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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
American Gothic David Ackles	5	2.48	+2.52
New Forms Roni Size	5	2.52	+2.48
Now I Got Worry The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion	5	2.52	+2.48
Penthouse And Pavement Heaven 17	5	2.61	+2.39
Chelsea Girl Nico	5	2.63	+2.37
What's That Noise? Coldcut	5	2.77	+2.23
A Little Deeper Ms. Dynamite	5	2.81	+2.19
Rip It Up Orange Juice	5	2.9	+2.1
The Who Sell Out The Who	5	3	+2
Fuzzy Grant Lee Buffalo	5	3.02	+1.98

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Tracy Chapman Tracy Chapman	1	3.79	-2.79
Dookie Green Day	1	3.79	-2.79
Brothers In Arms Dire Straits	1	3.74	-2.74
Birth Of The Cool Miles Davis	1	3.63	-2.63
Moving Pictures Rush	1	3.57	-2.57
Head Hunters Herbie Hancock	1	3.54	-2.54
Arrival ABBA	1	3.52	-2.52
1984 Van Halen	1	3.49	-2.49
Hybrid Theory Linkin Park	1	3.39	-2.39
Melodrama Lorde	1	3.32	-2.32

5-Star Albums (49)

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Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector

Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space

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

Popular Reviews

Birth Of The Cool

Miles Davis · 1 likes

1/5

I recognise Miles Davis as an incredible musician but with each track on this album I think of one of three things: 1. Coronation Street has just started. 2. Coronation Street has just ended. 3. Something has fallen down the stairs. I’ll go out of my way to avoid listening to this again…and watching Coronation Street

Dookie

Green Day · 1 likes

1/5

At best guitar based power pop but to me, unlistenable shite

Strangeways, Here We Come

The Smiths · 1 likes

5/5

Oh how I dislike Morrissey… Bloody brilliant album though.

The Wall

Pink Floyd · 1 likes

2/5

Loved them right up until this album, tiring

Hot Fuss

The Killers · 1 likes

3/5

Starts with a bang, fades out in a whimper. Plenty of bangers but doesn’t result in an album I’ll want to listen to again

1-Star Albums (28)

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The Dark Side Of The Moon

Pink Floyd

5/5

Sublime from start to finish

Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul

Otis Redding

4/5

Great album, definitely a keeper

Let It Bleed

The Rolling Stones

3/5

A good album but never a fan of Mick Jagger’s vocals

Electric Ladyland

Jimi Hendrix

5/5

The Yes Album

Yes

3/5

Young Americans

David Bowie

5/5

If You're Feeling Sinister

Belle & Sebastian

4/5

Never listened to a full B&S album before, thoroughly enjoyed it. A keeper and a grower

Aja

Steely Dan

3/5

I just wish it was The Royal Scam, my favourite Steely Dan album

Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite

Maxwell

1/5

Probably a very good album for some but an endurance for me

White Denim

5/5

Excellent album, a first for me, definitely a keeper

We Are Family

Sister Sledge

4/5

Solid album

Illinois

Sufjan Stevens

2/5

Meh

I Should Coco

Supergrass

5/5

Absolutely solid album, every song a winner

Darkness on the Edge of Town

Bruce Springsteen

3/5

Elvis Presley

2/5

28 minutes I’ll never get back

Mermaid Avenue

Billy Bragg

3/5

Love Billy, early stuff only though not a bad album

Snivilisation

Orbital

3/5

Sheet Music

10cc

3/5

The Specials

5/5

Absolutely seminal

Go Girl Crazy

The Dictators

2/5

Chocolate Starfish And The Hot Dog Flavored Water

Limp Bizkit

2/5

Transformer

Lou Reed

4/5

The Rising

Bruce Springsteen

2/5

Liquid Swords

GZA

1/5

Lost Souls

Doves

5/5

I’d forgotten how much I love this album, utter beauty all the way through

1984

Van Halen

1/5

This is certainly an album I could've done without hearing before I die!

One Nation Under A Groove

Funkadelic

4/5

One World

John Martyn

1/5

I respect the guy, obviously talented but his voice makes me physically sick. 38 minutes lost. I would’ve happily died before hearing this

Melodrama

Lorde

1/5

This is certainly an album I could've done without hearing before I die!

Here's Little Richard

Little Richard

2/5

I accept that he has influenced pretty much all the artists I love from the Beatles to Punk, for that I give it 2 stars. I can only imagine though that there was bugger all else to listen to back in the day because to me it's just bloody awful bollocks.

Horses

Patti Smith

5/5

Pure class

Loveless

My Bloody Valentine

5/5

Still totally fresh, a massive aural trip, love it

On The Beach

Neil Young

4/5

Solid, reliable album!

