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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Fuzzy Logic Super Furry Animals	5	2.94	+2.06
The Colour Of Spring Talk Talk	5	3.07	+1.93
Technique New Order	5	3.17	+1.83
The Stooges The Stooges	5	3.26	+1.74
Darkness on the Edge of Town Bruce Springsteen	5	3.42	+1.58
Fleet Foxes Fleet Foxes	5	3.43	+1.57
On The Beach Neil Young	5	3.46	+1.54
Marquee Moon Television	5	3.5	+1.5
Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots The Flaming Lips	5	3.57	+1.43
Hounds Of Love Kate Bush	5	3.61	+1.39

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Paranoid Black Sabbath	2	4.2	-2.2
Repeater Fugazi	1	3.12	-2.12
Brown Sugar D'Angelo	1	2.92	-1.92
Ananda Shankar Ananda Shankar	1	2.83	-1.83
Dookie Green Day	2	3.79	-1.79
Alien Lanes Guided By Voices	1	2.75	-1.75
Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness The Smashing Pumpkins	2	3.68	-1.68
The Cars The Cars	2	3.67	-1.67
Born To Run Bruce Springsteen	2	3.64	-1.64
The Yes Album Yes	2	3.31	-1.31

5-Star Albums (19)

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The Wildest!

Louis Prima

4/5

This is the good thing about this. Never in a million years would I have listened to a Louis Prima album! Good fun.

1 likes

Tapestry

Carole King

5/5

Never listened to this from start to finish before. I prefer these original versions to many of the more overly produced and polished versions. A couple of the songs are of a much lower standard but it would be churlish to give this anything lower than 5.

1 likes

1-Star Albums (4)

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American Beauty

Grateful Dead

3/5

Listened through three times. Was not particularly impressed first run through but it did grow on me.

Marquee Moon

Television

5/5

Brilliant.

Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul

Otis Redding

5/5

Wonderful. The musicianship from the band is incredible and what a voice. Nearly lost a point for the Stones cover which I'm not sure works but that'd be churlish. 5/5

Heaven Or Las Vegas

Cocteau Twins

4/5

Very pleasant to listen while working. Dreamlike. Grown on me over the weekend. 4/5

Scott 4

Scott Walker

3/5

Really interesting mix of song styles with some quite weird stuff going on. Can see the influence on Richard Hawley, Jack White, Alex Turner and others. 2nd half much better than the first. Old Man and Get Behind Me are brilliant.

Daydream Nation

Sonic Youth

3/5

Not massively taken by this but liked the energy and interesting song structures.

Ananda Shankar

1/5

Nah, not for me. The later more traditional tracks were OK but the covers were awful.

Paranoid

Black Sabbath

2/5

Enjoyed the music but not so much the singing or lyrics. Quite good fun all in all but not for me.

Dig Your Own Hole

The Chemical Brothers

2/5

Very disappointing.

The Wildest!

Louis Prima

4/5

This is the good thing about this. Never in a million years would I have listened to a Louis Prima album! Good fun.

Murmur

R.E.M.

3/5

Not bad. Bit samey but like the low-fi mood. Clearly signs of the good things they did to come.

The Sun Rises In The East

Jeru The Damaja

4/5

Thought the fist half was shit but then the second half was the shit.

Hounds Of Love

Kate Bush

5/5

Absolute bona fide classic. Easy 5*

The Stooges

5/5

More depth to the music than I expected. Production is excellent meaning it sounds simultaneously raw and warm.

The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan

5/5

Not my favourite album but it's classic Bob Dylan ffs 5/5

Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots

The Flaming Lips

5/5

One of my all time favourites. Amazing live band too. Easy 5

At Folsom Prison

Johnny Cash

3/5

Prefer live Cash stuff to the studio albums. The interaction with the crowd/prisoners brings it to life.

Debut

Björk

4/5

Years since I listened to this (on tape probably). Stands up very well all in all and was good to listen to the less known songs again.

Hard Again

Muddy Waters

4/5

Hadn't realised this was recorded late in his career (and life). You can hear in the recording how relaxed and fun the sessions were. Great stuff.

The Colour Of Spring

Talk Talk

5/5

Incredible piece of work

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness

The Smashing Pumpkins

2/5

Too much flannel. Was a chore.

Repeater

Fugazi

1/5

Nah, not for me.

Brown Sugar

D'Angelo

1/5

OK Computer

Radiohead

5/5

Absolute classic.

Paris 1919

John Cale

2/5

Kinda nice. Some really good songs but most just muddle along.

Here's Little Richard

Little Richard

3/5

Good fun, classic rock n roll.

