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Album	You	Global	Diff
High Violet The National	5	3.24	+1.76
Private Dancer Tina Turner	5	3.29	+1.71
If I Should Fall From Grace With God The Pogues	5	3.33	+1.67
Blue Joni Mitchell	5	3.49	+1.51
The Suburbs Arcade Fire	5	3.5	+1.5
Talking Heads 77 Talking Heads	5	3.56	+1.44
OK Talvin Singh	4	2.56	+1.44
Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness The Smashing Pumpkins	5	3.68	+1.32
The Low End Theory A Tribe Called Quest	5	3.7	+1.3
Parallel Lines Blondie	5	3.76	+1.24

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
(What's The Story) Morning Glory Oasis	1	3.85	-2.85
The Marshall Mathers LP Eminem	1	3.47	-2.47
The Slim Shady LP Eminem	1	3.28	-2.28
Woodface Crowded House	1	3.11	-2.11
Dirty Sonic Youth	1	3.11	-2.11
The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway Genesis	1	3.07	-2.07
The Man Who Travis	1	3.01	-2.01
Rattlesnakes Lloyd Cole And The Commotions	1	2.9	-1.9
Picture Book Simply Red	1	2.87	-1.87
The Cars The Cars	2	3.66	-1.66

5-Star Albums (14)

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Songs In The Key Of Life

Stevie Wonder · 2 likes

5/5

You finish Side 1 and think “damn this is a great album” Then Side 2 opens with Isn’t She Lovely and it becomes one of the greatest album of all time.

A Walk Across The Rooftops

The Blue Nile · 1 likes

4/5

Half my favourite bands are probably going to have this as an inspiration and I get why, although I think modern stuff has evolved it. You’ve got shoegaze, art pop, multi instrumental all layered below a really effective vocal. Really liked it.

Follow The Leader

Korn · 1 likes

1/5

Refuse to believe this has had more influence on music than any Lady Gaga album Oh and then we get a f slur?! Nah fuck this.

Private Dancer

Tina Turner · 1 likes

5/5

Perhaps this is because this is the first genuine female popstar I've had on this list, perhaps its because its one of the greatest comebacks in pop, perhaps her voice is just one of the best we've ever had. It's five stars. Any album whose title track is that good is five stars.

1-Star Albums (11)

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KIWANUKA

Michael Kiwanuka

4/5

Really enjoyed this album and I can't believe I'd not heard it yet! Probs 4 stars

Van Halen

2/5

I don't really like classic American rock! The best part of this was The Kinks cover

Station To Station

David Bowie

3/5

It’s Bowie! There so much of him! But it’s good. I like this

The Suburbs

Arcade Fire

5/5

Genuinely up there as a modern masterpiece for. Absolutely incredible album

A Hard Day's Night

Beatles

3/5

Its The Beatles! I know they are good! But also I listen to them and I feel bored But then Can't By Me Love comes on and holy moly I get it. (this will happen with every Beatles album. I don't think they are an album artist)

The Score

Fugees

4/5

Like Water For Chocolate

Common

4/5

I think The Soulaquarians are probably the most important group of musicians of the 90s and 00s, this is so good

New Forms

Roni Size

2/5

God this is a lot of DnB for a Saturday morning. I probably need to revisit this more in the mood. I can see the influence which always bumps ratings up for me, but not my sort of thing

Eliminator

ZZ Top

2/5

Synchronicity

The Police

4/5

What an absolutely weird album. The Police are a singles band for me and of course I know Every Breath You Take but to have it mashed into all these other really interesting tracks... Wow. Good stuff.

Devotional Songs

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

2/5

I liked bits of this! Its nice also to have a name to this sort of sound with Qawalli

Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul

Otis Redding

5/5

Generational voice, never actually sat down and listened to him as a full album artist. Really special

Rattlesnakes

Lloyd Cole And The Commotions

1/5

Agonisingly boring.

