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Album	You	Global	Diff
Dog Man Star Suede	5	3.01	+1.99
Only By The Night Kings of Leon	5	3.23	+1.77
The Next Day David Bowie	5	3.29	+1.71
Urban Hymns The Verve	5	3.37	+1.63
A Rush Of Blood To The Head Coldplay	5	3.43	+1.57
Illmatic Nas	5	3.61	+1.39
The Stone Roses The Stone Roses	5	3.65	+1.35
Brothers In Arms Dire Straits	5	3.73	+1.27
Automatic For The People R.E.M.	5	3.8	+1.2
Rage Against The Machine Rage Against The Machine	5	3.97	+1.03

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Heartbreaker Ryan Adams	1	3.01	-2.01
Rings Around The World Super Furry Animals	1	2.97	-1.97
Moondance Van Morrison	2	3.68	-1.68
Playing With Fire Spacemen 3	1	2.54	-1.54
Blue Joni Mitchell	2	3.5	-1.5
1984 Van Halen	2	3.49	-1.49
Power In Numbers Jurassic 5	2	3.47	-1.47
3 Feet High and Rising De La Soul	2	3.45	-1.45
The Marshall Mathers LP Eminem	2	3.45	-1.45
The Dark Side Of The Moon Pink Floyd	3	4.43	-1.43

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David Bowie	3	4.33

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The Bends by Radiohead is widely considered one of the defining rock albums of the 1990s, marking the band’s emergence as something far more ambitious than a one-hit wonder. It blends raw guitar-driven energy with emotional depth and poetic introspection, delivering anthems that feel both intimate and vast. The production is lush and dynamic, giving space for Thom Yorke’s haunting voice to move between vulnerability and soaring defiance. Songs like “Fake Plastic Trees,” “Street Spirit (Fade Out),” and “High and Dry” showcase a mastery of melody and melancholy that set the stage for Radiohead’s later experiments. The Bends endures because it captures that rare balance between heart and precision—an album that sounds just as vital decades later.