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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Talking With the Taxman About Poetry Billy Bragg	5	2.96	+2.04
Armed Forces Elvis Costello & The Attractions	5	3.08	+1.92
Welcome To The Pleasuredome Frankie Goes To Hollywood	5	3.11	+1.89
Celebrity Skin Hole	5	3.29	+1.71
Eliminator ZZ Top	5	3.37	+1.63
Strangeways, Here We Come The Smiths	5	3.44	+1.56
The Clash The Clash	5	3.53	+1.47
Definitely Maybe Oasis	5	3.53	+1.47
Ramones Ramones	5	3.58	+1.42
Oracular Spectacular MGMT	5	3.61	+1.39

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
In A Silent Way Miles Davis	1	3.61	-2.61
The Number Of The Beast Iron Maiden	1	3.58	-2.58
Licensed To Ill Beastie Boys	1	3.55	-2.55
Brilliant Corners Thelonious Monk	1	3.33	-2.33
Channel Orange Frank Ocean	1	3.32	-2.32
Bitches Brew Miles Davis	1	3.3	-2.3
British Steel Judas Priest	1	3.29	-2.29
Close To The Edge Yes	1	3.18	-2.18
Vespertine Björk	1	3.16	-2.16
Drunk Thundercat	1	3.11	-2.11

5-Star Albums (15)

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Welcome To The Pleasuredome

Frankie Goes To Hollywood · 1 likes

5/5

Genius.. Well mainly

Ctrl

SZA · 1 likes

1/5

Nope

Drunk

Thundercat · 1 likes

1/5

Hated it

Definitely Maybe

Oasis · 1 likes

5/5

It's the dogs

1-Star Albums (16)

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Natty Dread

Bob Marley & The Wailers

4/5

First one listened to, lots of memories although these are rougher versions.. Great start.

The Poet

Bobby Womack

3/5

Limited tracks on Spotify. Dinner background at best.

Oracular Spectacular

MGMT

5/5

Own it, love it.

Bitches Brew

Miles Davis

1/5

Arrhgg, 25 min long jazz improv.. Shoot me now.

Strangeways, Here We Come

The Smiths

5/5

Listed to it all day. Fab.

Hunky Dory

David Bowie

5/5

Moments of genius, and some weird stuff.

Rock Bottom

Robert Wyatt

1/5

Rock bottom, scratchy sax on a jazz soundscape. Urrgh.

The Yes Album

Yes

2/5

A no from me.

Heroes

David Bowie

2/5

Erm, expected to at least like this, but in general failed, so disappointed

Talking With the Taxman About Poetry

Billy Bragg

5/5

Such a blast from the past.

Let It Bleed

The Rolling Stones

5/5

I'm a convert. Been listening to the stones all day.

The College Dropout

Kanye West

3/5

Not really my thing, but odd track I liked

The Soft Bulletin

The Flaming Lips

3/5

Mad as a box of frogs.

Armed Forces

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

5/5

Great album, classic

The Köln Concert

Keith Jarrett

4/5

Surprisingly good, even if jazz piano is no my thing. Good background mudguard.

Tanto Tempo

Bebel Gilberto

2/5

Mellow background, nothing special for me.

Siembra

Willie Colón & Rubén Blades

4/5

Cool South American salsa vibess..

Machine Head

Deep Purple

4/5

Smoke on the water.. The rest isn't fab, but it's Smoke on the water.

Vespertine

Björk

1/5

Bkorl madness.

Here, My Dear

Marvin Gaye

2/5

Mellow smoochathon

Channel Orange

Frank Ocean

1/5

Not really me.

Frampton Comes Alive

Peter Frampton

2/5

Meh.

The Joshua Tree

5/5

Awesome

The Renaissance

Q-Tip

2/5

Not me but nowlt awful.

Tommy

The Who

4/5

Some classics

British Steel

Judas Priest

1/5

Nope

Celebrity Skin

Hole

5/5

Never expected it to be so melodic... Loved it.

Astral Weeks

Van Morrison

3/5

Funny, love van the man.. But this is to jazzy.

