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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
xx The xx	5	3.36	+1.64
All Directions The Temptations	5	3.45	+1.55
Arrival ABBA	5	3.51	+1.49
I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You Aretha Franklin	5	3.93	+1.07

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Pictures At An Exhibition Emerson, Lake & Palmer	1	2.64	-1.64
OK Talvin Singh	1	2.56	-1.56
Unknown Pleasures Joy Division	2	3.47	-1.47
Heaven Or Las Vegas Cocteau Twins	2	3.39	-1.39
Music for the Masses Depeche Mode	2	3.37	-1.37
Channel Orange Frank Ocean	2	3.32	-1.32
S&M Metallica	2	3.26	-1.26
Lady In Satin Billie Holiday	2	3.23	-1.23
Marcus Garvey Burning Spear	2	3.19	-1.19

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Lady In Satin

Billie Holiday · 2 likes

2/5

Beautiful singing in a traditional way. Compared to what I'm used to from modern artists it did drag by somewhat, not helped by the fact the album was over an hour long. The journey was nice in parts but otherwise I was waiting for it to end.

Raw Power

The Stooges · 1 likes

3/5

Wasn't super familiar with the Stooges beforehand but holy crap it was like listening to the forerunner of so many 90s and 00s successful alt / indie rock albums. Tracks felt so modern despite being 50 years old. Pretty good stuff.

1-Star Albums (2)

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Hounds Of Love

Kate Bush

3/5

Constantly wavering between symphony and cacophony. Interesting for the most part but didn't have me moved

Revolver

Beatles

4/5

Interesting and moving

Guero

Beck

3/5

Parallel Lines

Blondie

4/5

Lively yet deep

Sheer Heart Attack

Queen

4/5

Raucous, varied, passionate,

The Suburbs

Arcade Fire

4/5

Atmospheric, symphonic, strangely interesting

You Are The Quarry

Morrissey

2/5

A moving melancholic lament that repeats itself 12 times over 47 minutes and enters the realm of self indulgence

Arrival

ABBA

5/5

Beautiful harmonies, anthemic pop tracks, moving lyrics

All Directions

The Temptations

5/5

Beautifully composed, filled with soul and heart. Ended all too quickly. A real treat.

High Violet

The National

3/5

Rich, atmospheric, I can tell it's good despite it not quite moving me. In the right introspective or creative mood I think I would really enjoy this journey but on the average day it was a little passive .

In The Court Of The Crimson King

King Crimson

4/5

An unmelodic, alternative and gripping adventure

Lady In Satin

Billie Holiday

2/5

Murder Ballads

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

3/5

Quite shocking lyrics for a first timer but the melodies and keys were quite seductive. Increasingly grew on me. Good for what it was. Ended on a high.

Tank Battles

Dagmar Krause

2/5

Not available on Spotify so had to find it elsewhere. Initially I wasn't that impressed but by leaving it to play in the background it somewhat grew on me. Gave off an Avant Garde industrial vibe for mid 20th century cabaret. Probably wouldn't listen to the whole thing again but it will stick in the memory at least.

Raw Power

The Stooges

3/5

Scream, Dracula, Scream

Rocket From The Crypt

3/5

Scream being the operative word, it was very loud. Entertaining for the most part but had to keep lowering the volume. Reminds me of certain alternative rock bands from the late 00s - The Hives come to mind, they must have been inspired by this.

Talking Book

Stevie Wonder

3/5

Perfectly fine, couple of the tracks were quite powerful and moving but others were just filler in between them

Brilliant Corners

Thelonious Monk

3/5

Great change of pace from the regular albums on this list. A nice listen

Phaedra

Tangerine Dream

2/5

Weird and atmospheric but ultimately a bit much for me

Skylarking

XTC

3/5

Tears for Fears meets the Lion King meets Elbow. Had me humming along.