Nowhere

Ride

3/5

Memories of my teenage college days. Some real classics on this but a couple don't sound so good this far removed from the shoegaze heyday.

Astral Weeks

Van Morrison

3/5

Sounded better to my older ears. Not a huge fan of his voice though. Will give it a few more listens.

Fleet Foxes

5/5

Modern classic. Love it!

Hunky Dory

David Bowie

5/5

Some of the greatest songs ever recorded but the whole piece is ultimately let down by a couple of awful ones. It's David Bowie though so you have to forgive the experiments don't you?

Ace of Spades

Motörhead

3/5

Dookie

Green Day

2/5

Tapestry

Carole King

5/5

Rid Of Me

PJ Harvey

3/5

Very raw which works with the better songs but leaves some songs feeling too incomplete. Still a good record.

On The Beach

Neil Young

5/5

Great album, up there competing to be his best for me.

Beggars Banquet

The Rolling Stones

3/5

Very good, amazing in parts but not their best.

Purple Rain

Prince

4/5

Technique

New Order

5/5

One of the best albums from one of the best bands.

Parallel Lines

Blondie

3/5

The very best songs are some of the best pop songs ever which makes some of the weaker songs stand out like a sore thumb.

Bridge Over Troubled Water

Simon & Garfunkel

5/5

Amazing songwriting. Genius.

Alien Lanes

Guided By Voices

1/5

More miss than hit!

Brilliant Corners

Thelonious Monk

3/5

Not my usual listen but I enjoyed it in the background.

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

3/5

Better than I expected. 2nd half better than the 1st.

Jagged Little Pill

Alanis Morissette

4/5

Stands up to the test of time for me. Very good songwriting.

Germfree Adolescents

X-Ray Spex

3/5

Good fun energetic punk album. Probably better in smaller doses but some excellent songs on there.

Pornography

The Cure

3/5

Buena Vista Social Club

3/5

Nice, easy listen. Background music.

Is This It

The Strokes

4/5

Some of the songs sound a bit weak with the passage of time but it's still a modern cultural classic. 4

Stand!

Sly & The Family Stone

4/5

Excellent. Brilliant pop songs and fantastic long, deeper funk tracks.

Chicago Transit Authority

Chicago

2/5

Fair to middling. Not particular my bag.

If You Can Believe Your Eyes & Ears

The Mamas & The Papas

3/5

Car Wheels On A Gravel Road

Lucinda Williams

4/5

Not the sort of thing I'd normally listen to but really enjoyed this. Will listen again.

Wish You Were Here

Pink Floyd

5/5

Easy 5 star.

3 Years, 5 Months And 2 Days In The Life Of...

Arrested Development

4/5

Love Tennessee!

Born To Run

Bruce Springsteen

2/5

Oh they're rated!

Here, My Dear

Marvin Gaye

3/5

Not one I've heard before and I enjoyed it. Not a patch on What's Going On but then, what is?

Ramones

3/5

Obviously a revolutionary band and album but it sounds a bit samey

Marcus Garvey

Burning Spear

4/5

Really like the vibe. Will listen again and investigate more!

Rumours

Fleetwood Mac

5/5

Everyone loves Rumours, don't they?

The Marshall Mathers LP

Eminem

3/5

Enjoyed this back in the day but it's not aged particularly well.

Ingenue

k.d. lang

3/5

Better than I expected. Quite nice.

Fuzzy Logic

Super Furry Animals

5/5

Rattus Norvegicus

The Stranglers

3/5

Decent

Graceland

Paul Simon

5/5

At Mister Kelly's

Sarah Vaughan

4/5

What a voice!

Faith

George Michael

4/5

Better than I expected tbf.

Trafalgar

Bee Gees

2/5

Some really good parts but some (the last few) absolute stinkers

Dare!

The Human League

3/5

Here Are the Sonics

The Sonics

3/5

Enjoyed the rawness.

Face to Face

The Kinks

3/5

The Yes Album

Yes

2/5

Largely overblown bollocks

Phrenology

The Roots

4/5

Enjoying this a great deal. 7/10 (4*)

Violent Femmes

4/5

Central Reservation

Beth Orton

4/5

Very nice indeed.

Darkness on the Edge of Town

Bruce Springsteen

5/5

Brilliant. Not a huge Springsteen fan but this (and Nebraska) are wonderful.

Palo Congo

Sabu

2/5

British Steel

Judas Priest

2/5

Just not my cup of tea at all.

The Cars

2/5

Hit and miss. Some of the quirkier ones hit the mark but most is mor bollocks.