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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Vespertine Björk	5	3.18	+1.82
GREY Area Little Simz	5	3.24	+1.76
System Of A Down System Of A Down	5	3.27	+1.73
Debut Björk	5	3.38	+1.62
Fleet Foxes Fleet Foxes	5	3.43	+1.57
Sign 'O' The Times Prince	5	3.45	+1.55
Dirt Alice In Chains	5	3.46	+1.54
Bookends Simon & Garfunkel	5	3.55	+1.45
Darkdancer Les Rythmes Digitales	4	2.59	+1.41
good kid, m.A.A.d city Kendrick Lamar	5	3.64	+1.36

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Bayou Country Creedence Clearwater Revival	1	3.64	-2.64
Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music Ray Charles	1	3.5	-2.5
Green Onions Booker T. & The MG's	1	3.39	-2.39
Back At The Chicken Shack Jimmy Smith	1	3.38	-2.38
Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire) The Kinks	1	3.38	-2.38
Sunday At The Village Vanguard Bill Evans Trio	1	3.31	-2.31
Searching For The Young Soul Rebels Dexys Midnight Runners	1	3	-2
More Specials The Specials	1	2.95	-1.95
Supa Dupa Fly Missy Elliott	1	2.92	-1.92
Slayed? Slade	1	2.87	-1.87

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Artist	Albums	Average
Prince	2	5
Björk	2	5
Pink Floyd	2	5

5-Star Albums (17)

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Popular Reviews

Talvin Singh · 1 likes

2/5

Liked the genre blending but ultimately thought it was too long and did trail off at points, decent

Superfly

Curtis Mayfield · 1 likes

3/5

Really fun soundtrack, proper sleezy in a good way

GREY Area

Little Simz · 1 likes

5/5

Loved it, especially how forward in the mix the guitars and bass are for a rap album

A Hard Day's Night

Beatles · 1 likes

3/5

Enjoyable but more of a relic of a time before the band started doing more interesting things instrumentally

Fragile

Yes · 1 likes

3/5

Bit over technical for its own good but enjoyed it

1-Star Albums (12)

Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music

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

All Ratings

Sign 'O' The Times

Prince

5/5

Ill Communication

Beastie Boys

2/5

Sabotage aside easily the less of the two other Beastie Boys albums on this list

Bridge Over Troubled Water

Simon & Garfunkel

3/5

Enjoyed this but thought it was quite front loaded. Cecilia was the best track IMO

Dirt

Alice In Chains

5/5

A 4.7 but let’s be generous. Riffs for days and really liked Layne’s pained vocals. Bit of a somewhat overlooked grunge gem

Coat Of Many Colors

Dolly Parton

2/5

I liked some of the storytelling but the instrumentals felt too samey and bland

Want One

Rufus Wainwright

3/5

Went into this with no knowledge of the artist at all. Enjoyed this, especially when it went full bends era Radiohead on Go or Go Ahead

Doolittle

Pixies

5/5

Front loaded but goes toe to toe with the other big hitter grunge records from that time

War

4/5

Never attached listened to U2 properly just had a lot of questionable feelings about anyone who would call themselves “the edge” but this was a pleasant surprise. Nice post punk twang mixed with more contemporary stadium rock vocals. Favourite track: New Years Day

Songs Of Love And Hate

Leonard Cohen

4/5

Really liked the dark vibes, reminded me of the acoustic mid era Swans output

Surfer Rosa

Pixies

4/5

If Dolittle is their Nevermind, this is their bleach

Logical Progression

LTJ Bukem

2/5

Enjoyable in the background, it’s no Aphex Twin or Boards of Canada but I’d probably put it on again

Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea

PJ Harvey

4/5

Really enjoyed this, thom yorke guest vocals a nice touch

A Hard Day's Night

Beatles

3/5

Enjoyable but more of a relic of a time before the band started doing more interesting things instrumentally

Vespertine

Björk

5/5

Incredible production on this

GREY Area

Little Simz

5/5

Loved it, especially how forward in the mix the guitars and bass are for a rap album

The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill

Lauryn Hill

2/5

It’s not bad bad but it’s always in these sorts of lists and I’ve never really got what the hype was

Kind Of Blue

Miles Davis

3/5

Licensed To Ill

Beastie Boys

3/5

Copying from my other account, this is the best of the three beastie boys accounts on this list, Fight for your right easily being there best song

