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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Basket of Light Pentangle	5	2.76	+2.24
Happy Trails Quicksilver Messenger Service	5	2.8	+2.2
I Am a Bird Now Antony and the Johnsons	5	2.84	+2.16
The Nightfly Donald Fagen	5	3.03	+1.97
Time (The Revelator) Gillian Welch	5	3.05	+1.95
Tanto Tempo Bebel Gilberto	5	3.07	+1.93
Cypress Hill Cypress Hill	5	3.14	+1.86
The Sensual World Kate Bush	5	3.17	+1.83
Hysteria Def Leppard	5	3.21	+1.79
The Poet Bobby Womack	5	3.22	+1.78

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Illmatic Nas	2	3.6	-1.6
Raising Hell Run-D.M.C.	2	3.5	-1.5
Public Image: First Issue Public Image Ltd.	1	2.42	-1.42
Cloud Nine The Temptations	2	3.41	-1.41
My Aim Is True Elvis Costello	2	3.34	-1.34
Melodrama Lorde	2	3.31	-1.31
The Blueprint JAY Z	2	3.2	-1.2
3 Years, 5 Months And 2 Days In The Life Of... Arrested Development	2	3.15	-1.15
Run-D.M.C. Run-D.M.C.	2	3.12	-1.12
Songs In The Key Of Life Stevie Wonder	3	4.07	-1.07

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Artist	Albums	Average
Radiohead	2	5
Beatles	2	5
Miles Davis	2	5
Pink Floyd	3	4.33

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Popular Reviews

System Of A Down

System Of A Down · 16 likes

4/5

Blows your head off and then shits down your neck. No punches pulled is an understatement

Cafe Bleu

The Style Council · 6 likes

4/5

Funky soulful jazzy. Not what I would have expected from Paul Welker but very glad I've discovered it

Bug

Dinosaur Jr. · 2 likes

4/5

Loved it. Really raw and melancholic, at times angry, but always with a fun uplifting edge. So glad I've discovered this

1-Star Albums (2)

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A Rush Of Blood To The Head

Coldplay

4/5

Can't believe I've never listened to this all the way through before. It's aged extremely well. It's quite soft edged, but has a lovely texture and layering to it. Obviously some of the songs i have heard 1000 times before becuase they were played to death as part of adverts or on the radio, so they have lost their impact, but "Politik" is a really strong way to start and album, a real statement of intent, and Amsterdam is a perfect way to end it as well. And having only heard the melody for "God Put a Smile Upon Your Face" from the Mark Ronson version, it was nice to hear the original, and just bask in its glory.

Sticky Fingers

The Rolling Stones

4/5

Black Sabbath

5/5

Repeater

Fugazi

3/5

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

Arrested Development

2/5

Not really my cup of tea...

The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn

Pink Floyd

3/5

Very different to the stuff they are more famous for. I need to give it a few more listens

Live At The Regal

B.B. King

4/5

Foo Fighters

4/5

My Aim Is True

Elvis Costello

2/5

Maybe need another go at it, but I've never liked Costello

Happy Trails

Quicksilver Messenger Service

5/5

Nilsson Schmilsson

Harry Nilsson

5/5

Bug

Dinosaur Jr.

4/5

Loved it. Really raw and melancholic, at times angry, but always with a fun uplifting edge. So glad I've discovered this

Here Come The Warm Jets

Brian Eno

4/5

Hotel California

Eagles

3/5

Definitely not their best album.

The Velvet Underground

4/5

69 Love Songs

The Magnetic Fields

3/5

Didn't love it. Very weird, and occasionally enjoyable, but overall, not my thing

Ten

Pearl Jam

4/5

Awesome album.

Dire Straits

4/5

Chelsea Girl

Nico

3/5

Maggot Brain

Funkadelic

5/5

That mind melting opening track is really something magnificent... The whole thing is just awesome. Some real heavy bluesy guitar riffs, mixed in with pure mad cap funk.

