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Album	You	Global	Diff
The Downward Spiral Nine Inch Nails	5	3.34	+1.66
Blue Lines Massive Attack	5	3.39	+1.61
Rust Never Sleeps Neil Young & Crazy Horse	5	3.51	+1.49
Boy In Da Corner Dizzee Rascal	4	2.55	+1.45
Ramones Ramones	5	3.57	+1.43
Born To Run Bruce Springsteen	5	3.63	+1.37
KEAH** (Psalm 69) Ministry	4	2.69	+1.31
Doolittle Pixies	5	3.74	+1.26
Cafe Bleu The Style Council	4	2.88	+1.12
Fever Ray Fever Ray	4	2.98	+1.02

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Pump Aerosmith	1	3.11	-2.11
Let's Stay Together Al Green	2	3.76	-1.76
Stardust Willie Nelson	2	3.39	-1.39
Elvis Presley Elvis Presley	2	3.37	-1.37
Homework Daft Punk	2	3.29	-1.29

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L.A. Woman

The Doors · 1 likes

4/5

Listened to this a lot while growing up, likely as a small rebellion against my Dad who mainly listens to punk and reggae. Best track: Riders on the Storm.

A Girl Called Dusty

Dusty Springfield · 1 likes

4/5

Fun album for an early walk! I do love those 60s strings. Favourite track: Anyone who had a heart

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L.A. Woman

The Doors

4/5

Listened to this a lot while growing up, likely as a small rebellion against my Dad who mainly listens to punk and reggae. Best track: Riders on the Storm.

Doolittle

Pixies

5/5

Another album I was familiar with, and its banger after banger. Favourite track: a tough choice, but I love Monkey Gone to Heaven.

Joan Armatrading

4/5

First album that I move got no history with, and it’s great! Beautifully put together, sounds fresh as fuck. Favourite track: Join the Boys

OK Computer

Radiohead

4/5

Another old favourite, although it’s been a long time since I listened in full! Favourite track: another tough choice, but I do love Karma Police.

Siembra

Willie Colón & Rubén Blades

4/5

Very cool album, great vibes throughout. Favourite track: Dime

Ill Communication

Beastie Boys

4/5

Another classic that was played a lot around the house growing up, it’s Ill Communication by the Beastie Boys. Favourite track: very hard to choose, but to be contrarian, I’m going with Root Down.

The Low End Theory

A Tribe Called Quest

4/5

I wasn’t that familiar with Tribe, but last year I read the excellent Go Ahead in the Rain by Hanif Abduraqib, and that got me into their music. Great album! Favourite track: Butter

Boy In Da Corner

Dizzee Rascal

4/5

An album I totally missed at the time, but very solid throughout. Favourite track: Stop Dat

This Is Hardcore

Pulp

4/5

No chance I would’ve appreciated this when I was eleven, but it’s cracking - rich and interesting. Favourite track: tough to pick, but The Fear stuck with me after a first listen.

Elvis Presley

2/5

So far, this is the first album I’ve struggled getting through - the swing between catchy songs and ballads is a little too much for me. Favourite track: Blue Suede Shoes

Blood On The Tracks

Bob Dylan

4/5

It’s no Desire, but it’s still a great album. Favourite track: a lot to choose from, but I’m a sucker for Shelter from the Storm.

Selected Ambient Works 85-92

Aphex Twin

4/5

First time listening to an Aphex Twin album, and I had a right good time. It’s like the perfect tracks for PS1 start menus.

Who's Next

The Who

4/5

The CSI band made an album? Good for them! I went through a bit of a Who phase when I was younger (well, I liked Tommy), and three of the tracks here are some of their best known songs. A decent album overall. Favourite track: Getting in tune

Ramones

5/5

Another classic I grew up with. My Dad often talks about getting to see the original line-up at least three times. Not that I’m jealous. Favourite track: Judy is a Punk

Blue Lines

Massive Attack

5/5

What an album! Paired perfectly with a lovely bright walk this morning. Favourite track: it’s got to be Safe From Harm

Talking With the Taxman About Poetry

Billy Bragg

3/5

You can definitely imagine this playing on tape in your divorced Dad’s car. Loved the lyrics, but not the biggest fan of Bragg’s voice. Favourite track: The Home Front

Hypnotised

The Undertones

4/5

Cracking wee album, just excellent, and funny, songwriting. Favourite track: Wednesday Week

A Girl Called Dusty

Dusty Springfield

4/5

Fun album for an early walk! I do love those 60s strings. Favourite track: Anyone who had a heart

Cafe Bleu

The Style Council

4/5

I wasn’t expecting to enjoy this, but it’s mostly great! The instrumental tracks really stand out. Favourite track: The Paris Match

KE*A*H** (Psalm 69)

Ministry

4/5

Not my usual thing, but I had a great time with this album! Felt like a teenager again listening to something like this while playing a video game. Favourite track: Jesus Built My Hotrod

Home Is Where The Music Is

Hugh Masekela

4/5

Cracking album - just a pure groove. Favourite track: Inner Crisis

Violator

Depeche Mode

3/5

Honestly, I thought I’d like this more. Some very good tracks, but everything feels about 30 seconds too long. It’s also inspired my drag name: Depish Maude. Ali hates it! Favourite track: Enjoy the Silence

Pump

Aerosmith

1/5

Rotten, absolutely rotten.