Moondance

Van Morrison

3/5

Enjoyable, feel like I’d actually heard more of this passively before that I thought I had going into it

The Blueprint

JAY Z

2/5

Some bops on this for sure but didn’t really see the hype for the most part

Back to Mystery City

Hanoi Rocks

2/5

Some fun moments of glam excess but not really essential listening

A Night At The Opera

Queen

3/5

Some bangers on here, even the most overplayed song of all time is still quite charming in the context of the full thing

(What's The Story) Morning Glory

Oasis

3/5

Step down from the walls of sound in the first album and I never need to hear supernova or wonderwall ever again but there’s some bangers on the tracklist

Face to Face

The Kinks

3/5

3 Beatle-ish smooth fun. Sunny afternoon and Party lane are complete bangers

System Of A Down

5/5

GOATed

Twelve Dreams Of Dr. Sardonicus

Spirit

3/5

Had no context to these guys, enjoyed it! Quite a varied bit of classic rock

Buena Vista Social Club

3/5

Superunknown

Soundgarden

4/5

Really like the riffs on this one

Too Rye Ay

Dexys Midnight Runners

3/5

Never need to hear come on Eileen ever ever again… yet it was cool to hear it in context. His vocals really remind me of Robert Smith. Good pop rock

Groovin'

The Young Rascals

4/5

Yes it’s quite an unoriginal record label reply to the Beatles, nevertheless thought there were some great tunes on this and really liked the drum sound. Great

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector

Various Artists

4/5

Dusty In Memphis

Dusty Springfield

3/5

Strong 3, fell off abit in the middle but enjoyed the vocals and range of themes. Clocking that Cypress Hill had sampled the start of preacher man was abit jarring…

Out Of The Blue

Electric Light Orchestra

2/5

Reviewing from a rammed aircoach in Baltic -2 Dublin which has probably influenced the score abit here but outside of a few stand out tracks “Birmingham Blues, Jungle and Sweet is the night” I found this is pretty tedious, over long and vocally poor. A light 2

Teenage Head

Flamin' Groovies

2/5

Quite unoriginal but not awful, some of the guitar tones were quite nice

Guitar Town

Steve Earle

2/5

Slayed?

Slade

1/5

These vocals are like chalk and cheese. It worked on the Christmas song. It falls firmly flat on its face here

The Stone Roses

5/5

The guitar tone on this is just gorgeous. Five stars

Back At The Chicken Shack

Jimmy Smith

1/5

C'est Chic

CHIC

2/5

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

David Bowie

3/5

Very good but I thought I’d like it more than I did. Heroes tops this quite firmly, found the instrumentals quite dull and basic at points. Suffragette City was my favourite track

OK Computer

Radiohead

5/5

Instant five no notes, okay some notes: this is easily there most consistently brilliant album, there are moments on the bends and in rainbows that individually top this, and even some of the modern stuff… really love “burn the witch” from moon shaped pool and “spectre” their go at a bond theme… but this is lots of things, but most of all it’s consistent

Rubber Soul

Beatles

4/5

Some of their best tracks (Norwegian Wood) and the first great album from them

A Rush Of Blood To The Head

Coldplay

4/5

Coldplay are overrated IMHO, this has some total bangers on it

Nowhere

Ride

4/5

Loved it, big fan of shoegaze and whilst others would go on to top this it was really cool to get around to listening to one of the first albums in the genre

Germs

3/5

Supa Dupa Fly

Missy Elliott

1/5

Not awful, awful but tediously long and instrumentally bland. A strong 1 star

Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots

The Flaming Lips

4/5

I want to keep consistency between my other account so I’ll keep it at a 4.. but it’s really a 4.5, love how whimsical this record is

Fleet Foxes

5/5

Some of the most gorgeous vocal performances put to record, such a strong album

Rust In Peace

Megadeth

4/5

A great time all round

Deep Purple In Rock

Deep Purple

4/5

Good chemistry between the drummer and the synths

Something/Anything?

Todd Rundgren

2/5

There isn’t a double album in existence that justifies its length, and this certainly didnt change that

In Utero

Nirvana

5/5

Incredibly dark yet not even in their top two best..

The Wildest!

