My 1001 Albums Journey

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1089

Albums Rated

3.14

Average Rating

100%

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Rating Distribution

Rating Timeline

Taste Profile

2020

Favorite Decade

Funk

Favorite Genre

Other

Top Origin ?

Balanced

Rater Style ?

111

5-Star Albums

1-Star Albums

Breakdown

By Genre

Top Styles

By Decade

By Origin

Albums

You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Club Classics Vol. One Soul II Soul	5	2.82	+2.18
Second Toughest In The Infants Underworld	5	2.85	+2.15
D.O.A. the Third and Final Report of Throbbing Gristle Throbbing Gristle	4	1.89	+2.11
The Contino Sessions Death In Vegas	5	2.9	+2.1
Walking Wounded Everything But The Girl	5	2.97	+2.03
evermore Taylor Swift	5	3	+2
Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle Bill Callahan	5	3.02	+1.98
Tanto Tempo Bebel Gilberto	5	3.07	+1.93
american dream LCD Soundsystem	5	3.17	+1.83
The Blueprint JAY Z	5	3.19	+1.81

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
(What's The Story) Morning Glory Oasis	1	3.86	-2.86
good kid, m.A.A.d city Kendrick Lamar	1	3.65	-2.65
Franz Ferdinand Franz Ferdinand	1	3.57	-2.57
Aja Steely Dan	1	3.48	-2.48
Heaven Or Las Vegas Cocteau Twins	1	3.42	-2.42
The Village Green Preservation Society The Kinks	1	3.4	-2.4
Fragile Yes	1	3.32	-2.32
Countdown To Ecstasy Steely Dan	1	3.29	-2.29
Face to Face The Kinks	1	3.28	-2.28
Sweet Baby James James Taylor	1	3.23	-2.23

Artists

Favorites

Artist	Albums	Average
Led Zeppelin	5	5
Radiohead	6	4.83
Beatles	7	4.71
Johnny Cash	3	5
Metallica	4	4.5
Miles Davis	4	4.5
Michael Jackson	3	4.67
Simon & Garfunkel	3	4.67
The Smashing Pumpkins	2	5
AC/DC	2	5
LCD Soundsystem	2	5
Fiona Apple	2	5
David Bowie	9	4
Jimi Hendrix	3	4.33
Beck	3	4.33
Beastie Boys	3	4.33
Madonna	3	4.33

Least Favorites

Artist	Albums	Average
Slipknot	2	1
Steely Dan	4	1.75
The Kinks	4	1.75
Belle & Sebastian	2	1.5
Oasis	2	1.5
The Mothers Of Invention	2	1.5
Emerson, Lake & Palmer	2	1.5
Cocteau Twins	2	1.5
Mudhoney	2	1.5
Tim Buckley	3	2
Van Morrison	3	2
Roxy Music	3	2
Yes	3	2
Morrissey	4	2.25
Elvis Costello & The Attractions	4	2.25

Controversial

Artist	Ratings
Taylor Swift	2, 5
Kanye West	5, 5, 2
Paul Simon	2, 5, 3
Pink Floyd	5, 5, 4, 2
Neil Young	2, 5, 4, 3

5-Star Albums (111)

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Popular Reviews

Haunting vocals and such promise

1-Star Albums (49)

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All Ratings (1089)

Haunting vocals and such promise

3.5 rating

Perfection

The best Byrds album we’ve heard thus far, but still a 2

Plenty of creativity on this groundbreaking album, but there are also a lot of oddities that make it hard to recommend or go back and listen to regularly. On balance, 3 out of 5.

Ahead of its time.

Monique = 4. Ben = 2. “I thought that album was absolutely death to listen to,” - Ben.

Killer, classic metal!

Ben thought 2, Monique thinks 4

Fantastic first and last song; literal filler in between.

Ben = 2, Monique = 3.9. Cliche lyrics and some Prince-knock-off sounds but the album still holds up for its time.

One of the best ever

Crazy experimental, so ahead of its time. Wow.

One of, if not THE, greatest debut albums ever.

Fascinating, compelling, emotional. Strong Nick Drake resemblance.

Some decent songs but overall pretty mediocre. 2.5.

3.5

Better than most of 1001’s 1960s folk-greensleeve throwback albums, with beautiful vocals. Would not,however, listen to this again.

Possibly the most ahead-of-its-time album on the entire list. Musically sounds like it could have been made in 2017, not 1981.

3.5. Great debut album but far from his best work. Still sounds rather ‘fresh’ for 1996!

Even though he is now the official Global Ambassador for the Carlton Football Club, we couldn’t quite make this a 5/5 even though we wanted to! It’s a solid pop album with a couple of standout songs, but sounds very much of its time. As such we’re torn but are giving it 3.5/5, rounded down to 3.

Sensational album on its own but ranking the re-issue with the addition of Born Slippy brings this up to a clear 5/5.

An absolute classic.

Very reminiscent of The Dirty Three. Beautiful, haunting melodies and the album itself doesn’t sound too dated.

Western-inspired space rock vibe.

This album is a weird attempt at a quasi-Broadway album, with vocals that sound oddly reminiscent of Neil Diamond. Not surprisingly, David Ackles was a huge influence on Elvis Costello, who for some strange reason has six albums on the 1001 list. After Ackles’ death in 1999 Costello said, "It's a mystery to me why his wonderful songs are not better known." Similar to our ratings of most Costello albums, this one gets a 2.