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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Different Class Pulp	5	3.42	+1.58
Franz Ferdinand Franz Ferdinand	5	3.57	+1.43
Master Of Puppets Metallica	5	3.72	+1.28
Southern Rock Opera Drive-By Truckers	4	2.81	+1.19
Tapestry Carole King	5	3.91	+1.09

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Rumours Fleetwood Mac	2	4.45	-2.45
In The Wee Small Hours Frank Sinatra	1	3.27	-2.27
Close To The Edge Yes	1	3.2	-2.2
Get Rich Or Die Tryin' 50 Cent	1	3.07	-2.07
Highly Evolved The Vines	1	3.03	-2.03
Back To Black Amy Winehouse	2	4.02	-2.02
Want One Rufus Wainwright	1	2.91	-1.91
Time Out The Dave Brubeck Quartet	2	3.83	-1.83
Night Life Ray Price	1	2.8	-1.8
Buena Vista Social Club Buena Vista Social Club	2	3.67	-1.67

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Rumours

Fleetwood Mac · 1 likes

2/5

Go your own way and chain are good, plus the mixed male and female vocals are nice, but otherwise a pretty dull album.

1-Star Albums (7)

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At Budokan

Cheap Trick

3/5

Surrender still seems like the standout track.

Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)

Wu-Tang Clan

3/5

Illinois

Sufjan Stevens

3/5

Seems like it would have lots of depth on repeated listens.

A Night At The Opera

Queen

4/5

Eccentric, fun, excellent.

Odessey And Oracle

The Zombies

2/5

Ok sixties record. Nothing particularly stood out.

Tapestry

Carole King

5/5

Really excellent. Sounds like an intimate conversation with a close friend on a Sunday afternoon.

Funeral

Arcade Fire

3/5

Some good tracks, but never quite matched the hype.

Greetings From L.A.

Tim Buckley

2/5

Nothing remarkable.

Vento De Maio

Elis Regina

2/5

I'm sure it's great, I just can't seem to get into Latin Jazz.

Revolver

Beatles

3/5

Good album, but not magic for me.

Dummy

Portishead

4/5

Very good, one I've always heard of, but never listened all the way through before.

The Marshall Mathers LP

Eminem

2/5

Not really my thing.

In The Wee Small Hours

Frank Sinatra

1/5

So dull.

Locust Abortion Technician

Butthole Surfers

2/5

A bit too confused and erratic for me.

...And Justice For All

Metallica

3/5

Not really a bad album, just nowhere near as good as the previous two, and the mix is awful.

Time Out

The Dave Brubeck Quartet

2/5

Take Five I already knew, as the intro music to Secret Life of Machines. Don't think instrumental jazz is that interesting for me.

At Fillmore East

The Allman Brothers Band

3/5

Ok rock album, but the longer jam sessions make it feel unfocused to me.

Bridge Over Troubled Water

Simon & Garfunkel

4/5

Already knew it from long ago, and a nice folk album with familiar classics.

The Fat Of The Land

The Prodigy

3/5

I remember the excitement of it coming out, but I didn't really get it then, and not sure I do now.

Sticky Fingers

The Rolling Stones

3/5

Good, now seems very straightforward Rock'n'Roll.

Who's Next

The Who

3/5

More varied than I'd imagined for a 'straight up' rock album, generally good, but not amazing.

Led Zeppelin IV

Led Zeppelin

5/5

Excellent album, and one of my favourites from Led Zeppelin.

Let England Shake

PJ Harvey

4/5

Very good, always heard about it, but never listened intently before. Some of the vocals/guitar are a bit piercing and atonal. But I guess that's part of the theme.

Miriam Makeba

3/5

Was good, probably doesn't sound as groundbreaking now to a western audience as it did on release.

Rumours

Fleetwood Mac

2/5

Go your own way and chain are good, plus the mixed male and female vocals are nice, but otherwise a pretty dull album.

The Yes Album

Yes

2/5

Prog still isn't my thing, too many things happening at once, doesn't feel like there's a real cohesive song anywhere. The Clap was interesting though, as a single guitar piece.

Talking With the Taxman About Poetry

Billy Bragg

3/5

Seems good, didn't listen to all of it.

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

David Bowie

3/5

Seems good, quite mixed, doesn't feel revolutionary to me, but I wasn't there at the time.

