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Album	You	Global	Diff
A Grand Don't Come For Free The Streets	5	2.67	+2.33
1977 Ash	5	3.03	+1.97
Slanted And Enchanted Pavement	5	3.03	+1.97
Closer Joy Division	5	3.21	+1.79
Tonight's The Night Neil Young	5	3.23	+1.77
Goo Sonic Youth	5	3.24	+1.76
Sound Affects The Jam	5	3.26	+1.74
The Clash The Clash	5	3.53	+1.47
Talking Heads 77 Talking Heads	5	3.56	+1.44
The Stone Roses The Stone Roses	5	3.64	+1.36

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Can't Buy A Thrill Steely Dan	1	3.72	-2.72
Live At The Regal B.B. King	1	3.67	-2.67
The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill Lauryn Hill	1	3.64	-2.64
Aja Steely Dan	1	3.47	-2.47
James Brown Live At The Apollo James Brown	1	3.46	-2.46
The ArchAndroid Janelle Monáe	1	3.45	-2.45
Ready To Die The Notorious B.I.G.	1	3.36	-2.36
Be Common	1	3.35	-2.35
If I Should Fall From Grace With God The Pogues	1	3.33	-2.33
Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs Marty Robbins	1	3.33	-2.33

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Talking Heads 77

Talking Heads

5/5

4/5. Heard it before but a few great tracks on this debut. Kayleigh and Andy did karaoke to Psycho Killer.

If I Should Fall From Grace With God

The Pogues

1/5

Apart from Fairytale in NY I really can’t get into the vast majority. Too much fiddle.

The Seldom Seen Kid

Elbow

4/5

Never listened to it in full before and the lyrics are great. Played about 4 times in the day and whilst it wasn’t ideal for the gym it was perfect at other times.

Hunky Dory

David Bowie

4/5

Despite this hitting the skip when I was a kid and the row that ensued, I am not convinced I heard the second side of this, not as much as the first side. Some amazing tunes and some of the tracks touch on almost electronic status.

Sound Affects

The Jam

5/5

Heard it a hundred times.

With The Beatles

Beatles

2/5

Of its time. Nothing bad about it, but not my thing and not a patch on what they became a few years down the line.

School's Out

Alice Cooper

3/5

Too theatrical

Histoire De Melody Nelson

Serge Gainsbourg

1/5

Absolute fucking dogshit

Out Of The Blue

Electric Light Orchestra

3/5

Very 70s. A lot of over production. It’s ok, but no desire to hear it again.

Junkyard

The Birthday Party

1/5

Too abrasive for me. It’s a challenging listen.

Tea for the Tillerman

Cat Stevens

4/5

Surprisingly good.

Faith

George Michael

2/5

Good “adult pop” I guess. Very 80’s sounding and a bit of filler. Faith is a banger though obviously.

Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde

The Pharcyde

4/5

Enjoyable hip-hop, takes me back!

Immigrés

Youssou N'Dour

2/5

Interesting rhythms. Not into the vocals.

Every Picture Tells A Story

Rod Stewart

3/5

Enjoyable if fairly average pub rock.

Frank

Amy Winehouse

4/5

Catch A Fire

Bob Marley & The Wailers

3/5

It’s alright. Reggae innit.

A Grand Don't Come For Free

The Streets

5/5

It’s great. Although there is probably a fair bit of nostalgia related to that with this one.

Tres Hombres

ZZ Top

3/5

Blues by the beards. Bit less boogie than I expected which was a positive thing.

Pump

Aerosmith

2/5

It’s catchy but the lyrics are terrible.

Common

1/5

Just not into it

Born In The U.S.A.

Bruce Springsteen

3/5

Bit of the boss. Actually a lot better listened to as a whole than just the singles. Better than expected but still a bit too heartland rock to be something I really think I’ll dig back into again.

Goo

Sonic Youth

5/5

Love this album

Locust Abortion Technician

Butthole Surfers

1/5

Too tough

Golden Hour

Kacey Musgraves

2/5

Bit too poppy to really be country

The Downward Spiral

Nine Inch Nails

4/5

Great album!

Modern Kosmology

Jane Weaver

2/5

Passable. Nothing in it to warrant another play.

Sweet Baby James

James Taylor

2/5

Passable. Nothing special.

Nevermind

Nirvana

5/5

Passable. Nothing special.

Too Rye Ay

Dexys Midnight Runners

2/5

Passable. Nothing special.

Music For The Jilted Generation

The Prodigy

4/5

Couple of old school classics but it’s a bit heavy as a full length LP

Being There

Wilco

4/5

Little twangy but the right side of country for me. Maybe a tiny bit long at over an hour.

Second Toughest In The Infants

Underworld

1/5

Tried this a few times before, just not my thing

3 + 3

The Isley Brothers

3/5

More of a summer album. It’s ok, better than the cover suggested.

Dummy

Portishead

5/5

Love this album

Born To Run

Bruce Springsteen

4/5

Orbital 2

Orbital

3/5

Took me back briefly, and not as hardcore as I remember. Strangely started to find it good for zoning out and relaxing.

Superunknown

Soundgarden

5/5

Brilliant

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

3/5

Average

Your Arsenal

Morrissey

4/5

Great album

Club Classics Vol. One

Soul II Soul

4/5

1977

Ash

5/5

Loved this album. His voice is still terrible but the songs are great.

