1001 Albums Summary

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1089
Albums Rated
2.96
Average Rating
100%
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Rating Distribution

Rating Timeline

Taste Profile

1960
Favorite Decade
Country
Favorite Genre
UK
Top Origin
Tough Crowd
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72
5-Star Albums
83
1-Star Albums

Breakdown

By Genre

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Top Styles

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By Decade

By Origin

Albums

You Love More Than Most

AlbumYouGlobalDiff
American Gothic
David Ackles
 5 2.48 +2.52
...Baby One More Time
Britney Spears
 5 2.7 +2.3
Faust IV
Faust
 5 2.78 +2.22
Gold
Ryan Adams
 5 2.83 +2.17
Good Old Boys
Randy Newman
 5 2.85 +2.15
Headquarters
The Monkees
 5 2.85 +2.15
Arc Of A Diver
Steve Winwood
 5 2.87 +2.13
Shadowland
k.d. lang
 5 2.88 +2.12
Smokers Delight
Nightmares On Wax
 5 2.9 +2.1
Call of the Valley
Shivkumar Sharma
 5 2.92 +2.08

You Love Less Than Most

AlbumYouGlobalDiff
Siamese Dream
The Smashing Pumpkins
 1 3.83 -2.83
Kid A
Radiohead
 1 3.71 -2.71
good kid, m.A.A.d city
Kendrick Lamar
 1 3.65 -2.65
To Pimp A Butterfly
Kendrick Lamar
 1 3.64 -2.64
Illmatic
Nas
 1 3.61 -2.61
Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
Wu-Tang Clan
 1 3.6 -2.6
Stankonia
OutKast
 1 3.55 -2.55
Licensed To Ill
Beastie Boys
 1 3.53 -2.53
Rust Never Sleeps
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
 1 3.5 -2.5
Surfer Rosa
Pixies
 1 3.5 -2.5

Artists

Favorites

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ArtistAlbumsAverage
Stevie Wonder 4 4.5
Aretha Franklin 2 5
Dire Straits 2 5
Eagles 2 5
k.d. lang 2 5
Madonna 3 4.33

Least Favorites

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ArtistAlbumsAverage
Public Enemy 3 1.33
Kanye West 3 1.33
Eminem 2 1
Ice Cube 2 1
Slipknot 2 1
Megadeth 2 1
Kendrick Lamar 2 1
Sepultura 2 1
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds 5 1.8
The Stooges 3 1.67
Pixies 3 1.67
My Bloody Valentine 3 1.67
Beastie Boys 3 1.67
Portishead 2 1.5
Motörhead 2 1.5
The Smashing Pumpkins 2 1.5
OutKast 2 1.5
The Mothers Of Invention 2 1.5
Black Sabbath 3 2
The Smiths 3 2
Björk 4 2.25

Controversial

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ArtistRatings
Elliott Smith 1, 4
The Flaming Lips 2, 5
ABBA 5, 2
Miles Davis 2, 2, 5, 2
Kings of Leon 5, 2, 3

5-Star Albums (72)

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Blood On The Tracks Lady Soul We Are Family Aja The Cars Ray Of Light Back In Black Brothers In Arms That's The Way Of The World Bringing It All Back Home Goodbye Yellow Brick Road John Prine Moondance Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots Live At The Star Club, Hamburg Sign 'O' The Times xx The Stranger Come Away With Me Fulfillingness' First Finale A Date With The Everly Brothers At Newport 1960 461 Ocean Boulevard Hotel California Call of the Valley Youth And Young Manhood Station To Station American Beauty Gold Tuesday Night Music Club Golden Hour At Folsom Prison The Rolling Stones Birth Of The Cool Beautiful Freak American Gothic Smokers Delight Arrival Frank Heartattack And Vine Eagles Paul Simon Sunshine Hit Me 2112 Good Old Boys Born To Run Red Headed Stranger I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You Shadowland Peter Gabriel Arc Of A Diver Talking Book Hot Shots II C'est Chic After The Gold Rush ...Baby One More Time Faust IV Who Killed...... The Zutons? Elephant Mountain Violent Femmes Mr. Tambourine Man Blood, Sweat & Tears Innervisions Jazz Samba In Our Heads Ingenue Dire Straits Headquarters Bad Company Tanto Tempo Band On The Run McCartney

Popular Reviews

Ghosteen by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

What universe do I have to live in to think this was enjoyable to listen to!?

Junkyard by The Birthday Party

Why? I don’t understand this as something musical.

