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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Bluesbreakers John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers	5	3.16	+1.84
Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs Derek & The Dominos	5	3.39	+1.61
Illinois Sufjan Stevens	5	3.5	+1.5
Bringing It All Back Home Bob Dylan	5	3.64	+1.36
Remedy Basement Jaxx	4	2.68	+1.32
Siamese Dream The Smashing Pumpkins	5	3.83	+1.17
Back In Black AC/DC	5	3.85	+1.15
Like Water For Chocolate Common	4	2.95	+1.05
Joan Baez Joan Baez	4	2.96	+1.04
Rage Against The Machine Rage Against The Machine	5	4	+1

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo Devo	1	3.13	-2.13
Welcome to the Afterfuture Mike Ladd	1	2.56	-1.56
Pornography The Cure	2	3.31	-1.31
Close To The Edge Yes	2	3.19	-1.19
Younger Than Yesterday The Byrds	2	3.14	-1.14

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Artist	Albums	Average
Led Zeppelin	3	4.33

5-Star Albums (10)

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Popular Reviews

Celebrity Skin

Hole

3/5

Kicks off very strongly with "Celebrity Skin", but gets a bit lost in the middle of the album. A good album and screams 'the 90s'

4 likes

Tommy

The Who

3/5

Good album with some classic who tracks. Dragged on a bit

2 likes

1-Star Albums (2)

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Rage Against The Machine

5/5

An incredibly powerful album that starts strong and never lets up. One of my all time favourites - a classic

Harvest

Neil Young

4/5

Easy listening and some absolute classics that haven't aged. Very enjoyable

Bitches Brew

Miles Davis

3/5

Not something I'm normally into, but you can hear the incredible talent shine through on every track

My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

Kanye West

4/5

Great example of something I had written off previously but ended up really enjoying. Album flows brilliantly and has some great standouts

Crocodiles

Echo And The Bunnymen

3/5

An album I had missed previously, but a good listen. You can hear the influence it has had on future post-punk bands

Doolittle

Pixies

4/5

Great album that I come back to every now and again. Standouts are Debaser, Here Comes Your Man and Monkey Gone to Heaven

Californication

Red Hot Chili Peppers

4/5

Red Hot Chilli Peppers back to great form and one of their better albums. So many great songs stand out here that I can always come back and enjoy

Celebrity Skin

Hole

3/5

Kicks off very strongly with "Celebrity Skin", but gets a bit lost in the middle of the album. A good album and screams 'the 90s'

Close To The Edge

Yes

2/5

Loved the last track but wasn't too sure on the rest

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

David Bowie

4/5

A classsic album which showcases some of the brillance of Bowie. Hard to give it anything other than high priase

Rock Bottom

Robert Wyatt

2/5

Not my kind of album, although did apprecaite it in parts. Not sure on the vocals

Joan Baez

4/5

Fantastic folk songs / covers. Can easily come back and listen again

Third

Portishead

4/5

Surprised how much I enjoyed this one - Captivated me throughout

Physical Graffiti

Led Zeppelin

4/5

Enjoyed the listen, and has some great songs on it. Not my favourite Zepplin album though

Axis: Bold As Love

Jimi Hendrix

4/5

Loved this album. An ageless guitar driven masterclass. Could listen to Little Wing for hours

Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs

Derek & The Dominos

5/5

An incredible blues rock album with Clapton at his best

Good Old Boys

Randy Newman

2/5

I can see it as a good album of the genre, but completely not my thing unfortunately

Toys In The Attic

Aerosmith

3/5

Good album and some good tracks

Jagged Little Pill

Alanis Morissette

4/5

Had heard some of the songs previously but ended up really enjoying the whole album. Love the angst and capture of the mid-90s

Oracular Spectacular

MGMT

4/5

A great album which still holds up. Some classic tracks which always take me back

