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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Songs From A Room Leonard Cohen	5	3.16	+1.84
Songs Of Leonard Cohen Leonard Cohen	5	3.38	+1.62
Blood Sugar Sex Magik Red Hot Chili Peppers	5	3.5	+1.5
Ill Communication Beastie Boys	5	3.65	+1.35
Superunknown Soundgarden	5	3.66	+1.34
The Joshua Tree U2	5	3.67	+1.33
Swordfishtrombones Tom Waits	4	2.95	+1.05

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Kimono My House Sparks	1	3.06	-2.06
Violator Depeche Mode	2	3.7	-1.7
Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots The Flaming Lips	2	3.57	-1.57
Power In Numbers Jurassic 5	2	3.48	-1.48
The Fat Of The Land The Prodigy	2	3.41	-1.41
Red Headed Stranger Willie Nelson	2	3.35	-1.35
Channel Orange Frank Ocean	2	3.31	-1.31
Shake Your Money Maker The Black Crowes	2	3.29	-1.29
1989 Taylor Swift	2	3.27	-1.27
Lady In Satin Billie Holiday	2	3.23	-1.23

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Artist	Albums	Average
Leonard Cohen	3	4.67

5-Star Albums (7)

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With The Beatles

Beatles

4/5

Le haiku: Not the Beatles best, Yet the tunes are heckin good, I enjoyed it so.

12 likes

Back In Black

AC/DC

3/5

Back in black banger, Rest of it is not too bad, Wow it sold a lot. 6/10

1 likes

Scum

Napalm Death

1/5

Nah thanks 2/10

1 likes

Songs Of Leonard Cohen

Leonard Cohen

5/5

This is an absolute masterpiece. Leonard Cohen’s lyrics are mystical and transport you to another place. His guitar is haunting- to anyone who says he can’t play guitar- maybe he can’t do a jimmy page solo but he achieves a different kind of aura with his circular style. I still remember going ‘oh I heard of this guy’ and putting the CD on and quickly realising this was something special. A genius’ first work and one of my favourites. 10/10

1 likes

1-Star Albums (2)

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You Want It Darker

Leonard Cohen

4/5

Massive fan of his earlier stuff, still love this album and reckon it will grow on me further in due time. Couple of songs that show he never lost his writing ability even right up to the end <3

The Joshua Tree

5/5

Banger. Their best album- 5 of the first 6 songs are fire and the closers have grown on me too.

Court And Spark

Joni Mitchell

3/5

Cool album, got some really nice songs on it and she’s got a great voice. Love some of the lyrics too.

Smile

Brian Wilson

2/5

Couple of cool songs (roll Plymouth rock is great) but overall not really my vibe

Strangeways, Here We Come

The Smiths

3/5

“I won’t share you” is a beautiful closer but other than that nothing fully grabs me, could see myself coming back to it though

No Other

Gene Clark

2/5

I went back and forth with this one- had to listen to it 3 times to decide. Don’t buy much of it, but there’s a couple of nice tunes in there. Can’t see myself coming back to it too often

Kimono My House

Sparks

1/5

I have written a haiku: Mael may have done well But glam rock is not my rock So I bid farewell

Superunknown

Soundgarden

5/5

My haiku: My Wave, Spoonman best, Day I Tried To Live best too, How good is grunge rock.

Rattlesnakes

Lloyd Cole And The Commotions

3/5

Haiku: This had some nice songs, But nothing fully grabbed me, Maybe I’ll come back.

Lady In Satin

Billie Holiday

2/5

A haiku: I’m not a jazz guy, So while this was fun to try, It don’t make me cry. 3/10

With The Beatles

Beatles

4/5

Le haiku: Not the Beatles best, Yet the tunes are heckin good, I enjoyed it so.

Raw Power

The Stooges

3/5

A haiku: Raw Power is loud, Can be fun, or a bit much, Overall not bad. 6/10

White Ladder

David Gray

3/5

A haiku: Never heard of Gray, But knew a few of these songs, Was nice listening. 6/10

Vauxhall And I

Morrissey

2/5

Haiku: It’s a creepy cover, Nothing really all that good, It was just OK. 5/10

Veckatimest

Grizzly Bear

3/5

A haiku: Some very cool songs, Others are not as special, What’s the name of this? 7/10

Pearl

Janis Joplin

4/5

It is a banger, Enjoyable listening, What an awesome voice. 8/10

Selling England By The Pound

Genesis

4/5

Young man says you are What you eat eat well old man Says you’re what you wear 7/10

Stankonia

OutKast

3/5

Haiku: Couple of nice songs, I quite liked the interludes, Album is too long. 5/10

