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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector Various Artists	5	3.3	+1.7
Amnesiac Radiohead	5	3.41	+1.59
Five Leaves Left Nick Drake	5	3.46	+1.54
Definitely Maybe Oasis	5	3.53	+1.47
Funeral Arcade Fire	5	3.56	+1.44
Morrison Hotel The Doors	5	3.58	+1.42
Pink Moon Nick Drake	5	3.65	+1.35
Dire Straits Dire Straits	5	3.73	+1.27
Doolittle Pixies	5	3.74	+1.26
Grace Jeff Buckley	5	3.74	+1.26

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Ambient 1/Music For Airports Brian Eno	1	3.08	-2.08
Beyond Skin Nitin Sawhney	1	2.76	-1.76
Life Thru A Lens Robbie Williams	1	2.73	-1.73
Arrival ABBA	2	3.52	-1.52
She's So Unusual Cyndi Lauper	2	3.48	-1.48
Power In Numbers Jurassic 5	2	3.48	-1.48
Black Metal Venom	1	2.47	-1.47
Stardust Willie Nelson	2	3.39	-1.39
Haunted Dancehall The Sabres Of Paradise	1	2.37	-1.37
Music for the Masses Depeche Mode	2	3.37	-1.37

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Artist	Albums	Average
Nirvana	3	5
Beatles	3	4.67
Nick Drake	3	4.67

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Nebraska

Bruce Springsteen · 2 likes

3/5

Springsteen trying to be Dylan. It's ok though

Mott

Mott The Hoople · 1 likes

3/5

Primark Bowie

1-Star Albums (6)

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MTV Unplugged In New York

Nirvana

5/5

Rio

Duran Duran

4/5

Not one weak song. The chauffeur is incredible

Sticky Fingers

The Rolling Stones

5/5

Particularly enjoyed Sway on this occasion

Dire Straits

5/5

Epically mature debut album

Rage Against The Machine

5/5

Clssoc

Fetch The Bolt Cutters

Fiona Apple

3/5

A little annoying

Sunshine Superman

Donovan

3/5

Couple of good songs

The White Album

Beatles

5/5

One of the best

Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes

TV On The Radio

3/5

Quirky. Every song feels different

Spiderland

Slint

3/5

Weezer meets Alice in chains

A Girl Called Dusty

Dusty Springfield

3/5

Fear Of A Black Planet

Public Enemy

3/5

Live At The Star Club, Hamburg

Jerry Lee Lewis

2/5

Coles Corner

Richard Hawley

3/5

Led Zeppelin IV

Led Zeppelin

4/5

Led Zeppelin II

Led Zeppelin

4/5

Maybe even preferred it to IV. The song thank you reminded me of Nikki Kings. That one true love

Veckatimest

Grizzly Bear

2/5

A poor man's Shins. Nothing real stood out. Not offensive

Fuzzy

Grant Lee Buffalo

2/5

Home Is Where The Music Is

Hugh Masekela

4/5

Not one standout song to add to my 1001 playlist. It's just not that kind of album. However, this is like the best background music ever. In the right environment and mood this album hits right

Who Killed...... The Zutons?

The Zutons

4/5

Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite

Maxwell

2/5

The Marshall Mathers LP

Eminem

3/5

This is not the Eminem album I wanted to listen to. Feels too late in his career and full of self referential stuff. Not a fan of the genre but you have to respect his wordsmith skills.

Life Thru A Lens

Robbie Williams

1/5

The fat, Butlins entertainer from Take That. Painful stuff but I committed to listen to every album thrown at me. This was my biggest test yet.

Leftism

Leftfield

3/5

Ramones

3/5

Born To Run

Bruce Springsteen

3/5

The horns and piano were off putting at tikes. Springsteen is a little American cringe but I enjoyed this

The Man Machine

Kraftwerk

3/5

Nebraska

Bruce Springsteen

3/5

Springsteen trying to be Dylan. It's ok though

It's Blitz!

