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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Scissor Sisters Scissor Sisters	5	3.23	+1.77
Hounds Of Love Kate Bush	5	3.61	+1.39
90 808 State	4	2.69	+1.31
AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted Ice Cube	4	2.93	+1.07
Tical Method Man	4	2.94	+1.06
Felt Mountain Goldfrapp	4	3	+1
The Coral The Coral	4	3	+1

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
69 Love Songs The Magnetic Fields	1	2.85	-1.85
Music Madonna	1	2.68	-1.68
Bubble And Scrape Sebadoh	1	2.65	-1.65
Bookends Simon & Garfunkel	2	3.56	-1.56
Smash The Offspring	2	3.37	-1.37
Nevermind Nirvana	3	4.37	-1.37
Wonderful Rainbow Lightning Bolt	1	2.28	-1.28
Paranoid Black Sabbath	3	4.2	-1.2
Dust Screaming Trees	2	3.16	-1.16
The Notorious Byrd Brothers The Byrds	2	3.04	-1.04

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Bookends

Simon & Garfunkel

2/5

Kind of boring, not bad voices, just hardly even noticed it was playing

2 likes

Bubble And Scrape

Sebadoh

1/5

At best it was dull, at worst actively jarring, did not like will not listen again

1 likes

1-Star Albums (4)

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Parallel Lines

Blondie

4/5

Biased because played this all the time as a kid, but quite varied and has stood the test of time imo

Snivilisation

Orbital

3/5

Cool sounds I hadn’t heard before which is always fun, but probs wouldn’t play most of the tracks again

Devotional Songs

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

3/5

Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul

Otis Redding

4/5

Music

Madonna

1/5

Did not enjoy, couldn’t make it through album

Sunday At The Village Vanguard

Bill Evans Trio

4/5

Really liked this, and v impressed it’s live!

Made In Japan

Deep Purple

4/5

Not usually my thing but this was fun and clearly v talented musicians, enjoyed tryna copy when they go ‘AAAAaaaAaaAAAH’

1999

Prince

3/5

Fun album but not my thing, also had more smutty lyrics than I expected lol

Nilsson Schmilsson

Harry Nilsson

3/5

Recognised a couple more than I thought I would, but still just a background album for me

All That You Can't Leave Behind

3/5

Paul Simon

4/5

Real nice background singing one, enjoyed more than I thought I woulx

Bubble And Scrape

Sebadoh

1/5

At best it was dull, at worst actively jarring, did not like will not listen again

Tres Hombres

ZZ Top

4/5

Fun stuff, good in the background of the day, not completely my thing

From Elvis In Memphis

Elvis Presley

4/5

Bit samey but kinda love elvis so enjoyed anyways, still a pretty unique voice

69 Love Songs

The Magnetic Fields

1/5

Rubbish singing, rubbish lyrics, rubbish tunes, only thing I appreciated was the commitment to the number 69

In The Court Of The Crimson King

King Crimson

4/5

Really likes these songs but don’t think they were really enough to be a coherent album, more like a few songs different versions

Pink Moon

Nick Drake

3/5

Kinda nice but very background and didn’t even notice when album looped on repeat

Parklife

Blur

4/5

lots of bangerz but not my fav music ever

Smash

The Offspring

2/5

Found this more irritating to have playing than enjoyable, but probs actually quite good musicians so not a 1

Idlewild

Everything But The Girl

3/5

Fine background stuff, better love songs than all 69 of the other love song album

Morrison Hotel

The Doors

3/5

Good fun, not my fav stuff, similar to previous albums of same genre

Illmatic

Nas

4/5

Arrival

ABBA

3/5

Lots of classics that are fun to dance to if drunk, and kinda impressive all from one album, but am not really an abba girly

808 State

4/5

Short-ish and fun dancing whilst cooking vibes, enjoyed

Tapestry

Carole King

4/5

Liked more than I thought, some ‘classics’ and all that

Porcupine

Echo And The Bunnymen

3/5

Quite fun and varied, not my fav type of music but enjoyed despite that, cute band name

Paranoid

Black Sabbath

3/5

Thought I wasn’t going to like it but changed my mind woo

Synchronicity

The Police

3/5

Very mixed, can see why the ones that aren’t well known never took off

Floodland

Sisters Of Mercy

3/5

Kinda sounded like it should be an alt-movie soundtrack, didn’t dislike but not super my thing

Felt Mountain

Goldfrapp

4/5

Fun weird sounds, kinda spooky and different to what I’d usually listen to

I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got

Sinead O'Connor

4/5

Kinda vibes in a slightly folky way, not something I usually listen to but enjoyed once again

Wild Is The Wind

Nina Simone

4/5

Really nice sound! This was someone I knew more by name but not by any actual songs so is nice to have had this come up

Nevermind

Nirvana

3/5

Great energy but not my thing

Tical

Method Man

4/5

Enjoying this genre more than I thought I would, good variation between songs

Live At Leeds

The Who

3/5

Ongs very good at what they do just not my thing

Purple Rain

Prince

4/5

Fun stuff, good musical backing, enjoyed!

Scissor Sisters

5/5

Lots of bangers, fun to dance or sing, would have liked to see this live!

Odelay

Beck

3/5

Didn’t dislike but struggled to pay it much attention

Rock 'N Soul

Solomon Burke

4/5

Love the sound of this sort of music, nice to sing along to and just good vibes

The Notorious Byrd Brothers

The Byrds

2/5

So forgettable but not offensive apart from a few weird songs

The Coral

4/5

Accidentally found a fav song I’d never been able to remember the title of in this album so that’s nice! Rest of album short and cohesive but didn’t reveal any other secret favs so 4*

Sheer Heart Attack

Queen

3/5

Only 1 of queens many bangers on this album (in my opinion) so a bit meh but still well arranged and well sung tracks so not bad

This Year's Model

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

3/5

Not bad but just kinda background alright vibes for me

Bat Out Of Hell

Meat Loaf

4/5

Pretty fun songs, not my fav style but defs talented musicians

Hounds Of Love

Kate Bush

5/5

Only knew of this album because of Stranger Things but actually loved it, such a good voice and sense of drama in each song even the weird ones

Wonderful Rainbow

Lightning Bolt

1/5

Washing machine + kettle + tinnitus noise, unpleasant listening throughout

If I Could Only Remember My Name

David Crosby

3/5

Nice background vibe, not super engaging

The Band

3/5

Kinda unremarkable, but not bad vibes

evermore

Taylor Swift

4/5

Not crazy about t swift, but this was quite different and nice listening

Want Two

Rufus Wainwright

3/5

Thought this was going to be such an interesting album based off the first song, had some fun haunting but beautiful sounds etc, then turned lame and boring so was quite disappointed

Dust

Screaming Trees

2/5

Unexciting but not bad musicians

Deep Purple In Rock

Deep Purple

3/5

Similar to quite a few albums on here but obvs great musicians

The Chronic

Dr. Dre

3/5

Not my fav genre, kinda fun but just background noise for me