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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Bert Jansch Bert Jansch	5	3	+2
The Healer John Lee Hooker	5	3.19	+1.81
Come Away With Me Norah Jones	5	3.38	+1.62
Blunderbuss Jack White	5	3.39	+1.61
On The Beach Neil Young	5	3.46	+1.54
The Modern Dance Pere Ubu	4	2.48	+1.52
Ramones Ramones	5	3.57	+1.43
The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan Bob Dylan	5	3.62	+1.38
White Blood Cells The White Stripes	5	3.66	+1.34
Dire Straits Dire Straits	5	3.72	+1.28

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Rumours Fleetwood Mac	1	4.45	-3.45
Rattus Norvegicus The Stranglers	1	3.16	-2.16
Gentlemen The Afghan Whigs	1	2.9	-1.9
Metallica Metallica	2	3.77	-1.77
Brothers The Black Keys	2	3.56	-1.56
Shleep Robert Wyatt	1	2.5	-1.5
Disraeli Gears Cream	2	3.47	-1.47
Tidal Fiona Apple	2	3.46	-1.46

5-Star Albums (12)

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

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Rumours

Fleetwood Mac · 4 likes

1/5

A whole album of boring middle of the road music that's been flogged to death on radio for over 45 years

The Healer

John Lee Hooker · 4 likes

5/5

Very cool from start to finish. JLH slays at 73 years old and each featured artist adds a little something but without taking the stage away from him.

Disraeli Gears

Cream · 2 likes

2/5

I expected this to be a great album. It didn't live up to my expectations at all. A few great tracks surrounded by unspectacular fillers. Blue Condition in particular is a yawn-fest.

1-Star Albums (4)

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Birth Of The Cool

Miles Davis

3/5

Very smooth and cool, but don't ask me to pick any of the tracks out of a line up. None really stood out or stayed with me. Probably a testament to how unsophisticated I am or how much he was imitated by others who came after.

Metallica

2/5

I'm not much of a fan of metal, and though I appreciate the diversion from full-on thrash metal with this album, it hasn't won me over.

Dire Straits

5/5

This album is comfort food, where comfort food is Thai scallops in citrus ginger sauce prepared by a Michelin chef. A great album with that unique Knopfler sound that's still fresh and relevant 45+ years later. Incredible talent.

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

David Bowie

5/5

The most amazing feverdream soundtrack! 5/5

Time Out

The Dave Brubeck Quartet

4/5

A jaunty little cocktail album for the cool kids. Very enjoyable with a martini.

Adele

4/5

If I'd heard this album before it was flogged to death all over the world I might have liked it more, except for couple of yawners. Adele is a big talent as a songwriter and singer and this is a powerful album.

Rumours

Fleetwood Mac

1/5

A whole album of boring middle of the road music that's been flogged to death on radio for over 45 years

Gentlemen

The Afghan Whigs

1/5

meh

Club Classics Vol. One

Soul II Soul

3/5

Everybody dance now!

The Modern Dance

Pere Ubu

4/5

Why had I never heard of Pere Ubu? There's some real standout tracks on this album! I loved Street Waves, and Life Stinks is a masterpiece piss take. But Real World was irritating and not for me.

Eliminator

ZZ Top

3/5

A whole album of classic ZZ Top. They're good.

On The Beach

Neil Young

5/5

An unanticipated masterpiece. Just when my mind starts to wander, he brings me back. Loved the whole album, even the cover artwork is mesmerising.

The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan

5/5

Pretty bloody brilliant songs from start to finish. Great album, although I'm not a fan of his voice (not a deal breaker when the songwriting is so good).

Brothers

The Black Keys

2/5

I enjoyed the first half of this album but it's not a stand out at all and it's way way too long.

White Blood Cells

The White Stripes

5/5

Dead leaves and the dirty ground is a bloody amazing opening for an album!

Shleep

Robert Wyatt

1/5

Yawn

Blunderbuss

Jack White

5/5

I'll have 1 Jack White album with the lot please. Every song is so very different. I love the heavy contrast transition from Weep Themselves To Sleep to I'm Shakin'. I loved this album as a whole far more than it's individual tracks, which alone are good, but so much more as an album.

Elvis Is Back

Elvis Presley

3/5

I don't get what's meant to be so great about this album. Yes, his voice is incredible but surely this isn't his greatest album? As albums go, I don't see why this one deserves a place in the 1001.

Nilsson Schmilsson

Harry Nilsson

4/5

'The American Beatle', but with extra melody, amazing vocals, a horn section and a harmonica. The first couple of tracks are nice enough but there's so much more to come. The Moonbeam Song is a lullaby for grownups. Without You is a powerhouse vocal track with genuine lyrical depth. Coconut is a novelty ditty and cautionary tale about mixing your drinks. Let The Good Times Roll is a great cover of a popular 1950s R&B song. And then... Jump Into The Fire is 7 minutes of awesome sound! There's another track after that but who cares.

Tidal

Fiona Apple

2/5

Fiona Apple is a great talent and I love her attitude. I enjoyed Shadowboxer and Criminal but the rest of the album was too samey.

Disraeli Gears

Cream

2/5

I expected this to be a great album. It didn't live up to my expectations at all. A few great tracks surrounded by unspectacular fillers. Blue Condition in particular is a yawn-fest.

Beauty And The Beat

The Go-Go's

3/5

My only memory of the Go Gos was Our Lips Are Sealed so I was expecting a light weight poppy album. This is a surprise! It's like 'the Ronettes sing the Ramones with 80s jangles' - girls with harmony singing punkish 80s tunes. Not at all what I expected. Skidmarks on My Heart is gold. Worth a few listens, although overall I found the very 80sness of the sound is hard to get past to really enjoy it fully.

Debut

Björk

4/5

Björk's talent is out of this world. This is an album of the unexpected and the experimental, with a dance beat. I especially love the completely bonkers experience of There's More To Life Than This (live at the Milkbar toilets), but really the whole album is a unique experience and definitely worthy of being in the 1001.

American Idiot

Green Day

4/5

A great album made weary by overplaying, but nevertheless it desrves it's spot in the 1001

Face to Face

The Kinks

4/5

Ray Davies is a master of lyrical imagery and storytelling. I love the Kinks and I really enjoyed this album; it draws you in, getting better and better as it unfolds. House In The Country; Holiday In Waikiki; Fancy; Little Miss Queen of Darkness; and of course Sunny Afternoon.

Ramones

5/5

Ey oh, let's go! These geezers never get old.

Abbey Road

Beatles

5/5

Abbey Road is a mesmerising kaleidoscope of the Beatles individual and combined talents. A masterpiece.

A Night At The Opera

Queen

5/5

Is this a masterpiece concept album? Yes it definitely is. Does it belong in the 1001 albums? Yes it definitely does. Will I ever listen to it again? No probably not. PS: God Save The Queen as the closing track was a masterstroke

Bert Jansch

5/5

Wow, what a beautiful haunting raw album

If You Can Believe Your Eyes & Ears

The Mamas & The Papas

3/5

A few standout tunes, beautiful harmonies and Cass Elliot's velvet voice are all worthy features but as a whole this album doesn't wow me.

The Healer

John Lee Hooker

5/5

Very cool from start to finish. JLH slays at 73 years old and each featured artist adds a little something but without taking the stage away from him.

Rattus Norvegicus

The Stranglers

1/5

Nope, nope and more nope. Peaches is just 70s sleaze talk with background music.

Come Away With Me

Norah Jones

5/5

A beautiful album that has stood the test of time and radio overplay