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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Oar Alexander 'Skip' Spence	5	2.46	+2.54
Buenas Noches From A Lonely Room Dwight Yoakam	5	2.6	+2.4
Life Thru A Lens Robbie Williams	5	2.73	+2.27
Third/Sister Lovers Big Star	5	2.79	+2.21
Scott 4 Scott Walker	5	2.8	+2.2
Goodbye And Hello Tim Buckley	5	2.84	+2.16
Gold Ryan Adams	5	2.84	+2.16
Beach Samba Astrud Gilberto	5	2.92	+2.08
Swordfishtrombones Tom Waits	5	2.95	+2.05
Pelican West Haircut 100	5	2.97	+2.03

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band John Lennon	1	3.24	-2.24
Highway to Hell AC/DC	2	3.65	-1.65
Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere Neil Young & Crazy Horse	2	3.55	-1.55
System Of A Down System Of A Down	2	3.26	-1.26
The Stooges The Stooges	2	3.26	-1.26
Ray Of Light Madonna	2	3	-1

Artists

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Artist	Albums	Average
Beatles	4	4.75
Black Sabbath	3	5
Michael Jackson	2	5
Leonard Cohen	2	5
Queen	2	5
Big Star	2	5
The Smashing Pumpkins	2	5

Controversial

Artist	Ratings
Neil Young & Crazy Horse	2, 5

5-Star Albums (83)

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Popular Reviews

Larks' Tongues In Aspic

King Crimson

5/5

Another classic prog rock album. Solid from start to finish.

1 likes

No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith (Live)

Motörhead

5/5

Classic Motörhead

1 likes

Cloud Nine

The Temptations

5/5

Temptations at their best.

1 likes

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Foo Fighters

5/5

Solid song writing. Very very tight. Inspired performances of all musicians. Literally nothing about this album not to love. Sets the stage to an incredible body of work.

Bad

Michael Jackson

5/5

This is a very produced album, but it has some incredible songs. The most incredible thing about this album is how it has stood the test of time.

System Of A Down

2/5

Not a bad album but not a fan of this genre.

Safe As Milk

Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band

4/5

While not a huge fan, this was a ground breaking album and you can hear the influences it had.

Paranoid

Black Sabbath

5/5

Seminal heavier album. I say that as Ozzy never liked the term Heavy Metal. Simply sublime from start to finish.

Bitches Brew

Miles Davis

5/5

Live this album. If it wasn’t for Kinda Blue this may very well be the best jazz album of all time.

I Against I

Bad Brains

2/5

Not a fan

The Age Of The Understatement

The Last Shadow Puppets

3/5

Solid.

Nebraska

Bruce Springsteen

3/5

If one must listen to Springsteen, I guess this would be the album to listen to...

All That You Can't Leave Behind

5/5

Great album - grooves from start to finish!

The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady

Charles Mingus

5/5

This album is just the epitome of groovy 60's jazz. It makes you feel cooler just listening to it.

Oar

Alexander 'Skip' Spence

5/5

I had not before known of this album. Really enjoyed the cool vibe

Exile In Guyville

Liz Phair

5/5

Simply a great album!

Sister

Sonic Youth

5/5

Great album!

Queens of the Stone Age

4/5

Great album.

Beautiful Freak

Eels

3/5

Was not familiar with this album. Didn’t hate it.

Boston

5/5

One of the best albums in the history of mankind.

Songs From A Room

Leonard Cohen

5/5

Great example of the songwriting genius of Cohen!

Basket of Light

Pentangle

4/5

I was not familiar with this album. Quintensential 60's sound. There is a good deal of sitar which creates the vibe. Interesting listen.

John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band

John Lennon

1/5

Not a fan

Off The Wall

Michael Jackson

5/5

One of his best

The Stooges

2/5

Never really been a fan

Black Metal

Venom

4/5

Delightfully heavy!

Solid Air

John Martyn

4/5

I had never heard of John Martyn before. Solid songs. Enjoyed!

Bookends

Simon & Garfunkel

5/5

This is simply one of the best albums of all time. Incredible songwriting and vocal performances.

The Holy Bible

Manic Street Preachers

3/5

Was not familiar

Live 1966 (The Royal Albert Hall Concert)

Bob Dylan

5/5

Sublime

They Were Wrong, So We Drowned

Liars

4/5

Raw but full of energy and emotion.

The Only Ones

4/5

Catchy and well done

Moving Pictures

Rush

5/5

One of the best prog rock albums ever. Start to finish, not a misplaced note!

