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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Kala M.I.A.	5	2.91	+2.09
Deserter's Songs Mercury Rev	5	3.03	+1.97
Done By The Forces Of Nature Jungle Brothers	5	3.04	+1.96
Life's Too Good The Sugarcubes	5	3.07	+1.93
Here Come The Warm Jets Brian Eno	5	3.07	+1.93
The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter The Incredible String Band	4	2.15	+1.85
Vespertine Björk	5	3.16	+1.84
Marcus Garvey Burning Spear	5	3.19	+1.81
Tonight's The Night Neil Young	5	3.23	+1.77
The Seldom Seen Kid Elbow	5	3.25	+1.75

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Dire Straits Dire Straits	1	3.72	-2.72
Boston Boston	1	3.71	-2.71
The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady Charles Mingus	1	3.32	-2.32
Sunday At The Village Vanguard Bill Evans Trio	1	3.31	-2.31
School's Out Alice Cooper	1	3.2	-2.2
It's A Shame About Ray The Lemonheads	1	3.13	-2.13
Arc Of A Diver Steve Winwood	1	2.88	-1.88
Destroyer KISS	1	2.86	-1.86
Tarkus Emerson, Lake & Palmer	1	2.79	-1.79
Roots Sepultura	1	2.79	-1.79

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Artist	Albums	Average
David Bowie	2	5

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Brian Eno	5, 2

5-Star Albums (28)

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Popular Reviews

The Band

The Band · 47 likes

5/5

Could only be improved if it was called the album.

Black Holes and Revelations

Muse · 14 likes

5/5

Give me Matt Belemey desperate vocals and I'm just gone. It is _possible_ the lyrics aren't quite as deep as 14 year old me thought they were, but sonically just so dramatic and in tune with the lyrical styling, and so much fun. Sure muse have a formula, but it's the formula for me.

Brothers

The Black Keys · 5 likes

4/5

I enjoyed this a lot, but I couldn't shake the feeling it was just a bit to engineered.

Dub Housing

Pere Ubu · 4 likes

3/5

Swerved erratically between great and rubbish

Done By The Forces Of Nature

Jungle Brothers · 4 likes

5/5

I really enjoy discovering the environmental message of these 80s hip hop

1-Star Albums (12)

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Nevermind

Nirvana

4/5

I totally forgot something in the way was on this one - I remember hearing that apparently when they were recording this Cobain just kept asking that the vocal be made quieter and quieter until it was barely audible. I really like the range between smells like teen spirit and something in the way. It goes a bit too grungey in the middle for me though.

Achtung Baby

2/5

One is still great even though I guess I've heard it hundreds of times. There are some good songs I guess just listened to too much of this kind of music it doesn't really move me

Natty Dread

Bob Marley & The Wailers

3/5

Good for listening to in the sun. I remember the wailers (sans Bob marley) playing at my local music festival - guilfest - and for their entire set there was just a sea of people bopping in time, even people just walking about not paying attention

Dire Straits

1/5

Boston

1/5

Well the art works good at least

Mask

Bauhaus

3/5

It's interesting hearing the roots of joy division and the cure but didn't really think too much of the album, and the second to last song was super out of place

Come Find Yourself

Fun Lovin' Criminals

3/5

It was quite enjoyable but nothing really stand out

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

Arrested Development

4/5

Liked it - particularly children play with earth

Mr. Tambourine Man

The Byrds

4/5

Love that rich sound

Me Against The World

2Pac

3/5

It's A Shame About Ray

The Lemonheads

1/5

Absolutely nothing memorable or interesting?

Hunting High And Low

a-ha

3/5

Life's Too Good

The Sugarcubes

5/5

Weird, interesting and really good

Marcus Garvey

Burning Spear

5/5

Since I Left You

The Avalanches

5/5

Faust IV

Faust

4/5

Got to be in the right mood, enjoyed it yesterday but didn't like it so much today

Arc Of A Diver

Steve Winwood

1/5

Coles Corner

Richard Hawley

4/5

Locust Abortion Technician

Butthole Surfers

3/5

I kind of want to give this another go, as I fear I wasn't listening carefully enough...

