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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Murder Ballads Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds	5	3.08	+1.92
Fear Of A Black Planet Public Enemy	5	3.34	+1.66
Grace Jeff Buckley	5	3.72	+1.28
Master Of Puppets Metallica	5	3.73	+1.27
Disintegration The Cure	5	3.85	+1.15
Out of Step Minor Threat	4	2.93	+1.07

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
It's A Shame About Ray The Lemonheads	1	3.13	-2.13
Heavy Weather Weather Report	1	2.99	-1.99
Cloud Nine The Temptations	2	3.41	-1.41
Rock 'N Soul Solomon Burke	2	3.37	-1.37
Melodrama Lorde	2	3.31	-1.31
Fuzzy Grant Lee Buffalo	2	3.01	-1.01
Car Wheels On A Gravel Road Lucinda Williams	2	3	-1

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Revolver

Beatles

5/5

Decided to be more lenient with what I consider a 5. When it comes to the Beatles, you might assume they’re overrated. That is until you listen to their catalogue. Beyond the big hits, they have so many beautiful songs and this album is full of them. It's is so soothing that takes you to different places looking at love, regret and living in a fucking yellow submarine. For an album to come out in 1966 and still sound this good speaks volumes about what a generational band they were. I absolutely loved this album.

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Unknown Pleasures

Joy Division

4/5

Obviously a classic, definitely need a couple more listens tho. RIP Ian

Peter Gabriel

4/5

I WANNA BE YOUR SLEDGEHAMMER

Rock 'N Soul

Solomon Burke

2/5

I bet this guy was like Juice Wrld for the 60s. Would have loved to have hot head listening to this. Wont ever be listening to it again though, respectfully

Channel Orange

Frank Ocean

4/5

Wouldn’t it be funny if ‘Crack Rock’ was called Black Cock. 4.5/5

The Score

Fugees

4/5

4.5/5. Effortlessly cool

Heaux Tales

Jazmine Sullivan

3/5

Some nice tracks, shame they’re mainly about getting shagged by men with massive cocks or they might have ended up on my playlists.

New Wave

The Auteurs

2/5

Some alright tracks but a pretty generic Brit pop album that doesn’t do much to stand out.

Pelican West

Haircut 100

3/5

3.5/5. The vibes on this are incredible. A little repetitive but I’m a real sucker for a jazzy sax solo

Cloud Nine

The Temptations

2/5

Won’t be coming back to it

Green River

Creedence Clearwater Revival

3/5

Very pleasant

Out of Step

Minor Threat

4/5

Fun, fast paced, nice guitar riffs, nice hooks, great tracks. Enjoyed it from start to finish. PUNKS!

Dig Your Own Hole

The Chemical Brothers

4/5

Daft Punk for scary people

Van Halen

3/5

How do you make a guitar do that?

Imagine

John Lennon

3/5

3.5, imagine big booty butts, big booty, boobies too, just imagine a big pair of boobs and a butt

Grace

Jeff Buckley

5/5

This album is iconic. The songwriting is top notch, the way he sings is full of emotion, the songs are great with some massive tracks, even the filler songs play their part and the way it flows from one song to the next is lovely. Even the album cover is special. When it comes to giving a 5, it’s down to personal preference and this album makes me feel a special kind of way. It’s a shame we didn’t get more of Jeff Buckley but what we got from this one album is more than most artists will ever contribute in their whole career.

The Boatman's Call

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

4/5

Surprised me how much I enjoyed it, great songwriting. Moody bloke but it’s all part of the mystique

Gentlemen

The Afghan Whigs

2/5

2.5/5 Annoying voice and mixed like shit

Jazz Samba

Stan Getz

3/5

Sounds like the Monsters inc theme

...And Justice For All

Metallica

4/5

Not their best but still great

Out Of The Blue

Electric Light Orchestra

4/5

Mega mind song

Behaviour

Pet Shop Boys

3/5

Pretty damn niceee

It's A Shame About Ray

The Lemonheads

1/5

1.5 Every song sounds the same. Their biggest hit is a cover, says it all…

Wild Is The Wind

Nina Simone

3/5

3.5 This came out in the same year England won the World Cup and still sounds this good

Californication

Red Hot Chili Peppers

3/5

3.5 Preferred the first half compared to the end. Still a good album

Private Dancer

Tina Turner

4/5

What a voice. The album that resurrected Tina’s career too.

Triangle

The Beau Brummels

3/5

Didn’t mind it, but won’t be coming back to it

Odessey And Oracle

The Zombies

4/5

Gave this 2 listens and enjoyed it, but didn’t really sit with me. After looking up online how much of a classic this was, I decided to go back and give it one more go with more attentive ears. I’m glad I did because it is fantastic. The songwriting is great and so is the singing. Lovely album and can see why its got such a good reputation. 1968?!?!

