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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Junkyard The Birthday Party	4	2.15	+1.85
Debut Björk	5	3.38	+1.62
All Directions The Temptations	5	3.45	+1.55
Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not Arctic Monkeys	5	3.73	+1.27
G. Love And Special Sauce G. Love & Special Sauce	4	2.74	+1.26
Led Zeppelin III Led Zeppelin	5	3.94	+1.06

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Appetite For Destruction Guns N' Roses	1	3.71	-2.71
Van Halen Van Halen	1	3.62	-2.62
Green Onions Booker T. & The MG's	1	3.39	-2.39
Rust In Peace Megadeth	1	3.24	-2.24
Like A Prayer Madonna	1	3.23	-2.23
If You're Feeling Sinister Belle & Sebastian	1	3.19	-2.19
Pieces Of The Sky Emmylou Harris	1	3.11	-2.11
London Calling The Clash	2	3.96	-1.96
Paris 1919 John Cale	1	2.96	-1.96
The Stranger Billy Joel	2	3.86	-1.86

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1-Star Albums (10)

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Like A Prayer

Madonna

1/5

Only 3 songs that I liked. The rest I didn't care for.

Station To Station

David Bowie

3/5

A few great Bowie songs. Great piano music in last song. Classic Bowie.

Ill Communication

Beastie Boys

3/5

Appetite For Destruction

Guns N' Roses

1/5

Can't stand singer's voice..some good guitar rifts and catchy tunes but not a fan.

Speakerboxxx/The Love Below

OutKast

2/5

OK. Some good beats. Liked the jazzy stuff. Probs wouldn't listen again though.

Junkyard

The Birthday Party

4/5

Liked this album.

Let's Stay Together

Al Green

3/5

Enjoyed. Very refreshing.

Da Capo

Love

2/5

Didn't listen to all of this album. Not really into it.

Juju

Siouxsie And The Banshees

4/5

Eliminator

ZZ Top

2/5

Future Days

Can

3/5

Apple Venus Volume 1

XTC

2/5

It's Blitz!

Yeah Yeah Yeahs

3/5

All Mod Cons

The Jam

3/5

It was OK. Listenable.

Roots

Sepultura

1/5

Too angry

Palo Congo

Sabu

2/5

Highly Evolved

The Vines

2/5

It was OK but nothing special.

G. Love And Special Sauce

G. Love & Special Sauce

4/5

Groovy hiphoppy. Liked this one.

The Wildest!

Louis Prima

4/5

Great background music. Liked this a lot.

Young Americans

David Bowie

4/5

Good album. Love Bowie

London Calling

The Clash

2/5

Brilliant first song. The rest of the album was OK but not my cup of tea.

Fuzzy

Grant Lee Buffalo

4/5

Influenced by the Doors with a country element in some of the songs. Works for me.

3 + 3

The Isley Brothers

3/5

Couple of classic songs that I really like. One song was covered by another band which was better than the version on this album. Funky.

Don't Stand Me Down

Dexys Midnight Runners

2/5

What the.... Liked the last song but rest was rambling nonsense. Music itself was OK.

Bandwagonesque

Teenage Fanclub

2/5

I started to enjoy this when the album finished. Reminded me a little bit like the Gin Blossoms.

Sign 'O' The Times

Prince

2/5

Not for me.

Tidal

Fiona Apple

3/5

Good dinner music. Jazzy and easy to listen to. Recognised one of the songs, which I like.

Van Halen

1/5

Nahh

Abraxas

Santana

4/5

Good jazzy Latino tunes.

Zombie

Fela Kuti

4/5

Bongo bongo funky jazztastik!

Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde

The Pharcyde

2/5

Was OK. Reminded of Beastie Boys. Not for me though.

The Holy Bible

Manic Street Preachers

3/5

Not my favourite Manics album. Very much of the same.

Led Zeppelin III

Led Zeppelin

5/5

Not heard this for ages. Was a real treat.

Southern Rock Opera

Drive-By Truckers

3/5

Not keen on Country music but I enjoyed this. Defo has elements of rock and some good guitaring.

New Wave

The Auteurs

2/5

Middle of the road but listenable. Wasn't all bad.

White Ladder

David Gray

4/5

Melancholy

Bryter Layter

Nick Drake

3/5

Bob Ross of the music world. Enjoyed this one. Very peaceful and relaxing.

With The Beatles

Beatles

2/5

Not sure that I like early Beatles.

Swordfishtrombones

Tom Waits

3/5

Well. I had to listen to this twice. Wasn't sure what to make of it but liked it. Weirdly.

Green Onions

Booker T. & The MG's

1/5

Not for me.

Black Holes and Revelations

Muse

4/5

Some great songs on this album

GREY Area

Little Simz

3/5

Rap is not my go to genre but this was OK.