Moving Pictures

Rush

3/5

One of the better OK albums

Blue Lines

Massive Attack

5/5

Loveless

My Bloody Valentine

4/5

Tonight's The Night

Neil Young

5/5

Sunday At The Village Vanguard

Bill Evans Trio

1/5

Dig Your Own Hole

The Chemical Brothers

4/5

Enjoyed this a lot more than I expected to!

Zombie

Fela Kuti

4/5

Odelay

Beck

4/5

Fromohio

fIREHOSE

2/5

Led Zeppelin

3/5

Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

Wilco

3/5

I Should Coco

Supergrass

4/5

The Genius Of Ray Charles

Ray Charles

4/5

New Wave

The Auteurs

2/5

Very "great local band" vibe tbh

Modern Kosmology

Jane Weaver

4/5

The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter

The Incredible String Band

4/5

I liked it tbh

Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

3/5

Didn't make much of an impression

Faith

George Michael

3/5

Thirsty af

Bert Jansch

4/5

OK Computer

Radiohead

5/5

All Directions

The Temptations

5/5

So good.

The Specials

2/5

Some good songs but not much variety within the album

Beggars Banquet

The Rolling Stones

3/5

Here Come The Warm Jets

Brian Eno

5/5

Technique

New Order

4/5

Live Through This

Hole

5/5

Rock star is a tune!

Talvin Singh

3/5

Felt like it took the whole album to get going and then it stopped.

Seventeen Seconds

The Cure

4/5

The forest is so good

Synchronicity

The Police

4/5

This album was pretty blasé until mother...

Rio

Duran Duran

4/5

Bat Out Of Hell

Meat Loaf

5/5

A fun horny masterpiece

The Notorious Byrd Brothers

The Byrds

4/5

Love dat 12 string guitar sound.

Caetano Veloso

4/5

Some nice sounds

A Girl Called Dusty

Dusty Springfield

3/5

Some good songs, particularly you don't own me, but otherwise fairly standard fair.

Back In Black

AC/DC

4/5

Transformer

Lou Reed

5/5

S&M

Metallica

4/5

Great fun, but a bit long and samey for listening without access to a mosh pit... Also, not a real album.

She's So Unusual

Cyndi Lauper

3/5

Sound Affects

The Jam

3/5

Lots of good songs

Bringing It All Back Home

Bob Dylan

5/5

There's A Riot Goin' On

Sly & The Family Stone

4/5

Who's Next

The Who

4/5

Baba o'riley is a masterpiece, the rest of the album is fine...

Scott 4

Scott Walker

4/5

Silky smooth voice, reminds me a lot of Richard Hawley

Melody A.M.

Röyksopp

4/5

Tidal

Fiona Apple

4/5

Slow like honey could be a James bond theme song.

Destroyer

KISS

1/5

I really doubt I needed to listen to this before I died...

Good Old Boys

Randy Newman

3/5

Bit weird that anti racist is also the Disney song writer

Back To Black

Amy Winehouse

4/5

Actually

Pet Shop Boys

3/5

It's a sin is brill, everything else made me yawn

Ritual De Lo Habitual

Jane's Addiction

3/5

Junkyard

The Birthday Party

1/5

Couldn't make it past track 4

Moss Side Story

Barry Adamson

3/5

Superunknown

Soundgarden

3/5

I guess I'd never listened to any sound garden as I did not know Cornell was the singer. I also didn't know that audioslave is most of ratm. So I learnt a lot?

Done By The Forces Of Nature

Jungle Brothers

5/5

I really enjoy discovering the environmental message of these 80s hip hop

Music From Big Pink

The Band

4/5

Vespertine

Björk

5/5

Skylarking

XTC

4/5

Shaka Zulu

Ladysmith Black Mambazo

3/5

Connected

Stereo MC's

3/5

Dub Housing

Pere Ubu

3/5

Swerved erratically between great and rubbish

You're Living All Over Me

Dinosaur Jr.

2/5

Kala

M.I.A.

