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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Suicide Suicide	5	2.46	+2.54
Kala M.I.A.	5	2.91	+2.09
Future Days Can	5	3	+2
The Stooges The Stooges	5	3.26	+1.74
The Soft Bulletin The Flaming Lips	5	3.28	+1.72
Sound of Silver LCD Soundsystem	5	3.42	+1.58
Fear Of Music Talking Heads	5	3.47	+1.53
Unknown Pleasures Joy Division	5	3.47	+1.53
The Velvet Underground The Velvet Underground	5	3.53	+1.47
Back In Black AC/DC	5	3.86	+1.14

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
2112 Rush	1	3.39	-2.39
Gris Gris Dr. John	1	2.88	-1.88
Broken English Marianne Faithfull	1	2.88	-1.88
Tarkus Emerson, Lake & Palmer	1	2.79	-1.79
Band On The Run Paul McCartney and Wings	2	3.67	-1.67
Music From Big Pink The Band	2	3.36	-1.36
Underwater Moonlight The Soft Boys	2	3.06	-1.06

5-Star Albums (11)

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Future Days

Can

5/5

Absolutely excellent, groundbreaking tunes and an addictive listen.

6 likes

Suicide

5/5

Love this, great organ sounds and atmosphere.

3 likes

The Soft Bulletin

The Flaming Lips

5/5

It was groundbreaking at the time, and it's still excellent now. Love the crunchy drums and Fridmann production.

2 likes

The ArchAndroid

Janelle Monáe

4/5

Frantic, mad in scope. I'm not sure one listen does it justice.

2 likes

Actually

Pet Shop Boys

4/5

Great - very of its time, and evocative. Will listen again!

1 likes

1-Star Albums (4)

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Fear Of Music

Talking Heads

5/5

Excellent, know this album inside-out.

Common

4/5

Great tunes, amazing production from a Kanye in his prime.

Automatic For The People

R.E.M.

3/5

Some good tracks on this - "Everybody Hurts" is severely played out these days but there are some gems. Favourite track: "New Orleans instrumental No.1"

Like Water For Chocolate

Common

3/5

A lot more lo-fi than the other Common record on this list - no hits so far, and far too long at 1hr17. With some serious trackless editing, could be excellent

Hot Rats

Frank Zappa

4/5

Excellent throughout - not my usual thing but really creative harmonies and interesting guitar work

Os Mutantes

4/5

Very cool, like a psychedelic mixtape. Some insane Oboe and Bassoon playing too.

Back In Black

AC/DC

5/5

Excellent - incredible riffs, an undeniable groove and plenty of great hooks.

Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

Wilco

4/5

Excellent vibe - evocative, finely-crafted songs, with interesting noise bits in between.

Mama Said Knock You Out

LL Cool J

3/5

A real evolution of LL's craft as seen on "Radio" - lots of great beats and rhymes delivered with the utmost conviction.

Unknown Pleasures

Joy Division

5/5

LOVE LOVE LOVE this. Goosebumps every time I hear the start of "Disorder".

2112

Rush

1/5

I didn't like Rush beforehand, and this album hasn't changed my opinion.

Future Days

Can

5/5

Absolutely excellent, groundbreaking tunes and an addictive listen.

The Soft Bulletin

The Flaming Lips

5/5

It was groundbreaking at the time, and it's still excellent now. Love the crunchy drums and Fridmann production.

Tarkus

Emerson, Lake & Palmer

1/5

Awful - pretentious and not enjoyable.

Bringing It All Back Home

Bob Dylan

4/5

Excellent - a very consistent Dylan record, and it's cool to see him at the beginning of his electric period.

Among The Living

Anthrax

3/5

This was fine - some good riffs, production is a little light.

A Girl Called Dusty

Dusty Springfield

4/5

Dusty’s vocals are great, lovely production. Very enjoyable.

The Velvet Underground

5/5

Band On The Run

Paul McCartney and Wings

2/5

Eh, it's fine. A couple of really good moments, and some terrible ones.

James Brown Live At The Apollo

James Brown

4/5

Excellent, an amazing snapshot of James Brown at his first peak. The band is excellent and the grooves are undeniable.

The Yes Album

Yes

3/5

This is quite enjoyable - long-form songs but good hooks and it doesn't go neo-classical which is always a good thing.

White Light

Gene Clark

3/5

Nice collection of songs, will definitely listen again

Moon Safari

Air

3/5

Some lovely sounds, slightly diminished by over-exposure over the years. A bit of filler at the end.

