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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Shaft Isaac Hayes	5	3.24	+1.76
Blunderbuss Jack White	5	3.4	+1.6
Aladdin Sane David Bowie	5	3.61	+1.39
Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme Simon & Garfunkel	5	3.62	+1.38
Moondance Van Morrison	5	3.71	+1.29
Jagged Little Pill Alanis Morissette	5	3.72	+1.28
Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not Arctic Monkeys	5	3.73	+1.27
Peggy Suicide Julian Cope	4	2.77	+1.23
Tracy Chapman Tracy Chapman	5	3.79	+1.21
Automatic For The People R.E.M.	5	3.82	+1.18

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Master Of Puppets Metallica	1	3.73	-2.73
Deja Vu Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young	1	3.7	-2.7
The Low End Theory A Tribe Called Quest	1	3.7	-2.7
Blue Joni Mitchell	1	3.49	-2.49
The Band The Band	1	3.36	-2.36
British Steel Judas Priest	1	3.3	-2.3
Homework Daft Punk	1	3.29	-2.29
1989 Taylor Swift	1	3.27	-2.27
Risque CHIC	1	3.27	-2.27
Forever Changes Love	1	3.22	-2.22

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Artist	Albums	Average
Led Zeppelin	2	5
Simon & Garfunkel	2	5
R.E.M.	3	4.33

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Artist	Albums	Average
Taylor Swift	2	1.5

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Artist	Ratings
Van Morrison	5, 2

5-Star Albums (15)

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

Popular Reviews

Here's Little Richard

Little Richard

4/5

Great album, awesome singing and lovely Sax and horn work.

1 likes

The Only Ones

1/5

Singing in tune might help the cause.

1 likes

1-Star Albums (22)

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Peggy Suicide

Julian Cope

4/5

Interesting Album.

Ten

Pearl Jam

2/5

Overrated. Some boring stuff on this album. Saved by a couple of good songs

Can't Buy A Thrill

Steely Dan

4/5

Tidal

Fiona Apple

4/5

Loved listening to this album. I knew the song Criminal.

The Genius Of Ray Charles

Ray Charles

3/5

In Our Heads

Hot Chip

1/5

Deja Vu

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

1/5

A little bit dated in 2025. And the songs are all haphazard.

Rio

Duran Duran

2/5

Couple of good songs. Pretty bland and very dated otherwise.

Welcome to the Afterfuture

Mike Ladd

2/5

Master Of Puppets

Metallica

1/5

Overrated

Who Killed...... The Zutons?

The Zutons

4/5

Great mix of songs. Very impressed.

Blunderbuss

Jack White

5/5

Love this album one of his best.

Sheer Heart Attack

Queen

3/5

Some good songs and you can see where they were headed.

Homework

Daft Punk

1/5

Not My Cup of Tea, pretty bland music.

Iron Maiden

2/5

Hot Fuss

The Killers

4/5

Some great songs, just falls short of a perfect album

Songs Of Leonard Cohen

Leonard Cohen

4/5

Some great poetry put into songs on this album by the wordsmith.

The Beach Boys Today!

The Beach Boys

3/5

Each song very good, but as an album there is no light and shade. Every song sounds similar and as an album becomes tiresome to listen too.

Electric Warrior

T. Rex

2/5

A couple of classic songs and some mediocre. Not enough to lift it to more than two stars.

Getz/Gilberto

Stan Getz

4/5

Love the texture and sound. No electric gizmos and pure talent on show. Some expert playing. Very smooth.

The La's

2/5

1990' and sounding like the Beatles, The Monkees, The Kinks, a couple of fair songs nothing outstanding for me on this album.

Illmatic

Nas

2/5

Didn't want to like this album. It was a little bit of a surprise that had its moments. Not much light and shade and its a repetitive sound. Some good hooks and interesting lyrics throughout.

Bitches Brew

Miles Davis

2/5

Interesting Layers - Hooks and Lines. Not one of his better works.

1989

Taylor Swift

1/5

Average songs that are over produced.

Court And Spark

Joni Mitchell

3/5

Siamese Dream

The Smashing Pumpkins

2/5

Some songs needed to be shorter. Some unmusical stuff and too much distortion. Some good songs in there.

Here's Little Richard

Little Richard

4/5

Great album, awesome singing and lovely Sax and horn work.

Hms Fable

Shack

3/5

Not heard this album before. Some good tracks on there. Worth a listen again.

Surrealistic Pillow

Jefferson Airplane

3/5

Never a big Airplane fan. Some great songs on this let down by the production as it sounds like it was recorded in a bathroom....

Wild Is The Wind

Nina Simone

4/5

Excellent album 4.5 stars.

Treasure

Cocteau Twins

1/5

The Last Broadcast

Doves

4/5

Love the textures on this album.

Led Zeppelin II

Led Zeppelin

5/5

Light and Shade. A classic.

