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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Punishing Kiss Ute Lemper	5	2.4	+2.6
Moss Side Story Barry Adamson	5	2.52	+2.48
Playing With Fire Spacemen 3	5	2.54	+2.46
The Madcap Laughs Syd Barrett	5	2.61	+2.39
Slipknot Slipknot	5	2.68	+2.32
Orbital 2 Orbital	5	2.7	+2.3
KEAH** (Psalm 69) Ministry	5	2.71	+2.29
Medúlla Björk	5	2.74	+2.26
Isn't Anything My Bloody Valentine	5	2.75	+2.25
Oedipus Schmoedipus Barry Adamson	5	2.78	+2.22

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Time Out The Dave Brubeck Quartet	1	3.82	-2.82
Can't Buy A Thrill Steely Dan	1	3.73	-2.73
Californication Red Hot Chili Peppers	1	3.68	-2.68
To Pimp A Butterfly Kendrick Lamar	1	3.64	-2.64
Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere Neil Young & Crazy Horse	1	3.53	-2.53
Rust Never Sleeps Neil Young & Crazy Horse	1	3.5	-2.5
Blonde On Blonde Bob Dylan	1	3.48	-2.48
On The Beach Neil Young	1	3.46	-2.46
Frank Amy Winehouse	1	3.46	-2.46
Fleet Foxes Fleet Foxes	1	3.43	-2.43

Artists

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Artist	Albums	Average
Beatles	5	4.8
Led Zeppelin	4	4.75
Brian Eno	4	4.75
Deep Purple	3	5
Black Sabbath	3	5
Pink Floyd	3	5
David Bowie	8	4.25
The White Stripes	3	4.67
Public Enemy	3	4.67
Queen	3	4.67
Beastie Boys	3	4.67
Pixies	2	5
The Chemical Brothers	2	5
The Jesus And Mary Chain	2	5
Iron Maiden	2	5
Nick Drake	2	5
Blur	2	5
My Bloody Valentine	2	5
Jimi Hendrix	2	5
The Stooges	2	5
Barry Adamson	2	5
Miles Davis	4	4.25
Stevie Wonder	4	4.25
PJ Harvey	4	4.25
The Cure	3	4.33
Kate Bush	3	4.33

Least Favorites

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Artist	Albums	Average
Neil Young & Crazy Horse	3	1
Tom Waits	4	1.5
Everything But The Girl	2	1
Dinosaur Jr.	2	1
Kanye West	2	1
Bruce Springsteen	5	1.8
Neil Young	3	1.67
Kendrick Lamar	2	1.5
Ice Cube	2	1.5
Bob Dylan	6	2.17
Steely Dan	3	2
Dexys Midnight Runners	3	2
Madonna	3	2
Elvis Presley	3	2

Controversial

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Artist	Ratings
Metallica	2, 5, 5, 3
Radiohead	2, 2, 5, 4
Pet Shop Boys	4, 5, 2
The Byrds	1, 4, 2, 3

5-Star Albums (154)

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Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols

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Not their best album but still glorious

Mmmm yeah

1-Star Albums (75)

Don't Come Home A Drinkin' (With Lovin' On Your Mind)

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All Ratings (852)

Outstanding album. Have only ever heard studio stuff by the great man. Live recording really opens the music up.

Half if it's great The other half, not so much.

Not as bad as I thought it would be

Great album though there are a couple of fillers as well as the obvious killers

Still as good, if not better, than it was at the time. Easily in my top 10 and has been since it was released. A truly life changing and life affirming album.

Not a fan. Still not a fan after this.

Ooft

Never heard of her before tbh. But this is a great album. Loving the vibe and have now listened to some of her other work and it won't be for the last time.

Not for me. Really dull and uninteresting.

Not as good as I remember. The 2nd star is purely for Dreaming of You which is still a brilliant song.

Innovative, delightful, eclectic, and marvellous. Listening to this album is like have musical honey dripped into your ears by a mischievous forest nymph. How I've not heard this before is criminal, but now that I have, it won't be the last time, that's for sure. You can clearly hear where many artists over the years have been influenced by this legend of a geezer. And rightly so.

S'alright

Stand out track Chicago aside, this album is dull and derivative. Lyrics appear to have been written by a 5 tear old.

