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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Joan Armatrading Joan Armatrading	5	3.34	+1.66
Imagine John Lennon	5	3.45	+1.55
Songs For Swingin' Lovers! Frank Sinatra	5	3.52	+1.48
The Wildest! Louis Prima	5	3.53	+1.47
The Genius Of Ray Charles Ray Charles	5	3.63	+1.37
The Low End Theory A Tribe Called Quest	5	3.7	+1.3

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
The Velvet Underground & Nico The Velvet Underground	1	3.62	-2.62
Low-Life New Order	1	3.29	-2.29
The Healer John Lee Hooker	1	3.19	-2.19
Talk Talk Talk The Psychedelic Furs	1	3.03	-2.03
Will The Circle Be Unbroken Nitty Gritty Dirt Band	1	2.98	-1.98
For Your Pleasure Roxy Music	1	2.98	-1.98
In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida Iron Butterfly	1	2.93	-1.93
E.V.O.L. Sonic Youth	1	2.89	-1.89
Bright Flight Silver Jews	1	2.68	-1.68
Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere Neil Young & Crazy Horse	2	3.54	-1.54

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Appetite For Destruction

Guns N' Roses

3/5

It’s just not for me. I know GnR are massive and they have their lovers, and the album at the time was era defining … but personally I would say, it’s a lot of filler, chuff, and above all, copy and paste. It’s an undeservingly generous 3 out of 5 for me, based only on the hits, 1 single point for Welcome to the Jungle, another for Paradise City, and the final point for Sweet Child of mine … Naturally. Bang average.

The Genius Of Ray Charles

Ray Charles

5/5

Absolutely bloody fantastic. Now THIS is a bit of me. Front to back, a short album on the face of it, but what it lacks in longevity, it makes up for with it’s banger after banger quality. A solid LP. I love this and it will be staying in my library for future enjoyment. Yes please !

Cloud Nine

The Temptations

4/5

It’s not a front to back classic in my opinion but it’s a very good album. Not one that I would necessarily return to time and time again but there are quite obviously moments of genius on there. A great little Sunday morning cleaning my house kind of listen. I like it. A solid LP.

The Velvet Underground & Nico

The Velvet Underground

1/5

I am certain that at the time this was released, it would have appealed to most people in the era it was thrust upon us, for me now, it feels dated and it unfortunately hasn’t aged well. I struggled with this and could only pick out 1 or 2 stand out pieces. More miss than hit.

Songs For Swingin' Lovers!

Frank Sinatra

5/5

Absolute perfection. Not a bad song on this LP. Wonderful wonderful wonderful. I could listen to this every single day of my life and never tire of the feelings this album invokes. Bravo !

The Low End Theory

A Tribe Called Quest

5/5

Wow. What a time to be alive. 1991. The tribe. An unapologetic trip back to the early 90’s life for the millennials amongst us … and it’s goooooooood. What an album. Front to back, all killer, no filler. Definitely keeping this one in my iTunes library for re-visitation. Hip hip hiiiiiiip hippety hip hop at its finest !

Blue

Joni Mitchell

4/5

Absolutely bloody beautiful. I’ve listened to this 4 times in 24 hours and I love it. Soooo soothing. The lyrics are very nice too. Relaxing and soothing to say the least. Lovely shower music.

Bright Flight

Silver Jews

1/5

Woefully boring. Terrible voice. Flat as a fart. Boring … awful lyrics that are quite simply meaningless … oh, and did I mention it was boring as sin !? Jesus Christ, save yourself 35 minutes and never ever listen to this album !

Tigermilk

Belle & Sebastian

4/5

I really didn’t know what to expect going into this, but I was pleasantly surprised. A nice little album from front to back … inoffensive, well written, catchy in places. Yeah, nice little album. Not one that I feel would ever change my life, but it’s certainly been a nice little burst of positivity on a rainy February morning.

Will The Circle Be Unbroken

Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

1/5

I’ll be honest. I didn’t listen to this … at all. 2 hours and 10 minutes long, and it took me 20 seconds to know I was giving it 1 star and moving on. This really is NOT for me ! I can’t even be objectively constructive about it, I can not put myself through it. Nope !

Back To Black

Amy Winehouse

5/5

Perfection. As simple as that. Beautiful record. I love it from start to finish with zero skips and no filler whatsoever. Stunning !

Talk Talk Talk

The Psychedelic Furs

1/5

This is really not my style of listening at all. I really tried with this one and struggled at any moment in the album to find enjoyment. It’s a miss …

Imagine

John Lennon

5/5

Soooooo good. Loved this album. Very Beatles-esque in places, naturally. But on the whole a very individual style with some moments of absolute genius. Perfect album. Front to back, gold.

Live!

Fela Kuti

3/5

This was a hard listen. If you like jazz, I think you’ll get away with this. Just. It’s nothing spectacular and I would question that it’s in the top 1000 albums when I think of the albums in the same kind of vein as this. But still not overly bad. I would say, persevere with it and it might just surprise you.

The Wildest!

Louis Prima

5/5

Absolutely bloody brilliant … Some of the lyrics and themes of the album would perhaps get them cancelled in oasis culture, but I loved this. Great LP. Solid.

White Denim

3/5

Honestly. I went into this probably with the wrong mindset, like, maybe I wanted to hate it. But I didn’t. It wasn’t bad really. Not really my style if I am honest. Psychedelic indie music. That’s probably how I would describe this … but it was cool. Not a bad album really. Middle of the road. Not sure why it’s in the top 1000 though if I am honest. Doesn’t overly stand out for any reason.

Joan Armatrading

5/5

Unexpectedly perfect. Such a good album. Play it again Joan !

Songs In The Key Of Life

Stevie Wonder

5/5

Absolutely solid gold. From front to back. Glorious. Could listen to it over and over.

E.V.O.L.

Sonic Youth

1/5

I really did NOT enjoy this. No hate on the band, it’s just not for me, I just didn’t enjoy it.

The Healer

John Lee Hooker

1/5

This one was difficult to get through if you’re not into blues. That’s all I have to say on the matter. Every track, quite literally, sounded the same.

Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

2/5

Flourishes of really good musicianship … other than that, it just lacked substance. It was a bit … drab.

In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida

Iron Butterfly

1/5

I listened to this twice in the hopes that it wasn’t just me being overly negative about it, but it turns out, I was spot on, this is terrible, and god only knows how this is considered inside the top 1000 albums in the history of music !?

Low-Life

New Order

1/5

Honestly. There’s not much I can say about this. It just didn’t hit me in any way shape or form. Just no.

For Your Pleasure

Roxy Music

1/5

It’s … just not for me.

Catch A Fire

Bob Marley & The Wailers

4/5

Standard Bob Marley. A staple. Very good. Easy listening. Non-offensive. Mustn’t really grumble about the man Bob.