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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
The Man Who Travis	5	3	+2
Different Class Pulp	5	3.42	+1.58
Violator Depeche Mode	5	3.7	+1.3
Disintegration The Cure	5	3.86	+1.14

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
In The Wee Small Hours Frank Sinatra	1	3.27	-2.27
Songs The Lord Taught Us The Cramps	1	2.84	-1.84
Follow The Leader Korn	1	2.65	-1.65
Rio Duran Duran	2	3.5	-1.5
1984 Van Halen	2	3.49	-1.49
Surfer Rosa Pixies	2	3.49	-1.49
Synchronicity The Police	2	3.41	-1.41
Green Onions Booker T. & The MG's	2	3.39	-1.39
Come Away With Me Norah Jones	2	3.38	-1.38
Smash The Offspring	2	3.36	-1.36

5-Star Albums (6)

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The Only Ones

The Only Ones · 1 likes

3/5

Some good, some bad here. Guitar work took me by surprise in places. Overall enjoyable and always nice to hear someone who makes me believe I could still be a singer!!

In The Wee Small Hours

Frank Sinatra · 1 likes

1/5

I know music has changed so much since this album was recorded but it’s the first time I’ve not been able to finish the album. Simply unlistenable.

1-Star Albums (3)

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Wish You Were Here

Pink Floyd

3/5

British Steel

Judas Priest

3/5

Rio

Duran Duran

2/5

4/5

4/5

4/5

Booker T. & The MG's

2/5

Couple of tunes early on but album seemed to drift. Decent but not great

Come Away With Me

Norah Jones

2/5

Nice Voice. Enjoyable to start with but struggled towards the end and I found myself wishing it over. Can’t see what would put this above other similar genre albums

Nebraska

Bruce Springsteen

2/5

Didn’t get it. Can’t think of what mood I’d need to be in to listen to this again and enjoy it.

Femi Kuti

3/5

Enjoyable. Funky. Clearly talented musician. Maybe too much going on at points.

Permission to Land

The Darkness

4/5

Illinois

Sufjan Stevens

3/5

Machine Head

Deep Purple

4/5

Are You Experienced

Jimi Hendrix

4/5

Nowhere

Ride

2/5

Birth Of The Cool

Miles Davis

3/5

Can be difficult to judge musical genres which are completely outside of your comfort zone. This is a pleasant and enjoyable listen but can’t really say if it’s truly great or not

Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

Wilco

3/5

Fine. Enjoyed it in parts. Nothing exceptional

Trafalgar

Bee Gees

2/5

Madman Across The Water

Elton John

4/5

Having never listened to an Elton album in full, I enjoyed. A compilation of fine songs. Would be interested to know (so will listen to!) how this album rates against his others.

Violator

Depeche Mode

5/5

An excellent album. Full of atmospheric tunes. The hits are hits, the album tracks add depth.

Floodland

Sisters Of Mercy

3/5

Fine. Can’t say I’ll ever be tempted to listen again though.

Californication

Red Hot Chili Peppers

3/5

Pearl

Janis Joplin

4/5

Very good. An album bursting with talent. Enjoyed

Songs The Lord Taught Us

The Cramps

1/5

Sounds like an album made by 12 years olds. Poor, very poor.

The Only Ones

3/5

Some good, some bad here. Guitar work took me by surprise in places. Overall enjoyable and always nice to hear someone who makes me believe I could still be a singer!!

Disintegration

The Cure

5/5

Music in Exile

Songhoy Blues

4/5

An enjoyable album I probably never would have found if not for this.

A Rush Of Blood To The Head

Coldplay

4/5

1984

Van Halen

2/5

Bland, generic 80s American ‘rock’.

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

Elton John

3/5

Some absolute classics here and also a few not.

In The Wee Small Hours

Frank Sinatra

1/5

I know music has changed so much since this album was recorded but it’s the first time I’ve not been able to finish the album. Simply unlistenable.

Achtung Baby

3/5

The epitome of a 3 star. Not great, not bad. Middle of the road pop/rock.

