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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Treasure Cocteau Twins	5	3.08	+1.92
Pornography The Cure	5	3.31	+1.69
Idlewild Everything But The Girl	4	2.58	+1.42
Hounds Of Love Kate Bush	5	3.61	+1.39
World Clique Deee-Lite	4	2.87	+1.13
Heavy Weather Weather Report	4	2.98	+1.02

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Imagine John Lennon	1	3.45	-2.45
Let It Bleed The Rolling Stones	2	3.82	-1.82
Live At The Regal B.B. King	2	3.67	-1.67
Five Leaves Left Nick Drake	2	3.46	-1.46
Zombie Fela Kuti	2	3.46	-1.46
This Year's Model Elvis Costello & The Attractions	2	3.32	-1.32
L'Eau Rouge The Young Gods	1	2.32	-1.32
The College Dropout Kanye West	2	3.31	-1.31
A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector Various Artists	2	3.3	-1.3
Being There Wilco	2	3.22	-1.22

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Let England Shake

PJ Harvey

4/5

First listen - vibe reminds me of Björk and Kate Bush at times. Several songs have been added to my playlist. I enjoyed this.

Power In Numbers

Jurassic 5

3/5

It's chill to listen to, although I didn't particularly connect with any songs per se. And the album was a tad too lengthy for me. But definitely not bad.

This Year's Model

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

2/5

Did not really click for me

Bossanova

Pixies

4/5

One or two missers, but the other songs I really enjoyed both truly listening and while playing in the background. Several playlist additions too.

The Dark Side Of The Moon

Pink Floyd

4/5

Nice listen, but I know they've got better stuff.

Paranoid

Black Sabbath

4/5

Classic.

Imagine

John Lennon

1/5

Verbal autofellatio, especially Jealous Guy was torture. For most of the album I just felt like he was feeling so good and smug for singing these lyrics. Left me with a bad taste in my mouth.

Time (The Revelator)

Gillian Welch

2/5

Gillian Welch has a charming voice. I especially enjoyed 'Revelator' and 'I Dream a Highway'. The lyricism on the latter specifically was beautiful. That being said, most of the album was just okay for me. I wouldn't mind hearing it somewhere, but I probably would not think to listen to it myself.

Five Leaves Left

Nick Drake

2/5

It was fine to listen to, but I didn"t connect to anything that much.

Zombie

Fela Kuti

2/5

A nice listen, I was surprised that I liked it more than I thought I would. I'm not really a jazzy person, but this was easy on the ears (for the most part) and brought a nice atmosphere. But I think I would only listen again under specific circumstances, and I'd be inclined to pick another album over this one. But by no means do I dislike this.

American IV: The Man Comes Around

Johnny Cash

4/5

Wonderful voice that brings the stories to life. I felt like I was being told a bedtime story at times, other times I was being swept away in a tale.

Hounds Of Love

Kate Bush

5/5

I adore this album. The songs are complex, engaging, and diverse, yet clearly belong together. Her voice is captivating as always.

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

Elton John

4/5

I think this review would be more fair if I had listened to it as the double album it originally is, because listening to every song in one long sequence makes the album feel too long. But the songs that hit, hit hard. Especially in the first half, because the second half was a bit weaker in my opinion. But 'Social Disease' picked it back up. And as I said, the songs that hit, hit hard. So I still want to give this album and mr John his credits. While the songs were swinging and groovy, there is a real emotional rawness behind it. I appreciate that.

Younger Than Yesterday

The Byrds

2/5

Songs mostly started promising, but tended to go off the rails in a way I couldn't grasp or appreciate. But the instrumentals outside of that were nice

Trafalgar

Bee Gees

2/5

This was so much nothing that I couldn't even actively feel something along the lines of hate, this album was just... there.

L'Eau Rouge

The Young Gods

1/5

The first song pretty much gave me an anxiety attack when I thought I'd listen to it on the train home, not an experience I'd recommend. What bothered me most throughout the entire album was the lead singer's voice. If it was sometimes used like this on certain lines to define them more or something like that, I would have preferred. But constantly listening to that voice, my god, I hated. I did like the ambience of the songs (except the first one because of the pure stress it triggered in me lol), but it was just ruined whenever he opened his mouth. So I'm giving one point for the instrumentals

Madman Across The Water

Elton John

3/5

Perfectly well to listen to. He sounded less raw in his lyricism compared to on Goodbye Yellow Brick Road though, so I automatically draw a comparison where GYBR comes out on top. Still, this is by no means bad.

