sly & The Family Stone

3/5

2/24 Not a bad soul/funk album. Heard some of these songs before in movies and tv shows.

La Revancha Del Tango

Gotan Project

4/5

2/25 Starting the album with some Professor Layton vibes already has me interested.

Elvis Is Back

Elvis Presley

3/5

2/26 First Elvis album I listened too all the way through. It was fine but nothing stood out to me

Exodus

Bob Marley & The Wailers

4/5

2/27 Funny how this gets picked for the day right after I pick up the greatest hits CD. The album itself is pretty good

Disraeli Gears

Cream

3/5

2/28 Pretty good. Good to know where the song Sunshine of Your Love came from.

Bongo Rock

Incredible Bongo Band

3/5

3/1 Pretty good album. Makes me thing of DKC and the Ape Out soundtracks

This Year's Model

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

2/5

3/2 I've heard the song Pump it Up many times before but never knew the title or artist of it. Rest of the album is alright

If You're Feeling Sinister

Belle & Sebastian

2/5

3/3 meh album

Parallel Lines

Blondie

4/5

3/4 I didnt know the songs "One Way or Another" & "Heart of Glass was from this band.

Low

David Bowie

4/5

3/5 Surprisingly its mostly instrumental and has a lot of Vangelis Blade Runner vibes to it, especially in the last track. I like it

Axis: Bold As Love

Jimi Hendrix

2/5

3/6 Was alright but not as good as Are You Experienced.

The Contino Sessions

Death In Vegas

3/5

3/8 Album was okay

Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots

The Flaming Lips

4/5

3/8 Pretty good

Abraxas

Santana

5/5

3/9 Classic album. Not a bad song on it

One World

John Martyn

1/5

03/10 Did not like this guys voice at all. Absolutely horrendous album

Innervisions

Stevie Wonder

4/5

2/12 Pretty good

Pet Sounds

The Beach Boys

3/5

3/12 Heard about this album a lot. It's okay

Led Zeppelin

5/5

3/14 Classic album

Surrealistic Pillow

Jefferson Airplane

3/5

3/14 Never listened to Jefferson Airplane before but didnt realize the song "Somebody to Love" and "White Rabbit" was from them.

Talking With the Taxman About Poetry

Billy Bragg

3/5

3/15 Was okay. Nothing interesting

You've Come a Long Way Baby

Fatboy Slim

5/5

3/16 Banger of an album

Live At The Star Club, Hamburg

Jerry Lee Lewis

3/5

03/17 Not bad

Songs Of Leonard Cohen

Leonard Cohen

2/5

3/18 Boring

Music From The Penguin Cafe

Penguin Cafe Orchestra

2/5

3/19 Forgettable

Paul's Boutique

Beastie Boys

3/5

3/21 Old school hip-hop. Its okay

...The Dandy Warhols Come Down

The Dandy Warhols

2/5

3/21 Boring album

Dog Man Star

Suede

2/5

3/22 Boring album

Blood On The Tracks

Bob Dylan

1/5

3/23 Boring. I don't like Bob Dylan's voice

Chocolate Starfish And The Hot Dog Flavored Water

Limp Bizkit

1/5

3/24 Shit

Armed Forces

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

2/5

3/25 Meh

Low-Life

New Order

3/5

3/26 Not bad

The White Album

Beatles

2/5

3/27 Overrated album from an extremely overrated band

Welcome to the Afterfuture

Mike Ladd

1/5

3/28 Shitty rap trash

Nighthawks At The Diner

Tom Waits

3/5

3/29 Interesting. Can't describe it any other way

Aftermath

The Rolling Stones

4/5

3/30 Pretty good

Twelve Dreams Of Dr. Sardonicus

Spirit

4/5

3/31 Pretty good psychedelic/prog rock album

Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme

Simon & Garfunkel

2/5

4/1 Nothing really stands out on this one

Suede

2/5

4/2 Meh

Lost In The Dream

The War On Drugs

5/5

4/3 Really like this one. Very Bruce Springsteen & Bob Dylan-esque with 80s rock. Buying this one for sure

Arc Of A Diver

Steve Winwood

3/5

4/4 Pretty good. Only song of Steve Winwood I was familiar with was Valerie. This reminds me a lot of Genesis with Peter Gabriel

