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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
More Specials The Specials	5	2.95	+2.05
Sea Change Beck	5	3.33	+1.67
Be Common	5	3.35	+1.65
There's No Place Like America Today Curtis Mayfield	5	3.37	+1.63
Debut Björk	5	3.38	+1.62
The ArchAndroid Janelle Monáe	5	3.45	+1.55
The Wildest! Louis Prima	5	3.52	+1.48
Getz/Gilberto Stan Getz	5	3.66	+1.34
Tea for the Tillerman Cat Stevens	5	3.67	+1.33
Buena Vista Social Club Buena Vista Social Club	5	3.67	+1.33

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
The College Dropout Kanye West	1	3.31	-2.31
The Seldom Seen Kid Elbow	1	3.24	-2.24
Abbey Road Beatles	3	4.45	-1.45
Rust In Peace Megadeth	2	3.24	-1.24
Country Life Roxy Music	2	3.1	-1.1
Devil Without A Cause Kid Rock	1	2.02	-1.02
Dog Man Star Suede	2	3.01	-1.01

5-Star Albums (12)

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Heroes

David Bowie · 1 likes

3/5

ok, not my favourite. some good tracks

1-Star Albums (3)

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Sea Change

Beck

5/5

haunting, emotional, richly layered masterpiece

Debut

Björk

5/5

upbeat, with some dark and aggressive undertones

Led Zeppelin III

Led Zeppelin

4/5

Good, not sure if it is my favourite Led Zeppelin album. Some good tracks, some ok.

The Specials

4/5

fun, youthful, spirited, raw

(Pronounced 'Leh-'Nérd 'Skin-'Nérd)

Lynyrd Skynyrd

5/5

Channel Orange

Frank Ocean

4/5

Not my most favourite genre, but there were some catchy tunes. Innovative mixes and melodies.

Master Of Puppets

Metallica

5/5

full of vim and vigor, novel sound for 1986.

Common

5/5

better than i thought, lots of smooth beats and funky hooks

This Year's Model

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

4/5

Sheer Heart Attack

Queen

4/5

a full range of songs, some loud rock, pop, piano ballad. A journey through the minds of Queen.

Suicide

2/5

um wow, definitely cutting edge in a way. like a Lynch movie soundtrack. Not exactly danceable, but ...intriguing?

The ArchAndroid

Janelle Monáe

5/5

great album, lush and expansive. Soothing and melodic.

In The Wee Small Hours

Frank Sinatra

4/5

smooth, early self-pity album of the famous lothario

Tea for the Tillerman

Cat Stevens

5/5

great, fresh, so full of hope and feeling

If I Should Fall From Grace With God

The Pogues

4/5

harsh voice, varied melodies, interesting

Electric

The Cult

3/5

hard rockin 80s tunes

More Specials

The Specials

5/5

i liked this much more than the first specials album that I listened to a few weeks ago. more range

(What's The Story) Morning Glory

Oasis

4/5

fun, hummable, catchy songs. not terribly deep or contemplative.

There's No Place Like America Today

Curtis Mayfield

5/5

The Band

4/5

Franz Ferdinand

4/5

boppy, good, energetic

Live At The Regal

B.B. King

4/5

made the blues popular, skilled at guitar

Country Life

Roxy Music

2/5

chaotic, like the soundtrack from a musical, but less melodic. not my cup of tea.

My Generation

The Who

4/5

better than i thought. jangly garagey rock

Devil Without A Cause

Kid Rock

1/5

The Sun Rises In The East

Jeru The Damaja

4/5

good fun fresh

Heroes

David Bowie

3/5

ok, not my favourite. some good tracks

The Wildest!

Louis Prima

5/5

fun, knew many of the songs. some guest stars. great album

The College Dropout

Kanye West

1/5

Sunshine Hit Me

The Bees

3/5

fun, pleasant, melodious. had never heard of them before.

