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Album	You	Global	Diff
Talking With the Taxman About Poetry Billy Bragg	5	2.97	+2.03
american dream LCD Soundsystem	5	3.17	+1.83
Ágætis Byrjun Sigur Rós	5	3.37	+1.63
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy Kanye West	5	3.42	+1.58
It's Blitz! Yeah Yeah Yeahs	5	3.49	+1.51
Gorillaz Gorillaz	5	3.53	+1.47
Playing With Fire Spacemen 3	4	2.54	+1.46
Life Thru A Lens Robbie Williams	4	2.73	+1.27
KIWANUKA Michael Kiwanuka	5	3.74	+1.26
Nixon Lambchop	4	2.75	+1.25

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Live At The Harlem Square Club Sam Cooke	1	3.77	-2.77
The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill Lauryn Hill	1	3.63	-2.63
Ellington at Newport Duke Ellington	1	3.43	-2.43
Run-D.M.C. Run-D.M.C.	1	3.13	-2.13
The Doors The Doors	2	3.95	-1.95
Foxbase Alpha Saint Etienne	1	2.94	-1.94
Slayed? Slade	1	2.89	-1.89
At San Quentin Johnny Cash	2	3.8	-1.8
The Cars The Cars	2	3.67	-1.67
Van Halen Van Halen	2	3.63	-1.63

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Pet Shop Boys

3/5

Camp and fun. Some of the synth is a bit too boppy for me

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Club Classics Vol. One

Soul II Soul

3/5

Funky and groovy leaning into early hip hop and lite club mixes. Shades of J-Dilla. Sunny afternoon at Parrotdog vibes.

Raw Power

The Stooges

3/5

Rock n roll with a little bit of punk and some interesting psychedelic parts. Mostly sounds like the kind of thing you’d use to score a 70’s high school movie where they smoke cigarettes and tailgate while wearing lots of denim. Or maybe something you’d smoke weed to in someone’s garden shed/garage

At San Quentin

Johnny Cash

2/5

Such poor sound quality it’s hard to even tell one song from the next. Unmistakably Johnny Cash but not particularly interesting. Hard to believe this is the stuff that used to be considered rebellious

The Cars

2/5

Surprising number of known singles off the one album. Popular-style late 70’s rock. Would hear all of these songs on The Sound. Shades of The Clash. B-side much weaker unfortunately.

Machine Head

Deep Purple

3/5

Great riffs and vocals. Feels like it would have really stood out in 1972 alongside Sabbath and Zeppelin, although this is higher energy than either of those without feeling at all thrashy. Nice album, with lots of interesting instrumental parts.

Sticky Fingers

The Rolling Stones

3/5

Y’all know what it is. Famous album, some legendary tracks, a few misses too though

Disintegration

The Cure

5/5

Epic album. Made to be played loud. Such a big sound

Ghosteen

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

2/5

Spacious and ethereal sounding, devastatingly sad, unsurprisingly given it’s about the death of his son. Not as amazing as critics would have you believe, but maybe you have to be in the right headspace, which I hope I never am.

Night Life

Ray Price

2/5

Not the one for me I’m afraid, a little too swoony.

Hotel California

Eagles

3/5

Nice. A little cheesy but nice

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

4/5

Great album. Beautifully mixed. Great songwriting. Must have inspired a lot of subsequent indie rock. Lovely layers of sound on most songs.

The Village Green Preservation Society

The Kinks

2/5

Beatles album but worse

It's Blitz!

Yeah Yeah Yeahs

5/5

Awesome upbeat vibes. Comparable to M83. Kind of dance rock like Racing, but smoother and more airy and synthy. Some more ambient stuff thrown in there too. Fantastic album

Hot Fuss

The Killers

4/5

Tunes.

461 Ocean Boulevard

Eric Clapton

3/5

Nice album, pleasant vibes

MTV Unplugged In New York

Nirvana

3/5

Some nuggets of gold and some lumps of coal on this record. Cobain’s voice seems to desert him during some songs, and is absolutely stunning during others.

Music From Big Pink

The Band

3/5

Cool album. Super well produced. Sounds ahead of its time to me.

In It For The Money

Supergrass

3/5

Not quite my tastes but objectively interesting and had some recognisable songs on the album. Hard to place genre-wise but had a bit of punk rock about it

The Gilded Palace Of Sin

The Flying Burrito Brothers

3/5

Kinda psychedelic country? Very cool

Sheet Music

10cc

2/5

Some pretty interesting stuff here. Can see how it might have been groundbreaking at the time. But some of it is just so so cheesy. Overall don’t think I could sit through the whole thing again

Automatic For The People

R.E.M.

4/5

Very nice album. Love the acoustic electric which is all over this record.

Fuzzy

Grant Lee Buffalo

4/5

Very cool live album. Great vocals and very spacial sound. Can’t believe I hadn’t heard of this artist before. Would definitely put this album on in TG’s shed.

