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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Medúlla Björk	5	2.72	+2.28
Atomizer Big Black	5	2.72	+2.28
Kings Of The Wild Frontier Adam & The Ants	5	2.83	+2.17
I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got Sinead O'Connor	5	3.25	+1.75
Bad Company Bad Company	5	3.26	+1.74
The Slider T. Rex	5	3.28	+1.72
Juju Siouxsie And The Banshees	5	3.33	+1.67
Hybrid Theory Linkin Park	5	3.39	+1.61
The Village Green Preservation Society The Kinks	5	3.4	+1.6
Live! Fela Kuti	5	3.44	+1.56

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Highway 61 Revisited Bob Dylan	1	3.77	-2.77
Moondance Van Morrison	1	3.71	-2.71
To Pimp A Butterfly Kendrick Lamar	1	3.61	-2.61
A Rush Of Blood To The Head Coldplay	1	3.44	-2.44
Fleet Foxes Fleet Foxes	1	3.44	-2.44
Lost In The Dream The War On Drugs	1	3.39	-2.39
The College Dropout Kanye West	1	3.31	-2.31
Emergency On Planet Earth Jamiroquai	1	3.27	-2.27
Live 1966 (The Royal Albert Hall Concert) Bob Dylan	1	3.15	-2.15
Myths Of The Near Future Klaxons	1	3.06	-2.06

5-Star Albums (20)

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Highway 61 Revisited

Bob Dylan

1/5

I fucking hate Bob Dylan.

13 likes

A Rush Of Blood To The Head

Coldplay

1/5

"1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die" and you want me to waste precious minutes of my life listening to fucking Coldplay?! Are you fucking serious? This list sucks

2 likes

Document

R.E.M.

4/5

Haven't listened to this since I obsessively listened to "The End Of The World As We Know It" back when Independence Day came out

1 likes

Apple Venus Volume 1

XTC

1/5

Sounds like a kid who's just discovered the 'samples and sound effects' buttons on their first keyboard. I preferred when they were making plans for Nigel

1 likes

To Pimp A Butterfly

Kendrick Lamar

1/5

Listened to this when it came out. Didn't get it then, don't get it now. Just some dude talking about his dick over discordant jazz. Nah thanks

1 likes

1-Star Albums (12)

Live 1966 (The Royal Albert Hall Concert)

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Sticky Fingers

The Rolling Stones

3/5

Heard before, don't mind it, not a fan of Jagger though

Highway 61 Revisited

Bob Dylan

1/5

I fucking hate Bob Dylan.

Aftermath

The Rolling Stones

2/5

Only been doing this three days and already had two Stones albums

Truth

Jeff Beck

3/5

Paul's Boutique

Beastie Boys

2/5

Never vibed with the Beasties. Adam's voice grates on my soul

Beggars Banquet

The Rolling Stones

2/5

Been doing this for 6 days and I've had three Rolling Stones albums. Am I going to listen to 500 fucking Stones records before I'm done?

Apple Venus Volume 1

XTC

1/5

Sounds like a kid who's just discovered the 'samples and sound effects' buttons on their first keyboard. I preferred when they were making plans for Nigel

A Rush Of Blood To The Head

Coldplay

1/5

"1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die" and you want me to waste precious minutes of my life listening to fucking Coldplay?! Are you fucking serious? This list sucks

Tapestry

Carole King

3/5

Worked in a record shop as a teenager where half the staff worshipped this album. Never been a big favourite of mine but it's grand

Fleet Foxes

1/5

Worked in a record shop for this whole decade and I consider most 00s indie to be a war crime

Pills 'n' Thrills And Bellyaches

Happy Mondays

4/5

Heard this many times over the years and always had passing respect for it, more of a "don't mind it being on but wouldn't put it on myself" kinda thing. But I enjoyed it more than I remembered!

The White Room

The KLF

4/5

KLF following Happy Mondays is alright by me

Moondance

Van Morrison

1/5

I hate this prick

I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got

Sinead O'Connor

5/5

Still can't believe we lost Sinéad and Shane in the same year. Ireland says fuck 2023

Green Onions

Booker T. & The MG's

4/5

Absolute banger, even if it does go a bit Blackpool Pier at times

Talk Talk Talk

The Psychedelic Furs

4/5

Somehow this band has always passed me by, despite liking many similar-sounding alternative 80s bands. Really dug this

Raising Hell

Run-D.M.C.

4/5

90s hip hop was more my jam but this still slaps

OK Computer

Radiohead

5/5

This was one album I didn't need to listen to, been playing it for like 25 years now. Absolute classic. Strong chance of being the best album on this list

The College Dropout

Kanye West

1/5

Not to be a hipster but I hated Kanye before it was cool. Jesus Walks is a banger though, I'll concede that

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness

The Smashing Pumpkins

5/5

Speaks to just how great this album is that I give it 5* despite Billy Corgan's godawful voice. I am frequently haunted by the idea of how incredible the Pumpkins could have been with a decent singer

Document

R.E.M.

4/5

Haven't listened to this since I obsessively listened to "The End Of The World As We Know It" back when Independence Day came out

Myths Of The Near Future

Klaxons

1/5

Nu Rave was an abomination

Electric Music For The Mind And Body

Country Joe & The Fish

3/5

Fairly standard 60s psychedelic rock. Was grand but it kinda faded into the background while I listened.

To Pimp A Butterfly

Kendrick Lamar

1/5

Listened to this when it came out. Didn't get it then, don't get it now. Just some dude talking about his dick over discordant jazz. Nah thanks

Peter Gabriel 3

Peter Gabriel

3/5

Used to listen to Peter Gabriel a lot with my Dad. Not this album though. Preferred the earlier stuff

En-Tact

The Shamen

2/5

Never really got on with this. Always reminded me of the stuff my mates would make on their Amiga music programs.

