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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Ys Joanna Newsom	5	2.8	+2.2
Deloused in the Comatorium The Mars Volta	5	3.19	+1.81
In The Court Of The Crimson King King Crimson	5	3.6	+1.4
Heroes David Bowie	5	3.61	+1.39
Take Me Apart Kelela	4	2.76	+1.24
Innervisions Stevie Wonder	5	3.87	+1.13
Arc Of A Diver Steve Winwood	4	2.87	+1.13
Picture Book Simply Red	4	2.87	+1.13

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Something Else By The Kinks The Kinks	1	3.25	-2.25
Get Behind Me Satan The White Stripes	2	3.38	-1.38
Woodface Crowded House	2	3.11	-1.11
Pacific Ocean Blue Dennis Wilson	2	3.08	-1.08

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Artist	Albums	Average
David Bowie	3	4.67
Stevie Wonder	2	5

5-Star Albums (8)

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The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars

Popular Reviews

Red Dirt Girl

Emmylou Harris · 1 likes

3/5

Another one where I am not sure why it is included in the list, a fine album but surely one of her earlier albums would have been more appropriate? Especially if I am only realistically going to listen to one of her albums

1-Star Albums (1)

All Ratings

Innervisions

Stevie Wonder

5/5

So good want to listen again straight away

Electric Ladyland

Jimi Hendrix

4/5

Very nice guitars

Figure 8

Elliott Smith

3/5

Maybe should have paid more attention it was good but working out which peppers looked the freshest took priority will have to listen again

Highway to Hell

AC/DC

4/5

Proper riffs, such a good time

Who's Next

The Who

4/5

3.5 rounded up, very fun

Juju

Siouxsie And The Banshees

4/5

Almost a precursor to Cocteau twins

Arc Of A Diver

Steve Winwood

4/5

Loved the opening tracks but the slower ones held it back a little, will be listening to more Steve

Amnesiac

Radiohead

4/5

Bizarre

The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill

Lauryn Hill

4/5

No one has been able to do it like her (4.5)

Live Through This

Hole

3/5

Very interesting good energy, need to listen again to fully appreciate

KE*A*H** (Psalm 69)

Ministry

2/5

A few distressing moments but on the whole very enjoyable

Heroes

David Bowie

5/5

Love art rock

Eagles

4/5

Need to listen to Hotel California now

Time Out Of Mind

Bob Dylan

3/5

3.5 rounded down, didn’t appreciate the 15 min song at the end

Foo Fighters

3/5

Hard rock just isn’t really my thing

Live At The Regal

B.B. King

3/5

3.5 rounded down, listen again

Something Else By The Kinks

The Kinks

1/5

Boring

Machine Gun Etiquette

The Damned

4/5

So fun will be listening to more of these guys

Blood On The Tracks

Bob Dylan

4/5

Welcome To The Pleasuredome

Frankie Goes To Hollywood

3/5

Very fun didn’t know there were so many hits in this album

Songs From The Big Chair

Tears For Fears

4/5

Doolittle

Pixies

4/5

Picture Book

Simply Red

4/5

Love these guys so smooth

Straight Outta Compton

N.W.A.

3/5

Sounded really good, great beats and overall flow was very good (a few songs missed but can't all be bangers), but very questionable lyrical content brings it down.

Live / Dead

Grateful Dead

3/5

3.5 down, very fun jamming

Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs

Marty Robbins

3/5

Some fun little stories

Revolver

Beatles

4/5

I feel like with every Beatles album I listen to I will already know half of the songs by accident which is really fun, good album didn’t completely blow me away will have to listen again

Tanto Tempo

Bebel Gilberto

3/5

Sounds very cool and I will listen whilst I’m revising but not mind blowingly good

Blue Lines

Massive Attack

3/5

Really good but can’t say it made me want to listen again, unfinished symphony is a classic though

Pacific Ocean Blue

Dennis Wilson

2/5

I think his best singing days were behind him at this point

Fleet Foxes

4/5

Glad to listen to this again, an old favourite

Connected

Stereo MC's

3/5

Some good songs but quite samey

James Brown Live At The Apollo

James Brown

4/5

So electric felt like I was there!!

