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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Pink Moon Nick Drake	5	3.65	+1.35
KIWANUKA Michael Kiwanuka	5	3.74	+1.26
Grace Jeff Buckley	5	3.74	+1.26
Hunky Dory David Bowie	5	3.99	+1.01

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music Ray Charles	1	3.5	-2.5
Bat Out Of Hell Meat Loaf	1	3.42	-2.42
Doggystyle Snoop Dogg	1	3.36	-2.36
Made In Japan Deep Purple	1	3.28	-2.28
GREY Area Little Simz	1	3.24	-2.24
Only Built 4 Cuban Linx Raekwon	1	2.84	-1.84
Getz/Gilberto Stan Getz	2	3.66	-1.66
Birth Of The Cool Miles Davis	2	3.63	-1.63
Rio Duran Duran	2	3.5	-1.5
Darkness on the Edge of Town Bruce Springsteen	2	3.42	-1.42

5-Star Albums (6)

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Ray Charles · 1 likes

1/5

I like Ray Charles but I really don't like this. Big band swing, not my cup of tea at all and I'm not convinced by his singing. So many songs almost identical, same chords, poor man's Georgia.

Rock Bottom

Robert Wyatt · 1 likes

2/5

Prog rock that I don't really get

Apocalypse 91… The Enemy Strikes Black

Public Enemy · 1 likes

2/5

As far as hip-hop goes, I find Public Enemy the most accessible for someone who is not into it in anyway whatsoever. Chuck D has a commanding and engaging voice. However even with all the positives, this is just not my kind of music at all. I can only rate on my own experience of the music.

4-Star Albums (14)

1-Star Albums (6)

Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music

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Getz/Gilberto

Stan Getz

2/5

Not for me. Smug French saxophone. Listenable though but not ideal

Brothers In Arms

Dire Straits

4/5

Either Or

Elliott Smith

3/5

Bat Out Of Hell

Meat Loaf

1/5

I'm tried to be impartial, but this is utter tripe

Daydream Nation

Sonic Youth

3/5

This Year's Model

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

3/5

Very listenable. I do find his voice pretty grating though.

Aftermath

The Rolling Stones

3/5

3. Good but far from their best work

Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music

Ray Charles

1/5

I like Ray Charles but I really don't like this. Big band swing, not my cup of tea at all and I'm not convinced by his singing. So many songs almost identical, same chords, poor man's Georgia.

London Calling

The Clash

3/5

It's very clear where the Libertines got their sound from. It's good, but doesn't blow me away.

Snivilisation

Orbital

2/5

For some reason it didn't really do anything for me. Some of the sounds actually quite annoying.

Rust Never Sleeps

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

4/5

A great album. I prefer the acoustic first half. Less bothered by the fuzz rock side, otherwise would be a 5.

Live / Dead

Grateful Dead

2/5

Not for me ta, too much widdly Jazz. Perhaps good if off your head

The Stranger

Billy Joel

3/5

It was very nearly a 4. But just a few too many songs that I didn't rate.

Coat Of Many Colors

Dolly Parton

3/5

Short and sweet, nice!

Marcus Garvey

Burning Spear

2/5

The same song over and over ag5

Talking Timbuktu

Ali Farka Touré

3/5

Pleasant

The Scream

Siouxsie And The Banshees

3/5

A good listen. Could be a 4 maybe from multiple listens but shall go with a 3 for now.

Soul Mining

The The

3/5

Aye alright

Green

R.E.M.

3/5

Yep, pretty good, nothing much to say

Ágætis Byrjun

Sigur Rós

4/5

Delightfully atmospheric and tuneful. It didn't matter that I don't understand the lyrics. Perhaps I'll listen with the translations at some point but perhaps not! 4

Rock Bottom

Robert Wyatt

2/5

Prog rock that I don't really get

A Night At The Opera

Queen

4/5

Some astonishingly good songs. But can it really be a 5 when it includes I'm in Love With My Car and The Prophet's Song?

The Age Of The Understatement

The Last Shadow Puppets

2/5

Nice enough and an easy listen. But this is supposed to be albums you have to listen to. You don't have to listen to this. Pretty average really. Even at it's release unremarkable so seems out of place in this list.

Deja Vu

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

4/5

The harmonies can get a little grating, but there enough great songs on here to make it a 4.

Pornography

The Cure

3/5

It's satisfyingly bleak and dark. But also gets a bit samey. Not sure if I'd return to listen again, perhaps.

Come Find Yourself

Fun Lovin' Criminals

3/5

It's a pleasant chilled funky listen.

Everything Must Go

Manic Street Preachers

3/5

I remember quite liking this at the time, and I still quite like it.

Rio

Duran Duran

2/5

This kind of 80s pop is very much not my cup of tea generally. This is alright, although I did find myself switching off listening and each song just blended into the next, the album just passed by. Ok, but not for me really.

Darkness on the Edge of Town

Bruce Springsteen

2/5

I've never got Bruce Springsteen and I still don't. Parts of it made me think of Vic Reeves.

Siembra

Willie Colón & Rubén Blades

2/5

Jolly. But once you've heard one track, you've heard them all.

Arular

M.I.A.

2/5

I have no idea what is going on here. StillI I don't dislike it, whatever it is, it's just not aimed at me.

GREY Area

Little Simz

1/5

No ta

Only Built 4 Cuban Linx

Raekwon

1/5

No stop this please. This whole 1001 albums thing started so promisingly. Hopefully this stream of dirge is just temporary.

Led Zeppelin II

Led Zeppelin

3/5

I'm sure it should deserve a higher score for its cultural significance. But I'm just rating it on a listen and I think its good.

The Köln Concert

Keith Jarrett

2/5

Pleasant as background music.

