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Album	You	Global	Diff
In Our Heads Hot Chip	5	3.11	+1.89
Smash The Offspring	5	3.37	+1.63
Iron Maiden Iron Maiden	5	3.41	+1.59
We Are Family Sister Sledge	5	3.48	+1.52
The Number Of The Beast Iron Maiden	5	3.59	+1.41
Phaedra Tangerine Dream	4	2.73	+1.27
Elephant The White Stripes	5	3.86	+1.14
Beach Samba Astrud Gilberto	4	2.92	+1.08
Truth And Soul Fishbone	4	2.97	+1.03

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
The Fat Of The Land The Prodigy	1	3.41	-2.41
Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea PJ Harvey	1	3.38	-2.38
You Want It Darker Leonard Cohen	1	3.34	-2.34
Vespertine Björk	1	3.16	-2.16
Let England Shake PJ Harvey	1	3.15	-2.15
All That You Can't Leave Behind U2	1	2.98	-1.98
Throwing Muses Throwing Muses	1	2.98	-1.98
Want One Rufus Wainwright	1	2.9	-1.9
Harvest Neil Young	2	3.82	-1.82
Da Capo Love	1	2.81	-1.81

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Artist	Albums	Average
Iron Maiden	2	5

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Artist	Albums	Average
Björk	2	1
PJ Harvey	2	1

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Harvest

Neil Young

2/5

I was only previously familiar with Heart of Gold by Neil Young. Having now listened to more, I have to admit I’m not desperate to listen again. Not awful though.

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Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea

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The Cars

2/5

Recognised ‘Just What I Needed’ but otherwise not familiar with this band. The album was ok, as far as Dad-rock goes. A lot of the tracks felt similar until you hit the final two. Not one I’d necessarily dive into listening again.

John Barleycorn Must Die

Traffic

2/5

Decent, easy-listening. Opening and closing tracks were unnecessarily long in my opinion. An album and artist I’ll have probably forgotten by tomorrow.

At Fillmore East

The Allman Brothers Band

3/5

Not in the habit of listening to live albums, but will admit this sounded great. Started off well but dragged towards the end—I get that you can play the guitar great man, but I want to listen to something else at some point today.

Since I Left You

The Avalanches

2/5

Not my jam. Something I could happily have on in the background, but not an album I would listen to intentionally.

Band On The Run

Paul McCartney and Wings

3/5

Started off well and progressed into “meh, decent”. Don’t think I’d listen again, not my jam. Band On The Run is a great track, though.

Let It Bleed

The Rolling Stones

3/5

First & final tracks were the best imo. Could leave the rest, but wasn’t awful to listen to.

Ready To Die

The Notorious B.I.G.

4/5

Pretty good.

Electric Ladyland

Jimi Hendrix

3/5

Songs were a bit too long for my liking! But jeez Jimi Hendrix could play the heck out of the guitar.

Vespertine

Björk

1/5

Nope.

We Are Family

Sister Sledge

5/5

Not a bad track on this album. Loved it! Had me bopping the whole time.

Phaedra

Tangerine Dream

4/5

Felt like I was in a spaceship for a while. Enjoyed it!

Station To Station

David Bowie

3/5

Not in the habit of listening to Bowie but this was decent—can’t say I’d purposely listen again, though.

All That You Can't Leave Behind

1/5

Find U2 a bit boring. Quite happy to be going back to forgetting they exist.

Aqualung

Jethro Tull

4/5

Bard music! Never listened to any Jethro Tull before so it was a pleasant surprise.

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

Elton John

3/5

What the heck even was “Jamaica Jerk-Off”??? Pretty decent album otherwise.

The Lexicon Of Love

ABC

3/5

Wasn’t really sure who this was until I heard “The Look of Love, Pt. 1”. Easy listening.

Led Zeppelin

3/5

This is good, wasn’t blown away.

Cheap Thrills

Big Brother & The Holding Company

3/5

Not my normal jam. Appreciated it though, and my foot was tapping along occasionally.

Public Image: First Issue

Public Image Ltd.

1/5

UK punk. Not my thing. Sounded like a very mediocre version of Sex Pistols.

Face to Face

The Kinks

2/5

Not my jam…

Hotel California

Eagles

2/5

Alright.

More Specials

The Specials

2/5

Meh.

MTV Unplugged In New York

Nirvana

4/5

Not a huge fan of live albums, but this is great. Like, really great.

Iron Maiden

5/5

Never listened to this the whole way through before, but gosh it’s a banger.