Paul's Boutique

Beastie Boys

4/5

4.5 A masterclass in sampling. In a time before the digital age, you can only imagine how on earth the Dust Brothers put together this album. It’s jam-packed with creativity, flowing from one song to the next, which the Beastie Boys pair with excellently. Then just as you think they can’t fit anymore into a densely filled album, they drop a 12-minute song, split into 9 sections that have 24 samples spread across it. HOW DID THEY MAKE THIS?!

Hard Again

Muddy Waters

3/5

sus album name

Lost In The Dream

The War On Drugs

3/5

3.5 Very very nice background noise. A lot more uplifting than I anticipated which was nice. Can’t say it really stuck with me emotionally, but it was very pleasant to have on as I was doing some writing. Some great songs in here though.

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Shuggie Otis

3/5

Head to this? Pls

Rattlesnakes

Lloyd Cole And The Commotions

2/5

Pretty dull. Not quite sure how this made it on the list

Sticky Fingers

The Rolling Stones

4/5

Tony is saved as brown sugar on my phone

Revolver

Beatles

5/5

Blur

3/5

Woohoo

In A Silent Way

Miles Davis

3/5

Only listened once, still a nice album though

Disintegration

The Cure

5/5

Fuck off Gow

All Directions

The Temptations

4/5

The who What’s are coming now?

Melodrama

Lorde

2/5

2.5 Maybe if I gave it more time I’d enjoy it more, but I’m not going to do that. Not for me this, too slow and odd.

Goo

Sonic Youth

4/5

I liked it! Something different and interesting

Murder Ballads

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

5/5

Big fan of this. It was a lot cheerier than The Boatman’s Call, probably because he was still knobbing PJ Harvey at this time. Always liked it when an album sticks to one clear narrative, on this case MURDER! Can see this influencing Hellfire by Black Midi. Songwriting is so good and Nicky C’s creepy little voice hooks you in. Don’t think I’ve ever heard someone say ‘Motherfucker’ in a better way.

Sweet Baby James

James Taylor

3/5

3.5 Enjoyed this, I’m a sucker for a bit of country. Fire and Rain hit me deep in my core, what a lovely song.

Reggatta De Blanc

The Police

3/5

Expected better. ROXXXXXXANNNNNEEE

Remain In Light

Talking Heads

4/5

4.5 AND YOU MAY FIND YOURSELF, REVIEWING A TALKING HEADS ALBUM ON A RANDOMLY GENERATED WEBSITE. AND YOU MAY FIND YOURSELF GIVING THAT AKBUM A 4.5. AND YOU MAY ASK YOURSELF, HOW DID I GET HERE?! I love albums that sound completely out of time from when they were released and this is one of them. 1980? these crafty bastards. I found it a lot more groovy than first anticipated and of course ‘Once in a Lifetime’ is a big banger - even if I do prefer the Kermit the Frog version. It’s a classic. Enough talking and give me head!

Car Wheels On A Gravel Road

Lucinda Williams

2/5

How the fuck has this ended up on a list of albums to listen to before you die? Fucking shite

Heavy Weather

Weather Report

1/5

1.5 Didn’t even bother finishing it. Again how the fuck is this on a this list. What a load of shit

Millions Now Living Will Never Die

Tortoise

3/5

Actually didn’t mind this, not my first rodeo with long ambient albums. Still don’t understand how it’s made it on this list mind you. Would still rather listen to 1 hour of this than 1 second of The Lemonheads

Straight Outta Compton

N.W.A.

4/5

Some classics on this. More N-Words being said than a night out at the Beehive Wish I gave Paul’s Boutique a 5 :(

Songs For Swingin' Lovers!

Frank Sinatra

3/5

3.5 Its Frank Sinatra, he's got a nice voice with some songs that everyone knows. He’s like Ed Sheeran in a way, expect he’s not a sell-out ginger fuck who isnt ugly as shit and frok Ipswich

Fuzzy

Grant Lee Buffalo

2/5

2.5 Got bored, wasn’t bad but won’t be coming back ever again. Lick my asshole Grant Lee Buffalo

Fear Of A Black Planet

Public Enemy

5/5

There’s a reason this era of hip-hop is called ‘the golden age’ when you had groups like PE putting out albums like this. They took the samples and intensity of It Takes a Nation Of Millions to Hold Us Back’ and came back with a more focused and sharp record. It’s just a great listen from front to back, Chuck D has a great presence, alongside Flava Flav and Terminator X who once again delivers colourful and crazy beats (remember this was done before digital tech) The message was relevant then and it’s just as relevant. FIGHT THE POWER

Master Of Puppets

Metallica

5/5

Great album, one of their best