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Album	You	Global	Diff
Gold Ryan Adams	5	2.84	+2.16
Murder Ballads Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds	5	3.09	+1.91
Nothing's Shocking Jane's Addiction	5	3.17	+1.83
The Downward Spiral Nine Inch Nails	5	3.35	+1.65
Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea PJ Harvey	5	3.38	+1.62
Get Behind Me Satan The White Stripes	5	3.41	+1.59
The Fat Of The Land The Prodigy	5	3.41	+1.59
Hail To the Thief Radiohead	5	3.44	+1.56
Speakerboxxx/The Love Below OutKast	5	3.45	+1.55
Power In Numbers Jurassic 5	5	3.48	+1.52

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Franz Ferdinand Franz Ferdinand	1	3.57	-2.57
Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs Derek & The Dominos	1	3.39	-2.39
Hunting High And Low a-ha	1	3.12	-2.12
Heavy Weather Weather Report	1	2.99	-1.99
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road Elton John	2	3.93	-1.93
Who's Next The Who	2	3.91	-1.91
The Stranger Billy Joel	2	3.85	-1.85
Sheer Heart Attack Queen	2	3.65	-1.65
Out Of The Blue Electric Light Orchestra	2	3.64	-1.64
Iron Maiden Iron Maiden	2	3.41	-1.41

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Artist	Albums	Average
Radiohead	4	5
Led Zeppelin	3	5
Stevie Wonder	4	4.5
OutKast	2	5
Johnny Cash	2	5
Beatles	2	5
Bob Dylan	3	4.33
David Bowie	3	4.33

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Tommy

The Who

2/5

Did some reading of this album to better understand what exactly I was listening too. Felt I needed to after that fiddling song haha. Pinball wizard makes a lot more since now! Tis a seriously influential album! Like it became so important culturally that Jack Nicholson features in the movie they made of it…. Which I might try get round to watching! But overall the drums are awesome but the album is not quite for me…

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1-Star Albums (6)

D.O.A. the Third and Final Report of Throbbing Gristle

All Ratings

3 Feet High and Rising

De La Soul

3/5

Some absolute classics in there. Other stuff is very of it’s time!

Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs

Marty Robbins

3/5

Some real nice songs in there. My notable favourites were “they’re hanging me tonight” and “el paso”. This music gives me memories of 1950s cowboy movies shown on a Sunday afternoon growing up.

The Yes Album

Yes

4/5

Clearly a great and complex album. Could do with listening to it a hundred more times to properly appreciate it.

The Wildest!

Louis Prima

3/5

First song is a classic and immediately added to my playlist! Not particularly my type of music to listen full albums to but overall enjoyed it.

(Pronounced 'Leh-'Nérd 'Skin-'Nérd)

Lynyrd Skynyrd

5/5

Freeebiird! I really enjoyed listening to this. Awesome.

Peter Gabriel

4/5

Patrick Bateman vibes from this one. Nice album, probably got more appreciation for him now.

Highly Evolved

The Vines

3/5

Really nice to revisit this album!

Tubular Bells

Mike Oldfield

3/5

Good to listen to it again. Definitely not really my cup of tea. But lots of elements in it that are great. It is in my opinion probably the most iconic film music that has ever been made.

The Sensual World

Kate Bush

4/5

Really great. I have always planned to listen to more of Kate Bush, so this album was very welcome and it didn’t let down. Great songs and some really nice instruments featuring throughout the album.

The xx

2/5

Doesn’t do a whole lot for me. Sound production is impressive though.

Hail To the Thief

Radiohead

5/5

Great band, class album. Probably one of my favourite of Radiohead.

Kid A

Radiohead

5/5

Still listen to this album frequent enough…probably stands testament to what I think of it. Awesome.

No Other

Gene Clark

4/5

Never heard of him and after the first listen I thought it was pretty meh. But I decided to listen again a good few more times throughout the day and it got way better. Something Townes Van Zandt (only more instrumental) about it that really appealed to me.

