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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Infected The The	5	2.92	+2.08
Vivid Living Colour	5	3.2	+1.8
Dance Mania Tito Puente	5	3.28	+1.72
Cupid & Psyche 85 Scritti Politti	4	2.39	+1.61
Queen II Queen	5	3.49	+1.51
Let's Stay Together Al Green	5	3.76	+1.24
Time Out The Dave Brubeck Quartet	5	3.83	+1.17
Colour By Numbers Culture Club	4	2.85	+1.15
London Calling The Clash	5	3.97	+1.03

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
american dream LCD Soundsystem	1	3.17	-2.17
Spiderland Slint	1	2.97	-1.97
Caetano Veloso Caetano Veloso	1	2.85	-1.85
Second Toughest In The Infants Underworld	1	2.85	-1.85
Mask Bauhaus	1	2.84	-1.84
Vulnicura Björk	1	2.79	-1.79
Konnichiwa Skepta	1	2.74	-1.74
Doolittle Pixies	2	3.74	-1.74
Kid A Radiohead	2	3.71	-1.71
Cut The Slits	1	2.71	-1.71

5-Star Albums (7)

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Bridge Over Troubled Water

Simon & Garfunkel · 2 likes

3/5

Very slow and a bit depressing for listening to whilst driving Cecilia is a good track I recognised

Time Out

The Dave Brubeck Quartet · 2 likes

5/5

Really enjoyed this, some songs reminded me of RPG battle music

The Holy Bible

Manic Street Preachers · 1 likes

4/5

Really surprised by this, will give there other albums a losten

1-Star Albums (9)

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Tapestry

Carole King

4/5

First album, some nice funky bass lines to it, Sarah seems to know a few songs, I knew a few too

3 + 3

The Isley Brothers

4/5

Summer breeze and that lady I recognised Rest was good to listen to, no bad songs

Cosmo's Factory

Creedence Clearwater Revival

3/5

Classic rock very 12 bars blues and country vibes Only song I recognised is up around the bend A fair few forgettable songs

Siamese Dream

The Smashing Pumpkins

3/5

Grunge / early 90s vibes First 2 songs I like Grungyness wears thin after a few songs Disarm I recognise from the intro Rest of album a bit bland for me

Bridge Over Troubled Water

Simon & Garfunkel

3/5

Very slow and a bit depressing for listening to whilst driving Cecilia is a good track I recognised

Tommy

The Who

3/5

Some cheesy tracks First half decent background music Got good at fiddler very funny Some cheesy songs after Pinball wizard best song on album

The Doors

4/5

Great start with break on through Also knew light my fire Pretty funky music would listen to again

Mask

Bauhaus

1/5

Very different to everything else Not really my cup of tea Sarah didn't like it Too pshycadelic

Green Onions

Booker T. & The MG's

4/5

Before listening looking forward to the song green onions Didn't know about mo onions All round great album no tracks I disliked No new memorable ones though

Nebraska

Bruce Springsteen

3/5

No notable tracks that I remember

London Calling

The Clash

5/5

Best album so far All songs full of energy Didn't know the clash had ska like songs Some really catchy bass lines to a lot of the songs too

There's No Place Like America Today

Curtis Mayfield

4/5

Sounds a bit 70s pornoy All really good though

Follow The Leader

Korn

2/5

Korns not really my thing A lot of sounds

Lady In Satin

Billie Holiday

3/5

Very good singer Reminds me of ww2 songs Not my normal type of music

Kid A

Radiohead

2/5

Sounded a bit drab, however last few songs I turned up the volume and the bass line came through was a little funky

L.A. Woman

The Doors

4/5

Really cool album Loved the bass lines Riders of the storm is amazing, other songs have similar vibes Some songs are a bit of a miss

The Gershwin Songbook

Ella Fitzgerald

4/5

Amazing Really great singing voice Some swing music I think Only heard 14 out of 60 songs

Hounds Of Love

Kate Bush

3/5

Front loaded with the hits Cool Irish song half way through Rest are ok

Dance Mania

Tito Puente

5/5

Buffalo Springfield Again

Buffalo Springfield

2/5

A bit too country ISH for me Alright not terrible

Purple Rain

Prince

4/5

Got Sarah to get up early because this was today's album

Electric Warrior

T. Rex

3/5

Pretty decent Get it on is great Was hoping children of the revolution was on this

Blue

Joni Mitchell

3/5

Really liked Carey, the rest was ok, a bit too high pitched singing

Who Killed...... The Zutons?

