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AlbumYouGlobalDiff
Aha Shake Heartbreak
Kings of Leon
5 2.94 +2.06
Vauxhall And I
Morrissey
5 2.96 +2.04
Steve McQueen
Prefab Sprout
5 3 +2
Car Wheels On A Gravel Road
Lucinda Williams
5 3.01 +1.99
The Last Broadcast
Doves
5 3.03 +1.97
White Ladder
David Gray
5 3.05 +1.95
The Rising
Bruce Springsteen
5 3.05 +1.95
Armed Forces
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
5 3.07 +1.93
Youth And Young Manhood
Kings of Leon
5 3.09 +1.91
Woodface
Crowded House
5 3.1 +1.9

You Love Less Than Most

AlbumYouGlobalDiff
Rage Against The Machine
Rage Against The Machine
1 3.97 -2.97
Bad
Michael Jackson
1 3.81 -2.81
Off The Wall
Michael Jackson
1 3.8 -2.8
Axis: Bold As Love
Jimi Hendrix
1 3.77 -2.77
The Low End Theory
A Tribe Called Quest
1 3.7 -2.7
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
The Genius Of Ray Charles
Ray Charles
1 3.62 -2.62
Illmatic
Nas
1 3.61 -2.61
Madman Across The Water
Elton John
1 3.58 -2.58

Artists

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ArtistAlbumsAverage
Radiohead 6 5
Beatles 7 4.86
Led Zeppelin 5 5
R.E.M. 4 5
Bob Dylan 7 4.57
David Bowie 9 4.33
U2 4 4.75
Pixies 3 5
Arcade Fire 3 5
Talking Heads 4 4.5
Elvis Costello & The Attractions 4 4.5
The Doors 3 4.67
The Smiths 3 4.67
Nirvana 3 4.67
Doves 2 5
Oasis 2 5
John Lennon 2 5
Wilco 2 5
Depeche Mode 2 5
Green Day 2 5
The Rolling Stones 6 4.17
Bruce Springsteen 5 4.2
Pink Floyd 4 4.25

Least Favorites

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ArtistAlbumsAverage
The Byrds 5 1.4
Tim Buckley 3 1
Pet Shop Boys 3 1.33
Dolly Parton 2 1
Kendrick Lamar 2 1
Fairport Convention 2 1
Sepultura 2 1
Run-D.M.C. 2 1
The Mothers Of Invention 2 1
Common 2 1
Ali Farka Touré 2 1
Bee Gees 2 1
Traffic 2 1
John Martyn 2 1
M.I.A. 2 1
Barry Adamson 2 1
k.d. lang 2 1
Scott Walker 2 1
Sonic Youth 5 1.8
Joni Mitchell 4 1.75
The Fall 3 1.67
Roxy Music 3 1.67
Kanye West 3 1.67
Yes 3 1.67
The Temptations 2 1.5
Everything But The Girl 2 1.5
Can 2 1.5
Public Image Ltd. 2 1.5
XTC 2 1.5
Ray Charles 2 1.5
Missy Elliott 2 1.5
Baaba Maal 2 1.5
Fiona Apple 2 1.5
Funkadelic 2 1.5
Emerson, Lake & Palmer 2 1.5
Todd Rundgren 2 1.5
Pere Ubu 2 1.5
Emmylou Harris 2 1.5
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band 2 1.5
A Tribe Called Quest 2 1.5
Stephen Stills 2 1.5
Christina Aguilera 2 1.5
CHIC 2 1.5
Orbital 2 1.5
Slipknot 2 1.5
OutKast 2 1.5
Robert Wyatt 2 1.5
Metallica 4 2
The Kinks 4 2
Jimi Hendrix 3 2
Michael Jackson 3 2
Frank Sinatra 3 2
Steely Dan 4 2.25

Controversial

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Fatboy Slim 5, 1
Neil Young 1, 5, 2, 5
Björk 5, 4, 1, 1
Elvis Costello 5, 2
Lou Reed 4, 1

5-Star Albums (122)

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McCartney by Paul McCartney

More like a sketchbook than an album

Gris Gris by Dr. John

I had to google the author of 1001 to establish his age. There is a disproportionate amount of content from '67 '68 '69. I was wondering if he was 18 around then. Some of it was a golden age but this type of album does not compare with other eras. Maybe it was the drugs. Cover art 2/5

Fear and Whiskey by Mekons

One listen sufficient. There is a reason this didn't get released widely in 1985. Not shocking, but not good.

BEYONCÉ by Beyoncé

This list is selling out

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All Ratings (1089)

Illinois by Sufjan Stevens
Jan 15 2022

Never heard of this artist before. I knew the song Chicago but not who sung it. This is an excellent album and one I will return to and recommend to others.

Californication by Red Hot Chili Peppers
Jan 16 2022

When it is good, it is excellent but too many weaker tracks take away from the album. If this had been on vinyl they would have to have edited down to 10 or 11 tracks. This would improve it a lot.

Wild Wood by Paul Weller
Jan 17 2022

Nothing poor but nothing stand out. It felt like background music after a while. Dont feel I will be rushing back.

Too Rye Ay by Dexys Midnight Runners
Jan 18 2022

When I saw this popping up today my 1st reaction was really? Growing up in the 80s, Come On Eileen was a ubiquitous anthem of every disco. However I enjoyed this a lot. Just not sure of its classic status.

Phrenology by The Roots
Jan 19 2022

Experimental and incoherent. Tried this a few times but very little memorable or remarkable.

Jan 20 2022

Classic album that arguably changed the music world forever. It is an album that you can revisit again and again. . It is brilliant but not their greatest for me. Musically i think many songs lack the sophistication of other albums: Rubber Soul, White Album, abbey Rd, Revolver. Still head and shoulders above the majority of this list and features one of my all time favourites: A Day in The Life

Can't Buy A Thrill by Steely Dan
Jan 21 2022

3.4/5 so I will give it the 3 Easy listening no one offended. 70s soft rock or AOR. "reeling in the years" and "do it again" the highlights Glad I heard it but just don't feel after this solid days listening that I will return to it or seek out more Steely Dan. Can't empathise with anything in the lyrics. The cover is an abomination. 1/5

The Stooges by The Stooges
Jan 22 2022

Interesting one. It sounds like a few guys who have just heard velvet underground, and are bluffing their way to record an album. It doesn't match VU or Doors by a long way. We will fall: What were they thinking. pretentious gobbledeygook. John Cale influence and as one reviewer called it - padding. Lyrically these fellows didnt stretch themselves!!! Listening to some of their other stuff I'm not sure they had the ability. However all said, it is ahead of it's time and inspired alot of music I love. Great idea but very weak in parts. Cover art: generic atyle photo but it expresses some tension. Like the band logo. 2/5

All Directions by The Temptations
Jan 23 2022

Pants. Flared pants. Who chooses these. Not impressed with the definition of classic.

Catch A Fire by Bob Marley & The Wailers
Jan 24 2022

Was looking forward to Bob Marley but I was expecting an album with more of his hits. On repeated listens it has kept growing on me. Good reggae vibe. Cover art 3.2/5

Hotel California by Eagles
Jan 25 2022

Classic. Really enjoyed the exploration of the theme of the destruction of paradise, loss of innocence etc. Much more urban than their earlier cowboy themes. Gets better with every listen. Cover art: 4.5/5 iconic cover picking up on musical themes.

Hysteria by Def Leppard
Jan 26 2022

It has dated quite a bit. It is too long at over 60 mins and they were stretching it to release 7 singles. I smiled when I didnt see the lyrics on spotify; they must not have thought them worthy of posting them. 😂 they are pretty corny and the snippets of Reagan and Thatcher date this album. However it bears some re-listening. Cover art 2/5

Metallica by Metallica
Jan 27 2022

Curious about this one. But ultimately it disappoints. it aspires to be epic but apart from a few singles it is quite forgettable. I listened a few times but inevitably it became background to whatever I was doing. Cover art 1/5

Led Zeppelin by Led Zeppelin
Jan 29 2022

Class. Everything a classic album should be. Cover art: 5/5

In Rainbows by Radiohead
Jan 31 2022

What an album. Radiohead produce music that is like no one else. It is contemporary and challenging. They push every boundary. But ultimately rewards repeated listening. Cover art 5/5

The Undertones by The Undertones
Feb 01 2022

Unexpected but enjoyable. Raw, fresh, naive, 50s pop combined with new wave. Sound like a bunch of lads who have just got their instruments and having a blast. Simple direct songs. No over production going on here. Cover art 1/5

Water From An Ancient Well by Abdullah Ibrahim
Feb 02 2022

Not sure how this achieved Classic status. It is entirely forgettable. I was hoping for the south African jazz equivalent of Graceland. But there is not a whisper of Africa to my ears. Cover art 2/5 nice colours

Teen Dream by Beach House
Feb 03 2022

I had never heard of them and I always welcome a new discovery with the promise of a back catalogue to explore. However so far they make all of the right sounds but I'm yet to be engaged. The reviewers who reference a shoegazing musical style must come from California. This is much more cheerful version of life. Cover art 1/5

Da Capo by Love
Feb 04 2022

0/5 Pants. Flared pants. I think I possess 1001 better albums which are not on this list. It should have been consigned to the archives a long time ago. Cover art 1/5

Smash by The Offspring
Feb 05 2022

Sounds and riffs are good at times. But it doesn't engage me. I am probably not the demographic they were thinking of. To my ears it feels vacuous and staged emotion. it has no relation to punk for me. Cover art 2/5 corny

Feb 07 2022

Classic album. excellent guitar led rock. Pounding on of my top 10 songs. Cover art 3/5

Feb 08 2022

A (largely) covers album makes it feel closer to a greatest hits, is this cheating when compared to most of this list. That said Otis makes many of these tunes his own. The power of his voice and interpretation is excellent. I think the inclusion of Satisfaction was a mistake. Cover art 1/5

Idlewild by Everything But The Girl
Feb 09 2022

Bought this back in the day. I had to, I needed the cash and had to break a record voucher so i found this in a bargain bucket. I resented it ever since and gave the tape away. 1 song album for me. It is non contentious easy-going music that doesn't grab me musically or emotionally in any way. Not a patch on a contemporaneous album and genre such as Steve McQueen by Prefab Sprout. Cover art: 2/5

Feb 10 2022

The Kinks are a great band with unique hits full of character and lyrical talent. I expected to discover more here. The recording sounds dated. It has a few stand out tracks but that is it. Cover art: 2.5/5 odd one this. Psychedelic Victorian. At least they made some effort.

Gris Gris by Dr. John
Feb 11 2022

I had to google the author of 1001 to establish his age. There is a disproportionate amount of content from '67 '68 '69. I was wondering if he was 18 around then. Some of it was a golden age but this type of album does not compare with other eras. Maybe it was the drugs. Cover art 2/5

At Mister Kelly's by Sarah Vaughan
Feb 12 2022

It's fine. The lady can sing but are there not 101 of these albums? What makes this special enough to be on the list? Cover art 3/5

Aja by Steely Dan
Feb 13 2022

This one is making 1001 feel really long. Not sure I get the entitlement of bands like this to have multiple entries on the list. Released in 1977 I'd suggest this helped inspire punk.