No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith (Live)

Motörhead

4/5

So fun love the live albums

Electric Music For The Mind And Body

Country Joe & The Fish

3/5

Pretty fun not outstanding, like a lot of the classic rock albums on this website

Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots

The Flaming Lips

4/5

Love this one

No Other

Gene Clark

3/5

3.5 rounded down, enjoyed more than expected

I'm Your Man

Leonard Cohen

3/5

Alright

The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars

David Bowie

5/5

Loved it, Bowie in complete control

Talking Heads 77

Talking Heads

4/5

So good love talking heads

Millions Now Living Will Never Die

Tortoise

3/5

Some good stuff in there especially that second (?) song

Moby Grape

3/5

Very pleasant but didn't inspire me to listen to more Moby Grape

You Want It Darker

Leonard Cohen

3/5

3.5 down, enjoyed more than I expected!

Street Signs

Ozomatli

3/5

Couldn't listen to the whole thing unfortunately, some songs didn't really do much for me but enjoyed the closer

Tea for the Tillerman

Cat Stevens

4/5

Celebrity Skin

Hole

4/5

Better than the other one

Diamond Life

Sade

4/5

Such smooth operators

Synchronicity

The Police

3/5

Every breath you take actually not the best song on the album

Henry's Dream

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

3/5

Pretty good but just another rock album, I liked the one about the wife

Meat Is Murder

The Smiths

4/5

They really were in their bag

Funeral

Arcade Fire

4/5

Really enjoyed this one, could become one of my favourites

good kid, m.A.A.d city

Kendrick Lamar

4/5

Really really good some bangers on here, love the Dre features he’s so smooth

1977

Ash

3/5

Fun hearing girl from mars and recognising it. All the songs were enjoyable some were just a bit forgettable. 3.5 rounded down (3 feels harsh but it wasn't an 8/10)

The Band

3/5

Album and band name very fun some good tunes

Golden Hour

Kacey Musgraves

3/5

Need to relisten I was eepy on the train

1984

Van Halen

3/5

Alright but does it need to be included in the book?

Birth Of The Cool

Miles Davis

4/5

To be fair I can't imagine that there was anyone cool before Miles Davis

A Night At The Opera

Queen

4/5

Very fun, first time listening through a queen album despite knowing their hits very well, will be listening to more!

Document

R.E.M.

3/5

Some good tracks but didn't gain loads from it, always fun to hear a song I know though without expecting

Deloused in the Comatorium

The Mars Volta

5/5

This is what this list is for!! An introduction to some great music, loved this one

Tracy Chapman

4/5

Powerful

Emergency On Planet Earth

Jamiroquai

4/5

So fun and funky and fun

Heartbreaker

Ryan Adams

3/5

I liked it, once again 3 feels harsh but I didn’t get as much out of the slow songs

Superunknown

Soundgarden

4/5

Good energy and we know that’s what I love, 3.5 rounded up

Get Behind Me Satan

The White Stripes

2/5

Just was not feeling it at all, was just waiting for it to be over by the end

Court And Spark

Joni Mitchell

4/5

Glad I got to listen to this again, some great songs

Red Dirt Girl

Emmylou Harris

3/5

Bossanova

Pixies

4/5

Good album to run to

Odessey And Oracle

The Zombies

3/5

3.5 rounded down but had a really good time

The Atomic Mr Basie

Count Basie & His Orchestra

4/5

So fun need to listen to more jazz

Darkness on the Edge of Town

Bruce Springsteen

3/5

Just not my kind of thing

Nebraska

Bruce Springsteen

3/5

Take Me Apart

Kelela

4/5

Better than the average rating on here suggests I think, some cool and interesting songs

At Folsom Prison

Johnny Cash

4/5

Really fun, not sure I would have been confessing my crimes when already in a prison though, I’d be too worried they’d just keep me there

