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Album	You	Global	Diff
New York Dolls New York Dolls	5	3.12	+1.88
3 Feet High and Rising De La Soul	5	3.45	+1.55
On The Beach Neil Young	5	3.47	+1.53
Blue Joni Mitchell	5	3.49	+1.51
A Love Supreme John Coltrane	5	3.63	+1.37
Born In The U.S.A. Bruce Springsteen	5	3.7	+1.3
Atomizer Big Black	4	2.72	+1.28
Alien Lanes Guided By Voices	4	2.75	+1.25
Harvest Neil Young	5	3.83	+1.17
In Rainbows Radiohead	5	3.84	+1.16

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
21 Adele	1	3.69	-2.69
Achtung Baby U2	1	3.31	-2.31
Lost Souls Doves	1	3.16	-2.16
Porcupine Echo And The Bunnymen	1	3.08	-2.08
Highly Evolved The Vines	1	3.03	-2.03
(What's The Story) Morning Glory Oasis	2	3.84	-1.84
Californication Red Hot Chili Peppers	2	3.7	-1.7
At Budokan Cheap Trick	2	3.1	-1.1
Imperial Bedroom Elvis Costello & The Attractions	2	3.01	-1.01
The Bends Radiohead	3	4.01	-1.01

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Artist	Albums	Average
Led Zeppelin	3	4.67
Neil Young	2	5

5-Star Albums (13)

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Lost Souls

Doves

1/5

D’Angelo - Voodoo Joni Mitchell - Both Sides Now Ghostface Killah - Supreme Clientele Yo La Tengo - And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside Out Britney Spears - Oops I Did It Again Queens Of The Stone Age - Rated R Graham Coxon - The Golden D Quasimoto - The Unseen Deftones - White Pony At The Drive In - Relationship Of Command Kylie Minogue - Light Years Electric Wizard - Dopethrone God Speed You Black Emperor - Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven Craig David - Born To Do It Wu Tang Clan - The W The above is a relatively diverse list of albums released in the year 2000, all of which failed to earn a place in this list, while Doves ‘Lost Souls’ held firm. 59 minutes and 9 seconds I will never get back

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Music Has The Right To Children

Boards of Canada

2/5

Bored of Canada, am I right? Background music at its most self indulgent. If your idea of a good time is the same drum loop for six minutes interspersed with a bit crushed child’s voice intermittently vocalising the names of primary colours, then this record is for you!

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Lady Soul

Aretha Franklin

5/5

A perfect album I think. Captures the essence of the Muscle Shoals sound and Aretha Franklin gets to showcase every aspect of what makes her so incredible. Special mention to the Franklin sisters who give a masterful performance on backing vocals. Ain’t No Way is probably top 5 love songs of all time and needs more, well, love

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1-Star Albums (5)

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Led Zeppelin

4/5

5 star first half, didn’t enjoy the second half quite as much. Best - Babe I’m Gonna Leave You Worst - How Many More Times 😴

(What's The Story) Morning Glory

Oasis

2/5

First time listening to more than the singles. 7 great singles but not sure it is all round 'best album-y' enough to be up there with the very best? Not sure, listened to the Great Escape straight after Best - Some Might Say Worst - Hey Now

Here's Little Richard

Little Richard

4/5

A Night At The Opera

Queen

3/5

Didn’t not enjoy this one, but not really my sort of thing so probably wouldn’t listen again. The big ones are good!

Tracy Chapman

4/5

This was great! Never listened to the whole thing before and certainly would again!

Hard Again

Muddy Waters

3/5

I enjoyed this but I'm not sure how often I would double back and listen again. Some great songs though, and great production!

Blue

Joni Mitchell

5/5

Mr. Tambourine Man

The Byrds

4/5

Thought about 5 but actually a very solid 4 I reckon. Still hearing the influence of some stuff on hear in the 2010s Best track - Bells Of Rhymney

Alien Lanes

Guided By Voices

4/5

Would have been 4.5 if I could. Amazing record that is one of my personal favourites, but falls just shy of a 5 because I didn’t fancy it twice in one day. I think a 5 should be an almost instant repeat maybe? Either way, great stuff and the best entry point to the band for sure Best track - Game of Pricks

Atomizer

Big Black

4/5

I think the was sitting somewhere between the impossible 3.5 and a four for me. Could never give it a three because it’s far too influential for things that came later. Great guitar tones, great drum machine programming. Best track - Passing Complexion

The ArchAndroid

Janelle Monáe

3/5

A bit like yesterday, this probably should be a 3.5. Have seen her a few times and she’s been incredible to watch, but I rarely choose to listen to the records, as good as this one undoubtedly is. Best track - Tightrope

Ragged Glory

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

4/5

The best modern Neil Young album and a personal fave! Best track - Fuckin Up

Welcome to the Afterfuture

Mike Ladd

3/5

On The Beach

Neil Young

5/5

My favourite Neil Young album. His best album. An all time favourite. It’s getting 5 Best track - Walk On

Porcupine

Echo And The Bunnymen

1/5

Utter dross

Electric Ladyland

Jimi Hendrix

4/5

Enjoyed this a lot! It was nice to experience it for the first time other than being a teenager trying and failing to work out how to play crosstown traffic. Much more diverse range of instrumentation than I associate with Hendrix

Brothers

The Black Keys

3/5

Heart said higher because it reminded me of being a young lad at university, head said it probably doesn’t deserve to be here. A 3 it is! Woo!

