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Album	You	Global	Diff
Blood Sugar Sex Magik Red Hot Chili Peppers	5	3.48	+1.52
Maggot Brain Funkadelic	5	3.6	+1.4
To Pimp A Butterfly Kendrick Lamar	5	3.63	+1.37
In Rainbows Radiohead	5	3.85	+1.15

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
The Who Sell Out The Who	1	3	-2
Pearl Janis Joplin	2	3.72	-1.72
Appetite For Destruction Guns N' Roses	2	3.72	-1.72
Space Ritual Hawkwind	1	2.69	-1.69
Ramones Ramones	2	3.57	-1.57
She's So Unusual Cyndi Lauper	2	3.48	-1.48
Synchronicity The Police	2	3.41	-1.41
Elvis Presley Elvis Presley	2	3.37	-1.37
The Downward Spiral Nine Inch Nails	2	3.34	-1.34
Roger the Engineer The Yardbirds	2	3.1	-1.1

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The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars

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Pearl

Janis Joplin · 1 likes

2/5

Sorry Janice, you did nowt for me

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I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You

Aretha Franklin

4/5

Solid album. Maybe says “baby” a bit much but no bad songs.

Here's Little Richard

Little Richard

3/5

Fine album. Once you’ve heard one song you’ve heard them all though.

In Rainbows

Radiohead

5/5

Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

4/5

Really good album. Too long, though not sure what I’d cut.

Blur

4/5

Beetlebum Country Sad Ballard Man You’re So Great

Disintegration

The Cure

3/5

Good album. Like the vibe even though a bit samey/too long. Would have given 3.5 stars.

Blood Sugar Sex Magik

Red Hot Chili Peppers

5/5

C’mon. Top tier. Even if there are a few songs that could be cut.

american dream

LCD Soundsystem

4/5

Thoroughly enjoyed! i used to and change yr mind particularly. It could have finished at emotional haircut but last two long ones were also very good. pulse (v.1) smells like a hippy dippy Glasto tent at 3am.

Here Come The Warm Jets

Brian Eno

2/5

Unfortunately found it a bit boring

The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter

The Incredible String Band

2/5

If garden gnomes recorded an album

Mothership Connection

Parliament

4/5

Unrelenting funk! Great vibe! A lack of “songs” maybe. Can’t just put one on, you have to listen to the full album.

Live At The Harlem Square Club

Sam Cooke

3/5

Good energy. Would be better for actually seeing live.

The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars

David Bowie

5/5

FIIIIVE STAAAARS THAT’S ALL I’VE GOT!

Water From An Ancient Well

Abdullah Ibrahim

2/5

Background music

Spiderland

Slint

3/5

Solid album. Good Morning, Captain took me back to my younger days.

Buena Vista Social Club

4/5

Really good album. Felt like I was in a dusty saloon slamming whiskeys in a poncho

Melodrama

Lorde

4/5

Girly but good. Not a bad song on to be honest.

You Want It Darker

Leonard Cohen

3/5

I thought it was a pretty and quite haunting album. It felt like he wanted to get this one last album out before he pegged it.

Chicago Transit Authority

Chicago

3/5

Steely Dan-esque. Decent.

Roger the Engineer

The Yardbirds

2/5

Fun enough but probably benefits from people thinking fondly of the 60’s.

Aja

Steely Dan

4/5

Fun, funky, suave and sophisticated. Great musicians.

The Downward Spiral

Nine Inch Nails

2/5

Nine Inch Nails have never really done anything for me. 1 star seems harsh as Closer is decent and Hurt is really good but other than that, pretty poor.

It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back

Public Enemy

3/5

YEAAAAAH BOYYYYIIIII! A lot of attitude in this album.

World Clique

Deee-Lite

3/5

Probably helped that I was cooking whilst listening. Fun album to fry onions to.

Kind Of Blue

Miles Davis

3/5

Jazz 🤗

Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

Wilco

3/5

Sound of Silver

LCD Soundsystem

4/5

I’ll give it a 4 cause I think I like LCD Soundsystem now. Didn’t enjoy it as much as the previous album though. Stand outs - Someone Great, All My Friends and New York I Love You is a great ending

The College Dropout

Kanye West

4/5

Fun and groovy Kanye. Banger after banger.

Bubble And Scrape

Sebadoh

3/5

Call of the Valley

Shivkumar Sharma

2/5

I liked some of the sounds/vibes though was annoying at times. At the end of a Beatles or Tool song is all you probably need. Also, invent some more percussion! A bastard snare or some cymbals wouldn’t go a miss. Fucking bongos…

Songs For Swingin' Lovers!

Frank Sinatra

4/5

Classy, suave and charming. Hard to give it less than 4.

Aladdin Sane

David Bowie

3/5

Probably a 3.5. The last two songs are probably the best on the album.

A Night At The Opera

Queen

4/5

Wasn’t sure whether I could stomach a full Queen album but was pleasantly surprised. Plenty of hits, and The Prophet’s Song was a nice find. Fabulous.

Morrison Hotel

The Doors

3/5

Peace Frog probably the best. Enjoyed the funkiness. Waiting For the Sun and Blue Sunday stood out too. Indian Summer has The End vibes which is a ok with me.

