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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
There's A Riot Goin' On Sly & The Family Stone	5	3.29	+1.71
The Man Machine Kraftwerk	5	3.31	+1.69
Moss Side Story Barry Adamson	4	2.52	+1.48
Pink Moon Nick Drake	5	3.65	+1.35
Snivilisation Orbital	4	2.7	+1.3
Dummy Portishead	5	3.71	+1.29
Peggy Suicide Julian Cope	4	2.77	+1.23
New Wave The Auteurs	4	2.85	+1.15
Music Has The Right To Children Boards of Canada	4	2.91	+1.09
When I Was Born For The 7th Time Cornershop	4	2.91	+1.09

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
The Wall Pink Floyd	1	4.13	-3.13
The Stranger Billy Joel	1	3.86	-2.86
Bad Michael Jackson	1	3.81	-2.81
Songs From The Big Chair Tears For Fears	1	3.75	-2.75
Jagged Little Pill Alanis Morissette	1	3.72	-2.72
21 Adele	1	3.69	-2.69
Californication Red Hot Chili Peppers	1	3.69	-2.69
Tea for the Tillerman Cat Stevens	1	3.67	-2.67
Getz/Gilberto Stan Getz	1	3.66	-2.66
Highway to Hell AC/DC	1	3.64	-2.64

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The Yes Album

Yes · 1 likes

2/5

This is clearly rubbish, but it was so over the top and daft I found myself quite enjoying myself.

1-Star Albums (26)

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Highway to Hell

AC/DC

1/5

Time Out

The Dave Brubeck Quartet

3/5

Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots

The Flaming Lips

2/5

Jagged Little Pill

Alanis Morissette

1/5

Live At The Harlem Square Club

Sam Cooke

3/5

Machine Head

Deep Purple

3/5

Nebraska

Bruce Springsteen

2/5

Common

4/5

The Man Machine

Kraftwerk

5/5

Solid Air

John Martyn

3/5

There's A Riot Goin' On

Sly & The Family Stone

5/5

Perfect

You Want It Darker

Leonard Cohen

4/5

This was new to me. Great album, loved the title track especially. Will listen again

Smash

The Offspring

1/5

Oxygène

Jean-Michel Jarre

2/5

Not really my bag - it builds and builds but never goes anywhere

Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme

Simon & Garfunkel

2/5

It's pleasant enough

Crosby, Stills & Nash

3/5

I know I'm in the minority, but I think this has its moments - Wooden Ships, especially

Smile

Brian Wilson

2/5

I much prefer the legend of the Smile sessions to this album

Teen Dream

Beach House

2/5

Beige

Honky Tonk Heroes

Waylon Jennings

2/5

Some great slide guitar on here, would listen again

Exodus

Bob Marley & The Wailers

3/5

I probably hadn't listened to this for 15 years and had forgotten how good it was (side one especially)

Led Zeppelin

3/5

My least favourite of their first 4, but still has some great moments

Heaven Or Las Vegas

Cocteau Twins

4/5

I love this album

The Velvet Underground

4/5

A classic. I feel like half of my record collection wouldn't exist with Murder Mystery or What Goes On...

Live / Dead

Grateful Dead

1/5

Turgid

Pacific Ocean Blue

Dennis Wilson

2/5

I preferred this to Smile. Not really my bag, but not unpleasant. Dreamer was my highlight

A Walk Across The Rooftops

The Blue Nile

2/5

This was new to me. A bit bland on first listen (like Prefab Sprout without the tunes!) but enjoyed it more second time round. Heatwave was my standout track

The Yes Album

Yes

2/5

This is clearly rubbish, but it was so over the top and daft I found myself quite enjoying myself.

