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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Dr. Octagonecologyst Dr. Octagon	5	2.7	+2.3
Olympia 64 Jacques Brel	5	2.77	+2.23
The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway Genesis	5	3.08	+1.92
You Want It Darker Leonard Cohen	5	3.34	+1.66
Lost In The Dream The War On Drugs	5	3.38	+1.62
One Nation Under A Groove Funkadelic	5	3.42	+1.58
Bat Out Of Hell Meat Loaf	5	3.44	+1.56
Dusty In Memphis Dusty Springfield	5	3.47	+1.53
The Atomic Mr Basie Count Basie & His Orchestra	5	3.5	+1.5
Madman Across The Water Elton John	5	3.59	+1.41

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Meat Is Murder The Smiths	1	3.32	-2.32
Henry's Dream Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds	1	3.11	-2.11
Konnichiwa Skepta	1	2.74	-1.74
The Low End Theory A Tribe Called Quest	2	3.7	-1.7
The Score Fugees	2	3.69	-1.69
Surfer Rosa Pixies	2	3.51	-1.51
Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols Sex Pistols	2	3.46	-1.46
Come Away With Me Norah Jones	2	3.39	-1.39
Eliminator ZZ Top	2	3.38	-1.38
Debut Björk	2	3.37	-1.37

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Let's Get It On

Marvin Gaye

5/5

There's not a lot to say about this - other than to argue if it or "What's Going On?" is better. I lean slightly to this.

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4-Star Albums (45)

1-Star Albums (4)

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Rage Against The Machine

4/5

Meat Is Murder

The Smiths

1/5

At San Quentin

Johnny Cash

5/5

Cloud Nine

The Temptations

4/5

Elvis Presley

3/5

White Blood Cells

The White Stripes

3/5

Hot Fuss

The Killers

3/5

Lost In The Dream

The War On Drugs

5/5

A Date With The Everly Brothers

The Everly Brothers

2/5

Scum

Napalm Death

1/5

Slayed?

Slade

3/5

1984

Van Halen

3/5

Odessey And Oracle

The Zombies

3/5

The Wall

Pink Floyd

4/5

Kings Of The Wild Frontier

Adam & The Ants

3/5

Music From Big Pink

The Band

4/5

Welcome To The Pleasuredome

Frankie Goes To Hollywood

4/5

Buena Vista Social Club

4/5

A Hard Day's Night

Beatles

4/5

Dr. Octagonecologyst

Dr. Octagon

5/5

Electric Warrior

T. Rex

3/5

Decent songs, good lyrics, superb delivery, but let down by some muddy production and unsophisticated arrangment.

Fear Of A Black Planet

Public Enemy

2/5

Eliminator

ZZ Top

2/5

Vol. 4

Black Sabbath

3/5

Larks' Tongues In Aspic

King Crimson

4/5

Arc Of A Diver

Steve Winwood

3/5

I really wanted to like this more than I did. I don't mind the 80s production, and bits of it are excellent, but overall, it's just a bit average.

Dummy

Portishead

5/5

Strange Cargo III

William Orbit

4/5

Debut

Björk

2/5

I'm sorry, I've tried and tried and tried, but... just no.

Ágætis Byrjun

Sigur Rós

3/5

The Fat Of The Land

The Prodigy

4/5

The Stranger

Billy Joel

4/5

Olympia 64

Jacques Brel

5/5

Rock 'N Soul

Solomon Burke

4/5

My Generation

The Who

4/5

It's great, but it's not "Who's Next".

A Night At The Opera

Queen

4/5

Rust In Peace

Megadeth

3/5

In general, I can take or leave the heavier end of rock - there are bits I like, but I find much frenetic or unmemorable. Having said that, this never felt difficult to listen to, and I enjoyed the time I spent with it.

I’m a Lonesome Fugitive

Merle Haggard

4/5

The Atomic Mr Basie

Count Basie & His Orchestra

5/5

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

3/5

Bright Flight

Silver Jews

4/5

I know it's mumbly miserable stuff... but I really enjoyed this. I don't think it's "great" but I'm more likely to listen to this again than many of the other things on this list.

