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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
The Man Who Travis	5	3.01	+1.99
Mermaid Avenue Billy Bragg	5	3.17	+1.83
Parklife Blur	5	3.38	+1.62
White Blood Cells The White Stripes	5	3.67	+1.33
Bitte Orca Dirty Projectors	4	2.69	+1.31
Da Capo Love	4	2.82	+1.18
The Doors The Doors	5	3.95	+1.05

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
The College Dropout Kanye West	1	3.31	-2.31
John Prine John Prine	1	3.22	-2.22
Only Built 4 Cuban Linx Raekwon	1	2.86	-1.86
I’ve Got a Tiger By the Tail Buck Owens	1	2.81	-1.81
Group Sex Circle Jerks	1	2.74	-1.74
Sex Packets Digital Underground	1	2.67	-1.67
To Pimp A Butterfly Kendrick Lamar	2	3.62	-1.62
In The Court Of The Crimson King King Crimson	2	3.6	-1.6
Opus Dei Laibach	1	2.39	-1.39
Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs Marty Robbins	2	3.33	-1.33

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The Age Of The Understatement

The Last Shadow Puppets

3/5

A down the middle offering. Neither liked or disliked it.

White Blood Cells

The White Stripes

5/5

Perfect indie rock. Like a roadtrip of punchy, catchy songs. Love it.

The Man Who

Travis

5/5

A classic from the end of the 90s. Sombre and melancholy at times. This is one for a cold winter's night, wrapped up in front of the fire. Such a brilliant album that I listened to a lot, back in 1999.

Goo

Sonic Youth

4/5

Not a band that was on my radar at the time. Always liked their album art though. Well worth a listen to.

Exit Planet Dust

The Chemical Brothers

3/5

Showing its age sadly. Was half decent when it was released.

People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm

A Tribe Called Quest

3/5

Not my cup of tea.

Led Zeppelin III

Led Zeppelin

3/5

A collection of belter classics and a few album fillers imho.

Speakerboxxx/The Love Below

OutKast

3/5

Preferred the love below tracks.

Devil Without A Cause

Kid Rock

2/5

Country and cringe rap fusion. Not my cup of tea.

Black Sabbath

4/5

Didn't realise how bluesy BS were at the start. You can see how they fit into the heavy rock family foundations.

No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith (Live)

Motörhead

4/5

Exactly what you'd expect from heavy rock royalty. Grinding guitars...mental drumming...and Lemmy making your ears bleed.

Off The Wall

Michael Jackson

4/5

Packed with disco hits and classics, if you love disco and MJ, you'll love this album.

Crime Of The Century

Supertramp

3/5

The first couple of tracks are really dated and could be mistaken for a 70s film boogie style soundtrack. From asylum onwards, there are some great songs that I'd listen to again.

Californication

Red Hot Chili Peppers

4/5

A mixed bag of great tracks and album fillers. Sticks to the RHCP formula to keep the fans happy.

Bad Company

3/5

A couple of classics mixed in with some dated fillers.

Smokers Delight

Nightmares On Wax

2/5

Dated, Ibiza chill out style, elevator music. A 'no' from me.

american dream

LCD Soundsystem

3/5

Talking Heads/Echo and the Bunnymen style, electro pop. I really liked a few tracks...and had to skip a few as they were too repetitive and purposely out of key. A mixed bag.

My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts

Brian Eno

3/5

A collection of bizarre instrumental tracks, reminiscent of a relaxation CD you'd buy at a garden centre. A no from me.

Make Yourself

Incubus

3/5

Crisp Failth no More/Placebo esque rock.

Mermaid Avenue

Billy Bragg

5/5

A great album. Refreshing folk/acoustic style with great lyrics and vocals...obvs with the odd Billy Bragg style you'd expect.

3 Years, 5 Months And 2 Days In The Life Of...

Arrested Development

3/5

This genre is not something I really listen to. Mr Wendell is the stand out track and it's pretty easy listening.

Kala

M.I.A.