Teenager Of The Year

Frank Black

3/5

22 tracks in an hour - it’s a wild ride! Some really stand out, but overall it’s a good album. Favourite track: Calistan

Station To Station

David Bowie

4/5

Very solid album. Not my favourite Bowie, but good, dependable Bowie. Favourite track: Wild is the Wind

Hot Rats

Frank Zappa

3/5

Like many misguided students in the early 2000s, I had a Zappa phase, so this wasn’t totally new to me. Albums like this can be pretty hit or miss, but I had a good time throughout. Favourite track: Willie the Pimp

Live Through This

Hole

4/5

Wasn’t expecting to enjoying this album as much as I did! Very of its time, but it works. Favourite track: Jennifer’s Body

We Are Family

Sister Sledge

4/5

Banger after banger - even though most of the tracks are so familiar, it’s great to hear them all together on the album. Favourite track: Lost in Music

Bubble And Scrape

Sebadoh

3/5

Not one I’d heard before, but it’s good. Feels like it could grow on me (rather than show on me???). Favourite track: Think (Let Tomorrow Bee)

Rumours

Fleetwood Mac

5/5

The album that inspired the creation of Formula One. Amazing album to take on my misty morning walk. Favourite track: The Chain

Rust Never Sleeps

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

5/5

Forty minutes of great music - loved it! Favourite track: Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black)

Tidal

Fiona Apple

4/5

Feels like the perfect album for a wee night with a glass of wine and some long looks out the window, rather than a bright an smelly walk in the country. It’s good though! Favourite track: Never is a Promise

Planet Rock: The Album

Afrika Bambaataa

3/5

A lot of fun, but maybe too much fun for before 8am on a Saturday. Grinned throughout. Favourite track: Planet Rock

Homework

Daft Punk

2/5

Not for me at all - it’s like every song has a great minute that’s repeated for a further five minutes, and then the next track starts. Favourite track: Da Funk

Parallel Lines

Blondie

4/5

Good fun! Great mix of punk sensibilities with catchy pop. Favourite track: Heart of Glass

(Pronounced 'Leh-'Nérd 'Skin-'Nérd)

Lynyrd Skynyrd

4/5

Not necessarily my kind of thing, but you can’t deny it’s pretty good. Favourite track: Free Bird

Stardust

Willie Nelson

2/5

Not for me, I’m afraid! Not a bad selection of standards, but it’s a little boring imo. Favourite track: Stardust

Fever Ray

4/5

Interesting album - stark at times, but fairly chill. One I’d come back to, I think. Favourite track: Seven

Wish You Were Here

Pink Floyd

4/5

For a forty-odd minute album with only five tracks, this fair flies by! Favourite track: Wish You Were Here

Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde

The Pharcyde

3/5

Fun album, and works perfectly as the soundtrack to me getting whipped at Virtua Fighter 5. Favourite track: On the DL

Back to Basics

Christina Aguilera

3/5

It’s fine for what it is, and I admire any artist who pumps out a double album. Favourite track: Ain’t No Other Man

Deep Purple In Rock

Deep Purple

3/5

Not my usual thing, but I can’t deny I was giving it some big nods while walking through the woods. Favourite track: Flight of the Rat

Crime Of The Century

Supertramp

4/5

This felt just like a cast recording for a musical - I loved it! Favourite track: Crime of the Century

If You Can Believe Your Eyes & Ears

The Mamas & The Papas

4/5

Twelve very catchy songs, and they blast right through them. Favourite track: Straight Shooter

Born To Run

Bruce Springsteen

5/5

A banger of an album - not a wasted minute. Favourite track: there’s no bad choice for this album, but it’s got to be Born to Run.

C'est Chic

CHIC

3/5

Fun album with some standout tracks. Favourite track: Le Freak

Wonderful Rainbow

Lightning Bolt

2/5

Not really my kind of thing, but it seems good for what it is. Favourite track: Duel in the Deep

Honky Tonk Masquerade

Joe Ely

2/5

It’s fine, and quick, but nothing really grabbed me. Favourite track: Tonight I think I’m Gonna Go Downtown

Let's Stay Together

Al Green

2/5

Another album that didn’t do much for me generally, but you can’t deny how good his voice sounds. Favourite track: Let’s Stay Together

The Downward Spiral

Nine Inch Nails

5/5

What an album to get on the day my Grampa passed away - turns out he left me his empire of dirt in the will! Favourite track: Heresy

Ray Of Light

Madonna

4/5

Cracking album, reeks of being in my Mum’s car in 1998/1999 Favourite track: Ray of Light

Mott

Mott The Hoople

2/5

Had no idea Mott was British until they sung about being on the dole. Not an album I’ll go back to - fine, but not for me. Favourite track: I’m a Cadillac / El Camino Dolo Roso