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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Highly Evolved The Vines	5	3.03	+1.97
Born In The U.S.A. Bruce Springsteen	5	3.69	+1.31
Brothers In Arms Dire Straits	5	3.73	+1.27
Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not Arctic Monkeys	5	3.73	+1.27
Metallica Metallica	5	3.77	+1.23
Let It Bleed The Rolling Stones	5	3.81	+1.19
Back In Black AC/DC	5	3.84	+1.16

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill Lauryn Hill	1	3.66	-2.66
To Pimp A Butterfly Kendrick Lamar	1	3.64	-2.64
Songs Of Love And Hate Leonard Cohen	1	3.2	-2.2
Nighthawks At The Diner Tom Waits	1	3	-2
Ys Joanna Newsom	1	2.8	-1.8
Axis: Bold As Love Jimi Hendrix	2	3.77	-1.77
Back to Basics Christina Aguilera	1	2.75	-1.75
Superfly Curtis Mayfield	2	3.7	-1.7
Darkdancer Les Rythmes Digitales	1	2.59	-1.59
Morrison Hotel The Doors	2	3.58	-1.58

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Artist	Albums	Average
Beatles	2	5

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1-Star Albums (7)

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To Pimp A Butterfly

Kendrick Lamar

1/5

Absolutely not my style. Was difficult to listen to.

Thriller

Michael Jackson

5/5

Perhaps one of my favourite albums, there's not many weak points. Absolute bangers from start to finish!

Metallica

5/5

My entry point into Metallica. Brilliant album, these songs are constantly on my playlists 😍

Mothership Connection

Parliament

3/5

It's alright. The one song everyone knows is good, it has a decent vibe even though it's a bit too weird in parts.

Aftermath

The Rolling Stones

3/5

A solid early album from one of my favourite bands. More pop focused than their mid career catalogue, not my favourite but pretty decent.

Songs For Swingin' Lovers!

Frank Sinatra

3/5

Classic Sinatra. Consistent all the way through, man's got a vibe. Was a very enjoyable car ride listening to it!

Axis: Bold As Love

Jimi Hendrix

2/5

I've never been a massive Hendrix fan. This didn't do it for me. It feels like a product of its time TBH. Bit disappointed.

Nighthawks At The Diner

Tom Waits

1/5

I can absolutely say with 100% certainty I hated this to the point of irritation. Absolutely could have died without hearing this.

Surf's Up

The Beach Boys

3/5

I was surprised by this, it's very different to what I imagined the Beach Boys to sound in my head. I quite liked it.

The Real Thing

Faith No More

3/5

Was ok. The one song I liked but the others didn't grab me.

Exile In Guyville

Liz Phair

3/5

I get why this album is important, but coming into this for the first time now means it's lost it's magic USP. I can definitely hear where modern female rockstars got their influences from though!

Queens of the Stone Age

Queens Of The Stone Age

2/5

Meh. I'm sure it was great when it came out but it didn't grab me then and it's doesn't now either.

Rubber Soul

Beatles

5/5

Oh bloody hell yes! What an awesome album! Love it from start to finish. Any day with the Beatles is a good day.

Music for the Masses

Depeche Mode

2/5

It was ok. Didn't really blow me away but I'm not a massive fan of this band.

Highly Evolved

The Vines

5/5

This is one of my favourite albums! A brilliant rock album from a troubled band. Some amazing songs on here!

Morrison Hotel

The Doors

2/5

It was ok I guess? Not their best album, not a style of music I dig really either.

Jack Takes the Floor

Ramblin' Jack Elliott

2/5

Pleasant folk music. I can see why Bob Dylan liked him.

Dusty In Memphis

Dusty Springfield

2/5

Again, it's alright I guess? Not my kind of music

Joan Armatrading

2/5

It was decent but not my kind of music

Group Sex

Circle Jerks

3/5

Short. Sweet. High energy. Solid punk. Loved it.

Aja

Steely Dan

2/5

Background Yacht Rock. I felt like I was in a shop or an elevator. Boring AF.

You're Living All Over Me

Dinosaur Jr.

4/5

This is bloody good. Loved it. Proper rock music.

Bryter Layter

Nick Drake

4/5

He sounds like Seal! Happy music, I liked it!

Back In Black

AC/DC

5/5

Oh yes. One of my favourite albums. Not their best one but it's soo good. Every song is worth a listen here.

Back to Basics

Christina Aguilera

1/5

Nope. Can't stand her.

Goo

Sonic Youth

3/5

I dig it. A bit too Avant Garde but fun.

The Band

2/5

Too mellow for me.

Live At Leeds

The Who

2/5

Hmm. Bit disappointing from a band I like.

