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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Live At The Regal B.B. King	5	3.67	+1.33
Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not Arctic Monkeys	5	3.73	+1.27
At Folsom Prison Johnny Cash	5	3.97	+1.03

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Drunk Thundercat	1	3.12	-2.12
Colour By Numbers Culture Club	1	2.85	-1.85
Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere Neil Young & Crazy Horse	2	3.54	-1.54
Music for the Masses Depeche Mode	2	3.37	-1.37
The College Dropout Kanye West	2	3.31	-1.31
Wonderful Rainbow Lightning Bolt	1	2.29	-1.29
At Budokan Cheap Trick	2	3.1	-1.1

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Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not

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At Folsom Prison

Johnny Cash · 1 likes

5/5

I could listen to this over and over.

1-Star Albums (3)

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Brothers In Arms

Dire Straits

4/5

Music for the Masses

Depeche Mode

2/5

Bad

Michael Jackson

3/5

Bad, Smooth Criminal and Man in the mirror are the stand out tracks that I remember. It doesn't really do it for me

Led Zeppelin III

Led Zeppelin

4/5

Bluesy. Would listen to this one again.

Songs From The Big Chair

Tears For Fears

3/5

The two most well known tracks "Shout" and "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" are well known for a reason. They could find a place in my collection. There are maybe a couple of others that deserve more plays.

Illinois

Sufjan Stevens

4/5

Drunk

Thundercat

1/5

The worst one so far. I can't think of anything today I really remember from listening to it. Completely uninspiring. Can I give it no stars?

Architecture And Morality

Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark

4/5

I can't decide if this is something I like or not. There are elements that I recognise as inspiration for other artists. I might revisit, but most likely it will remain out of rotation. 4

Vivid

Living Colour

3/5

Not what I was expecting. Shades of RHCP and Faith No More. It probably won't see repeated play from me, but I didn't mind hearing it.

The College Dropout

Kanye West

2/5

Sailed the seas to listen to this without supporting Kanye or tainting my algorithm. I understand the hype now, still not for me but I get it.

Black Holes and Revelations

Muse

3/5

Like a heavier Radiohead. It might have appealed to me as a teenager, not so much now.

Murmur

R.E.M.

3/5

Distinctly R.E.M. I understand it's significance, but I prefer their later more polished sound.

Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle

Bill Callahan

4/5

I quite liked this. A few tracks stood out. Interesting arrangements.

Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire)

The Kinks

4/5

Live At The Regal

B.B. King

5/5

An exhibition of a master of his craft. There may be little variation in the foundations of the songs but the tightness of the band and the atmosphere lift it all.

Electric Ladyland

Jimi Hendrix

3/5

I thought I would like this one more then I actually did. There is just too much going off on a sonic trek. I also think that the mix doesn't help it. The vocals for me were lost on some tracks.

Qui sème le vent récolte le tempo

MC Solaar

4/5

I wasn't expecting to enjoy this but I did.

At Budokan

Cheap Trick

2/5

This just sounded like a stock concert from a TV show or movie. The front man asks you to like him, I didn't.

Low

David Bowie

3/5

The first half didn't do much for me. The second half is what elevated this album in my mind.

At Folsom Prison

Johnny Cash

5/5

I could listen to this over and over.

Synchronicity

The Police

4/5

What is up with Mother? The rest is good to great. You can see why Stuart Copeland is so highly regarded.

Peggy Suicide

Julian Cope

3/5

This is a generous 3*. It didn't capture me but the variety made it not tedious to listen to. Nothing really stood out, overall forgettable.

Hypnotised

The Undertones

3/5

A lot of youthful energy.

Colour By Numbers

Culture Club

1/5

The video for Karma Chameleon is one of my earliest musical memories. The rest of the album is just meh.

Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not

Arctic Monkeys

5/5

This passed me by when it first came out. I'm glad to have listened to it now. Modern northern poetry.

Blunderbuss

Jack White

3/5

Unmistakably Jack White but also didn't leave a lasting impression. It's all okay but ultimately unmemorable.

Wonderful Rainbow

Lightning Bolt

1/5

Today I discovered an entire genre I didn't know I should avoid. The best thing about this album is the cover.

Grace

Jeff Buckley

4/5

It's a beautifully produced album. It all works well together, but apart from Hallelujah I don't think I will remember any of the tracks tomorrow.

Celebrity Skin

Hole

3/5

I didn't give Courtney Love or Hole a chance at the time, if I had I might have liked it. Having said that my preferences have changed. The sound is distinctly of its time.

Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

2/5

Individually each track is probably bearable, decent even, but as a collection, one after the other it becomes tedious and overstays it's welcome, much like this sentence.