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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Signing Off UB40	5	2.97	+2.03
Floodland Sisters Of Mercy	5	3.05	+1.95
The Stooges The Stooges	5	3.26	+1.74
Cross Justice	5	3.28	+1.72
On The Beach Neil Young	5	3.46	+1.54
War U2	5	3.47	+1.53
The Wildest! Louis Prima	5	3.52	+1.48
People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm A Tribe Called Quest	5	3.61	+1.39
L.A. Woman The Doors	5	3.66	+1.34
Next The Sensational Alex Harvey Band	4	2.71	+1.29

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Sound of Silver LCD Soundsystem	1	3.42	-2.42
Heartattack And Vine Tom Waits	1	3.07	-2.07
Brutal Youth Elvis Costello	1	2.81	-1.81
Appetite For Destruction Guns N' Roses	2	3.72	-1.72
Scott 2 Scott Walker	1	2.63	-1.63
Van Halen Van Halen	2	3.63	-1.63
good kid, m.A.A.d city Kendrick Lamar	2	3.62	-1.62
A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector Various Artists	2	3.3	-1.3
The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter The Incredible String Band	1	2.15	-1.15
The Rising Bruce Springsteen	2	3.05	-1.05

5-Star Albums (12)

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1-Star Albums (5)

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Nighthawks At The Diner

Tom Waits

2/5

There's the odd good song, but all the droning intro's an in-jokes make this a hard listen. I do get the appeal of Waits, but the good is outweighed by the bad in this one.

Doolittle

Pixies

4/5

That's The Way Of The World

Earth, Wind & Fire

4/5

Not my jam really but it’s a good listen.

Power In Numbers

Jurassic 5

4/5

Let's Get It On

Marvin Gaye

5/5

Led Zeppelin

4/5

London Calling

The Clash

4/5

Electric Warrior

T. Rex

3/5

Paul Simon

3/5

Some highs, some lows. I feel like I listened to this as a teenager 20+ years ago so a handful of songs were familiar. Slow start, strong middle, weak end. Would give it a 3.5 if that were possible.

Dry

PJ Harvey

4/5

Lust For Life

Iggy Pop

3/5

Welcome to the Afterfuture

Mike Ladd

3/5

Juju

Siouxsie And The Banshees

4/5

Nevermind

Nirvana

4/5

Basket of Light

Pentangle

4/5

With The Beatles

Beatles

3/5

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector

Various Artists

2/5

L.A. Woman

The Doors

5/5

War

5/5

Teenager Of The Year

Frank Black

3/5

Songs From A Room

Leonard Cohen

4/5

Autobahn

Kraftwerk

4/5

The Dark Side Of The Moon

Pink Floyd

5/5

Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)

Eurythmics

3/5

You Are The Quarry

Morrissey

2/5

Endtroducing.....

DJ Shadow

4/5

Moondance

Van Morrison

3/5

Gentlemen

The Afghan Whigs

2/5

Great music ruined by inane lyrics and a whiny singer. Different vocalist and this would be close to 5 stars.

Your New Favourite Band

The Hives

4/5

I was 14 when this came out, and listened to a lot of Hives. Agree with others that Veni Vidi Vicious should be on this list instead. Solid 4.

The Atomic Mr Basie

Count Basie & His Orchestra

4/5

S.F. Sorrow

The Pretty Things

4/5

Buenas Noches From A Lonely Room

Dwight Yoakam

2/5

Low-Life

New Order

3/5

The Rising

Bruce Springsteen

2/5

Brutal Youth

Elvis Costello

1/5

Have never listened to Elvia Costello before. Glad I’ve never wasted my time.

People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm

A Tribe Called Quest

5/5

The Suburbs

Arcade Fire

3/5

I have this album and listened to it plenty when it came out. There’s some really memorable songs and also some stuff this has been wiped from my brain. Sprawl 2 is great, I can’t stand Rococo and have always skipped it. Can’t decide whether I love or hate this now. Given that it was on high rotation but I haven’t touched it for 10 years plus, it’s getting a 3. Middle of the road.

Live At Leeds

The Who

4/5

Gets an extra star for Keith Moons drumming.

Introducing The Hardline According To Terence Trent D'Arby

Terence Trent D'Arby

4/5

This was going to be a 2.5, probably rounded up to a 3. But then I hit the last two tracks and it totally shifts gears into something far deeper. An album with a great opener and a couple of great closers with some decent 80s pop in the middle.

