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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Queen Of Denmark John Grant	5	3.12	+1.88
Actually Pet Shop Boys	5	3.18	+1.82
In The Wee Small Hours Frank Sinatra	5	3.27	+1.73
You Want It Darker Leonard Cohen	5	3.32	+1.68
There's No Place Like America Today Curtis Mayfield	5	3.37	+1.63
Debut Björk	5	3.39	+1.61
Unknown Pleasures Joy Division	5	3.48	+1.52
Rio Duran Duran	5	3.5	+1.5
Blue Joni Mitchell	5	3.5	+1.5
Gorillaz Gorillaz	5	3.53	+1.47

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Queen II Queen	1	3.49	-2.49
Since I Left You The Avalanches	1	3.28	-2.28
Make Yourself Incubus	1	3.08	-2.08
Black Holes and Revelations Muse	2	3.59	-1.59
...And Justice For All Metallica	2	3.42	-1.42
Ready To Die The Notorious B.I.G.	2	3.36	-1.36
Fragile Yes	2	3.32	-1.32
In It For The Money Supergrass	2	3.23	-1.23
Hysteria Def Leppard	2	3.2	-1.2
MTV Unplugged In New York Nirvana	3	4.2	-1.2

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Artist	Albums	Average
David Bowie	5	4.4

5-Star Albums (17)

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Popular Reviews

Gorillaz by Gorillaz

I think we are lucky to have Damon

19 likes

Queen II by Queen

No, thank you. The algorithm followed this up with Spinal Tap, which seems appropriate

9 likes

My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy by Kanye West

Nice beats, dodgy lyrics

1 likes

1-Star Albums (3)

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James Brown Live At The Apollo by James Brown

Home Is Where The Music Is by Hugh Masekela

Closer by Joy Division

Sound of Silver by LCD Soundsystem

Very talking heads

Paul Simon by Paul Simon

Some classic songs, may contain traces of cultural appropriation

Unknown Pleasures by Joy Division

Chicago Transit Authority by Chicago

Couple of great tracks, some seem indulgent

Cheap Thrills by Big Brother & The Holding Company

Seminal blues/rock, but a bit samey

You Want It Darker by Leonard Cohen

Deep and meaningful

Rage Against The Machine by Rage Against The Machine

Seminal hip-hop/rock but a bit samey

In It For The Money by Supergrass

In it for the money is ok single (80% is outro), but would I be sad if I had died without hearing it? No

C'est Chic by CHIC

Happy Man and At Last I Am Free are hidden gems

Car Wheels On A Gravel Road by Lucinda Williams

Not bad but not special. Mid afternoon at a festival

Who's Next by The Who

Red Headed Stranger by Willie Nelson

Pretty good

Too Rye Ay by Dexys Midnight Runners

Eccentric and over the top but some sort of genius

Modern Kosmology by Jane Weaver

A bit samey but very enjoyable

Clandestino by Manu Chao

Lots of short songs, not bad but didn't engage me

Boy In Da Corner by Dizzee Rascal

Immigrés by Youssou N'Dour

Shaft by Isaac Hayes

Sorry only 3 tracks on Spotify

Beauty And The Beat by The Go-Go's

Poptastic

In The Wee Small Hours by Frank Sinatra

World class

Power In Numbers by Jurassic 5

Solid hip hop

...And Justice For All by Metallica

Not my metallic cup of tea DNF

16 Lovers Lane by The Go-Betweens

Strumtastic. Nothing special

Oedipus Schmoedipus by Barry Adamson

Siamese Dream by The Smashing Pumpkins

atmospheric alt rock

Street Life by The Crusaders

You're Living All Over Me by Dinosaur Jr.

Rocky

If I Could Only Remember My Name by David Crosby

Mellow, nice

Music for the Masses by Depeche Mode

Pretty good example of 80s dark synth work

Surrealistic Pillow by Jefferson Airplane

Headquarters by The Monkees

Lots of very short songs. Bring back the 2 minute single...

