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Album	You	Global	Diff
Bryter Layter Nick Drake	5	3.52	+1.48
Rising Above Bedlam Jah Wobble's Invaders Of The Heart	4	2.6	+1.4
Penthouse And Pavement Heaven 17	4	2.61	+1.39
Raw Like Sushi Neneh Cherry	4	2.7	+1.3
I Am a Bird Now Antony and the Johnsons	4	2.84	+1.16
Copper Blue Sugar	4	2.97	+1.03
Pills 'n' Thrills And Bellyaches Happy Mondays	4	2.98	+1.02

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Brothers In Arms Dire Straits	1	3.74	-2.74
Tical Method Man	1	2.94	-1.94
KIWANUKA Michael Kiwanuka	2	3.74	-1.74
Funeral Arcade Fire	2	3.56	-1.56
You Want It Darker Leonard Cohen	2	3.32	-1.32
Fragile Yes	2	3.31	-1.31
Selling England By The Pound Genesis	2	3.18	-1.18
Who Killed...... The Zutons? The Zutons	2	3.14	-1.14
Hearts And Bones Paul Simon	2	3.02	-1.02

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Songs From The Big Chair

Tears For Fears

4/5

An album I avoided listening to at the time. At that time I was listening to alternative guitar music. The singles on this album were huge and on constant rotation. Went back to this album for work purposes (music tutor at college) and realised what a great intelligent brilliantly written pop album this is.

Led Zeppelin III

Led Zeppelin

3/5

Not my favourite Zeppelin album, but see how the link between 1,2 and 3 would make Led Zeppelin 4 the major album it became. Too folky for me, but perhaps the band needed that change from the big bluesy rock of the first two albums? However, as with my previous album, having gone back to it now, I have warmed to it.

KIWANUKA

Michael Kiwanuka

2/5

Not for me. Like him as a musician and a person, but find his albums derivative and too bland for my own taste.

Debut

Björk

4/5

Love this album. I was a big fan of the Sugarcubes and Bjork in particular. This was a ground breaking album and cemented Bjork as a special talent.

At Newport 1960

Muddy Waters

4/5

A groundbreaking album. Apart from Muddy Waters vocals, you have Pat Hare on guitar, with that overdriven distorted sound and Otis Span on keyboards.

Bryter Layter

Nick Drake

5/5

I love Nick Drake and Bryter Layter is my favourite of his albums. For me it’s the perfect Sunday morning album. Side one is just the most beautiful and sublime of any album. We are lucky to live in the area that his sister Gabrielle and the Nick Drake foundation are based, and have become friends of theirs. Nick Drake’s will continue to live on and inspire both listeners and musicians alike.

Fragile

Yes

2/5

Not my thing. I can appreciate the musicianship, but to overblown.

Henry's Dream

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

4/5

This is a visceral piece of work. All the earlier Bad Seeds albums are my favourites. It’s unhinged, noisy, dark, beautiful and storytelling at its best. I have been lucky enough to this band play these songs live and those gigs are some of the most memorable I’ve been to.

Scott 2

Scott Walker

3/5

I like this album for its weird lyrical stylings. The sound is sumptuous in that baroque pop way Walker was moving towards. “Jackie” is a great song and I had know no idea it had been banned. Not my favourite Scott Walker album, but still very good.

Kid A

Radiohead

4/5

A brilliant album amongst an array of Radiohead brilliant albums.

Funeral

Arcade Fire

2/5

An album that had a huge impact at the time. Not really for me as I found it somewhat overblown, overbearing and sloganeering.

Beggars Banquet

The Rolling Stones

4/5

Really love this album. Any album opening with Sympathy for the Devil you k no is is going to be something special. As usual the Stones musically are ragged and it’s a bit all over the place, but for me it makes it all the more listenable. Shrouded in Brian Jones decline and eventual sacking on top of that. Part of a string of albums that truly captures the Rolling Stones at their imperious best.

I Am a Bird Now

Antony and the Johnsons

4/5

An unbelievable debut album. Anthony’s spectacular voice, the sparse but all enveloping music marked this out as a special album by a special artist.