The Madcap Laughs

Syd Barrett

2/5

Meh

Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

3/5

Superbly mixed. Rock, blues and soul. Very nice backing vocals on many tracks. Nice piano on side 2

School's Out

Alice Cooper

2/5

Cheesy, sorry Dad

Vol. 4

Black Sabbath

4/5

Likes this album way more than I expected to. Consensus seems to be that this band spawned heavy metal and all its sub-genres. But I don’t think anything subsequent has matched how melodic and well written these songs are. Astonishing work

Shaka Zulu

Ladysmith Black Mambazo

3/5

The vocal group that featured on Paul Simon’s Graceland. Has a lovely chanting feel to the music. Quite different to the western music I’m used to, but still a very pleasant sound.

In Rainbows

Radiohead

3/5

A very interesting album that was well ahead of its time in 2007, and would have inspired a lot of the alternative music that came after it. However, probably not as “good” as it was important. The 90s albums like The Bends and OK Computer are still much better listening

Deja Vu

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

4/5

Great album. Very nice vibes, love the guitar and vocals. Sounds like drinking craft beers at Paddy’s house

Ananda Shankar

2/5

Thought the satar covers were cool, some songs were either originals or I didn’t recognise the song being covered. Some songs were far too frantic and unenjoyable to listen to. Hanna hated it

Metallica

3/5

Can get behind this in the right mood

Tusk

Fleetwood Mac

3/5

Some real bangers on here, but also some filler. Quite a different sound to the early years but not quite where they got to with Rumours.

The La's

3/5

I think this is a 3, but needs another listen in case it’s a 4. Mellow vibes

Teenager Of The Year

Frank Black

2/5

Boring, generic rock. Didn’t finish the album. Wouldn’t listen again

good kid, m.A.A.d city

Kendrick Lamar

4/5

About as good as a pure rap album gets

Nixon

Lambchop

4/5

How would we categorise this? Dream-Folk? In any case it’s not like anything I’ve heard before. Somewhere between Sufjan Stevens and NMH.

Boy In Da Corner

Dizzee Rascal

3/5

Must have been revolutionary in 2003. The beats are heeeavy

Africa Brasil

Jorge Ben Jor

3/5

Let Love Rule

Lenny Kravitz

4/5

Groovy and kinda sexy album. Not actually what I expected from Lenny Kravitz, might need to check out the rest of the discography now as I was unfamiliar with his game.

From Elvis In Memphis

Elvis Presley

3/5

Phrenology

The Roots

3/5

Hit and miss. Big drop off from Seed 2.0 to the next tier of songs

Elephant

The White Stripes

4/5

Classic album. More mellow than I remembered in the middle. Such an uncomplicated, unfiltered sound. Eat your heart out Pop producers

Live At The Harlem Square Club

Sam Cooke

1/5

Not for me.

Fleet Foxes

3/5

Rapture

Anita Baker

3/5

Thought it was groovy. Hanna hated it. Need to give it another closer listen

O.G. Original Gangster

Ice T

2/5

Can’t take myself seriously listening to this

Brilliant Corners

Thelonious Monk

3/5

Viva Hate

Morrissey

3/5

Pretty cool, very 80’s. But if you were going to listen to this you might as well just listen to The Cure

Pump

Aerosmith

3/5

69 Love Songs

The Magnetic Fields

4/5

Really liked it. So varied, and doesn’t get boring despite being so long. Great concept for a triple album

Oar

Alexander 'Skip' Spence

3/5

Very spacey and airy. Wide soundstage. A little psychedelic. Interesting post production sound effects for a 1969 album. Sometimes leans a little too far towards Johnny Cash though

Jazz Samba

Stan Getz

4/5

Beautiful album. So nice and loungey. Latin vibes. Cafe music in the best way

In The Court Of The Crimson King

King Crimson

4/5

Opening track is actually my least favourite, haven’t given the rest of the album enough of a chance in the past, but it’s great. Must be some of the earliest psychedelic rock. Great mixing too

Exit Planet Dust

The Chemical Brothers

4/5

Such a cool sound. Definitely informed electronic music of the late 90s and 2000s. More mellow than I would have guessed

Repeater

Fugazi

3/5

Post hardcore/alternative rock . Raw sound. Moody bass lines

Blood On The Tracks

Bob Dylan

4/5

Midnight Ride

Paul Revere & The Raiders

2/5

Grew on me as it went. The psychedelic stuff is cool, but a lot of it is pretty corny.

16 Lovers Lane

The Go-Betweens

4/5

Good album. Reminds me of a simpler time somehow. Acoustic electric guitars are nice. Enjoy the folksyness of it

Sunday At The Village Vanguard

Bill Evans Trio

4/5

Loungy Jazz piano and bass ensemble. Live album, awesome riffs, something to drink red wine or cocktails to

Punishing Kiss

Ute Lemper

1/5

Legitimately terrible album. Somewhere between the outro music for a bad kids movie and the musical number from an original high-school stage production about vampire hairdressers

Life Thru A Lens

Robbie Williams

4/5

Robbie don’t miss

Bridge Over Troubled Water

Simon & Garfunkel

4/5

Just lovely

Actually

Pet Shop Boys

3/5

Camp and fun. Some of the synth is a bit too boppy for me

Beauty And The Beat

The Go-Go's

3/5

Fun album. Would pair well with pre mixed drinks and fewer responsibilities

Rattlesnakes

Lloyd Cole And The Commotions

4/5

Really like this. Feel like it blends the blues and country of previous decades with some of the 80s pep. Sounds great with loudness feature used on the amp, as there is plenty of dynamic range in the sound

american dream

LCD Soundsystem

5/5

Dream indeed. The synth takes me to another plane. Call the police on this album for being illegally good.