One World

John Martyn

3/5

Very solid and unique.

Murder Ballads

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

4/5

Great songwriting and performance on this album.

Time Out Of Mind

Bob Dylan

4/5

Amazing album!

Queen II

Queen

5/5

Great album. You can see the foundation for this development.

At Fillmore East

The Allman Brothers Band

5/5

Stunning example of work from an icon of a band!

Scott 4

Scott Walker

5/5

I had never heard of Scott Walker before, but this is quite the impressive album. I can hear the foundation for lots of current artists and their style. Solid songwriting and arrangement.

The Rise & Fall

Madness

4/5

This was rather a groundbreaker for the time it was released. Wonderful music.

Surf's Up

The Beach Boys

5/5

Stupendous

Pornography

The Cure

4/5

Classic cure!

Buenas Noches From A Lonely Room

Dwight Yoakam

5/5

Great example of the Bakersfield sound.

Astral Weeks

Van Morrison

4/5

Great songwriting!

Tommy

The Who

4/5

Classic Who

Wild Wood

Paul Weller

5/5

This is a stunning album!

Abbey Road

Beatles

4/5

Another amazing album that set the stage for a legacy. Awesome album.

#1 Record

Big Star

5/5

Solid album. Great production.

Who Killed...... The Zutons?

The Zutons

5/5

Incredibly raw and energetic album. Solid!!!

Brilliant Corners

Thelonious Monk

5/5

Astounding album!

Beach Samba

Astrud Gilberto

5/5

Dreamy!!!

Transformer

Lou Reed

3/5

Not a fan.

Miriam Makeba

4/5

Solid album

Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

2/5

Not really a fan.

(Pronounced 'Leh-'Nérd 'Skin-'Nérd)

Lynyrd Skynyrd

5/5

Mainstay of southern rock

Pretzel Logic

Steely Dan

5/5

Sublime

Actually

Pet Shop Boys

4/5

Classic 80's pop.

Tidal

Fiona Apple

5/5

She rather crushed it with this one.

The Scream

Siouxsie And The Banshees

4/5

Love this album - raw and passionate.

Tracy Chapman

5/5

This album is absolutely amazing. Great songwriting and great production.

The Modern Dance

Pere Ubu

4/5

Love it!

New Gold Dream (81/82/83/84)

Simple Minds

4/5

Really good album

Coat Of Many Colors

Dolly Parton

5/5

Classic Dolly!

Here's Little Richard

Little Richard

4/5

Great album

Billion Dollar Babies

Alice Cooper

4/5

Gotta love Alice!

Frampton Comes Alive

Peter Frampton

5/5

Set the standard for live albums

In Rainbows

Radiohead

4/5

Classic Radiohead!

Hms Fable

Shack

4/5

Was impressed with this album having never heard it before. Great production, performance and writing.

Music

Madonna

3/5

Not a fan.

A Hard Day's Night

Beatles

5/5

One of their best.

Unknown Pleasures

Joy Division

4/5

Great album

Beauty And The Beat

The Go-Go's

5/5

Hard to top this for 80's pop.

Disraeli Gears

Cream

5/5

One of the best of all time.

Jack Takes the Floor

Ramblin' Jack Elliott

4/5

Solid

Veckatimest

Grizzly Bear

4/5

Great album

Suede

4/5

Had not previously been familiar with this work

Heavy Weather

Weather Report

5/5

Classic album

I'm Your Man

Leonard Cohen

5/5

Solid Cohen.

Head Hunters

Herbie Hancock

5/5

Hancock rocks!

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness

The Smashing Pumpkins

5/5

Classic 90s rick

Dirt

Alice In Chains

5/5

Their best!

Odessey And Oracle

The Zombies

4/5

Solid through and through.

Ragged Glory

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

5/5

Not a fan.

Franz Ferdinand

4/5

Great debut!

Siamese Dream

The Smashing Pumpkins

5/5

Solid songwriting, performance and production.

Fragile

Yes

5/5

Just saw Yes perform this album from start to finish. Just as good today as it was the day it was released.

Larks' Tongues In Aspic

King Crimson

5/5

Another classic prog rock album. Solid from start to finish.

Truth And Soul

Fishbone

4/5

Great album!

Nilsson Schmilsson

Harry Nilsson

3/5

Not a dan

Swordfishtrombones

Tom Waits

5/5

Impossible not to love the genius that is Tom Waits.