The Atomic Mr Basie

Count Basie & His Orchestra

2/5

4/5 Was okay. Just sounded like generic big band music to me

Illmatic

Nas

1/5

4/6 Gangsta rap trash

Slipknot

1/5

4/7 Not for me. Music for edgy 13 year olds

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness

The Smashing Pumpkins

4/5

4/8 Have heard of this album a lot. Now that I've listened to it, I find it just okay. Similar to OK Computer by Radiohead in that they are both extremely critically acclaimed but nothing really stands out to me. I'll have to give it a few more listens

They Were Wrong, So We Drowned

Liars

1/5

4/9 Garbage

Unknown Pleasures

Joy Division

2/5

4/10 Seen this album cover everywhere. After listening to it, I find it overrated. Nothing memorable from it

The Downward Spiral

Nine Inch Nails

5/5

4/11 Absolute masterpiece of an album. One that is still very relevant and I can identify with today

Scream, Dracula, Scream

Rocket From The Crypt

1/5

4/12 Bland, boring, unmemorable. Sounds like generic music for a Tony Hawk game that was cut from release

I Should Coco

Supergrass

1/5

4/13 Punk music just sounds the same to me. Very boring and bland

Beautiful Freak

Eels

2/5

4/14 Meh

...Baby One More Time

Britney Spears

3/5

4/15 Really? Sigh....okay. Not my genre of music at all. I admit to having some nostalgia as I haven't heard these since it came out when it played on Radio Disney constantly. As an album, I think it's fine. I understand the significance and how influential it was at the time but unless I have a preteen daughter, I don't see myself listening to this ever again.

Electric Ladyland

Jimi Hendrix

3/5

4/16 Other than All Along the Watchtower and Voodod Child, nothing else stands out. I liked "Are You Experienced?" better

Adele

2/5

4/17 Meh. Other than the song "Hello", which i only know from memes, nothing stands out.

Rio

Duran Duran

4/5

4/18 Heard the hit songs from this album but never the full thing before. I liked it and definitely need to add it to my physical collection

Colour By Numbers

Culture Club

3/5

4/19 Heard Karma Chameleon a lot at work but not a lot of other songs from Culture Club. Not bad

Raising Hell

Run-D.M.C.

3/5

4/20 Who knew mixing rock with hip-hop would actually sound pretty decent? Heard "Walk This Way" before but not the rest of the album. It's definitely tolerable compared to other rap albums

Goo

Sonic Youth

3/5

4/21 Not bad

Very

Pet Shop Boys

3/5

4/23 Like the album title says, it is indeed a very Pet Shop Boys album

Kings Of The Wild Frontier

Adam & The Ants

1/5

4/23 Boring and bland

Garbage

2/5

4/24 Meh

Siembra

Willie Colón & Rubén Blades

1/5

4/25 Bleh. I really hate spanish music. Especially salsa music

Wild Gift

1/5

4/25 Sounds just as generic as any other punk album. Nothing special

Rust Never Sleeps

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

3/5

4/27 Not bad

Tres Hombres

ZZ Top

2/5

4/28 Other than La Grange, nothing else really stands out to me. Prefer the later albums from ZZ Top

Joanna Newsom

1/5

4/29 To paraphrase a quote from Harlan Ellison, "She has the voice of a seagull getting an enema." Shit album

Sincere

Mj Cole

3/5

4/30 Was okay

The Suburbs

Arcade Fire

2/5

05/01 Was okay

Grievous Angel

Gram Parsons

2/5

5/02 Just sounds like generic country music to me

Getz/Gilberto

Stan Getz

2/5

5/3 Was okay

Murmur

R.E.M.

3/5

5/4 Pretty good

Cosmo's Factory

Creedence Clearwater Revival

4/5

5/5 Pretty good. Found out like 4 of the songs from this album are played regularly at work.

Purple Rain

Prince

5/5

5/6 Classic. Every song is a banger. I only wish the song "I Would Die For You" was a little longer.

Shalimar

Rahul Dev Burman

1/5

5/7 Piece of shit

Jagged Little Pill

Alanis Morissette

3/5

5/8 Meh

evermore

Taylor Swift

1/5

5/9 Really? I'd honestly rather listen to the Brittany Spears album that was chosen for me the other day. At least that album gave me nostalgia for the late 90s. This album is just more sappy woe is me BS from Taylor.

Bubble And Scrape

Sebadoh

2/5

5/10 Generic punk music

There's No Place Like America Today

Curtis Mayfield

3/5

05/11 Was okay

Duck Stab/Buster & Glen

The Residents

1/5

05/12 What in God's name did I just listen to?