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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Apple Venus Volume 1 XTC	5	2.85	+2.15
Entertainment Gang Of Four	5	3.25	+1.75
I Should Coco Supergrass	5	3.34	+1.66
It's Blitz! Yeah Yeah Yeahs	5	3.49	+1.51
The Suburbs Arcade Fire	5	3.5	+1.5
Franz Ferdinand Franz Ferdinand	5	3.57	+1.43
Oracular Spectacular MGMT	5	3.61	+1.39
Doolittle Pixies	5	3.74	+1.26
Planet Rock: The Album Afrika Bambaataa	4	2.79	+1.21
Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes TV On The Radio	4	2.94	+1.06

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Dookie Green Day	1	3.79	-2.79
Talking Book Stevie Wonder	1	3.72	-2.72
Mothership Connection Parliament	1	3.61	-2.61
Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music Ray Charles	1	3.49	-2.49
Paul's Boutique Beastie Boys	1	3.47	-2.47
Ready To Die The Notorious B.I.G.	1	3.36	-2.36
Sunday At The Village Vanguard Bill Evans Trio	1	3.31	-2.31
Tapestry Carole King	2	3.91	-1.91
Time Out The Dave Brubeck Quartet	2	3.84	-1.84
Let It Bleed The Rolling Stones	2	3.83	-1.83

5-Star Albums (8)

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Apple Venus Volume 1

XTC

5/5

Not available on Spotify, had to use YouTube instead. Really strong, atmospheric yet almost theatrical opener with River of Orchids. Standout Tracks - River of Orchids - I'd like that (say a sunflower) - Easter Theatre

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1-Star Albums (9)

Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music

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Jagged Little Pill

Alanis Morissette

3/5

Abbey Road

Beatles

4/5

Let It Bleed

The Rolling Stones

2/5

Illmatic

Nas

3/5

Better than expected. Highlights: - The World is Yours - Half Time - It Ain't Hard to Tell

Talking Book

Stevie Wonder

1/5

Mothership Connection

Parliament

1/5

Fred Neil

2/5

Dookie

Green Day

1/5

Time Out

The Dave Brubeck Quartet

2/5

Pretty chill, Take Five is decent. Wouldn't choose it, but makes good background listening

Planet Rock: The Album

Afrika Bambaataa

4/5

John Barleycorn Must Die

Traffic

2/5

I'd never heard of Traffic before. Definitely an album of two halves - the first half is decent, and the second totally lost me. The title track was rough. Standouts: Glad, Empty Pages

Hotel California

Eagles

2/5

Generally inoffensive, but not my style. Too radio-friendly American 'rock'.

Juju

Siouxsie And The Banshees

4/5

Need to relisten but overall has great potential and is more my thing

good kid, m.A.A.d city

Kendrick Lamar

4/5

This is the first album that has genuinely surprised me. I was so sure I wouldn't like it given I'm not usually into rap, and have listened to the odd Kendrick song before and not enjoyed them. Standout tracks were - MoneyTrees and Swimming Pools (Drank).

Paul's Boutique

Beastie Boys

1/5

Not a fan of this one. A bit too shouty and riotous for my taste.

Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music

Ray Charles

1/5

Honestly a difficult listen. It wasn't offensive in any way, just quite far from my thing. Reminded me of something my Gran would probably enjoy. It was also very long, and felt it.

Ramones

4/5

Enjoyed this one - a relatively short but high energy. Will relisten.

Everything Must Go

Manic Street Preachers

3/5

I've felt like I should like Manics for a long time, and always wanted to get into them. I just don't for some reason. Standout song - Kevin Carter

If I Should Fall From Grace With God

The Pogues

3/5

Weird listening to Fairy Tale of New York in an album context. Kind of played to death, but a good song. Like the Metropolis instrumental - pretty fun.

Siamese Dream

The Smashing Pumpkins

3/5

I really liked the opened Cherub Rock, but beyond that the album kind of merged together for me. I can tell how influential this album is - but it's not completely my thing. I did enjoy it more than I expected to though.

