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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Rattus Norvegicus The Stranglers	5	3.15	+1.85
Tigermilk Belle & Sebastian	5	3.23	+1.77
Come Away With Me Norah Jones	5	3.38	+1.62
Parachutes Coldplay	5	3.46	+1.54
Fear Of Music Talking Heads	5	3.47	+1.53
Rust Never Sleeps Neil Young & Crazy Horse	5	3.53	+1.47
Jazz Samba Stan Getz	5	3.57	+1.43
The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan Bob Dylan	5	3.62	+1.38
Van Halen Van Halen	5	3.63	+1.37
Moondance Van Morrison	5	3.71	+1.29

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway Genesis	1	3.08	-2.08
Catch A Fire Bob Marley & The Wailers	2	3.63	-1.63
Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) Wu-Tang Clan	2	3.61	-1.61
Elvis Presley Elvis Presley	2	3.38	-1.38
Brilliant Corners Thelonious Monk	2	3.33	-1.33
Channel Orange Frank Ocean	2	3.32	-1.32
Sweet Baby James James Taylor	2	3.24	-1.24
Fetch The Bolt Cutters Fiona Apple	2	3.19	-1.19
Tanto Tempo Bebel Gilberto	2	3.07	-1.07
The Nightfly Donald Fagen	2	3.01	-1.01

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Master Of Puppets

Metallica

4/5

Just a cracking album

Document

R.E.M.

3/5

That's The Way Of The World

Earth, Wind & Fire

3/5

Oh hell yes. Good for bopping about and hoovering

Tres Hombres

ZZ Top

4/5

Perfect for sitting in the park in the sunshine reading and having a solo picnic lunch. Some of the songs felt a tad samey, but I like them. Didn't realise how similar CCR and ZZ Top feel.

Channel Orange

Frank Ocean

2/5

Fine for background noise but just not my jam

Cloud Nine

The Temptations

3/5

Honestly, it was fine but I wasn't in the mood for 60s bopping. I feel like a lot of other bands can and have done these songs better

Blood And Chocolate

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

3/5

Biased, I'm a know who listened on vinyl

I See You

The xx

4/5

1999

Prince

3/5

2.5

Blood Sugar Sex Magik

Red Hot Chili Peppers

3/5

Loved this when I was 13, not so much now

Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul

Otis Redding

3/5

Enjoyable change of pace from the last few albums, but mostly covers that don't enhance or deviate from the originals

New Boots And Panties

Ian Dury

3/5

A Night At The Opera

Queen

4/5

Here's Little Richard

Little Richard

4/5

Samey in the best way. Ideal soundtrack for packing up a flat on a sunny day. Love the change if pace from the last few albums, love the drums

Among The Living

Anthrax

4/5

Parachutes

Coldplay

5/5

Honestly, forgot how great this album is. Musically, but also emotionally. First 5 of the project

The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway

Genesis

1/5

AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted

Ice Cube

3/5

If I Could Only Remember My Name

David Crosby

3/5

Hounds Of Love

Kate Bush

4/5

Africa Brasil

Jorge Ben Jor

4/5

Pieces Of The Sky

Emmylou Harris

3/5

Good sad girl country, very similar voice to Dolly Parton, so their collaboration makes sense. I recon if you're not in a sad country mood this album is very samey and grating

Beauty And The Beat

The Go-Go's

4/5

Pink Flag

Wire

3/5

Surrealistic Pillow

Jefferson Airplane

3/5

Live At The Regal

B.B. King

3/5

In Utero

Nirvana

5/5

Gorillaz

3/5

Look, the first two CDs I ever bought were Gorillaz and Demon Dayz, so I will never hear slander or write libel. It's not the best album but it brings me the joy of my "edgy" tween years and is a good background album for putting up shelves

The Contino Sessions

Death In Vegas

2/5

At first I was into it and didn't get scathing reviews...then it just kept going. Look, I enjoyed it, but back to back felt like a bit of a slog. Could totally see this mixed in with some Goat, Kasabian, and maybe Flaming Lips

Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)

Wu-Tang Clan

2/5

Surfer Rosa

Pixies

4/5

There's nothing more I can say that hasn't already been said by m'colleagues. Enjoyed it, would listen again, made me actually stop my DIY task of putting bolts on a door to listen. Clearly I'll have to go back to one of the previous albums to get the task done because the gosh darn musical gifts from The Pixies were too good for to focus on otherwise. 4/5 for the album 1/5 for the back door lock. I've stripped a screw and buggered it all

Garbage

3/5

All the components feels like something I would really love but somehow it isn't geling together for me. Some tracks are great, some not so much. I bet with the right atmosphere though I would love the whole thing. Only Happens When It Rains and Stupid Girlfeels like they belong in the soundtrack of a 90s film that would have regular cult showings at the Prince Charles Cinema, and I would eat it up

Very

Pet Shop Boys

2/5

A clusterfuck of sounds and not in a fun way

Revolver

Beatles

4/5

I'm sorry. Good album but not 5/5 for me. I have other beatles albums I prefer. Its the beatles. Of course they're good. Of course this is a good album. But I'm holding my 5 back for something I can play on a loop and sit and listen and be endlessly happy and have no "oh I wish this song was also on here" moments

Ill Communication

Beastie Boys

3/5

Dummy

Portishead

3/5

Another case of listening in the wrong mood and environment.

