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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
69 Love Songs The Magnetic Fields	5	2.85	+2.15
Stand! Sly & The Family Stone	5	3.43	+1.57
Hail To the Thief Radiohead	5	3.45	+1.55
It's Blitz! Yeah Yeah Yeahs	5	3.48	+1.52
Rust Never Sleeps Neil Young & Crazy Horse	5	3.51	+1.49
Low David Bowie	5	3.54	+1.46
Lust For Life Iggy Pop	5	3.6	+1.4
White Blood Cells The White Stripes	5	3.66	+1.34
Blood On The Tracks Bob Dylan	5	3.66	+1.34
The White Room The KLF	4	2.78	+1.22

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
War U2	1	3.47	-2.47
At Mister Kelly's Sarah Vaughan	1	3.38	-2.38
Sunday At The Village Vanguard Bill Evans Trio	1	3.31	-2.31
Throwing Muses Throwing Muses	1	2.99	-1.99
American IV: The Man Comes Around Johnny Cash	2	3.88	-1.88
Aladdin Sane David Bowie	2	3.61	-1.61
Jazz Samba Stan Getz	2	3.56	-1.56
Hot Buttered Soul Isaac Hayes	2	3.43	-1.43
...And Justice For All Metallica	2	3.42	-1.42
Synchronicity The Police	2	3.41	-1.41

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Artist	Albums	Average
Radiohead	3	5

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Artist	Ratings
David Bowie	5, 2
The White Stripes	5, 2

5-Star Albums (15)

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Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes

TV On The Radio · 1 likes

4/5

Really, really good. Very varied sound on the album. Really adventurous music styles and great songwriting. Would definitely recommend.

Hail To the Thief

Radiohead · 1 likes

5/5

This is an incredible album. After there first possible career blip in Amnesiac this is a complete return to form. Considering there at 14 tracks each one is incredible and unique. This is probably their most underrated album and just goes to show why they're one of the greatest bands of all time

1-Star Albums (5)

All Ratings

The Cars

4/5

Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

Wilco

4/5

Cosmo's Factory

Creedence Clearwater Revival

4/5

Fragile

Yes

3/5

It's all technically very impressive, it just doesn't give me much emotional response, nor does it leave me wanting to come back for repeated listens.

Lust For Life

Iggy Pop

5/5

Face to Face

The Kinks

2/5

This album's OK, but there feels like so much filler. I suppose it was paving the way for their amazing albums at the end of the decade, but I don't think it's good enough on its own merit to be here

Led Zeppelin III

Led Zeppelin

4/5

Pet Sounds

The Beach Boys

3/5

Low

David Bowie

5/5

Darkness on the Edge of Town

Bruce Springsteen

3/5

Feel I'd need to give it a few more listens to tell these songs apart, sorry Bruce

Electric Ladyland

Jimi Hendrix

4/5

Bit too long and self indulgent at points, at other points its amazing.

Rust Never Sleeps

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

5/5

Wow, WHAT an album. I mean I’ve heard it 100 times before but there’s a reason for that

Stand!

Sly & The Family Stone

5/5

So many bangers, and then Sex Machine...

The Bends

Radiohead

5/5

White Blood Cells

The White Stripes

5/5

Hot Buttered Soul

Isaac Hayes

2/5

The White Album

Beatles

5/5

Maxinquaye

Tricky

2/5

Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes

TV On The Radio

4/5

Really, really good. Very varied sound on the album. Really adventurous music styles and great songwriting. Would definitely recommend.

Aladdin Sane

David Bowie

2/5

Have listened to this many times before so will not do so again. Tbh if it wasn't for the cover this would be a very forgettable album, even as a massive Bowie fan. For the first time in his career he stays still and doesn't move forward, keeping the Ziggy persona going, which is great for those who got to see him on tour. Not great artistically however.

One Nation Under A Groove

Funkadelic

3/5

Hmmm, it's OK. Some alright beats but it's quite meandering at points. E.g. do we really need 10 minutes of that 10 second riff in Promentalshitbackwashpsychosis? One Nation Under a Groove, Who Says a Funk Band Can't Play Rock? and Into You all great songs though

Electric Warrior

T. Rex

4/5

The Man Machine

Kraftwerk

3/5

It was alright, there was some nice little melodies dotted around. Obviously the singing is a bit of an issue but I guess that's Kraftwerk for you. I would say bands inspired by Kraftwek are much more enjoyable to listen to than the band themselves.

Fred Neil

3/5

The Renaissance

Q-Tip

3/5

This guy has got an incredible flow. So impressive. Great melodies and isn't too reliant on a sampled hook to take him through. Also the lyrics are brilliant, totally unexpected for a rap record (well for a complete rap outsider)

Back To Black

Amy Winehouse

5/5

I mean, even as someone who isn't a stereotypical Amy Winehouse fan this is an incredible album, absolutely packed full of incredible songs. And of course an outstanding vocal performance. Back to Black, the centre piece of the album is still just as devastating even after hearing it a hundred times. The only criticism is towards the end the songs are a bit half formed or too short.

