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You Love More Than Most
Albums you rated higher than global average
| Album | You | Global | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|
| Penance Soiree | 5 | 2.5 | +2.5 |
| Boy In Da Corner | 5 | 2.57 | +2.43 |
| Duck Rock | 5 | 2.66 | +2.34 |
| Slipknot | 5 | 2.68 | +2.32 |
| Life Thru A Lens | 5 | 2.73 | +2.27 |
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Albums you rated lower than global average
| Album | You | Global | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disintegration | 1 | 3.85 | -2.85 |
| Highway 61 Revisited | 1 | 3.77 | -2.77 |
| Superfly | 1 | 3.7 | -2.7 |
| Remain In Light | 1 | 3.67 | -2.67 |
| The Velvet Underground & Nico | 1 | 3.62 | -2.62 |
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Favorite Artists
Artists with 2+ albums and high weighted score
| Artist | Albums | Avg | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beatles | 7 | 4.71 | 4.2 |
| The Beach Boys | 2 | 5 | 3.8 |
| The White Stripes | 2 | 5 | 3.8 |
| Amy Winehouse | 2 | 5 | 3.8 |
| Nick Drake | 2 | 5 | 3.8 |
| Johnny Cash | 3 | 4.33 | 3.67 |
| Radiohead | 5 | 4 | 3.63 |
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Artists with 2+ albums and low weighted score
| Artist | Albums | Avg | Score |
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| Talking Heads | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Joni Mitchell | 4 | 1.5 | 2.14 |
| Frank Sinatra | 3 | 1.33 | 2.17 |
| Massive Attack | 2 | 1 | 2.2 |
| Curtis Mayfield | 2 | 1 | 2.2 |
| John Martyn | 2 | 1.5 | 2.4 |
| Robert Wyatt | 2 | 1.5 | 2.4 |
| Björk | 2 | 1.5 | 2.4 |
| Public Image Ltd. | 2 | 1.5 | 2.4 |
| Pere Ubu | 2 | 1.5 | 2.4 |
| Miles Davis | 4 | 2 | 2.43 |
| Prince | 3 | 2 | 2.5 |
| Sonic Youth | 3 | 2 | 2.5 |
| Paul Simon | 3 | 2 | 2.5 |
| The Smiths | 3 | 2 | 2.5 |
| The Rolling Stones | 4 | 2.25 | 2.57 |
Popular Reviews
Pentangle
3/5
Man, this was the tune of my time. I remember hearing it first 1482 at the wine-fest of the kingdom of Baden. I swear I saw the ancle of princess Hiltrude this day.
32 likes
Echo And The Bunnymen
2/5
I'm 87% sure the autor of this list realised halfway thought that he didn't know 1001 albums and added just random English music.
19 likes
Miles Davis
2/5
Look, I've listened to this Album on a rainy day, while sipping some red wine and saying words like furthermore and still didn't enjoy it.
18 likes
Rahul Dev Burman
2/5
I'm happy to hear something outside of english/american rock/pop and whatever Electronica is. On the other hand I would find it immensely offensive against my culture if the only album from my country is a soundtrack of a movie.
Imagine the only album of your country out of 1001 albums you must hear is the soundtrack of "Forrest Gump".
8 likes
King Crimson
4/5
I really wanted to hate this Album, but it was pretty neat. Apart from the middle part, where they forgot to stop the recording and we got like 10 minutes of random noises.
5 likes
1-Star Albums (84)
All Ratings
Beatles
5/5
The Who
3/5
Metallica
3/5
Big Brother & The Holding Company
1/5
Jimi Hendrix
4/5
Frank Sinatra
1/5
Blur
1/5
Pink Floyd
3/5
N.W.A.
4/5
Janelle Monáe
4/5
The Icarus Line
5/5
Scott Walker
5/5
Creedence Clearwater Revival
3/5
Various Artists
5/5
Lambchop
1/5
Tina Turner
1/5
The Divine Comedy
2/5
The Beach Boys
5/5
Iron Maiden
5/5
Elton John
5/5
Television
4/5
Neil Young
5/5
The Youngbloods
3/5
Pink Floyd
3/5
Creedence Clearwater Revival
2/5
Eagles
3/5
Doves
1/5
Prince
1/5
Talking Heads
1/5
The Louvin Brothers
2/5
R.E.M.
