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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Hypocrisy Is The Greatest Luxury The Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy	5	2.88	+2.12
The La's The La's	5	3.15	+1.85
Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space Spiritualized	5	3.15	+1.85
Buffalo Springfield Again Buffalo Springfield	5	3.18	+1.82
Closer Joy Division	5	3.21	+1.79
Cross Justice	5	3.27	+1.73
Countdown To Ecstasy Steely Dan	5	3.28	+1.72
The Message Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five	5	3.28	+1.72
Be Common	5	3.35	+1.65
Urban Hymns The Verve	5	3.36	+1.64

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Either Or Elliott Smith	1	3.38	-2.38
Smash The Offspring	1	3.38	-2.38
Africa Brasil Jorge Ben Jor	1	3.36	-2.36
Underwater Moonlight The Soft Boys	1	3.05	-2.05
Vauxhall And I Morrissey	1	2.96	-1.96
In Rainbows Radiohead	2	3.84	-1.84
Yank Crime Drive Like Jehu	1	2.7	-1.7
Sheer Heart Attack Queen	2	3.65	-1.65
Shalimar Rahul Dev Burman	1	2.65	-1.65
GI Germs	1	2.54	-1.54

Artists

Favorites

Artist	Albums	Average
Beatles	4	5
The Rolling Stones	3	5
Neil Young	3	4.67
David Bowie	2	5
Steely Dan	3	4.33

5-Star Albums (33)

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Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea

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

Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space

Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols

1-Star Albums (8)

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Abbey Road

Beatles

5/5

Class

Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea

PJ Harvey

5/5

Fantastic, can't believe I've not listened before!

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

Beatles

5/5

I've listened to it a billion times, it's amazing, possibly the greatest ever.

Lust For Life

Iggy Pop

3/5

It's alright but relatively samey

Elvis Is Back

Elvis Presley

3/5

Decent, not amazing

Private Dancer

Tina Turner

3/5

Pretty Solid, very 80s and in a way quite like prince, liked it a lot more than I expected.

Countdown To Ecstasy

Steely Dan

5/5

Belter! I didn't know about the MDGAF track sample so a joy

Here Come The Warm Jets

Brian Eno

3/5

very bowie but not as good.

Pacific Ocean Blue

Dennis Wilson

4/5

The Queen Is Dead

The Smiths

4/5

she certainly is dead. Great album but morrisey is racist so it's one of them isn't it.

Goo

Sonic Youth

3/5

MIXED. didn't love.

A Short Album About Love

The Divine Comedy

3/5

You Want It Darker

Leonard Cohen

3/5

Decent but can't imagine me listening to it a lot. Very different and that's to be applauded.

Jazz Samba

Stan Getz

3/5

Led Zeppelin III

Led Zeppelin

5/5

Rio

Duran Duran

3/5

American Beauty

Grateful Dead

4/5

Clas west coast America hippie vibes. Listen again.

Clube Da Esquina

Milton Nascimento

3/5

I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You

Aretha Franklin

4/5

Very, very good. Should listen again

Exile On Main Street

The Rolling Stones

5/5

Wild Wood

Paul Weller

4/5

The White Album

Beatles

5/5

New Boots And Panties

Ian Dury

4/5

Decent actually lighter than I expected

Untitled (Black Is)

SAULT

4/5

Very good, not something I'd usually listen to but worth a go

In It For The Money

Supergrass

4/5

Surprised I've not listened in full before. Very much worth it.

Songs In The Key Of Life

Stevie Wonder

4/5

Very good. Don't listen loads but a stone cold classic.

The Healer

John Lee Hooker

3/5

Alright, not really my thing

The La's

5/5

Tidy, la.

Fear Of Music

Talking Heads

4/5

Sticky Fingers

The Rolling Stones

5/5

Gentlemen

The Afghan Whigs

2/5

Alright, that's about it

Revolver

Beatles

5/5

Flawless. Should be a 6.

Underwater Moonlight

The Soft Boys

1/5

Absolutely shite. Why is it on this list?

Common

5/5

VERY GOOD

Vauxhall And I

Morrissey

1/5

No intention of listening to this cunt ever again

Shaft

Isaac Hayes

2/5

Beyond the classic signature tune there's a baffling amount of lift music on this. Some funky bits I guess but it's pretty bland.

Astral Weeks

Van Morrison

4/5

Liked it more than I thought I would

Treasure

Cocteau Twins

4/5

Very decent worth having another go

Trout Mask Replica

Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band

2/5

Mad one but not for me.

Talking Heads 77

Talking Heads

5/5

Loved it

Pictures At An Exhibition

Emerson, Lake & Palmer

2/5

All a bit 'much' for me. I can just about take some prog but this just felt indulgent.

Emergency On Planet Earth

Jamiroquai

3/5

Liked it more than I thought

Different Class

Pulp

4/5

Fisherman's Blues

The Waterboys

3/5

Much better than I thought and, again, worth throwing on when you've got people round steve.

