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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Atomizer Big Black	5	2.72	+2.28
A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector Various Artists	5	3.3	+1.7
Bat Out Of Hell Meat Loaf	5	3.44	+1.56
Document R.E.M.	5	3.56	+1.44
Station To Station David Bowie	5	3.69	+1.31
Space Ritual Hawkwind	4	2.69	+1.31
Live At The Harlem Square Club Sam Cooke	5	3.76	+1.24
Goodbye And Hello Tim Buckley	4	2.84	+1.16
Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge Mudhoney	4	2.84	+1.16

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Ready To Die The Notorious B.I.G.	1	3.36	-2.36
Greetings From L.A. Tim Buckley	1	2.86	-1.86
Band On The Run Paul McCartney and Wings	2	3.66	-1.66
Moon Safari Air	2	3.57	-1.57
Cloud Nine The Temptations	2	3.41	-1.41
It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back Public Enemy	2	3.37	-1.37
The Nightfly Donald Fagen	2	3.02	-1.02

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This Is Fats Domino

Fats Domino

3/5

Classic stuff. Love the bluesier tracks. As an album I found it a bit samey, but I did love the brass flourishes. Probably not a popular thing to say, but not overly keen on his voice, but it really suits the style. Makes me feel wistful for an earlier age. The guitar on Trust in Me is fabulous.

At San Quentin

Johnny Cash

4/5

I'm usually wary of live albums, but this is rather good. It was entertaining, loved the storytelling within these songs, and Cash was engaging, with a voice I could listen to for hours. I found it uplifting, and it made me smile.

Station To Station

David Bowie

5/5

I haven't heard this from start to finish since borrowing it on cassette from Birmingham Central Library in my mid-teens, so wondered if the old me agrees with the young me... I appreciate it more today. The music is multi-layered, producing a wonderful listening experience, and I love how melancholic and soulful Bowie's voice is in places, especially the last track. It does feel of it's time in places (beat wise), but I love how the different styles/ pace of songs make it seem like a rock opera or musical. Soaring sounds to funky fun, with eclectic sounds, from piano, to church organ. Love it.

Document

R.E.M.

5/5

Loved this! The sound, the voice, the lyrics, the 80s indieness of it all...I was very absorbed. The first track reminded me of the Smiths...One I Love gave me tingles, and although I've heard End of the World a gazillion times, listening to it as part of the album gave it a new spin- a good one. I might skip one of the slower tracks when heard again, but will seek this album out for sure...

Music in Exile

Songhoy Blues

4/5

Bat Out Of Hell

Meat Loaf

5/5

Bravo Mr Meatloaf & Co! What an experience ! I adore the theatrics, dramatics, and songatics. It really is a wonderful listen, though seek out the visuals if you get a chance, for a wonderfully camp and superb performance from everyone.

Moon Safari

Air

2/5

The title of this album is perfect, as I really did feel like I was on a moon safari. Listened with my eyes closed for optimum aural reception of the incoming beeps, hums and whirls. I'll always like Kelly and Sexy Boy, but I wasn't overly wowed enough to want to listen to the whole album again.

Ramones

4/5

It's rock n roll. It's catchy. It's singable. It's danceable.

Band On The Run

Paul McCartney and Wings

2/5

Band. On. The Run. The title track is now my new unwanted earworm. Quite a middle of the road experience all said. Not overly keen, but that's OK.

Ready To Die

The Notorious B.I.G.

1/5

The opening track hooked me in, but after that it got a tad samey...and the mysogyny just sealed this album's gate for me. No thank you.

Cheap Thrills

Big Brother & The Holding Company

4/5

Bluesy stuff isn't my usual cup of tea, but I loved this...I think due to the energy of the ensemble. And JJ's voice, which is just amazing. Raw, evocative, highly listenable. Yay.

I Am a Bird Now

Antony and the Johnsons

3/5

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector

Various Artists

5/5

Love, love love. A seasonal favourite. Soooo Christmassy, and reminds me of childhood Christmases. The harmonies, the songs, the sound, the bells, the voices. All rolled into a fabulous snowball of festive fabulousness. (Fuck Spector though...but a Big Five for everyone else that worked on this album).

Metallica

3/5

Moody attitudinal aurally interesting metal. Zig zaggy guitars, meaty drums, interesting lyrics delivered in the classic Hetfield way. Changes in tempo kept my interest, esp in Wherever I May Roam, but at an hour or so long, the whole thing started to wear me down.

London Calling

The Clash

4/5

I don't think I've heard this all the way through before...Just brilliant

Unhalfbricking

Fairport Convention

4/5

Vibes, vibes plenty of vibes. And good ones at that. Love the voice and drums in particular, though less fond of the honky tonky track, but I do like the vocal harmonies on it.

It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back

Public Enemy

2/5

Hhm...I wanted to like this more, but it was too shouty and abrasive. Maybe I was in the wrong mood to listen...

Bubble And Scrape

Sebadoh

3/5

Decent lo-fi schmo-fi. Great first track, the rest I like rather than love.

Dirty

Sonic Youth

4/5

Greetings From L.A.

Tim Buckley

1/5

It's a no from me...

