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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter The Incredible String Band	5	2.15	+2.85
Playing With Fire Spacemen 3	5	2.54	+2.46
Scott 2 Scott Walker	5	2.64	+2.36
Bummed Happy Mondays	5	2.65	+2.35
m b v My Bloody Valentine	5	2.72	+2.28
Chris Christine and the Queens	5	2.82	+2.18
Stripped Christina Aguilera	5	2.87	+2.13
AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted Ice Cube	5	2.93	+2.07
More Specials The Specials	5	2.96	+2.04
Rings Around The World Super Furry Animals	5	2.97	+2.03

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Let It Bleed The Rolling Stones	1	3.83	-2.83
The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill Lauryn Hill	1	3.64	-2.64
Nebraska Bruce Springsteen	1	3.32	-2.32
Hunting High And Low a-ha	1	3.12	-2.12
Spiderland Slint	1	2.98	-1.98
Survivor Destiny's Child	1	2.86	-1.86
Black Sabbath Black Sabbath	2	3.83	-1.83
Scream, Dracula, Scream Rocket From The Crypt	1	2.77	-1.77
The Suburbs Arcade Fire	2	3.5	-1.5
Amnesiac Radiohead	2	3.41	-1.41

Artists

Favorites

Artist	Albums	Average
The Kinks	2	5
David Bowie	4	4.25

Controversial

Artist	Ratings
Bruce Springsteen	5, 5, 1
Black Sabbath	5, 2

5-Star Albums (62)

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A Nod Is As Good As A Wink To A Blind Horse

Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not

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

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

Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music

Popular Reviews

Playing With Fire

Spacemen 3

5/5

Good album quite enjoyed it not listened to anything of theirs before

1 likes

Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music

Ray Charles

5/5

It was bizarre listening to ray charles sing this genre. But I loved it.

1 likes

The Marshall Mathers LP

Eminem

5/5

Amazing album.

1 likes

Life's Too Good

The Sugarcubes

4/5

I was 17 when this came out it was THE album to listen too. Blue eyes pop and birthday were the main songs.

1 likes

1-Star Albums (7)

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That's The Way Of The World

Earth, Wind & Fire

5/5

Although I’d heard this album before it was still a great listen all about love is my favourite song and Philip baileys singing on reasons hitting those high notes falsetto I think.

She's So Unusual

Cyndi Lauper

5/5

Great album again heard it before always a good listen

Jazz Samba

Stan Getz

5/5

Love jazz this now my favourite new album never heard of this guy before.

The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill

Lauryn Hill

1/5

Sorry Lauren hill fans got 1 song in can’t do it. Didn’t like her when she came out in the 90s. Will have to give her a 1 star. I love rap love female rappers just not a fan of her.

We Are Family

Sister Sledge

5/5

One of my favourite disco/funk albums. Almost a greatest hits album. So far I’ve only disliked 1 album. Growing up in the 80s has given me my music education.

Transformer

Lou Reed

4/5

Only ever heard the hits from this album so wasn’t too sure about what to expect I think this is a good album would listen to it again.

Nilsson Schmilsson

Harry Nilsson

5/5

Only heard a few songs by Nilsson before but was quite happy to listen to this album. I really enjoyed it, not a very long listen would recommend this album

Virgin Suicides

Air

5/5

Had heard of the band but never heard a song by them. Thought it was good. Would I listen to it again probably, the songs were easy to listen to and not a hard listen. Very 90s sound.

Exodus

Bob Marley & The Wailers

4/5

Great album. Good introduction to bob marley. You just got to love this album.

Pet Sounds

The Beach Boys

5/5

I got to review this album on the day after Brian Wilson died. His music has been in my life since I was a little boy my mum and dad playing the beach boys the Beatles, but no stones!!! God only knows such a lovely song I could listen to it everyday and wouldn’t get bored. Great great great album probably one of the best ever made. 5 stars are not enough. Funnily enough Spotify has decided to play god only knows right now. Must be a sign.

Music for the Masses

Depeche Mode

2/5

Not a massive fan of depeche mode. It was ok. Was glad it was over though some catchy songs so 2 stars. Sorry DM fans

Lam Toro

Baaba Maal

2/5

This is an album that I have a love hate relationship with I like it one minute then I don’t. Think it’s my mood. Xxx

KIWANUKA

Michael Kiwanuka

3/5

It’s a good album would listen again.

Let It Bleed

The Rolling Stones

1/5

Very controversial but I don’t think Rolling Stones are any good. Listened to their first 5 albums and gave up some alright songs but no not a fan. At best just as Asda T-shirt band. Pressed 1 star should have been did not listen.