Clube Da Esquina

Milton Nascimento

4/5

Awesome! So funky and jazzy and smooth, and not something I'd normally listen to, but glad I've discovered

Eagles

5/5

Excellent. Had it on a loop for weeks and they were in my Spotify top 5 this year

Abraxas

Santana

5/5

Illmatic

Nas

2/5

Not my thing

Merriweather Post Pavilion

Animal Collective

2/5

Lady Soul

Aretha Franklin

4/5

System Of A Down

4/5

Blows your head off and then shits down your neck. No punches pulled is an understatement

Appetite For Destruction

Guns N' Roses

3/5

Hunting High And Low

a-ha

3/5

Aftermath

The Rolling Stones

3/5

Pornography

The Cure

4/5

Brothers In Arms

Dire Straits

4/5

Brilliant. Any album with Money for Nothing on it is one for the ages. Your Latest Trick also has that incredibly recognisable sax intro/coda on it by Michael Brecker

Music for the Masses

Depeche Mode

4/5

Songs From The Big Chair

Tears For Fears

4/5

Disintegration

The Cure

4/5

Face to Face

The Kinks

3/5

The Blueprint

JAY Z

2/5

Not my thing

Fear Of Music

Talking Heads

3/5

Good stuff, but a bit jarring, and not many of the classics on there.

Nebraska

Bruce Springsteen

3/5

Songs In The Key Of Life

Stevie Wonder

3/5

Vulgar Display Of Power

Pantera

4/5

Sounding like an even heavier thrashier Metallica

Beautiful Freak

Eels

4/5

Can't believe I've never listened to this before. Only ever heard one track before on the Skrek soundtrack. Really cool, dark sound.

Fever To Tell

Yeah Yeah Yeahs

4/5

Glorious bit of early noughties New York indie rock. Karen O absolutely kills it, and the guitar sounds are very much synonymous of the time.

Cafe Bleu

The Style Council

4/5

Funky soulful jazzy. Not what I would have expected from Paul Welker but very glad I've discovered it

Hounds Of Love

Kate Bush

4/5

Natty Dread

Bob Marley & The Wailers

3/5

On The Beach

Neil Young

3/5

Broken English

Marianne Faithfull

3/5

Cut

The Slits

3/5

Jazz Samba

Stan Getz

4/5

Moving Pictures

Rush

5/5

Moon Safari

Air

4/5

Meat Is Murder

The Smiths

3/5

Third/Sister Lovers

Big Star

2/5

Classic 70s but just too depressing for me

The Bends

Radiohead

5/5

Black Metal

Venom

3/5

I could get into this, but this just isn't my thing.

Le Tigre

4/5

Punk. It shreds 👌

Raising Hell

Run-D.M.C.

2/5

Mermaid Avenue

Billy Bragg

3/5

Manassas

Stephen Stills

4/5

Enjoyed this. Easy going, bluesy, groovy, dad rock with attitude

Run-D.M.C.

2/5

1999

Prince

4/5

Excellent. Supremely funky, subversive, very naughty, and way ahead of its time.

Car Wheels On A Gravel Road

Lucinda Williams

4/5

Loving this. Been on a mission to seek out more female rock/country artists, and Lucinda just shot to the top of my list. After a quick Google seems like she's doing some shows with Waxahatchee, which makes perfect sense to be now. Incredible voice, great musicality, perfect for listing to on these hot summer evenings. I'm not a massive country fan, but there's more than enough bluesy toe-tapping, head-nodding, guitar-sliding goodness here to get me on board

Modern Kosmology

Jane Weaver

3/5

Interesting. Ethereal voice, and some incredible sound scapes. Comparable sort of feel to some of Charlotte Gainsborough's stuff

Brown Sugar

D'Angelo

4/5

Funky soulful beats, groovy bass, gorgeous jazzy feel. Very easy to get lost in.

Heartattack And Vine

Tom Waits

3/5

The Last Of The True Believers

Nanci Griffith

3/5

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

Beatles

5/5

Dig Your Own Hole

The Chemical Brothers

4/5

Heartbreaker

Ryan Adams

3/5

Vivid

Living Colour

4/5

The Boatman's Call

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

3/5

White Ladder

David Gray

4/5

Post Orgasmic Chill

Skunk Anansie

3/5

Elvis Presley

3/5

Cosmo's Factory

Creedence Clearwater Revival

4/5

Tidal

Fiona Apple

3/5

The Nightfly

Donald Fagen

5/5

KE*A*H** (Psalm 69)

Ministry

4/5

It's A Shame About Ray

The Lemonheads

3/5

Hunky Dory

David Bowie

4/5

The Seldom Seen Kid

Elbow

3/5

Me Against The World

2Pac

5/5

Stunning. This was a really pleasant surprise, and exactly the reason I joined this project; to discover masterpieces like this that I otherwise would never have listened to. This young man was so wise, so humble, so angry, so insightful and thoughtful, with a truly incredible voice and take, and the beats are just so soulful. Think that a lot of today's 'rappers' could learn a lot from going back and listening to this again and remembering what they forgot. Absolutely stellar, and perfect summertime listening (listening in June '23). Rest in power, 2Pac.

