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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Music From The Penguin Cafe Penguin Cafe Orchestra	5	3.02	+1.98
Achtung Baby U2	5	3.3	+1.7
Music From Big Pink The Band	5	3.35	+1.65
Haunted Dancehall The Sabres Of Paradise	4	2.37	+1.63
More Songs About Buildings And Food Talking Heads	5	3.42	+1.58
The Number Of The Beast Iron Maiden	5	3.57	+1.43
Histoire De Melody Nelson Serge Gainsbourg	4	2.72	+1.28
Giant Steps The Boo Radleys	4	2.88	+1.12
Teenager Of The Year Frank Black	4	3	+1

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
To Pimp A Butterfly Kendrick Lamar	2	3.64	-1.64
good kid, m.A.A.d city Kendrick Lamar	2	3.64	-1.64
Channel Orange Frank Ocean	2	3.34	-1.34
McCartney Paul McCartney	2	3.25	-1.25
MTV Unplugged In New York Nirvana	3	4.2	-1.2

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Maggot Brain

Funkadelic

4/5

Album a mixture of rock, funk, riffs, voices (so many voices!) and joy. Reminiscent of The Band here and there, but with loads of fuzz... drummer is mental. Did this band help to inspire the Muppets house band? Last track is mental but the beat doesn't stop - percussion is epic!

Ellington at Newport

Duke Ellington

3/5

Finally managed to listen to this - I enjoyed the big band jazz and appreciated the musicianship all round. You could tell there were technical problems with the recording, and the chap who talks in between stuff got way too much time on this record, but all in all quite enjoyable. Made a nice change.

Sign 'O' The Times

Prince

4/5

Loved this record - not quite timeless, but a very decent listen.

Who's Next

The Who

4/5

Rock 'N Soul

Solomon Burke

4/5

This is a genre I don't normally listen to on purpose - I don't dislike the music, but I'm not really "in to" it. However, the opening track on this album, Cry to me, took me a little by surprise - what a voice! He sings with such power and feeling! The rest of the album didn't really appeal to me but I listened to the end just to hear him sing. I fully appreciate the music and skill needed from everyone involved - the recording process in the 60's was far less forgiving than modern techniques and they had to get it right very quickly.

Led Zeppelin II

Led Zeppelin

4/5

Scott 2

Scott Walker

3/5

Odessey And Oracle

The Zombies

4/5

More Songs About Buildings And Food

Talking Heads

5/5

Talking Heads always put a smile on my face - I love the peculiarity of them. Some great tracks on this album - the opening track (Thank you for sending me an angel), although quite short, sets the tone for the rest of the album, which powers along with foot-tapping joy. There's a great mixture of rhythms - "Warning Sign" features tight break-beats, while "Take me to the river" is more anthemic with deep reverb on the snare, and lots of funk-punk in between. Loved it :)

The Number Of The Beast

Iron Maiden

5/5

Jagged Little Pill

Alanis Morissette

4/5

Music From The Penguin Cafe

Penguin Cafe Orchestra

5/5

I remember being introduced to the Peguin Cafe Orchestra when I was young and they were new - there's a special place in my heart for the telephone and rubber band song! This album was in the same league and thoroughly enjoyable, with interesting melodies and calm pacing. Brilliant!

Music From Big Pink

The Band

5/5

Another album I grew up with - every song is a winner.

Horses

Patti Smith

4/5

Enjoyable enough - I've never really listened to Patti Smith and feel like I've been missing out. Lots of energy.

Crime Of The Century

Supertramp

3/5

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