Raw Like Sushi

Neneh Cherry

2/5

Basic 80 r&b/pop. Not great

Black Holes and Revelations

Muse

3/5

I like Muse. This is a good album, but it’s not a great, in fact prefer earlier offerings.

Strangeways, Here We Come

The Smiths

4/5

Kid A

Radiohead

3/5

Don’t like it as much as I think I should! Still prefer The Bends and will return to that every time I need a Radiohead fix

Lust For Life

Iggy Pop

3/5

A very solid 3 star album. Nothing exceptional. Nothing awful. A good listen but not clambering for more.

Follow The Leader

Korn

1/5

I’ve not got time to listen to this kinda shit. Got through 3 songs and turned this nonsense off. Not an album that needs to be heard in any way.

Thriller

Michael Jackson

5/5

The World is a Ghetto

War

3/5

Interesting. Has a real time and place feel about it. Enjoyable, funky album but lacks real star quality.

Surf's Up

The Beach Boys

3/5

Enjoyed this. Having never listen led much to Beach Boys this was more than I expected.

Southern Rock Opera

Drive-By Truckers

2/5

Sounds like a perfect album for a western themed restaurant here in UK. Not sure that’s a compliment.

The Man Who

Travis

5/5

Ah perfection! Wonderful album, wonderful band.

Murder Ballads

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

4/5

Toys In The Attic

Aerosmith

2/5

Dusty In Memphis

Dusty Springfield

4/5

Lovely stuff! Great songs wonderfully sung.

Oracular Spectacular

MGMT

3/5

The hits are great but the album does tail off.

L.A. Woman

The Doors

3/5

Aqualung

Jethro Tull

3/5

Not a great lover of the prog rock scene. A listenable album but far from great. Don’t mind a bit of the old flute getting involved here but doesn’t lift it above an average album

KIWANUKA

Michael Kiwanuka

4/5

Excellent album. Strong vocals, great music, all round goodness here

Synchronicity

The Police

2/5

Was heading for a one star but does get a little better in the second half with the hits.

The Stone Roses

4/5

Heroes to Zeros

The Beta Band

3/5

I liked it in parts. Sounded like a slightly more listenable Elbow album

Different Class

Pulp

5/5

Fetch The Bolt Cutters

Fiona Apple

3/5

Another album which fits in the perfectly fine catagory. Nothing spectacular here, but also nothing dreadful. Listened, enjoyed, moved on with life.

Jagged Little Pill

Alanis Morissette

3/5

Not heard this for 20odd years. Must admit I enjoyed it more back then. Decent, but not great

Germfree Adolescents

X-Ray Spex

2/5

Annoying punky singing shouting screaming whatever it is ruins everything

Apocalypse Dudes

Turbonegro

2/5

Always tend to find that bands that play at a fast tempo are hiding their lack of talent. Classic example here

Beach Samba

Astrud Gilberto

2/5

Made a nice little change to usual listening habits but not something I’d go back to.

The Next Day

David Bowie

4/5

A very good album by someone who knows how to put an album together. Enjoyed it start to finish

Rumours

Fleetwood Mac

5/5

Simply brilliant. Hits all the way through with some all time greats included

The Slim Shady LP

Eminem

3/5

Can appreciate the musical quality here but there is definitely some drop off towards the end . Overall a bit average.

Private Dancer

Tina Turner

4/5

Tina’s talent shines through here on an album that contains a few bangers. A few signs of the 80s era not aging brilliantly but overall a good listen

Goo

Sonic Youth

4/5

Yeah, ok I see what they are doing. Enjoyable, enough control to not just be noise for noise sake.

Raising Hell

Run-D.M.C.

3/5

Surfer Rosa

Pixies

2/5

Iron Maiden

3/5

Frank

Amy Winehouse

3/5

This is fine. Doesn’t go beyond that but a decent listen

Blood And Chocolate

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

2/5

His voice just isn’t for me. Other than that, musically the album is fine but I’ve no desire to sit through it again

Smash

The Offspring

2/5

It’s no more than a 1 star album all the way through but will give it a bonus point as Self Esteem is a cracking tune.

Hot Fuss

The Killers

4/5

Big fan of this album when released and big fan of it now. Contains some generational classics as well as some very decent album ‘fillers’.