Dusty In Memphis by Dusty Springfield
Feb 14 2022

Didn't know what to expect. Coherent album well produced with excellent vocals. Cover art 1/5. Took them about 30 mins to do

Zombie by Fela Kuti
Feb 15 2022

Not his best record and a little bit long for me. African rhythms plus jazz are a good combination. Cover art: 4/5

Hearts And Bones by Paul Simon
Feb 16 2022

Introspective and sometimes melancholy Paul Simon. It's fine but not his best by a long way. For me the better versions of some of the tracks are on the bonus edition and not on the original release. Simon articulates his lyrics beautifully, other artists could learn from his clarity. Cover art 3/5

High Violet by The National
Feb 17 2022

Solid 4. Can't be a 5 because I can't figure out what he is singing about on any track. Bloodbuzz is a classic and the highlight of the album. Cover art (original cover) 5/5 you can always rely on 4ad

The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter by The Incredible String Band
Feb 18 2022

0/5 Ahh now. Up there with the worst. Whoever put this on the list needs to get out more. This kind of rubbish undermines the entire list. It doesn't even deserve a 1. Folk is far from my favourite genre, but this would not rank in any list of important folk albums. "I cant dream well because of my horns." Cover art 1/5 hippy commune family photo

Bluesbreakers by John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers
Feb 19 2022

Niche blues album playing blues standards. Not one in my "before I die category. " Cover art 1/5 5mins effort. Redeemed slightly by the choice of the beano by Clapton

LP1 by FKA twigs
Feb 20 2022

Pretentious nonsense squeaking Cover art: 3/5

The Contino Sessions by Death In Vegas
Feb 21 2022

Saw DIV live back in the day. A musician friend had to leave, he was worried about permanently damaging his hearing. it was a great gig. Couldn't believe how many people were on stage. The idea of a guest vocalist was pretty original when it was released. Nowadays every other tune seems to be doing some type of collaboration. These were not driven by marketing and sales but by finding the voice/character/mood to match the song. Iggy pop absolutely nails Aisha. On the next album Paul Weller and Liam Gallagher create works they never would have on their own and equal to their best. Cover art 3.5/5

Feb 22 2022

Absolutely refreshing take on all music that had preceded it. Poppy, punk, indie, catchy and danceable all at once. Some of the most arresting songs of the decade. All on a debut album. Cover art 3/5. Striking in its own way and explains the attitude on the album

Tubular Bells by Mike Oldfield
Feb 23 2022

Certain parts remind me of Sufjan Stevens, mmmm , I wonder how that works. Maybe it is the other way around, separated by 40 years. Ahead of it's time is clearly an understatement. The lyric 'vocals' on side 2 undermine it a little for me. Cover art: 5/5 iconic

Suicide by Suicide
Feb 24 2022

Reckon it is on here because it pursues an idea ahead of it's time. But it is doesn't compare to other electronics or what is about to emerge with Joy Division. It is the shortest album I have reviewed at 32 mins and this is already 7 mins too long with the shocking track that is Frankie. Lyrics exceptionally weak all round. Cover art 4/5

Lust For Life by Iggy Pop
Feb 26 2022

Mediocre album made possible by Bowie who is responsible for most of the good bits.

Fear and Whiskey by Mekons
Feb 27 2022

One listen sufficient. There is a reason this didn't get released widely in 1985. Not shocking, but not good.

Emperor Tomato Ketchup by Stereolab
Feb 28 2022

Maybe I'm mixing up this list with a classic albums list. This might be 1 to listen to once. Cover art 1/5

The Cars by The Cars
Mar 01 2022

Whopping debut album. Knew most of the tracks but never realised it was from 1978!!! I would have guessed '82 or '83. Cover art 5/5

Siamese Dream by The Smashing Pumpkins
Mar 02 2022

A few excellent tracks but a bit long. It would be a 4 if I thought I would go back to it more. Cover art: 3/5

Rust Never Sleeps by Neil Young & Crazy Horse
Mar 03 2022

Excellent. I'd never heard this album. I had figured it was gonna be from the 80s but really impressed that it was 76-78. It absolutely captures the migration from acoustic to guitar based rock. Cover art: 3/5

Low-Life by New Order
Mar 05 2022

👍

The Rise & Fall by Madness
Mar 06 2022

Its grand as they say. Not a classic. Cover art: 2/5

Roxy Music by Roxy Music
Mar 07 2022

Really not very strong. Virginia Plain was not on the original UK release. Cover art 4/5

Mar 08 2022

It becomes background music after a while. He has a better album. Cover art 4/5

White Ladder by David Gray
Mar 09 2022

Classic. As an Irish person it is impossible to vote this down. Slows a bit in the middle. According to the stats go...1 in 4 houses had a copy of the album. Although I think I had 2 😂

Live And Dangerous by Thin Lizzy
Mar 10 2022

Excellent introduction to phil lynott and thin lizzy.

The ArchAndroid by Janelle Monáe
Mar 12 2022

Very eclectic and respect to a concept album. it is too long. Yet another from the digital era which would have benefited from a vinyl mindset. When it's good its excellent.

Talking Heads 77 by Talking Heads
Mar 13 2022

5 star +++ Absolute whopper debut album. Cover art 5/5 iconic

Definitely Maybe by Oasis
Mar 14 2022

Is it the best Oasis album? Cover art 3/5

Seventh Tree by Goldfrapp
Mar 17 2022

Doesn't offend and like some of the lo fi videos. Ultimately it fades into the background. For me it is not a classic to return to. The playlist continued into Supernature which I enjoyed more. Cover art: 2/5

Paris 1919 by John Cale
Mar 18 2022

Surprisingly not too bad. Was expecting worse. Cover art worst ever

Kenya by Machito
Mar 19 2022

Enjoyable and glad I heard it. Cover art 3/5

Remedy by Basement Jaxx
Mar 20 2022

Not memorable Cover art 4/5

Mar 22 2022

I should get it, but I don't. It just doesn't do it for me. Maybe it's me. Cover art 3/5

Timeless by Goldie
Mar 23 2022

Too long. I finished my commute before the 1st track finished. Cover art 2/5

Hunky Dory by David Bowie
Mar 24 2022

Timeless timeless classic. The best album of the 70 I live done on this list. as part of this I tried to listen to it afresh. I was surprised how much was piano based compared to most of his oeuvre. Cover art 5/5

The New Tango by Astor Piazzolla
Mar 25 2022

??? Roll on tomorrow.... Cover art 0/5

Queens of the Stone Age by Queens Of The Stone Age
Mar 26 2022

Dont know why I never listened to these guys before. Very good. Cover art 2/5

Fleet Foxes by Fleet Foxes
Mar 28 2022

Fells like they invented a nee genre with this album. If it has a weakness it is that is lacks an emotional theme that resonates with me. Red squirrels etc. Cover art 5/5 Pieter Bruegel the Elder. Who'd have thought a painting from 1559 could make a great cover..

Femi Kuti by Femi Kuti
Mar 29 2022

Funky and upbeat. a bit samey after a while. Cover art 2/5

Songs Of Leonard Cohen by Leonard Cohen
Apr 03 2022

Absolute whopper. I thought this must have been his greatest hits when in fact it was his debut album. Cover art 4/5

Slippery When Wet by Bon Jovi
Apr 04 2022

Nothing memorable here. Hair metal, Says it all Cover art 2/5

Physical Graffiti by Led Zeppelin
Apr 05 2022

Top album showing the breadth of the band Cover art 5/5

Germfree Adolescents by X-Ray Spex
Apr 06 2022

I can hear how this never made it. Cover redeems it. Cover art 5/5

Tapestry by Carole King
Apr 07 2022

Impossible to argue against this one. So many classics Cover art 3/5

My Aim Is True by Elvis Costello
Apr 08 2022

Much more eclectic than I was expecting. definitely one to revisit. Cover art 5/5

The Who Sell Out by The Who
Apr 09 2022

Odd album. Not their finest by a long way. I was surprised it had such good reviews back in the day. Music does not match the hype. Cover art 5/5

Rock 'N Soul by Solomon Burke
Apr 10 2022

Don’t see the point of this one Cover art 1/5

Eliminator by ZZ Top
Apr 11 2022

The hits are the hits. The rest is fine but not memorable. Cover art 5/5 instantly recognisable

Step In The Arena by Gang Starr
Apr 12 2022

Better than I expected. More musical than similar of the genre. Cover art 1/5 zero thought went into this.

Morrison Hotel by The Doors
Apr 13 2022

Stomping start but ends with a whimper. Definitely a side 1 side 2 album. Side 2 improves on listening Cover art 4/5

Beautiful Freak by Eels
Apr 14 2022

Not bad. Is it his best? Cover art: 4/5

Yeezus by Kanye West
Apr 15 2022

Misogynistic Cover art: 5/5

Is This It by The Strokes
Apr 16 2022

Still as fresh as ever. One of my all time favourites. I never tire of it. Cover art: 5/5

A Walk Across The Rooftops by The Blue Nile
Apr 17 2022

Not very memorable. 1 or 2 stand out tracks, the rest faded into the background.

Play by Moby
Apr 18 2022

Cracking album. Brought techno and sampling to the masses. Cover art 5/5

A Girl Called Dusty by Dusty Springfield
Apr 19 2022

She must have been a superstar in her day recording the definitive versions of many classics Cover art 3/5

Dare! by The Human League
Apr 20 2022

Some bumper 80e Cover art 3/5

Lady In Satin by Billie Holiday
Apr 21 2022

Doesn’t do it for me

Apr 23 2022

Looked forward to listening to this when it came up. I like all of their hits etc. However I never engaged with it. Maybe it needed more time or maybe it’s not that good. Cover art. 3/5

Are You Experienced by Jimi Hendrix
Apr 24 2022

Best three piece in the world possibly. BUT not the greatest songwriter by a country mile. Jimi should have just covered songs for his short life. These just don’t stand the test of time lyrically. As instrumentals they are brilliant. Cover art : Jimi asked for the original cover to be changed to this for US release. Don’t love it but it captures the era and movement and probably the state of his mind at times.

Microshift by Hookworms
Apr 25 2022

Never heard of this bunch. Quite like it. It’s never a 5 but glad to have discovered them. Cover art 5/5. You can beat a bit of surrealism

3 + 3 by The Isley Brothers
Apr 28 2022
Bossanova by Pixies
May 01 2022

5* every day Album 3 by Pixies and they are still crunching out fresh whopper tunes as tho it’s their 1st album. There are many references to a best debut category. If there was a best first 3 albums band it could only be Pixies. Cover art 5/5. I love every cover on the 4AD label

Calenture by The Triffids
May 04 2022

Loved the review which stated this wasn’t in the top 1001 of 1987. This is no REM U2 Waterboys or INXS or Elvis Costello or …. or …. Cover art 2/5

Iron Maiden by Iron Maiden
May 05 2022

Not bad. Cover art 4/5

Go Girl Crazy by The Dictators
May 09 2022

Never heard of this before.

Forever Changes by Love
May 10 2022

Better than the other one on this list!! Cover art 3/5

Ocean Rain by Echo And The Bunnymen
May 11 2022

Indies 80s fan. But never pursued Echo etc , this album has the 2 best tracks they recorded. Cover art 3/5

The Beach Boys Today! by The Beach Boys
May 12 2022

Production and sound quality is not great on this album. Does the closing track make it a concept record, if so they should go back to singing about cars and surfing. Cover art 2/5 lame

Thriller by Michael Jackson
May 14 2022

Cover art. Look sick in retrospect

Disintegration by The Cure
May 15 2022

Love the cure. Not their best Cover art 3/5

Clube Da Esquina by Milton Nascimento
May 17 2022

??? This doesn’t belong on the list. It is like music someone brought home from a summer holiday with fond memories, but it makes no sense to anyone else.

