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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols Sex Pistols	5	3.45	+1.55
After The Gold Rush Neil Young	5	3.62	+1.38
Moondance Van Morrison	5	3.7	+1.3
Phaedra Tangerine Dream	4	2.74	+1.26
Harvest Neil Young	5	3.81	+1.19
I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You Aretha Franklin	5	3.93	+1.07
Hunky Dory David Bowie	5	4	+1

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Strange Cargo III William Orbit	1	2.77	-1.77
Debut Björk	2	3.38	-1.38
Achtung Baby U2	2	3.3	-1.3
Only By The Night Kings of Leon	2	3.24	-1.24
Closer Joy Division	2	3.22	-1.22
The Scream Siouxsie And The Banshees	2	3.04	-1.04

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Artist	Albums	Average
Neil Young	2	5

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Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols

Popular Reviews

I Should Coco

Supergrass · 1 likes

4/5

Surprised by this, not what I expected. One of the better ‘britpop’ records I’ve heard. Cardiacsy in places!

1-Star Albums (1)

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Moondance

Van Morrison

5/5

Into the mystic 10/10. The rest easy 7/8 out of 10. Great record

Live At Leeds

The Who

4/5

Classic record, great guitar tones. Couldn’t listen to actual released version from 1970, listened to deluxe version on vinyl. This version is probably too long. Overall, solid live classic rock record. 3.5/5

Jagged Little Pill

Alanis Morissette

3/5

Decent record, singles are good and the songwriting is strong. Maybe slightly dated production but doesn’t detract too much

KIWANUKA

Michael Kiwanuka

4/5

Lovely retro vibes, I don’t think he knows how to make a bad record.

Debut

Björk

2/5

Some good moments, but didn’t work for me. I can appreciate its inventiveness though, and Bjork has a genuinely unique voice and style

Harvest

Neil Young

5/5

Stone cold classic. Basically no bad songs here.

Faust IV

Faust

2/5

Not really for me. Almost like a demo tape. Can get that experimental sound, not terrible

Only By The Night

Kings of Leon

2/5

Dull. Sex on Fire is overplayed but still a great song and you can see why it was such a hit. Opening track is also cool, but the rest of the album is just bland and hasn’t aged well

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness

The Smashing Pumpkins

4/5

Sadly too long, but some great tracks in here. Epic scope and lots of variety, and they know how to blend catchy riffs with melody without becoming cheesy.

Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols

Sex Pistols

5/5

Great album, classic riffs and tunes. Still not a huge Johnny rotten fan but it works with the music

Vanishing Point

Primal Scream

2/5

Boring. I can see the appeal maybe after a night out. Maybe come down music, but most tracks seem kind of aimless. Not unpleasant to listen to in the background

Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs

Marty Robbins

4/5

Really enjoyed this, great voice somewhat reminiscent of Johnny Cash. Also love a story song so very fun.

Something Else By The Kinks

The Kinks

4/5

Great, quirky songs. Love his voice. Waterloo Sunset obviously one of the GOATs, perfect song.

The Genius Of Ray Charles

Ray Charles

3/5

Obviously it’s Ray Charles. The man could sing. Prefer the second ballads side to the big band stuff. Overall good but there are better Ray albums I think

Dirt

Alice In Chains

4/5

Love the vocals, nasty riffs. More metal vibes than other ‘grunge’ bands, further showing that label isn’t very useful. Like the solos as well, vibey

Phaedra

Tangerine Dream

4/5

Creepy, weird, retro futuristic electronic ambient. Sounds organic despite being electronic, which I love.

Buffalo Springfield Again

Buffalo Springfield

3/5

Nice vibes, not particularly strong songs imo. Always nice to hear Neil and Stills together though.

Everything Must Go

Manic Street Preachers

3/5

Big choruses, loud guitars. Bit like a if you had a less catchy Oasis and the lyricist had read a book or two. Rock music for middle aged dads. Not bad by all means, I can see the appeal.

Ramones

3/5

Classic punk, with more of a 50s rock n roll influence than the pistols. Production is poor but who cares.

