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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
The Köln Concert Keith Jarrett	5	3.39	+1.61
Crime Of The Century Supertramp	5	3.4	+1.6
People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm A Tribe Called Quest	5	3.61	+1.39
Casanova The Divine Comedy	4	2.65	+1.35
Jagged Little Pill Alanis Morissette	5	3.72	+1.28
Basket of Light Pentangle	4	2.76	+1.24
Who's Next The Who	5	3.89	+1.11
Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul Otis Redding	5	3.92	+1.08
Exodus Bob Marley & The Wailers	5	3.94	+1.06
Os Mutantes Os Mutantes	4	2.98	+1.02

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Surfer Rosa Pixies	1	3.5	-2.5
Being There Wilco	1	3.23	-2.23
Selected Ambient Works 85-92 Aphex Twin	1	3.21	-2.21
New York Dolls New York Dolls	1	3.12	-2.12
Better Living Through Chemistry Fatboy Slim	1	2.98	-1.98
A Hard Day's Night Beatles	2	3.9	-1.9
Doolittle Pixies	2	3.74	-1.74
The Score Fugees	2	3.69	-1.69
Timeless Goldie	1	2.53	-1.53
A Rush Of Blood To The Head Coldplay	2	3.44	-1.44

5-Star Albums (9)

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People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm

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Surfer Rosa

Pixies · 1 likes

1/5

Influential in the same way stepping in dog shit influences me to get new shoes

Nick Of Time

Bonnie Raitt · 1 likes

3/5

Country rock that doesn't do all that much else.

Doolittle

Pixies · 1 likes

2/5

I can kinda understand that it was important for what came after, but now it doesn't sound all that interesting

1-Star Albums (6)

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The Fat Of The Land

The Prodigy

4/5

Loud and bombastic, this album doesn't hold back. Firestarter is obviously the stand out song, an absolute classic

People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm

A Tribe Called Quest

5/5

Even though the album isn't in my usual genre, it felt like I was coming home to join in making music with some great (and talented) friends. Super inviting, just silly enough, and over all wonderful

The Score

Fugees

2/5

While there are some gems amongst the rough, the majority of the album is filled with relatively forgettable songs.

Parachutes

Coldplay

3/5

Nondescript Beatles cover

Songs In The Key Of Life

Stevie Wonder

4/5

A massive album full of wonderful music. However the length also means you'll quickly forget some of the less memorable songs

The White Album

Beatles

5/5

Some of the Beatles best work, drawing you in with a ton of fun before landing you with masterpiece after masterpiece

White Blood Cells

The White Stripes

4/5

Some really fantastic music but just a little bit too unpolished

The Number Of The Beast

Iron Maiden

3/5

Exactly what you'd expect from Iron Maiden

Survivor

Destiny's Child

2/5

Good production value but I am not the target audience

Basket of Light

Pentangle

4/5

A wonderful album that's the epitome of hippy. It gets a bit lost in itself at times though

(What's The Story) Morning Glory

Oasis

4/5

Beatles-meets-grunge. Very good but sometimes lost in itself

Street Life

The Crusaders

4/5

Very nice, good for relaxing background music

Untitled (Black Is)

SAULT

3/5

While generally enjoyable, there was nothing particularly stand out

Timeless

Goldie

1/5

Forced myself through listening to just half of this. Couldn't finish listening to the rest.

Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul

Otis Redding

5/5

My only complaint is that it was too short

Honky Tonk Heroes

Waylon Jennings

3/5

Incredibly short, at only 27 mins. Sort of just some generic older country music, although you can more clearly hear the ties to Irish trad and classic rock in a few songs. It's ok

Close To You

Carpenters

3/5

Decent stuff. Fairly generic at times and a few covers rather than originals does drop the rating a bit

Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not

Arctic Monkeys

4/5

Very high energy and fun, but songs do blend into each other somewhat

Repeater

Fugazi

2/5

Some interesting songs but let down by a mediocre vocalist

The Cars

4/5

Probably the most interesting album I've listened to yet. It's a bit all over the place, with some bits sounding like The Who from the early 70s and other bits sounding like they'd fit in with 90s music (album came out in 78). Overall quite fun

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector

Various Artists

3/5

Christmas

Surfer Rosa

Pixies

1/5

Influential in the same way stepping in dog shit influences me to get new shoes

Hejira

Joni Mitchell

3/5

Kinda what you'd expect

Wild Gift

4/5

A fun punk rock album

The Band

3/5

Clearly were a really great foundation for other artists to build from, but to the modern ear there's nothing that unique

The Visitors

ABBA

3/5

Abba are strange in that they're interesting and incredibly uninteresting at the same time.

Nick Of Time

Bonnie Raitt

3/5

Country rock that doesn't do all that much else.

