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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Devotional Songs Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan	5	2.58	+2.42
Lam Toro Baaba Maal	5	2.72	+2.28
Ys Joanna Newsom	5	2.8	+2.2
World Clique Deee-Lite	5	2.87	+2.13
Merriweather Post Pavilion Animal Collective	5	2.9	+2.1
The Contino Sessions Death In Vegas	5	2.91	+2.09
Call of the Valley Shivkumar Sharma	5	2.95	+2.05
Deserter's Songs Mercury Rev	5	3.02	+1.98
Shaka Zulu Ladysmith Black Mambazo	5	3.09	+1.91
Close To You Carpenters	5	3.11	+1.89

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Out of Step Minor Threat	1	2.93	-1.93
Damaged Black Flag	1	2.87	-1.87
69 Love Songs The Magnetic Fields	1	2.85	-1.85
Raw Power The Stooges	2	3.32	-1.32
Wonderful Rainbow Lightning Bolt	1	2.28	-1.28
MTV Unplugged In New York Nirvana	3	4.21	-1.21
Vespertine Björk	2	3.16	-1.16
Run-D.M.C. Run-D.M.C.	2	3.13	-1.13
Scum Napalm Death	1	2.07	-1.07
The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway Genesis	2	3.07	-1.07

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Bayou Country

Creedence Clearwater Revival

4/5

Good old rock n roll

Crime Of The Century

Supertramp

4/5

Cool extended long songs, particularly enjoyed the first track (School)

If You Can Believe Your Eyes & Ears

The Mamas & The Papas

5/5

Lovely harmonies and nostalgic/wistful feeling

Fulfillingness' First Finale

Stevie Wonder

4/5

Nice and chilled

Songs Of Leonard Cohen

Leonard Cohen

3/5

Rich lovely voice but a bit slow

The Village Green Preservation Society

The Kinks

3/5

Quaint but nostalgic, love the song Village Green, has a melancholy feel

Ogden's Nut Gone Flake

Small Faces

3/5

Cool concept album but maybe not the best for commuting

Little Earthquakes

Tori Amos

4/5

Really enjoyed this, very lyrical and Kate bush like

Are You Experienced

Jimi Hendrix

4/5

Very atmospheric guitars

good kid, m.A.A.d city

Kendrick Lamar

5/5

Excellent

White Blood Cells

The White Stripes

5/5

The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill

Lauryn Hill

5/5

Warehouse: Songs And Stories

Hüsker Dü

4/5

Highway to Hell

AC/DC

5/5

The Contino Sessions

Death In Vegas

5/5

Really interesting and eclectic sound which vibed with me!

Superfuzz Bigmuff

Mudhoney

3/5

It was fine

Time Out

The Dave Brubeck Quartet

3/5

I have this on CD - solid jazz album

Urban Hymns

The Verve

5/5

Sounds like oasis but more interesting

Hail To the Thief

Radiohead

4/5

Pills 'n' Thrills And Bellyaches

Happy Mondays

4/5

The World is a Ghetto

War

5/5

Isn't Anything

My Bloody Valentine

2/5

Vespertine

Björk

2/5

Pearl

Janis Joplin

5/5

The Soft Bulletin

The Flaming Lips

5/5

One of the best albums of all time

Let It Bleed

The Rolling Stones

4/5

The Next Day

David Bowie

4/5

Bummed

Happy Mondays

2/5

Juju

Siouxsie And The Banshees

3/5

Selling England By The Pound

Genesis

4/5

Tracy Chapman

5/5

Clandestino

Manu Chao

5/5

Incredible iconic album, one of the best ever

Fear Of A Black Planet

Public Enemy

4/5

Elvis Presley

3/5

Seventeen Seconds

The Cure

4/5

Sad boi music but I enjoyed it

Out of Step

Minor Threat

1/5

An assault on the senses, though the green day Holiday riff was cool

Vulgar Display Of Power

Pantera

2/5

Not to my taste!

Bridge Over Troubled Water

Simon & Garfunkel

4/5

Sounds of silence is a better album in my opinion, but this is probably a bit more interesting in terms of the instrumental backing

Hotel California

Eagles

3/5

Disraeli Gears

Cream

4/5

Heaux Tales

Jazmine Sullivan

4/5

Underwater Moonlight

The Soft Boys

2/5

Fine but too long

All Mod Cons

The Jam

3/5

Parallel Lines

Blondie

3/5

Some iconic tunes in here but quite samey

Snivilisation

Orbital

4/5

Devotional Songs

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

5/5

Very interesting rhythmically and melodically, hugely enjoyed this album and will definitely revisit!