4/5
10cc
4/5
Fela Kuti
2/5
Kanye West
3/5
Everything But The Girl
2/5
The Isley Brothers
2/5
New Order
2/5
Jazmine Sullivan
2/5
Iron Maiden
4/5
Judas Priest
3/5
The Jam
3/5
David Bowie
2/5
Louis Prima
4/5
Joni Mitchell
1/5
Massive Attack
1/5
The Rolling Stones
2/5
John Grant
5/5
Tom Waits
3/5
Buddy Holly & The Crickets
4/5
Soul II Soul
1/5
Megadeth
5/5
Willie Colón & Rubén Blades
5/5
Ella Fitzgerald
4/5
Elliott Smith
4/5
Metallica
4/5
Paul Weller
1/5
Aretha Franklin
4/5
Lucinda Williams
1/5
Anthrax
4/5
Drive Like Jehu
1/5
Steely Dan
2/5
Common
1/5
Arrested Development
3/5
Air
4/5
Violent Femmes
2/5
Liz Phair
2/5
Massive Attack
1/5
John Martyn
2/5
Radiohead
3/5
Pretenders
2/5
The White Stripes
5/5
Sonic Youth
1/5
T. Rex
4/5
Van Halen
4/5
Cheap Trick
3/5
The Clash
5/5
Buffalo Springfield
5/5
Steely Dan
2/5
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
3/5
Paul Simon
2/5
The Prodigy
3/5
B.B. King
4/5
The Waterboys
3/5
George Michael
3/5
Hole
4/5
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
3/5
Crosby, Stills & Nash
1/5
Kraftwerk
2/5
The Rolling Stones
2/5
The B-52's
2/5
The Shamen
1/5
System Of A Down
3/5
Norah Jones
2/5
Teenage Fanclub
3/5
Adam & The Ants
3/5
Nightmares On Wax
1/5
Hawkwind
3/5
Rush
4/5
Neil Young
3/5
The Cure
3/5
Aerosmith
4/5
Ute Lemper
1/5
Creedence Clearwater Revival
4/5
Johnny Cash
4/5
Frank Sinatra
1/5
The Killers
5/5
The Fall
1/5
Funkadelic
1/5
Q-Tip
2/5
Todd Rundgren
1/5
Ryan Adams
2/5
Fleet Foxes
5/5
Nina Simone
5/5
David Bowie
1/5
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
2/5
Gene Clark
3/5
Wilco
3/5
R.E.M.
3/5
ABBA
5/5
John Martyn
1/5
The Blue Nile
1/5
Röyksopp
3/5
Linkin Park
5/5
Air
2/5
LL Cool J
3/5
Miriam Makeba
5/5
The Mamas & The Papas
3/5
Taylor Swift
4/5
CHIC
3/5
Hugh Masekela
1/5
David Bowie
3/5
AC/DC
3/5
Cat Stevens
4/5
Elvis Costello
3/5
Turbonegro
5/5
5/5
Yes
2/5
Steely Dan
4/5
Lou Reed
3/5
Fugees
5/5
Syd Barrett
1/5
Miles Davis
1/5
ZZ Top
4/5
Mott The Hoople
3/5
Sade
2/5
Roni Size
2/5
Beatles
5/5
Santana
3/5
Ice Cube
3/5
Queen
4/5
Heaven 17
4/5
The Smiths
2/5
Tears For Fears
3/5
Sugar
4/5
Janis Joplin
4/5
Red Hot Chili Peppers
2/5
Talking Heads
1/5
4/5
Amy Winehouse
5/5
Finley Quaye
3/5
Bill Callahan
2/5
Dizzee Rascal
5/5
The Band
3/5
Jane's Addiction
3/5
Magazine
4/5
Killing Joke
1/5
The 13th Floor Elevators
2/5
PJ Harvey
3/5
Blondie
5/5
Beck
2/5
Cocteau Twins
3/5
Can
3/5
The Mars Volta
4/5
Pet Shop Boys
4/5
The Beach Boys
5/5
Grizzly Bear
2/5
Stan Getz
2/5
De La Soul
2/5
The Associates
1/5
Prince
2/5
Beatles
4/5
Bob Dylan
4/5
Joy Division
2/5
Alice Cooper
2/5
Jamiroquai
2/5
Derek & The Dominos
4/5
Venom
4/5
Muddy Waters
3/5
Miles Davis
3/5
PJ Harvey
2/5
4/5
Dexys Midnight Runners
3/5
Eagles
3/5
Astrud Gilberto
4/5
Nick Drake
5/5
Marvin Gaye
2/5
The Sonics
2/5
Pulp
4/5
Marvin Gaye
3/5
Jane's Addiction
3/5
Cee Lo Green
1/5
Beach House
4/5
Curtis Mayfield
