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Album	You	Global	Diff
Unhalfbricking Fairport Convention	5	3.14	+1.86
The Bones Of What You Believe CHVRCHES	5	3.18	+1.82
The Marshall Mathers LP Eminem	5	3.49	+1.51
Funeral Arcade Fire	5	3.56	+1.44
Follow The Leader Korn	4	2.65	+1.35
The Cars The Cars	5	3.67	+1.33
The Score Fugees	5	3.69	+1.31
Superfly Curtis Mayfield	5	3.7	+1.3
Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not Arctic Monkeys	5	3.73	+1.27
Graceland Paul Simon	5	3.74	+1.26

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
(What's The Story) Morning Glory Oasis	2	3.84	-1.84
Catch A Fire Bob Marley & The Wailers	2	3.64	-1.64
Trafalgar Bee Gees	1	2.63	-1.63
Aqualung Jethro Tull	2	3.45	-1.45
Heaven Or Las Vegas Cocteau Twins	2	3.37	-1.37
Live Through This Hole	2	3.28	-1.28
Kenya Machito	2	3.27	-1.27
Let England Shake PJ Harvey	2	3.15	-1.15
It's A Shame About Ray The Lemonheads	2	3.12	-1.12
Close To You Carpenters	2	3.11	-1.11

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Beatles	2	5

5-Star Albums (13)

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

Popular Reviews

The Marshall Mathers LP

Eminem

5/5

I haven't stopped thinking about this album since I listened to it. His talent is absolutely unquestionable but the content is quite confronting. I remember hearing this album when it came out and while I realise all the bigotry and homophobia is part of the act, it is hard to digest at points, Kim being the biggest challenge. I can't even imagine what it would've been like recording that song. The music is amazing tho and when he gets on a roll you can't help but be amazed. The tracks featuring other artists really show how good he is as his verses wipe the floor with the others. I was gonna give this 4 stars but the fact it hasn't left my mind for 3 days means it's probably worth top marks.

15 likes

Superfly

Curtis Mayfield

5/5

Where do you start to peel back the layers of this album?! The percussion, the guitar, the horns, the strings, the lyrical content, this is 36 minutes of absolute pure glory!

4 likes

Another Music In A Different Kitchen

Buzzcocks

4/5

This was fun. Pioneers. Loved it.

2 likes

Truth And Soul

Fishbone

3/5

Yeah, it's funky. Seem like the kinda band that would kill it on Saturday night at Womad.

2 likes

The Cars

5/5

Love this album. The first 3 tracks are absolute gold and it doesn't really drop off too far from there. I've loved Just What I Needed for years and can't believe it's taken this long to give the rest of the record a run. Amazing.

1 likes

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Every Picture Tells A Story

Rod Stewart

4/5

Not totally surprised this is as good as it is after the way Nick Hornby talked about old Rod Stewart in his novel 31 songs. (I know) I'm Losing You being my favourite.

Close To You

Carpenters

2/5

Not for me.

Sticky Fingers

The Rolling Stones

3/5

Never been a big fan of Mick Jagger and thus, never gave the Stones a decent chance. Was pleasantly surprised by this album and can see why it's counted as one of their best. Knew more songs than I thought I would. Can't You Hear Me Knocking was my fave.

Toys In The Attic

Aerosmith

4/5

Top shit. Wicked 70s rock and roll.

The Cars

5/5

Call of the Valley

Shivkumar Sharma

2/5

Just noodling about on a bunch of instruments that don't really excite me. I'd probably love this if I was a stoner in the mid 60s and wasn't waiting for the Beatles to go to India and take acid.

Arrival

ABBA

3/5

Classic.

Graceland

Paul Simon

5/5

One of my all time favourites.

Trafalgar

Bee Gees

1/5

Very

Pet Shop Boys

3/5

I can understand the significance of the album but it didn't do heals for me. A few cool sounds but as a whole not that interesting to me.

The Colour Of Spring

Talk Talk

2/5

The Undertones

4/5

Simple and cool as fuck.

When I Was Born For The 7th Time

Cornershop

4/5

Wicked. So much late-90s sample heavy goodness. After only knowing the Norman Cook remix of Brimful of Asha this was an awesome and welcome surprise.

The Slider

T. Rex

3/5

Seems like the kinda stuff lots of people were doing at the time. Nothing stood out too much but not shit music.

Bryter Layter

Nick Drake

4/5

A perfect Sunday album. I'm much better acquainted with Five Leaves Left but this album is a gem. You can give it a few runs and focus on a different instrument each time or, just Drake's voice. I've never really wrapped my head around the word melancholy but I feel like this is the audible representation.

Definitely Maybe

Oasis

4/5

Missed the boat when these guys were at their peak as I was much more interested in the big beat electronic stuff coming out of Britain. Also Wonderwall never really did it for me so I never ever really gave them a shot. Listening now I can understand the hype and had I been 10 years older I would've been an Oasis tragic I've got no doubt. Great album. Give it a few more years and listens and I have no doubts it'll be 5 stars by then.

Live Through This

Hole

2/5

Djam Leelii

Baaba Maal

3/5

Takes me straight to Womad

Treasure

Cocteau Twins

3/5

Very interesting. I wanna know more about the things they used to produce this album at that time.

