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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables Dead Kennedys	5	3.27	+1.73
Tres Hombres ZZ Top	5	3.41	+1.59
Cheap Thrills Big Brother & The Holding Company	5	3.41	+1.59
On The Beach Neil Young	5	3.45	+1.55
The Score Fugees	5	3.69	+1.31
Axis: Bold As Love Jimi Hendrix	5	3.77	+1.23
Happy Trails Quicksilver Messenger Service	4	2.8	+1.2

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Appetite For Destruction Guns N' Roses	2	3.71	-1.71
Locust Abortion Technician Butthole Surfers	1	2.4	-1.4
The Fat Of The Land The Prodigy	2	3.4	-1.4
Songs In The Key Of Life Stevie Wonder	3	4.07	-1.07

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Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables

Dead Kennedys · 1 likes

5/5

I knew Holiday in Cambodia, but this album was an absolute discovery for me. I'm surprised at how much I enjoyed their version of 'Viva Las Vegas'??? I do wish I didn't have to read the lyrics to understand what their songs are about, but I guess enunciation isn't exactly 'punk'.

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Appetite For Destruction

Guns N' Roses

2/5

In an otherwise trying-to-be-tough album, 'Think Of You' is strangely endearing and candid. Not a massive fan, but they did come out with some of the most iconic riffs.

The Score

Fugees

5/5

Axis: Bold As Love

Jimi Hendrix

5/5

Despite the lyrics not being the focus of this album, they don't retract from it either by being repetitive generalisations. Very nostalgic album for me!

Queens of the Stone Age

Queens Of The Stone Age

3/5

A bit repetitive, but you can tell they are developing the sounds for which they would come to be known. The songs that have clearly done the best of this album are the ones that have Josh Homme's signature haunting wailing singing.

Master Of Puppets

Metallica

3/5

Surprised at how much I liked it, clearly a classic album for a reason. I think I would probably enjoy it more if I looked into the lyrics or if I was a generally more angry person

Songs In The Key Of Life

Stevie Wonder

3/5

Had no idea that 'Gangsta's Paradise' was based off a song in this album ('Pastime Paradise'). Second disc was better than the first.

There's A Riot Goin' On

Sly & The Family Stone

3/5

I can see how this is an iconic album and it is definitely easy on the ears, I just prefer music with more lyrics.

Club Classics Vol. One

Soul II Soul

2/5

Truthfully, I can't say I get it. I can see that the repetition in the lyrics is an attempt for the voices to be used more as part of the instrumentation, but I'm so lyric-focused that I find it quite difficult to actively pay attention to the album and still enjoy it.

Happy Trails

Quicksilver Messenger Service

4/5

I liked the music generally, quite experimental, but that's to be expected from a live-recorded album. I ended up zoning out at points, but it does strike me as a great performance to have watched live. You know you're in for some wacky music when a song exceeds the 10 minute mark.

Kenya

Machito

4/5

This felt so consistently good and nostalgic, whilst still managing to be surprising. Surprised at how much I could like an all-instrumental album.

The Atomic Mr Basie

Count Basie & His Orchestra

4/5

There's plenty of reasons I like this, but my favourite one is because I can imagine my granny singing 'doo doo doo' to the rhythm of the bass in my head. Great combination of the bass pacing out the music while the trumpets bring the energy.

Moondance

Van Morrison

4/5

A lot of the songs sounds very similar, but it's a good formula so why change it? Moondance was by far the standout song.

Basket of Light

Pentangle

3/5

On the right day, I could really get behind this medieval folk type of music. Today was just not the day, but happy to give it another try later. Can definitely see this influencing Cosmos Sheldrake, which I will always appreciate. Sally Go Round the Roses felt like the standout track

If I Could Only Remember My Name

David Crosby

3/5

Love me a bit of storytelling like in 'Cowboy Movie'. Love the lyrics and I can see people really getting into this whilst tripping. It wasn't exactly a revelation, but I did enjoy it.

The Genius Of Ray Charles

Ray Charles

3/5

I enjoyed this, but I can't say it's the best that I've heard of the genre or the best that I've heard from Ray Charles himself

After The Gold Rush

Neil Young

3/5

Not really a fan of the his voice, but I'm a fan of the lyrics, so I guess it balances out. 'Southern Man' was definitely a stand out song.

Eliminator

ZZ Top

4/5

Love me a bit of ZZ Top, feels like pure rock without ever trying too hard, they just seem like they were having a good time making music.

Scott 4

Scott Walker

3/5

Is this enjoyable in the background? Yes. Do I think it deserves to be in the best albums in history? Definitely not

Locust Abortion Technician

Butthole Surfers

1/5

I SWEAR I was ready to like them, but they are the equivalent of a banana costume, funny as a novelty but it would never make it to the regular outfit rotation. That being said, given how much I surprisingly enjoyed the song 'The O-Men', I was ready to give them 2 stars, but nah

What's Going On

Marvin Gaye

3/5

Some very strong songs, some not so much

Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

4/5

I liked quite a lot of the songs, it's giving Leonard Cohen had a lovechild with Hozier's Greek mythology obsession. However, I don't think I'll soon return to this album, so not quite 5 stars.

Led Zeppelin

4/5

Used to be obsessed with LZ and I do still really like them, but I don't think this album is exactly their best

Tusk

Fleetwood Mac

4/5

My dad always says that this album is made up of all the songs that didn't make it into Rumours. I tend to agree with him on this one, not as good as Rumours, but still exceptional music.

The Fat Of The Land

The Prodigy

2/5

I bet it's good at a rave, but on a Wednesday morning trying to concentrate on work, I could not wait for this to be over.

Kid A

Radiohead

4/5

Generally, I prefer music with a stronger beat. But you don't need a bit when you're spiralling, and that's what this album is giving. Having typed that, 'Idioteque' started playing and I loved it, but I'm also glad not all their songs are like this.

Tres Hombres

ZZ Top

5/5

No-skip album. I feel like this is exactly what most white blues-rock bands are trying to sound like, but rarely do. My little brother's favourite album at age 5

Get Behind Me Satan

The White Stripes

4/5

I think they were finding their feet with this one. There's nothing quite like them and Blue Orchid is one of my favourite songs of theirs, but I think they have done better

Hysteria

Def Leppard

3/5

The music itself was a bit cheesy for me, but to be expected from 80s music. Nevertheless, the wholesome lyrics (as far as I could tell) won me over slightly. For a band of its time, it is refreshing to pair this music with lyrics about women that are not actually misogynist. The opening track 'Women' is perhaps not to today's standards,

Wild Wood

Paul Weller

4/5

This album seems to be consistently good, but it doesn't exactly make it special. It feels like it needs some nostalgia attached to it to give it that extra umph

Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables

Dead Kennedys

5/5

Cheap Thrills

Big Brother & The Holding Company

5/5

I wanted to be Janis Joplin when I grew up and this album reminds me why. Ball and Chain is by far my favourite in this album

People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm

A Tribe Called Quest

4/5

Overall wholesome and very enjoyable. Ham N' Eggs made me giggle and will probably make my regular music rotation. However the first track was so mid, I can't give it more than 4.

On The Beach

Neil Young

5/5

Will bookmark this one for the next time I'm sitting in the dark and need some lyrics to focus on.

I Against I

Bad Brains

3/5

Cool band, probably need to listen to this again