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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Palo Congo Sabu	5	2.7	+2.3
Ready To Die The Notorious B.I.G.	5	3.36	+1.64
Guero Beck	5	3.45	+1.55
Pictures At An Exhibition Emerson, Lake & Palmer	4	2.64	+1.36
Headquarters The Monkees	4	2.86	+1.14
Led Zeppelin III Led Zeppelin	5	3.94	+1.06
At Folsom Prison Johnny Cash	5	3.96	+1.04

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music Ray Charles	1	3.5	-2.5
Sign 'O' The Times Prince	1	3.45	-2.45
Roger the Engineer The Yardbirds	1	3.1	-2.1
Elvis Presley Elvis Presley	2	3.37	-1.37
Fear Of A Black Planet Public Enemy	2	3.34	-1.34

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At Folsom Prison

Johnny Cash · 1 likes

5/5

Great and hilarious

1-Star Albums (3)

Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music

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At Folsom Prison

Johnny Cash

5/5

Great and hilarious

Ready To Die

The Notorious B.I.G.

5/5

Surprisingly excellent! I didn't think I'd be into big but I was mesmerised!

Elvis Presley

2/5

I think for me to appreciate this album more, I'd need to have a better understanding of what was happening culturally at the time. While not a bad album, I just didn't vibe with it.

Songs From The Big Chair

Tears For Fears

4/5

I could hear tinges of my favourite artists in this. Not quite what I'd normally listen to but I felt connected to it. Quite surprised!

People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm

A Tribe Called Quest

3/5

I might need to sit on this one for a little bit, it didn't catch me on the first listen but I hear something in it that's cool.

Station To Station

David Bowie

4/5

Another one of those that I might have to sit with, but the initial impression was quite positive.

Surf's Up

The Beach Boys

4/5

Bit of a black horse... I went into it knitting that I didn't mind the beach boys but not something I'd seek out. This album was surprisingly varied and deep.

Getz/Gilberto

Stan Getz

3/5

I'm not the target audience for this type of release. That being said, it was nice.

Led Zeppelin III

Led Zeppelin

5/5

Palo Congo

Sabu

5/5

This is SICK! Whoever says it's a hard listen is trying to listen too hard, just relax and be with it.

Deep Purple In Rock

Deep Purple

4/5

A little nutty and full of machismo. Didn't love it, didn't hate it. Just gritty

Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music

Ray Charles

1/5

Unfortunately this wasn't at all for me.

Pictures At An Exhibition

Emerson, Lake & Palmer

4/5

Mask

Bauhaus

3/5

It wasn't without its cool moments, very jammy and odd which I liked. Lots of expression. It never quite seemed to take off except for maybe a couple of tracks but perhaps that's the point. Music to listen to when you don't really want to listen to anything in particular?

The Bends

Radiohead

5/5

I'm not sure why I didn't listen to this sooner, it's right up my alley! Odd and pretty in so many ways.

Fear Of A Black Planet

Public Enemy

2/5

I understand that it was a landmark release and it spoke volumes about the zeitgeist of the late 80s/90s, but on a musical level it just didn't hit me and honestly I feel like I'm a bad person for thinking that.

If I Should Fall From Grace With God

The Pogues

4/5

I hated the title track with a passion. But by the time I got to bottle of smoke I was laughing.

L.A. Woman

The Doors

4/5

Kinda grongy

Roger the Engineer

The Yardbirds

1/5

What the hell was that!?

Headquarters

The Monkees

4/5

Nostalgic

Definitely Maybe

Oasis

4/5

Pretty cool rock

Guero

Beck

5/5

Yeah this hit in the right place. Nice and eclectic

Vulnicura

Björk

3/5

It took a few listens to appreciate it, it's a grower.

There's A Riot Goin' On

Sly & The Family Stone

4/5

0 energy and a bit odd, but still kinda charming

A Hard Day's Night

Beatles

3/5

Might suit with this one for a bit, it wants to hit but hasn't yet

Surfer Rosa

Pixies

4/5

Punky grungy fun

Sign 'O' The Times

Prince

1/5

I got up to hot thing before noping out. I appreciate the attention to detail and the one man bandiness of it all, but it's all so incredibly stiff. The run time is kinda ludicrous for what was going on and pretty self indulgent. I can see there's a lot to appreciate monument wise but it's not for me.

Physical Graffiti

Led Zeppelin

3/5

Need to sit with it more but it's cool. Doesn't set my ass on fire but it's fine

Punishing Kiss

Ute Lemper

3/5

This album is a bit tragic because it could have been incredible. The production is kind of, off. The best way I can think to describe it is like Ute's vocals were pasted on top of something intended to be an instrumental and the vocal production was haphazard. Coupled with an apparent lack of someone producing the vocal performances, it all comes off as somewhat unnatural and unbalanced. It sucks because the underlying idea of this album had solid bones to work with. .... The case continues is rad!

Black Holes and Revelations

Muse

4/5

Finally! Something I already knew! I'm more of an origin of symmetry person but there's bangers on here

Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

4/5

GET READY FOR LOOOOOOOOVVVEEE

Songs Of Leonard Cohen

Leonard Cohen

4/5

I didn't know what to expect but this was quite lovely and gentle.

Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)

Eurythmics

4/5

Quite a lot of bangers on this. I don't even think the title track was the strongest.