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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Meat Puppets II Meat Puppets	5	3.01	+1.99
Crooked Rain Crooked Rain Pavement	5	3.25	+1.75
Daydream Nation Sonic Youth	5	3.29	+1.71
Sunday At The Village Vanguard Bill Evans Trio	5	3.31	+1.69
Endtroducing..... DJ Shadow	5	3.35	+1.65
Live! Fela Kuti	5	3.44	+1.56
We're Only In It For The Money The Mothers Of Invention	4	2.46	+1.54
Straight Outta Compton N.W.A.	5	3.51	+1.49
Moss Side Story Barry Adamson	4	2.52	+1.48
GI Germs	4	2.53	+1.47

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Red Dirt Girl Emmylou Harris	1	2.87	-1.87
69 Love Songs The Magnetic Fields	1	2.85	-1.85
Blood On The Tracks Bob Dylan	2	3.66	-1.66
The Cars The Cars	2	3.65	-1.65
Brothers The Black Keys	2	3.55	-1.55
Fleet Foxes Fleet Foxes	2	3.43	-1.43
Synchronicity The Police	2	3.41	-1.41
Crime Of The Century Supertramp	2	3.4	-1.4
Either Or Elliott Smith	2	3.4	-1.4
Songs Of Leonard Cohen Leonard Cohen	2	3.38	-1.38

5-Star Albums (11)

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Run-D.M.C.

Run-D.M.C. · 1 likes

4/5

Fantastic to run to. A very important piece of work.

Rings Around The World

Super Furry Animals · 1 likes

3/5

Really enjoyed that. Cool mix of rock and bleeps.

1-Star Albums (2)

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The Stranger

Billy Joel

4/5

At Fillmore East

The Allman Brothers Band

4/5

Bad

Michael Jackson

4/5

On The Beach

Neil Young

3/5

Alright. His voice is quite whiney and annoying . The sad songs at the back end were good.

Fragile

Yes

3/5

Some highlights in what started off sounding like nonsense but once my ear tuned in was enjoyable. Could not do this every day

Born In The U.S.A.

Bruce Springsteen

4/5

Classic Americana. Great stuff. Enjoyed it more than I thought. Loved Glory Days, hadn't heard that before.

Illinois

Sufjan Stevens

3/5

Very nice. Nothing really stood out. An easy and enjoyable listen. Might check out some more of his stuff after this.

Atomizer

Big Black

4/5

This is a bit of me. I should have heard this before now really. Industrial. Jarring. Excellent.

Here's Little Richard

Little Richard

3/5

A couple of classic formulas over and over again. Joyful listen. There are more girls in this album than there is the fifth mambo.

Crime Of The Century

Supertramp

2/5

Raspberry ripple. Veins of great taste running through mostly bland and homogeneous vanilla stuff. It became background music after 3 songs. Dreamer came and went and I was gone again before the end.

The Specials

4/5

James Brown Live At The Apollo

James Brown

4/5

What a time to be alive. Greta show.

What's That Noise?

Coldcut

2/5

People Hold On is great. Did not enjoy a hour of this. First time the YouTube ads have been welcomed. Feels like some PEDs are needed for this one.

Electric Warrior

T. Rex

4/5

Nilsson Schmilsson

Harry Nilsson

3/5

It's alright. He's got a great voice. I prefer his version of Without You to the Christmas lady's.

São Paulo Confessions

Suba

2/5

Elite foyer music. Perfect for people that need to concentrate on something else.

If I Could Only Remember My Name

David Crosby

2/5

Weak commune tunes. Would have been a 1 if not for the cowboy song. I can't even be bothered to go back and look what it's actually called.

Figure 8

Elliott Smith

3/5

Underwater Moonlight

The Soft Boys

3/5

Dry

PJ Harvey

3/5

A good balance of grungy and melodic. Really enjoyable listen.

We Are Family

Sister Sledge

4/5

Fantastic stuff, I love disco. Some terrific bass lines.

Mr. Tambourine Man

The Byrds

2/5

Jangly Rickenbacker, second meeting with that Crosby guy. It's alright, i guess. Marked down for doing mainly covers; a lot of Bob Dylan's work. Mark added for not sounding like Bob Dylan. We'll Meet Again was a jarring listen.

Red Dirt Girl

Emmylou Harris

1/5

She has successfully crossed over two of my least favourite musical genres. A dull, warbly slog. My first 1 star.

Henry's Dream

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

3/5

Very poetic. Some shanty-like numbers and some powerful slower songs. I liked Brother, My Cup Is Empty

Speakerboxxx/The Love Below

OutKast

4/5

Fantastic bit of work. Thoroughly enjoyed the whole thing. I have done multiple times and I will do multiple times more.