Everything Must Go

Manic Street Preachers

3/5

Yep. Sounds like a British album from the 90s.

Music for the Masses

Depeche Mode

3/5

Would've been my jam if I was in my 20s in the 80s

It's A Shame About Ray

The Lemonheads

2/5

More whiny, sad American 90s shite.

Endtroducing.....

DJ Shadow

4/5

Absolute classic.

Double Nickels On The Dime

Minutemen

4/5

Major surprise

Public Image: First Issue

Public Image Ltd.

2/5

Some good music but as with most punk, I'm just not into getting yelled at.

I Against I

Bad Brains

3/5

Pleasant surprise. I thought it was gonna be a full metal album after the first minute but was nothing of the sort. Have connections I never knew to Re-Ignition! What a jam.

Follow The Leader

Korn

4/5

Forgot how much I actually listened to this album when it came out. Few forgotten belters. Opening 3 tracks are all time. Glad I got the chance to go on a journey I never knew I needed.

The Score

Fugees

5/5

Amazing. Never heard it before and will definitely get a lot more runs. Loved it.

Surrealistic Pillow

Jefferson Airplane

3/5

White Rabbit is a 5 star tune. The rest are a bit boring but you can hear the roots of the big psychedelic movement to follow so you've gotta appreciate that.

Soul Mining

The The

3/5

It took me until well after I listened to this album to realise that this wasn't another album by Talk Talk.

Tical

Method Man

3/5

A Northern Soul

The Verve

2/5

Superfly

Curtis Mayfield

5/5

Where do you start to peel back the layers of this album?! The percussion, the guitar, the horns, the strings, the lyrical content, this is 36 minutes of absolute pure glory!

Copper Blue

Sugar

3/5

Better than most shit emerging from the US around this time

Aqualung

Jethro Tull

2/5

2 good songs. Just not for me. Bit all over the place.

Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim

Frank Sinatra

3/5

I knew the first song. And then the rest happened. It didn't change much and Frank didn't wanna fuck around singing for too long with all those cocktails to drink. Short and sharp. Not my kinda lyrics but I was genuinely taken by the horns and string sections. I liked it. I see why old cunts love it.

The Marshall Mathers LP

Eminem

5/5

Machine Head

Deep Purple

3/5

I'd heard for years the Deep Purple were so much more than just Smoke On The Water. I didn't realise that the album that contained that song would be the one to prove it. Some absolute jams on this album.

1999

Prince

4/5

Synthesisers and drum machines with Prince rocketing towards his peak. What's not to love?

Oar

Alexander 'Skip' Spence

2/5

Another mumbling American whose genius is "misunderstood". Can play the axe tho. And chase his former band mates with one...

Coles Corner

Richard Hawley

3/5

Sounds like the soundtrack to a Richard Curtis movie.

Melody A.M.

Röyksopp

4/5

Eple is an all time classic and the rest stacks up just behind it.

Nowhere

Ride

4/5

Another shining example of the difference between British and US alternative rock from the 90s. The Brits winning out nearly every time.

Manassas

Stephen Stills

3/5

I like the concept of the double album split into 4 parts. Especially as a vinyl release, side A being my favourite. Reading about the hectic recording sessions was also very interesting.

This Is Hardcore

Pulp

3/5

As always first and foremost, I listen to the music first. Lyrics don't really resonate with me very regularly. Cockers' lyrics are clean and clear and easy to understand but it was the music that caught me with this album. Yet another 90s Alt-Rock win to the Poms.

(What's The Story) Morning Glory

Oasis

2/5

I was pleasantly surprised listening to Oasis' first album and really, really enjoyed it. I thought I'd perhaps wasted 25 years not being an Oasis fan. This album compounded why I never get into them when this came out. It's just not that good to me.

Let England Shake

PJ Harvey

2/5

I get it. I understand it. I just don't like it. I don't see why it got so much praise heaped on it when it was initially released.

Meat Is Murder

The Smiths

3/5

Contains none of my favourite Smith's songs. It's not bad tho. Just not as good as I'd hoped.

Pieces Of The Sky

Emmylou Harris

3/5

Love me a slide guitar.

There's A Riot Goin' On

Sly & The Family Stone

3/5

What else do you say but, FUNK?!

Heaven Or Las Vegas

Cocteau Twins

2/5

Treasure was heaps better

Another Music In A Different Kitchen

Buzzcocks

4/5

This was fun. Pioneers. Loved it.

Unhalfbricking

Fairport Convention

5/5

Gave this a few runs. It really gripped me. I loved the music and lyrics. Sailor's Song is amazing.

Bringing It All Back Home

Bob Dylan

3/5

Bob being Bob.

Songs From The Big Chair

Tears For Fears

3/5

Some real gems. Have always loved EWTRTW but never knew the album as a whole.

American Idiot

Green Day

5/5

Still one of the best concerts I ever saw was their American Idiot tour. I also still know most of the lyrics as I listened along. Jesus of Suburbia is still a classic and forever will be.