Elvis Is Back

Elvis Presley

3/5

Pretty upbeat and fun

Led Zeppelin III

Led Zeppelin

4/5

Trademark vocals and country twinge. Love it

The xx

5/5

Banger, really had me going

The Village Green Preservation Society

The Kinks

4/5

Got me vibing, enjoyed it

It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back

Public Enemy

3/5

Pretty fun, really different to all the others on this list so far

Time Out

The Dave Brubeck Quartet

3/5

Nice and lively. The differentiation from other great jazz albums is probably much better appreciated by people smarter than me. Had to take a second listen to really understand what I was listening to. Recognised Take Five which apparently is the most popular track.

The Idiot

Iggy Pop

3/5

Can't knock it but can't say I loved it.

Isn't Anything

My Bloody Valentine

3/5

Not what I expected. Tracks blended together and provided a sort of reluctant melody that wasn't quite enough to get me humming along but was enough to keep me interested.

Odelay

Beck

4/5

Really quirky. Enjoyed it. Not necessarily my favourite but its modern sounds blended with alternative forms of rhythm and structure made me really appreciate its quality.

Heaven Or Las Vegas

Cocteau Twins

2/5

Honky Tonk Heroes

Waylon Jennings

3/5

Rumours

Fleetwood Mac

5/5

Truly outstanding in my mind. Classic track follows classic track. The blend of blues, folk and rock with popular overtones - often within the same track - make for an unforgettable album.

Tonight's The Night

Neil Young

4/5

The Next Day

David Bowie

3/5

Found it hard to hear the vocals at time but otherwise pretty good

Tusk

Fleetwood Mac

4/5

Genuinely really pleasantly surprised. A more moody and dank collection than rumours brought to you by the same powerhouse voices.

Frank

Amy Winehouse

4/5

Another really good album, the style of singing is so passionate that you get drawn into the song even when only half listening. Rated down only the basis that a couple of tracks aren't quite as good as the others but if 4.5 was possible I'd give it

Electric

The Cult

3/5

I hear Guns n Roses, AC DC and Led Zepp tones in there. Was decent

Younger Than Yesterday

The Byrds

3/5

Should I have been high listening to this? It feels like I should have been high listening to this.

My Aim Is True

Elvis Costello

3/5

Yeah not bad

Vanishing Point

Primal Scream

2/5

Bit all over the place

Marcus Garvey

Burning Spear

2/5

Perfectly adequate. Somewhat lost on me.

Soul Mining

The The

3/5

Weird Nick Cave & Bad Seeds vibe. Pretty good, couple of bangers and a lot of moody tracks in between.

Bridge Over Troubled Water

Simon & Garfunkel

3/5

Actually quite good

After The Gold Rush

Neil Young

4/5

Out Of The Blue

Electric Light Orchestra

3/5

Oedipus Schmoedipus

Barry Adamson

2/5

That got real weird real quick

Deep Purple In Rock

Deep Purple

3/5

A bit of everything

Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

3/5

Just when you start to enjoy the style some disturbing lyrics come along to shake you out of your trance.

The Clash

4/5

I was planning to give it a 3 but then I realised that I've been tapping my feet for the last 35 minutes so I've got to give it a 4

Marquee Moon

Television

3/5

Talvin Singh

1/5

Garbage

3/5

Lovely and cool

Here's Little Richard

Little Richard

4/5

Yeah that's a cracker

Dire Straits

3/5

Some good, some meh. 3

Hypnotised

The Undertones

3/5

Fast paced upbeat albums are always easy to listen to. I could hear the influence on lots of indie rock bands that followed 25 years later. Some tracks were a little weaker than others but it overall felt like a very cohesive listening experience in terms of tone. If I could give it 3.5 I would.

Pretzel Logic

Steely Dan

4/5

Flew by so quickly. Super smooth. Nearly a 5

Slayed?

Slade

3/5

Pretty good

S&M

Metallica

2/5

I can imagine it was a seminal gig for Metallica fans and the live experience must have been amazing. But to include it on a list of best albums seems incorrect.

Music for the Masses

Depeche Mode

2/5

The remixes at the album end were more interesting than the main body.

Ace of Spades

Motörhead

3/5

Smokers Delight

Nightmares On Wax

3/5

Great interlude to some of the more intense albums on the list.. Really chill and nicely composed.

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