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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Urban Hymns The Verve	5	3.36	+1.64
Blood Sugar Sex Magik Red Hot Chili Peppers	5	3.49	+1.51
Out Of The Blue Electric Light Orchestra	5	3.64	+1.36
Dummy Portishead	5	3.71	+1.29
Abraxas Santana	5	3.72	+1.28
A Night At The Opera Queen	5	3.95	+1.05

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Raising Hell Run-D.M.C.	1	3.51	-2.51
Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs Marty Robbins	1	3.33	-2.33
Porcupine Echo And The Bunnymen	1	3.08	-2.08
Superfuzz Bigmuff Mudhoney	1	2.93	-1.93
Songs The Lord Taught Us The Cramps	1	2.84	-1.84
Tea for the Tillerman Cat Stevens	2	3.68	-1.68
Tragic Songs of Life The Louvin Brothers	1	2.58	-1.58
Straight Outta Compton N.W.A.	2	3.51	-1.51
We're Only In It For The Money The Mothers Of Invention	1	2.46	-1.46
The Village Green Preservation Society The Kinks	2	3.4	-1.4

5-Star Albums (8)

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1-Star Albums (7)

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First Band On The Moon

The Cardigans

3/5

Cardigans have a few great tracks. This album a bit samy as Nina’s voice lacks colour for me. Ok listen.

Led Zeppelin III

Led Zeppelin

3/5

Not my favourite Zep album. Immigrant Song the only real stand out for me. However, worth a listen…

A Night At The Opera

Queen

5/5

Brilliant album when it came out. A few tracks not stood test of time for me. So I wobbled between four and five stars…but nostalgia won!

Ramones

3/5

Full of energy. Early punk counter to glam, prog, etc. so refreshing at the time. A bit same same though.

Urban Hymns

The Verve

5/5

Easy one for me. Class all through. If u can get through without cutting your wrists it’s a straight 5.

Bug

Dinosaur Jr.

2/5

A few hints at proggy guitar stuff but not that great. Lead singers voice very pitchy.

Ten

Pearl Jam

4/5

Nice and rocky. I like it.

Deja Vu

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

3/5

Quite liked this despite thinking country and folk are the Devils work.

Abraxas

Santana

5/5

Just great. Such a cool album. Really caught my Latin mood today. Haven’t heard it for years but gets a big yes from me.

If I Should Fall From Grace With God

The Pogues

2/5

Strange one. I enjoyed this more than I remembered. But basically just Irish folkish. Musicians actually very good, but SM can’t sing. Best tracks are those where he shuts try or is drowned out. Sort of stuff it’s ok to hear drunk in a smoky bar…but out of place in list.

Actually

Pet Shop Boys

2/5

A bit nothing really. Couple of ok dancy tracks, but that’s it for me.

Duck Rock

Malcolm McLaren

2/5

Not terrible enjoyed more than expected but nothing great. Bit different from Sex Pistols days.

American Idiot

Green Day

3/5

Some excellent tracks but quite a few skip throughs. Better memory of the CD than the reality of recent listening.

Straight Outta Compton

N.W.A.

2/5

Sorry young people. Really not for me. Great beats, although very similar, gets it the 2. It’s angry street poetry - which works if you are a discrimated against West coast dude, but I’m not….

Tragic Songs of Life

The Louvin Brothers

1/5

Whiny songs about tedious US country life. I gave a 1 on the basis that you can’t give zero.

The Rise & Fall

Madness

3/5

Not really a fan. But album had more depth than expected.

Scott 2

Scott Walker

2/5

Guy has a serious voice. But very dated.

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

David Bowie

5/5

Yep. Serious talent. This just one phase…

Songs Of Leonard Cohen

Leonard Cohen

3/5

Brilliant lyricist. Some great songs. But not a fan of his voice - or the universal melancholy. Not the sort of guy you’d take to the pub for a fun evening….

If You're Feeling Sinister

Belle & Sebastian

2/5

A bit bland for me, but not unpleasant. Could listen in an elevator or walking round a shopping mall.

Endtroducing.....

DJ Shadow

4/5

I enjoyed this. Early trip hop? Will listen again. I’m in a good mood so went generous with the rating.

Scott 4

Scott Walker

2/5

Same comments as last time….album very similar.

The Doors

4/5

I like the Doors. Feels like I’m back in Nam, M16 on Rock’n’Roll, stoned outta my box, waiting to shoot up the Viet Cong……

Beggars Banquet

The Rolling Stones

4/5

Good album. Raw as common with the Stones. SWTD an absolute classic.

Clube Da Esquina

Milton Nascimento

2/5

Not for me. Compare vs Santana latinesque genius and it’s weak. Could be background music in the right mood - so 2 not 1.

Water From An Ancient Well

Abdullah Ibrahim

2/5

Some of the water tastes a bit stale. Otherwise innocuous album.

Out Of The Blue

Electric Light Orchestra

5/5

Tremendous feel good album. Used to play this one when I wanted to boost a low mood when I was at Uni. Great.

Unknown Pleasures

Joy Division

3/5

Solid album. Quite heavy at points with a somber sound overall.

Aladdin Sane

David Bowie

4/5

Another goodie, though not my personal favourite.

The Last Broadcast

Doves

3/5

Could listen to this again. Nothing extreme going on but good sounds.

Something Else By The Kinks

The Kinks

2/5

Probably sounded better when released. Couple of good tracks but nostalgia rather than really enjoyed.

Pacific Ocean Blue

Dennis Wilson

2/5

Mostly blandish, though a couple of good tracks.

Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea

PJ Harvey

4/5

Lightish voice complements darker lyrics and beats. I like this a lot.

Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

Wilco

2/5

A bit bland for me. But not unlistenable

Born To Run

Bruce Springsteen

4/5

I’m going to be positive on this. Though Bruce can be a bit vocally one-dimensional.

Queen II

Queen

4/5

One of my favourite Queen albums. Full of fantasy allusions a big noise.

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector

Various Artists

3/5

All the old feel good bangers. No Michael Buble to be seen. So only the Grinch would give it a weak mark.

Cloud Nine

The Temptations

3/5

Nice easy Motown.

Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs

Marty Robbins

1/5

More cliches than the fleas on an ole hound dogs back. Not my thing, the American West myth and surrounding bollix.

Black Sabbath

4/5

I love a bit of Ozzy shouting at me in the morning. Better than Berocca. This album pretty much kicked off heavy rock.

Germfree Adolescents

X-Ray Spex

2/5

I like the angry energy of punk. But as with HipHop I don’t empathise. Not really into the Spex but like the use of sax. A change from most punk. Hence the rating.

Sunday At The Village Vanguard

Bill Evans Trio

2/5

Listenable. But repetitive. Not the best jazz for me.

Lady Soul

Aretha Franklin

4/5

The queen herself. Some good old soul rhythms with attitude.

Adele

4/5

Great voice. Some great tracks.

Kala

M.I.A.

3/5

Actually loved the Afro beats in this. Did not expect to rate it.

The Village Green Preservation Society

The Kinks

2/5

Ok. All quite comfortable plinky plonk. Easy listening but nothing compelling.

Armed Forces

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

2/5

Oliver’s Army is a classic. But most of rest of album pretty mediocre for me.

Morrison Hotel

The Doors

3/5

Some excellent tracks. Some not great. Overall worth a listen if you like the Bluesier Doors.

Tea for the Tillerman

Cat Stevens

2/5

Some nice tunes. But a lot of bland stuff.

Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

4/5

Really enjoyed this. Not heard much of NC before. Assumed he was dreary. But album had blues, gospel, rock in it. I’m feeling positive so a 4 from me (probs a 7 out of 10)

The Real Thing

Faith No More

3/5

Solid rock album. Some heady bangers.

Catch A Fire

Bob Marley & The Wailers

3/5

A bit of Bobs always fine man. But quit mood dependent for me. Normally backgroundish. This one no different.

Brothers In Arms

Dire Straits

4/5

Loved DS at the time. Sometimes a bit self indulgent, but great stadium rock. Occasionally still listen - but to selected tracks. Worth a 4 I think for BinA and MforN.

Raising Hell

Run-D.M.C.

1/5

Unsurprisingly not for me. Beats are ok. Guys spend too much time singing about themselves and how great they are. They overestimate themselves.

Songs The Lord Taught Us

The Cramps

1/5

Terrible. No redeeming features for me. The Lord should have taught them to Shut The F*ck Up.

Porcupine

Echo And The Bunnymen

1/5

Not a fan of the Bunnies (…..the Bunnies….). My ears kept switching off (…..switching off……)

Isn't Anything

My Bloody Valentine

3/5

Some good stuff but vocals a bit whiny. Worth a listen in the right mood.

Blood Sugar Sex Magik

Red Hot Chili Peppers

5/5

Loved it. Better than Stadium Arcadium for me. Even with a cheeky couple of Jimi Hendrix covers sneaked in.

Eagles

2/5

Couple of their classics, but album a bit lightweight for me overall.

My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

Kanye West

4/5

Surprised myself. I liked this. Some interesting musical stuff going on. And good beats. He can’t sing - but probably doesn’t need to.

Ready To Die

The Notorious B.I.G.

3/5

So. Finally I listen to the Big man. I get the tight verbal. It’s very precise and articulate. And the beats are solid. However all the tough guy misogynist stuff is all sorta black Andrew Tate so only a mid from me.

We're Only In It For The Money

The Mothers Of Invention

1/5

Skip track. More shit. Skip another. Worse. Skip,skip,skip. 10 minutes of my life I’ll not get back.

In The Court Of The Crimson King

King Crimson

3/5

Some great prog music. Superb musicians. However still not my favourite KC album due to some wishy washy or flashy tracks

The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan

3/5

Bob always been a bit Marmite for me. Gotta acknowledge his songwriting ability though. Although some of his best songs have a better cover version.

Superfuzz Bigmuff

Mudhoney

1/5

Trouble when you hear poor rock is that it makes you think it’s all like that. Shouty teenage bedroom rock jam.

m b v

My Bloody Valentine

2/5

A couple of ok-ish tracks. But then the guy insists on singing…..

Dummy

Portishead

5/5

Love the trip hop drifty tones of Portishead. Like wading through light multicoloured treacle. Not music for a low mood though.

The College Dropout

Kanye West

3/5

Enjoyed. But not so much as last KW album.

Wish You Were Here

Pink Floyd

5/5

Favourite Floyd album. WYWH takes me back to a happy time when several friends were still alive. Nothing else to say.

Crazysexycool

TLC

3/5

Thought this was very chilled. Could easily have it on in background. No idea if it’s cool to like “tame” rappish stuff. Lol

Queens of the Stone Age

Queens Of The Stone Age

3/5

Mostly liked the gloomy stoner rock. Almost gave it a 4 but some repetitive stuff dragged it back for me. Thoroughly depressed after listening though. Put my hoodie hood up and rocked back and forward just a little.