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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Ragged Glory Neil Young & Crazy Horse	5	3.15	+1.85
Closer Joy Division	5	3.22	+1.78
There's A Riot Goin' On Sly & The Family Stone	5	3.29	+1.71
If I Should Fall From Grace With God The Pogues	5	3.34	+1.66
My Aim Is True Elvis Costello	5	3.35	+1.65
Bossanova Pixies	5	3.38	+1.62
Hail To the Thief Radiohead	5	3.44	+1.56
Bat Out Of Hell Meat Loaf	5	3.44	+1.56
Bryter Layter Nick Drake	5	3.51	+1.49
The Clash The Clash	5	3.54	+1.46

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
A Love Supreme John Coltrane	1	3.63	-2.63
Thriller Michael Jackson	2	4.22	-2.22
Miriam Makeba Miriam Makeba	1	3.19	-2.19
Close To The Edge Yes	1	3.19	-2.19
Behaviour Pet Shop Boys	1	3.04	-2.04
Music From The Penguin Cafe Penguin Cafe Orchestra	1	3.01	-2.01
Peace Sells...But Who's Buying Megadeth	1	2.98	-1.98
Sail Away Randy Newman	1	2.97	-1.97
Rip It Up Orange Juice	1	2.9	-1.9
Roots Sepultura	1	2.79	-1.79

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Artist	Albums	Average
Nick Drake	2	5
The Clash	2	5
Bob Marley & The Wailers	2	5
Led Zeppelin	2	5
Radiohead	2	5
Neil Young & Crazy Horse	2	5

5-Star Albums (31)

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Wonderful Rainbow

Lightning Bolt

1/5

A one-paced, incessant racket.

9 likes

Bryter Layter

Nick Drake

5/5

All Nick Drake’s out is magnificent and this is no exception. Stunning album.

1 likes

Back In Black

AC/DC

5/5

A big part of my youth and as important now as it was then. Stunning songs, perfectly performed. A stellar debut appearance by Brian Johnson, a rhythm section you could set your watch by, Angus doing his thing but as ever, it’s Malcolm’s balls to the wall rhythm guitar that is the real star turn. Stone wall classic.

1 likes

Behaviour

Pet Shop Boys

1/5

Man, this is dull. Insipid electro-doodling without an ounce of soul.

1 likes

Close To The Edge

Yes

1/5

Highly skilled but ultimately dull, egocentric, screeching drivel.

1 likes

1-Star Albums (11)

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Jagged Little Pill

Alanis Morissette

3/5

Coat Of Many Colors

Dolly Parton

4/5

Great songs and a stunning voice shorn of the schmaltzy augmentation often lavished on country songs. 4/5

The Village Green Preservation Society

The Kinks

3/5

Some fine songs on this early concept album but lacking the immediacy of other Kinks output.

Pink Moon

Nick Drake

5/5

All of Nick Drake’s recorded output is from the very top shelf, but this one is my favorite. Loved it since the day I first heard it. Some days, when all is not quite right, only this album will do.

Straight Outta Compton

N.W.A.

4/5

I’m late to the hip hop party but enjoyed this album’s vitality.

Purple Rain

Prince

3/5

Tea for the Tillerman

Cat Stevens

4/5

Perfectly crafted songs, beautifully performed. Though, having just listened to the whole album for the first time in years, I’m not sure how much I have missed it.

Vincebus Eruptum

Blue Cheer

2/5

Prototype heavy metal. Interesting artifact but there is a reason few people remember them.

The Number Of The Beast

Iron Maiden

5/5

One of the best rock albums ever. Barreling along threw sensational songs it’s pure excitement all the way. A tour de force of an album. Top drawer.

The Clash

5/5

Sail Away

Randy Newman

1/5

Appreciate the musicianship but I hated this and unlikely to ever try it again. Dirge

Sheer Heart Attack

Queen

3/5

Usual queen bombastic approach but none the worse for that. Glorious nonsense.

Rocks

Aerosmith

2/5

Generic seventies rock from a bunch of Stones wannabes. Little new or innovative.

Closer

Joy Division

5/5

Timeless classic. Still vital, still relevant

Bossanova

Pixies

5/5

Love the Pixies and this is one of their best.

London Calling

The Clash

5/5

Seminal album. Off the very top shelf

The Stooges

4/5

Where it all started

Master Of Puppets

Metallica

3/5

Bryter Layter

Nick Drake

5/5

All Nick Drake’s out is magnificent and this is no exception. Stunning album.

