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Album	You	Global	Diff
The Soft Bulletin The Flaming Lips	5	3.28	+1.72
Queens of the Stone Age Queens of the Stone Age	5	3.3	+1.7
The Atomic Mr Basie Count Basie & His Orchestra	5	3.5	+1.5
Document R.E.M.	5	3.56	+1.44
Wild Is The Wind Nina Simone	5	3.64	+1.36
Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness The Smashing Pumpkins	5	3.68	+1.32
Station To Station David Bowie	5	3.7	+1.3

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
The Score Fugees	1	3.69	-2.69
Speakerboxxx/The Love Below OutKast	1	3.45	-2.45
Pink Flag Wire	1	3.21	-2.21
Mermaid Avenue Billy Bragg	1	3.17	-2.17
Destroyer KISS	1	2.86	-1.86
Guitar Town Steve Earle	1	2.81	-1.81
Talking Book Stevie Wonder	2	3.72	-1.72
The Genius Of Ray Charles Ray Charles	2	3.63	-1.63
Licensed To Ill Beastie Boys	2	3.56	-1.56
Cloud Nine The Temptations	2	3.41	-1.41

5-Star Albums (7)

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Tellin’ Stories

The Charlatans

3/5

Okay, late 90s retro vibes. Not really charlatans

At Newport 1960

Muddy Waters

3/5

Interesting music to the older end of what is acceptable to a modern ear. Probably won't return to this one

Document

R.E.M.

5/5

Iconic album Lenny Bruce was not afraid

Axis: Bold As Love

Jimi Hendrix

4/5

Some bangers, but some fillter

Fulfillingness' First Finale

Stevie Wonder

4/5

Simply wonderful

1984

Van Halen

3/5

Some bangers, some filler

The Atomic Mr Basie

Count Basie & His Orchestra

5/5

This album _SLAPS_ I love that big band sound

Queens of the Stone Age

5/5

What an opening track. You're immediately propelled into QOTSA's space. I've listened to this album many times so it's well trodden ground, but this still feels fresh nearly 30 years from release. I love how crunchy the guitar is. The last song is great, until it isn't and you are forced to either endure the awful noises or turn off the album.

Licensed To Ill

Beastie Boys

2/5

Ehhh... This is the first time I've listened to a full Beastie Boys album and it's a real mixed bag. The few I knew already from being in rotation on the radio/ music channels when I was.a teen.are great, but there's some proper garbage in here.

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness

The Smashing Pumpkins

5/5

I've listened to this album from start to finish possibly hundreds of times, but it must close to 10 years since I last did so so I'm interested to find out how it hits is 2025... Conclusion: still slaps hard

Timeless

Goldie

3/5

Wipeout: the album. Makes me want to play Wipeout.

Pink Flag

Wire

1/5

I really didn't vibe with this It's like punk rock but lame and without energy. Won't listen to this again

Station To Station

David Bowie

5/5

Classic. Iconic. Probably the last truly great Bowie album.

Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols

Sex Pistols

3/5

This made me realise that I've never sat down and listened to a Sex Pistols album. The first song kind of slaps, I'm (for some reason) surprised by this. I think I just plain like this album

Surrealistic Pillow

Jefferson Airplane

3/5

I like

The Genius Of Ray Charles

Ray Charles

2/5

I really didn't care for the first half but the second half had some great ballads

Straight Outta Compton

N.W.A.

4/5

I can't help but wonder what 1988 Ice Cube would think about 2025 Ice Cube, star of War of the Worlds (2025)

#1 Record

Big Star

2/5

Selected Ambient Works 85-92

Aphex Twin

2/5

Boring ambient music. Fine as a background to some other, more interesting, activity.

Daydream Nation

Sonic Youth

4/5

A bit uneven, but the highs are so very high

Wild Wood

Paul Weller

4/5

I don't know that I've ever heard a Paul Weller song before today (I presumably have, on the radio or when out an about), but I found myself really enjoying this album. I'd describe it as really good dad rock; very much inspired by folk. A+++ Would Paul Weller again

Guitar Town

Steve Earle

1/5

So, I hate the country and western sound. This did not dissuade me of this feeling. This is the first album that I didn't listen through (hell, I couldn't get through the first minute of the first track before hitting skip). Just awful.

In The Wee Small Hours

Frank Sinatra

3/5

What can I say? It's Frankie

In A Silent Way

Miles Davis

3/5

It's jazz, I don't know what else to say

Wild Is The Wind

Nina Simone

5/5

Wonderful album, was already a fave so I don't have anything much more to say about it

Bad

Michael Jackson

4/5

Some great tracks but not MJ's best album IMO

Disraeli Gears

Cream

4/5

Another iconic album. The first three tracks are just outstanding but the rest of the album doesn't quite live up to that opening.

Talking Book

Stevie Wonder

2/5

Inoffensive background music but no single track stood out or was particular notable to me

Stephen Stills

3/5

Great music to lay wooden flooring to A little folksy, a little gospel Makes me feel like a carpenter

All Things Must Pass

George Harrison

4/5

Worth it for "My Sweet Lord" alone, though no other track comes close to hitting that high.

Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

Wilco

3/5

An okay album, I really don't have much to say about it

Destroyer

KISS

1/5

Whatever I don't get glam Why was the 70s? I think I hate this

What's Going On

Marvin Gaye

3/5

The titular track was one of mom's favourites so this hits a bit different. Very mum music. Would pair well with some Kennny G or Simply Red.

Songs Of Leonard Cohen

Leonard Cohen

2/5

Boring old man rock. Fine as background music but it doesn't have anything that excites me or speaks to me on an emotional level

The Score

Fugees

1/5

Nah, not for me

The Soft Bulletin

The Flaming Lips

5/5

Another album that I've listened to from start to finish dozens of times. Sets the stage for the Flaming Lips' most commercially successful period and lays the groundwork for their best album (Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots). Every track is at least an 8/10 with several 10/10s. Race for the Prize, The Spark that Bled, and Waiting for Superman poke their heads just a little above the rest of this album.

Back To Black

Amy Winehouse

4/5

I've never sat down and intentionally listened to Amy Winehouse. Her music was everywhere in the early 'oughts though, and I recognise much of this album so I assume that many of these tracks were released as singles. This lady could FUCKING SING, it's such a shame how difficult and short her life was. I can't help but wonder if things would have played out differently in the modern media landscape which seems like spiteful towards successful women performers than back then.

Hot Fuss

The Killers

3/5

Yep, it's the Killers best album A couple of songs I quite like on here, the rest aren't awful background music.

Brown Sugar

D'Angelo

2/5

The rap equivalent of Simply Red? Not awful, but not my bag. Easy listening rap? It's putting me to sleep

Cloud Nine

The Temptations

2/5

Fine background music I guess