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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Rising Above Bedlam Jah Wobble's Invaders Of The Heart	5	2.61	+2.39
Oedipus Schmoedipus Barry Adamson	5	2.79	+2.21
Foxbase Alpha Saint Etienne	5	2.94	+2.06
Sheet Music 10cc	5	2.96	+2.04
Ghosteen Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds	5	2.97	+2.03
Oxygène Jean-Michel Jarre	5	3.07	+1.93
Immigrés Youssou N'Dour	5	3.08	+1.92
Welcome To The Pleasuredome Frankie Goes To Hollywood	5	3.11	+1.89
Close To You Carpenters	5	3.11	+1.89
The Hour Of Bewilderbeast Badly Drawn Boy	5	3.12	+1.88

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
The Stranger Billy Joel	2	3.86	-1.86
Boston Boston	2	3.71	-1.71
Smash The Offspring	2	3.37	-1.37
Ready To Die The Notorious B.I.G.	2	3.36	-1.36
Melodrama Lorde	2	3.32	-1.32
Faith George Michael	2	3.27	-1.27
The Wall Pink Floyd	3	4.14	-1.14
Led Zeppelin II Led Zeppelin	3	4.11	-1.11
Golden Hour Kacey Musgraves	2	3.09	-1.09

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Artist	Albums	Average
David Bowie	5	5
Nick Drake	3	5
Beatles	3	4.67
Bob Dylan	3	4.67
Radiohead	2	5

5-Star Albums (69)

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Purple Rain

Prince

5/5

This is a fantastic album. I've never listened to much Prince before.

The Fat Of The Land

The Prodigy

4/5

Deja Vu

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

3/5

Eliminator

ZZ Top

4/5

I've not "listened" to ZZ Top before. But I've heard them. A bunch of familiar tracks. Really enjoyed it.

Bryter Layter

Nick Drake

5/5

In A Silent Way

Miles Davis

4/5

The Man Machine

Kraftwerk

5/5

I love this album. Fun and familiar.

The Band

3/5

Music in Exile

Songhoy Blues

4/5

Absolutely what I needed this morning. Brings some sunshine to a grey day!

The Holy Bible

Manic Street Preachers

3/5

Metallica

4/5

Electric Prunes

The Electric Prunes

3/5

I have no idea what to rate this. It's quite something - beyond the bounds an adequate frame of reference.

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

Elton John

4/5

Some absolute classics on this album. Dynamically fairly one dimensional and repetitive.

Lost In The Dream

The War On Drugs

3/5

Enjoyed it.

Skylarking

XTC

4/5

I really liked this - good melodies, interesting chord progressions, and some fun noises

Faith

George Michael

2/5

S.F. Sorrow

The Pretty Things

4/5

Pink Moon

Nick Drake

5/5

Oracular Spectacular

MGMT

4/5

B-52's

The B-52's

3/5

All That You Can't Leave Behind

2/5

The tracks that aren't hits are middle of the road filler and highly forgettable.

The Stranger

Billy Joel

2/5

Didn't do it for me

Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs

Marty Robbins

4/5

Not really sure what to say other than I enjoyed it. Reminded me of Johnny Cash

If I Should Fall From Grace With God

The Pogues

4/5

Fragile

Yes

4/5

The Genius Of Ray Charles

Ray Charles

4/5

Led Zeppelin II

Led Zeppelin

3/5

Led Zeppelin IV

Led Zeppelin

4/5

Doolittle

Pixies

3/5

Are You Experienced

Jimi Hendrix

4/5

Our Aim Is To Satisfy

Red Snapper

3/5

Bitte Orca

Dirty Projectors

4/5

Really interesting writing. Verging on self-indulgent at times but didn't tip fully into it.

Axis: Bold As Love

Jimi Hendrix

3/5

Station To Station

David Bowie

5/5

Dust

Screaming Trees

4/5

This was a nice surprise. I enjoyed it a lot!

Post Orgasmic Chill

Skunk Anansie

4/5

This massively exceeded my expectations. Some fantastic songwriting and performance - Skin's voice is out of this world at times.

Live And Dangerous

Thin Lizzy

3/5

I don't have particularly strong feelings about this. It's fine. Didn't feel dangerous, but maybe you had to be there.

Music From Big Pink

The Band

3/5

The World is a Ghetto

War

3/5

Moss Side Story

Barry Adamson

4/5

Really interesting album. Deserves a bunch of listens to get what's going on

The White Album

Beatles

4/5

Some classics on this album. It's long though. Dare I say, too long?

Buena Vista Social Club

4/5

The Atomic Mr Basie

Count Basie & His Orchestra

4/5

Fun jazz. Enjoyed!

Bridge Over Troubled Water

Simon & Garfunkel

5/5

Dummy

Portishead

5/5

Yeezus

Kanye West

3/5

Not really sure what to make of it - contextually it is seen as a culturally groundbreaking album. For me personally, I found it a bit disjointed and difficult to listen to. Maybe that's the point.

Tanto Tempo

Bebel Gilberto

3/5

Pleasant

Boston

2/5

Not for me.

