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Album	You	Global	Diff
Modern Life Is Rubbish Blur	5	3.13	+1.87
Dr. Octagonecologyst Dr. Octagon	4	2.7	+1.3
Dummy Portishead	5	3.71	+1.29
LP1 FKA twigs	4	2.8	+1.2
Merriweather Post Pavilion Animal Collective	4	2.9	+1.1
Killing Joke Killing Joke	4	2.99	+1.01

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Hotel California Eagles	1	3.6	-2.6
Out Of The Blue Electric Light Orchestra	2	3.64	-1.64
If You Can Believe Your Eyes & Ears The Mamas & The Papas	2	3.43	-1.43
Melodrama Lorde	2	3.32	-1.32
Close To The Edge Yes	2	3.19	-1.19
The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter The Incredible String Band	1	2.15	-1.15
Too Rye Ay Dexys Midnight Runners	2	3.12	-1.12

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Modern Life Is Rubbish

Blur

5/5

A great album with some of my favourite Blur tracks on it: Blue Jeans, Miss America, Oily Water, Chemical World, For Tomorrow. Still sounds fantastic

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Sticky Fingers

The Rolling Stones

3/5

A few standout tracks: Wild Horses, Can’t You Hear Me Knocking, Bitch

To Pimp A Butterfly

Kendrick Lamar

4/5

A fantastic blend of jazz and hip hop. Some outstanding tracks

Siamese Dream

The Smashing Pumpkins

4/5

In the words of Shakin’ Stevens: lovely stuff

Hotel California

Eagles

1/5

Not my cup of tea at all. Slow and uninspiring. I can’t stand the title track and it went downhill from there

Street Life

The Crusaders

4/5

A childhood album for me. Title track an absolute classic

The Queen Is Dead

The Smiths

3/5

Some cracking tunes, especially There Is a Light That Never Goes Out. Morrisey is a prize tosser though

Fleet Foxes

3/5

It’s its time and not something I’ll rush back to, but didn’t mind listening to it again at all. A few enjoyable tracks have been added to my Best of 1001 Albums playlist and that’s more than the Eagles achieved

Country Life

Roxy Music

4/5

This was lovely, thoroughly enjoyed it and got better on the second listen. Standout track for me was Out of the Blue

1999

Prince

3/5

There are a few standout tracks: 1999, Little Red Corvette and D.M.S.R. But it’s not his best and some of it drags

Underwater Moonlight

The Soft Boys

4/5

Really enjoyed this one. Elements of Lou Reed, Stone Roses and the Beatles in there. I Got the Hots and Tonight the standouts for me

Superunknown

Soundgarden

3/5

Some good tunes on this and you can hear the similarities with desert stoner rock which I love. Much prefer Badmotorfinger, Rusty Cage being fantastic

Brothers

The Black Keys

3/5

It’s fine, isn’t it. Not sure how it ended up on albums you must listen to before you die. Very much like White Stripes and early Kings of Leon. Howlin’ for You very much like Rock n Roll part 2, which is no bad thing

Trans Europe Express

Kraftwerk

3/5

Lovely to work to. The Trans-Europe Express suite is superb

LP1

FKA twigs

4/5

Really enjoyed this, reminded me a lot of Bjork

Brilliant Corners

Thelonious Monk

4/5

Wunderbar

Out Of The Blue

Electric Light Orchestra

2/5

The Whale is a great tune. The rest of it: ‘don’t come back on ELO and carry on playing’

Pink Flag

Wire

4/5

Can hear Fugazi and At the Drive-in in this which I enjoyed

Coles Corner

Richard Hawley

3/5

Not a huge fan of his voice, but loved some of the arrangements

Kollaps

Einstürzende Neubauten

1/5

Probably won’t be listening to this again

Live At The Witch Trials

The Fall

3/5

Two Steps back is a standout. Very enjoyable in parts

(What's The Story) Morning Glory

Oasis

3/5

Some good tracks but this is one of the most overrated albums of the 90s

KIWANUKA

Michael Kiwanuka

4/5

Some lovely arrangements on here, some brilliant songs. Really enjoyed it and will listen again

The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators

The 13th Floor Elevators

3/5

Private Dancer

Tina Turner

3/5

Close To The Edge

Yes

2/5

Christ

If You Can Believe Your Eyes & Ears

The Mamas & The Papas

2/5

Gorillaz

3/5

Everything Must Go

Manic Street Preachers

3/5

The album following this one is their masterpiece imho. Definitely worth a listen if you’re not familiar with it

Vivid

Living Colour

3/5

Was introduced to this through GTA San Andreas. Lots of fun

Fun House

The Stooges

3/5

Bridge Over Troubled Water

Simon & Garfunkel

4/5

Brilliant songwriting, some absolute classics on there. Bridge Over Troubled Water has been ruined by X Factor/Pop Idol auditions, but If I Could and Only Living Boy in NY are superb

Melodrama

Lorde

2/5

Really didn’t like how clean it sounded. One or two good tracks though

Led Zeppelin

5/5

Spy Vs. Spy: The Music Of Ornette Coleman

John Zorn

2/5

Had some moments when it was less manic, but this is way too avant-garde for me

Killing Joke

4/5

Really enjoyed the driving rhythms throughout

Green River

Creedence Clearwater Revival

4/5

...And Justice For All

Metallica

3/5

The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter

The Incredible String Band

1/5

Folksie shite

Heroes

David Bowie

3/5

Love the title track and really enjoyed the second half soundscapes

Smile

Brian Wilson

3/5

My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

Kanye West

3/5

Colour By Numbers

Culture Club

3/5

Some good tunes on here, was pleasantly surprised

Time Out

The Dave Brubeck Quartet

4/5

Nilsson Schmilsson

Harry Nilsson

3/5

Superfly

Curtis Mayfield

4/5

Lovely stuff

Dummy

Portishead

5/5

One of the best albums of the 90s for me. Relentlessly brilliant track after track and sounds like it could have been made now.

Kenza

Khaled

2/5

A couple of good songs but not something I’ll return to

Merriweather Post Pavilion

Animal Collective

4/5

Really enjoyed this on the whole. Loses its way a bit towards the end, but closes with a banger

Too Rye Ay

Dexys Midnight Runners

2/5

Come on Eileen reminds me of a) every birthday party I went to when I was 14-18; b) the hilariously shit version done for Euro 2004, and; c) Spaced. One of my musical biases: I cannot stand fiddles in pop music.

Queen II

Queen

3/5

I’m not a Queen fan, but some great songs on this one. The Loser in the End the pick of the bunch, vocals almost Robert Plantesque

Californication

Red Hot Chili Peppers

4/5

John Frusciante made them a lot better when he came back. Some excellent songs on this. Very nostalgic to listen to again

Dr. Octagonecologyst

Dr. Octagon

4/5

Superb Mo Wax era hip-hop