Yeah Yeah Yeahs

3/5

I prefer earlier Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Blood On The Tracks

Bob Dylan

4/5

Maybe more of a 3.8 out of 5. Such a brilliant album though

Frampton Comes Alive

Peter Frampton

2/5

Not sure how this made this list. No need to listen to this before you die

Get Behind Me Satan

The White Stripes

4/5

More like a 3.8 but certainly a very good album. There aren't many better openings to an album that this

Pink Moon

Nick Drake

5/5

Adele

3/5

Funeral

Arcade Fire

5/5

Simply great.. the emotions it evokes. Would love to see this album performed live by them. Wake up was a standout upon this listen

Darkdancer

Les Rythmes Digitales

3/5

More of a 2.8. Good gym music at the beginning but became annoying

São Paulo Confessions

Suba

2/5

Pointless

Transformer

Lou Reed

4/5

A classic

The Specials

4/5

Highly Evolved

The Vines

3/5

Meh, it was ok like

1984

Van Halen

3/5

Fun

Moving Pictures

Rush

3/5

Nerd rock

Maggot Brain

Funkadelic

3/5

Post Hendrix guitars in the sesame street style

Bringing It All Back Home

Bob Dylan

4/5

Haunted Dancehall

The Sabres Of Paradise

1/5

Plinky plonk noises

3 + 3

The Isley Brothers

3/5

Germs

3/5

Tubular Bells

Mike Oldfield

2/5

At Folsom Prison

Johnny Cash

4/5

More Songs About Buildings And Food

Talking Heads

3/5

Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo

Devo

3/5

Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs

Marty Robbins

2/5

Elvis does country. Not my bag

Gorillaz

3/5

Not as good as demon days but still very good

The Last Of The True Believers

Nanci Griffith

2/5

The Dreaming

Kate Bush

2/5

Painful

Arrival

ABBA

2/5

I just can't bring myself to like this

She's So Unusual

Cyndi Lauper

2/5

She's annoying right

Want One

Rufus Wainwright

4/5

Let It Bleed

The Rolling Stones

3/5

2 good songs bookmarked by mediocrity

Power In Numbers

Jurassic 5

2/5

Quality stuff. Just not my bag

Physical Graffiti

Led Zeppelin

4/5

One of those albums that needs way more listening to fully appreciate

Highway 61 Revisited

Bob Dylan

3/5

Not Dylan's best but still Dylan

Lost In The Dream

The War On Drugs

4/5

It's a truly, dreamy, uplifting album. One of those where I just can't understand where people have rated it low.

The Stooges

4/5

Imagine listening to this is 1969. Beyond cool. It's a 3.8 for me

Apocalypse Dudes

Turbonegro

2/5

Like a poor 6th form band. No idea why this is on the list

Fun House

The Stooges

3/5

Doolittle

Pixies

5/5

Banger after banger. There aren't many albums as consistently great as this

Quiet Life

Japan

3/5

Like Duran Duran but without the immediately catchy tunes. May be a grower

Will The Circle Be Unbroken

Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

3/5

Probably a 3.5. Tons of country fun but a disc too long

Pretenders

3/5

Who knew the pretenders are actually decent

Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme

Simon & Garfunkel

3/5

Nothing outstanding outside of songs I already knew

Slipknot

3/5

Chill out dude. Still fun whilst listening at the gym

Sound of Silver

LCD Soundsystem

4/5

Yeah I really like this album. All my friends is the standout track. Exhilarating

Hounds Of Love

Kate Bush

3/5

Good Bush

Talvin Singh

2/5

This is a very Mercury music prize kinda album

Bongo Rock

Incredible Bongo Band

2/5

TMB Too many bongos

Led Zeppelin III

Led Zeppelin

3/5

Truth

Jeff Beck

3/5

Red Headed Stranger

Willie Nelson

4/5

Emotionally evocative

Juju

Siouxsie And The Banshees

3/5

Solid stuff

Rumours

Fleetwood Mac

4/5

Document

R.E.M.

