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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Dr. Octagonecologyst Dr. Octagon	5	2.7	+2.3
Smile Brian Wilson	5	3.06	+1.94
Remain In Light Talking Heads	5	3.67	+1.33
Dummy Portishead	5	3.71	+1.29
Harvest Neil Young	5	3.83	+1.17

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy Kanye West	2	3.41	-1.41
Meat Is Murder The Smiths	2	3.32	-1.32
British Steel Judas Priest	2	3.3	-1.3
I'm Your Man Leonard Cohen	2	3.1	-1.1

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Dr. Octagonecologyst

Dr. Octagon

5/5

Kool Keith mid / post mental breakdown. This is height of 90s cool for me: Mo Wax, Slam City / Rough Trade, tiny wheels / Tom Penny 411VM

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Heroes

David Bowie

4/5

Proper relic of its time where tracks were intended to be listened to in order. Side 2 sort of slides off its chair with little instrumental vignettes and minimal, ambient atmospheric codas presumably to be enjoyed when whacked out on smack in a Berlin basement. Very good.

Smile

Brian Wilson

5/5

Beach Boy floored by Sgt Pepper. Is it better than Pet Sounds? No. Is it great? Yes. It's hard to separate the album from the narrative - a lovely redemption story of a sad old man who lost his way and then found it again three decades later. And why would you? It's a heart warming slice of nostalgia that happily diverts from the shitty world right now.

My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

Kanye West

2/5

Not a place I'd like to inhabit.

Legalize It

Peter Tosh

3/5

Missing immediate standout tracks compared to his work with the Wailers but still a solid listen. I would listen to this a million times over before putting Kanye on again.

Nilsson Schmilsson

Harry Nilsson

4/5

For someone I'd never heard of, I was surprised how much of Harry Nilsson's music I knew. (The synchs! The covers!). The album artwork and title - while playful - point to the fact that Mr Nilsson lacked a coherent brand strategy. This could make a great WARC paper. (Short but covering many genres, this was a great listen).

Superfly

Curtis Mayfield

3/5

Egg Man!

Dummy

Portishead

5/5

Sublime. Must check out Beak> properly.

Kenza

Khaled

2/5

Not my bag.

Merriweather Post Pavilion

Animal Collective

3/5

Primavera Sound 2008, Animal Collective take to the stage late (about 00:30) on a balmy 20 degree Barcelona night. I'm up at the front, the reverb is hitting me physically, passing through my chest in waves. The light show starts up and about 50 people around me come up on their Es simultaneously. Never in my life have I wanted to be on drugs more.

Too Rye Ay

Dexys Midnight Runners

3/5

There should be more pop songs written about darts players.

Californication

Red Hot Chili Peppers

4/5

Forgot how well I knew this album, which means I must've listened to it a lot when it came out. Solid. I remember Flea berating a Hyde Park crowd for not knowing the cover they had just played (White Cross, obscure US hardcore band). Must be something to hate 99% of your fan base...

Dr. Octagonecologyst

Dr. Octagon

5/5

Kool Keith mid / post mental breakdown. This is height of 90s cool for me: Mo Wax, Slam City / Rough Trade, tiny wheels / Tom Penny 411VM

Home Is Where The Music Is

Hugh Masekela

4/5

Just the right side of noodly

Urban Hymns

The Verve

4/5

Remain In Light

Talking Heads

5/5

Spotify defaults to the deluxe version, which is a shame. At the original 40 minute running time, this is a perfect album.

Meat Is Murder

The Smiths

2/5

Great album cover, shame about the album.

Lost In The Dream

The War On Drugs

3/5

I love the first two tracks and I can appreciate the general quality of this record without getting excited by it. Neither Courtney Barnett or Kurt Vile are on the 1001 Albums list. Give me either of those two over this any day.

Modern Life Is Rubbish

Blur

3/5

Not their best, but not bad. I didn't buy this when it came out, possibly as a result of their rather twattish public personas at the time.

A Nod Is As Good As A Wink To A Blind Horse

Faces

3/5

Some real bangers for sure. But for a short album it didn't feel consistently good. Faces are a blind spot for me, Rod Stewart was the height of naff when I was growing up.

The Stooges

4/5

It's all about the live show but this stood up surprisingly well to listening.

Murder Ballads

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

4/5

U OK hon?

All Directions

The Temptations

4/5

Here for 'Papa was a Rolling Stone' - that bass line. Been my earworm all day.

Golden Hour

Kacey Musgraves

3/5

I thought it was going to be Alison Krauss / Robert Plant from the first song but then it took a more commercial turn. Pleasant and accomplished but soon became background music. It's what I'd put on if I had dinner party guests from Tennessee (unlikely).

British Steel

Judas Priest

2/5

Sabbath did it better.

Harvest

Neil Young

5/5

This album is perfection. Linda Ronstadt's harmonizing at the end of Heart of Gold never fails to bring a tear to my eye.

Elephant Mountain

The Youngbloods

3/5

Never heard of them. Tempted to skip but I listened. Musically accomplished, an interesting mix of genres that immediately faded into the background, in a not displeasing way. I won't revisit, but it was not time wasted.

I'm Your Man

Leonard Cohen

2/5

Undoubtedly a total mensch but I don't love the music (see Jazz Police). Love the story behind the suit / banana photo though.