Midnight Ride

Paul Revere & The Raiders

2/5

Some OK songs, a lot of filler though. Feels very much included to capture a certain period or sound. This one mid 60s garage rock/pop

Lost In The Dream

The War On Drugs

4/5

Blood On The Tracks

Bob Dylan

5/5

Rumours

Fleetwood Mac

5/5

...And Justice For All

Metallica

2/5

Wow these drums sound bad, it's like he's hitting some tin cans, no bottom end whatsoever. Also really not that fussed about most of the songs, even the quite popular ones (other than One). I think a huge disappointment after Master of Puppets and Ride the Lightening. Obvs there's the no bass issue as well which just leaves the whole thing sounding tinny, it's the metal equivalent of someone playing music from their phone.

Electric Music For The Mind And Body

Country Joe & The Fish

3/5

A Night At The Opera

Queen

4/5

Definitely Maybe

Oasis

4/5

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector

Various Artists

4/5

Well there’s a reason these are all staples on the radio come Christmas time. The wall of sound displayed with devastating effect.

69 Love Songs

The Magnetic Fields

5/5

Fromohio

fIREHOSE

2/5

Enjoyable if not entirely memorable. This really felt like Minutemen, lo-fi and short songs, but just not as good.

Urban Hymns

The Verve

4/5

War

1/5

On the evidence of this and the Joshua Tree I really think U2 are a singles band, in the pop tradition. But yeah, second half largely forgettable, but it's also not really my jam so I can't hate them for it. But I do really like Sunday Bloody Sunday, so will give them an extra point for that.

Get Behind Me Satan

The White Stripes

2/5

Live At The Regal

B.B. King

3/5

They Were Wrong, So We Drowned

Liars

1/5

Well, thank god I'll never have to listen to that again

Time (The Revelator)

Gillian Welch

4/5

Brilliant, wonderful songs and absolutely incredible acoustic guitar interplay between the two artists (although most impressively Dave Rawlings on lead). Lack of diversity in the songs themselves is keeping it from being rated higher.

Transformer

Lou Reed

4/5

(Pronounced 'Leh-'Nérd 'Skin-'Nérd)

Lynyrd Skynyrd

4/5

Five Leaves Left

Nick Drake

4/5

It's Blitz!

Yeah Yeah Yeahs

5/5

Really, really good this. Yeah Yeah Yeahs the most bankable band in the biz.

The White Room

The KLF

4/5

Madrugada Eterna - Club Mix - completely took me by surprise, beautiful pedal steel in a dance context, very surprising! Overall very enjoyable though, as sort of light dance music that I can somewhat get behind.

Hail To the Thief

Radiohead

5/5

Brothers

The Black Keys

4/5

This is where the band peaked, with the perfect blend of blues rock and pop sensibilities. Perhaps along with El Camino, but after this the wheels really fell off. However enjoy this peak period for what it is, a brilliant selection of blues rock numbers by a band at the top of their game.

Double Nickels On The Dime

Minutemen

3/5

Great music for those with ADHD. Genuinely very good muscianship, far from a novelty act that they might appear to be first. Some decent songs littered about in there, but yeah some could maybe use a bit more padding out, or even a chorus, call me old fashioned.

Bright Flight

Silver Jews

2/5

Playing With Fire

Spacemen 3

2/5

American IV: The Man Comes Around

Johnny Cash

2/5

At Mister Kelly's

Sarah Vaughan

1/5

Eurgh jazz

Mask

Bauhaus

2/5

Not really my cup of tea, I suppose it's goth rock? The Man with X-Ray Eyes, really sounds like the cure, especially the forest. Mask was quite enjoyable, at least the did something a bit different with that track.

A Love Supreme

John Coltrane

3/5

Tbf it's quite nice as a jazz album. I mean there is little form or structure. He is sort of just playing notes, but that might be me misunderstanding it. I presume that's why there are no actual titles for the songs, just a Love Supreme Pts 1,2,3 & 4. Still quite enjoyable though.

Grace

Jeff Buckley

3/5

KIWANUKA

Michael Kiwanuka

4/5

Nilsson Schmilsson

Harry Nilsson

4/5

Queen II

Queen

4/5

Another Music In A Different Kitchen

Buzzcocks

2/5

This feels like the UK's answer to the Ramones, with the number of one dimensional power chords. I like some of their songs, but not really in this album unfortunately. I think it gets better towards the end, but it already feels a bit dated by 1978, where punk bands had moved on to more broad sounds

Superfly

Curtis Mayfield

4/5

This is a really, really good, full bodied album, especially for a soundtrack album which can often be just one or two songs and filler. Curtis Mayfield is a brilliant songwriter. This album goes way beyond just the most famous title track. Highlights include: Little Child Runnin' Wild, Freddie's Dead, No Thing on Me (Cocaine Song), Think - Instrumental

Olympia 64

Jacques Brel

2/5

I really wanted to like this more than I did, especially with Scott Walker and David Bowie such big fans. I suppose it demonstrates a certain level of sophistication to enjoy Jacques Brel, sadly a level I don't appear to have.

