My 1001 Albums Journey

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2020

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Punk

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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Very Pet Shop Boys	5	2.94	+2.06
Talking With the Taxman About Poetry Billy Bragg	5	2.95	+2.05
Spiderland Slint	5	2.97	+2.03
Copper Blue Sugar	5	2.98	+2.02
Meat Puppets II Meat Puppets	5	3.02	+1.98
Slanted And Enchanted Pavement	5	3.03	+1.97
Halcyon Digest Deerhunter	5	3.05	+1.95
Bandwagonesque Teenage Fanclub	5	3.07	+1.93
It's A Shame About Ray The Lemonheads	5	3.12	+1.88
Run-D.M.C. Run-D.M.C.	5	3.12	+1.88

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Jagged Little Pill Alanis Morissette	1	3.72	-2.72
Getz/Gilberto Stan Getz	1	3.67	-2.67
Black Holes and Revelations Muse	1	3.59	-2.59
Jazz Samba Stan Getz	1	3.56	-2.56
Parachutes Coldplay	1	3.46	-2.46
Play Moby	1	3.45	-2.45
You've Come a Long Way Baby Fatboy Slim	1	3.33	-2.33
Live At The Star Club, Hamburg Jerry Lee Lewis	1	3.26	-2.26
Only By The Night Kings of Leon	1	3.23	-2.23
Third Portishead	1	3.13	-2.13

Artists

Favorites

Artist	Albums	Average
Beatles	7	4.57
Public Enemy	3	5
Steely Dan	4	4.5
R.E.M.	4	4.5
Nirvana	3	4.67
Pixies	3	4.67
The Doors	3	4.67
A Tribe Called Quest	2	5
Billy Bragg	2	5
Dire Straits	2	5
Run-D.M.C.	2	5
Pavement	2	5
Elton John	2	5
Elliott Smith	2	5
LCD Soundsystem	2	5
Pink Floyd	4	4.25
Elvis Costello & The Attractions	4	4.25
Talking Heads	4	4.25
Johnny Cash	3	4.33
Simon & Garfunkel	3	4.33
Van Morrison	3	4.33
Pet Shop Boys	3	4.33
Jimi Hendrix	3	4.33
Beck	3	4.33
Beastie Boys	3	4.33
The Smiths	3	4.33
Peter Gabriel	3	4.33
The Who	5	4
Led Zeppelin	5	4

Least Favorites

Artist	Albums	Average
Kings of Leon	3	1.33
Stan Getz	2	1
Fatboy Slim	2	1
Scott Walker	2	1.5
Fairport Convention	2	1.5
The Chemical Brothers	2	1.5
Coldplay	2	1.5
Rod Stewart	2	1.5
Barry Adamson	2	1.5
k.d. lang	2	1.5
Orbital	2	1.5
Ali Farka Touré	2	1.5
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band	2	1.5
Megadeth	2	1.5
The Rolling Stones	6	2.17
Frank Sinatra	3	2
Tim Buckley	3	2
Madonna	3	2
Joni Mitchell	4	2.25

Controversial

Artist	Ratings
The Beach Boys	2, 5, 5
Pink Floyd	5, 2, 5, 5
The Velvet Underground	4, 3, 1

5-Star Albums (93)

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People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm

It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back

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

Popular Reviews

Some albums are great because they meant a lot at a specific point in your life. Some albums are just great. This one is both.

I just have never enjoyed her fluttery voice. Not my style.

While Moby is not as bad as Fatboy Slim or others like that, this just isn't my kind of music. Just feels repetitious and stale.

Classic punk album with a million songs packed into 30 minutes. Love it.

I remember listening to this as a teenager. It was ok then, but didn't pass the test of time. Not only are the lyrics trivial, but also very sexist.

1-Star Albums (61)

D.O.A. the Third and Final Report of Throbbing Gristle

All Ratings (1089)

One of the best. Collabs are on point. I feel like this is the transition album between old school and new school.

Early Beatles isn't my favorite Beatles, but still a good listen. They revolutionized pop music.

Not sure I've ever listened to him before now. Interesting sound, as it floats between the music of the psychedelic period and the easy listening of artists like Tom Jones. Probably wouldn't listen to this for fun, but I get why it would make this list.

Supertramp just stands out as having their own sound during a time when so much music sounded the same. This album is fantastic.

Actually enjoyed it more than I thought I would. I can see why people love this album.

I feel like the farther away I get from this period of heavy metal, the worse I assume it will be. There's actually a decent musical element to this, which I don't hate. Pretty good for a metal album.

One of the best punk albums of all time. Gone too soon.

A short album, but packed full of classics. Neil always has great lyrics and the music to back it.

Such a unique group for the time period. I need to listen to them more.

While Smoke on the Water is iconic, especially for the intro, I just can't get into them at this point in my life. It's fine, but I wouldn't listen again anytime soon.

Classic punk album with a million songs packed into 30 minutes. Love it.

While Moby is not as bad as Fatboy Slim or others like that, this just isn't my kind of music. Just feels repetitious and stale.

This is an album made in the 90s that feels like an album made a lot earlier. Not my jam.

Every song is good. Just a classic album.

It's not bad, per se. It's just not for me. Every song kind of sounds the same as the last. And it reminds me of Napoleon Dynamite.

No thank you.

I remember listening to this as a teenager. It was ok then, but didn't pass the test of time. Not only are the lyrics trivial, but also very sexist.

Crazy how much this sounds like Duran Duran. Obviously a big influence on many future bands.

Some of the best songs of all time. Bummed I was never able to see him live.

Just missed 5 stars. Sadly, Nirvana's last album before Cobain died.