Queens of the Stone Age

4/5

A cracker! I always thought they were very, very stoner rock but this has elements of keeping one eye on the dance floor. I think I'd kinda avoided it because everything I'd heard from Kyuss courtesy of Bennett didn't do much for me and incorrectly assumed the apple hadn't fallen far from the tree.

You're Living All Over Me

Dinosaur Jr.

2/5

Noise

Marcus Garvey

Burning Spear

3/5

Nothing else quite gripped me as much as the opening number and album title track but I still enjoyed the rest of the album. The lyrics don't mess about. Very frank.

A Rush Of Blood To The Head

Coldplay

4/5

I'll forever love their first 3 albums before they took a much more commercial formula into the studio. Politik. Just wow.

Wild Is The Wind

Nina Simone

3/5

Four Women. Truly spectacular.

Being There

Wilco

3/5

I have this major UK vs US rivalry stuck in my head for anything from the 90s. So far the Brits keep winning out. They just seem so much more listenable and less of a chore to get thru each album. I had heard of Wilco a they're one of those bands I thought I probably should have done a bit more research into. After the opening track I immediately thought I'd been dealt another depressing hour of American alt-rock. Very happy to say how wrong I was! This album covered a wide and varied part of the musical spectrum and instead of just waiting for it to finish I found myself wanting more. Will definitely get more runs in the future.

Revolver

Beatles

5/5

Tomorrow Never Knows. Without this song my entire musical journey would be totally different. The Chemical Brothers may never have existed without it. Plus Taxman, Eleanor Rugby's and the rest of the album... Just wonderful.

Truth And Soul

Fishbone

3/5

Yeah, it's funky. Seem like the kinda band that would kill it on Saturday night at Womad.

Music From Big Pink

The Band

3/5

Listened to the first half in the car. The second half on decent headphones. It's a ripper album I might've unappreciated without the cans.

Hms Fable

Shack

3/5

Yeah not bad.

Ritual De Lo Habitual

Jane's Addiction

4/5

Majorly surprised. Dismissed Jane's Addiction when I was young purely coz I loved electronic music too much. The second half of this album is unreal. Farrell's voice still shits me a bit but this album is amazing.

Alien Lanes

Guided By Voices

3/5

Few tracks have a very Beatles sound. Short and sharp tracks and considering the amount, surprisingly small amount of shit ones. Liked it a lot.

Dare!

The Human League

4/5

Synth-tastic! Paved the way for the shit I listen to today.

Here Are the Sonics

The Sonics

4/5

Loved it.

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

Arctic Monkeys

5/5

It's 5 stars. We all know that.

Catch A Fire

Bob Marley & The Wailers

2/5

Not a bad sound, just a boring repetitive one.

Dig Me Out

Sleater-Kinney

2/5

Stop yelling at me please.

Who's Next

The Who

4/5

Classic. Massive classic. Will go on my vinyl bucket list.

This Is Fats Domino

Fats Domino

3/5

Spotify won't let me listen to half the album for some reason but the first half was good.

My Generation

The Who

3/5

Quintessentially 60s and British

Kenya

Machito

2/5

Probably influential. Not for me.

Too Rye Ay

Dexys Midnight Runners

3/5

Wouldn't play it on purpose but had no desire to turn it off while it was on. Come on Eileen is obviously an all time classic.

L'Eau Rouge

The Young Gods

2/5

Not my thing. Impressive for 1989 tho.

Cosmo's Factory

Creedence Clearwater Revival

4/5

I knew all the famous ones off this album and they are all classics. The opener Ramble Tamble was the best of the ones I was unfamiliar with. Sets up the whole album. Loved it.

The Predator

Ice Cube

3/5

Close To The Edge

Yes

4/5

Closer

Joy Division

3/5

Atrocity Exhibition did nothing to help set me up for the rest of the album. I read that Peter Hook was furious about his guitar treatment and I have to agree. It's just noise. The rest of the album, not bad. Twenty Four Hours easily my fave. Not really my style but it's easy to see why it's well regarded and the obvious influences it had on future acts.

The Seldom Seen Kid

Elbow

3/5

Journey. Will go back with headphones on and deep dive.

Tusk

Fleetwood Mac

4/5

Obviously not as classic as the previous Rumours but still a cracker album.

Funeral

Arcade Fire

5/5

Loved it since I first heard it.

Real Life

Magazine

4/5

Grabbed me for the first 10 seconds and didn't let go. Loved it. Don't really know why or how to describe it but it still sounds fresh all these years later. Will be going back again and checking out their other stuff too.

Tragic Songs of Life

The Louvin Brothers

3/5

Proper old country

At Folsom Prison

Johnny Cash

5/5

I've known about this album for years but never actually listened to it. I loved it from start to finish. The whole performance is spectacular. All the little mistakes and jokes and bits just add to its charm. And there's something about prisoners cheering so loudly to songs about prison that makes you smile. Very special album. 25 minutes to go is my fave.

Crocodiles

Echo And The Bunnymen

2/5

It's fine

The White Album

Beatles

5/5

It's the White Album.

The Bones Of What You Believe

CHVRCHES

5/5

Still great 10 years later. Wasn't just a phase I was going thru