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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
For Your Pleasure Roxy Music	5	2.98	+2.02
Dare! The Human League	5	3.06	+1.94
Here Come The Warm Jets Brian Eno	5	3.07	+1.93
The Seldom Seen Kid Elbow	5	3.25	+1.75
Joan Armatrading Joan Armatrading	5	3.33	+1.67
Endtroducing..... DJ Shadow	5	3.36	+1.64
Blue Lines Massive Attack	5	3.38	+1.62
Surrealistic Pillow Jefferson Airplane	5	3.52	+1.48
A Love Supreme John Coltrane	5	3.63	+1.37
Live At The Regal B.B. King	5	3.68	+1.32

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Apocalypse 91… The Enemy Strikes Black Public Enemy	1	3.23	-2.23
At Folsom Prison Johnny Cash	2	3.98	-1.98
American IV: The Man Comes Around Johnny Cash	2	3.9	-1.9
Survivor Destiny's Child	1	2.86	-1.86
Moondance Van Morrison	2	3.71	-1.71
Lust For Life Iggy Pop	2	3.6	-1.6
Raising Hell Run-D.M.C.	2	3.51	-1.51
The ArchAndroid Janelle Monáe	2	3.45	-1.45
Africa Brasil Jorge Ben Jor	2	3.37	-1.37
Music From Big Pink The Band	2	3.36	-1.36

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Artist	Albums	Average
Pink Floyd	2	5
Beatles	3	4.33

5-Star Albums (16)

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Treasure

Cocteau Twins

3/5

Not really my style. Lovely ethereal voice and distorted guitar to listen to in small doses 80’s Scot band

1 likes

Ghosteen

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

4/5

Beautiful warm voice sent me right to sleep. I downloaded to my sleep list of albums.

1 likes

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Surfer Rosa

Pixies

4/5

Punk good

Abbey Road

Beatles

5/5

Always a great classic

The Seldom Seen Kid

Elbow

5/5

All Things Must Pass

George Harrison

3/5

I Found sound not very clean. At moments even it slightly irritating

The Dark Side Of The Moon

Pink Floyd

5/5

Always beautiful and inspiring

Homework

Daft Punk

2/5

Not my style. I didn’t like it

Dookie

Green Day

4/5

A lot of good songs. I found a couple irritating. Slightly dated.uplifting though.

Moon Safari

Air

3/5

Apart from La femme d’argent not really my style but enjoyed listening to a different style with few lyrics and electronic instrument effects. Ok for back ground music.

Endtroducing.....

DJ Shadow

5/5

Great discovery some pieces really good.

Qui sème le vent récolte le tempo

MC Solaar

4/5

Treasure

Cocteau Twins

3/5

Not really my style. Lovely ethereal voice and distorted guitar to listen to in small doses 80’s Scot band

The Joshua Tree

4/5

Unfortunately the album has aged. Not as good as I remembered

Blunderbuss

Jack White

3/5

Some pieces aren’t bad especially love interruption but not really my style anymore.

Like Water For Chocolate

Common

3/5

Nice back ground music but in the long run gets on your nerves

Music From Big Pink

The Band

2/5

Doesn’t strike a bell. I don’t like or dislike.

Rumours

Fleetwood Mac

4/5

Always a great classic. Takes me back In time

Talking With the Taxman About Poetry

Billy Bragg

3/5

Nice discovery. Not 100/% my style but I enjoy voices. Best pieces at the begining. Then gets a bit long

Superunknown

Soundgarden

4/5

Good classic hard rock. Brings me back in time

Liege And Lief

Fairport Convention

3/5

Folk country not my style

Natty Dread

Bob Marley & The Wailers

4/5

Always a good classic

World Clique

Deee-Lite

3/5

Funky tecno dance music. A bit annoying after a while

A Nod Is As Good As A Wink To A Blind Horse

Faces

3/5

Good old rock with slight country influence. Enjoyable listening to if not 100% my style

Sign 'O' The Times

Prince

3/5

Very surprised with this different version of princes early years. Ok refer later songs though

Arrival

ABBA

4/5

Good classic always great to listen too. Has aged slightly

So Much For The City

The Thrills

2/5

Folk rock. Not quite my style. Boring.

Trans Europe Express

Kraftwerk

2/5

Interesting and fun but only for half an hour

Surrealistic Pillow

Jefferson Airplane

5/5

I loved the album great music and a lot of variety in the songs. Had not aged in the same way as other bands

Let It Be

The Replacements

2/5

Didn’t like the first piesves afterwards a bit better but not my style.