(Pronounced 'Leh-'Nérd 'Skin-'Nérd)

Lynyrd Skynyrd

4/5

A guilty pleasure for. Supreme musicianship all round. Love it.

Music From The Penguin Cafe

Penguin Cafe Orchestra

1/5

Background music at best. Heard it for the first time today but will not live long in the memory.

American Gothic

David Ackles

2/5

Dated and overwrought. Not a fan.

Natty Dread

Bob Marley & The Wailers

5/5

Genre defining album from a seminal artist. Still sounds as fresh now as it did almost 50 years ago. Stunning.

Licensed To Ill

Beastie Boys

2/5

Enjoyable if a little cartoonish. By the end of the album it all felt very similar with little light and shade.

Darkness on the Edge of Town

Bruce Springsteen

3/5

I'm Your Man

Leonard Cohen

3/5

Len’s beautiful poetry set to music played on a Casio organ. The artistry shines through but would prefer to hear it without the 1980’s gloss.

The Downward Spiral

Nine Inch Nails

3/5

Imagine

John Lennon

4/5

Physical Graffiti

Led Zeppelin

5/5

Powerhouse album from the ultimate rock band. Some extraordinary riffs and superb musicianship. Stellar

Peace Sells...But Who's Buying

Megadeth

1/5

Tired old metal trope. Nothing new here, hackneyed rigs that have been aired a thousand times. Not for me Clive.

Station To Station

David Bowie

3/5

Good listen but not my favorite Bowie opus

Hail To the Thief

Radiohead

5/5

The Seldom Seen Kid

Elbow

4/5

NEU! 75

Neu!

4/5

Never listened to Neu before but really liked it. Rhythmically hypnotic and futuristic sounding even at nearly 50 years old.

Stardust

Willie Nelson

2/5

A damn fine voice but a searingly bland batch of songs. Lacking in any depth or soul. File under nice but dull.

Bat Out Of Hell

Meat Loaf

5/5

Never a dull moment in this gloriously daft but thoroughly enjoyable album. Every time I hear it, I love it all over again.

Your Arsenal

Morrissey

3/5

Morrissey never reached the peaks of the Smiths. Musically proficient with quirky lyrics but it’s hard to separate the art from the artists frankly abhorrent views.

My Aim Is True

Elvis Costello

5/5

Glorious album from start to finish. Hasn’t aged a day. Perfect pop songs performed perfectly. What more can you ask. Top shelf.

Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

5/5

Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul

Otis Redding

4/5

Awesome band, as tight as two coats of paint with one of the great soul. interpreters

Elvis Presley

4/5

Where it all started.

The Low End Theory

A Tribe Called Quest

2/5

Good example of the genre but a bit samey. Felt like the same song repeated several times. Time to mix it up a bit fellas.

The Grand Tour

George Jones

2/5

Great voice, top musicians but the saccharine sweet, schmaltzy, over produced, bland country sound get tiring after a while. I didn’t hate it but am unlikely to listen to it ever again.

Moondance

Van Morrison

5/5

Van’s poppiest, most accessible album is a tour de force. No filler on this platter. Never dates and always hits the spot

Graceland

Paul Simon

2/5

I should like this but find it grates a bit, always has. Love African music but this is too diluted / polluted. Sounds dated now, I won’t listen again

All Things Must Pass

George Harrison

3/5

Fine but, for me it’s no the classic others seem to claim

Juju

Siouxsie And The Banshees

3/5

Nevermind

Nirvana

5/5

Epoch defining

Get Behind Me Satan

The White Stripes

4/5

Youth And Young Manhood

Kings of Leon

4/5

Behaviour

Pet Shop Boys

1/5

Man, this is dull. Insipid electro-doodling without an ounce of soul.

Broken English

Marianne Faithfull

3/5

Let's Get It On

Marvin Gaye

4/5

Miriam Makeba

1/5

People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm

A Tribe Called Quest

2/5

L.A. Woman

The Doors

2/5

Ground breaking at the time but now sounds dark, dated and indulgent

Songs In The Key Of Life

Stevie Wonder

5/5

Some filler but mostly killer songs in this stellar set. Hugely influential and full of joy.

Butterfly

Mariah Carey

2/5

A fine voice but often devolves into histrionic warbling of the lowest order which grates after a while.

