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Album	You	Global	Diff
Rings Around The World Super Furry Animals	5	2.97	+2.03
NEU! 75 Neu!	5	3.1	+1.9
The Soft Bulletin The Flaming Lips	5	3.28	+1.72
Achtung Baby U2	5	3.3	+1.7
The College Dropout Kanye West	5	3.31	+1.69
Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds	5	3.32	+1.68
Definitely Maybe Oasis	5	3.53	+1.47
Welcome to the Afterfuture Mike Ladd	4	2.57	+1.43
Station To Station David Bowie	5	3.69	+1.31
Heroes to Zeros The Beta Band	4	2.9	+1.1

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Californication Red Hot Chili Peppers	1	3.69	-2.69
Play Moby	1	3.45	-2.45
One Nation Under A Groove Funkadelic	1	3.43	-2.43
Led Zeppelin II Led Zeppelin	2	4.1	-2.1
Bridge Over Troubled Water Simon & Garfunkel	2	3.96	-1.96
Stripped Christina Aguilera	1	2.87	-1.87
Live At The Harlem Square Club Sam Cooke	2	3.76	-1.76
Songs For Swingin' Lovers! Frank Sinatra	2	3.52	-1.52
Paul Simon Paul Simon	2	3.5	-1.5
Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music Ray Charles	2	3.49	-1.49

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Songs For Swingin' Lovers!

Frank Sinatra

2/5

Not my vibe, sorry.

Clube Da Esquina

Milton Nascimento

3/5

You could get lost in this quite easily, it had a lot going for it. I enjoyed it.

Abbey Road

Beatles

3/5

People rate this, but I think it's their weakest post-Pepper album.

Aladdin Sane

David Bowie

4/5

It's just a great record. It was a sign of more greatness to come from him.

The Yes Album

Yes

2/5

It had some good moments but overall was too drawn out and up its own arse.

Raising Hell

Run-D.M.C.

3/5

The hits are undeniable. The rest.... it ain't great.

Fear Of Music

Talking Heads

2/5

Some good moments in this, Cities and Life During Wartime in particular, but also it does just ramble on a bit, and I don't rate David Byrne as a singer.

Led Zeppelin II

Led Zeppelin

2/5

Will I ever really like Led Zeppelin? I don't think so. This got better as it went along but I can't say I'll ever listen to it again.

Heroes to Zeros

The Beta Band

4/5

This band could have been so much more. This record is great, so many layers to it.

Your New Favourite Band

The Hives

4/5

The reason I loved this record so much when it first came out was that it was essentially a compilation of all their previous releases. At the time, I was longing to find a band I'd never heard of that had a rich back catalogue that I could explore, and The Hives were that band, and this was that record.

I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You

Aretha Franklin

3/5

A nice listen, not sure why Spotify has Respect on it twice, but it's not unwelcome.

The Marshall Mathers LP

Eminem

4/5

A formative listen for the younger David Macnamara, and I reckon it'll also be one for my 10-year-old son too, which is somewhat troubling.

Stripped

Christina Aguilera

1/5

Nah, can't be having this on my algo.

The College Dropout

Kanye West

5/5

One of the best rap records from the start of the century

This Is Fats Domino

Fats Domino

2/5

Some interesting bits to this but it all sort of went over my head.

Achtung Baby

5/5

Top 5 best Irish records, easily. Probably Top 3, if we're being honest.

Kimono My House

Sparks

3/5

Musically, it was quite exciting. Vocally, it was unenjoyable.

Nilsson Schmilsson

Harry Nilsson

3/5

A surprisingly high number of bangers in here.

Talking With the Taxman About Poetry

Billy Bragg

3/5

This is the quintessential Billy Bragg record.

The Gilded Palace Of Sin

The Flying Burrito Brothers

2/5

Listened to this many years ago and never got into it.

NEU! 75

Neu!

5/5

It chuggs along but it also floats along. It's really great.

Seventeen Seconds

The Cure

2/5

It had some promise really lacks anything that massively captured my attention.

Rock 'N Soul

Solomon Burke

3/5

Solid record, I enjoyed it

Technique

New Order

3/5

Starts out promising, as if someone had just discovered a new music toy, but as it progresses, it sort of becomes a bit repetitive.

Stardust

Willie Nelson

3/5

Willie Nelson, live from the cocktail lounge!

Rhythm Nation 1814

Janet Jackson

2/5

A few hits of note, but not my cup of tea.

In The Wee Small Hours

Frank Sinatra

2/5

I find this quite boring and dated.

Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music

Ray Charles

2/5

Lot of music going on here, probably too much if we're being honest.

Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme

Simon & Garfunkel

3/5

One of those records that just fills your room with nice music and you can let it ease over you.

Sticky Fingers

The Rolling Stones

4/5

It's not my favourite Stones record, but I think its the record that most defines the band.

Arular

M.I.A.

3/5

The peaks are great, the troughs are pretty unremarkable.

Bayou Country

Creedence Clearwater Revival

3/5

A good entry point for CCR, it was interesting.

A Walk Across The Rooftops

The Blue Nile

2/5

Just fucking boring, non-descript 80s music.