Graceland

Paul Simon

5/5

I Should Coco

Supergrass

4/5

The Seldom Seen Kid

Elbow

5/5

The Soft Bulletin

The Flaming Lips

4/5

In Rainbows

Radiohead

5/5

The Dark Side Of The Moon

Pink Floyd

4/5

Chicago Transit Authority

Chicago

4/5

Really good album. Feel good stuff, with some bizarre guitar and drum solo breaks.

The Gershwin Songbook

Ella Fitzgerald

3/5

Made it through. That was long. Not really my thing. A little too songbooky. A mammoth effort though!

Rocks

Aerosmith

3/5

Beauty And The Beat

The Go-Go's

5/5

Really enjoyed this album

The Village Green Preservation Society

The Kinks

3/5

Kick Out The Jams (Live)

MC5

2/5

I think you had to be there

Antichrist Superstar

Marilyn Manson

2/5

My Generation

The Who

3/5

Harvest

Neil Young

3/5

I think I liked it. I love Neil Young. This was quite an eclectic mix of songs. Some of them sound like show tunes. A bit to many frills for me. But I admire the bravery to try some different stuff out.

Ready To Die

The Notorious B.I.G.

2/5

Highway 61 Revisited

Bob Dylan

5/5

The ArchAndroid

Janelle Monáe

4/5

Not one to be pigeon-holed. Really varied and creative ideas

#1 Record

Big Star

3/5

Licensed To Ill

Beastie Boys

4/5

Sound of Silver

LCD Soundsystem

5/5

Whoa this takes me back to university days. Strong nostalgia trip. Love this album

Rubber Soul

Beatles

5/5

It's a goodun

Tigermilk

Belle & Sebastian

4/5

Really nice

Disintegration

The Cure

5/5

Wow, this is a stunning album. First time listening and it really got me.

Ill Communication

Beastie Boys

4/5

Unmistakably Beastie Boys

Aladdin Sane

David Bowie

5/5

Unbelievably good piano by Mike Garson on a great great album.

Blur

5/5

Gold

Ryan Adams

4/5

Can't Buy A Thrill

Steely Dan

3/5

Smash

The Offspring

2/5

Murmur

R.E.M.

3/5

Green

R.E.M.

4/5

Groovin'

The Young Rascals

3/5

Rising Above Bedlam

Jah Wobble's Invaders Of The Heart

5/5

Took me a while to feel it but was loving it by the end.

Physical Graffiti

Led Zeppelin

4/5

Aftermath

The Rolling Stones

3/5

So Much For The City

The Thrills

4/5

Three stars for the album, one extra star for the personal nostalgia trip,

System Of A Down

5/5

Rock 'N Soul

Solomon Burke

3/5

Melodrama

Lorde

2/5

A cocktail of some great influences that meet in the middle of the road - hits of some interesting edginess but it's been somewhat sandpapered down.

The Chronic

Dr. Dre

3/5

Golden Hour

Kacey Musgraves

2/5

Middle of the road - life has been produced out of it. A few nice lyrics and ideas beneath the polish.

Rhythm Nation 1814

Janet Jackson

3/5

On The Beach

Neil Young

4/5

The Doors

5/5

The Wildest!

Louis Prima

5/5

Feeling great after this!

Tracy Chapman

4/5

Melody A.M.

Röyksopp

5/5

Pet Sounds

The Beach Boys

5/5

Different Class

Pulp

5/5

Blunderbuss

Jack White

4/5

Strong album. Will get better with multiple listens, I imagine.

Immigrés

Youssou N'Dour

5/5

The Rolling Stones

3/5

Not much to say about this. It sounds distinctly like The Rolling Stones playing songs in the style of The Rolling Stones and I don't have particularly strong feelings about The Rolling Stones.

Sweetheart Of The Rodeo

The Byrds

4/5

It doesn't feel like a coherent album. Nor does it feel like a greatest hits. But it's full of great things.

Cheap Thrills

Big Brother & The Holding Company

4/5

Brothers In Arms

Dire Straits

4/5

Some absolutely iconic songs/riffs on this album. The sound aesthetic is definitely of its time and largely not to my taste. But there's no arguing with the quality of writing and playing on this record!

Legalize It

Peter Tosh

4/5

Faust IV

Faust

4/5

New Boots And Panties

Ian Dury

4/5

Deep Purple In Rock

Deep Purple

3/5

Some impressive musicianship but not really my thing.

Abbey Road

Beatles

5/5

Selected Ambient Works 85-92

Aphex Twin

5/5

Savane

Ali Farka Touré

4/5

Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols

Sex Pistols

4/5

The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan

5/5

Getz/Gilberto

Stan Getz

5/5

Suzanne Vega

4/5

Pearl

Janis Joplin

4/5

American Beauty

Grateful Dead

3/5

Songs Of Leonard Cohen

Leonard Cohen

5/5

Play

Moby

4/5

Arc Of A Diver

Steve Winwood

3/5

It found a lane after a few tracks...into something akin to Peter Gabriel but lacking the raw magic.

