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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere Neil Young & Crazy Horse	5	3.54	+1.46
After The Gold Rush Neil Young	5	3.62	+1.38
The Cars The Cars	5	3.67	+1.33

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
m b v My Bloody Valentine	1	2.71	-1.71
Heaux Tales Jazmine Sullivan	1	2.68	-1.68
With The Beatles Beatles	2	3.66	-1.66
Franz Ferdinand Franz Ferdinand	2	3.57	-1.57
Here's Little Richard Little Richard	2	3.56	-1.56
Crosby, Stills & Nash Crosby, Stills & Nash	2	3.48	-1.48
25 Adele	2	3.38	-1.38
1989 Taylor Swift	2	3.26	-1.26

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Led Zeppelin II

Led Zeppelin

4/5

So this is the first album I've been given in what I hope is a long and interesting journey, and what a way to start! Zeppelin are a band whose big hits are the only songs I'm familiar with; this is the first full album of theirs I've listened to the whole way. Highlights for me are the fantastic, almost-sweet Thank You, and of course Whole Lotta Love, bringing the Top Of the Pops nostalgia hard. Heartbreaker, Living Loving Maid and Ramble On are also great.

After The Gold Rush

Neil Young

5/5

I started this damn thing hoping to find new favourite artists and albums, and behold my second pick has delivered just that. Not a dud track. The downers are gloriously miserable (Oh Lonesome Me, Birds), and therefore are my favourites

Bossanova

Pixies

3/5

It's...fine. Nowhere near as good as their first two, but then again Surfer Rosa and Doolittle are bonafide classics. Velouria and All Over the World are my favourites.

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

Beatles

4/5

Ah yes, the famous record, often regarded by various outlets as one of the greatest- if not the greatest album of all time. This I never understood, it's got variety sure. Has one of the great album closers. One of the earliest concept albums too, but for me it's too uneven to be anywhere near a "perfect" album.

Here's Little Richard

Little Richard

2/5

It's fun, but not one I'd feel compelled to revisit often. Its influence is undeniable. This doesn't change the fact you're basically listening to the same song 12 times.

Horses

Patti Smith

3/5

Hot Fuss

The Killers

4/5

Ridiculously front-loaded, the first 5 tracks are genuinely great. Tracks 2-5 were inescapable on the radio at the time, listening to this is like a time warp back to the mid 2000s. The second half is pretty forgettable, no real standouts there for me.

The Man Machine

Kraftwerk

4/5

Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs

Derek & The Dominos

3/5

Boston

4/5

Sheer Heart Attack

Queen

4/5

The Pleasure Principle

Gary Numan

4/5

Private Dancer

Tina Turner

3/5

Rumours

Fleetwood Mac

5/5

Franz Ferdinand

2/5

Wish You Were Here

Pink Floyd

4/5

Heaux Tales

Jazmine Sullivan

1/5

A Little Deeper

Ms. Dynamite

3/5

Tapestry

Carole King

4/5

My Aim Is True

Elvis Costello

3/5

Sunday At The Village Vanguard

Bill Evans Trio

3/5

Adele

2/5

Protection

Massive Attack

3/5

Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

5/5

Sign 'O' The Times

Prince

3/5

Parklife

Blur

4/5

Head Hunters

Herbie Hancock

3/5

Rust Never Sleeps

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

4/5

Crosby, Stills & Nash

2/5

Ace of Spades

Motörhead

4/5

The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn

Pink Floyd

3/5

1989

Taylor Swift

2/5

With The Beatles

Beatles

2/5

Inoffensive, dull boy band slop

The ArchAndroid

Janelle Monáe

4/5

Public Image: First Issue

Public Image Ltd.

3/5

Bert Jansch

3/5

Metal Box

Public Image Ltd.

3/5

Common

3/5

Not a huge rap fan outside of a few 90s albums, however this was a pleasant listen.

Elephant

The White Stripes

4/5

Stand!

Sly & The Family Stone

4/5

Groovy, baby.

The Age Of The Understatement

The Last Shadow Puppets

3/5

Band On The Run

Paul McCartney and Wings

4/5

The Cars

5/5

It's damn near perfect. Half of the songs here have lived rent free in my head since I was like 10. My first ever cassette I owned back in the mid 90s was The Cars greatest hits, so basically half this album. Even the first track's name perfectly sums up what's about to happen. Let the good times roll! 10/10

m b v

My Bloody Valentine

1/5

What a horrible night to have ears. Look, I'm a fan of Ride, Sonic Youth, I don't mind some some fuzz, some "sonic landscapes", some whooshing, but this is pretty fucking bad. At least Loveless has some catchy tunes amidst the murk. Nothing redeeming here though.