Tommy

The Who

2/5

Can't Buy A Thrill

Steely Dan

4/5

As a kid I didn’t really enjoy listening to Steely Dan in the back seat during a car journey. But they really are a grower! Excelllwnt album. Great pop hits and class guitar work! Just a couple songs that I still struggle with at the end!

Odelay

Beck

3/5

I definitely am a bigger fan of other Beck albums, but nonetheless a cool album if not a little chaotic!

Trio

Dolly Parton

3/5

A rather enjoyable listen. Some songs worked for me more than others.

Rumours

Fleetwood Mac

4/5

I only really listened to their earlier blues stuff. It’s quite a distant memory by the time of this album. Twas a good listen. The chain is class! Started reading about the founding members of the band and it’s pretty colourful, the 70s has a lot to answer for haha.

Eagles

3/5

In the initial listen I not enjoy this album. This probably wasn’t helped following on from fleetwoodmac. But I lightened up and the album is grand easy listening country rock. “Train leaves here this morning” is pretty catchy stuff.

Paul Simon

4/5

Very good. I enjoyed.

My Aim Is True

Elvis Costello

3/5

I think this album suffered being given to us on a Monday. I listened to a bit of it again this morning (Tuesday) and it sounded a lot better. So it was originally a 2 for me but it just snagged a 3 as i was quite enjoying it upon a 2nd listen.

Le Tigre

3/5

Devotional Songs

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

2/5

Interesting to learn about Qawwali music. Maybe good to introduces to this stuff in small doses. Taking on a 2 sided album was abit of an overload. Impressive voice.

Murder Ballads

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

5/5

So begins my love for murder ballads.

Is This It

The Strokes

4/5

First time listening to the album fully. Although I felt like I knew most of it from listening on the radio. Good band.

The Bends

Radiohead

5/5

Been quite a long time since I have listened to this album. Really great stuff.

Snivilisation

Orbital

4/5

Twas paired very well with my crazily dark and foggy drive (with lots of car lights) to work and back! Never really bothered listening to this group, so came as a nice surprise.

Cosmo's Factory

Creedence Clearwater Revival

4/5

Always been reccomended listening to their stuff and never bothered.

In It For The Money

Supergrass

3/5

Good

Wild Is The Wind

Nina Simone

4/5

Great

Live!

Fela Kuti

4/5

Great pace. A thoroughly enjoyable listen.

Here's Little Richard

Little Richard

4/5

Franz Ferdinand

1/5

Never liked them. Was over exposed to this stuff on the radio growing up

Talking Book

Stevie Wonder

4/5

Yeah very enjoyable. That signature sound of Stevie Wonder is very infectious.

Rock 'N Soul

Solomon Burke

4/5

Really good. I remember seeing him in hootenanny Jools Holland one year.

Music for the Masses

Depeche Mode

4/5

Very good! Kinda got NIN vibes.

Document

R.E.M.

3/5

Sweet Baby James

James Taylor

3/5

Grand

Good Old Boys

Randy Newman

4/5

Never heard him outside Disney movies. I enjoyed that! Some pretty insightful lyrics.

Purple Rain

Prince

3/5

C'est Chic

CHIC

3/5

B-52's

The B-52's

3/5

Always struggled with rock lobster, but overall really enjoyed this.

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

Elton John

2/5

I was willing it to end. Never a good sign!

Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables

Dead Kennedys

3/5

You can hear a few bands I like in this album. Drug me - system of a down anyone?

Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music

Ray Charles

3/5

Born To Run

Bruce Springsteen

3/5

Microshift

Hookworms

3/5

Strong start and lost its way later.

Os Mutantes

3/5

Cool wee band. Love that “A Minha Menina”

Gold

Ryan Adams

5/5

Classic album! Reminds me of a particular summer I listened to this album non stop

Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs

Derek & The Dominos

1/5

Probably should have given it more of a dedicated listen.

Either Or

Elliott Smith

4/5

Nice stuff

Iron Maiden

2/5

I have maintained a negative opinion of iron maiden since childhood. Fans of their were always super fans and a put off. However, the original singers voice in the first album is far more palatable for me. So I didn’t hate this album as much as expected.