The Number Of The Beast

Iron Maiden

4/5

Floodland

Sisters Of Mercy

5/5

The beauty of this list. You get to discover gems like this. Don’t know how I’ve never heard this before.

OK Computer

Radiohead

4/5

Blood Sugar Sex Magik

Red Hot Chili Peppers

3/5

Diamond Life

Sade

3/5

Scott 2

Scott Walker

1/5

I thought the opening track ‘Jackie’ was the theme tune for Thunderbirds for about 3 seconds. That was where the highlights ended. This style of crooning has not aged well. Very 60’s but not in a good way.

Signing Off

UB40

5/5

I’m ashamed to say I knew nothing of UB40 besides “Red Red Wine” before this. Solid dub and reggae with top notch socially conscious lyricism.

Songs From The Big Chair

Tears For Fears

4/5

Strong start, the hits are hits for good reason. Weaker middle. Mothers Talk and I Believe are a bit too experimental 80’s pop for my liking. Head Over Heels is a decent track that needs to be a minute shorter. The closing track Listen was a surprise change up and a great way to finish - takes it from 3 up to 4 stars.

Red Headed Stranger

Willie Nelson

4/5

Joanna Newsom

2/5

I *get* it, but I don’t like it. This was a tough listen. Someone else said Bjork from wish.com, which is apt. Give me Fleet Foxes instead. If that makes me an uncultured normie so be it. 2.

Supa Dupa Fly

Missy Elliott

3/5

On The Beach

Neil Young

5/5

More Specials

The Specials

4/5

Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1

George Michael

4/5

Sound of Silver

LCD Soundsystem

1/5

I should be the dead-centre target audience for this. I wondered why I’ve heard the bam but don’t know the music. Because it’s god awful, and has aged like milk. My first 1 star review.

Alien Lanes

Guided By Voices

2/5

It’s… fine? Not sure it deserves a place on this list though… I’m starting to wonder if “500 Albums you must hear before you die” would have been a better title for the book.

Cross

Justice

5/5

Instant classic, absolute bangers throughout, easy 5 stars.

Southern Rock Opera

Drive-By Truckers

2/5

If it was half as long it’d be great. If every 2nd song didn’t sound the same it’d be great. But it’s neither of those things. I’d listen to Plastic Flowers on the Highway again, but that’s about it. Lucero is what this band is trying to be, but done far better.

The Wildest!

Louis Prima

5/5

Gigolo gigolo gigolo gigolo… This is 70 years old and you could play this at any kind of party and people will get dancing. Yes, there’s a whole lot of scat / gibberish, but who gives a fuck when the groove is this good. I was gonna list highlights but honestly it’s almost all great. I’m going to find this for my record collection. Fair warning - it’s from the 50’s, so a few of the lyrics reflect the times. Not in a gross way so much, more of a “bud, stop giving the girl grief for ordering a banana split and get in on the act yourself” kinda way.

The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter

The Incredible String Band

1/5

Stop singing, please. This would be a reasonable listen if it was purely instrumental. A bad acid trip.

The Sensational Alex Harvey Band

4/5

Musically, I enjoyed this a lot. But many of the lyrics are super sleazy and haven’t stood the test of time. The AC/DC lads must have given this a fair few listens. Or is it more like a proto- RHCP? Punk in places, vaudevillian in others, simple 70s hard rock elsewhere. It’s an odd mix and a bit disjointed overall but works in parts. Faith Healer and Teenage Idols are great tracks. 4 stars.

Stardust

Willie Nelson

4/5

Do I like Willie Nelson now?

The Stooges

5/5

This fucking rocks.

Heartattack And Vine

Tom Waits

1/5

I don’t understand this lists obsession with Tom Waits. His voice is trash, which is a shame because the musicianship from the baking band is pretty good.

Appetite For Destruction

Guns N' Roses

2/5

Unfortunately, one great opening riff doesn’t make for a great album.

Paranoid

Black Sabbath

5/5

Fuck yes. 41 minutes of legendary metal. All killer no filler.

Murder Ballads

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

3/5

Nick Cave is the more refined version of Tom Waits. Which means you can actually enjoy the music more without Waits’ faux rasp. Some good track but nothing that really hooked me in for multiple listens.

Hot Buttered Soul

Isaac Hayes

4/5

Prog soul? Solid 3.5, rounded up to a 4.

Dusty In Memphis

Dusty Springfield

4/5

Young Americans

David Bowie

4/5

Twelve Dreams Of Dr. Sardonicus

Spirit