At San Quentin

Johnny Cash

5/5

Completely incredible. Cash's voice is divine, the humour between songs and the honesty of the prison system. Wow wow wow.

Dire Straits

4/5

Dire Straits are the classic rock band I really gel with and have been for all my life. Potentially a nostalgia thing but god Knopfler’s guitar is just a joy on every track

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness

The Smashing Pumpkins

5/5

I was so ready to dislike this as a) 90s rock bothers me b) its two hours long c) its Billy Corgen singing for two hours Eating humble pie. The highs on this album are incredible, I know the big ones but tracks like Galapogos and Thru The Eyes of Ruby are new discoveries that I just adored. It sprawls out over you and makes you take notice, it feels like a jungle that you hunt for the view from the top. Magic.

The Man Who

Travis

1/5

After yesterday I thought I would have to start reconsidering my 90s music dislike. No I'm still correct. GOD I'm so bored. (Why Does It Always Rain On Me slaps, and I quite liked Slide Show)

The Doors

4/5

Krieger’s guitar tone is one of my favourite noises in music and Morrison’s voice is iconic. Deserves the praise and then you get to The End and it’s this gorgeously big track that drives forward for the run time. Gives it an entire extra star.

(What's The Story) Morning Glory

Oasis

1/5

Appallingly boring in scope, lyricism and musicality. I’m trying to give it a fair listen but I just want to listen to anything else

Songs In The Key Of Life

Stevie Wonder

5/5

You finish Side 1 and think “damn this is a great album” Then Side 2 opens with Isn’t She Lovely and it becomes one of the greatest album of all time.

Picture Book

Simply Red

1/5

I'm not really sure why this is in this list? Its not exactly anything exciting, and that Heaven cover is really quite bad? Hucknall's voice however is so good he needs to be on a house track.

Kilimanjaro

The Teardrop Explodes

3/5

Is this the best album ever? No not really, but I still enjoyed it! Treason is that song!? Obviously I think you can track the soundscape in British music from this new wave / post punk sound into the Britpop era of the 90s... but I have to ask why they moved so far away from this. This feels interesting.

Raw Power

The Stooges

2/5

Guitars sound thick and dirty which I like, but I find Iggy gets lost over the top.

Seventeen Seconds

The Cure

4/5

Real good album. Weird and trippy, all the stuff I like about The Cure

Trans Europe Express

Kraftwerk

4/5

This is what I wanted from this challenge. I know how important Kraftwerk and this album is, but I never think “I should listen to this” so it’s just unlistened to me Holy shit. Just fantastic electronic music that you can let soundtrack your life in what you’re doing.

Unknown Pleasures

Joy Division

3/5

This started out great and then it kinda faded for me? I love Ian Curtis's voice throughout though but ended a little samey.

Band On The Run

Paul McCartney and Wings

4/5

For some reason I expected this to be quite bad, apart from Band on the Run (banger) I had a banging time with this! Mrs Vanderbilt slips! Nineteen Hundred and Eighty Five is a great closer! This might be my favourite Beatles/Beatles adjacent album I've heard in my life

Ocean Rain

Echo And The Bunnymen

3/5

Started out annoyed by this, really grew on me as it went and was taken on a journey. Finished too early for me to fully love it though.

The Slim Shady LP

Eminem

1/5

A relief to have a different genre then the past few days of various rock outings Technically this is great. Dre’s production over Eminem’s flow is just so good, but I only really knew My Name Is and Guilty Conscience going into it I’ve had zero solo women in my list so far, and I feel getting this album before that is just rubbing it in my face. The misogyny and glee in the violence is properly off putting. I don't feel I'm in on whatever joke this is.

Led Zeppelin III

Led Zeppelin

3/5

Immigrant Song kicks this off in the best fashion, but I was somewhat dreading an hour of that sound as I've never really gelled with Led Zepp beyond that I was wrong! This is a good album, with some gorgeous highs and lows and flow, with some tender moments backed up by 4 clearly super talented individuals. That's The Way a real highlight

Vulgar Display Of Power

Pantera

2/5

The technicality on display on the guitars is great But I always feel I’m missing something slightly with metal. It doesn’t move me in the way other genres do.