1/5
Elvis Presley
4/5
Buck Owens
3/5
Prefab Sprout
3/5
Sufjan Stevens
3/5
Ray Charles
3/5
David Holmes
2/5
The Avalanches
2/5
Robert Wyatt
1/5
Ice T
1/5
The Zombies
5/5
Beyoncé
4/5
The Jesus And Mary Chain
4/5
The Cure
1/5
The Smiths
2/5
Portishead
4/5
Devendra Banhart
5/5
Jimmy Smith
1/5
Adele
4/5
Merle Haggard
2/5
The Doors
3/5
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
4/5
Girls Against Boys
3/5
Stevie Wonder
3/5
Suicide
1/5
The Specials
3/5
David Ackles
4/5
Eels
3/5
Lauryn Hill
2/5
Radiohead
3/5
Van Morrison
3/5
The Temptations
4/5
Hanoi Rocks
3/5
Guns N' Roses
4/5
Sister Sledge
3/5
Bill Evans Trio
1/5
Soft Machine
1/5
2/5
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
1/5
Sam Cooke
5/5
CHIC
3/5
Coldcut
3/5
Buena Vista Social Club
5/5
JAY Z
4/5
Elton John
4/5
The Who
3/5
Supergrass
4/5
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
2/5
Morrissey
5/5
Beth Orton
4/5
Ghostface Killah
4/5
Muddy Waters
3/5
Bruce Springsteen
2/5
The Flaming Lips
2/5
The Last Shadow Puppets
5/5
Radiohead
5/5
The Stooges
3/5
The xx
3/5
Hole
5/5
Van Morrison
2/5
Franz Ferdinand
4/5
OutKast
3/5
Happy Mondays
2/5
Miles Davis
2/5
Fats Domino
3/5
The Offspring
2/5
Dead Kennedys
2/5
Björk
2/5
Carpenters
3/5
Leonard Cohen
3/5
Frank Ocean
3/5
Run-D.M.C.
3/5
Koffi Olomide
4/5
Elvis Costello
4/5
Billy Joel
5/5
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
4/5
A Tribe Called Quest
4/5
Gil Scott-Heron
5/5
The Velvet Underground
1/5
The Temptations
2/5
Iggy Pop
2/5
Boston
4/5
Black Flag
3/5
Radiohead
5/5
The Doors
4/5
Sex Pistols
4/5
Can
1/5
David Bowie
3/5
Brian Eno
3/5
Crowded House
4/5
Scissor Sisters
4/5
Soundgarden
3/5
Bonnie Raitt
1/5
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
3/5
Carole King
3/5
Red Snapper
1/5
Klaxons
4/5
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
3/5
Led Zeppelin
3/5
Kanye West
2/5
Depeche Mode
4/5
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
2/5
Isaac Hayes
3/5
Tracy Chapman
5/5
Mj Cole
2/5
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
3/5
Green Day
3/5
Fiona Apple
4/5
Robbie Williams
5/5
Deep Purple
2/5
Duke Ellington
2/5
Minutemen
2/5
George Harrison
4/5
Supertramp
4/5
Kendrick Lamar
4/5
50 Cent
3/5
The Clash
3/5
Dr. John
2/5
Radiohead
4/5
Happy Mondays
3/5
Neneh Cherry
3/5
Bon Jovi
5/5
Simon & Garfunkel
3/5
Justice
4/5
Depeche Mode
3/5
Shivkumar Sharma
4/5
Fun Lovin' Criminals
2/5
4/5
Super Furry Animals
2/5
Bob Dylan
3/5
T. Rex
4/5
Mekons
4/5
Frank Zappa
2/5
David Bowie
5/5
ZZ Top
3/5
Alexander 'Skip' Spence
2/5
Donald Fagen
3/5
Lorde
4/5
Pavement
2/5
David Bowie
3/5
Solomon Burke
4/5
LCD Soundsystem
3/5
LTJ Bukem
1/5
Deee-Lite
3/5
The White Stripes
5/5
Minor Threat
3/5
Deep Purple
3/5
Simple Minds
2/5
Otis Redding
3/5
The Pogues
4/5
The Cramps
2/5
Prince
3/5
Steve Winwood
4/5
Beatles
5/5
Leonard Cohen
4/5
Brian Eno
3/5
Public Image Ltd.