4/5

Not REM's best but a timeless and classic band nonetheless with some quality songs. More like a 3.9. Still great

Mott

Mott The Hoople

3/5

Primark Bowie

The Chronic

Dr. Dre

3/5

Fragile egos, misogyny, the n word and dicks, with some great beats. How good is Snoop on this though?!

Black Metal

Venom

1/5

Terrible. Rock for nerds. There is nothing authentic about this at all. Feels so fake and forced

Stardust

Willie Nelson

2/5

Bad Willie

Henry's Dream

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

3/5

Bayou Country

Creedence Clearwater Revival

3/5

Crunchy guitars, gravelly vocals and a whole load of deep Southery. What's not to like?!

Calenture

The Triffids

2/5

Think James, but without the talent or good songs. Blinded by the light is the only decent track. An odd album to be on this list

Blur

4/5

A classic. Not a huge Blur fan but this particular album is great

Seventeen Seconds

The Cure

4/5

A great album. The Cure are way more than just "Friday I'm in love"

Shake Your Money Maker

The Black Crowes

3/5

Slanted And Enchanted

Pavement

3/5

Miriam Makeba

3/5

Not my bag but interesting

Nevermind

Nirvana

5/5

Black Holes and Revelations

Muse

3/5

Posh rock opera

Shaka Zulu

Ladysmith Black Mambazo

2/5

A soundtrack to Simba dying on the Lion King

Morrison Hotel

The Doors

5/5

Bluesy, gravelly, alcoholic loveliness

Trafalgar

Bee Gees

3/5

Bridge Over Troubled Water

Simon & Garfunkel

4/5

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector

Various Artists

5/5

The Wildest!

Louis Prima

3/5

I enjoyed this at first but annoying after a while

Billion Dollar Babies

Alice Cooper

3/5

Tidal

Fiona Apple

3/5

Before Fiona Apple was annoying

On The Beach

Neil Young

4/5

Signing Off

UB40

3/5

Not as terrible as I expected. However,(controversial opinion maybe) reggae music in general is just boring and one dimensional

You're Living All Over Me

Dinosaur Jr.

4/5

One of my favourite surprises on this list so far. Way ahead of their time and must have been highly influential

Sister

Sonic Youth

3/5

Ágætis Byrjun

Sigur Rós

4/5

Other worldly

Ambient 1/Music For Airports

Brian Eno

1/5

Pointless

Violent Femmes

3/5

There's No Place Like America Today

Curtis Mayfield

3/5

Bum chicka wow wow

This Is Hardcore

Pulp

3/5

Never been a Pulp fan but some of this is very good indeed. 3/4 out of 5

Beyond Skin

Nitin Sawhney

1/5

Yeah, not for me. A strange choice for the list

Histoire De Melody Nelson

Serge Gainsbourg

2/5

Odelay

Beck

4/5

All Hope Is Gone

Slipknot

3/5

I actually enjoyed this more than I thought I would

At Newport 1960

Muddy Waters

3/5

More bluesy than a blue thing

Fear Of Music

Talking Heads

4/5

Really enjoyed this

Mothership Connection

Parliament

3/5

Funkadelic

Dog Man Star

Suede

3/5

Sulk

The Associates

3/5

Hunky Dory

David Bowie

4/5

Idlewild

Everything But The Girl

2/5

If Morrissey was female.... And rubbish.... And had a rubbish, hotel lobby backing band. An extra star for the opening track

Suzanne Vega

2/5

I listened before I died. I can't imagine I'll be listening again before I do

The Next Day

David Bowie

3/5

A somewhat return to form before the epicness of black star

Endtroducing.....