The Blueprint

JAY Z

1/5

Musically better than expected, but that’s from a massively low bar. Still bloody awful

Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor

Lupe Fiasco

3/5

Not really my bag but I got on with it well enough, would I listen to it again? Unlikely

After The Gold Rush

Neil Young

5/5

Great to revisit this absolutely sublime album

The Wall

Pink Floyd

2/5

Loved them right up until this album, tiring

The Sensational Alex Harvey Band

3/5

Loved revisiting this, stands the times well

The Slider

T. Rex

2/5

A bit of an ordeal, always struggled with Bolan’s voice but I have to credit him for influencing some amazing bands

Back In Black

AC/DC

3/5

41 minutes of pure rock cliche. The title track is of course genius however, so 3 stars for that alone.

Floodland

Sisters Of Mercy

1/5

When I first heard this in 1987 it was a fairly torturous listen but revisiting this 38 years later it’s a little bit worse.

Vauxhall And I

Morrissey

3/5

Lyrically very good, not a bad album and that’s ignoring Morrissey, for whom I have no time for at all

Buena Vista Social Club

2/5

Cracking opening track, talented musicians. Bored the pants off me

Close To You

Carpenters

3/5

In the recent sea of shite on here this comes across as charming and refreshing! I’ll never listen to it again although I know most of the tracks anyway

Get Rich Or Die Tryin'

50 Cent

1/5

An album concentrating on the N word, MF word and his extensive knowledge of guns…shite

American Gothic

David Ackles

5/5

At last, an album I’ve never heard that I’m actually glad I’ve heard before I die! Elements of Scott Walker and Nick Cave, it’s a keeper

Stankonia

OutKast

2/5

Not a terrible album but probably 45 minutes too long and full of fillers. Heard it before back in the day, didn’t need to hear it again.

Odessa

Bee Gees

1/5

Normally there’s at least one track I like on even the worst album but this is utter bilge. I never want to see this album ever again, my day is ruined

Rhythm Nation 1814

Janet Jackson

1/5

Is there some kind of algorithm that determines I get to hear albums most likely to offend my lug ‘oles? Utter garbage from the first note, full of irritating cliches. Bloody awful dirge

Nilsson Schmilsson

Harry Nilsson

4/5

A sold album, the very good tracks outweigh the obvious fillers

Hot Buttered Soul

Isaac Hayes

5/5

Absolute sure fire classic

Elvis Is Back

Elvis Presley

1/5

Unlistenable cack

The Healer

John Lee Hooker

2/5

Parallel Lines

Blondie

4/5

Elastica

5/5

Still sounds fresh, great album

The Who Sell Out

The Who

5/5

Ground breaking!

Strangeways, Here We Come

The Smiths

5/5

Oh how I dislike Morrissey… Bloody brilliant album though.

Dance Mania

Tito Puente

5/5

A fantastic bit of fun! A massive antidote to the shite R&B, pop and Bloody Elvis you’ve forced me to endure

Legalize It

Peter Tosh

5/5

Stone cold classic

New Forms

Roni Size

5/5

Well, this has sent me down a massive Drum’b’Bass wormhole, bloody love it!

Tusk

Fleetwood Mac

2/5

Guys, Rumours has done well, we’d better knock out another album. Yeah, we’ve got some songs left over, they’ll do. There’s a couple that are half decent. Mick: I can’t be arsed to drum though. Don’t worry Mick, a basic effort is all that’s needed, punters will buy anything…

Spiderland

Slint

1/5

Art school jank. Wouldn’t go near it again

Queens of the Stone Age

Queens Of The Stone Age

4/5

Class

Bryter Layter

Nick Drake

5/5

Utterly beautiful throughout, never get tired of it!

Synchronicity

The Police

2/5

It’s a bit like being visited by distant relatives, not a deeply unpleasant experience, there’s some fun moments but you didn’t really want to see them and you’re just as happy if you never see them again. I think this’ll be the last time I listen to this and I’m very happy about that.

Wish You Were Here

Pink Floyd

5/5

My third favourite Pink Floyd album and still unutterably brilliant. Honestly you have to be a total psychopath not to absolutely adore this album.

Tragic Songs of Life

The Louvin Brothers

3/5

I’m not a fan of country music, whatever age it is, I must say though that this wasn’t as shite as I was expecting. I could probably listen to it again if pushed, doubt I will though…

Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not

Arctic Monkeys

5/5

Every track’s a banger, they never bettered this!

Marcus Garvey

Burning Spear

5/5

One of the greatest reggae albums ever made. In fact, just a bloody wonderful album.