Future Days

Can

3/5

Truth

Jeff Beck

2/5

Jeff Beck is a legend with a very distinct guitar style. But this album didn’t do much for me. I have enjoyed other stuff of his more.

Definitely Maybe

Oasis

3/5

Always avoided this band. But this album actually ain’t bad.

Parallel Lines

Blondie

3/5

A few real bangers in there

Fly Or Die

N.E.R.D

2/5

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector

Various Artists

4/5

Nice I’ll have to remember this album for next Cheistmas

Pills 'n' Thrills And Bellyaches

Happy Mondays

2/5

Nah not for me

Zombie

Fela Kuti

3/5

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

4/5

The Stranger

Billy Joel

2/5

The Beach Boys Today!

The Beach Boys

3/5

Speakerboxxx/The Love Below

OutKast

5/5

Awesome album. It carries real nostalgia with me and the better parts of school days.

Songs For Swingin' Lovers!

Frank Sinatra

5/5

Dookie

Green Day

3/5

Definitely if it’s time. Nice to re-visit

Eternally Yours

The Saints

3/5

Odessey And Oracle

The Zombies

3/5

Logical Progression

LTJ Bukem

2/5

Hotel California

Eagles

4/5

Stand!

Sly & The Family Stone

4/5

Pretty cool stuff

Songs In The Key Of Life

Stevie Wonder

5/5

Great stuff!

Blue Lines

Massive Attack

4/5

Superfuzz Bigmuff

Mudhoney

3/5

You Want It Darker

Leonard Cohen

4/5

Quality

Time Out

The Dave Brubeck Quartet

4/5

Not a huge Jazz fan. But hard not to like this stuff!

Astral Weeks

Van Morrison

4/5

Ace of Spades

Motörhead

4/5

They were good at what they did!

Lost Souls

Doves

3/5

In Utero

Nirvana

5/5

Just class

Moondance

Van Morrison

4/5

Solid

Drunk

Thundercat

2/5

Hard work. Enjoyed some of his stuff I have heard on the radio. But overall not my bag!

My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts

Brian Eno

3/5

Went on a tad too long, but enjoyable enough!

Made In Japan

Deep Purple

3/5

Ten

Pearl Jam

5/5

Excellent. Never got round to listening to it before.

Fulfillingness' First Finale

Stevie Wonder

4/5

Time Out Of Mind

Bob Dylan

4/5

Chicago Transit Authority

Chicago

2/5

The Seldom Seen Kid

Elbow

4/5

Head Hunters

Herbie Hancock

3/5

Heart palpitation inducing shit!

Shake Your Money Maker

The Black Crowes

2/5

Stankonia

OutKast

5/5

Top marks

Jack Takes the Floor

Ramblin' Jack Elliott

4/5

Very enjoyable

Underwater Moonlight

The Soft Boys

3/5

Achtung Baby

4/5

A lot of songs in there I grew up with! Hard not to like!

The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill

Lauryn Hill

5/5

Class

Sheet Music

10cc

2/5

Alien Lanes

Guided By Voices

3/5

It’s like listening to a trailer for a longer album.

White Light / White Heat

The Velvet Underground

3/5

Hunky Dory

David Bowie

5/5

Sheer Heart Attack

Queen

2/5

Never really listened to them besides hearing hits. Expected to enjoy this more.

Hunting High And Low

a-ha

1/5

Nah

Siamese Dream

The Smashing Pumpkins

5/5

Out Of The Blue

Electric Light Orchestra

2/5

Brothers In Arms

Dire Straits

4/5

Real good listening

Parachutes

Coldplay

3/5

Nothing's Shocking

Jane's Addiction

5/5

Always been in the background of stuff I was listening to and I always meant to give them a listen. Really enjoyed it. Will listen to more of their stuff.

Tanto Tempo

Bebel Gilberto

3/5

Pretty nice warm lounge type music

Siembra

Willie Colón & Rubén Blades

3/5

Reminds me of holidays in Cuba!

