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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
E.V.O.L. Sonic Youth	5	2.89	+2.11
Germfree Adolescents X-Ray Spex	5	3.05	+1.95
A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector Various Artists	5	3.3	+1.7
Tidal Fiona Apple	5	3.46	+1.54
Rust Never Sleeps Neil Young & Crazy Horse	5	3.52	+1.48
The Score Fugees	5	3.69	+1.31
The Low End Theory A Tribe Called Quest	5	3.7	+1.3
Bridge Over Troubled Water Simon & Garfunkel	5	3.96	+1.04
Aha Shake Heartbreak Kings of Leon	4	2.97	+1.03

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Exile On Main Street The Rolling Stones	1	3.6	-2.6
Roots Sepultura	1	2.79	-1.79
Now I Got Worry The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion	1	2.52	-1.52
Tusk Fleetwood Mac	2	3.47	-1.47
Songs In The Key Of Life Stevie Wonder	3	4.07	-1.07

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A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector

1-Star Albums (3)

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Tusk

Fleetwood Mac

2/5

Album was a bit all over the place, and a bit long. Loved the one-two punch of Sara/ What Makes You Think You're The One

Peter Gabriel

3/5

Enjoyed some of this album, Sledgehammer is still awesome, but some sounded too dated/80s to be my favourite- really synthy

Power In Numbers

Jurassic 5

3/5

The Man Machine

Kraftwerk

4/5

Great album- loved this one! I’m definitely going to revisit this one- if had me dancing, but it was also mellow enough to just have in the background.

Coat Of Many Colors

Dolly Parton

4/5

Dolly’s voice is beautiful, this was a nice listen! Travelling Man made me laugh with the plot twist as well. This felt really classic old school country/folk, and I enjoyed the sound, especially the vocal harmonies.

The Score

Fugees

5/5

An absolute classic, I loved relistening to this! I enjoy the way the whole album flows together as a whole, the transitions between songs and little intros really make do an awesome full album listen.

Lost In The Dream

The War On Drugs

4/5

I think this was a good album, but I also kept forgetting I was listening to it while it was on. That may have been Christmas busyness rather than album quality issue, but it was sort of gentle and soft and kind of just slid into the background for me.

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector

Various Artists

5/5

A classic! I love a lot of these songs and didn’t realise they were all on one album for me to access!

Songs In The Key Of Life

Stevie Wonder

3/5

Lots of great songs on this- fun for a party, but I might not just put it on to listen to at home.

Rust Never Sleeps

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

5/5

Loved this one! I had heard some of these songs before, but not the album- this one is going to be added to my rotation

Exile On Main Street

The Rolling Stones

1/5

I did not like this one, it actively annoyed me. Maybe I was in the wrong mood for this album, but I just wanted it to end.

Now I Got Worry

The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion

1/5

Nope! I found this album really obnoxious

Disintegration

The Cure

4/5

I really enjoyed this one! There were a lot of beautiful melodies, and this just had a nice feel to it and overall album flow. I knew some of the songs but not the whole album- a nice discovery!

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

Arctic Monkeys

3/5

I enjoyed this album- but really preferred the more mellow songs. I enjoyed it more and more as I listened though!

1999

Prince

4/5

Prince is of course great, but I don’t actually listen to him that often. This was enjoyable, although an extremely horny album. Some of it sounded quite dated, but some classic sounds as well.

E.V.O.L.

Sonic Youth

5/5

Absolutely loved this album- wasn’t expecting to like it so much! This one’s going in the rotation

You Are The Quarry

Morrissey

3/5

Some pretty cringy lyrics, but he has a nice voice! I’m not sure I would consider this particularly deft political commentary, lol

Surrealistic Pillow

Jefferson Airplane

4/5

I really enjoyed this album! Different from other ones that we have listened to. I liked the psychedelic sound, and the melodies and vocal harmonies were really pretty.

Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music

Ray Charles

4/5

This didn’t sound like country to me, but it was really gorgeous music! Ray Charles has a beautiful voice and I enjoyed that classic big band sound.

Tidal

Fiona Apple

5/5

I loved this album! Fiona Apple is such a great songwriter and has such a unique voice. The way she plays with atonal sounds in her melodies really scratches an itch in my brain.

Machine Gun Etiquette

The Damned

4/5

I actually put on the live performance of this album rather than the original- when I realized I left it on because the live recording was really fun. Really talented musicians and really catchy music, I enjoyed this! I liked how when the music slowed down a bit and they brought in the piano it had a real glam rock sound.

Roots

Sepultura

1/5

This was not for me

Sheer Heart Attack

Queen

3/5

I love Queen but wasn’t blown away by this album- I think they have better ones. Just okay for me!

(What's The Story) Morning Glory

Oasis

3/5

It seems like I should like this more than I do, but I Oasis isn’t my favourite. Very nasal? Don’t Look Back in Anger is a great song though.

Bridge Over Troubled Water

Simon & Garfunkel

5/5

An absolute classic- I love Simon and Garfunkel! Paul Simon’s amazing song writing and Garfunkel’s beautiful voice. Was such a treat for this to be the daily album! Also one of the best album covers ever, lol

Risque

CHIC

4/5

Not quite what I expected when I saw a disco album coming up in the lineup- I actually loved this! It was so smooth, with nice beats, but had a kind of mellow charm to it. And the vocals were beautiful! This would be a great album to put on for a chill party.

Cee-Lo Green... Is The Soul Machine

Cee Lo Green

3/5

This album was fine? A bit all over the place. I find Ceelo to be really gross as a person, which I think influenced me to not like some of the explicit lyrics.

Something Else By The Kinks

The Kinks

4/5

I wasn’t that familiar with the Kinks, and I loved this album! A nice mellow vibe and lots of great melodies, I will add this one to my rotation.

Hot Fuss

The Killers

4/5

Great album! I knew the singles but not the album- and also I didn’t realise so many hit singles were on the same album! I like the strong melodies and anthemic quality- the kind of songs that are fun to sing along to in a crowd. Deducting a star for terrible lyrics.

Murmur

R.E.M.

3/5

Interesting to hear such early REM! It was a nice album, but to my ear they didn’t quite have the strong melodies yet that I associate with them. Some of their songs sound a bit like the Cure. Pretty good!

Aha Shake Heartbreak

Kings of Leon

4/5

I enjoyed this album! They’re clearly very mix of rock with a bit of a bluesy, maybe a touch of country influence, sounds really good. It is fun to listen to with a fun, high energy vibe.

Run-D.M.C.

3/5

This album is a cool time capsule, but isn’t something I would actually want to put on to listen to. The style of rapping is just so dated and slow! This whole album is surprisingly slow. There were moments that I was really enjoying the intros and beats and then the slow rapping came in and the track loses momentum. Favourite track was Jam Master Jay.

Germfree Adolescents

X-Ray Spex

5/5

What a great discovery! I loved everything about this album- the lead vocals were stellar, great lyrics, I loved the atypical arrangement of having brass included in more of a punk sound. Loved it! Looked up the lead singer Poly Styrene, and she had such an interesting, inspiring, but also sad life. There’s a documentary about her that I would like to check out.

The Low End Theory

A Tribe Called Quest

5/5

An absolute classic album! I love the way this album feels- it has good energy but also a relaxed feel. It just made me feel good to listen to, this is going in my rotation!