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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Closer Joy Division	5	3.22	+1.78
Tigermilk Belle & Sebastian	5	3.22	+1.78
Blur Blur	5	3.33	+1.67
Debut Björk	5	3.38	+1.62
Parklife Blur	5	3.38	+1.62
Definitely Maybe Oasis	5	3.53	+1.47
Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not Arctic Monkeys	5	3.73	+1.27
Two Dancers Wild Beasts	4	2.74	+1.26
Gold Ryan Adams	4	2.83	+1.17
Want Two Rufus Wainwright	4	2.84	+1.16

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
John Prine John Prine	1	3.21	-2.21
The Hissing Of Summer Lawns Joni Mitchell	1	3.12	-2.12
Groovin' The Young Rascals	1	3.03	-2.03
Street Signs Ozomatli	1	2.87	-1.87
Superfly Curtis Mayfield	2	3.7	-1.7
Live At The Regal B.B. King	2	3.67	-1.67
Darkdancer Les Rythmes Digitales	1	2.59	-1.59
At Newport 1960 Muddy Waters	2	3.54	-1.54
Hot Buttered Soul Isaac Hayes	2	3.43	-1.43
Elvis Presley Elvis Presley	2	3.37	-1.37

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Artist	Albums	Average
Blur	2	5

5-Star Albums (8)

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1-Star Albums (5)

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Imagine

John Lennon

3/5

"Jealous Guy" remains one of Lennon's finest songs.

Pictures At An Exhibition

Emerson, Lake & Palmer

2/5

A mixture of some decent tunes and some absolutely self indulgent nonsense.

Destroy Rock & Roll

Mylo

2/5

I remember this album being a really big deal when it came out. Listening again, it's hard to see why.

The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway

Genesis

2/5

This is fine. Weirdly sexual in places.

The Hissing Of Summer Lawns

Joni Mitchell

1/5

Not available on Spotify so I couldn't listen to this one.

Phaedra

Tangerine Dream

2/5

I'm sure this was revolutionary when it came out, but feels excessive and indulgent now.

The Band

3/5

Enjoyable enough. Felt like somewhere between The Beatles and The Eagles.

Live At The Star Club, Hamburg

Jerry Lee Lewis

2/5

Lots of the hits, pretty fun and over quickly.

Frampton Comes Alive

Peter Frampton

2/5

Decent enough. Not really for me.

Roxy Music

4/5

First album on this list I've actually really enjoyed. Some complex and interesting pop music. Lovely stuff.

Songs Of Love And Hate

Leonard Cohen

4/5

I'm someone who never paid much attention to Cohen outside of Hallelujah, so this was an enjoyable listen.

Moby Grape

2/5

Decent enough. Rolls along nicely, but mostly forgettable.

The Good, The Bad & The Queen

4/5

Hadn’t heard this one in ages. One of the better albums I’ve had recommended to me!

She's So Unusual

Cyndi Lauper

3/5

Fun pop with some all time classics.

Purple Rain

Prince

3/5

Plenty of certified bangers, but the occasional bit of filler.

Risque

CHIC

3/5

A lot of fun, but hard to really get my teeth into it.

Synchronicity

The Police

3/5

WTF is Mother all about? Some good tunes, but nothing amazing.

Groovin'

The Young Rascals

1/5

Completely forgettable.

The Modern Lovers

4/5

I hadn't heard this before, but it's clearly an incredibly influential record. A lot of it feels 30 years ahead of its time.

Strangeways, Here We Come

The Smiths

4/5

Banger after banger.

A Hard Day's Night

Beatles

4/5

Lots of great songs, but not one of their best albums.

All Things Must Pass

George Harrison

3/5

Some important and lovely songs, but (especially considering I was presented with an extended edition) mostly not all that.

Hot Buttered Soul

Isaac Hayes

2/5

Decent, but the songs are overly long.

Live At The Regal

B.B. King

2/5

Objectively good, just not for me.

Here, My Dear

Marvin Gaye

3/5

Good tunes.

Caetano Veloso

2/5

Ok, but forgettable.

My Aim Is True

Elvis Costello

4/5

Lovely stuff.

Sunshine Hit Me

The Bees

2/5

This is fine. No strong feelings one way or the other.

Hounds Of Love

Kate Bush

4/5

Great mix of phenomenal tunes and weirdness. Love it.

In Rainbows

Radiohead

5/5

Love it. First album that has come up on here that I've already head dozens of times.