Traffic

3/5

Mothership Connection

Parliament

4/5

Never been a big fan of funk but this is irresistible good fun and has some mighty grooves. I might be a convert!

Goodbye And Hello

Tim Buckley

2/5

Fine voice but sounds dated. Lyrics are phony. Who talks like that in California?

Heaven Or Las Vegas

Cocteau Twins

3/5

nice ethereal sounds

Bridge Over Troubled Water

Simon & Garfunkel

3/5

Under Construction

Missy Elliott

2/5

Typically hip hop isn’t my bag. Musically interesting but lyrics are infantile. Nothing to say.

Cross

Justice

2/5

Exodus

Bob Marley & The Wailers

5/5

Still vibrant, still awesome, still essential

Blunderbuss

Jack White

4/5

In It For The Money

Supergrass

4/5

If You Can Believe Your Eyes & Ears

The Mamas & The Papas

2/5

Permission to Land

The Darkness

2/5

No Other

Gene Clark

4/5

The Blueprint

JAY Z

3/5

Musically interesting, lyrically questionable

Iron Maiden

4/5

A blast from my past, literally. Where it all started and still stands up today. Primitive production but the rawness adds to the excitement

Wonderful Rainbow

Lightning Bolt

1/5

A one-paced, incessant racket.

Black Sabbath

5/5

Where it all started. Imperious album. Still vibrant. Love it

Hot Rats

Frank Zappa

4/5

Back In Black

AC/DC

5/5

Rio

Duran Duran

2/5

Good example of 1980’s pop. Too slick and soulless for my taste though.

Live At The Regal

B.B. King

5/5

The king of the blues and always will be.

Led Zeppelin IV

Led Zeppelin

5/5

Viva Hate

Morrissey

3/5

Reggatta De Blanc

The Police

2/5

Dirty

Sonic Youth

4/5

There's A Riot Goin' On

Sly & The Family Stone

5/5

Groundbreaking, fresh as ever

Can't Buy A Thrill

Steely Dan

3/5

Technically superb but some how lacking in edge. Something charismatic or soulful to set it apart. A bit bland to my ears.

A Walk Across The Rooftops

The Blue Nile

3/5

One Nation Under A Groove

Funkadelic

4/5

Maggot Brain

Funkadelic

5/5

Only found this through 1001ATHBYD and absolutely love. Stone wall classic.

Don't Stand Me Down

Dexys Midnight Runners

4/5

Very stylish album and great to listen to after all this time. Love it.

This Is Fats Domino

Fats Domino

3/5

Pivotal in the evolution of rock and roll but these days the album is more of a historical landmark than a regular listening item.

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

4/5

Third

Portishead

4/5

Super cool album. Hypnotic sounds and ethereal voice. Was less familiar with this than the earlier albums but will be listening again. Some tracks reminded me of joy division.

Hot Buttered Soul

Isaac Hayes

2/5

Rip It Up

Orange Juice

1/5

Thriller

Michael Jackson

2/5

Tusk

Fleetwood Mac

3/5

If I Should Fall From Grace With God

The Pogues

5/5

Traditional Irish delivered with a punk aesthetic… what’s not to love. Probably the most holistic Pogues album with the best songs. Love it.

Paris 1919

John Cale

2/5

Band On The Run

Paul McCartney and Wings

4/5

What's Going On

Marvin Gaye

4/5

You Want It Darker

Leonard Cohen

4/5

More poetry than music but wonderfully rhythmic and hugely enjoyable.

Automatic For The People

R.E.M.

5/5

Figure 8

Elliott Smith

4/5

2112

Rush

3/5

Haven’t listened to this in years. Interesting concept and musically impressive but I find the screechy voice irritating.

Bitte Orca

Dirty Projectors

3/5

Guitar Town

Steve Earle

3/5

Wild Gift

3/5

In Rainbows

Radiohead

5/5

Top shelf.

A Love Supreme

John Coltrane

1/5

I really tried with this. I want to like jazz but just find it irritating. I’m sure the musicianship is impressive but i just don’t get it. An aimless racket. Emperors new clothes.

Violent Femmes

2/5

Highly Evolved

The Vines

4/5

Foo Fighters

4/5

Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs

Marty Robbins

2/5

Of its time. The Artistry is undeniable but not sure I’ll ever listen again

Close To The Edge