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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Millions Now Living Will Never Die Tortoise	5	2.88	+2.12
Berlin Lou Reed	5	3.1	+1.9
Songs Of Love And Hate Leonard Cohen	5	3.21	+1.79
There's A Riot Goin' On Sly & The Family Stone	5	3.29	+1.71
The Specials The Specials	5	3.3	+1.7
Bitches Brew Miles Davis	5	3.3	+1.7
Melodrama Lorde	5	3.31	+1.69
The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady Charles Mingus	5	3.32	+1.68
Debut Björk	5	3.37	+1.63
Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire) The Kinks	5	3.39	+1.61

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Slipknot Slipknot	1	2.67	-1.67
Moving Pictures Rush	2	3.58	-1.58
Aftermath The Rolling Stones	2	3.38	-1.38
Purple Rain Prince	3	4.02	-1.02

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Artist	Albums	Average
Miles Davis	2	5
Fela Kuti	2	5
Radiohead	2	5
Beatles	3	4.33

5-Star Albums (26)

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

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

1-Star Albums (1)

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The Sun Rises In The East

Jeru The Damaja

3/5

First venture into East coast rap. Some good beats and overall quite fun, if a little of its time in places.

Kind Of Blue

Miles Davis

5/5

Absolute classic album

Zombie

Fela Kuti

5/5

The sort of album I wanted to find when I started this. Would have probably never listened to it otherwise, and very glad I did.

Rio

Duran Duran

3/5

Live!

Fela Kuti

5/5

So much energy in his live performances, makes me wish I could have been there!

Songs In The Key Of Life

Stevie Wonder

5/5

Such a fun and energetic album with some really beautiful songs in there too, amazing range that keeps a 1h 45m album interesting

Songs Of Love And Hate

Leonard Cohen

5/5

Expected the dreariness to put me off but if anything it give his words more gravity. Some beautiful poetry and overall a pleasant surprise

Melodrama

Lorde

5/5

This one takes me back lol, maybe slightly biased as this is an album I've treasured for many years now but I think as far as pop albums go it's a collection of excellent songs

Happy Trails

Quicksilver Messenger Service

2/5

Maybe this just isn't for me but I found what is essentially just 45 mins of guitar solos a bit of a slog to get through

Figure 8

Elliott Smith

4/5

Fairly chill, pleasant album

Smile

Brian Wilson

3/5

Not sure I necessarily 'get' this album - fun and whimsical in places but does feel like a bunch of snippets of songs. I haven't listened to other beach boy songs and maybe in context it makes more sense

Get Behind Me Satan

The White Stripes

3/5

Some fun songs but ultimately not all that much grabbed me

Abbey Road

Beatles

5/5

Not sure much needs to be said here, excellent album (although not my absolute favourite of the Beatles)

Palo Congo

Sabu

3/5

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

The Kinks

5/5

Never properly listened to the kinks but this was a great introduction, will be listening again

American IV: The Man Comes Around

Johnny Cash

3/5

Obviously Cash is a great singer, and this is a significant album, but at the end of the day it did feel like a bunch of covers, and I maybe haven't listened to enough cash to be able to resonate with it as much as others have

A Date With The Everly Brothers

The Everly Brothers

2/5

Queens of the Stone Age

3/5

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

Beatles

5/5

Probably my favourite album from the Beatles, it has a great sense of fun about it and some excellent songs

Highly Evolved

The Vines

3/5

As someone who's quite a big fan of the garage rock revival sound, I was a little disappointed by this. Certainly not bad by any means but I didn't find much here which i felt stood out.

Slipknot

1/5

While I'm not inherently against heavier music, it's certainly not my fave and slipknot haven't really done much to win my over.

Purple Rain

Prince

3/5

Led Zeppelin IV

Led Zeppelin

4/5

Some very good songs in here, but also a few songs which do drag a little

The Only Ones

4/5

Some very fun songs

Aftermath

The Rolling Stones

2/5

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

3/5

First Band On The Moon

The Cardigans

3/5

Altogether quite fun, although not a lot stood out . Have never been a massive fan of love fool but was pleasantly surprised by their other songs

Moving Pictures

Rush

2/5

Wild Gift

3/5

The Fat Of The Land

The Prodigy

5/5

Absolutely electric. I think if I’d discovered this when I was younger I would have been absolutely obsessed, which does somewhat surprise me as I’ve always known of the prodigy and their songs but never dived much into them

It's A Shame About Ray

The Lemonheads

3/5

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

David Bowie

5/5

Absolute classic, just amazing

Group Sex

Circle Jerks

4/5

Short and sweet, gets its point across in 15 minutes, would have maybe tired a bit of it if it was much longer, but certainly can’t complain for what it is

To Pimp A Butterfly

Kendrick Lamar

5/5

Part of me wants to be contrarian and rate this lower but tbh what this album manages to achieve is exceptionally impressive. I love the jazz samples and I think it captures the political atmosphere of when it was released, so it’s defo earned the 5

In Utero

Nirvana

4/5

Was surprised by how many songs on this I recognised. Wouldn’t necessarily be my taste but from the very first chord this album is so unapologetic in its sound I have to respect it

Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs

Marty Robbins

3/5

A wholly enjoyable time with classic country, not something I’d necessarily come back to a lot but I can’t fault it for what it’s meant to be

Millions Now Living Will Never Die

Tortoise

5/5

Really enjoyed this. Some very nice ambient work, will definitely revisit

Hail To the Thief

Radiohead

5/5

New Wave

The Auteurs

3/5

Very listenable, but not all that much stands out

Rip It Up

Orange Juice

4/5

Pretty fun, maybe need to give it another listen

The World is a Ghetto

War

4/5

Hot Rats

Frank Zappa

4/5

Enjoyed this a lot, very jazzy, also a surprisingly good running album

Screamadelica

Primal Scream

4/5

There's A Riot Goin' On

Sly & The Family Stone

5/5

Excellent

The Queen Is Dead

The Smiths

5/5

Classic

Berlin

Lou Reed

5/5

A beautiful but equally tragic album. One I’m really glad to have listened to twice as I first enjoyed the songs without listening to them too deeply, and then was blown away further upon actually listening to the lyrics. One I will certainly come back to again and again.

This Year's Model

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

4/5

Quite fun album, and one which benefits from reminding yourself when it was made to properly appreciate the influence it has

São Paulo Confessions

Suba

4/5

Very enjoyable chill album, got me through a very sleep deprived early morning flight

The Velvet Underground & Nico

The Velvet Underground

5/5

Need to listen to fully again, but undoubtedly great album

The Specials

5/5

Great running album, very fun, will listen again

Surrealistic Pillow

Jefferson Airplane

4/5

I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight

Richard Thompson

4/5

Bitches Brew

Miles Davis

5/5

The Stooges

3/5

Can certainly see the influence this had on bands such as the strokes, but this means in hindsight it can feel stale in places listening now. Regardless it was an interesting listen to an important part of music history

The Low End Theory

A Tribe Called Quest

4/5

Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea

PJ Harvey

4/5

Some brilliant songs on this, although the Thom Yorke collabs are perhaps highlights

Liquid Swords

GZA

4/5

The beats were probably my favourite part of this, but some quality lyricism here too

Moon Safari

Air

4/5

As a general fan of the French touch sound in electronic music this had some great moments in it but didn’t quite pull me in as much as I hoped it might

Blue Lines

Massive Attack

4/5

Fun bit of trip hop, can’t fault it really

Mothership Connection

Parliament

5/5

SO DAMN FUNKY

Licensed To Ill

Beastie Boys

4/5

Doolittle