Louis Prima

3/5

Liked his energy and storytelling

Go Girl Crazy

The Dictators

2/5

Liked the glampunk instrumentals… lyrically……. Urmm “dated”

Scott 4

Scott Walker

4/5

It’s no Scott 2 but it’s still pretty bloody great

Rum Sodomy & The Lash

The Pogues

3/5

Enjoyed the storytelling , especially on the second half

Fragile

Yes

3/5

Bit over technical for its own good but enjoyed it

good kid, m.A.A.d city

Kendrick Lamar

5/5

Kendrick’s no stranger to incredible output but GKMC is a step above the rest. The consistency of insane production, lyricism and vibes perfect combo with a 100% hit rate roaster of features (yes, even drake) and top tier storytelling. Perfect

Sunday At The Village Vanguard

Bill Evans Trio

1/5

Impressively boring zzz

Searching For The Young Soul Rebels

Dexys Midnight Runners

1/5

Awful vocals

Close To The Edge

Yes

4/5

I’m very hit or miss with prog. This is a hit

Debut

Björk

5/5

What a Bjanger. Didn’t expected this to be as dance-focused as it was. She really did just start her output as Bjork great and just get greater…

Born To Run

Bruce Springsteen

4/5

First half of this was decent but not great, everything born to run onwards is top tier stuff though

Parachutes

Coldplay

3/5

It’s abit wishy washy at points but the debut Coldplay id call solidly “good”. Trouble being the stand-out track

Golden Hour

Kacey Musgraves

4/5

This took me my surprise, great collection of pop folk with clear and creative lyrics that lean country in a tongue in cheek way. Great album

Trout Mask Replica

Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band

3/5

Too long but love how weird it is

Bayou Country

Creedence Clearwater Revival

1/5

Lackluster, some of the soloing was cool with the first and last track being the highlights… but god do I loathe proud marry as a song

Horses

Patti Smith

3/5

Loved the vibes and lyricism but found the instrumentals quite bland. Gloria was the easy highlight

The Madcap Laughs

Syd Barrett

3/5

The back story here is more interesting than the end result but there still ends up being some moments on here. Feels abit proto libertines in its ramshackle-ness

Ingenue

k.d. lang

3/5

Was very impressed by the range of instrumentation and she’s got a nice voice. The songs are so-so, but I’d call it good overall

Sulk

The Associates

3/5

Proper yuppie stuff this, reminds me of dead or alive, vocals abit iffy in places but it grew on me as it went on

I Should Coco

Supergrass

3/5

Watched there glasto set on the bbc and thought it was incredibly boring but the album itself, solidly good stuff, best stuff is the reprisal of stranger ones throughout.

Born In The U.S.A.

Bruce Springsteen

4/5

The boss at the height of his powers, the bangers, bang and the whole thing is just very consistently high bar

Os Mutantes

2/5

Pearl

Janis Joplin

3/5

Strong vocal performance, so so songwriting though some real highlights

Life's Too Good

The Sugarcubes

4/5

Loved it, Bjork’s killer vocals combined really nicely with the more traditional post punk monotone of the male vocalist, the songs were varied and constantly interesting. Great album

Blue Lines

Massive Attack

3/5

Good and solid but I’d always pick mezzanine over this if I wanted to listen to some massive attack

1984

Van Halen

3/5

“Dumb” bombastic and overblown yet extremely technical this is a lot of things, but mainly it’s fun

Oracular Spectacular

MGMT

4/5

The 3 track that’s elevate this are the obvious stand outs and to be honest that isn’t helped by the track ordering but there’s some hidden gems outside of singles to be enjoyed here too. Pretty great album, would have been an outstanding ep

White Light

Gene Clark

3/5

Enjoyed this, felt a lot like something Neil Young might have recorded around the time he was making Harvest Moon

Frank

Amy Winehouse

2/5

It’s better than Back in Black but my general thoughts on Winehouse’s music is it’s the equivalent of driving a Ferrari down the road to Tesco. Golden plated vocals without the songs to really back them up as impressive as they are

Catch A Fire

Bob Marley & The Wailers

2/5

I didn’t connect with this much to be honest but there were some interesting moments

Bookends

Simon & Garfunkel

5/5

Floored by this, the creative production, the story telling but most importantly the bangers… outstanding. Lovely stuff

Talvin Singh

2/5

Liked the genre blending but ultimately thought it was too long and did trail off at points, decent

Elastica

3/5

Solid and deeply 90s. Connections is a banger for sure

A Short Album About Love

The Divine Comedy

3/5

Scott walker without the edge, that said I did enjoy this a good amount there are some lovely all be it cheesy passages and the instrumentals are sufficiently swiping