2/5
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
3/5
Count Basie & His Orchestra
3/5
Leftfield
4/5
TV On The Radio
2/5
Nirvana
4/5
Sly & The Family Stone
2/5
Robert Wyatt
2/5
The Incredible String Band
1/5
Garbage
3/5
The Kinks
3/5
Spacemen 3
1/5
Willie Nelson
5/5
Talking Heads
1/5
Earth, Wind & Fire
3/5
Kanye West
2/5
The Verve
4/5
Living Colour
4/5
Jeff Beck
3/5
Stevie Wonder
5/5
Ramblin' Jack Elliott
2/5
MC Solaar
4/5
Destiny's Child
2/5
Oasis
2/5
Waylon Jennings
4/5
Talvin Singh
4/5
Ray Charles
4/5
XTC
3/5
Ladysmith Black Mambazo
3/5
Black Sabbath
3/5
Bee Gees
4/5
The War On Drugs
2/5
Soft Cell
2/5
Eminem
3/5
Cocteau Twins
3/5
Morrissey
1/5
Paul Simon
1/5
Keith Jarrett
1/5
UB40
2/5
Kraftwerk
2/5
Jeff Buckley
3/5
Les Rythmes Digitales
3/5
Pulp
4/5
Queen
4/5
Faith No More
2/5
Joni Mitchell
1/5
The Soft Boys
2/5
Roxy Music
3/5
Kate Bush
4/5
Pearl Jam
3/5
Throbbing Gristle
1/5
The Triffids
3/5
Snoop Dogg
2/5
The Smiths
2/5
Lana Del Rey
3/5
The Birthday Party
1/5
4/5
Parliament
2/5
Sonic Youth
3/5
Elvis Presley
3/5
Beck
3/5
Super Furry Animals
5/5
The Auteurs
4/5
The Smashing Pumpkins
4/5
Fred Neil
3/5
The Crusaders
3/5
The Human League
3/5
The Stooges
2/5
Big Black
3/5
Pere Ubu
2/5
Aimee Mann
4/5
Traffic
5/5
Nico
2/5
The first influencer, who thought being famous entitels to start a music career. Thanks to her we have Youtubers doing songs. Nico walked so BibisBeautyPalace could walk. (Point for not hiding the german accent behind a fake one)
The Stooges
2/5
Not fun, nor house. Not even the best Album called Funhouse.
Grateful Dead
3/5
Grateful dead took the best from country music (feeling like home, even though I'm not from the US) and the worst (being the most boring Genre). At least I had a good ride in the car.
The Dave Brubeck Quartet
4/5
The perfect Album to listen to while you're high in an art museum. Sadly I was at home doing chores sober. Anyways had a good time.
The Who
3/5
Who the fuck starts an extended Album with the extra songs?
Basement Jaxx
2/5
"Hello fellow kids. I heard you like this new music from Skrill-eggs and Dead-Mouse. You should totally check this out!" -Vibes
The Cult
3/5
This Album made my hair grow 40cm. I went to a protest against the Vietnam war, slept with the girlfriend of my best friend and died of an overdose while listening to my own song in the radio for the first time. Best 2 weeks of my life.
Dr. Dre
3/5
I'm sure I would give it a higher rating if I could connect more to gang violence and having sexual intercourse. Anyway, it's a milestone for Dre and for Hip-Hop in general, can't deny that.
The Cure
3/5
Huge fan of the idea to replace the monotonous voice of Robert Smith with various instrumental tracks. Best album of the Cure so far!
TV On The Radio
5/5
Did this Album change my life? No. Did I have a good time? Absolutely! Is this the bare minimum to get 4-5 stars in this list? For me sadly yes.
Beastie Boys
4/5
I wouldn't consider myself the hugest fan of several men screaming at me, trying to convince me that they are the coolest but MY GOD THE BEATS. The producer carried the whole album.
Def Leppard
4/5
High school musical, but with long curly hair and guitars. \m/
Black Sabbath
3/5
Sounds like the other Black Sabbath Album. If it weren't for "Changes" and the amazing Wikipedia-Article about this Album, I would have given less stars. But like I said I'M GOIIING THROUGH CHAAANGEEEEES.
The Beau Brummels
2/5
An album by the two to three only americans who didn't get drafted by the army. And it sounds like it.
The Smashing Pumpkins
2/5
When I was young, I had a Guitar-Hero Knock off on my iPhone and Cherub Rock was one of the hardest songs. SInce I had no friends I played it so much, that I was able to sing along. Anyways, thanks for the flashback, no need to repeat.
4/5
Concept Albums are my favourite concept!
Pentangle
3/5
Man, this was the tune of my time. I remember hearing it first 1482 at the wine-fest of the kingdom of Baden. I swear I saw the ancle of princess Hiltrude this day.
