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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Urban Hymns The Verve	5	3.36	+1.64
Power In Numbers Jurassic 5	5	3.48	+1.52
Rising Above Bedlam Jah Wobble's Invaders Of The Heart	4	2.6	+1.4
Live At The Regal B.B. King	5	3.67	+1.33
Station To Station David Bowie	5	3.69	+1.31
The Grand Tour George Jones	4	2.79	+1.21
Off The Wall Michael Jackson	5	3.79	+1.21
Call of the Valley Shivkumar Sharma	4	2.94	+1.06

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn Pink Floyd	2	3.11	-1.11
Get Rich Or Die Tryin' 50 Cent	2	3.06	-1.06

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Rising Above Bedlam

Jah Wobble's Invaders Of The Heart · 1 likes

4/5

Absolute banger

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Led Zeppelin IV

Led Zeppelin

4/5

I love the strange time signatures and the folky feel, it's a real foot-stomper and isn't too long. I love it, 4/5.

Deep Purple In Rock

Deep Purple

3/5

Pretty good standard early 70s Rock. Great guitar work from Richie Blackmore and the organ is interesting, but I did find the songs rather forgettable. 3.5/5.

In Rainbows

Radiohead

4/5

Good album, lots of interesting time signatures and haunting vocals. I enjoyed this!

Live At The Regal

B.B. King

5/5

What's not to like? BB King is the absolute king of getting the most out of as few notes as possible, his vibrato is just exquisite. Lots of wonderful songs played with bags of energy, this album is an absolute gem.

Green

R.E.M.

4/5

Lovely jangly guitar and lots of mandolin, some serious songs but also quite a lot of syrupy pop music.

Low

David Bowie

3/5

I felt this was an album of two halves, the first half had more energy and felt more like Bowie, whereas the second half was a lot more industrial and felt a bit hollow and depressing. I can admire the album for what it is and am aware that it was a pivotal turning point for Bowie, but I can't say it's my favourite album of his.

The Grand Tour

George Jones

4/5

A nice easy introduction to country music. Some lovely songs and nice instrumentation, I was pleasantly surprised that I enjoyed this as much as I did.

You Want It Darker

Leonard Cohen

4/5

Back To Black

Amy Winehouse

4/5

Didn’t really appreciate this when it came out, but I really enjoyed the Motown inspired grooves, despite the lyrical content being a bit depressing when considering what became of Amy. A great album and I’ll listen again for sure

Off The Wall

Michael Jackson

5/5

I adore this album and am always happy to listen to it again. Infectious grooves, great basslines, a very chirpy horn section and just so much joy. Definitely an album of two halves however, the first being much stronger than the second, despite ending on a high note with 'Burn this Disco out'. An album that will always be in my regular rotation.

Call of the Valley

Shivkumar Sharma

4/5

What an introduction to traditional Hindustani music! I loved listening to this, it truly whisked me away to another land where I felt relaxed and in tune with things. I can see why this album influenced so many artists and I look forward to indulging further into this hither-to untouched world that I have neglected.

Odelay

Beck

3/5

A rather eclectic album, some great songs but a fair few that didn’t really do it for me.

Gold

Ryan Adams

3/5

Power In Numbers

Jurassic 5

5/5

A brilliant introduction to Jurassic 5. Funky beats, brilliant rhymes and superb instrumentation. A blast from start to finish.

Californication

Red Hot Chili Peppers

3/5

Some good songs, but perhaps went on a bit too long and the second half was definitely not as good as the first. Decent album.

Station To Station

David Bowie

5/5

An absolute thundercunt of an album, could listen to this again and again. Easily Bowie's best.

Rising Above Bedlam

Jah Wobble's Invaders Of The Heart

4/5

Absolute banger

The Downward Spiral

Nine Inch Nails

4/5

Heavy, gritty and super industrial. Gotta be in the right frame of mind to listen to this, but it's a powerful piece of work.

Who's Next

The Who

4/5

A terrific album - who doesn't like Baba O'Riley? Excellent from start to finish.

Your Arsenal

Morrissey

3/5

A decent album, although I do find Morrissey's languid vocals start to grate on my nerves after a while.

Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor

Lupe Fiasco

4/5

Enjoyed this more than I thought I would, despite not being the biggest fan of rap/hip-hop. Great lyric work, although like others have pointed out it could have done without the 12 minute outro. Pure padding.

The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn

Pink Floyd

2/5

An endless dirge, I'm glad they involved into something much better than this.

Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

3/5

Virgin Suicides

Air

4/5

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The Jam