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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Ellington at Newport Duke Ellington	5	3.43	+1.57
Illinois Sufjan Stevens	5	3.5	+1.5
Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) Wu-Tang Clan	5	3.61	+1.39
Mothership Connection Parliament	5	3.61	+1.39
Let's Get Killed David Holmes	4	2.67	+1.33
Heaux Tales Jazmine Sullivan	4	2.68	+1.32
All Hope Is Gone Slipknot	4	2.7	+1.3
Grace Jeff Buckley	5	3.74	+1.26
Faust IV Faust	4	2.78	+1.22
Night Life Ray Price	4	2.8	+1.2

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Eliminator ZZ Top	1	3.37	-2.37
Chemtrails Over The Country Club Lana Del Rey	1	3.05	-2.05
Midnight Ride Paul Revere & The Raiders	1	3	-2
Swordfishtrombones Tom Waits	1	2.95	-1.95
Moon Safari Air	2	3.58	-1.58
Franz Ferdinand Franz Ferdinand	2	3.57	-1.57
Disraeli Gears Cream	2	3.47	-1.47
Public Image: First Issue Public Image Ltd.	1	2.42	-1.42
25 Adele	2	3.38	-1.38
Melodrama Lorde	2	3.32	-1.32

5-Star Albums (7)

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Triangle

The Beau Brummels · 1 likes

2/5

Immensely irritating vocals to ruin a couple of fun instrumentals. The rest is so dull

Black Holes and Revelations

Muse · 1 likes

3/5

Now I wanna go play baseball!

Here's Little Richard

Little Richard · 1 likes

4/5

Good vibes all round and didn't overstay it's welcome

Manassas

Stephen Stills · 1 likes

3/5

Like a store bought Victoria sponge cake. Definitely not bad, and sometimes you get a bite with jam and cream and it's really good. But looking back once you've finished, it's nothing special

1-Star Albums (7)

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Strangeways, Here We Come

The Smiths

4/5

Violent Femmes

4/5

So so much fun, exciting and all encompassing. Close to a 5/5, a purely entertaining album

The xx

4/5

Ellington at Newport

Duke Ellington

5/5

A total masterpiece. Each don't is so bright and full of life, the musicians are feeling it, the crowd is feeling it. The tracklisting is perfectly paced, moving through smooth soft blues to electrifting jazz that feels like you've been hit by lightning, all while never tiring you out. The introductions and crowd noise is the perfect reminder that jazz is best experience live and it does it's best job of trying to put you there in the room. I cannot say enough good things about this album, an all time must listen.

Franz Ferdinand

2/5

A couple of really great and fun songs but suffers from too much samey-ness. I appreciate the DIY vibe of the production and the highlights really shine, but by the time you get to the end of the album it's all a bit bland

Foxbase Alpha

Saint Etienne

2/5

Some nice highlights but unfortunately as a whole the album is a bit boring. Just not my thing, but I can appreciate why it's influential

Infected

The The

3/5

Fun and strange but not much more than that unfortunately

The Specials

4/5

Brilliant album that is fun from start to finish

Dog Man Star

Suede

2/5

I'm surprised I didn't enjoy this more. For an album with such grand, dense instrumentation and lush production, it often felt like it was going nowhere she saying nothing. Many of the songs felt like I was just waiting for them to end.

Midnight Ride

Paul Revere & The Raiders

1/5

At first listen I thought this was pretty decent but the more I came back to it the more it bored me. An album of iconic sounds from iconic bands that never meets the quality of what it's copying. The band are absolute masters of saying absolutely nothing with their lyrics. Vague, meaningless rubbish that's so general it's impossible to feel a connection to what's being said. Just because an album is influential, doesn't mean it's good.

Doolittle

Pixies

4/5

Pretty great, not every song is perfect but the best songs are nothing short of incredible

Cafe Bleu

The Style Council

2/5

Don't let the bubbly first song fool you, this album moves effortlessly better getting so boring I could call asleep, to so annoying you'll wish you never started it

Triangle

The Beau Brummels

2/5

Immensely irritating vocals to ruin a couple of fun instrumentals. The rest is so dull

Tuesday Night Music Club

Sheryl Crow

4/5

Is it one of the 1001 best albums of all time? No, probably not. Is it bright, fun and catchy as hell? Fuck yes it is!