Tusk

Fleetwood Mac

4/5

Good quite long 3.5 rounded up

Everything Must Go

Manic Street Preachers

3/5

Good just some of the songs felt a bit busy

Strangeways, Here We Come

The Smiths

4/5

Good album but not close to the Smith's peak, 3.5 rounded up

Different Class

Pulp

4/5

Lots of fun

Back In Black

AC/DC

4/5

Couldn’t help but picture Jack black singing the whole thing

The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan

4/5

Very much enjoyed it, best Dylan album I have listened to yet

The Low End Theory

A Tribe Called Quest

4/5

Smooth like butter

Billion Dollar Babies

Alice Cooper

4/5

Another classic rock album but this one a deserved inclusion

Ritual De Lo Habitual

Jane's Addiction

3/5

Just not a fan of his voice

Wish You Were Here

Pink Floyd

5/5

A classic for a reason

Elvis Is Back

Elvis Presley

3/5

Good fun, can see why he was the king

Vol. 4

Black Sabbath

4/5

Amazing! Didn’t expect there to be such range

Live At The Star Club, Hamburg

Jerry Lee Lewis

4/5

I’m enjoying the live albums a lot, they are great for ENERGY

Black Holes and Revelations

Muse

3/5

Some pretty good songs but couldn’t get over the twilight one

Are You Experienced

Jimi Hendrix

4/5

No one does it like jimi

Joan Armatrading

4/5

Imagine

John Lennon

4/5

Oh yoko

Slipknot

3/5

Actually really enjoyed the instrumentals the guitar riffs are sick, the vocal style is just not my thing

Black Sabbath

3/5

Good but not as good as vol 4

Brilliant Corners

Thelonious Monk

4/5

Not got anything clever to say, that guy is good at the piano

Raw Power

The Stooges

3/5

Alright did expect to enjoy it more though

Group Sex

Circle Jerks

3/5

Pretty fun listen, so short and snappy

After The Gold Rush

Neil Young

4/5

Really enjoyed this one, think I’ll have to listen to some more of this guy

...The Dandy Warhols Come Down

The Dandy Warhols

4/5

Really enjoyed to be fair, just too long

Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols

Sex Pistols

4/5

Great inclusion on the list, very influential

The Next Day

David Bowie

4/5

Pretty great, you can hear the elements of black star creeping in and I love that album

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness

The Smashing Pumpkins

3/5

Enjoyed listening but was quite long my attention span is so rubbish

Gold

Ryan Adams

2/5

Too mid to be as long as it is

Songs In The Key Of Life

Stevie Wonder

5/5

So happy i got to listen to this again, an absolute masterpiece

Music From Big Pink

The Band

4/5

Like this more than their self titled, some good stuff in here (3.5 rounded up)

Doggystyle

Snoop Dogg

4/5

Did people that Snoop had beef with just have to pretend not to like this??

War

4/5

Really good, I guess they were in the right when protesting against Sellafield but I promise their practices are better now!

Debut

Björk

4/5

She is such a unique performer, but some of the instrumentals feel a bit of that era, excited to get vespertine one of these days

Tubular Bells

Mike Oldfield

3/5

Wait a minute, I've heard this song before?

Woodface

Crowded House

2/5

Cool album cover but kind of boring

(Pronounced 'Leh-'Nérd 'Skin-'Nérd)

Lynyrd Skynyrd

3/5

Listening to free bird in full for the first time was like being edged

Forever Changes

Love

4/5

I’m a sucker for orchestral elements

Infected

The The

3/5

Sounded a bit like Frankie goes to Hollywood in some ways

Penance Soiree

The Icarus Line

2/5

Although it was loud it didn't really grab my attention, won't be returning to this one. Another random inclusion on the list.

3 + 3

The Isley Brothers

4/5

So much fun!

The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway

Genesis

4/5

These guys are always singing about some silly shit

In The Court Of The Crimson King

King Crimson

5/5

Imagine this being your debut album???

Joanna Newsom

5/5

Would be a 4 but the rating on here is criminally low!

Born To Be With You

Dion

2/5

It’s a day later and I have forgotten this album

One Nation Under A Groove

Funkadelic

3/5

Just didn’t feel like my thing for some reason