5 out of 5 All day long One of the greatest and most influential albums of all time from one of the greatest bands of all time.

Pure shite

Still an absolute fucking classic. Hasn't aged at all and the influence this band and album have had on many artists is so obvious.

Utterly sublime

Bossanova baby. Catchy in places like the clap. No bad

Borderline craxy genius It flits from one to the other so much but wow

Ooft Ooft Ooft That is all

Perfection from beginning to end. Gonna have to really listen to the other 20+ albums now :-)

Wasn't sure at first but then I went back, got to Shutdown and That's Not Me and something clicked. The rest of the album just made sense after that. And i really really like it. Urban poetry gliding over some wicked rhythms. Nice His other stuff is great too. I'm a new fan for deffo.

Soundtrack to a generation Still remember all of the words to all of the singles And the album tracks still hold up too Cover of Born to Run is fantastic Such a shame we only got two albums from them before internal conflict broke them But then, something this perfect was always destined to be fragile Ah, relax

I like it It's not like songs It's very "look at us doing weird shit with instruments". But they're having fun. You can feel it. I disagree with the notion of it being pretentious. I don't think they're showing off for showing offs sake. It was the early 70s. There was a lot of drugs around man. Several tracks on this I could listen to over and over. It brings me joy in dark places. I'm glad I found this.

Ah punk with a bit of soul to it Still good after all this time though a couple of the tracks don't hit as well as they used to. I'm giving it a 4 just cos of those songs and also because I have always found Feargal's voice to be a bit too shrill at times though he does have a good heart (and these days, that's hard to find).

Not as good as I remember Still a handful of good tracks on it though

Add it up, promise, and blister definitely the stand out tracks for me but the whole album is a joy from start to finish as it was when I first heard it in the early 90s

I like some of his other songs This is ok but doesn't make me jiggy like superfly or move on up does.

Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord, and Paice. Yass mate Although I do prefer the live version of Child in Time from the Made in Japan album where RB and JL trade guitar and Hammond licks. And it lasts for the full side of an LP. Seriously, check out Made in Japan if you like this. Double LP, 7 songs in total. Ooft.

Baws

Yuck

Meh

A great album by, let's face it, most folk's favourite beatle.

Still my favourite white stripes album

Not for me

Proooooooooooooggggggg!!!!

Easily a contender for greatest album of all time.

As smooth as folk

If I could give an album 6 out of 5 I would. This and Nick's other work did literally change my outlook on music in the mid 90s and have rarely left my listening lists since then. Way to Blue in particular has, since then, been one of my all time favourite songs.

Didn't expect much from this but was very pleasantly surprised Had seen her on jools holland once and thought she was OK but this is actually a really good album with a fusion of several different genres bouncing around Cold War and War of the Roses are both standout tracks for me.

It's a little dated but still damn good

One extra star cos of what this led to.

Oh aye

What's more proggy than prog ? This apparently

This one threw me and challenged me a bit. At first I thought it was just pretentious art wank but then, about half way through, I started to appreciate the skill these cats have. I'm giving a 3 but only cos I feel it might not be their best work. Imma habe to listen to this more, and their other stuff. It's growing on me. This album, and presumably,their others, is not an album to stick on when you're doing the dishes or painting the kitchen. This demands your undivided attention. Headphones on, no distractions and just, listen. I'll be doing that properly with this soon.

Never liked this grunge pop lite album at the time Thought the years may have been kind but nope, still don't like it To be fair, it's not dated that much but then, shite's always gonna smell like shite. One extra star cos Mrs robinsons a fun cover at least.

As debut albums go, there can't be many this accomplished. Really ahead of it's time, being a precursor to the glam/hair metal of the 80s yet still sounding fresh and fun. Could listen to this album every day and not get bored with it.

Ooft

Had only heard the title track which is epic. The rest dud not disappoint. Looking forward to the new posthumous album coming out in October.

No for me

Road, middle of.

Really enjoyed this hippy crap

Sweeeeet jazz

I'd have given em a 5 It's a modern classic But I've still never forgiven them for cancelling the glasgow date on the dookie tour and not coming back for fucking ages The waiting/st jimmy is still fucking excellent though

Enjoyed thuis more than I thought I would. I remember it being darker I must just be older and more depressed to enjoy it more lol

Some truly excellent socio political commentary and excellent satire that, sadly, is still relevant 50 years later. Didn't expect to like this but it defied my expectations.