The Band

1/5

The Köln Concert

Keith Jarrett

3/5

Zombie

Fela Kuti

2/5

Loveless

My Bloody Valentine

1/5

Lacklustre. Shoegazing. Quite a boring listen.

KE*A*H** (Psalm 69)

Ministry

1/5

Rubbish!!!

Jagged Little Pill

Alanis Morissette

5/5

Exceptionally good album. Forgot how good it was. Except incorrect examples of Irony which I wanted to mark down, minor in the scheme of things. Love the edginess of the songs. Great guitar and harmonica.

The Velvet Underground & Nico

The Velvet Underground

2/5

Some good interspersed with some average or poor ones. Rather indulgent.

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

Arctic Monkeys

5/5

Love it. Great songs, dark subjects. Great debut album.

Is This It

The Strokes

3/5

Some great songs and some just sound the same.

Revolver

Beatles

5/5

One of their best.

Here Are the Sonics

The Sonics

3/5

Black Monk Time

The Monks

2/5

Interesting and great back story. Not much substance to the songs.

The Only Ones

1/5

Singing in tune might help the cause.

Boston

3/5

Aladdin Sane

David Bowie

5/5

Brilliant Album. Forgot how good it is.

Roots

Sepultura

1/5

Obviously an acquired taste.

Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme

Simon & Garfunkel

5/5

Sublime. Great Harmonies and guitar work. Timeless.

Tonight's The Night

Neil Young

3/5

Eli And The Thirteenth Confession

Laura Nyro

4/5

Surprisingly good.

Orbital 2

Orbital

2/5

Blue Lines

Massive Attack

4/5

Very good production.

Joanna Newsom

1/5

Obviously an acquired taste. Bland songs and grating vocals.

Live Through This

Hole

2/5

Sounds a little dated now. No real standout tracks.

Led Zeppelin III

Led Zeppelin

5/5

Great variety on this album. Not listened to it for a long time.

Chemtrails Over The Country Club

Lana Del Rey

2/5

The album meanders and lacks any vibe. Some individual songs are ok and as an album doesn't command attention.

Black Sabbath

3/5

Imagine

John Lennon

4/5

On The Beach

Neil Young

3/5

Has its place. No stand out tracks and as an album hangs together well.

Southern Rock Opera

Drive-By Truckers

2/5

The back story is more interesting than the album itself.

The Wildest!

Louis Prima

3/5

Garbage

2/5

Some good songs mostly average

Unknown Pleasures

Joy Division

2/5

No where near as good as Closer. Very much a garage band at this stage and better things to come.

Fever Ray

3/5

Some interesting work here.

The Age Of The Understatement

The Last Shadow Puppets

2/5

Sounds like a work out for a new James Bond movie. Has its moments and lacks credibility.

British Steel

Judas Priest

1/5

Boring. Pretentious.

Spiderland

Slint

1/5

Pretty boring. A great deal of repetition of songs. Same formula. Soft section with mumbling, followed by distorted 8 bars back to mumble and soft passages.

Warehouse: Songs And Stories

Hüsker Dü

2/5

Time Out

The Dave Brubeck Quartet

5/5

Masterpiece

I Against I

Bad Brains

2/5

The Low End Theory

A Tribe Called Quest

1/5

Smile

Brian Wilson

1/5

It sounds like many ideas unfinished or polished, sounds the same throughout.

More Songs About Buildings And Food

Talking Heads

4/5

C'est Chic

CHIC

3/5

Some interesting work and a couple of great songs and instrumentals on this album.

Tracy Chapman

5/5

Forgot how good this album is. Deceptively simple songs with great delivery.

Document

R.E.M.

4/5

Close to a 5. Two of my Fave R.E.M songs on this album.

First Band On The Moon

The Cardigans

2/5

One or two good songs. That's about it.

Tusk

Fleetwood Mac

3/5

Better than I thought it would be. Some songs drag this down.

Pornography

The Cure

2/5

Disappointing. One or two good tracks.

Moondance

Van Morrison

5/5

Rattus Norvegicus

The Stranglers

2/5

A bit dated. And simple lyrics.

Sweetheart Of The Rodeo

The Byrds

2/5

Kid A

Radiohead

3/5

Not as good as some of thee other recordings.

Immigrés

Youssou N'Dour

2/5

One World

John Martyn

3/5

Risque

CHIC

1/5

Repetitious and lacking imagination.

The Downward Spiral

Nine Inch Nails

2/5

My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts

Brian Eno

2/5

At Newport 1960

Muddy Waters

4/5

Got my Mojo working......

Murmur

R.E.M.

4/5

The Rolling Stones

3/5

A little dated. Best of Hits for other artists.

At Budokan

Cheap Trick

1/5

What's with all the screaming. Rather boring and indulgent.

Stand!