The Dictators
4/5
Somehow people listened to this and said "yeah, this is a new genre" while it's basicly RocknRoll with funny lyrics. Anyways, better than most punk that came afterwards
Michael Jackson
5/5
Imagine having 3 world hits on an album AND a song with Paul McCartney. To be fair this one is pretty shitty.
Electric Light Orchestra
5/5
Disco with classical instruments? You son of a beautiful woman, I'm in!
Echo And The Bunnymen
2/5
I'm 87% sure the autor of this list realised halfway thought that he didn't know 1001 albums and added just random English music.
Tom Waits
1/5
I hope he was able to get the mucus out of his throat.
Siouxsie And The Banshees
1/5
This is one of those albums which you have to read the Wikipedia Article to understand why it's on this list.
Led Zeppelin
3/5
I respect Led Zeppelin for their work, but I'm too ignorant to discriminate between them and other Rockbands of their time and afterwards (!)... I'm sorry fellow rockers, I hope you can forgive me
King Crimson
4/5
I really wanted to hate this Album, but it was pretty neat. Apart from the middle part, where they forgot to stop the recording and we got like 10 minutes of random noises.
New York Dolls
2/5
For being a genre that lastet like 10 years, Punk surely had a lot of pioneers that ALL belong in this book/list.
Rufus Wainwright
2/5
Started pretty strong and went pretty boring after a few tracks.
ABBA
4/5
Abba is like Cheese. You can put it on the pizza at the family dinner, you can put in the sandwich on a hike or you can put it on Nachos at a party. Or you eat it being alone at home.
GZA
2/5
This man knows his work. But I don't like it.
The Gun Club
2/5
This is like your friend winning a medal for ice hockey, but you don't care about sports. So you are happy for him, but could have died without listening to this Album.
John Prine
5/5
More Hip Hop and more Punk than most albums in this list. Never thought I would enjoy Country Music.
Tito Puente
4/5
Couldn't resist to dance
King Crimson
1/5
Amazing idea, bad realisation. Did not enjoy it.
Solange
3/5
2Pac
2/5
I had no connection to this album and still don't have. 2Stars from me
Joni Mitchell
1/5
Realised after one hour that the album was over and that I wasn't listening to anything. Completely forgettable (for me) and even more astonishing if you see the (good) ratings it got on release.
Gary Numan
1/5
This Album inspired me to take a break from this generator for a week.
Nirvana
5/5
Phase 1: Hell yeah, smells like Team Spirit, amiright?
Phase 2: starts album from track two
Phase 3: listens to whole album once a while and cries because it's a masterpiece.
The Flaming Lips
3/5
If I would have been born 15 years earlier I would have loved this Album. Anyways, it's kinda nice sometimes
The Divine Comedy
5/5
Maybe it's because I'm lying sick in bed, but this Album gave me a nice trip without any drugs 5/5
Ride
2/5
My highlight was, when they rhymed "fly" with "sky"
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
3/5
Extra star for doing an extra album in Spanish.
Moby
5/5
Well THIS is an album I'm happy I heard before dying. It is so influential and holds to this day as a good album. It looses a bit in the second half but is able to catch the goodbye-feeling in the last song.
Saint Etienne
2/5
WOuLd yOu liKe sOMe SweEtS WiLLy?
Nine Inch Nails
3/5
I didn't like the album very much but I know that most of the music I liked and listened to growing up was influenced by it. Giving it 3 stars doesn't mean the album is boring, it means I am.
Tricky
3/5
Orange Juice
2/5
Frag nicht was für Saft
Mike Ladd
1/5
So glad to share this Album I "must hear before I die" with 20.000 other Spotify listeners. It really had a big impact on music and my life before I died.
The Kinks
3/5
This reminds me of this one Beatles song.
Portishead
2/5
I respect the experimental sound, but I don't like it. It's fine, they had already a banger album, doing something different is the only logical step.
Common
3/5
The beats are nice
Miles Davis
2/5
Look, I've listened to this Album on a rainy day, while sipping some red wine and saying words like furthermore and still didn't enjoy it.
Black Sabbath
3/5
Simply Red
2/5
Like Elton John but without big dick energy
Meat Puppets
3/5
Little Simz
4/5
Throwing Muses
3/5
Baaba Maal
4/5
This is what I thought this list was
Sleater-Kinney
4/5
Punk in which the singer can actually sing? Well this is something I haven't heard before! If she could turn off the tremolo in her voice, I would have given this the missing star.
My Bloody Valentine
3/5
Fugazi
3/5
Slint
5/5
Madonna
5/5
This is the kind of album which you start with arms crossed arms (and mind) and while listening to it you start moving the big toe. With every song you move more muscles and around the half I was dancing on my own at home.