5/5

The Blueprint

JAY Z

4/5

Really enjoyed the fun beats and the swagger

Songs For Swingin' Lovers!

Frank Sinatra

3/5

Sheet Music

10cc

4/5

My Generation

The Who

2/5

I accidentally listened to like a mega duleux version which really dragged on which might be influencing my rating.

L'Eau Rouge

The Young Gods

3/5

Yes, you're very moody.

Music for the Masses

Depeche Mode

3/5

Tarkus

Emerson, Lake & Palmer

1/5

I did not jive with this

Bryter Layter

Nick Drake

4/5

The voice of an angel

A Night At The Opera

Queen

4/5

Highway to Hell

AC/DC

2/5

My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

Kanye West

4/5

Yeezy taught me.

This Is Hardcore

Pulp

3/5

I liked it, but it dragged on a bit

Hot Buttered Soul

Isaac Hayes

5/5

Mmmm, first time music making me feel this way, damn.

Are You Experienced

Jimi Hendrix

3/5

Some awesome songs, but lots of filler imo. Though I did not listen to the back half ..

Maggot Brain

Funkadelic

5/5

I listened to this in two sittings. On the first sitting I hated the maggot brain solo, but enjoyed the other stuff. But on the second sitting, I loved the alternate mix of maggot brain. Perhaps I just needed some warm up before the solo 😂

There's No Place Like America Today

Curtis Mayfield

3/5

Raw Like Sushi

Neneh Cherry

4/5

I enjoyed the music but the lyrciss were a bit basic.

Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme

Simon & Garfunkel

5/5

Yup perfect. Thanks.

Darklands

The Jesus And Mary Chain

3/5

Soul Mining

The The

4/5

Second Toughest In The Infants

Underworld

2/5

Meh I did quite like dancing to it, but also kind of bored by it the entire time

Nebraska

Bruce Springsteen

3/5

The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady

Charles Mingus

1/5

I guess it is a taste thing but I really did not like this.

Rust Never Sleeps

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

2/5

I object primarily to it being a live album.

Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not

Arctic Monkeys

5/5

I never want to become a person who doesn't think 'get on your dancing shoes, you sexy little swine' is not a brilliant lyric to open a song with. This is essentially the soundtrack to my first year at university. I have a great memory of my friend whose American and really into AM get so excited the first time we got in a taxi and he saw the "red lights indicate doors are secure" sticker!

The Madcap Laughs

Syd Barrett

2/5

For some reason I thought this was Syd Barrett and was expecting something very different

Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs

Derek & The Dominos

4/5

Love that warm electric guitar sound.

LP1

FKA twigs

4/5

It's hot, but not as good as I was expecting, and I listened to it in a bath so pretty optimal conditions...

Raw Power

The Stooges

3/5

Didn't do much for me, sorry.

Rattus Norvegicus

The Stranglers

4/5

The lyrcis are not inspired, but the songs are great. Remember seeing them live and it was my first introduction to a hype man!

The Soft Bulletin

The Flaming Lips

3/5

Eh I like flaming lips but found this a bit too mopey.

The Contino Sessions

Death In Vegas

3/5

Moments of 2⭐ moments of 4⭐ so somehow this doesn't seem like the right rating, sue me.

Unknown Pleasures

Joy Division

4/5

It's great, but honestly a bit samey for me to give it the full 5

Rhythm Nation 1814

Janet Jackson

4/5

It's a good record, I think if it was half as long I would have given it 5 without blinking.

The Band

5/5

Could only be improved if it was called the album.

Low-Life

New Order

3/5

I honestly have mostly forgot what I thought of this.

Tracy Chapman

5/5

Dunno why I've never listened to this before.

At Newport 1960

Muddy Waters

3/5

Down voted on principle of being a live album

Songs Of Love And Hate

Leonard Cohen

3/5

Eh a bit too mopey for me (or at least the mood I was in)

BEYONCÉ

Beyoncé

4/5

Some deeply sexy songs on here, but it isn't as good as lemonade imo

1984

Van Halen

2/5

It is what is is, yo.

