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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway Genesis	5	3.08	+1.92
Another Music In A Different Kitchen Buzzcocks	5	3.09	+1.91
Stephen Stills Stephen Stills	5	3.18	+1.82
A Nod Is As Good As A Wink To A Blind Horse Faces	5	3.23	+1.77
B-52's The B-52's	5	3.3	+1.7
Tommy The Who	5	3.33	+1.67
Beauty And The Beat The Go-Go's	5	3.39	+1.61
Ellington at Newport Duke Ellington	5	3.43	+1.57
Aqualung Jethro Tull	5	3.44	+1.56
Odelay Beck	5	3.46	+1.54

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band Beatles	1	4.25	-3.25
Southern Rock Opera Drive-By Truckers	1	2.82	-1.82
Pink Moon Nick Drake	2	3.65	-1.65

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Artist	Albums	Average
The Rolling Stones	3	5
Neil Young & Crazy Horse	2	5
Paul Simon	2	5

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Beatles	1, 5

5-Star Albums (31)

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A Nod Is As Good As A Wink To A Blind Horse

Popular Reviews

The Score

Fugees · 1 likes

5/5

Honest and raw, this album oozes truth.

Disintegration

The Cure · 1 likes

5/5

A particularly gloomy period for Robert Smith and The Cure that resulted in some truly spectacular gothic rock.

Cloud Nine

The Temptations · 1 likes

4/5

For goodness sakes people! It's The Temptations! If you only listen to one R&B, funk, soul album, this is definitely in the top 10 of what you should consider to hear!

1-Star Albums (2)

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American Beauty

Grateful Dead

4/5

Odelay

Beck

5/5

It's Beck...it's great.

Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols

Sex Pistols

4/5

God Save Johnny Rotten, this is the Sex Pistols! Great punk energy, even without the musicality.

Beauty And The Beat

The Go-Go's

5/5

The start of the "girl band" in rock, this album is pure pop/rock joy from start to finish.

Your New Favourite Band

The Hives

4/5

They're correct, this is my new favourite band. Great garage sound and energy.

Songs From The Big Chair

Tears For Fears

4/5

Tears For Fears' Songs From The Big Chair is the kind of album that one can go back to again and again and learn new and wonderful things about this great duo.

White Ladder

David Gray

4/5

great voice, classic album sound.

A Nod Is As Good As A Wink To A Blind Horse

Faces

5/5

Here Are the Sonics

The Sonics

4/5

The original punk sound was birthed in Seattle by The Sonics. A very important piece of Seattle's rock & roll history.

Beggars Banquet

The Rolling Stones

5/5

My first purchase, this album holds a special place in my musical heart. Terrific Stones from start to finish.

The Score

Fugees

5/5

Honest and raw, this album oozes truth.

Disintegration

The Cure

5/5

A particularly gloomy period for Robert Smith and The Cure that resulted in some truly spectacular gothic rock.

Rust Never Sleeps

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

5/5

Neil Young and the various incarnations of Crazy Horse had been playing together for more than a decade, but this is certainly one of the best expressions of the musical simpatico that these musicians have with each other. A less noisy affair than many other NY & CH efforts, it's no less powerful in the ease with which these tunes are rendered. "Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black)" addresses the rise of punk in the late 70s, and its sound is closely associated with what most fans think of as the sound of the lineup. Ruse Never Sleeps, indeed.

Raw Power

The Stooges

4/5

Raw Power is definitely underselling it, this album blows the doors off. The Stooges are full on here, and it's joyous to listen to.

Blue Lines

Massive Attack

4/5

Massive Attack, way ahead of its time.

Opus Dei

Laibach

2/5

Teen Dream

Beach House

3/5

Dookie

Green Day

4/5

Terrific Green Day.

Transformer

Lou Reed

4/5

Da Capo

Love

3/5

Meh.

Murmur

R.E.M.

4/5

2112

Rush

4/5

Geddy Lee, screecher extraordinaire. 3 incredibly talented musicians that exemplify why 3 member rock bands, with the right personnel, can create and perform some of the most powerful rock music.

Deep Purple In Rock

Deep Purple

4/5

Nothing to say, it's Deep Damn Purple!

Head Hunters

Herbie Hancock

3/5

Bluesbreakers

John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers

4/5

James Brown Live At The Apollo

James Brown

4/5

Early James Brown is the best James Brown! A stellar selection of songs and performance.

Another Music In A Different Kitchen

Buzzcocks

5/5

If you like punk, you must hear the Buzzcocks. More accomplished musicians than most of their punk peers, the Buzzcocks are pure energy.

Electric Ladyland

Jimi Hendrix

4/5

This is a must-have album from the gentle soul that was Jimi Hendrix. No wonder that Clapton freaked when he first saw Hendrix play, since he was to follow him onstage, which he refused to do.

Dire Straits

4/5

Mark Knopfler, great guitarist. Dire Straits, great band.