Jazz Samba by Stan Getz
May 20 2022

Love the cover. Easy listening. Not bad

Grace by Jeff Buckley
May 21 2022

Never really got this. I should donut I don’t Cover art: iconic cover

Little Earthquakes by Tori Amos
May 22 2022

Top album A couple of songs too long Cover art: 4/5

Hard Again by Muddy Waters
May 24 2022

Always had assumed MW was a 50s dude

Done By The Forces Of Nature by Jungle Brothers
May 25 2022

Reached 45 on the billboard. Should have been consigned to history at that point. It sounds like a slightly more sophisticated Fresh Prince, Wiki says they are a descendant of Earth Wind and Fire. Mic drop. I’m out Cover art: 1/5 cheesy central

Time (The Revelator) by Gillian Welch
May 26 2022

Trying to understand what is novel in this album.

Kings Of The Wild Frontier by Adam & The Ants
May 27 2022

Blast from my past. I was 11 when this came out. I think I tried to record from TOTP with a tape deck. How sad. Happy memories. Apart from the singles is doesn’t stand the test of time.

xx by The xx
May 28 2022

This should be brilliant. But it’s not. Cover art. 5/5 love it

Eternally Yours by The Saints
May 30 2022

Like the psychedelic Pop of the 60s this New York rock Proto punk genre is one of the authors favourites unfortunately this is just same as lots of others. Cover art. As bad as they come 1/5

american dream by LCD Soundsystem
May 31 2022

Some Echoes of Talking Heads (I used to) and David Bowie (change yr mind) against a dance track. Lyrics sub par. All too long. Cover art: 2/5 simple clear and direct. 5 mins on ppt could make this.

Jun 01 2022

I get where they are coming from and even where they are going. But this is not a patch on the great examples of the genre. Later stuff begins to sound like Depeche Mode and ABC. Cover art. What on earth is going on. Probably matches the music well.

Happy Trails by Quicksilver Messenger Service
Jun 02 2022

Back to psychedelic rock. When it’s not us new wave from 1979 NY, it’s the summer of love. Someone on Spotify is wondering when they will ever get to archive this stuff, if 1001 keep make people listen to it. Would drugs even help? Cover art: love the cover tho 😂

Licensed To Ill by Beastie Boys
Jun 04 2022

Two hits here. That’s all there is. There is nothing else to discover the rest is pretty poor. Cover art. Love it. 5/5

Maxinquaye by Tricky
Jun 07 2022

Hard to classify Cover art. Dart

Joan Baez by Joan Baez
Jun 08 2022

Not my cup of tea. Not offensive just not for me. Cover art 0/5.

Tigermilk by Belle & Sebastian
Jun 09 2022

One of my favourite bands But not their best albums Cover art 2/5 truly weird

Let Love Rule by Lenny Kravitz
Jun 10 2022

Ok all round. Hard to get engaged Cover art 1/1

Bongo Rock by Incredible Bongo Band
Jun 12 2022

“Largely ignored “ said the review. Where it should have been left. Ignored forever. Cover art 3/5

The La's by The La's
Jun 13 2022

Like to add the time but in the all-time racing it’s no higher than a two

Black Sabbath by Black Sabbath
Jun 17 2022

Mmmm. It might be acclaimed as the 1st heavy metal album but somehow it fades into the background. I’ve kept listening and it is growing on me. Cover art 3/5

Rip It Up by Orange Juice
Jun 20 2022

One hit wonder. I always felt his voice was taking the Micky. I’m convinced after listening to this record

Jun 21 2022

Quirky but stands the test of time and much is ahead of it’s time. Cover art. It is art unlike many. Love the story of the addition of a lawn mower to the original painting.

The Slider by T. Rex
Jun 23 2022

Expected more hits on this one

Skylarking by XTC
Jun 24 2022

Better than expected

Jun 29 2022

Still as fresh today. Too long with some edits it get a better rating

Jul 02 2022

Another miss fire from the list. This list could nearly be called the almost 1001 albums. Air Moon Safari is the album to choose

Giant Steps by The Boo Radleys
Jul 03 2022

Barely noticed at the time. Long forgotten

Bookends by Simon & Garfunkel
Jul 07 2022

Has some unexpected tunes. Feeling like a soundtrack

Your Arsenal by Morrissey
Jul 08 2022

You don’t have to like him to know this is a really good album.

British Steel by Judas Priest
Jul 09 2022

I assumed the worst. 80s heavy metal. However I am surprised. I could escalate some of these tracks to a favourite playlist. Not sure what he’s singing about but the sounds are cool Cover art 4/5

Dig Your Own Hole by The Chemical Brothers
Jul 10 2022

Cover art 4/5 I remembered it being better. Was tired of it after a while

Cypress Hill by Cypress Hill
Jul 11 2022

Don’t get it. One listens was enough for me Cover art. Confused

A Hard Day's Night by Beatles
Jul 12 2022

To paraphrase another reviewer, You can’t rank Beatles album’s against eachother. It’s a solid 5 start to finish. Cover art 5/5

Street Life by The Crusaders
Jul 13 2022

Elevator muzak Cover art 2/5

Jul 15 2022

It starts and ends excellently. Admittedly had been worried. 2 Brian Eno produced records in a row doesn’t seem like the 1000 best albums. however by song two it descended into farce. It’s an ep at best. Did no one have an editor back then. Parts of ‘Here come the warm jets’ is so far ahead of its time. It could be to La Tengo.

Paranoid by Black Sabbath
Jul 19 2022

Classic

Bryter Layter by Nick Drake
Jul 22 2022

Pink Moon far superior Cover art 1/5

I'm Your Man by Leonard Cohen
Jul 23 2022

Cool as it gets. Cover art: 3/5

Blackstar by David Bowie
Jul 24 2022

Surprised to find this on here. Does this indicate that every Bowie album will feature here. Don’t get the rapturous reviews posted here. I’m as big a Bowie fan as anyone one. But this is not his finest moment. Cover art 4/5

Transformer by Lou Reed
Jul 26 2022

Big fan. However the album includes the sublime and the ridiculous. Classics inter dispersed with cabaret tunes. Cover art 5/5 iconic in its own way

Tellin’ Stories by The Charlatans
Jul 27 2022

Sub par album of the 90s. Not a patch on stone roses oasis or blue.

Illmatic by Nas
Jul 29 2022

Not a rap fan

Dry by PJ Harvey
Jul 30 2022

👏

Destroyer by KISS
Jul 31 2022

Was looking forward to this but not impressed

Here's Little Richard by Little Richard
Aug 02 2022

A collection of songs. Not an album in the sense we know it now. Cover art 4/5

Hypnotised by The Undertones
Aug 03 2022

Album cover. Is this the worst so far. 0/5 Not as good as their 1st album. Don’t think it is worthy of the list.

Tonight's The Night by Neil Young
Aug 04 2022

Like Neil. This is not very good. Neither his grunge or his folk.

Madman Across The Water by Elton John
Aug 05 2022

What’s on earth is this album about. I have no idea what are you thinking about any one of those songs and even if I got I did I couldn’t empathise with any of us totally boring

Picture Book by Simply Red
Aug 07 2022

Cover art 1/5 Album a two

Triangle by The Beau Brummels
Aug 08 2022

More psychedelic nonsense I bet

Tommy by The Who
Aug 09 2022

Nothing wrong with it. But I don’t feel like I will be going back to it. Cover art 3/5

S&M by Metallica
Aug 10 2022

Over the top. Too long Cover art 0/5

Neon Bible by Arcade Fire
Aug 11 2022

5* stonking album Always assumed it predated Funeral. Cover art 3/5

Blood On The Tracks by Bob Dylan
Aug 13 2022

5***** One of the greatest albums of all time Certainly in the top 20 of this list

Murmur by R.E.M.
Aug 16 2022

Stonking debut album. One of the best. *****

Legalize It by Peter Tosh
Aug 19 2022

To my ears this sounds like every other generic bit of reggae that I have heard. The album on the list from Bob Marley was pretty good but this is reggae painting by numbers.

Pornography by The Cure
Aug 20 2022

5*. Just what this lost needed

Tical by Method Man
Aug 21 2022

Rubbish Cover art 1/5

John Prine by John Prine
Aug 23 2022

Only heard of him recently after his passing. RIP Excellent album

Stardust by Willie Nelson
Aug 24 2022

Approached this with an open mind. But tbh it was pretty poor. Covers without real reinvention is not what this list is about.

Protection by Massive Attack
Aug 25 2022

Doesn’t match their best. Album is patchy. Cover art 4/5

Aug 26 2022

I have never heard such nostalgic rubbish. This is why rock ‘n’ roll was invented. Like the cover tho

Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots by The Flaming Lips
Aug 27 2022

It has three stonking tunes for a lot of the rest feels fairly like a filler. Cover art 5/5

Kenza by Khaled
Aug 28 2022

Takes it off the list. Sorry Khaled Cover art: minus one out of 5

Real Life by Magazine
Aug 29 2022

I can see why no one remembers them Cover art 3/5

Live! by Fela Kuti
Aug 30 2022

As another reviewer suggested. Just the kind of thing you would hope to discover on a list like this. Cover art 1/5

Synchronicity by The Police
Aug 31 2022

Excellent Some weaknesses but some classics.

Brothers In Arms by Dire Straits
Sep 01 2022

Heralded the arrival of CDs. Cover art 4/5 instantly recognisable

Bitches Brew by Miles Davis
Sep 03 2022

I’m losing the will. This is hard work. Yes it is famous and highly rated by aficionados. To my ears, at times, it is pretty much random notes Cover art 3/5. Drugs were involved

Trio by Dolly Parton
Sep 04 2022

Not a 1001 Cover art: Is there a worse cover. 0/5

Ágætis Byrjun by Sigur Rós
Sep 06 2022

Can wait til the version with subtitles comes out. The more I play it the more I like it. Cover art 3/5

Since I Left You by The Avalanches
Sep 13 2022

Spawned a genre. Not for me Some is very samey. Frontier Psy is very clever

Cloud Nine by The Temptations
Sep 14 2022

Cover art 3/5

The Modern Lovers by The Modern Lovers
Sep 15 2022

This is a solid 1 not. I’m just happy I won’t have to listen to it again. cover art: 3 /5

Kimono My House by Sparks
Sep 16 2022

Sounds ahead of its time. It could have been a decade later with New Romantics. Love the song titles and humour Cover art 3/5

Queen Of Denmark by John Grant
Sep 17 2022

Never Heard of him before. Not bad. Gets steadily whackier as it hoes on. Cover art: 2/5

Blood And Chocolate by Elvis Costello & The Attractions
Sep 18 2022

It’s good, but a little bit longer. Often feel a bit to earn and. Cover art 2/5. What on earth is going on here. Trying too hard. Too pretentious

Imagine by John Lennon
Sep 19 2022

Great great album This is what the list should be full of Cover art 4/5

Apocalypse Dudes by Turbonegro
Sep 21 2022

Norwegian glam. I’ve heard it all. As empty as a North Sea facing fjord?

