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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Happy Trails Quicksilver Messenger Service	5	2.8	+2.2
The Nightfly Donald Fagen	5	3.01	+1.99
Hysteria Def Leppard	5	3.21	+1.79
Me Against The World 2Pac	5	3.25	+1.75
Live And Dangerous Thin Lizzy	5	3.32	+1.68
Nilsson Schmilsson Harry Nilsson	5	3.44	+1.56
The Atomic Mr Basie Count Basie & His Orchestra	5	3.5	+1.5
Moving Pictures Rush	5	3.58	+1.42
Maggot Brain Funkadelic	5	3.6	+1.4
Getz/Gilberto Stan Getz	5	3.65	+1.35

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Illmatic Nas	2	3.6	-1.6
Raising Hell Run-D.M.C.	2	3.51	-1.51
My Aim Is True Elvis Costello	2	3.35	-1.35
Eagles Eagles	2	3.3	-1.3
The Blueprint JAY Z	2	3.21	-1.21
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	3.13	-1.13
Songs In The Key Of Life Stevie Wonder	3	4.07	-1.07

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Artist	Albums	Average
Beatles	2	5

5-Star Albums (18)

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Popular Reviews

System Of A Down

4/5

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

11 likes

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

5 likes

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

2 likes

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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

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

2/5

Not for me....

Abraxas

Santana

5/5

Illmatic

Nas

2/5

Not my thing

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

2/5

Not for me

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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