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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Merriweather Post Pavilion Animal Collective	5	2.9	+2.1
Channel Orange Frank Ocean	5	3.31	+1.69
Endtroducing..... DJ Shadow	5	3.36	+1.64
Parklife Blur	5	3.38	+1.62
To Pimp A Butterfly Kendrick Lamar	5	3.61	+1.39
The Queen Is Dead The Smiths	5	3.66	+1.34
Kid A Radiohead	5	3.71	+1.29
Alien Lanes Guided By Voices	4	2.75	+1.25
69 Love Songs The Magnetic Fields	4	2.85	+1.15
Pelican West Haircut 100	4	2.96	+1.04

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Head Hunters Herbie Hancock	2	3.55	-1.55
xx The xx	2	3.37	-1.37
Nevermind Nirvana	3	4.37	-1.37
The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars David Bowie	3	4.26	-1.26
The White Album Beatles	3	4.18	-1.18
Kind Of Blue Miles Davis	3	4.06	-1.06
Hunky Dory David Bowie	3	4	-1

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Artist	Albums	Average
Radiohead	6	4.17

5-Star Albums (9)

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OK Computer

Radiohead

5/5

one step ahead of you, already listened to it. pretty amazing

Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

3/5

Thought it was ok, I understand the appeal. Would take me more listens to get into it though.

The Queen Is Dead

The Smiths

5/5

already listened to it. given our queen's recent passing, it may not have been the best time to recommend me this album. i do enjoy this album very much tho

Fetch The Bolt Cutters

Fiona Apple

3/5

thought it was alright. i can totally see the appeal of it but it's not something i found myself enjoying straight away. that being said, i thought Lady was rly good and i also enjoyed both Newspaper and Drumset

Licensed To Ill

Beastie Boys

3/5

Thought it was ok, unique sounding, haven't rly heard anything like it, especially within hip-hop. definitely worth a relisten

Pelican West

Haircut 100

4/5

Enjoyed it. Sounds exactly like how the cover looks, just some good, consistent new wave music

Ocean Rain

Echo And The Bunnymen

4/5

Liked it, jangle pop sort of stuff (right?)

Blue

Joni Mitchell

3/5

Nice folk stuff, really liked some of the guitar work

Remain In Light

Talking Heads

3/5

Already listened to it. Born Under Punches is a banger, Once In A Lifetime i like also.

Five Leaves Left

Nick Drake

3/5

Listened to Pink Moon a bit ago and rly enjoyed it, Five Leaves Left was pretty good too, a lot more instrumentally speaking, songwriting still on point

Brilliant Corners

Thelonious Monk

3/5

Nice, rly like Pannonica, just some good ol' jazz

The Bends

Radiohead

4/5

Already listened to it. Very good alt. rock grunge stuff, very good lyricism too

In The Court Of The Crimson King

King Crimson

4/5

Already listened to it, very good early prog rock

Hail To the Thief

Radiohead

4/5

Already listened to it, very much enjoy. maybe a little bloated but still a nice listen the whole way through

Strangeways, Here We Come

The Smiths

3/5

Already listened to it. Pretty good, Paint a Vulgar Picture is probably my favourite

