My 1001 Albums Journey

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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
Time (The Revelator) Gillian Welch	5	3.05	+1.95
Golden Hour Kacey Musgraves	5	3.07	+1.93
Loveless My Bloody Valentine	5	3.19	+1.81
Tonight's The Night Neil Young	5	3.23	+1.77
GREY Area Little Simz	5	3.24	+1.76
Astral Weeks Van Morrison	5	3.25	+1.75
The Soft Bulletin The Flaming Lips	5	3.28	+1.72
There's A Riot Goin' On Sly & The Family Stone	5	3.29	+1.71
The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady Charles Mingus	5	3.33	+1.67

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
A Girl Called Dusty Dusty Springfield	1	3.33	-2.33
You Want It Darker Leonard Cohen	1	3.32	-2.32
Live Through This Hole	1	3.32	-2.32
Truth And Soul Fishbone	1	2.96	-1.96
Ghosteen Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds	1	2.95	-1.95
Innervisions Stevie Wonder	2	3.87	-1.87
The Stranger Billy Joel	2	3.86	-1.86
Tracy Chapman Tracy Chapman	2	3.79	-1.79
Brothers In Arms Dire Straits	2	3.73	-1.73
Graceland Paul Simon	2	3.72	-1.72

Artists

Favorites

Artist	Albums	Average
Led Zeppelin	4	5
Beatles	4	4.75
Bruce Springsteen	4	4.5
Radiohead	3	4.67
The Smashing Pumpkins	2	5
Bob Dylan	6	4
The Rolling Stones	5	4

Controversial

Artist	Ratings
Leonard Cohen	4, 1
Dusty Springfield	1, 4
My Bloody Valentine	2, 5
Pink Floyd	2, 5, 5, 4

5-Star Albums (60)

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Popular Reviews

Everything modern Americana should be

Needs help

Excellent, progresses while keeping you in your toes.

Definitely cool, but a bit cacophonous for me

The lyrics…..no….. Good first song though. It was promising but plummeted. But the lyrics were cheesy / 16 year old bong hit (as Ian says) vibes.

1-Star Albums (7)

Spy Vs. Spy: The Music Of Ornette Coleman

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

All Ratings (653)

Muzak

love it, refined lady-sonics.

Less sad joy division + less spectrum talking heads = good

Definitely cool, but a bit cacophonous for me

it's fine and that's kind of it

Nice, subtle. Enjoyed it more than I thought I would, but I still don't really get the lyrics.

Stats strong....

... Ok.

But typically a grunge guy, but this works.

Dramatic, ominous showtunes. A good time!!

Most underrated beatles? Less maximalist, but still go it.

...a bit weird. It isn't punk, but it might not be not punk.

Lesser than steely dan

Hippy shit. Also, #1 road trip album.

Talking heads + Kraftwerk = meh. At least some tracks have funky baselines.

Exactly as advertised. But one of those jazz albums that's more a collection of songs than a cohesive album.

Delightfully synical

Well... I liked it more than I expected to.

As advertised.

Just classic

Good songs but meh delivery

IF YOU BE MY BODYGUARD!!!!

Some standouts but…only some

Better than you think

Classic rock covers at the top were cool, bsides were pretty .... bsidey

Lesser then are you experienced it turns out.

Hot take: SOS>BOR?

Not for me.

Back half need not be, front half bangs.

Dumpster fire.

Not their best.

No.

Jess likes em, Ian meh. Splitting the difference.

MASTERPIECE ♥️♥️♥️♥️

Everything modern Americana should be

Ambient and nice.

Lesser sabbath

It has a couple bangers, but also some downright unlistenable tracks.

Terrible. Just terrible.

Good start with cool transitions. But it gets stale before it's over.

Nice, clean country

FRANKIE!!!!!!!

Much better than anticipated! Fun 60s pop stuff you may hear in a diner. Also similar to early Beatles! Pleasant!

Fills a very real need.

Surprising amount of zep samples.

More of Jess bag than Ian. But her voice conveys pain and longing. Certainly a lot of depth and attests to a life lived.

A bit 80s but solo electric folk really works.

Were debating between 2 and 3 because her voice is high and can be *grating*. But when she is not doing that, it is really beautiful. Jess also forced this rating

The lyrics…..no….. Good first song though. It was promising but plummeted. But the lyrics were cheesy / 16 year old bong hit (as Ian says) vibes.

Jess really likes this kind of music (ESP song Desire Lines) and Ian says he would return and listen to this album again.

Great guitar.

It’s fun!!!!!!

Rocks harder than I remembered.

A bit ... sexist, and but good proto-stones.

Beautiful

MBV + NIN + ... + 90s other 90s alt rock. I like it.

So so strange. In the best way.

Better than their latter years let on.

Strong 4 or weak 5. Ian recommended a year or so ago and Jess couldn’t get into it. Now, everything is different

It is a 5, however there are some notes -we all know there is an inferior cover -is masters of war THAT good a song -don’t think twice and hard rain gonna fall are AMAZINg songs

Dad rock defined.

Holy falsetto

Maybe the doors best

Slaps.

If we hadn't already given freewheelin' a 5 ....

Too fast...

Boooring

Such a lovely place

Talking heads on television.

Stank Face (n) A human facial expression identified by a flaring of the nostrils and raising of the upper lip which is caused by '70s influenced funk bass playing.

Ok, but did I need an Americana Byrds album?

YES

Neil young is in a lot of bands

More of Jess’ bag but she thinks Lorde is a lil witch beyond her years

Great 90s tunes

I don't get it.

A soaring debut!!!!

“It’s up there as far as punk goes, but it’s still just punk. I dunno” -IH

Noting it is a strong 3… a fun ride… hehe

Needs help

After the first song it is a rapid decline into retail monotony

Maybe the best doors? Almost a 4... almost.

Maggie was abusive to Rod

Too art school and just not very good!!!!!!

BOSSanova

Low 4

Like more portishead sorta

Stop the strings

Not their best, heavy sabbath influence.

We both loved it. As Ian observed it is certainly not “background music” - it is rather intense and demands to be listened to! It is very beautiful

Pleasant.

It’s too long & quite inconsistent throughout - quality can be hugely different per song

A strong 4

One good song.

Excellent, progresses while keeping you in your toes.

Also, an extended addition that's worth the extra time.

Perfectly serviceable psych-fuck. Sly stone would either be proud, or pissed that the brits are rehashing his sound.

It is a strong 3 though…. It’s fun…..

We were on the fence between a 4 and a half. Do think it is his best, but is it Ian’s favourite? No? But sometimes, you must distinguish between *the* best and *your* favourite………..

4 with issues it must be noted

Purty.

Easy listening at it's best?

It's a little much. But ok.

Hippie nonsense.

It’s a high 4

Sometimes they think they are Radiohead But this is a mixup They are also imitating oasis a lot understandably

Too long for a 5

Pretentious. Artsy. Crap!!!!!!!

Not their best. A bit noisy and lofi.

Could've showed some restraint with the skits, but solid.

Their crowning achievement acc Ian. Jess disagrees.