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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Live And Dangerous Thin Lizzy	5	3.32	+1.68
Hotel California Eagles	5	3.59	+1.41
Honky Tonk Masquerade Joe Ely	4	2.68	+1.32
A Northern Soul The Verve	4	2.92	+1.08

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan Bob Dylan	1	3.62	-2.62
Illinois Sufjan Stevens	1	3.5	-2.5
GREY Area Little Simz	1	3.23	-2.23
Here Come The Warm Jets Brian Eno	1	3.08	-2.08
The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill Lauryn Hill	2	3.65	-1.65
Out Of The Blue Electric Light Orchestra	2	3.64	-1.64
Blood Sugar Sex Magik Red Hot Chili Peppers	2	3.49	-1.49
Paul's Boutique Beastie Boys	2	3.46	-1.46
Suicide Suicide	1	2.46	-1.46
My Aim Is True Elvis Costello	2	3.35	-1.35

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

Arctic Monkeys

3/5

A product of its time. Its alright, a couple of songs which everyone will have heard and are pretty iconic but overplayed at this point. The rest all just sound like generic Arctic Monkeys songs.

Illinois

Sufjan Stevens

1/5

Maybe you have to be from Illinois? Rubbish. Pretentious poetic drivel. Bad start, less worse middle, then back to that annoying guy who brings a guitar to a party.

Fleet Foxes

3/5

It's okay. A bit too folky for me, no doubt inspired people like Mumford or Mountains/Men. All a bit samey.

At Folsom Prison

Johnny Cash

4/5

Enjoyed it. Wife said it was a racket

Band On The Run

Paul McCartney and Wings

4/5

Decent. Had never listened but glad I have. Probably won't go into usual rotation though

From Elvis In Memphis

Elvis Presley

3/5

Bit too warbly

World Clique

Deee-Lite

3/5

No strong feelings one way or the other. I have no nostalgia but can see how this would've been fairly important in 1990. Now, except for the Groove is in the Heart , why would I want to sit and listen to an album of generic dance music, some of which is too slow anyway ? Pretty unmemorable but wouldn't say I hated it.

That's The Way Of The World

Earth, Wind & Fire

3/5

Actually alright

Tapestry

Carole King

4/5

Nice easy listening

Honky Tonk Masquerade

Joe Ely

4/5

Jaunty Country

Crime Of The Century

Supertramp

3/5

(Pronounced 'Leh-'Nérd 'Skin-'Nérd)

Lynyrd Skynyrd

4/5

Great start, mid mid, then Free Bird <3

Run-D.M.C.

3/5

Live And Dangerous

Thin Lizzy

5/5

The Velvet Underground & Nico

The Velvet Underground

3/5

Meh. Too old

Here Come The Warm Jets

Brian Eno

1/5

The Beatles with a head injury

The Sun Rises In The East

Jeru The Damaja

2/5

Not a hip-hop fan but this seems fine

Dust

Screaming Trees

3/5

The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan

1/5

Rubbish

Green Onions

Booker T. & The MG's

3/5

Tago Mago

Can

2/5

Document

R.E.M.

4/5

4/5. I like this. Fades away a bit. Will add to vinyl collection potentially

Stand!

Sly & The Family Stone

3/5

Not exactly my vibe - psych/funk/soul with long instrumental breaks and very 60s melodies. I see why it might have been particularly important for it’s time given it’s social content, so historically I understand the inclusion of it but I didn’t find much that interested me musically or melodically.

Phrenology

The Roots

2/5

One World

John Martyn

2/5

Fine, not good, not bad, a bit boring.

OK Computer

Radiohead

3/5

Appreciate the history, but I'm not good at hearing lyrics and only have the time to listen once. I appreciate how much this would have shaped music I do like. My wife asked me if it was Muse so I divorced her.

Imperial Bedroom

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

2/5

Boring & at times annoying. 2/5

Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space

Spiritualized

2/5

A whole lot of nothing in particular.

Wild Is The Wind

Nina Simone

3/5

Good in the 60's I bet 3/5

Dog Man Star

Suede

3/5

This can't be their best album ? , a mixed bag , 3.5/5

GREY Area

Little Simz

1/5

Blood Sugar Sex Magik

Red Hot Chili Peppers

2/5

Apart from the 2 songs that made it out of 1991 this album is trash

The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill

Lauryn Hill

2/5

Annoying

Paul's Boutique

Beastie Boys

2/5

Not for me

Out Of The Blue

Electric Light Orchestra

2/5

This album really annoys me. I feel like I should like it but it's such 'fake happiness.' I just get the sense that they're trying to be all elated and happy but they're actually miserable as sin. Additionally just irritates me with the stupid synth voice. We get it, you discovered a way to make yourself sound like a robot. STOP IT! . Reminds me of a kid who has found the DJ button on a keyboard.

Alien Lanes

Guided By Voices

2/5

This was pretty rubbish. One of the 'songs' has someone snoring throughout it ? An assault on the ears at times

Surrealistic Pillow

Jefferson Airplane

3/5

Apart from Somebody To Love, this is a bit too old for me to enjoy

Maxinquaye

Tricky

2/5

Wasn't minding it until halfway through it just got gross for he sake of it it.