Darkdancer

Les Rythmes Digitales

1/5

Cheap eurotrash electronic music that sounds like a teenager got his first synthesiser. Really difficult to listen to. The music is jarring like nails on a chalkboard and the lyrics nonsensical. I couldn't connect with this in any way.

Brothers In Arms

Dire Straits

5/5

Oh thank god for that. I was about to give up on this project so I needed this. Such an amazing album. There's no bad songs. Money for nothing is such a jam, walk of life loads of fun, and the haunting melancholy of the title track is such an amazing way to close the album!

The Stone Roses

3/5

Pretty decent album, I can see where britpop got its roots from (especially Oasis). Well worthy of the list.

Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs

Derek & The Dominos

4/5

It's a great album, the title track being one of my all time favourites!

Da Capo

Love

2/5

Okayish 60s pop rock.

Another Green World

Brian Eno

2/5

Elevator music. Not my taste.

Stankonia

OutKast

3/5

Aww fuck yeah. Perfect for a Friday. The beats slap, it's chonky hip hop goodness.

Let It Bleed

The Rolling Stones

5/5

Just amazing. A brilliant band at their peak. Always a treat to listen to.

Songs Of Love And Hate

Leonard Cohen

1/5

Jesus Christ on a bike no. I almost fell asleep listening to this.

Pyromania

Def Leppard

4/5

Aww this is an amazing album, I absolutely love it and how much fun it is to listen to!

Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)

Eurythmics

4/5

Love this album. Classic 80s synth pop. My staple. Timeless and beautiful.

Siamese Dream

The Smashing Pumpkins

4/5

Aww yeah. It's not Mellon Collie but it's so good!

Superfly

Curtis Mayfield

2/5

It's very staple soul and funk. Nothing special.

Behaviour

Pet Shop Boys

2/5

Considering their first few albums are a party, this feels like a hangover. Probably why when I was younger they weren't on the radio much.

Reggatta De Blanc

The Police

3/5

Great album, a couple of absolute bangers and the flow is perfect.

Joanna Newsom

1/5

Jesus Christ this was bad. Just boring as fuck.

Paul Simon

3/5

Pleasant. Better than I thought it would be.

The Pleasure Principle

Gary Numan

3/5

My dad has this one. I love Cars. Never understood why he's looking suspiciously at that glowing rer pyramid though. Dark moody synths. Where's your head at? Very gothic 😍

Throwing Muses

3/5

Seems ahead of its time but as I'm new to this I can't appreciate it as much as I would have back when it was released. But I was too small in 1986 to appreciate this anyway.

KIWANUKA

Michael Kiwanuka

4/5

Oh yes. Love this artist 😍 Great mix of soul tunes, love this ❤️

Hail To the Thief

Radiohead

3/5

It was interesting. Not spectacular, I prefer their earlier stuff. Struggling to see why I needed to hear this before I died?

Siembra

Willie Colón & Rubén Blades

3/5

Oh a nice change. Love this kind of music!

Born In The U.S.A.

Bruce Springsteen

5/5

Phenomenal album. Great songs from start to finish. I love the rawness of his characters and the heartfelt lyrics. The production values are insane too.

The Rolling Stones

4/5

Wow what a debut album. I can't imagine how mind blowing this must have been in 1964!

Vento De Maio

Elis Regina

2/5

Sounds like the parody chanel 9 songs off The Fast Show. Not my vibe, couldn't get into it. I was half expecting her to sing "KREEEEES.... WADDDUL!"

Green River

Creedence Clearwater Revival

4/5

I mean come on? Ubiquitous or what? Any day with CCR is a good day 😍

Violator

Depeche Mode

3/5

Lovely gothic moody alternative electronic music. Fantastic😍

The White Album

Beatles

5/5

Fantastic. I just love this album so much. It's such a brilliant mix of styles and some amazing songs.

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

Arctic Monkeys

5/5

I can't think of many better debut albums than this. Absolutely exploded when it came out, and still so fresh today. I've got many good memories walking to these tunes on my iPod. Phenomenal and raw and brilliant.

Chirping Crickets

Buddy Holly & The Crickets

2/5

It's very pleasant. I can see the roots of many other artists and styles in this. I prefer my Rock and Roll more upbeat though.

The Number Of The Beast

Iron Maiden

4/5

Iron Maiden on a Friday? Yes. Fucking. Please. Great album, love the long buildups and guitar payoffs

Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs

Marty Robbins

3/5

This is some good old fashioned country music. Great storytelling, lovely melodies. I enjoyed this a lot more than I thought I would!

Golden Hour

Kacey Musgraves

2/5

It was ok. Didn't really catch me.

The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill

Lauryn Hill

1/5

Oh no. This isn't my kind of music at all. I still don't like her because the Fugees took the number one spot from Three Lions back in the day. A real slog this one, not helped by heavy weather outside today.