Nevermind

Nirvana

4/5

Unfortunate about the front loading. Could have been 5 star with a better permutation

The Pleasure Principle

Gary Numan

2/5

Certainly would have sounded more like the music that came after it than before it. Not for me though

You're Living All Over Me

Dinosaur Jr.

4/5

Perfectly straddles the line of being heavy enough while still melodic

Time (The Revelator)

Gillian Welch

4/5

Sometimes vocals and a guitar are all you need. This is what country should be

Want Two

Rufus Wainwright

4/5

Score a film to this

The Sensual World

Kate Bush

4/5

Beautiful soaring vocals plus moody angst in the music complemented beautifully by keys and strings.

Run-D.M.C.

1/5

The Fat Of The Land

The Prodigy

4/5

YOU WOULDN’T DOWNLOAD A CAR

Tracy Chapman

3/5

Such a great voice. Also very well produced

Van Halen

2/5

Should be better than it is. Drummer and guitarist are clearly skilled but are held back by lacklustre vocal melodies

Slayed?

Slade

1/5

This straight up sucks.

I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You

Aretha Franklin

3/5

Dusty In Memphis

Dusty Springfield

4/5

Stripped back sound while still having some bop

Document

R.E.M.

3/5

A strong 3. Almost a 4. Wish there were half stars

So Much For The City

The Thrills

4/5

My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

Kanye West

5/5

Led Zeppelin

4/5

Strong 4. So nearly a 5. Really need half points man

OK Computer

Radiohead

5/5

Easy 5 star

The Bones Of What You Believe

CHVRCHES

4/5

Airy yet upbeat like a Japanese Tiramisu

Paranoid

Black Sabbath

5/5

Iconic

Ágætis Byrjun

Sigur Rós

5/5

Play this whole thing at my funeral

Being There

Wilco

4/5

Led Zeppelin IV

Led Zeppelin

5/5

Maybe the strongest finish to an album ever

Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite

Maxwell

4/5

Dope RnB

The ArchAndroid

Janelle Monáe

3/5

The White Album

Beatles

4/5

Ready To Die

The Notorious B.I.G.

3/5

I miss when you actually had to be able to rap to be a rapper

Adele

4/5

Youth And Young Manhood

Kings of Leon

4/5

OG kings. So good

All Things Must Pass

George Harrison

4/5

Very easy listening apart from a couple clangers, but very consistent for a long double album

Talking With the Taxman About Poetry

Billy Bragg

5/5

How am I just hearing this now. Sounds like the stuff that inspired neutral milk hotel

Playing With Fire

Spacemen 3

4/5

Psychedelic yet soothing. Somewhere between an acid trip and the ambien walrus

Ellington at Newport

Duke Ellington

1/5

Tinny tinny sound

The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill

Lauryn Hill

1/5

Someone who understands the history of hip hop will know why this is a classic album, but it’s not working for me

Blue Lines

Massive Attack

4/5

Tellin’ Stories

The Charlatans

3/5

Dookie

Green Day

4/5

Who's Next

The Who

3/5

One of the all time album openers in Baba O’Reilly

Foxbase Alpha

Saint Etienne

1/5

Songs The Lord Taught Us

The Cramps

3/5

The Velvet Underground & Nico

The Velvet Underground

4/5

KIWANUKA

Michael Kiwanuka

5/5

Lounge Jazz RnB maybe? Not sure how to categorise this but it’s mellow and buzzy and awesome

Bossanova

Pixies

4/5

Head bangin in a dive bar in the 90s, if the concept were distilled into musical form

Goo

Sonic Youth

3/5

Cool but a bit same same

Surf's Up

The Beach Boys

4/5

Buzzy and mellow

At Fillmore East

The Allman Brothers Band

4/5

This rules. Love the long instrumental parts that seem off the cuff but piece together so nicely

Kid A

Radiohead

3/5

Black Holes and Revelations

Muse

4/5

Another one that’s painfully close to 5 stars. Wish I could have seen these songs live

Home Is Where The Music Is

Hugh Masekela

4/5

Lovely trumpet and Piano Jazz, long songs that feel session-like

Private Dancer

Tina Turner

2/5

This ain’t it

New Forms

Roni Size

3/5

Common

3/5

Young Americans

David Bowie

4/5

Soulful

Abbey Road

Beatles

5/5

Easy 5. Their best work

Gorillaz

5/5

One of the best of this century

Exodus

Bob Marley & The Wailers

3/5

We Jammin’

Welcome to the Afterfuture

Mike Ladd

1/5

So glad music didn’t go in this direction

Electric Warrior

T. Rex

4/5

Shed music. Something to smoke to.

The Doors

2/5

Meh