Dare!

The Human League

5/5

I loved it. Totally my 80s music. Well known song . Don’t you want me

(What's The Story) Morning Glory

Oasis

3/5

Good listening music but not my favorite

Kick Out The Jams (Live)

MC5

2/5

I don’t like it too noisy and no rhyme or sense. 2 star

The ArchAndroid

Janelle Monáe

2/5

Not my favorite music I found it dull. Afro impersonal

1977

Ash

2/5

Hard rock/ punk not really my style

The Genius Of Ray Charles

Ray Charles

4/5

Great classic I really enjoyed it

Here Come The Warm Jets

Brian Eno

5/5

Loved it, creative funky and warm

A Love Supreme

John Coltrane

5/5

I love this jazz

Tracy Chapman

4/5

Lovely cool suave music. Always actual

Shake Your Money Maker

The Black Crowes

4/5

Great rock and roll with blues sound

At Folsom Prison

Johnny Cash

2/5

Not my style. Old style Rock and roll

Peter Gabriel 3

Peter Gabriel

4/5

An unexpected aspect of Peter Gabriel. Worth discovering

Lust For Life

Iggy Pop

2/5

Not at all my style didn’t like it

O.G. Original Gangster

Ice T

2/5

Rap not my style

A Wizard, A True Star

Todd Rundgren

4/5

Very interesting and fun. Psychedelic American and irreverent

Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul

Otis Redding

5/5

Great blues and well known classic covers

Night Life

Ray Price

2/5

Country music gets on my nerves

Os Mutantes

3/5

An interesting mix of sounds although old fashioned

Truth And Soul

Fishbone

4/5

Cool music, I enjoyed it if not my favorite style.

Sheer Heart Attack

Queen

4/5

A walk in the past. Always a pleasure to listen to queen.

Live At Leeds

The Who

3/5

Ok not the best who songs and of course live recording has a different quality

Heartattack And Vine

Tom Waits

3/5

I really enjoyed listening to this bluesy good quality instrument playing

Moondance

Van Morrison

2/5

Old classic bit I find the music is not my favorite in fact a bit irritating.

For Your Pleasure

Roxy Music

5/5

Great album. Loved listening to it. I like the clarinet in background and unexpected sound

Mama Said Knock You Out

LL Cool J

2/5

Not my kinda music

The White Album

Beatles

4/5

Always very enjoyable

Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme

Simon & Garfunkel

4/5

Good classic always does somurhing for me. Xxxx

Planet Rock: The Album

Afrika Bambaataa

3/5

Fun funky music

All Hope Is Gone

Slipknot

2/5

Not quite my style. Tough heavy metal

The Village Green Preservation Society

The Kinks

3/5

Interesting rediscovery. Typical rock music. Not bad but a bit boring

Joan Armatrading

5/5

Great discovery, great voice rhythm and music. Love it!

The Stranger

Billy Joel

3/5

Billy Joel is a classic bit touches to chord with me.

2112

Rush

4/5

Good clean rock/hard rock (Canadian band) with good vocals Geddy Lee and guitar. I like the British influence. A bit long winded

Figure 8

Elliott Smith

4/5

Loved can’t make a sound. Great voice. Some songs are Melancholic but found it restful music .

Swordfishtrombones

Tom Waits

4/5

Love the unexpected music and great voice. His album I liked the beast. Great discovery

Birth Of The Cool

Miles Davis

3/5

Surely very good quality playing but after a bit off t gets boring. To be listened to in small doses

It's Blitz!

Yeah Yeah Yeahs

4/5

Her voice is good and also music. Interesting discovery but not my favorite album

Melody A.M.

Röyksopp

3/5

Fun to listen to but not for too long cos gets tiring after a while!

Teenage Head

Flamin' Groovies

3/5

Good old rock music. Good quality

Femi Kuti

4/5

Interesting fun African jazz sound. Great beat. Lovely sax.

Live At The Regal

B.B. King

5/5

I loved rediscovering this album. A real pleasure voice music everything. Very restful.

Destroy Rock & Roll

Mylo

4/5

Good electronic music. Very relaxing good for listening or back ground.