Dookie

Green Day

4/5

Catchy, danceable pop punk, but with deceptively dark lyrics in places. Felt shorter than it was, no doubt due to the brevity of the majority of tracks. The recognisable singles were good to revisit, and I really enjoyed them again within the context of the rest of the album.

Shadowland

k.d. lang

2/5

I initially liked this better than I thought I would. Her voice is soothing and not as jarring as I found her hit Constant Craving. I hate that song soooo much. But as I listened further to the album, her voice lacked oomph and passion, and although pitch perfect, just doesn't do it for me. Anyway, my favourite track on this album is probably the 1950s wistful cowboy song vibe one- the opening track. Not so keen on the honky tonky tracks where the steel guitar features highly, and not the bluesy or saxy jazz ones either. Perhaps it is all too polished and clean for me. I'm now feeling very nitpicky... not sure if I would seek it out again for another listen...I just wanted it to end...

Dry

PJ Harvey

3/5

I will always love Sheela-na-gig. But the album as a whole just did not grab me in the same way. Sorry PJ.

Heaven Or Las Vegas

Cocteau Twins

4/5

Dreamy...

Live / Dead

Grateful Dead

2/5

Atomizer

Big Black

5/5

Blew my socks off. Can't believe they've never been on my radar, nor can I believe this was recorded in 1985...I can hear bits of other bands who came later throughout this album...so they were clearly groundbreaking. Also didn't realise Steve Albini was the founder and guitarist, though makes complete sense listening to it!! Yeah, will be listening to this again, I'm only 40 years late to the party...might even dance a bit if my knees allow...

Crime Of The Century

Supertramp

4/5

Love Dreamer, though hasn't realised it was Supertramp! Was not so familiar with the other tracks, but I loved listening to this most 70s of albums...

Cloud Nine

The Temptations

2/5

First few tracks were great, really enjoyed them..and then it descended into middle of the road background music.

Space Ritual

Hawkwind

4/5

Far out space jams. Whooshy and whoaahhwww whaaawwhh noises a plenty, with lashings of grooving guitar and excellent drums. So I liked this much more than I thought I would. Even the poetry.

Under Construction

Missy Elliott

3/5

Go Missy! Wasn't expecting to like this, but I did. Didn't love it, but appreciated the vibe, and enjoyed the collaborations...most of them...

Led Zeppelin II

Led Zeppelin

4/5

Yes please, thank you.

I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You

Aretha Franklin

4/5

Blown away by the feeling and the soul.

Goodbye And Hello

Tim Buckley

4/5

This popped up merely a couple of weeks after his Greetings from LA album, so I did a big sigh, as me and that album did not get along...But thankfully this was so very different. His voice here is perfectly suited to the folky stuff of the time, and I enjoyed the flow of songs. Hooray.

Ritual De Lo Habitual

Jane's Addiction

4/5

Loved it! Wasn't expecting so much variety in songs, but there we are. Especially liked the fiddly lalala one. And Been Caught Stealing is just a classic 90s track.

A Love Supreme

John Coltrane

4/5

It's not the most relaxing of records, what with the drum solos, tappy drum brushes, and saxes saxing all over the place. My brain is now very unquiet. But although out of my comfort zone, I appreciated it a lot. I learned today that this is probably Avant Garde jazz. And I agree, yes, yes it is.

The Madcap Laughs

Syd Barrett

3/5

Ohhhhhhhh Syd... Mellow yellow psychedelia and Kinks-esque jaunty pop. I like the cut of your jib, but not enough to rate higher than a 3. I'm sorry x

The Nightfly

Donald Fagen

2/5

Easy listening instantly forgettable 80s-by-numbers. A bit of brass, smooth vocals, falsetto harmony backing vocals, some oohs, some ahs, plinky keyboard, funky bass lines, cheesy lyrics. Winebar muzak. Manhattan Transfer but even less interesting.

Live At The Harlem Square Club

Sam Cooke

5/5

Sounds like a fun night! Sam's gonna look after you right. Full points for the mighty fine voice/ atmosphere combo.

Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge

Mudhoney

4/5

Oh yes. Classic loud guitar fuzz.

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

Arctic Monkeys

4/5

A rather pleasant surprise. I used to dismiss these, but really enjoyed this album. Tales of Northern youngster life in the Noughties...including the occasional northern turn of phrase. Love it.

Vol. 4

Black Sabbath

4/5

Raw Power

The Stooges

4/5

Raw-dirty-protopunk-rocknroll. Though I did think it went a bit Stones there for a bit.

Lust For Life

Iggy Pop

4/5

Each song has a very different vibe, so it doesn't really flow as an album. But I really like each song. Some could easily fit in well with indie Noughties band like Hives etc al, so it's fab to recognise the Iggy influence. The backing vocals for Lust for Life always amuse me, and I found out today one of the chaps is Bowie. But of course! Also amused by the big grinning Iggy album cover.

The Köln Concert

Keith Jarrett

3/5

I didn't hate it.

Odessey And Oracle

The Zombies

4/5

Oooh, I like this! I'm not sure why I always expected these chaps to be heavier in sound, but they're lighter and I like that I was pleasantly surprised. Melodic loveliness.