Dusty In Memphis

Dusty Springfield

3/5

A great album to stick on in the background and a great voice. Not a whole bunch of replay-ability but I liked it!

Music Has The Right To Children

Boards of Canada

2/5

16 Lovers Lane

The Go-Betweens

2/5

A truly plodding listen. Sounds like the band picked up a few ideas from flying nun bands before leaving Australian, and then had anything remotely interesting drummed out of them once they reached the UK. ‘Streets of your town’ is quite catchy, otherwise this would be a solid 1 star

Hunky Dory

David Bowie

4/5

Lost Souls

Doves

1/5

Dookie

Green Day

3/5

3 might seem harsh, but as much as this is a great album that definitely deserves to be on this list, I just don’t see myself coming back to it. I’ve liked it before, I wouldn’t not listen to it again, but I can’t honestly say it’s up there with some others that I’ve scored 4 and above on a personal level

Little Earthquakes

Tori Amos

3/5

I didn’t hate this, but I’m not sure it would get another listen from me. Sits somewhere between Kate Bush and Fiona Apple, which begs the question why not listen to either of them instead. On the whole, it’s fine.

John Barleycorn Must Die

Traffic

3/5

This record was a lot of fun! A bit of steely dan, a touch of fairport convention, some good flute action. I would listen again but it’s never gonna be a top tier album for me. Probably deserving of a 3.something

Harvest

Neil Young

5/5

I think I shot myself in the foot a bit after an early appearance from ‘On The Beach.’ That record has been cemented as my favourite for so long now that I don’t often venture too far from it, usually Zuma, Tonight’s The Night, maybe Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere if I’m going earlier stuff. As such, I’d almost forgotten how genuinely fantastic Harvest is. Obviously it’s a classic, and it’s here for a reason, but for whatever reason it had slipped out of my go-to’s. This will not be the case moving forward…

Elvis Presley

3/5

Undeniably influential, but realistically I’m not going to come back to it a great deal I don’t think. I’d rather stick the Little Richard record back on, which I scored higher, so it has to be a 3.something. Enjoyed it either way!

At Budokan

Cheap Trick

2/5

Live albums are hard enough for me to get in to at the best of times, with maybe a couple of exceptions, but At Budokan did wash over me slightly. I’ve never particularly listened to Cheap Trick except for a couple of obvious singles, and this brand of rock isn’t massively my thing, so it might have been good to know a few of these songs better before diving in to live versions of them.

Superfly

Curtis Mayfield

4/5

Couldn’t decide whether to give this a 5 or not as it’s pretty perfect. The whole thing sounds so smooth and the instrumentals are ‘70s studio musicians at their best

Straight Outta Compton

N.W.A.

4/5

I feel like I know this record well, and have previously thought that it might be a slight victim of its own hype and controversy, with the album as a whole not completely backing it up song wise. After this listen I’m not sure that is the case. It’s equally fun and funky as it is angry, with the only thing holding me back from giving it a 5 being that there are albums from this period and genre that I know I’ll want to score higher

Heartattack And Vine

Tom Waits

4/5

My favourite kind of Tom Waits is this mixture of smoky blues and lounge ballads. Heartattack And Vine does this particularly well. This or Blue Valentine are probably my favourite albums of his, though I don’t think I could consider myself enough of a fan to justify giving either a 5. A great solid 4 though, would recommend happily

...The Dandy Warhols Come Down

The Dandy Warhols

3/5

Some really cool and interesting moments on this record, but as with much of their output, at times it can really plod. Could have been a tight 11 track album, but instead feels exactly like a 70 minute long album in places

With The Beatles

Beatles

4/5

Great songs, great arrangements of other peoples songs, and just great fun all round. Obviously there is better Beatles to come, but most anyone would be very happy to sit and listen to this record

Doggystyle

Snoop Dogg

4/5

Such a good record. Fair enough, some of the themes won’t be for 2024, but it sounds so so good. Think I prefer this to the first Dre album

#1 Record

Big Star

4/5

I’ve tried to get in to this album before but it never seems to have clicked. However on this listen, I feel like I finally got it. I really enjoyed it, and I can see myself coming back to it. The slow ones slightly outweigh the upbeat ones for me, but it really is a great listen front to back

Back At The Chicken Shack

Jimmy Smith

3/5

I really enjoyed this album I have to say. So why the 3 stars? I’m not sure what other blue note stuff is coming up in this list, but if this record is in there then I know there’s gonna be stuff I enjoy more, or is more adventurous. Still a solid listen

Kid A

Radiohead

4/5

Adele

1/5

In Rainbows

Radiohead

5/5

Ellington at Newport

Duke Ellington

3/5

Enjoyed this very much, and the quality of the recording was fantastic. However, live albums aren’t a favourite of mine, and the various interlude felt like it slowed things up a little. Great listen though!

