1001 Albums Summary

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1960s

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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Rattlesnakes	5	2.9	+2.1
Everything Must Go	5	3.11	+1.89
Beautiful Freak	5	3.28	+1.72
Wild Is The Wind	5	3.63	+1.37
Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not	5	3.73	+1.27
Histoire De Melody Nelson	4	2.75	+1.25
Sticky Fingers	5	3.88	+1.12

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Faith	2	3.27	-1.27
The Hissing Of Summer Lawns	2	3.11	-1.11

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Artist	Albums	Average
Beatles	3	5

5-Star Albums (9)

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

Popular Reviews

Revolver

Beatles

5/5

I often fall on the Alan Partridge trap of listening to ‘The Best of The Beatles’ and inevitably miss out on rediscovering songs that would be the pinnacle of most bands’ careers. Revolver is full of these, in particular Tomorrow Never Knows, Taxman, I’m Only Sleeping, and Got to Get You Into My Life. 5 stars in spite of Yellow Submarine.

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Catch A Fire

Bob Marley & The Wailers

4/5

Really enjoyed this. Feel like there are more depths to be discovered on what was a nice and easy listen in first pass.

Revolver

Beatles

5/5

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

Beatles

5/5

My Aim Is True

Elvis Costello

4/5

Alison and Watching the Detectives stand out as absolutely classics, but there are some great lesser known tracks on here - Welcome to the Working Week for example.

Risque

CHIC

3/5

Come for the Good Times, stay for a bit for the other tracks that are nice background music but aren’t particularly groundbreaking.

(What's The Story) Morning Glory

Oasis

4/5

Wild Is The Wind

Nina Simone

5/5

Amazing voice. Real mix of Sykes in the songs as well.

Marcus Garvey

Burning Spear

4/5

Really enjoying my first real journeys into the classic reggae albums.

British Steel

Judas Priest

3/5

Didn’t expect to be a fan. But in spite of it being exactly what I thought it would be, I enjoyed it. Couple of killer tracks, and some decent metal filler.

Jagged Little Pill

Alanis Morissette

4/5

Histoire De Melody Nelson

Serge Gainsbourg

4/5

Rockier than I expected, like a Gallic Zappa.

Abbey Road

Beatles

5/5

A Girl Called Dusty

Dusty Springfield

4/5

My new go-to 60s vibe album. Glorious.

Beautiful Freak

Eels

5/5

Not listened to this in years. Still as haunting, melancholy, and beautiful as it ever was.

The Rise & Fall

Madness

4/5

Brilliant side A. Side B tails off a little after Our House. Tomorrow’s (Just Another Day) possibly their most underrated single.

Faith

George Michael

2/5

Can hear the talent, but it’s just not for me.

The Number Of The Beast

Iron Maiden

3/5

Run to the Hills is a legit banger. The rest is decent enough.

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

Arctic Monkeys

5/5

Horses

Patti Smith

4/5

Can totally see why this is a classic. Feel a need a few more listens to truly appreciate it, but I’ve a feeling it will really grow on me.

Rattlesnakes

Lloyd Cole And The Commotions

5/5

First time since starting this that I have listened to an album, and then immediately listened to another by the same act. Loved this.

In Utero

Nirvana

4/5

Strange to think that this was considered anti-commercial at the time. I missed out on Nirvana for some reason - maybe a year or two too young, or my rural Devon upbringing, or possibly that by the time I encountered them they were incredibly mainstream already and I was a snob about them. Shame, as this is a really great album.

New Gold Dream (81/82/83/84)

Simple Minds

3/5

London Calling

The Clash

4/5

Some absolutely killer tracks in here, including a few I don’t remember hearing before. It is too long though, and the filler tracks aren’t great. Just about holding it together for 4 stars.

The La's

4/5

Tidal

Fiona Apple

4/5

If You Can Believe Your Eyes & Ears

The Mamas & The Papas

3/5

Heavy Weather

Weather Report

2/5

Sounds like the incidental music to a 70s cop show. Not offensive, but I just don’t see myself listening to something like the Kojack Official Soundtrack.

Let's Get Killed

David Holmes

3/5

Vol. 4

Black Sabbath

4/5

Really enjoyed this. More varied and complex than I imagined.

Immigrés

Youssou N'Dour

4/5

Loved this. Amazing voice, and a fascinating sound.

Sticky Fingers