Talking Heads 77

Talking Heads

5/5

At points my favourite band ever. I think Eno in their latter albums makes them excel, but the rough edges and sounds here are just SO great. Don't Worry About The Government is one of my fave Byrne tracks, especially off American Utopia. On this it sounds scared but hopeful. Solo it sounds weary and full of worry. An evolution of a song through politics. Also Psycho Killer exists. Imagine writing that song! Just incredible stuff

Madman Across The Water

Elton John

2/5

This was a perfectly pleasant album that I’d have on in the background, after getting exciting about hearing Tiny Dancer

The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway

Genesis

1/5

This was really not good and then I got to The Colony of Slippermen This is abysmal.

New Gold Dream (81/82/83/84)

Simple Minds

2/5

The bass in this is great, but the album as a whole is slightly forgettable, I keep waiting for a big song but it never comes.

Get Behind Me Satan

The White Stripes

4/5

I think The White Stripes were always a couple of years out from when I really got into music, so this is a joy of a new listen to me. Jack’s voice is so layered to me, the instrumentalism is fascinating

If I Should Fall From Grace With God

The Pogues

5/5

Oh it turns out I love The Pogues? This is an absolute riot and Shane’s voice drawling over the top is just something special.

Dig Your Own Hole

The Chemical Brothers

3/5

Enjoyable when working out, but perhaps not quite in the mindset for it.

Olympia 64

Jacques Brel

3/5

My judgement on chanson music is "How much do I want to smoke a cigarette during?" I would've maybe had two to this? But slowly and maybe with a French 75 cocktail. Enjoyed!

Parallel Lines

Blondie

5/5

Longest yeahh boiiiiiii.mp3 So so great. The opening 3 tracks are just sheer excellence and the rest just builds to Heart of Glass and you're like... damn. Debbie Harry. Unreal woman.

The Marshall Mathers LP

Eminem

1/5

There’s a level of introspection on this album that from his debut that is interesting But Eminem continues to be homophobic and misogynistic in a way that is just uncomfortable.

High Violet

The National

5/5

Probs my fave band, audibly cheered when I saw this popped up this morning. I adore this album, Matt's lyricism is as close to poetry as you can get in music for me, and its coupled with this gorgeously rich baritone. He's so evocative especially on England and Conversation 16. The Dessner's back him up with both incredible production and guitars, whole Bryan thumps the tracks on with drums when needed. It's indie, it's hipster, its peak Pitchfork wankfest. It's fucking great.

British Steel

Judas Priest

2/5

Completely fine, and I enjoyed the slightly more melodic tracks. Also credit Halford for being an openly gay man in this genre.

Head Hunters

Herbie Hancock

3/5

Jazz baby jazz Pretty good! Not my usual genre but I enjoyed it

Woodface

Crowded House

1/5

Some of these lyrics are absolute clunkers and its just so boring.

Before And After Science

Brian Eno

2/5

Interesting stuff. You can kinda tell he was about to go into his Ambient era, and he's really trying things out. Not quite for me but respect the attempt.

The Wildest!

Louis Prima

3/5

Just a buzz that you get from these albums. Fun, raucous and you’re never sure where the next bar goes. Good stuff.

Fire Of Love

The Gun Club

3/5

Oh great an American punk album, fine whatever I should never judge an album by its genre! The moment the Blues guitar kicked in I was fully on board. This is so fun, what a great blending of genres.

A Walk Across The Rooftops

The Blue Nile

4/5

Licensed To Ill

Beastie Boys

3/5

I was expecting to enjoy this more if I’m honest! Still good but No Sleep and Fight really carry this album. Enjoyed Girls though!

Fulfillingness' First Finale

Stevie Wonder

4/5

So it’s not Songs In The Key of Life but like, still bloody great

Vespertine

Björk

2/5

I just don’t get Bjork. I appreciate the influence but I rarely run back to a track apart from Big Time Sensuality Pagan Poetry though is magic.

