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Album	You	Global	Diff
Heartbreaker Ryan Adams	5	3.02	+1.98
Loveless My Bloody Valentine	5	3.17	+1.83
There's A Riot Goin' On Sly & The Family Stone	5	3.29	+1.71
One Nation Under A Groove Funkadelic	5	3.42	+1.58
Blue Joni Mitchell	5	3.49	+1.51
Penance Soiree The Icarus Line	4	2.49	+1.51
The Low End Theory A Tribe Called Quest	5	3.7	+1.3
Sticky Fingers The Rolling Stones	5	3.87	+1.13

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Songs From The Big Chair Tears For Fears	2	3.74	-1.74
Boston Boston	2	3.71	-1.71
L.A. Woman The Doors	2	3.67	-1.67
Superunknown Soundgarden	2	3.66	-1.66
Madman Across The Water Elton John	2	3.59	-1.59
1984 Van Halen	2	3.51	-1.51
It's Blitz! Yeah Yeah Yeahs	2	3.49	-1.49
A Rush Of Blood To The Head Coldplay	2	3.44	-1.44
The Dark Side Of The Moon Pink Floyd	3	4.43	-1.43
Rocks Aerosmith	2	3.12	-1.12

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Live Through This

Hole

3/5

I don’t feel like time has been kind to Hole. None the less this is a decent enough grunge album but I can’t help but feel that the songs lack melody and interest. I’ve picked this album up a few times in the past and this is probably the last time I listen to it all the way through.

Superunknown

Soundgarden

2/5

More grunge! Another half decent rock band with a few too many cliches from the genre. Not a favourite but not terrible by any means.

Elephant

The White Stripes

4/5

Haven’t listened to this album in a while. This was the last through and through great Stripes album and it’s a real banger. A bit of a departure towards a bigger sound whilst staying true to their roots, something which their later albums didn’t achieve quite so well.

Parallel Lines

Blondie

4/5

Bit of a surprise this one. Never listened to the full album before and all I can say is I understand the hype and the love for this band. But it’s not really cuppa tea but good for party music.

Jazz Samba

Stan Getz

3/5

First time listening to this particular album. Samba De Uma was the standout. The rest a little too smooth and sweet for my tastes. Obviously ridiculous musicianship

L.A. Woman

The Doors

2/5

One of the most overrated bands of all time. Can’t help but feel that the only reason they’re so celebrated is due to Morrison’s death.

Blur

3/5

A bit of an old childhood favourite this one. I remember thinking how different it felt when it came out, especially compared to their previous output. In hindsight, there’s a fair bit of filler in between the good tracks but this still holds fairly well

Blue

Joni Mitchell

5/5

Stone cold classic

Fear and Whiskey

Mekons

2/5

La Revancha Del Tango

Gotan Project

2/5

I mean, don’t get me wrong it’s pretty nice instrumental hip hop mainly. But top 1001 albums? Nah. Gimme some Apollo Brown if you wanna go down that road.

It's Blitz!

Yeah Yeah Yeahs

2/5

Pretty good but no classic.

1984

Van Halen

2/5

The 80s wasn’t kind to guitar music

If I Could Only Remember My Name

David Crosby

4/5

Penance Soiree

The Icarus Line

4/5

Bloody good noise rock with some absolute belters!

Sea Change

Beck

3/5

Another album I haven’t listened to for 20 odd years. Pretty nice but a bit uneventful. I did save Lost Cause and Paper Tiger to my playlists.

Here Come The Warm Jets

Brian Eno

4/5

A brilliant and very unique record full of great songs and sounds. Nice to be reminded of this classic!

Heartbreaker

Ryan Adams

5/5

Despite all that’s happened with Ryan since this is still an undeniably amazing album. I would put this in my own top 50 easily. Beautiful songs, arrangements, playing and all with a natural and rootsy production. A true modern classic.

Rocks

Aerosmith

2/5

Sticky Fingers

The Rolling Stones

5/5

One Nation Under A Groove

Funkadelic

5/5

Top tier funk. Essential!

Hms Fable

Shack

2/5

Not frightful but too over produced for my tastes.

Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs

Marty Robbins

4/5

Back when easy to listen to country pop was actually good.

The Age Of The Understatement

The Last Shadow Puppets

3/5

Kind of a fun listen but can’t help feel the production is too much.

There's A Riot Goin' On

Sly & The Family Stone

5/5

Another essential funk classic

Elvis Presley

3/5

Enjoyable but not revisitable for me

Madman Across The Water

Elton John

2/5

I’ve tried many times but I just can’t get into Elton John. Sorry.

Loveless

My Bloody Valentine

5/5

Totally essential. Like nothing else, you disappear when you listen to this record

Boston

2/5

Not terrible but not my bag.

Vespertine

Björk

3/5

I don’t hate this but I don’t love it. Kinda feel like I respect the music more than I enjoy it, so a difficult one for me to sit through. I think it’s mainly her vocal I don’t get on with, a bit too theatrical

Your New Favourite Band

The Hives

3/5

The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady

Charles Mingus

4/5

Really good

The Dark Side Of The Moon

Pink Floyd

3/5

One of those classic albums I listened to when younger but grew tired of in my 20s. Good of course but it’s not one I ever put on any more.

The Low End Theory

A Tribe Called Quest

5/5

An all time great hip hop record

Songs From The Big Chair

Tears For Fears

2/5

Nah bruv, too wet behind the ears for me

Berlin

Lou Reed

4/5

Never actually listened to this before despite loving a couple of his other records. Sounds like a grower so I’ll say this is 4 stars for now…

Lust For Life

Iggy Pop

4/5

Great record but not as good as The Stooges records

A Rush Of Blood To The Head

Coldplay

2/5

Kinda liked half of this album when it came out. I can still admit there’s a couple of good songs on it but it’s too polished and shallow production-wise for my tastes.

The Village Green Preservation Society

The Kinks

4/5

Great band, great album