A good, not great Bowie album. I don't understand why people think all Bowie albums have to be great just because Ziggy Stardust is so amazing.

Just a great album. And you can hear them trying to find their next stage.

Eh. Just not for me.

While not a Fleetwood Mac fan, I understand why people love Rumours. I have no idea why this album would make the list.

While a couple of the songs on this album have become jokes because of how overplayed they were back in the day, it's still a really good album. Proving that the most dysfunctional groups put out the best music.

I've never listened much to Willie, but his stuff is good. It's as far towards country as I can stand. Definitely worth listening to more.

While I'm not a Fleetwood Mac fan, I can't deny that this is a good album. One million times better than Tusk or their other albums.

I don't listen to prog rock often, but it's interesting to listen and think about how many bands were influenced by Zappa. Decent album.

A great, calming album. Drake is interesting because I wouldn't call this straight folk, but that's really what it is.

Just a less good Daft Punk. Too mellow for me.

Big Donovan fan. Simple yet powerful.

I don't think you're allowed to rate this album less than four stars.

The weird thing about jazz is that I enjoy it in a live setting, but it loses a lot of it's luster when I'm listening on Spotify or whatever. Just not the same.

One of the best rap albums of all time.

A really good album. But did we already listen to this one? Or was it another Nick Drake album? Am I going crazy???

I prefer his stuff with the Smiths, but this is still a good listen. I'd give it a 3.5 if possible.

This album has grown on me over time.

Another 3.5 star album. Really good but I probably wouldn't add to my regular listening rotation.

Classic rock blues, but not something I'll listen to often.

Really love this album. A voice like no other.

Probably a 4 star album of I was rating 20-30 years ago.

An album I wish I would have listened to more in the 80s.

A really weird album. Like something from the 70s, except from the 90s.

An interesting album with a crazy back story. Really interesting. And a unique sound for the times.

One of the best albums of all time. I don't know if I can think of an album that shows so much passion and pain.

I just have never enjoyed her fluttery voice. Not my style.

A solid Bowie album, but not one of his best.

One great song really shouldn't be enough to push this album to make this list. Hard to Handle is a great song, but the rest is just ok.

Some albums are great because they meant a lot at a specific point in your life. Some albums are just great. This one is both.

This just isn't my jam.

Really good album that I've never listened to start to finish.

5th-grade Graham liked ZZ Top, but that was probably because of the weird music video for TV Dinner. Not a group I'd really listen to today.

How could you not love this album? One of the best ever.

I like these guys, but it has to be the right time and place to get into it. Morning is not that time.

A classic album. You have to wonder what more they might have done had they not disbanded so early on.

One of a kind. Crazy talent.

This is what real alternative is.

I'm struggling to guess why this album made it on the list. Because they recorded it while in the service? It isn't unique enough for any other reason.

This is right at the end of that period when country for really bad. I can tolerate the rockabilly country. Today's country is just gross.

If you didn't know, you probably wouldn't think this was a Lou Reed album. Mellow, but interesting.

Some really good songs, some that I always felt we're overrated. Still a decent album.

Just isn't for me.

Not on spotify. Didn't listen.

It's too bad I thought I didn't like them in the 80s. And this album actually came out in 1990!

I like some of their other stuff better, but still good.

A great album.

Not a bad album. Probably don't listen again, but it's not bad.

A good album with several good songs. But feels like they were trying to hard to be weird.

A really good album, but I've never understood why do many people think this is the best album of all time.

Pretty good. Not earth shattering, but good.

Honestly it just didn't do it for me.

Decent album. Good for a mellow mood.

Obviously a fantastic album. Not their best, but still really good.

Really like this album. Decent alt/indie rock.

Funny album to have in the list. Christian rockabilly is an interesting genre.

It's fine for a classic rock album, but nothing special.

It's fine, but not close to their best album (Dookie).

Decent album. Not much more to say.

A nice, mellow album that would be a good listen even

Not bad. Something cool, if you're in the mood.

It's so weird to me that we don't see The Kinks as equals to the Beatles. Their music is just as good, but their lyrics are probably more mature. Very interesting.

It's just not my thing. While G&R were better then most hair bands of the 80s, it's still butt rock. And I don't listen to it much these days.

Great album. Listened to a lot of Roger Miller growing up, and Buck is definitely a contemporary of Roger.

Not a huge fan of this summer of love type of music.

One of the best punk albums of all time

Another really good punk album by one of the originals.

It's like listening to a 70s TV show theme song for an hour

Weird.

Just a really classic album.

Some great songs. A lot of their stuff sounds similar though.

Not something I'll listen to by choice, but it's classic and hard to rate poorly.

Hippie stuff just does nothing for me.

Again, just not for me.

Ironically, the best songs on this album are the ones that aren't radio hits.

Classic blues.

This really wasn't a bad album. Mellow but not too folksy.

I don't know why, but I just didn't enjoy this album.

One of the top 5 albums of all time. Easy 5 stars.

Great album

I just don't love jazz.

Not a band I've listened to much, but a really good album.

There is much better raggae than this lol

I have to be in the right mood, but Dylan can be enjoyable.

I've never been able to get into them, but this time I enjoyed it. Might need to give some of their other stuff a listen

Liked them when I was a kid, but really never listened to this full album. Really good.

It's good classic rock. That's about it.

It's just not for me.

Their stuff is always hit or miss with me.

Very good album. Common is definitely underrated.

I'm not as into oldies as I once was, but the Everly Brothers were definitely some of the best.

Never a fan.

Decent.

Classic album.

I love some Sonic Youth songs and I hate others. Really weird.

Great, great album.

One of the best albums ever.