Life Thru A Lens

Robbie Williams

2/5

Too poppy for me, Didn’t quite entertain me, So sorry Robbie. 3/10

Atomizer

Big Black

3/5

Reminds me of Rage, Grew on me second time round, Might come back later. 5/10

Tigermilk

Belle & Sebastian

3/5

Some nice and soft tunes, Not bad for mus. biz. students, Got a good vibe going. 6/10

Wild Wood

Paul Weller

3/5

Some wholesome sounds here, Good to put on as background aura, Nothing too crazy. 5/10

Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots

The Flaming Lips

2/5

Probably not bad, But Spotify has shoved this Down my throat a while. 4/10

Rum Sodomy & The Lash

The Pogues

3/5

This was something else, And it was quite fun to try, I’m not always at pub. 5/10

Lust For Life

Iggy Pop

3/5

Already knew best two, Rest of the album was ok too, So one more than two. 6/10

KIWANUKA

Michael Kiwanuka

4/5

I love the vibe here, Would definitely come back, It is fun to hear. 7/10

Floodland

Sisters Of Mercy

2/5

Was fine to put on Sometimes forgot to listen Nothing outstanding 4/10

Cypress Hill

4/5

Pretty groovy tunes, Will come back to it again, Thanks for suggesting. 7/10

Ill Communication

Beastie Boys

5/5

This is straight fire, Some absolute bangers here, Less towards the end. 9/10

Violator

Depeche Mode

2/5

Yeah it was ok, Personal Jesus rocks it, But the rest is meh 4/10

Bright Flight

Silver Jews

3/5

Was alright 5/10

Back In Black

AC/DC

3/5

Back in black banger, Rest of it is not too bad, Wow it sold a lot. 6/10

Songs The Lord Taught Us

The Cramps

3/5

Yeah was alright 6/10

Pink Moon

Nick Drake

4/5

Some great tunes on this, Cool guitar playing, lyrics, Why is it so short 8/10

Bubble And Scrape

Sebadoh

3/5

Was ok, nothing special, but had some stuff I didn’t expect. Should come back to 5/10

Blood Sugar Sex Magik

Red Hot Chili Peppers

5/5

Bangin album here So good the whole way through it Chilli Pepper’s best 9/10

There's No Place Like America Today

Curtis Mayfield

3/5

Some nice vibes, I will come back to it 6/10

Maverick A Strike

Finley Quaye

2/5

Meh 3/10

Catch A Fire

Bob Marley & The Wailers

3/5

Was quite funky, I should come back to it 6/10

L'Eau Rouge

The Young Gods

2/5

Didn’t think French metal would be on here.. not quite for me 4/10

Darkness on the Edge of Town

Bruce Springsteen

3/5

Not bad not bad, but also not that good 5/10

Screamadelica

Primal Scream

3/5

Has some things I never really heard before which was cool, but overall not that good 5/10

Tubular Bells

Mike Oldfield

3/5

Kept oscillating between thinking it sucked and thinking it was genius, so will go in the middle. Would be good music to study to. 5/10

Hms Fable

Shack

2/5

Not great, nothing really grabbed me

A Night At The Opera

Queen

3/5

Bohemian rhapsody adds a whole point, other than that it’s cool I like the one about the car but other than that meh

Illinois

Sufjan Stevens

3/5

Some of the songs were really cool, but the end of the album dragged out a bit for me. 6/10

Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space

Spiritualized

3/5

Some really nice songs (ladies and gents, broken heart) and I liked the start of good cop bad cop but not the last 8 mins or so. Overall pretty good! 6/10

Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme

Simon & Garfunkel

4/5

Exciting new sounds in the old folk tradition <3 8/10

Channel Orange

Frank Ocean

2/5

Wasn’t really for me, but there were a couple of nice songs on there. 4/10

Crosby, Stills & Nash

3/5

Was pleasant, 5/10

Sister

Sonic Youth

2/5

Didn’t really enjoy it, feel like I have a love hate relationship with sonic youth sometimes 4/10

People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm

A Tribe Called Quest

4/5

Was good fun listening, very funky 7/10

Jagged Little Pill

Alanis Morissette

4/5

Alanis Morissette rocks, that was awesome 7.5/10

Underwater Moonlight

The Soft Boys

2/5

Lose a point for making me listen to a 2.5 hour album 4/10

Legalize It

Peter Tosh

2/5

Yeah alright 4/10

Chris

Christine and the Queens

3/5

Better than I thought it was gonna be, has some nice tunes 6/10

Horses

Patti Smith

3/5

Not bad not bad 6/10

Scum

Napalm Death

1/5

Nah thanks 2/10

Tuesday Night Music Club

Sheryl Crow

3/5

Has some nice songs but nothing stood out 5/10

The Fat Of The Land

The Prodigy

2/5

I’m not really that into EDM. Had some ok stuff 4/10

Architecture And Morality

Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark

3/5

Can’t really decide- it’s a slow burn type of album. Was decent on first couple of listens but don’t know if it burned enough to come back to 5/10

