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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Deloused in the Comatorium The Mars Volta	5	3.19	+1.81
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	3.39	-1.39
Pacific Ocean Blue Dennis Wilson	2	3.08	-1.08

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Artist	Albums	Average
David Bowie	2	5

5-Star Albums (4)

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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

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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