Alien Lanes

Guided By Voices

3/5

Quite interesting album of short fairly unusual tracks. 28 songs in 41 mins makes a change from the last one that was 4 tracks in over an hour.

Pink Moon

Nick Drake

5/5

A man and his guitar. Glorious.

I Against I

Bad Brains

2/5

I didn't mind this, but I also forgot I was listening to it, so perhaps not the best review.

The Man Machine

Kraftwerk

3/5

It's good and very enjoyable. I think it may be a 4 it the vocals weren't so shocking.

Locust Abortion Technician

Butthole Surfers

3/5

What a strange album. Quite enjoyed it though.

Revolver

Beatles

5/5

No words needed.... oh

KIWANUKA

Michael Kiwanuka

5/5

My favourite album of recent years. Faultless

Paul Simon

4/5

It's very good and has some great songs. But based on Simon's overall set of work, a couple of songs just not quite up to scratch.

Palo Congo

Sabu

2/5

Pleasant background music that I will never listen to again

Made In Japan

Deep Purple

1/5

Self indulgent widdling taken to a new level. The musicianship is clearly outstanding but that certainly doesn't mean the music is good. Just because you can doesn't mean you should. I was going to give a generous 2 until the last track, but it's such twaddle that much like the Spice Girls, 2 became 1.

Unknown Pleasures

Joy Division

3/5

Enjoyably dark. I do prefer a lot of their singles but there's still some great stuff on here.

Document

R.E.M.

4/5

It doesn't sound like it was recorded in the 80s, which can only be a good thing. Clearly a leap forward from their previous work. Excellent production and interesting music. Enjoyable.

Kick Out The Jams (Live)

MC5

2/5

I feel like I need to understand the cultural history of this album to appreciate it properly. I don't. I'd rather just be able to appreciate the music to be fair, which is ok.

Rage Against The Machine

4/5

This not my genre at all, but there are so many classic songs on here it has to score highly.

Ramones

3/5

Its good fun and a pleasant listen. Not sure much more than that though. Lots of short upbeat tracks.

Birth Of The Cool

Miles Davis

2/5

This would make good film soundtrack music. But to listen to alone I just can't get on with jazz. It's just too smug and pretentious for me. But at least it's not prog rock.

MTV Unplugged In New York

Nirvana

5/5

I like Nirvana a lot but am certainly not a fan. But this is clearly one of the all time great musical performances.

Heartbreaker

Ryan Adams

4/5

The album takes me back. Forgot it even existed and how good Oh My Sweet Carolina is.

Here, My Dear

Marvin Gaye

2/5

I was surprised that this did very little for me. I found it quite boring.

Music in Exile

Songhoy Blues

4/5

Very enjoyable upbeat listen

Strangeways, Here We Come

The Smiths

4/5

I enjoyed all of this. Some of it quite a lot. Morrissey is a cunt though.

Hybrid Theory

Linkin Park

2/5

It doesn't do much for me, but also doesn't annoy me. Kind of generic and uninteresting faux-metal.

Ellington at Newport

Duke Ellington

2/5

This is some of the better jazz I've listened to. I still can't get on with it but it's better than some of the more the pretentious smug stuff. And it's fairly short (I didn't listen to the double disc extended edition, over 2 hours!). Ok, which is a complement from me when it comes to jazz.

Nevermind

Nirvana

4/5

These songs seem to improve with age. I wasn't a fan back in the day but listening today they sound pretty much spot on. Only criticism is I find the songs a bit samey as it goes on and I prefer the acoustic versions mostly.

Bug

Dinosaur Jr.

2/5

It's ok. I just don't really get it though. What is it?

The Downward Spiral

Nine Inch Nails

3/5

It's very different, and for that reason I commend it.

Apocalypse 91… The Enemy Strikes Black

Public Enemy

2/5

L.A. Woman

The Doors

3/5

It's enjoyable and pleasant to listen to. With the odd bit of darkness, though more would have been nice. Good but not great.

Hunky Dory

David Bowie

5/5

Potentially in my top 10 albums of all time. Maybe. Every song a belter.

Being There

Wilco

4/5

One of the main reasons for following this list is to discover records I've never heard of or listened to before that I really like. And after 65 albums it's happened!

Trout Mask Replica

Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band

3/5

Fast and bulbous. That's right the mascara snake. Bulbous also tapered and a tin teardrop. No more needs to be said.

Triangle

The Beau Brummels

2/5

I think I like it, at least don't mind it. Though I'm not sure. I guess that means it's ok.

Doggystyle

Snoop Dogg

1/5

If this is the pinnacle of this particular genre, which I understand it is up there with it, then it doesn't say much for the genre as a whole. It's just a stream of childish cliches. At best a daft novelty record. Obviously it's not remotely aimed at me.

Grace

Jeff Buckley

5/5

Every song is exceptional. An amazing talent that was sadly taken so young. Amazing voice and songs.

Tanto Tempo

Bebel Gilberto

2/5

It's pleasant enough, whatever it is. Should it be on this list? Who knows. Actually I just read on the wiki article that producer Suba died from smoke inhalation while saving the newly recorded album from a studio fire. That is why it belongs on this list! Doesn't change the score though.

Slanted And Enchanted

Pavement

2/5

I listen to all these albums on half decent headphones. With some albums this enhances them a lot, with others it seems to show them up. Here the music just sounds at times tinny and empty. I can hear how this band will have been influential on a lot of the indie music that followed in the decades after but for me it is lacking something. It's like a band pretending to be the Pixies but not as good. Still not awful though.

American IV: The Man Comes Around

Johnny Cash

4/5

There are some amazing songs and covers on here, but some are also pretty suspect. However it's still a great album and reinvention of the great man.