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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Green R.E.M.	5	3.47	+1.53
Parallel Lines Blondie	5	3.75	+1.25

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
In Rainbows Radiohead	1	3.85	-2.85
In The Court Of The Crimson King King Crimson	1	3.6	-2.6
Foo Fighters Foo Fighters	1	3.49	-2.49
Aja Steely Dan	1	3.47	-2.47
The Köln Concert Keith Jarrett	1	3.39	-2.39
Vulgar Display Of Power Pantera	1	2.97	-1.97
The Sounds Of India Ravi Shankar	1	2.85	-1.85
Tarkus Emerson, Lake & Palmer	1	2.79	-1.79
Live At The Harlem Square Club Sam Cooke	2	3.76	-1.76
The Velvet Underground The Velvet Underground	2	3.53	-1.53

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Bayou Country

Creedence Clearwater Revival

3/5

Very mixed. Proud Mary and the title track are both great but a couple of others are too long and very simple repetitive blues

Live At The Harlem Square Club

Sam Cooke

2/5

For me very standard soul which is not my thing. Couple of great tracks. My wife loved it. Very much her thing

Foo Fighters

1/5

Never listened to this before. Never will again

Aja

Steely Dan

1/5

Really terrible

The Stone Roses

4/5

Why have I never listened to this before. Not perfect but really good. Knew some of the tracks already but never knew it was them. Will listen again

Pretzel Logic

Steely Dan

2/5

2 steely dan albums in 3 days. This is a lot better than Aja. Got songs rather than noodly jazz. But won’t be listening again

Me Against The World

2Pac

4/5

In The Court Of The Crimson King

King Crimson

1/5

This album is 3 years younger than me. In my teens some friends liked stuff like this - maybe this. Hated it then. Hate it now. Would give it no stars if I could

Crosby, Stills & Nash

2/5

Inoffensive. Bit dull

Protection

Massive Attack

3/5

A few great songs. Protection and better things. Not consistent

Tank Battles

Dagmar Krause

1/5

I’m sure it’s very well done. But not for me

The Köln Concert

Keith Jarrett

1/5

Couldn’t get beyond the first 15 minutes

Wild Is The Wind

Nina Simone

4/5

Wow. That was good. Tuneful, political. Great.

Faith

George Michael

3/5

First album I’ve really known. I love some George. But this is such a mixed bag. 2 or 3 great songs but the ballads are pretty dirge like. A man flexing his voice and his song writing. He’d done better with wham and there was better to follow

Sound Affects

The Jam

3/5

Sounds like a band in transition. Lacks the anger and drive of going underground eton rifles and it’s not the beauty of town called malice or some style council yet. So for me it doesn’t add up to much.

Fear Of Music

Talking Heads

4/5

Love talking heads. Got this on vinyl but not listened to it for years. Like all their albums it’s a mixed bag but it’s fun and full of energy. Cities, life during wartime , I Zumba - all great.

Live 1966 (The Royal Albert Hall Concert)

Bob Dylan

2/5

I’m sort of a fan of a Bob Dylan in a casual, on the sidelines, greatest hits sort of a way. This was pretty terrible. He really can’t sing. Desolation Row was good. That’s the only reason it’s not 1 star

Trans Europe Express

Kraftwerk

2/5

Really interesting. Not good but glad I’ve listened to it. Europe endless and showroom dummies were my favourites

Rings Around The World

Super Furry Animals

2/5

Was pleased to get this as liked the single juxtaposed. Not pleased to listen to rest of it. 2001??? You’d never have guessed- tired, old British rock

Meat Is Murder

The Smiths

2/5

The smiths first single came out when I was in first year university. Many of my friends loved them. Hearing this today I feel the same as I did then. It’s all too samey and very few stand out tracks. A few of the singles were great but they didn’t put many of them on the albums.

Parallel Lines

Blondie

5/5

At last. A five star album. Remember it coming out. Bought it on vinyl recently. It almost lost a star for the poor ending to each side. But everything else is perfect. Packed with hits plus 11:59 - probably my favourite song on the album

Vulgar Display Of Power

Pantera

1/5

Really tried but only listened to first 2 songs. Sounds like all other thrash metal to me

In Rainbows

Radiohead

1/5

Oh dear. It’s kind of dull and miserable

The Sounds Of India

Ravi Shankar

1/5

Don’t know what to think of this. Instruction manual rather than album

Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

3/5

Like Neil young but this was new to me. Bit mixed but some good songs and the rest was inoffensive

Deja Vu

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

3/5

A few great tracks. A few others that were just too too gentle to be interesting

The Yes Album

Yes

2/5

Slightly ashamed of my teen self. 40+ years ago I loved this. Still got it on vinyl. Listening to it now it brought back a lot of memories- but it’s not very good.

Tarkus

Emerson, Lake & Palmer

1/5

Truly terrible

Go Girl Crazy

The Dictators

2/5

Oh dear. This is American punk ? Sounds like rich boys doing a beach boys rip off. Unlikely to change the world.

Elvis Presley

3/5

I get that it’s important and that it was ground breaking. But 70 years on it’s a bit nothing

Imagine

John Lennon

3/5

Couple of great songs. Never my favourite beatle

Green

R.E.M.

5/5

Welcome back old friend. Years since I’ve listened to this. Still brilliant. Pop Song 89, world Leader pretend and orange crush all excellent.

It's Blitz!

Yeah Yeah Yeahs

3/5

It’s ok. Nothing memorable, nothing offensive

The Velvet Underground

2/5

Apparently this is an important album but for me it was a bit dull, a bit uninspiring. Nothing horrible but nothing to match some of Lou Reeds solo stuff

Public Image: First Issue

Public Image Ltd.

2/5

Not good. One or two songs reminiscent of the pistols. Rest the ranting of a teenager who isn’t as clever as he thinks he is