Led Zeppelin IV

Led Zeppelin

4/5

A good album, some classic hits, but every now and then there'd be a song I just wanted to skip

You Want It Darker

Leonard Cohen

4/5

Leonard Cohen maybe isn't for everyone, but when you're feeling really sad on the tube this album just hits

Elvis Presley

2/5

It turns out I can only enjoy elvis if it's played in a film soundtrack, ideally lilo and stitch or charlie's angels. Just such a bland album. Middle of the road and boring to listen to. It's the music equivalent of those toasties you can get on trains: it'll fill you and technically the cheese is melt but you're not happy and you didn't enjoy it and you know that it could have been made so much better. I've lost the plot of this metaphor, but this album was so uninspiring I couldn't think of anything better. 1.5

Led Zeppelin III

Led Zeppelin

4/5

Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music

Ray Charles

4/5

Queen II

Queen

4/5

Catch A Fire

Bob Marley & The Wailers

2/5

Sweet Baby James

James Taylor

2/5

I really wanted to like this but I just didn't. It was subpar, like nothing felt special or particularly talented. Sort of like the Elvis of country in a very bad way

Darklands

The Jesus And Mary Chain

4/5

Sad but in a summery sort of way. Very enjoyable after a few days of slog. Some songs making it on to my big ass playlist

Scissor Sisters

3/5

I was really looking forward to this album. "I love the scissor sisters" I thought. "This album has some cracking songs". And then I played it. Hit, hit, hit...until it got slow. And a little dull. Don't get me wrong, still a good band, but maybe there's a reason only some of the songs are still regularly played today and some are forgotten. Or maybe I'm just being super critical and it's a fine album and I have the memory of a sieve. Who knows.

Sound of Silver

LCD Soundsystem

3/5

Exile On Main Street

The Rolling Stones

3/5

3.5 if that were an option

The La's

4/5

Not necessarily a ground breaking album but enjoyable start to finish. A cohesive soundscape with enough variation between tracks that I didn't get bored. Due to a lot of overplay (through gilmore girls rewatches and my own teenage obsession) "there she goes" felt really out of place on an album that otherwise had a very 70s vibe, but that's my own fault and I stand by teenage me

En-Tact

The Shamen

2/5

Yes. Because I want my commute to feel like a montage from a low budget 1992 romcom/heist film set in New York. Move any mountain will make it onto my running playlist though and I hate that for everyone. It's so cringe I've gone full circle and may have enjoyed it. But the full album is too much like GCSE music experimentation

Fetch The Bolt Cutters

Fiona Apple

2/5

I had it in my head that I liked Fiona Apple but this album has proved me wrong. I completely get the appeal and the reason why it's on the list but the whole listening experience painful. Just because you're lyrically talented and profound doesn't mean I should bugger through noise garbage that makes my skin itch. I can handle experimentation but I draw the line at arty. Call me a curmudgeon, but I like my music to be musical. God. I feel like an old grumpy person. Fiona Apple you made me an old grumpy person.

The World is a Ghetto

War

3/5

I'd listen again

Rust Never Sleeps

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

5/5

Perfect for a Sad Girl Walk. My mood has almost definitely impacted the rating

Smash

The Offspring

3/5

I've always struggled with offspring full album playthroughs

Honky Tonk Heroes

Waylon Jennings

3/5

I have a soft spot for country, especially sad cowboys. But this is no later years Chip Taylor

Automatic For The People

R.E.M.