Dire Straits

4/5

A pretty fantastic debut album with a a clear sound, clean production and good vibes all round

They Were Wrong, So We Drowned

Liars

2/5

There's a couple of good songs here but the rest just fucking suck

S&M

Metallica

3/5

A very very cool idea let down by muddy production and Metallica's inconsistent discography

Melodrama

Lorde

2/5

A couple nice tunes but mostly a boring slog. Most of Lorde's lyrics are so cringe I wanted to crawl out my skin

Talking With the Taxman About Poetry

Billy Bragg

3/5

Really like the message, really like lots of the instrumentation, but oh my god his voice I can't handle a whole album of it

Songs The Lord Taught Us

The Cramps

2/5

High school prom music for people who skipped all their classes

Too Rye Ay

Dexys Midnight Runners

3/5

Seriously seriously fun. A high 3 and a nice change of pace from recent albums

Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)

Wu-Tang Clan

5/5

I fucking love this again, it never gets old. I could listen again and again and again

Chirping Crickets

Buddy Holly & The Crickets

2/5

I totally get it's influence and popularity, just not for me

One World

John Martyn

2/5

Extra star for Couldn't Love You More the rest of this sucked ass

At Mister Kelly's

Sarah Vaughan

3/5

A beautiful voice over instrumentals which are nothing special

Nevermind

Nirvana

4/5

Absolutely brilliant, so close to a 5

Car Wheels On A Gravel Road

Lucinda Williams

3/5

Very very high 3, a beautiful album with some stand out tracks

All Hope Is Gone

Slipknot

4/5

Every criticism of Slipknot is correct but I still like them

Aja

Steely Dan

3/5

Lots of fun but a little too lounge jazz for me

BEYONCÉ

Beyoncé

3/5

It's not bad but a bit dated

Tank Battles

Dagmar Krause

1/5

Not for me

Dookie

Green Day

4/5

Such a classic

Nixon

Lambchop

2/5

I see why people like it but I just find it too boring

Nowhere

Ride

2/5

So boring

Being There

Wilco

3/5

Really really enjoyed it until I realised after 10 songs I was only half way through

Superunknown

Soundgarden

3/5

Pretty cool

Amnesiac

Radiohead

3/5

Good but not their best

Out Of The Blue

Electric Light Orchestra

4/5

Fun fun fun! Breezed through this

Heaven Or Las Vegas

Cocteau Twins

3/5

I like it but don't love it

Boston

4/5

lots and lots of fun i loved it

Station To Station

David Bowie

3/5

I understand the music is good but it didn't impact me much

Disraeli Gears

Cream

2/5

Not my kind of thing

Physical Graffiti

Led Zeppelin

3/5

Tooooooooooo lloooonnnnggggggggggg

Apocalypse Dudes

Turbonegro

3/5

It was alright

Darklands

The Jesus And Mary Chain

4/5

Enjoyed more than I expected to

Endtroducing.....

DJ Shadow

3/5

Genuinely can't figure out if I really enjoyed it or was really bored?

Peter Gabriel 3

Peter Gabriel

3/5

I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You

Aretha Franklin

5/5

Possibly the greatest vocalist of all time?

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector

Various Artists

3/5

Brilliant production and performances can't quite help me get over the fact that I fucking hate Christmas music

Kid A

Radiohead

4/5

The vision isn't always there but when it is this album is an absolute masterpiece

Haunted Dancehall

The Sabres Of Paradise

2/5

This album reminds me of being in uni, piling into someone's bedroom at a house party because the wannabe DJ has brought his USB with the most despicable music you've ever heard. Everyone hoping he stops but nobody brave enough to tell him to. Every so often you walk back into the living room, trying to convince yourself it's getting good now but the rooms still empty. And the worst part of it all? Years later, that guy will be what you remember of the night

Grace

Jeff Buckley

5/5

Beautiful, tragic, an all round incredible album. RIP Jeff Buckley

Red Headed Stranger

Willie Nelson

3/5

Just fine

Devil Without A Cause

Kid Rock

1/5

Wow this was fucking terrible what the fuck

With The Beatles

Beatles

3/5

So Little Child is pretty fucking weird, right?

Smile

Brian Wilson

3/5

When it's good it's great but lots of it blurs together

Home Is Where The Music Is

Hugh Masekela

3/5

Nice, but nothing too special

Bryter Layter

Nick Drake

3/5

If this album was just the songs with lyrics it might be a 5, but the instrumental songs idle around too much for it to have impact

Disintegration

The Cure

4/5

A couple songs in the middle drag for me but for the most part I'm surprised to say I absolutely loved this album

The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady

Charles Mingus

3/5

A harsh 3, possibly 4 on another listen

Pearl

Janis Joplin

3/5

I feel like I should be rating this higher but it just didn't hit me like I wanted it to

Black Holes and Revelations

Muse

3/5

Now I wanna go play baseball!

Fishscale

Ghostface Killah

4/5

Awesome production makes this album fly by even with it's hefty runtime

The ArchAndroid

Janelle Monáe

3/5

Starts with entertaining but after seeing 5 or 6 it really becomes a dated and difficult album to listen to

Heaux Tales

Jazmine Sullivan

4/5

Better on each listen and has something real to say. Shame the reviews are terrible just cause it's just cause it's not actually shit Beatles clone from the 70s

Tellin’ Stories

The Charlatans

2/5

Shite Oaais copycats

Parklife

Blur

3/5

Some absolute classics muddied by lots of filler

Chemtrails Over The Country Club

Lana Del Rey

1/5

Incredibly dull

Boy In Da Corner

Dizzee Rascal

3/5

A harsh 3 but a 3 nonetheless

Logical Progression

LTJ Bukem

2/5

I enjoyed this while listening but am certain I will never revisit it

Pretzel Logic

Steely Dan

3/5

Steely Dan continue their trend of writing a couple of the best songs I've ever heard and sprinkling them in-between a load of nothing

Faust IV

Faust

4/5

Surprised at how much I enjoyed this

The Genius Of Ray Charles

Ray Charles

4/5

Genius

Cosmo's Factory

Creedence Clearwater Revival

4/5

I see the light! And it's a romp!