In Our Heads

Hot Chip

5/5

One of my favourite albums. Had this on repeat during my early twenties so it holds quite a bit of sentimental value. Flutes is on my list of all time top tracks.

Da Capo

Love

1/5

This was a weird one. Really not for me.

Deep Purple In Rock

Deep Purple

3/5

Decent.

Power In Numbers

Jurassic 5

4/5

Don’t usually listen to this type of music, but it was banging. Taking off a star as I got a bit bored towards the end.

Synchronicity

The Police

3/5

Decent.

The Number Of The Beast

Iron Maiden

5/5

Another banger! Great album.

The Fat Of The Land

The Prodigy

1/5

Nope.

Throwing Muses

1/5

Nope.

Django Django

4/5

Great! Reminds me a bit of Hot Chip. Not an album I’ll have on repeat, but it was one I’ll dip into every now and then.

Want One

Rufus Wainwright

1/5

Dull and monotonous. Not for me thanks

Peter Gabriel

2/5

Eh, not really my thing. Can’t say I found it awful though. Sledgehammer is a decent track.

Truth And Soul

Fishbone

4/5

Funky bass! This was a fun listen.

With The Beatles

Beatles

3/5

Decent.

Lady Soul

Aretha Franklin

4/5

Such a beautiful voice. Easy listening.

Smash

The Offspring

5/5

Absolutely banging album. Self Esteem has to be one of my favourite Offspring tracks.

LP1

FKA twigs

2/5

Not my cup of tea. Wasn’t entirely bad though.

Two Dancers

Wild Beasts

1/5

Nope. All very monotonous imo.

Rio

Duran Duran

3/5

Not a bad album. Not the sort of music I’d choose to listen to, but not in any rush to switch it off either. Good for a little bop!

Truth

Jeff Beck

2/5

Music? Yes, decent. Vocals? Nah, I can absolutely leave them.

1999

Prince

2/5

Didn’t mind this at first, but then it became way too sexual. Some tracks were also way too long!

You Want It Darker

Leonard Cohen

1/5

Nope, not for me thanks.

Elephant

The White Stripes

5/5

So much love for Elephant. It’s a sentimental album for me; takes me back to my teens. Fond memories of my friend and I cranking up the car stereo to blast Seven Nation Army.

Beach Samba

Astrud Gilberto

4/5

Enjoyed this, she has a beautiful voice. Kind of like The Sims music, but with vocals.

Home Is Where The Music Is

Hugh Masekela

3/5

Enjoyed this, was nice to have on in the background while I got stuff done.

Brothers

The Black Keys

3/5

This was ok, didn’t think there was much variation though—it sounded all very samey.

Black Monk Time

The Monks

2/5

Not my cup of tea, but also not the most horrific music I’ve subjected my ears to.

Coat Of Many Colors

Dolly Parton

3/5

Such a lovely voice. Not wildly enamoured by this album, but it was nice to listen to.

The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill

Lauryn Hill

4/5

Don’t really have much to say about this, but I really enjoyed it.

Chore of Enchantment

Giant Sand

1/5

This WAS a chore.

Let England Shake

PJ Harvey

1/5

Not for me. Found it dull.

Garbage

3/5

Very 90s, takes me back! Enjoyed it.

Harvest

Neil Young

2/5

I was only previously familiar with Heart of Gold by Neil Young. Having now listened to more, I have to admit I’m not desperate to listen again. Not awful though.

Frampton Comes Alive

Peter Frampton

2/5

Decent.

Street Life

The Crusaders

2/5

Background music. Not my jam, but it wasn’t awful.

Brilliant Corners

Thelonious Monk

3/5

Not really a jazz kind of gal, but can certainly appreciate it when it’s there.

Medúlla

Björk

1/5

I don’t think Björk will ever be for me.

Foo Fighters

4/5

Not my favourite album by Foo Fighters but it was great.

Talking With the Taxman About Poetry

Billy Bragg

2/5

Not my cup of tea, but alright.

Sheer Heart Attack

Queen

2/5

Not a Queen album I’m too familiar with, and there were some good tracks, but ultimately I found this a bit meh.

Walking Wounded

Everything But The Girl

3/5

Missing by Everything But The Girl is a great track, but I can’t say I’d listened to anything else by them before. I was pleasantly surprised by this album, it was pretty decent!

Architecture And Morality

Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark

2/5

Meh.

Exile On Main Street

The Rolling Stones

2/5

Not a huge fan of The Rolling Stones, so this was a drag.

Dare!

The Human League

2/5

Nothing major to note. The best track was last—have to agree with another reviewer that it was a pretty neat trick.