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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Peter Gabriel 3 Peter Gabriel	5	3.29	+1.71
Moon Safari Air	5	3.57	+1.43
Van Halen Van Halen	5	3.62	+1.38
Blood On The Tracks Bob Dylan	5	3.66	+1.34
The Queen Is Dead The Smiths	5	3.67	+1.33
Live At The Harlem Square Club Sam Cooke	5	3.76	+1.24

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
The Marshall Mathers LP Eminem	2	3.47	-1.47

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Machine Head

Deep Purple

4/5

Fleet Foxes

4/5

Moon Safari

Air

5/5

Dreamy but structured. A classic.

Tommy

The Who

4/5

At it's most effective when simple. The storyline works to its advantage, and the hits are big hits. Some of the interludes are a little meandering, but the underlying melodies are very effective. Probably one of the best whole Who records.

Live At The Harlem Square Club

Sam Cooke

5/5

Feels like the arcetypical blues-jazz LP. The live energy is incredible. Relentless pace.

Talking Timbuktu

Ali Farka Touré

3/5

Initially this felt like an ambient listen - high quality production, but not enough variety. Towards the end, there was a bit more going on.

Pearl

Janis Joplin

3/5

Moving Pictures

Rush

4/5

Tempted to give it 5 syars for sheer quality of the first four songs. The music, the narrative, the way Geddy Lee's voice is utilised well heyond it's natural capabilitlies... alas, there's some odd production/structure choices on The Camera Eye in particular. Ah well, still amazing.

Blood On The Tracks

Bob Dylan

5/5

What seperates this from the 5-star albums of the 60s? The production. A real evolution in how Bob works with sound here. I personally prefer some of the 60s lyrics, but the quality here is undeniable.

The Köln Concert

Keith Jarrett

3/5

A pleasant album that's joyful in the mid-section (and I assume technically excellent, though I'm no expert), but hasn't got any truely outstanding features. Would put on at work to concentrate.

Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor

Lupe Fiasco

3/5

In a word: smooth. Couple of different genres swirling about.

Penance Soiree

The Icarus Line

3/5

Pleasantly noisy. You can feel that Strokes-era energy.

Fire Of Love

The Gun Club

3/5

Didn't quite hit after a promising start.

The White Room

The KLF

3/5

Good clean production, but didn't capture me one way or the other.

Back In Black

AC/DC

4/5

An LP defined by it's singles... and they are very good singles. Runs the risk of being a bit samey, so back-ending some of the good stuff is a wise move.

Dookie

Green Day

4/5

A great example of the genre - the hits are big, the deep cuts usually have some interesting stuff going on and the lyrics are relatable but brilliant. There are some inconsistentices - I'm fairly usually there's some weird production changes between songs, particularly around volume - but it can take it.

Tanto Tempo

Bebel Gilberto

3/5

Very pleasant. Enjoyed the vocals.

The Marshall Mathers LP

Eminem

2/5

It's a well-produced LP, but you have to approach it in the right frame of mind - it leans into the very darkest of its jokes, and isn't half as clever as it thinks it is.

808 State

2/5

Feels like a draft of songs designed to be remixed for the dancefloor.

The Queen Is Dead

The Smiths

5/5

Listening to this LP makes me very grateful for Jonny Marr... and very angry at Morrissey being such an arse. It is lyrically beuatiful, consistent yet with each track has having its own sheen.

Dare!

The Human League

4/5

Good fun! Not a personal highlight, but it's a defining sound, with big hits.

Songs In The Key Of Life

Stevie Wonder

5/5

Not just a great LP, but a template for so much stuff that came after it. Is it possibly a bit too long? Maybe. Does it matter? No.

Van Halen

5/5

Better than it has a right to be - should sound same-y, but every moment is enjoyable. Fun.

Surrealistic Pillow

Jefferson Airplane

4/5

It has some of the all-time great standards on it... but maybe a little distrscting filler too?

Peter Gabriel 3

Peter Gabriel

5/5

Innovative, a bit bizarre, very fun.