Live Through This

Hole

4/5

youthful anger, energy

Konnichiwa

Skepta

4/5

Doggystyle

Snoop Dogg

4/5

good ol' raunchy Snoop before he became a paid MAGA supporter.

Surf's Up

The Beach Boys

4/5

interesting - some blues, some downtempo. still some falsetto too

In Utero

Nirvana

4/5

love it, blast from the past. not my absolute favourite Nirvana album, but it will suffice for now

Neon Bible

Arcade Fire

3/5

still pretty good, but so many of the songs have been so overplayed, it is hard to hear them with fresh ears and not fatigue

What's Going On

Marvin Gaye

4/5

lovely, soothing, pleasant listening experience

Superfly

Curtis Mayfield

3/5

fun, funky, fresh

Odessa

Bee Gees

4/5

much different than later BeeGees - music spanned from folk, country, pop, orchestral, hymnal... very interesting and shows off their talent as musicians

Entertainment

Gang Of Four

3/5

kind of like the clash, but more melodic. I can see why it was inspirational to so many modern rock bands. enjoyed

The Seldom Seen Kid

Elbow

1/5

like Phil Collins and Coldplay had an illegitimate child. dreary and whiny and not my cup of tea

Remain In Light

Talking Heads

4/5

Speakerboxxx/The Love Below

OutKast

3/5

a wild and wacky tour inside the minds of outkast

Marcus Garvey

Burning Spear

4/5

pleasant, soothing

Heroes to Zeros

The Beta Band

2/5

ok, not the most intriguing to me

Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables

Dead Kennedys

4/5

Five Leaves Left

Nick Drake

4/5

lovely beautiful calm music, singer-songwriter

Harvest

Neil Young

4/5

delightful, evocative of so many feelings and memories

Zombie

Fela Kuti

4/5

boppy, complex jams and funky jazzy beats

Abbey Road

Beatles

3/5

Buena Vista Social Club

5/5

great classic music, so many talented musicians

Bad

Michael Jackson

3/5

not my favourite, but can see why it was popular at the time

Talking Heads 77

Talking Heads

4/5

lively, passionate, quirky

She's So Unusual

Cyndi Lauper

3/5

some bangers, though Cyndi's voice can be grating at times

Picture Book

Simply Red

2/5

jazzy, easy listening type stuff

KE*A*H** (Psalm 69)

Ministry

3/5

loud and intense

Bitches Brew

Miles Davis

3/5

Arrival

ABBA

4/5

Arise

Sepultura

2/5

Risque

CHIC

3/5

Fun album. I enjoyed the tap dance solo percussion bit.

Space Ritual

Hawkwind

2/5

painful, janky, over the top prog, urr "space" rock.

At San Quentin

Johnny Cash

4/5

Elvis Presley

4/5

fun, unpolished Elvis with all his youthful energy

Wish You Were Here

Pink Floyd

4/5

popular stuff, trippy and dreary. good for curling up in a ball on a drizzly grey day

Dog Man Star

Suede

2/5

boring mid-90s easy rock with some annoying piano bits.

Rust In Peace

Megadeth

2/5

the guitar is wild, it's a snake, it's out of control.

Morrison Hotel

The Doors

4/5

Physical Graffiti

Led Zeppelin

4/5

good, some tracks I had never heard before

Getz/Gilberto

Stan Getz

5/5

lovely, so very smooth and pleasant to listen to. Like a warm spring breeze in a hammock.

Head Hunters

Herbie Hancock

4/5

the mayor of funkytown

Straight Outta Compton

N.W.A.

3/5

Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music

Ray Charles

4/5

spoiler: not at all country and western

Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs

Marty Robbins

4/5

You've heard about the girl in El Paso? Well she's Marty's girl and he's on his way.

Bitte Orca

Dirty Projectors

2/5

I like it as much as I did in 2009. A little too off-kilter/off-beat to be a pleasant listen, but I guess it's a good challenging listen.

Django Django

3/5

better than I thought it would be based on the album cover and first few minutes. like a boppier more upbeat Air.