Connected

Stereo MC's

3/5

Felt very of the age, but a good flow on the album that I did enjoy

Brilliant Corners

Thelonious Monk

3/5

A good earlier jazz album

Immigrés

Youssou N'Dour

4/5

Loved it

Illinois

Sufjan Stevens

5/5

Incredibly easy to listen to from start to finish. Had previously had a few Sufjan Stevens songs but the album as a whole was a great listen

Skylarking

XTC

3/5

Enjoyable listen throughout, but not sure I would return too often

Younger Than Yesterday

The Byrds

2/5

A decent album but it felt repetitive at times and didn't have a great standout

Picture Book

Simply Red

2/5

Wasn't my thing

Tommy

The Who

3/5

Good album with some classic who tracks. Dragged on a bit

Selling England By The Pound

Genesis

3/5

Really liked the started, but got a bit lost by the end. Still a decent listen

Fisherman's Blues

The Waterboys

3/5

Quite enjoyable

1989

Taylor Swift

4/5

An album of music I wouldn't typicaly want to listen to in full, but it is full of great tracks

Happy Trails

Quicksilver Messenger Service

3/5

A pretty good album that flows well

Zombie

Fela Kuti

4/5

A great jazz album that I hadn't previously heard of

Crime Of The Century

Supertramp

3/5

Enjoyed, and with some songs I didn't realise I knew already. Good album

Everything Must Go

Manic Street Preachers

4/5

Some gems on here (Australia, Design for life), and a generally good album

Welcome to the Afterfuture

Mike Ladd

1/5

Really could not get into it after a few songs

Your Arsenal

Morrissey

3/5

Haven't loved Morrisey in the past, but this album did work very well. A surprise!

Revolver

Beatles

4/5

Great album with some of my favourite Beatles tracks.

With The Beatles

Beatles

4/5

Another great Beatles album. All flows so well together. Not my favourite of theirs, but that doesn't mean much considering the competition

Led Zeppelin

4/5

An absolute classic

Talvin Singh

3/5

An easy album to listen to in teh background. Very much of it's time

Little Earthquakes

Tori Amos

3/5

A decent album that I enjoyed more than expected. Not sure I would go back

Like Water For Chocolate

Common

4/5

A surprise find here - Really enjoyed it throughout and will go back and listen again

Hot Buttered Soul

Isaac Hayes

3/5

Good album, but some of the songs dragged on a bit. Very calming and easy to listen to though

Endtroducing.....

DJ Shadow

4/5

A great listen. Another album that had passed me by, but was solid. Will definitely come back for more

Nevermind

Nirvana

5/5

So raw and powerful - an absolute must listen. Some songs aren't as good, but most are incredible

Peace Sells...But Who's Buying

Megadeth

3/5

A pretty good album. I didn't love it compared to other similar albums but it flowed well

Halcyon Digest

Deerhunter

4/5

A very enjoyable listen that I will need to go back and revisit more than once

Joan Armatrading

4/5

Powerful voice and lovely guitar - A great album

Sign 'O' The Times

Prince

4/5

White Blood Cells

The White Stripes

4/5

A great listen, so raw and full of energy

Talking Book

Stevie Wonder

4/5

A great listen and some incredible standouts. Needless to say, Superstition is incredible

Unhalfbricking

Fairport Convention

4/5

A great album

Led Zeppelin II

Led Zeppelin

5/5

Just an incredible album from start to finish.

Straight Outta Compton

N.W.A.

4/5

Classic album from start to finish

Fuzzy

Grant Lee Buffalo

3/5

not bad, but didn't really stand out to me

Oar

Alexander 'Skip' Spence

3/5

The ArchAndroid

Janelle Monáe

4/5

A great album with some really electrifying tracks

Music Has The Right To Children

Boards of Canada

3/5

Werid but good listen

Let Love Rule

Lenny Kravitz

3/5

Good, but not the best kravitz album

Guitar Town

Steve Earle

3/5

A good album that isn't exactly my thing, but I enjoyed it for what it was

Follow The Leader

Korn

3/5

An incredibly strong start to a good album

Hunting High And Low

a-ha

3/5

Can't help but love "Take on Me", and other songs are also good, but averages out at about 3*

