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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Music From The Penguin Cafe Penguin Cafe Orchestra	5	3.01	+1.99
Live At The Regal B.B. King	5	3.67	+1.33
Appetite For Destruction Guns N' Roses	5	3.72	+1.28
Millions Now Living Will Never Die Tortoise	4	2.89	+1.11

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
KIWANUKA Michael Kiwanuka	1	3.74	-2.74
Green Onions Booker T. & The MG's	1	3.4	-2.4
Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde The Pharcyde	1	3.13	-2.13
Vento De Maio Elis Regina	1	3.01	-2.01
Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret Soft Cell	1	2.87	-1.87
I’m a Lonesome Fugitive Merle Haggard	1	2.86	-1.86
Nick Of Time Bonnie Raitt	1	2.84	-1.84
Is This It The Strokes	2	3.81	-1.81
Back to Mystery City Hanoi Rocks	1	2.68	-1.68
In A Silent Way Miles Davis	2	3.61	-1.61

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Meat Is Murder

The Smiths · 1 likes

3/5

Better than expected, second Smith's album I've done. You can here the guitar references in modern UK indie, the lyrics are good and some of the songs are deeper and more challenging than on the previous album I heard.

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Led Zeppelin IV

Led Zeppelin

3/5

Some killer tracks, a lot of filler. It starts incredibly strongly but is dragged down with the folly elements and feels a mess. The second half for the album is weak, in my opinion, songs 5, 6, and 7 just dull.

Odessey And Oracle

The Zombies

2/5

It's not got anything that really catches and holds my attention. I can hear the influence it's had on popular English music, but that alone doesn't interest me.

Paul's Boutique

Beastie Boys

4/5

Good eclectic mix of samples, lots of shouting vocals and funky riffs. Some good humour, this was a lot more enjoyable than expected. I'd never heard this stuff at all, and will be listening again and possibly deep diving into more of their material properly

Time Out

The Dave Brubeck Quartet

3/5

Loads of relaxing, slow paced tunes. So much room in the mix for things to breath it's beautiful. It always feels weird listening to music like this without vocals, it's more background music or a soundtrack to life rather than something I can see me cranking on the good stereo for a focussed listen

I’m a Lonesome Fugitive

Merle Haggard

1/5

Like a poor man's Johnny Cash.

Medúlla

Björk

2/5

Odd for odd sake.

Gris Gris

Dr. John

2/5

Very poorly mixed, some odd stuff going on that isn't really working for me. Vocals strained. Instruments are really lacking in power and it never really gets going.

3 + 3

The Isley Brothers

2/5

It's funky, sure, but has it aged well - no. It doesn't have as many hooks as some other music of this genre for me to get my toe tapping. Middle of the road.

Blonde On Blonde

Bob Dylan

2/5

Bloody dull. Sorry.

At San Quentin

Johnny Cash

3/5

Sprightly, shame the cussing is bleeped as I feel it will be more authentic. The man had some attitude and front on him, fun to hear.

Live At The Regal

B.B. King

5/5

So good, this is really enjoyable stuff. After Johnny Cash, this is right up there but higher standard of music underpinning the lyrics. Even better singing than Cash.

Cypress Hill

3/5

It was alright, I prefer Sublime if I'm going to listen to this type of music

Lady Soul

Aretha Franklin

3/5

Sweeping vocals, punchy and fun. They don't make them like this anymore

Strangeways, Here We Come

The Smiths

2/5

Very wishy washy. It had no bite, lacked fun too.

Kimono My House

Sparks

3/5

Very bright pitched album, I can hear queen influences. I don't like the singing but some of the guitar is ace.

Nick Of Time

Bonnie Raitt

1/5

Fuck that

One World

John Martyn

2/5

Really odd voice, low in the mix and lacking in substance. Some good technical playing, but not really for me.

Heroes

David Bowie

3/5

Some good tunes, let down by poor singing and over indulgence in the last few songs.

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector

Various Artists

3/5

Rock solid Christmas album. Seasonal and fun. Great powerful production given the era.

