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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Bitches Brew Miles Davis	5	3.3	+1.7
Synchronicity The Police	5	3.41	+1.59
Power In Numbers Jurassic 5	5	3.48	+1.52
Bryter Layter Nick Drake	5	3.51	+1.49
People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm A Tribe Called Quest	5	3.62	+1.38
Tapestry Carole King	5	3.91	+1.09
Beach Samba Astrud Gilberto	4	2.92	+1.08
Fever Ray Fever Ray	4	2.98	+1.02
Rage Against The Machine Rage Against The Machine	5	3.99	+1.01

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Foo Fighters Foo Fighters	1	3.49	-2.49
Tommy The Who	1	3.33	-2.33
Shake Your Money Maker The Black Crowes	1	3.28	-2.28
Central Reservation Beth Orton	1	3.05	-2.05
Teenage Head Flamin' Groovies	1	3.03	-2.03
Colour By Numbers Culture Club	1	2.85	-1.85
Nick Of Time Bonnie Raitt	1	2.84	-1.84
Snivilisation Orbital	1	2.71	-1.71
Antichrist Superstar Marilyn Manson	1	2.46	-1.46
The Village Green Preservation Society The Kinks	2	3.4	-1.4

5-Star Albums (8)

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People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm

1-Star Albums (9)

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Let's Stay Together

Al Green

3/5

Soulful singing, tight rhythm guitar 3 - deservedly on this list

The Village Green Preservation Society

The Kinks

2/5

Rebellious, clearly a huge influence on The Libertines 2 - a good album but not my thing

Cosmo's Factory

Creedence Clearwater Revival

4/5

Every song a hit! 4 - a great album even among this list

Maggot Brain

Funkadelic

4/5

Can not, will not, be defined by genre 4 - a great album, even among this list

To Pimp A Butterfly

Kendrick Lamar

4/5

Superb, for listening to alone 4 - a great album, even among this list

Foo Fighters

1/5

An important album for the legacy of Dave Grohl, great songs but nothing groundbreaking. 1 - shouldn't be on this list

Tapestry

Carole King

5/5

An absolute gem of an album, beautifully written and expertly played 5 - a near-perfect album

Band On The Run

Paul McCartney and Wings

3/5

Some good variations on the McCartney style 3 - deservedly on this list

Country Life

Roxy Music

2/5

Interesting and different, but not very good and some songs are sonically irritating/unpleasant. 2 - a good album but not my thing

Synchronicity

The Police

5/5

One of my favourites, although it only has one of their hits and signalled the end of the band. Creative, different, thematic 5 - a near-perfect album

Orbital 2

Orbital

2/5

I'm sure it did a lot for EDM and there's some good stuff in there but it's not for lounge -listening. Maybe driving or in a club 2 - a good album but not my thing

Blue Lines

Massive Attack

4/5

Powerful album, a soundtrack to my youth 4 - great even among this list

Astral Weeks

Van Morrison

3/5

3 - deservedly on this list

Chelsea Girl

Nico

2/5

Soft and sultry 2 - a good album but not my thing

Sign 'O' The Times

Prince

4/5

Meticulously crafted, genre-spanning, would prefer a mix of live and programmed drums but that's an artistic choice 4 - great even among this list

Central Reservation

Beth Orton

1/5

Easy listening, fine but nothing special 1 - doesn't deserve to be on this list

Roger the Engineer

The Yardbirds

2/5

I get how important this album was in forming a bunch of musicians that went on to huge success, but it just doesn't do much for me. 2 - a good album but not my thing

Kimono My House

Sparks

2/5

Chaotic, hectic 2 - a good album but not my thing

If I Should Fall From Grace With God

The Pogues

3/5

Fun 3 - deservedly on this list

Bryter Layter

Nick Drake

5/5

Stellar 5 - a near-perfect album

Beach Samba

Astrud Gilberto

4/5

Beautiful 4 - great even among this list

Live At The Harlem Square Club

Sam Cooke

4/5

High energy 4 - great even among this list

Inspiration Information

Shuggie Otis

4/5

Pleasant enough Re-rated after listening a second time, when I considered how ahead of its time a lot of the arrangements were. 4 - great even among this list

Nick Of Time

Bonnie Raitt

1/5

Good production quality, and its commercial success presumably means that everyone in the US had to listen to it in bars and on the radio for an extended period of time. That doesn't make it essential listening. 1 - shouldn't be on this list

