My 1001 Albums Journey

Album	You	Global	Diff
Liege And Lief Fairport Convention	5	3.1	+1.9
Rust Never Sleeps Neil Young & Crazy Horse	5	3.53	+1.47
The Queen Is Dead The Smiths	5	3.66	+1.34
Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness The Smashing Pumpkins	5	3.68	+1.32
(Pronounced 'Leh-'Nérd 'Skin-'Nérd) Lynyrd Skynyrd	5	3.75	+1.25

Album	You	Global	Diff
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy Kanye West	1	3.41	-2.41
Deep Purple In Rock Deep Purple	1	3.32	-2.32
Cypress Hill Cypress Hill	1	3.15	-2.15
Stankonia OutKast	2	3.55	-1.55
Live! Fela Kuti	2	3.44	-1.44
You Want It Darker Leonard Cohen	2	3.33	-1.33
There's A Riot Goin' On Sly & The Family Stone	2	3.29	-1.29
Shaft Isaac Hayes	2	3.24	-1.24

Jefferson Airplane

4/5

I've heard just about a handful of these songs with some regularity, and a few others maybe once or twice in previous listens. It's impressive how the lesser-known songs are so starkly different from the popular tracks on the album, really gluing the whole thing together without feeling like just bridges between the hits. Definitely captures a moment in time for the psychedelic era. Favorites: Today & Comin' Back to Me

Who's Next

The Who

4/5

Astral Weeks

Van Morrison

3/5

Maybe I wasn't in the right headspace for this one, but it didn't blow me away. Several of the songs were very busy musically and had a jazz feel, with Van's voice acting as more of an instrument. Maybe that was the point and I missed it.

GREY Area

Little Simz

3/5

The Stranger

Billy Joel

4/5

Elephant

The White Stripes

3/5

Elvis Is Back

Elvis Presley

3/5

Favorite: Make Me Know It

Parklife

Blur

4/5

Back to Mystery City

Hanoi Rocks

2/5

When I Was Born For The 7th Time

Cornershop

3/5

OK Computer

Radiohead

4/5

Stand!

Sly & The Family Stone

3/5

Pornography

The Cure

4/5

Casanova

The Divine Comedy

2/5

Led Zeppelin III

Led Zeppelin

4/5

Transformer

Lou Reed

3/5

American IV: The Man Comes Around

Johnny Cash

3/5

Violator

Depeche Mode

4/5

Fifth Dimension

The Byrds

4/5

Face to Face

The Kinks

3/5

Songs From The Big Chair

Tears For Fears

4/5

This album has one of my favorite songs of all time, and two others that were a huge part of my childhood. Despite those incredible highs, there were just a couple lows that kept this from being rated higher.

My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

Kanye West

1/5

Cypress Hill

1/5

The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan

3/5

Y'know, I kinda wanted to like this less but it's actually pretty good. Still not my exact cup o' tea though.

Freak Out!

The Mothers Of Invention

3/5

Some cool riffs

At San Quentin

Johnny Cash

3/5

Neon Bible

Arcade Fire

3/5

British Steel

Judas Priest

3/5

Liege And Lief

Fairport Convention

5/5

This is one of my favorite albums. I love that the idea of English "folk" is so different - and so much more ancient - than ours. Richard Thompson's guitar work is awesome, and Sandy Denny has one of my favorite voices.

Exile On Main Street

The Rolling Stones

4/5

The Queen Is Dead

The Smiths

5/5

Another favorite album of mine. Marr is a genius. Morrissey is an idiot but also a genius. Roarke's bass is among the catchiest I've heard, turning otherwise dirges into dance numbers.

You Want It Darker

Leonard Cohen

2/5

Live!

Fela Kuti

2/5

Nothing's Shocking

Jane's Addiction

4/5

The Stooges

3/5

Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots