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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Winter In America Gil Scott-Heron	5	3.25	+1.75
Back At The Chicken Shack Jimmy Smith	5	3.39	+1.61
Mama Said Knock You Out LL Cool J	4	2.91	+1.09
Infected The The	4	2.92	+1.08
London Calling The Clash	5	3.98	+1.02

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Ten Pearl Jam	1	3.91	-2.91
Black Sabbath Black Sabbath	1	3.83	-2.83
Dookie Green Day	1	3.79	-2.79
Highway 61 Revisited Bob Dylan	1	3.77	-2.77
Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not Arctic Monkeys	1	3.73	-2.73
Deja Vu Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young	1	3.7	-2.7
Band On The Run Paul McCartney and Wings	1	3.66	-2.66
Rust Never Sleeps Neil Young & Crazy Horse	1	3.52	-2.52
Dirt Alice In Chains	1	3.47	-2.47
Bat Out Of Hell Meat Loaf	1	3.44	-2.44

5-Star Albums (4)

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Bubble And Scrape

Sebadoh

1/5

Junior school band meets angry teen angst. A nasty noise zero star offering.

1 likes

The Sensational Alex Harvey Band

2/5

Big ego to describe yourself as sensational, sadly this album is far from that. Mediocre at best. Not much to enjoy.

1 likes

1-Star Albums (31)

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

Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire)

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Doggystyle

Snoop Dogg

2/5

Of its time, to many expletives and very derogatory towards women. Not a classic.

Band On The Run

Paul McCartney and Wings

1/5

A couple of hits and some fillers. Next.

Urban Hymns

The Verve

3/5

A British classic, melancholy vocals with classic guitar band rhythms.

Back At The Chicken Shack

Jimmy Smith

5/5

Beautiful album. Stylish.

Bat Out Of Hell

Meat Loaf

1/5

I am sure this is a classic to some but not for me.

London Calling

The Clash

5/5

Considering this is classed as one of the greatest albums of its era and beyond. I was guilty of never listening to it in its entirety. It’s dancehall / ska / punk sounds and harsh shouty vocals create amazing music that still sounds fresh. I agree with the masses, a classic.

My Generation

The Who

2/5

Solid British blues, but to brash and lacking soul. Very repetitive also, not a classic to my ears.

Cloud Nine

The Temptations

4/5

Beautiful soul Melodies, amazing harmonies. Possibly an over looked classic.

Dirt

Alice In Chains

1/5

I just don’t appreciate this genre so will leave it at that.

Time Out Of Mind

Bob Dylan

1/5

Not for me.

Hot Rats

Frank Zappa

1/5

Not my thing, ever.

Low

David Bowie

2/5

A life long Bowie fan but this album is not a favourite, verging on depressing the title is apt.

Slanted And Enchanted

Pavement

1/5

Not my thing, guitar played with a boxing glove on the right hand. Mediocre lyrics forced out in punkish rage.

Feast of Wire

Calexico

2/5

An unknown artist for me, an interesting listen but not one I will revisit in the short term

Music in Exile

Songhoy Blues

2/5

Enjoyable and musically expressive.

Henry's Dream

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

1/5

One listen was enough, lacks musicality.

Dookie

Green Day

1/5

If starting every track with the drums in the left channel before smashing out a 2 chord strum whilst shouting is your thing. Enjoy. For me, could manage any track for more than 15 seconds. Next…..

Hybrid Theory

Linkin Park

1/5

Just a noise to my sensitive ears

Nebraska

Bruce Springsteen

1/5

Grim

Wonderful Rainbow

Lightning Bolt

1/5

This app should be called 1001 mediocre thrash albums Utter noise

Cupid & Psyche 85

Scritti Politti

3/5

Classic 80s pop and Green Gartside has a distinctive and pleasing vocal range. Of its time but still relevant.

We Are Family

Sister Sledge

4/5

Beautiful album of disco smoothness. Silky soulful vocals and harmonies. Absolutely timeless with classics that you hear at every party that will never age.

Live At The Harlem Square Club

Sam Cooke

4/5

No filters, no effects, just raw talent and beautiful vocals. Mic’ed up like you are set in the front row, close your eyes and imagine you are there.

Raw Power

The Stooges

2/5

Entertaining for one listen, musically limited a band that realistically can only be enjoyed live.

Zombie

Fela Kuti

4/5

4 tracks that take you on an Afro-jazz journey, beautiful percussion, immersive horn section. And finished with the live track that is the icing on the cake.

Let's Stay Together

Al Green

4/5

Some albums are just too short. I own this and it gets regularly played. What more of a recommendation does it need.

Songs For Swingin' Lovers!

Frank Sinatra

3/5

Francis oh Francis……..

The New Tango

Astor Piazzolla

2/5

I understand the skill and the talent, I just don’t personally appreciate it.

Led Zeppelin II

Led Zeppelin

2/5

Marmite assume by the sales of this album. Sadly I’m not a fan. So score low through personal preference.

Pacific Ocean Blue

Dennis Wilson

4/5

Found this album late in life after reading about Dennis Wilson. Proud to own it, think it’s better than anything the beach boys did. And yes that’s controversial

Buenas Noches From A Lonely Room

Dwight Yoakam

1/5

Country and western……. Just not my chaps and stetsons. Predictable line dancing fodder.

Jazz Samba

Stan Getz

2/5

Pleasant but not that engaging

New Boots And Panties

Ian Dury

3/5

Ian Dury, A sad loss to the UK punk scene, a seminal album of the 70s which reflects the working class feeling and lyrics that capture the sentiment.

Ten

Pearl Jam

1/5

Not for me.

Peter Gabriel

1/5

Watched a documentary about the making of the cover, if only the music was as interesting

The Velvet Underground & Nico

The Velvet Underground

3/5

GREY Area

Little Simz

4/5

Contemporary British artist, sweeping sounds, cutting lyrics, for the young hip youth but some beautiful music on this album. Flowers an absolute stand out. Will revisit

Rust Never Sleeps

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

1/5

Whining vocals, mediocre melodies

Oracular Spectacular

MGMT

4/5

What do I hear, Sparks, David Bowie, ELO, it’s 70s soft rock, it’s 80s pop, it’s a bit of everything and a very well packaged everything.

Five Leaves Left

Nick Drake

2/5

Melancholy ramblings for the hobo in your life.

Fuzzy

Grant Lee Buffalo

1/5

Never heard before, no need to hear again

The Köln Concert

Keith Jarrett

3/5

A seminal album for the jazz purist. But, I did tire of the single dimension and longed for additional instruments rather than just the piano improvisation.

3 Feet High and Rising

De La Soul

4/5

A turning point in American hip hop, from the aggressive gang orientated sounds of the east vs west coast to what was coined the daisy age. Obviously regurgitated from every uneducated music magazine. Great samples, imaginative lyrics go listen.

Hot Shots II

The Beta Band

3/5

Beach boys meets wings and an education on where some famous samples came from. Never heard the Beta Band before and found it easy on the ear but not earth shattering, maybe needs another listen.

Sheer Heart Attack

Queen

2/5

Very Queen. Didn’t find it overly enjoyable, appreciate the Ballads struggle with the soft rock tracks.

Highway 61 Revisited

Bob Dylan

1/5

Whining vocals, I am sure there is meaning in the lyrics but it really is just boring. Obviously this will offend many, I just don’t need it in my life, boring.

Music for the Masses

Depeche Mode

3/5

Classic depeche mode, not their best but travel away from the greatest hits and enjoy their back catalogue.

Behaviour

Pet Shop Boys

3/5

The PSB sound stands the test of time. I’m a sucker for the orchestral ballads, the swooping strings and Neil Tennants distinctive vocals.

Happy Sad

Tim Buckley

1/5

Painful. Found zero happiness in any of the tracks.

Electric Warrior

T. Rex

4/5

Beautiful album, full of 70s pop and blues. Voice of a naughty angel. Immerse yourself

Groovin'

The Young Rascals

4/5

Completely unknown to me and a pleasant surprise. Real 60s flower power feel and thoroughly enjoyable

Buffalo Springfield Again

Buffalo Springfield

1/5

A mish mash of sound-a-like 60s nothingness. Completely forgettable.

Nevermind

Nirvana

5/5

Seminal album of a generation. Something everyone should own (if people still bought music)

Bubble And Scrape

Sebadoh

1/5

Junior school band meets angry teen angst. A nasty noise zero star offering.

The Sensational Alex Harvey Band

2/5

Big ego to describe yourself as sensational, sadly this album is far from that. Mediocre at best. Not much to enjoy.

Winter In America

Gil Scott-Heron

5/5

The man is a legend, the album is not available to stream so I just listened to everything else in his catalogue. I heard The Bottle 42 years ago in a basement club called the honky Tonk, on a Sunday night. It took me 10 years to track it down and I thought I was onto someone special, and I still am.

Adele

4/5

Magnificent

Black Sabbath

1/5

Unbearable noise

Ambient 1/Music For Airports

Brian Eno

1/5

Numbing to the senses

Deja Vu

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

1/5

Defines mediocre

Vespertine

Björk

2/5

This maybe harsh but it would be some much more enjoyable without the vocals. Musically it’s immersive but the singing is hurtful to my ears.

Picture Book

Simply Red

3/5

A great album but having owned it from its first release it has become repetitive and not easy to settle into, every opening few bars awakes a memory but very quickly I am looking for the next track.

Moss Side Story

Barry Adamson

3/5

Obscure montage of styles from trad jazz to nu jazz to James Bond type productions. Engaging, confusing and challenging

Live At Leeds

The Who

1/5

Horses

Patti Smith

1/5

Ágætis Byrjun

Sigur Rós