Treasure

Cocteau Twins

5/5

Great atmosphere, beautifully haunting vocals and rich instrumentals. Couldn't ask for more

Being There

Wilco

2/5

There's probably a time when this album is nice to listen to, but now wasn't the time for me. It was a bit too long too much of the same too. Enjoyed some bits more than others, perfectly fine, but at the same time I don't think anything truly stood out to me while listening. And for those that know me, this would sometimes venture into 'gekwelde man' territory for me.

The Genius Of Ray Charles

Ray Charles

4/5

Beautiful compositions, the music transported me to a calmer place (especially on the latter part of the album). Great voice too.

Bandwagonesque

Teenage Fanclub

2/5

Some nice riffs, but overall didn't connect to it. Fine to listen to.

Ctrl

SZA

2/5

She has a very nice voice which I love to listen to. Unfortunately, R&B doesn't do it for me and sadly this did not change that.

The College Dropout

Kanye West

2/5

*sigh* He sucks ass, but I have to say this album was pretty fun with all the skits. Althought the repetition of the lyrics 'Eat yo' salad skip dessert' is a HARD no from me. No diet culture on my watch! I'm also all for not everyone /needing/ to go to college, but uh, I don't think this strongly of an anti-adademic message is what the world needs right now... Tip if you don't want to give him streams: listen to lyric videos on youtube or sth.

Surrealistic Pillow

Jefferson Airplane

3/5

Easily understandable why it was so influential. Grace Slick's vocals were more interesting by far; my ears would perk up every time she started singing.

Ghosteen

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

3/5

Listen, the instrumentals and soundscapes were PHENOMENAL. I adored those, but the vocals took me out of it a bit. I guess I wished the voice was more dreamy? And the lyrics were hit or miss too, one time I could appreciate the simple descriptiveness but other times it completely ruined the fantastical feeling.

Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols

Sex Pistols

4/5

Banger after banger tbh

Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots

The Flaming Lips

3/5

Fine listen, but the Yoshimi battling songs were a bit meh for me. Occasionally reminded me of Radiohead, in way where I'd feel like listening to them instead.

Palo Congo

Sabu

2/5

Some songs could've used more bongos

World Clique

Deee-Lite

4/5

This album was just so queer and fun, and so am I

Here's Little Richard

Little Richard

3/5

Waiting for the little /whoo/ after every sentence, and was never disappointed.

Rock 'N Soul

Solomon Burke

3/5

Great voice! His control and range are great too. Songs are nice and smooth, but overall lack variety. Do have to say, I prefer listening to this over Elvis.

Trio

Dolly Parton

3/5

Easy and enjoyable, and I looooooove me some Dolly Parton

The Modern Dance

Pere Ubu

2/5

He kind of sounds like a goat sometimes??

Low-Life

New Order

4/5

I love 80s post-punk, I love new wave, I love a darker atmosphere but something I can still dance to. This was great for me!

Shadowland

k.d. lang

2/5

I don't feel particularly fond of country, so when a song/album doesn't do anything except just bein' country, it's not for me. Sometimes it sounded Christmassy to me? (I Wish I Didn't Love You So), but I also don't harbor any special feelings for Christmas music so that didn't help this album's case either.

Heavy Weather

Weather Report

4/5

This was very fun! Very cinematic, cheery, just all around good vibes.

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector

Various Artists

2/5

I don't really care for Christmas music as it mostly doesn't do stuff outside of declaring it's Christmas

Live At The Regal

B.B. King

2/5

I'm not sure. I think this album shows a whole other side of blues, which is great. But I couldn't get past just thinking it sounded nice, instead of really connecting to it. Crowd also didn't add much for me.

Pornography

The Cure

5/5

Stripped

Christina Aguilera

3/5

It's a solid pop album, but therefore is not really special to me.

Raising Hell

Run-D.M.C.

4/5

Super catchy, great fun, especially the first four songs in sequence gave off such a vibrant energy.

Modern Life Is Rubbish

Blur

4/5

Don't think any album title has ever conveyed so perfectly how I feel about the current state of the world

Let It Bleed

The Rolling Stones

2/5

There's two famous songs on here but everything in between them falls flat on its face.

Now I Got Worry

The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion

2/5

I don't think it was downright unlistenable, but I do think it was trying to achieve something that it never did.

Idlewild

Everything But The Girl

4/5

Made me feel good and inspired

A Nod Is As Good As A Wink To A Blind Horse

Faces

3/5

Perfectly fine

Blackstar

David Bowie

3/5

There's just something about albums that provide an experimental commentary on mortality

If You're Feeling Sinister

Belle & Sebastian

2/5

I decided to listen to this specifically when I was feeling sinister, but apparently that just means I need to see a minister or listen to bland ass unsinister music.