1977

Ash

4/5

Hot Fuss

The Killers

3/5

Starts with a bang, fades out in a whimper. Plenty of bangers but doesn’t result in an album I’ll want to listen to again

Deloused in the Comatorium

The Mars Volta

5/5

Powerful

Risque

CHIC

3/5

Classic of course, great musicianship, timeless tracks…just not really my cup of tea

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector

Various Artists

5/5

Yep, it’s a brilliant album, heard it many times, but fuck me I’ve had quite enough of xmas so I’ll listen to it again in summer

(What's The Story) Morning Glory

Oasis

5/5

Simply, an album chock full of bangers. If you don’t love this album you have no soul!

Birth Of The Cool

Miles Davis

1/5

Head Hunters

Herbie Hancock

1/5

I have great respect for Herbie but it really seems the band were just working their way up themselves.

Moving Pictures

Rush

1/5

I’ve never listened to a complete Rush album before. I genuinely hope never have to listen to another one.

Os Mutantes

4/5

At last, something actually worth listening to, really refreshing after the pile of utter bollox foisted on me recently

A Love Supreme

John Coltrane

2/5

Several random musicians, albeit highly talented ones, recording in different rooms with different notes. Borderline irritating

Blue

Joni Mitchell

3/5

She’s brilliant, love her lyrics but somehow manages to make all her songs a variable of about 4 classics. I shall be listening to some tracks again.

Songs Of Leonard Cohen

Leonard Cohen

5/5

I’ve spent my life actively avoiding this album, sure I liked Suzanne but just thought it was marked as single material and the rest of his stuff was dreary. Fuck me, how wrong was I! Absolutely magical from start to finish, listened to it 4 times in a row and looking forward to hearing it again. Far from being dreary it’s full of humour and the lyrics are are almost like limericks. Absolutely remarkable.

Viva Hate

Morrissey

2/5

Morrissey minus Marr equals shite. Plus he’s generally disagreeable. Two tracks of note otherwise it’s a pile of shite.

Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space

Spiritualized

5/5

Absolutely genius that does not diminish.

Led Zeppelin II

Led Zeppelin

5/5

I don’t understand why I’ve never listened to this album completely before, it’s magnificent, utterly magnificent! If you don’t give this 5 stars you have no soul.

Jack Takes the Floor

Ramblin' Jack Elliott

2/5

This is a bit of fun! Having said that, absolutely not my cup of tea and I was fairly pleased when it ended.

I'm Your Man

Leonard Cohen

1/5

I heard Songs Of Leonard Cohen for the first time this week, it blew my mind. This, however, is an absolute pile of utter bollox. I can never unhear this nonsense.

Car Wheels On A Gravel Road

Lucinda Williams

2/5

It just sort of bobs along like a country album does, not entirely shit but not terribly engaging. I guess to some this is a great album but to me, about 12 hours after listening to it, there’s nothing memorable about it.

Jagged Little Pill

Alanis Morissette

3/5

We all know You Oughta Know was a masterpiece and that’s what the stars are for, nothing else on the album shines as bright.

A Hard Day's Night

Beatles

5/5

The perfect pop album! Always loved it, always will.

Beggars Banquet

The Rolling Stones

4/5

I’m not a great fan of the Stones, Mick’s affected drawl gets on my wick, he’s from Dartford after all but I liked this album so much I listened twice, I was sort of forced to because my iPhone went a bit wonky but I didn’t hate it. Yes, Mick’s fake southern drawl still irritates but musically and lyrically it was a cracker, I wouldn’t necessarily listen again out of choice but it chugged along quite nicely.

Joan Armatrading

3/5

Enjoyable if not memorable

Tigermilk

Belle & Sebastian

5/5

A really beautiful album

Brutal Youth

Elvis Costello

3/5

I See A Darkness

Bonnie "Prince" Billy

2/5

Dreary

Arrival

ABBA

1/5

I never liked ABBA as a child, but I’m olde now and thought a band so popular for so long deserved an open mind. So with that open mind I looked forward to Arrival! Fcuk me, what a total waste of 41 minutes, absolute shite

In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida

Iron Butterfly

3/5

I liked it and worth exploring further.

Black Metal

Venom

1/5

Oh blimey! I have brain ache, there’s no excuse for this, the fact they influenced new Metal genres means nothing, crap influencing crap. Ultimate low point was chants of ‘Get Your Tits Out For The Lads’…yeah, deep

Brothers In Arms

Dire Straits

1/5

My friend used run a hi-fi shop in the 80’s and used to dread Saturdays. All the dull hi-fi buffs would come in to hear the new Kef or Mission speakers and bring this on CD, I laughed. Today I had to listen to it, fantastic musicianship totally wasted on the dullest pile of shite created! 54 minutes of meaningless twaddle, 5 plus minute tracks that went absolutely fcuking nowhere. I will happily die before I put myself through this guff again. 0 stars is too high.

John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band

John Lennon

2/5

The Beatles it is not

Good Old Boys

Randy Newman

1/5

Talk Talk Talk

The Psychedelic Furs

3/5

I like three Psychedelic Furs tracks, two are on here, the rest of the album is passable.

