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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Come Find Yourself Fun Lovin' Criminals	5	2.92	+2.08
Closer Joy Division	5	3.22	+1.78
You've Come a Long Way Baby Fatboy Slim	5	3.34	+1.66
Coat Of Many Colors Dolly Parton	5	3.42	+1.58
At Newport 1960 Muddy Waters	5	3.54	+1.46
Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) Wu-Tang Clan	5	3.6	+1.4
Superfly Curtis Mayfield	5	3.7	+1.3
Next The Sensational Alex Harvey Band	4	2.71	+1.29
Highway 61 Revisited Bob Dylan	5	3.75	+1.25
American Idiot Green Day	5	3.77	+1.23

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Homework Daft Punk	1	3.29	-2.29
The Velvet Underground & Nico The Velvet Underground	2	3.61	-1.61
Hotel California Eagles	2	3.59	-1.59
Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots The Flaming Lips	2	3.57	-1.57
Funeral Arcade Fire	2	3.55	-1.55
Lost In The Dream The War On Drugs	2	3.38	-1.38
Revolver Beatles	3	4.23	-1.23
Pyromania Def Leppard	2	3.13	-1.13

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Black Sabbath

3/5

There weren't really any stand out tracks to me, it all felt a bit meh

The Wall

Pink Floyd

4/5

Really solid album

In The Court Of The Crimson King

King Crimson

4/5

The album has a really good sound, needs to be listened to at a decent volume to really get into it

Hotel California

Eagles

2/5

Thought the album was pretty bland, the title track was the highlight but I was never much a fan of that song in the first place

Buena Vista Social Club

3/5

Enjoyed it, but not really my thing

Highway 61 Revisited

Bob Dylan

5/5

immediately started bobbing it

The Sensational Alex Harvey Band

4/5

pretty weird in a good way, much to think about

Revolver

Beatles

3/5

There are two songs on this album that I love, but overall it is not for me. A somewhat overrated album in my opinion

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector

Various Artists

4/5

full of bangers

Master Of Puppets

Metallica

4/5

Full of good songs

Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)

Wu-Tang Clan

5/5

Enjoyed each song and interlude, really loved quite a few songs. These were track 3, 8, 9, 10, and 11.

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

Arctic Monkeys

4/5

Full of really good tunes, but there are a couple I am not as big on

Logical Progression

LTJ Bukem

2/5

not very interesting to me

The Sensual World

Kate Bush

3/5

I love Kate Bush but to me this doesn't really stand out massively as an album, does have some good songs on it though

Funeral

Arcade Fire

2/5

not really my thing

In Utero

Nirvana

5/5

A really solid album, has to be a 5 star

Bummed

Happy Mondays

2/5

didn't find it very interesting

Coat Of Many Colors

Dolly Parton

5/5

A very good album with a lot to love

Devotional Songs

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

2/5

I wasn't that big of a fan

The Wildest!

Louis Prima

4/5

A lot of catchy songs on here

Larks' Tongues In Aspic

King Crimson

3/5

Overall, wasn't amazed but a solid album that kept to its theme

It's Blitz!

Yeah Yeah Yeahs

3/5

A couple of songs stood out but overall was good but not amazing

The Sounds Of India

Ravi Shankar

3/5

Interesting to learn a bit about how Indian music is put together, but the improvisational style is not really my thing

She's So Unusual

Cyndi Lauper

4/5

Good pop music, couple of songs I wasn't as bothered with hence the 4

Rubber Soul

Beatles

5/5

Have to give it to them, these songs are all enjoyable while not feeling repetitive. Was a fan of every song, you win this one beatles

Come Find Yourself

Fun Lovin' Criminals

5/5

Really like the sound

The Queen Is Dead

The Smiths

4/5

I love quite a lot of the songs on this album but it is not quite a five for me

Superfly

Curtis Mayfield

5/5

Really good soul music, Mr Mayfield has a very smooth voice

Lost In The Dream

The War On Drugs

2/5

Could understand someone really liking this, but I thought it was quite bland

Pyromania

Def Leppard

2/5

None of the songs stood out to me, most interesting thing about the album is the intro sample to pretty fly for a white guy

American Idiot

Green Day

5/5

All the songs work well together, could get a five for Jesus of Suburbia alone for me

Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots

The Flaming Lips

2/5

It has a unique sound, which I respect but there aren't really any songs here which stand out to me. The album does mesh well together though

Different Class

Pulp

4/5

Enjoyed it, songs all fit together nicely. Good, but not quite a five

At Newport 1960

Muddy Waters

5/5

Really great blues sound, loved every song

Closer

Joy Division

5/5

Enjoyed it

Pretenders

4/5

Loved a lot of songs but wasn't as fussed about a few. The ones that worked were great though, and the less so ones were still good

Homework

Daft Punk

1/5

I did not like most of these songs, the few I did like were still quite repetitive. There were a couple of songs that were quite grating which I really didn't like. Not great

Something Else By The Kinks

The Kinks

4/5

Really enjoyed almost every song, especially loved Harry Rag. I liked the styles of the songs

The Velvet Underground & Nico

The Velvet Underground

2/5

The album is pleasant enough but I didn't love any of the songs, they were at most all ok to me

Psychocandy

The Jesus And Mary Chain

3/5

It has a decent sound, but the songs didn't stand out much

Foo Fighters

3/5

Pretty decent, I think the story behind the album is very poignant but the music itself didn't really stand out to me much.

Out of Step

Minor Threat

3/5

Wasn't really interesting to me, but didn't drag on as other albums have

Rock 'N Soul

Solomon Burke

3/5

Songs are pleasant but not amazing

(What's The Story) Morning Glory

Oasis

4/5

Good songs, but not quite a five for me

Joanna Newsom

3/5

Has a nice sound, really enjoyed the slow build of only skin but the album is make up of a small amount of quite long songs so it can feel like it drags on a bit

Selected Ambient Works 85-92

Aphex Twin

3/5

Nice sounds, very pleasant but not something I would probably choose to listen to

The Suburbs

Arcade Fire

3/5

Overall had a pleasant sound but didn't stand out much with a couple of exceptions. I enjoyed the title track and sprawl II but apart from them the album was just okay

Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret

Soft Cell

3/5

Had a couple of standouts but overall wasn't that impressed with it. Loved tainted love and say hello, wave goodbye, enjoyed the synch sound

Buffalo Springfield Again

Buffalo Springfield

4/5

The album has a lot to love. All of the songs are at least good but I thought a few like Mr. Soul, Expecting to Fly and Broken Arrow were really something special

Are You Experienced

Jimi Hendrix

5/5

All of these songs are great, especially loved May This Be Loved, Purple Haze, Foxey Lady and Hey Joe

Palo Congo

Sabu

3/5

Enjoyed the rhythm of the songs but didn't find them to be differentiated much, but did like the sound it had

Arrival

ABBA

4/5

Songs such as Dancing Queen, Knowing Me, Knowing You, Fernando, Why Did It Have To Be Me and Money, Money, Money are all pretty much perfect songs to me but the rest of the songs while good aren't as strong. I did also like the Happy Hawaii song

Guitar Town

Steve Earle

2/5

Not really anything on it that stood out to me

You've Come a Long Way Baby

Fatboy Slim

5/5

All tracks were really enjoyable, especially liked Rockefeller Skank, Gangster Tripping and Praise You