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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Moondance Van Morrison	5	3.69	+1.31
(What's The Story) Morning Glory Oasis	5	3.85	+1.15

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Greetings From L.A. Tim Buckley	1	2.84	-1.84
Here's Little Richard Little Richard	2	3.55	-1.55
25 Adele	2	3.38	-1.38
Queens of the Stone Age Queens Of The Stone Age	2	3.3	-1.3
First Band On The Moon The Cardigans	2	3.3	-1.3

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KIWANUKA

Michael Kiwanuka

4/5

Pretty good. Easy going. Nice arrangements. 8.

Blunderbuss

Jack White

3/5

Some would say quintessential Jack White but I would say typical. An okay 3.

Adele

2/5

Very unrelatable and very bland.

(What's The Story) Morning Glory

Oasis

5/5

A classic. I'm very familiar with this album but not one I listen to very often.

Aftermath

The Rolling Stones

3/5

Solid 3. There are better Rolling Stones albums out there.

Queens of the Stone Age

Queens Of The Stone Age

2/5

A real chore of an album to get through. I know QOTSA from the singles but was never inticed to listen to a full album before. I get that they are a highly rated band and live act but I just can't find the will the enjoy this.

Bookends

Simon & Garfunkel

3/5

OK album

Nebraska

Bruce Springsteen

3/5

Happy to see this pop up. It's decent and very low-key

Da Capo

Love

2/5

Not for me

Natty Dread

Bob Marley & The Wailers

3/5

Not bad, well suited for background music. Familiar with this great man's hits but I rarely would listen to a full album from the back catalogue, so I appreciated getting this one today.

Moondance

Van Morrison

5/5

Very good. Easy 5.

Music From The Penguin Cafe

Penguin Cafe Orchestra

3/5

Two standout and genuinely good songs on this album. Sound of Someone... and Chartered Flight. Other than that, it's very much a British middle-class public school poncy dinner party experiment with way too much cello. Given a 3 but only because there are two actually good tracks, other than that it's a 2.

Dire Straits

4/5

Very good album, will listen again. Good songwriting, musicianship and nicely recorded.

Central Reservation

Beth Orton

4/5

Lovely.

Queen II

Queen

3/5

Not bad, not sure I will re-listen, hope to get another queen album in the future. Was impressed with the Roger Taylor vocals on that one track, thought it was Robert Plant for a minute

In The Court Of The Crimson King

King Crimson

4/5

Heard this one before, good album. Amazing for a 1969 release though.

Greetings From L.A.

Tim Buckley

1/5

Often heard Tim Buckley's name mentioned, never listened before. I believe his other work is more folky, but I hated this.

Blood Sugar Sex Magik

Red Hot Chili Peppers

3/5

74 mins long. An entire CD worth of music... some of it is great (the singles) and the rest is fairly mediocre.

Oedipus Schmoedipus

Barry Adamson

2/5

Not great, kinda get what he's trying to do but it's more a piss take to an imaginary film soundtrack then a homage. You wouldn't ordinarily listen to this. Felt the same about the penguin cafe album.

The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars

David Bowie

4/5

It's a great album. I tried to get into early Bowie before and I never could, but I really enjoyed this and happy to out it into rotation for the occasional re-listen.

Savane

Ali Farka Touré

3/5

Deja Vu

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

4/5

This is great, really enjoyed this album. Great for late night listening.

Either Or

Elliott Smith

4/5

Have not listened to this in 20 years. Forgot how great an album it is.

Untitled (Black Is)

SAULT

3/5

Not for me, though wildfires was a good track. Very hip coffee shop music.

Back At The Chicken Shack

Jimmy Smith

3/5

I'm not a jazz enthusiast but I dip in occasionally and this is a decent album.

Happy Trails

Quicksilver Messenger Service

2/5

It's a live album, it feels like the same jam all the way through. It just didn't suit my mood this morning. Maybe you would enjoy it if you like the doors.

Here's Little Richard

Little Richard

2/5

I don't enjoy listening to "Rock and Roll", always makes me feel strangely unnerved. That said, I appreciate that Little Richard was a great performer and I can see why kids in the fifties would dig it. Not for me.

Illmatic

Nas

3/5

Hip hop isn't my thing but I appreciate the chance to give this a go. Sounds ok, wouldn't rush back to relisten

First Band On The Moon

The Cardigans

2/5

I hated this band as a teenager when it came out and this album isn't my cup of tea at all. But being older and wiser, I can kind of appreciate the humour in it a bit more. It's still a 2 because it kind of annoys me musically, really jars to listen into if you are just not into whimsical stuff. The Cardigans have at least two 4 star albums (long gone and Gran Turismo are excellent) but I just don't get early Cardigans stuff.