Henry's Dream

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

1/5

Let's Get It On

Marvin Gaye

5/5

There's not a lot to say about this - other than to argue if it or "What's Going On?" is better. I lean slightly to this.

Rumours

Fleetwood Mac

5/5

Deja Vu

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

4/5

This album is mad. Like, Teach Your Children Well and Our House are lovely little songs, but what are they doing on an album with Helpless, Almost Cut My Hair and Country Girl on? It's not dull though, and much of it is brilliant.

Exit Planet Dust

The Chemical Brothers

2/5

So, I don't hate this. It's fine. But I'm not on ecstasy, and as a result it's all a bit dull and background.

The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway

Genesis

5/5

Blur

3/5

Brothers In Arms

Dire Straits

3/5

This was such a formative album for me, but at this distance, it rather recedes. The album cuts just aren't that good, and the production sounds a bit thin - it all isn't as good as Love over Gold and Making Movies.

The Age Of The Understatement

The Last Shadow Puppets

4/5

Nilsson Schmilsson

Harry Nilsson

4/5

I don't think this has ever been cool, or the zeitgeist. But sometimes you just want to hear songs.

The Next Day

David Bowie

2/5

Meh. It's third-rate Bowie and there are too many songs.

Are You Experienced

Jimi Hendrix

4/5

Konnichiwa

Skepta

1/5

I'm sure this is good, but it's not for me.

Vincebus Eruptum

Blue Cheer

2/5

This feels more historically important than enjoyable to listen to. It's really interesting proto-metal, but I got bored and tired by the end of the album.

Ray Of Light

Madonna

3/5

It's not as cute as True Blue or Like a Virgin, but it's the last time I listened to a Madonna album and thought "hey, this is pretty good"

Wild Is The Wind

Nina Simone

5/5

Head Hunters

Herbie Hancock

3/5

All That You Can't Leave Behind

2/5

All Directions

The Temptations

4/5

The thing about The Temptations, compared to other similar groups, is how much their music changed across their career. This funky, fat bass, sound is so different from their 60's stuff. I really enjoyed this.

Dusty In Memphis

Dusty Springfield

5/5

Lightning in a bottle.

Zombie

Fela Kuti

4/5

The Last Broadcast

Doves

2/5

Some decent songs ruined by early 2000s sound recording and production. Is it possible to make a drumset sound worse? Thin, busy, annoying

Beach Samba

Astrud Gilberto

3/5

Coat Of Many Colors

Dolly Parton

4/5

Crosby, Stills & Nash

3/5

Pet Sounds

The Beach Boys

4/5

Genuinely great, but I feel so distanced from it. I find myself admiring it rather than enjoying it.

Dare!

The Human League

3/5

A Walk Across The Rooftops

The Blue Nile

3/5

I've listened to this twice, and I have no idea what I think of it, other than... I quite liked it? It's a very 80s "we're serious musicians" sound, though.

Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols

Sex Pistols

2/5

Yeah, it changed the world. But it's not very good, and listening to it is tiring.

Mothership Connection

Parliament

3/5

I like Parliament and Funkadelic a lot, and enjoyed this, but I think on balance I come down a little bit more on the Funkadelic side. This isn't as life-changing as Maggot Brain.

Let It Bleed

The Rolling Stones

4/5

The production's very 60s and not in a good way, but there are some absolute classics here, and I love Charlie's drumming.

Surfer Rosa

Pixies

2/5

I can see how this would be revelatory if you were a certain sort of 16-year-old when it came out. But I'm not 16 now, and I wasn't then, and this is just really effing average.

Californication

Red Hot Chili Peppers

3/5

No band could be as good as RHCP think they are. It is to their credit that sometimes they get close. There's an inventiveness musically here that marks it apart from contemporary bands. But... The production is very late-90s shallow. And it's not as good as Blood Sugar Sex Magick.

You Want It Darker

Leonard Cohen

5/5

Sheer Heart Attack

Queen

4/5

I love Killer Queen and Lap of the Gods, but I do find some of the other tracks a bit average. I'm not sure Queen ever managed a "all killer no filler" album, and I'm reasonably sure this isn't one. Still Queen though.