Coat Of Many Colors

Dolly Parton

4/5

Lust For Life

Iggy Pop

4/5

Iggy's best album.

Emergency On Planet Earth

Jamiroquai

3/5

Stand!

Sly & The Family Stone

4/5

OK Computer

Radiohead

4/5

Foxbase Alpha

Saint Etienne

3/5

Modern Life Is Rubbish

Blur

4/5

One can see the genesis of Gorillaz in this album. Well done.

Urban Hymns

The Verve

3/5

Bad Company

4/5

Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

5/5

Led Zeppelin

4/5

Aqualung

Jethro Tull

5/5

Jethro Tull at one of their peaks of creativity.

This Year's Model

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

4/5

Too Rye Ay

Dexys Midnight Runners

4/5

What a tremendous and soulful mashup of post-punk/new-wave Irish folk music. More accessible than Van Morrison.

Can't Buy A Thrill

Steely Dan

4/5

Tommy

The Who

5/5

The WHO at their very apex.

The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway

Genesis

5/5

Play

Moby

5/5

Moby's ambient expressions that are so hauntingly beautiful. Should be in everyone's library.

The Wall

Pink Floyd

5/5

Roger Waters' recollections or tales told by his family of London during the Blitz. Pink Floyd's magnum opus.

The Boatman's Call

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

3/5

Dark and ominous.

Behaviour

Pet Shop Boys

4/5

Dark and ominous.

Hail To the Thief

Radiohead

3/5

Slow and plodding.

Wild Is The Wind

Nina Simone

3/5

Wonderful, earthy and moody, beautiful vocals.

Deloused in the Comatorium

The Mars Volta

4/5

Who is The Mars Volta? A greatly under-rated and amazing band.

Ocean Rain

Echo And The Bunnymen

3/5

The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady

Charles Mingus

4/5

Wild and smooth, Mingus defines latter-day jazz for Miles Davis and John Coltrane.

The Man Machine

Kraftwerk

3/5

Excellent.

Kid A

Radiohead

3/5

Where would Zero 7 or Bob Moses be without Radiohead? Outstanding.

Caetano Veloso

3/5

Nilsson Schmilsson

Harry Nilsson

4/5

Harry Nilsson was an odd and wonderful artist, this is a great album. You know these songs, even if you've never heard of Harry.

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

Beatles

1/5

Everyone wanted to be like them, and this is one of those works that changed music forever.

In It For The Money

Supergrass

4/5

Surrealistic Pillow

Jefferson Airplane

5/5

San Francisco psychedelia at its best in the late 60s. Everyone should own this piece of musical history.

Tidal

Fiona Apple

4/5

Love Fiona's voice. And her music is sultry and powerful.

Let It Bleed

The Rolling Stones

5/5

Vintage, so totally Stones. A must have for any serious collection.

Tapestry

Carole King

5/5

1971, that was it, man. The best 500 albums EVER are from 1971, and this is certainly near the top of that list.

Buena Vista Social Club

4/5

Red Dirt Girl

Emmylou Harris

4/5

Great voice, tepid material.

She's So Unusual

Cyndi Lauper

4/5

One of a kind, she was the oddball who really did have something to say for everyone. Not so oddball, she was a voice of reason.

Californication

Red Hot Chili Peppers

4/5

The quintessential CA pop-punk-rock band. One of their best efforts!

My Generation

The Who

4/5

The Who are the best 3 piece that up-ended the rhythm section/lead guitar triad of every other 3 piece up to that time. John Entwhistle is as great a guitar player, not just bassist, as most other lead guitar players of all time. Keith Moon's control over what appears at first listen to be utter chaos is truly spectacular. Pete's guitar is perfection to punctuate this, with stellar songcraft to propel the music. Then serve it all up with the power of Roger Daltrey's vocals, and et voila, say hello to The Who.

Konnichiwa

Skepta

3/5

Rubber Soul

Beatles

5/5

And they start to break away from the rest of pop music!

Melodrama

Lorde

3/5

Not too much for teenage angst, tu a talented artist, no doubt.

Antichrist Superstar

Marilyn Manson

3/5

It's hard to hold two thoughts in one's mind when listening to Manson's music: excellent punk/metal/rage music, but performed by a misogynistic abuser. Hard to keep that out of the listen.

The Gershwin Songbook

Ella Fitzgerald

5/5

It's Ella, 'nuff said.

Peter Gabriel 3

Peter Gabriel

4/5

(Pronounced 'Leh-'Nérd 'Skin-'Nérd)

Lynyrd Skynyrd

3/5

There may be more successful albums from Gabriel's catalog, sales-wise or hits-wise, but this is Peter's best album overall. Intruder, No Self Control, I Don't Remember, Not One of Us, and Biko are all brilliant and dark expressions of an artist reaching his pinnacle of artistry. And that cover by Hipgnosis, stunning.