Real Life

Magazine

3/5

Didn't have a long listen, seemed interesting, but sounded uncomfortable at times.

Smash

The Offspring

4/5

Excellent pop-punk album.

Guero

Beck

3/5

Was fine, interesting in places, but not amazing.

1977

Ash

4/5

Classic punk rock from my youth.

Protection

Massive Attack

3/5

Nice.

Django Django

3/5

Seems like a smart album, didn't hit me immediately (already listened to it in the past), but think it would reward effort.

The Stranger

Billy Joel

3/5

Was nice.

KIWANUKA

Michael Kiwanuka

3/5

Nice, but didn't grab me. Deserves more listens.

Chelsea Girl

Nico

2/5

Ok. But her voice is still annoying.

Dirty

Sonic Youth

3/5

Was fine. Youth against Fascism was the best track, good bass.

Shaft

Isaac Hayes

3/5

It's a good time.

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

Arctic Monkeys

3/5

Should be a dead cert, but it's only ok, and doesn't click.

That's The Way Of The World

Earth, Wind & Fire

3/5

Excellent funk album.

Will The Circle Be Unbroken

Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

2/5

I guess I'm just not that into country.

Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme

Simon & Garfunkel

3/5

Some classic modern folk songs.

Fishscale

Ghostface Killah

3/5

Was fine, didn't have much chance to listen in detail.

Led Zeppelin

3/5

Good, but they got better and more interesting later.

Siembra

Willie Colón & Rubén Blades

2/5

Latin is not really a genre I gel with, even if I can hear the skill and style in the playing.

Catch A Fire

Bob Marley & The Wailers

3/5

Good, felt a little short somehow.

1999

Prince

3/5

Hadn't realised how much it used programmed drums, or how really horny it is.

Kick Out The Jams (Live)

MC5

3/5

Classic live punk/rock album. Pretty good, interesting hype man at the beginning.

The Velvet Underground

2/5

It's fine. I guess an album that was somehow more daring at the time?

Automatic For The People

R.E.M.

4/5

Really excellent, feels like a proper complete album.

Pornography

The Cure

2/5

Too messy, loose and vague and didn't really stick.

Everything Must Go

Manic Street Preachers

3/5

Ok album, but always felt the Manics were more of a singles band and have never really 'got into' their albums.

War

4/5

80s U2 is good U2. Great album with urgency and catchy songs, also great drums.

In Utero

Nirvana

3/5

Good album, but always felt like them perhaps trying to be awkward compared to Nevermind as an over reaction and perhaps not doing what they really wanted.

Foo Fighters

3/5

Reasonable rock album, very good for a debut.

Master Of Puppets

Metallica

5/5

My definition of thrash metal, and probably metal. Awesome.

Fly Or Die

N.E.R.D

3/5

I remember a house mate loving this album when it came out. Pretty good, but still not clicked.

Bummed

Happy Mondays

2/5

Ok. Nothing really stood out though.

Buena Vista Social Club

2/5

Heard it before, and didn't get it then either.

Paranoid

Black Sabbath

4/5

Probably my favourite Black Sabbath album.

Step In The Arena

Gang Starr

4/5

Really good.

The ArchAndroid

Janelle Monáe

3/5

Remember it coming out and still great.

Elvis Presley

2/5

Classic rock'n'roll I guess. Seems ok, guitar seems out of tune in some places.

Music for the Masses

Depeche Mode

3/5

Fine, very 80s.

Physical Graffiti

Led Zeppelin

4/5

Excellent, one of my favourites.

New Gold Dream (81/82/83/84)

Simple Minds

2/5

Not sure I get it.

Get Rich Or Die Tryin'

50 Cent

1/5

Not a fan. Probably clever, but I think it comes across as too matcho in a way I don't particularly like.

Queen Of Denmark

John Grant

3/5

Seemed fine, but couldn't give it a really good listen.

All Directions

The Temptations

3/5

Nice.

Hail To the Thief

Radiohead

2/5

I normally like Radiohead, but this is pretty meh.

School's Out

Alice Cooper

3/5

Good, surprisingly interesting bass parts.

Halcyon Digest

Deerhunter

2/5

Didn't really feel it.

Vulnicura

Björk

2/5

Too empty and husky for me.

At Newport 1960

Muddy Waters

4/5

Excellent.

Machine Head

Deep Purple

4/5

Good heavy Rock Classic.

