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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Leftism Leftfield	5	2.9	+2.1
Endtroducing..... DJ Shadow	5	3.35	+1.65
The Number Of The Beast Iron Maiden	5	3.58	+1.42
Orbital 2 Orbital	4	2.69	+1.31
Among The Living Anthrax	4	2.86	+1.14
Rage Against The Machine Rage Against The Machine	5	3.98	+1.02

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Disraeli Gears Cream	1	3.47	-2.47
Get Behind Me Satan The White Stripes	1	3.38	-2.38
Back At The Chicken Shack Jimmy Smith	1	3.38	-2.38
Thriller Michael Jackson	2	4.23	-2.23
Your New Favourite Band The Hives	1	3.12	-2.12
Real Life Magazine	1	3.06	-2.06
Bad Michael Jackson	2	3.81	-1.81
Off The Wall Michael Jackson	2	3.8	-1.8
Buena Vista Social Club Buena Vista Social Club	2	3.67	-1.67
Band On The Run Paul McCartney and Wings	2	3.67	-1.67

5-Star Albums (4)

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At Mister Kelly's

Sarah Vaughan · 1 likes

2/5

A nice break from guitars, but not for me

Thriller

Michael Jackson · 1 likes

2/5

This one left a bad taste. Had heard quite a few of them though.

1-Star Albums (7)

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L.A. Woman

The Doors

2/5

Wild Is The Wind

Nina Simone

3/5

Bad

Michael Jackson

2/5

Sunday At The Village Vanguard

Bill Evans Trio

2/5

Taking inspiration from Terry I played this on the office speaker/watering can. "What's that you've gone on?" My colleagues asked. Surprised I said "Oh, you don't know!? Why, it's clearly the Bill Evans Trio and what many regard as the greatest live jazz album of all time". Now they know I'm even cooler than they thought.

Neon Bible

Arcade Fire

3/5

Hadn't heard of them before, after hearing this I'm not so surprised. It was ok, but nothing to write home about.

Electric Ladyland

Jimi Hendrix

3/5

Know a few of these. The man knows his way around a guitar, but it's all a bit groovy for my tastes.

Private Dancer

Tina Turner

3/5

Recognised a lot of these, makes me think my mother might have owned this. A pleasant trip down memory lane.

Bitches Brew

Miles Davis

4/5

There are similarities to the experimental electronic stuff I like. Enjoyed it.

Deep Purple In Rock

Deep Purple

3/5

Middling, ok but not memorable.

Low

David Bowie

4/5

I'd only heard Bowie's main stream stuff, which I don't care for. But this was great, particularly the second half instrumental stuff. I'd not realised he did instrumental tracks, or that some of his influences were Kraftwerk and Tangerine Dream. Look forward to hearing more.

Bookends

Simon & Garfunkel

2/5

Didn't care for the audiobook style stories with a few tunes in the background.

Music for the Masses

Depeche Mode

4/5

Don't think I know any of their stuff but I really enjoyed this. I have a soft spot for 80s synth.

Buffalo Springfield Again

Buffalo Springfield

2/5

Reading the review on here for the album just lists all the "best albums lists" that this album has featured in and says nothing about the music... Having now listened to it myself I don't have much to say about it either.

Your New Favourite Band

The Hives

1/5

Can't find a lead singer for your band? No problem, get some guy to shout instead.

Buena Vista Social Club

2/5

Not a club I'm a member of

Reggatta De Blanc

The Police

2/5

Had heard a couple of these. Not a fan, but the hits are catchy.

Kilimanjaro

The Teardrop Explodes

2/5

No idea who these fellas are. This started off ok, but fell off towards the end.

Truth

Jeff Beck

2/5

Another unknown to me, sounded pretty run of the mill to my ear... What a tune Greensleeves is though, loved that as a kid. Probably because the Mr Whippy ice-cream vans used to play it.

Urban Hymns

The Verve

3/5

One of these sounded familiar, think I'd heard it before

At Mister Kelly's

Sarah Vaughan

2/5

A nice break from guitars, but not for me

Is This It

The Strokes

3/5

Is this it? I hope not

Thriller

Michael Jackson

2/5

This one left a bad taste. Had heard quite a few of them though.

Public Image: First Issue

Public Image Ltd.

1/5

Fear and Whiskey

Mekons

2/5

Wasn't as bad as I was expecting from some of the reviews on here

Hot Buttered Soul

Isaac Hayes

3/5

Enjoyed it, heard Walk on By before but not this guys version.

Oracular Spectacular

MGMT

2/5

Off The Wall

Michael Jackson

2/5

Leftism

Leftfield

5/5

A classic for me, some bangers on here and Melt happens to be one of my most played tracks of all time (25th) - though that is due to its inclusion on the Deep and Chilled Euphoria compilation album.

Maxinquaye

Tricky

3/5

Heard this many times in my youth, a classic from the trip-hop era - my least favourite out of the big 3 though, too lethargic.