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness

The Smashing Pumpkins

4/5

Great album, musically superb, Billy Corgan’s vocals get on my nerves though

Superfly

Curtis Mayfield

5/5

A fantastic antidote to the utter shite I’ve been put through lately. Pure class

Rid Of Me

PJ Harvey

5/5

Seriously good album

Diamond Life

Sade

5/5

Pure class

Fuzzy

Grant Lee Buffalo

5/5

Was expecting to hate it. Turns out I love it, how about that!

Tracy Chapman

1/5

Undoubtedly talented but fcuk me it’s dull, like a consistent mediocre 36 minute drone.

Billion Dollar Babies

Alice Cooper

2/5

Rather hoped it would be harder hitting than it was. All in all a bit of a disappointment

Off The Wall

Michael Jackson

3/5

Obviously a good pop album…leaves me cold

Now I Got Worry

The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion

5/5

What's That Noise?

Coldcut

5/5

Banging from start to finish

Brothers

The Black Keys

3/5

Immigrés

Youssou N'Dour

5/5

A great surprise

Chelsea Girl

Nico

5/5

You've Come a Long Way Baby

Fatboy Slim

5/5

Deja Vu

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

4/5

The Grand Tour

George Jones

1/5

Utterly dreadful, dreary country shite, apart from The Weather Man, which is not dreary, just shite. Nothing exceptional lyrically or musically. Pretty much unlistenable

Crime Of The Century

Supertramp

3/5

Not as pedestrian as expected but unlikely to be a go to album

Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

5/5

Number 120 of my 1001 albums and let me be quite clear, this album should be rated 10, 5 is not enough. Utter genius from start to finish. Anyone who rates this less than 5 and does not consider this album as essential really should give up now, music is not for you my friend.

16 Lovers Lane

The Go-Betweens

4/5

Great album, very easy to listen to

Court And Spark

Joni Mitchell

4/5

Not normally a fan but enjoyed this so much I listened twice

Master Of Puppets

Metallica

3/5

Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots

The Flaming Lips

3/5

Technically brilliant, a bit pedestrian though

Penthouse And Pavement

Heaven 17

5/5

Although I can see how people would dislike this album to me it’s of its time and absolutely full of bangers

New Wave

The Auteurs

2/5

I remember them being a reasonably big deal back in the day but had no recollection of their music and having just listened to the album TWICE, I now know why, instantly forgettable.

Gorillaz

4/5

Top notch, aside from every time Damon Albarn opens his gob

The Fat Of The Land

The Prodigy

5/5

Live / Dead

Grateful Dead

1/5

What a pile of self indulgent twaddle. On the plus side it’s quite impressive that they can play so well with their heads so firmly up each other’s arse. Not quite the worst album I’ve ever heard but really not far off

Hybrid Theory

Linkin Park

1/5

Standard dull Yank shite. Avoid at all costs

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

The Kinks

5/5

The Velvet Underground & Nico

The Velvet Underground

5/5

If you don’t find this album utterly perfect then you shouldn’t be on here

Suzanne Vega

3/5

Competent if not so appealing

Pet Sounds

The Beach Boys

5/5

Absolutely one album everyone needs to hear, love at first listen!

Duck Rock

Malcolm McLaren

1/5

Of its time I guess, a couple of reasonable tracks but not enough to warrant a listen or being on this list

Chicago Transit Authority

Chicago

5/5

My heart sank when I saw this come up, you know, average yank MOR, but you know what, bloody love it, it’s got real soul, fabulous brass section. Love it

Rip It Up

Orange Juice

5/5

Play

Moby

4/5

I played it in the car, obviously I know all the tracks as it was played to death back in the day, so I give 3 stars. My family love it though so I’ll give it 4 as it really made them happy. I’d not be bothered if I never hear it again honestly.

Honky Tonk Masquerade

Joe Ely

1/5

I am mystified how anyone can actually enjoy this unless they’re into line dancing, I actively do not associate with line dancers

Dookie

Green Day

1/5

At best guitar based power pop but to me, unlistenable shite

The Bends

Radiohead

5/5

If you don’t absolutely love this then you just don’t understand good music

Surfer Rosa

Pixies

3/5

A good album with great ideas but I found myself drifting off

A Little Deeper

Ms. Dynamite

5/5

Definitely of its time and place but still loved in this house

Ctrl

SZA

1/5

I’d never heard of SZA before and after listening to this I’m pretty pleased and rather hoping not to again

Parklife

Blur

2/5

Not listened to this for over 25 years. I understand why now, how could anyone compare this to anything by Oasis? 90% shite, 2 points only for To The End which is the only track worth listening to, and is actually pretty perfect.