Tapestry

Carole King

2/5

A good example of an album where I can appreciate the draw and influence, but it's just not my thing. Standout Tracks: - It's Too Late - I Feel the Earth Move

I Should Coco

Supergrass

5/5

I know some Supergrass, but never listened to a full album before. The first song had me hooked. Standout tracks: - I'd Like to Know - She's so Loose

The Man Machine

Kraftwerk

4/5

A clearly highly influential album that was ahead of it's time. The vocals in Neon Lights reminds me a lot of Teleman.

Paul Simon

3/5

Standout tracks: - Mother and Child Reunion - Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard

Let It Be

The Replacements

4/5

Enjoyed this one, will definitely relisten. Standout tracks: - I Will Dare - Unsatisfied

Bridge Over Troubled Water

Simon & Garfunkel

4/5

Started slow and not really enjoyable for me, until Cecilia kicked in. Standout tracks: - Cecilia - Keep the Customer Satisfied

Guero

Beck

3/5

An interesting album which is clearly very influential in the indie scene, but I couldn't quite get into the album as a whole. While there were some great tracks, the songs in between failed to sell the album to me. Standout Tracks: - E-Pro - Girl

Throwing Muses

2/5

Overall it was fine, very close to being my thing but not quite. I generally liked the vibe, but it all dragged on and blended in a bit much for me. It doesn't seem particularly influential or groundbreaking like many albums on this list are.

Synchronicity

The Police

2/5

I can understand the appeal, but not for me. Standout song was probably King of Pain

Entertainment

Gang Of Four

5/5

A clearly very influential album, I can hear how they've impacted the sound of a lot of the current bands I like. I recognised Damaged Goods, to realise I had previously listened to IDLES cover. Standout Tracks: - Natural's Not in It - Damaged Goods - Return the Gift - At Home He's a Tourist

Apple Venus Volume 1

XTC

5/5

Songs From The Big Chair

Tears For Fears

4/5

The first album I've had on record so far. Enjoyed this album a lot, and think it flows really nicely. Standout Tracks: - Everybody Wants to Rule the World - Head Over Heels

Green Onions

Booker T. & The MG's

3/5

Clearly extremely influential. Recognised a good few songs straight away.

Talk Talk Talk

The Psychedelic Furs

3/5

Enjoyed this a bit less than I expected to, but I did expect to like it a lot. Clearly a good album, with potential for me to like it more. Perhaps just not in the right mood for this one today.

Harvest

Neil Young

3/5

Overall enjoyed this a lot more than I thought, although it's still not really my thing. Standout Track: Heart of Gold

Doolittle

Pixies

5/5

Great, iconic album. Standout Tracks: - Here Comes Your Man - Mr Grieves - Hey

Group Sex

Circle Jerks

2/5

One of, if not the shortest albums I've ever come across. 15 minutes of punk chaos (not in a negative way). Although, I am relieved it was only 15 minutes.

Blood, Sweat & Tears

2/5

Standout Track: And When I Die

The Number Of The Beast

Iron Maiden

2/5

Overall better than I expected. Not quite as heavy as I was anticipating, but still not really my thing.

Under Construction

Missy Elliott

2/5

Really not for me, but I understand the appeal and it sounds very of its time.

Life's Too Good

The Sugarcubes

4/5

I'd never heard of The Sugarcubes before, but I was pleasantly surprised. Also interesting to find out Bjork was in the band. Standout track on first listen was: - Delicious Demon

Surfer Rosa

Pixies

4/5

Preferred Dolittle, but still a great album.

