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Album	You	Global	Diff
Modern Life Is Rubbish Blur	5	3.13	+1.87
Let England Shake PJ Harvey	5	3.15	+1.85
Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space Spiritualized	5	3.15	+1.85
Exit Planet Dust The Chemical Brothers	5	3.16	+1.84
Since I Left You The Avalanches	5	3.28	+1.72
The Specials The Specials	5	3.3	+1.7
L'Eau Rouge The Young Gods	4	2.32	+1.68
Fear Of A Black Planet Public Enemy	5	3.34	+1.66
Debut Björk	5	3.37	+1.63
Garbage Garbage	5	3.38	+1.62

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Heavy Weather Weather Report	1	2.99	-1.99
Physical Graffiti Led Zeppelin	2	3.92	-1.92
Talking Book Stevie Wonder	2	3.72	-1.72
Blue Joni Mitchell	2	3.49	-1.49
Court And Spark Joni Mitchell	2	3.35	-1.35
Live At Leeds The Who	2	3.33	-1.33
The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady Charles Mingus	2	3.32	-1.32
The College Dropout Kanye West	2	3.31	-1.31
Astral Weeks Van Morrison	2	3.27	-1.27
The Visitors ABBA	2	3.2	-1.2

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Blur	2	5

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5-Star Albums (17)

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Popular Reviews

A Night At The Opera

Queen

5/5

Classic. Random weirdness and gold standard all-time greats.

3 likes

Arrival

ABBA

5/5

Such perfect 70s pop - the rhythms, harmonies, and just plain and simple fun.

3 likes

Modern Life Is Rubbish

Blur

5/5

classic britpop origins album

3 likes

Automatic For The People

R.E.M.

5/5

One of the best of all time. Mix of styles, pacing, and just all round greatness.

2 likes

Pink Flag

Wire

4/5

Good raw punk

1 likes

1-Star Albums (1)

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...Like Clockwork

Queens Of The Stone Age

4/5

Good rocky thing, a few hits already known

All Mod Cons

The Jam

3/5

nothing to rave about - clearly an influence on what followed but it's not blowing my trumpet

The Specials

5/5

Just totes amazeballs, sets the feeling for the rest of the day. The gloom of the setting, offset by the bounce in the feet - noice.

Street Life

The Crusaders

3/5

more of an ep, classic disco, unlikely to even remember the band name though

L.A. Woman

The Doors

4/5

perhaps unsurprisingly more bluesy than i'd have expected

American Beauty

Grateful Dead

3/5

so, so meh. barely noticed it was on. i get that it must have been great at the time, and influenced lots, but it felt like a pale shadow

Da Capo

Love

3/5

Bossanova

Pixies

4/5

Physical Graffiti

Led Zeppelin

2/5

Country Life

Roxy Music

2/5

Welcome To The Pleasuredome

Frankie Goes To Hollywood

4/5

didn't realise the title track was sooooo long...

Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul

Otis Redding

3/5

Can't Buy A Thrill

Steely Dan

3/5

System Of A Down

4/5

Heavier than expected, been out of metal for loong time. Would def relisten

Cee-Lo Green... Is The Soul Machine

Cee Lo Green

2/5

annoying voice, and just boring music. not my bag :/

I’m a Lonesome Fugitive

Merle Haggard

3/5

probably good c&w, but not my cuppa

Pink Flag

Wire

4/5

Good raw punk

Live At Leeds

The Who

2/5

just couldn't get excited about it, tuned out fairly quickly

Station To Station

David Bowie

3/5

impressed i didn't actually recognise station to station - clearly not a greatest hits album entry :D

A Night At The Opera

Queen

5/5

Classic. Random weirdness and gold standard all-time greats.

Hot Rats

Frank Zappa

3/5

Fine guitary noodling, but tails off to boredom

Scum

Napalm Death

3/5

Metally. Has the silly you suffer on it.

Teen Dream

Beach House

4/5

nice summery pop

Sign 'O' The Times

Prince

3/5

not in the mood :/

Sister

Sonic Youth

3/5

I'm supposed to like this, but it didn't excite, didn't offend.