461 Ocean Boulevard

Eric Clapton

3/5

OK Computer

Radiohead

5/5

Californication

Red Hot Chili Peppers

4/5

I mean, it's Californication. Nothing more needs to be said

Different Class

Pulp

4/5

I was never into Pulp, obviously heard some of their stuff on the radio etc, but I was very pleasantly surprised! Such a unique sound, and lyrics to match.

Tragic Songs of Life

The Louvin Brothers

3/5

Highway 61 Revisited

Bob Dylan

3/5

Good Old Boys

Randy Newman

3/5

Hysteria

Def Leppard

5/5

Another classic that otherwise would have never been on my radar. Absolutely cracking from start to finish, with awesome guitar riffs and licks, killer vocals and bombastic drums.

Machine Head

Deep Purple

4/5

Rock 'N Soul

Solomon Burke

4/5

Born In The U.S.A.

Bruce Springsteen

3/5

Obviously a classic, but I just don't think I'll ever be a Springsteen fan

Pictures At An Exhibition

Emerson, Lake & Palmer

3/5

Either Or

Elliott Smith

3/5

All Things Must Pass

George Harrison

4/5

The Marshall Mathers LP

Eminem

3/5

Obviously ground breaking and artful, with a lot of humour and many layers, but I found a lot of the lyrics and imagery simply problematic and not something I really enjoy listening to. I can appreciate some of it, but it's just not my thing.

Floodland

Sisters Of Mercy

4/5

The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady

Charles Mingus

5/5

Nevermind

Nirvana

4/5

Maverick A Strike

Finley Quaye

3/5

Listenable. Just not my thing.

Music

Madonna

2/5

John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band

John Lennon

4/5

Adele

3/5

The Stranger

Billy Joel

3/5

Psychocandy

The Jesus And Mary Chain

4/5

The Velvet Underground influence is very clear and plain to see, particularly in the vocals and the guitar styling, but the soundscapes that it creates are heavier and more psychedelic. I really loved it

Live And Dangerous

Thin Lizzy

5/5

I mean, it's Thin Lizzy. Phil Lynott is an icon, and Gary Moore is a god

Abbey Road

Beatles

5/5

I mean, it's the Beatles...

São Paulo Confessions

Suba

4/5

Loved this! A real treat. Nice lo fi beats mixed with jazzy Latin/Brazilian classical elements. One of the best surprises that this project had thrown up for me recently

Real Life

Magazine

3/5

Music From Big Pink

The Band

3/5

The Predator

Ice Cube

4/5

Get Behind Me Satan

The White Stripes

4/5

Loving this! It's so stripped down and raw, but does so much with just a guitar/piano, a drumkit and a voice. The syncopation and playing on the offbeat always keeps you interested and on edge, and the rhythmic modulation just shows how in tune this pair were. Very distinctive sounds, very unorthodox approach, but still with those classic blues rock influences clear and present. I'm sad that I missed this the first time around, but I'm glad I'm getting to discover it now for real.

Catch A Fire

Bob Marley & The Wailers

3/5

Like Water For Chocolate

Common

3/5

Wish You Were Here

Pink Floyd

5/5

Live At The Witch Trials

The Fall

2/5

2112

Rush

4/5

Legalize It

Peter Tosh

4/5

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

Arctic Monkeys

5/5

The Who Sell Out

The Who

3/5

Autobahn

Kraftwerk

4/5

Beauty And The Beat

The Go-Go's

3/5

Band On The Run

Paul McCartney and Wings

4/5

Trout Mask Replica

Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band

2/5

Couldn't listen to on Spotify, can't find it anywhere.