1-Star Albums (83)

Either Or Rust Never Sleeps Raw Power Make Yourself Apocalypse 91… The Enemy Strikes Black Little Earthquakes Two Dancers Kid A Third Murder Ballads Fear Of A Black Planet Bossanova Damaged Emperor Tomato Ketchup Palo Congo No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith (Live) The Slim Shady LP Ghosteen The College Dropout Junkyard John Barleycorn Must Die Isn't Anything GREY Area KE*A*H** (Psalm 69) Rid Of Me Spiderland Siamese Dream The Predator Space Ritual Phrenology Me Against The World The Chronic Foo Fighters Surfer Rosa Straight Outta Compton We're Only In It For The Money All Hope Is Gone Among The Living Scum Peace Sells...But Who's Buying Protection Spy Vs. Spy: The Music Of Ornette Coleman Liquid Swords Kenza Trout Mask Replica Cypress Hill Licensed To Ill good kid, m.A.A.d city Ctrl AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted O.G. Original Gangster Rust In Peace Reign In Blood Fishscale Atomizer Roots Antichrist Superstar Black Metal Locust Abortion Technician Alien Lanes The Marshall Mathers LP A Grand Don't Come For Free Devil Without A Cause Group Sex System Of A Down Stankonia Arise Follow The Leader D.O.A. the Third and Final Report of Throbbing Gristle The Downward Spiral To Pimp A Butterfly They Were Wrong, So We Drowned Ready To Die Slipknot Yeezus Vulgar Display Of Power Superfuzz Bigmuff Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) GI m b v Illmatic Doggystyle Only Built 4 Cuban Linx

All Ratings (1089)

Kid A by Radiohead
Aug 06 2021

Never again

Third by Portishead
Aug 09 2021
Aja by Steely Dan
Aug 16 2021
Time Out by The Dave Brubeck Quartet
Aug 17 2021
Siembra by Willie Colón & Rubén Blades
Sep 02 2021
Damaged by Black Flag
Sep 16 2021

Horrific. Nails on the chalkboard.

Idlewild by Everything But The Girl
Sep 22 2021
Shaka Zulu by Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Oct 08 2021
LP1 by FKA twigs
Oct 20 2021
Harvest by Neil Young
Oct 29 2021
Dummy by Portishead
Nov 01 2021
Exodus by Bob Marley & The Wailers
Nov 08 2021
Ghosteen by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Nov 18 2021

What universe do I have to live in to think this was enjoyable to listen to!?

Junkyard by The Birthday Party
Nov 26 2021

Why? I don’t understand this as something musical.

Groovin' by The Young Rascals
Nov 30 2021
Truth by Jeff Beck
Jan 11 2022
Boston by Boston
Jan 17 2022
Bookends by Simon & Garfunkel
Jan 24 2022
Green River by Creedence Clearwater Revival
Feb 07 2022
Murmur by R.E.M.
Feb 17 2022
Oar by Alexander 'Skip' Spence
Feb 24 2022
Shaft by Isaac Hayes
Mar 01 2022
xx by The xx
Mar 21 2022
Berlin by Lou Reed
Mar 23 2022
Chris by Christine and the Queens
Apr 01 2022
Grace by Jeff Buckley
Apr 04 2022
Closer by Joy Division
Apr 06 2022
Too Rye Ay by Dexys Midnight Runners
Apr 15 2022
Remedy by Basement Jaxx
Apr 29 2022
Superfly by Curtis Mayfield
May 05 2022
Shalimar by Rahul Dev Burman
May 06 2022
Nebraska by Bruce Springsteen
Jun 03 2022
Vivid by Living Colour
Jun 07 2022
Juju by Siouxsie And The Banshees
Jun 13 2022
Nixon by Lambchop
Jun 30 2022
Stand! by Sly & The Family Stone
Jul 29 2022
Funeral by Arcade Fire
Aug 01 2022
KIWANUKA by Michael Kiwanuka
Aug 02 2022
Suede by Suede
Aug 11 2022
Elephant by The White Stripes
Aug 18 2022
Kenya by Machito
Aug 19 2022
Rapture by Anita Baker
Sep 01 2022
Scum by Napalm Death
Sep 23 2022
Horses by Patti Smith
Oct 18 2022
1984 by Van Halen
Nov 21 2022
Thriller by Michael Jackson
Dec 13 2022
Loveless by My Bloody Valentine
Dec 15 2022
Bad by Michael Jackson
Dec 19 2022
Survivor by Destiny's Child
Dec 30 2022
Dookie by Green Day
Jan 03 2023
Darklands by The Jesus And Mary Chain
Jan 11 2023
OK by Talvin Singh
Jan 19 2023
Zombie by Fela Kuti
Jan 25 2023
Debut by Björk
Feb 06 2023
Pearl by Janis Joplin
Feb 10 2023
Kenza by Khaled
Feb 17 2023
Drunk by Thundercat
Feb 20 2023
Hejira by Joni Mitchell
Feb 22 2023
Smash by The Offspring
Mar 01 2023
Smile by Brian Wilson
Mar 03 2023
Play by Moby
Mar 29 2023
Low by David Bowie
Apr 11 2023
Want Two by Rufus Wainwright
Apr 21 2023
The Scream by Siouxsie And The Banshees
May 25 2023
Heroes by David Bowie
May 30 2023
Tommy by The Who
Jun 02 2023
The Message by Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
Jun 09 2023
Goo by Sonic Youth
Jun 28 2023
Manassas by Stephen Stills
Jul 03 2023
Faith by George Michael
Jul 07 2023
Dirt by Alice In Chains
Jul 11 2023
Ctrl by SZA
Aug 07 2023
Gold by Ryan Adams
Aug 08 2023
So by Peter Gabriel
Aug 11 2023
Dust by Screaming Trees
Aug 16 2023
Armed Forces by Elvis Costello & The Attractions
Aug 23 2023
Savane by Ali Farka Touré
Aug 25 2023
90 by 808 State
Sep 04 2023
Kollaps by Einstürzende Neubauten
Sep 06 2023
Very by Pet Shop Boys
Oct 12 2023
Casanova by The Divine Comedy
Oct 13 2023
B-52's by The B-52's
Oct 16 2023
Music by Madonna
Oct 24 2023
Tarkus by Emerson, Lake & Palmer
Oct 31 2023
Arular by M.I.A.
Nov 10 2023
Ten by Pearl Jam
Nov 15 2023
Lam Toro by Baaba Maal
Nov 21 2023