Strangeways, Here We Come

The Smiths

4/5

Kind Of Blue

Miles Davis

3/5

Very nice and cool

D.O.A. the Third and Final Report of Throbbing Gristle

Throbbing Gristle

1/5

Nah, maybe better when observing the art exhibition at the same time. Heard hints of Death in Vegas in there though.

Bossanova

Pixies

4/5

A bit rougher than the earlier albums, but still quality. Might help I saw them again last summer and they played some Bossanova songs and were overall brilliant!

Red Dirt Girl

Emmylou Harris

3/5

Title track is real nice. Add that to the list!

It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back

Public Enemy

2/5

Don’t think I was in the right mood for this.

This Year's Model

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

2/5

Heavy Weather

Weather Report

1/5

That was soo tough going!

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness

The Smashing Pumpkins

4/5

Would have been a 5 if it weren’t so damn long

Selling England By The Pound

Genesis

3/5

Physical Graffiti

Led Zeppelin

5/5

Just awesome. Not necessarily my favourite album of theirs. But really enjoyed my entire experience listening to it this time round.

A Night At The Opera

Queen

3/5

Enjoyed it more that the other Queen album we had.

The Only Ones

2/5

His voice grated on me a tad too much. Music was pretty good though.

In A Silent Way

Miles Davis

4/5

Avoided listening to this until I was in the right mood for jazz. Really enjoyed gardening to it.

Welcome To The Pleasuredome

Frankie Goes To Hollywood

3/5

Led Zeppelin III

Led Zeppelin

5/5

Sublime stuff

Heroes

David Bowie

4/5

Enjoyed this to a lovely sunny springtime lunchtime walk along a river. Quality

Violent Femmes

4/5

Darkdancer

Les Rythmes Digitales

3/5

Better than the album cover lead me to believe.

Fred Neil

4/5

Very nice, I’ll go back to that!

Get Behind Me Satan

The White Stripes

5/5

I miss the White Stripes

Green Onions

Booker T. & The MG's

4/5

Very enjoyable whilst gardening

Ritual De Lo Habitual

Jane's Addiction

4/5

Will listen again!

Who's Next

The Who

2/5

Better than their k lol ast album we got. But turns out I’m not a huge fan of them

Haunted Dancehall

The Sabres Of Paradise

1/5

Nah

Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not

Arctic Monkeys

4/5

Fear Of Music

Talking Heads

4/5

Bright Flight

Silver Jews

2/5

Hard work

If You're Feeling Sinister

Belle & Sebastian

3/5

Damaged

Black Flag

2/5

Tracy Chapman

3/5

Good

Disintegration

The Cure

4/5

Graceland

Paul Simon

5/5

Sounds great still and just so nostalgic to me

The Gershwin Songbook

Ella Fitzgerald

4/5

Had it on whilst doing a bit of gardening. A tad surreal environment, but very nice.

Melodrama

Lorde

3/5

Not really something I’d gravitate towards. Bit too poppy. But grand

...And Justice For All

Metallica

4/5

Just great!

OK Computer

Radiohead

5/5

Amazing

The Man Machine

Kraftwerk

4/5

Nice to drive to.

Led Zeppelin IV

Led Zeppelin

5/5

Awesome

The Chronic

Dr. Dre

4/5

Enjoyed it more than expected

Let's Get It On

Marvin Gaye

4/5

Hearts And Bones

Paul Simon

3/5

At Folsom Prison

Johnny Cash

5/5

Quality!

Foo Fighters

4/5

Yeah good stuff

Music From The Penguin Cafe

Penguin Cafe Orchestra

3/5

Nice background stuff

Tea for the Tillerman

Cat Stevens

3/5

Synchronicity

The Police

3/5

Blur

4/5

Rhythm Nation 1814

Janet Jackson

3/5

A tad too long, but enjoyable nonetheless

Halcyon Digest

Deerhunter

4/5

Enjoyed that

Face to Face

The Kinks

4/5

Sea Change

Beck

4/5

Always got time for Beck

Doolittle

Pixies

5/5

Just great

Let's Stay Together

Al Green

5/5

Lovely

For Your Pleasure

Roxy Music

4/5

Red Headed Stranger

Willie Nelson

3/5

Low

David Bowie

4/5

Surf's Up

The Beach Boys

4/5

Grace

Jeff Buckley

5/5

Highway to Hell

AC/DC

4/5

Reminds of poker nights and guitar lessons! Fun!

