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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Step In The Arena Gang Starr	5	3.18	+1.82
The Wildest! Louis Prima	5	3.53	+1.47
A Grand Don't Come For Free The Streets	4	2.65	+1.35
The Score Fugees	5	3.69	+1.31
Born In The U.S.A. Bruce Springsteen	5	3.7	+1.3
American IV: The Man Comes Around Johnny Cash	5	3.89	+1.11
The Contino Sessions Death In Vegas	4	2.9	+1.1

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Hot Fuss The Killers	1	3.73	-2.73
Seventeen Seconds The Cure	2	3.38	-1.38
Ágætis Byrjun Sigur Rós	2	3.37	-1.37
Bitches Brew Miles Davis	2	3.3	-1.3
Deloused in the Comatorium The Mars Volta	2	3.19	-1.19

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Highway 61 Revisited

Bob Dylan

3/5

Brothers In Arms

Dire Straits

3/5

Natty Dread

Bob Marley & The Wailers

3/5

Not even close to being his top album, let alone a top album. Fondness for Bob stops it being a 2 or a 1 star entry.

American IV: The Man Comes Around

Johnny Cash

5/5

Masterpiece

Born In The U.S.A.

Bruce Springsteen

5/5

Didn't want it to end, loved every second!

Home Is Where The Music Is

Hugh Masekela

3/5

Not sure what that was all about...

Grace

Jeff Buckley

3/5

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

4/5

A Night At The Opera

Queen

4/5

Hadn't listened to this and there are some genuinely brilliant tracks on here that are instantly some of their best work. Some of the others are just fine, not bad, not good, just fine, and that's what stops it from being 5 stars!

A Grand Don't Come For Free

The Streets

4/5

A good album, nowhere near as good as Original Pirate Material. Felt like more of a commercial album compared to what had come before it, but still an enjoyable listen and something I would welcome listening to again and again

Elephant

The White Stripes

3/5

Dragged on a bit, some great tracks that instantly transported me back to listening to this for the first time when I was a teenager. However, some of them were a bit meh and ultimately made it feel like a bit of a slog.

If You Can Believe Your Eyes & Ears

The Mamas & The Papas

3/5

A solid three, some nice tracks, some that I couldn't tell you about. A nice pace, was building some flatpack furniture whilst listening to this and had to switch to something a bit faster in order to complete it as I'd fallen behind.

Hot Fuss

The Killers

1/5

Overplayed, overhyped, over it! Couldn't wait for this to end, every track felt more torturous than the last

Planet Rock: The Album

Afrika Bambaataa

3/5

Not sure who this is for, but it's not for me...

Night Life

Ray Price

3/5

Pleasant enough but didn't set the world on fire. It all merged into one hazy social club back in track which wasn't a problem but not didn't have anything that stood out.

Deloused in the Comatorium

The Mars Volta

2/5

This was a tough listen. Started off thinking I might like it after the first song, but everything after that had me begging for mercy. Narrowly avoided a one star rating as I had to skip the last three tracks for the sake of my sanity.

Neon Bible

Arcade Fire

4/5

A solid listen, can't believe I haven't heard it before. Some really good tracks that I enjoyed immensely on a Friday morning with very little going on.

Remain In Light

Talking Heads

3/5

Not my bag, very 80s with the odd track I'd listen to again but ultimately I'd just walk on by...

The Beach Boys Today!

The Beach Boys

3/5

It was a solid enough album, only a couple of tracks really got me singing along. A lot of their "hits" weren't on it which is fair enough, but they started to sound the same after a while. Nothing wrong with it, sure it was great at the time, but doesn't set my world on fire!

Boston

4/5

Solid dad rock, enjoyable and didn't wanna turn it off. Hard to dislike this

Suzanne Vega

3/5

Inoffensive 80s music. Didn't wow me, didn't hate it.

Cosmo's Factory

Creedence Clearwater Revival

4/5

Bitches Brew

Miles Davis

2/5

I know there are people who will love this album, but sadly I'm not one of them. I enjoy jazz but this was too much, long tracks with free-form arrangements that had me begging for it to end. I suspect this is exactly the reason why a lot of people don't like jazz, and that's a shame but musically each performance was very good, but as a whole it had me banging my head against a brick wall!

Highway to Hell

AC/DC

4/5

A superb offering from one of the greatest bands ever! This was an absolute tonic after the disaster of listening to Miles Davis the day before, just what was needed to get me back on track. Some amazing tracks, didn't get five stars as I felt nothing topped the first track but that's just personal preference.

The Score

Fugees

5/5

A seminal album, every track complimented by each other and something I could listen to over and over again...and have

Fuzzy Logic

Super Furry Animals

2/5

I listened to this before and not thought much of it, this time around was no different. Very samey, not overly interesting or profound but relatively inoffensive.

Seventeen Seconds

The Cure

2/5

Instantly forgettable. Not a single track I could listen to and think "that was something I'll go back to". Had no pre-conceived ideas or notions about this or them, but something to avoid in future.

Wish You Were Here

Pink Floyd

5/5

Not my favourite Pink Floyd album but an absolute joy to listen to from start to finish. Musically diverse, each track picking up where the last left off but in a style all of its own.

Forever Changes

Love

4/5

A splendid album which I had no preconceived ideas about. Despite the weirdness of Live and Let Live (which has nothing to do with Apu), I enjoyed this way more than I thought I would

Welcome To The Pleasuredome

Frankie Goes To Hollywood

4/5

This album screams 80s! If a sounds defined a decade this is it, great songs, some variety but at the same time maybe one or two tracks too long for me. 13 minutes of Welcome to the Pleasuredome could've been cut down, but I'm nit-picking. A solid four star offering!

The Contino Sessions

Death In Vegas

4/5

Surprisingly enjoyable, hadn't heard of them or the album before. The opening track seemed familiar, like I've heard it before somewhere but couldn't place where. A bit all over the place at times but it kinda added to its charm.

Ágætis Byrjun

Sigur Rós

2/5

A bit much, way too long and just not what I needed to start my weekend off right if I'm honest

Iron Maiden

3/5

It was fine, it didn't really do much for me but it didn't upset me either. I'm not sure if I was in the right frame of mind for it, but it seemed to go by rather quickly but without any malice or interest.

Blood And Chocolate

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

2/5

Not my bag at all, none of the tracks appealed to me in any way and I couldn't tell you a single thing about it after listening.

Tigermilk

Belle & Sebastian

4/5

A delightful listen and a great accompaniment to my commute. Each track was a pleasant retreat away from the chaos and busy-ness around me. Whilst there was only one track I'd heard before, the other tracks were a great compliment to it. Didn't give it five stars only because there are other albums of theirs which I prefer.

Step In The Arena

Gang Starr

5/5

A seminal album, hadn't heard them before but their influence on hip-hop and rap music is monumental. The album flew by in a flurry of jazz backed hard hitting lyrics, samples of classics, and future classics all neatly wrapped!

Bryter Layter

Nick Drake

4/5

Some really nice tracks, made my morning listening to this. Some of the tracks weren't for me, but they weren't horrendous. More the arrangement on them wasn't entirely necessary. His vocals and guitars were superb throughout, it would've been five stars in some of the jazz elements on a few songs were stripped back.

The Wildest!

Louis Prima

5/5

An album of pure toe-tapping delight from start to finish. The talent on show here is unmatched and I could listen to it over and over again in a range of scenarios.