Boy In Da Corner

Dizzee Rascal

4/5

Always enjoy dizeee

Urban Hymns

The Verve

5/5

Superb

Virgin Suicides

Air

3/5

Solid background music but not something too exciting

Debut

Björk

4/5

Liked this more than expected and should listen again

Fever To Tell

Yeah Yeah Yeahs

3/5

It's harder than their new stuff, I didn't love them at the time and think that's probably about right. They're ok, probably pretty good live.

Live 1966 (The Royal Albert Hall Concert)

Bob Dylan

3/5

A bit repetitive, ok if you like Dylan but I won't rush back

Gold

Ryan Adams

4/5

Another one that every time I listen to I feel like I should listen more often.

Surrealistic Pillow

Jefferson Airplane

4/5

Really enjoyed this

Black Monk Time

The Monks

2/5

Ok and not much more

Hypocrisy Is The Greatest Luxury

The Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy

5/5

Absolutely unreal, have to listen again.

Beauty And The Beat

The Go-Go's

2/5

Not special

Miriam Makeba

3/5

I can't say it was something I'd ever reach for but I hope I remember I've listened to it for a long time. It was lovely to have on whilst I was writing and listening to it again in that context would really work! I wish there was a bit more subtelty in the scoring, this is much more a 3.7 or something than a 3 but I'm leaning 3 so there we are.

O.G. Original Gangster

Ice T

4/5

Cracking

Bridge Over Troubled Water

Simon & Garfunkel

4/5

Ridiculously good, not a 5 but certainly a 4.5, I mean it's bloody close to a 5.

She's So Unusual

Cyndi Lauper

3/5

I would be very unlikely to play it often but it's really good fun. More of a 3.7 than a 3 but not quite a 4

Bayou Country

Creedence Clearwater Revival

3/5

I'd throw it on, not amazing but good fun

Paris 1919

John Cale

2/5

Nice enough but background music for me. I really wish I could vote more than just 5 numbers though, guess this would be like a 2.9 but given what I've previously given a 3 a 3 here seems to high.

Let's Get Killed

David Holmes

4/5

Liked it a lot, will listen to more DH and going to go see him this summer I reckon.

Grace

Jeff Buckley

5/5

ah my heart. Easiest 5 ever.

Nevermind

Nirvana

5/5

Easy a 5. Opening few tracks simply outstanding.

Autobahn

Kraftwerk

3/5

Another that's like 3.8/3.9 for me but not quite a 4. Really like it though

The Blueprint

JAY Z

3/5

Oedipus Schmoedipus

Barry Adamson

3/5

Was decent this. 3.4 maybe

Adele

3/5

It's alright, it's not for me, a very good break up album that said

Maverick A Strike

Finley Quaye

2/5

Decent but I don't miss listening to it

Either Or

Elliott Smith

1/5

Forgetable

Ten

Pearl Jam

4/5

Good, listen again

Country Life

Roxy Music

3/5

More rocky than I expected, will listen again, 3.75

Parachutes

Coldplay

3/5

Solid, some real classics despite their reputation.

Brothers In Arms

Dire Straits

4/5

Superb, all killer no filler

When I Was Born For The 7th Time

Cornershop

3/5

Enjoyed it, better than I'd thought

Fifth Dimension

The Byrds

2/5

Like a couple of songs but not great tbh

Power In Numbers

Jurassic 5

4/5

Good this and I've not listened to it much

Sheer Heart Attack

Queen

2/5

Didn't think this was that good given I really like queen

Eternally Yours

The Saints

2/5

Average punky sounds

Basket of Light

Pentangle

2/5

crazy hippy shit, pretty listenable. I'd be going 2.9 here if I had more room

Let It Bleed

The Rolling Stones

5/5

Flawless

Black Sabbath

3/5

They're ok not amazing, can see these tunes would be better live

Head Hunters

Herbie Hancock

3/5

Jazz/funk. Not an obvious one but glad i listened.

I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight

Richard Thompson

2/5

Solid folky stuff, unremarkable but half decent.

Africa Brasil

Jorge Ben Jor

1/5

Sounds harsh but all this brasil shit just ends up sounding the same to me. Nice enough if you're by a beach but very unremarkable beyond that.

At Budokan

Cheap Trick

2/5

Fairly generic 70s rock

After The Gold Rush

Neil Young

5/5

Love it, and very childhood memorable.

Bitches Brew

Miles Davis

2/5

Not amazing, I just don't love jazz like this

Pieces Of The Sky

Emmylou Harris

2/5

Only like 2 types of music, country and western

Shalimar

Rahul Dev Burman

1/5

Bit different I guess but not really my bhangra vibe.

Natty Dread

Bob Marley & The Wailers

3/5

I've never loved BM but can see why he's popular and that's about it.

