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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
I Am a Bird Now Antony and the Johnsons	5	2.84	+2.16
Ray Of Light Madonna	5	3	+2
At Budokan Cheap Trick	5	3.1	+1.9
Bryter Layter Nick Drake	5	3.52	+1.48
The Number Of The Beast Iron Maiden	5	3.58	+1.42
Hotel California Eagles	5	3.6	+1.4
Moondance Van Morrison	5	3.7	+1.3
Hot Fuss The Killers	5	3.74	+1.26
Live At The Harlem Square Club Sam Cooke	5	3.76	+1.24
Highway 61 Revisited Bob Dylan	5	3.76	+1.24

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Maggot Brain Funkadelic	1	3.6	-2.6
Rising Above Bedlam Jah Wobble's Invaders Of The Heart	1	2.61	-1.61
Chocolate Starfish And The Hot Dog Flavored Water Limp Bizkit	1	2.49	-1.49
Diamond Life Sade	2	3.43	-1.43
Wonderful Rainbow Lightning Bolt	1	2.28	-1.28

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Marvin Gaye	2	5

5-Star Albums (18)

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Hotel California

Eagles · 1 likes

5/5

You can check out but you can never leave. Stone cold classic.

The Joshua Tree

U2 · 1 likes

4/5

Before they disappeared up their own arses they did write some bangers

4-Star Albums (30)

People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm

1-Star Albums (4)

Chocolate Starfish And The Hot Dog Flavored Water

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Shake Your Money Maker

The Black Crowes

3/5

Decent, bluesy and a bit heavier than expected 3.5/5

Let's Get It On

Marvin Gaye

5/5

Amazing smooth vocals, such a sexy record

Tusk

Fleetwood Mac

3/5

So long, lacking the immediate hooks of rumours but some good songs

Out Of The Blue

Electric Light Orchestra

4/5

Some great pop songs but overlong

Let It Bleed

The Rolling Stones

5/5

From a fantastic intro to an all time great closing song a fantastic record

(Pronounced 'Leh-'Nérd 'Skin-'Nérd)

Lynyrd Skynyrd

3/5

Decent but a bit swampy.

American IV: The Man Comes Around

Johnny Cash

5/5

Not just hurt, a wonderful record of an aged genius. Hurt would be worth 5 stars alone.

British Steel

Judas Priest

4/5

Enjoyed, second half is better than the first I think. The rage is my favourite track.

The Slim Shady LP

Eminem

3/5

Some really problematic lyrics but can't deny how talented a rapper he is

Bookends

Simon & Garfunkel

4/5

Not as coherent as bridge over troubled water but the harmony is still beyond compare

Disraeli Gears

Cream

4/5

Fantastic musicianship but slightly plodding at times.

Oar

Alexander 'Skip' Spence

2/5

Odd. Not my thing

A Northern Soul

The Verve

4/5

Can see where urban hymns came from, decent record if a little self indulgent

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness

The Smashing Pumpkins

4/5

So many good songs but so long

The Number Of The Beast

Iron Maiden

5/5

Even with two duff tracks still and all time great

The Marshall Mathers LP

Eminem

3/5

Again problematic lyrics but his rapping is top notch and stan an all time great

In Our Heads

Hot Chip

4/5

Good but lacking immediate bangers

Ready To Die

The Notorious B.I.G.

4/5

You can hear how influential this is

Natty Dread

Bob Marley & The Wailers

3/5

Bit slow

In A Silent Way

Miles Davis

4/5

Incredible musicianship but not really my thing

Wonderful Rainbow

Lightning Bolt

1/5

God no. Unlistenable

Live At The Regal

B.B. King

3/5

Great musicians and see why he’s so influential but not much my style

Maggot Brain

Funkadelic

1/5

Rubbish! Sound effects make it unlistenable

At Budokan

Cheap Trick

5/5

Really enjoyed this one, great songs and great atmosphere

Teenage Head

Flamin' Groovies

3/5

Fine but nothing really outstanding

Ramones

4/5

Hugely influential- every punk album owes this a debt

L.A. Woman

The Doors

3/5

Not a massive fan but fine

Live At The Harlem Square Club

Sam Cooke

5/5

Amazing energy and soul

Hot Fuss

The Killers

5/5

Banging debut album, half a dozen top drawer tracks

Ray Of Light

Madonna

5/5

Cracking record, really enjoyed rediscovering it

At Newport 1960

Muddy Waters

4/5

When you say blues this is what it conjures. Not massively my thing but recognise how good this is

Hotel California

Eagles

5/5

You can check out but you can never leave. Stone cold classic.