The Holy Bible

Manic Street Preachers

3/5

Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul

Otis Redding

3/5

Lovely voice but difficult to rate this one as most of the songs are covers, not originals

Rio

Duran Duran

4/5

Music

Madonna

3/5

I'm scared of Madonna

Sunday At The Village Vanguard

Bill Evans Trio

4/5

Lovely live jazz album, made me feel like I was in a jazz club

Made In Japan

Deep Purple

5/5

Scum

Napalm Death

1/5

Really not my cup of tea. Very offensive to my ears and could not finish.

All That You Can't Leave Behind

3/5

Every song sounded the same

Here Come The Warm Jets

Brian Eno

3/5

Started off very strong and I could see why Brian Eno is so influential, some of the songs sounded quite Animal Collective-y, then it got quite weird and not that cohesive. Still a solid album.

Straight Outta Compton

N.W.A.

4/5

So much energy and such a great opening to an album! Rest of the album a bit difficult to live up to the opening but still v cool.

Paul Simon

4/5

Really like Duncan and Me and Julio down by the schoolyard - very good storyteller but not as good as Graceland

Bubble And Scrape

Sebadoh

2/5

This was very lo fi 90s alt rock/indie and it was fine

Tres Hombres

ZZ Top

4/5

Solid album and quite funky, I enjoyed!

From Elvis In Memphis

Elvis Presley

3/5

Standard Elvis album

69 Love Songs

The Magnetic Fields

1/5

Too long and too twee Tried to listen to this back in the day on pitchfork's recommendation and could not get through either

In The Court Of The Crimson King

King Crimson

5/5

What a musically interesting album! So many different genres! Loved this.

Pink Moon

Nick Drake

4/5

Lovely folk album, listened to a lot of Nick Drake at school but never the album the whole way through. Very beautiful. Died so young :(

Parklife

Blur

4/5

First album I went out and bought (in a fopp shop in Borders, how early 00s). Really nostalgic for me, and some bangers, obvs Parklife and Girls and Boys are iconic but also really love End of a Century. Some novelty songs though, it's true.

Smash

The Offspring

3/5

...Baby One More Time

Britney Spears

4/5

Very good pop album, lots of bangers I didn't know she had

Morrison Hotel

The Doors

4/5

Very good musically interesting rock álbum, melodically great, love Peace Frog and Queen of the Highway

Illmatic

Nas

5/5

Incredible flow and lyrics & topped up by great production, classic hip hop album

Arrival

ABBA

4/5

Solid album w lots of bangers

Live Through This

Hole

3/5

Between 2 and 3 for me, a couple of good songs but a bit too 90s grunge sounding

808 State

3/5

Tapestry

Carole King

4/5

Lovely chill album

Hunky Dory

David Bowie

4/5

Some absolutely iconic songs here, probs because I loved Life on Mars the BBC series, but not all the songs vibed with me.

Porcupine

Echo And The Bunnymen

3/5

The Predator

Ice Cube

3/5

Some good songs in here but lots of filler

Deserter's Songs

Mercury Rev

5/5

Such a good psych pop/rock album, v reminiscent of the flaming lips! I listened to this a lot back in the day when I read about it in an NME magazine (it was my friend's dad's and I picked it up cos it was about Kasabian) the mag had a feature about the 10 year re release of this cult album which intrigued me. This sound was v up my street. I especially liked goddess on a hiway, holes and opus 40, top tracks

Twelve Dreams Of Dr. Sardonicus

Spirit

3/5

Quite a fun album with some filler songs

Synchronicity

The Police

3/5

Lots of different sounds which was a bit of a surprise, but sometimes they went too weird - Mother. Enjoyed wrapped around your finger. Has a bit of a 60s sound that Animal Collective want to imitate

Floodland

Sisters Of Mercy

3/5

I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got

Sinead O'Connor

4/5

She had such a great voice :'(

The Wall

Pink Floyd

4/5

Wild Is The Wind

Nina Simone

4/5

Incredible voice, I loved four women

Foxbase Alpha

Saint Etienne

3/5

Station To Station

David Bowie

4/5

Really enjoyed listening to this whilst walking around London, Stay was my fave

Hybrid Theory

Linkin Park

3/5

Nevermind

Nirvana

4/5

5 stars at the beginning and loses its energy towards the end, still very enjoyable

Purple Rain

Prince

4/5

Great pop/funk album, so fun!