Casanova

The Divine Comedy

4/5

A fairly enjoyable album, helped immensely by the nostalgia of Father Ted

Synchronicity

The Police

4/5

Quite fun! Very creative

Reggatta De Blanc

The Police

4/5

Very enjoyable! The Police are able to stay unique while still being approachable and pop-y

Purple Rain

Prince

3/5

Didn't really catch me or make me dislike it. I was a wee bit lost on what it was trying to do

Music for the Masses

Depeche Mode

3/5

Kinda interesting but not interesting enough

Floodland

Sisters Of Mercy

2/5

Cringe

Bad

Michael Jackson

3/5

While not bad I personally don't really care for Michael Jackson's style of music

Marquee Moon

Television

4/5

Enjoyable music with the slight caveat of the singing style not being my favourite

The Velvet Underground

4/5

A really relaxed and nostalgic album

Time Out Of Mind

Bob Dylan

3/5

Very Bob Dylan-y, but none of the classics

Ágætis Byrjun

Sigur Rós

3/5

A nice "close your eyes and be immersed" sort of album

Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde

The Pharcyde

4/5

Good lightheaded silliness

O.G. Original Gangster

Ice T

3/5

Fairly expected rap from Ice T

Being There

Wilco

1/5

I really don't know how this made it on this list

Automatic For The People

R.E.M.

4/5

Not too bad! A little bit floaty at times, but a solid modern version of Simon and Garfunkel

You're Living All Over Me

Dinosaur Jr.

2/5

Not quite of the skill level for what they were trying to do I think.

The Scream

Siouxsie And The Banshees

3/5

Yeah, perfectly fine punk

Crime Of The Century

Supertramp

5/5

Very good

Toys In The Attic

Aerosmith

3/5

Fun enough rock of a bit too American

Paul Simon

4/5

Very enjoyable!

At San Quentin

Johnny Cash

4/5

A clear rapport with his audience makes this a very enjoyable album

The Köln Concert

Keith Jarrett

5/5

Not an album I'll likely listen to again, but one I'm happy to have listened to. Absolutely perfect for this list.

Murder Ballads

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

2/5

Just a bit cringe honestly

A Hard Day's Night

Beatles

2/5

Kinda everything I dislike about the Beatles with a little bit of what I like about them

Fragile

Yes

4/5

Lots of good stuff, a few medium things that feel kinda cheap

Hot Buttered Soul

Isaac Hayes

4/5

Very nice bit of classic RnB.

Ramones

4/5

The only words I understood were "Hey Ho, Let's Go". And it was perfect

Exodus

Bob Marley & The Wailers

5/5

If you listen to one Bob Marley album, let it be this one

The Downward Spiral

Nine Inch Nails

3/5

Very interesting industrial sound, but not something I'm interested in

I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got

Sinead O'Connor

3/5

Quite enjoyable, I particularly like the one that said England was shit. Not sure I'll listen to more though

Aladdin Sane

David Bowie

3/5

Definitely Bowie but not one I'd use to introduce people to him

Who's Next

The Who

5/5

Probably the best album I've listened to yet

Fuzzy

Grant Lee Buffalo

3/5

Another one that I'm not really sure why it's on this list. It's ok I suppose

Forever Changes

Love

4/5

Good fun and somewhat expected

Face to Face

The Kinks

3/5

Sometimes too focused on being the Beatles, but they've some really nice stuff when they're their own band

Hot Rats

Frank Zappa

4/5

A lot of random noise that sometimes comes together to make beautiful music

Are You Experienced

Jimi Hendrix

5/5

Even at his worst Jimi is one of the best musicians. And this is far from his worst.

Paris 1919

John Cale

3/5

A bit like an excited Simon and Garfunkel. Not bad but showing its age something desperate

It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back

Public Enemy

3/5

Decently enjoyable without being too self-interested

Doolittle

Pixies

2/5

I can kinda understand that it was important for what came after, but now it doesn't sound all that interesting

New York Dolls

1/5

A load of songs that just sounded the same and played maybe 3 notes between them

Feast of Wire

Calexico

3/5

An interesting album, just not my style

Blunderbuss

Jack White

3/5

Definitely music made by Jack White. There's a little bit more stuff later in the album, but otherwise it's not ground breaking

Post Orgasmic Chill

Skunk Anansie

4/5

A rather enjoyable album

A Rush Of Blood To The Head

Coldplay

2/5

If you took all the songs in this album and smashed them together you'd probably get a very good song. As it stands the interesting aspects of each song don't really hold themselves up on their own. Mixed with a painfully generic vocalist who doesn't really inspire that much and you've got an album that can be added to the pile of generic pop.

Jagged Little Pill

Alanis Morissette

5/5

A very powerful album with a lot of heart. While not my usual style I still really enjoyed this

Everything Must Go

Manic Street Preachers

3/5

Not bad, not great

Tigermilk

Belle & Sebastian

3/5

Like nursery rhymes or old kid show intros. Very light