3/5

Such an unusual album. An album that slides across lots of sounds and samples. The Clash's, 'Straight to hell' is used brilliantly in 'Paper Planes' and there's notes of the Pixies and New Order in this album too.

Something/Anything?

Todd Rundgren

4/5

A mellow and good quality easy listening album. Crazy that it's 50 years old, as the production quality belies its age.

Songs Of Leonard Cohen

Leonard Cohen

3/5

Some well crafted songs, but I can't fully connect with LC as it feels like he's holding back as he sings/talk sings.

The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators

The 13th Floor Elevators

3/5

Exactly what you'd expect. Rock and roll with a psychedelic twist. Worth a listen.

Elephant

The White Stripes

4/5

Starts off with the brilliant 'Seven nation army' and maintains the momentum for a lot of the album. Gets a bit samey to the end, but is well worth listening to.

Nebraska

Bruce Springsteen

3/5

An on brand Springsteen offering. Solid and steady as always.

NEU! 75

Neu!

4/5

A band that is new to me. The sound is pretty fresh and current and this album is a must listen, if you like the synth/drum undie sound.

Bitte Orca

Dirty Projectors

4/5

A new band for me. Really enjoyed this album. Got an Arcade Fire vibe about it.

The Colour Of Spring

Talk Talk

4/5

Not listened to this album for a long time. 'It's my life' and 'Life's what you make it' are the stand out tracks.

Come Away With Me

Norah Jones

3/5

Not a fan. Completely bored me.

Sex Packets

Digital Underground

1/5

Hip hop executed badly. Poor effort.

The Doors

5/5

An all time classic. A true album to listen to before you die.

Solid Air

John Martyn

3/5

Alternative, jazz, folk vibe.

Elephant Mountain

The Youngbloods

4/5

A chilled easy listening album. Worth a listen.

Very

Pet Shop Boys

3/5

Standard, easy listening chewing gum pop from the consistent PSB.

Protection

Massive Attack

4/5

A groundbreaking album that's still a good listen.

To Pimp A Butterfly

Kendrick Lamar

2/5

Hum drum rap offer. Repetitive chorus line. Pretty boring.

Group Sex

Circle Jerks

1/5

Punk album. And not a particularly good punk album.

Da Capo

Love

4/5

A band ahead of their time. I really enjoyed this album.

Gris Gris

Dr. John

3/5

A folk/soul hybrid. Singing and spoken word delivery make for an unusual album.

Odessey And Oracle

The Zombies

3/5

Like taking a trip back to the 60s.

Tanto Tempo

Bebel Gilberto

3/5

Could not find this album on Spotify. Other tracks by her are not my cup of tea.

Among The Living

Anthrax

3/5

If you like thrash metal, you'll love this album. It's tight and rocks your pants off.

Disraeli Gears

Cream

3/5

Typical 60s bluesy pop.

Little Earthquakes

Tori Amos

3/5

Always liked the way Tori plied her trade. Interesting lyrics played on a piano.

Buena Vista Social Club

3/5

The soundtrack of a Mediterranean meal. I'm sure I'd love it on holiday in Cuba.

Black Monk Time

The Monks

3/5

Early Floyd vibe...but even weirder.

Born To Run

Bruce Springsteen

4/5

A classic for Mr S. Solid and on point.

Fever Ray

3/5

Veers from tribal dance pop, to Siouxie and the banshees-esque drum machine tracks. Liked it.

Raising Hell

Run-D.M.C.

3/5

It's Tricky and Walk this Way are the stand out tracks.

1989

Taylor Swift

4/5

An example of pop talent that's good whether you're a fan or not.

Green River

Creedence Clearwater Revival

4/5

Such a great album. Bluesy with incredible vocals.

Jack Takes the Floor

Ramblin' Jack Elliott

2/5

Busker...it sounds like a busker.

Ray Of Light

Madonna

3/5

A melancholy version of Madonna. Couple of great tracks.

John Prine

1/5

Reminded of me with Bob Dylan in singing style. Lyrically naive though. A BIG NO from me.

If I Could Only Remember My Name

David Crosby

3/5

Mellow and soulful offering. Slightly bluesy vocals.

