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Album	You	Global	Diff
Gentlemen The Afghan Whigs	5	2.89	+2.11
This Nation’s Saving Grace The Fall	5	2.89	+2.11
Done By The Forces Of Nature Jungle Brothers	5	3.04	+1.96
Darklands The Jesus And Mary Chain	5	3.23	+1.77
Nebraska Bruce Springsteen	5	3.32	+1.68
Blur Blur	5	3.33	+1.67
Dub Housing Pere Ubu	4	2.36	+1.64
Rock Bottom Robert Wyatt	4	2.39	+1.61
Darkness on the Edge of Town Bruce Springsteen	5	3.41	+1.59
Five Leaves Left Nick Drake	5	3.46	+1.54

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Back In Black AC/DC	1	3.83	-2.83
American Idiot Green Day	1	3.77	-2.77
Highway to Hell AC/DC	1	3.63	-2.63
Raising Hell Run-D.M.C.	1	3.49	-2.49
Elvis Presley Elvis Presley	1	3.36	-2.36
Parallel Lines Blondie	2	3.76	-1.76
Black Holes and Revelations Muse	2	3.59	-1.59
Brothers The Black Keys	2	3.53	-1.53
Rio Duran Duran	2	3.5	-1.5
Different Class Pulp	2	3.42	-1.42

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Bruce Springsteen	4	4.75
Nick Drake	2	5

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AC/DC	2	1

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Some lovely guitar licks and a general sound that seems way ahead of its time.

Some lovely, undeniably beautiful songs, but as an entire album tends to feel a bit monotonous.

Great stuff, I'm generally already a Stones person, and had never until now fully listened to this record. A bit all over the place and certainly not my fav Stones record, but still lots to hang onto.

I already recently fully got into this record, so listening to this was a breeze. Incredibly captivating from start to finish, which is saying a lot, considering this is nearly two hours of music. Beautiful melodies, often excellent production, will surely be revisited many times in the future.

Bjork isn't one of my go to artists, so I was a bit skeptical about this, but the production here is gorgeous, with beautiful string arrangements regularly pierced by nasty club beats. Bjork's pain in the lyrics is highly palpable, resulting in a great break up record.

Highly education listen for me, had no idea Ian was Baxter Dury's dad, and there's so much innovation going on here, it's crazy how many lines you can draw from this to stuff I love and regularly listen to in the present day. Not saying it's all front to back enjoyable and without potential skips, but there's plenty here musically and, especially, lyrically to hang onto.

There are a bunch of instances on this list where it seems like an entire record has been included due entirely to the success and/or quality of one lead singe. I know The Darkness are a band that are self-aware enough and generally a fun listen, and while this is not the most egregious example of this practice (Simply Red? Really?), you can 100% die in peace having never heard this record or The Darkness' music at all.