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Album	You	Global	Diff
The Who Sell Out The Who	5	3	+2
Legalize It Peter Tosh	5	3.07	+1.93
Tigermilk Belle & Sebastian	5	3.23	+1.77
Live And Dangerous Thin Lizzy	5	3.32	+1.68
C'est Chic CHIC	5	3.34	+1.66
Ready To Die The Notorious B.I.G.	5	3.36	+1.64
Music for the Masses Depeche Mode	5	3.37	+1.63
This Is Fats Domino Fats Domino	5	3.38	+1.62
Blue Lines Massive Attack	5	3.38	+1.62
The Village Green Preservation Society The Kinks	5	3.4	+1.6

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
The Blueprint JAY Z	1	3.21	-2.21
Closer Joy Division	1	3.21	-2.21
Nowhere Ride	1	3.02	-2.02
Fire Of Love The Gun Club	1	2.99	-1.99
Very Pet Shop Boys	1	2.94	-1.94
Highway 61 Revisited Bob Dylan	2	3.77	-1.77
The Genius Of Ray Charles Ray Charles	2	3.63	-1.63
Heroes David Bowie	2	3.61	-1.61
Madman Across The Water Elton John	2	3.59	-1.59
Green R.E.M.	2	3.48	-1.48

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Artist	Albums	Average
Kendrick Lamar	2	5

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Ready To Die

The Notorious B.I.G.

5/5

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James Brown Live At The Apollo

James Brown

4/5

The Specials

4/5

Iconic. Special if you will

This Is Fats Domino

Fats Domino

5/5

The Blueprint

JAY Z

1/5

Nebraska

Bruce Springsteen

3/5

Live At The Witch Trials

The Fall

2/5

Superfuzz Bigmuff

Mudhoney

4/5

Joan Armatrading

3/5

My Aim Is True

Elvis Costello

3/5

Lots of storytelling - sorta like a country song

Live At The Star Club, Hamburg

Jerry Lee Lewis

2/5

It’s big and loud but not for me

Frank

Amy Winehouse

5/5

This album has been in my car for years

Madman Across The Water

Elton John

2/5

Now a lot more informed when I say: not a fan of Elton John. Impressive composition and very “big” but not for me

Kala

M.I.A.

3/5

Freak Out!

The Mothers Of Invention

3/5

Some good samples in this one

Ready To Die

The Notorious B.I.G.

5/5

Classique

Machine Head

Deep Purple

3/5

I thought deep purple were a bit of a joke tbh. But some of these riffs and interplay between the different instruments are tight af

Electric Ladyland

Jimi Hendrix

5/5

The Slider

T. Rex

2/5

Now I’ve heard more T.Rex which is nice but tbh it’s the most for me with these guys I think.

Music for the Masses

Depeche Mode

5/5

Perfect train music

The Slim Shady LP

Eminem

4/5

Sensing a theme here lol. Some of the bars in this are ridiculous. Must be one of the funniest rappers going.

No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith (Live)

Motörhead

2/5

Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music

Ray Charles

3/5

Some interesting tunes but a lot is quite samey. Lyrics make me wonder about what he was going through at the time of recording

Astral Weeks

Van Morrison

2/5

Every track is like 4 minutes too long. And the sweeping searching droning does not build to anywhere satisfying.

The La's

2/5

Is it the “Lahs” or “L.A.’s”?

The Stranger

Billy Joel

5/5

Yeah sick

Peggy Suicide

Julian Cope

2/5

A lot of effort when into this album. Ambitious in scope. It’s fine. Quite ambling for me. Studio rawness doesn’t do it for me.

Ogden's Nut Gone Flake

Small Faces

3/5

I wish all my audiobooks were translated into something more likewikey this’ll dum

Surrealistic Pillow

Jefferson Airplane

4/5

Wow this was astonishing. Spooky, sad, tender, all of it

When I Was Born For The 7th Time

Cornershop

4/5

Really intriguing stuff . Very diverse. Now I can stop mumbling “mmm bm bm mm mmm mmm mmm FORTY FIVE”

Natty Dread

Bob Marley & The Wailers

5/5

This Nation’s Saving Grace

The Fall

3/5

The Village Green Preservation Society

The Kinks

5/5

I’m very biased when it comes to the kinks but god they were good

2112

Rush

3/5

20 minute rock rhapsody hell yes

Africa Brasil

Jorge Ben Jor

4/5

Love this. Raw and very interesting considering what was going on in funk / disco at the time. Melanie believes some of the jingles were copied by other artists and that jorge Ben should invest in better IP lawyers

Very

Pet Shop Boys

1/5

The pet shop boys is a crap name for a band…and they make shite music too

Vivid

Living Colour

2/5

good kid, m.A.A.d city

Kendrick Lamar

5/5

Yeah forgot how many bangers are on this album. King.

