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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Since I Left You The Avalanches	5	3.28	+1.72
C'est Chic CHIC	5	3.34	+1.66
Endtroducing..... DJ Shadow	5	3.35	+1.65
Haunted Dancehall The Sabres Of Paradise	4	2.37	+1.63
Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea PJ Harvey	5	3.39	+1.61
The Fat Of The Land The Prodigy	5	3.4	+1.6
Moon Safari Air	5	3.57	+1.43
Lust For Life Iggy Pop	5	3.6	+1.4
Birth Of The Cool Miles Davis	5	3.64	+1.36
Pictures At An Exhibition Emerson, Lake & Palmer	4	2.64	+1.36

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Warehouse: Songs And Stories Hüsker Dü	1	2.86	-1.86
Superunknown Soundgarden	2	3.66	-1.66
...And Justice For All Metallica	2	3.43	-1.43
My Generation The Who	2	3.42	-1.42
Hybrid Theory Linkin Park	2	3.39	-1.39
Live At Leeds The Who	2	3.32	-1.32
System Of A Down System Of A Down	2	3.26	-1.26
Time (The Revelator) Gillian Welch	2	3.06	-1.06
Meat Puppets II Meat Puppets	2	3.02	-1.02
Vento De Maio Elis Regina	2	3.01	-1.01

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On The Beach

Neil Young

4/5

Didn't give it a proper listen, pleasant sounding folk.

Endtroducing.....

DJ Shadow

5/5

Really enjoyed this. Like ambient hip hop or somet

Home Is Where The Music Is

Hugh Masekela

3/5

Jazz, was pleasant to listen to. Not majorly bothered.

Birth Of The Cool

Miles Davis

5/5

More jazz, sounded cool but I don't really get it

Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs

Derek & The Dominos

4/5

Very good, guitar was cool. Nice to know where Layla came from

Can't Buy A Thrill

Steely Dan

3/5

Lot of old bangers, enjoyed it.

Live At Leeds

The Who

2/5

Not very into this

The Notorious Byrd Brothers

The Byrds

3/5

Verged on cliche 60's hippy mystic sounds at some points but I enjoyed it

Woodface

Crowded House

3/5

Couple of good songs on this, recognized a few of them. Very classic rock.

I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You

Aretha Franklin

4/5

Loved this one

Wild Is The Wind

Nina Simone

4/5

Great, really emotional. Really surprised to hear black is the color on there

2112

Rush

3/5

Didn't really know what prog rock actually was, was decent enough

Colour By Numbers

Culture Club

3/5

Liked this, poppier new order sorta vibe

My Generation

The Who

2/5

Bit better than the other Who album listened to so far but still not a fan. Lot of the lyrics have aged very badly. Kinda boring.

Superunknown

Soundgarden

2/5

Didn't finish this, not into it

Bubble And Scrape

Sebadoh

3/5

Some cool sounds but vocals were very dated sounding

There's No Place Like America Today

Curtis Mayfield

4/5

The was class, funky, jazzy, great stories

Come Away With Me

Norah Jones

3/5

Very pleasant, lovely voice

461 Ocean Boulevard

Eric Clapton

3/5

Wasn't excited for this but was pleasantly surprised

Smile

Brian Wilson

3/5

Weird mix of beachboys find and kind show band yacht Rock. Not terrible

After The Gold Rush

Neil Young

4/5

Easy to see why he is so reveared

Kings Of The Wild Frontier

Adam & The Ants

4/5

This was incredible, so strange but very fun

All Hope Is Gone

Slipknot

3/5

Thought I'd hate this but it grew on me a bit, very political, very dark

Africa Brasil

Jorge Ben Jor

4/5

Pretty good; jazzy, funky and a bit strange. Lot of repeating sounds through the different songs was quite cool

Tapestry

Carole King

4/5

Old classics, pretty good

Songs The Lord Taught Us

The Cramps

4/5

Good, like the rolling Stones but without the fatigue it's having heard it all a load

At Newport 1960

Muddy Waters

3/5

Very pleasant listen but probably wouldn't go back

Marquee Moon

Television

3/5

Enjoyed it

Lust For Life

Iggy Pop

5/5

Loved this, tried to get into Iggy pop before but wasn't into it but clearly I started in the wrong place

Hybrid Theory

Linkin Park

2/5

Couldn't finish, really not into it

John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band

John Lennon

4/5

Great songs, pity he was such a prick

Aladdin Sane

David Bowie

4/5

Great as expected, not that many big hits in this one but every song was still amazing

Since I Left You

The Avalanches

5/5

This was class

Brilliant Corners

Thelonious Monk

3/5

Nice background music, still can't fully pay attention to jazz

Bat Out Of Hell

Meat Loaf

3/5

Wasn't looking forward to this but it was decent, fun upbeat classic rock

Killing Joke

3/5

Decent, few banger adjacent songs. More punk than most post punk

...And Justice For All

Metallica

2/5

Not bothered

Superfly

Curtis Mayfield

4/5

Fantastic, suave and jazzy with some lyrical interest and nice movie tension

C'est Chic

CHIC

5/5

Insanely good, so many classics

It's Too Late to Stop Now

Van Morrison

4/5

Good vibe

Country Life

Roxy Music

3/5

Very Bowie-esque, very listenable

Deep Purple In Rock

Deep Purple

3/5

Thought it was going got be more standard classic rock but was a bit more interesting, child in time my hilight

Winter In America

Gil Scott-Heron

4/5

This album was taken off Spotify, listened to Johannesburg instead. Best jazz so far

Qui sème le vent récolte le tempo

MC Solaar

3/5

Was in French, sounded pretty decent but no idea what it was about. Nice vibe to it

Black Monk Time

The Monks

3/5

Wasn't fully available on Spotify but the tracks I could get were pretty good

Seventeen Seconds

The Cure

4/5

You can tell this influenced a lot

You've Come a Long Way Baby

Fatboy Slim

4/5

Great. Fun to listen to, very upbeat but interesting.

Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea

PJ Harvey

5/5

Legend

Oar

Alexander 'Skip' Spence

3/5

Fine, interesting in parts. The description had me thinking that's was going to be incredible but it was just fairly standard 60s psych rock

Boston

4/5

I've been getting a bit tired of all the classic rock I end up listening to on this list but this one was actually great, really enjoyed it. Interesting and lively and the hits mixed in were great throwbacks.

Deja Vu

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

3/5

Good

Nevermind

Nirvana

5/5

Incredible

Pictures At An Exhibition

Emerson, Lake & Palmer

4/5

Thought this was going to be more classic rock but it was actually really off the wall electronic stuff, to me a bit like non instrumental sigur Ross or something like that. Was fun.

Surfer Rosa

Pixies

3/5

Highs are brilliant, lows were strange

Calenture

The Triffids

2/5

Quite bad, don't see why it's on the list

The Queen Is Dead

The Smiths

4/5

Got stronger though the middle, must give it a proper listen paying attention to lyrics

A Night At The Opera

Queen

5/5

Need to do a deep dive on Queen, casually throwing bohemian Rhapsody in as the second last song on an album full of classics is insane

Synchronicity

The Police

4/5

Enjoyed it, wasn't what I thought the police sounded like

Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme

Simon & Garfunkel

3/5

Not really my thing

The Hissing Of Summer Lawns

Joni Mitchell

4/5

Great

Warehouse: Songs And Stories

Hüsker Dü

1/5

Not a fan

Haunted Dancehall

The Sabres Of Paradise

4/5

Good stuff, very nice vibe with some good atmosphere

Crime Of The Century

Supertramp

3/5

Some interesting melodies going gon

Kenza

Khaled

2/5

Hard to review the on merit because of how unused to the genre I am.

Coat Of Many Colors

Dolly Parton

3/5

Lovely

Green

R.E.M.

3/5

Found vocals quite grating and music boring.

Dear Science

TV On The Radio

3/5

Decent indie rock, most mid, some good highlights

Ten

Pearl Jam

3/5

Musically quite cool but not for me overall

System Of A Down

2/5

A bit more palatable than most metal but still not for me

Abbey Road

Beatles

5/5

Good to revisit, still great

Paul's Boutique

Beastie Boys

4/5

Really great, some lines haven't aged well but overall brilliant

Songs Of Love And Hate

Leonard Cohen

3/5

I'm sure this is incredible but I still really struggle to pay attention to lyrics. Cool haunting type sound though

Let's Get It On

Marvin Gaye

4/5

Good

Kala

M.I.A.

4/5

Very fun and quite dark.

Daydream Nation

Sonic Youth

4/5

Started slow, got a bit better through the middle. Not a massive fan but pretty good.

Buenas Noches From A Lonely Room

Dwight Yoakam

3/5

A country album that I actually enjoyed listening to is a rarity so this was nice

3 Feet High and Rising

De La Soul

3/5

Fine, sounded like fairly standard 90s hip hop to me. Enjoyed it but wouldn't go back

American Idiot

Green Day

3/5

Objectively great but there's something about the 200s emo rich sound that I just find off-putting. Good to listen to though.

In It For The Money

Supergrass

3/5

Good, some I treating bits but wouldn't go back

Common

3/5

Grand

Born To Be With You

Dion

2/5

Meh

Disintegration

The Cure

4/5

Great, nice soundscapey vibe to it. Quite dreary though

The Wall

Pink Floyd

4/5

Was expecting a bit more but was still great. Think I preferred side 2.

good kid, m.A.A.d city

Kendrick Lamar

4/5

At Mister Kelly's

Sarah Vaughan

3/5

Very pleasant

The Boatman's Call

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

4/5

Great, mellow classic type stuff.

Lost In The Dream

The War On Drugs

4/5

Liked this but it didn't particularly take me. Lot better than expected, gave he impression that if I listened to them more I would become a fan

Exodus

Bob Marley & The Wailers

4/5

Everytime I listen to Bob Marley I love it, I don't know why I haven't become a big fan already

NEU! 75

Neu!

4/5

Darklands

The Jesus And Mary Chain

3/5

Meh

Talking Heads 77

Talking Heads

4/5

Great, but not as good as I remember. Couple of flat songs in there mixed in with brilliance

Trio

Dolly Parton

3/5

Grand, wasn't really in the mindset for breakup stuff but might come back to it if the need arises

Vento De Maio

Elis Regina

2/5

Meh

Time (The Revelator)

Gillian Welch

2/5

Meh, not my genre

The Wildest!

Louis Prima

3/5

Nice to put a name to some of these songs. Enjoyed it but probably wouldn't search for it again

Venus Luxure No. 1 Baby

Girls Against Boys

2/5

Enjoyed this but it wasn't remarkable at all, don't really know why it's included. Bit heavier than I'd normally listen to but a nice bridge. Lyrics a bit cheesey a lot of the time

Whatever

Aimee Mann

4/5

Good stuff, lovely voice. Tickles at deep but not cringey

The World is a Ghetto

War

4/5

Absolutely class. Slips between genes without even noticing.

L.A. Woman

The Doors

3/5

Grand. First song the highlight