What's Going On

Marvin Gaye

5/5

Social conscience & amazing soul

I Am a Bird Now

Antony and the Johnsons

5/5

Anohni’s voice still sends shivers. What a record

Hypocrisy Is The Greatest Luxury

The Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy

3/5

Not much fun and due to the spoken word style vocals all sounds quite similar

Rain Dogs

Tom Waits

4/5

Hadn’t realised how much influence on bellowhead he had - fantastic listen

The Yes Album

Yes

3/5

Not sure what the fuss is on this one. It was fine.

Aja

Steely Dan

3/5

Fucking critics wanting everything to be more Jazz

Imagine

John Lennon

4/5

Decent enough but more of a Paul man

Heroes to Zeros

The Beta Band

4/5

Lofi joy. Not as good as 3eps but still great

Moondance

Van Morrison

5/5

Stone cold classic

Fear Of Music

Talking Heads

3/5

A bit one paced but decent

Dirt

Alice In Chains

3/5

Decent but still prefer pearl jam & nirvana

Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

4/5

Love Nick, bit too much for one sitting

People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm

A Tribe Called Quest

4/5

So influential, so skillful

Chocolate Starfish And The Hot Dog Flavored Water

Limp Bizkit

1/5

Fred durst can suck my

Joan Armatrading

4/5

That voice, great record especially the first 3 tracks

Parallel Lines

Blondie

4/5

Good fun

Bright Flight

Silver Jews

3/5

Standard shoe gaze indie

Electric Ladyland

Jimi Hendrix

4/5

But noodly for me but excellent playing

Bryter Layter

Nick Drake

5/5

Wonderful stuff

Live At Leeds

The Who

4/5

They Were a properly brilliant live band

Brothers In Arms

Dire Straits

4/5

Some great tracks but a bit plodding

Odessey And Oracle

The Zombies

4/5

Good 60s pop

If I Could Only Remember My Name

David Crosby

3/5

Good 60s pop/folk

Juju

Siouxsie And The Banshees

4/5

Really enjoyed this

Disintegration

The Cure

5/5

Really enjoyed this - need to listen to more Cure

Bridge Over Troubled Water

Simon & Garfunkel

5/5

The first 8 tracks are perfection. Sublime harmonies

Rising Above Bedlam

Jah Wobble's Invaders Of The Heart

1/5

Fucking horrendous

Sail Away

Randy Newman

3/5

Nice songs but too much all in one go

The Joshua Tree

4/5

Before they disappeared up their own arses they did write some bangers

Thriller

Michael Jackson

5/5

Thriller, beat it & billie Jean are as good a 3 songs as on any record

Cloud Nine

The Temptations

3/5

nice soul but heard better

Hypnotised

The Undertones

4/5

Poppier than I expected

Homework

Daft Punk

4/5

Can remember why they got big before they went massive

Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs

Derek & The Dominos

3/5

Some decent songs but too long

The World is a Ghetto

War

3/5

Still hate jazz

Close To You

Carpenters

4/5

Such a voice, and some cracking songs

Lady Soul

Aretha Franklin

5/5

The Queen of soul

In The Court Of The Crimson King

King Crimson

3/5

Good musicians but far too noodly

The Velvet Underground & Nico

The Velvet Underground

4/5

You can see why it's so influential but nico can't sing

Synchronicity

The Police

3/5

The second half is great pop - the first half much less so

Songs For Swingin' Lovers!

Frank Sinatra

4/5

Fabulous voice, can see why he was so popular

Peter Gabriel

3/5

Pleasant but not memorable

Born To Be With You

Dion

3/5

Prefer the second album packaged with it. Quite a Neil diamond vibe

Jazz Samba

Stan Getz

3/5

Highway 61 Revisited

Bob Dylan

5/5

Brilliant but hard to see why it caused such uproar at this distance

Underwater Moonlight

The Soft Boys

3/5

Diamond Life

Sade

2/5

Lovely voice but god I hate smooth jazz

16 Lovers Lane

The Go-Betweens

3/5

Nice enough jangly pop rock. Bit U2

Space Ritual

Hawkwind

2/5

Great musicians but so long and lacking in joy

Private Dancer

Tina Turner

4/5

Great apart from veering into smooth jazz occasionally

She's So Unusual

Cyndi Lauper

3/5

Fun pop