Unknown Pleasures

Joy Division

4/5

already listened to it, pretty good

Oracular Spectacular

MGMT

3/5

already listened to it. thought it was ok, not totally sold on it tho

London Calling

The Clash

3/5

decent, like lost in the supermarket. train in vain is amazing

Dummy

Portishead

3/5

already listened to it, it's dark, it's good

Parklife

Blur

5/5

already listened to it, my favourite blur album, best britpop album

Channel Orange

Frank Ocean

5/5

already listened to it, very good

Woodface

Crowded House

4/5

Consistent pop rock. Enjoyed the jangly undertones

Since I Left You

The Avalanches

4/5

already listened to it, very good

To Pimp A Butterfly

Kendrick Lamar

5/5

very important

Grace

Jeff Buckley

3/5

appreciate the artistry, going to need more listens to really appreciate it

Illinois

Sufjan Stevens

4/5

Very cool, unique chamber pop. Cool concept too

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

David Bowie

3/5

not my favourite bowie album but it's still good

Meat Is Murder

The Smiths

3/5

mixed, some really good tracks but overall not one of my favourite smiths albums

In The Wee Small Hours

Frank Sinatra

3/5

cool, interesting that it's the first concept album

A Hard Day's Night

Beatles

3/5

nice, fairly appreciated and enjoyed it, a beatles album you can't go wrong with

Another Green World

Brian Eno

3/5

pretty alright, interesting stuff

Homework

Daft Punk

4/5

very good, i prefer it over discovery

Music From The Penguin Cafe

Penguin Cafe Orchestra

3/5

interesting listen. liked to classical direction it took

Tidal

Fiona Apple

3/5

not bad, not really my thing but got some enjoyment out of it

Peter Gabriel

3/5

my friends favourite album. i think it's ok

Blur

3/5

as a fan of blur, this isn't my favourite but not a bad album either

Amnesiac

Radiohead

3/5

already listened to it. one of my lesser favourite radiohead albums but i don't dislike it

Parachutes

Coldplay

3/5

already listened to it. thought it was alright

Tapestry

Carole King

3/5

liked the first few tracks, not bad overall

Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols

Sex Pistols

3/5

already listened to it. pretty good

A Love Supreme

John Coltrane

4/5

my favourite jazz album of all time

Odelay

Beck

3/5

not bad. didn't rly do anything for me but i can appreciate the artistry

Pet Sounds

The Beach Boys

4/5

very likable album

Sound of Silver

LCD Soundsystem

3/5

pretty cool genre fusions, wouldn't say it sounds of silver but that doesn't make it any worse

Bright Flight

Silver Jews

2/5

didn't rly do much for me. i enjoyed the album art and the emo sentiments tho

Pink Moon

Nick Drake

4/5

already listened to it, very good, very sad

Music From Big Pink

The Band

3/5

nice, sounds ahead of it's time

What's Going On

Marvin Gaye

3/5

pretty good

good kid, m.A.A.d city

Kendrick Lamar

4/5

very very good, transcends just being a hip-hop album

Songs From The Big Chair

Tears For Fears

3/5

decent, singles are really good

The Köln Concert

Keith Jarrett

3/5

very cool, very diverse for a solo piano album

The xx

2/5

not bad, wasn't really a fan

Abbey Road

Beatles

5/5

great

Doolittle

Pixies

3/5

already listened. pretty good, not massive on it but i know ppl who rly like it

Rubber Soul

Beatles

4/5

very solid beatles album, in my life is my favourite beatles song

Alien Lanes

Guided By Voices

4/5

already listened to it, was surprised to see it on here, thats not to say i dislike it tho

Kid A

Radiohead

5/5

one of my favourites

Fleet Foxes

3/5

already listened. decent, rly like white winter hymnal

With The Beatles

Beatles

3/5

not bad, but on the lower end of the beatles discography. til there was you is great

Nevermind

Nirvana

3/5

already listened to it, pretty good, i like it

Head Hunters

Herbie Hancock

2/5

already listened to it, decent

Pink Flag

Wire

3/5

decent. punk with early alternative vibes

Songs In The Key Of Life

Stevie Wonder

4/5

great album, another star is an amazing closer

Low

David Bowie

4/5

great, love the shift in the second half, Eno's additions are brilliant, my favourite Bowie album

Is This It

The Strokes

3/5

very good

The College Dropout

Kanye West

4/5

my favourite kanye album

Kind Of Blue

Miles Davis

3/5

pretty good

The Colour Of Spring

Talk Talk

3/5

already listened. not as good as laughing stock but my second favourite talk talk album

The Velvet Underground & Nico

The Velvet Underground

3/5

aleady listened to it. pretty good

Illmatic

Nas

4/5

already listened to it, very good

Station To Station

David Bowie

3/5

already listened to it, not one of my favourite bowie albums but still decent

Out Of The Blue

Electric Light Orchestra

3/5

already listened to it, very nice, one of my fav double albums

Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

Wilco

4/5

already listened to it. rly enjoy it

The Cars

3/5

hadn't heard of the cars before. rly enjoyed the album, very enjoyable new wave and synthpop stuff. love the beach boys 60s pop esc harmonies, and the synth work is rly fun too

