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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Crosby, Stills & Nash Crosby, Stills & Nash	5	3.48	+1.52
The Sounds Of India Ravi Shankar	4	2.85	+1.15
The Doors The Doors	5	3.95	+1.05

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Thriller Michael Jackson	1	4.22	-3.22
Disintegration The Cure	1	3.86	-2.86
In Utero Nirvana	1	3.83	-2.83
Metallica Metallica	1	3.77	-2.77
Fleet Foxes Fleet Foxes	1	3.44	-2.44
Strangeways, Here We Come The Smiths	1	3.44	-2.44
Beauty And The Beat The Go-Go's	1	3.39	-2.39
Hybrid Theory Linkin Park	1	3.39	-2.39
The Köln Concert Keith Jarrett	1	3.39	-2.39
Red Headed Stranger Willie Nelson	1	3.35	-2.35

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Fleet Foxes

1/5

It’s a nope.

Beauty And The Beat

The Go-Go's

1/5

Awful jangly guitar pop with little to no variety across the tracks.

At Fillmore East

The Allman Brothers Band

2/5

Nothing I haven’t heard before, unlikely to listen again.

The Doors

5/5

All killer….no filler. Incredible debut album that doesn’t suffer from familiarity of repeated listening.

Ray Of Light

Madonna

1/5

Gave it a listen, regretted that decision.

In Utero

Nirvana

1/5

Not a fan, then or now.

Red Headed Stranger

Willie Nelson

1/5

I tend to avoid Country music as I’ve always felt it was one of the worst genres, a brief listen to some of this album confirmed my bias. Awful.

Jack Takes the Floor

Ramblin' Jack Elliott

2/5

An easier listen than the Willie Nelson, but not by much.

Fly Or Die

N.E.R.D

2/5

Meh. Their first album was better.

Dub Housing

Pere Ubu

3/5

Listened to this in full on a trip round the M25. I suspect it will be a challenging listen for some, but I didn’t feel the need to skip. Followed it up with Schlagenheim by black midi.

The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars

David Bowie

2/5

Never understood the hype around Bowie. Nothing on this album helped me see the light. Very meh.

Violator

Depeche Mode

2/5

Not the worst thing to originate from Basildon, but not my cup of tea.

The Wildest!

Louis Prima

3/5

King of the swingers!

Different Class

Pulp

2/5

Familiarity breeds contempt.

At Mister Kelly's

Sarah Vaughan

3/5

Love a bit of Sarah Vaughan, not a great album though.

Hybrid Theory

Linkin Park

1/5

No thanks.

Fragile

Yes

2/5

No.

For Your Pleasure

Roxy Music

3/5

Not a wholly unpleasant listen.

Bridge Over Troubled Water

Simon & Garfunkel

4/5

An iconic album. This one was part of my early childhood, and dispite never owning it myself when listening yesterday I was smiling and signing along.

Tonight's The Night

Neil Young

1/5

Not tonight

Court And Spark

Joni Mitchell

3/5

Ghosteen

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

2/5

Not for me.

The Scream

Siouxsie And The Banshees

2/5

Did not enjoy this.

Smash

The Offspring

4/5

I’ve never knowingly heard of this band or their music, but while listening through I kept thinking “why do I recognise this guys voice”…..then Self Esteem came on and the scales were lifted, great album.

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

Simple Minds

2/5

Nothing of interest here for me.

Vivid

Living Colour

4/5

Well, I did not expect these guys to show up. 17 year old me was blown away by this album, but I’d say their second “Time’s Up” Is better.

The Healer

John Lee Hooker

1/5

Somehow this album is a Grammy Award winner!? Don’t waste your time, seek out his earlier work instead.

Bryter Layter

Nick Drake

2/5

Bit meh on first listen. Given the guys ‘legendary’ status I may give this and his other albums another listen, but I’m in no hurry to do so.

The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady

Charles Mingus

2/5

Hmm, I have few Mingus albums and love them, but this one was a challenge to listen to.

...The Dandy Warhols Come Down

The Dandy Warhols

4/5

I really enjoyed this one. Not sure how they escaped my attention till now, will definitely be looking through their work.

Teenager Of The Year

Frank Black

2/5

Nope. I really struggle with his kind of music, not sure why but it just leaves me cold.

Disintegration

The Cure

1/5

I really don’t understand why people fawn over this band so much. Awful.

Remain In Light

Talking Heads

4/5

Who doesn’t like Afrobeat inspired polyrhythmic 80’s pop. Great album..

Lust For Life

Iggy Pop

2/5

So tired of hearing Lust for Life and The Passenger. I suspect when it was released this was a great album but there’s nothing here for me.

Strangeways, Here We Come

The Smiths

1/5

Another band that, for me, just doesn’t live up to the hype. I don’t understand the adoration, this album is boring as fuck.

The Colour Of Spring

Talk Talk

1/5

Starting to lose hope in hearing something decent in this list. Another dreary listen, perhaps my brain is wired wrong?!

Kind Of Blue

Miles Davis

5/5

I had not knowingly listened to Jazz before my late teens/early twenties. I stumbled across a radio station one day, and All Blues was playing. Life changing, I genuinely feel sorry for people that aren’t in tune with this music.

Seventh Tree

Goldfrapp

2/5

It’s not terrible, just a bit meh.

Talking Book

Stevie Wonder

2/5

Stevie is clearly a legend but I did not enjoy this album on the whole.

The Slider

T. Rex

1/5

Another overrated artist, awful.