Night Life

Ray Price

1/5

Kind of soppy country I can't get into.

Highway to Hell

AC/DC

4/5

It's a classic for a reason.

Hounds Of Love

Kate Bush

4/5

Great in places, but then also a bit too obtuse in others.

Sweet Baby James

James Taylor

2/5

Didn't seem remarkable to me.

Close To The Edge

Yes

1/5

This is the worst kind of prog.

Back To Black

Amy Winehouse

2/5

Good, but never really struck me as remarkable somehow.

Led Zeppelin II

Led Zeppelin

3/5

Not my favourite Led Zeppelin album, but still good.

Morrison Hotel

The Doors

2/5

Fine, but not really remarkable.

O.G. Original Gangster

Ice T

3/5

A classic, but not so much my thing.

Melody A.M.

Röyksopp

3/5

It's not bad, but think it's really held up by one song.

Mask

Bauhaus

3/5

Interesting, not heard it before, felt a bit erratic in places, but would like to come back to it.

Achtung Baby

2/5

So not quite as bad as I remembered, but still not very remarkable.

Live!

Fela Kuti

3/5

The whole album wasn't available, but the songs I could hear were interesting.

Joan Armatrading

4/5

I knew one song already, but a really great album.

Melodrama

Lorde

2/5

Started well with Green Light, but then seemed to fall into this standard husky voiced dance-lite style that's been popular in the later 2010s and leaves me super uninterested.

Southern Rock Opera

Drive-By Truckers

4/5

Pretty good, and an interesting story.

Red Headed Stranger

Willie Nelson

2/5

Not my thing.

Planet Rock: The Album

Afrika Bambaataa

3/5

Classic

Blue

Joni Mitchell

3/5

It's good, but doesn't hit me as the amazing classic everyone says.

Jagged Little Pill

Alanis Morissette

4/5

So 90s.

Trans Europe Express

Kraftwerk

3/5

Feels very sparse now, but impressive for the time.

Eternally Yours

The Saints

4/5

Excellent punk album, but with some more interesting twists.

Roxy Music

3/5

Some very good, but also some very odd with an very annoying singing voice that I don't get on with.

Different Class

Pulp

5/5

Amazing album. A great study of what living means, even if you're poor (or at least average), brilliantly done, with songs you can dance to.

Electric Ladyland

Jimi Hendrix

4/5

Very good, even if at times it feels more like very impressive noodling than a song.

Want One

Rufus Wainwright

1/5

Sounds lush and just way too much and over the top. The actual core of the songs feels hollow or missing. I found it hard to finish.

Seventh Tree

Goldfrapp

4/5

A&E is still the best track, generally a great album you can get lost in.

Fuzzy Logic

Super Furry Animals

3/5

Was fine.

Strangeways, Here We Come

The Smiths

3/5

Good.

Madman Across The Water

Elton John

3/5

Fine, not really an Elton John fan.

Highly Evolved

The Vines

1/5

Mediocre at best. Widely over hyped at the time, no idea why it's on this list.

John Barleycorn Must Die

Traffic

2/5

It was fine. A couple of listens didn't really leave any strong impression though.

Space Ritual

Hawkwind

2/5

Is ok, but meandering live psychedelic rock isn't really something that captures my imagination.

Mothership Connection

Parliament

3/5

Very funky. If I'm in the right mood that's great, otherwise it can be a bit much.

Bat Out Of Hell

Meat Loaf

3/5

Certainly epic.

Germfree Adolescents

X-Ray Spex

4/5

Awesome punk, with lots of extra variety.

Transformer

Lou Reed

3/5

Good album, but never quite understood why it was considered so great.

Five Leaves Left

Nick Drake

2/5

I've tri s Nick Drake before, and not felt the magic. It sounds super washed out and distant, and so it feels too.

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

Beatles

5/5

Excellent, even if some songs could probably have been skipped.

Under Construction

Missy Elliott

3/5

Emotionally and technically great.

The Lexicon Of Love

ABC

2/5

So 80s. Bit saccharine, and didn't really click.

Franz Ferdinand

5/5

Excellent mid-2000s Indie Disco, a lot of fun.

Pretzel Logic

Steely Dan

3/5

Definitely at the musically technical end of rock, even if it doesn't drift into prog. Ok to listen to on a first go.

Idlewild

Everything But The Girl

1/5

Boring slow 80s synthy nothing.