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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Suzanne Vega Suzanne Vega	5	3.02	+1.98
Toys In The Attic Aerosmith	5	3.26	+1.74
Dirt Alice In Chains	5	3.47	+1.53
The Joshua Tree U2	5	3.66	+1.34
Tracy Chapman Tracy Chapman	5	3.79	+1.21

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Amnesiac Radiohead	1	3.41	-2.41
Kenya Machito	1	3.27	-2.27
The Real Thing Faith No More	1	3.21	-2.21
Paranoid Black Sabbath	2	4.2	-2.2
Microshift Hookworms	1	3.02	-2.02
Maverick A Strike Finley Quaye	1	2.74	-1.74
Bayou Country Creedence Clearwater Revival	2	3.65	-1.65
Van Halen Van Halen	2	3.63	-1.63
Mothership Connection Parliament	2	3.61	-1.61
Brothers The Black Keys	2	3.57	-1.57

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Rio

Duran Duran

2/5

Well, the singles are still fine. Nothing else memorable and every song seemed to get to the point of just repeating the chorus very quickly. Definitely a band to stick to the greatest hits, based on this

In The Court Of The Crimson King

King Crimson

3/5

I'd never heard the originals of court of the crimson king or schizoid man before. It's an interesting album - bit too jazzy for me. It's a proper album though - not meant to be separated. I like that and I feel it would grow on me

Amnesiac

Radiohead

1/5

Just not for me. I'm glad I have finally listened to a whole Radiohead album. I don't need to do so again.

Clandestino

Manu Chao

2/5

Just not my thing. Background music

Kenya

Machito

1/5

We Are Family

Sister Sledge

3/5

That's a lot of good songs. It's hard this one, because it's great but I wouldn't choose to listen to it. 3.5 I reckon.

Paranoid

Black Sabbath

2/5

Ah, my 12th favourite Sabbath album. I get that it's massively influential, but it's just a bit dull, especially the lesser known tracks. Also, i think Ozzy was the worst singer Sabbath had.

Surf's Up

The Beach Boys

2/5

I reckon this was great at the right time. Some dreadful lyrics though

Reign In Blood

Slayer

2/5

If anyone is actually reading these, that Sabbath response was written at the end of 2 hours chugging through Dover to get to the ferry. Should have given it at least 3, maybe 4. Anyway, 'Reign in Blood' was influential in its day and it does a few limited things very well, but it just highlights for me how much better those early Metallica and Megadeth albums were. 'South of Heaven' is a much better Slayer album to try. I can't imagine choosing to listen to this. 'Master of Puppets' came out in the same year and is light years ahead. This app is starting to get me down. I like loads of music in various genres, but none of the stuff this app keeps choosing!

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness

The Smashing Pumpkins

3/5

Interesting. Never listened to this because I didn't like the title. I think that with a different vocalist I'd be giving this a higher score. Not keen on the way he strains his voice for emphasis; it's better on the slower tracks.

Purple Rain

Prince

3/5

I like some of this. Darling Nikki remains the least sexy song of all time though!

Toys In The Attic

Aerosmith

5/5

Finally a 5. I was going to go 4 because the follow up, Rocks, is better, but it's only a 1-5 scale after all. Seen them live 3 times, and oddly enough that includes one of the best and one of the worst concerts I've attended.

Mothership Connection

Parliament

2/5

It's ok. I quite like the whole interplanetary angle.

The Specials

4/5

I was surprised how much I liked this. And the theme to Death in Paradise!

Led Zeppelin

3/5

It's good, but they got better

LP1

FKA twigs

3/5

Not bad. Rachel filled me in on her tragic relationship history.

Dirt

Alice In Chains

5/5

See, I remember listening to this when it came out. Track 1 was awesome, and then it seemed like everything else wasn't as good. This time, I'm much more impressed. Great voice.

Blood On The Tracks

Bob Dylan

4/5

I can't really get into earlier Dylan stuff, but from here on its great. Joan Baez did a better version of Simple Twist of Fate though.

Veckatimest

Grizzly Bear

2/5

Just a bit dull

Van Halen

2/5

I was into hair metal in the 80s, but I just never found VH that catchy. Second star is for Ain't Talking Bout Love, though, which is awesome.

Parachutes

Coldplay

2/5

I tried, and it sounds like a cliche, but both listens I didn't notice when the album had ended

The Wall

Pink Floyd

3/5

It is clearly brilliantly crafted. I just don't like listening to it. It feels like a 90 minute panic attack

Suzanne Vega

5/5

Bizarre that in a youth mostly spent listening to Maiden and Metallica, this album made such an impression on me. I still keep coming back to it.

Funeral

Arcade Fire

4/5

I'd never heard anything by them, but I was surprised at how much I like this. Not a 5 yet, but maybe after more listening. Made me think of Biffy Clyro at times - variety and vibe

Urban Hymns

The Verve

3/5

The singles are amazing. The rest is ok.

System Of A Down

2/5

I can feel that it's good. I just don't like it

Brothers

The Black Keys

2/5

Fine. Bit samey

Tracy Chapman

5/5

It's pretty much perfect

Maverick A Strike

Finley Quaye

1/5

Not for me. Couldn't get through it

Green

R.E.M.

4/5

I prefer earlier REM, but I had forgotten how good this is.

The Slim Shady LP

Eminem

2/5

Some good ideas. I just can't see why you'd want to listen to it more than once.

The Real Thing

Faith No More

1/5

Still don't like it

The Joshua Tree

5/5

In general, U2 leave me a bit cold. This, however, is one of the greatest albums of all time. And I will die on the hill that the media went all out to make everyone think Bono was a prick as soon as he tried to leverage his fame into campaigning for the environment etc. Although he does come across as a bit of a bellend, regardless.

The Good, The Bad & The Queen

2/5

Didn't really do anything for me

Highway 61 Revisited

Bob Dylan

4/5

Much better than expected

Microshift

Hookworms

1/5

Elvis Presley

2/5