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You Love More Than Most
Albums you rated higher than global average
| Album | You | Global | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scott 4 | 5 | 2.81 | +2.19 |
| A Northern Soul | 5 | 2.91 | +2.09 |
| New Gold Dream (81/82/83/84) | 5 | 2.95 | +2.05 |
| The Man Who | 5 | 3.01 | +1.99 |
| Lost Souls | 5 | 3.16 | +1.84 |
You Love Less Than Most
Albums you rated lower than global average
| Album | You | Global | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dookie | 1 | 3.79 | -2.79 |
| Master Of Puppets | 1 | 3.73 | -2.73 |
| Moondance | 1 | 3.71 | -2.71 |
| Blonde On Blonde | 1 | 3.5 | -2.5 |
| Unknown Pleasures | 1 | 3.47 | -2.47 |
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Artists with 2+ albums and high weighted score
| Artist | Albums | Avg | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pink Floyd | 3 | 5 | 4 |
| The Cure | 2 | 5 | 3.8 |
| The Smiths | 2 | 5 | 3.8 |
Popular Reviews
UB40
You can't beat a bit of Brummie Reggae.
A throw back to early 1980s black inequality, three million unemployed and on the dole in Thatcher's inner city Britain.
A classic album, and a great document of that era. Used millions of times, usually accompanied with grainy news footage of inner city squaller, queues at the job centre, inner city riots, burnt out cars and striking industrial union members.
15 likes
Deep Purple
Now we're talking. One of the greatest live albums of all time. Just listen to to that drumming of Ian Paice. Blackmore on Guitar and Gillan's singing on child in time. EPIC! Five Stars. Jon Lord on organ and Glover on Bass. A classic album, if ever I heard one.
Worth it for Highway Star only.
10 likes
Kate Bush
This is one of my favourite albums of all-time.
It's worthy of a full user review, as it's a true classic.
For those who have lived under a rock, or are born this millennium, Kate Bush is considered a true genius and this is viewed my many, as her seminal album.
Side 1 has a collection of "hits", including; Running up that Road, Hounds of Love, The Big Sky and Cloudbusting. The subject matter is varied, including a mother's love for her son, who has committed murder, and exploration of dreams, with inspiration take from the Peter Reich memoir A Book of Dreams.
It is Side Two that in my opinion the album flourishes. A suite of seven songs based on the same theme, under the heading, "The ninth wave".
The story is of a woman/mother who has fallen through the ice on a frozen lake and is trapped, thinking of those left behind, as she fights to stay afloat and alive.
Highlights for me are, "And dream of sheep" and "Hello Earth". There's even a Celtic Jig in there (Jig of Life).
What an album!
46 minutes of perfection. Impossible to fault.
7 likes
The Go-Betweens
Never heard of this before.
Intrigued after reading the Wikipedia entry.
Ok only
4 likes
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