Born To Run

Bruce Springsteen

2/5

Not a fan

Neon Bible

Arcade Fire

4/5

Welcome to the Afterfuture

Mike Ladd

2/5

OK but not for me.

Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul

Otis Redding

4/5

Chilled blusey wonderful Otis.

A Rush Of Blood To The Head

Coldplay

4/5

Good album

Dust

Screaming Trees

4/5

Never heard of screaming tree. Grudgy. I like.

Can't Buy A Thrill

Steely Dan

3/5

It was OK. Couple of familiar classic songs.

New Forms

Roni Size

3/5

It was OK but tracks too long for me and not a huge fan of this genre

Hard Again

Muddy Waters

4/5

Some of the songs remind me of Sea Sick Steve. Enjoyed this one.

I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight

Richard Thompson

3/5

Tuns out, I like folk rock. Very mellow album. Notes of Simon and Garfunkal and also some notes of modern day alternative music.

Country Life

Roxy Music

3/5

OK but not Roxy at their best.

Adele

3/5

Song no. 1 is great. Other than that, not one of Adele's best albums. Doesn't mean that she is not an excellent singer song writer.

Bad

Michael Jackson

3/5

Very dated style of music. Was good in it's time. Only one song I really liked.

Midnight Ride

Paul Revere & The Raiders

3/5

Never heard of this band before and I was pleasantly surprised.

Eternally Yours

The Saints

3/5

Was OK.

The Number Of The Beast

Iron Maiden

3/5

Was good in it's time. Dad rock.

All Directions

The Temptations

5/5

Excellent

The Cars

3/5

Sticky Fingers

The Rolling Stones

4/5

Good bluesy album. Mick is a great blues singer.

In A Silent Way

Miles Davis

3/5

The Undertones

3/5

OK but not my cup of tea

Brilliant Corners

Thelonious Monk

3/5

OK but wouldn't listen to again

Debut

Björk

5/5

Brilliant debut album. Unique and showcases Bjork's range of vocals.

Happy Sad

Tim Buckley

2/5

Not for me.

Searching For The Young Soul Rebels

Dexys Midnight Runners

2/5

Sheer Heart Attack

Queen

3/5

A few good recognisable tracks. The rest is a bit blah

Bayou Country

Creedence Clearwater Revival

3/5

Liked this one. Bluesy.

Sea Change

Beck

3/5

Was OK but a bit slow and mellow for me.

Germfree Adolescents

X-Ray Spex

2/5

Not for me

Frank

Amy Winehouse

3/5

Amy has good vocals. Some good songs

Picture Book

Simply Red

3/5

Not a bad album. Just don't like Simply Red

Bringing It All Back Home

Bob Dylan

4/5

Colour By Numbers

Culture Club

2/5

Catchy pop but too 80s

Bright Flight

Silver Jews

3/5

I actually liked this.

Common

4/5

Twas good

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

Arctic Monkeys

5/5

Brilliant debut album.

Reggatta De Blanc

The Police

4/5

Good sound. Good vibe.

Gold

Ryan Adams

2/5

The Downward Spiral

Nine Inch Nails

4/5

Pieces Of The Sky

Emmylou Harris

1/5

Dog Man Star

Suede

3/5

american dream

LCD Soundsystem

3/5

The Bends

Radiohead

5/5

Radiohead are just the best.

Paris 1919

John Cale

1/5

Lady Soul

Aretha Franklin

3/5

Come Away With Me

Norah Jones

3/5

Relaxing dinner music. Liked this.

Qui sème le vent récolte le tempo

MC Solaar

4/5

Jazzy rap hip hopmade better by rapping in French

There's No Place Like America Today

Curtis Mayfield

4/5

Rust In Peace

Megadeth

1/5

This was a test of indurance. I just about passed. Shit to the core.

Abbey Road

Beatles

3/5

If You're Feeling Sinister

Belle & Sebastian

1/5

A Hard Day's Night

Beatles

3/5

Didn't enjoy this as much as I thought I would. Some good classics on it though.

The Stranger

Billy Joel

2/5

No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith (Live)

Motörhead

3/5

Apocalypse 91… The Enemy Strikes Black

Public Enemy

3/5

Sulk

The Associates

3/5

Did Muse get some inspiration from this, I wonder? Hate the 80s synth sound on some of the songs and the high notes of his voice. Other than that, it was better than I thought it would be. Recognised 2 songs.

The Queen Is Dead

The Smiths

3/5

Deja Vu

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

3/5

I was pleasantly surprised that I liked this one. Some tunes I recognised that were either covers or the original.

Jack Takes the Floor

Ramblin' Jack Elliott

2/5

Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme

Simon & Garfunkel