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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Teen Dream Beach House	5	3.26	+1.74
Urban Hymns The Verve	5	3.36	+1.64
The Fat Of The Land The Prodigy	5	3.4	+1.6
Band On The Run Paul McCartney and Wings	5	3.66	+1.34
Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness The Smashing Pumpkins	5	3.68	+1.32
Violator Depeche Mode	5	3.7	+1.3
Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not Arctic Monkeys	5	3.73	+1.27
(What's The Story) Morning Glory Oasis	5	3.84	+1.16
Apocalypse Dudes Turbonegro	4	2.9	+1.1

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music Ray Charles	1	3.5	-2.5
Ellington at Newport Duke Ellington	1	3.43	-2.43
Signing Off UB40	1	2.97	-1.97
Street Signs Ozomatli	1	2.87	-1.87
Sex Packets Digital Underground	1	2.67	-1.67
Oar Alexander 'Skip' Spence	1	2.46	-1.46
2112 Rush	2	3.38	-1.38
My Aim Is True Elvis Costello	2	3.35	-1.35
Deep Purple In Rock Deep Purple	2	3.32	-1.32
Achtung Baby U2	2	3.3	-1.3

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Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music

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Here's Little Richard

Little Richard

4/5

Amazing voice. Loved the screaming parts while the saxophone is blaring out with Little Richard. So many songs you just want to twist and shout too. Fantastic album

Moon Safari

Air

4/5

Fantastic album. Great vibes As soon as sexy boy starts playing it makes you feel as the title says. Great for a walk or while trying to get to sleep

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness

The Smashing Pumpkins

5/5

Billy Corgan’s vocals here made me shout OH! numerous times. With the exceptional guitar work and gut punching drums this is an almost perfect album. Just a bit to long for me at 2 hours

Endtroducing.....

DJ Shadow

4/5

One of my favourite Hip hop albums. The way this is made just with sampling is mind blowing. Incredible

Violator

Depeche Mode

5/5

How can an album from 1990 still sound futuristic. Amazing synths all over this album. Every song is catchy with Enjoy the silence being my favourite

Bridge Over Troubled Water

Simon & Garfunkel

3/5

Wasn’t a big fan of the faster paced songs. Bit to similar to The Beatles for me. LOVED the slower songs. Bridge over troubled water, The boxer and Song for the asking are just lovely

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

Arctic Monkeys

5/5

One of the best debut albums ever made. So raw and real. Using British language and phrases makes the lyrics very relatable. Perfect album, no skips and will always be a favourite

Heroes

David Bowie

3/5

Really enjoyed this. Had only heard the song Heroes before giving the whole album a spin. Beauty and the Beast and The Secret Life of Arabia were also great songs. Really enjoyed the ambient section later on too, which isn’t normally my vibe.

Sex Packets

Digital Underground

1/5

Not a fan. The beats were ok at best but the lyrics never really hooked me. Very horny album

A Hard Day's Night

Beatles

3/5

Not my favourite Beatles album by a long shot but there were some little songs on here. The title track starts the album in a perfect way with the first chord setting the vibe. Can’t buy me love is another classic. The harmonica playing on I Should Have Known Better was amazing. A great “new” find

Band On The Run

Paul McCartney and Wings

5/5

Ive always been a fan of a few Wings songs like Live and Let Die and Band on the Run but never listened to any records until now. This has been my favourite of the year so far. Amazing vibes on this album. Jet is such a great classic rock song, the little guitar riff during Let me Roll it, the ditty piano melody on Nineteen hundred are all amazing and really good ear worms. Will definitely be in rotation for a while to come and looking forward to more Wings

Trans Europe Express

Kraftwerk

3/5

Great electronic album. Little bit repetitive with simple lyrics but great production

Something/Anything?

Todd Rundgren

4/5

Really fun album. The little skits in-between songs was a great touch too. Will definitely be back to this one. Even though it is 90 minutes long, the time just flew

My Aim Is True

Elvis Costello

2/5

Fairly standard Elvis Costello album. Love his voice and there are some catchy songs on this. Cant see myself going back for a full listen though

Paranoid

Black Sabbath

5/5

One of the best of all time. Every song is great, even the slower tracks have great guitar sounds and Ozzys singing is unique. No one else could do what Ozzy does. Love this album and is one of my favourites

The Holy Bible

Manic Street Preachers

4/5

WOW. I was not expecting that. I’ve always assumed Manic street preachers music was pop rock. But this album ROCKS. The guitars, drums and the vocals are all great. Very pleasantly surprised

Metallica

4/5

Had a few banger I’m familiar with like Nothing Else Matters and Enter Sandman. But everything else on this album is also amazing. The Unforgiven and Wherever I May Roam were both highlights for me. Excited to listen to more Metallica

Teen Dream

Beach House

5/5

Amazing album. Previously listened to Depression Cherry and thought it was ok but nothing special. This album is something special

2112

Rush

2/5

The opening “suite” was incredible. One of the best 20 minutes “songs” you can possibly listen too. Spacey parts, unbelievable guitar playing and great vocals too. The rest of the album don’t really carry on with the great start with more ballety songs. Could probably get to like the with more listens

Tidal

Fiona Apple

3/5

Good in parts but not my favourite by Fiona. The bolt cutters is still number 1 for me

Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music

Ray Charles

1/5

Of it’s time. Some good songs but I can’t see myself going back to this one

Sister

Sonic Youth

2/5

Not a big fan of the vocals. But the guitar sounds were something special. How they get the guitar to sound like it’s screaming is something else. Great punk record but need more listens

Seventh Tree

Goldfrapp

3/5

Wasn’t expecting much from this but was pleasantly surprised. The secondhand is better than the first but maybe more listens will change my mind

Blue Lines

Massive Attack

4/5

Another great album discovered. Didn’t know this is what Trip hop is. The amount of little micro samples really brought an extra layer to the production of the record. Will definitely be return to this and maybe even pitching my brothers vinyl

Strangeways, Here We Come

The Smiths

4/5

This is the Smiths I’ve been waiting for. After listening to a few record I didn’t get the hype and Morrissey’s voice was more annoying than anything else. This album was different. Loved his voice, loved the more mellower songs and loved Jonny Marr of the string as per

Greetings From L.A.