The Zutons

4/5

First album I ever bought Looking forward to this

Infected

The The

5/5

Wow, wasn't expecting to like this so much Funky and nice bass

She's So Unusual

Cyndi Lauper

3/5

Two or three bangers Rest are alright

Can't Buy A Thrill

Steely Dan

4/5

Some cool tunes

Back to Basics

Christina Aguilera

2/5

Good singer Some depressing songs Some hits Rest a bit meh

american dream

LCD Soundsystem

1/5

Really not my stuff No jive, just rhythm and some light singing Sounds like a kid who just got their first DJ program

Vivid

Living Colour

5/5

Yes amazing album

Station To Station

David Bowie

2/5

A bit underwhelming for what I expected from bowie

Juju

Siouxsie And The Banshees

2/5

Was alright, a bit off for me

The Real Thing

Faith No More

4/5

Epic is a banger Bass lines really good in this Great album

Vulnicura

Björk

1/5

Really depressing singing All sounds very similar to each other

Konnichiwa

Skepta

1/5

Rap ain't my thing, there was one song that was ok Shutdown had a cool bit of rhythm

Nilsson Schmilsson

Harry Nilsson

4/5

Awesome singing, very clear Without you and coconut best tracks Weird going from one to another Lyrics could be a bit more complex

Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul

Otis Redding

4/5

Really good Excellent voice

New Wave

The Auteurs

3/5

Alright pretty casual rock Nothing too catchy 2nd listen with it a bit louder was actually alright needed to hear the bass lines

Fever Ray

2/5

A bit like bjork maybe a bit better

Orbital 2

Orbital

3/5

One or two songs I got into, the rest were a bit meh

War

4/5

Some decent songs Can see why they're massive

Queen II

Queen

5/5

Top 3 songs March of the black queen Ogre battle Father to son Very operatic some songs could be in a musical Hints of early led Zeppelin There's a reason queen are so great

Elastica

3/5

Wasn't expecting to know a song Knew connection it's the trigger happy theme Punk rocky female band Car song is cool

Caetano Veloso

1/5

Was expecting more after the first Spanish album I had Didn't really grab me

Talking Heads 77

Talking Heads

3/5

Good funkynees Some unusual instruments too

Aja

Steely Dan

3/5

Cool funky 70s rock

Blonde On Blonde

Bob Dylan

2/5

Was ok to listen to

Joan Baez

3/5

Good singing and guitar

Superfly

Curtis Mayfield

3/5

Decent funky, nothing too catchy

...And Justice For All

Metallica

4/5

Riffalicous Bass is lost in the mix And justice for jason

Blood On The Tracks

Bob Dylan

3/5

Beakright album better than the previous one I listened to

Faust IV

Faust

3/5

Would be ok as a some background music

Closer

Joy Division

2/5

Singing is very depressing,not the best for when the clocks have just gone back and it's dark and rainy in the morning

Cut

The Slits

1/5

A bit to early punk for me Through the grapevine was the highlight but could have been better

Tidal

Fiona Apple

3/5

Pretty decent singing

The Joshua Tree

4/5

Way better than I expected, the songs are really well mixed and the bass leads a few songs

Low-Life

New Order

3/5

Good album, all pretty good songs nothing terrible

The Dark Side Of The Moon

Pink Floyd

4/5

Cool chill out album, a few great tracks

Foo Fighters

3/5

Decent album, no real stand out songs

Pretenders

3/5

Was ok, can't remember it very well from before the weekend

Machine Head

Deep Purple

4/5

Classis rock as it should be, great bass

The Chronic

Dr. Dre

2/5

I can't sing along to this one

The Coral

3/5

Alright, cool tracks

Darklands

The Jesus And Mary Chain

3/5

Average

Sunday At The Village Vanguard

Bill Evans Trio

4/5

Really enjoyed this, nice piano jazzy stuff

Cheap Thrills

Big Brother & The Holding Company

4/5

Really good, loved this

It's Too Late to Stop Now

Van Morrison

3/5

Good album, would listen again, only love version available

Music From Big Pink

The Band

3/5

Better than expected, nice calm songs, Knew the one that goes take a load off annie

The Holy Bible

Manic Street Preachers

4/5

Really surprised by this, will give there other albums a losten

Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs

Marty Robbins

3/5

Just some western stuff

Come Away With Me

Norah Jones

3/5

Lovely voice, great background album

Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire)

The Kinks

3/5

Decent, album

Roots

Sepultura

3/5

Nice riffs, a bit too heavy for me

Paris 1919

John Cale

3/5

First half ok, halfway thought it got really enjoyable

Straight Outta Compton

N.W.A.