Led Zeppelin

5/5

Classic. Pretty much every track would be on a Led Zep best of. More psychedelic than I remembered, lots of echoplex and phase/flange effects. Some days this is my favourite zep record

I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You

Aretha Franklin

5/5

Fantastic. One of my favourite vocalists and the songs are classics. Like this soul period better than her earlier stuff.

The Scream

Siouxsie And The Banshees

2/5

I can see the influence but not really my thing

The Infotainment Scan

The Fall

3/5

Liked it better than other Fall albums I’ve heard

Live At The Harlem Square Club

Sam Cooke

4/5

A perfect voice, top 5 all time fave. Great to hear in a different context, more upbeat and looser. Reminded me of the James Brown live album.

War

3/5

Liked this more than I expected, being a U2 disliker previously. Reminded me of the waterboys, mainly in a Celtic influence I enjoyed, it has a great sense of atmosphere and is enjoyably dark. Not a fan of Bono’s voice particularly but overall not bad

Legalize It

Peter Tosh

3/5

It’s reggae, it’s fine. Not all that memorable

Green Onions

Booker T. & The MG's

3/5

Title track is goated. The rest is a bit underwhelming but love the vibes and the whole thing grooves

Closer

Joy Division

2/5

Found this dull. Not even depressing or moody, just a bit plodding. Prefer the debut.

I Should Coco

Supergrass

4/5

Surprised by this, not what I expected. One of the better ‘britpop’ records I’ve heard. Cardiacsy in places!

The Score

Fugees

3/5

Classic 90s hip hop, with more soul vibes than others of the era. Great samples and a laid back feel.

Chocolate Starfish And The Hot Dog Flavored Water

Limp Bizkit

2/5

2 stars for My Way and Wrestlemania X7. Durst’s vocals are annoying after a while

Strange Cargo III

William Orbit

1/5

Could not get into this at all. Sounds like a soundtrack to a dated 90s banking drama

Me Against The World

2Pac

3/5

Enjoyed this. Flows nicely and some great sampling. Like Tupacs vocal style as well

Van Halen

4/5

Classic. The guitar playing still hasn’t really been topped almost 50 years later.

Odessey And Oracle

The Zombies

3/5

Didn’t fully click with me but I enjoyed the vibes

Achtung Baby

2/5

Didn’t enjoy this much, prefer War

The Blueprint

JAY Z

3/5

Decent sampling, hard hitting beats and good flow. Enjoyed it

Toys In The Attic

Aerosmith

3/5

Not bad, not really the 80s Aerosmith but a more classic 70s rock record.

Doolittle

Pixies

4/5

Great mix of catchy alt rock with weird angry proto grunge. Great songwriting and production. Classic.

Aja

Steely Dan

4/5

Classic Dan. Not my fave of theirs but it’s still great, probably one of the cleanest best sounding albums ever as well

Fisherman's Blues

The Waterboys

4/5

Love this change from the Waterboys. Maybe slightly prefer ‘this is the sea’, but the Irish folk direction here is a real original sound.

Night Life

Ray Price

2/5

Not bad, but didn’t grab me like other country I’ve had on here. Love Buddy Emons on the steel

After The Gold Rush

Neil Young

5/5

Classic. May be my favourite Neil Young album.

Hunky Dory

David Bowie

5/5

Top 5 maybe top 3 Bowie for me. Whimsical but weird in places, great stuff

Music for the Masses

Depeche Mode

3/5

I like the harmonic choices, and the vocals. The overall style isn’t really my bag but I didn’t hate it.

You're Living All Over Me

Dinosaur Jr.

3/5

I would have loved this as a 15 year old. It’s noisy and aggressive but still reasonably melodic. Vocals are weak but work with the material.

Giant Steps

The Boo Radleys

2/5

Odd choice for this list. Not sure if any of the songs really were a hit for me. Liked the vocals though

The Last Broadcast

Doves

3/5

Not bad, this was a band that passed me by despite being around a lot in my youth. FIFA main menu vibes, not a bad thing. Enjoyed it a fair bit but would need to listen more to get into the songs