1001 Albums Summary

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181
Albums Rated
3.28
Average Rating
17%
Complete
908 albums remaining

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1960
Favorite Decade
Funk
Favorite Genre
US
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29
5-Star Albums
12
1-Star Albums

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Albums

You Love More Than Most

AlbumYouGlobalDiff
Swordfishtrombones
Tom Waits
5 2.94 +2.06
Architecture And Morality
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
5 3.06 +1.94
I'm Your Man
Leonard Cohen
5 3.1 +1.9
Fun House
The Stooges
5 3.27 +1.73
The Slider
T. Rex
5 3.28 +1.72
Risque
CHIC
5 3.28 +1.72
There's A Riot Goin' On
Sly & The Family Stone
5 3.29 +1.71
Raw Power
The Stooges
5 3.3 +1.7
Sunday At The Village Vanguard
Bill Evans Trio
5 3.3 +1.7
Cloud Nine
The Temptations
5 3.39 +1.61

You Love Less Than Most

AlbumYouGlobalDiff
Master Of Puppets
Metallica
1 3.71 -2.71
...And Justice For All
Metallica
1 3.41 -2.41
Ready To Die
The Notorious B.I.G.
1 3.36 -2.36
The Slim Shady LP
Eminem
1 3.27 -2.27
The Predator
Ice Cube
1 3.25 -2.25
Close To The Edge
Yes
1 3.2 -2.2
The Boatman's Call
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
1 3.19 -2.19
Loveless
My Bloody Valentine
1 3.19 -2.19
Frampton Comes Alive
Peter Frampton
1 3.19 -2.19
Ghosteen
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
1 2.95 -1.95

Artists

Favorites

ArtistAlbumsAverage
The Stooges 3 4.67
David Bowie 3 4.67
Beatles 2 5
T. Rex 2 5
Stevie Wonder 3 4.33

Least Favorites

ArtistAlbumsAverage
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds 3 1.33
Metallica 2 1
Yes 2 1.5

Controversial

ArtistRatings
Neil Young 2, 5

5-Star Albums (29)

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Popular Reviews

The Soft Bulletin by The Flaming Lips

Sometimes Indie is an excuse for bad singing

Iron Maiden by Iron Maiden

Guitar masturbation with a touch of prog

Ghosteen by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

Poems with muzak

1-Star Albums (12)

All Ratings (181)

Document by R.E.M.
Nov 12 2021

Tråkigt, en 2

Rock 'N Soul by Solomon Burke
Nov 16 2021

Good old Rock n Roll

Moon Safari by Air
Nov 18 2021

A true lo-fi, lo-tempo, chill-out synth classic

The Yes Album by Yes
Nov 19 2021

English prog, Quite Boring part of that scene

Murmur by R.E.M.
Nov 22 2021

Clever, but boring, and I really do not like his singing

Fun House by The Stooges
Nov 23 2021

En klassiker

Raw Like Sushi by Neneh Cherry
Nov 25 2021

Like Madonna, but way cooler

Bummed by Happy Mondays
Nov 26 2021

Quite enjoyable at a first listen, time will tell how good.

Truth by Jeff Beck
Nov 29 2021

A bluesrock gem

No Other by Gene Clark
Dec 02 2021

Americana on average

american dream by LCD Soundsystem
Dec 03 2021

A more modern but more boring take on Echo and the Bunnymen

The Doors by The Doors
Dec 10 2021

A classic

Hot Rats by Frank Zappa
Dec 14 2021

Zappas first really strong album

Dec 15 2021

Pretty good for being trash metal, but for 14 years olds only

Ragged Glory by Neil Young & Crazy Horse
Dec 17 2021

Crazy Horse is never a bad thing

Ready To Die by The Notorious B.I.G.
Dec 21 2021

Nigga pöetry wit zom biits

Blackstar by David Bowie
Dec 28 2021

Hos best since the heydays

In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida by Iron Butterfly
Jan 06 2022

Title track is amazing, the rest not so

Talking Heads 77 by Talking Heads
Jan 07 2022

Better than I remember, but quite repetitive

The Soft Bulletin by The Flaming Lips
Jan 11 2022

Sometimes Indie is an excuse for bad singing

Sex Packets by Digital Underground
Jan 13 2022

Groovie old school hip-hop

The Stooges by The Stooges
Jan 18 2022

Proto Modern Lovers proto punk

Iron Maiden by Iron Maiden
Jan 20 2022

Guitar masturbation with a touch of prog

Raw Power by The Stooges
Jan 25 2022

Has never been surpassed, all guitar bands since is copyists

Giant Steps by The Boo Radleys
Jan 26 2022

Quitos good

Psychocandy by The Jesus And Mary Chain
Jan 27 2022

Quite bland

Garbage by Garbage
Jan 28 2022

Well crafted guitar rock

Autobahn by Kraftwerk
Jan 31 2022

A bridge between the analog dreamy Kraftwerk and their electronic phase, not their best but still a classic

Paranoid by Black Sabbath
Feb 01 2022

It doesn’t get better, heavy metal peaked here

Dog Man Star by Suede
Feb 02 2022

Suede is great but this otherwise great album is bothered with lousy production

Marcus Garvey by Burning Spear
Feb 07 2022

Reggae, Quitos good, somewhat naive lyrics

Pet Sounds by The Beach Boys
Feb 08 2022

One of the most overrated albums of all times, boring

Slippery When Wet by Bon Jovi
Feb 09 2022

Guitar based MOR pop music with some great melodies

Seventh Tree by Goldfrapp
Feb 10 2022

Dreamy whispering, not their best, borderline Muzak

Veckatimest by Grizzly Bear
Feb 17 2022

Slow so called Indie, boring

Dare! by The Human League
Feb 23 2022

Quite uneven, but the hits are classics

Feb 25 2022

Folkprog, not particularly interesting, but a good example of where this scene was in 1970