Tanto Tempo

Bebel Gilberto

3/5

Nice easy listening

Rock 'N Soul

Solomon Burke

3/5

Solid album and very easy listening, would be good for a dinner party

The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady

Charles Mingus

3/5

Cool jazz album but quite challenging at times

Live At The Harlem Square Club

Sam Cooke

3/5

The Stranger

Billy Joel

3/5

British Steel

Judas Priest

3/5

All Directions

The Temptations

4/5

Nice chilled album

Natty Dread

Bob Marley & The Wailers

4/5

Bat Out Of Hell

Meat Loaf

4/5

Solid rock album, title song was v good

Hounds Of Love

Kate Bush

3/5

Excellent start but lots of the songs were quite samey towards the end

Wonderful Rainbow

Lightning Bolt

1/5

One or two songs were interesting ish and melodic but the rest were an assault on the ears

The Age Of The Understatement

The Last Shadow Puppets

4/5

Nothing very stand out but really easy to listen to

If I Could Only Remember My Name

David Crosby

3/5

Pleasant album to listen to but not really my style

The Band

3/5

It has that classic late 60s and early 70s country rock sound which is kinda nice, easy to listen to

Mothership Connection

Parliament

5/5

Soooo funky and I loved the title song, very groovy

evermore

Taylor Swift

3/5

(Pronounced 'Leh-'Nérd 'Skin-'Nérd)

Lynyrd Skynyrd

4/5

Really interesting rock álbum, free bird is such a tune

Cheap Thrills

Big Brother & The Holding Company

4/5

Janis Joplin's voice was so soulful, I really enjoyed this

Maverick A Strike

Finley Quaye

4/5

Cool dub/reggae sound with interesting vocals

Eliminator

ZZ Top

3/5

Doolittle

Pixies

4/5

Want Two

Rufus Wainwright

3/5

Started off so strong but then waned towards the end

Five Leaves Left

Nick Drake

4/5

Joan Baez

4/5

Ananda Shankar

4/5

Abraxas

Santana

4/5

Very cool happy tunes, cool guitar, great for playing while walking in the mountains or in a car (enjoyed the album in both settings)

Germs

2/5

Rumours

Fleetwood Mac

5/5

Always a 5 star album

Graceland

Paul Simon

5/5

This will always be a 5* album for me. Every song is incredible.

The xx

4/5

Solid album, intro is such a good song, was the first song I heard from them back in the day (worked into a high school drama performance haha)

The Sounds Of India

Ravi Shankar

4/5

Not listened to much sitar/Indian music before, but this was a great introduction! Enjoyed the demos at the start, felt like a young persons guide to the sitar a la Britten. Last song was great

MTV Unplugged In New York

Nirvana

3/5

Good live album, I was surprised how much they sounded like REM! The Man Who Sold the World is a great cover

Green River

Creedence Clearwater Revival

4/5

Not my usual genre but I appreciate this album, solid classic country rock and reminds me of big lebowski. Bad moon rising is a jam

That's The Way Of The World

Earth, Wind & Fire

3/5

Good fun album but lack of stand out songs

Catch A Fire

Bob Marley & The Wailers

4/5

Really great reggae album, so bouncy and fun

3 Feet High and Rising

De La Soul

3/5

Some good tracks and very influential but felt like a sketch lots of times

L.A. Woman

The Doors

3/5

Clube Da Esquina

Milton Nascimento

4/5

Really cool sound, put it on whilst unpacking our new place, enjoyed it a lot!

Come Away With Me

Norah Jones

3/5

Nice easy listening album and quite chilled, but no stand out tracks

The Slider

T. Rex

4/5

People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm

A Tribe Called Quest

5/5

Great songs including I left my wallet in el segundo, can I kick it, bonita Applebum, very fun and good hip hop

Trio

Dolly Parton

5/5

Lovely country album with wonderful harmonies, all three vocalists have such distinctive voices!