Aja

Steely Dan

3/5

I realised I had no exposure to Steely Dan, and in fact had them confused with Stealer's Wheel, about a minute into this. It's so smooth it's almost paste, but the quality of the playing is such that it narrowly avoids being bland. It caught me on a good day, but I liked this a lot.

Dire Straits

3/5

Dire Straits remain a formative band for me, but revisiting albums that aren't Making Movies and Love Over Gold ... there's a level of "this is really quite average". Also, I've listened to Sultans of Swing about nine billion times, and to be honest I'm done with it.

Come Away With Me

Norah Jones

2/5

Norah Jones has a nice voice. This album is well-produced. Also, my call is important and I am number 37 in the queue.

I Against I

Bad Brains

3/5

Violator

Depeche Mode

4/5

There are some albums here that I can't imagine anyone not liking. This isn't one of them, but I lap this stuff up. There's some nice experimentation, but what stands out (amid the posturing) is some old-fashioned hooks.

Ritual De Lo Habitual

Jane's Addiction

2/5

Tedious and a bit tuneless.

16 Lovers Lane

The Go-Betweens

3/5

This is fine. But I've heard the Smiths, and they're better. (Even if Morrissey is a ....)

Nebraska

Bruce Springsteen

4/5

Great songs, tonally bleak. I don't entirely love the recording.

Hotel California

Eagles

4/5

One Nation Under A Groove

Funkadelic

5/5

Just so good. Especially with the live Maggot Brain

Franz Ferdinand

3/5

Oh look, it's some more 2000s Brit indie rock. At least this has some vaguely competent bass sound, even if everything else is shoved to the front. I still got bored about half way through.

The Rolling Stones

4/5

The recording is pretty basic - Mick's vocal level seems to have been set at random - most of the songs are covers of US acts (and the original ones aren't much cop)... But it succeeds in one way : I had a great time listening to it.

Drunk

Thundercat

3/5

Aladdin Sane

David Bowie

4/5

Murder Ballads

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

4/5

Madman Across The Water

Elton John

5/5

I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight

Richard Thompson

4/5

MTV Unplugged In New York

Nirvana

4/5

Secret confession: I like this more than either In Utero or Nevermind. I think it's a really good, incredibly intimate, concert.

The Low End Theory

A Tribe Called Quest

2/5

Black Sabbath

3/5

Gasoline Alley

Rod Stewart

3/5

Back At The Chicken Shack

Jimmy Smith

3/5

Tommy

The Who

4/5

Is Quadrophenia better? Maybe. Is this ludicrously overblown, a bit crass, and too long? Definitely! Do I really like it? Absolutely!

The Downward Spiral

Nine Inch Nails

4/5

Inventive, raw, sonically interesting, demanding to be played at volume. There's a couple of tracks that are a little average, but much of this is superlative.

Bitte Orca

Dirty Projectors

2/5

I didn't hate it.

Clandestino

Manu Chao

4/5

Remain In Light

Talking Heads

4/5

Station To Station

David Bowie

4/5

The Score

Fugees

2/5

She's So Unusual

Cyndi Lauper

3/5

The Velvet Underground

3/5

Thriller

Michael Jackson

4/5

Rain Dogs

Tom Waits

4/5

The Genius Of Ray Charles

Ray Charles

4/5

Atomizer

Big Black

2/5

Dirt

Alice In Chains

3/5

At Mister Kelly's

Sarah Vaughan

3/5

Crime Of The Century

Supertramp

4/5

Oh, this is terrific. I was only familiar with Supertramp's "The Logical Song" and "Dreamer" before, but this is full of juicy little surprises, unexpected moments, and yet doesn't drift away from being coherent songs.

Catch A Fire

Bob Marley & The Wailers

3/5

Bad

Michael Jackson

4/5

It's maybe becoming a more mainstream view... but I think as a whole album, Bad is better than either Thriller or Off The Wall

Life Thru A Lens

Robbie Williams

2/5

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