Spy Vs. Spy: The Music Of Ornette Coleman

John Zorn

3/5

Enjoyed more than I thought and Jesus CHRIST the musical talent in display is crazy

Debut

Björk

3/5

Can't even think of a funny pun this album was just fine

Chore of Enchantment

Giant Sand

3/5

Teases you with a great first half but loses momentum and ends with a whimper

Moon Safari

Air

2/5

The loungiest of lounge jazz. Like living in a shit perfume ad

Go Girl Crazy

The Dictators

3/5

Massive fun with only a little quality

Highly Evolved

The Vines

2/5

Derivative, boring crap that I barely got through. But Homesick is one of the best songs on any album so far

Live At Leeds

The Who

3/5

Objectively good music just not my thing

Illinois

Sufjan Stevens

5/5

Sufjan Stevens you will always have my heart

Moss Side Story

Barry Adamson

3/5

Nice to have a go to album for Halloween now

Swordfishtrombones

Tom Waits

1/5

Every song is just sitting around waiting for him to shut the fuck up

Aqualung

Jethro Tull

3/5

Definitely good but didn't leave a big impact on me unfortunately

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness

The Smashing Pumpkins

4/5

For a two hour album this flies by. There's absolutely some fat to trim, but so much of the album is pure quality

#1 Record

Big Star

3/5

Nearly great but can't quite get over the line

Mothership Connection

Parliament

5/5

Iconic and infinitely listenable. Head bobbing grooves to make your soul dance

GREY Area

Little Simz

4/5

Awesome album. Beats go hard, bars are wicked. Iconic modern British music and every happy to see it on the list

Catch A Fire

Bob Marley & The Wailers

4/5

Like a cool breeze on a warm summer day, it's hard not to be in a good mood listening to this album

Arc Of A Diver

Steve Winwood

3/5

A bit of fun but not a whole lot of substance

Wish You Were Here

Pink Floyd

5/5

I get the hype now

Public Image: First Issue

Public Image Ltd.

1/5

What's the only thing worse than a bad album? A really fucking boring one

Let's Get Killed

David Holmes

4/5

Just a good fucking vibe

London Calling

The Clash

3/5

Sort of seeing between really really enjoying this and being really bored by it. Might have to revisit and re-evaluate

If I Should Fall From Grace With God

The Pogues

4/5

The vibes are insane the fun is too strong

Here's Little Richard

Little Richard

4/5

Good vibes all round and didn't overstay it's welcome

Manassas

Stephen Stills

3/5

Like a store bought Victoria sponge cake. Definitely not bad, and sometimes you get a bite with jam and cream and it's really good. But looking back once you've finished, it's nothing special

Hot Fuss

The Killers

4/5

This album had me in a chokehold in my mid teens, now it has me in a chokehold in my mid twenties. Life is good

The Man Machine

Kraftwerk

4/5

Pretty awesome to get to listen to an album and see the massive influence it had decades later

Merriweather Post Pavilion

Animal Collective

4/5

The White Album

Beatles

4/5

Feels so harsh giving this a 4 when it's packed with some of the best songs of all time. But alas, here we are

Adele

2/5

I feel so harsh rating this so low because she is undeniably and incredibly vocalist but I just found the whole thing unmemorable and a bit boring. Felt like I was waiting for it to end and by the time it did I had forgotten it all

Among The Living

Anthrax

4/5

Just a fun fucking time

Bandwagonesque

Teenage Fanclub

2/5

Quite unremarkable

Pink Moon

Nick Drake

4/5

Night Life

Ray Price

4/5

I've never wanted to go to the honkeytonk so badly

Shadowland

k.d. lang

2/5

Really struggled to get into this one

Channel Orange

Frank Ocean

3/5

Dust

Screaming Trees

3/5

Good but nothing special

Arular

M.I.A.

4/5

Feels extremely ahead of it's time for when it came out and still holds up well today

Foo Fighters

4/5

Common

4/5

Absolutely timeless, great vibes. Feels like the perfect thing as the season changes to spring. But what do I know? Not like I'm a mathematician or something

Can't Buy A Thrill

Steely Dan

4/5

Great vibes but heavily influenced by the fact it was one of the first sunny days of the year yesterday

I Am a Bird Now

Antony and the Johnsons

4/5

So beautiful it's hard to put into words, but definitely need to be in the right mood for it

Eliminator

ZZ Top

1/5

Thought this was gonna be fun but actually it just fucking sucked