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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Pelican West Haircut 100	5	2.96	+2.04
Golden Hour Kacey Musgraves	5	3.09	+1.91
Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1 George Michael	5	3.17	+1.83
Come Away With Me Norah Jones	5	3.38	+1.62
If You Can Believe Your Eyes & Ears The Mamas & The Papas	5	3.42	+1.58
Duck Rock Malcolm McLaren	4	2.65	+1.35
Brothers In Arms Dire Straits	5	3.74	+1.26
Da Capo Love	4	2.81	+1.19
Freak Out! The Mothers Of Invention	4	2.84	+1.16

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Raising Hell Run-D.M.C.	1	3.51	-2.51
Savane Ali Farka Touré	1	3.02	-2.02
Let It Bleed The Rolling Stones	2	3.83	-1.83
The Downward Spiral Nine Inch Nails	2	3.35	-1.35
Another Green World Brian Eno	2	3.12	-1.12

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My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

Kanye West

3/5

People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm

A Tribe Called Quest

4/5

Let It Bleed

The Rolling Stones

2/5

Rio

Duran Duran

3/5

Some good moments, but it mostly sounds like multiple iterations of the same idea. (The title track ten or so times).

Raising Hell

Run-D.M.C.

1/5

I didn’t get to the end of this one. It’s just too shouty for me.

Born To Run

Bruce Springsteen

3/5

The Boss is an artist I’ve always considered overrated. This was fine but not an album I’m likely to revisit.

Scissor Sisters

4/5

I’m glad I’ve finally given this a proper listen. I dismissed it at the time because of the awful Pink Floyd cover but the rest of the album is actually excellent. Return to Oz sounds more Floyd than the Floyd cover.

Southern Rock Opera

Drive-By Truckers

2/5

I like guitar based music in general but I couldn’t relate to this. Not terrible; just not for me.

Here's Little Richard

Little Richard

4/5

It’s great fun, and I’m conscious that it would’ve sounded revolutionary on release in the late 50’s. To my ear it all sounds quite samey (Rock n roll is literally a one chord progression genre), but there’s no denying its quality.

Debut

Björk

3/5

I’d never listened to this all the way through before. Bjork’s voice is, let’s say, an acquired taste, and isn’t really for me, but I love how varied the songs are stylistically.

Jack Takes the Floor

Ramblin' Jack Elliott

3/5

I can sum this up in three words. “Of its time.” It was fine, but I don’t need to hear it again.

Pelican West

Haircut 100

5/5

I really enjoyed this one! I’d previously heard the hits from it but never thought to seek out the album. It’s go so much groove and the musicianship is excellent!

Murmur

R.E.M.

3/5

I was expecting to love this, as it’s an album I’d not heard by a band I like, but it kind of passed me by. Pleasant but forgettable.

Duck Rock

Malcolm McLaren

4/5

This turned out to be nothing like what I expected from the Sex Pistols’ former manager. Great fun and all over the map stylistically.

Freak Out!

The Mothers Of Invention

4/5

Another album I expected to dislike but found really interesting. I’d never previously given Zappa any of my time. I’m not sure I’ll rush to revisit it but I enjoyed it.

Come Away With Me

Norah Jones

5/5

Superb record! Love her voice! Loved the album when it was first released, and still love it now.

Da Capo

Love

4/5

The only thing I’m really marking this down for is that the final track is nowhere near interesting enough to be that long.

Meat Puppets II

Meat Puppets

3/5

Musically it’s fun but I found the singer’s voice almost unlistenable.

If You Can Believe Your Eyes & Ears

The Mamas & The Papas

5/5

Really glad I gave this group a proper listen. The harmonies are extraordinary.

Savane

Ali Farka Touré

1/5

Just not for me. I couldn’t get through it.

The Idiot

Iggy Pop

3/5

Nevermind

Nirvana

4/5

Not an album I reach for often but it’s rightly considered a classic.

Tical

Method Man

2/5

Good for its genre, just not my cup of tea.

The Downward Spiral

Nine Inch Nails

2/5

Physical Graffiti

Led Zeppelin

3/5

I should love Zeppelin, but they leave me rather cold.

Another Green World

Brian Eno

2/5

Transformer

Lou Reed

4/5

I’d never listened to this one all the way through and only knew the hits. Glad I’ve changed that.

Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1

George Michael

5/5

Good grief, what a splendid album! Praying For Time is a masterpiece, and George’s version of They Won’t Go When I Go might be better than the original.

American Pie

Don McLean

4/5

Some absolute classics in here. A bit samey in places but the quality of his voice is undeniable.

The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill

Lauryn Hill

4/5

Brothers In Arms

Dire Straits

5/5

Stone cold classic!

Golden Hour

Kacey Musgraves

5/5

I absolutely loved this one. Really personal but relatable songs.

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector

Various Artists

4/5