Suede

3/5

Animal Nitrate is a classic, but the rest of the album doesn't live up to it as much as I would like

The Slim Shady LP

Eminem

3/5

Some absolute classics on this album, but it really drops off at the end for me unfortunately

Black Sabbath

3/5

It was alright, but not as good as i had expected

Remedy

Basement Jaxx

4/5

Loved to start, wasnt so sure about the second half which is a shame. Still full of great tracks though

Nebraska

Bruce Springsteen

4/5

A great album

Ágætis Byrjun

Sigur Rós

4/5

Great, realxing album. Sigur Ros never fail

Songs Of Leonard Cohen

Leonard Cohen

3/5

Very easy listening

Peggy Suicide

Julian Cope

3/5

Beautiful Freak

Eels

3/5

Enjoyable, but got a bit lost on the way.

Siamese Dream

The Smashing Pumpkins

5/5

Such a great album. Cherub rock is an incredible opener that sets the rest up perfectly

Liege And Lief

Fairport Convention

4/5

Was a great listen. Will have to come back to appreciate it more

Tea for the Tillerman

Cat Stevens

4/5

Caught me by surprise - such an easy listen. Very enjoyable

New Boots And Panties

Ian Dury

3/5

Good album, but nothing memorable

The Dreaming

Kate Bush

2/5

I do like some Kate Bush tracks, but i didn't get on with this album unfortunately

Bringing It All Back Home

Bob Dylan

5/5

Brilliant album. Such an icredible song writting

A Night At The Opera

Queen

4/5

Good album with some incredible standout tracks

Ingenue

k.d. lang

3/5

Some good easy listening

Wild Gift

3/5

Enjoyable for what it is, and can see the influence it had on later bands, but doesn't stand out as much anymore

This Nation’s Saving Grace

The Fall

2/5

Decent album, but not entirely my thing

Bluesbreakers

John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers

5/5

A fantastic album. Really pushing british blues forward

More Songs About Buildings And Food

Talking Heads

3/5

Easy listening, a good album

Nixon

Lambchop

3/5

Quite enjoyed it, especially early on

Fromohio

fIREHOSE

2/5

Didn't really gel with this

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

Devo

1/5

Really couldn't get into this album at all

The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill

Lauryn Hill

3/5

Some absolute classics on this album, but a lot of it doesn't land as much as I would like

The Velvet Underground & Nico

The Velvet Underground

3/5

Good album

Aqualung

Jethro Tull

4/5

A surprusingly good full album. Had heard aqualung many times but the rest of the album carries it on well

Fear and Whiskey

Mekons

3/5

Not bad, but didn't stand out too much to me

Imagine

John Lennon

3/5

A decent album, but not hiting the best of what I had come to expect

Brothers

The Black Keys

4/5

Fantastic album that had somehow passed me by. Will listen again and again

Rubber Soul

Beatles

4/5

Everything comes together so well, with a few absolutely fantastic tracks. Not my favourite Beatles album but a classic still

Juju

Siouxsie And The Banshees

3/5

Pornography

The Cure

2/5

Didn't really gel with any of this

Shake Your Money Maker

The Black Crowes

4/5

Really enjoyable throughout

Quiet Life

Japan

2/5

Not a bad album, but didn't stick with me that much

Rocks

Aerosmith

3/5

Much better than I expected and flows well together

Bongo Rock

Incredible Bongo Band

3/5

Good if you like Bongos?

Rumours

Fleetwood Mac

5/5

Incredible album from start to finish with exceptional standouts. Absolutely favourite is the Chain

Back In Black

AC/DC

5/5

A Fantastic album with some true, timeless classics.

Dance Mania

Tito Puente

3/5

Not my favourite genre, but appreciate it is good for what it is. Does take me back to travelling and experiencing this music for the first time

Duck Rock

Malcolm McLaren

3/5

Pretty good, something I hadn't heared much of before