Jagged Little Pill

Alanis Morissette

4/5

Enjoyable, very nostalgic sounding 90s vocals

Rage Against The Machine

4/5

Such great energy in this, killing in the name and bombtrack always slaps

Shleep

Robert Wyatt

2/5

First song was cool then went down from there, very strange vocals and slightly atonal

Electric Prunes

The Electric Prunes

3/5

Some fun songs with a 60s feel but also felt very novelty towards the end, 2.5 for me

My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts

Brian Eno

4/5

Cool atmospheric album! Some standout tracks like Regiment

Birth Of The Cool

Miles Davis

4/5

Nice easy listening jazz album, miles Davis always slaps

Junkyard

The Birthday Party

2/5

Very challenging. The songs which were more conventional eg Several Sins were much nicer to listen to but then sandwiched between other songs which were an assault on the ears

Raw Like Sushi

Neneh Cherry

3/5

Buffalo stance was very cool, but the rest of the album was quite same-y

Feast of Wire

Calexico

4/5

Quite weird album but interesting sound - interesting blend of country and blues and Hispanic influences.

Music in Exile

Songhoy Blues

4/5

Really cool desert blues. I knew the first song from a while back but not the whole album so was nice to listen to this! Nice groove, slightly same-y towards the end but would defo listen again

Adele

4/5

Great voice with iconic tracks

Welcome To The Pleasuredome

Frankie Goes To Hollywood

4/5

Really interesting songs, relax and War I have obviously heard but I enjoyed how the band really tried to make it a concept album. Not all of the songs hit but overall really cool album

Call of the Valley

Shivkumar Sharma

5/5

Lovely relaxing album, perfect when I was doing my long run

I Should Coco

Supergrass

4/5

Some bangers and very fun

Raw Power

The Stooges

2/5

Lots of energy but not my type of music

Vulnicura

Björk

3/5

Interesting musically but some songs a bit atonal

Automatic For The People

R.E.M.

5/5

Solid 5*

Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not

Arctic Monkeys

5/5

Best arctic monkeys album

Talking Heads 77

Talking Heads

3/5

Psycho killer is a 5* song but others are meh

LP1

FKA twigs

4/5

James Brown Live At The Apollo

James Brown

3/5

Quite a fun album and great voice but nothing stand out

If I Should Fall From Grace With God

The Pogues

3/5

2 great songs but a lot of filler

Deja Vu

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

3/5

OK country album

The White Album

Beatles

4/5

Such an eclectic mix of genres, blackbird, while my guitar softly weeps are so good, also can’t believe Helter Skelter is by them too! Not all the songs were to my taste but overall good album

Green Onions

Booker T. & The MG's

3/5

Obviously iconic main song but I was honky tonked out by the end

Slanted And Enchanted

Pavement

3/5

Kinda kooky alt rock/punk, Steven Malkmus has a distinctive voice. I really tried to get into Pavement multiple times and they are just alright for me.

At San Quentin

Johnny Cash

3/5

Obviously a huge event (I’ve seen walk the line) and great voice, but music is more interesting for historical value than things I’d listen to again

Dire Straits

4/5

Sultans of Swing is so good! Then lots of the album is quite same-y, overall great sound

Rust Never Sleeps

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

4/5

Enjoyed this a lot actually, when I wasn’t expecting to enjoy this genre! especially My My Hey Hey

Black Holes and Revelations

Muse

4/5

Really grew up with this one and there are some bangers, Muse were really trying to sound like Queen here

Shaka Zulu

Ladysmith Black Mambazo

5/5

Lovely harmonies, loved this band since they collabed with Paul Simon!

Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire)

The Kinks

4/5

Dig Me Out

Sleater-Kinney

3/5

OK punk album, easy to listen to

In Utero

Nirvana

3/5

Sincere

Mj Cole

4/5

Young Americans

David Bowie

4/5

Licensed To Ill

Beastie Boys

3/5

Court And Spark

Joni Mitchell

3/5

Pink Flag

Wire

3/5

Medúlla

Björk

2/5

The Lexicon Of Love

ABC

4/5

At Mister Kelly's

Sarah Vaughan

3/5

Funeral

Arcade Fire

5/5

Close To You

Carpenters

5/5

For nostalgic value

Freak Out!

The Mothers Of Invention

2/5

Different Class

Pulp

4/5

Interesting lyrical stories, good sound, Jarvis Cocker’s voice is iconic

Fleet Foxes

4/5

Ágætis Byrjun

Sigur Rós

4/5

World Clique

Deee-Lite

5/5

Moon Safari

Air

4/5

Illinois

Sufjan Stevens

5/5

Kenya

Machito

4/5

Very cool jazz album from an artist i’ve never heard of, good rhythms

Who Killed...... The Zutons?

The Zutons

3/5

Solid mid range indie album

Eli And The Thirteenth Confession

Laura Nyro

4/5

Kind Of Blue

Miles Davis

5/5

One of the best jazz albums of all time

Planet Rock: The Album

Afrika Bambaataa

3/5

Started off cool but then was a bit samey

The Yes Album

Yes

3/5

Not as good as the previous Yes album, though there are enjoyable songs!

