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Album	You	Global	Diff
Darkdancer Les Rythmes Digitales	5	2.59	+2.41
Bitte Orca Dirty Projectors	5	2.69	+2.31
Oedipus Schmoedipus Barry Adamson	5	2.78	+2.22
Apple Venus Volume 1 XTC	5	2.85	+2.15
Music Has The Right To Children Boards of Canada	5	2.91	+2.09
Foxbase Alpha Saint Etienne	5	2.94	+2.06
Suzanne Vega Suzanne Vega	5	3.02	+1.98
Tubular Bells Mike Oldfield	5	3.1	+1.9
The Hour Of Bewilderbeast Badly Drawn Boy	5	3.13	+1.87
The Seldom Seen Kid Elbow	5	3.26	+1.74

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Ready To Die The Notorious B.I.G.	1	3.37	-2.37
Led Zeppelin IV Led Zeppelin	2	4.36	-2.36
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road Elton John	2	3.93	-1.93
Boston Boston	2	3.71	-1.71
Rumours Fleetwood Mac	3	4.46	-1.46
The Dark Side Of The Moon Pink Floyd	3	4.43	-1.43
Eliminator ZZ Top	2	3.38	-1.38
Music From Big Pink The Band	2	3.36	-1.36
If I Should Fall From Grace With God The Pogues	2	3.34	-1.34
Live And Dangerous Thin Lizzy	2	3.32	-1.32

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Artist	Albums	Average
David Bowie	5	4.4
Nick Drake	2	5
Radiohead	2	5
Beatles	3	4.33

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Purple Rain

Prince

4/5

Warm and a bit wobbly - lovely tone. Guitar solos? Drum solos?

The Fat Of The Land

The Prodigy

4/5

You wouldn't steal a car.....

Deja Vu

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

3/5

Varied

Eliminator

ZZ Top

2/5

Like being in a montage of an 80s film. Very much the same all the way through - driving beat

Bryter Layter

Nick Drake

5/5

In A Silent Way

Miles Davis

3/5

It was calm and peaceful, like a pleasant wallpaper. I enjoyed it but it quickly faded into the background

The Man Machine

Kraftwerk

5/5

Familiar sounds, I enjoyed the warmth. The sort of noises I like to make.

Music in Exile

Songhoy Blues

4/5

Enjoyed it - I like the energy and fun. World music delivers something different and its a bit nostalgic for me too which is good.

The Holy Bible

Manic Street Preachers

4/5

Better than i thought - good energy. Newer stuff sounds tired and formulaic but this was quite fresh

Metallica

4/5

Actually not bad, in some ways its got a folky vibe, pretty guitar riffs alongside driving rhythms. I didn't mind it!

Electric Prunes

The Electric Prunes

3/5

Never heard of these guys before, slightly odd but fun. I can imagine the room they are recording in - low brown sofas with questionable stains and smoke from an unknown leaf hanging thickly in the air. Hang on a minute, they released an album of a mass. What is this?

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

Elton John

2/5

Oracular Spectacular

MGMT

3/5

OK, didnt really catch my attention and was quite samey

B-52's

The B-52's

4/5

Quite enjoyed it - crisp but warm tone

All That You Can't Leave Behind

3/5

It was ok, Deliriou5?

The Stranger

Billy Joel

4/5

Actually not bad. I always think of Billy Crystal when I hear is name.

Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs

Marty Robbins

4/5

Not something I'd have picked up to listen to ever. I quite enjoyed the tone of the recording and the storytelling in the lyrics

If I Should Fall From Grace With God

The Pogues

2/5

It was ok, but quite a hard listen. Maybe not ideal on a sunny morning - would be great in a pub in ireland somewhere..

Fragile

Yes

3/5

I'm sure some of these are demo tunes from a Casio keyboard... Fine, a bit Dad rock, maybe alan partridge but perhaps thats just because i'm biased by the name...

The Genius Of Ray Charles

Ray Charles

4/5

It's Ray Charles!

Led Zeppelin II

Led Zeppelin

3/5

Led Zeppelin IV

Led Zeppelin

2/5

Meh, Zepelliney

Doolittle

Pixies

3/5

Steve Lamacqy, quite a lot on 6 music. I guess I can hear some influencing of later music but overall I wasn't a huge fan

Are You Experienced

Jimi Hendrix

4/5

Enjoyed it, some familiar things but they seemed to fit together well in the context of the other songs - i guess thats an album!

Our Aim Is To Satisfy

Red Snapper

4/5

I enjoyed this, I've never heard of them before and it was really good

Bitte Orca

Dirty Projectors

5/5

Really liked this, can tell it's a new york type band but that didn't put me off too much!

Axis: Bold As Love

Jimi Hendrix

4/5

Another Hendrix - started weird but got into the groove.