Siamese Dream

The Smashing Pumpkins

3/5

Preferred Melon Collie but had a good time with this! Smashing Pumpkins - good!

Nevermind

Nirvana

5/5

"Yeah its Nevermind, it's fine" kinda forgetting how stacked this album is. Unreally stacked. So cohesive. One of those classic albums that deserves the hype and history.

You Want It Darker

Leonard Cohen

4/5

Terrified tomorrow is going to pop up Blackstar and I'm in for the double. This is a really beautiful. Treaty especially.

Follow The Leader

Korn

1/5

Refuse to believe this has had more influence on music than any Lady Gaga album Oh and then we get a f slur?! Nah fuck this.

The Contino Sessions

Death In Vegas

4/5

I loved this! Really was trying stuff and seeing what flowed and sounded good in the sound scape. Really great.

The Köln Concert

Keith Jarrett

4/5

Extremely impressive when you know the story behind it, overall just very very good.

Dirty

Sonic Youth

1/5

God this was just an hour of tedious noise

L'Eau Rouge

The Young Gods

1/5

Awful

The Cars

2/5

I do quite like new wave but this didn't grip me as much as I was expecting?

Born In The U.S.A.

Bruce Springsteen

3/5

It is good and I appreciate it for that, but Bruce has never really moved me apart from the big tracks.

The Undertones

3/5

Enjoyed this more than I expected too, and John Peel had a point about Teenage Kicks.

Talvin Singh

4/5

This was really great focus and background music. It tried something and it just really sat with me

Crosby, Stills & Nash

4/5

Really really liked this. Long Time Gone just a real home run

Private Dancer

Tina Turner

5/5

Blue

Joni Mitchell

5/5

Generational talent. Everything that’s been said about her has been said before, everything about this album is so wonderful. Case of You just spectacular

Violator

Depeche Mode

3/5

This started out so fun, Personal Jesus is so so great, then it just kinda faded into sameyness?

Rust Never Sleeps

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

2/5

Tedious Americana

Slayed?

Slade

2/5

Just a bit samey

Nowhere

Ride

4/5

When I say I like shoegaze, I really mean I like Slowdive I do really like shoegaze based on this

The Low End Theory

A Tribe Called Quest

5/5

Just a joy of an album from front to back I don’t really have any more words. My fave.

Elephant

The White Stripes

3/5

This was fine? There’s some great tracks

Protection

Massive Attack

2/5

This didn’t really do anything for me? I dunno. Just a bit… dull? Maybe not in the mood.

Ellington at Newport

Duke Ellington

3/5

One of those ones where I know it’s good, but just didn’t take me anywhere

Ingenue

k.d. lang

3/5

This really grew on me as an album and frankly ending on Constant Craving bumps it up half a star.

Pump

Aerosmith

2/5

I didn’t dislike this as much as I expected. I mean I doubt I go back and listen but hey it was trying something.

Apocalypse 91… The Enemy Strikes Black

Public Enemy

3/5

This was really enjoyable

It's Blitz!

Yeah Yeah Yeahs

4/5

Probs a bit of nostalgia for me, but its such a great piece of rock imo. Hysteric especially this beautifully echoing track that lingers in the air. Karen O's voice is so gorgeous.

Meat Puppets II

Meat Puppets

3/5

I thought this would be heavy metal I don't dig but actually this was quite a good listen? You can tell all the influence it had on grunge, so a star for that.

Purple Rain

Prince

5/5

RIP Prince you'd have loved singing horny songs with Sabrina Carpenter.

Marquee Moon

Television

4/5

Really enjoyed this. The title track is properly thick and full of talent. What a great discovery for me.

The Holy Bible

Manic Street Preachers

4/5

This was released the same day as Definitely, Maybe and the world decided Oasis was the band to fall in love with? No. Absolutely not. What is wrong with Britain.