Rid Of Me

PJ Harvey

2/5

Not as good as I remember. The audio range on a commute might not have helped that.

Appetite For Destruction

Guns N' Roses

5/5

Classic

A Wizard, A True Star

Todd Rundgren

1/5

God knows. What they made of it in the 70’s I have even less idea.

Cosmo's Factory

Creedence Clearwater Revival

3/5

Ok blues. Couple of really good tracks, but Grapevine can fuck off. Some strange pronunciation on here too.

KIWANUKA

Michael Kiwanuka

3/5

Not bad…..

Moving Pictures

Rush

4/5

Drumming is great

Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge

Mudhoney

4/5

Siamese Dream

The Smashing Pumpkins

4/5

Love it

Are You Experienced

Jimi Hendrix

2/5

Average

Wild Wood

Paul Weller

3/5

Not as good as I remember.

The Suburbs

Arcade Fire

3/5

Ok. Overrated.

The Boatman's Call

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

3/5

Some good tunes but very same-y.

If You Can Believe Your Eyes & Ears

The Mamas & The Papas

3/5

It’s alright

Who's Next

The Who

4/5

Closer

Joy Division

5/5

MTV Unplugged In New York

Nirvana

5/5

Inspiration Information

Shuggie Otis

3/5

Tigermilk

Belle & Sebastian

2/5

The Low End Theory

A Tribe Called Quest

4/5

Bad

Michael Jackson

3/5

Dusty In Memphis

Dusty Springfield

3/5

Tracy Chapman

2/5

The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill

Lauryn Hill

1/5

The Score

Fugees

2/5

Never really liked it that much, nothings changed.

Live At The Regal

B.B. King

1/5

The ArchAndroid

Janelle Monáe

1/5

Rubbish

Parallel Lines

Blondie

4/5

American Beauty

Grateful Dead

2/5

The Atomic Mr Basie

Count Basie & His Orchestra

3/5

The Marshall Mathers LP

Eminem

3/5

Gets a higher vote for old school listening. It isn’t actually that great now with age.

Aja

Steely Dan

1/5

Wank

Manassas

Stephen Stills

2/5

Too much American folk fiddle

Music for the Masses

Depeche Mode

2/5

Average despite people loving it

Songs Of Leonard Cohen

Leonard Cohen

2/5

Meh

Violent Femmes

4/5

Sunday At The Village Vanguard

Bill Evans Trio

2/5

Physical Graffiti

Led Zeppelin

3/5

3.5 really. Still never as good as the first couple of tracks.

Car Wheels On A Gravel Road

Lucinda Williams

2/5

Dull

Cross

Justice

3/5

Average electronic

Ready To Die

The Notorious B.I.G.

1/5

Couple on it are alright

Chicago Transit Authority

Chicago

1/5

Nope!

Can't Buy A Thrill

Steely Dan

1/5

Bang average 70’s.

Tusk

Fleetwood Mac

3/5

Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)

Eurythmics

4/5

Metallica

4/5

Doolittle

Pixies

5/5

Songs In The Key Of Life

Stevie Wonder

3/5

Average

Suicide

1/5

At Folsom Prison

Johnny Cash

4/5

Better than I expected for a live album

Moondance

Van Morrison

3/5

Better than expected. Still a bit too much “dad music”.

Birth Of The Cool

Miles Davis

3/5

Cypress Hill

2/5

Meh

Searching For The Young Soul Rebels

Dexys Midnight Runners

4/5

There's No Place Like America Today

Curtis Mayfield

2/5

The Message

Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five

2/5

Not as good as I had hoped

The Dark Side Of The Moon

Pink Floyd

3/5

Actually

Pet Shop Boys

4/5

Let It Bleed

The Rolling Stones

4/5

Djam Leelii

Baaba Maal

1/5

Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs

Marty Robbins

1/5

Led Zeppelin II

Led Zeppelin

3/5

Emergency On Planet Earth

Jamiroquai

1/5

Alright. Bit too much funk rather than jazz.

There's A Riot Goin' On

Sly & The Family Stone

1/5

Tonight's The Night

Neil Young

5/5

Be even better if he could sing!

Protection

Massive Attack

4/5

The Clash

5/5

Dire Straits

2/5

The Stone Roses

5/5

One dodgy song on there though

Smokers Delight

Nightmares On Wax

4/5

Pills 'n' Thrills And Bellyaches

Happy Mondays

4/5

Kenya

Machito

1/5

James Brown Live At The Apollo

James Brown

1/5

Just never get the James Brown thing

Is This It

The Strokes

5/5

On The Beach

Neil Young

3/5

Average

Beauty And The Beat

The Go-Go's

4/5

Private Dancer

Tina Turner

1/5

Let England Shake

PJ Harvey

2/5

Slanted And Enchanted

Pavement

5/5

Transformer

Lou Reed

4/5

Ace of Spades

Motörhead

3/5

High Violet

The National

3/5

Bone Machine

Tom Waits

1/5

Dreadful

Shaft

Isaac Hayes

1/5

Ingenue

k.d. lang

2/5

Bandwagonesque

Teenage Fanclub

4/5

Forever Changes

Love

3/5

Darkness on the Edge of Town

Bruce Springsteen

3/5

3 Feet High and Rising

De La Soul

4/5

The Wall

Pink Floyd

3/5

OK Computer

Radiohead

5/5

The Queen Is Dead

The Smiths

5/5

Document

R.E.M.

4/5