Jazz Samba

Stan Getz

2/5

There was quite decent interplay between the guitar and sax at points. With little other music existing at the time of its release I can understand its popularity, but there is now no reason for it to exist.

Sunday At The Village Vanguard

Bill Evans Trio

1/5

There is like no structure or form to these songs, I'm amazed they're even 'covers' at all. This is just mindless noodling, which I really dislike.

Hybrid Theory

Linkin Park

3/5

A full album of this angst is quite a lot. It can't be denied though that there are some incredible songs here.

Behaviour

Pet Shop Boys

2/5

OK Computer

Radiohead

5/5

Nevermind

Nirvana

5/5

Sheer Heart Attack

Queen

4/5

The Grand Tour

George Jones

2/5

It's alright, even though the lyrics of country music are up my ally (unrequted love, loss and sadness) I just feel this is played too straight for my liking. I suppose I much prefer Gram Parsons take on country.

Throwing Muses

1/5

I just felt that there was nothing to this, they 100% picked the wrong Throwing Muses album, should have gone with The Real Ramona.

Run-D.M.C.

2/5

It’s a bit basic at times, like they've just got a drum machine to work with, but cool seeing the start of rap's evolution

Juju

Siouxsie And The Banshees

4/5

This album is much better than the The Scream. Really like the discordant guitar work especially. It creates a really haunting atmosphere. Most importantly the songs are bloody brilliant.

Parklife

Blur

3/5

The Yes Album

Yes

4/5

This is just a really good album, from start to finish.

The Trinity Session

Cowboy Junkies

2/5

Imperial Bedroom

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

3/5

Synchronicity

The Police

2/5

Was OK, especially first half, I feel it somewhat tailed off though, even though the bigger hitters were towards the end

Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea

PJ Harvey

4/5

Tommy

The Who

4/5

In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida

Iron Butterfly

4/5

Obviously it is very much of its time. The album is different to what I thought it would be, having of course only known the title track. It's pretty good though, more psychedelic rock than the proto metal of the title track. Overall the songs are just decent, well written, tight numbers. Tbh the only let down is the 17 minute title track, which is just self indulgent jamming at its finest. Also remiss of me not to mention 'Marge remember when we used to make love to this hymn' (most likely along with everybody else).

Homework

Daft Punk

3/5

I probably shouldn't have been but I was a bit surprised that the album is just the work of two DJs, rather than more traditionally crafted songs of their later albums. They have some interesting beats of course, but some really don't need to be that long (4 around the 7 minutes mark (not that I have anything against long songs as long as it justifies it)). I suppose if DJs are playing them to dance to though it makes more sense. Anyway, interesting enough, not quite my kind of music though.

Green Onions

Booker T. & The MG's

2/5

Meh, I mean obv the initial track is pretty recognisable but the rest is instantly forgettable.

Off The Wall

Michael Jackson

3/5

It's nae bad. I mean, obviously not really my cup of tea. But there are some very well crafted pop songs in there and of course some very talented singing. Standouts: Off The Wall, the first two (although they're pretty obvious)

Armed Forces

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

3/5

I enjoyed the You Never Give Me Your Money refrain to Party Girl. In general the songs are alright. I do just feel it is somewhat lacking in replay value and does it do enough to warrant a place on the list?

Winter In America

Gil Scott-Heron

4/5

This is really great so far. A bit jazzy but definitely no jazz overload, which can get too much for my philistine ears. This really showcases his wide variety of talents, Gil had an amazing singing voice as well as lyrics/poems that hit to the heart of America, both at the time and present.

Songs Of Leonard Cohen

Leonard Cohen

4/5

Histoire De Melody Nelson

Serge Gainsbourg

2/5

As far as albums about a pedophile go it's OK. I feel sometimes the backing is surprisingly a bit basic jam like. It's also nowhere near as sexy as I was hoping. I feel that sentence shouldn't follow the other one I just wrote, but you know what I mean, I thought the backing would be a bit silkier like Je T'aime.

Head Hunters

Herbie Hancock

3/5

Tbf I am enjoying this jazz fusion much more than usual, run of the mill jazz that featured so heavily at the start of this list. The first half of the album is particularly good. The grooves are amazing and it is jazz which actually feels innovative, which might be why I'm enjoying it so much. I would however still always struggle with an all instrumental album with little in the way of structure or melody.

Highway to Hell

AC/DC

4/5

Roger the Engineer

The Yardbirds

3/5