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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Joan Baez Joan Baez	5	2.96	+2.04
Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) Eurythmics	5	3.24	+1.76
Elvis Presley Elvis Presley	5	3.38	+1.62
The Fat Of The Land The Prodigy	5	3.41	+1.59
Illmatic Nas	5	3.61	+1.39
Live At The Witch Trials The Fall	4	2.64	+1.36

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Back To Black Amy Winehouse	1	4.02	-3.02
Let It Bleed The Rolling Stones	1	3.83	-2.83
Station To Station David Bowie	1	3.7	-2.7
Heroes David Bowie	1	3.61	-2.61
In The Court Of The Crimson King King Crimson	1	3.6	-2.6
Blunderbuss Jack White	1	3.4	-2.4
Aftermath The Rolling Stones	1	3.38	-2.38
Horses Patti Smith	1	3.31	-2.31
Wish You Were Here Pink Floyd	2	4.3	-2.3
All That You Can't Leave Behind U2	1	2.98	-1.98

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Artist	Albums	Average
Beatles	3	4.33

Least Favorites

Artist	Albums	Average
David Bowie	4	1.5
The Rolling Stones	2	1

5-Star Albums (7)

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In The Court Of The Crimson King

King Crimson

1/5

Crap.

1 likes

Tom Tom Club

2/5

I liked this but I wanted to enjoy it more. Noce to imagine bugs making tbe music.

1 likes

1-Star Albums (9)

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Crosby, Stills & Nash

2/5

Gentle. Very rambly. Like Simon and Garfunkel without the choruses. Quite liked the last song.

Illinois

Sufjan Stevens

4/5

I really like this album. I have for a long time. It was good to revisit it. I find it really beautiful. I've not heard it for a long time. Something I noticed this time that I hadn't thought about before was some of the playfulness in the lyrics, particularly in the second half. Predatory Wasps and Night Zombies were particular favourites in this regard. Having said that I much prefer Seven Swans and Carrie and Lowell, and there are a few tracks this album could lose. A very imaginative album from a time when songwriting wasn't usually that.

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

3/5

Really quite pleasantly surprised by this. Never consciously listened to Petty before. It's a really nice textbook rock n roll album. Not sure what it is about it. Just put me in a nice mood. I also like the production. It feels like lively live music. I probably won't go back to this much, but I would be delighted to find some of these songs on a jukebox in a bar and have a bop to them.

Franz Ferdinand

2/5

Competantly executed indie rock from the finger pointing dance Eeading / Leeds massive. They can certainly write catchy songs. They do the genre well. Just happens that I don't enjoy this genre much at all. A nice memory was an old roomate absolutely bopping to this. A not so nice memory was aggressive lads with bad haircuts in the Gloucester on Tuesday nights.

Songs From The Big Chair

Tears For Fears

2/5

Started well but the slushy songs were annoying. Also didn't enjoy the sax. Was excited for this one but found it disappointing.

Horses

Patti Smith

1/5

I wanted to enjoy this one but I didn't really at all. I find her voice annoying and the musicians sound like a jam band. I find jangly guitars difficult to get along with and it was all just a bit noodly and directionless. If I had to pick some nicer moments they would be on Free Money and Kimberley, but no. This album is not for me.

The Fat Of The Land

The Prodigy

5/5

Superb. Cannot fault this. Just brilliant from beginning to end. I was worried it wouldn't hold up having two huge singles right at the beginning but it really did. No filler. Structured like a perfect live set. Crab.

Station To Station

David Bowie

1/5

Didn't enjoy this at all. I felt that if he weren't already famous nobody would be onto this. Jangly and directionless. I don't really like his voice. These are personal taste things, but yeah, not for me. Golden Years and the last track better than the rest but as an slvum it did nothing for me.

Stephen Stills

2/5

A completely normal album of music.

Good Old Boys

Randy Newman

2/5

This was okay but I am not sure why I have to hear it before I die.