Aladdin Sane

David Bowie

5/5

Great album was never a big fan of Bowie until I heard hunky dory then was hooked on him.

Destroy Rock & Roll

Mylo

4/5

Good album would listen agin.

Pornography

The Cure

3/5

Not my favourite Tge Cure album but still a decent listen.

Iron Maiden

3/5

Never been a massive fan of denim rock so forgive me for saying first time listener to iron maiden. Honestly I thought it was ok. May listen again.

Heavy Weather

Weather Report

5/5

Oh my god where has this album and band been all my life. It was amazing, didn’t expect much but no. Blown away. Will listen again definitely

Legalize It

Peter Tosh

2/5

A nice record didn’t go for the legacy or legend one that’s nearly 3hours long🤨 so just listened to normal one. Quite liked the humour and puttin it to the man vibe. May probably not listen to again. But 2 stars

Dire Straits

3/5

Had only ever listened to one other album by DS so knew I was in for a rollercoaster ride through the genres of music. This was no exception. I kinda liked it. I’ll listen to this again and maybe some other albums.

A Nod Is As Good As A Wink To A Blind Horse

Faces

5/5

Love the faces was brought up on these guys always thought Ronnie Lane was the coolest guy ever. I was lucky to have parents who listened to Faces, bread, Beatles, beach boys, buddy holly. No stones or Floyd thank god. Could only give 5 stars if I could it would be 20.

S&M

Metallica

3/5

Not a massive Metallica fan they have a few good songs I listened to it all. But it was a chore sometimes.

Slipknot

2/5

Not my cuppa tea but listened to it. It was ok don’t think I will listen again 2 stars

Live At The Regal

B.B. King

4/5

Great album love bb king.

Green Onions

Booker T. & The MG's

3/5

Great album loved it. 3 stars.

Survivor

Destiny's Child

1/5

Can’t stand Beyoncé so can’t listen to this. Sorry

Blur

5/5

I was always a blur fan seen them many times. Would make this 10/10 if I could so 5/5 will have to do. Highly recommend

Sunday At The Village Vanguard

Bill Evans Trio

5/5

Brilliant jazz album love it.

New Wave

The Auteurs

4/5

Hadn’t heard the auteurs before was pleasantly surprised by it. Although wasn’t sure what to expect will listen again

m b v

My Bloody Valentine

5/5

Love MBV. Great album.

Figure 8

Elliott Smith

5/5

Didn’t know what to expect from Elliot smith but was pleasantly surprised by this it’s a bit badly drawn boy in a minimalist band I will listen to this again.

AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted

Ice Cube

5/5

Not ice cubes best album but as debut albums go it’s not terrible I prefer lethal injection. But that’s just me 5 stars for Mr Cube.

No Other

Gene Clark

5/5

Never heard this before loved it. Wil listen again.

Eliminator

ZZ Top

5/5

This album annoys. I don’t want to like it (because I know how it was made.) But I do like it. Good album.

Blood On The Tracks

Bob Dylan

5/5

Awesome album. Not a chore listening to it. Will listen to again

The Lexicon Of Love

ABC

5/5

Love love love ABC. Total 80s kid.

Crocodiles

Echo And The Bunnymen

5/5

Again not a bad choice love echo.

My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

Kanye West

5/5

Great album love Kanye he is massively underrated

What's That Noise?

Coldcut

3/5

World Clique

Deee-Lite

3/5

My childhood. Loved registering to this after many years.

Low

David Bowie

4/5

Again didn’t appreciate Bowie until he died.

Bummed

Happy Mondays

5/5

Back to my youth good album.

Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not

Arctic Monkeys

5/5

Darkness on the Edge of Town

Bruce Springsteen

5/5

His worst album although my favourite BS song is on this album racing in the street. So this song and this song only I’ll give it 5 stars

Foo Fighters

4/5

In A Silent Way

Miles Davis

5/5

You’ve got to love miles Davis’s brilliant album.

Rings Around The World

Super Furry Animals

5/5

3 Feet High and Rising

De La Soul

5/5

Again my era . This album only came onto Spotify last year or so. So my vinyl copy was nearly worn out I have had it since the 80s can only give 5 stars would give it more.

Close To You

Carpenters

5/5

Love this great music.

Paranoid

Black Sabbath

5/5

Poor ozzy. Wasn’t a massive fan of BS but liked and appreciated him.

The Colour Of Spring

Talk Talk

4/5

Great album.

My Aim Is True

Elvis Costello

5/5

Great album and a good start to explore Elvis.

Horses

Patti Smith

2/5

Not a massive fan of Patti smith not my thing.

Abbey Road

Beatles

5/5

Love love love the Beatles although my fav is rubber soul.

I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You

Aretha Franklin

5/5

Aretha love it.