Rio by Duran Duran

Bangers all the way 10/10

The Fat Of The Land by The Prodigy

Dare! by The Human League

Architecture And Morality by Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark

Highway 61 Revisited by Bob Dylan

Live At The Regal by B.B. King

Lam Toro by Baaba Maal

Are You Experienced by Jimi Hendrix

Sunshine Superman by Donovan

Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme by Simon & Garfunkel

Put it in your pocket full of cupcakes

First Band On The Moon by The Cardigans

Weak indy

The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars by David Bowie

Tellin’ Stories by The Charlatans

Rock 'N Soul by Solomon Burke

Classy soul

Make Yourself by Incubus

Awful. Couldn't finish it. Indulgent Cali-rock

Music From Big Pink by The Band

Trafalgar by Bee Gees

I can see why it's on the list but not my cup of tea really

Bitches Brew by Miles Davis

Great, but hoping 'kind of blue' is on here too

Violent Femmes by Violent Femmes

Pretty good indie. Extra star for having two xylophone solos in Gone Daddy Gone

Hounds Of Love by Kate Bush

Goddess

A Hard Day's Night by Beatles

Not my favourite Beatles album but still classic NB 13 songs, 30 minutes. More like this please modern people....

The Colour Of Spring by Talk Talk

Good tunes

Talking Book by Stevie Wonder

Magnificent. 'Maybe your baby' is pretty much the first part of Prince's career in 6:50...

At Folsom Prison by Johnny Cash

Bummed by Happy Mondays

OK, bit boring in hindsight

Pet Sounds by The Beach Boys

My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy by Kanye West

Nice beats, dodgy lyrics

Queen Of Denmark by John Grant

Let England Shake by PJ Harvey

pretty good

Electric Ladyland by Jimi Hendrix

Seminal but too long

Ready To Die by The Notorious B.I.G.

Vento De Maio by Elis Regina

Heaven Or Las Vegas by Cocteau Twins

Not best but good

Fragile by Yes

Not as bad as Incubus, but still does my head in with no redeeming features

Kenya by Machito

It swings...

Talking With the Taxman About Poetry by Billy Bragg

Non-toxic masculinity

Africa Brasil by Jorge Ben Jor

Document by R.E.M.

Alt art rock. Pleasant enough

Paris 1919 by John Cale

Very British.

Diamond Life by Sade

Where are my ski pants and shoulder pads?

Floodland by Sisters Of Mercy

The Yes Album by Yes

Actually not bad, if you don't mind the high pitched voice

The Stranger by Billy Joel

Lush sounds, very smooth, not really my cup of tea but not awful

Aladdin Sane by David Bowie

Excellent...

Will The Circle Be Unbroken by Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

Long. Triple album long. Not bad but samey...

Band On The Run by Paul McCartney and Wings

Very clever man, that McCartney...

Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music by Ray Charles

Great

Want Two by Rufus Wainwright

I can see the appeal but not quite to my taste. Would see live...

Medúlla by Björk

Queen

Superunknown by Soundgarden

Grunge rock. Not bad song-by song, but long & samey...

Here Are the Sonics by The Sonics

Great garage band. Excellent cover of 'The Night Time is the Right Time'. 12 songs in 29 minutes gets bonus points...

Water From An Ancient Well by Abdullah Ibrahim

Pretty enjoyable, even if the title track isn't on the Spotify version

Damaged by Black Flag

Punkish rock...

Meat Is Murder by The Smiths

Morrissey is a bit of a dick now, but this is a classic

Double Nickels On The Dime by Minutemen

Songs From A Room by Leonard Cohen

Surf's Up by The Beach Boys

Great

Screamadelica by Primal Scream

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector by Various Artists

Walking Wounded by Everything But The Girl

Excellent

Hot Buttered Soul by Isaac Hayes

2 classic covers

Hunky Dory by David Bowie

Genius

Tea for the Tillerman by Cat Stevens

Very enjoyable

Goo by Sonic Youth

Tommy by The Who

some classics on here but pretty long...

