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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Phaedra Tangerine Dream	5	2.74	+2.26
Isn't Anything My Bloody Valentine	5	2.75	+2.25
Django Django Django Django	5	3.21	+1.79
Home Is Where The Music Is Hugh Masekela	5	3.36	+1.64
Hounds Of Love Kate Bush	5	3.61	+1.39
Innervisions Stevie Wonder	5	3.87	+1.13

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Speakerboxxx/The Love Below OutKast	1	3.46	-2.46
Aqualung Jethro Tull	1	3.44	-2.44
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy Kanye West	1	3.42	-2.42
Melodrama Lorde	1	3.31	-2.31
Chirping Crickets Buddy Holly & The Crickets	1	3.29	-2.29
Rum Sodomy & The Lash The Pogues	1	3.25	-2.25
Beyond Skin Nitin Sawhney	1	2.77	-1.77
The Cars The Cars	2	3.67	-1.67
Catch A Fire Bob Marley & The Wailers	2	3.63	-1.63
Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots The Flaming Lips	2	3.57	-1.57

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Melodrama

Lorde

1/5

What a lorde of shite. Boring, samey, pop. Not even the production is interesting.

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Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots

The Flaming Lips

2/5

Not my bag. Bit twee. Lots more production going on than I realised at first listen. Reminds me of Moselele days!

Document

R.E.M.

2/5

Strange was a surprising favourite, a different side to the monotony of ‘that’ REM sound. They all sound the same. Still One I Love - you can’t deny that’s a classic My husband only just learnt that the Chelsi line is Fire not Paella haha

Home Is Where The Music Is

Hugh Masekela

5/5

This is an album that reminds me why I’m doing this. What a jewel. And never heard of Hugh Masekela before. The history, the context is beautiful enough. Let alone the musicianship. But also love the production - the binaural effect of the band listening in headphones on a grey blustery Sunday afternoon. Wonderful stuff. Gets a big fat 5 from me.

People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm

A Tribe Called Quest

4/5

Patience is rewarded by the outros of several tracks lining us up for what’s next - the true benefit of listening as an album in order from start to finish. Hilarity of Ham n Eggs! Sample of a frog being scratched. Brilliant bass lines. Rap lyrics I can understand relate to. Sing a long able chorus. A thorough joy to listen to.

Achtung Baby

4/5

This is way longer than I remembered…takes a long time to get to the hits I love. Really fought the urge to skip. Love the production, probably amazing live. But felt surprisingly samey. Bass part stood out more once I got bored of Bono’s voice. The musicality of these guys isn’t questionable. Just feels like there’s far too many fillers.

Melodrama

Lorde

1/5

What a lorde of shite. Boring, samey, pop. Not even the production is interesting.

Catch A Fire

Bob Marley & The Wailers

2/5

Background music, reggae doesn’t excite me.

The Cars

2/5

Better than reggae, more tolerable than Lourde but lacks musical depth for me.

Chirping Crickets

Buddy Holly & The Crickets

1/5

Appreciate it was ground breaking at the time but now this is worst than a dance album where every track sounds the same. Not worthy of a greatest album for me.

Phaedra

Tangerine Dream

5/5

5 5 5 Listened whilst reading Electronic Sound magazine ironically. synth heaven, the tue meaning behind a concept album - truly takes you on a journey from start to finish. One of my all time favourite ambient albums. An album for reading to on a Sunday afternoon

Ellington at Newport

Duke Ellington

2/5

Love Duke Ellington, especially his work with Ella Fitzgerald but this album isn't it for me. Don't enjoy live albums - great if you were there but the length of it, the chit chat inbetween bored me. Love ya Duke, but not this one!

Aqualung

Jethro Tull

1/5

Django Django

5/5

Wow I've not listened to this in years!!! Thank you 1001 for the reminder. Default and Wor brilliant tracks. Harmonies, funny sounds, great production and some brill tap your foot and sing along choruses. Solid 4 from me.

Rumours

Fleetwood Mac

5/5

The harmonies…. I always notice something new every time I listen. There’s such depth to this album. The little noodles on the guitar, the drumming is excellent. What a masterpiece this really is.

Isn't Anything

My Bloody Valentine

5/5

Despite being a big fan of Sonic Youth, Smashing Pumpkins and plenty of grunge I admit I've never listened to My Bloody Valentine before. Where have I been? Bloomin brilliant! Just the angst and muddy mix my ears needed to start a Monday morning. Would have loved to seen this live.

Hotel California

Eagles

4/5

There's so much emotional depth to this album, way beyond Hotel California - which in itself is a fantastic album opener! The harmonies, the guitar playing, the drumming, the lyrics - which my husband says is nice to be able to have a singer who you can hear and understand what they're saying! It doesn't get a five as there were a few fillers for me, but right up there with one of my top albums.

Beyond Skin

Nitin Sawhney

1/5

Trout Mask Replica

Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band

2/5

I love Zappa, but this a much harder listen that the usual Zappa stuff. I'm missing those virtuouso guitar and xylophone solos that became the jewel in later years...Middle of the road for me.

My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

Kanye West

1/5

Load of tosh

Sound of Silver

LCD Soundsystem

4/5

Forgot how great this album is - upbeat, varied, unusual enough to not be too mainstream but not too weird. Gave me the energy I needed to get back into my working day!

Deserter's Songs

Mercury Rev

2/5

It's ok - that voice is a bit weird. I didnt hate it but i wouldn't be bothered about listening to it again. Last song was the best one. The other album All is Dream was a better album for me.

Hounds Of Love

Kate Bush

5/5

I hadn't realised how great the production is on this. There's so much going on behind the lyrics, the spatial mix is brilliant in headphones. I've no idea what she's going on about half the time but your attention is draw all over - the drums, guitar solos, endless reverb, phil collins esc snare drum. I don't know why I've never listened to this album in its entirety in one go before - what I have missed! And Dream of Sheep and Under Ice - never heard before, wonderful. So descriptive!

All Mod Cons

The Jam

2/5

Paul seller before he got really good

Screamadelica

Primal Scream

4/5

Always loved the classics but great to hear the other synthy based tracks like inner flight - this is a great!

Innervisions

Stevie Wonder

5/5

Gosh what a wonderful album and a joy to listen through in one go. Living For The City - middle bit where the 'nigger' gets arrested is shocking, but so clever for him to use his art as a way to politise and show people what's happening. Surrounded by those luscious harmonies, beautiful lyrics... A true great. 5 5 5 5 5 5

Led Zeppelin IV

Led Zeppelin

4/5

Great voice, musicality and diversity! Those first chords…what an opener!

Opus Dei

Laibach

1/5

Speakerboxxx/The Love Below

OutKast

1/5

Rum Sodomy & The Lash

The Pogues

1/5

Red Headed Stranger

Willie Nelson

2/5

Tolerable but country has never been my thing. I like how stripped back it is. The simplicity of the production.

The Predator

Ice Cube

3/5

Initially I was like why is this album so long but when you listen this is way more than just another rap album. Love the energy on this! Love the mix of rap, radio show snippets & predator 2 film clips. It’s an album capturing a moment in history - politically, culturally and musically.

Graceland

Paul Simon

4/5

Wonderful blend of great music, cultural and historic references, and so bold and political at the time of its release - and continues to be. This is art evoking a response - a true great.