Heroes

David Bowie

5/5

What more could you ask for from an album, a hit song about the essence of love and a song that brings deep seated dread.

Fear Of Music

Talking Heads

4/5

Off the wall.

Paul's Boutique

Beastie Boys

3/5

Started strong but sort of fizzled out?

The Hour Of Bewilderbeast

Badly Drawn Boy

4/5

I should have maybe paid more attention to this band the first time round

All Mod Cons

The Jam

3/5

It's good for what it is.

Miriam Makeba

4/5

Something Else By The Kinks

The Kinks

3/5

Yeah it was good. I liked the lo fi tracks.

Tanto Tempo

Bebel Gilberto

3/5

I did listen but don't really have any strong thoughts about it - perhaps I wasn't listening enough.

With The Beatles

Beatles

4/5

It started out really strong, I feel like it faded, but it was still pretty good.

Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols

Sex Pistols

4/5

It's got some great songs but what is going on with the new york song at the end, is it just classic homophobia or am I missing something? 🤔

Under Construction

Missy Elliott

4/5

Lyrics are a bit of their time, but it was a fun listen.

The Renaissance

Q-Tip

3/5

Very solid but nothing stood out?

Bone Machine

Tom Waits

4/5

Every Tom Waits song reminds me of the Wire, but I dig his voice and moody tunes.

The Seldom Seen Kid

Elbow

5/5

From the first crash of starlings all the way to the triumph of one day like this, beautiful songs with clever lyrics.

Boy In Da Corner

Dizzee Rascal

3/5

Well the lyrics are uninspired but the beats a really cool.

Hounds Of Love

Kate Bush

5/5

I'd never really seen it before, but I think you can really clearly see the influence of Kate Bush on St Vincent on this record.

Brothers

The Black Keys

4/5

I enjoyed this a lot, but I couldn't shake the feeling it was just a bit to engineered.

School's Out

Alice Cooper

1/5

Barely noticed this album was on.

Fuzzy

Grant Lee Buffalo

3/5

Reminded me of u2 in good and bad ways

Eagles

2/5

Say what you like about this album, you can't argue with its duration

Either Or

Elliott Smith

3/5

Forever Changes

Love

4/5

Roots

Sepultura

1/5

I guess it is for someone, but not for me.

Smash

The Offspring

4/5

I had forgot about albums with silences at the end of them! Definitely a nostalgia hit for me, went in very sceptical that is required listening, but it is an album that knows what it is.

The White Album

Beatles

4/5

Deserter's Songs

Mercury Rev

5/5

Never heard this before - so good.

Power In Numbers

Jurassic 5

4/5

Great opening half and then I felt like it just petered out. Not the first album I think I'd have given it 5⭐ if it was half as long...

Vivid

Living Colour

2/5

Eh some good bits quite a lot of very meh bits

Purple Rain

Prince

4/5

Good and sexy.

1989

Taylor Swift

4/5

Every song is fun and catchy, but the whole album is a bit over produced for me. Clean is a fantastic song though imo. Shame there isn't yet a taylor version so felt bad listening to this.

NEU! 75

Neu!

2/5

Just sort of washed over me tbh

The Stone Roses

4/5

I remember enjoying it but then forgot to review so now I have nothing interesting to write here.

Suede

3/5

I've really got out of the swing of this. I definitely did listen to this but I remember nothing so going to go with a safe 3

Talking Book

Stevie Wonder

3/5

Good fun, faded out after superstition though imo

Urban Hymns

The Verve

3/5

The opening two songs are really great but then it must drones on...

Debut

Björk

4/5

I found the lyrics to this touching in quite an unexpected way. And ofc great bjork sounds.

Black Holes and Revelations

Muse

5/5

Playing With Fire

Spacemen 3

1/5

Dunno why but absolutely could not stand this. Didn't get through it. The audio equivalent of waiting for a drunk to get to the point, only for them to not have one.

Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea

PJ Harvey

4/5

Elephant

The White Stripes

3/5

Good energy, but definitely suffered from opening with the best song.

Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots

The Flaming Lips

5/5

Delightful

The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars