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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn Pink Floyd	5	3.1	+1.9
John Prine John Prine	5	3.22	+1.78
Raw Power The Stooges	5	3.31	+1.69
Fragile Yes	5	3.32	+1.68
C'est Chic CHIC	5	3.34	+1.66
Dirt Alice In Chains	5	3.46	+1.54
We're Only In It For The Money The Mothers Of Invention	4	2.46	+1.54
Jazz Samba Stan Getz	5	3.56	+1.44
Out Of The Blue Electric Light Orchestra	5	3.63	+1.37

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Ten Pearl Jam	1	3.91	-2.91
Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols Sex Pistols	1	3.44	-2.44
Nothing's Shocking Jane's Addiction	1	3.17	-2.17
Dig Your Own Hole The Chemical Brothers	1	3.11	-2.11
Murder Ballads Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds	1	3.08	-2.08
Microshift Hookworms	1	3.02	-2.02
Nighthawks At The Diner Tom Waits	1	3	-2
Caetano Veloso Caetano Veloso	1	2.85	-1.85
Ys Joanna Newsom	1	2.8	-1.8
Suicide Suicide	1	2.46	-1.46

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Artist	Albums	Average
Pink Floyd	4	5

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Nevermind

Nirvana · 1 likes

5/5

5 stars

1-Star Albums (11)

Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols

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The Velvet Underground

4/5

Was never exposed to Velvet Underground, first time hearing this album, liked it a lot, reminded me of smooth Beatles

Ten

Pearl Jam

1/5

Depressing. Not for me

If I Should Fall From Grace With God

The Pogues

3/5

Blackstar

David Bowie

3/5

Was always a fan of Bowie, this album not so much

Madman Across The Water

Elton John

3/5

Tiny Dancer and Levon are deep in my memory, the rest of the album, not so much. Will always be a sucker for piano. Did not know Rick Wakeman played organ on Rotten Peaches, The best start somewhere.

Axis: Bold As Love

Jimi Hendrix

4/5

Three member band of bass, electric guitar and drums. Little Wing and Castles made of Sand stand out. Mitch Mitchell ranked 8 out of 100 best drummers, no doubt. Noel Redding on bass, impressive. Hendrix, well, Hendrix had a style like no other, though I liked Are You Experienced way better. Still remember the day he died, driving around on a Sunday, so high, so sad.

Stephen Stills

4/5

Love the One You're With is the best song on this album, though many of the others are very good, simply because they are electric guitar, bass, keyboard and drums, clearly defined, distinct, not ugly noise like some of the albums of 1001 albums .. Stephen Stills was best with Crosby, Nash and Young, but there were feuds and power plays going on. Still, for not having heard this album from 1970 back then, I heard it now and liked most of it.

Rumours

Fleetwood Mac

5/5

One of my favorite albums, along with Bare Trees. Classic rock

Graceland

Paul Simon

3/5

Recognized one song, the rest was new to me. Wasn't crazy about it

The Soft Bulletin

The Flaming Lips

4/5

Smooth, easy listening, never heard of this band but I was pleasantly surprised.

Screamadelica

Primal Scream

4/5

First time hearing this band, really liked the album. Vocals reminded me of Mick Jagger on a couple songs, tight guitar, reminiscent of Led Zeppelin, so many sounds, multiple instruments, hypnotizing beats, moving chorals. Impressive

Amnesiac

Radiohead

3/5

Liked the Pyramid Song for the piano, Amnesiac for the percussion, and Life in a Glasshouse for the horns, piano, real music, not synthesized to death like the rest of the album. The whiny, flat, off key vocals were depressing and just plain irritating.

Microshift

Hookworms

1/5

Tried to like this album, hoped every song would be better than the last. Was disappointed. Finally liked the last one, Shortcomings. Too much synthesized noise. Boring vocals with no range, sounded like the same 2 alternating notes were sung, no melody whatsoever. Only real instrument I could hear were drums and they were excellently played. Keyboards were heard a few times. Give me my 45 minutes back.

Bitches Brew

Miles Davis

2/5

Though jazz has never been a favorite genre of mine, I was aware of this album's critical acclaim among those who appreciate it. I finally heard this album after all these years. For me, it's the connection to John McLaughlin and Mahavishnu Orchestra that's meaningful. I can hear and appreciate the snippets throughout that influenced Inner Mounting Flame, and Birds of Fire. Miles Davis galvanized the movement of fusing rock and jazz.

Scum

Napalm Death

1/5

Vocals are gutteral screaming, guitars and drums are skilled. Sounds like a neo Nazi hate rally. Not for me. The reviews do not disappoint!

Raw Power

The Stooges

5/5

I really liked this, having never heard it before'--solid guitar, bass, drums, vocals. After listening to that garbage sh*t yesterday, (napalm death/scum) this was like Yeah!

Dig Your Own Hole

The Chemical Brothers

1/5

Tried to like this, just, nope.

Sign 'O' The Times

Prince

3/5

This album won a Grammy, who knew. I didn't like every song but liked most of them. I look forward to hearing more Prince albums on this site.

Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols

Sex Pistols

1/5

Every song had a promising start, guitars, bass, drums, great beats, had me movin', then the vocals ruined the vibe. Every single time.

Come Find Yourself

Fun Lovin' Criminals

2/5

Not bad, pretty good. Not good enough to listen to ever again. Why is there no Eminem on this list?

Suicide

1/5

Not the worst, no where near the best, won't listen to it ever again

Joanna Newsom

1/5

Can't handle the vocals

Jazz Samba

Stan Getz

5/5

I like this!

461 Ocean Boulevard

Eric Clapton

3/5

So I just learned yesterday that Clapton was with the Yardbirds way back, I remember Cream and Derek and the Dominos. This album is okay. Was never a fan of I Shot the Sheriff, still not. Let it Grow was good, reminded me of Blind Faith. Hard to forgive his racism and anti science beliefs.

Nighthawks At The Diner

Tom Waits

1/5

Maybe I'll give it another try.

Dirt

Alice In Chains

5/5

Favorite track : Rooster Learned about this band watching Mike Starr struggle on Celebrity Rehab in 2010. First time listening to the album, liked it. RIP Mike

Strangeways, Here We Come

The Smiths

4/5

Knew of the Smiths, hadn't heard this album before today, liked it!

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

4/5

I have always liked Tom Petty--he had so many excellent songs and albums, why his first album was chosen for this list is beyond me.

Wish You Were Here

Pink Floyd

5/5

1001 stars.

Moving Pictures

Rush

4/5

Tom Sawyer and Limelight 5 stars, the rest, 4 stars

This Is Hardcore

Pulp

2/5

Started out ok, went downhill from there. 2 stars

Done By The Forces Of Nature

Jungle Brothers

4/5

Liked this

Pink Moon

Nick Drake

4/5

Acoustic guitar, smooth vocals 5

The Dark Side Of The Moon

Pink Floyd

5/5

1001 stars

La Revancha Del Tango

Gotan Project

3/5

Smooth, nice beat, got tired of it before the end of the album

Nothing's Shocking

Jane's Addiction

1/5

Irritating garbage noise. Shit vocals ruin any guitar or drum efforts. Zero stars

Nevermind

Nirvana

5/5

5 stars

John Prine

5/5

Had only heard Illegal Smile before today. Thoroughly enjoyed this album, the lyrics, pedal steel guitar, slide guitar, piano/keyboards. Five stars. Lyrics relevant in 1971, even more so in 2026, sadly. * Puzzling why this project has left out these artists from this genre: Arlo Guthrie, John Denver, Linda Ronstadt, Jackson Brown. Glad this one made the cut.

The Man Machine

Kraftwerk

3/5

I didn't mind this, surprisingly I listened to the whole album. Though I prefer the synthesized electronics of Yes, the Who, and ELP. 3 stars

The Wall

Pink Floyd

5/5

Masterpiece.Favorite tracks Comfortably Numb, Run Like Hell.

Caetano Veloso

1/5

The reviews are entertaining and informative. I couldn't separate the artist from the music. His relationship with his wife started when she was 13, he was 27. Creepy. Zero stars

Murder Ballads

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

1/5

Brutal, graphic lyrics and mediocre vocals that overpower any musicality. For someone who had a coffee table book "Encyclopedia of Serial Killers", not impressed. Zero stars

The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn

Pink Floyd

5/5

Pink Floyd debut album! 1967! I love hearing where it all started, the beginnings of where it evolved--they were so far ahead of the rest--cutting edge-- already, in 1967! Syd Barrett was only 21. 5 stars❤️

C'est Chic

CHIC

5/5

First time listening to this disco album. Liked it! Recognized le freak from back in the day. Least favorite track was the first one but was still not bad. Bass, piano, vocals, drums, white violins were cool. 5 stars

Queens of the Stone Age

Queens Of The Stone Age

4/5

Never heard of this band, liked the album up until You Can't Quit Me Baby, then I lost interest in the rest of the songs(5), though I tried to get through them, just kept advancing to the next before they finished. 4 stars since the positive outweighed the not so positive.

Psychocandy

The Jesus And Mary Chain

3/5

Ok, not great, not bad, just ok. 3 stars

Green Onions

Booker T. & The MG's

4/5

Easy listening. Liked it. 4 stars

Selling England By The Pound

Genesis

4/5

Was never a big fan of Genesis. Jethro Tull, Yes, King Crimson were more my thing. After reading a lengthy and detailed review of this album, I listened to it and I liked it. 4 stars

Fishscale

Ghostface Killah

3/5

Got through 75 % of this and bailed. It takes skill and talent, no doubt, just not for me. 3 stars

Birth Of The Cool

Miles Davis

4/5

4 stars

Fragile

Yes

5/5

Yes yes yes yes yes 5 stars

Out Of The Blue

Electric Light Orchestra

5/5

Since the reviews indicated the album was lengthy, I listened to it while paging through "One Thousand Recordings to Hear Before You Die" which I just got from the library. Still shaking my head that Lady Gaga is omitted from it as well as this site. What the actual f*ck? I liked this album though. 5 stars

Sheet Music

10cc

2/5

Not bad, not the best. 2 stars

Green

R.E.M.

4/5

I liked this album, though Losing My Religion and Everybody Hurts were my favorites, not on this album. 4 stars

We're Only In It For The Money

The Mothers Of Invention

4/5

Though I was a Beatles fan by age 10, it was my high school boyfriend, Tom, who introduced me to the best music of the late 60s and early 70s. Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Jethro Tull, The Who, Cream/Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, John Mayall, Emerson Lake and Palmer, Jefferson Airplane, Grateful Dead, many other great bands and the Mothers of Invention/Frank Zappa. I remembered nothing of this album, listened to it while multitasking this morning--until Mother People. I can still hear Tom singing "Do you think that I'm creepy?" 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Now I need to listen to this album again! The album cover is hilariously outrageous, Lee Harvey Oswald is there. 4 stars for the nostalgia * I gave it another listen and the only other song that was familiar was The Idiot Bastard Son. 4 stars it is.