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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Swordfishtrombones Tom Waits	5	2.95	+2.05
Halcyon Digest Deerhunter	5	3.05	+1.95
Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space Spiritualized	5	3.15	+1.85
Wonderful Rainbow Lightning Bolt	4	2.28	+1.72
The Atomic Mr Basie Count Basie & His Orchestra	5	3.5	+1.5
Doolittle Pixies	5	3.74	+1.26
Faust IV Faust	4	2.78	+1.22
Scott 4 Scott Walker	4	2.8	+1.2
Caetano Veloso Caetano Veloso	4	2.85	+1.15
White Light / White Heat The Velvet Underground	4	2.89	+1.11

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Brothers In Arms Dire Straits	2	3.74	-1.74
With The Beatles Beatles	2	3.66	-1.66
Raising Hell Run-D.M.C.	2	3.51	-1.51
Play Moby	2	3.47	-1.47
Bongo Rock Incredible Bongo Band	2	3.26	-1.26
Rubber Soul Beatles	3	4.12	-1.12

5-Star Albums (6)

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Popular Reviews

Aqualung

Jethro Tull

3/5

Eeee I need to try this again lol. Listened to on the way home from a job interview; probably not giving the album its best shot. I think I like what jethro tull do, I’m new to them and still getting a grasp on their music. My initial reaction to this project was not as positive as “Thick as a Brick” 2.5/5

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Madman Across The Water

Elton John

3/5

Grandeur AND subtlety! My first time listening to an Elton John album. Loved the string arrangements. Never noticed the country-isms in Elton’s voice before.

Play

Moby

2/5

I don’t think this album has aged well however I understand that it could have sounded fresh at the time. Certain tracks really tap into a part of my brain that makes me feel nostalgic or even liminal. Others leave a lot to be desired.

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

David Bowie

4/5

An all time favourite for me! Bowie is electrifying… and the DRUMS! THE DRUMS!1!1!!1!1!

Music for the Masses

Depeche Mode

3/5

2.5/5

Hot Rats

Frank Zappa

4/5

Band On The Run

Paul McCartney and Wings

3/5

Swordfishtrombones

Tom Waits

5/5

The short interlude-like tracks prevent this being a perfect album for me, but it is so SO close. I love this project. The musicians are locked-in, grooving and elastic. Tom is sinister, vulnerable; and sharp-tongued as ever.

There's No Place Like America Today

Curtis Mayfield

4/5

Familiar with mayfield’s music but never given this one a listen. Love the politically conscious lyrics. Musically it is sublime; the bass lines really shined for me. Needs a few more listens to really get a hold of what’s going on here 3.5 / 5

Dig Your Own Hole

The Chemical Brothers

3/5

Really well put together. Most of the tracks really hit you over the head while still offering nuance and precision. Some of the tracks show their age and made me cringe; but hey, it’s a product of its time.

I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got

Sinead O'Connor

3/5

Feeling pretty indifferent about this one. Everything great about O’Connor is present here; folk tinged with reflective and socially conscious lyrics. Vocals are good across all tracks but don’t quite match the brilliance of “Nothing Compares 2 U”. I found the instrumentation boring, there are moments of lush strings and punchy drums but it’s not enough for me. 2.5/5

The Next Day

David Bowie

4/5

Was not expecting to enjoy this album as much as I did. Getting a gothic/post-rock influence mixed with Bowie’s signature flare and swagger. Loved it.

E.V.O.L.

Sonic Youth

3/5

Horses

Patti Smith

3/5

Bongo Rock

Incredible Bongo Band

2/5

The Sun Rises In The East

Jeru The Damaja

3/5

Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme

Simon & Garfunkel

3/5

First S&G album experience for me. It’s everything I should love but I didn’t feel an attachment to it on first listen. I will certainly pursue more S&G 2.5/5

Exile On Main Street

The Rolling Stones

3/5

2.5/5

Queen II

Queen

3/5

I will revisit this album in future. Something just fell flat here. The performances are identifiably energetic yet felt restricted - I suspect the mixing could be to blame here. May’s neo-classical guitar flourishes should cut through but end up muffled in the mud; and songwriting is generally weak. However Mercury, as a vocalist, is as outstanding as ever. 2.5/5

Made In Japan

Deep Purple

4/5

Electrifying… 3.5/5

La Revancha Del Tango

Gotan Project

3/5

Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea

PJ Harvey

4/5

The Band

3/5

Disraeli Gears

Cream

3/5

Aqualung

Jethro Tull

3/5

Paranoid

Black Sabbath

5/5

Stone cold classic. I felt genuinely excited when I saw this come up as my album today - purely based on a desire and excuse to listen to this masterpiece. Early sabbath really puts me into that dark folklore, psychedelic wizard headspace that I love. Perhaps this album is overplayed and thus overrated for some, but it is still near perfect to my ears. 4.5/5

Brothers In Arms

Dire Straits

2/5

In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida

Iron Butterfly

2/5

Arc Of A Diver

Steve Winwood

3/5

Only Built 4 Cuban Linx

Raekwon

2/5

I know it’s a product of its time but sheesh… the homophobia made this an uncomfortable listen. Skits are boring, beats are dull. Couldn’t really see past any of that.

Green

R.E.M.

3/5

Caetano Veloso

4/5

3.5/5

Led Zeppelin III

Led Zeppelin

4/5

Honky Tonk Masquerade

Joe Ely

3/5