Modern Life Is Rubbish

Blur

3/5

already listened to it. good album, oily water is underrated

Revolver

Beatles

4/5

already listened to it, one of my favourite beatles albums

Heroes

David Bowie

3/5

nice, i prefer low but still good, rly enjoy moss garden

The Dark Side Of The Moon

Pink Floyd

4/5

already listened to it, my favourite of theirs

Selected Ambient Works 85-92

Aphex Twin

4/5

already listened to it, my favourite of his. prefer it to selected ambient works vol2

Innervisions

Stevie Wonder

3/5

not my favourite stevie album but still one of his best imo. too high and golden lady are my favourites

69 Love Songs

The Magnetic Fields

4/5

you want me to listen to a 3 hour album in one day?...well it's a good thing i've already listened to it, and i rly like it. great variety, every song feels different, songwriting and lyricism are exquisite. massive undertaking which in my opinion turned out to be one of the best concept albums of all time

Ágætis Byrjun

Sigur Rós

4/5

great album. unique, beautiful, somber. an important listen for music lovers

In Utero

Nirvana

3/5

not massive on nirvana but i do like a lot of the stuff on here

Bryter Layter

Nick Drake

3/5

not my favourite nick drake album but definitely has some of my favourite songs of his

Merriweather Post Pavilion

Animal Collective

5/5

already listened to it. exceptional, one of my favourite albums

Moon Safari

Air

3/5

already listened to it, enjoyed. diverse album, goes in a lot of different directions

The Low End Theory

A Tribe Called Quest

3/5

already listened to it, wasn't big on it

Liquid Swords

GZA

3/5

already listened to it, pretty decent. big fan of b.i.b.l.e

Definitely Maybe

Oasis

3/5

already listened to it. not big on oasis but appreciate what this album is doing and why people like it

Drunk

Thundercat

4/5

already listened to it. my favourite thundercat album and very underrated

In Rainbows

Radiohead

4/5

already listened to it. very good, appreciate the more indie direction

Time Out

The Dave Brubeck Quartet

3/5

already listened to it, is good, chill

Spiderland

Slint

3/5

already listened to it, very ahead of it's time

Heaven Or Las Vegas

Cocteau Twins

4/5

already listened to it, very much enjoy it

Vespertine

Björk

4/5

good album, not massive on bjork but probably my favourite of hers

Hunky Dory

David Bowie

3/5

not my favourite Bowie album but has some songs i like

Ctrl

SZA

3/5

i do enjoy this album

Marquee Moon

Television

3/5

liked it but not massive on it, i appreciate what it's doing

Endtroducing.....

DJ Shadow

5/5

one of my favourite albums of all time. transcends hip-hop

Maggot Brain

Funkadelic

3/5

already listened to it. thought it was good but not massively into it

Loveless

My Bloody Valentine

4/5

already listened to it. really enjoy this album, something about it does it for me, maybe its the baggy feel idk

Steve McQueen

Prefab Sprout

3/5

pretty good, i enjoyed it, especially bonny and goodbye lucille #1

Aladdin Sane

David Bowie

3/5

one of my more preferred Bowie albums

John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band

John Lennon

3/5

didn't mind it, preferred imagine but i liked the song hold on

Ambient 1/Music For Airports

Brian Eno

3/5

already listened to it, decent. pretty pivotal though as an inception point for ambient music

Veckatimest

Grizzly Bear

3/5

already listened to it. not a sound for me but i appreciate the artistry and uniqueness

The Stone Roses

4/5

already listened to it, a favourite of mine, a sound i ascribe heavily to, love the baggy sound. one of the bands i feel the lead singer is one of the least captivating members

The White Album

Beatles

3/5

already listened to it, big beatles fan but not one of my favourite beatles albums. not sure what it is about the mixing but i find it a bit annoying in comparison with their other stuff around this time

Screamadelica

Primal Scream

4/5

already listened to it. rly like it but find it inconsistent, big disparity between it's best and worst songs. rly like slip inside this house and the orb mix of higher than the sun

Beyond Skin

Nitin Sawhney

3/5

already listened to it. good album, lots of interesting themes. not rly my thing but can respect the artistry

Cross

Justice

4/5

already listened to it, one of my favourite electronic albums

Yeezus

Kanye West

3/5

already listened to it, interesting direction, don't think he pulled it off entirely but definitely has some of his best work