Germfree Adolescents

X-Ray Spex

3/5

Not a fan.

Rubber Soul

Beatles

5/5

Classic beatles

The Rising

Bruce Springsteen

4/5

Decent album

Smile

Brian Wilson

5/5

Classic

Rio

Duran Duran

5/5

One of the best from the 80s!

Broken English

Marianne Faithfull

4/5

Quite a great album

You Are The Quarry

Morrissey

4/5

Awesome album

The Band

5/5

One of the best!

Fire Of Love

The Gun Club

5/5

Solid album

Rumours

Fleetwood Mac

5/5

From start to finish - one of the best albums of all time. Wish I could give it more than 5 stars!!!

Madman Across The Water

Elton John

5/5

Great album

Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots

The Flaming Lips

4/5

Solid!

Welcome To The Pleasuredome

Frankie Goes To Hollywood

5/5

One of the highlights of the 80's in style, performance and production.

Gentlemen

The Afghan Whigs

4/5

Solid!

Third/Sister Lovers

Big Star

5/5

Stupendous!

With The Beatles

Beatles

5/5

Classic!!

The Suburbs

Arcade Fire

4/5

Great album

Chicago Transit Authority

Chicago

5/5

Great early Chicago!

Ágætis Byrjun

Sigur Rós

5/5

Delightfully dreamy and chill

Pelican West

Haircut 100

5/5

Classic 80s

Spiderland

Slint

4/5

Solid

Kid A

Radiohead

4/5

Solid Radiohead album

Highway to Hell

AC/DC

2/5

Never really a fan.

Sail Away

Randy Newman

5/5

Awesome Newman!

16 Lovers Lane

The Go-Betweens

4/5

Was not familiar

Duck Stab/Buster & Glen

The Residents

4/5

Had not been familiar

The Cars

5/5

Cars at their best.

The Colour Of Spring

Talk Talk

4/5

Solid!

No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith (Live)

Motörhead

5/5

Classic Motörhead

Dookie

Green Day

5/5

One of Green Day's best.

Bitte Orca

Dirty Projectors

4/5

Solid

Make Yourself

Incubus

4/5

Really good

Black Sabbath

5/5

Amazing

Life Thru A Lens

Robbie Williams

5/5

Great album

Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1

George Michael

5/5

Great White Stripes!!!

69 Love Songs

The Magnetic Fields

4/5

Interesting album - hints of the Beatles and 70's folk rock.

Seventh Tree

Goldfrapp

5/5

Rather dreamy. Good production. Cool music.

Hejira

Joni Mitchell

4/5

Great Joni Mitchell

Roxy Music

5/5

Simply sublime.

Wild Gift

4/5

Was not familiar before. Very bouncy and energetic.

Manassas

Stephen Stills

4/5

Solid

Let It Bleed

The Rolling Stones

5/5

Great Stones!!!

Crosby, Stills & Nash

4/5

Pretty good album

Synchronicity

The Police

5/5

This is top 20 worthy

The Man Who

Travis

5/5

Well done Travis!

Cloud Nine

The Temptations

5/5

Temptations at their best.

Sea Change

Beck

3/5

Really a weird album...

Talking With the Taxman About Poetry

Billy Bragg

4/5

Solid Bragg!

Vol. 4

Black Sabbath

5/5

Amazing album.

Goodbye And Hello

Tim Buckley

5/5

Man a great album!!!

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector

Various Artists

5/5

Spooky good

Deserter's Songs

Mercury Rev

5/5

Surprising find!!!

A Night At The Opera

Queen

5/5

Amazing Queen album!’n

Very

Pet Shop Boys

4/5

Very good!

Fifth Dimension

The Byrds

5/5

Spectacular!!!

Deja Vu

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

5/5

Great songwriting, production and vocals.

Hotel California

Eagles

5/5

One of the best ever

Before And After Science

Brian Eno

4/5

Solid

The Who Sell Out

The Who

4/5

Not a bad Who album.

Sunshine Superman

Donovan

4/5

The definition of groovy

Heaven Or Las Vegas

Cocteau Twins

5/5

Solid.

At Mister Kelly's

Sarah Vaughan

5/5

Talk about amazing....

Ambient 1/Music For Airports

Brian Eno

5/5

Great!

Ray Of Light

Madonna

2/5

Not a fan

Gold

Ryan Adams

5/5

Just amazing Ryan Adams

Water From An Ancient Well

Abdullah Ibrahim

5/5

What a unique and groovy vibing album!