Seventeen Seconds

The Cure

2/5

Not their best ino

Raising Hell

Run-D.M.C.

5/5

Good

Murder Ballads

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

3/5

Incredibly weird but a good listen a high 3.4

A Girl Called Dusty

Dusty Springfield

4/5

Like it

Le Tigre

3/5

Standard 90s electro indie pop fayre

Ramones

4/5

Live At The Star Club, Hamburg

Jerry Lee Lewis

3/5

Decent old school rock and roll

Gorillaz

2/5

It's not actually that good

Goodbye And Hello

Tim Buckley

3/5

Liked it a lot tbf, a bit like Donovan

The Gershwin Songbook

Ella Fitzgerald

3/5

Was alright but maybe not entirely my bag

Smash

The Offspring

1/5

Not for me

Here, My Dear

Marvin Gaye

2/5

Didnt love it tbh

Closer

Joy Division

5/5

Seriously good

Pretzel Logic

Steely Dan

4/5

I love steely Dan

Boston

3/5

Solid if not one I'll go back to

If You Can Believe Your Eyes & Ears

The Mamas & The Papas

3/5

Enjoyed 3.2

Entertainment

Gang Of Four

4/5

I liked this, bit like the strokes

Germs

1/5

I don't have time for another ultimately forgettable punk album

Aja

Steely Dan

4/5

I love the Dan

The Holy Bible

Manic Street Preachers

3/5

Very decent

Feast of Wire

Calexico

2/5

Unremarkable

The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill

Lauryn Hill

3/5

Overrated but ok

Something/Anything?

Todd Rundgren

3/5

Quite enjoyed it but unremarkable

If You're Feeling Sinister

Belle & Sebastian

3/5

Decent but forgettable

The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan

4/5

Liked it far more than expected if you're in the right mood

Cross

Justice

5/5

Loved it

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

David Bowie

5/5

Superb vintage Bowie

The Village Green Preservation Society

The Kinks

5/5

Loved it!

Yank Crime

Drive Like Jehu

1/5

Shite

La Revancha Del Tango

Gotan Project

3/5

Latina funk, wasn't bad at all, decent summer background music

Kind Of Blue

Miles Davis

3/5

Enjoyed it

Freak Out!

The Mothers Of Invention

2/5

Average

My Aim Is True

Elvis Costello

3/5

Very decent

Garbage

2/5

90s indie filler

New York Dolls

3/5

Decent, would listen again

The Dark Side Of The Moon

Pink Floyd

5/5

It's A Shame About Ray

The Lemonheads

4/5

Liked this a lot classic American early 90s stuff

In Rainbows

Radiohead

2/5

Alright but not their best

Joan Baez

3/5

Quite enjoyed this, very different to what I'd usually listen to and folky

Lady Soul

Aretha Franklin

5/5

Good

Every Picture Tells A Story

Rod Stewart

3/5

Good enough

There's A Riot Goin' On

Sly & The Family Stone

3/5

Good

L.A. Woman

The Doors

3/5

Easy listening but decent

In A Silent Way

Miles Davis

4/5

Nice but a bit background music. Wouldn't have it on a run!

Violent Femmes

3/5

Good!

Bright Flight

Silver Jews

2/5

Don't recall much about it

Heroes

David Bowie

5/5

Winter In America

Gil Scott-Heron

2/5

Harvest

Neil Young

5/5

Buffalo Springfield Again

Buffalo Springfield

5/5

C'est Chic

CHIC

3/5

Ok very funky

Superfly

Curtis Mayfield

4/5

Superb

Illmatic

Nas

3/5

Solid enough rap, would stick on again, not bad for running

Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space

Spiritualized

5/5

The fivest of fives

Cupid & Psyche 85

Scritti Politti

2/5

Ok and not what I expected but unremarkable

Hounds Of Love

Kate Bush

3/5

Top draw first 5 weaker back ens

Violator

Depeche Mode

3/5

Like it would listen again

The Clash

5/5

Highly Evolved

The Vines

2/5

Boring average

Hail To the Thief

Radiohead

3/5

Very good

The Message

Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five

5/5

Should listen again

Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols

Sex Pistols

5/5

Easiest 5 ever

Ritual De Lo Habitual

Jane's Addiction

3/5

Not bad

On The Beach

Neil Young

4/5

Solin ny fayre

Celebrity Skin

Hole

2/5

Averag bar one song

Pearl

Janis Joplin

4/5

Good, belts it ot

My Generation

The Who

3/5

It's ok but I despise Pete Townshend

Crime Of The Century

Supertramp

3/5

Decent a bit like steely dan

Music for the Masses

Depeche Mode

4/5

Really like the mode

The College Dropout

Kanye West

3/5

Sound of Silver

LCD Soundsystem

5/5

5/5 for all my friends alone