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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Fear and Whiskey Mekons	4	2.61	+1.39
Trafalgar Bee Gees	4	2.63	+1.37
Triangle The Beau Brummels	4	2.71	+1.29
Scott 4 Scott Walker	4	2.81	+1.19
The Dreaming Kate Bush	4	2.97	+1.03

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
You Are The Quarry Morrissey	1	2.86	-1.86
Moon Safari Air	2	3.58	-1.58
Rust In Peace Megadeth	2	3.24	-1.24
Germfree Adolescents X-Ray Spex	2	3.05	-1.05

Popular Reviews

You Are The Quarry

Morrissey · 9 likes

1/5

I confirmed what I have always suspected, I hate Morrissey.

Fear and Whiskey

Mekons · 2 likes

4/5

Actually liked this. Will need to relisten to it sometime.

One World

John Martyn · 1 likes

3/5

Meh.

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Meat Is Murder

The Smiths

3/5

Never been a fan. Morrisey comes across as super whiney and the tracks all sound very similar.

Dummy

Portishead

3/5

Easy to listen to. Similar to Bjork without as much variety. Not quite my thing.

The College Dropout

Kanye West

4/5

I don't like Kanye that much but you have to admit the man has talent. Some great songs, lots of variety.

Os Mutantes

3/5

Spanish Psychedelic Rock. Not bad.

Brown Sugar

D'Angelo

2/5

Jazzy hiphop. Too mild for me.

It's Blitz!

Yeah Yeah Yeahs

3/5

Good. Reminds me of EB.

Sea Change

Beck

3/5

I've never understood the appeal of Beck. Too mellow for me.

Another Green World

Brian Eno

3/5

Background music. Meh.

Back At The Chicken Shack

Jimmy Smith

3/5

Smooth Jazz. Background music.

The Last Broadcast

Doves

3/5

Interesting Indie Rock. Never heard of them. Ok.

Rust In Peace

Megadeth

2/5

I really don't enjoy plain ol' metal on it's own.

Buffalo Springfield Again

Buffalo Springfield

3/5

Psychedelic Folk Rock. Favourite song was Broken Arrow. Ok.

Moon Safari

Air

2/5

Meh.

The Lexicon Of Love

ABC

3/5

I liked some tracks but overall meh. 70s/80s sound.

Kala

M.I.A.

2/5

Paper Planes is a great song. I can't stand the vocals in the other tracks though.

Deja Vu

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

4/5

Enjoyable Folk Rock with a touch of psychadelic.

You Are The Quarry

Morrissey

1/5

I confirmed what I have always suspected, I hate Morrissey.

Crocodiles

Echo And The Bunnymen

3/5

meh.

Fear and Whiskey

Mekons

4/5

Actually liked this. Will need to relisten to it sometime.

Teen Dream

Beach House

3/5

Too mellow for me. Reminds me of Matt Berry.

Among The Living

Anthrax

3/5

Pretty good metal album. Wasted on me.

Mothership Connection

Parliament

4/5

Funk is so much fun. I think I prefer it a little diluted though. Great album.

Destroy Rock & Roll

Mylo

3/5

Ministry of sound sort of sound. Not bad, no good. Drop the Pressure is clearly stand out.

Supa Dupa Fly

Missy Elliott

2/5

Not a fan.

The Band

4/5

Classic Rock. Great stuff will have to relisten.

The Healer

John Lee Hooker

4/5

Great blues album. Definitely deserves a relisten.

Astral Weeks

Van Morrison

4/5

Classic rock. Favourite track The Way Young Lovers Do. Needs a relisten.

Rip It Up

Orange Juice

2/5

Not a fan, reminds me of Morrissey.

One World

John Martyn

3/5

Meh.

Germfree Adolescents

X-Ray Spex

2/5

Honestly spoiled by the vocals. Otherwise solid punk!

Triangle

The Beau Brummels

4/5

Good Folk Rock.

Too Rye Ay

Dexys Midnight Runners

4/5

Did not expect the band behind Come On EIllen to sound so dynamic.

S&M

Metallica

4/5

Great stuff. Feel like being live made the recording a bit muddled. Will need to relisten.

Trafalgar

Bee Gees

4/5

Not what I had imagined for The Bee Gees. Folky. needs a relisten.

London Calling

The Clash

3/5

I was surprised by the diversity of influences in some track. I noticed ska and reggae, amongst others. Didn't win me over though.

Pet Sounds

The Beach Boys

4/5

Great Album.

With The Beatles

Beatles

3/5

Beatles before their experimental phase. Just poppy hits.

Cut

The Slits

3/5

Meh.

Dig Me Out

Sleater-Kinney

3/5

Everything Must Go

Manic Street Preachers

3/5

Meh

Ragged Glory

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

3/5

Meh

Scott 4

Scott Walker

4/5

What a pleasant surprise this album was. Liked the Seventh Seal, other songs reminded me of the ending track from Monster.

The Coral

3/5

Liked "Dreaming of You". Worth a relisten.

Out Of The Blue

Electric Light Orchestra

4/5

At least 3 stand outs.

Pretenders

3/5

Good.

Little Earthquakes

Tori Amos

3/5

ok.

Toys In The Attic

Aerosmith

3/5

Not a fan of Aerosmith, but it was ok.

The Dreaming

Kate Bush

4/5

Interesting. Will need a relisten.

Goo

Sonic Youth

3/5

Washed out indie rock. Didn't get hooked.

This Is Hardcore

Pulp

3/5

Cool. Jeff did a cover of "Dishes"

I'm Your Man

Leonard Cohen

4/5

Fantastic, love Leonard Cohen.

If I Should Fall From Grace With God

The Pogues

4/5

Love it, celtic punk. Very Piratey

Fleet Foxes

3/5

Indie Folk at it's finest. White Winter Hymnal is banger but overall album lacks any edge.

Can't Buy A Thrill

Steely Dan

3/5

Here, My Dear

Marvin Gaye

3/5

I like Marvin Gaye but I'm not a fan of this album.

Horses

Patti Smith

4/5

Fantastic album. Flowing and unique.