Yeezus

Kanye West

4/5

Beach Samba

Astrud Gilberto

3/5

Definitely holiday beach vibes, songs can be a bit forgettable

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

Beatles

5/5

Listened to this so much as a kid

Walking Wounded

Everything But The Girl

4/5

Cool vocals with a nice backing. Songs with vocals the best, especially Big Deal

Roger the Engineer

The Yardbirds

3/5

Nice guitars but feels dated

Ctrl

SZA

3/5

Nice chilled album, mid tier

Millions Now Living Will Never Die

Tortoise

4/5

Very lovely atmospheric post rock album, 2nd and last songs excellent and will listen again, 4.5/5

Damaged

Black Flag

1/5

This was horrible when it started and then continued being horrible, not for me

Shaft

Isaac Hayes

3/5

Some funky songs and fun! But nothing v standout

Smokers Delight

Nightmares On Wax

4/5

Our Aim Is To Satisfy

Red Snapper

4/5

Really weird mood on this album. Final 2 tracks of this album very post rocky and beautiful, some strange tracks in the middle, 3.5/5

A Short Album About Love

The Divine Comedy

3/5

Chore of Enchantment

Giant Sand

3/5

Quite atmospheric but no song really standout

Disintegration

The Cure

4/5

Robert Smith has such a great voice, paired with some great instrumentals here, very atmospheric

Suicide

2/5

Femi Kuti

4/5

Here, My Dear

Marvin Gaye

4/5

Really liked this one, super funky, 4.5/5

The Beach Boys Today!

The Beach Boys

3/5

I want to love them so much cos they inspired one of my fave bands (Animal Collective). Love the harmonies, but songs a bit samey

Joanna Newsom

5/5

One of the best albums of all time (thankfully we have it on vinyl)

Hysteria

Def Leppard

4/5

Haut de gamme / Koweït, rive gauche

Koffi Olomide

4/5

Cool calypso album and fun vibes, but songs very similar

Exit Planet Dust

The Chemical Brothers

4/5

Mask

Bauhaus

3/5

Pictures At An Exhibition

Emerson, Lake & Palmer

2/5

A bit odd

Nebraska

Bruce Springsteen

3/5

Sunshine Hit Me

The Bees

4/5

Enjoyed this a lot, v chilled

Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space

Spiritualized

3/5

Treasure

Cocteau Twins

3/5

Solid Air

John Martyn

3/5

Endtroducing.....

DJ Shadow

3/5

Some great songs but also some that don’t work as much, still appreciate the work that went into this

Get Behind Me Satan

The White Stripes

3/5

The Clash

3/5

Elephant

The White Stripes

4/5

The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway

Genesis

2/5

Too long

Make Yourself

Incubus

4/5

Surprisingly enjoyable

New Forms

Roni Size

4/5

McCartney

Paul McCartney

3/5

Liege And Lief

Fairport Convention

4/5

Connected

Stereo MC's

4/5

Bandwagonesque

Teenage Fanclub

4/5

Tea for the Tillerman

Cat Stevens

5/5

Lam Toro

Baaba Maal

5/5

Architecture And Morality

Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark

4/5

So 80s and v easy listening

One Nation Under A Groove

Funkadelic

5/5

Rattlesnakes

Lloyd Cole And The Commotions

4/5

3-4/5, easy listening

Woodface

Crowded House

4/5

Weird last song but overall easy to listen to and enjoyable & catchy

KIWANUKA

Michael Kiwanuka

4/5

4.5 out of 5 - so nice and chilled, beautiful voice

Blood Sugar Sex Magik

Red Hot Chili Peppers

4/5

Run-D.M.C.

2/5

Sounds like kids rap

Closer

Joy Division

3/5

Rhythm Nation 1814

Janet Jackson

3/5

Crocodiles

Echo And The Bunnymen

3/5

Screamadelica

Primal Scream

5/5

Logical Progression

LTJ Bukem

3/5

Hot Buttered Soul

Isaac Hayes

4/5

The Marshall Mathers LP

Eminem

3/5

Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

Wilco

5/5

Time Out Of Mind

Bob Dylan

4/5

Bongo Rock

Incredible Bongo Band

3/5

Colour By Numbers

Culture Club

3/5

Merriweather Post Pavilion

Animal Collective

5/5