2 just cos it's not completely terrible

It grew on me I'd go for 3.5 if I could

Nuff said

I'd have said 1 Buy they're getting 2 for lyrical content and subject matter.

East Kilbrides finest

Shamone

Not their best album but still glorious

Nah

Very British sounding folk tinged indie Gonna listen to more of their stuff Not something I expected to like but this list can be full of surprises sometimes.

Love this album as much as I did when I first heard it.

Not my bag baby

Big sexy synthetic pop mmmmm

Shmoooove

I AM THE LAW

Just naw to j masticulitis voice

Really enjoyed this

No my thang baby

This was a very interesting surprise. Can tell they've had an influence on many artists. Just on the first track alone I can hear the influence on Public Service Broadcasting, The Horrors, and David Holmes to name but a few. Other tracks have clearly had an influence on the early UK punk scene. Good though that is, I'm giving it 4 out of 5 because I feel it's a collection of ideas rather than a collection of songs.

Prefer loveless but still well ooft

2 cos it's got a song called Don't Panic Still dire though

Love me a bit if Apple Prefer her 2nd album though

Billy

It's got a few good tracks bit it's dated a little

Post punk while punk was still happening Love it Dum de dum

Me likey Fun n funky

Pretty damn good

Pedo pish

Not the greatest from Cohen the Bardbarian but still pretty decent.

Prog. Good but not great

Bam bam bam, bam bam babambam Fuck. Yeah.

Love this album as much as I did when it came out.

One of the first albums I owned courtesy of my uncle. 5 stars for the guitar tone on the title track alone And the rest is also genius.

Kinda biased here cos my da loves this album so I grew up listening to it Better than most of their other output I reckon.

Really enjoyed this more than I thought I would

Tis good Not exceptional but that maybe cos it sounds slightly dated in places

No my thing

Noice

Me love la bush

When they're good, they're great. When they're not good,they sound like a weird novelty act.

Big bold sexy kitchen sink drama orchestral indie pop. Fucking sublime soundtrack to the mid 90s. Made glasses and geekiness cool n sexy.

Not bad but a bit samey as it goes on.

Has decent moments but overall it's not great

Rather enjoyed this beastie Hadn't heard of them till now

Nah

Was alright

No likey very much Emo vocals putting me right off

Jazz blues folk funk rock It's got a bit of it all here Great album from the legendary John Martyn. I do prefer some of his later folkier stuff though tbh hence a 4. But it's a high 4.

Great voice but the songs do get a little repetitive for me.

Meh

It's not his best But it's still better than I could've done

Best debut album ever Stupendous

Utterly insipid self indulgent shite

I dunno if it's genius or terrible I'm hedging my bets and doing a 3 The 2nd half is more palatable than the first Definitely glad i listened to it though

No for me

Nah

First half was funky dynamite. Second half unfortunately dragged it down a bit with subpar motion soul.

Not a band I've ever really got into or listened to much but this was a very pleasant surprise.

Absolute masterpiece

Prefer 80s zz top but this is alright

They've made better albums

Outstanding

All day long this album is a 5 for me. Absolutely faultless from start to finish. Easily my favourite Pixies album too.

Me no likey Too squeaky for me

If I could give 0 I would. Drivel.

I'm a streetwalking cheetah with a heart full of napalm Fuck Yeah

It's like Diet Springsteen No for me

Ooft

No for me

This is sexier than a sexy banana in a leotard And twice as yummy

Its not 100% dire

Possibly their best album.

Not too bad bluesy punky noise

Tis good. Lots of it holds up well. Bit of filler so a high 4.

Bit of filler here n there but a few srltandout tracks. And Oliver's Army is, to this day, a stone cold banger.

A big slab of techno disco dance funk Some bits hit great Some has dated Obviously one absolute stormer of a stand out track

Big sexy george

Very pleasantly surprised by this. You can definitely hear how he's influenced people like Phil Collins, Elvis Costello etc. Noice

Jeff beck is really good

This album, in places, was like a big spiky honey flavoured jobby. In others, not as good.

Big song good. Rest average

Nice. Very nice.