Thriller

Michael Jackson

3/5

RIP you sweaty sex case.

Goodbye And Hello

Tim Buckley

3/5

Surprisingly pleased. Big emotions.

Graceland

Paul Simon

4/5

It isn't my kind of thing but I cannot deny this is a very good album. It is so well composed, excellent usicianship etc.

Raw Power

The Stooges

2/5

Didn't enjoy this that much tbh. Tried. Even went back to some songs again. Just found it a bit creepy and the songs didn't stick.

Live At The Witch Trials

The Fall

4/5

I love it. Fascinating to hear where it started for The Fall. Very playful lyrically. Some really interesting instrumental parts. Amazing drumming. Yes. Good.

Double Nickels On The Dime

Minutemen

4/5

What a surprising album. Inventive, kind of all over the place and playful. The treble heavy bass and funkbguitars grated a bit and after a while it all merged into one a bit, but I absolutely loved the lyrics and I can't knock its unique inventiveness.

Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)

Eurythmics

5/5

This one gets five stars from me. An absolute joy. Beautiful. I had always considered Eurythmics a singles band. Delighted to be shown otherwise.

The White Album

Beatles

4/5

Not my fav Includes album, but obvs a great adventurous work. Some true bangers.

Rust Never Sleeps

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

3/5

Very relaxing. Beautiful voice on him.

At San Quentin

Johnny Cash

3/5

Reminded me of when I was in the clink

With The Beatles

Beatles

4/5

Very much enjoyed this. I love this era of the Beetles. They say "yeah!" an awful lot.

Songs In The Key Of Life

Stevie Wonder

5/5

Tip top

3 Feet High and Rising

De La Soul

4/5

Well, that was sheer joy. Really playful. Lovely crunchy beats. Some nice crocodiles. A bit long but peng.

Aftermath

The Rolling Stones

1/5

Rubbish

Dookie

Green Day

3/5

Punk

Signing Off

UB40

2/5

Band On The Run

Paul McCartney and Wings

3/5

A pretty tasty chunk of classic rock.

All That You Can't Leave Behind

1/5

What a load of rubbish!

Ten

Pearl Jam

2/5

Burger rock og. Hard to get through

In A Silent Way

Miles Davis

4/5

Badap da bap daba doo bap!

A Girl Called Dusty

Dusty Springfield

4/5

I love Dusty

Darkdancer

Les Rythmes Digitales

3/5

Very enjoyable squelchy dance vibes.

KIWANUKA

Michael Kiwanuka

3/5

Pretty good, put a skip in my step on a rainy day. Webt on a bit mind. Feel like he got his bangers in there a bit early. Also, God is rubbish.

S.F. Sorrow

The Pretty Things

3/5

I actually got into this after initial scepticism. Some really gorgeous moments. Not ebough lanning though.

The Last Broadcast

Doves

2/5

Not for me. Dreary.

Lazer Guided Melodies

Spiritualized

3/5

Grintcore. Helped me to focus on some work.

In The Court Of The Crimson King

King Crimson

1/5

Crap.

Mermaid Avenue

Billy Bragg

4/5

A lovely surprise. Perfect Sunday album.

Music in Exile

Songhoy Blues

3/5

Enjoyable. Nice vibes but did turn into background music after a while. Bet these guys are mint live.

The Good, The Bad & The Queen

3/5

Pleqsantly surprised after a slow start. Rainy.

Dirty

Sonic Youth

3/5

As others have said, I want to like Sonic Youth more than I do. Hadn't heard this album before. Liked it but didn't love it.

Broken English

Marianne Faithfull

2/5

Didn't pung my socks.

Vincebus Eruptum

Blue Cheer

2/5

Bedroom garage blues punk. No idea. Drugs.

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

Beatles

5/5

It's not Wings but it is pretty much perfect.

Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul

Otis Redding

3/5

Pretty beautiful stuff

Let It Bleed

The Rolling Stones

1/5

Rubbish

Back To Black

Amy Winehouse

1/5

Let's Stay Together

Al Green

3/5

Nice to loop yoyos to

Oxygène

Jean-Michel Jarre

4/5

Spoooky synths

Illmatic

Nas

5/5

Incredible

Rum Sodomy & The Lash

The Pogues

3/5

Some of my fav pogues songs on here, but as an album... hmm. Someone sort out the production maybe. Was a good shout for Armistice day though.

Young Americans

David Bowie

2/5

Sorry David. You're just not for me.

Low

David Bowie

2/5

It is a good Bowie album but I am not a fan of Mr. Bowie.

Born To Run

Bruce Springsteen

2/5

It is a good Bowie album but I am not a fan of Mr. Bowie.

Joan Baez

5/5

This was a perfect album for me. Three times through.

Ill Communication

Beastie Boys

3/5

A lot stranger than I had imagined. I don't usually enjoy flutes, so props for that.

Bright Flight

Silver Jews

3/5

Lovely stuff.

This Is Fats Domino

Fats Domino

3/5

Rock and or roll.

More Songs About Buildings And Food

Talking Heads

4/5

Excellent. Really glittery and driven. Uncharted

Eliminator

ZZ Top

3/5

Solid rock. A lovely relief after a stressful dar. Whisky at the bar music.

Damaged

Black Flag

3/5

I mean, it is very much its own thing. Funny. Fast. Furious..a bit lacking in vocal dynamics but this was new ground

good kid, m.A.A.d city

Kendrick Lamar

3/5

Took me a moment but glad I stuck with it. Intricate metre.

Dire Straits

2/5

Not totally dire, but dull.

Blunderbuss

Jack White

1/5

Jack Shite

John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band

John Lennon

3/5

Really painful . Glad to have heard it but ouch.

Elvis Presley

5/5

The King

In Rainbows

Radiohead

2/5

Don't like it

Venus Luxure No. 1 Baby

Girls Against Boys

2/5

Hard rock as in hard to enjoy

Wish You Were Here

Pink Floyd

2/5

I like Pink Floyd but this was a bit much.

Quiet Life

Japan

3/5

Really quite good. Almost a four but not quite, but this is a 3 plus. Loved the emption in this..also some dancey bangers.

The Village Green Preservation Society

The Kinks

3/5

Very nice

Ellington at Newport

Duke Ellington

3/5

Slosjazz witha priest. Ace.

Tom Tom Club

2/5

I liked this but I wanted to enjoy it more. Noce to imagine bugs making tbe music.

The Trinity Session

Cowboy Junkies

3/5

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Liege And Lief

Fairport Convention

3/5

Oohly oogly oi louks moi zoidor

Hounds Of Love

Kate Bush

3/5

Yeah yeah v nice hounds

Legalize It

Peter Tosh

3/5

Yeah yeah v nice hounds

Deserter's Songs

Mercury Rev

4/5

Reqlly amazing ace mega yes

Heroes

David Bowie

1/5

Bowie attempts to justify humis inarticulate brutality as the effect of growing up in "soulless" Corby, to which the track Welcome to Shitsville is dedicated, but it won't wash. Scratch the nihilistic surface of opening track The Hate Song ("We hate you all! Bleurgggh!") and you find workaday beer boys on a 120-decibel bender. This second album seeks to position them as six men avenging the underclass, but they have yet to construct an intelligible platform. Their forte is soundbites ("We are the chronic youth", "Fuck the evil inside"), and while that might be all that is needed to complement their wannabe-Zeppelin heaviness, real class warriors wouldn't waste an opportunity to rant, which the Speedhorns never get around to. The barbiturate sluggishness of Heartbreaker is pretty good; shame about the rest, because Raging Speedhorn is the best name of the millennium.

Either Or

Elliott Smith

3/5

Quite good