Beggars Banquet

The Rolling Stones

2/5

Hadn't heard a Stones album before and didn't know they did blues/folk stuff, not for me.

Born To Run

Bruce Springsteen

2/5

John Barleycorn Must Die

Traffic

2/5

Made In Japan

Deep Purple

3/5

Enjoyed it, think Metallica covered one of these

Orbital 2

Orbital

4/5

Love Orbital, though this one isn't my favourite of theirs

Violator

Depeche Mode

4/5

Enjoyed this one, think I need to listen to more Depeche Mode!

The Marshall Mathers LP

Eminem

3/5

What a talent, he can literally make anything rhyme with "suck my c*ck", as he demonstrates quite often! I didn't feel this one had aged so well though or maybe it's me that hasn't aha

Hysteria

Def Leppard

3/5

Recognised quite a lot of these, not bad but not where I'm at these days. Good to see Sheffield bands the list though!

Another Music In A Different Kitchen

Buzzcocks

2/5

This was a rough listen whilst driving at 7.30am on Christmas eve! I almost turned it off, but to be fair two of the later tracks were ok.

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector

Various Artists

3/5

Hard to make a judgement on this one, sounds like most other Christmas themed albums to me. Good job I was given this album to listen to today though, or I suspect this would have been a lower rating, aha.

Violent Femmes

2/5

Acoustic punk is probably my favourite type of punk...but that's not saying much

Who's Next

The Who

3/5

It was ok background music, but just didn't excite me at all

The White Album

Beatles

3/5

Too happy clappy for me

The xx

3/5

Love the opening track, Intro, one of my favourites. I have listened to the rest of this album before because of that track, but it's not really my cup of tea.

Justified

Justin Timberlake

2/5

Hadn't realised be was inspired by Michael Jackson, but upon listening it's clear.

Led Zeppelin

3/5

Thought I'd heard them before, but this seemed new to me.

1984

Van Halen

3/5

New to me, was alright, but leaning a bit too much towards pop

The Colour Of Spring

Talk Talk

4/5

I've heard this one before, quite like the new wave, new romantics era

Live And Dangerous

Thin Lizzy

3/5

Only knew one of these tracks I think, enjoyed the album though

Music From The Penguin Cafe

Penguin Cafe Orchestra

3/5

Enjoyed this one, it had some similarities to some post-rock stuff I listen to, though it's a bit more upbeat

My Aim Is True

Elvis Costello

2/5

Don't care for this sort of music

Tres Hombres

ZZ Top

3/5

The Queen Is Dead

The Smiths

4/5

Enjoyed this one, heard quite a lot of The Smiths but never a full album

Five Leaves Left

Nick Drake

3/5

A good headphone listen, enjoyed it, a refreshing change of pace from much of the stuff we've had on this list.

My Generation

The Who

2/5

Bored by this one, just couldn't get engaged

Surfer Rosa

Pixies

2/5

I hear his vocal range is highly praised, but it's not for me.

Blood On The Tracks

Bob Dylan

2/5

Going against the masses here but I just didn't care for it

Sign 'O' The Times

Prince

2/5

Funky

Nebraska

Bruce Springsteen

3/5

Enjoyed it, good background music to work to.

Tanto Tempo

Bebel Gilberto

2/5

Heard some of this style music on soma.fm, what's so good about this album though?

Natty Dread

Bob Marley & The Wailers

3/5

'73 and he was singing about the cost of living, we've not come very far

Joan Armatrading

3/5

Pleasant enough. Had never heard of her but recognised one of these tracks

1999

Prince

2/5

Sounded much like the previous album we had of his. Funky, but not my jam.

Real Life

Magazine

1/5

Don't care for the slow-mo singing, hasn't aged well

Liege And Lief

Fairport Convention

4/5

A welcome break from some of the crap we've had so far.

From Elvis In Memphis

Elvis Presley

3/5

Better than I thought it would be. Think my gran would love it.

Smash

The Offspring

3/5

This brought back memories of Uni, not as shouty as I was expecting - more if a happy/fun vibe, didn't mind it.

Safe As Milk

Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band

2/5

good kid, m.A.A.d city

Kendrick Lamar

2/5

Loved the track m.A.A. d city, but the rest of it wasn't for me.

1977

Ash

2/5

Heard some of these tracks before... Reminded me of listening to events hosted at schools, not good.

Lust For Life

Iggy Pop

2/5

Think I'd only heard Passenger of his, which seemed the best by far on this album

Get Behind Me Satan

The White Stripes

1/5

A rough listen, think I've have rather listened to their doorbell ringing than a song about their doorbell ringing.

