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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Rising Above Bedlam Jah Wobble's Invaders Of The Heart	5	2.61	+2.39
Felt Mountain Goldfrapp	5	3	+2
Pink Flag Wire	5	3.21	+1.79
Melody A.M. Röyksopp	5	3.21	+1.79
Tigermilk Belle & Sebastian	5	3.22	+1.78
The Specials The Specials	5	3.3	+1.7
Low-Life New Order	5	3.3	+1.7
Music for the Masses Depeche Mode	5	3.38	+1.62
Synchronicity The Police	5	3.42	+1.58
Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music Ray Charles	5	3.49	+1.51

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Wild Is The Wind Nina Simone	1	3.64	-2.64
Here's Little Richard Little Richard	1	3.57	-2.57
Be Common	1	3.35	-2.35
Live 1966 (The Royal Albert Hall Concert) Bob Dylan	1	3.15	-2.15
Close To You Carpenters	1	3.11	-2.11
Pelican West Haircut 100	1	2.96	-1.96
All Hail the Queen Queen Latifah	1	2.86	-1.86
Bitte Orca Dirty Projectors	1	2.69	-1.69
Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) Wu-Tang Clan	2	3.61	-1.61
Surrealistic Pillow Jefferson Airplane	2	3.53	-1.53

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Artist	Albums	Average
Radiohead	2	5
Depeche Mode	2	5

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Artist	Albums	Average
Bob Dylan	2	1.5

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Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music

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Wild Is The Wind

Nina Simone

1/5

I do like Nina Simone, but I like greatest hits Nina Simone. I don't like an album that is so bereft of joy. This was hard work.

1 likes

American IV: The Man Comes Around

Johnny Cash

3/5

Some stand out covers amongst some dreary songs. Hurt and Personal Jesus are my favourites

1 likes

1-Star Albums (8)

Live 1966 (The Royal Albert Hall Concert)

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Aladdin Sane

David Bowie

4/5

Remember listening a long time ago, which is a crime, this needs to go on my random list. Some great songs. Just before my era.

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector

Various Artists

3/5

Better than I thought, I guess I'd heard most of them anyway over the years. Wall of Sound or Hail of Bullets. Guy had talent back in the day.

Wild Is The Wind

Nina Simone

1/5

I do like Nina Simone, but I like greatest hits Nina Simone. I don't like an album that is so bereft of joy. This was hard work.

Boston

5/5

Every one a banger! Hadn't heard for a long time, loving it :)

Out Of The Blue

Electric Light Orchestra

4/5

Mostly killer, with some filler - big double album to fill and the hits were just sooooo bloody good.

Emergency On Planet Earth

Jamiroquai

3/5

Not my favourite JK album, still a good listen though

...And Justice For All

Metallica

2/5

I always wondered if I was being unfair to them. Turns out they really aren't my cup of tea. There were moments of melody that were then killed by fast fast fast slow slow slow etc

Station To Station

David Bowie

4/5

Every ones a winner winner chicken dinner :)

Led Zeppelin

5/5

I like to think of this as Led Zeppelin Greatest Hits Vol. 1

Sincere

Mj Cole

2/5

Generic Electronic, inoffensive but nothing that made my ears prick up :(

At Folsom Prison

Johnny Cash

3/5

Some great songs, never really listened much to Johnny, but will be back to this one!

Power In Numbers

Jurassic 5

3/5

Surprisingly good, lots to like in old school hip hop :)

Face to Face

The Kinks

3/5

Obviously one stand out track but everything else was good, especially Dandy which I'd never heard.

Dusty In Memphis

Dusty Springfield

2/5

Love Dusty, another one where the whole album disappointed but the famous ones didn't. My mum would have loved it.

Young Americans

David Bowie

4/5

All killer with no filler! They're all great songs and a fantastic version of the Beatles "Across the Universe" 1975 didn't sound any better ;)

461 Ocean Boulevard

Eric Clapton

3/5

Yeah, good in its day but clapton was so much more than the armani suits and brandy/coke habit. Obviously some stand out tracks but pointing towards shit era clapton

Live 1966 (The Royal Albert Hall Concert)

Bob Dylan

1/5

Not for me, great lyricist but I can't stand sucky/blowy harp

Synchronicity

The Police

5/5

I played this until my cassette tape broke, my favourite Police album. To me they're all awesome tracks - fast forwarding was too much bother in an Escort Mk2. Yeah yeah Every breath is a 'stalkers' song etc, it can be perceived in more than one way, which is why people had it played at their wedding. My favourite song on the album is Synchronicity II, I still remember the video being a cool helicopter shot over a scottish loch with crap dr who effects - cool at the time, but nothing you couldn't knock up with a drone, basic video editing and half an hour nowadays. Anyway, I love every song on this album - and Mother ties in first place nuttiest Police song with Sally (won't you be my girl) both great :D 10/10 for me

Rising Above Bedlam

Jah Wobble's Invaders Of The Heart

5/5

Marvelous! Genuinely something new to me, only knew him from PiL

Van Halen

5/5

No need for comment...

My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

Kanye West

3/5

Better than expected

The Specials

5/5

Love this Rip Terry Hall

Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)

Wu-Tang Clan

2/5

The New Tango

Astor Piazzolla

2/5

Not my cup of tea

Black Holes and Revelations

Muse

5/5

Excellent

Bitte Orca

Dirty Projectors

1/5

I just found it annoying

Close To You

Carpenters

1/5

Yes, well what can I say... 3 tunes and the rest is muzak.

The Gershwin Songbook

Ella Fitzgerald

3/5

Really rather good, its Ella, whats not to like?

Vivid

Living Colour

4/5

Future Days

Can

2/5

Millions Now Living Will Never Die

Tortoise

3/5

Tigermilk

Belle & Sebastian

5/5

One of the many excellent Belle & Sebastian albums, first rate song writing as ever :D

Pink Flag

Wire

5/5

Younger Than Yesterday

The Byrds

3/5

Not unpleasant to listen too, but you can have too much jangly 12 string, whacked lyrics and reversed music.

Bongo Rock

Incredible Bongo Band

4/5

Marvelous! Completely unexpected but a new favourite

Sign 'O' The Times

Prince

3/5

Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)

Eurythmics

4/5

Whats not to like? Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart at their best :)

Frank

Amy Winehouse

4/5

Amys voice here is her best, before drink and drugs really took hold.

Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret

Soft Cell

4/5

Time Out Of Mind

Bob Dylan

2/5

Still not a fan but an improvement on 60's Dylan

Risque

CHIC

4/5

Bernard Edwards and Nile Rogers, whats not to like? Chock a block of great bass grooves.

Sheer Heart Attack

Queen

5/5

My favourite Queen album. Every one a bangers - all Killer Queens with no Filler Queens...

Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music

Ray Charles

5/5

I've liked Ray for many years but never listened to this one for some crazy reason - maybe I was put off by the title, not thinking that it was still going to be classic fantastic Ray.

Haunted Dancehall

The Sabres Of Paradise

3/5

Nice trip hoppy feel, will listen again...

Californication

Red Hot Chili Peppers

4/5

Nothing to say, one of their best for me :)

Surrealistic Pillow

Jefferson Airplane

2/5

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