Tim Buckley

3/5

Some great songs here. Never heard of Tim before this. Who would have thought that his son Jeff would make great music too. Loved the Jazz vibes here

Me Against The World

2Pac

3/5

Great storytelling throughout the album. The intro using news clips of 2Pac getting shot and leaving the hospital really helped set the tone. Another song in which he raps about death, his mother and the world being against him were all great too. Really liked his rapping style aswel. Looking forward to more 2Pac albums

One Nation Under A Groove

Funkadelic

3/5

Wasn’t a big fan of the fist half but the last 3 song were incredible. The last 3 songs were almost completely instrumental so maybe that why I enjoyed them more with a bit lesss going on in the mix

Ellington at Newport

Duke Ellington

1/5

Some really cool moments of drums, saxophone and trumpet but nothing really grabbed my attention. Can’t see myself returning to this one

Street Signs

Ozomatli

1/5

(What's The Story) Morning Glory

Oasis

5/5

INCREDIBLE. Not just the hits like Wonderwall and Don’t look back in anger but the deep cuts, like Hello, She’s electric and cast no shadow. Champagne Supernova is a fantastic closer. They second Why, why, why? before the guitar solo does something to me deep within my soul. 5 stars 10/10. A+

Apocalypse Dudes

Turbonegro

4/5

Electric guitars, pummelling drums and screaming vocals make for a non stop album that kicks you in the teeth from the opening song. The tempo continues throughout the whole record and is so much fun to listen too. Was a mistake to listen before bed

Raw Like Sushi

Neneh Cherry

3/5

Fun, fun, fun. Really enjoyed this one. Great start to the album with Buffalo Sauce and the good songs keep coming. The Next Generation was another favourite. Looking forward to more Neneh

The Fat Of The Land

The Prodigy

5/5

One of my favourite dance albums. Amazing production, great vocals and some timeless classics. The world is a poorer place without Keith Flint and The Prodigy in it

Deep Purple In Rock

Deep Purple

2/5

I did enjoy this album. Some amazing guitar solos on some songs. However it didn’t really grab me like I thought it would after the first 2 songs

Nixon

Lambchop

2/5

Some nice vocals but didn’t leave much of an impression on me. Could get better with more listens

L'Eau Rouge

The Young Gods

3/5

I’ve been listening to a lot of Bad Bunny recently in the run up to the half time show at the Super Bowl. His music vocally hasn’t done much for me and I thought it was because of the language I didn’t understand. Well this album being sung in French has made me second guess my thoughts about foreign language music. I enjoyed this a bit even though with some of the avant guard music choices

Urban Hymns

The Verve

5/5

Richard Ashcroft and the bad just don’t get the credit they deserve on this. Overshadowed by Oasis and Blur when this came out but this stand along side and better than some of their albums. Bittersweet Symphony is worth giving this a listen on its own. Lucky Man, The Drugs don’t work and Sonnet are also bangers. Will be back to this one time and time again. Incredible

Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite

Maxwell

3/5

Really lovely album with some great funky songs. Liked the laid back, smooth vibe of this one

Oar

Alexander 'Skip' Spence

1/5

Really boring. Won’t be going back to this. An hour and 4 minutes and 22 songs and I wasn’t a fan of any of them

Achtung Baby

2/5

A few great songs like one and even better than the real thing. But nothing else grabbed me. I did like the album but it didn’t blow me away

Dire Straits

4/5

Amazing album. Loved all of it. Heard Brothers in Arms before so knew what to expect a little. Great vocals all over this and lovely guitar solos sprinkled throughout. Will 100% be back to this one

Cheap Thrills

Big Brother & The Holding Company

3/5

Janis Joplin’s vocals are incredible. Heard a few songs of hers but never a full album listen. The band and her play off each other perfectly. Great screeching guitars throughout and some really catchy songs. Ball and Chain was my favourite

Lost In The Dream

The War On Drugs

3/5

Fantastic record. Loved the longer songs with the guitars walls of noise. I’ve heard this album grows which I am looking forward to. I did like this but it didn’t blow me away like some other albums have so far

It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back

Public Enemy

3/5

The rap verses being exchanged between Chuck and Flavor make this a unique album. Some great samples too. The flash one used in Terminator X was amazing. Will definitely be back to this one

Bitte Orca

Dirty Projectors

2/5

I liked a few songs. Mainly the ones sang by the female member of the group. The male vocalist just didn’t do it for me. Also there were a few songs that had good parts and then completely changed to a different vibe and killed my enjoyment. A few also had strange time signatures that I couldn’t get into

Signing Off

UB40

1/5

Ugh. Really repetitive for my tastes. An hour was way too long. Food for Thought was the highlight along with the saxophone playing just didn’t enjoy each song sounding so similar :(