Among The Living

Anthrax

3/5

A lot going on here 3 - deserves to be on this list

Rage Against The Machine

5/5

Anthem of my youth 5 - near perfect album

Joanna Newsom

3/5

Clearly a Björk fan, beautiful arrangements 3 - deserves to be on this list

The Contino Sessions

Death In Vegas

3/5

Enjoyable, hip, nothing special but well done 3 - deserves to be on this list

Vol. 4

Black Sabbath

3/5

Great album in the Sabbath catalogue 3 - deservedly on this list

Mr. Tambourine Man

The Byrds

2/5

Clearly a big influence on the Stone Roses 2 - a good album but not my thing

The Bends

Radiohead

5/5

This album just keeps on giving, wall to walk hits 5 - a near-perfect album

Kid A

Radiohead

4/5

Simultaneously gloomy and groovy 4 - a great album even among this list

Shake Your Money Maker

The Black Crowes

1/5

Can't fathom why this is considered essential listening. It's fine, it's just nothing new or inventive. 1 - shouldn't be on this list

Heaven Or Las Vegas

Cocteau Twins

4/5

Dream-like, sublime vocals, sounds that caress the ears. 4 - a great album even among this list

Le Tigre

2/5

Fun arty punk. 3 - deserves to be on this list

Run-D.M.C.

3/5

Inventive 3 - deserves to be on this list

Fever Ray

4/5

A very interesting arrangement 4 - great, even among this list

At Folsom Prison

Johnny Cash

4/5

What a set 4 - great even among this list

Armed Forces

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

3/5

Plenty of hits, good music but nothing special 3 - deserves to be on this list

Bitches Brew

Miles Davis

5/5

An all star, beautiful chaos, have to be in the right mood, but when you are... 5 - a near-perfect album

People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm

A Tribe Called Quest

5/5

A masterpiece, so well crafted, timeless. 5 - a near-perfect album

Like A Prayer

Madonna

2/5

An important album for pop and some classic tunes. 2 - a good album but not my thing

The Scream

Siouxsie And The Banshees

4/5

Starts off really strong, dips a little but comes back with a vengeance. Hard to imagine The Strokes hadn't listened to The Staircase before they wrote Reptilia. 4 - a great album, even among this list

Time (The Revelator)

Gillian Welch

2/5

A beautiful album, just not sure it develops music in any way 2 - a good album just not my thing

Antichrist Superstar

Marilyn Manson

1/5

I originally described this as derivative before I found out that Trent actually produced it. Distills all of the heavier elements of NIN into a single album, lacks breadth and depth. It's only redeeming feature is as a gateway to the true master. 1 - doesn't deserve to be on this list

The College Dropout

Kanye West

3/5

Never listened to it when it was out. I guess I get the hype around it. Shame it went to his head. 3 - deserves to be on this list

Rattus Norvegicus

The Stranglers

4/5

Great album, saw them in 2014 and they were still rocking it. This one doesn't have as many of the hits but it's got their signature sound in spades. So much attitude. 4 - a great album even among this list

Bug

Dinosaur Jr.

3/5

Surprised to learn this was released in 1988 - seems to predict the 90s. 3 - deserves to be on this list

Tommy

The Who

1/5

This album only really gets going in the second half (presumably it's a double LP, so the second LP). On top of that only The Acid Queen jumped out at me, beyond the classics that we've all heard before. For these reasons I don't think it's worth listening to this album. I'm sure it was huge at the time, and there are some good tracks, but lots of it is forgettable. 1 - doesn't belong on this list.

Roxy Music

2/5

Fine but largely forgettable, less avante garde than their other offering but feels like that's a good thing! 2 - a good album but not my thing

Exile In Guyville

Liz Phair

4/5

I was surprised how much I dug this. Reminded me of Jeff Buckley's posthumous Sketches for My Sweetheart. 4 - a great album even among this list

Superfly

Curtis Mayfield

3/5

Catchy storytelling 3 - deserves to be on this list

Hot Rats

Frank Zappa

4/5

Tamer than some Zappa I've been exposed to before, deffo essential listening 4 - a great album, even among this list

Teenage Head

Flamin' Groovies

1/5

Raw and electric, but I feel like there are better examples in the genre of garage country band. Whiskey Woman was about the only song that caught my ear. 1 - doesn't deserve to be on this list.

Power In Numbers

Jurassic 5

5/5

A class act, inventive 5 - a near-perfect album

Snivilisation

Orbital

1/5

Pretty meh tbh, repetitive, maybe it was ahead of its time but now it just sounds uninspiring. 1 - doesn't deserve to be on this list

Music in Exile

Songhoy Blues

3/5

I remember this one coming out (unlike most of this list!) - it's an important album for introducing non-Western styles to more recent generations of Western listeners. A catchy blend, named "desert blues" 3 - deserves to be on this list

Let's Get It On

Marvin Gaye

3/5

I'd listen to this more if people didn't think you were trying to set some sort of mood! 3 - deserves to be on this list

Colour By Numbers

Culture Club

1/5

So much better music from this era. Dated and downright cheesy at times. 1 - doesn't belong on this list