4/5

Liked this wat more than expected, some nice tunes behing the rappong

James Brown Live At The Apollo

James Brown

3/5

Good

Second Toughest In The Infants

Underworld

1/5

Not keen on this, needs to be on a club

Innervisions

Stevie Wonder

4/5

Didn't know higher ground was originally Stevie wonder song Groovy songs

The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators

The 13th Floor Elevators

3/5

Was ok, nothing really stood out to me

Live At Leeds

The Who

3/5

Good songs ,prefer non live albums

Tusk

Fleetwood Mac

3/5

No where near as good as rumours

Tellin’ Stories

The Charlatans

3/5

A bit aosisy but decent

Spiderland

Slint

1/5

Not my jam

Here's Little Richard

Little Richard

4/5

I enjoyed this, swingy sounds, kind of know a few

A Night At The Opera

Queen

3/5

Compared to queen 2 the highs of this were way better, but there is a few songs that underperformed

Who's Next

The Who

3/5

Just like watching CSI theme tunes, some good songs, song ok

Bossanova

Pixies

3/5

Was alright didn't get to listen to it properly

Aladdin Sane

David Bowie

3/5

Was a bit too jazzy for me, the piano in one song was very all over the place

Time Out

The Dave Brubeck Quartet

5/5

Really enjoyed this, some songs reminded me of RPG battle music

Call of the Valley

Shivkumar Sharma

2/5

Not my cup of tram, maybe good for background music

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

Elton John

3/5

Good album, a few great songs

Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not

Arctic Monkeys

4/5

I enjoyed this more now than when it originally came out, didn't realise how good the bass was

Music For The Jilted Generation

The Prodigy

2/5

Not one for driving tunes, bits of songs go on a bit too long for me

Veckatimest

Grizzly Bear

3/5

Started strong, later half of album wasn't as good

Duck Rock

Malcolm McLaren

1/5

Weird, the genres of the songs were all over the place

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

3/5

A bit average

Ágætis Byrjun

Sigur Rós

3/5

Nice calming album, good for background

Colour By Numbers

Culture Club

4/5

Awesome funky songs,

Here Are the Sonics

The Sonics

3/5

Enjoyed this very 60s bit beatlesy a few songs I recognised do you love me, roll over Beethoven was good as well

Imagine

John Lennon

3/5

I quite enjoyed this, Lennon has so much more variety here than I knew he had

The Band

4/5

Really enjoyed this will

Imperial Bedroom

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

3/5

Ok background music, some songs sounds jokey

Remedy

Basement Jaxx

3/5

The bangers on this are great, the rest was ok

My Generation

The Who

4/5

Enjoyed this, good British rock, several song si already heard too

Step In The Arena

Gang Starr

4/5

For a rap album, I really enjoyed this, lots of funky rhythm in all the songs

Seventh Tree

Goldfrapp

4/5

The album started slow but by the end I was really enjoying the extra energy of the songs

Zombie

Fela Kuti

4/5

Didn't know what I was expecting when first listened to Thai, but wow I don't think I've heard a jazz album I've enjoyed more

Doolittle

Pixies

2/5

Singer didn't really sound right to me

Let's Stay Together

Al Green

5/5

Really good album the first one that I wish was longer

Survivor

Destiny's Child

2/5

Was ok, best songs were first

Le Tigre

2/5

Not sure whether I liked this or not, a fair few of the songs were a bit weird for me

Born In The U.S.A.

Bruce Springsteen

3/5

Good songs, a few anthemy songs

Sign 'O' The Times

Prince

2/5

Was a bit lacking of songs I could get into

Cupid & Psyche 85

Scritti Politti

4/5

Proper 80s stuff, loved it

Butterfly

Mariah Carey

3/5

Sarah liked it, I thought it was ok

Abraxas

Santana

4/5

Love it

Achtung Baby

3/5

This was an ok album, nothing really amazing to me

Mermaid Avenue

Billy Bragg

3/5

Hoodoo voodoo was good full of energy, the rest of the songs were a bit bland for me