Moon Safari

Air

3/5

Decent stuff. Always love Sexy Boy and Kelly Watch the Stars.

Raw Power

The Stooges

3/5

Honestly didn't give this the attention it probably deserves. Enjoyable enough though.

The Coral

4/5

Love this one. Hadn't heard it in ages.

That's The Way Of The World

Earth, Wind & Fire

3/5

Great tunes! Really joyous.

Elvis Presley

2/5

So many recognisable and enjoyable songs, but I've heard them all so often that they're kind of just wallpaper to me.

Juju

Siouxsie And The Banshees

4/5

Fun. I didn't realise how many of their songs I already knew.

John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band

John Lennon

4/5

Mother is always a great song. Plenty to enjoy here.

The Clash

4/5

Always enjoyable.

Twelve Dreams Of Dr. Sardonicus

Spirit

2/5

Some good moments, but mostly self-indulgent nonsense.

Highway 61 Revisited

Bob Dylan

3/5

Dylan's never been for me, but some big hits on here.

Gentlemen

The Afghan Whigs

4/5

Not something I'd heard before, but right up my street.

Closer

Joy Division

5/5

All time classic.

Tom Tom Club

4/5

I was surprised by how many songs I knew considering I hadn't heard of the band. Good stuff.

Pieces Of The Sky

Emmylou Harris

2/5

Not for me. Bit too country.

Safe As Milk

Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band

3/5

Mixed bag. Some good, some fine, some too weird. Clearly very experimental and influential though.

Debut

Björk

5/5

Actual proper genius.

Gold

Ryan Adams

4/5

A little bit of "separating art from artist", but the music is excellent.

Freak Out!

The Mothers Of Invention

2/5

Absolutely fine, but not something I'm that excited about.

The Suburbs

Arcade Fire

4/5

Solid, but not as spectacular as their debut.

Teenage Head

Flamin' Groovies

2/5

Some good covers, but otherwise not for me.

Liege And Lief

Fairport Convention

2/5

Didn't do much for me, but it was fine.

Darkdancer

Les Rythmes Digitales

1/5

Actual artless garbage. Worst album on 1001 albums so far.

The Age Of The Understatement

The Last Shadow Puppets

4/5

Like the Arctic Monkeys were raised on the Italian Riviera instead of Sheffield. Lovely.

At Newport 1960

Muddy Waters

2/5

Fine, but not my thing.

Siamese Dream

The Smashing Pumpkins

4/5

I was surprised by how much of this album I already knew and enjoyed. Good stuff.

Blur

5/5

Always amazing.

Cee-Lo Green... Is The Soul Machine

Cee Lo Green

2/5

I'm sure this is fine, and it had some moments, but it really wasn't for me at all.

Felt Mountain

Goldfrapp

4/5

Really cinematic stuff. Liked it a lot.

Mothership Connection

Parliament

3/5

Pretty fun! And I can see a direct influence on the Mighty Boosh funk stuff.

Parklife

Blur

5/5

Always great.

Queen Of Denmark

John Grant

4/5

Really good. Love me some John Grant. His lyrics are unique and his voice has a really rich quality to it.

Night Life

Ray Price

2/5

This was fine, but not my thing.

Superfly

Curtis Mayfield

2/5

Some really good tunes here, but nothing particularly for me.

Tommy

The Who

3/5

It's good, but christ alive is it long!

Heavy Weather

Weather Report

3/5

Like somewhere between hold music and the Sesame Street theme tune, but good.

Let It Be

The Replacements

3/5

Some clever stuff here, surprised I hadn't heard it before.

Ocean Rain

Echo And The Bunnymen

3/5

Enjoyable slice of 80s. Killing Moon is a classic.

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

Arctic Monkeys

5/5

An all time classic. For Alex and the boys to have produced stuff of this quality when they were teenagers is ridiculous. Such talent.

Five Leaves Left

Nick Drake

4/5

Really enjoyable stuff.

White Light / White Heat

The Velvet Underground

3/5

One of those bands I'd heard a lot about but hadn't spent time listening to. Enjoyable and clearly inspired so many bands that followed, but occasionally hard to get through.

Want Two

Rufus Wainwright

4/5

Another Green World

Brian Eno

3/5

Not my favourite Eno stuff, but it was fine.

Born In The U.S.A.

Bruce Springsteen

4/5

I hadn't really appreciated how good this is until now. Top stuff.

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