If I Should Fall From Grace With God

The Pogues

3/5

Less punk than previous efforts, still pretty good.

The ArchAndroid

Janelle Monáe

4/5

Frantic, mad in scope. I'm not sure one listen does it justice.

Actually

Pet Shop Boys

4/5

Great - very of its time, and evocative. Will listen again!

The Madcap Laughs

Syd Barrett

2/5

Starts off alright then gets a little unfocused.

Fear Of A Black Planet

Public Enemy

4/5

Excellent - poignant lyrics and great tunes.

Different Class

Pulp

3/5

Great, really evocative and varied

Emergency On Planet Earth

Jamiroquai

3/5

Some great sounds here, occasionally a bit jammy and could do without the didgeridoo. Excellent bass and moog!

Doolittle

Pixies

4/5

Great tunes - I prefer Surfer Rosa but this is excellent.

Everything Must Go

Manic Street Preachers

4/5

A formative album in my youth - less potent now but still very enjoyable.

Welcome To The Pleasuredome

Frankie Goes To Hollywood

3/5

Weird, mad, powerful, bombastic and epic. Some very interesting covers too.

Are You Experienced

Jimi Hendrix

4/5

Excellent start - a bit long and runs out of steam a little.

Here Come The Warm Jets

Brian Eno

4/5

Always great votes for Eno!

Is This It

The Strokes

4/5

A real throwback for me - a solid collection of songs.

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fIREHOSE

4/5

A really interesting move from Watt's Minutemen output. Sounds like they're creating the college-rock blueprint.

Deep Purple In Rock

Deep Purple

3/5

Surprisingly enjoyable - very cool riffs.

System Of A Down

3/5

Some great tunes here, and incredible vocals.

Exile On Main Street

The Rolling Stones

3/5

Some really great tunes, would make a better single album.

Snivilisation

Orbital

3/5

Very mid-90s, some cool synth sounds!

Street Life

The Crusaders

4/5

Painfully tasteful playing. Elevated to four stars by the epic opening track

Music From Big Pink

The Band

2/5

A bit boring, one or two classics in there.

Underwater Moonlight

The Soft Boys

2/5

Washed over me a bit.

The Stooges

5/5

Just excellent, raw and at times super psychedelic.

Suicide

5/5

Love this, great organ sounds and atmosphere.

Gris Gris

Dr. John

1/5

I don't like this

MTV Unplugged In New York

Nirvana

5/5

Great album, superb arrangements and so evocative of the time.

Younger Than Yesterday

The Byrds

4/5

Really good, some excellent tunes on there

Beggars Banquet

The Rolling Stones

4/5

Lots to love here, reminds me of summer

Vulgar Display Of Power

Pantera

4/5

Fast and loud, I like this!

Sound of Silver

LCD Soundsystem

5/5

Excellent, great sounds and tunes

Speakerboxxx/The Love Below

OutKast

4/5

Super good, a double album that's actually worth the two discs for once!

Sign 'O' The Times

Prince

3/5

Some wonderful moments, and a bunch of filler.

Broken English

Marianne Faithfull

1/5

Her voice really grates on me

Surf's Up

The Beach Boys

4/5

I was sceptical of 70s beach boys but this is excellent.

Kala

M.I.A.

5/5

Love love LOVE

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Grizzly Bear

4/5

Just lovely, great songs and lovely production

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Shuggie Otis

4/5

Super cool vibe on this

The Real Thing

Faith No More

3/5

Lots of cool riffs here, I wanted to hate it but actually liked it.

Screamadelica

Primal Scream

4/5

Excellent! Why haven’t I listened to this before?

Songs For Swingin' Lovers!

Frank Sinatra

4/5

Hard not to love the vibe of this

White Blood Cells

The White Stripes

4/5

So evocative of that time period, with great songs.

Songs In The Key Of Life

Stevie Wonder

4/5

Great - again could be a single album.

Kings Of The Wild Frontier

Adam & The Ants

2/5

A couple of good tunes, but lots of filler.

Tanto Tempo

Bebel Gilberto

3/5

Very relaxed, really lovely. The production dates it a bit.

Crime Of The Century

Supertramp

3/5

This is quite cool! I like the Rhodes playing.

A Night At The Opera

Queen

3/5

Some really cool riffs and amazing vocals, but there's something about Queen that I just don't like.