Protection

Massive Attack

4/5

Morrison Hotel

The Doors

4/5

At Newport 1960

Muddy Waters

4/5

...The Dandy Warhols Come Down

The Dandy Warhols

4/5

Ellington at Newport

Duke Ellington

4/5

Stephen Stills

3/5

Kind Of Blue

Miles Davis

5/5

...And Justice For All

Metallica

4/5

The Low End Theory

A Tribe Called Quest

4/5

The Atomic Mr Basie

Count Basie & His Orchestra

5/5

Nighthawks At The Diner

Tom Waits

4/5

Boston

4/5

Arrival

ABBA

4/5

Bat Out Of Hell

Meat Loaf

3/5

Shaka Zulu

Ladysmith Black Mambazo

4/5

Arc Of A Diver

Steve Winwood

3/5

Getz/Gilberto

Stan Getz

5/5

Blood And Chocolate

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

4/5

American Beauty

Grateful Dead

3/5

Snivilisation

Orbital

3/5

Ramones

3/5

Low

David Bowie

3/5

I can appreciate it s little, but its all a bit too experimental and all the tracks sort of blend into each other and im not able to grasp onto them. Love Bowie and Sound & Vision is a favourite, but the rest of the album leaves me a bit cold..

Eternally Yours

The Saints

4/5

Follow The Leader

Korn

4/5

Back To Black

Amy Winehouse

3/5

The Sensual World

Kate Bush

5/5

Time (The Revelator)

Gillian Welch

5/5

Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret

Soft Cell

2/5

Rage Against The Machine

4/5

Disraeli Gears

Cream

4/5

Cloud Nine

The Temptations

2/5

Deja Vu

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

3/5

You're Living All Over Me

Dinosaur Jr.

3/5

The Poet

Bobby Womack

5/5

Kimono My House

Sparks

4/5

Frank

Amy Winehouse

3/5

It's objectively good, and I prefer this to Back In Black, simply because I've heard that tooooooo many times, but as good as it is, it's just not my thing

Melodrama

Lorde

2/5

Just not my thing.

Seventeen Seconds

The Cure

4/5

The Dark Side Of The Moon

Pink Floyd

5/5

Public Image: First Issue

Public Image Ltd.

1/5

I'm into punk and Avant Garde, but this is just not my thing. Barely 1 decent song on the whole album, the rest is just angry noisy nonsense. Maybe that's the point, and maybe I'm missing the point, but I didn't enjoy it at all

I Am a Bird Now

Antony and the Johnsons

5/5

A real treat, never listened to this artist before but I was extra pleasantly surprised by this glorious work of art. Majestic and poignant pianos and truly exceptional vocals

Pretenders

4/5

Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)

Wu-Tang Clan

5/5

Freak Out!

The Mothers Of Invention

3/5

Deeply strange and surreal and satirical and unnerving, and also quite enjoyable! 3.5

Basket of Light

Pentangle

5/5

Zombie

Fela Kuti

3/5

Welcome to the Afterfuture

Mike Ladd

4/5

Pink Flag

Wire

3/5

Movies

Holger Czukay

3/5

Very interesting, strange, experimental. Glad I heard it, but don't think I'll be going back for more

The Cars

4/5

Black Monk Time

The Monks

4/5

Headquarters

The Monkees

3/5

This Is Fats Domino

Fats Domino

3/5

Who Killed...... The Zutons?

The Zutons

4/5

Tanto Tempo

Bebel Gilberto

5/5

Elephant

The White Stripes

4/5

Surf's Up

The Beach Boys

4/5

Pretty cool, surprisingly rocky, and bluesy.

Life Thru A Lens

Robbie Williams

3/5

Venus Luxure No. 1 Baby

Girls Against Boys

3/5

Figure 8

Elliott Smith

4/5

Behaviour

Pet Shop Boys

3/5

Peace Sells...But Who's Buying

Megadeth

3/5

Cypress Hill

5/5

Harvest

Neil Young

4/5

In A Silent Way

Miles Davis

5/5

Kollaps

Einstürzende Neubauten

1/5

Extremely tough going. Tbh, i couldn't listen to it for more than a few minutes, it was just too confrontational and experimental for me. I respect it for what it's doing, but this is not for me. 1 star seems unfair, so I will rate as did not listen.

No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith (Live)

Motörhead

3/5

It's Blitz!

Yeah Yeah Yeahs

4/5

Brutal Youth

Elvis Costello

2/5

Costello just isn't my jam, man. I can't stand his voice

Fear and Whiskey

Mekons

2/5

Some good listenable stuff on here, and its clear these guys were pioneers and influential, but theres a bit too much experimental weird stuff that makes me zone out.

Tigermilk

Belle & Sebastian

3/5

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness

The Smashing Pumpkins

5/5

Songs The Lord Taught Us

The Cramps

3/5

Slipknot

4/5

Rio