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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
The Sun Rises In The East Jeru The Damaja	5	2.92	+2.08
Your Arsenal Morrissey	5	3.05	+1.95
The Beach Boys Today! The Beach Boys	5	3.27	+1.73
You've Come a Long Way Baby Fatboy Slim	5	3.35	+1.65
Ready To Die The Notorious B.I.G.	5	3.37	+1.63
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy Kanye West	5	3.42	+1.58
Speakerboxxx/The Love Below OutKast	5	3.45	+1.55
Play Moby	5	3.47	+1.53
Arrival ABBA	5	3.5	+1.5
Paul Simon Paul Simon	5	3.51	+1.49

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Black Sabbath Black Sabbath	1	3.83	-2.83
Illinois Sufjan Stevens	1	3.49	-2.49
Ágætis Byrjun Sigur Rós	1	3.37	-2.37
Fragile Yes	1	3.31	-2.31
Tonight's The Night Neil Young	1	3.23	-2.23
Closer Joy Division	1	3.21	-2.21
D White Denim	1	3.21	-2.21
The Hour Of Bewilderbeast Badly Drawn Boy	1	3.13	-2.13
Talking Timbuktu Ali Farka Touré	1	3.13	-2.13
Roxy Music Roxy Music	1	3.11	-2.11

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Artist	Albums	Average
Paul Simon	2	5

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Artist	Albums	Average
Ali Farka Touré	2	1
Brian Eno	2	1.5

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Artist	Ratings
Radiohead	5, 2
Bob Dylan	5, 2

5-Star Albums (23)

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

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The Hour Of Bewilderbeast

Badly Drawn Boy

1/5

Badly Sung Songs

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1-Star Albums (30)

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Metallica

5/5

Can see why this is one of the top albums of all time. Classic Metallica. Some all time bangers on here. This album still gets a lot of play.

Remain In Light

Talking Heads

4/5

This is what I’d expect from a Talking Heads album. Eclectic and weird. But I vibe with it. Couple of classics in the middle.

Reggatta De Blanc

The Police

3/5

This for me epitomizes how hard it is to put out a great album. The Police in peak flow... two great songs (Message In A Bottle & Walking On The Moon). And still most of the tracks are just a bit middling.

Parachutes

Coldplay

3/5

Coldplay is such a down buzz I don’t understand why this band was so big.

Station To Station

David Bowie

4/5

Great short punchy Bowie album. Not a heap of hits, but Golden Years is a classic.

American Idiot

Green Day

5/5

Punk Rock Opera Loved it. Some classics in there. Was an ambitious album for Green Day given their earlier stuff before this. But nailed it!

Millions Now Living Will Never Die

Tortoise

1/5

Self absorbed useless cacophony of sound. I want my time back. I want to give 0 stars

The Sun Rises In The East

Jeru The Damaja

5/5

Great 90’s NY hip hop. Really enjoyed this!

You've Come a Long Way Baby

Fatboy Slim

5/5

Norman Cook is a genius! Banger after banger. I remember this album coming out. Songs still hit as hard now as back then. Would give more than 5 stars

The Man Who

Travis

1/5

Soft British suicide rock. It says a lot when ‘Why Does It Always Rain On Me’ is your most upbeat song. Great song though

Armed Forces

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

3/5

Classic Elvia Costello sound throughout. Not much variation. Oliver’s Army was a good one, and can hear why it stood slightly above the rest of the album.

Rhythm Nation 1814

Janet Jackson

1/5

Just trying everything to sound like Michael. The outfits, the dancing, the beats, the random scream vocals - all just a rip off of Michael. The album did not need a single interlude. Yet it has so many.

Apocalypse Dudes

Turbonegro

2/5

So many better bands in this genre than Turbonegro. High school band wanting to be a bit punk and a bit harder rock. Lots of noise

James Brown Live At The Apollo

James Brown

4/5

Good vibes. Hard not to bop along to the music and James Browns voice is iconic.

Your Arsenal

Morrissey

5/5

Morrissey is great. The Smiths were great. Really enjoyed this album. Couple of catchier poppy songs which sounded great with Morrisseys voice.

The Libertines

2/5

Started so strong! Can’t stand me now - classic. Really good example of a polished indie rock band from the early 00’s. Album became a bit repetitive. Downhill after song 1

Head Hunters

Herbie Hancock

3/5

Jazz Funk Chaos Liked this more than I thought I would. Need to settle back down my multiple personalities after that listen.

Synchronicity

The Police

3/5

Mostly chaos. Couple of huge hits in the middle. Synchronicity II Every Breath You Take King of Pain Not and end to end classic album, but some good listening in there.

The Hour Of Bewilderbeast

Badly Drawn Boy

1/5

Badly Sung Songs

The Stranger

Billy Joel

5/5

Great album. Full Billy Joel experience. Only the Good Die Young - absolute banger!

Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme

Simon & Garfunkel

3/5

Good vibes - easy listening. I looked at the song list and did not recognize a single one by name. But there were some gems in there I had definitely heard before. Punchy short album. Can see why they got such a following in their day.

In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida

Iron Butterfly

1/5

So of it's time. Weird rock mix of Bowie and The Beatles. 6 songs and only 36 minutes - thank God!

I Am a Bird Now

Antony and the Johnsons

1/5

AWFUL! This is the type of music to commit suicide to. Run a warm bath, light a candle, get a razor blade out, put this on and let go.

At Mister Kelly's

Sarah Vaughan

2/5

Not my jam. Strong voice though. Can imagine she would have been popular in her day.

My Aim Is True

Elvis Costello

3/5

Have heard Elvis Costello, without having ever listened to a full album. Liked it. Few songs I recall hearing before.

São Paulo Confessions

Suba

1/5

Talking With the Taxman About Poetry

Billy Bragg

3/5

Kind of enjoyed this. Like a punk version of The Smiths, mixed with The Clash. Got a little more peppy in the 2nd half of the album. The style is a bit slow for me and not a single instrument played well. Would listen again, but it wouldn’t get a lot of play. Like Leonard Cohen - if you don't dig the voice, then this guy is not for you. And there was this dude a year above me in school called Billy Bragg. He was an absolute Lad.

Speakerboxxx/The Love Below

OutKast

5/5

Some absolute classics in this album. OutKast were at their peak when this came out. Was very unique to have two separate albums in each, but goes to show that the duo were likely looking for different things from the music by that point.

Tragic Songs of Life

The Louvin Brothers

2/5

Good quality singing and playing. Not my style of music, and so each song is a bit same same.

Live At The Witch Trials

The Fall

1/5

Awful

Roxy Music

1/5

Weird. Every song almost felt like a different genre. Wouldn’t go out of way to listen again

Ill Communication

Beastie Boys

5/5

Epic album. Loved it. Beastie Boys at their finest!!

Lost In The Dream

The War On Drugs

4/5

Mellow but good vibes, and entertaining enough to keep listening. Red Eyes is a great song, I’d add that to my regular rotation. 3.5 stars. So rounded up. 4 out of 5.

The Bends

Radiohead

5/5

Awesome album. Classic Radiohead

Graceland

Paul Simon

5/5

Great album - Paul Simon flexing his solo muscles. Few classics in there that are timeless. 5 stars

Here Come The Warm Jets

Brian Eno

2/5

Bit boring. Trying too hard to be edgy. Can’t really sing. Not my vibe.

Music For The Jilted Generation

The Prodigy

3/5

Good album, with some dance electronic beats to jam too. A bit more background music than some of the other Prodigy albums. Not their best work, but still good enough

John Barleycorn Must Die

Traffic

2/5

Average

Fragile

Yes

1/5

Average

Closer

Joy Division

1/5

Average

Hail To the Thief

Radiohead

2/5

Bit average and a too experimental for me

Black Sabbath

1/5

Was really hoping for more from Black Sabbath. Disappointing. Pretty bloody boring actually.

Talking Heads 77

Talking Heads

2/5

Good vibes. Classic talking heads weirdness. Bit boring and background music. Enjoyed it, but didn’t capture my imagination.

Highway 61 Revisited

Bob Dylan

5/5

I really enjoy the offbeat Bob Dylan sound. Good album, blues rock pop feel throughout on top of the folk nature of his voice and lyrics. Only recognised the first song ‘Like a Rolling Stone’ but that didn’t take away from the enjoyment. 5 stars

If You Can Believe Your Eyes & Ears

The Mamas & The Papas

4/5

Strong album, with some hits in there that have lasted the distance. 4 stars

Ready To Die

The Notorious B.I.G.

5/5

Really good. Great beats. Big Poppa’s iconic rap style. Lyrics on point. 5 stars

Pretenders

4/5

Chrissie Hynde is such a cool chick rocker. Good album. Not as many songs I knew as I had thought I would. Enjoyed it. Brass in Pocket - classic! 4 stars, almost 4.5

Pink Flag

Wire

2/5

Good beats. Interesting punk rock. Singer is terrible. Singer drags it from 3.5 to a 2.

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

Arctic Monkeys

5/5

Great album. The raw and full effect Arctic Monkeys. Later albums became more polished and commercial. But this still has a fresh unpolished punch to it. Love it.

Moss Side Story

Barry Adamson

1/5

Shit. Absolute garbage. Waste of time and energy to listen to. Just a random collection of noise and mess. Another example of why 0 stars should be an option.

Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge

Mudhoney

1/5

Pretty avg punk grunge. A lot of noise but not much substance.

Abraxas

Santana

4/5

Some great Santana sounds

Born To Run

Bruce Springsteen

4/5

Good album. Not the best of Bruce, but some good songs.