Talking Heads 77

Talking Heads

5/5

Is This It

The Strokes

5/5

Love this album. Nut for the liberal use of radio EQ on Julian Casablanca’s’ vocals

Songs For Swingin' Lovers!

Frank Sinatra

4/5

Heroes

David Bowie

2/5

Very wispy and a bit directionless at points. Didn’t hold my attention. Final tunes a banger tho.

Nowhere

Ride

1/5

Wasn’t for me. Went nowhere 🥁

Closer

Joy Division

1/5

I never liked joy division because of a not-friend who was obsessed. Don’t think this album moved the dial much

Goodbye And Hello

Tim Buckley

3/5

What an interesting voice Tim Buckley has. Intricate and impressive.

John Prine

4/5

hoooooweeeee

The Undertones

3/5

Really fun. Captures a real teenage angsty feel.

Catch A Fire

Bob Marley & The Wailers

4/5

Still good but not as fire as the other BM album on here

Fire Of Love

The Gun Club

1/5

Sounds like music written by an arsehole.

Green

R.E.M.

2/5

Nice to go beyond the hits. Tracks were all decent but none really shone out for me

B-52's

The B-52's

4/5

Yeh pretty cool stuff and sounded like a lot of fun to record. Not always down with the shouty staccato new wave but this was deserving of an exception

Paranoid

Black Sabbath

5/5

Jumped the gun with this one and listened a few weeks ago. Incredible stuff.

Arise

Sepultura

2/5

Goodness gracious. Liked the atmosphere. Heavy metal lyrics are always a bit cringe to me. And some of the solos were just a bit limp for my liking.

Your New Favourite Band

The Hives

3/5

Pretty hungover listen so didn’t vibe with me too much. But enough here to warrant a re-listen at some point.

To Pimp A Butterfly

Kendrick Lamar

5/5

Tigermilk

Belle & Sebastian

5/5

Listened on the back of a motorcycle through mountains. Very nice moment. I like the spaciness of the sounds at points and the liberal use of flute.

Searching For The Young Soul Rebels

Dexys Midnight Runners

3/5

Actually really fun. I wish they continued in the more horn-forward style tbh

Blue Lines

Massive Attack

5/5

Cool shit iconic album

Rage Against The Machine

5/5

Kenya

Machito

4/5

God I loved this the texture the percussion dat sax. A sunny day in Fukuoka

Call of the Valley

Shivkumar Sharma

3/5

Nice music to read to. Enjoyed on a train to Busan.

Devotional Songs

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

3/5

Good vibes

Abraxas

Santana

3/5

Nice to hear this side of Santana. Why is oye como va such a banger no matter whose version?

Penance Soiree

The Icarus Line

2/5

It’s a very muddy sound. Never quite sure what they’re trying to make me listen to.

Killing Joke

3/5

Always here for heavy use of vocal effects and synths n shit. I like the vocals when they come in and relatively withheld percussion for the time

Legalize It

Peter Tosh

5/5

Unfair as this rating includes to other tunes by Pete tosh. Still. Lit.

Viva Hate

Morrissey

4/5

Another bloody Morrisey album…that I actually rather linked. Caught as I walked through Kyoto on a quiet morning with lots of sun

Space Ritual

Hawkwind

2/5

Hawktuah. Not the right moment to listen. Soz guys. Actually you know what, just a bit unremarkable for me

Queen Of Denmark

John Grant

4/5

I really like this

Hearts And Bones

Paul Simon

4/5

Quaint

Live And Dangerous

Thin Lizzy

5/5

Absolutely pumping. Never felt too fussed about thin lizzy’s studio albums but this is really making me reevaluate

Architecture And Morality

Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark

2/5

Plinky plonky cool

Van Halen

3/5

Thought it would be harder. But actually very blues forward. Helpful to situate in rock genealogy

C'est Chic

CHIC

5/5

So many classics

Highway 61 Revisited

Bob Dylan

2/5

Dunno what it is about Bob Dyland. A great deal of it is not for me. Dylan’s voice is so big in the mix in this album to the detriment of accompanying parts

Junkyard

The Birthday Party

1/5

Unfinishable

Vento De Maio

Elis Regina

3/5

I don’t know what she was saying but it sounded good

Scum

Napalm Death

1/5

Sounds like trey Parker parody