Blonde On Blonde

Bob Dylan

3/5

Some great songs. I hate the delivery. He sounds like a boy making a motorbike sound.

Country Life

Roxy Music

4/5

Awesome bass player. Quite showy.

Band On The Run

Paul McCartney and Wings

3/5

Crooked Rain Crooked Rain

Pavement

5/5

I'm rounding up because it was so good.

Surrealistic Pillow

Jefferson Airplane

4/5

Abraxas

Santana

4/5

Oye Como Va and the Guitar Hero song. A really cheesy English singing voice.

Definitely Maybe

Oasis

3/5

Pretty one paced. Gets a nostalgia round up even though all the hits are elsewhere.

Blood On The Tracks

Bob Dylan

2/5

Run-D.M.C.

4/5

Fantastic to run to. A very important piece of work.

Songs For Swingin' Lovers!

Frank Sinatra

3/5

All the songs sound the same. But they do sound good.

Pelican West

Haircut 100

3/5

Pretty average new wave

D.O.A. the Third and Final Report of Throbbing Gristle

Throbbing Gristle

2/5

Some interesting noises.

Germs

4/5

Lovely! Some classics one here.

Eagles

3/5

Decent two catchy songs bookending rocky, country sounding stuff.

Maverick A Strike

Finley Quaye

3/5

Dubby, a bit of trip hope. Decent couple of songs I there.

Behaviour

Pet Shop Boys

2/5

Not great. None of the classic PSB hits on here. Some criminal rhyming.

Paul Simon

3/5

Enjoyed it more than I thought I would on the second listen.

Queens of the Stone Age

Queens Of The Stone Age

4/5

Great riffs, great album. The creepy, catchy notes from the first song stuck in my head all day

Close To You

Carpenters

4/5

Three big singles in here. Cresent Noon while walking the dog in the forest was lovely.

The Cars

2/5

Just What I Needed is catchy but cheesy. The rest is just cheesy.

Straight Outta Compton

N.W.A.

5/5

Powerhouse.

Night Life

Ray Price

2/5

This Nation’s Saving Grace

The Fall

4/5

You should seeeeeee my new house!

Blue

Joni Mitchell

4/5

Gorgeous voice, great storytelling songwriter

The Yes Album

Yes

2/5

Only one more of these to get through. The No Album. Worse than Fragile.

Slanted And Enchanted

Pavement

4/5

Great album. Not as good as CR,CR

Smile

Brian Wilson

2/5

It's not Pet Sounds. Is this written for children?

Harvest

Neil Young

3/5

Meh, ok

Blood And Chocolate

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

2/5

Songs as long as the titles

At Newport 1960

Muddy Waters

4/5

Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs

Derek & The Dominos

3/5

Destroy Rock & Roll

Mylo

2/5

Why is this on the list? It's not even good within it's genre.

Fleet Foxes

2/5

I didn't like it when it came out. I still don't like it.

Rings Around The World

Super Furry Animals

3/5

Really enjoyed that. Cool mix of rock and bleeps.

The White Album

Beatles

3/5

There's a good single LP album in there. In hindsight, it would have given loads more to the 'unreleased/newly discovered bits' market that seems to be drying up nowadays.

London Calling

The Clash

3/5

Queen Of Denmark

John Grant

3/5

Some catchy tunes

Eliminator

ZZ Top

4/5

Not much to the lyrics but quite fun

Siembra

Willie Colón & Rubén Blades

4/5

I'd totally missed WC died 10 days ago. RIP. Thanks for this and the rest.

Either Or

Elliott Smith

2/5

Can you whisper and drone at the same time? The other one was better

Shleep

Robert Wyatt

3/5

Jazzy and ambient enough to balance out the folky bits

White Blood Cells

The White Stripes

3/5

Bayou Country

Creedence Clearwater Revival

4/5

This album is great.

The United States Of America

3/5

Some great songs some annoying nonsense. The woman has a great voice, bass player is top.

The Sensational Alex Harvey Band

2/5

Live!

Fela Kuti

5/5

Fetch The Bolt Cutters

Fiona Apple

2/5

She has a decent voice. Seems like an album a young person would make. Very surprised she's knocking 50 years old

Surfer Rosa

Pixies

4/5

Top, top, top drawer.

Exile In Guyville

Liz Phair

2/5

Long. Boring. Shit.

Odelay

Beck

4/5

Solid mix of a load of stuff. Dog on the front too

Ellington at Newport

Duke Ellington

4/5

Diminuendo in Blue is outrageous! The Original Album is available on Spotify but it's not linked from here, it's half the length with less of the comperes.

Rock 'N Soul

Solomon Burke

3/5

Old love movie songs

Meat Puppets II

Meat Puppets

5/5

This is a fucking sick album.