The Bends

Radiohead

4/5

Top album, fake plastic trees and street spirit are absolutely brilliant. Some class tunes that pointed to a more experimental future for the band

Is This It

The Strokes

2/5

Very tinny, awkward sounding album. Similar sounding songs played over multiple times, avoid.

Back to Mystery City

Hanoi Rocks

1/5

Three songs was too much, travesty on the ears.

Hybrid Theory

Linkin Park

2/5

Punchy recording, detailed mix with some brilliant highest and lows. Strong singing, fun rapping and simple song structures mean these are ear worms. Metal for idiots

Deep Purple In Rock

Deep Purple

4/5

Child in time is amazing. Speed king is an awesome start to the album. Some indulgence in the keyboard and vocals, but with the skill to back it up. Not as many iconic tracks as I would have expected, but it's a solid rock album

Endtroducing.....

DJ Shadow

3/5

Some nice beats, this hasn't aged anywhere near as bad as similar albums

Lazer Guided Melodies

Spiritualized

2/5

Very slow and ponderous. With enough drugs and time, I imagine it would be great to indulge in. Why use jizz figurines as your art work, stick people have been around for years?

Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde

The Pharcyde

1/5

Not for me, 90's rap and hip hop is just drab to listen to in my opinion.

Music From The Penguin Cafe

Penguin Cafe Orchestra

5/5

Missing vocals to get the hooks into me for the first song. I feel like that song was an ill recorded Beatles B side without lyrics. Second song, minorly depressing without any real hook. Gave up when I got through songs 3, 4 and 5 without wanting to cut off my ears.

Straight Outta Compton

N.W.A.

3/5

Some strong lyrics, funky beats and real attitude. Surprisingly, I quite enjoyed this.

I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You

Aretha Franklin

4/5

Pleasant, soulful and punchy. Really good stuff, much better than the modern dross in the R&B category.

In A Silent Way

Miles Davis

2/5

Too much jazz noodling for me.

Millions Now Living Will Never Die

Tortoise

4/5

A lot to unpack in a single evening of listening. Loads of ideas and noise, arty, cinema style, picture painting, but not particularly enjoyable at first listen. I imagine this will need multiple goes to get into.

Live / Dead

Grateful Dead

2/5

Sounds just like any random pub band in the 80's to me. Shite.

Back In Black

AC/DC

4/5

Amazing album. Stuffed full of old school misogyny and riffs galore that's laced with old school humour. Love it, but know that it would never get recorded in this day and age.

Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs

Derek & The Dominos

2/5

Lame

Vento De Maio

Elis Regina

1/5

Not quite punchy or fun enough to catch my ear. I grew bored after 6 songs. It never really got going, whilst the first song was catchy it didn't sustain my interest at all.

Van Halen

3/5

Feels like a drop off in quality after listening to Deep Purple recently. Some crunchy riffs, flashy solos, but it's just so commercial feeling. I feel like I need to clean myself after listening to this.

Meat Is Murder

The Smiths

3/5

OK Computer

Radiohead

4/5

Amazing, it took me years to get into. So many songs that are a great listen.

KIWANUKA

Michael Kiwanuka

1/5

Background music at best.

1999

Prince

2/5

Starts strong, trails off rapidly.

The Fat Of The Land

The Prodigy

3/5

Punchy tunes, aggressive fancy music, not music for your nan to listen to.

Appetite For Destruction

Guns N' Roses

5/5

Favourite album of my youth. Hit after hit, grimy, unclean lyrics mixed with some of best rock guitar I've heard that somehow is radio friendly and not suitable for minors. So many absolute bangers, some filthy lyrics and powerful vocals (albeit in a nasally range).

Mott

Mott The Hoople

2/5

Very glam, but not quite solid enough to hold my attention. Radio friendly, not much dynamism shown from anyone to bring this into 1001 album territory.

Green Onions

Booker T. & The MG's

1/5

Lame, not for me at all I'm afraid. Everyone must have heard the first track, well it all goes downhill after

Fear Of A Black Planet

Public Enemy

3/5

It sounds funky but dated heavily. Aggressive lyrics, I like some of their word play and directness. Dancy, but not as great as Paul's boutique for samples.

Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret

Soft Cell

1/5

Wank music, not the sort you tug to, just wank content that's dates badly I'm afraid.