Never been much of a fan of Pavement but this grew on me a little in places.

Fun from start to finish Feel a little crazee now

Digging it

Awesome

6 out of 5

Nice beats, nice noises but felt a bit samey after a while.

Im not a big nick fan but I liked this. His voice us still annoying but musically me likey.

Biboca garagem favela, biboca garagem favela! Fubanga maloca bocada, fubanga maloca bocada! Ooft

American GIs in Germany form a band. They dress as monks, replete with tonsure haircuts. They get a Hammond, a drum kit with no cymbals, a little distorted guitar, and a distorted fucking banjo, then top it off with some mad bastard shouting and wailing all over it. You couldn't make that shit up. It probably shouldn't work. But fuck me if it isn't fucking amazing. Never heard this before but ill be listening to it a lot in future.

Bloody hell This threw me at first but the entire album is incredible Listened to it through headphones to appreciate it fully Bloody genius

Not their best but it definitely has its moments.

Loses one star cos its missing Meg. Shes an integral part of the sounds he makes.

Have loved this album since release. Stand out tracks for me are Afro-left, Original, Inspection (Check One), and, of course, Open Up. The rest of the songs are pretty amazing too.

3 cos of the coupla good tunes which are good

I don't like it I dont dislike it But I can appreciate its significance

Some absolute belters of songs on tgis album. Hasn't heard some of the album tracks but damn, they good too.

Im not the target demographic for this

Has a few great moments on it. Birdland is fantastic. But it also, weirdly, has some terrible elevator music sections. Which is just wrong for who these guys are. Maybe I just didn't understand the weird electro jazz.

Its got a fair bit of filler (philer?) But when its good its good Are there many more iconic, era defining tracks like Don't You Want Me? Naw, there urnae Bangin

Its hard to objectively review the You Got a Friend In Me guy but I tried Its no bad

Really good in places. Singles are still top notch.

Its elvis

Not a fan of dexys but Geno is great and there's a few other decent tracks as well.

Its no for me,this album.

It's no as good as Pixies stuff but it's alright here and there

Kind of expected it to be better. Bit pedestrian in places.

Superstition, sunshine Awesome Some other good Some meh

Very nice. Not the best Siouxsie album but still damn good.

Didn't mind Some later tracks but not a fan of this.

A not unpleasant slice of late 80s hip hop influenced poparama

Damn sweet Like funky with the beach boys noys

Boak

Funky ass shit

He inspired Bob Dylan to sing in his trademark nasal whine. For this, he shall never be forgiven.

Fucking great album. 5 stars alone for Sunday Bloody Sunday and New Years Day alone.

Mmmm yeah

Not their vest album but ooh still goood

Oʻoooooooooooooooooo

Big van man Good lungs Nice

Nahhhh

I hate this album

Frickin genius

Ooft this kicks hard.

It's still just as good as when I first heard it.

Oui, c'est bon.

Shuggie

Smoooove

Nah

Its inoffensive and interesting but don't think id listen again

A lot better than I remember it. My tastes may have matured over the years.

Bob Dillhole Why you so many albums in list? I get it, you influential, but my God, I hate your voice.

Oh my God that's some funky shit

Mmmmmmm

Not as good as Sweet Oblivion but it still holds up well today in a kinda bluesy grungey way.

Good voice but its no my thang

I dont like it but I get why others do.

Ding a ding dang my dang a long ling long

Do love The Damned They really were different to the rest of the punk scene while still embracing it.

I must be weird but I like it.

Its good But feels like its misding a certain something to make it excellent

Apart from that mad wedding song, I didnt really know the rest of this. Me likey.

Trippy hippy space rock kinda No bad

Still tocks hard Cult of personality is absolutely amazing What a riff

No for me

Eurgh

Hippy dippy country crap

Never really got the point of these dudes.

Bleurgh

Yuck

Great voice but meh

Its Ray He no great He no bad He Ray

Just can't get into them

Love it

Yeah but nah no really

Despite being a massive cunt, the boy done good with some tracks on this album. Marks off for cuntdom though.

Love this smoove voiced wee legend

Great voice. Had never heard of her tbh. Im not a big fan of almost ofvthe actudl music. Not really my thing But stupendous vocals.