Station To Station

David Bowie

4/5

Not listened to full Bowie - wasn't concentrating very well on it but it was pretty good

Dust

Screaming Trees

3/5

A bit battle of the bands

Post Orgasmic Chill

Skunk Anansie

4/5

90s fun

Live And Dangerous

Thin Lizzy

2/5

I couldn't do it..

Music From Big Pink

The Band

2/5

I can't really remember it so it can't have been that good...

The World is a Ghetto

War

3/5

Moss Side Story

Barry Adamson

3/5

The White Album

Beatles

4/5

Buena Vista Social Club

5/5

Love this! Its like being in the room with them having a great laugh.

The Atomic Mr Basie

Count Basie & His Orchestra

4/5

Fun, like being in a 60s spy film

Bridge Over Troubled Water

Simon & Garfunkel

4/5

Its a classic, hard to listen to with fresh ears. I love the warm tone

Dummy

Portishead

4/5

90s, fun. I could hear the sounds of Delirious and other such things

Tanto Tempo

Bebel Gilberto

4/5

Enjoyed it but it was quite wallpapery - background music

Boston

2/5

Not a big fan, bit dad rock

Graceland

Paul Simon

4/5

I Should Coco

Supergrass

5/5

Love this, fun, energetic, nostalgic. Normally not one for upbeat but I enjoyed this a lot

The Seldom Seen Kid

Elbow

5/5

The Soft Bulletin

The Flaming Lips

5/5

In Rainbows

Radiohead

5/5

The Dark Side Of The Moon

Pink Floyd

3/5

Chicago Transit Authority

Chicago

4/5

The Gershwin Songbook

Ella Fitzgerald

5/5

This was pretty long! High quality musicianship and top level songwriting.

Rocks

Aerosmith

2/5

Kick Out The Jams (Live)

MC5

3/5

An interesting listen - what Jack Black would like to have been

Ready To Die

The Notorious B.I.G.

1/5

Tried, failed. Couldn't listen to it

Highway 61 Revisited

Bob Dylan

5/5

Listening to a bunch of these back to back really changes how they sound. Enjoyable! I guess it helps that it was next to Notorious BIG...

The ArchAndroid

Janelle Monáe

5/5

This is amazing, symphonic, epic. Brilliant

Sound of Silver

LCD Soundsystem

3/5

Rubber Soul

Beatles

4/5

Disintegration

The Cure

4/5

Ill Communication

Beastie Boys

4/5

Aladdin Sane

David Bowie

4/5

Blur

5/5

Gold

Ryan Adams

4/5

Smash

The Offspring

3/5

Green

R.E.M.

4/5

Groovin'

The Young Rascals

4/5

Rising Above Bedlam

Jah Wobble's Invaders Of The Heart

4/5

Slow grower - i enjoyed the latin american elements being integrated into the music

So Much For The City

The Thrills

4/5

I listened to this a lot and i enjoyed how familiar it is and also that it has stayed valid (is that the word?) certainly it feels timeless

System Of A Down

2/5

Meh. Loud.

Rock 'N Soul

Solomon Burke

4/5

Melodrama

Lorde

5/5

The Doors

4/5

The Wildest!

Louis Prima

5/5

Tracy Chapman

4/5

She has things to say, i enjoyed the connection with the music - felt produced but still real

Melody A.M.

Röyksopp

4/5

Pet Sounds

The Beach Boys

5/5

Different Class

Pulp

4/5

Blunderbuss

Jack White

5/5

Immigrés

Youssou N'Dour

4/5

The Rolling Stones

3/5

Sweetheart Of The Rodeo

The Byrds

3/5

I'd need to listen again to understand what this is...

Cheap Thrills

Big Brother & The Holding Company

3/5

Brothers In Arms

Dire Straits

4/5

Legalize It

Peter Tosh

3/5

Faust IV

Faust

3/5

It was quite dense

New Boots And Panties

Ian Dury

4/5

Not really my thing but I enjoyed it - like a pub knees up

Abbey Road

Beatles

5/5

Savane

Ali Farka Touré

3/5

I enjoy this kind of thing but there wasn't a lot of dynamic to it, more or less the same all the way through

Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols

Sex Pistols

4/5

Actually rather interesting, not as heavy as i remembered the songs to be

Getz/Gilberto

Stan Getz

4/5

Some of these songs are so familiar now, it's good to hear them in a more original form.

Suzanne Vega

5/5

It grew on me once I got used to the 80s production

Pearl

Janis Joplin

4/5

Funky, souly, enjoyable.

