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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
At Newport 1960 Muddy Waters	5	3.55	+1.45
Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness The Smashing Pumpkins	5	3.68	+1.32
Dookie Green Day	5	3.79	+1.21
At Folsom Prison Johnny Cash	5	3.98	+1.02

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
If I Should Fall From Grace With God The Pogues	1	3.34	-2.34
Horses Patti Smith	1	3.31	-2.31
Talking Timbuktu Ali Farka Touré	1	3.13	-2.13
Swordfishtrombones Tom Waits	1	2.95	-1.95
New Gold Dream (81/82/83/84) Simple Minds	1	2.94	-1.94
Black Holes and Revelations Muse	2	3.59	-1.59
War U2	2	3.48	-1.48
Tidal Fiona Apple	2	3.45	-1.45
Bossanova Pixies	2	3.38	-1.38
Sea Change Beck	2	3.33	-1.33

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Faust IV

Faust

2/5

It ain’t that good

2 likes

Songs For Swingin' Lovers!

Frank Sinatra

4/5

Back to back to back great albums. Franks more gangster than most rappers nowadays with his mob ties. Love is here to stay I already knew and frothed but hadn’t listened to the full album, You’ll find me bumping his Xmas album come December

1 likes

4-Star Albums (18)

1-Star Albums (6)

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This Nation’s Saving Grace

The Fall

2/5

Most of the songs on the this album don’t really go anywhere and are not helped by the mumbling rambling vocals. It’s punk with none of the kick

More Songs About Buildings And Food

Talking Heads

3/5

Classic talking heads album, some good, some boring. Take me to the river goes hard

Dookie

Green Day

5/5

Coming out strong with Burnout showing the clean punk sound for the whole album, Green day’s best work imo. No skips throughout, I’m abit biased. Turning the volume up F.O.D for it being too quiet in the first half then getting blasted, classic.

Fever To Tell

Yeah Yeah Yeahs

3/5

Don’t mind a good female fronted punk band, sussing out the wiki only got three members so that’s pretty impressive. I’m sure a lot of triple j bands take inspiration from this

War

2/5

U2 always been eh for me can’t change my mind, Some classic triple m songs on this one tho

Definitely Maybe

Oasis

3/5

Up my alley for whiney vocals but nothing stand outs as being a super interesting album. Saved Live forever and Married with children for the playlist rotation but other than those it’s abit lacklustre. Bonus on having a sweet looking album cover

(What's The Story) Morning Glory

Oasis

4/5

Solid album a lot more filled out than the last one. A lot of classics on it

New Gold Dream (81/82/83/84)

Simple Minds

1/5

Whole range ehhs no massive 80’s hitters for me. Quite boring throughout the album. Only redeeming song is Someone somewhere and even that’s just alright

Horses

Patti Smith

1/5

Just plain sucked, she still tours tho

If I Should Fall From Grace With God

The Pogues

1/5

Just not my jam

Gris Gris

Dr. John

2/5

Very weird album through and through. How are these in a 1001 list

1999

Prince

3/5

A very 80’s synth heavy album. Little red corvette is one of princes best

At Newport 1960

Muddy Waters

5/5

Never considered myself a jazz/blues fan but I enjoyed every minute of this. Gonna go against my usual studio is better than live and say that the live is definitely better than the studio tracks. Gonna consider getting this in a vinyl format next time I see it. Also album cover’s colour contrast is noiicee

Beautiful Freak

Eels

3/5

Today I found out the piano in Susan’s house is sampled for Pez and 360’s Festival song interesting. The first half of this album is better than the second half

In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida

Iron Butterfly

3/5

For being pre 70’s it goes alright, Nothing really stick outs to me but interesting that there isn’t a remaster for this

Duck Stab/Buster & Glen

The Residents

1/5

Abstract junk. Why do we put our selves through this

The Marshall Mathers LP

Eminem

3/5

It’s not his best work in my opinion but there’s some great ones on here. Way better than his new stuff

Different Class

Pulp

3/5

Yeah I don’t love but I don’t hate it, goes alright

Bossanova

Pixies

2/5

Abit boring, their other work is way better

Talking Timbuktu

Ali Farka Touré

1/5

Bring on the good albums!!