Arcade Fire
4/5
Stereo MC's
2/5
The Bees
3/5
They didn't invent the wheel with this one, but it was pretty nice to listen to
Bruce Springsteen
3/5
Tori Amos
5/5
Didn't know her before and am happy I heard this Album before I died.
MGMT
5/5
Kids is one of these songs that will never cease to make me happy
John Cale
2/5
Nick Drake
5/5
The Byrds
3/5
Paul Revere & The Raiders
3/5
Sarah Vaughan
3/5
Peter Gabriel
2/5
The Young Gods
1/5
Pavement
2/5
Deerhunter
2/5
Dexys Midnight Runners
3/5
The Allman Brothers Band
1/5
This had some hostage vibes
Harry Nilsson
3/5
There is one random hit inside a strange album. The name of the album on the other hand is the real hit for me 10/10
Johnny Cash
5/5
The way this man treats the inmates with such respect and honesty while doing a great live show makes this one of the best live albums in my opinion. And this from somebody who neither is American, nor close to a boomer nor listens to jonny cash outside of this list.
Public Image Ltd.
1/5
"Good art makes you feel something"
Well I feel personally attacked by the lack of intent to entertain. This should be under the throbbing idontknow
Jurassic 5
3/5
Raekwon
3/5
Doves
3/5
It's a nice album to study to or while driving through nature. On the other hand I don't remember a thing about this.
Marianne Faithfull
3/5
Chicago
2/5
Today I decided to enter this Album with an open mind. Inspired from a reddit post I listened the first couple of songs trying to understand the essence of this music. And then this part happened. If you've listened to the album, you know what I mean. Noise, literal nonoise. No thanks.
Led Zeppelin
3/5
Green Day
5/5
This is like meeting a friend you haven't seen since kindergarden in the first week in college where everyone is super pretentious and you finally see a familiar face. Even though I haven't listened to this Album for a long time, I had a good time with it then and now.
2/5
The Monks
5/5
Culture Club
3/5
Laibach
4/5
Manic Street Preachers
5/5
Mudhoney
3/5
Kid Rock
1/5
I'm doing my part to bring this Album where it belongs o7
Shack
4/5
Jimi Hendrix
4/5
Lenny Kravitz
3/5
Rod Stewart
3/5
Weather Report
2/5
Dusty Springfield
4/5
Neil Young
5/5
Quicksilver Messenger Service
2/5
808 State
2/5
Roxy Music
2/5
Dolly Parton
4/5
Lightning Bolt
1/5
Motörhead
4/5
The Verve
3/5
Suede
3/5
Joan Armatrading
5/5
Bob Dylan
3/5
PJ Harvey
3/5
Pink Floyd
2/5
Pantera
2/5
Todd Rundgren
3/5
Cypress Hill
3/5
Patti Smith
4/5
Elis Regina
5/5
The Libertines
3/5
Elbow
4/5
Erykah Badu
2/5
Rage Against The Machine
2/5
a-ha
3/5
Sabu
3/5
Adele
5/5
I don't care what you say. There are people rating the most basic Brit- or american-pop albums 5/5 because it's the one they lost their virginity to. So I have all the rights in the world to rate this because it accompanied me in a time of many beginnings (apart of my sexual beginnings, those started much much later)
Missy Elliott
2/5
I have a huge respect for missy elliott, but I couldn't sing one song of hers and this Album reminds me why. Every song sounds fire, but the second it finishes I can't remember a single thing about it. If anyone asks me I will say I've never heard supa dupa fly
Rocket From The Crypt
3/5
I mean it's nice to listen to, but what the hell is this Album doing in this list/book?
Eminem
3/5
Eminem is a single god. Literally every album has at least one or two songs that are pure masterclass. But somehow I have difficulties listening to a whole album of his. Maybe we should have put the best-of album in the list, this would have been an easy 5/5
Skunk Anansie
5/5
My 13 year old angsty self would have loved this. My 27 year old angsty self likes it pretty much too!
Kraftwerk
4/5
Als deutsche Musik noch cool war
The Yardbirds
3/5
Foo Fighters
4/5
Coldplay
2/5
Incubus
3/5
Cream
5/5
Barry Adamson
2/5
Peter Gabriel
3/5
Justin Timberlake
2/5
The Notorious B.I.G.