DJ Shadow

4/5

Boring

Beggars Banquet

The Rolling Stones

3/5

Central Reservation

Beth Orton

4/5

Almost a 5. I have a really affinity with this album

In Utero

Nirvana

5/5

One of the seminal albums of my youth. It still sounds so punchy, crunchy and fresh today. Normally when bands "mature" they lose their edge. There is none of that here. Raw but well produced. Just an incredible album

Eternally Yours

The Saints

3/5

Worth a listen

Music From Big Pink

The Band

3/5

Bryter Layter

Nick Drake

4/5

The 3rd best of his 3 albums but still incredible

Murder Ballads

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

3/5

Tellin’ Stories

The Charlatans

4/5

The Charlatans by numbers. A couple of acceptable tracks but mostly way past their best. A 2.5 for me

Wonderful Rainbow

Lightning Bolt

1/5

I don't get it

B-52's

The B-52's

4/5

4 stars for Iraq lobster alone

Greetings From L.A.

Tim Buckley

3/5

All Directions

The Temptations

3/5

A couple of real bangers on there

Fragile

Yes

3/5

Roger the Engineer

The Yardbirds

3/5

Mermaid Avenue

Billy Bragg

3/5

What's That Noise?

Coldcut

3/5

Brothers

The Black Keys

3/5

I liked it but there's something missing. Authenticity or the nostalgic link?

Junkyard

The Birthday Party

3/5

Abrasive and chaotic yes, but still pretty good

Faust IV

Faust

4/5

This was a big surprise. Really enjoyed it

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

Beatles

4/5

I know, I know, the greatest album of all time. But I don't have the historical context of how groundbreaking it was. Still great obviously

Millions Now Living Will Never Die

Tortoise

2/5

Terrible

Deloused in the Comatorium

The Mars Volta

2/5

Progressive, my hoop!

Grace

Jeff Buckley

5/5

Just an outstanding album

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

The Kinks

3/5

Deep Purple In Rock

Deep Purple

3/5

Guitar solo overload. If there is such a thing

Sunday At The Village Vanguard

Bill Evans Trio

3/5

Good background music

The Yes Album

Yes

3/5

Definitely Maybe

Oasis

5/5

It doesn't get more iconic and nostalgic. When energy meets timing

A Date With The Everly Brothers

The Everly Brothers

3/5

Catchy and pleasant

Zombie

Fela Kuti

3/5

Interesting

Amnesiac

Radiohead

5/5

For anyone who rated this lower than 3 stars.... You just haven't invested enough time in it. A truly great album

Actually

Pet Shop Boys

2/5

I really can't stand the pet shop boys and this reinforced that

Femi Kuti

3/5

Fine but not my thing

Tea for the Tillerman

Cat Stevens

3/5

Really enjoyed this. More of a 3.5

Beautiful Freak

Eels

3/5

Nothing outstanding but ok.

Who's Next

The Who

3/5

Dad rock, but bloody good dad rock

Os Mutantes

3/5

Those crazy frenchies

The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan

4/5

4 stars for the album cover alone

Abbey Road

Beatles

5/5

A masterpiece. I didn't realise I liked this album so much

Done By The Forces Of Nature

Jungle Brothers

3/5

Ready To Die

The Notorious B.I.G.

2/5

Like A Prayer

Madonna

4/5

There are a few duff songs in here but this gets 4 stars because the great songs carry this album on their own. Particularly Oh Father. Early Madonna for the win.

Antichrist Superstar

Marilyn Manson

2/5

The La's

3/5

One great song and a whole lotta other stuff

Five Leaves Left

Nick Drake

5/5

In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida

Iron Butterfly

3/5

Wannabe doors

The Healer

John Lee Hooker

3/5

Buena Vista Social Club

3/5

Really quite pleasant on the ears

Music for the Masses

Depeche Mode

2/5

Maybe my mood, but didn't connect with this at all

Vespertine

Björk

4/5

A beautiful listen

OK Computer

Radiohead

4/5

Granted I am a huge Radiohead fan. This is probably my 6th favourite album of theirs (mainly because of how overplayed it became). However it's still a masterpiece and Paranoid Android just may be the greatest song of all time.

Synchronicity

The Police

3/5

Synchronicity indeed. At least 3 really strong songs

Step In The Arena

Gang Starr

2/5