Elvis Presley

2/5

Two seems harsh. Nearly bottled it with a 3 but I’m sticking to my guns… I don't like rock n’ roll Elvis! Too generic, and of course he covered Tutti Frutti! I know they all covered each others songs back in the day but there’s too many. I’m Counting On You is the stand out. An album of Elvis ballads would probably get a 4. Book your ideas up, Elvis.

Dusty In Memphis

Dusty Springfield

4/5

Something quite mysterious and melancholic about Dusty’s voice. Thoroughly enjoyed.

The Wildest!

Louis Prima

3/5

Fun and frantic cooking music

Celebrity Skin

Hole

3/5

Sometimes hard to give Hole a chance, always going to be overshadowed by Ms Love’s antics. Guilty of thinking they’re riding the Nirvana wave but they’re a good band in their own right. Decent album. Celebrity Skin and Malibu being very strong singles.

She's So Unusual

Cyndi Lauper

2/5

Not for me. Time After Time is a classic and really enjoyed All through the Night however.

That's The Way Of The World

Earth, Wind & Fire

3/5

Soulful, fun and funky (what they should be called). I hope Earth, Wind and/or Fire (not sure which one is which) are receiving some royalties from I’m a Celebrity with the use of that drum jingle!

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

Elton John

3/5

Good strong singles, can’t argue with them. Too much fat. Could be cut in half.

Synchronicity

The Police

2/5

Tripe! The middle section between Synchronicity II - Wrapped Around Your Finger saved it from a 1 star probably.

Heartbreaker

Ryan Adams

3/5

Borderline corny cowboy but I don’t mind. Lovely album. Very much enjoyed Come Pick Me Up.

Brothers

The Black Keys

4/5

Though maybe not many standout songs, as a whole the album has a cool, sexy vibe to it, which I dig! A band I’ve always overlooked. Maybe 3.5 stars but it gets a 4 as I can definitely see myself listening to them more.

Homework

Daft Punk

3/5

Started off good but did get annoying towards the end. Scrapes a 3 by being Daft Punk.

Pearl

Janis Joplin

2/5

Sorry Janice, you did nowt for me

C'est Chic

CHIC

3/5

Cheesy funky fun. Think I enjoy them more when they aren’t singing however. The Want Your Love is a top single. Scraped a 3.

The Who Sell Out

The Who

1/5

Something really irritated me about this album. I think because I expected more. Just a bunch of silly sounding songs. Sounded more like a compilation of shit b-sides. Nearly got a 2 because of the adverts, I like that concept, but couldn’t justify it.

Ramones

2/5

Don’t hate it but was bored through out

Fred Neil

3/5

Pleasant

Strangeways, Here We Come

The Smiths

4/5

As close to a 5 as you can get without getting one. A few songs towards the end are a bit weaker but the run of first 6 are excellent. Girlfriend in a Coma was always my favourite The Smiths song when I was younger.

Franz Ferdinand

3/5

2.75 stars. Better than I expected. Still a bit clingy clangy indie.

All That You Can't Leave Behind

2/5

Soft rock for mums. Having said that, Beautiful Day is a classic, reminds me of watching Match of the Day as a kid, and You’ve Got to Get Yourself Together is a 5 star banger. Elevation is decent. The rest is pretty bland.

Remain In Light

Talking Heads

4/5

Such a unique, frantic, creepy, funky sound. Born Under Punches is a brilliant opener to an album. And Once in a Lifetime is an anthem.

Rock Bottom

Robert Wyatt

2/5

First 3 songs were decent. Lost me a bit with the gibberish. Was almost as if he was trying too hard to be “psychedelic”. On another day it could’ve got a 3.

Violent Femmes

4/5

Punky folky classic

Maggot Brain

Funkadelic

5/5

Maggot Brain has to be one of the best intros ever! For a funk band to a start an album with 10 minute tear jerking solo is outrageous. Then you’ve got your hits like Can You Get To That and Hit It and Quit. Probably a 4.5 stars, but I prefer it to the previous Parliament one.

Space Ritual

Hawkwind

1/5

Drivel

Kimono My House

Sparks

3/5

The singer should’ve done an album with Tiny Tim to really annoy the people. Really enjoyed the album. Could easily get a 4 after a few more listens I reckon. 3.5/5

Appetite For Destruction

Guns N' Roses

2/5

I can see why people love it but it just ain’t for me. Welcome to the Jungle is a great opener and Mr Brownstone is pretty good but other than that I was a bit bored. Sweet Child O’ Mine is what Proud Mary is to Middle Aged white women but for smelly grebs.

To Pimp A Butterfly

Kendrick Lamar

5/5

Bloody brilliant. Nothing more to say.

Hot Buttered Soul

Isaac Hayes

4/5

Very apt album title. Smooth and sexy. That butter was scalding hot, pissing out of my pikelets and dribbling all down my chin! Last song maybe let it down, even though it had Andre3000 SpottieOttie vibes.

Cross

Justice

4/5

I concur. Brings back great memories of Glasto. Not listened to Justice since then but thoroughly enjoyed. You can’t argue, it’s a great dance album.