The Rolling Stones

4/5

Good old rock. Ever a classic . Not quite my music though

Led Zeppelin IV

Led Zeppelin

4/5

Good classical rock but dated

Trio

Dolly Parton

2/5

Just not my style…boring

Pretenders

3/5

Yes a good classic but… doesn’t get me any more

John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band

John Lennon

4/5

I really enjoyed this album with nice rediscovery of old songs!

Bat Out Of Hell

Meat Loaf

3/5

So long since I had listened to this band, good music to hear once but not my style anymore

Halcyon Digest

Deerhunter

4/5

Good indi band didn’t know this band.

Talking Timbuktu

Ali Farka Touré

4/5

A great discovery. Not my normal music but enjoyed it

Come Away With Me

Norah Jones

3/5

Good voice. Just abit smooth and commercial. Ok for back ground music…

Rejoicing In The Hands

Devendra Banhart

4/5

Charming psychedelic American folk rock. A bit of an exotic and weird twist. I like his voice

Protection

Massive Attack

3/5

I liked weather storm but then some of the other pieces were a bit too much in Cirque du soleil style. Good for back ground music but in small doses.

Africa Brasil

Jorge Ben Jor

2/5

Ok not really into this

Bookends

Simon & Garfunkel

3/5

I find it a bit wishy-washy now. I used to live their music xxx

Pyromania

Def Leppard

2/5

Didn’t like it much. Doesn’t do anything for me.

Ray Of Light

Madonna

2/5

A bit insipid and insignificant . A few oldies are a bit better

Tusk

Fleetwood Mac

3/5

I like the weirdo twist in the music. Also great voice. Best of their albums have ever heard. Not totally my music

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

Beatles

4/5

My favorite Beatles album. Great classic

#1 Record

Big Star

3/5

Good rock. Not special.

Blur

4/5

Lovely discovery. I had never listens to this album. Only knew Song 2. Rock with a twist and unexpected sound.

At Newport 1960

Muddy Waters

3/5

Good old blues…

The Nightfly

Donald Fagen

4/5

Lovely discovery. I didn’t know his album except for IGY

Tical

Method Man

3/5

Good rap.not my favorite music but good quality and cool rythm

Hotel California

Eagles

3/5

A classic

Music For The Jilted Generation

The Prodigy

2/5

I can only listen to a few pieces at a time!

The Libertines

2/5

Interesting post British punk rock. Good but as someone else wrote, forgettable xxx

Achtung Baby

3/5

Always a good classic, never was totally my thing...

Kid A

Radiohead

4/5

Very enjoyable. I still like Rodiohead as much as before!

Juju

Siouxsie And The Banshees

4/5

Always a good listen. Brings back memories

Moss Side Story

Barry Adamson

2/5

I didn’t like it. Surely a great movie track but not enjoyable on its own

Brothers In Arms

Dire Straits

4/5

Wonderful

Tellin’ Stories

The Charlatans

3/5

Not bad. Good rock

Rum Sodomy & The Lash

The Pogues

2/5

I don’t like it. Not for le

My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

Kanye West

4/5

Not really into this music but some good singers and rapping and you start digging some pieces the more you listen to them. I like monster, so appalled, blame game and others.. Very cynical about women.

Raising Hell

Run-D.M.C.

2/5

Mmm not crazy about this. Gets n your nerves after 10 minutes

John Prine

4/5

Not usually my type of music but I found it very enjoyable to listen to.

Common

3/5

Nice rap

Garbage

4/5

I really enjoyed it. Nice discovery!

Back To Black

Amy Winehouse

5/5

I love her music and words of the songs

White Blood Cells

The White Stripes

3/5

Mostly didn’t really enjoy except for union forever which was really good

Talk Talk Talk

The Psychedelic Furs

4/5

My first reaction was this is shit but then I settled down to it. I enjoyed discovering them and listening to their album. Brings me back in time. I especially like all of this or nothing. Great post punk Uk rock.

Doolittle

Pixies

4/5

Great rock band I didn’t know much about before. I really enjoyed it. Interesting twists and rhythms

Heroes to Zeros

The Beta Band

4/5

Great discovery. I really enjoyed some of the pieces of this experimental rock with a very British slant. I especially liked space beatle (just like yesterday and also wonderful

Groovin'

The Young Rascals

2/5

Inoffensive boring and utterly forgettable

Cloud Nine

The Temptations

3/5

A great classic. Not really my thing but enjoyable listening. Great voice and music.