Licensed To Ill

Beastie Boys

4/5

Not the beastie boys’ best, but still a good listen 7/10

Red Headed Stranger

Willie Nelson

2/5

Could not get into it 3.5/10

Swordfishtrombones

Tom Waits

4/5

Tom Waits is amazing. Love his weirdness and the songs it delivers, even if this album wasn’t his best 8/10

Cee-Lo Green... Is The Soul Machine

Cee Lo Green

3/5

Not what I expected from a “soul machine”- was alright though, maybe I’ll come back to it. I like the intro 5/10

Songs Of Leonard Cohen

Leonard Cohen

5/5

Ocean Rain

Echo And The Bunnymen

3/5

It was ok, nice to passively listen to 5.5/10

The White Album

Beatles

5/5

This was amazing, how were the Beatles this good 9/10

Opus Dei

Laibach

2/5

First couple of songs were cool but the album really tailed off after that I struggled to keep going 4/10

Bummed

Happy Mondays

2/5

Meh 4/10

On The Beach

Neil Young

4/5

I miss Neil young, come back to Spotify 🥺 8/10

Teen Dream

Beach House

4/5

Started off strong, cool vibe, really liked it 7/10

Buena Vista Social Club

3/5

Started off with some good songs but seemed to drag on a bit with more of the same 5/10

Close To The Edge

Yes

2/5

I like the “I get up I get down” bit but the songs drag on a bit too much for me. Not too bad though 4/10

C'est Chic

CHIC

3/5

Has a good groove and a couple of good songs, but it’s not really my music 5/10

The Queen Is Dead

The Smiths

3/5

Meh, was ok. Couple of good songs. 5/10

Paul's Boutique

Beastie Boys

3/5

Had some nice songs, but not the beasties best. Egg man is so good tho 6/10

Heavy Weather

Weather Report

2/5

Was ok. Nothing really stood out 4/10

Bossanova

Pixies

4/5

Has some great tunes, love pixies 7.5/10

Californication

Red Hot Chili Peppers

4/5

Some bangers on here, good stuff by them. 8/10

Imagine

John Lennon

4/5

This album bats deep. Love “don’t wanna be a soldier”, “oh yoko”, “gimme some truth”, “how do you sleep”. Some classics too like “imagine” and “jealous guy”. 8/10

Winter In America

Gil Scott-Heron

3/5

This feels like one that’s wrong to listen to on steaming, this was meant for vinyl. Had some good songs, liked H2O gate blues the most. 6.5/10

Beautiful Freak

Eels

4/5

Better second time around- feels like an album that gets better the more you listen. Pleasantly surprised. 7/10

Songs From A Room

Leonard Cohen

5/5

Masterpiece. Love his poetry. Not as good as his debut (not sure any album is) but is still soooo good 9.5/10

Fishscale

Ghostface Killah

3/5

Was better second time around, think it can improve the more I listen to it. Should come back to it. 6/10

São Paulo Confessions

Suba

3/5

Early few songs gave me some Portishead vibes. Album seemed to drag on a bit too long, but had some good songs I should come to. 7/10

Joan Armatrading

4/5

One of the albums I enjoyed most at first listen. Had a couple of songs I didn’t realise I knew, and I enjoyed her vibe and tones. 8/10

Tidal

Fiona Apple

3/5

Not too bad, a bit poppy but had a couple of good songs and good lyrics 5.5/10

1989

Taylor Swift

2/5

First time I’ve willingly listened to T Swift. The songs are actually ok, but feels too overplayed for me to properly enjoy. 3/10

Crime Of The Century

Supertramp

3/5

Grew on me. Has some nice tunes without being amazing from the first couple of listens, but should come back to 6/10

Machine Gun Etiquette

The Damned

2/5

Didn’t really get it too much, has some cool songs but I wasn’t able to really enjoy them 4.5/10

Power In Numbers

Jurassic 5

2/5

Wasn't a big fun, had a couple of listenable tracks but nothing great 4/10

Shake Your Money Maker

The Black Crowes

2/5

Had some good songs (Hard to Handle, She Talks to Angels) but most of the album felt kinda repetitive and not that nice on the ear. 4.5/10

Yeezus

Kanye West

2/5

I thought I'd like this more, but other than blackskinhead which was cool and the bound 2 hook which was fun I really couldn't get around it and was waiting for the album to end. 3/10