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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Beach Samba Astrud Gilberto	5	2.92	+2.08
Spiderland Slint	5	2.98	+2.02
Spiderland Slint	5	2.98	+2.02
Armed Forces Elvis Costello & The Attractions	5	3.09	+1.91
I'm Your Man Leonard Cohen	5	3.1	+1.9
Vivid Living Colour	5	3.2	+1.8
Celebrity Skin Hole	5	3.29	+1.71
Birth Of The Cool Miles Davis	5	3.65	+1.35
Axis: Bold As Love Jimi Hendrix	5	3.79	+1.21
This Nation’s Saving Grace The Fall	4	2.89	+1.11

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols Sex Pistols	1	3.46	-2.46
Meat Is Murder The Smiths	1	3.32	-2.32
Screamadelica Primal Scream	1	3.17	-2.17
The Modern Lovers The Modern Lovers	1	3.05	-2.05
Dog Man Star Suede	2	3	-1

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Slint	2	5

5-Star Albums (11)

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Vivid

Living Colour

5/5

It's like they've taken all the bits of hair metal that I like and dropped the bits I don't like.

10 likes

The Modern Lovers

1/5

I found this hard going. Had to stop 4 times and go back to it in order to finish. Meandering, turgid, I really don't understand the appeal of any of this. Not for me.

8 likes

Beach Samba

Astrud Gilberto

5/5

Brilliant. Bossa Nova to the Max!

1 likes

Copper Blue

Sugar

3/5

It's like the Pixies, but not. 1992 so that's about right. I'll give it a three.

1 likes

The Yes Album

Yes

3/5

A lot more psychedelic than i expected. Lots of nice picky accoustic stuff like Leo Kotke then goes to space-age psych. Not sure it works together as a coherent album, but whatever... it was an enjoyable listen.

1 likes

1-Star Albums (4)

Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols

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Are You Experienced

Jimi Hendrix

4/5

It's probably been 20 years since I listened to a Hendrix album all the way through. Some real gems there like 'Love or Confusion'. I'll make a point to come back to this.

The Wildest!

Louis Prima

3/5

A real party album. Not really what I was looking for, but I can see the appeal.

Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols

Sex Pistols

1/5

Do I have to? Really? I can't stand this album, personally. Spun it a lot when I was younger, but as the years go by I just can't separate what I know about it and how it sounds. The manufactured pop of punk. Yeah.

This Nation’s Saving Grace

The Fall

4/5

Never listened to The Fall before. I can see mclusky getting some inspiration from here.

Screamadelica

Primal Scream

1/5

Its just not my jam.

Fear Of Music

Talking Heads

3/5

This was okay, but not my favourite Talking Heads album.

Moon Safari

Air

4/5

Very enjoyable

Greetings From L.A.

Tim Buckley

3/5

It's fine, but it's like Robert Plant without LZ. Vocals are too much for me personally. Maybe I'd like the folk-era Buckley better.

Armed Forces

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

5/5

Just need to say that this album sounds so clean.

Crocodiles

Echo And The Bunnymen

3/5

Somehow i've never knowingly listened to echo and the bunnymen. maybe at an indie club night or something. there's quite a lot of interesting music in there, but the sound isn't something that appeals to me much.

Copper Blue

Sugar

3/5

It's like the Pixies, but not. 1992 so that's about right. I'll give it a three.

Dog Man Star

Suede

2/5

Vivid

Living Colour

5/5

It's like they've taken all the bits of hair metal that I like and dropped the bits I don't like.

Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo

Devo

4/5

Great!

Faith

George Michael

3/5

It starts pretty strong but kinda fades out.

Buenas Noches From A Lonely Room

Dwight Yoakam

2/5

It's fine.

Axis: Bold As Love

Jimi Hendrix

5/5

Amazing

Foxbase Alpha

Saint Etienne

2/5

not for me.

Isn't Anything

My Bloody Valentine

3/5

It's okay. I can see the impact they had.

Soul Mining

The The

3/5

For some reason I thought The The were a prog rock band. But it seems like standard 80s pop. Pretty listenable but not sure if I'd spin it again.

I’m a Lonesome Fugitive

Merle Haggard

3/5

It's proper country. Too country for me, probably.

I'm Your Man

Leonard Cohen

5/5

One of his best.

The Yes Album

Yes

3/5

Live 1966 (The Royal Albert Hall Concert)

Bob Dylan

3/5

Bob Dylan is an undeniable talent and legendary song-writer. But I've always struggled with his vocals.

Celebrity Skin

Hole

5/5

This album is great. I used to think it was the weakest of their albums, but listening to it now years later I think it is really strong. Definitely worth a re-listen.

Blood Sugar Sex Magik

Red Hot Chili Peppers

4/5

Some people shit on the Red Hot Chili Peppers. It's not really my thing, but I think it's really good pop music.

Spiderland

Slint

5/5

It's great, like diet Shellac

Beach Samba

Astrud Gilberto

5/5

Brilliant. Bossa Nova to the Max!

Birth Of The Cool

Miles Davis

5/5

It is absolutely appropriate for the band to be called The Cool.

Fragile

Yes

4/5

Pretty good, great musicianship. Definitely prog but more to the rock side. Enjoyable listen and I'll probably try out their outher stuff. 4/5

The Modern Lovers

1/5

I found this hard going. Had to stop 4 times and go back to it in order to finish. Meandering, turgid, I really don't understand the appeal of any of this. Not for me.

Destroy Rock & Roll

Mylo

2/5

Meh.

Paul's Boutique

Beastie Boys

4/5

Hadn't heard this particular album before. Standard BB faire, pretty decent. 4/5

The Bends

Radiohead

5/5

Don't really have anything to say. 5/5

We Are Family

Sister Sledge

4/5

Really funky, good tunes there. 4/5

The Last Broadcast

Doves

3/5

Hadn't ever listened to Doves before. Nice sound, and the music isn't boring, but I guess it doesn't catch me. Pleasant enough though.

Chelsea Girl

Nico

3/5

Started off not liking it and almost thought it was a joke. But by mid-way it started to catch on. I'll definitely give it another spin.

Nevermind

Nirvana

4/5

Didn't actually listen to it, but there are few albums I know better. I listened to this at least twice per day for two years until I got my hands on a copy of In Utero (CDs were expensive for teenagers in the late 90s). It's a good album, still stands up well. But compared to the other Nirvana albums it's my least favourite.

She's So Unusual

Cyndi Lauper

3/5

P. good.

Tapestry

Carole King

5/5

This was a real gem. Hadn't heard of her before (though had heard a few of the songs).

Rapture

Anita Baker

3/5

It was okay.

Meat Is Murder

The Smiths

1/5

Struggled to get through this. Some Smiths songs are alright, but this seems to be an unfocussed mess to me. Not even sure if Morissey is working on the same tunes as the band. But I guess this meandering of melody and tempo is what draws people to it. Definitely not me though.

Spiderland

Slint

5/5

It's great, like diet Shellac

Parallel Lines

Blondie

4/5

A lot of fun!