I like the music I like the lyrics But I can only listen in bursts cos Mark E Smith

Petty

Its good stevie No bad stevie Still stevie but

Mmmmmmmmm

Its not perfect, for that see their later offering ex:el but it still goood

Hip hop jazz rock from a group of socially and politically conscious Latino chaps from murica? Why, yes please

Chilled n noice Not really my thing but not unpleasant

Nice 80s fun times

5 for killing moon just itself

Some decent guitar in there but no really my bag

No for me ta

Not their best album but a good sign of what was to come later.

Prefer the debut but this still holds up really well today.

Extra point for fascist groove thang but the rest is meh

Yeah. Television.

Pretty damn good Have heard of him and know a few Walker Bros songs but not solo stuff Will have a listen to his other stuff now

Yeah but no but

Shite

Inoffensive jazzy rock.

Mich better than I thought it would be tbf

Ooft

Very nice

Nice

Funeral, their debut album is far superior IMHO but this is alright.

Mmmmmm

Still a bloody great album from start to finish.

Really digging this funky shit

Never really got into the flips but this is alright

Couple of songs are ok but I think this is another one of these dudes whose songs are much better performed by others. Sorry Fred.

Alright bit not sure why on list.

Surprisingly fun

Sweet sexy 80s deliciousness

Bluesy loveliness

Dunno why on list but its ok i suppose

Was alright

Yeah most if it really good

Thoroughly enjoyed this.

I do enjoy this wven thiugh I'm not a big REM fan

Easy 5. Every track is blinding. Solid as fuck debut album. I've got toast but I'm not a toaster. Ive got ham but I'm not a hamster. Etc.

I knew another girl another planet. Its great. The rest is hit and miss to be fair.

Not the best SY album but still no bad

Yeah. Before they lost it and went too poppy.

Still love this

Yasssss

Good moments but ultimately not as good as it could be.

Kinda weird but also kinda cool

All day long this is a 5. One of the best debuts ever.

Pretty average. Not bad but again I query its inclusion.

Yummy sexy nouses

I like it but its no Different Class

Never really got into them but there's a few decent songs here.

No my thing really

Good voices

Should've stayed on the heroin

Sexy voodoo boogaloonacy. Extra point for dr teeth

Easy 5

Really difficult to be completely objective about reviewing this because I know it so well from my youth. Hell, I can even sing along with the freaking guitar solos on the singles. For the fact that I was instantly transported back to my teens and, let's face it, the singles from this album are pure cheesy pop rock classics without a doubt, then it deserves a good score. I'd say 5 but most of the other tracks haven't aged that well. Maybe through lack of exposure, who knows. But ill take a point off for those. That's all. Cos let's face it. YGLABN WDOL and LOAP are certified cheesy bangers.

No too bad.

Enjoyed in places

This is just delightful Ignore the reviews where irony and humour have bypassed the listener. Its only getting a 4 cos its not the best DC album.

Oooooooooooooft

Could never get into The Fall but this does have some moments

Still holds up well. Bouncing aboot to it in kitchen

Its alright Its rod man

Can we get a special 6 category for certain albums

Nah

This has aged far better than Imagine

I see why it's in the list but the beats have dated badly and are a bit repetitive. And oh dear, the misogyny.

5 for the music 1 for the racist dickhead Meet in the middle

Still some good songs on this. And a bit of filler.

Fuck yeah Wire

Would've been a 3 but extra point for Paper Planes Still a banger

I like this I no know why But I like it

Yay Bob

No bad actually Better than I expected on the album tracks.

Noice

Hmmm ok in places but no for me.

No my cup of tea really

No bad in places.

Shiiiite

Aye this still holds up pretty well

Mad that it's their debut but I contest thst its their best album.

Yep its no for me Im not sure what it is that I dont like about them I dont think theyre bad, its just that id rather chew off my own feet than listen to them.

Love it

Cafe bleurgh more like

I prefer his 2nd album

Pre disco bee gees always gonna be good

Pretty damn good

Never really got these guys tbh

Its got some alright neily stuff But god i hate his voice

Loooooove

Hmmmm no bad in places

Dig it

Jb jb you mad bastard

Hmmm nah no really

Pleasantly surprising

Really liked this when it came out. Still as good.

Yeah

Noice

Hmmmm its no the worst

Oooooooh