Scum by Napalm Death

Not exactly my cup of tea, but I can see the appeal in the right room. Includes the worlds shortest song, so well done for that...

The Only Ones by The Only Ones

The missing link between pubrock and post-punk. More about PP here... https://deserter.co.uk/2020/09/only-one-peter-perrett/

The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill by Lauryn Hill

Good singer, conscious funky soul Oh and pay your taxes Bono, sorry, Lauryn...

Shadowland by k.d. lang

lovely voice, subversive then, unsurprising now...

Aja by Steely Dan

Smooth and jazzy

Parklife by Blur

2112 by Rush

All That You Can't Leave Behind by U2

Low by David Bowie

Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs by Marty Robbins

Fetch The Bolt Cutters by Fiona Apple

Interesting...

Skylarking by XTC

Clever

Catch A Fire by Bob Marley & The Wailers

Debut by Björk

Classic

Berlin by Lou Reed

Don't Come Home A Drinkin' (With Lovin' On Your Mind) by Loretta Lynn

Girl power

She's So Unusual by Cyndi Lauper

Some good, some ok, not life changing

My Generation by The Who

Interesting mix of covers (James Brown, blues), pop and their own developing voice

Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere by Neil Young & Crazy Horse

Knows his stuff

This Is Hardcore by Pulp

Parallel Lines by Blondie

Rising Above Bedlam by Jah Wobble's Invaders Of The Heart

White Ladder by David Gray

Not bad blue eyed soul

There's No Place Like America Today by Curtis Mayfield

Music For The Jilted Generation by The Prodigy

xx by The xx

Ingenue by k.d. lang

Led Zeppelin II by Led Zeppelin

Swordfishtrombones by Tom Waits

Hysteria by Def Leppard

Since I Left You by The Avalanches

I like a re-mix/edit as much as anyone, but this is tedious. Sounds like it was done by AI rather than humans...

Country Life by Roxy Music

Central Reservation by Beth Orton

Up my street

Crosby, Stills & Nash by Crosby, Stills & Nash

Only two songs on spotify but I liked them

Maggot Brain by Funkadelic

Nothing's Shocking by Jane's Addiction

Enjoyably rawky

Locust Abortion Technician by Butthole Surfers

Back At The Chicken Shack by Jimmy Smith

Smooth

Here's Little Richard by Little Richard

Classic

Mama's Gun by Erykah Badu

Smooth and soulful

Melody A.M. by Röyksopp

Led Zeppelin IV by Led Zeppelin

Classic

In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida by Iron Butterfly

Off The Wall by Michael Jackson

Would dance to some of, but generally slick and solipsistic

Rid Of Me by PJ Harvey

Liked this

Autobahn by Kraftwerk

Live At Leeds by The Who

Bridge Over Troubled Water by Simon & Garfunkel

Largely excellent

Goodbye And Hello by Tim Buckley

I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight by Richard Thompson

Couple of lovely tracks here (calvary cross and IWTSTBLT)

MTV Unplugged In New York by Nirvana

Spiderland by Slint

passed me by

Coles Corner by Richard Hawley

Very gentle. The Roy Orbison of Sheffield...

It's Blitz! by Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Pretenders by Pretenders

Ah yes, I remember it well...

Funeral by Arcade Fire

Phaedra by Tangerine Dream

Only two tracks on Spotify but very good ambient

Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) by Eurythmics

Classy pop

Greetings From L.A. by Tim Buckley

Very west coast, not your usual Buckley, not bad..