Street Signs

Ozomatli

3/5

Songs From The Big Chair

Tears For Fears

3/5

Very, very 80s. A 42 minute album that could be 24 minutes.

Smash

The Offspring

4/5

Makes you want to skate

Palo Congo

Sabu

3/5

First song is amazing

Disraeli Gears

Cream

4/5

A classic

Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite

Maxwell

3/5

Decent neo soul. Fizzled out a bit

The Infotainment Scan

The Fall

4/5

A mix of sounds in this one. Top stuff

Teenager Of The Year

Frank Black

3/5

The xx

2/5

Intro and Crystallised and that's about it.

The Rolling Stones

4/5

The Who Sell Out

The Who

2/5

I can see for miles is great but it's mostly annoying

Wish You Were Here

Pink Floyd

4/5

Enjoyed it more than I thought I would

AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted

Ice Cube

3/5

Love the production, the sexism has not aged well.

Mama's Gun

Erykah Badu

4/5

Loved this

Eli And The Thirteenth Confession

Laura Nyro

4/5

Enjoyed this

Can't Buy A Thrill

Steely Dan

3/5

Decent dad rock, 2 bangers

Fred Neil

3/5

Last song is great. Decent rest.

1977

Ash

2/5

Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs

Marty Robbins

2/5

I love cowboys. I didn't love this

Sunday At The Village Vanguard

Bill Evans Trio

5/5

One of my all time faves! A pleasure to listen to it again as the sun sets.

Beautiful Freak

Eels

2/5

Lame, boring. Walkie talkie to God lyric hahaha

Heartbreaker

Ryan Adams

2/5

Couldn't get into it

Graceland

Paul Simon

3/5

Not as good as I'd expected. The other one was better

...Baby One More Time

Britney Spears

3/5

Some bangers some not so bangers

The Modern Lovers

4/5

Rumours

Fleetwood Mac

5/5

The most nailed on 5

A Hard Day's Night

Beatles

3/5

I'm Your Man

Leonard Cohen

3/5

Not a bad attempt at an album for a celebrity chef/travel documentarian.

Moss Side Story

Barry Adamson

4/5

Albums like this is the reason I'm doing this thing.

Dookie

Green Day

4/5

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Dusty In Memphis

Dusty Springfield

4/5

Sweet, soulful voice

Forever Changes

Love

4/5

Fantastic album

Bridge Over Troubled Water

Simon & Garfunkel

3/5

Softly softly catchy gingles

Blue Lines

Massive Attack

4/5

Top quality trip hop

My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts

Brian Eno

3/5

Regiment is a banger

First Band On The Moon

The Cardigans

3/5

A lot of the same. And the one famous song.

My Generation

The Who

4/5

Marked up for the bluesy numbers

All Hope Is Gone

Slipknot

3/5

I think I could PB to this. 🏃‍♂️

69 Love Songs

The Magnetic Fields

1/5

Buena Vista Social Club

5/5

5 all day. Impeccable album.

Life's Too Good

The Sugarcubes

3/5

Omg, it's Bjork!

We're Only In It For The Money

The Mothers Of Invention

4/5

Sticking it to sticking it to the man, dude.

Talking Book

Stevie Wonder

5/5

This is a masterpiece.

Power In Numbers

Jurassic 5

4/5

What's Golden, banger.

Endtroducing.....

DJ Shadow

5/5

A classic!

Crazysexycool

TLC

4/5

Van Halen

3/5

Glam metal before it was a thing. The guitarist is good. He knows he's good too. I don't like the singer.

In Our Heads

Hot Chip

2/5

Average. You can die without hearing this.

Grace

Jeff Buckley

3/5

Big shout out to stepping on a crack and breaking your mother's back! He's got a great voice.

Rust Never Sleeps

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

3/5

Still don't like his voice. The proto grunge bit at the end was good

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

Arctic Monkeys

3/5

Nostalgic.

Fuzzy

Grant Lee Buffalo

2/5

I bet Lana Del Rey/Ray??? Likes Fuzzy. Dull album.

Broken English

Marianne Faithfull

2/5

Couple of good songs on here but it's a bit wonky.

My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

Kanye West

3/5

Daydream Nation

Sonic Youth

5/5

My favourite album from a favourite band

Double Nickels On The Dime

Minutemen

4/5

Funky punk. Quality stuff. I'd love to be in this band

Stephen Stills

3/5

Decent, enjoyed the bluesy bits

Low

David Bowie

5/5

Incredible album.

Brothers

The Black Keys

2/5

Not for me

1999

Prince

4/5

Synchronicity

The Police

2/5

This is dreck

At Mister Kelly's

Sarah Vaughan

4/5

Unbelievable voice.

Songs Of Leonard Cohen

Leonard Cohen

2/5

The lyrics are better read than accompanied by pedestrian guitar.