Selling England By The Pound

Genesis

2/5

Not for me. At this time, 1973, I was 15 and deeply into Bowie/Roxy Music/Mott and not prog rock. I was waiting for the next thing which for me was punk/new wave. This music did not speak to me at all, especially the emphasis on virtuoso playing.

Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

3/5

Good album. Not a massive fan of Neil Young but this second album with Crazy Horse musician’s is good.

Back To Black

Amy Winehouse

4/5

A classic album tainted now by Amy’s personal life. The album barks back to 1960s soul with the production skills of Mark Ronson. The album is littered with fantastic songs, great playing, great singing, brilliant lyrics and fantastic production.

You Want It Darker

Leonard Cohen

2/5

I’m afraid I’m not a fan of Leonard Cohen. I have tried and there’s the odd song I like. I prefer the cover versions or other interpretations. I do appreciate and understand his position in musical history.

Rising Above Bedlam

Jah Wobble's Invaders Of The Heart

4/5

A brilliant album. I love Jah Wobble’s infectious love of all music. This really set the tone for music of any genre, any nation being commercial by mixing it all together. Justin Adam’s who went into play with Robert Plant is great and of course Sinead and Natacha’s vocals are sublime.

Pills 'n' Thrills And Bellyaches

Happy Mondays

4/5

A fun, exciting, expansive album showing that cross over between guitar and beats. Shaun Ryders lyrics are funny, poignant making him a very underrated writer. Still relevant and has not dated.

Penthouse And Pavement

Heaven 17

4/5

Loved this album when it came out. Was genre defining and have seen them live and Glen Gregory had and still has the most amazing voice. Facist Groove Thing is a fantastic single. They also get no credit for relaunching Tina Turners career either.

Surrealistic Pillow

Jefferson Airplane

4/5

A genre defining album. In particular Grace Slick’s position as a political forward thinking vocalist. A huge influence on female singers.

Hot Fuss

The Killers

3/5

Debut album and I lucky to see them on that first short tour of the UK to promote it. They were brilliant and this album has 6-7 brilliant songs. This is the only album for me. Each album got less alternative or more mainstream for me.

Who Killed...... The Zutons?

The Zutons

2/5

Their debut album was so good, that whatever came next had a lot to live up to. Unfortunately for me this does not match up.

Raw Like Sushi

Neneh Cherry

4/5

I love this album. Fun, brash, exciting. A new voice at the time and still sounds fresh today. Her autobiography is brilliant as well.

Brothers In Arms

Dire Straits

1/5

Sorry not for me.

Getz/Gilberto

Stan Getz

4/5

A classic genre defining album. Something I listen to to relax especially on car journeys

Tical

Method Man

1/5

Not for me!!

Hearts And Bones

Paul Simon

2/5

Not his greatest album and the one before Graceland.

The College Dropout

Kanye West

4/5

Loved this album when it came. A defining album in this genre.

At Fillmore East

The Allman Brothers Band

3/5

One of the great live albums. Superb musicianship.

Stankonia

OutKast

4/5

Loved this album. It’s their breakthrough into the mainstream. Ms Jackson is a classic song and really set the album off.

Here, My Dear

Marvin Gaye

3/5

Classic album and my favourite Marvin Gaye album

The White Room

The KLF

3/5

I’d heard tracks before this on bootleg tapes that a friend had. This is the full commercial version. I loved the PR campaign around them and these songs especially the singles are brilliant.

Chirping Crickets

Buddy Holly & The Crickets

4/5

Seminal album. Chock full of classic songs that still sound as fresh and relevant as when they were originally released. Songs on here have been covered numerous times over the years.

Natty Dread

Bob Marley & The Wailers

4/5

Another in the classic cannon of Bob Marley. This is where Marley’s songs start to gain weight and substance in the music world.

I Against I

Bad Brains

3/5

Such a legacy from the original albums. Hard to sustain that quality. Still, a good album.

Copper Blue

Sugar

4/5

Bought this album when it came out and loved it. Singles were great. I was/am a huge Husker Du fan, but this was a commercial alternative guitar album which showed Bob Mould’s songwriting skills.

You've Come a Long Way Baby

Fatboy Slim

4/5

A brilliant album. Not just in terms of genre defining but big big singles on this album. Videos are brilliant to the songs as well.