Playing With Fire

Spacemen 3

5/5

Good album quite enjoyed it not listened to anything of theirs before

Like Water For Chocolate

Common

4/5

Good album something different

Come Find Yourself

Fun Lovin' Criminals

3/5

Great album love the rawness

Shaka Zulu

Ladysmith Black Mambazo

3/5

Good album.

Straight Outta Compton

N.W.A.

5/5

My youth

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

The Kinks

5/5

My dad was a fan of the kinks but wouldn’t play this one as he said they went weird. So cue my curiosity. I don’t know I think my dad may have been wrong I think it’s an excellent album. Tip top

Dry

PJ Harvey

5/5

I was 21 when this album came out first album I played in my car. Solid 5 stars

Maggot Brain

Funkadelic

4/5

Hadn’t heard this before vcant beat a bit of funk. Will listen again

Metallica

4/5

Not a massive fan of Metallica but a good album none the less

Black Sabbath

2/5

It a fan of bs but I gave it a little listen.

At San Quentin

Johnny Cash

5/5

Love JC

C'est Chic

CHIC

5/5

Love chic so underrated

More Specials

The Specials

5/5

The specials and Ghost town was the song that started my love for music. I was around 10-11 when I first heard it. At a butlins disco in Rhyl in wales.

Talk Talk Talk

The Psychedelic Furs

3/5

Good album.

The Village Green Preservation Society

The Kinks

5/5

Love love the kinks. My dad got me into the kinks.

Pink Moon

Nick Drake

5/5

Great album great listen

Madman Across The Water

Elton John

5/5

Great album.

Stripped

Christina Aguilera

5/5

Wasn’t a fan when she first came out but this is a great album.

Frank

Amy Winehouse

5/5

The Slider

T. Rex

4/5

Love trex

Isn't Anything

My Bloody Valentine

3/5

Mbv is a strange band but you can’t help but like the songs.

Emergency On Planet Earth

Jamiroquai

4/5

Liked jamiroquai. First time around so wasn’t a chore.

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

David Bowie

5/5

Great album

Chris

Christine and the Queens

5/5

CATQ is the way forward.

Something/Anything?

Todd Rundgren

3/5

It was good. Enjoyed it.

Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music

Ray Charles

5/5

It was bizarre listening to ray charles sing this genre. But I loved it.

Scott 2

Scott Walker

5/5

Classic album a must for everyone.

Elvis Is Back

Elvis Presley

5/5

Yes he’s back. Did he ever leave.

Born To Run

Bruce Springsteen

5/5

It’s Bruce nuff said.

Deja Vu

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

5/5

Can Crosby stills and Nash get any better? Yip add Neil young. Genius

I’m a Lonesome Fugitive

Merle Haggard

4/5

My dad got me into merle haggard my dads to blame for 80% of my music taste and choices. My mums the reason why I know all of the words to cliff Richard’s hits.

Dare!

The Human League

5/5

Oh the 80s

Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots

The Flaming Lips

4/5

Great album really enjoyed this not heard the flaming lips for ages. Highly recommend

Nick Of Time

Bonnie Raitt

4/5

Liked this. Bonnie Raitt is fashionable again because of the new wave of c&w and rock.

Scum

Napalm Death

4/5

Isn’t my bag. But. I quietly enjoyed it don’t tell Anyone.

Chirping Crickets

Buddy Holly & The Crickets

5/5

Can you believe this is 68years old?????

Blue Lines

Massive Attack

3/5

Good album.

Atomizer

Big Black

2/5

Nothing's Shocking

Jane's Addiction

5/5

Obvs stand out track is Jane says but idiots rule and standing in the shower thinking are good too.

Strangeways, Here We Come

The Smiths

5/5

Love the smiths still one of my favourite bands.

The Infotainment Scan

The Fall

3/5

Thought this was late 80s this came out. Still a good album

The Downward Spiral

Nine Inch Nails

2/5

Licensed To Ill

Beastie Boys

5/5

5 stars not enough for this. Not a chore.

The Suburbs

Arcade Fire

2/5

Wasn’t a fan of arcade fire still not it’s an ok album listenable.

Machine Gun Etiquette

The Damned

4/5

The damned very underrated

The Köln Concert

Keith Jarrett

2/5

Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs

Marty Robbins

3/5

The album more gunfighter ballads is better but this is still good album. Sooo simple.

Basket of Light

Pentangle

3/5

Seventeen Seconds

The Cure

3/5

Illinois

Sufjan Stevens

4/5

Probably the find of this year.

The Marshall Mathers LP

Eminem

5/5

Amazing album.

Talvin Singh

2/5

Hunting High And Low

a-ha

1/5

Tracy Chapman

4/5

Top album.