Faust IV

Faust

2/5

It ain’t that good

Red Headed Stranger

Willie Nelson

4/5

Damn he got a nack for storytelling, Would listen again

The Band

3/5

Sounds abit like grateful dead just not as good, Pretty good overall would listen again

Black Holes and Revelations

Muse

2/5

I went into this thinking I’d like this more than I actually did. Average

Exit Planet Dust

The Chemical Brothers

3/5

The album cover had me thinking I was going into a country or a classic rock type album then the first play is a 90’s underground club soundtrack. Goes alright for the genre

Picture Book

Simply Red

3/5

Had a fair amount of good song in this, would listen again. Give it a 3.5 if I could

Dry

PJ Harvey

2/5

Vocals can quiet at stages and overall mixing all of the place but otherwise too terrible

The Seldom Seen Kid

Elbow

2/5

Triple m type music, eh

Hounds Of Love

Kate Bush

4/5

Can’t get more 80’s than this. Would give it 3 stars but no matter how much Running up that hill gets overplayed it’s still a great song, bumped it up to 4 stars

Moving Pictures

Rush

4/5

Moving pictures got some great songs, YYZ (Boss fight theme) and limelight is just a banger can’t go wrong. THEN you flip the record to side B and it’s all average songs that don’t tickle my fancy. I reckon the band would’ve been more popular if the frontman actually looked good, ain’t no chicks going for that. Also the start of YYZ sounds like a bunch of spanners in a draw

Happy Sad

Tim Buckley

3/5

Listened to this on my 1am drive home, Was a good time for this

Swordfishtrombones

Tom Waits

1/5

Wouldn’t know what the second half of that album sounds like, didn’t get that far.

Bat Out Of Hell

Meat Loaf

4/5

I always hear about this being highly rated but never fully listened to it, This is a great album can’t complain. All revved up and no place to go is relatable

Rock 'N Soul

Solomon Burke

3/5

In the right mood will go alright

Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor

Lupe Fiasco

3/5

Not too shabby if that’s what ya into but nothing that really gets me going

With The Beatles

Beatles

4/5

Not their best work but for the year it’s pre good. Paul’s cheesy songs are great

Document

R.E.M.

4/5

A classic R.E.M album with my favourite song of theirs “It’s the end of the world as we know it” That be a good karaoke song to learn

Two Dancers

Wild Beasts

2/5

Not horrible but not interesting in the slightest. Frequently found myself zoning it out

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

Elton John

4/5

Absolute mint album, First time fully listening to it and the first song is so good, most of the classics are on this. P.S Ay liam Bennie and the jets is still great song

Safe As Milk

Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band

2/5

Ehh

Ramones

4/5

Pretty much the starting point for punk rock. Can be abit basic like the first half is like if early Beatles made punk, their later stuff is a lot better but from a first album could be worse

A Hard Day's Night

Beatles

4/5

I like cheesy Beatles songs so it’s an easy 4

Sheet Music

10cc

2/5

If you put it on wouldn’t hate it but I don’t see myself going out of my way to listen to it

Fred Neil

3/5

The sound and feel of this album is good but there was just no stand out songs for me

Pelican West

Haircut 100

2/5

Boring boring doo doo music

The Low End Theory

A Tribe Called Quest

4/5

Highly rate this album, a lot of good songs. Can’t go wrong with that classic tribe called quest sound

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness

The Smashing Pumpkins

5/5

It’s up there for one of my favourite albums of all time. Starting off with the nice intro straight into tonight tonight mmmm 1979, XYU, Zero too many good songs to list. Fat ass 2 hour album, On record this is a pain to keep flipping and swapping records but this is a easy 5/5 for me

Songs For Swingin' Lovers!

Frank Sinatra

4/5

At Folsom Prison

Johnny Cash

5/5

Great album, Perspective from a criminal and being in jail is mint storytelling wise then actually being there singing is top notch

Go Girl Crazy

The Dictators

3/5

Good stuff not too shabby

Kind Of Blue