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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
A Short Album About Love The Divine Comedy	4	2.77	+1.23

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Club Classics Vol. One Soul II Soul	1	2.82	-1.82
The Joshua Tree U2	2	3.67	-1.67
Arrival ABBA	2	3.5	-1.5
Deep Purple In Rock Deep Purple	2	3.33	-1.33
Repeater Fugazi	2	3.12	-1.12
Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin	3	4.1	-1.1
White Ladder David Gray	2	3.07	-1.07

Popular Reviews

Club Classics Vol. One

Soul II Soul

1/5

1*. Hated it. Smug, lazy raps, all about themselves. Really weak production. Getting drunk uncles to sing is not a vibe. Bad. 'Back to Life' is a belter though.

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Before And After Science

Brian Eno

3/5

I honestly don't know. Is it good? Would you listen to it again? What's the point of the ambient stuff? When is that for? A couple of belters though, so 🤷‍♂️

Club Classics Vol. One

Soul II Soul

1/5

1*. Hated it. Smug, lazy raps, all about themselves. Really weak production. Getting drunk uncles to sing is not a vibe. Bad. 'Back to Life' is a belter though.

Repeater

Fugazi

2/5

Hmmm. I think I like the idea of Fugazi more than the actual Fugazi.

A Short Album About Love

The Divine Comedy

4/5

This was actually great. Started off feeling very twee, but I grew to like it a lot.

Led Zeppelin

3/5

Hmmm. Some great, some not so great. Amazing this was around at same time as Beatles - feels very accomplished and new for a debut album.

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Shuggie Otis

3/5

Unmemorable (is that a word?) Decent vibe, but nothing stands out on first listen.

Deep Purple In Rock

Deep Purple

2/5

It actually got better, as I couldn't ever seem to finish listening to it. But I won't listen again. Very pompous.

White Ladder

David Gray

2/5

I almost gave this 3* - the same as I gave 'The Freewheeling Bob Dylan', which is madness. It's fine, singles are OK. But there's something quite annoying about it, and him.

Better Living Through Chemistry

Fatboy Slim

3/5

Decent. One of the first dance albums I bought. A lot of it seems to have predicted what would come over the next few years. First half better than second half.

The Joshua Tree

2/5

Ugh. Too much Bono.

Walking Wounded

Everything But The Girl

2/5

Fine, but so thin sounding. There's almost nothing to it. Flickery drums, "dance" music, but it would be impossible to move to. Her voice is so thin... Quite boring.

Arrival

ABBA

2/5

Hmmm. Didn't like apart from singles. Too cloying.

Triangle

The Beau Brummels

2/5

I had never heard of these guys, nor the album. It was fine, late 60s US folk.

Country Life

Roxy Music

3/5

It’s fun, but it is weird. It’s funny how unconventional Roxy Music were, and how popular they were. But would I listen again..?