I wanted to like this. I really did.

1989 by Taylor Swift
Nov 22 2023
Blur by Blur
Nov 24 2023
25 by Adele
Nov 27 2023
Tical by Method Man
Dec 18 2023
Rocks by Aerosmith
Jan 03 2024
Parklife by Blur
Jan 04 2024

When I think back to my experience listening to all these albums, the best I will say of this one is that it was no better than a blur.

Roots by Sepultura
Jan 08 2024
Tidal by Fiona Apple
Jan 19 2024
Imagine by John Lennon
Jan 23 2024
Oxygène by Jean-Michel Jarre
Feb 05 2024
Odessa by Bee Gees
Feb 08 2024
Fuzzy by Grant Lee Buffalo
Feb 27 2024
Rumours by Fleetwood Mac
Mar 06 2024
Green by R.E.M.
Mar 15 2024
Rio by Duran Duran
Mar 18 2024
Frank by Amy Winehouse
Mar 22 2024
S&M by Metallica
Apr 02 2024
Eagles by Eagles
Apr 12 2024
En-Tact by The Shamen
Apr 15 2024
Dirty by Sonic Youth
Apr 29 2024
2112 by Rush
May 06 2024
Movies by Holger Czukay
May 17 2024
Scott 4 by Scott Walker
May 28 2024
Next by The Sensational Alex Harvey Band
May 31 2024
Dare! by The Human League
Jun 06 2024
Kala by M.I.A.
Jun 26 2024
Porcupine by Echo And The Bunnymen
Jun 28 2024
Mask by Bauhaus
Jul 15 2024
Arise by Sepultura
Jul 29 2024
Bummed by Happy Mondays
Jul 31 2024
Ys by Joanna Newsom
Aug 19 2024
Mott by Mott The Hoople
Sep 02 2024
Tusk by Fleetwood Mac
Sep 17 2024
21 by Adele
Sep 18 2024
Sulk by The Associates
Oct 02 2024
Triangle by The Beau Brummels
Oct 11 2024
Illinois by Sufjan Stevens
Nov 19 2024
Cut by The Slits
Nov 29 2024
War by U2
Dec 02 2024
Freak Out! by The Mothers Of Invention
Dec 09 2024
D by White Denim
Dec 19 2024
Live! by Fela Kuti
Dec 23 2024
Be by Common
Jan 08 2025
Yeezus by Kanye West
Feb 03 2025
Stripped by Christina Aguilera
Feb 05 2025
Third by Soft Machine
Feb 13 2025
1999 by Prince
Feb 19 2025
Guero by Beck
Feb 21 2025
Brothers by The Black Keys
Apr 01 2025
Vol. 4 by Black Sabbath
Apr 11 2025
Deja Vu by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
Apr 17 2025
Want One by Rufus Wainwright
Apr 30 2025
Dry by PJ Harvey
May 01 2025
Sister by Sonic Youth
May 07 2025
Safe As Milk by Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
May 15 2025
Aftermath by The Rolling Stones
May 22 2025
GI by Germs
May 29 2025
m b v by My Bloody Valentine
Jun 04 2025
3 + 3 by The Isley Brothers
Jun 13 2025
Cross by Justice
Jul 01 2025
Blue by Joni Mitchell
Jul 02 2025
Shleep by Robert Wyatt
Jul 04 2025
Bug by Dinosaur Jr.
Jul 10 2025
Trio by Dolly Parton
Jul 15 2025
Scott 2 by Scott Walker
Jul 17 2025
1977 by Ash
Aug 11 2025
Pump by Aerosmith
Aug 13 2025
Phaedra by Tangerine Dream
Aug 14 2025

Tough Crowd

Average rating is 0.22 points below global average.

Other

Album origins are grouped into three buckets: US, UK, and everything else. “Other” means the artists you rate highest are from outside the US and UK.