Songs Of Leonard Cohen

Leonard Cohen

5/5

Play

Moby

3/5

It was fine, it seemed revolutionary at the time but maybe it was so succesful that now it seems a bit meh. Enjoyed it for the nostalgia trip mainly

Arc Of A Diver

Steve Winwood

3/5

Straight away I'm watching a science show from the 80s

This Is Hardcore

Pulp

4/5

Oedipus Schmoedipus

Barry Adamson

5/5

Illinois

Sufjan Stevens

5/5

The xx

4/5

Clube Da Esquina

Milton Nascimento

4/5

Frank

Amy Winehouse

4/5

To Pimp A Butterfly

Kendrick Lamar

4/5

Not my usual fare but I enjoyed it - feels like there are real deep thoughts and messages in it. Also amused by the bit in "Alright" that sounds like a weird geordie accent

Master Of Puppets

Metallica

3/5

Stand!

Sly & The Family Stone

5/5

Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)

Eurythmics

4/5

The Hour Of Bewilderbeast

Badly Drawn Boy

5/5

Unhalfbricking

Fairport Convention

3/5

Franz Ferdinand

4/5

The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady

Charles Mingus

3/5

Horses

Patti Smith

4/5

Teenager Of The Year

Frank Black

4/5

I wasn't sure what this was - a bit Springsteen maybe but not as tired? I quite enjoyed it

Duck Stab/Buster & Glen

The Residents

3/5

Weird.. didn't dislike it as such, just maybe not one I'll listen to much

Ágætis Byrjun

Sigur Rós

5/5

The Wall

Pink Floyd

3/5

Me Against The World

2Pac

3/5

Hunting High And Low

a-ha

3/5

Goodbye And Hello

Tim Buckley

3/5

yeah, fine. was confused by his voice

Wild Is The Wind

Nina Simone

4/5

Africa Brasil

Jorge Ben Jor

4/5

Cafe Bleu

The Style Council

3/5

Music Has The Right To Children

Boards of Canada

5/5

Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music

Ray Charles

5/5

The Bends

Radiohead

5/5

Here, My Dear

Marvin Gaye

4/5

KIWANUKA

Michael Kiwanuka

5/5

Joan Armatrading

4/5

Blonde On Blonde

Bob Dylan

3/5

Ramones

3/5

Transformer

Lou Reed

4/5

Tubular Bells

Mike Oldfield

5/5

Rumours

Fleetwood Mac

3/5

Common

5/5

In The Court Of The Crimson King

King Crimson

3/5

Oxygène

Jean-Michel Jarre

4/5

Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

4/5

Neon Bible

Arcade Fire

4/5

Django Django

3/5

Thriller

Michael Jackson

5/5

Raising Hell

Run-D.M.C.

3/5

Honky Tonk Heroes

Waylon Jennings

3/5

Welcome To The Pleasuredome

Frankie Goes To Hollywood

4/5

Wasn't expecting all the covers!

Close To You

Carpenters

4/5

Loads i recognised. Not my favourite but very accomplished in its way

The Next Day

David Bowie

4/5

Hysteria

Def Leppard

4/5

John Prine

4/5

Foxbase Alpha

Saint Etienne

5/5

Band On The Run

Paul McCartney and Wings

4/5

Exile On Main Street

The Rolling Stones

4/5

Daydream Nation

Sonic Youth

4/5

Black Monk Time

The Monks

3/5

Vincebus Eruptum

Blue Cheer

3/5

Noisy

This Is Fats Domino

Fats Domino

5/5

Birth Of The Cool

Miles Davis

5/5

Myths Of The Near Future

Klaxons

4/5

Off The Wall

Michael Jackson

4/5

Slayed?

Slade

3/5

Whatever

Aimee Mann

4/5

Hounds Of Love

Kate Bush

5/5

From Elvis In Memphis

Elvis Presley

4/5

Synchronicity

The Police

4/5

L'Eau Rouge

The Young Gods

4/5

Hot Fuss

The Killers

4/5

London Calling

The Clash

4/5

Tidal

Fiona Apple

5/5

The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars

David Bowie

5/5

Caetano Veloso

4/5

Viva Hate

Morrissey

3/5

Queen II

Queen

4/5

If You Can Believe Your Eyes & Ears

The Mamas & The Papas

3/5

Five Leaves Left

Nick Drake

5/5

BEYONCÉ

Beyoncé

4/5

Sheet Music

10cc

4/5

Get Behind Me Satan

The White Stripes

5/5

Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire)

The Kinks

4/5

Fred Neil

3/5

All Things Must Pass

George Harrison

4/5

The Healer

John Lee Hooker

4/5

Born To Run

Bruce Springsteen

3/5

Tiring. I listened to the bbc documentary about him, made me appreciate it a bit more but still feels hard work - saxaphone solos like christmas songs

Juju

Siouxsie And The Banshees

4/5

Spiderland

Slint

4/5

Giant Steps

The Boo Radleys

4/5

Bongo Rock

Incredible Bongo Band

5/5