Stankonia

OutKast

3/5

Homework

Daft Punk

4/5

It's always a pleasure to stick this on

Bat Out Of Hell

Meat Loaf

1/5

Peggy Suicide

Julian Cope

4/5

I have a massive soft spot for the Drude, and this is one of his best. Safesurfer is a long time favourite

Vanishing Point

Primal Scream

3/5

It's a good not great album but the highlights (Burning Wheel and Kowalski for example) are genius

Rid Of Me

PJ Harvey

4/5

A national treasure. Amongst strong competition, this might be my favourite of her albums

Wish You Were Here

Pink Floyd

2/5

Killing Joke

3/5

Lovely stuff

Superfuzz Bigmuff

Mudhoney

3/5

A classic

Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

4/5

Home to one of the best one-note guitar solos of all time. One of NY's best

Music Has The Right To Children

Boards of Canada

4/5

Sublime

Adele

1/5

This was a real slog for me. So depressing I couldn't get through more than a track or two before turning it off. A thoroughly miserable 48 minutes

Psychocandy

The Jesus And Mary Chain

4/5

Still sounds great. Beautiful and menacing in equal measure

Bitches Brew

Miles Davis

2/5

Dense and soupy. I think I would have to live with this album for a long time for it to fully click.

Rubber Soul

Beatles

3/5

The start of the greatest run of albums in history?

Can't Buy A Thrill

Steely Dan

2/5

I am sure one day I will grow to love Steely Dan, but today wasn't that day.

Wild Is The Wind

Nina Simone

3/5

New to me, I enjoyed this.

The Who Sell Out

The Who

3/5

The Who at their most bonkers, good fun and I Can See For Miles is an absolute tune.

Snivilisation

Orbital

4/5

This was new to me. Thoroughly enjoyed it, Crash & Carry, Kein Trink Wasser and Are We Here? all superb

Iron Maiden

1/5

Not one I'll be listening to again

Nilsson Schmilsson

Harry Nilsson

2/5

Jump Into The Fire is an absolute banger which deserves to be played loud

Ray Of Light

Madonna

2/5

I actually enjoyed this more than I expected to, the first half especially

Goo

Sonic Youth

4/5

Love this, side 1 in particular

Songs From The Big Chair

Tears For Fears

1/5

All of the worst 80s pop stereotypes in one place. Everybody Wants To Rule The World is the best thing here

Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim

Frank Sinatra

1/5

Elevator music

Raw Power

The Stooges

3/5

Great stuff. Search and Destroy still blows me away every time

Heaux Tales

Jazmine Sullivan

2/5

Good concept but I found the songs pretty forgettable

(What's The Story) Morning Glory

Oasis

3/5

10 year old me would have confidently told you this album was the pinnacle of human achievement. I must have listened to it 1000s of times back then. Pure nostalgia.

Surf's Up

The Beach Boys

2/5

Enjoyed this, perfect for a Sunday morning

The Stranger

Billy Joel

1/5

This wasn't as bad as I expected, and I actually quite enjoyed the first couple of tracks before the schmaltz took over

Purple Rain

Prince

4/5

I love this album

Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

4/5

I'd never listened to the full album before (though There She Goes, My Beautiful World was played at my wedding). Absolutely loved it, too many favourites to list.

Mama Said Knock You Out

LL Cool J

2/5

It's overly long, but there's a few bangers on here

Surrealistic Pillow

Jefferson Airplane

3/5

Lovely stuff.

Bad

Michael Jackson

1/5

Ronseal. (but I do still have a soft spot for Smooth Criminal)

Steve McQueen

Prefab Sprout

3/5

A lovely album. As Mr Preest has correctly pointed out, When Love Breaks Down is a stone cold classic

Tea for the Tillerman

Cat Stevens

1/5

Wild World is a great tune, but I prefer Jimmy Cliff's cover. The rest kind of passed me by

Pink Moon

Nick Drake

5/5

A personal favourite, and maybe his best in my humble opinion

Repeater

Fugazi

4/5

Hadn't listened to this in years. Still brilliant.

Sunshine Hit Me

The Bees

2/5

Pleasant but didn't blow me away

Odessey And Oracle

The Zombies

4/5

I'd never listened to this before, having only heard Time Of The Season. I loved it, will definitely listen again

1999

Prince

3/5

Enjoyable but overlong

Oar

Alexander 'Skip' Spence

2/5

This didn't really click with me, but I did enjoy the proto-krautrock of Grey/Afro

In It For The Money

Supergrass

3/5

It was fun to listen to this again, some great songs on here

Adele

1/5

I preferred this to 25 - more variety and better songs. But still have no intention to ever listen to this again.