A Little Deeper

Ms. Dynamite

4/5

Very pleasant discovery. I am not normally into Rap but I like her voice and lyrics. Music melodic too. A few songs especially seed will grow, a little deeper, it takes more

Slanted And Enchanted

Pavement

4/5

Interesting suggestive and unexpected. I am not really into Indie rock but this album caught my attention.

Live / Dead

Grateful Dead

3/5

Not bad but just Not my thing. Too long winded.

Slippery When Wet

Bon Jovi

2/5

I was expecting to enjoy it but obviously ic changed. Not for me now

My Generation

The Who

3/5

Not the who. Know

The Wall

Pink Floyd

5/5

Tu best. Always a great album to listen to.

Vol. 4

Black Sabbath

4/5

A real pleasure to listen to

Your Arsenal

Morrissey

3/5

Memory lane. Not bad

American IV: The Man Comes Around

Johnny Cash

2/5

Lots of cover songs. Nothing special and I don’t have a particular feeling for American country music

Greetings From L.A.

Tim Buckley

4/5

Slightly dated but fun bluesy rock and good voice. Pleasant surprise as I had never heard of him.

KIWANUKA

Michael Kiwanuka

5/5

Fantastic, what a surprise! I love it.

Peace Sells...But Who's Buying

Megadeth

2/5

Pleasantly surprised, not bad and brought a few memories back . Difficult to listen to more than 5 minutes though. I am just so not into this stuff any more

Stripped

Christina Aguilera

3/5

A good misture of influences and great voice. I find her pop music has aged and I con only enjoy it in small doses. A full album is too much

The Atomic Mr Basie

Count Basie & His Orchestra

4/5

Great Jazz! Really enjoyed listening to it after so many years. Not my usual music but thoroughly enjoyable.

Tago Mago

Can

4/5

When I started listening to this album I was interested but didn’t really enjoy it. By the time I got to the end I didn’t want it to finish and started all ove again. A part from Aumgn and Peking O I really liked it.

Cross

Justice

3/5

Fun disco music with a twist. Good in small doses. Good rythm

Sheet Music

10cc

3/5

Fun and cute but dated … does not leave a significative mark with me

Darkness on the Edge of Town

Bruce Springsteen

3/5

Always enjoyable and brought back memories but I think I have moved on in terms of music I love.

War

4/5

A great classic. Has aged slightly and I don’t love it as much as I used to.

The Boatman's Call

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

3/5

Gentle American music. Good for sleeping on as it has a lullaby effect. Not my cup of tea. Not bad just abit boring

Aqualung

Jethro Tull

4/5

Always enjoyable.memorable music

Roxy Music

4/5

Always a good listen. Not quite hat listen to. Ow but loved rediscovering the album

The Slim Shady LP

Eminem

2/5

Not my style. Music is good but lyrics awful

Bluesbreakers

John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers

2/5

Not my favorite blues rock

Gris Gris

Dr. John

3/5

Some fun experimenting with instruments with psychedelic and African influence but at times boring and irritating . A pleasant surprise but not my favorite

When I Was Born For The 7th Time

Cornershop

4/5

Didn’t know this band. Music thoroughly enjoyable. A few pieces were a bit long. Some unusual pierces. Easy to listen to.

The Clash

4/5

A great favorite of mine from my teenage years. Always a pleasure to relisten

To Pimp A Butterfly

Kendrick Lamar

3/5

Although I am not normally into rap. This rap has melody rhythm and good vocals with narrative. I found myself enjoying it.

Myths Of The Near Future

Klaxons

3/5

Punk new wave, not bad but not really into this anymore. Good in small doses

Blue Lines

Massive Attack

5/5

I loved this album. I loved the rhythm and feel good feeling from the album. Unexpected twist of electronic inputs mixed with soul and new wave style singing. A great discovery

Joanna Newsom

4/5

Although not on Spotify I managed to listen to her songs on you tube. What a great surprise. I loved her voice and harp playing and unusual inflections. I really liked Emily and Cosmia (from another album I think)

Apocalypse 91… The Enemy Strikes Black

Public Enemy

1/5

Didn’t like it at all. The album was really irritating.

Larks' Tongues In Aspic

King Crimson

3/5

Progressive rock with lots of different musical sounds. Really interesting if not a bit nerve grating at times . I enjoyed it in short doses

Lady Soul

Aretha Franklin

4/5

Great classi!