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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Django Django Django Django	5	3.2	+1.8
Doggystyle Snoop Dogg	5	3.36	+1.64
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy Kanye West	5	3.41	+1.59
Graceland Paul Simon	5	3.72	+1.28
Stripped Christina Aguilera	4	2.88	+1.12
Electric Ladyland Jimi Hendrix	5	3.93	+1.07
Swordfishtrombones Tom Waits	4	2.94	+1.06

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Master Of Puppets Metallica	1	3.72	-2.72
Lost In The Dream The War On Drugs	1	3.38	-2.38
Manassas Stephen Stills	1	3.06	-2.06
Go Girl Crazy The Dictators	1	2.84	-1.84
Harvest Neil Young	2	3.81	-1.81
Vulnicura Björk	1	2.79	-1.79
Now I Got Worry The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion	1	2.52	-1.52
The Gershwin Songbook Ella Fitzgerald	2	3.51	-1.51
Blackstar David Bowie	2	3.48	-1.48
War U2	2	3.46	-1.46

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Dookie

Green Day

3/5

Great run from longview to when i come around. Couple of skips for me outside of that

Blackstar

David Bowie

2/5

Sue was a highlight with some very tasty drums and riffs. Really like how Lazarus builds as well. Overall a bit too experimental for me, but can appreciate the musicianship and obvs Bowie is straight-up ledge

Smash

The Offspring

3/5

Never listened to this before. Loved bad habit, come out and play and self esteem. Found myself foot-tapping the whole way through and thinking about how cool it would be to be a skater in 90s California "/

Tres Hombres

ZZ Top

2/5

Pretty decent, some good tracks but a bit repetitive.

Graceland

Paul Simon

5/5

Good vibes only. Absolutely timeless

Paranoid

Black Sabbath

4/5

Phenomenal album and so well paced. Loved how planet caravan breaks up the harder songs in the first half. The songs are so loose and raw. I watched a massive ship leave port listening to Iron Man =D

Go Girl Crazy

The Dictators

1/5

Not a fan

Urban Hymns

The Verve

2/5

Nice soundscapes throughout but bittersweet symphony and lucky man are the only songs I really enjoyed

Harvest

Neil Young

2/5

Some classics like old man and heart of gold but a bit dull otherwise

Nilsson Schmilsson

Harry Nilsson

4/5

I'd never heard of Harry Nilsson but really enjoyed this.

Back To Black

Amy Winehouse

4/5

Great album. One or two songs I didn't love otherwise it would be a 5 star

Manassas

Stephen Stills

1/5

Really did not like this.

Pretzel Logic

Steely Dan

3/5

I liked this overall. I enjoyed the first few songs in particular. There were some pretty random ones sprinkled in throughout but I think they are interesting to listen to.

Thriller

Michael Jackson

4/5

Loved this, must have listened 3 times over. Would be 5 star but I took one away because of how lame "the girl is mine" is

The Fat Of The Land

The Prodigy

3/5

Some amazing songs on this but also a few I wasn't massively into.

Django Django

5/5

Loved this, takes me right back to uni!! =D

New Gold Dream (81/82/83/84)

Simple Minds

3/5

I enjoyed the overall vibe of the album but found the songs a bit repetitive

Master Of Puppets

Metallica

1/5

I was exhausted after this

Lost In The Dream

The War On Drugs

1/5

Not a big fan of this genre of rock.

The Gershwin Songbook

Ella Fitzgerald

2/5

Nice

Vulnicura

Björk

1/5

not really for me

Speakerboxxx/The Love Below

OutKast

4/5

I loved this. Great, timeless production that despite being made over 20 years ago still sounds fresh. Andre 3000 is so unique in his flow and lyricism. Slightly long at times with a couple of filler tracks but otherwise fantastic.

Blur

2/5

Started strongly but I wasn't into their more melancholic tracks

My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

Kanye West

5/5

Such a classic

Born To Run

Bruce Springsteen

3/5

Not typically a Springsteen or anthemic rock enjoyer but I bought into the raw energy in the tracks, even if the songs are a bit repetitive.

Swordfishtrombones

Tom Waits

4/5

I really enjoyed the uniquely empty, percussive sound. I also think Tom Waits' voice could make anything sound good!

Daydream Nation

Sonic Youth

2/5

School's Out

Alice Cooper

3/5

I have never listened to any Alice Cooper other than the song "Schools Out" so I had always associated him with classic rock so I was pretty blown away by the range on this album. Not just in genre terms but the songs are also mostly interesting as well.

Here's Little Richard

Little Richard

4/5

Perfect music to cook to, absolutely slapped. What a voice and so innovative

Machine Head

Deep Purple

3/5

Really enjoyed listening to highway star on my way to Tesco's in my 2012 ford fiesta.

AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted

Ice Cube

2/5

The lyrics have not aged well on this and it's pretty tough to listen to at times.

A Grand Don't Come For Free

The Streets

3/5

Great story telling and a unique sound. Some great songs but a lot of okay ones.

Your New Favourite Band

The Hives

2/5

Some good songs but overall a bit samey

Doggystyle

Snoop Dogg

5/5

Love the G-funk production through this whole album. So many classics and almost no filler.

Figure 8

Elliott Smith

2/5

I thought the songs were well produced but just found them a bit dull!

Stripped

Christina Aguilera

4/5

I really enjoyed this. Not sure if it just coincided with me feeling a sassy queen that day but it was exactly what I was in the mood for.

Sea Change

Beck

4/5

Such a relaxed album. Sat on the floor playing with my dog to it having a really swell time.

Peter Gabriel 3

Peter Gabriel

4/5

I thought that this is such an interesting album. Peter Gabriel really experimented with alternative motifs and song structure while still being catchy. When I was listening to it there were several times I thought to myself how creative you must be to craft a song some random sounds.

Electric Ladyland

Jimi Hendrix

5/5

So many great tracks on this and all just so raw. Just an iconic album, what a legend. Generational run of are we experienced, axis bold of love and this.

With The Beatles

Beatles

4/5

Consistently good songs with some variation. The songs and the overall album are short enough that it doesn't get too repetitive.

Odelay

Beck

2/5

While appreciating the experimental side of this, it's not really for me and I found the album mostly quite jarring.

Now I Got Worry

The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion

1/5

What a bloody racket! Honestly the mixing made this unlistenable for me.

Common

4/5

Common is such a great lyricist with some of the best delivery in rap. The early Kanye production still sounds so fresh. Overall almost faultless.

Fragile

Yes

3/5

Innervisions

Stevie Wonder

4/5

Really enjoyed the variety of the tracks on this, such a chill vibe. Love big Stevie!!!

Searching For The Young Soul Rebels

Dexys Midnight Runners

2/5

Not sure why so many British pop artists in the 80s thought it would be cool to sing without using their lips.

Too Rye Ay

Dexys Midnight Runners

2/5

Unfortunate that we've had double dexys as I think it put me off the album more than I otherwise would have been!/.

The Poet

Bobby Womack

4/5

So much soul, so much funk, so much cocaine.

War

2/5

It was okay. I found it droned on a bit.