The Soft Bulletin

The Flaming Lips

5/5

What a way to open a record! This is a classic, one to go back to time and again.

Scott 4

Scott Walker

2/5

It got better towards the end, but I didn't love it.

Californication

Red Hot Chili Peppers

1/5

I'm with Nick Cave on this one, RHCP are shit. I remember when this came out, and I liked it, and it's a deeply shameful period of my life that I wholly regret. Even paid actual cash to see them live on more than one occasion!

Heartbreaker

Ryan Adams

4/5

Beautiful record. Shame he's a wrong'un.

In Rainbows

Radiohead

4/5

I know this is good, I just can't love it as much as I loved OK Computer. I remember when it came out, it was so innovative, everything about it was just like...."this is what the future could be..." but I just wasn't ready for it. Or want to be ready for it.

Shaka Zulu

Ladysmith Black Mambazo

2/5

Fairly unremarkable.

Roots

Sepultura

2/5

Not for me.

People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm

A Tribe Called Quest

4/5

Some classics in there, but also, it could be 3-4 songs shorter, and no one would be too upset.

Moss Side Story

Barry Adamson

3/5

I wanted this to be a bit darker, more atmospheric. It was good, but lacked a little bit of something special.

The Contino Sessions

Death In Vegas

2/5

Not my favourite DiV album

Sign 'O' The Times

Prince

4/5

Infinitely better than the film, which is shite.

Moon Safari

Air

4/5

A joyous record.

...And Justice For All

Metallica

3/5

I found this surprisingly enjoyable.

Zombie

Fela Kuti

2/5

Not for me.

Repeater

Fugazi

3/5

Never really appreicated Fugazi, always assumed their were one of those bands that I just wouldn't like, but this was a lot more polished that I was expecting.

Station To Station

David Bowie

5/5

A great record, if I could, I'd give it a 6.

You're Living All Over Me

Dinosaur Jr.

3/5

You could see where they were going with this. It gets really good towards the end.

Fromohio

fIREHOSE

3/5

Some nice moments to this, but it started off with more promise which wasn't really sustained through out the rest of the album.

Darkness on the Edge of Town

Bruce Springsteen

4/5

I think this was the first Bruce Springsteen album I really got into.

Iron Maiden

3/5

Permission to Land

The Darkness

3/5

Stupid riffs, but you can't deny them!

Crazysexycool

TLC

2/5

Htis are great, the rest is a bit filler-y.

Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

5/5

There She Goes, My Beautiful World is hands down one of the best songs ever written.

Welcome to the Afterfuture

Mike Ladd

4/5

Reminded me of the James Lavelle UNKLE record, which I loved.

Armed Forces

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

4/5

Boy, that n-word really stands out! Solid record, I enjoyed it. Reminded me of a really good record called Kontiki by a band called Cotton Mather that I listened to a lot back in the 2000s.

Bridge Over Troubled Water

Simon & Garfunkel

2/5

Boring, IMO

Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)

Eurythmics

2/5

Nope, not for me.

Rings Around The World

Super Furry Animals

5/5

My 2nd favourite SFA album.

Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor

Lupe Fiasco

3/5

I enjoyed this one, but it's also a bit forgettable.

One Nation Under A Groove

Funkadelic

1/5

Not available on my Spotify, which was surprising.

Fred Neil

2/5

I respect his artistic vision but absolutely fuck off with your 8 minute closer of noise.

Space Ritual

Hawkwind

3/5

Couldn't find this on Spotify in my country so can't comment.

James Brown Live At The Apollo

James Brown

2/5

Definitely Maybe

Oasis

5/5

Is it the greatest debut album of all time? Not for me to say.

The Low End Theory

A Tribe Called Quest

3/5

Good record, well done Tribe.

Better Living Through Chemistry

Fatboy Slim

4/5

I think I prefer this one to his more successful follow-up.

Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

3/5

Some great bits to this

The Slim Shady LP

Eminem

4/5

It's a good record, but it's also aged pretty badly.

Time (The Revelator)

Gillian Welch

2/5

Nah, I did't like this one. Sorry Gillian.

Paul Simon

2/5

I find Paul Simon quite boring.

Floodland

Sisters Of Mercy

2/5

Bring on the flood.

Meat Is Murder

The Smiths

4/5

I like meat. I also like this record. The two worlds can co-exist!

Crocodiles

Echo And The Bunnymen

3/5

Decent record, but not their best.

Live At The Harlem Square Club

Sam Cooke

2/5

Few moments on this but I wasn't that engaged.

Tigermilk

Belle & Sebastian

2/5

I remember when B&S kind of broke out, and this was lauded as like a secret debut, and it was really hard to get a copy of it. Years later, I did buy it, and I wasn't wholly unimpressed.

Play

Moby

1/5

No chance, I lived through the time when this was EVERYWHERE. I'm not listening to it.

Illmatic

Nas

3/5

My first rap album. It's a good one.

Coles Corner

Richard Hawley

2/5

Shaft

Isaac Hayes

3/5

Decent soundtrack, not so decent film.

Your Arsenal

Morrissey

4/5

A decent Morrissey record? Do my ears deceive?