4/5

You've Come a Long Way Baby

Fatboy Slim

3/5

Take Me Apart

Kelela

3/5

Leftism

Leftfield

3/5

Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols

Sex Pistols

3/5

Rattus Norvegicus

The Stranglers

5/5

Known fan of 70s rock enjoys 70s rock album. In other news fork found in kitchen. I just think this album is endlessly listenable, no skips, interesting variations between songs but still cohesive

Neon Bible

Arcade Fire

4/5

More Specials

The Specials

3/5

Great opening track and then it all started to blend

Brilliant Corners

Thelonious Monk

2/5

Grace

Jeff Buckley

4/5

4.5, I dunno. Maybe I'm just not in a Jeff mood. But I still know this slaps

Ramones

4/5

This was the first bootleg album I bought in camden market as a tweenager. It had all the fuzz and scratch of a poorly ripped album. Listening without that I can finally enjoy the full sound. It's good, nostalgia makes me want to give this a 5 but sensible adult ears thinks 3.5/4

Back To Black

Amy Winehouse

4/5

Tarkus

Emerson, Lake & Palmer

2/5

A 20 minute experimental opening track was a choice and a chore. Every now and then there would be a track I really enjoyed. Mostly I was confused and overwhelmed by all the sounds. Listening in tk maxx on a hot day was by far not the best environment. But hey, I'm glad I gave it a go and now I don't have to listen again

All Hope Is Gone

Slipknot

3/5

Repeater

Fugazi

4/5

Hybrid Theory

Linkin Park

3/5

I feel like I've let Dom down but it's just not as good as I remember

Cee-Lo Green... Is The Soul Machine

Cee Lo Green

2/5

Aja

Steely Dan

3/5

Darkness on the Edge of Town

Bruce Springsteen

4/5

I'm a fan of the boss, what can I say

Fear Of Music

Talking Heads

5/5

Not my favourite talking heads album but still a great listen

The Poet

Bobby Womack

3/5

Straight middle of the road. Fun but not special

Urban Hymns

The Verve

3/5

Jazz Samba

Stan Getz

5/5

YAY SAMBA

The Beach Boys Today!

The Beach Boys

4/5

Honestly, some of my favourite beach boys songs so I can't rate this below a 4. That being said, not all of them hold up. 100% nostalgia and sunshine fueled rating

Dusty In Memphis

Dusty Springfield

4/5

Hail To the Thief

Radiohead

4/5

I’m a Lonesome Fugitive

Merle Haggard

4/5

I dunno. I just liked it

Billion Dollar Babies

Alice Cooper

4/5

I enjoyed it but it started to all blend after a few songs. 3.5

(Pronounced 'Leh-'Nérd 'Skin-'Nérd)

Lynyrd Skynyrd

3/5

Raw Power

The Stooges

3/5

3.5 tbh

You're Living All Over Me

Dinosaur Jr.

3/5

Van Halen

5/5

After a slog of albums to catch up, every track on this one slaps. The guitar licks are just gorgeous

Kenya

Machito

4/5

Tanto Tempo

Bebel Gilberto

2/5

It was like cafe jazz in the wrong way. Perfectly pleasant but also bland and repetitive

Guitar Town

Steve Earle

2/5

Bridge Over Troubled Water

Simon & Garfunkel

5/5

11/10

16 Lovers Lane

The Go-Betweens

3/5

Enjoyable but not groundbreaking. I could see this gating grating if I hadn't broken the album up across the day

Doolittle

Pixies

5/5

Third

Portishead

3/5

I think I will have to come back to this but Portishead is not heat wave music. Going straight middle of the road in the full knowledge it's not honest

Songs From A Room

Leonard Cohen

3/5

Honestly fine. Once you notice it's repetitive it's hard to keep going. He's still a good musician and songwriter but to compare to his other albums we've had, this is the weakest

The Nightfly

Donald Fagen

2/5

Rumours

Fleetwood Mac

5/5

This is the first time I've sat and really intentionally listened to Rumours, rather than having it in the background or individual tracks mixed in with other things. I forgot how much I love second hand news as a track and as an opener. I feel like I've done this album a disservice by deciding it was overplayed without actually concentrating before. The album is so meticulously put together and technically brilliant and I promise not to split it up again (for a while). It's a 5. It's still a 5. It was always going to be a 5. May this kind of intense in-band love/hate never find me. I may have to rethink all ratings from now on.

Foo Fighters

3/5

Surprised this is the Foo Fighters album that made the cut. It's decent rock but not ground breaking or particularly memorable. Just straight middle of the road. Kind of like of like the ITV comedy of music. It's there.

Odelay

Beck

3/5

I like beck, where it's at is a great song. But this album felt a little all over the place and I had to take breaks. I'll come back to this when I'm not sitting in the attic

Queens of the Stone Age

3/5

3.5, not doing it for me today and that's the problem with a highly subjective rating system

A Girl Called Dusty

Dusty Springfield

3/5

Ace of Spades

Motörhead

3/5

The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan

5/5

Apple Venus Volume 1

XTC

4/5

Not my favourite album, but stull enjoyable if ruined by a friend highlighting commonalities with someone we know. Also Easter theatre sounds like they're creepily whispering "esther" in my ear

The Yes Album

Yes

4/5

Ugg. I enjoy this. 4.5

The Stone Roses

4/5

Tapestry

Carole King

5/5

Come Away With Me

Norah Jones

5/5