3 Feet High and Rising

De La Soul

5/5

A classic that helps to define the sound and themes of a genre for years to come. Like a lot of hip hop records from the late ‘80s and ‘90s, it can feel a little bloated in places with 23 tracks and plenty of skits, but when it’s good it’s up there with the very best

You Want It Darker

Leonard Cohen

4/5

This album feels like a fitting requiem for Leonard Cohens career. It gives me a similar feeling to ‘Blackstar’ by David Bowie. Although it’s not my favourite Leonard Cohen album, after this listen it will definitely be one that I return to more in future.

Lady Soul

Aretha Franklin

5/5

John Prine

3/5

Once again I have tried and failed to really enjoy a John Prine record. Strangely, this time I actually enjoyed the sound of the album, the instrumentation is great and it’s really well produced. There’s just something about the vocal that I do not get swept up in. Doesn’t deserve a low score, just objectively not my thing

Led Zeppelin II

Led Zeppelin

5/5

This was so good. Heavier than LZ1, less bluesy, more groovey. A very confident 5

The Fat Of The Land

The Prodigy

3/5

Generally I don’t know how much I enjoy full length dance music albums, but the singles on this one are undeniably great

Californication

Red Hot Chili Peppers

2/5

I actually thought I might enjoy this more having listened to it a lot when I was younger. On this listen, it really is only the front 1/3 that really stands out. The backend of this record sounded like songs that didn’t make the cut for BSSM or Mothers Milk

Imperial Bedroom

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

2/5

Never really been a fan of Elvia Costello and this did little to change my mind.

Happy Trails

Quicksilver Messenger Service

3/5

Didn’t hate this one but didn’t love it. Of all the San Francisco psych stuff I find it probably the least interesting

Led Zeppelin IV

Led Zeppelin

5/5

Truly a classic. A great range of styles that encompass everything they’d done up to this point. Almost docked a point for Stairway after years spent working in guitar shops, but that’s more a me problem than a them problem

Fly Or Die

N.E.R.D

2/5

Like a few albums that came out around the time the first edition of this book came out, I think Fly Or Die has benefitted from a generous helping of recency bias with its inclusion here. I think this album has aged like milk. It sounds incredibly dated. Trying to do a bit of Prince, a bit of Aerosmith, and not really as satisfying as either. 2 stars solely for She Wants To Move, or it would be a 1 all day

Lady In Satin

Billie Holiday

4/5

I enjoyed this as I enjoy all Billie Holiday albums. The slight ageing to the voice doesn’t detract at all from the performance for me, but I would rather hear her with a jazz band than a orchestra

Time (The Revelator)

Gillian Welch

3/5

I was only really familiar with Gillian Welch from the O Brother where art thou soundtrack. I found this album enjoyable, I’m not sure it’s a style of music I would often think to listen to out of choice but it was certainly an engaging listen

A Love Supreme

John Coltrane

5/5

Highly Evolved

The Vines

1/5

Naming a record containing 45 mins of the most run of the mill early 2000's rock music 'Highly Evolved' is either beautfiully tongue in cheek or willfully ignorant

Buenas Noches From A Lonely Room

Dwight Yoakam

3/5

Not my favourite period for country music, but this record does has some great tracks and redeeming qualities. There are point where Dwight Yoakham sounds like what might have been had Gram Parsons lived long enought to see the late '80s, and that's no bad thing!

Chirping Crickets

Buddy Holly & The Crickets

4/5

Really enjoyable, can hear the influence on early Beatles a great deal. A fun and important early rock n roll record

Being There

Wilco

3/5

Stripped

Christina Aguilera

3/5

Really enjoyable pop album. Covers a fair bit of ground stylistically, some rock stuff, some RnB, some jazzy elements. This is not the sort of thing i would usually chose to listen to, but i enjoyed it on the whole!

New York Dolls

5/5

A perfect proto punk album

Ready To Die

The Notorious B.I.G.

4/5

The Specials

4/5

Not normally my kind of thing as I find Ska music particularly repetitive. However, the way The Specials blends Ska with new wave and post punk seems unique to this record

Risque

CHIC

4/5

A good record that is a victim of being listened to outside of the context for which it’s intended. Sure, if you are listening to it hoping for it to be imbued with some deeper meaning, it won’t be for you. Sometimes music is just intended to be danced to. Even so, it’s far from one speed, the slower songs are still groovy and showcase some great musicianship and song craft. I think generally discos thrives as more of a singles format, but this is one of the better albums of the genre

Achtung Baby

1/5

Rock 'N Soul

Solomon Burke

3/5

Born In The U.S.A.

Bruce Springsteen

5/5

The Doors

5/5

Like A Prayer

Madonna