Like Water For Chocolate

Common

3/5

Enjoyed this, though on first listen I think I might have preferred Be. The Light is a great track

When I Was Born For The 7th Time

Cornershop

4/5

Still sounds great, a very under-rated album

Street Life

The Crusaders

1/5

A decent title track + 30 minutes of muzak does not a great album make

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

1/5

One of the blandest things I've ever listened to. Johnny Thunders had the best Heartbreakers by a country mile

Coat Of Many Colors

Dolly Parton

2/5

Enjoyed this more than I expected. Probably wouldn't rush to listen again, but a few good songs on here

New Wave

The Auteurs

4/5

A great album, criminally under-rated

Master Of Puppets

Metallica

2/5

Title track aside (which is still an absolute banger), I found this increasingly tedious as time went on.

Dummy

Portishead

5/5

A classic

Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space

Spiritualized

4/5

Hadn't listened to this all the way through for a long time. Magical stuff.

Blue Lines

Massive Attack

4/5

Always a pleasure to listen to this

OK Computer

Radiohead

5/5

(Nearly) 30 years on, and this still sounds like it's being beamed down from an alien planet.

Life's Too Good

The Sugarcubes

3/5

This was new to me, apart from Birthday. Good fun - Coldsweat and Blue Eyed Pop were highlights

Arise

Sepultura

1/5

This one left me cold - a pretty forgettable album

Ready To Die

The Notorious B.I.G.

2/5

Some good tracks, but a lot of filler. Would be better for being half the length. And lyrically, not my cup of tea at all.

On The Beach

Neil Young

4/5

NY didn't realise a bad album in the 70s. This is another classic

Moss Side Story

Barry Adamson

4/5

A favourite late night album, great excuse to listen again

Madman Across The Water

Elton John

1/5

Tiny Dancer is a bit of a guilty pleasure. As for the rest, I will at least say I preferred it to Billy Joel

Sea Change

Beck

3/5

This was new to me, having not really kept up with Beck after Midnite Vultures. Really enjoyed it, would definitely listen again.

Celebrity Skin

Hole

2/5

I always preferred Live Through This, but this was massive when I was at school so a nice bit of nostalgia.

Get Behind Me Satan

The White Stripes

2/5

Not a classic by any means, but there are a few good tracks on here. Always had a soft spot for Blue Orchid

It's Blitz!

Yeah Yeah Yeahs

2/5

I don't think YYY ever released a great album - it was diminishing returns after their first EP (which is superb). A few good tracks on this, but a lot of filler.

Manassas

Stephen Stills

2/5

This is way too long but a pleasant enough listen

Californication

Red Hot Chili Peppers

1/5

Has there ever been a worse lyricist in the history of popular music than Anthony Kiedis?

Django Django

3/5

I loved this when it came out but probably hadn't listened to it for a decade. Not as great as I remember but still good fun

Foo Fighters

2/5

Another nostalgia fest, not as good as I thought it was as a teenager

Let England Shake

PJ Harvey

4/5

Even with a gun to my head, I don't think I could choose my all time favourite PJ Harvey album, but today it was this one

New York Dolls

3/5

Good fun

Eliminator

ZZ Top

1/5

Daft nonsense. The joke wears thin pretty quickly. Give me Tres Hombres any day

Younger Than Yesterday

The Byrds

3/5

New to me, this was a revelation. Will definitely listen again and explore The Byrds more generally, having only really heard a handful of their singles

Vulnicura

Björk

2/5

New to me. On first listen I wouldn't say it was one of Bjork's best, but will definitely listen again and I am sure it will grow on me.

Are You Experienced

Jimi Hendrix

3/5

At the risk of being a real dork, the version on Spotify is VERY different to the original release, but it certainly doesn't suffer from the addition of Purple Haze and Hey Joe etc

The Age Of The Understatement

The Last Shadow Puppets

2/5

Another album that I really liked when it came out that I hadn't listened to for years. Standing Next To Me is still great but the album tails off towards the end

The Wall

Pink Floyd

1/5

A couple of good tracks but really not for me

Hms Fable

Shack

3/5

Always a pleasure to listen to this

Very

Pet Shop Boys

2/5

I got this on CD for Christmas when I was 7. A few great songs on here (Can You Forgive Her? especially) but it sounds very dated now