Slipknot

2/5

This is first proper listen to one of their albums. My cousin was a massive fan back in the day.

Innervisions

Stevie Wonder

5/5

Some of my all time favourite Stevie Wonder songs in there!

Brothers

The Black Keys

3/5

Grand

Tidal

Fiona Apple

3/5

Talking Timbuktu

Ali Farka Touré

4/5

The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan

5/5

Beautiful

It's Blitz!

Yeah Yeah Yeahs

4/5

Karen O is preeeetty cool. Pretty nostalgically linked with going out in the early 2010s.

Chirping Crickets

Buddy Holly & The Crickets

3/5

Always meant to give Buddy Holly a listen. Pretty enjoyable.

Getz/Gilberto

Stan Getz

4/5

Pretty lovely stuff

Vol. 4

Black Sabbath

4/5

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

Beatles

5/5

Brilliant

The Dark Side Of The Moon

Pink Floyd

5/5

Just class

Back In Black

AC/DC

4/5

Gives me flashbacks of being 14/15 and trying to learn Back in Black on guitar. Good energy album.

Sweetheart Of The Rodeo

The Byrds

3/5

Rubber Soul

Beatles

5/5

Really great stuff!

A Girl Called Dusty

Dusty Springfield

3/5

Bongo Rock

Incredible Bongo Band

4/5

Fun

Pet Sounds

The Beach Boys

5/5

Class

The Fat Of The Land

The Prodigy

5/5

Brilliant! Enjoyed seeing them on Glastonbury this year too!

Blonde On Blonde

Bob Dylan

4/5

Rage Against The Machine

5/5

Awesome! Big riffs, great bass!

Harvest

Neil Young

5/5

Great

Gorillaz

3/5

Not bad! Bit of nostalgia in there too!

Crosby, Stills & Nash

4/5

Some really lovely songs in there

On The Beach

Neil Young

3/5

At San Quentin

Johnny Cash

5/5

Just great. Never listened to this one!

The Marshall Mathers LP

Eminem

4/5

The skits/or interludes are pretty awful. But some class songs in there! Very nostalgic stuff!

Imagine

John Lennon

3/5

Better than I expected it to be

Horses

Patti Smith

3/5

The Hour Of Bewilderbeast

Badly Drawn Boy

3/5

Pleasant enough listen

Eliminator

ZZ Top

4/5

Fun, good gardening music

Blood Sugar Sex Magik

Red Hot Chili Peppers

5/5

Old favourite.

Crooked Rain Crooked Rain

Pavement

3/5

Arc Of A Diver

Steve Winwood

2/5

In Our Heads

Hot Chip

3/5

good kid, m.A.A.d city

Kendrick Lamar

3/5

Some really great stuff in there. Just a bit too much stuff I couldn’t be bothered with too

Born In The U.S.A.

Bruce Springsteen

4/5

Classic

The Real Thing

Faith No More

2/5

Never really got them and still don’t

The Genius Of Ray Charles

Ray Charles

3/5

Immigrés

Youssou N'Dour

3/5

The Downward Spiral

Nine Inch Nails

5/5

Brilliant. Saw them at the beginning of the summer and it will go down as one of the best gigs I have been to.

Hypnotised

The Undertones

3/5

Rattles on rightly

You've Come a Long Way Baby

Fatboy Slim

4/5

Dummy

Portishead

5/5

Class

Illmatic

Nas

4/5

Quality

Funeral

Arcade Fire

5/5

Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea

PJ Harvey

5/5

Brilliant

Power In Numbers

Jurassic 5

5/5