My 1001 Albums Journey

Album	You	Global	Diff
Destroy Rock & Roll Mylo	5	2.89	+2.11
All That You Can't Leave Behind U2	5	2.98	+2.02
White Ladder David Gray	5	3.07	+1.93
Cross Justice	5	3.27	+1.73
On The Beach Neil Young	5	3.46	+1.54
Play Moby	5	3.47	+1.53
Foo Fighters Foo Fighters	5	3.5	+1.5
Cee-Lo Green... Is The Soul Machine Cee Lo Green	4	2.66	+1.34
Sex Packets Digital Underground	4	2.67	+1.33
Faust IV Faust	4	2.78	+1.22

Album	You	Global	Diff
Closer Joy Division	1	3.22	-2.22
Sail Away Randy Newman	1	2.97	-1.97
Songs For Swingin' Lovers! Frank Sinatra	2	3.52	-1.52
Elvis Presley Elvis Presley	2	3.38	-1.38
The Beach Boys Today! The Beach Boys	2	3.27	-1.27
Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin	3	4.1	-1.1

Artist	Albums	Average
Nirvana	2	5

Daydream Nation

Sonic Youth

3/5

Bland

Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme

Simon & Garfunkel

3/5

Bit of a classic, old school for old people

The Rise & Fall

Madness

3/5

Very 80's. Suits party with oldish folks

There's A Riot Goin' On

Sly & The Family Stone

4/5

Good chilled rock background vibe

The Beach Boys Today!

The Beach Boys

2/5

Bit boring

The Wall

Pink Floyd

4/5

Yes. Much classic rock.

Before And After Science

Brian Eno

3/5

Not overwhelming

Harvest

Neil Young

4/5

Actually pretty good, soft rock vibe.

Songs For Swingin' Lovers!

Frank Sinatra

2/5

Old Sinatra, not really my cup of tea

Elvis Presley

2/5

Elvis. Very much Elvis.

Pink Flag

Wire

4/5

Actually pretty listenable, rocky sound

Le Tigre

4/5

Quite sparky fun pop rocky album -

More Songs About Buildings And Food

Talking Heads

3/5

A bit generic

Mothership Connection

Parliament

4/5

Funky party music - like it

Let It Bleed

The Rolling Stones

4/5

Good. It's the Stones, innit

Joan Armatrading

4/5

Pretty chill jazzy background vibe

Led Zeppelin

3/5

Good stuff

Don't Come Home A Drinkin' (With Lovin' On Your Mind)

Loretta Lynn

2/5

Very country, old style

Exile On Main Street

The Rolling Stones

4/5

Stones, both attention grabbing and slight forgettable at the same time

Peggy Suicide

Julian Cope

3/5

Bit of a long one. More background listening

A Hard Day's Night

Beatles

4/5

Bringing It All Back Home

Bob Dylan

4/5

Good. Old but good.

All That You Can't Leave Behind

U2

5/5

A modern classic. 5*

Cross

Justice

5/5

My sort of music, a happy new discovery

Destroy Rock & Roll

Mylo

5/5

Awesome, but we knew that already

Something/Anything?

Todd Rundgren

3/5

A bit forgettable

White Light

Gene Clark

4/5

Laid back, mellow vocal

On The Beach

Neil Young

5/5

I actually really quite liked this. Laid back but interesting guitar rock. 4

Swordfishtrombones

Tom Waits

3/5

Didn't leave much of an impression

Rocks

Aerosmith

4/5

Aerosmith in the 70s sounds a lot like Aerosmith in the 90s :)

Beautiful Freak

Eels

4/5

Pretty good, 90s alternative. 4

The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady

Charles Mingus

3/5

Jazz with a 60's vibe.

She's So Unusual

Cyndi Lauper

3/5

Somewhat girly, but what do you expect?

Eli And The Thirteenth Confession

Laura Nyro

2/5

Failed to leave an impression

Tracy Chapman

4/5

This is pretty listenable

Heavy Weather

Weather Report

3/5

Low key background fayre, 3

White Ladder

David Gray

5/5

Excellent

Sex Packets

Digital Underground

4/5

Fun, early 90s hip hop

Faust IV

Faust

4/5

Slightly wierd but I think I liked it

Like A Prayer

Madonna

4/5

Some would call it a classic, v depends on your mood

Foo Fighters

5/5

Foo foo foo

The Village Green Preservation Society

The Kinks

3/5

A bit nondescript

The Man Machine

Kraftwerk

4/5

Pretty funky

Future Days

Can

4/5

Background vibe

Go Girl Crazy

The Dictators

2/5

Not a fan, a bit like the darkness but earlier

MTV Unplugged In New York

Nirvana

5/5

Woohoo, class

The Specials

4/5

UB40 type vibes, laid back reggae sounds

Gris Gris

Dr. John

3/5

Pretty forgettable

Superfly

Curtis Mayfield

4/5

Pretty chill

Born In The U.S.A.

Bruce Springsteen

4/5

This is good. Very listenable

Rattus Norvegicus

The Stranglers

3/5

Pretty listenable. Reminded me of the kooks

Five Leaves Left

Nick Drake

4/5

This is actually rather listenable

Debut

Björk

4/5

Didn't like at the time but so now

Nevermind

Nirvana

5/5

Shaka Zulu

Ladysmith Black Mambazo

3/5

A bit backgroundy

Devil Without A Cause

Kid Rock

3/5

Not overwhelming. Couple of collabs but nothing stuck

Cee-Lo Green... Is The Soul Machine

Cee Lo Green

4/5

Surprisingly listenable if sweary

Sail Away

Randy Newman

1/5

Couldn't get into this

Nick Of Time

Bonnie Raitt

4/5

Classy 80s American rock

Vanishing Point

Primal Scream

4/5

Enjoyed this, not full throttle but good BG music

Closer

Joy Division

1/5

The man has a very deep voice and I'm afraid it grates on me :(

Green River

Creedence Clearwater Revival

3/5

Didn't leave an impression

Highway 61 Revisited

Bob Dylan

4/5

It's a bit aged but also a bit decent

Scott 4

Scott Walker

2/5

Listened twice, couldn't remember anything of it either time

Greetings From L.A.

Tim Buckley

3/5

Hmpf

Lust For Life

Iggy Pop

4/5

This is a good listen. 4

The Queen Is Dead

The Smiths

4/5

Very 80's but it sounds good 4

Blue Lines

Massive Attack

4/5

This is good. Not as profound as their other album but very listenable. 4

The Stranger

Billy Joel

3/5

This works for unobtrusive background music for people of a certain age

Selected Ambient Works 85-92

Aphex Twin

3/5

Very back of background music

Play

Moby

5/5

Love this.

Wild Gift

X

3/5

A bit energetic

Superunknown

Soundgarden

4/5

Classy if a bit droney

Brutal Youth

Elvis Costello

4/5

Quite liked this.

Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde

The Pharcyde

4/5

Good bit of old skool rap. 4

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