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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Spiderland Slint	5	2.98	+2.02
Music For The Jilted Generation The Prodigy	5	3.07	+1.93
Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space Spiritualized	5	3.15	+1.85
Achtung Baby U2	5	3.31	+1.69
The Man Machine Kraftwerk	5	3.32	+1.68
Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds	5	3.32	+1.68
Be Common	5	3.35	+1.65
Ágætis Byrjun Sigur Rós	5	3.37	+1.63
Lost In The Dream The War On Drugs	5	3.38	+1.62
Darkdancer Les Rythmes Digitales	4	2.59	+1.41

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Groovin' The Young Rascals	1	3.02	-2.02
Mothership Connection Parliament	2	3.61	-1.61
Queen II Queen	2	3.49	-1.49
Crosby, Stills & Nash Crosby, Stills & Nash	2	3.49	-1.49
Stand! Sly & The Family Stone	2	3.43	-1.43
You've Come a Long Way Baby Fatboy Slim	2	3.35	-1.35
Sea Change Beck	2	3.33	-1.33
Fragile Yes	2	3.31	-1.31
Rocks Aerosmith	2	3.12	-1.12
The Last Broadcast Doves	2	3.05	-1.05

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Artist	Albums	Average
Radiohead	2	5

5-Star Albums (13)

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Dub Housing

Pere Ubu

3/5

I can see why this album was very influential and parts of it were excellent, but it was a tough listen at times, chaotic and mangled. Good to experience it though

Jagged Little Pill

Alanis Morissette

3/5

Young Americans

David Bowie

3/5

I was surprised but how disappointing this album is overall, given that I actually quite like a lot of Bowie. Beyond Fame and Can you Hear Me it seemed a bit derivative

Common

5/5

Sumptuously produced, brilliantly delivered, really loved this one

The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill

Lauryn Hill

4/5

Clever and warm with lovely soul nods but a little too long and drifts in places

Metallica

4/5

Lacks the ornate musicianship of previous but still absolutely slaps, and Nothing Else Matters is a beautiful song

Sea Change

Beck

2/5

Nope.

Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space

Spiritualized

5/5

Absolutely blissful and sad and brilliant.

Lost In The Dream

The War On Drugs

5/5

This is an absolute delight, which I’d never heard before. There’s a very 80s tone to some of the songs, very lush and layered, but it’s also kind of sad.

Fear Of Music

Talking Heads

4/5

Was amazed by how good some of the lyrics were. I find the music a bit annoying at times but this is a great album

At Folsom Prison

Johnny Cash

4/5

Loved it. Obviously there’s a slight question mark over whether he’s exploiting prisoners and he clearly plays up his own ‘outlaw’ status but the music is amazing, the energy brilliant, and June’s vocals are also on point.

The Man Machine

Kraftwerk

5/5

Glorious. Complex and crisp and beautiful. Also Spacelab made our unborn child start kicking loads

Suzanne Vega

2/5

Not really for me

Station To Station

David Bowie

4/5

Done By The Forces Of Nature

Jungle Brothers

3/5

Darkdancer

Les Rythmes Digitales

4/5

Pretty fun and clearly an influence on stuff that came later in the big electro revival. A few tracks were a bit repetitive but it’s all very slick and well made

Superunknown

Soundgarden

4/5

This was very good. Maybe not as strong and interesting as other big grunge albums, but some bangers nonetheless

Buena Vista Social Club

4/5

So fun

(Pronounced 'Leh-'Nérd 'Skin-'Nérd)

Lynyrd Skynyrd

4/5

Kind of like an extended jam session. Great musicianship but not something I’d listen to loads. But when it bangs it does bang

Crocodiles

Echo And The Bunnymen

3/5

Stand!

Sly & The Family Stone

2/5

Couldn’t get into this at all. I can see how it’s important but I found it too frenetic

Underwater Moonlight

The Soft Boys

3/5

Obviously influential and quite fun but the vocals annoyed me

The Last Broadcast

Doves

2/5

A few good songs but pretty pedestrian

Blood, Sweat & Tears

3/5

The musicianship pushes this up to a 3* but honestly, pretty dull

London Calling

The Clash

4/5

Great

Surf's Up

The Beach Boys

4/5

Last three songs are 5/5, the rest of the album is 3/5

Bad

Michael Jackson

5/5

Insanely excellent. Production, songwriting, vibe. Weird guy, great album

You've Come a Long Way Baby

Fatboy Slim

2/5

A few bangers but otherwise pretty meh

There's No Place Like America Today

Curtis Mayfield

3/5

Lovely production and great song writing but lacked any killer tracks

Spiderland

Slint

5/5

One of my favourites

Groovin'

The Young Rascals

1/5

Not really my thing

Peter Gabriel

4/5

Very 80s but some classic songs and amazing bass

Logical Progression

LTJ Bukem

2/5

Pretty dull

Rocks

Aerosmith

2/5

Shouty and unimaginative

Pretenders

4/5

Felt almost like two albums, with a more punky vibe than the more 80s feel. Good though

The Gilded Palace Of Sin

The Flying Burrito Brothers

4/5

Really fun blend of country and soul/rock. Some songs got a bit samey though

Music For The Jilted Generation

The Prodigy

5/5

Genius

Mothership Connection

Parliament

2/5

Achtung Baby

5/5

Superb album.

...And Justice For All

Metallica

4/5

Extremely complex and amazing musicianship. Maybe not always an easy listen but very good

The Fat Of The Land

The Prodigy

4/5

Not as good as Music For but still has some great tracks and equally nostalgic

Ágætis Byrjun

Sigur Rós

5/5

One of my favourites

Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

5/5

Have enjoyed other albums of NC before, never heard this, and it’s brilliant

Teen Dream

Beach House

4/5

Good but a bit shoegaze-y for my tastes

OK Computer

Radiohead

5/5

Perfect.

Fragile

Yes

2/5

Bit OTT

Rising Above Bedlam

Jah Wobble's Invaders Of The Heart

3/5

Great bass but not something I’d listen to often

Dig Me Out

Sleater-Kinney

3/5

Fine, bit generic for that kind of thing

Cheap Thrills

Big Brother & The Holding Company

4/5

Really fun, esp Ball and Chain

The Bends

Radiohead

5/5

Excellent. Not quite as solid as later stuff but pretty flawless

Homework

Daft Punk

3/5

Actually found this very annoying. Repetitive and jangly. A few good songs in a sea of mess

Trio

Dolly Parton

4/5

Fantastic. Great harmonies, clever songs

The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars

David Bowie

4/5

Queen II

Queen

2/5

Songs In The Key Of Life

Stevie Wonder

5/5

Impeccable

Crosby, Stills & Nash

2/5

Too jangly

Southern Rock Opera

Drive-By Truckers

3/5

Quite fun blues but not something I’d listen to again

Heroes to Zeros

The Beta Band

3/5

Kind of the annoying jangly side of early 00s indie