Bayou Country

Creedence Clearwater Revival

4/5

Exile On Main Street

The Rolling Stones

5/5

Rattlesnakes

Lloyd Cole And The Commotions

3/5

Coles Corner

Richard Hawley

3/5

Blood On The Tracks

Bob Dylan

5/5

Foo Fighters

4/5

Dave Grohl's 1st Foo Fighters album is a harbinger of what will come later as the band became a multi-player unit. This effort is all Dave as he works to exorcise his grief at the loss of Kurt Cobain. Raw, personal and timeless.

Broken English

Marianne Faithfull

4/5

Dance Mania

Tito Puente

4/5

Classic, you can't resist getting up and moving!

Elastica

4/5

Pure power punk! Awesome listen.

Ellington at Newport

Duke Ellington

5/5

Oracular Spectacular

MGMT

3/5

Everryone's heard this duo, no one knows who they are! Beautiful, sprightly psychedelic pop with a dark underbelly of words.

If You Can Believe Your Eyes & Ears

The Mamas & The Papas

4/5

Mama Cass, what a voice! CA pop from a bygone era.

A Walk Across The Rooftops

The Blue Nile

3/5

Pleasant background music with a mix of jazz and a hint of electronic.

London Calling

The Clash

5/5

The greatest full on punk, and this is The Clash's best album.

The World is a Ghetto

War

4/5

East LA leadup to Los Lobos, this album marries Mexican-American vibes with a bit of Motown and funk.

Under Construction

Missy Elliott

3/5

Stephen Stills

5/5

Along with Neil Young, Joni Mitchell and Jackson Browne, one of America's greatest singer/songwriters of the 1970s. Required listening for anyone that loves music.

Endtroducing.....

DJ Shadow

3/5

Wow, nice to hear this for the first time!

Either Or

Elliott Smith

4/5

Wow!

The Rising

Bruce Springsteen

4/5

One of Bruce's better latter-day efforts

Violent Femmes

4/5

Wow!

B-52's

The B-52's

5/5

The greatest goof punk band ever. Rock Lobster!

The Madcap Laughs

Syd Barrett

2/5

Syd was already on his way out of his mind here.

Talking Book

Stevie Wonder

5/5

C'mon! It's Stevie freakin' Wonder. The man is a musical genius and if you only had this one album, it would be evidence enough of that fact. A must have for anyone who appreciates music.

A Northern Soul

The Verve

4/5

Nice, great new discovery! Has the distinctive sound of a break-up album, which it was, personally and professionally.

Songs For Swingin' Lovers!

Frank Sinatra

3/5

Graceland

Paul Simon

5/5

World music comes to Paul Simon. An outstanding showcase album.

Aha Shake Heartbreak

Kings of Leon

3/5

Surf's Up

The Beach Boys

4/5

Love this album, the Beach Boys were on the path to Pet Sounds, you can hear the genesis of Brian's genius in this collection.

The Bends

Radiohead

4/5

Band On The Run

Paul McCartney and Wings

4/5

Great first effort as a band member/leader after the Beatles.

Idlewild

Everything But The Girl

3/5

What's Going On

Marvin Gaye

5/5

Beautiful, just beautiful!

I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You

Aretha Franklin

4/5

Clive Davis may have the been the genius that discovered this voice, but anyone with half a musical brain would have done the same. Aretha was a force of vocal nature, and the material here suits her talents perfectly.

Led Zeppelin II

Led Zeppelin

5/5

The archetype of blues/metal! Party on Garth!

Ten

Pearl Jam

5/5

Great debut album from what would become a great band of Seattle (via San Diego) musicians.

Vento De Maio

Elis Regina

3/5

The Colour Of Spring

Talk Talk

4/5

How did I miss this album? Fantastic, well worth your time and attention.

Disraeli Gears

Cream

4/5

One could claim this was the first iteration of a supergroup made up of the best of the best players on each of their respective instruments. Yet Cream was more than just that as Ginger, Jack and Eric blended their talents together than most bands could ever muster. Stellar.

1984

Van Halen

4/5

Great album by a great band.

Fetch The Bolt Cutters

Fiona Apple

4/5

Great listen from a truly unique and talented artist.

Paris 1919

John Cale

4/5

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector

Various Artists

3/5

Paul Simon

5/5

The xx

3/5

Great indie sound.

Cloud Nine

The Temptations

4/5

For goodness sakes people! It's The Temptations! If you only listen to one R&B, funk, soul album, this is definitely in the top 10 of what you should consider to hear!

Eagles

4/5

Great first album from a great LA/country/folk/rock band!

Bryter Layter

Nick Drake

3/5

Light and beautiful, had no idea Nick Drake was this soulful and thoughtful sounding. Nice entry into his world.

Sheer Heart Attack

Queen

4/5

Queen is like no other band from this era of rock. Dig in and enjoy!

Southern Rock Opera