Queen II by Queen
Mar 15 2022

Queen version of prog

Boston by Boston
Mar 25 2022

surprisingly even though it is not the favourite type of music

Private Dancer by Tina Turner
Mar 28 2022

Tina Turner really rocked in the 80’s, really top stuff on this record, but the production has not hold up well

Master Of Puppets by Metallica
Mar 30 2022

They shout Master, but it must be short for masturbate. Music for a thirteen year old that all of a sudden realises that all the girl in the class have breasts

Ghosteen by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Mar 31 2022

Poems with muzak

Mask by Bauhaus
Apr 06 2022

Industrial post punk

Being There by Wilco
Apr 07 2022

Guitar based, 70’s influenced

Berlin by Lou Reed
Apr 20 2022

Quite low-key but one of his best

Blood And Chocolate by Elvis Costello & The Attractions
Apr 22 2022

A stream of words, have you heard one Costello album you have heard them all

I'm Your Man by Leonard Cohen
Apr 27 2022

A true classic, very 80’s vibe

Snivilisation by Orbital
Apr 28 2022

Electronic danceable chill

One World by John Martyn
Apr 29 2022

Well produced and played, MOR adult music, more for the background

Loveless by My Bloody Valentine
May 03 2022

Quite uninteresting exercise in low key noise making

Tusk by Fleetwood Mac
May 04 2022
Antichrist Superstar by Marilyn Manson
May 06 2022

Hard rock didn’t get any better in the 90’s

1984 by Van Halen
May 09 2022

American guitar pop

Maxinquaye by Tricky
May 20 2022

Laidback trip-hop, a little bland

The Rise & Fall by Madness
May 25 2022

Party music, boring without endorphins

The Slider by T. Rex
May 26 2022

Very enjoyable rock n roll

evermore by Taylor Swift
May 27 2022

Well arranged

Cafe Bleu by The Style Council
Jun 14 2022

MOR lounge pop that you would hear as background Muzak at a restaurant but done good

Illinois by Sufjan Stevens
Jun 15 2022

Somewhat enjoyable

Dummy by Portishead
Jul 11 2022
Infected by The The
Nov 30 2022

Småtrevligt

Low by David Bowie
Jan 23 2023

his best

Casanova by The Divine Comedy
Jan 27 2023

MOR indie-pop-singer-songwriter

Like A Prayer by Madonna
Jan 30 2023

Easy listening pop for teen-age girls in the 80's, not aged well but still something to hum at.

Hunky Dory by David Bowie
Feb 01 2023

His second best

Red Dirt Girl by Emmylou Harris
Feb 03 2023

Singer songwriter - mostly writer I presume

Chirping Crickets by Buddy Holly & The Crickets
Feb 08 2023

Very well performed 50's rock

A Love Supreme by John Coltrane
Feb 09 2023

Hard core jazz, the type of jazz music that made jazz fall out of fashion

Unhalfbricking by Fairport Convention
Feb 10 2023

Folk without being folksy, Prog without being proggy, 70-s rock but timeless

Figure 8 by Elliott Smith
Feb 13 2023

Every generation has its own Nick Drake

Urban Hymns by The Verve
Feb 22 2023

Sounds like the Smiths going 90´s Brit-pop

Superunknown by Soundgarden
Feb 23 2023

Black Sabbath reinvented for the kids born in the 80's

Neon Bible by Arcade Fire
Feb 24 2023

quite ok, but nothing special....

Horses by Patti Smith
Mar 02 2023

Solid album in MOR 70's style

The Band by The Band
Mar 06 2023

Maybe the best backing band in the 70's

Ananda Shankar by Ananda Shankar
Mar 10 2023

Boring mix of Indien and western music

Superfly by Curtis Mayfield
Mar 14 2023

simply stunning

Underwater Moonlight by The Soft Boys
Mar 22 2023

The opening is a guitar based pubertal college rocker that could be from any US college, but then it becomes something more detuned and interesting

Hot Fuss by The Killers
Mar 29 2023

The killes is probably the best American college rock band.

The Real Thing by Faith No More
Apr 04 2023

Hard rock peaked in the 70's, this is too little too late to be interesting.

Tres Hombres by ZZ Top
Apr 07 2023

A more mellow version of ZZ top.

Slipknot by Slipknot
Apr 13 2023

Juvenile music for juveniles, but as such one of the better

Viva Hate by Morrissey
Apr 26 2023

Dull - dated

Fever To Tell by Yeah Yeah Yeahs
May 10 2023

High-School guitar based shouting rock with a twist (Twist being female singer and a touch of pling plong)

Gorillaz by Gorillaz
May 12 2023

Chill house

Risque by CHIC
May 24 2023

laid back disco

Cloud Nine by The Temptations
May 29 2023

classy soul

Tidal by Fiona Apple
May 31 2023
It's Blitz! by Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Jun 08 2023

easy listening pop - still good

Fromohio by fIREHOSE
Jun 15 2023

laidback, with a 70'es feel.

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