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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Black Holes and Revelations Muse	5	3.59	+1.41

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Pet Sounds The Beach Boys	1	3.93	-2.93
Dire Straits Dire Straits	1	3.72	-2.72
Licensed To Ill Beastie Boys	1	3.54	-2.54
Loveless My Bloody Valentine	1	3.18	-2.18
Third Portishead	1	3.13	-2.13
Another Green World Brian Eno	1	3.11	-2.11
Future Days Can	1	3.02	-2.02
Meat Puppets II Meat Puppets	1	3.01	-2.01
Born In The U.S.A. Bruce Springsteen	2	3.69	-1.69
A Grand Don't Come For Free The Streets	1	2.64	-1.64

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The Pleasure Principle

Gary Numan · 1 likes

3/5

I appreciate the innovative nature of the album, especially for its time- however as the album progresses the songs do sound more and more the same

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David Bowie

2/5

I enjoyed the electronic nature to the album, there were a lot of instrumentals though which is not usually my preference

Pet Sounds

The Beach Boys

1/5

Not my type of music, didn’t love the preppy nature

Band On The Run

Paul McCartney and Wings

3/5

Born In The U.S.A.

Bruce Springsteen

2/5

Not a massive fan of Springsteen’s voice and I find it makes a lot of the songs sound the same

Licensed To Ill

Beastie Boys

1/5

Could only listen to two songs, the lyrics were disturbing and I hated the sound

Off The Wall

Michael Jackson

4/5

I loved this album already

Aladdin Sane

David Bowie

3/5

Absolutely love the title, some of the songs are amazing but others are so experimental that it doesn’t always leave it to easy listening

Third

Portishead

1/5

The transitions in the album were horrendous which made it feel like a series of singles rather than a complete project- I also don’t like the vocalist and therefore couldn’t listen to the whole thing

A Rush Of Blood To The Head

Coldplay

3/5

The lyrics are great but I don’t love Chris martins vocals

Bad

Michael Jackson

4/5

The album includes some absolute Micheal Jackson classics

Dirty

Sonic Youth

2/5

This wasn’t for me, I wouldn’t mind if someone put it on but I am not rushing to listen to it again

Black Holes and Revelations

Muse

5/5

Really enjoyed this album, listened to it multiple times and will continue to do so

Coat Of Many Colors

Dolly Parton

3/5

Dolly Parton is a legend, due to the uniqueness of her voice it can make each song sound similar

The Genius Of Ray Charles

Ray Charles

4/5

I enjoy this style of music and listen to it when reading

KIWANUKA

Michael Kiwanuka

4/5

I really like Michael’s voice and will be listening to the album again

Illinois

Sufjan Stevens

2/5

Am not a fan of music that focuses on lyrical poetry at the expense of listenability

The Pleasure Principle

Gary Numan

3/5

I appreciate the innovative nature of the album, especially for its time- however as the album progresses the songs do sound more and more the same

The World is a Ghetto

War

3/5

I enjoyed the jazz influence on this album but am not a massive fan of long songs as I can find them a bit monotonous

Dire Straits

1/5

I am not a massive fan of the vocals on this

British Steel

Judas Priest

2/5

Not my favourite style of music

Another Green World

Brian Eno

1/5

Did not like this album, it sounded like noise

Private Dancer

Tina Turner

2/5

I didn’t listen to the whole album as I got a little disinterested a couple of songs in, however the woman is an icon so was probably an issue with my mood at the time

A Grand Don't Come For Free

The Streets

1/5

Not my thing at all

Out Of The Blue

Electric Light Orchestra

4/5

Really enjoyed this

Future Days

Can

1/5

Not my types of music at all