Let It Bleed

The Rolling Stones

4/5

Miriam Makeba

3/5

The basis is good, but tbh i find the click style jarring - just like the english mentioned in The Click Song ;)

Sweet Baby James

James Taylor

4/5

nice

Modern Life Is Rubbish

Blur

5/5

classic britpop origins album

Vento De Maio

Elis Regina

2/5

bit loungey and dul

Mama's Gun

Erykah Badu

3/5

The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady

Charles Mingus

2/5

probably technically brilliant, but just not fun to listen to.

The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan

5/5

Classic

Astral Weeks

Van Morrison

2/5

Garbage

5/5

One of the key britpop albums - loooove it

Illinois

Sufjan Stevens

3/5

Very pleasant, would listen to again. Want to give it 3.5

A Northern Soul

The Verve

4/5

Good, not greatest

Kenya

Machito

3/5

Nice mambo-y latam vibes

Here, My Dear

Marvin Gaye

4/5

Hard Again

Muddy Waters

3/5

Chirping Crickets

Buddy Holly & The Crickets

4/5

Nice early r&r

Your Arsenal

Morrissey

3/5

It's like... well, morrissey. ticks the boxes. another one i'd like to give 3.5

Live At The Star Club, Hamburg

Jerry Lee Lewis

4/5

hyper-condensed slice of rock and roll

Court And Spark

Joni Mitchell

2/5

I just get Joni Mitchell - it just bores me... maybe needs more concentration that I possess

Everything Must Go

Manic Street Preachers

4/5

ok follow up to holy bible, much more accessible but not so powerful.

Diamond Life

Sade

3/5

nice, but a touch too loungy for my taste : 2.5

Immigrés

Youssou N'Dour

3/5

no hate no love.

Parachutes

Coldplay

4/5

I enjoyed this back in the day, though now it's hard to get rid of the image the band has now. A sort of brit-pop-rock-lite, nothing offensive - and recorded at Parr St.

Elvis Presley

4/5

The Stranger

Billy Joel

3/5

meh

Germs

4/5

Straight Outta Compton

N.W.A.

5/5

Tapestry

Carole King

4/5

Snivilisation

Orbital

4/5

nice

Rising Above Bedlam

Jah Wobble's Invaders Of The Heart

3/5

Opus Dei

Laibach

3/5

industrial pomp. two versions of life is life are a bonus

Eli And The Thirteenth Confession

Laura Nyro

2/5

forgetable late 60s joni-mitchell-like

Life Thru A Lens

Robbie Williams

3/5

You know what? This is actually pretty good. Another 3.5* candidate

Foo Fighters

5/5

classic debut rock from clearly non-debut stock

New Gold Dream (81/82/83/84)

Simple Minds

3/5

Stand!

Sly & The Family Stone

3/5

Rust Never Sleeps

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

3/5

On the good side of ok, though a bit whiny

Abbey Road

Beatles

4/5

1999

Prince

3/5

Blue

Joni Mitchell

2/5

Just a monumental: why? I'm sure the lyrics are fascinating and complex, the style wonderful and meandering - but man, that voice just grates on you after a while :/

Hypnotised

The Undertones

3/5

Dire Straits

3/5

It's no Brothers in Arms, but still perfectly good catchy nonsense

Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)

Wu-Tang Clan

4/5

Let England Shake

PJ Harvey

5/5

Really really good. Not sure how this rolled past me 10 years ago :thinking_face:

Felt Mountain

Goldfrapp

4/5

Kilimanjaro

The Teardrop Explodes

4/5

Transformer

Lou Reed

4/5

Technique

New Order

4/5

Cut

The Slits

4/5

Live At The Harlem Square Club

Sam Cooke

4/5

Sunday At The Village Vanguard

Bill Evans Trio

3/5

jazzy mc jazz. s'okay.

Hypocrisy Is The Greatest Luxury

The Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy

4/5

Exit Planet Dust

The Chemical Brothers

5/5

Parklife

Blur

5/5

The Colour Of Spring

Talk Talk

2/5

The Visitors

ABBA

2/5

Feels like a grown-up version of ABBA, more contemplative, less fun. Which this is - less fun.

LP1

FKA twigs

3/5

White Ladder

David Gray

4/5

I'll never choose this, but totally appreciate the quality

Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space

Spiritualized

5/5

Rum Sodomy & The Lash

The Pogues

3/5

Arrival

ABBA

5/5

Such perfect 70s pop - the rhythms, harmonies, and just plain and simple fun.