Wish You Were Here

Pink Floyd

5/5

Crazy good, it’s an over used term but this is very much lynchian, complete fever dream of an album. All timer

A Girl Called Dusty

Dusty Springfield

2/5

Bit sauceless but well performed

Deloused in the Comatorium

The Mars Volta

4/5

This really took it time with me, had listened a while back and dispute loving loads of the post-hardcore that it went on to influence I just didn’t get it, but as times gone on the vocals have clicked and with that the rest of the pieces of the puzzle fall into place, blissful chaos

The Sensational Alex Harvey Band

1/5

Rubbish

Third

Soft Machine

3/5

Worts and all this feels proper king crimson, there’s some nice ritualistic drone passages, some really interesting solo-ing on the first half but it does feel abit too Moonchild at points and the vocals are weak. Good overall

Let It Bleed

The Rolling Stones

3/5

Some bangers on here for sure, solidly good

The Velvet Underground & Nico

The Velvet Underground

2/5

Venus in furs aside this didn’t really do loads for me. I appreciate it was very ahead of its time but If this is proto-punk it’s also proto-great songs. Lou reed has his…magic moments… but IMO isn’t this one of them

Drunk

Thundercat

3/5

In a word..”smooth”

Darkdancer

Les Rythmes Digitales

4/5

Had never heard of this but then I read the bloke (who is called start and from reading….) wrote a load of Confessions on the Dancefloor and that made a lot of sense because this is full of BOOPS

The Visitors

ABBA

2/5

Not bad by any means but it makes sense this the last album as a lot of the sparks clearly gone at this point

Franz Ferdinand

4/5

Has more than just the one ten out of ten banger on it, the self titled Franz Ferdinand is equal parts angular and danceable. Great album +: The Dark of the Martinee

Hounds Of Love

Kate Bush

4/5

Very strong, preferred the more experimental second half

Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music

Ray Charles

1/5

Liked the energy on the earlier tracks but really not my thing. Okay for what it was but did feel myself watching the clock

Daydream Nation

Sonic Youth

4/5

Epic noise, really strong album that ends on a bang

Brothers In Arms

Dire Straits

4/5

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

The Kinks

1/5

Thought this was super mid, had none of the charm of Face to Face. Very gcse drama vibes to its narrative

Jagged Little Pill

Alanis Morissette

4/5

It’s considered a classic for a reason. Alt rock cornerstone with strong pop senseabilities . Alanis walked so Paramore, Olivia Rodrigo etc could run. (Think all three are great) Other than that only other thought is head over feet really *really* sounds like Today by The Smashing Pumpkins +: Mary Jane

Live!

Fela Kuti

3/5

Good fun this, the drum solo at the end goes crazy hard

Rage Against The Machine

5/5

Abit on the nose a points…? No, it just slaps you in the face and demands your focus. Everyone is on top from here, Zach’s pained screams, Tom’s riff. No skips, total rager, perfect 10

Machine Gun Etiquette

The Damned

3/5

Solid punk album, nuff said

Green Onions

Booker T. & The MG's

1/5

The biggest sin here is the fade outs, the lack of proper endings to the songs makes it hard to shake off the vibe you are listening to essential and dressed up collection of loading screen music

The White Album

Beatles

4/5

Some incredible material on here (Helter Skelter and Piggies being my favourite here) but this is also the textbook example of record that didn’t need to be a live album. Would have been up there with Abby road with a more robust editing process….

Blackstar

David Bowie

4/5

Bowie’s swansong is less about bangers and more about one last little push towards the bleeding edge. Really enjoyed it

Architecture And Morality

Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark

4/5

Really pushed the boundaries of what you could do with a synth at the time. Enjoyed this a lot

Steve McQueen

Prefab Sprout

4/5

Really liked this, like a proto-1975

At Fillmore East

The Allman Brothers Band

2/5

Audio equivalent of giving yourself a pat on the back, very technically impressive but as a collection of songs… decent at best

The Dark Side Of The Moon

Pink Floyd

5/5

Dark side is the wall’s antithesis, it rejects bloat and narrative shoehorning in favour of a tight, direct and purposeful tracklist of a prog all timers

Superfly

Curtis Mayfield

3/5

Really fun soundtrack, proper sleezy in a good way

Back to Basics

Christina Aguilera

1/5

Teenager Of The Year

Frank Black

3/5

American Idiot

Green Day