Boy In Da Corner

Dizzee Rascal

3/5

It’s dizzee you can’t go wrong with him.

New York Dolls

3/5

Scream, Dracula, Scream

Rocket From The Crypt

1/5

Stardust

Willie Nelson

4/5

Spiderland

Slint

1/5

Kimono My House

Sparks

2/5

Love hate relationship with Sparks.

The xx

3/5

This album surprised me started of strong and just got better. It’ll be played in my house from now on.

Stand!

Sly & The Family Stone

3/5

The quickest hour in music. Urge everyone to listen to this.

Venus Luxure No. 1 Baby

Girls Against Boys

3/5

Can’t say I’d heard of these before. So obvs surprised by them. They’ve a new listener now.

Amnesiac

Radiohead

2/5

Not radioheads greatest album glasshouses and I might be wrong probably my stand out songs.

Nebraska

Bruce Springsteen

1/5

It’s BS. But not a great album.

Red Dirt Girl

Emmylou Harris

2/5

Honestly a good album

Maverick A Strike

Finley Quaye

3/5

Have I not voted on this before or maybe only just listened to it. Feels new now even though it’s a late 90s album.

Sign 'O' The Times

Prince

5/5

Seen prince in Edinburgh love him so he’s getting a 5

From Elvis In Memphis

Elvis Presley

3/5

It’s elvis.

Hunky Dory

David Bowie

3/5

Never really got Bowie in his prime was t until last 20 years that I really listened to him.

Vanishing Point

Primal Scream

2/5

Not the best album by PS. Still a good album but wouldn’t be my first choice to play of PS. But still you can hear that PS sound which is understandable to be entertaining. Echo deck was a better album although I’m sure that was a collaboration with someone (can’t remember his name at moment).

The Gershwin Songbook

Ella Fitzgerald

4/5

Really enjoyable album. Loved it.

Central Reservation

Beth Orton

2/5

Was never a big Fan of her but this was good probably enough to listen to more of her.

The Nightfly

Donald Fagen

3/5

There's No Place Like America Today

Curtis Mayfield

2/5

The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter

The Incredible String Band

5/5

Great album loved this.

McCartney

Paul McCartney

5/5

Can’t say anything bad about Paul McC. Great album love maybe I’m amazed.

Band On The Run

Paul McCartney and Wings

5/5

Best McC and Wings album. Band on the run is probably one of the best songs he has written this side of the Beatles.

Life's Too Good

The Sugarcubes

4/5

I was 17 when this came out it was THE album to listen too. Blue eyes pop and birthday were the main songs.

The Rise & Fall

Madness

4/5

Joy to the ears and heart.

OK Computer

Radiohead

4/5

Great listen.

Can't Buy A Thrill

Steely Dan

3/5

Good album some popular tracks on it

Coles Corner

Richard Hawley

3/5

Good album. Very underrated

Kenza

Khaled

2/5

Wasn’t a lover off this but listened to

The Stranger

Billy Joel

5/5

Anyone who doesn’t give this 4 or more need to sit on the naughty step. Timeless. Almost hit after hit after hit.

Let's Get It On

Marvin Gaye

4/5

It’s Marvin what’s not to like.

Fun House

The Stooges

3/5

Not the biggest fan of the stooges or iggy this wasn’t a chore it’s not an easy listen by any stretch but it’s definitely a good album to listen to.

The Low End Theory

A Tribe Called Quest

4/5

Don’t remember this album coming out at all. Enjoyed it. Diamond D that’s a name from the past. Wow. I’m old. Ha ha

American Beauty

Grateful Dead

3/5

Gris Gris

Dr. John

3/5

Quite liked this not my normal music but yeah it’s great

A Grand Don't Come For Free

The Streets

4/5

Brill album.

Rock 'N Soul

Solomon Burke

2/5

Good album easy listen.

Water From An Ancient Well

Abdullah Ibrahim

2/5

Wasn’t my thing understood the vibe and loved the core beat.

Soul Mining

The The

4/5

Saw The The in the late 80s beaten generation album tour. Can’t remember the name of the album at present be wrong to google. They played uncertain smile and this is the day. Only thing wrong with The The albums only 7 or 8 songs and over in 50 mins.

Pretenders

4/5

James honeyman-Scott on guitar. Wow. The man who influenced Johnny Marr. This is a great album. My sister got this album for her Xmas and played it nonstop so much so my dad knew the words when they appeared on TOTP. But I think it may have been because he had a soft spot for Chrissie. Pretenders is a good album but pretenders ll is even better.

Pieces Of The Sky

Emmylou Harris

2/5

Quite liked this. Easy listening.