The Joshua Tree

3/5

Starts off powerfully, but wanders off toward the end. 3.5

All That You Can't Leave Behind

3/5

All the edges feel worn away from U2 by the time this came out (pun not intended). Similar with later Coldplay, the initial originality has faded, leaving generic stadium pop rock. Some excellent tunes, of course, just... the overall package feels a little hollow.

Kings Of The Wild Frontier

Adam & The Ants

4/5

A&A were my first intro to punk - still as fun today

Automatic For The People

R.E.M.

5/5

One of the best of all time. Mix of styles, pacing, and just all round greatness.

Time (The Revelator)

Gillian Welch

4/5

Nice and pretty, but didn't deliver enough to stand out

Vivid

Living Colour

3/5

Electric Warrior

T. Rex

4/5

Lovely jubbly. A proper piece of 'origins of rock'

Live At The Regal

B.B. King

4/5

Talvin Singh

3/5

Just too many pan pipes :/

Gold

Ryan Adams

2/5

big bag of meh

British Steel

Judas Priest

4/5

Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols

Sex Pistols

4/5

Smash

The Offspring

4/5

Cracking

Brothers In Arms

Dire Straits

3/5

My Aim Is True

Elvis Costello

4/5

Always love the voice and style - and Alison is a solid gold classic. Nice.

Songs Of Love And Hate

Leonard Cohen

3/5

Slipknot

4/5

Much more varied, and smarter than I'd expected. Metal mixed with random techno, d&b - will relisten

Fuzzy

Grant Lee Buffalo

3/5

Sort of like it, but sounds like a U2 tribute band who could do better.

Yank Crime

Drive Like Jehu

3/5

The Poet

Bobby Womack

3/5

All Hail the Queen

Queen Latifah

3/5

Horses

Patti Smith

3/5

Blood On The Tracks

Bob Dylan

4/5

Berlin

Lou Reed

4/5

World Clique

Deee-Lite

3/5

The College Dropout

Kanye West

2/5

Picture Book

Simply Red

3/5

Decent quality guilty pleasure. But if i think of him, i need to listen to something else.

Let It Be

The Replacements

4/5

Pet Sounds

The Beach Boys

4/5

Songs Of Leonard Cohen

Leonard Cohen

3/5

Classic Leonard. But... I prefer the more developed voice, varied music. This feels like a preview of the main show.

Electric Music For The Mind And Body

Country Joe & The Fish

3/5

In Utero

Nirvana

4/5

Dust

Screaming Trees

4/5

I would have been all up on this in the 90s - feels a bit stuck in time.

Talking Book

Stevie Wonder

2/5

BEYONCÉ

Beyoncé

3/5

The Downward Spiral

Nine Inch Nails

3/5

Savane

Ali Farka Touré

3/5

Maybe I'm too close-minded on 'world music', but I found this nice-but-meh

My Generation

The Who

3/5

Rain Dogs

Tom Waits

4/5

Gravel. Lots and lots of gravel

Deloused in the Comatorium

The Mars Volta

2/5

would have loved this as a late-teen emo - but i never was one, so meh.

S.F. Sorrow

The Pretty Things

3/5

okish 60s wurble.

Siamese Dream

The Smashing Pumpkins

5/5

Qui sème le vent récolte le tempo

MC Solaar

3/5

Wild Is The Wind

Nina Simone

3/5

Heavy Weather

Weather Report

1/5

Couldn't finish - sounded like a bad example of tedious noodly lounge-bar jazz

Fear Of A Black Planet

Public Enemy

5/5

Suzanne Vega

3/5

Locust Abortion Technician

Butthole Surfers

3/5

L'Eau Rouge

The Young Gods

4/5

decent fun, french industrial growling

Jazz Samba

Stan Getz

3/5

mmmm. nice.

I'm Your Man

Leonard Cohen

2/5

the 80s were not good for leonard. a couple of simply painful pop overlays. and his voice still has too much clarity. where's the gravel?

Funeral

Arcade Fire

4/5

Bridge Over Troubled Water

Simon & Garfunkel

4/5

Nilsson Schmilsson

Harry Nilsson

4/5

grew up on this - feels like a comfy 70s pop sofa

Groovin'

The Young Rascals

3/5

Since I Left You

The Avalanches

5/5

Autobahn

Kraftwerk

3/5

Yeah. I know it's classic, formative, etc, but 22min track to start? It just slipped into background mode, and I barely even noticed the change into the following tracks.

Debut

Björk

5/5

Love love love love love.