Scott 2

Scott Walker

1/5

Really not me. Eye opening mind.

Eliminator

ZZ Top

5/5

Still love it.

Remain In Light

Talking Heads

3/5

Not as good as I expected.

Good Old Boys

Randy Newman

3/5

Didn't know he was that radical. Still not a fav.

Aftermath

The Rolling Stones

3/5

A revelation that the stones were this god, but I can't get past the production quality.

Physical Graffiti

Led Zeppelin

2/5

I so expected to like this.. I just didn't... Meh.

Tigermilk

Belle & Sebastian

4/5

I like this, it needs more time to grow on me.

Timeless

Goldie

1/5

Nope

Space Ritual

Hawkwind

1/5

I expected to at least like this, but it's more jazz with metal.

The Number Of The Beast

Iron Maiden

1/5

Hated it.

Let's Get Killed

David Holmes

3/5

Not usually my thing, but enjoyed some of it, the conversation preamble at the start of tracks is annoying.

Everything Must Go

Manic Street Preachers

4/5

Some classics

Songs Of Love And Hate

Leonard Cohen

3/5

Hells bells, darker than a dark thing

Murmur

R.E.M.

3/5

Meh

In A Silent Way

Miles Davis

1/5

I just don't get this.

School's Out

Alice Cooper

4/5

Some are classics and better than expected.

Searching For The Young Soul Rebels

Dexys Midnight Runners

4/5

I do like the sound, never been that keen on the vocals mind

Joan Baez

2/5

Fantastic track list, but I dont like her voice

Music From Big Pink

The Band

4/5

Some of this was really good.

Ramones

5/5

A classic

World Clique

Deee-Lite

4/5

I actually liked this.

Led Zeppelin

4/5

More bluesy than I thought, pretty good.

Daydream Nation

Sonic Youth

2/5

I expected to like this, but maybe just not in the right mood for it.

I’ve Got a Tiger By the Tail

Buck Owens

2/5

Never been a big country fan.

Welcome To The Pleasuredome

Frankie Goes To Hollywood

5/5

Genius.. Well mainly

Elvis Presley

2/5

Errm, no.

Raw Like Sushi

Neneh Cherry

2/5

A couple of good tracks, but generally not me.

Ctrl

SZA

1/5

Nope

Brothers

The Black Keys

4/5

Pretty good

The Atomic Mr Basie

Count Basie & His Orchestra

4/5

Loved it, just would have preferred the occasional vocal

Rhythm Nation 1814

Janet Jackson

2/5

Very well produced, but still not me.

Slanted And Enchanted

Pavement

3/5

Never heard of them a bit off kilter grunge.. No bad.

Parallel Lines

Blondie

4/5

Not quite as good as I remember, still some class

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

Beatles

5/5

Absolutely class

The Clash

5/5

Fabuloso

Toys In The Attic

Aerosmith

4/5

New Forms

Roni Size

1/5

Miriam Makeba

3/5

Really liked the South African bits, the English songs are just a bit dated.

Speakerboxxx/The Love Below

OutKast

2/5

Mmm Hey Ya, but wierd mix.

Picture Book

Simply Red

2/5

I don't think this has aged well

Teenage Head

Flamin' Groovies

4/5

I know more of this than I thought. I but dated in places mind.

Drunk

Thundercat

1/5

Hated it

Close To The Edge

Yes

1/5

Hated it

The Dark Side Of The Moon

Pink Floyd

4/5

Hard not to like this.

Can't Buy A Thrill

Steely Dan

3/5

Very up and down

Brilliant Corners

Thelonious Monk

1/5

Hated it

Moondance

Van Morrison

5/5

It's van!

Licensed To Ill

Beastie Boys

1/5

More musical than I expected.. Just too US shout.

Life Thru A Lens

Robbie Williams

4/5

It's hard not to like

Definitely Maybe

Oasis

5/5

It's the dogs

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

Elton John

4/5

Pretty dmn good

Happy Sad

Tim Buckley

2/5

Not really me.

Smile

Brian Wilson

3/5

Good vibrations, but don't like most of it.