Stardust

Willie Nelson

3/5

A typical Willie Nelson album. Melodic and straight down the middle vocals and lyrics.

GREY Area

Little Simz

2/5

Musically, I quite liked it. Vocally, boring and a bit meh!

Back To Black

Amy Winehouse

4/5

Some genre busting tracks and incredible vocals. It gets a bit samey in parts, but the good points certainly outweigh the album fillers.

Talking With the Taxman About Poetry

Billy Bragg

3/5

Billy Bragg doing what he does best.

I’ve Got a Tiger By the Tail

Buck Owens

1/5

2 min country ditties. Nope.

Boston

3/5

In offensive pop rock that's easy to listen to.

Fishscale

Ghostface Killah

2/5

Bang average rap record.

Ananda Shankar

2/5

Why is this even on the list? Garden centre relaxation tape fodder.

Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs

Derek & The Dominos

4/5

Not a particular Clapton fan, but this is good.

Miriam Makeba

2/5

Nope. Just no.

Morrison Hotel

The Doors

4/5

Another solid Doors album.

The Fat Of The Land

The Prodigy

4/5

A couple of dated tracks, but the classics hold this album up.

Africa Brasil

Jorge Ben Jor

3/5

Quite funky. Worth a listen

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness

The Smashing Pumpkins

4/5

Such a fantastic album and a must listen to.

Led Zeppelin

3/5

Led Zeppelin, doing Led Zeppelin.

The Band

3/5

Bluesy style country music. Unusual and well worth a listen.

One World

John Martyn

3/5

Like a funky, sometimes folky remix of Anthony and the Johnsons.

The Last Broadcast

Doves

3/5

Great to revisit this album. Couple of stand out tracks too.

Face to Face

The Kinks

3/5

Slightly dated

Who's Next

The Who

3/5

Baba O'Reilly kicks off a decent album.

Natty Dread

Bob Marley & The Wailers

3/5

Contains No Woman No Cry. 👍

The College Dropout

Kanye West

1/5

Dreadful. Lasted 4 songs.

Parklife

Blur

5/5

As good today as it was when it was released. A classic.

Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs

Marty Robbins

2/5

What I expect the music in a nursing home to sound like.

Only Built 4 Cuban Linx

Raekwon

1/5

Another dreadful album being offered to me. Not even a genre classic

Cosmo's Factory

Creedence Clearwater Revival

3/5

Funky little number. Liked it.

The Hour Of Bewilderbeast

Badly Drawn Boy

4/5

Great, blast from the past.

Superfly

Curtis Mayfield

3/5

A soul funk treat.

Common

3/5

Another generic r&b offering. Yawn

B-52's

The B-52's

3/5

Such a fun and interesting album. Well worth a listen.

Machine Gun Etiquette

The Damned

3/5

Thumping bass lines and thrash guitar riffs, I'm guessing inspired the Pixies.

Opus Dei

Laibach

1/5

Cover versions...in German...performed in heavy rock. 😆

In The Court Of The Crimson King

King Crimson

2/5

Not sure on this one. Syd Barrett wild spin offs...or a bit weird. 🤔

Supa Dupa Fly

Missy Elliott

2/5

Another 1001 bang average recommendation. 🤦‍♂️

Oxygène

Jean-Michel Jarre

3/5

Iconic and mellow.

The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars

David Bowie

4/5

Great to listen to in full.

The Visitors

ABBA

3/5

A less kitch offering from ABBA.

L'Eau Rouge

The Young Gods

3/5

Musically variant with gruff voiced French lyrics.

Crossing the Red Sea With the Adverts

The Adverts

3/5

Thrashy punk, with a sound that sounds almost current.

High Violet

The National

4/5

Slow, almost sombre indie. Really liked this album.

The Poet

Bobby Womack

3/5

👍

Harvest

Neil Young

3/5

👍

Red Headed Stranger

Willie Nelson

3/5

Willie Nelson...again...

Celebrity Skin

Hole

3/5

Punk indie. Mad but ok tbf.

Dire Straits

4/5

A great album from such an under appreciated band.