It's A Shame About Ray by The Lemonheads
Sep 22 2022

Like it. Yes it is similar to a lot of the genre. But it’s my genre

Who's Next by The Who
Sep 23 2022

The hits are good

The Suburbs by Arcade Fire
Sep 24 2022

The question is not whether this is worthy of a 5. It is. The only debate is whether it is their greatest album. It is pretty much flawless it is the rare combination of concept album and great music. Saw them recently as they kicked off a world tour. This record still underpins their set list

Dummy by Portishead
Sep 25 2022

Brilliantl

Music From Big Pink by The Band
Sep 28 2022

I can never get this band. Somehow nothing they sing about resonates with me. Cover art 1/5 I rarely like naive art

Band On The Run by Paul McCartney and Wings
Sep 29 2022

Love it. Not sure why I ignored for almost 50years

Highway to Hell by AC/DC
Oct 02 2022

Not one of the greats but totally listenable. I’m thinking 3.5. Can’t decide if that should go up to a four or down to a three

Innervisions by Stevie Wonder
Oct 04 2022

Cover art: like the painting. However the album is only ok. Start is a bit wishy washy jazz. Couple of good tunes.

Cheap Thrills by Big Brother & The Holding Company
Oct 05 2022

Needs more time Cover art 4/5

The Hour Of Bewilderbeast by Badly Drawn Boy
Oct 06 2022

Been a fan since it came out. It is a bit too long and not as good as his soundtrack About a Boy

Boy In Da Corner by Dizzee Rascal
Oct 07 2022

There has been some bad shit on this list, but there’s ranks with the worst of them. Unintelligible noise, i cannot describe it as music. Cover art 4/5

Pet Sounds by The Beach Boys
Oct 08 2022

Sorry it’s not that good. Probably the most overrated album on this list. It is not a patch on sgt peppers or a dozen albums from late sixties Cover art : 1/5

Oct 10 2022

Not available on Spotify. From other reviews it sounds like I dodged a poor album. Cover art 4/5

The Band by The Band
Oct 11 2022

I think one reviewer said MEH. Pretty much sums it up. The Band doesn’t offend anyone but it didn’t advance much in the music canon. Cover art 2/5. Did anyone think it was good.

School's Out by Alice Cooper
Oct 12 2022

Nice and short. Won’t be revisiting doesn’t offend Cover art 4:5

Private Dancer by Tina Turner
Oct 13 2022

This is all wrong on this list.

Dirty by Sonic Youth
Oct 14 2022

Is it missing some hits? Playing this a couple of times. Keep thinking I’ve missed it , but nothing memorable. Cover art: please say no one was trying too hard for this

The Atomic Mr Basie by Count Basie & His Orchestra
Oct 15 2022

No one was offended. Glad to know it exists. If I have a posh sophisticated dinner party it can be part of the background music. Cover art. Odd choice. Still living with the direct aftermath of WW2 in 1958.

Rejoicing In The Hands by Devendra Banhart
Oct 17 2022

This simply doesn’t belong on this list Cover art: 1/5

Oct 18 2022

Top class era defining album Cover art 5***** iconic photos throughout

Wonderful Rainbow by Lightning Bolt
Oct 19 2022

Where’s the zero Probably one of the most painful listening experiences Cover art: it has some merit. Although I suspect the grey is taking over. Not vice versa

Lam Toro by Baaba Maal
Oct 20 2022

A reviewer mentioned a 2nd album by this fellow. Unbelievable

Superfly by Curtis Mayfield
Oct 22 2022

Really wanted the movin on up album. This wasn’t it.

Elastica by Elastica
Oct 23 2022

Middle of the road 2-3. Don’t feel I will be revisiting Cover art 2/5

Hot Fuss by The Killers
Oct 25 2022

First thoughts: Boom 5* Out and out thumper of a record. This is what I expected to find every 3 days. First 5 tracks as good as any album On relistening it’s probably more of a four. The lyrics in many parts seem pretty vacuous. After those 5 tracks the 2nd halve fades off rapidly.

With The Beatles by Beatles
Oct 27 2022

Good not their best. Always listenable

Eagles by Eagles
Oct 29 2022

It’s not hotel California. Not deserving of this list. Probably a 3 but downgrading it.

Sunshine Superman by Donovan
Oct 30 2022

One hit wonder. Not deserving of this list

Stand! by Sly & The Family Stone
Oct 31 2022

Shouldn’t be on this list

Elvis Presley by Elvis Presley
Nov 02 2022

More coherent an album than I expected.

The Boatman's Call by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Nov 03 2022

Nick is his own genre. Classic record and one of his best. Suffers like many artists by the lure of the long play cd. This would be a better 42 min album Cover art 4/5 great photo

Disraeli Gears by Cream
Nov 05 2022

Boring after Sunshine… Cover art 1/5

Swordfishtrombones by Tom Waits
Nov 06 2022

Not my favourite but giving it a 4. It is exactly what this list is about for me. Confirming great albums and stretching your mindset and appreciation for albums you might not have purchased but should try.

Blue by Joni Mitchell
Nov 07 2022

Not on Spotify so YouTube had to suffice. Ads and all. Didn’t enjoy it. Found her singing style quiet irritating. Others may love it.

Cross by Justice
Nov 08 2022

It’s not air or daft punk

Phaedra by Tangerine Dream
Nov 10 2022

Loved these back in the day. Probably not my favourite of theirs but ahead of its time.

Gentlemen by The Afghan Whigs
Nov 11 2022

Not that good at all. It’s why we can’t remember it.

Darkdancer by Les Rythmes Digitales
Nov 13 2022

Like the cover. It ends there.

Time Out Of Mind by Bob Dylan
Nov 14 2022

Love Bob but never warmed to this album. Don’t know why

Oar by Alexander 'Skip' Spence
Nov 17 2022

Another list low. Well forgotten album.

Siembra by Willie Colón & Rubén Blades
Nov 18 2022

👎

Bandwagonesque by Teenage Fanclub
Nov 19 2022

Brilliant band at greatest hits level.

The Healer by John Lee Hooker
Nov 22 2022

Rarely like collaborations

Damaged by Black Flag
Nov 23 2022

Awful

Rumours by Fleetwood Mac
Nov 26 2022

Finally something more recognisable Stonking album.

Pink Flag by Wire
Nov 27 2022

Great album. Can’t understand how I hadn’t came upon it before. Cover art 4/5

Bad Company by Bad Company
Nov 29 2022

Must have inspired Bon jovi

We Are Family by Sister Sledge
Dec 01 2022

I echo all the reviews that pitch this between a 2 and a 3. So rounding up or down is the dilemma. On balance I’m not revisiting this album unless you were in a discussion about Nile Rodgers. I will give a 2 ignoring his other contributions to music. Eg Bowie

The Scream by Siouxsie And The Banshees
Dec 02 2022

I echo all the reviews that pitch this between a 2 and a 3. So rounding up or down is the dilemma. On balance I’m not revisiting this album unless you were in a discussion about Nile Rodgers. I will give a 2 ignoring his other contributions to music. Eg Bowie

Urban Hymns by The Verve
Dec 06 2022

Bought it back in the day

Drunk by Thundercat
Dec 10 2022
Nevermind by Nirvana
Dec 11 2022

One of the best of the 1001

Ananda Shankar by Ananda Shankar
Dec 14 2022

If this was your first day / album you might just cancel your sign up and walk. Pants

Nowhere by Ride
Dec 16 2022

Not my bloody valentine

Arrival by ABBA
Dec 17 2022

Is Happy Hawaii a repeat of Why does it have to be me? Feels like the album is a bit stretched. Aside from that it’s a 5. Anyone who grew up in the 70s cannot deny ABBA was a dominant force and influences all pop to this day. It holds its head above much of the genre produced since. Forgotten this was 1976. Cover art : 4:5 How cool is a glass helicopter

Fisherman's Blues by The Waterboys
Dec 19 2022

Just played’This is the Waterboys’ from Spotify yesterday.

25 by Adele
Dec 20 2022

Not her best and becomes tedious

The Rising by Bruce Springsteen
Dec 21 2022

One of my favourite Springsteen records

Led Zeppelin III by Led Zeppelin
Dec 22 2022

Weakest of the 4 triology! Still a classic

Fear Of A Black Planet by Public Enemy
Dec 23 2022

Not a fan of rap. But this is an album I bought. You can’t ignore them

Rain Dogs by Tom Waits
Dec 24 2022

The more I played it the better it gets.

Pretzel Logic by Steely Dan
Dec 25 2022

Adult Oriented Rock. Mmm

Elvis Is Back by Elvis Presley
Dec 27 2022

Nothing wrong with Elvis. But this is forgettable

Paul Simon by Paul Simon
Dec 31 2022

Not as good as Hearts and Bones

Sea Change by Beck
Jan 01 2023

Wanted to like this. Some parts are Nick Drake Pink Moon, which I love. But there was nothing stand out.

Unhalfbricking by Fairport Convention
Jan 05 2023

Cover art. The cover is nearly disturbing. I presume the band are sitting in the garden visible through the trellis in the wall. This photo took planning but what was the purpose? Did the album name follow the photo.

Jan 07 2023

One of my favourite albums Cover art. 5/5. Chicago brutalist architecture

Aqualung by Jethro Tull
Jan 10 2023

No place for the flute

Le Tigre by Le Tigre
Jan 12 2023

Not one for this list.

1984 by Van Halen
Jan 14 2023

Just not good or important enough

Tres Hombres by ZZ Top
Jan 15 2023

The days of this album, 1973, change my perspective on it no end. They sound a lot more like Kings of Leon of the day than the puppy ZZ Top of.

Young Americans by David Bowie
Jan 18 2023

The reviews mentioning BeeGees etc don’t have a clue. This Bowie doing soul not disco.

Viva Hate by Morrissey
Jan 19 2023

Unlike most of you I like Morrissey. However there is no more than a 3 here 2 banger tracks tho

Teenage Head by Flamin' Groovies
Jan 25 2023

It starts off as the link between Kings of Leon and the Rolling Stones beggars banquet. However, it’s not long before to descends to some Johnny Cash and then a bad blues Brothers before returning into some psychedelica

The Nightfly by Donald Fagen
Jan 26 2023

Not offensive but it’s not for me.

Raw Power by The Stooges
Jan 28 2023

Potentially the first punk album of all time

Hms Fable by Shack
Jan 30 2023

Know the period well. Never heard of this.

Music in Exile by Songhoy Blues
Jan 31 2023

Worthy but Not for me or the list.

Songs In The Key Of Life by Stevie Wonder
Feb 02 2023

Who knew he wrote Gangsta paradise I thought the hits were from the 80s

90 by 808 State
Feb 03 2023

Not for this list

Heroes by David Bowie
Feb 05 2023

Probably one of his weakest.

Feb 07 2023

Sound like out takes that didn’t make 1977. Still good but not the 5* of its predecessor or their later albums. Cover art 5/5. Imagine this tiled on your wall

Rubber Soul by Beatles
Feb 08 2023

One of the great albums.

Scream, Dracula, Scream by Rocket From The Crypt
Feb 10 2023

Surprisingly, good and energetic. Never heard of these guys before.

Sound of Silver by LCD Soundsystem
Feb 11 2023

Hearing quite a Talking Heads vibe in parts of them Album too long. At least 3 tracks should have been cut

Casanova by The Divine Comedy
Feb 12 2023

Good in parts

Feb 15 2023

Can’t believe that I’m saying this in the review but it’s pretty boring

Black Monk Time by The Monks
Feb 17 2023

Really interesting album and back story

The Bends by Radiohead
Feb 19 2023

One of the greatest rock albums. And Radioheads most accessible

Kind Of Blue by Miles Davis
Feb 20 2023

Background music for me

Remain In Light by Talking Heads
Feb 21 2023

Little weak towards the end. Still 4.5. Featuring one of the greatest songs of all time.

Fun House by The Stooges
Feb 22 2023

He’s overrated

Teenager Of The Year by Frank Black
Feb 24 2023

Frank is a legend. The man responsible for the pixies can do little wrong. Much of their energy is reflected here.

This Year's Model by Elvis Costello & The Attractions
Feb 26 2023

Really really good

Alien Lanes by Guided By Voices
Feb 27 2023

Interesting.

Tarkus by Emerson, Lake & Palmer
Mar 02 2023

One of the worst

Harvest by Neil Young
Mar 05 2023

Pity he left Spotify

Punishing Kiss by Ute Lemper
Mar 09 2023

Some of this should be good. But it wasn’t.

Modern Kosmology by Jane Weaver
Mar 10 2023

Never heard of her. Not bad at all.

Pump by Aerosmith
Mar 13 2023

Some odd tracks out of keeping

Violent Femmes by Violent Femmes
Mar 14 2023

It should be a 4 but I don’t see myself going back to this regularly. That makes 3.5 = 3

A Love Supreme by John Coltrane
Mar 17 2023

Accomplished but not for me

Low by David Bowie
Mar 19 2023

Classic. 2nd side a tougher listen. Maybe a 4.5. However when I recall all the 60s crap, this has to be a 5

New Forms by Roni Size
Mar 20 2023

Mmmm brown paper bag

Surfer Rosa by Pixies
Mar 21 2023

Stonking classic. Pixies announce themselves to the world

White Blood Cells by The White Stripes
Mar 22 2023

Coming after Pixies Surfer Rosa (5*) this one doesn’t compare at all favourably. It lacks all the complexity that make Pixies compelling and great. 1 dimensional in comparison.

Guitar Town by Steve Earle
Mar 24 2023

A couple of tracks sound a bit like Ryan Adams, but the rest is Country and Western

Time Out by The Dave Brubeck Quartet
Mar 25 2023

Doesn’t offend

Rocks by Aerosmith
Mar 27 2023

Can’t hear anything some of the reviewers do. Meahh

Pelican West by Haircut 100
Mar 29 2023

A couple of hits. Rest forgettable

Hail To the Thief by Radiohead
Mar 30 2023

A couple of hits. Rest forgettable five stars every day, one of my favourite band, they rarely put a foot wrong.

At Budokan by Cheap Trick
Apr 01 2023

Live album is cheating

Djam Leelii by Baaba Maal
Apr 03 2023

I will never get some of these days back

Vivid by Living Colour
Apr 04 2023

Nope

Sweet Baby James by James Taylor
Apr 07 2023

Was expecting a classic. It’s not. But it’s short. Can’t beat short

Boston by Boston
Apr 11 2023

2 decent tracks

D by White Denim
Apr 13 2023

Couldn’t see a ranking for this, which makes me wonder if it’s new to the list. If so why? Doesn’t strike me as a seminal addition to the 1001. Echoes at times of fleet foxes, pink Floyd and most of all psychedelica. And we know the author loves this genre!

Pretenders by Pretenders
Apr 14 2023

Never realised they have coasted their whole career on this one album. Omg.

Pieces Of The Sky by Emmylou Harris
Apr 16 2023

My wife likes it, we don’t agree on music

Hejira by Joni Mitchell
Apr 18 2023

Joni Mitchel is probably one of the most popular artist I just do not get. Everything about her musical style and lyrics just seems to be rambling and nonmelodic.

Come Away With Me by Norah Jones
Apr 20 2023

Last 5 days Norah Jones, Suzanne Bega, Nina Simone, Joni Mitchell, the Pretenders.

Rattlesnakes by Lloyd Cole And The Commotions
Apr 21 2023

Solid

Aladdin Sane by David Bowie
Apr 24 2023

The more I know about him. The better he is.

Very by Pet Shop Boys
Apr 26 2023

Bad pop apart from the classic Go West

21 by Adele
Apr 27 2023
Face to Face by The Kinks
Apr 30 2023

Is there a good kinks album? I think I’ve listened to 3 or 4 and this one finally features one of their singles.

Juju by Siouxsie And The Banshees
May 01 2023

Never a big fan but respect what she/they did

Smile by Brian Wilson
May 04 2023

Another opportunity for the authors to sneak in psychedelica. Decades too late

Led Zeppelin IV by Led Zeppelin
May 05 2023

One of the greatest of all time.

Blood, Sweat & Tears by Blood, Sweat & Tears
May 06 2023

I thought it was going to break into Jesus Christ Superstar at every moment. Musical

Autobahn by Kraftwerk
May 08 2023

Iconic seminal album, on one side. Side one alone makes it 4****

Guero by Beck
May 10 2023

It’s been a while since this list has served up a real gem I’d never heard of. Becks Guerin is one.

Connected by Stereo MC's
May 11 2023

Wrong list

Debut by Björk
May 12 2023

Exactly what this list was made for. Great album.

Happy Sad by Tim Buckley
May 15 2023

Absolutely pants - Drivel dirges

Peter Gabriel by Peter Gabriel
May 16 2023

I love Salisbury hill. Couldn’t warm to rest

Immigrés by Youssou N'Dour
May 18 2023

Nope

Country Life by Roxy Music
May 20 2023

Expecting something iconic. Not at all

Fishscale by Ghostface Killah
May 22 2023

Nope

Dust by Screaming Trees
May 23 2023

Not bad

OK by Talvin Singh
May 24 2023
The Gilded Palace Of Sin by The Flying Burrito Brothers
May 29 2023

Not as bad as some reviewers would have you expect.

Post Orgasmic Chill by Skunk Anansie
May 30 2023

Felt way too long. Nearly Whitney Houston at one point

Arise by Sepultura
Jun 01 2023

Really?

Sister by Sonic Youth
Jun 03 2023

I most like 99% of indie rock. I have found the 1% today.

Electric Ladyland by Jimi Hendrix
Jun 04 2023

Not as good as I was expecting or hoping for

Faith by George Michael
Jun 06 2023

Not a classic

Infected by The The
Jun 07 2023

Stonking album. Every tune counts

Bummed by Happy Mondays
Jun 11 2023

Weaker than Pills Thrills

McCartney by Paul McCartney
Jun 17 2023

More like a sketchbook than an album

Out Of The Blue by Electric Light Orchestra
Jun 18 2023

Reviewers referencing Pink Floyd haven’t a clue. This is 1977. It is the link from AOR to 80s pop

Garbage by Garbage
Jun 19 2023

Class

Different Class by Pulp
Jun 21 2023

Great album but could have been edited shorter

Gasoline Alley by Rod Stewart
Jun 24 2023

Poor. Not deserving of selection

Safe As Milk by Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
Jun 26 2023
Bridge Over Troubled Water by Simon & Garfunkel
Jun 27 2023

Classic Grew up listening to this on cassette along with a few others. I assumed this was the norm for an album. It turns out that it was a gold standard. And the reviewer who questioned Frank Lloyd Wright….. mmm I’m an Architect and think it’s excellent

Dance Mania by Tito Puente
Jun 29 2023

What is this and why is it on the list?

KIWANUKA by Michael Kiwanuka
Jul 02 2023

Ok

Walking Wounded by Everything But The Girl
Jul 04 2023

The boring-est album of all time

The White Album by Beatles
Jul 10 2023

Gonna give 5 for the 5 star content. But there’s a lot of guff in here which could have made it lower. Some of the dross is a 2

Freak Out! by The Mothers Of Invention
Jul 11 2023

Freaking out myself, having to listen to this psychedelic nonsense

Born In The U.S.A. by Bruce Springsteen
Jul 20 2023

Cracking album. Still sounds as good today

On The Beach by Neil Young
Jul 22 2023

Just cos it’s Neil Young doesn’t mean it has to be on this list.

Savane by Ali Farka Touré
Jul 25 2023

Omg

Scum by Napalm Death
Jul 28 2023

FFS

Darklands by The Jesus And Mary Chain
Jul 30 2023
Sincere by Mj Cole
Aug 01 2023

Wrong list.

The Message by Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
Aug 03 2023

Nope

At San Quentin by Johnny Cash
Aug 04 2023

Love it. What other album on this list playa song twice in a row

Behaviour by Pet Shop Boys
Aug 05 2023

Completely non descrip

BEYONCÉ by Beyoncé
Aug 06 2023

This list is selling out

War by U2
Aug 07 2023

Loved it then. Love it now

Raising Hell by Run-D.M.C.
Aug 08 2023

1 song. It’s rock not rap.

Rapture by Anita Baker
Aug 09 2023
Now I Got Worry by The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
Aug 12 2023

Not having a good run on these!!!

Loveless by My Bloody Valentine
Aug 13 2023

One of the greatest albums of its and any era. Most albums start sting and Peter out. Loveless just keeps building and gets stronger. I never understood a word of it for 30 years until Spotify published the lyrics. I’m still not much wiser 😂

2112 by Rush
Aug 14 2023

Expected better

London Calling by The Clash
Aug 17 2023

Stone cold classic Cover art 5/5

Sulk by The Associates
Aug 18 2023
Trafalgar by Bee Gees
Aug 19 2023

Expecting a classic. Not at all

Woodface by Crowded House
Aug 23 2023

Hate the cover Great album. Only contains 1 dud imo

Darkness on the Edge of Town by Bruce Springsteen
Aug 24 2023

Seen him multiple times but never listened to this album. Good but not as great as I’d hoped

Back to Basics by Christina Aguilera
Aug 25 2023

Surprise entry. Doesn’t offend but definitely doesn’t inspire

Penthouse And Pavement by Heaven 17
Aug 26 2023

This is not the selection I expected. What rubbish. Am I missing something

Coles Corner by Richard Hawley
Aug 27 2023

The least classic album

Repeater by Fugazi
Aug 28 2023

Mmmmm🤔

Marcus Garvey by Burning Spear
Aug 29 2023

Not very remarkable I like the cover

Violator by Depeche Mode
Aug 30 2023

Finally something good. The list has been in the doldrums for a while, languishing between 1 and 2 stars

Odelay by Beck
Sep 04 2023

Not a patch on guero

In Our Heads by Hot Chip
Sep 06 2023

So what kinda album. Doesn’t offend

E.V.O.L. by Sonic Youth
Sep 07 2023

Don’t get them or how this makes any list

Copper Blue by Sugar
Sep 10 2023

Had an abbreviated listen but a couple of tracks sounded good.

Headquarters by The Monkees
Sep 11 2023

Better than expected

Lost Souls by Doves
Sep 13 2023

5+ stars. Always loved this album

The Grand Tour by George Jones
Sep 14 2023

Surprised punk didn’t happen immediately after the release of this record.

Mask by Bauhaus
Sep 16 2023

It’s not the cure or joy division

Blur by Blur
Sep 18 2023

Song 2 is a classic

At Fillmore East by The Allman Brothers Band
Sep 20 2023

Not as famous as people thought back in the day.

Roots by Sepultura
Sep 23 2023

Nope

Felt Mountain by Goldfrapp
Sep 27 2023

Just doesn’t grab you.

Hot Rats by Frank Zappa
Oct 05 2023

Poor jazz psychedelic rock

Exodus by Bob Marley & The Wailers
Oct 06 2023

Excellent

Bad by Michael Jackson
Oct 08 2023

Bad it’s terrible

Closer by Joy Division
Oct 09 2023

Seminal. Not sing along.

The Poet by Bobby Womack
Oct 10 2023

Non entity boring is worse than bad

The Holy Bible by Manic Street Preachers
Oct 11 2023

Like the M S Preachers but I only knew 1 song. Great album. Dense lyrics, impossible to decipher with Spotify lyrics

Toys In The Attic by Aerosmith
Oct 14 2023

Covered by REM. That’s good enough for me

The College Dropout by Kanye West
Oct 17 2023

It might be the best of its genre. Doesn’t matter to me.

Bug by Dinosaur Jr.
Oct 18 2023

Some of it excellent and some is dodgy

Gold by Ryan Adams
Oct 19 2023

Can you separate the artist from the art?

S.F. Sorrow by The Pretty Things
Oct 20 2023

Psychedelic rock. Authors favourite genre. Some forgotten albums should just stay forgotten

En-Tact by The Shamen
Oct 21 2023

1 hit wonder. Wrong list

Traffic by Traffic
Oct 22 2023

Pub band

Third by Soft Machine
Oct 23 2023

If this is #20 on the top 40 ‘cosmic rock’ albums, does this mean: A. I have another 19 to listen to Or B. I am only half way cos if feels like I’ve done 20 already Speaking of 19 or 20. Are the tracks really that length!

Purple Rain by Prince
Oct 24 2023

Reviews are interesting. I think I most agree with the view that it is not a totally memorable album in the sense of a classic you keep returning to. More of a 4 star. However in the context of this list it may deserve 5.

Document by R.E.M.
Oct 25 2023

Feel guilty having given prince a 5 star for an album with 4 hits but a few fillers. Admittedly open and closing track on purple rain are stonking. However with Document we have a gold standard 5 star classic. Start to finish every track matters on this album. This is the kind of classic that you can hold any other against.

Opus Dei by Laibach
Oct 26 2023

Ahh now.

Rid Of Me by PJ Harvey
Oct 27 2023

Looking forward to this one I struggle with pj. Everyone I know loves her. But I don’t get it.

Steve McQueen by Prefab Sprout
Oct 28 2023

Classic then classic now

The Next Day by David Bowie
Oct 30 2023

I am a huge Bowie fan. And he deserves a rake of albums in the 1001 list. However, he does not deserve automatic entry just because he released an album in 2014. I think entries like this do a disservice to the list and new artists, there are artists who remain relevant in old age, but he wasn’t one of them and that wasn’t a problem because he was a genius at his height PS this is his worst album cover

16 Lovers Lane by The Go-Betweens
Oct 31 2023

Nothing wrong with it. But not feeling it

Talking Timbuktu by Ali Farka Touré
Nov 01 2023

In all honesty, how is this on the list?

Pearl by Janis Joplin
Nov 02 2023

Can’t knock it. Just not my cup of tea

Celebrity Skin by Hole
Nov 03 2023

Good. Not a stone cold classic but unique in its own way.

The Fat Of The Land by The Prodigy
Nov 05 2023

Saw them in red Square, Moscow. I probably need to give this four stars. Not because it is a bona fide, four star album, but of its kind it was unique out there.

Suede by Suede
Nov 06 2023

3 singles are excellent. The rest is so so

Survivor by Destiny's Child
Nov 07 2023

Pop is not classic

Brothers by The Black Keys
Nov 09 2023

It starts stronger than it ends middle of the road, three star

Franz Ferdinand by Franz Ferdinand
Nov 10 2023

One of my favourite albums of the last 20 years, Greg really good start to finish. It’s a pity there aren’t more album of this quality and debth.

Let It Bleed by The Rolling Stones
Nov 14 2023

One of my favourites. Been wondering where they have been.

Highly Evolved by The Vines
Nov 16 2023

How did they make this list.

Nov 17 2023

I understand all the misgivings about the content and the lyrics. However, unlike some of the rap that has been shortlisted, at least this album deserves to be on the list. It’s bond a generation I am going to give it a higher star rating because at least it is a seminal album.

Liege And Lief by Fairport Convention
Nov 18 2023

I understand all the misgivings about the content and the lyrics. However, unlike some of the rap that has been shortlisted, at least this album deserves to be on the list. It’s bond a generation I am going to give it a higher star rating because at least it is a seminal album.

Joan Armatrading by Joan Armatrading
Nov 19 2023

One good song, and that’s it

Moondance by Van Morrison
Nov 20 2023

I naïvely started this late, believing I was gonna hear 1000 albums, not like this, but of this quality about half of which I would know and half of which I knew were out there and yet to discover. That has not been the case.

World Clique by Deee-Lite
Nov 21 2023

Sweet Jesus, this could not make the top 10,000 albums. Moondance to this. Sublime to the ridiculous

Odessa by Bee Gees
Nov 25 2023

No disco

Let England Shake by PJ Harvey
Nov 26 2023

Better than the last one of hers, still not brilliant

The Wall by Pink Floyd
Nov 27 2023

Classic. Naïvely thought that this is what the list was gonna be all about.

Crocodiles by Echo And The Bunnymen
Nov 28 2023

Excellent, groundbreaking sound. Not as good as their other album on the list.

Solid Air by John Martyn
Nov 30 2023

From the first song I think I’ve heard every John Martyn song. I think I have an irrational dislike of him and Joni Mitchell. Don’t understand it. I suspect it’s because he must take himself wayyyy too seriously. Far too earnest.

Whatever by Aimee Mann
Dec 01 2023

Not a classic. Sorry

Brutal Youth by Elvis Costello
Dec 04 2023

I’m a huge fan of Elvis Costello. And I’ve really enjoyed discovering new albums from him on this list. However, I don’t think this one is worthy of being there.

Bayou Country by Creedence Clearwater Revival
Dec 07 2023

Back to the sixties. A couple of classics a couple of covers a couple of fillers. Bang album done.

Goo by Sonic Youth
Dec 08 2023

Love Indy, but this is really quite painful at times

Surrealistic Pillow by Jefferson Airplane
Dec 10 2023

I thought I done the psychedelic rock section. But now I’m in the quintessential psychedelic rock section.

Technique by New Order
Dec 11 2023

Not their finest moment

Frank by Amy Winehouse
Dec 12 2023

Expecting more.

Dec 14 2023

FFS the 60s psychedelica seems to appear every second day. Now it’s worth, it’s gone Country

The Stranger by Billy Joel
Dec 15 2023

One I wouldn’t have listened to otherwise

Surf's Up by The Beach Boys
Dec 17 2023

Not sure about this one

Bat Out Of Hell by Meat Loaf
Dec 18 2023

Everyone had a copy of this in the 70s

Beach Samba by Astrud Gilberto
Dec 20 2023

My wife would like this one

Machine Gun Etiquette by The Damned
Dec 22 2023

The Damned I remember was a pastiche of itself. Hard to believe this is already a 3rd album. Lots of nods to future genres. You can’t beat at 36 min album.

Midnight Ride by Paul Revere & The Raiders
Dec 26 2023

There have been worse

Fuzzy Logic by Super Furry Animals
Dec 28 2023

Solid 3

New Wave by The Auteurs
Jan 09 2024

Not bad

Killing Joke by Killing Joke
Jan 11 2024

This is excellent. Way ahead of its time. I think it puts them up with the earliest indie: cure, joy division etc,

New York Dolls by New York Dolls
Jan 12 2024

Excellent album. Sooo far ahead of its time. I had heard one track before. Really wonder why I had not heard the rest before

GI by Germs
Jan 13 2024

Nope

Shaka Zulu by Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Jan 15 2024

Graceland without the good bits

Mott by Mott The Hoople
Jan 17 2024

Ah lads. It doesn’t even contain “All The Young Dudes”

Sunshine Hit Me by The Bees
Jan 18 2024

it’s 2002 and he’s found psychedelica again

Amnesiac by Radiohead
Jan 19 2024

Classic. Delighted that the 1000s of people on this 1001 journey will get to listen to this.

Bitte Orca by Dirty Projectors
Jan 21 2024

Better than expected. Quirky

Peter Gabriel 3 by Peter Gabriel
Jan 22 2024

Interesting. Glad I heard it

Next by The Sensational Alex Harvey Band
Jan 26 2024

Did Robert Smith really consider this a forerunner of punk? It’s part cabaret, part glam, part bland. Almost the fav genre psychedelic!!! Long forgotten

Only By The Night by Kings of Leon
Jan 27 2024

Fan of KoL. HOWEVER This is so not the album. This is the album they sell out and go for mainstream popularity. Any one of first 2 or even the 3rd are better choices

Rio by Duran Duran
Jan 28 2024

There are three songs on this album. I think they each played three times. This does not make Classic.

Pink Moon by Nick Drake
Jan 30 2024

Excellent

After The Gold Rush by Neil Young
Jan 31 2024

How I resent listening to this on YouTube But 5 star every day

Be by Common
Feb 01 2024

Mmm

Deep Purple In Rock by Deep Purple
Feb 02 2024

Would have had 5 but the 1st track was on their live album. Live is cheating.

Out of Step by Minor Threat
Feb 04 2024

Out of the list would be better

Our Aim Is To Satisfy by Red Snapper
Feb 05 2024

Ibiza hotel background Muzak like you would hear by the pool. Suit the trendy euro travellers who don’t need to stress out by knowing the lyrics

Cupid & Psyche 85 by Scritti Politti
Feb 06 2024

This was uneventful saccharine pop when it came out. It is less important now.

Cut by The Slits
Feb 07 2024

How does the author get so much content from so few eras. Psychedelic, punk are 2 in particular that are overrated in their value to music.

Mermaid Avenue by Billy Bragg
Feb 08 2024

Need to get this average up. Saw both acts in the last year. Probably 2 of the few on this list still touring small venues. Wilco one of the best live bands ever. Billy Bragg always worth your time. You might not agree with everything but he has plenty to say to make you think.

Foxbase Alpha by Saint Etienne
Feb 09 2024

bored long before the end of this album

Music by Madonna
Feb 10 2024

Mmm

Either Or by Elliott Smith
Feb 11 2024

Excellent. Not sure why I didn’t know him

Tusk by Fleetwood Mac
Feb 13 2024

Not sure what to vote. Long and rambling, I can’t hear a hot , but lots quite good

Kala by M.I.A.
Feb 14 2024

Nope

Shalimar by Rahul Dev Burman
Feb 15 2024

Nope how bad does this list get

Merriweather Post Pavilion by Animal Collective
Feb 18 2024

Nope If you want this stuff, try Mercury Rev debut and Mercury prize winner

Floodland by Sisters Of Mercy
Feb 19 2024

I can remember this band cause I’m old. However, no one remembered or bought this album. What is it doing on this list?

Green by R.E.M.
Feb 22 2024

Absolute classic. I don’t think there is value comparing Document, life’s rich patent and automatic for the people, each are classics. It often just depends on at what point you discovered REM. For me I’d heard document and saw them live. But the album I bought was Green. Truly transformative. Love everything they’ve ever done. Right up to the end they produced classic contemporary and challenging music. Green is a proper album. Nothing out of place and every track worth another listen. Head and shoulders above most of this 1001 journey. All topped off with an iconic cover.

Scissor Sisters by Scissor Sisters
Feb 23 2024

A couple of good pop hits. That’s it.

Treasure by Cocteau Twins
Feb 24 2024

Mmm top 1000?

Green River by Creedence Clearwater Revival
Feb 25 2024

Ffs more hippie stuff

All Things Must Pass by George Harrison
Feb 26 2024

Day and a half later and I’m still working my way through the album. It’s George and I feel sorry for him,so I will give it a 4

Dirt by Alice In Chains
Mar 01 2024

Is it just me but I don’t get this type of music

No Other by Gene Clark
Mar 02 2024

Who? Not as bad as I figured it would be

Psychocandy by The Jesus And Mary Chain
Mar 04 2024

2 albums for the band. Is this not a bit of a stretch for their impact

In The Wee Small Hours by Frank Sinatra
Mar 06 2024

Very open to a Sinatra album. Please tell me this isn’t it. Boring as hell and no classics

Oxygène by Jean-Michel Jarre
Mar 07 2024

Iconic cover art

Blue Lines by Massive Attack
Mar 10 2024

My recollection was of a better album. There are only 2 tracks of note. 1 an all time classic. The rest are so weak lyrically.

Ramones by Ramones
Mar 11 2024

Does exactly what it says on the tin

Risque by CHIC
Mar 13 2024

Dated and boring

Heaux Tales by Jazmine Sullivan
Mar 14 2024

This is the most recent album on the list that I have found. Is the author saying this is the best thing recorded in the last three years? Thank God it was only an EP

Movies by Holger Czukay
Mar 17 2024

Nope

Justified by Justin Timberlake
Mar 19 2024

Nope

Stripped by Christina Aguilera
Mar 20 2024

Doesn’t float my boat

I See You by The xx
Mar 21 2024

Look forward to this, but I was expecting a bit more

Duck Rock by Malcolm McLaren
Mar 22 2024

Novel. Very progressive new world music

461 Ocean Boulevard by Eric Clapton
Mar 26 2024

Unnerved to learn he was racist before this and anti vax after. Music doesn’t offend.

Black Metal by Venom
Mar 29 2024

You couldn’t make this shit up

Underwater Moonlight by The Soft Boys
Mar 31 2024

A rare day. A new discovery of something interesting. Not one you return to every week but interesting.

The Visitors by ABBA
Apr 01 2024

You can’t argue with ABBA. Good in parts

Sound Affects by The Jam
Apr 02 2024

Good not perfect but good.

Ingenue by k.d. lang
Apr 04 2024

Nah

Truth by Jeff Beck
Apr 08 2024

Eclectic. Under weak bits are weak. Not sure why he did not stick with the heavier sound.

Slipknot by Slipknot
Apr 09 2024

It could have been WORSE

Strange Cargo III by William Orbit
Apr 12 2024

Reading the reviews, I was expecting worth. Quite possible just not Topp, 1001.

The Idiot by Iggy Pop
Apr 14 2024

Excellent but not bowie

Moby Grape by Moby Grape
Apr 16 2024

The authors favourite era. Feels like 501 albums are from 67-69

First Band On The Moon by The Cardigans
Apr 17 2024

Owned this on CD. But not sure I kept it when I had a clean out

Dear Science by TV On The Radio
Apr 18 2024

New one on me.

Haunted Dancehall by The Sabres Of Paradise
Apr 19 2024

What junk. Losing faith with the list this week. 2 unlistenable

Off The Wall by Michael Jackson
Apr 21 2024

One good song. Doesn’t stand the test of time

Groovin' by The Young Rascals
Apr 23 2024

Nope

1977 by Ash
Apr 26 2024

Remembered something better

Aha Shake Heartbreak by Kings of Leon
Apr 28 2024

This is why KoL are held in such high regard. It was consistently downhill a couple of albums later.

Exit Planet Dust by The Chemical Brothers
Apr 30 2024

Dig your own hole Is far superior

Butterfly by Mariah Carey
May 01 2024

Ooooohhhh

Ragged Glory by Neil Young & Crazy Horse
May 02 2024

Shocker of an album. Sounds like they were jamming in a shed. No effort to sing properly and solos don’t sound fluent. Ps I like Neil Young

Henry's Dream by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
May 03 2024

Not his best

Tank Battles by Dagmar Krause
May 04 2024

Can’t listen can’t give more than 1 star

m b v by My Bloody Valentine
May 07 2024

MBV don’t deserve 3 Clearly this list is too long.

Deja Vu by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
May 08 2024

Alright

Electric by The Cult
May 09 2024

Hard to knock this one. While it’s not Classic, there are enough hits going for it.

Kid A by Radiohead
May 11 2024

I struggled with this one when it came out. It may have taken years to return to it and understand its brilliance. But brilliant it is.

Foo Fighters by Foo Fighters
May 12 2024

Not the best of their albums

Funeral by Arcade Fire
May 13 2024

One of the finest albums of the last 2 decades.

Want Two by Rufus Wainwright
May 14 2024

Iffy

Spiderland by Slint
May 17 2024

Nothing to see here

This Is Fats Domino by Fats Domino
May 18 2024

Don’t understand why this one was chosen. But Fats was a top man.

My Generation by The Who
May 21 2024

Couple of tunes. But they were run of the mill 60s otherwise. But all over the shop

1999 by Prince
May 22 2024

Not as good as I remembered. Purple rain is THE album

Homework by Daft Punk
May 24 2024

The wrong Daft Punk album.

Berlin by Lou Reed
May 25 2024

Love Lou Reed. But this is rubbish.

Want One by Rufus Wainwright
May 26 2024

Is this a second one? Ah come on Probably better than the other

Stankonia by OutKast
May 27 2024

Is this a second one? Ah come on Probably better than the other

Metal Box by Public Image Ltd.
May 28 2024

Pil can’t have 2 on this list. Other is better

Ray Of Light by Madonna
May 29 2024

Big fan of this in the day. Doesn’t really stand the test of time.

Third by Portishead
May 30 2024

First 2albums are killer. Not this one.

Two Dancers by Wild Beasts
May 31 2024

Obscure. How do you even know this exists Most irritating affected lead vocals

Abraxas by Santana
Jun 04 2024

Not bad

Heroes to Zeros by The Beta Band
Jun 05 2024

You pick the mercury winner not this one

The Chronic by Dr. Dre
Jun 07 2024

Beat fine. Lyrics and sentiments don’t

Soul Mining by The The
Jun 08 2024

Love The The Infected is the better album.

A Northern Soul by The Verve
Jun 10 2024

Again the wrong album selected. Urban Hymns was the one to choose

evermore by Taylor Swift
Jun 14 2024

Not bad.

Talk Talk Talk by The Psychedelic Furs
Jun 15 2024

Agree with the monotone voice. Grating Love Pretty in Pink

Rhythm Nation 1814 by Janet Jackson
Jun 17 2024

Utter rubbish. Doesn’t stand the test of time.

American Beauty by Grateful Dead
Jun 20 2024

Mmm. Author’s favourite genre

Sex Packets by Digital Underground
Jun 21 2024

Fresh prince without the humour

Green Onions by Booker T. & The MG's
Jun 22 2024

1.5 hit wonder

Call of the Valley by Shivkumar Sharma
Jun 23 2024

Ahh now. A day in the life of a shepherd

Jun 26 2024

Wrote this review a few days ago for Booker T and the MGs. 1.5 hit wonder

G. Love And Special Sauce by G. Love & Special Sauce
Jun 27 2024

Pure rubbish. The list never ceases to amaze me with bad selections

American Pie by Don McLean
Jun 28 2024

Followed a reviewer advice. Started at track 4 and then returned to the beginning. It probably worked to a point. Maybe even an extra star. Difficult to ignore the 2 mammoth hits. Bonus for an iconic cover too.

Live / Dead by Grateful Dead
Jun 30 2024

Why are these guys back again. Author’s favourite genre

Yank Crime by Drive Like Jehu
Jul 01 2024

Sweet Jesus what rubbish has this author found?

69 Love Songs by The Magnetic Fields
Jul 03 2024

There is a clue in the name. But I really wasn’t expecting 69 songs. I’m done after disk 1.

Shadowland by k.d. lang
Jul 04 2024

Ah now. How on earth did this qualify for the list

At Folsom Prison by Johnny Cash
Jul 06 2024

Later versions better when combined with other gigs

Abbey Road by Beatles
Jul 07 2024

900 albums until I reached one of the finest of them all. Much has been written already. 2 additional reasons to make this one of the all time best. 1. The first time I heard side 2 of this album was on the radio in 80s. I was blown away. 2. You must watch Get Back. Apart from brilliant tvo, they compose most of this album too

OK Computer by Radiohead
Jul 08 2024

Unbelievable 2 stonking classics in a row. (Abbey Road yesterday) I’m on the last 100 so maybe this is where the good stuff is hidden. OK is a transformative album for the band, rock/indie music and me!

Veckatimest by Grizzly Bear
Jul 09 2024

I don’t believe there is a classic album from the alternative genre that I wasn’t aware of. I’ve heard of one track, but it is not a classic.

Jul 10 2024

Doesn’t feel like a double album length due to the quality throughout

Beggars Banquet by The Rolling Stones
Jul 11 2024

Owned this on cassette in my teens. One of their and the best

Queen II by Queen
Jul 12 2024

Do they save the best 100 until the end. I’ve had the Beatles, Radiohead, Elton John , Rolling Stones and now Queen this week. However this is not their finest. Bombastic to say the least.

Being There by Wilco
Jul 16 2024

Not as seminal as the reviews would suggest

Fuzzy by Grant Lee Buffalo
Jul 18 2024
The Madcap Laughs by Syd Barrett
Jul 19 2024

Can’t believe this is worthy of the list.

Pyromania by Def Leppard
Jul 20 2024

Hysteria is better.

The Rolling Stones by The Rolling Stones
Jul 22 2024

Once again the lost misses the mark. What is this doing here? Historical curiosity maybe. Not a top 1001 by a long way.

Manassas by Stephen Stills
Jul 24 2024

Nope

Sticky Fingers by The Rolling Stones
Jul 25 2024

there was a time I thought it would be like this every day

Actually by Pet Shop Boys
Jul 27 2024

So so

Antichrist Superstar by Marilyn Manson
Jul 30 2024

Nope. But not as bad as something we’ve had on this list.

Screamadelica by Primal Scream
Aug 02 2024

Not as good as I thought

Figure 8 by Elliott Smith
Aug 03 2024

Liked it

The Stone Roses by The Stone Roses
Aug 04 2024

There are equals but difficult to think of a better album in 30 years.

Trout Mask Replica by Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
Aug 05 2024

FFS. This author must have had the best sex and drugs in these few years. Clearly the drugs addled his brain cos he persisted in adding psychedelic shite to the list even though the world has moved on. Not available on Spotify. My prayers answered

Tidal by Fiona Apple
Aug 06 2024

Not sure

The Dreaming by Kate Bush
Aug 07 2024

Great opening track. The rest is meahhh

Medúlla by Björk
Aug 08 2024

There is a humming game we play at Christmas, it ends with all of us in tears of laughter. This is not the album : nonsense

Isn't Anything by My Bloody Valentine
Aug 09 2024

Love MBV They don’t deserve 3 albums on the list

Scott 2 by Scott Walker
Aug 10 2024

Nope

Junkyard by The Birthday Party
Aug 12 2024

Nope

So Much For The City by The Thrills
Aug 13 2024

Liked it in the day. Lead singer’s voice lets it down a lot.

Arc Of A Diver by Steve Winwood
Aug 15 2024

One hit wonder, entirely forgettable.

Nebraska by Bruce Springsteen
Aug 17 2024

I bet Blake, but a couple of tracks.

Parachutes by Coldplay
Aug 18 2024

Excellent, would’ve benefited from a bit of editing.

Dookie by Green Day
Aug 20 2024

Love it. Owned it in the day.

Diamond Life by Sade
Aug 21 2024

Huge back in the day, but it doesn’t really stand the test time and we never hear it anymore on the radio.

For Your Pleasure by Roxy Music
Aug 22 2024

It keeps getting more and more indulgent as the album progresses.

Getz/Gilberto by Stan Getz
Aug 23 2024

Ah now. Did we not have the girl from Ipanema already????

The Coral by The Coral
Aug 24 2024

Groovy Julian. No thanks. Psychedelic album number 205 on the list. Another sneaky chance to put in one from 1968/69 even if it was recorded in 2002.

Meat Puppets II by Meat Puppets
Aug 27 2024

1 ok track. Did I miss something

Vulnicura by Björk
Aug 29 2024

Bored after 1/2 a song. Wrong album, again!

Aug 30 2024

There have been albums with one good track. This album is one track. I suspect it has just one chord.

In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida by Iron Butterfly
Aug 31 2024

Is every album from 1968 on the list —————————————- 201 hippie albums from’ ‘68 —————————————-

Sheet Music by 10cc
Sep 01 2024

Jumbled style. Have to wonder whether this was their best album. Knowing this list, I have a suspicion it was not

Peggy Suicide by Julian Cope
Sep 03 2024

I was sceptical. Especially based by a double hour and special edition recording. I immediately suspected that the double album was result of the special edition rather than the original, to be honest I didn’t bother researching more. The end pleasantly surprised not all brilliant, but it’s better than the bad week I’ve been having so I’m gonna give them four stars even though really it’s a tree.

Moss Side Story by Barry Adamson
Sep 05 2024

I’ve asked a load of people whether they ever heard of this. No one had. Pure nonsense

Nixon by Lambchop
Sep 07 2024

Not very country

Ghosteen by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Sep 10 2024

I like Nick Cave. I don’t understand the inclusion of this album

In It For The Money by Supergrass
Sep 11 2024

2nd supergrass album???? We’re they so influential to the canon of music??? FFS a double album at that!

Channel Orange by Frank Ocean
Sep 13 2024

I was ready to rubbish this one. Not the worst. Deserved a listen. But I’ve been on a bad streak.

B-52's by The B-52's
Sep 14 2024

One dimensional, spawned is career

Fear Of Music by Talking Heads
Sep 15 2024

Love it. Wouldn’t have been 1 of the 4 Talking Heads I would have chosen. But they are all brilliant

I Against I by Bad Brains
Sep 17 2024

Absolute rubbish.

Porcupine by Echo And The Bunnymen
Sep 18 2024

Why this album. 1st better

Rings Around The World by Super Furry Animals
Sep 19 2024

A couple of classics, drawing rings around the world and juxtapose with you still would not feature in my top categories and I like the band.

NEU! 75 by Neu!
Sep 22 2024

Some interesting numbers

Olympia 64 by Jacques Brel
Sep 23 2024

Live albums are cheating

In Utero by Nirvana
Sep 24 2024

Would it get a 5* review if it wasn’t Nirvana. Good question but academic.

Ten by Pearl Jam
Sep 25 2024

Would it get a 5* review if it wasn’t Nirvana. Good question but academic.

Cafe Bleu by The Style Council
Sep 26 2024

Paul Weller was day 2 of this odyssey. I thought this would be good. Disappointing.

I See A Darkness by Bonnie "Prince" Billy
Sep 27 2024

I’d say Spotify refused it.

Superfuzz Bigmuff by Mudhoney
Sep 29 2024

Is there some quota system for genres??? This doesn’t deserve to be on any list

If You're Feeling Sinister by Belle & Sebastian
Oct 02 2024

Down to my last 10 albums. Delighted to see Belle and Sebastian on the list. BUT why this album. I reckon 100 albums on the list are wrong choices made for the right reasons. Like he was trying to hard. Just choose the ones with the hits that everyone loves.

Raw Like Sushi by Neneh Cherry
Oct 03 2024

Very dated. Not heard of for a long time. Very telling.

Ctrl by SZA
Oct 04 2024

If I wrote a review using the language used in these songs I would be banned from the internet

Oct 05 2024

Start off quite eclectic. Then it just too long. I think the Red Hot Chili Peppers owe these guys a debt.

Parklife by Blur
Oct 06 2024

First 4 tracks make it a 3/4 The rest is pretty forgettable. Over hyped.

Life's Too Good by The Sugarcubes
Oct 10 2024

Is this just a sneaky way where yet another Bjork on the list? Begins strong but runs out of steam for me. That shouldn’t happen on a short album

Beyond Skin by Nitin Sawhney
Oct 12 2024

? My 1000 album

White Light by Gene Clark
Oct 14 2024

Why am I on album number 1003?

Chris by Christine and the Queens
Oct 16 2024

Doesn’t offend. But once again, did the authors select the correct album?

Station To Station by David Bowie
Oct 18 2024

Classic Every album up to 1980s could be included on this list

Aftermath by The Rolling Stones
Oct 19 2024

A piece of history.

So by Peter Gabriel
Oct 21 2024

Excellent

Talking Book by Stevie Wonder
Oct 22 2024

Didn’t grab me like a should have

Liquid Swords by GZA
Oct 23 2024

Didn’t grab me like a should have

Reggatta De Blanc by The Police
Oct 27 2024

Like all Police albums mixed. Some classics some fillers

Red Dirt Girl by Emmylou Harris
Oct 29 2024

Why is this on here

Marquee Moon by Television
Oct 30 2024

Did I not see this already? Seems not.

Shaft by Isaac Hayes
Oct 31 2024

Delighted just to be able to access only 4 tracks of a double album

Bert Jansch by Bert Jansch
Nov 01 2024

Strange choice. Very obscure. Doesn’t date too badly. But still, should this actually be on a list in 2024

Fragile by Yes
Nov 02 2024

In the better parts it’s quite good.

Jack Takes the Floor by Ramblin' Jack Elliott
Nov 05 2024

Have I lost it or has the list. How am I getting this at album 1025

Scott 4 by Scott Walker
Nov 08 2024

Author favourite genre

Doolittle by Pixies
Nov 09 2024

One of the top 10 of the whole list. Say it live in 1990 in Paris. They are still performing it now and it has not dated. One of the reviewers spoke about his grandad have this album. Not a grandad just yet but it’s me. 😂

Ys by Joanna Newsom
Nov 10 2024
Os Mutantes by Os Mutantes
Nov 12 2024

Once again the authors favourite genre. Quite left field to even discover this. Bizarre.

Songs From The Big Chair by Tears For Fears
Nov 13 2024

Once again the authors favourite genre. Quite left field to even discover this. Bizarre.

Shleep by Robert Wyatt
Nov 14 2024

UNBELIEVABLE The author has soooo much bias for the psychedelic rock/folk. Where on earth does he dig this stuff up??? 1034 that’s what I’mup to today. Does nothing ever get dismissed from the list????

Blonde On Blonde by Bob Dylan
Nov 19 2024

Finally m. Absolutely one of his greatest

The Doors by The Doors
Nov 20 2024

Remember when you thought this was gonna be every second day in disbursed by some discovery of wonder and awe.

Natty Dread by Bob Marley & The Wailers
Nov 21 2024

Expecting slightly better

American Gothic by David Ackles
Nov 22 2024

Rambling. Author must have found this in a bargain basement

Vauxhall And I by Morrissey
Nov 23 2024

Always been a fan. But this is as good as any of his releases

Born To Run by Bruce Springsteen
Nov 27 2024

Not available on Spotify. A rare day off.

Close To You by Carpenters
Nov 28 2024

Road rage impossible if you listen to this while driving

Honky Tonk Heroes by Waylon Jennings
Nov 29 2024

Better than expected for its genre and time.

Fire Of Love by The Gun Club
Nov 30 2024

Hardly the highlight of 1981

1989 by Taylor Swift
Dec 01 2024

It is very good. However it cannot be a 5*, there is nothing to grab you emotionally. I am just not vested in it.

Tago Mago by Can
Dec 02 2024

Psychedelica The authors happy space

Space Ritual by Hawkwind
Dec 03 2024

Live albums are cheating and I was totally ready to trash this one. The word psychedelic appears in the genre and that’s enough to set me off. You have to ignore the guff voice over tracks. Next you need to try to block out the memory of This Is Spinal Tap. If you can do both it’s not bad.

Pictures At An Exhibition by Emerson, Lake & Palmer
Dec 04 2024

Live albums are cheating. This is the 2nd album in a row that’s live from within 2 years of the 70s. Thankfully not a double.

Permission to Land by The Darkness
Dec 05 2024

The hits are good. It’ll you have to admire them for exploiting a niche that no longer existed.

Welcome To The Pleasuredome by Frankie Goes To Hollywood
Dec 06 2024

Loved this in 1984/5. Do you remember the Walkman ???? Remove the cover versions and make it a single album.

Horses by Patti Smith
Dec 07 2024

Vanguard music for it’s time

Elephant by The White Stripes
Dec 08 2024

Excellent

Good Old Boys by Randy Newman
Dec 09 2024

Hard to get the Pixar comments out of my head. It is very listenable but I’m not too focused on the lyrics.

California by American Music Club
Dec 11 2024

Spotify doesn’t bother with it. Tried a few on YouTube. It’s like picking out an American Fatima Manaions. But FM are much better

Revolver by Beatles
Dec 13 2024

I was wondering how I had missed it. I hadn’t. It is number 1064 on my 1001!

Exile On Main Street by The Rolling Stones
Dec 16 2024

One of my favourite albums of all time. Probably the best double album on this list. It just keeps giving, song after song. When you think you know it go back and look at the lyrics, so rich and clever, more that you expected from some rock and roll tunes.

Dec 18 2024

I think the list took a detour down a country lane. As Fr Jack would say in Fr Ted ‘Nuns, nuns, reverse, reverse’

Armed Forces by Elvis Costello & The Attractions
Dec 19 2024

Banger Might not be quite a 5+ but close enough. I’ve been through so many that were less than 1 star.

Vol. 4 by Black Sabbath
Dec 21 2024

It’s not paranoid Can’t believe it it’s 1971

L.A. Woman by The Doors
Dec 23 2024

Classic. Worth 5 * for the title track alone.

Kollaps by Einstürzende Neubauten
Dec 28 2024

They were saving this one

Graceland by Paul Simon
Dec 31 2024

Classic from start to finish. Groundbreaking

Slayed? by Slade
Jan 01 2025

Of its time

Arular by M.I.A.
Jan 02 2025

Nope

Ready To Die by The Notorious B.I.G.
Jan 03 2025

Misogynistic

Rum Sodomy & The Lash by The Pogues
Jan 04 2025

Never liked them in the day. Always associated them with the worst of Irishness in the uk in late 80s. Good album in retrospect Ps love the cover

Blunderbuss by Jack White
Jan 05 2025

He has been better with white than stripes and more recently.

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Average rating: 2.47 (0.71 below global average).

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