4/5
The Who
3/5
Jean-Michel Jarre
1/5
LCD Soundsystem
3/5
Al Green
3/5
Bob Marley & The Wailers
3/5
William Orbit
2/5
Björk
1/5
Ray Price
3/5
Genesis
3/5
Steely Dan
3/5
The Black Keys
4/5
The Saints
3/5
Duran Duran
2/5
Stevie Wonder
4/5
Funkadelic
4/5
The Byrds
2/5
Beatles
5/5
Bob Marley & The Wailers
3/5
What does a stoner say when you take his weed away?
"Turn off the fucking reggae music!"
Travis
3/5
The Black Crowes
3/5
Le Tigre
2/5
Orbital
1/5
The Psychedelic Furs
3/5
Rahul Dev Burman
2/5
I'm happy to hear something outside of english/american rock/pop and whatever Electronica is. On the other hand I would find it immensely offensive against my culture if the only album from my country is a soundtrack of a movie.
Imagine the only album of your country out of 1001 albums you must hear is the soundtrack of "Forrest Gump".
SZA
4/5
Listening to this while doing a walk literally elevated every step I did, especially the second part of the album.
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
4/5
Between the 200 albums from Nick Cave, this is the only one I liked and think should be in the book
The Afghan Whigs
3/5
The cover is a 10/10
Billy Bragg
4/5
An album to fuck with margaret Thatcher AND Elon Musk. Workers unite!
Lynyrd Skynyrd
4/5
The Go-Go's
4/5
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
2/5
This Album will be in my divorce papers.
Cornershop
3/5
Dire Straits
3/5
Turns out you can do a full album with sultan of swing
Joan Baez
4/5
I never was a fan of folk, but this album touched some strings in me
Penguin Cafe Orchestra
4/5
This Album has at the same time the most interesting and the most boring moments of music I heard in a while. I can't bring myself to give it a 3, but for sure I won't give it a 5
Megadeth
4/5
I didn't listen to megadeath during my metal time and I missed out
Pet Shop Boys
2/5
Sounds like british food tastes like
Bonnie "Prince" Billy
4/5
U2
2/5
Started strong and became pretty fast the level of a free iTunes album
Johnny Cash
4/5
Terence Trent D'Arby
3/5
Like Michael Jackson but without hits
Manu Chao
5/5
Manic Street Preachers
2/5
Forgettable
The Boo Radleys
2/5
"Hey what's that noise? Do you remember?"
"Yeah this 1001 Album thing I'm too proud to admit that I should have stopped two years ago"
Ravi Shankar
3/5
I didn't enjoy it at all, but literally just having an album which is not from the US or UK makes me want to give this 5 stars. I will settle somewhere in the middle, but not without repeating that there should be more international albums!
Brian Eno
2/5
This has the same effect as white noise, but it's called ambient music. You can decide on which side you stand, I found mine.
The Lemonheads
4/5
Goldfrapp
5/5
I can't explain what draws me to this album and maybe that's the metalinguistic aspect of music.
Antony and the Johnsons
4/5
"Performers there are who tremble consistently on each note as if they had the palsy." - Leopold Mozart
Rod Stewart
3/5
David Crosby
3/5
George Jones
3/5
I suggest reading the Wikipedia article about this guy. Incredible
Paul Simon
3/5
Beatles
4/5
The Dandy Warhols
4/5
Surprisingly good?
Madonna
3/5
Digital Underground
3/5
Slipknot
5/5
The fact that I still remember the first half of the album despite not having listened to slipknot for a decade shows how influential this was for me as an adolescent
The Who
3/5
Fatboy Slim
4/5
Jacques Brel
5/5
Me not understanding a word: "Oui, this is poetry!"
Booker T. & The MG's
5/5
WTF, how influential can an album be?
Marilyn Manson
3/5
Michael Jackson
4/5
Brian Wilson
4/5
The Undertones
4/5
Fun
Mylo
1/5
Hookworms
2/5
This has 6000 monthly listeners on Spotify, I guess most of them because of the book or the generator. -1 star for being the 999th British album on this list
Country Joe & The Fish
3/5
Morrissey
3/5
Frank Black
3/5
Meat Loaf
4/5
M.I.A.
3/5
Sonic Youth
2/5
Stereolab
4/5
Somehow less repetitive than other non-loop albums
Ananda Shankar
4/5
Rush
3/5
Ryan Adams
2/5
Curtis Mayfield
1/5
Bauhaus
3/5
Bob Dylan
2/5
I didn't understand why Bob Dylan is so beloved and I still don't understand it
Frank Sinatra
2/5
Joni Mitchell
3/5
John Lennon
2/5
Should have stopped after imagine
5/5
An all time classic with hit after hit and some good fillers. Anyways, Alexa play wonderwall.
Dr. Octagon
1/5
Usually I wait until the end until I rate an album, but there is no need in this case since there is nothing that can redeem the first 4 songs. One star for the beats, that are actually nice
Malcolm McLaren
5/5
What the duck? This rocks!
Bruce Springsteen
2/5
This has zero effect when the world around you is literally burning and less when you're not from the USA (like evrey Springsteen song)
Django Django
5/5
I'm torn because I really enjoyed this album, but at the same time it's a shame that from all the albums that came out in 2012 it has to be a british rock-album. If there is something this lists doesnt need it's more rock in english. Anyways, like I said, I really liked the album, so I will rate it well, I just wanted to leave this for the protocol!
Femi Kuti
4/5
This sounds like a mix of jazz and my local brass band. Loved it
Haircut 100
4/5
SAULT
1/5
A concept is not an album. I share the understanding of importance regarding racism, oppression and inequality but didn't feel anything with this album. I know it was not made for me nor my bubble of white non-american guys, but this feels more like a statement from the author than the appreciation of black music.
Kate Bush
3/5
Surprised about how little I cared about the first half and how much I enjoyed the second of the album.
Spiritualized
2/5
It's a decent album to listen to when you're staring out of the window. On the other hand there are hundred better albums for this purpose alone. Could it at least not have been british?
Love
4/5
Well this was unexpected. I am more impressed by the fact that this album came out in 1966 than by the sound itself, but I am willing to admit to be glad to have heard this before I died
Fever Ray
3/5
Interesting how this viking-album finishes with dreamy songs and baby noises. Almost like a fever dream. Like everything that happens after the third season of Vikings
Bob Dylan
1/5
After listening to his third album and listening for the fist time his hit "like a rolling stone", there is only one word I found for this extraordinary musician and this gifted lyricist: Overrated
Britney Spears
1/5
No, please. Once is enough
The The
3/5
It was fine, I didn't feel like my time was wasted 3/5
Stephen Stills
4/5
That's what I'm calling a varieté!
Bee Gees
2/5
A high pitched no from my part
Amy Winehouse
5/5
No hit and still every song slaps
Jane Weaver
4/5
Well, this was a pleasant surprise. Of course an English artist, since there is no other place like the UK or the USA, but at least it's not bad like other "must hear" albums.
KISS
3/5
I wasn't made for listening to this, baby!
Extra star for having "Beth" and "Do you love me" head-to-head
The Streets
1/5
Utter shite
Dwight Yoakam
2/5
The Police
2/5
Daft Punk
2/5
Pere Ubu
1/5
(SPOILERS!!!!)
There is no way this band deserves to have 2(!!!) Albums in this list. Reading that this Album is considered one of the best of 1978 has me reevaluating the year 1978.
Echo And The Bunnymen
2/5
Songhoy Blues
5/5
The KLF
1/5
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
4/5
Death In Vegas
3/5
Somehow U2 is cool?
Goldfrapp
1/5
When there's a random 1974 album I dont know and I dont like, I say to myself "well you should have been there to understand it". But in 2008 I was alive and had a more or less functioning cortex and let me tell you, this Album is NOT worth enduring random 70 music. But well, maybe I have to be british to understand it.
The Prodigy
5/5
More like the fat of the beat, ye-haw!
The Cars
3/5
Pretty nice, but nothing the local rock band couldn't come up with.
Public Enemy
3/5
The skit from the KKK got me off guard
The Replacements
2/5
If you are considering doing a song about someone having a boner - let it be
Eric Clapton
4/5
The Rolling Stones
2/5
Kelela
1/5
Emmylou Harris
4/5
The Chemical Brothers
3/5
Richard Hawley
3/5
Simon & Garfunkel
2/5
Wild Beasts
2/5
Kings of Leon
3/5
Expected to hate it because of how overplayed the singles are, but it's listenable!
The Pretty Things
4/5
Neil Young
3/5
Elliott Smith
4/5
Mike Oldfield
2/5
FKA twigs
2/5
It started as a fresh breeze between these dusty records on this list but after a few songs the breeze died down and now I'm in the same dusty room with he window open
Arctic Monkeys
5/5
Didn't know the arctic monkeys were cool (pun intended)
Richard Thompson
3/5
The Sabres Of Paradise
1/5
Astor Piazzolla
4/5
Circle Jerks
3/5
Charles Mingus
5/5
Never thought I would rate a jazz album 5 stars. Extra star for the cover!
Alice Cooper
3/5
The Rolling Stones
3/5
I don't see myself listening to the rolling stones after this project ever again.