The Suburbs

Arcade Fire

5/5

I was really happy to see this album come up, I've loved this album for a long time now. Standout Tracks: - The Suburbs (never gets old) - Half Light II (No Celebration) - We Used to Wait

Teenager Of The Year

Frank Black

4/5

I'd never heard of Frank Black, but was happy to find out he is the Pixies frontman. I really enjoyed this album and will definitely relisten. Standout tracks on first listen: - Headache - Freedom Rock

Paranoid

Black Sabbath

3/5

Better than I expected. Particularly the strong opener (War Pigs). Standout Tracks: - War Pigs - Paranoid - Iron Man

Copper Blue

Sugar

4/5

Completely new band and album to me. Overall pleasantly surprised, although not mind blown. Standout Tracks: - Hoover Dam - If I Can't Change Your Mind

Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes

TV On The Radio

4/5

The album started extremely strong, but lost me a little in the second half. Standout Tracks: - Staring at the Sun - Dreams

Halcyon Digest

Deerhunter

4/5

Need to listen to this one more. Enjoyed it overall, but also wasn't blown away. Standout Tracks: - Revival - Don't Cry - Desire Lines - Coronado

Ready To Die

The Notorious B.I.G.

1/5

First album I couldn't bring myself to finish. Just really not my thing. The interludes consisting of weird noises was also uncomfortable.

She's So Unusual

Cyndi Lauper

4/5

Clearly an icon album with amazing artwork and some massive hits. Girls Just Want to Have Fun and Time After Time are iconic songs you can't not like. Standout Tracks (I hadn't heard before): - Yeah Yeah - I'll Kiss You

Oracular Spectacular

MGMT

5/5

Listened to this album many times before and I love it. Every single song is excellent. I've been through phases of being obsessed with almost every song, so a standout song list would just be almost the full album.

Darkness on the Edge of Town

Bruce Springsteen

3/5

Easy listening, not lifechanging. Standout Tracks: - Badlands - Candy's Room

The Man Who

Travis

4/5

Listened to this one twice, it makes very easy background listening. Standout Tracks: - Turn - Writing to Reach You - Driftwood

Histoire De Melody Nelson

Serge Gainsbourg

1/5

Didn't enjoy this one much, very strange time

It's Blitz!

Yeah Yeah Yeahs

5/5

Standout Tracks: - Zero - Heads Will Roll - Soft Shock - Dull Life

Franz Ferdinand

5/5

Iconic album. Standout Tracks: - Darts of Pleasure - Jacqueline - The Dark of the Matinee - Take Me Out (overplayed, but amazing track)

Purple Rain

Prince

3/5

Really enjoyed the first song. An iconic and ahead of it's time album. Not my thing, but I see the talent and the mass appeal. Standout Tracks: - Let's Go Crazy

Crime Of The Century

Supertramp

4/5

Surprisingly enjoyable and fun album. Standout Tracks: - Dreamer - Hide in Your Shell

Gasoline Alley

Rod Stewart

3/5

Standout Tracks: - Gasoline Alley - It's All Over Now

Close To You

Carpenters

2/5

Recognised a good few songs, but not for me. Standouts: - We've Only Just Begun - Help

Frank

Amy Winehouse

3/5

Standout Tracks: - In My Bed

Veckatimest

Grizzly Bear

3/5

I liked some songs a lot, but overall didn't love this one as a whole album. Standout Track: - Two Weeks

Sunday At The Village Vanguard

Bill Evans Trio

1/5

Skipped after the first track. I appreciate the skill in jazz, it's just not for me

Walking Wounded

Everything But The Girl

2/5

Not really but thing, but not offensive.

Blue

Joni Mitchell

2/5

Iconic artwork. Not really my style of music, but appreciate the artistry. Standout Tracks: - Carey - All I Want

Jack Takes the Floor

Ramblin' Jack Elliott

1/5

Not for me, but listened to the full album

The Next Day

David Bowie

4/5

Good but quite mixed - the good songs were great, but a few misses in my opinion. Standout Tracks: - How Does The Grass Grow? - (You Will) Set The World On Fire - You Feel So Lonely You Could Die

A Girl Called Dusty

Dusty Springfield

3/5

Some great songs in this album. Standout Tracks: - Mama Said - You Don't Own Me

Parallel Lines

Blondie

4/5

Great album. Standout Tracks: - Hanging On The Telephone - One Way Or Another - Sunday Girl

Destroyer

KISS

2/5

Better than I expected, but not something I'd listen to again. Standout Tracks: - Detroit Rock City

Tubular Bells

Mike Oldfield

2/5

Listened to previously, and not my thing. Appreciate the skill.