This Is Hardcore

Pulp

4/5

Oedipus Schmoedipus

Barry Adamson

5/5

Illinois

Sufjan Stevens

5/5

Iron Maiden

4/5

A Rush Of Blood To The Head

Coldplay

4/5

Paranoid

Black Sabbath

5/5

I was surprised how much I enjoyed this. Felt similarities with The Doors

At Newport 1960

Muddy Waters

5/5

Superfly

Curtis Mayfield

4/5

The xx

4/5

Clube Da Esquina

Milton Nascimento

5/5

Frank

Amy Winehouse

3/5

To Pimp A Butterfly

Kendrick Lamar

4/5

Master Of Puppets

Metallica

3/5

If this is your bag, I can imagine this is your bag. It is not really my bag. Interesting time signatures though.

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

4/5

Whoa, I don't even know where to begin. Not necessarily one for your lazy Sunday mornings.

Horses

Patti Smith

3/5

Teenager Of The Year

Frank Black

4/5

A slightly meandering album with some great songs.

Duck Stab/Buster & Glen

The Residents

3/5

Ágætis Byrjun

Sigur Rós

5/5

The Wall

Pink Floyd

3/5

Me Against The World

2Pac

4/5

Hunting High And Low

a-ha

5/5

Goodbye And Hello

Tim Buckley

3/5

Wild Is The Wind

Nina Simone

5/5

Violent Femmes

4/5

Africa Brasil

Jorge Ben Jor

4/5

Cafe Bleu

The Style Council

4/5

Music Has The Right To Children

Boards of Canada

4/5

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

4/5

Ramones

3/5

Transformer

Lou Reed

5/5

Aqualung

Jethro Tull

3/5

Tubular Bells

Mike Oldfield

3/5

Rumours

Fleetwood Mac

4/5

Common

5/5

In The Court Of The Crimson King

King Crimson

3/5

Oxygène

Jean-Michel Jarre

5/5

Siembra

Willie Colón & Rubén Blades

4/5

Time Out

The Dave Brubeck Quartet

4/5

Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

4/5

Neon Bible

Arcade Fire

5/5

Django Django

3/5

Some great tunes. Quite samey through the album though. I was convinced I'd already heard songs. Pleasantly reminiscent of Beck.

Peter Gabriel

4/5

Thriller

Michael Jackson

5/5

Raising Hell

Run-D.M.C.

5/5

Honky Tonk Heroes

Waylon Jennings

3/5

Welcome To The Pleasuredome

Frankie Goes To Hollywood

5/5

Close To You

Carpenters

5/5

The Next Day

David Bowie

5/5

Nilsson Schmilsson

Harry Nilsson

4/5

Hysteria

Def Leppard

3/5

John Prine

4/5

Foxbase Alpha

Saint Etienne

5/5

Band On The Run

Paul McCartney and Wings

3/5

Exile On Main Street

The Rolling Stones

4/5

Daydream Nation

Sonic Youth

4/5

Black Monk Time

The Monks

4/5

Vincebus Eruptum

Blue Cheer

3/5

3 + 3

The Isley Brothers

5/5

This Is Fats Domino

Fats Domino

4/5

Green Onions

Booker T. & The MG's

4/5

Birth Of The Cool

Miles Davis

5/5

Myths Of The Near Future

Klaxons

4/5

I had forgotten how well I knew this album. I must have listened to it a lot when it came out. Some good tunes.

Off The Wall

Michael Jackson

4/5

Wish You Were Here

Pink Floyd

5/5

Space Ritual

Hawkwind

2/5

Slayed?

Slade

3/5

Whatever

Aimee Mann

3/5

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

5/5

London Calling

The Clash

4/5

Tidal

Fiona Apple

4/5

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

David Bowie

5/5

Caetano Veloso

4/5

Viva Hate

Morrissey

4/5

Queen II

Queen

3/5

If You Can Believe Your Eyes & Ears

The Mamas & The Papas

5/5

Hard pan stereo - slightly disorienting. Fantastic songs.

Five Leaves Left

Nick Drake

5/5

BEYONCÉ

Beyoncé

4/5

Sheet Music

10cc

5/5

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

4/5

Was this the album that influenced Meat Loaf?

Juju

Siouxsie And The Banshees

4/5

Spiderland

Slint

4/5

Giant Steps

The Boo Radleys

3/5

Bongo Rock

Incredible Bongo Band

5/5

Let It Bleed

The Rolling Stones

4/5

Hunky Dory

David Bowie

5/5

Apple Venus Volume 1

XTC

4/5

Darkdancer

Les Rythmes Digitales

4/5

Imperial Bedroom

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

4/5

The Köln Concert

Keith Jarrett

5/5

...And Justice For All

Metallica

3/5

Black Sabbath

4/5

Ghosteen

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

5/5

Electric Warrior

T. Rex

4/5

Blue

Joni Mitchell

5/5

Peggy Suicide

Julian Cope

4/5

Live At The Regal

B.B. King

4/5

Medúlla

Björk

4/5

Bossanova

Pixies

5/5