Black Holes and Revelations by Muse

Pompous

Suzanne Vega by Suzanne Vega

Not bad, would give it 3.5 if I could

The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady by Charles Mingus

3 + 3 by The Isley Brothers

Nixon by Lambchop

Interesting, would watch at a festival

Queen II by Queen

No, thank you. The algorithm followed this up with Spinal Tap, which seems appropriate

Technique by New Order

Great

Time Out by The Dave Brubeck Quartet

Groovy but a bit much after a while

Third/Sister Lovers by Big Star

Drunk by Thundercat

Bluesbreakers by John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers

Bandwagonesque by Teenage Fanclub

Horses by Patti Smith

She cool

I See A Darkness by Bonnie "Prince" Billy

Interesting

Pink Moon by Nick Drake

Live 1966 (The Royal Albert Hall Concert) by Bob Dylan

New Gold Dream (81/82/83/84) by Simple Minds

A bit pompous

The Message by Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five

Love Scorpio, rest a bit dated or meh. I remember The Message seeming a bit mainstream even when it came out

Pump by Aerosmith

Not offensive but not really adding anything to my life

Songs Of Leonard Cohen by Leonard Cohen

Songs For Swingin' Lovers! by Frank Sinatra

Roxy Music by Roxy Music

Dub Housing by Pere Ubu

Fever Ray by Fever Ray

Interesting but not compelling

More Songs About Buildings And Food by Talking Heads

Forever Changes by Love

A Wizard, A True Star by Todd Rundgren

Not great for me

Ocean Rain by Echo And The Bunnymen

I'll get my long coat...

Dummy by Portishead

Classic

Disraeli Gears by Cream

Billion Dollar Babies by Alice Cooper

Would be one star if it wasn't for 'Elected'

Exit Planet Dust by The Chemical Brothers

Peggy Suicide by Julian Cope

Head Hunters by Herbie Hancock

good of its kind but gave birth to too many youth jazz band versions of Watermelon Man...

Paul's Boutique by Beastie Boys

American IV: The Man Comes Around by Johnny Cash

Hurt is great, and he is an icon but not much musically

That's The Way Of The World by Earth, Wind & Fire

groovy but not special

Phrenology by The Roots

Graceland by Paul Simon

Djam Leelii by Baaba Maal

The Stone Roses by The Stone Roses

Would do 3.5 if I could

On The Beach by Neil Young

Fishscale by Ghostface Killah

I like the production

Tragic Songs of Life by The Louvin Brothers

E.V.O.L. by Sonic Youth

Songs Of Love And Hate by Leonard Cohen

This seems like the nineteenth LC album this site has sent me. I'm sure it's great and he's sincere but not what I wanted for my birthday

Fever To Tell by Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Like Water For Chocolate by Common

Gorillaz by Gorillaz

I think we are lucky to have Damon

Treasure by Cocteau Twins

Planet Rock: The Album by Afrika Bambaataa

Olympia 64 by Jacques Brel

One of those artists that you (I) think you know because of their influence of others, but don't really know that well. More dramatic and vigorous in delivery than I expected, but the action is really in the lyrics (Amsterdam is my favourite)

Blue by Joni Mitchell

Classic Goddess

Vauxhall And I by Morrissey

More or less what you expect from a Morrissey solo album. 2.5

Pretzel Logic by Steely Dan

Hot Rats by Frank Zappa

Brothers In Arms by Dire Straits

OK, seems to enjoy saying f****tt a bit too much tho

OK by Talvin Singh

Bit patchy imo but some good tracks

Station To Station by David Bowie

Short but classic

The Chronic by Dr. Dre

Sweary, N-words, H-words, B-words abound Tainted classic

Joan Armatrading by Joan Armatrading

Groovy, Eton John ish, L&A is still great

Get Behind Me Satan by The White Stripes

It swings and it rocks...

New Boots And Panties by Ian Dury

Funky band, he's a legend. Glad to hear it again but won't have iton repeat. Would be 3.8 but I'll round it up for Mr Dury

Electric Warrior by T. Rex

L'Eau Rouge by The Young Gods

Actually by Pet Shop Boys

Great. Mainly bangers, would be 4.5 but I'm rounding up today

Green Onions by Booker T. & The MG's

Fifth Dimension by The Byrds

Penthouse And Pavement by Heaven 17

People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm by A Tribe Called Quest

Beggars Banquet by The Rolling Stones

Movies by Holger Czukay

The Good, The Bad & The Queen by The Good, The Bad & The Queen

The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan by Bob Dylan

Os Mutantes by Os Mutantes

Entertainingly bonkers 3.8