Sly & The Family Stone

2/5

Bridge Over Troubled Water

Simon & Garfunkel

5/5

A classic. Great lyrics and harmonies.

John Barleycorn Must Die

Traffic

4/5

Enjoyable listen.

All Hope Is Gone

Slipknot

2/5

Dookie

Green Day

2/5

Some hits and some mediocre songs. The drums are annoying.

evermore

Taylor Swift

2/5

I don't know what the fuss is about. 1 for effort and 1 for writing here own stuff.

Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes

TV On The Radio

3/5

Ritual De Lo Habitual

Jane's Addiction

3/5

Never heard this before and surprised me. Some good songs.

If I Should Fall From Grace With God

The Pogues

2/5

Stand alone the songs are strong. As an album they are much of a muchness.

From Elvis In Memphis

Elvis Presley

3/5

A couple of classics lift this album. Some mediocre songs drag it down. A legend.

Savane

Ali Farka Touré

3/5

Some interesting music on this album.

Blue

Joni Mitchell

1/5

I found it boring and her voice annoying.

Moss Side Story

Barry Adamson

3/5

Unusual for Barry...some interesting ideas on this album from the Jazz Devil.

The Coral

3/5

Consistent album, no real stand out tracks. Enjoyed all the same.

Sign 'O' The Times

Prince

3/5

Automatic For The People

R.E.M.

5/5

Awesome album. A classic.

Another Green World

Brian Eno

3/5

Pleasant listening.

Permission to Land

The Darkness

1/5

Pretentious and Boring.

Black Holes and Revelations

Muse

3/5

Every song sounds euphoric and grandiose. Not light and shade. Hopeful at the end when Hoodoo appears but then they over do it again and ends euphoric. I want to like Muse and just can't get there. Great musical passages but too much the same and one song blurs into another.

Electric

The Cult

2/5

Pub Rock at best. Nothing outstanding on this album.

Hard Again

Muddy Waters

3/5

Not a great deal of variety on this album. Great for historical value.

Shaft

Isaac Hayes

5/5

Very surprised by the quality of this album. Obviously knew the Shaft theme. Never had listened to the rest of the album before.

The World is a Ghetto

War

4/5

Signing Off

UB40

4/5

Better album than I thought was going to be. Something to be said for having a sound that is instantly recognizable as you. Unfortunately this becomes aurally tiring. Some good tracks on the album and politically charged.

Forever Changes

Love

1/5

Nothing changes. Still crap to this day.

Let It Bleed

The Rolling Stones

5/5

Classic.

Paranoid

Black Sabbath

2/5

Some good tracks not enough to lift the whole album. Didn't care for Sabbath in the 70's and nothing has changed that much now.

Group Sex

Circle Jerks

1/5

Fortunately a short album. Unfortunately you can’t score Zero so I justified to give it one for some interesting song titles.

Suzanne Vega

4/5

Coat Of Many Colors

Dolly Parton

3/5

Surprisingly good album. Distinctive voice and sound. Some tracks stronger than others and enjoyable.

Astral Weeks

Van Morrison

2/5

Van's voice and intonation grates after a while on this album. The songs are much of a muchness, and meander meaninglessly. I prefer some of his other albums this one. Save by some passages of good instrumental work by the musicians.

Every Picture Tells A Story

Rod Stewart

4/5

Throwback to the 70's stands up remarkably well considering its age. Rod's distinctive voice, some Celtic influences. An enjoyable listen.

Brothers

The Black Keys

3/5

Listened to the band before : Yes Songs I already knew: none Favourite Songs: Tighten Up, Howlin' For You Tighten Up sounds reminds me of Pumped up Kicks. The same hooks and riffs I have heard before on some of there other material. Howlin' For You sounds like T.Rex. The songs become repetitive at times. They have distinctive sound.

Germfree Adolescents

X-Ray Spex

3/5

Listened to the band before : No Songs I already knew: none Favourite Songs: Plastic Bag, Warrior In Woolworths Punkish. Some good hooks, pulsating rhythms and decent melodies. The vocals are disconcerting at times although they suit the genre, style and the album as a whole. There is enough variety in this album to make it interesting. Simple songs and moves along.

American Beauty

Grateful Dead

3/5

Listened to the band before : No Songs I already knew: none Favourite Songs: Truckin' Some fusion of styles on this album, folky, bluegrass, country blues and a touch of Jazz. Lacks energy at times. The album didn't grab me as much as I anticipated. Pleasant without being outstanding.

Hotel California

Eagles

4/5

Listened to the band before : Yes Songs I already knew: The whole album Favourite Songs: Hotel California, Life in the Fast Lane Exquisite guitar work by Joe Walsh. Great harmonies though a little high pitched for my liking. Easy listening and well produced. A couple of classic songs and let down by a few songs otherwise a 5. Strong album.