My 1001 Albums Journey

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You Love More Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Boy In Da Corner Dizzee Rascal	5	2.57	+2.43
The Grand Tour George Jones	5	2.79	+2.21
Bone Machine Tom Waits	5	2.86	+2.14
Teenager Of The Year Frank Black	5	3	+2
Welcome To The Pleasuredome Frankie Goes To Hollywood	5	3.11	+1.89
Melody A.M. Röyksopp	5	3.21	+1.79
Here, My Dear Marvin Gaye	5	3.21	+1.79
Me Against The World 2Pac	5	3.25	+1.75
The Fat Of The Land The Prodigy	5	3.41	+1.59
Tres Hombres ZZ Top	5	3.43	+1.57

You Love Less Than Most

Album	You	Global	Diff
Dire Straits Dire Straits	2	3.72	-1.72
Zombie Fela Kuti	2	3.47	-1.47
Sound of Silver LCD Soundsystem	2	3.42	-1.42
Astral Weeks Van Morrison	2	3.27	-1.27
Clandestino Manu Chao	2	3.22	-1.22
La Revancha Del Tango Gotan Project	2	3.04	-1.04

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Artist	Albums	Average
Prince	2	5

5-Star Albums (18)

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Popular Reviews

The Grand Tour

George Jones

5/5

one of the great country voices

4 likes

1999

Prince

5/5

A masterpiece in every way

1 likes

Welcome To The Pleasuredome

Frankie Goes To Hollywood

5/5

I had sort of decided this wasnt for me as I am not a massive pop fan, however this is an amazing album full of great records

1 likes

Unknown Pleasures

Joy Division

5/5

a true classic, it can seem hard to get into initially but with a degree of perseverance you unlock a great album. Many layers and astounding writing.

1 likes

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1999

Prince

5/5

A masterpiece in every way

Either Or

Elliott Smith

3/5

Speakerboxxx/The Love Below

OutKast

3/5

a good album just not a favourite of mine

Tres Hombres

ZZ Top

5/5

I love this album it is a classic

Can't Buy A Thrill

Steely Dan

3/5

A good album but quite steady and one paced

Nothing's Shocking

Jane's Addiction

4/5

Made me realise I liked them more than I thought

Dry

PJ Harvey

3/5

just could not get into it and I dont know why

The Fat Of The Land

The Prodigy

5/5

Troublesome track aside this was an album that soundtracked my younger wilder years and I love it

More Specials

The Specials

4/5

I enjoyed it more than I thought I would its a really good album with some ace tracks, some fade a bit into the background which is why its not 5

Bone Machine

Tom Waits

5/5

Melody A.M.

Röyksopp

5/5

Far better than I expected and some tracks I really recognised

Me Against The World

2Pac

5/5

Boy In Da Corner

Dizzee Rascal

5/5

I love this album and always have and for me all but one track are really strong 2 far is a track I dont remember with any fondness and i dont think it has improved but that is one track of an album of great tracks with some real stand out classics of the genre

Dire Straits

2/5

Just not a band I have ever warmed too and this doesnt change it

Shaka Zulu

Ladysmith Black Mambazo

3/5

It became background music too easily for me but i admire the musicianship

Heaux Tales

Jazmine Sullivan

3/5

just not for me I really struggled to connect but she has a great voice

Sign 'O' The Times

Prince

5/5

Genius

Here, My Dear

Marvin Gaye

5/5

Classic

Toys In The Attic

Aerosmith

4/5

A far better album than I expected much blusier

461 Ocean Boulevard

Eric Clapton

3/5

I am doing something i shouldnt really and marking down a fine album as I struggle to balance the man and the music these days

La Revancha Del Tango

Gotan Project

2/5

Not for me

Sound of Silver

LCD Soundsystem

2/5

doesnt move me

Happy Trails

Quicksilver Messenger Service

3/5

didnt move me at all

Moondance

Van Morrison

3/5

Clandestino

Manu Chao

2/5

not for me it just didnt connect at all, I appreciate the musician ship so this is a personal review about how i felt about it

The Velvet Underground & Nico

The Velvet Underground

5/5

I have always loved this album for all of its flaws and its genius

Welcome To The Pleasuredome

Frankie Goes To Hollywood

5/5

I had sort of decided this wasnt for me as I am not a massive pop fan, however this is an amazing album full of great records

Goo

Sonic Youth

3/5

Never a band that i clicked with but it is a good album not great in my opinion

Is This It

The Strokes

3/5

I have always liked this album I just don't love it, some great tracks and some tracks that are just there

Green River

Creedence Clearwater Revival

5/5

I love this band and always will

Wild Gift

4/5

A great rock record

Astral Weeks

Van Morrison

2/5

I just did not like it at all

Electric Prunes

The Electric Prunes

2/5

not for me at all it is very slow and seems a generic 60s album

Beggars Banquet

The Rolling Stones

5/5

A great album from a great band

Remedy

Basement Jaxx

3/5

A decent track or two but all in all not for me

Sweet Baby James

James Taylor

3/5

just a bit too gentle and folksy nice for me

Beyond Skin

Nitin Sawhney

3/5

Its ok I just didnt connect, I like the point it makes

Oracular Spectacular

MGMT

4/5

A cracker and not one i know that well

Walking Wounded

Everything But The Girl

3/5

Its not a favourite and to me sounds a bit dated

Zombie

Fela Kuti

2/5

just not for me at all, too long and winding

Cut

The Slits

3/5

not bad I don't love it as much as I hoped

The Joshua Tree

4/5

A classic for a reason

Songs The Lord Taught Us

The Cramps

4/5

I liked it proper punk/rock and roll

I’ve Got a Tiger By the Tail

Buck Owens

4/5

I liked this its a very upbeat and cheerful album

Machine Head

Deep Purple

5/5

A classic

The Grand Tour

George Jones

5/5

one of the great country voices

Oxygène

Jean-Michel Jarre

3/5

its good but not great, it sounds ahead of its time but dated nowadays

Strangeways, Here We Come

The Smiths

3/5

This is bias I know because of my opinion of Morrisey but I can no longer listen to much of this without hearing a whiny tone

Fleet Foxes

3/5

Bitches Brew

Miles Davis

3/5

I struggle to connect as it goes longer

Pink Flag

Wire

4/5

A good call to arms punk style record

Let It Be

The Replacements

4/5

A really good album post punk can be very divisive but this is just good music played well it doesnt soften too much that it loses its roots

Odelay

Beck

5/5

A really good album post punk can be very divisive but this is just good music played well it doesnt soften too much that it loses its roots

Opus Dei

Laibach

2/5

Just doesnt do it for me at all, I can hear some rammstein type stuff but it just isnt for me

Songs From A Room

Leonard Cohen

4/5

a lovely album

Daydream Nation

Sonic Youth

4/5

a cracker

Pink Moon

Nick Drake

3/5

its nice but i didnt love it

Teenager Of The Year

Frank Black

5/5

Love Frank, Love This

Live And Dangerous

Thin Lizzy

4/5

classic

Unknown Pleasures

Joy Division

5/5

a true classic, it can seem hard to get into initially but with a degree of perseverance you unlock a great album. Many layers and astounding writing.

Bookends

Simon & Garfunkel

3/5

Its a bit gentle for my taste and a bit background

Here Come The Warm Jets

Brian Eno

4/5

loved it, very Bowie esq at times

Tommy

The Who

3/5

not for me