Pictures At An Exhibition

Emerson, Lake & Palmer

2/5

Teenage Head

Flamin' Groovies

2/5

Not sure how albums like this make it into such a list. Guessing they've skipped a lot of genres to keep stuff like this in

Crocodiles

Echo And The Bunnymen

3/5

Enjoyed this one, love their contribution to the Donnie Darko soundtrack but otherwise hadn't listened to them before

Adele

3/5

Nice voice, have heard Beth listening to this one before

American IV: The Man Comes Around

Johnny Cash

3/5

Enjoyed his weary voice. The review on here didn't make it clear that he had rerecorded all these as an old man.

Connected

Stereo MC's

3/5

If I Could Only Remember My Name

David Crosby

3/5

Enjoyable, got better as it went on too

Axis: Bold As Love

Jimi Hendrix

3/5

Enjoyed it. Sounded similar to the other one we've had though

Rage Against The Machine

5/5

Absolute classic. Still relevant today.

Rock 'N Soul

Solomon Burke

2/5

Fine background music for the commute

The Hissing Of Summer Lawns

Joni Mitchell

3/5

Freak Out!

The Mothers Of Invention

2/5

Lyrics spoil a lot of music, especially here

Hounds Of Love

Kate Bush

3/5

Was looking forward to this as it opens with a 5 star track, but the rest of it is 3 stars unfortunately!

Mothership Connection

Parliament

2/5

Funky

Odelay

Beck

2/5

A bit too laid back for me

Doggystyle

Snoop Dogg

3/5

Not heard any of his albums before, was ok

Hail To the Thief

Radiohead

3/5

Ooh, Thom Yorke, a fellow Autechre fan!

Moving Pictures

Rush

3/5

Machine Head

Deep Purple

3/5

think we've already had one or their albums. This one wasn't as good

Nilsson Schmilsson

Harry Nilsson

3/5

Make Yourself

Incubus

3/5

Not heard this one for a long time!

Nowhere

Ride

3/5

These critics sure do love guitars and vocals

Queens of the Stone Age

Queens Of The Stone Age

3/5

Dire Straits

3/5

Punishing Kiss

Ute Lemper

3/5

A nice change of pace

Siembra

Willie Colón & Rubén Blades

2/5

Didn't care for this one

Morrison Hotel

The Doors

2/5

Hasn't aged well

Disraeli Gears

Cream

1/5

Not feeling it, especially the last track

Band On The Run

Paul McCartney and Wings

2/5

Bland

Dub Housing

Pere Ubu

1/5

Had hoped this was actual dub, but it was one of the worst yet

Queen II

Queen

3/5

Better than I thought I'd be, I've only really heard their big hits

Face to Face

The Kinks

2/5

Bayou Country

Creedence Clearwater Revival

3/5

Home Is Where The Music Is

Hugh Masekela

2/5

Close To You

Carpenters

3/5

Fulfillingness' First Finale

Stevie Wonder

3/5

Let Love Rule

Lenny Kravitz

3/5

Haven't heard much of his stuff but quite enjoyed this

Talking Heads 77

Talking Heads

3/5

Unknown Pleasures

Joy Division

3/5

Like the lyrics but don't feel it's age'd that well

Boston

3/5

Had heard the opener before. Didn't mind the music but not the singing so much

Goo

Sonic Youth

3/5

Had never heard them before, enjoyed it

The Stranger

Billy Joel

3/5

Knew a few of these

Out Of The Blue

Electric Light Orchestra

2/5

Don't care much for this sort of rock/pop, sounds like Queen

Either Or

Elliott Smith

3/5

Didn't mind this one. One of the kids loved it.

Ágætis Byrjun

Sigur Rós

4/5

Long time since I've listened to this

A Night At The Opera

Queen

3/5

Not really my bag, but it was ok

Music in Exile

Songhoy Blues

2/5

Didn't care much for this one

Endtroducing.....

DJ Shadow

5/5

One of my favourites from way back. Seen him live.

Tusk

Fleetwood Mac

3/5

I like them but wasn't familiar with this album of theirs

Among The Living

Anthrax

4/5

Haven't really heard much of these guys but enjoyed this one

Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge

Mudhoney

2/5

Didn't care much for this one

Back At The Chicken Shack

Jimmy Smith

1/5

Weak

Live!

Fela Kuti

2/5

Not my cup of tea!

Pink Flag

Wire

2/5

Not my cup of tea

Beach Samba

Astrud Gilberto

3/5

Didn't mind this as background music to work to

Wild Is The Wind

Nina Simone

3/5

Heard this one before, I quite like it

Let It Bleed

The Rolling Stones

3/5

Not really my cup of tea, it was fine

The Number Of The Beast

Iron Maiden

5/5

Maiden, my first love

Emperor Tomato Ketchup

Stereolab

2/5

Didn't care for it

In A Silent Way

Miles Davis

4/5

An easy raining morning listen in the campervan whilst catching up on the news

Young Americans

David Bowie

3/5

Fine, don't care much for Bowie

The Band

2/5

Didn't care for this, definetely par for the course on this list!