Revolver

Beatles

4/5

Y'know despite probably having heard like 80% of everything The Beatles ever released, I'm not sure how often I've sat down and listened to one of their actual ALBUMS - it's always been the countless collections they've released over the years, or a carefully-curated playlist of b-sides and rarities that one of my record shop colleagues put together to impress people. So I think this is the first time I've ever actually listened to Revolver despite being familiar with nearly all the songs. For starters I didn't even know Yellow Submarine was on this album, which is still absolutely appalling and will forever stand as testament to why you should never take so many drugs that you let the drummer do a song. Rest of it's grand though

Buenas Noches From A Lonely Room

Dwight Yoakam

2/5

Lads this is just a bit TOO Country

Tidal

Fiona Apple

2/5

Out of that amazing wave of 90s female artists - Tori, PJ, Björk etc - Apple is the one I just didn't really get.

Kings Of The Wild Frontier

Adam & The Ants

5/5

This album SLAPS

Bad

Michael Jackson

5/5

First album I ever owned back when it came out Still great

Casanova

The Divine Comedy

2/5

Never been able to get on with Hannon's weird smarmy smug delivery. Though he will always have my respect for My Lovely Horse

Butterfly

Mariah Carey

1/5

Are ye fuckin serious

Buena Vista Social Club

5/5

Love this album but last time I listened to it I was sat by the water in Menorca drinking a cold beer. Doesn't really hit the same listening to it at home

Shadowland

k.d. lang

4/5

An artist that's always passed me by but I actually really dug this. Will listen again

Medúlla

Björk

5/5

Took me a while to get into when it first came out, but it's a great record

The United States Of America

2/5

Weird 60s experimental hippie stuff. Don't have much to say about it to be honest. S'alright.

(Pronounced 'Leh-'Nérd 'Skin-'Nérd)

Lynyrd Skynyrd

5/5

Absolute classic

Live 1966 (The Royal Albert Hall Concert)

Bob Dylan

1/5

This man is a talentless scrotum and a live album is not an album.

The Velvet Underground

3/5

Live!

Fela Kuti

5/5

Listened to Fela Kuti before but this album was new to me. Brilliant stuff

Heaux Tales

Jazmine Sullivan

4/5

Hadn't heard of this artist before but enjoyed this. Could have lived without the spoken word interludes but that's just a personal bugbear I have with them in general

GREY Area

Little Simz

3/5

Make Yourself

Incubus

2/5

90s metal is absolutely my jam - I even used to be in a band that covered a song from this album - but I never liked Incubus. Too much hippy shit

Hybrid Theory

Linkin Park

5/5

Absolute straight classic. Bought this on import when it came out and saw their first ever UK show in a college bar in London. Still slaps

Throwing Muses

2/5

Whatever

Aimee Mann

3/5

Boston

5/5

It's a shame most people only know them for 'More Than A Feeling' because this whole album is amazing

The Village Green Preservation Society

The Kinks

5/5

Love The Kinks, though I prefer the first few albums to this one. Bit more riffy

New Forms

Roni Size

2/5

Remember all the buzz about this when it came out. Honestly didn't get it then, still don't get it now

Atomizer

Big Black

5/5

Somehow despite having heard a million records Steve Albini produced, I never listened to Big Black. This is fucking GREAT

Moving Pictures

Rush

3/5

Always been a band I respect more than I like. Loads of friends are mad into them, don't mind them being on, but I wouldn't put it on myself

The Slider

T. Rex

5/5

Whenever people say "The Beatles or The Rolling Stones?" the correct answer is always "T Rex'

Sweet Baby James

James Taylor

2/5

My previous knowledge of James Taylor is that Taylor Swift likes him

Adele

2/5

Lads I can't. I just can't. I worked in a record shop when this came out and I heard this album so many times, sometimes I wake up screaming and I swear Rumour Has It is quietly playing somewhere in my house

The Message

Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five

3/5

Raw Like Sushi

Neneh Cherry

3/5

Here, My Dear

Marvin Gaye

2/5

Wikipedia says this album was a 'critical and commercial failure' upon release. I'm on the '78 critics side

Blur

2/5

Blur: Are Shite

Pink Flag

Wire

3/5

First time hearing this. I like the Post more than the Punk but I'll be checking out more records from their discography

Bad Company

5/5

Paul Rodgers is one of the finest singers in Rock history

Rumours

Fleetwood Mac

4/5

Spent most of the 80s listening to this thanks to my Ma blasting her tape of it around the house. Still find it a bit hit and miss but the hits slap

There's A Riot Goin' On

Sly & The Family Stone

3/5

S'grand but I prefer my riots to sound a lot noisier

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

Arctic Monkeys

5/5

Alex Turner's Ma was my Spanish teacher. Yes this is a review

Paranoid

Black Sabbath

5/5

Not actually my favourite Sabbath album but it's still an absolute banger. That opening one-two of War Pigs / Paranoid is pretty hard to beat

2112

Rush

3/5

Bubble And Scrape

Sebadoh

3/5

A frustrating listen as the discordant parts just straight up suck. And that's not me disliking discordance, I listen to Industrial Drone for fun... these guys just aren't good at it. The actual songs are decent though

Roxy Music

3/5

The main thing I remember about Roxy Music is being rather enamoured with the vinyl artwork in my parent's collection as a young lad

It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back

Public Enemy

4/5

Love this album but still not sure why it sounds like a kettle is going off for the whole record

Car Wheels On A Gravel Road

Lucinda Williams

2/5

Lads this is TOO country

Lost In The Dream